right now at 3:00, she's only 15 years old and she's in a doping scandal on the world stage. the new details of heart medication found in the russian's system. new evidence of two bay area men serving life for a death of an officer. the appeal trial begins in italy. it took a hit during the pandemic. bart leadership believes it will be years before it recovers. what it may cost you in the long run. the news at 3:00 starts

right now. thank you for being with us. i am jessica aguirre. >> bart is safer and cleaner and it needs you to come back. that's the message bart leaders want to send to people who avoided public transportation since the start of the pandemic. melissa colorado explains the financial of bart is grim and options of fixing it are not popular. >> reporter: cleaner stations, better lighting and more service hours. bart is hoping that is going to convince riders to hop on their trains again. it is going to be an uphill battle when you consider how many office workers are still working from home and the emergency federal dollars keeping bart afloat will eventually run out. >> it is slowly coming back. very slowly. >> definitely cleaner. >> reporter: bart is ready to welcome back thousands of their

prepandemic riders. the problem, will they come back or better yet do they need to. >> i do see that so many companies are working remotely. it is going to be harder and harder to get that ridership up. >> reporter: bart held a board meeting to discuss their financial future and according to their ridership forecast, the next two years looked grim. >> we'll not get to prepandemic level not until next summer. >> reporter: the fed handed bart $1.3 billion to keep it running. the rest will run out the next two years and full prepandemic riderships, don't expect that until 2029 at the earliest. >> we want to make sure the bay area residents understand our

fiscal crisis that we are facing once the federal emergency funds run out. >> reporter: the agency is reaching out to state lawmakers to find out if bart can tap into any of the state's budget surplus funding. if those conversations fall through, it could be up to the taxpayers to fill the money gap. >> you are not going to see a ballot measure any time soon. what is the bay area willing to pay when it comes to public transit? >> reporter: in oakland, melissa colorado, nbc bay area news. >> there may be some relief for bay area commuters stuck in that awful traffic jam along highway 101. it does come with a price. bay area transit agency celebrated the opening. new express lanes are on 101 and highway 85 between sunnyvale in redwood city. solo drivers can use lanes for a toll based on traffic at a celebration ceremony at

mountain view. they'll try to make sure the lanes are not just the privileged. >> they'll generate revenue and from that revenue we are creating pilot programs to help people get into a lane. getting some help with their transponders. >> reporter: toll lane advocates say all commuters will benefit simply getting out of the clogged lanes. the switch lane, switch on tomorrow, to use them as a solo driv driver, you will need a fast track transponder. officers found a man who's been shot. paramedics took him to the hospital and luckily he's expected to be okay. another person been shot 20 minutes later and died a few miles from the first crime

scene. the person shot at that man on irving street and he was hit with a bullet when the man fights back. bay area county lifting the mask mandate. mandates will be lifted next week in all bay area. the unvaccinated population will ditch their masks but they have the highest risk of catching the virus and getting sick. he predicts the vaccinated population may not lose the mask just yet. the state is heading in the right direction. it is going down, three weeks snapshot of our positivity rate. we were at 13.9% and it drops to 10.9% and today you see we are at 8.6%. proposed in january and signed by the governor today. the covid emergency response package gives the state as $2 billion boost. it will increase testing capacity and vaccination efforts and also support from land

workers and strengthen the healthcare system and battle misinformation which is a huge problem. it will focus on helping the state's hardest community fighting covid with door-to-door canvassing and phone banking and texting people to keep them informed. let's talk about your money, you may notice it is buying you a whole lot less. inflation steadily rising along with the price of everything you buy. is there anything you can actually do about it? our business tech reporter scott budman joins us now. the last time your paid check bought as little as it does today, et topped the hollywood box office and "physical" by olivia newton john was billboard's number one song. as inflation rises, your dollar

simply does not go as far. for every $100 you spent last year you have to spend $1,750 for the same stuff today. used car costs largely this year because there is no used cars. furniture up 17%. a lot of food items up more than 10% making every trip to the grocery stores more expensive and causing more to use electricity. some higher prices are expected after all the government stimulated the economy pumping more money to help us get through covid and salaries are been rising. that's good news but except when consumer price rise at a faster phase. >> any number of people switched jobs are saying it is really

