who is ready to hit ice today. reassessing use of force. we dig deeper into the challenges andnges vallejo's police department is making hand how it's letting residents take part. >> and we are going to have a calmer wind today. we're also tracking extremely dry conditions for the month of january. i'll also show you how it looks going into february as well. more on that in the microclimate forecast. this is "today in the bay." >> a very good thursday morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. >> hey, don't you four-game. we're not only broadcasting on your television screen, we can also take us with us on roku, amazon fire and online. the 2022 winter olympics under way with the opening ceremony now less than 24 hours away. >> and our janelle wang made that trip to beijing sand there

this morning. we should alert you with a bit of a spoiler. curling fans, janell, they are not wasting any time getting started. >> action already under way. good evening, marcus and laura. we're 16 hours ahead of you in the bay area so it's just after 9:00 p.m. thursday night here in beijing. we are in the olympic plaza, in the heart of the beijing cluster. behind me as you can see is this beautiful landmark called the beijing olympic tower, the second tallest tower in the capital city. beijing hosted the summer games in 2008 and now the winter games in 2022 so the venues are being reused like the iconic bird's nest for the winter games. it will also be the site of the opening and closing ceremonies. the water cube where swimming and diving took place in 2008 and where michael phelps broke records is now the site of curling. the stadium that hosted volleyball during the summer

games is now the site of figure skating, and the stadium that hosted gymnastics in 2008 is now the site of hockey, and speaking ofites hockey, competition already under way. the women's team usa team getting the -- the puck just dropped a few minutes ago. they are in the first match. the puck just dropped about 5:00 ago. they are facing finland and competition is under way led by palo alto's own hillary knight, team usa. this is her fourth olympics. she's 32 years old. she won silver in vancouver and silver in sochi and gold in pyeongchang, and we want to show you an instagram post that's so cute. she said go team usa. she's been posting on instagram quite a bit so it's nice to see all the athletes, are you know, giving updates as they are here, and other competition that's also under way, that got under

way yesterday was curling, and in the last 90 minutes -- sorry, i can't real talk because it's so cold out here, my lips are starting to freeze. team usa lost to norway in mixed doubles and it wasn't good earlier either because they lost to italy. both teams made mistakes, but in the end italy won 8-4. team usa 1-2 in the preliminary round after beating australia yesterday. they will take on sweden tomorrow. the athletes are here and adjusting. they are competing, and we are in a covid bubble. people have to get tested daily here. also they have can a quarantine at an isolation hotel at an undisclosed location so we get tested every day as well. i'm still adjusting. i have jet lag and my photographer is having no problem. he's sleeping through the night. i'm on four hours of sleep but i'm adrenaline right now, marcus and lauren, so i'm ready to groove. >> we know the short hours is, and robbie is a new dad so any

sleep he can get it the welcome. >> when i can't sleep i just eat. you being in the own bubble for the winter olympics, you're automobile to figure out some things to eat. have you seen any interesting food that you've had or want to talk about? >> well, our hotel has a free breakfast buffet with lots of chinese cuisine. pousson is my favorite so i have that every morning and at the broadcast center where thousands of journalists are converging and hang out every single day where nbc broadcasts out of all these sports that are going on, they have like a commissary, and we have a buffet there, all you can eat if we have time to eat, and there's actually a robotic cafeteria for anybody to go. we'll show you that probably in the next coming days, and we'll shoot the video. no people serving food. it's all robots >> you said my favorite thing, all you can eat.

