. good morning. it is sunday, april 10th, 7:00 on the dot as we take a live look outside at the golden gate bridge. a little bit of shaking there from the wind, and we knew it was coming. thank you so much for starting your sunday with us. i'm kira klapper. meteorologist rob mayeda joins us with a quick look at our microclimate forecast. that's it, we're talking about the wind. >> the wind, but help is coming, this time tomorrow. we're going to be seeing the rain make a comeback. there's dry, gusty offshore winds right now. it's one of the reasons we're starting off pretty warm.

52 degrees in san francisco, we've got high clouds. there's a look at sunrise. 55 currently in san jose. now, it is the higher hills of the north bay and east bay where we're seeing the peak winds. wind advisory up through about 3:00 today. for solano county, and interior northern california, red flag warnings continue until 5:00 today. notice the north wind. that is how we're starting the day. we'll see the sea breeze picking up as we head toward the afternoon. highs will be in the low 60s closer to san francisco, upper 60s to low 70s inland. here's a sneak preview for tomorrow's forecast. rain is coming back to the bay area, plus sierra snow. i'll have a closer look at how much rain and snow coming up in about 12 months. >> great to see the return of the rain. thanks. firefighters have been working overnight at the scene of a massive fire at a home depot in san jose. you can see these enormous flames destroying the store on blossom hill road near oakridge

mall. nbc bay area broke this story moments after flames erupted inside the store around 5:30 last night and we've been tracking it ever since. our sky ranger was over the store last night as upwards of over 100 firefighters fought the flames and the unique challenges inside, including burning plastics and paint. the roof of the building collapsed. the fire sent store employees and customers inside running for safety. amazingly, there were no injuries. this is a live look at the home depot this morning as crews continue to monitor hot spots. how the fire started is under investigation. and here is a different look inside the store moments after the fire erupted. you can see flames and things catching on fire. it looks like parts of the ceiling falling down. at its peak, smoke from the fire could be seen all over the south bay last evening, a thick, black plume of smoke could be seen for more than 20 miles.

this morning, there is still a shelter in place for people in the area because of drift smoke. the fire was so massive, the san jose fire hazardous incident team deemed the air quality unhealthy. air quality will be re-evaluated this morning. "today in the bay's" marianne favro was one of the first reporters on the scene. >> reporter: flames ripping through the garden center of home depot on blossom hill road as firefighters launch an attack from above. the fire started around 5:30 and quickly grew to five alarm, when firefighters arrived their top priority was getting everyone out of the crowded store. >> first unique challenge is the number of people that are in there. so the people are our primary concern, to get everybody out. so people trying to find family members. >> reporter: a thick black plume of smoke that could be seen for more than 20 miles away shot into the sky as 100 firefighters tackled the flames and the unique challenges inside. >> paint, paint thinner, lumber,

all sorts of flammable materials, plastic lawn chairs. >> reporter: the roof collapsed and wind quickly sent smoke and embers into the adjacent neighborhood. a shelter-in-place order is in effect for the area. the smoke filled wagly pet hospital and boarding facility next door. employees sprang into action, rounding up 13 dogs in two minutes and driving them to safety in sam's own car. >> it all happened so quick. within about two minutes we had to be out of the building. we were just doing our job like normal and then all of a sudden it started smelling like smoke and we went outside and realized the home depot next door was on fire and we realized that our building was filling up with smoke and we had to get the animals out. we had to do it super quickly because it was getting really hard to breathe in there. so we had two minutes and we did our best and we got every animal out that we can. >> employees rescued all animals, an estimated 60 and brought them to nearby vet

hospitals where they were reunited with their families. >> i'm very relieved. it was a bit of a whirlwind trying to figure out where he might be or who to talk to. so, yeah, to see him was awesome and know that they had him, that was a big relief. >> reporter: but no one was more happy to see snoop than his 13-year-old daughter. >> are you okay? >> reporter: the fire causing harrowing moments of people pulled together to make sure people and pets got home safe. marianne favro, "today in the bay." we have another view of the fire shortly after it erupted. look at that smoke. our robert handa tweeted this exclusive video taken from the santa clara county sheriffs helicopter. we will be following this story all day for you as well, posting updates on our website. just head to nbcbayarea.com for the very latest. and that fire in san jose was one of two major fires that

