right now at 6:00, president biden joins nato leaders for an emergency summit on russia's invasion of ukraine. it's under way right now. we're live in washington with a new push to hit back at russia's economy. >> plus, a major pay area water provider renewing its calls to conserve water, this as we're also talking about the big gas rebate plan possibly coming to california. more money in your pocket. more money to pay your water bill i suppose. a lot of news on this thursday morning. this is "today in the bay." >> and it is thursday morning. want to say thank you for allowing us to be a part of your morning. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. if you're online watch us live on roku, amazon fire, apple tv and, of course, online. >> let's get you started with vianey arana and rob mayeda in

for kari hall. >> as you well know, it started feeling hot out there, and here's a closer look at today's forecasts highs so warmer inland. upper 60s and a couple-of-mid-70s. san jose 72 degrees. los gatos 79 and up through areas like oakland, san francisco, san matteo, heyward, we're talking 60s and today's daytime highs. you are going to get plenty of sunshine so hopefully you get a chance to go outside and enjoy the afternoon. coming up in a few minutes in my full forecast we'll talk about the latest drought monitor update and a closer look at the full seven-day forecast in a few minutes. >> a high-stakes summit to try to end the russian invasion is under way. want to show you a video of president biden arriving for today's emergency summit with nato leaders in brussels. it's the first of several high-stakes meetings on the agenda and we've learned in the

last hour that the white house will establish a so-called tiger team this. group will plan a response if russia uses chemical or biological weapons. the u.s. is also expected to announce more sanctions against russia. want to show you some video of the ukranian president volodymyr zelenskyy addressing nato allies this, mo. he's urging the group to supply ukraine with more weaponry and tanks, and he says because ukraine does not have the powerful air defense system it needs swift military aid. today's meeting comes as the world marks one month since the russian invasion. brie jackson is in washington this morning and one month later, and there's so much at stake now. >> reporter: good morning, marcus. absolutely, and president biden is pushing allies to ramp up the pressure on russia and president biden faces pressure after sanctions against russia have failed to stop vladimir putin's aggression.

president biden in brussels for a high stakes emergency summit. the manish uat hand, russia's brutal attacks on ukraine. the president and nato leaders acknowledging a frustrated vladimir putin could soon turn to chemical weapons. more sanctions against russia are on the table for nato leaders. members are pledging to double their military presence near ukraine. >> we are determined to continue to impose costs on russia to bring about the end of this brutal war. >> reporter: nato's chief says the idea of admitting ukraine to the security alliance is not on the table. ukraine's president addressed the summit in a video message putting more pressure on leaders saying russia had a month of impunity destroying a peaceful country. the meet national europe come on the heels of the u.s. officially accusing russia of committing war crimes in ukraine. >> russian forces have destroyed

apartment buildings, schools, hospitals, other elements of the critical civilian infrastructure. >> reporter: the death toll climbing on both sides with estimates of nearly 1,000 civilian deaths and up to 15,000 russian troops killed. >> the more we can do to help the ukranians, i think the faster that this thing can be over. >> reporter: president biden and european leaders also discussing support for the roughly 10 million people displaced by the conflict. president biden will travel to poland on friday. he plans to meet with the polish president. that country has taken more than 2 million refugees from ukraine so far, and today the u.s. is expected to announce that it will allow up to 100,000 ukranians and others fleeing the country into the u.s. marcus? >> i know a lot of people fleeing there just want a safe place to take their family. all right. they really want to go home. brie jackson in washington, thanks, brie. we will continue coverage of the president's trip to europe. tomorrow the president travels

as you heard brie talk there to poland as millions of ukranians are fleeing the violence there, now calling the country home. this is ahead of a meeting with poland's president on saturday. don't forget for full coverage 24/7 on every single development. always visit nbcbayarea.com. >> if you're filling up at the pump this morning and you're among those struggling to make it in the bay there, may be some help on the horizon. california's new push to give drivers hundreds of dollars to cover skyrocketing fuel costs. kris sanchez joins us live from campbell to explain why the governor is suddenly so focused on this rebate and what it may mean for you. kris? >> well, laura. i just looked it up this morning, and the average for regular unleaded in california is $1.66 higher than the national average, and that's why the state leaders are clamoring to try to give drivers some sort of relief, and they say that gas rebates would be the most direct route to do that, to give relief