hard to feel so i am ahead of the game primarily because i am seeing higher prices and i am having to adjust to that. >> dr. hudson points out this is hitting hardest for here in the bay area when it was already a struggle to make rent or mortgage payments which brings us to what the government can do to fight inflation. it can't lower the price of groceries or gas directly but it can tighten the money supply by raising interest rates. that usually takes months to show any effects and leads to higher mortgage rates which we'll feel in the bay area. the flight inflation on your own and admittedly this can be tough drives less and use less gas and hold onto your car for as long as you can. also try to pay down any debt, that'll help if interest rates end up going up. >> important tips there. thank you so much scott. a claude of controversy is hanging over figure skating team

event. the medal ceremony has yet to be held. it held around valieva. the drug can help with the help. the drug could improve stamina and help the young athlete. >> it is extremely unlikely that someone so young would be prescribed of this medication for any relations relating to hard disease. >> valieva secured a gold ping. russian athletes are allowed to compete but not under their flag. going home was a big night.

nathan chen rocketed to gold. he scored 22 points over second place japan. it is chen's first olympic gold and the first gold for team usa men's figure scathing in 12 years. on the slopes, the queen of the halfpipe defending her olympic title. chloe kim won back-to-back gold in the snowboard halfpipe. she said she had a really bat practice but yet she managed to score a 94. that's why she broke down in tears. she pulled it out. she's on the medal stand. >> she did so amazing. it was a wonderful night to witness all of that and the highs and the lows and the scandals. there are what makes the olympics. garvin thomas has been keeping a close eye on all of it. what you got for us tonight? >> don't go anywhere. i am going to need your help

with the first moment. something that's getting a lot of attention online and i need you guys to be the judges. let's take you to the women's 500 meters speed. i want to call your attention to a hand, you will see it right now. that hand right there belongs to chinese skater fang. she appears to grab one of the grand marker causing a canadian competitor to fall. the judges did not catch it. some say it was an accident. there is no way she could have intentionally done that. what did you guys think? >> i don't think so. >> i would like to give people the benefit of the doubt but also you are in that moment and you are clearing the path for yourself. >> it is so fast. >> always looking at the best in people, jessica. >> okay, let's go to you are o next story. nick bumgarner, the 40-year-old

snowboard cross racer, the 40 years old. he finished fourth in pyeongchang. he was open about his goal of bringing home a gold medal. they were watching his qualifying run from michigan. nick did not make a final. if you ever have a doubt for what these competitions mean to these athletes, just listen to nick. >> heartbreak. i don't think people know how much we put into this. i put so much time and effort and one little mistake and it is gone. 40 years old, i am running out of chances. i got such, so much support back home and i feel like i let them down. it is insane. >> so sad. i know his family has to be super proud of him. >> petitions are out after that.

don't put them away yet. these will be happy tears. jaelin kauf won the silver medal was on the "today" show. the crew surprised her with a video from her mom which she was on stage and ran into surprise jaelin. >> look at that! >> aw. >> with no crowds in beijing, that means no families and this is the first time jaelin kauf had seen her mom, patty since her victory. she thought she would have to wait. both parents were successful mogul skiers competing in the world tour themselves. what a great moment. >> now i am crying. >> always tearing up when garvin comes. wonderful stories. >> thank you, guys. still ahead, a desperate need for blood dodonations. now a call for help for a bay area mayor. one group lifting restrictions on who can donate. we are tracking record temperatures outside, the record

today would be 73 in79 degrees. how long will these record breaking temperatures stick around in our forecast when we come right back. i have traveled to virginia today for a wide range one-on-one interview with president biden, among the things we have talked about the roll back of in-door mask restrictions happening in more and more states and kids should be wearing masks in schools. i got an update on the president on his search of the next supreme court justice nominee when we see you tonight on nbc's "nightly news."

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download our app and click on the must-see play list. two bay area men convicted offensive killing an italian police officer. they are serving life in prison. italy's stiffest punishment. one officer on the italian police force was charged with unjustly handling one of the defendants. he's accused of blindfolding one of them and holding him for question at a police station. there is new evidence revealed phone messaging chats between officers on the force pushed for the death penalty which italy does not have. now elder's mother is hoping a judge will grant her son a new trial. >> my son is painfully aware that the actions that he had that night caused the death of a man and he suffers from