sparked yesterday and burned out of control. this fire at the port of benicia. people who live in the area are watching the winds today, because hazardous materials are burning and could force neighborhoods to evacuate. "today in the bay's" stephanie magallon reports on why the fire won't be put out for another day or two. >> reporter: firefighters haven't been able to put out the fire because they can't access it. let me explain why. think of the port as a concrete sidewalk and right underneath are wooden beams covered in a material like oil. well, that's what's burning. plumes of smoke continue to billow into the sky. >> we were leaving earlier and we saw a huge plume of smoke. it was huge. >> i walked in my driveway and i looked around and all of a sudden this gigantic black pile of smoke was going straight up in the air. >> reporter: firefighters stay it started at the base of these domes and spread to the timbers underneath the peer, after a conveyer belt with refinery

byproduct caught fire, quickly turning into a four-alarm fire. >> it's been the timber that's been soaked in creosote, and that is hazardous. >> reporter: now the only way to reach it is with fire boats or through a trench, a situation that has many worried because of the hazardous material that's sitting right on top of the fire. >> there's tanks of gasoline, tanks of diesel that we can't get to because there's fire underneath it, that has the potential to turn. >> reporter: the current wind direction has helped keep the smoke and flames away from the city, but if that changes the city is prepared to issue a shelter in place or evacuation order. >> there's a community of artists pretty close there and they would certainly be some of the first people affected. and then perhaps people on the lower east side of benicia.

>> reporter: the county is monitoring the air quality. so far there is no threat to the community, but the city fears there will be an economic impact. the residents are staying alert. >> if the winds were to come this way, it could ignite the stuff in the cooker over there, which is highly flammable. >> this is a very serious situation for people of benicia. >> reporter: stephanie magallon for "today in the bay." and not too far from that fire, crews were battling another fire in vallejo that burned nearly ten acres of an open hillside, causing concern for nearby homes. because of flames burned in the open field, no buildings were damaged, no injuries were reported. turning to the war in ukraine, as it continues, ukrainian president zelenskyy says his current's courage has united the world. today nine humanitarian corridors are open to help evacuate ukrainian civilians. in a video address, zelenskyy

called for an embargo on russian oil and urged countries to impose sanctions on russian banks. more than 10 million people in ukraine have been forced to leave their homes, about a quarter of the population. british prime minister boris johnson made a secret visit to kyiv yesterday meeting with zelenskyy to show his support. johnson is promising an additional $130 million of military equipment to ukraine. zelenskyy says he is still committed to finding a diplomatic solution to this conflict. at 7:09, we have much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, we take you live to washington, d.c. for our weekly interview with chuck todd, who has a preview of this week's "meet the press."

welcome back. it is time now for our weekly discussion with chuck todd, nbc news political director and moderator of "meet the press." before we start, i want to say i hope you had a happy birthday.

i believe you had a birthday a day or two ago. >> appreciate it. >> i want to start with ukraine and what more the u.s. could do to help. we talked a couple weeks ago about the ukrainian ambassador asking for weapons, planes, anything in the form of tools, not manpower. and this morning you have the ukrainian foreign minister. is he saying similar things or what more the u.s. could do to better help? >> look, he's looking for more help and he sort of admits it this way, number one, we need to get weapons there faster. but it's really about other members of the alliance that he seems to hint have been slow walking certain weapons. for instance, you know, a couple weeks ago the u.s. was making a distinction between defensive weapons and offensive weapons. now, according to the foreign minister we're not making that distinction anymore, but other countries in the alliance are. particularly he named germany. so i have national security adviser jake sullivan on and he

talked about that and said we're not making the distinction. he even went out of his way to say if other neighboring countries can get fighter jets to ukraine, that would be great. he said the only thing the united states has ruled out is fighter jets taking off from a u.s. air base in germany. so it does tell me that the u.s. now has sort of changed its posture a bit in what kind of weapons we want to send, but not all the alliance has. and, again, everything is about speed right now. some of it is a manufacturing issue, but some of it still is some distinctions, for instance, the germans make between defensive weapons and offensive weapons. >> that's interesting. i also want to ask you about the economy. we are dealing with the worst inflation since 1982. i've read that one of your guests today, former treasury secretary larry summers, seems to have some thoughts about how the fed is dealing with things and he's warning of a major recession. is that right? >> he is. i mean, he says any time you've had unemployment under four and