>> exactly. >> that's why we didn't send him, janell. why we didn't send him. we look forward to seeing all your reports. you'll be joining us in the morning on "today in the bay." thanks so much. now can you go get warm. >> 5:04 right now. continuing coverage of the day's news. hundreds of santa clara county workers now face uncertain futures for not falling the county's new booster man day. the deadline passed on february 1st and according to "the mercury news" 171 health care workers, 22 correctional deputies and 16 probation staff members are not boosted, and this is the only order in the state that doesn't allow workers with exemptions to stay in their current job. each department can decide disciplinary actions, whether it's reassignment, temporary leave or termination. >> well, new this morning, calls for police reform getting louder as last year more officers were charged in on-duty shootings

than ever before. now in 2021 we saw 21 cases here. this is of officers across the nation that were charged with murder or manslaughter, and in 2020 there were fewer than -- there were just five fewer there i can say. according to the data collected by bowling green oourng the number has grown each year in recent years. vallejo police department, they are among the eight sis reassessing its use of force policy and it's asking for the public's help. this is part of a larger plan to improve police and really rebuild police and public trust. >> things are already changing at the vallejo police department. last year was the first time in 20 years that the department saw no officer-involved shooting, and they want to continue that momentum forward. now in 2019, the department underwent an independent assessment that resulted in 45 recommendations for change. in 20209 city entered into a three-year agreement with the california department of justice

to improve training, policy, accountability, among other things, and in the same year they also worked with the solano county district attorney's office on a fatal incident protocol for use in officer-involved shootings. in 2021 the department saw a 40% decrease in police use of force cases and zero officer-involved shootings, as i mentioned. >> now the department is asking the public to weigh in on a slate of proposed reforms. already the department ban chokeholds and requires their officer's document every single time they pull their weapon on someone, fine they don't fire. now one of the reasons for the reform is the 2020 police shooting of 22-year-old sean monterosa. they found the person who killed him violated policy by not trying to de-escalate it by shooting his service revolver

through the windshield. >> you'll see an enhanced focus on the sanctity of life prior to using force while building trust and legitimacy with our community. you'll also see, you know, harm reduction, de-escalation, accountability, and that -- that is a matter of reducing injuries to officers and citizens alike. >> vallejo pd is accepting public feedback on its reforms on the vallejo.com website through march 14th and then on february 23rd vallejo will hold a town hall meeting for people to weigh in virtually, of course, if they can. i'll put all this information on my facebook, twitter and instagram pages so you can find that location where can you have your voice heard. kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> hopefully things will change for the better with everyone. thanks, kris. much more on vallejo's use of force policy.

watch her full video on the streaming app. download it for free and use it on apple tv, amazon fire or roku and look for the symbol under the must-see list. >> and now to a climate in crisis. a live look at the san jose skyline. the city has just had its driest january on report. the national weather service says the city had an immeasurably small. a rain and the rest of 2022 is expected to be dry. not good news to report. kari, we would like to see rain in the forecast, but i understand we've got a warmup on the way next week. >> yeah. we do have a warmup, and when we take a look at the numbers for the water year, we are seeing these overhaul numbers not look too bad as we take a look at the big boost that we had back in october and november as well as december and then as we see san jose it's really starting to dip there, and we're not at a surplus anymore. we're seeing the surplus we did

have that's starting to shrink quickly. drought monitor, watching out for the updates that come out in 30 minutes. in a severe droout drought and it does look like we'll have more dry days going into february. these are usually our wettest months of the year and we've been looking to the sky and are only seeing blue skies. we'll have the drought update when it comes up in a few minutes. mike, you're seeing even clear conditions out there right new. >> probably clear because the wind is blowing any clouds out of area. still, not as much as yesterday. chp gives notes for three of the five maps on this screen right here. antioch, bay bridge, green sensors dominate the maps, including here, highway 84 did reopen. all lanes right on schedule just before 5:00. no delay, but a little build coming in on 48 out of

pleasanton. the earlier crew getting to the dunbarton bridge. >> cruising for a refund. coming up here on "today in the bay" at 5:25, the consumer team has one man getting a refund after his trip was cans sgleld and putting stop to robo callers. the new fcc proposal that could put a halt to all those wanted calls and messages. and one bay-area skp about to have the worst day on the stock market in terms of overall value in stock market history. stay tuned for that. >> but, affirmative action an alert in the south bay. scammers, they are using facebook to target san jose's latino community. they are luring victims with the promise of high-paying jobs in construction, shipping jobs with amazon and housecleaning. that's a look for what they are talking about and what to look for. just look at our website, nbcbayarea.com.