to those drivers who are pumping gas that. proposal is to give every californian a $400 gas card for up to two registered vehicles per household and even people with electric vehicles. if approved the cards would be issued in july, now the relief package would also make public transit free for three months. the gas rebates or gas cards would be funded by $11 billion in state surplus funds, so money that's already sitting there. the governor will meet with the state legislature to hammer out the details but the people who agree with the fact that we need some relieve but some people say why is it going to take so long? >> really could use some extra money? >> especially now. >> especially now, man. like 56 bucks, right. >> that's a long time to wait, especially if you're commuting back and forth to work. >> now the governor's office estimates that each of us pays about $300 in gas taxes each

year so a $400 rebate would cover that amount for about a year. >> kris, let's talk about the rebate and why not a hold, you know, on the high gas taxes that we pay in california. >> reporter: well, you know, we're talking about two different funds here. the rebates would come from the state surplus, money that's already sitting there. the gas tax is collected at the bumps, and that funds things like infrastructure, road repairs, public transit so lawmakers really kind of hesitant to put a pause on collecting that money. there's also the issue that we pay that gas tax at the pump and there's no guarantee that oil and gas companies would pass that savings on. >> we want to see the potholes fixed, too, and some money in our pockets. thanks so much, kris. >> money in our pockets is always good. 6:07 for you this morning. happening today, scott peterson and his defense team, they are due back in court to pick up number an evidentiary hearing surrounding a possible new criminal trial. both sides were in court last

three weeks ago when the judge abruptly halt that had hearing. at that time issues were raised about questioning of a documentary filmmaker and her testimony surrounding former juror rochelle nyche. this hearing will continue if the hearing merits a new trial for the murder of his wife and unborn son. testimony is expected to wrap up tomorrow. we do have a sad follow-up for you. this is a house fire where three people were trapped inside tuesday at vallejo. two of the victims rescued by firefighters have now died from their injuries. that fire started in the basement of a home on bay view avenue. doctors could not save the 80-year-old woman and one of her daughters that was also in that home fire, her 50-year-old daughter. the dog also died. the other person rescued is expected to make a full recovery. >> 6:08, a live look in san francisco where the puc is reminding everyone to conserve water. they are also trying to make sure that homeowners know free

evaluations are available to identify any potential leaks or water-wasting appliances. last fall the agency declared a water shortage emergency. customers are asked to cut usage by 5% and 13.5%. and a 5% drought surcharge will kick in for all customers starting next month. >> let's take a look outside. it's 6:09 and this is downtown san jose. oh, we can see the sun trying to make an appearance this morning and getting ready for that. before we get that we've got to deal with the cool temperatures, vianey. >> it is a little bit chilly in some spots. right now as you head out the door, you may want to take a light sweater because we're starting out in the low 40s in some areas, including scott vale and the santa cruz mountains. 44 degrees. everywhere else in the mid-50s.

in through heyward and oakland in the upper 60s. take a look at areas in oakland as well as up to the north bay, expected to see low 70s so we're going to get a lot of sunshine, and enjoy this weather. even heading into the weekend because we do have a bit of a change, and that change is going to come in the form of a rain chance or two heading into sunday night, but, i mean, we're setting up quite nicely into friday, saturday and sunday so i hope everyone gets a chance to head outside and take advantage of such fantastic weather. i've truly been enjoying it. i also want to get a quick look at how the traffic is doing because i did see a couple of issues pop up on the road, and this one is right before the 238 interchange. you can see it here in the southbound lanes and 580. it is causing some slowness. it looks like there's a lane that's blocked and no estimated time on when that will reopen. another area that i started to notice a lot of slowing in, probably because the metering

lights are on, westbound 80 towards the bay bridge, look at 11 minutes and towards the san matteo bridge 12 minutes and a quick look at your south bay drive time because slowing happens right around the 6:00 hour especially for 101 as well as the 85 stretch. to highway 858 you're looking at 20 minutes and a quick look at your north bay drive times, another slow spot, westbound 37 from sonoma boulevard to lakeville highways, about 23 minutes. did i check to see if there were any crashes through there, but it looks like it's okay. just a building commute. a live look in dublin. definitely getting very busy. not just in dublin but areas in southbound 880. that's another one of our very business areas. look at the bay bridge toll plaza. definitely busy. the metering lights come on at 5:45. we'll have a closer look at your seven-day look and the latest drought monitor and other traffic updates coming up in a few minutes