the inflation rate over four, it has always been followed by a recession since world war ii. that's why he's pessimistic. look, his answer for how to try to prevent this or maybe create a soft landing, are things that aren't very popular. raising interest rates, making it a little more expensive to get a mortgage, and raising taxes. but if you want to slow inflation and try to get back to some sort of equilibrium in a quicker way, that's the prescription. but it's not a prescription policymakers are eager to embrace right now. it does appear the fed is going to start raising interest rates at a faster clip, but right now we're a long way away from any sort of public policy out of congress and the white house that's going to get a consensus on raising taxes these days, since we're still just four years removed from that gigantic tax cut that president trump got passed. >> wow. a lot to look forward to. interesting conversations today, chuck. great to see you. thanks for your insight. we hope you do join chuck for this morning's "meet the press."

we'll have the interview with national security adviser jake sullivan and exclusive interviews with ukraine's foreign minister and larry summers, the former u.s. treasury secretary. we hope you stick right here and tune into "meet the press" at 8:00 right after this newscast. and coming up in about 30 minutes from now, we will talk to our nbc bay area political analyst larry gersten for our weekly segment. we'll take a look at how the u.s. and its allies are trying to seal off russia from financial gain, and the challenges that come with imposing economic sanctions. at 7:15, we're going to turn to this beautiful live look in san francisco this morning, where we have learned one of the city's most iconic restaurants is closing its doors permanently. alioto's a fisherman's wharf, started serving seafood on the wharf 97 years ago. it shut down at the beginning of

the pandemic and now says the restaurant will not reopen. the owners are opting out of their lease 14 years early, which was originally signed for 66 years: the port commission will decide whether to accept a mutual end to the lease and the final approval will have to come from the san francisco board of supervisors. san francisco held its big cesar chavez parade yesterday. along those in the crowd, christine chavez, a granddaughter of the civil rights activist and great grandchildren. she told us it is inspiring to see who comes out for the parade. it featured, food, family activities, a car show, and aztec dancing. the streets were also packed for the 55th annual northern california cherry blossom festival, one of the largest cultural gatherings of its kind on the west coast.

attendees got to watch traditional japanese performances, live music and eat delicious food. the festival is back today, as well as next weekend. nbc bay area is a proud sponsor. and trending this morning, it is time to honor our brothers and our sisters. it is national siblings day. siblings are our best friends, at least that's what i tell my kids. they provide us with our biggest competition, our strongest encouragement and remind us of our most embarrassing moments. we want to show off some of the siblings in our "today in the bay" family. we showed rob mayeda's twins, my two sons, my sister. that is our producer dana and her sisters. we have our production assistants and their siblings. we also had our director aaron there and his brother. we are all blessed by all of our siblings. most of the time, at least. so give your brothers and sisters some extra love today. and speaking of, it's time

to check in with the twin dad himself, meteorologist rob mayeda, for a look at our microclimate forecast. you have really good guys. >> and likewise. the weather will be good to get outside today. a little breezy, though, at times, as we head through the afternoon. tomorrow remember to pack the umbrella. big changes coming up over the next 24 hours. right now 55 degrees, san jose. sunshine, high clouds. there's a look at dublin, 53. humidity way down this morning below 25%, due to those due offshore winds. in san francisco, 52 degrees. we will see a stronger sea belize to wrap up the weekend. most of the strong wind this weekend, you probably haven't noticed it in the valleys. most have been in the north bay hills. watch what happens for the afternoon. we begin to see a transition away from the dry north wind to a stronger sea breeze, so if you're around the inner bay, peninsula and coast, the strongest wind of the weekend is going to be coming midafternoon