heading out the door in the north bay. only at 25 degrees in santa rosa. it's also clear so there's no issue with fog as the winds clear down. a mix of sun and cloudses a the temps head to the low 60. we'll talk about the rest of the

bay area and a look ahead to the weekend come up. >> yeah, the green dominates the map over my shoulder right here. that's great news. almost everywhere. we'll show you 580 in dublin where the traffic flows smoothly. you can see the volume coming out of the altamont pass. there's some changes for the early longer drives. we'll take a look at that coming up. >> well, good morning, and a very happy thursday to you as well. this time around in the work-from-home cycle i don't have a tv monitor like mike over my shoulder like i do in the studio, an this is the first day i've missed it because we really need something back there that speaks to the upcoming disaster that's going take place for facebook or meta today. you know, like that dog drinking coffee in the fire, you know that meme. i tell the artist to pick that dog and put a facebook logo on the screen as well because few people recognize the meta logo. this would be a good graphic.

ask for the screen with the person holding their hands up like this. so the point here is facebook's stock has plunged in pre-market trading after the company said it actually lost users. based on that facebook stock will plunge so far so fast that the company's overall value, what we call market cap, will fall by so much it will be the biggest loss of value for a single company on the stock market since they invented the stock market. facebook is that big and investors are that disappointed. pre-market facebook has been down as much as 22%. now, meta facebook also said it spent a lot of profits about building up the metaverse. it's hard to say if this will pay off for the parent company. it's a big gamble and a lot of people and some at meta really don't understand what the metaverse actually, is but meta's got to do something. it's losing users for the first

time in 18 years on facebook, and a lot of people are spending their time on other things like tiktok, so it's better to try something else as a company than to do nothing at all. i wish hi better news on the economy but it's looking rough. we get the big jobs report tomorrow, but leading up to that we got some early peaks at data to give us an idea of what the report is going to look lyrics and it looks horrible, like negative numbers bad, according to adp payroll data. we'll find out for sure tomorrow morning at 5:30. spotify says it actually gained paid users over the past quarter. many of the new customers coming before the latest controversy that caused some musicians to leave the platform. the musicians crosby, stills and nash are the late toast cut their ties with spotify and the traffic safety commission tells reporters they are aware of spikes on complaints about tesla suddenly coming to an abrupt

stop, what drivers call the phantom braking. they are seeing danger ahead of it when there isn't any. earlier today tesla announced the recall because in some instances the cars didn't stop. didn't brake to a stop at stop signs when they were driving in self-driving mode. >> let me point out, marcus and laura, tesla designed the cars not to stop at the stop sign. the software was set to do a california stop when set in an aggressive mode. that wasn't a flaw. that's the way they designed the car. >> that was their intention. >> interesting. >> thanks so much, scott. 5:18 for you this morning. the fcc has issued a new proposal that could make it harder for robo callers to leave the ringless voice mails on your inbox. the annoying messages that show up in your inbox without your

explain being considered first. this morning you still have about ten days left to put your super bowl appetizer menu together and invite me. so how about keg of chili cheese. >> a keg of chili cheese. that's a lot. better be having a big party if you're going do that. a keg holding more than 1,000 servings of melted cheese. >> ew. >> 50 gallons and even has an adjustable heating device. it can be yours if you win the grand prize in a contest now being held by hormel. the best all, the keg can be reused so fill it up with a lot more cheese. >> i'm not a big cheese fan like that. >> not the artificial stuff. >> don't forgot it's the rams and bengals in super bowl lvi right here on nbc bay area, sunday, february 13th, right