>> very happy thursday to you. russia has partially opened its stock market. stocks run because foreign shareholders are not allowed to sell them. the former boeing pilot accused of misleading airlines and regulators about the safety of the 737 max has been found not guilty. mark forkner was the only person criminally charged after the crashes of two max airplanes. a juror in the case told "the wall street journal" the jury saw very little evidence that forkner ever did anything wrong. investigators continue to investigate the crash of the 337 800 flown by china eastern. now we can say due to design differences this crash is not relatedway, but what did cause it? one black box has been recovered, but investigators are baffled. it is too early to spec late, but as tom -- nbc's tom costello has pointed out something pushed

the nose of that aircraft straight down and kept it there until the plane hit the ground. tough day on the markets wednesday. the dow industrials fell more than 400 points. now some days it's easier than others to explain that single factor that pulls the market down. lately there's so much going on, but oil in russia certainly a major factor. computer software programmers steve wilheit has passed away at age of 14 due to complications from covid. he workds at compuserve in the '80s and came up with a way to animate a picture with very little data. called it graphics interchange format or gif and that stuck around for long after modems got faster. everyone uses gif even though it's a technology that we don't need anymore. there's a library of them on your phone. now some people do, marcus and laura is call these gifs and they are wrong. we know they are wrong because steve who invented them called

them jifs. doesn't matter who you are, how powerful you are, they are jifs. >> i'm on top of it. >> you've made up your mind that it's gifs? >> that's my official position. >> all right. >> we're going with it. i ponder it had a long time. >> president obama at the time declaring it a gif and nonetheless this is a jif. >> but the gif is a gift sometimes. >> how happy they make someone and often express exactly what you were trying to say. >> a lot of times. >> and sometimes they make you laugh so much you tighten up your stomach, and many it's like an ab workout. >> thanks, guys. >> 5:14 rate now. a live look at sfo where mask, are still required whenever you

travel, but for how much longer? leaders of several major airlines are urging the white house to lift the mask mandate. in a letter to the president they say with high levels of immunity across the u.s. and upgraded air filter systems on most airplanes it's time to move on. mask rules at times have led to flyer frustration. earlier this month the tsa extended the mask mandate to april 18th. 6:15. trending this morning, exciting news for fans of global pop star bad bunny. >> you'll still be able to get a taste of what it's like when he's on tour. ♪♪ >> okay. there you so it right there. that's the trailer he uses on the road, and it will soon be table for you to rent. so it's one of a kind big rig. only available for three days, and only in miami. and this is all to celebrate the

last stop on his sold-out tour. a lot of people love this tour so the dates will be april 6th, 7th and 8th, and it's only for two guests on airbnb. the price just $91. $91 you naask, that's all to celebrate his 9.1 billion spotify streams just last year, but mark your calendars and set those reminders. availability opens next tuesday. 10:00 a.m. our time and also includes the tickets for his show in miami and a virtual greeting from bad bunny so that's pretty cool. >> pretty fancy. >> i like that. >> trending for you this morning, the film "selena" making a return to theaters 20 years after its premiere. ♪♪ ♪♪ >> such a great movie. >> it really is.

>> you can see right there jennifer lopez. that's actually selena right there. i can't tell. >> that's jennifer lopez. that's the movie selena. >> sometimes she looks so much like her. jennifer lopez played selena and in a new post on social media she talks about how lucky she was to get that role. >> i studied her tapes so to the step, to the finger, to the everything, and -- and i was like everything i did it was five steps to the right are. i just department want to get anything wrong, her lips. >> she embodied her. fun fact, jennifer lopez left janet jackson's tour, the tour for the janet album to actually play that role so it's a fun fact for you. >> i probably would have, too. >> a great movie for jennifer. >> but they didn't ask me. >> that biopic will be re-released in movie theaters april 7 as we reported earlier this week.

her family also promising new selena album next month so if you loved selena, got a lot of her coming up. >> that's pretty exciting. all right. spring-like temperatures lately. kind of warm yesterday. when are we in store for today? >> a hint of summer. the official welcome of spring was this past sunday and it definitely felt that way with a lot of sunshine and i do want to give you a look outside because we had some areas of fog. walnut creek about 47 degrees so conditions are clear through there, so if you notice in the hour-by-hour temperature there by 10:00 we'll be in the 60s and then by 2:00 we will be topping out in the 70s today so it is going to be rather comfortable out there. now if you're wondering about your temperatures and into the dublin area, certainly on the road. about 45 degrees and also expect to see some mid-70s, but even though we're starting out in the 40s, by 11:00 we're in the 60s and eventually by 2:00 and 5:00 topping out in the 70s, a lot of sunshine expected today. beautiful shot of downtown san jose and it's about 47 degrees