into the evening. for now, gusty conditions across the higher hilltops. wind speeds should slowly start to come down in the afternoon, and highs inland ranging from the upper 60s and low 70s around the inland east bay valleys. 62 closer to san francisco and upper 60s around oakland. we also have a high suffer advisory on the coast. this is through about 3:00 today. strong winds offshore helping to push the swells to the coast. now, look at your monday forecast. monday morning commute, rain at times but quickly moving out of the bay area by the afternoon, the sunshine comes back. as you're about to see, there will be more opportunities for seeing rain in the forecast as we go through the week. for monday we're looking at about a quarter inch or less around the bay area, but this is going to be a cold weather system. highs in the 50s tomorrow and that's great news for the sierra, where we will see perhaps as much as a foot of snow or more above 6,000 feet, and there could be more as a

follow-up as we go through the week. wednesday, a chance of north bay showers, thursday another rain chance. where was this all winter? there it is, the seven-day forecast. chances, especially late wednesday. best chance for more significant rain could be right there on friday. then as we get closer to easter weekend plans, saturday morning probably a few showers, and we get the clearing skies again as we head towards next sunday. so we start to see fire danger on the decrease for a change tomorrow as we get the fast-moving weather system that could bring us rain. tuesday looks to be a bit of a break. as we head towards wednesday, maybe some north bay rain. and then thursday, friday, into saturday, some rain chances at times. the chance of the best rain will come thursday night into friday. i don't think we've had a seven-day forecast that looked like that for most of winter. this is late, but with all the grass fires, this will certainly help as we get the systems

coming in every two to three days that could bring, by the end of the week, up to two feet of snow. >> we headed it, and april showers bring may flowers. let's hope for that. rain, love it. thanks, rob. it is just about 7:21 and we have much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, the warriors focus in on the playoffs. who came up big in their win in san antonio. sports is next.

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i'm anthony flores. the warriors can lock up the three seed in the playoffs with a win today in their regular season finale. the warriors in san antonio last night to take on the spurs. no klay thompson, no problem.

nice game by draymond green. check out this pass here. green finished two, just shy of a triple-double. the warriors beat the spurs 100-94. gorgeous day for baseball in san francisco. the giants and the marlins, carlos rodon reaching the upper 90s on the radar gun but he goes off speed in the fifth. rodon tied a franchise record. sanchez gets his revenge off jake mcgee in the seventh. he slaps a single to left. the go-ahead run scores. miami wins it 2-1. >> looks up, and it is gone. >> the phillies flexing their muscles against the a's. they hit back-to-back jacks in the sixth. all four runs scored by the long

ball. they win it 4-2. to the ice, the sharks in vancouver to face off against the canucks. second period, third goal in the last four games, and that ties the score at 2-2. but vancouver scores a pair of goals in the third period. the canucks beat the sharks 4-2. to the pitch, the quakes in h-town to take on the dynamo tommy thompson in his fifth goal with nine seasons with san jose. that cut it to a one-score match. but that's as close as the quakes would get. houston wins it 4-3. the quakes remain winless in six matches this season. an emotional day at san jose state. family, coaches, colleagues and friends reremembering the former sports information director who spent more than 40 years at san jose state. fan was an icon in the bay area

and throughout the country. he died unexpectedly in february at the age of 67. that's a look at your morning sports. i'm anthony flores for "today in the bay." >> a lot of good news out there. thanks. looking forward to the warriors final regular season game tonight. just shy of 7:26. we have much more ahead on "today in the bay." a live look at one of two major fires that burned across the bay area yesterday. coming up, we'll take you to the aftermath of a destroyed home depot. plus -- >> reporter: and we're waking up this morning to offshore winds. you see the flag continues to show north winds around san francisco. it's an increasing sea breeze that will make for a blustery finish to your weekend in san francisco. we'll talk about that and rain chances returning tomorrow when we come right back.

good morning. it is sunday, april 10th, 7:28, as we take a live look outside.