before valentine's day. kickoff right about 3:30 and we'll have an entire day of super bowl coverage so it should be a lot of fun. eat get your chips and guacamole going. >> here's a look at our forecast for today. see how things are looking. are the winds going to die down? we've had so many this week? >> yeah. it's going to be much calmer today and nice to get out there it. almost feels like the wind can knock you over the past couple of days so we're going to start out chilly this morning and when the wind calls down we start to see the temperatures dipping and we're just 1 degree above freezing right now in morgan hill, and we're seeing those 30s for the tri-vale as well as parts of the north bay and so with this cold start we're going to see at least a clear sky but also a nice warmup heading into late morning as you're heading out for the commute, you may want to let the car warm up and then head out for work this morning. heater on full blast with our temperatures in the mid-30s and then as we go into late morning

lunchtime, 57 degrees. i would still say that's an indoor lunch day but our temperatures will reach into the low 60s for this afternoon 64 in east san jose and some low 60s for much of the east bay. we'll see a high of 16 in oakland and 62 in danville today and near the coastline, upper 50s. you're noticing that most of our temperatures are pretty uniform from the coast to the inland areas. really not a big range in temperatures here, and this is the kind of weather that we've seen recently so if you go to the coast it's the same temperature that you're feeling for say the delta. a large area of high pressure and all of the clouds are still well to the north of us, but notice the clouds starting to dip in to northern california this morning, so we will have a mix of sun and clouds today, but, unfortunately, still no rain. if we're going have clouds wing my as we will have rain and that's not in the card for us today, and so we're still looking at more of the same conditions going into the weekend as well as next week as the very dry air stays in place,

and we notice that our temperatures will be warming up, too. looking at the next ten days, it does show light amounts of rain hitting pacific northwest and not even a drop here and each day we don't get rain or snow, the sierra snowpack has been climbing by about a percentage or two and now we're at 90% of our statewide average and what we should see for this time in february, and those numbers will continue to go down and rainfall deficits still going up. as we look at our temperatures head for the upper 60s and low 70s. next week we'll see our temperatures in the low 70s so that's going to feel more like spring as this warm and dry weather will continue. mike, you're seeing mostly a green drive out there on the commute. >> green on yours means rain and green on mine means that's good but not for rain. green means go, and you're going pretty well everywhere except 84, a little slowing out of

livermore and the altamont pass. that shows the build right here coming out of 205 and the 580 merge. alive look at the bay bridge shows you no problem. a quick flow of traffic approaching the bridge and no metering lights and no problems getting into san francisco. that would be westbound 80. back to you. >> thanks for keeping tabs of it. coming up next here on "today in the bay," nbc bay area responds. >> his cruise is cancelled because of the pandemic, so why can't he get his money back? i'm consumer investigator chris chmura. nbc bay area responds next.

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welcome back. it's 5:25. the south bay viewer wanted to cruise off into the sunset with his wife, but wound up in a year-long battle with the cruise line and a travel agent. >> yeah, consumer investigator chris kimura said they helped him navigate. >> jasoned by a travel agent $1,644 to book a cruise on the carnival cruise lines for him and his wife. they were supposed to go in the spring of 2020 but that's when we met our foe covid-19. that cruise didn't happen. jozef says he asked for a refund for more than a year with just no luck. then he called us for help. we reached out to the travel agent cruising agents and carnival. carnival said we reached out to the travel advisers who are coordinating this cruise and they contacted joseph directly. after learning he wanted a refund they issued a check back

to him, a full refund. the travel agent told us the matter was resolved but said due to privacy issue and protecting our client's rights we cannot speak to you about another client. this was resolved. when a california travel agent drops the ball, a little known group can compensate you. it's called the travel consumer restitution corp rage. we did a story about it a while back. you can watch it if you point your smartphone at the qr code. they have a pool of money to take care of customers whose travel agents fail to deliver. in you are having travel trouble or anything else, go to nbc responds or call us at 888-996-tips. >> thanks very much. >> the top stories we're follow today are coming up next, including a push to loosen covid restrictions for international travelers. the change airlines want to see. plus -- >> a 49ers fan badly beaten at sunday's nfc championship game now in a medically induced coma.

the new information expected today on the investigation. you're watching "today in the bay."