right now, and expect to see lie of the interior valleys and comfortable nonetheless and it has been sunny. we'll keep the sunshine heading in towards friday as well. san francisco seeing some of that early morning fog but it will be mostly clear into the afternoon. about 48 degrees. a mix of sun and clouds by about 11:00. a couple of those low clouds hanging out, 57 degrees and topping out today in the mid-60s. it is a little bit of a taste of what's to come into the afternoon, but we're starting out in the 40s, and aside from the areas of fog up through santa rosa down to half a mile and down to six miles. everywhere else we're doing okay to start. we'll top out in the 70s with warm inland temperatures before we head into the weekend and a chance of rain. i do, of course, want to take this opportunity to give you the latest drought monitor because this gets released every thursday and, unfortunately, as you know, not much in the way of rain so now we're seeing that

the red is red is in a lot of sonoma county and that's a d-3 category which means extreme drought. we have parts of the north in the extreme drought category. one area completely managed to get out of the red but now with the lack of rain and the rest of us catching up, this is what it looks like. this was released as of this morning and the latest look at the state of california. wondering about the next seven days, here we go, we stay in the 70s, mild today and into tomorrow. it's just a little bit warmer and then we keep the high clouds heading into saturday as we head in towards sunday. that's when we get the chance to see some late shower activity, mainly sunday evening into early monday morning. for your monday morning commute there's a little bit of a chance of shower activity and then we're really going to watch out for is going to be the wind and breezy conditions. as you know, we're always concerned about elevated fire danger especially when you see

how dry it is out there. let's get a quick check how the roads are doing. keeping a close eye on this, and you do have some areas and good news. the crash that happened on 238 between the 580 interchange. it looks like it has cleared out. it's still working to catch up on some of the delays and seeing slowing on both sides of that. bridge drive time. metering lights westbound towards the bay bridge. 8 minutes and towards the san matteo bridge 13 minutes and not too bad in the south bay. you're looking at 20 minutes from highway 101. another update in 20 minutes. now back to you. >> coming up next on "today in the bay," nbc bay area responds. >> usually a fast moving repair steck a plus, but in this case negative. i'm consumer investigator chris churm ark. we'll explain why when nbc bay area responds next. >> beautiful people that are being wasted, lost, left behind.

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'. it's 6:24 right now. nbc bay area responds to a peninsula woman who needed help ironing out an appliance dispute. >> and she called our investigative reporter chris chmura and he pressed the company to help. >> reporter: good morning. april in millbrae said she paid 250 to sears for its clean and maintain package which its website says includes maintenance and cleaning for three kitchen appliances and two laundry appliances. lots of before and after pictures on the website, too, of what they do, but april was not pleased. she says sears tech was only in her home half an hour, hooked up her five appliances to a diagnostic computer but didn't do a laundry list of door inspections, gasket cheques and pump cleansing that sears advertised. april complained and then gave sears a second chance.

same thing. so she asked for her 250 bucks back. that didn't happen. she contacted us. we called sears. april got her $250 back. a sears rep noted a training issue and said they informed the regional manager. we are not the only ones who can help with appliance issues. the state can help you out, too. the bureau of household goods and services takes complaints and investigates. its web address is bhgs.dca.ca.gov. once you get past the alphabet soup you can file a complaint online and you can also look up licenses which we always recommend. if you like us to turn up the heat on a company that's not delivering go to nbcbayarea.com and click the responds option from the main menu or call us 888-996-tips. >> thanks, chris. >> well, the top stories that we're following for you including a possible road rage incident turning deadly in contra costa county. >> it turns out that he had been

shot, and the person i saw when i thought was a helper was most likely the shooter. >> in a story only on nbc bay air crashing the good samaritan who tried to save the victim and the latest on the search for the gunman. >> and it's a big weekend here in san francisco. ncaa march madness has officially landed in the city. coming up, i'll break down those matchups and how this could impact nearby businesses. you're watching "today in the bay."

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right now at 6:30, a mysterious death overnight in the north bay. new details just into our newsroom on what is now a homicide investigation. >> they are going to wonder what's going on when you see other children and the adults in their lives not wearing masks outside the grocery stores. >> plus, moving you forward on pandemic masking orders. could it be impacting your child's speech and development? we talk to an expert. >> and march madness setting up for a slam dunk in the bay area as we take a live look at the chase center. it's going to be a big boom in business as the sweet 16 tips off in san francisco. this is "today in the bay." >> a very good thursday morning to you. thanks so much for starting your day with us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. hey, don't forget you can also catch us live on roku, amazon