tremendous guilt. he's also painfully aware of the in justice of his versions of the events were never listened to. >> two convicted and stabbing and kill the officer and stabbing him 11 times. they clearly identified themselves. elder testified they were acting in self-defense. they thought the officers were thugs. russia entered a grim new phase of its pressure campaign against ukraine. it conducted military drills in belarus on the ukrainian northern border. the massive deployment raises concerns that russia could use a drill for covers. u.s. also shifted resources, moving the second cavalry regiment from germany to rhee

rhee - romania. coming up lester holt sits down with president biden in an exclusive interview. it is the president's first sit-down interview of 2022. it is a desperate plea to roll up your sleeves, omicron surge triggered a blood shortage across the bay area. today's san jose mayor calling on everyone to donate immediately. and as nbc bay area's sergio quintana tells us there is a growing call for some people to donate who had been banned for decades. >> pandemic forced the shutdown at a lot of these kinds of events that we typically have at schools and workplaces and fairs and so forth where people would

come and give blood. >> reporter: the mayor joined members to encourage everyone to give blood. the dire national shortage is prompting new call for the fda to lift restrictions on gay and bisexual men out of concerns of the risk of aids and hiv. now gay and bisexual men can donate blood but only if they have not had sex in three months. there is a new study being conducted that could help change those rules again. >> this study is focused on evaluating alternatives to the fda's blood donor policy. under a grant, researchers are recruiting gay and bisexual men to participate in the study. a blood center in san francisco and oakland are helping conduct it. >> this is a great way to be involved in the process, if you can't donate, we encourage you

to see if you are eligible to participate in the advance study. >> reporter: in 2020, the fda relaxed restrictions on other groups of people that had been barred or restricted in donating. for now the message is clear, if you can give blood, please give now. in san francisco, sergio quintana , nbc bay area news. taking a look at our weather now when it is dry like the conditions we have been dealing with. the last thing we need is the wind. early next week we could see gusty winds. right now it is the wind direction, the offshore breezes bringing the clear skies and temperatures to san francisco in the mid-70s. normally we should see highs in the low 60s and instead up to 74 degrees right now. similar conditions out towards walnut creek. livermore, 74 degrees. the warmest spot right now around the bay area is actually san jose. up to 79 degrees.

smashing the old record of 73, setback in 2016 with the northwest winds 12 miles per hour and temperatures map is very interesting. 82 degrees. selena airport at 86 degrees right now. these are the warmest temperatures we see this week. tomorrow we'll break a few records in land during the day tomorrow. tomorrow morning you may need a heater in the morning as you start your car with some low 40s and windchills. by lunchtime you are back in t-shirt weather again. we did have highs close to the 70s and 80st today. looks like another round of that for santa clara and fewer warmer spots. san jose could be close to 80 degrees. notice what's happening here. we may begin to see the ocean air-conditioning coming back mid to late afternoon tomorrow along

with some increasing high clouds. we'll see more of that for the weekend ahead. temperatures cooling slightly towards sunday and the forecast may get more interesting around monday and tuesday. we talked about the chance of seeing more wind for the bay area. one positive element of that change could be a chance of at least seeing more snow shower. for us what we are likely to see instead is gusty wind developing ass the storm drops in. watch these wind speeds as valentine's day monday into tuesday, we could see wind gusts of 20 to 40 miles per hour. for now, another day of record highs could be in store tomorrow. we'll see numbers in the 70s from san francisco. across the valley, trending cooler for super bowl weekend and watching those winds early next week. hopefully, maybe sierra gets a chance of snow. they have not seen any chance of snow in 33 days. that streak may end on monday, those wind speeds something to watch around the bay area next

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be recognized, you know? >> going to be so good. >> dr. dre joked that he had to convince snoop dog and enimen not to have a wardrobe malfunction. >> i love the shakira and j-lo, i think i am going to love this one. >> coming up, will shaun white get the gold? yes, please. you can catch him competing in the men's halfpipe when we come back. calhope can help with free covid-19 emotional support. call 833-317-4673 or live chat at calhope.org today.

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breaking news tonight. the nbc news exclusive. with states across the country ending mask mandates, my one-on-one with president biden. the president in his first sit-down interview of 2022 with a wave of blue states lifting mask mandates against cdc guidance, we ask the president does he think these governors are moving too quickly, and should children will required to wear masks in schools. also, the fears of a russian invasion in ukraine. the president's warning to americans there now. would he send u.s. troops in to get them out? plus, major news on inflation. the highest in 40