right now at 5:30, fighting for his life, a popular bay--year chef is in a coma after being brutally attacked outside of sofi stadium during the 49ers game. what police are saying about his violent encounter. >> it's too tight. >> a desperate plea from several

major airlines. the covid rule they want the twhous drop now and how it can potentially make traveling easier. >> also, cutting ties. the controversial move by san francisco's police chief to stop working alongside district attorney jason boudine and how the district is responding. this is "today in the bay." >> thanks so much for starting the day with us. >> i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. we're broadcast on your television and you can also catch us on roque ump, amazon fire and online. meteorologist kari hall has a look at that forecast with what to expect. kari in. >> it's starting out cold across the bay area and at least the wind is coming down. starting out cold and warming up noisily. in fact, we're just one degree above freezing right new in morgan hill and only a couple of degrees above freezing in

dublin. nap ark and santa rosa, still a breeze. temperatures in the 40s and a martinez starting out chilly with a clear sky. no issues with fog and we'll see a mix of sun and clouds today as our temperatures gradually warm up. we're headed for the low 60s. we'll talk more about this, and if you haven't yet made weekend plans we'll take a look at some of the destinations you may be headed to in the forecast in a few minutes. >> we do have breaking news for you this morning. the white house is now confirming president biden plans to speak in about an hour about what the pentagon is calling a large-scale counterterrorism raid. this all happened at a multi-level home near the turkish border in northwest syria. video showing the heavily damaged home as you can see right here. now the white house says a key isis leader was taken out, and according to the "new york times" he died in that raid. another journalist on the ground says 12 others died, including six children and four women. all americans involved in this mission returned safely. >> more breaking news this

closer to home in san francisco. two people injured after more than 20 are displaced an an early morning fire in the heart of the mission district this. video is from citizens app. it damaged a four-story building at mission and 16th street. the ground floor fire started a little after midnight and took firefighters more than an hour to control. two people were injured and suffered smoke inhalation, and we've now learned that 13 units are damaged. no word on what caused that fire but it mau have started with burning debris outside the building. >> also this morning, a bay ash darrah man is in a medically induced coma ever being beaten during sunday's rams/49ers game. >> nbc bay area's bob redell

joins us now with more. what do we know about this. >> reporter: new information will be released today but we don't what that is. investigators are looking at surveillance camera footage to see if there's any images of the suspect or suspects in this attack. 40-year-old daniel luna, the owner of the peruvian restaurant on poedment. he's been in a medically induced coma since monday. medical personnel found him badly beating in the sofi stadium during the first quarter of the nfc game. luna, who was wearing a 49ers jersey had injuries to his face and usher body. police say they don't think robbery was a motive but they have no reason to think he was attacked either bows of his 49ers keep. >> we're working with sofi

stadium to look for surveillance footage that will hopefully help capture this person and lead us to the person or persons responsible. >> reporter: the restaurant where luna works has a seib that says sorry, we'll be back soon. he's in critical condition and there's similar charges on brian snow. he was beaten in the locking last back in 2020. reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> bob, thank you. developing this morning. new turmoil in san francisco between the police and the district attorney's office. now chief bill scott has terminated the memorandum of understanding of where the police department and the d.a.'s office would work together on criminal investigations.

this is the latest fallout from the -- from a trial involving a police officer accused of using excessive force during a domestic call back in 2019. chief scott accuses of d.a.'s office of of withholding evidence. >> this is not something that we can wait on. >> one of your officers is being charged for beating a black man, breaking his bones, and you want to put out propaganda. >> i really think take offense to your accusations that you just accused me of. >> now the d.a.'s office released a statement about the termination of the agreement saying in part it is disappointing but no coincidence that sfpd chose to withdraw from this agreement during the first-ever trial against an on-duty san francisco police officer for an unlawful beating. a live look at sfo this thursday morning where some airlines say it's time for international travel to take off

again. they are asking the white house to drop covid testing procedures to enter. crisco could get a boost. sfo has really been the backdrop for me for months as we've walked you through the roller coaster ride of the mandates and the testing requirements and some of the travel restrictions, but airlines as you mentioned approaching the white house as a way to increase that international travel. now, some of those airlines are banding together asking the biden administration to drop testing requirements to enter the united states, so as it currently stands, you have to show a negative covid test 24 hours before your flight. now this was reduced from 72 hours before your flight. these airlines are pointing to the falling covid cases across the country as just one of the reasons to remove the mandate.