fire, apple tv and online. first we start off with some developing news overnight. authorities in the north bay. they are investigating a homicide. >> we're checked in with "today in the bay's" bob redell. what do you know so far, bob? >> unfortunately not as much as we would like to. good morning to you, marcus and laura. we're in touch with the sonoma county sheriff's office. they are trying to get us more information. here's what we know so far. this murder happened last night on old cazadero road 20 miles northwest of santa rosa. in this video you can see the house in question, a white fence is down in front. there appears to be some structure damage to the house itself. we're trying to confirm whether or not someone had crashed a vehicle into the house before the murder. also trying to confirm whether or not the victim died from a stabbing. again, we are in touch with the public information officer with the sonoma county sheriff's office, we'll bring you updates on air and online at

nbcbayarea.com. meanwhile reporting live, bob redell, today in the bay. >> also developing right now, a lot of unanswered questioning this morning following a deadly shooting on a busy east bay road. it happened yesterday afternoon on taylor boulevard along the lafayette pleasant hill border. a man in a mercedes was shot and killed. deputies are still trying to determine if it was road rage or if he was targeted. one witness told nbc bay area when she and others towards the car aan standing th ju i another c and spe off. then herention tur to im slumped be the wheel. it turns out that he been shot, and the person saw who i ought was a helper was most likely the shooter. >> she and other bystanders tried to help the victim who had been shot in the shift. they took him out to lie on his back hoping to give him room to breathe, but he died at the scene. so far investigators are not saying if they have any new

leads. >> 6:32 for you this morning. right now president biden and other nato leaders are in brussels taking part in a series of high-stakes meetings aim at helping ukraine fend off the russian invasion, and we have some new video of president biden taking part in today's summit. he and other nato allies meet virtually with ukranian president volodymyr zelenskyy who is requesting more military aid. now the u.s. later today expected to announce a wave of new sanctions against russia and a source also now confirming to nbc that the u.s. is formulating plans to welcome up to 100,000 still no timeline yet on an offici6:33 right now and happen today. the sweet 16 is making a stop in the bay area. march madness is in san francisco for the first time in more than 80 years. the three upcoming games is set to bring fans to the city which can actually mean so much good news for businesses who have had to struggle during the pandemic.

"today in the bay's" career -- cierra johnson joins us live. >> reporter: we did spoke with a business owner who says he's been excited since it was officially announced that san francisco would be hosting a sweet 16 round of playoffs. we'll get to him in a moment, but we are outside of the chase center where all of the action kicks off later this afternoon, and although it's still a little early, you can tell something big is going on inside. you can see the barriers for folks lining up. they will be link up in several hours for that big matchup. we do have a breakdown of what exactly you can expect to see when you go inside. tipoff 4:09, for the first game is the top-seeded gonzaga bulldogs will take on the fourth seeded arkansas razorbacks, following that game. the second-seeded duke blue devils will face the third seeded texas tech raiders. tipoff for that game is slated for approximately 6:39.

winners from those games will face off saturday, and as you can imagine with the sweet 16 play just hours away, fans are making their way to the city and we had a chance to speak with an owner of two restaurants right next door to each other on the embarcadero who says the games as well as the fans are welcome. he says after a roller coaster ride of covid rules and closures, the fans are good for business. >> i think this is going to be the first weekend where the city is going to be really on fire where all the hotels are sold out and lots of people coming into the city, so, you know, we've had a couple of smaller conventions that have been around that have definitely helped us here and there. certainly the great weather has been really good for us in terms of outdoor seating, but this is going to be the one weekend i think that really just sort of jump starts it all. >> reporter: as a reminder san francisco has lifted its proof of vaccination or negative test requirement to enter restaurants, bars, gyms and other public settings, but don't

forget that businesses do still have the option if they wish to require that proof of vaccination. we did some checking and here at the chase center you do have to provide that proof of vaccination or negative covid test until march 31st. again, this is chase center specific, but just again in a matter of hours we could be watchitory. i know coach "k," this or they could move it on and win it all but a behind me to begin in a couple of hours. cierra johnsson, "today in the bay." >> how about your brackets working out, cierra? >> reporter: they are a little questionable at this point. >> mine, too, mine, too. >> reporter: a lot of questionables. >> all right. thanks a lot. should be a lot of fun in the city. >> all right. so let's take a look outside for you this morning this is san francisco. beautiful shot there this morning as we get ready.

look how the sun is coming up, the sunrise there, how it's illum nate on the water. i mean, what -- where else would you rather live? >> nowhere. >> somewhere cheaper. >> yeah, well, i'll move in with you. that's my cheaper option right there. >> i'm a california girl, mar cuts. i love california, and they say we pay for the sunshine, and that's exactly what we're going to get today. any time i've lived out-of-california, i always find my way back because i really do love it. i wish it were a little cheaper, not going to lie. dry start, cloudy sunday, right, so we're going to start out dry heading into the weekend, and if you're looking to plan things out heading into saturday and sunday, keep in mind that we do have a couple of changes ahead. so i'm here to guide you through it. we'll stay dry on saturday and stay dry for most of sunday and then the rain chances move in, but really late on sunday night into early monday morning, so really you're not expected to have a major impact to your sunday fun day, but your monday morning commute could consist of, you got it, some rain

chances, but as you very well know a lot of sonoma is in the d barb 3 category which is the extreme category. that's because we haven't seen much in the way of rain. over the next seven days here's a look at your weekend forecast. we've stayed mild on friday forries from so and high clouds on saturday. showers late on sunday and if you're going to be in any of the interior valleys, it's going to get a lot warmer through there. let's get a quick look at your traffic. now you heard cierra talking about march madness so a quick head's up if you're headed to the city or if you're in town for the big game, there's going to be a lot of traffic expected, especially around this area. so just something to keep in mind in the back of your head that, you know, typically around gametime, 280 gets really busy heading into the city but also the bay bridge as well, and even though you'll be traveling even, you've got to take into consideration leaving the game and you know how they say you want to turn into your parents, leave the game a little early to get away from traffic. i would recommend taking public transportation. you don't have to worry about the park or worry about all of

that mess of a traffic and kind of a smooth commute into the city for those big games. i'll send it back to you. >> leaving early and then being able to stay up. >> that's the problem. >> understanding how the pandemic may impact your kids. coming up for you this morning on "today in the bay" we'll move forward with the tools to keep you in mind to help your kids succeed post-pandemic. >> and one more day of hearings for judge jackson. this one is going to be a lot easier. let's take you out to the big board where we're gaining slightly after an absolute druc yesterday. >> first, caught on camera. a cab driver gets attacked in san francisco. it's a story you'll only see on nbc bay area. what led to the assault and how that driver is doing now. for more head to our website right there on our home page at nbcbayarea.com. a lot more news ahead on this thursday morning. 6:39. you're watching "today in the bay." baas.

good morning. it's 6:42. 47 degrees right now. in san jose and it's going to be a beautiful day. look at that sunrise coming out. it is going to be another warm one now. i'll have a closer look at to what expect not only for your thursday but also heading into the weekend coming up in just a few minutes. i'm also keeping a close eye on your commute. no issue on the bay bridge toll plaza and traveling into the city, it is getting a little bit busy. that's because the metering lights are on. a close look at your drive times coming up. >> thanks, vianey.

new overnight. north korea is believed to have launched an intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time since 2017. japan believes it may have been the -- been in the air over more than an hour. these images show short range missiles fired by north korea in 2019. south korea says that its military immediately conducted a live fire test of multiple ballistic and tactical missiles in response to today's launch. >> 6:43. the hard part is over for president biden's picks for the supreme court. >> now scott mcgrew is looking at the hearings for ketanji brown jackson today but today it will be different. >> reporter: it is different. they will have people from the american bar association talking about whether jackson is qualified to sit on the high court. this is the last day and we expect a volt a little more than a week from now. wednesday jackson was constantly

interrupted by south carolina senator lindy graham and senator leahy walked out in anger calling graham's behavior. graham had questioned jackson in friendly ways and even voted to approve her appointment to the federal appellate court. what's different this time? graham's fellow republican ben sasse of nebraska offered these thoughts about cameras at events that are supposed to be sober and somber like congress and courts. >> reporter: a huge part of why this institution doesn't work well is because we have cameras everywhere. cameras change human behavior. we know this. you don't have the same kinds of conversation over the dinner table. >> reporter: sasse would go on to describe some people's on-camera behavior with the word not suitable for morning television but generally has to do with donkeys. president biden is in brussels to meet with nato. nato is going to double the size of its forces on the eastern

border. ukranian president zelenskyy spoke with nato as well asking for tanks and other weapons. meantime nato experts say the russians may have lost as many as 15,000 troops killed in action. that is a staggering number in 28 days. america lost 7,057 troops in hostile fire in afghanistan combined, and that was in 20 years. the u.s. secretary of state yesterday once again talked about russian war crimes. there's evidence that's true, like the recent satellite pictures showing you'll remember the theater in mariupol. here it is before and here it is after the russians attacked. this is a civilian theater. now, accusing the kremlin of these war crimes will likely narrow the path out of this war for putin. lastly in his resignation letter the former prosecutor looking into former president trump said trump participated in numerous