cnbc obtained a letter from an airline lobbiest to the white house and it read in part removing the requirement will greatly support the recovery of travel and aviation in the united states and globally without increasing the spread of covid-19 rapid its variant. what will do local infectious it is experts think about dropping that mandate. we have a chance to spoke were the doctor saying much of our is moving to the endemek face of covid. >> it moans that you manage it like the include. that's what we're owe telly and i think the airlines are saying let's start with the yourself a, so i think it's really fair. >> it's important to note that the united kingdom is actually dropping the test requirement to

enter next week. so far we've not heard a response from the white house in regards to the requested made by the airline lobbying group. it is also important to note that if you do have to catch a flight you'll still need wear that mask that is mask mandate, the federal mask mandate for public transportation is still in place until may to march. we're live at sfo. cierra johnson for "today in the bay." >> we'll see if anything changes in that department as well. thanks so much. a live look outside, talking about international travelers. international orange is the color of the golden gate bridge. so many people come to the bay area to see its glory. kari's got a look at the forecast for this now thursday. almost feels like springtime temperatures or the look out there, i should say. still cold. got to bundle up in the morning. >> yeah. >> and doesn't this shot look cold. this is palisades tahoe, and if you're going to the sierra this weekend enjoying all that have snow that's still left on the ground and you might want to get

there soon, our temperatures there are cold enough for some of our resorts like palisades and alpine meadows to continue to make some of that snow, especially at our temperatures drop into the teens, but as we go into the weekend we're going also see the pleasant weather therein with highs in the mid-40s. if you want to keep it close to home and check out our own mike inouye would be will be there for the lubary new yore celebration and for that's going to be really, really nice. temperatures will reach into the mid-60s. not as windy and we'll get nice weather for all of the 00 airplane new year celebrations going on. ourm. many. sunshine will continue in the forecast. if you're headed south to check out the pebble beach pro-am. there's amazing weather there with temperatures reaching into the mid-60s with a lot of sunshine throughout the weekend. mike, how is it looking just

heading to work this morning? >> pretty good right now, caru. i'm looking ahead. you're looking to weekend and i'm looking to tonight. the warriors return for their home game now. we were on the while right now a little bit of slowing where the arrows are. highway 37 out of vallejo and towards the bay bridge inclean and no metering backups at the toll plaza just yet. slow where the arrows are out of the east bay, and we've just got a blip right before where it says san jose north 101. shows the traditional showing just starting. back to you. >> thanks, mike. >> it's 5:41 right now. making college tuition free. that sounds great. coming up next on "today in the bay" there's a new push for state lawmakers to do that. >> and more american troops are on their way to eastern europe.

we'll have the latest on the ukraine cries coming up. plus, stars hitting the links. the pebble beach pro-am returns. we'll tell you the famous faces getting ready to tee off today. >> but, first, struggling to make it in the bay? 40,000 homes are sitting empty in san francisco. right now online as nbcbayarea.com our team is breaking decision on that decision.

time to get up and moving of the right now at 5:44 as you step out the door in oakland. temperatures in the mid-40s and visibility is clear and as you're heading out it's a nice breezy start but the wind will continue to calm and we'll see a few clouds in the mix as our temperatures head to near 60 degrees for today. we'll talk about changes to come ahead in the weekend forecast coming up. >> and got my eyes on these sensors over in the east bay. a one-lane block west 80 at powell heading towards the bay bridge no. slowing showed up on our sensors but we do show sense ore at the bay bridge toll plaza. towards the incline we should see the metering lights any second. >> thanks so much, mike. u.s. forces are preparing to be shipped out to eastern europe. >> scott mcgrew with the pentagon announcement that at least 3,000 american troops would actually head east to help out our nato allies. >> yeah.