numerous felonies. mark pomerantz quit his job at the a minute's district attorney's office as the d.a. called off the investigation. the letter said the team that has been investigating mr. trump harbors no doubt about whether he committed crimes. he did. we're watching what is happening in washington with judge jackson and, of course, in brussels at nato. we're talking about it on social media. you'll find me there @scottmcgrew. thank you. new for you this morning responding for high demand from students, palo alto schools. they are looking to hire full-time mental health workers. the district currently contracts out most of its services. now, if approved staff members would start in the elementary and middle schools only. now it would include ten clinical workers and several technicians at the cost of just over 1.2 million. >> 6:46. our team is moving you forward with masks for california public school students now optional. of course, it depends on the

school district. throughout the pandemic there's been a lot of debate about how masks could affect speech and language development in children. i spoke to speech language pathologist marcia pinto to find out more. >> for speech and linguistics, obviously being able to visualize the mouth and facial expressions has helped children learn different sounds and also be social cues for social progmaticals, but using the masks previously we've also learned the importance of the eyes in social communication, so sometimes, you know, the phrase you can smile with your eyes is true, and this is something that students have learned during the mask mandates being on and now they have learned to use both their eyes and their face to communicate with others, so it's been a positive all around. >> what advice do you have for parents in regards to trying to help their kids along? >> so parents obviously, you

know, there's going to be a lot of behaviors from the younger children. they are going to cry. they are going to be anxious. they are going to wonder what's going on when they see other children and the adults in their lives not wearing masks outside the grocery stores, especially at school, and they will have a lot of questions so it's important for parents to sit down and really talk to their kids after school and ask them what they saw and how they feel and also, like i said, use social stories with puppets or toys or dolls, maybe even books where you can draw masks on the characters and make a story of the characters taking off their masks and, you know, the teachers telling them that they don't have to wear that's masks anymore. >> a new freedom for these kids. watch the full interview on roku, apple tv or amazon fire or download our nbc bay area streaming app and can you find it under the must-see play list. 6:48 right now. this morning a little bit of a

shout-out. congratulations in order. >> yes, "today in the baie"'s kris sanchez aced her driver's permit. kris is excited to teach her how to drive but we know every parent out there is wishing her good luck. laura, i know you've been through that. >> yeah, my step-daughter got her license. >> i remember those stories. look, we're thinking about and i'm thinking about looking at that picture thinking about when i got my first test and i got a 98 out of 100. >> first time. >> driving and the permit. >> passed the driving thing. my grandfather taught me a little driving before and when we went on the driving test, the two of you, have all done this before, oh, what do you mean? >> you want to explain the scrape on your car right now. >> things half. i've been driving for more than 20-plus year, you know. >> where's that 98 now?

>> it had nothing to do with that test. >> that wall that got in the way. >> well, that 98 is to the going to be seen on the weather map or the speed sensors on our traffic map. >> that's good. >> you know, watch out. i remember driving and learning how to drive as like a teenager, the frustration coming from your parents. you definitely have to go with a more patient parent because that can be a test along its own. i have two younger sisters and younger brother and we all went through it. 47 degrees in walnut kreefnlgt yes, it is starting out a little chilly in some spots. oh, i'm using the traffic clicker. that's why it's not moving. there you see this. trying to multitask here. now it is going to be a lovely afternoon though, and once the daytime highs warm up, we're going to see some upper 70s in the forecast. look at some of that fog rolling through san francisco right now. pretty nice out there. it's about 49 degrees in san francisco. daytime highs today will be in the 60s and take a look right

now in san jose. it's about 47 degrees, fog and visibility down to half a mile in santa rosa and be careful out there. 41 degrees in scott valley. today's daytime highs. liver-sur-mer 75 degrees. morgan hill is 79. san martin is 79, and i do want to show you the latest drought monitor update. as you know this gets updated every thursday. it gets released and, unfortunately, because we haven't really seen ranges, you can see now pretty much all of all of sonoma is included in that d-3 category which is the extreme category when it comes to the drought monitor index. you can see lots of red in here through southern california as well. we do need a lot of rain but there's a bit of a chance heading into late sunday heading into monday, light rain sunday evening and then possibly into your monday morning commute. if you're worried about the rain for this weekend, no rain for saturday.

some rain really late on sunday so your sunday fun day should be okay. name packets there. go out hiking early morning spend some time outdoors and then heading into monday. a lot of the focus on the model run seems to be primarily for the south bay which is good because as you know a lot of the south bay tends to follow in the fain shadow. san francisco's seven-day forecast take a look at this. heading into friday mild, 6 of 5. high clouds on saturday and into sunday though showers are moving in really late and inland temperatures will go from the 70s into the 60s. let's get a look at how the roads are doing. i do want to show you the bay bridge plaza because it's really busy. no accidents leading up to it. a fender bender blocking one of the lanes but overall the backup is because the metering lights have been on since 5:45 and the tri-valley is showing slowing from westbound 580, grant line road from 680 is now 27 minutes. now back to you. >> 6:52.

happening now more mental health and homeless services are coming to the east bay. san leandro safe was formed by following community feedback about how the city can help its most at-risk residents. the city's human services department, the police department and alameda county fire department are part of this new partnership. san leandro is focusing its efforts to using more trained health advocates instead of sending only overs to help with the 911 calls. >> a look at our top stories when we come back including president biden joining nato leaders for an emergency summit on the russian invasion. the new boost to push boost the ukranian military and a new plan to offset the out-of-control gas prices. bushes first, while we're not on air, of course we're always online somewhere. make sure you join us right now on facebook. we are live this morning giving you a behind-the-scenes look of what's going on. find me on facebook, marcus washington nbc bay area news. oh, yeah. much more ahead for you this

morning on "today in the bay." it's 6:53. we'll be right back.

it is 6:56 for you this morning. welcome back. here's a look at the top stories here on "today any bay." first an emergency talk to try to end the russian invasion. a high-stakes summit is taking place in brussels. this is video of president biden arriving for today's summit with

nato leaders. this is just the first of several hoy-stakes meetings on his agenda today. the white house this morning announcing plans to establish a special response team in the event russia uses chemical or biological weapons. later today, more sanctions against russia are expected to be unveiled. >> and we do have video of the ukranian president volodymyr zelenskyy addressing nato allies about two hours ago. he's urging the group to supply ukraine with more weaponry and tanks and he says because ukraine does not have the a powerful air defense system it needs swift military aid. the "today" show will be live coming up for you in the next few minutes with live team coverage from brussels. lester holt and kristen welker will lead the coverage right after "day in the bay." >> governor newsom will issue gas rebates with state lawmakers. kris sanchez joins us live from campbell looking into how much money that could put into your wallet. >> hi there, laura. well, each driver spends about

$300 in gas taxes in california a year. the governor says a $400 rebate would start to address that and back fill it for a year. under the $11 billion proposal californians would each get a $400 debit car for each registered car up per two per household. one criticism is the cards wouldn't be issued until july and the relief package would make public transit free for three months. if you're wondering why not just pause the gas tax, that's because the gas tax funds infrastructure which many lawmakers don't want to put on hold. then there's the fact that the gas tax is collected as we pump, and there's no guarantee that gas and oil companies would pass that along to consumers. the $11 billion package that the governor is proposing would be provided by surplus funds that are already available. >> thank you, kris. >> it is 6:58 for you right now and time to look at that forecast for us. >> got you covered on traffic and weather.

it's going to be nice today. the weather is going to be sunny. take a look at your seven-day forecast though because a lot of people like to plan ahead. myself included. in the 60 and then we warm up friday and saturday. into the mid-60s mild, and if you notice looking out way ahead into sunday night and monday we do get a chance of seeing some rain and then our concern heading into the next workweek, but i don't want to skip over the weekend because the workweek is cooling and i do enjoy the weekend. any time we see dry conditions, the latest drought under reveal, a lot of sonoma county is in the d-3 category which is in the index of severe drought. that brings up elevated fire concerns. now a look at your tri-vale drive times. this is one of our busier spots, especially heading into the 7:00 a.m. hour. westbound 580 grant line road about 25 minutes. there was an earlier crash working to clear out near that stretch which is why we're noticing a couple of delays true this. traffic is moving along but bus net dublin area. >> you can see it picking up out

there. thanks so much for joining us this, mo. that's what's happening "today in the bay." back with a live news update at 7:25. >> and join us for our midday newscast at 11:00. and coming up next, the "today" show is live in brussels. morning amid the ongoing war in ukraine, while on the front lines ukrainian forces now pushing back russian troops from the capital city of kyiv. and this morning, new signs that growing resistance is forcing vladimir putin to shift his strategy. we've got complete coverage. grilled on the hill, judge ketanji brown jackson under fire from republican senators over her record on the bench. >> you sentenced him to 28 months.