the countries, marcus, poland, germany, all of this, of course in, response to the russians who have more than 100,000 troops on the boarder of ukraine. >> there's no question that russia and president putin have continued to take eskola try not deeskola try steps. it's not just one moment. we're looking at events over the course of time. >> even more the latest american troop movement putin was objecting to nato forces he thought was operating too close to, are but you can argue he's made the problem worse for himself but not better and because of the use of force there are more nato troops there, not less. you may recall trump literally shoved a fellow nato leader at a nato meeting. trump often called nato

irrelevant and out of date. generally nato has been unified, though our nato allies in germany have been a bit more cautious. part of the problem is they get a lot of natural goose heat their homes from russia, and germany is reluctant to send troops towards russia for very good historical reasons. i spoke with a german tv reporter about his country's attitude towards the crisis. >> i think there is still this kind of fear that comes from the cold war that we should not have any conflict with russia. russia may be some 1,000 kilometers away and that's not so far nowadays and i think there's no fear in germany that we'll be attacked, but neighboring countries, they are afraid of that, and, yeah, so i think for them as we told in the beginning, it's a big deal that

the u.s. sent some troops to europe, of course, only for maybe a short period of time, but they are now there, just to show we are ready to defend our nato allies. the point will be what is going to happen to ukraine in the end? ukraine is neither in the member of the european union for of nato and there will be i think even the u.s. will not risk a war with russia about ukraine in the end, so vladimir putin i think many people in germany think that he doesn't need to attack ukraine because he still has his hands on ukraine. >> now back here at home. one of the military's former top experts on russia and ukraine retired colonel alexander vindman is suing donald trump and rudy giuliani. you may recall colonel vindman testified at a house impeachment hearing in 2018 and was harassed by members of the far right and his brother was fired from a job

at the white house. vindman is suing under the ku klux klan act of 1871 which forbids people from preventing government workers from doing their jobs or retaliating against them for doing their jobs. now, trump's first impeachment came after trump stopped american weapons from going to ukraine to help defend against russia, unless ukraine agreed to investigate joe biden and his family. we know that happened because trump himself released the details of the phone call where he made that threat. well, as you know, the president, the current president will speak shortly about the raid in syria against terror targets. we're watching for that. we're talking about it on social media. on twitter you can follow me @scott mcgrew. >> it's 5:49 right now hand new this morning peninsula state lawmakers are pushing to provide free tuition for san matteo county community college students. the new bill would give the district leeway on what it will charge students or waive

enrollment fees all together. students would have to meet eligibility requirements for reduced fees. this would cover junior colleges, san matteo and other areas. >> fans are coming out to pebble beach. >> fans are become at this year's pro-am tournament after an empty course due to the pandemic. the first round gets under way as the celebrities join some of the world's best golfers. yed yesterday they held a par 3 cop test and putting challenge. other celebrities that are expected to attend, quarterback josh allen, mop scar mark mclemore and you know who i'm talking about, bill murray one newborn in southern california has a story to tell for the rest of life.

it's all about the day he was born, the day and time. kaiser san diego say natalie and angel san diego, of carlsbad welcomed the birth of their sop at 2:22 p.m. remember what yesterday was, 2/2/22. a lot 26s there so certainly meant to be. that's their lucky number. >> off to weather we go now. >> a weather reportp and a lot of people are heading had across 580 right now. doesn't really go with the number theme, but oh, well. now we're look at our clear visibility and cold temperatures to start. yesterday we heard from the groundhog and what its prediction was for the next few weeks, but let's take a look at the climate prediction center and a little bit more of a meteorological explanation of what we're expecting, and as we go through the month of february, it looks like our temperatures will be above average and that's what we're seeing in our forecast as well, as least for the next several

days. things will continue as high pressure blocks a storm track from coming into the bay area but it's dryer than normal. unfortunately, it looks like that will be the case. the drought monitor doesn'tor didn't change from last week. bedidn't see any improvementsp as we're expected to it on through one of our wetter months with some dry weather. temperatures headed to the low 60s. normal for this time of year. not seeing a big range in temperatures from the coast. 60s in concord and low 60s for parts of the peninsula, and spots like palo alto reaching 36 degrees. some upper 50s for san francisco, and some low 60s for much of the north bay as our highs start to get a little bit milder. you're probably already seeing that at the bottom of the screen. we're expecting a warmup and

we're still looking at some clouds starting to move in but still no rain. i'm like, okay, if there's going to be some clouds, at least they can bring some rain. that's not going to be the case. the rain is so dry that we've seen a lot of these north of the pacific northwest and that's the trend as we keep a lot of sunshine. the groundhog said more winter but this looks more like spring to me. by next week we're looking at low temperatures reaching into the low 70s. >> take a look at the map, live look first. the metering lights were turned on just as i was making that last report. we don't have a lot of backup, but they may slow the lights down on the span. as we look at the map, i'm going to tell you westbound 80 around treasure island reports of a disabled vehicle blocking the left lane. no slowing shows up on the sensors. the arrows show where there's a

disabled vehicle in powell. we have seen the build for highway 37 out of vallejo travel. digital there, and a build as well through heyward for 880 and san jose with the arrows slowing for 101. back to you. >> thanks, mike. 5:53 and happening now after years of delay, starting this morning b.a.r.t. commute kers now cross the pedestrian bridge at the warm springs station. now it officially opened about an hour ago. the bridge crosses over the union pacific railroad tracks and connects to south fremont. it was originally slated to open in 2018, but there were some holdups. the total price there, $41 million? a historic tourist attraction may soon come to an end. still ahead a crucial vote that could determine the future of the roaring camp railroad. and then at 6:00 changing the way police respond to crime. we break down the changes being made by vallejo's police department and how you can have a say. and the winter games are starting to heat up even before

the opening ceremony. we're live from beijing with the journey olympians have had to make just to get there. we'll be right back.

welcome back. you're watching "today in the bay," and happening now. police on the peninsula, they are trying to track down a

bathroom peeper. palo alto police say on monday a man walked in on a woman in a restroom. this is at verve coffee roastiers. the man you see here looked under the bathroom stall divide and ran out when she yelled. police have not gotten any reports of similar incidents. the future of a historic railroad in santa cruz mountains may in jeopardy. the camp operator claims there's a move to cancel the use of its rail line to transport freight which they believe could put a stop to popular train rides. >> the money is being directed strategically to high priority projects and the santa cruz rail line is not considered a high priority project mainly because there really isn't freight on the line right now. >> reporter: the rtc says it's offered roaring camp a long-term license which would allow it to

continue operate as an operational rail service. new for you this morning. spike lee will direct a multi-part documentary on former san francisco 49ers quarterback colin kaepernick that. series which will air on espn features extensive interviews with kaepernick as well as never-before-seen footage from his personal archive. kaepernick last played pro football in 2006, this is the same year he started to kneel during the national anthem to protest injustice. no release date for this docu series has been announced. right now at 6:00, going for gold amid a global pandemic. the world's greatest athletes going head to head in the winter olympics it is a begins today. how one athlete is the optimistic she will be able to compete for team usa after testing positive. changes that the vallejo

police department is making and how it's letting residents take part. >> we do have a calmer wind for the bay area today as our stretch of record dry weather continues. a look back at how much rain was measured in january and how much -- how february is shaping up for us in the microclimate forecast. this is "today in the bay." >> a good morning to you on this thursday. thanks so much for making us a part of your morning. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. if you're on the go we broadcast not only to your television but you can watch us live on roku, amazon fire, apple tv and, of course, we stream live online so let's get it started. let those games begin. the 2022 winter olympics are under way, but getting there was a challenge. >> oh, yeah. our janelle wang made it and joins us live this morning. okay. janell. getting to beijing really was not an easy task.

>> no, it w