a beautiful look from our emeryville camera. the sun shining down so clear, you can see all the way to sutro tower. thank you so much for starting your sunday morning with us. i'm kira klapper. meteorologist rob mayeda is in for vianey. you were up late last night and you're already back here this morning. >> got all the weekend forecasts covered. the reason we're in red in the microclimate weather alert is for the dry offshore wind which cleared out our skies this morning. but that is a concern, obviously, for fire danger for areas around solano county where a red flag warning continues. 55 right now in san jose as we show you the areas impacted by the wind advisory. good news here, for the dry north winds, this will expire at 3:00 this afternoon, as the sea breeze starts to pick up. notice these areas toward solano county and northern california, red flag warnings through about 5:00 this evening. as we take a look at those winds, you see areas of purple up here around the north bay

hills and napa county, gusty winds up to 45 miles per hour, then an interesting change right there. the return of a stronger sea belize. the bay and coasting areas, you haven't had a whole lot of wind this weekend. that will change by 3:00 and 5:00 this afternoon and evening. highs in the low 60s around san francisco, upper 60s to low 70s closer to san jose. get ready for big changes. highs tomorrow in the 50s and rain and sierra snow making a bit of a comeback. we'll have a closer look at that coming up in 15 minutes. >> wow, a good forecast. thanks. as the wind picks up and the fire danger increases, make sure you download our free nbc bay area app. we'll send you breaking news alerts and weather alerts straight to your smartphone. firefighters have been working overnight at the scene of a massive fire at a home depot store in san jose. you can see the flames. they destroyed the store on blossom hill road.

this is near oakridge mall. nbc bay area broke this story shortly after the flames erupted around 5:30 last night. our sky ranger was over the last night as upwards of 100 firefighters fought the flames, and the challenges inside, like burning plastics, paint, chemicals. the roof of the building did collapse, you can see here. the fire sent store employees and customers inside running for safety, and amazingly, there were no injuries. we do have a live look at the home depot this morning, as crews monitor for hot spots. how the fire started is under investigation. we have a different look inside the store moments after the fire ignited. you can see the flames, you can see things catching on fire, it looks like parts of the ceiling falling down. at the fire's peak, smoke could be seen all over the south bay. look at these four cameras showing the thick black plume of

smoke. we're told it could be seen for 20 miles. this morning there is still a shelter in place for people in the area of el lisa drive because of drift smoke. the fire was so massive the san jose fire hazardous incident team deemed the air quality unhealthy. air quality will be re-evaluate reporters on the scene. >> flames ripping through the blossom hill road as firefighters launch an attack from above. 5:30 and quickly grew to five alarms. when firefighters arrived their top priority was getting everyone out of the crowded store. >> first unique challenge is the number of people that are in ur primary concern, to get everybody out. so people trying to find family members. >> reporter: a thick black plume of smoke that could be seen from more than 20 miles away shot into the sky as 100 firefighters

tackled the flames and the unique challenges inside. >> paint, paint thinner, lumber, all sorts of flammable materials, plastic lawn chairs. >> reporter: the roof collapsed and wind quickly sent smoke and embers into the adjacent neighborhood. a shelter-in-place order is in effect for the area. the smoke filled wagly hospital and boarding facility six door. employees sprang into action, rounding up 13 dogs in just two minutes, and driving them to safety in sam's own car. >> it all happened so quick. within about two minutes we had to be out of the building. we were just doing our job like normal and then all of a sudden it started smelling like smoke and we went outside and realized the home depot next door was on fire, and all of a sudden we realized that our building was filling up with smoke and we had to get the animals out. we had to do it super quickly because it was getting really hard to breathe in there. so we had like two minutes and we did our best and got every animal out that we can. >> reporter: employees rescued all the animals, an estimated

60, and brought them to nearby vet hospitals where they were reunited with their families. bill dalton just picked up his cat snoop. >> very relieved. it was a bit of a whirlwind trying to figure out where he might be or who to talk to, so, yeah, to see him was awesome and know that they had him. that was a big relief. >> reporter: but no one was more happy to see snoop than his 13-year-old daughter, kya. >> are you okay? >> reporter: the fire causing harrowing moments of people pulled together to make sure people and pets got home safe. marianne favro, "today in the bay." we have another view of the fire shortly after it erupted. our robert handa tweeted this exclusive video. so much smoke. those thick black plumes. this video was taken from the santa clara county sheriffs helicopter. we will be following this story all day for you as well, posting updates on our website.

you can head to nbcbayarea.com and see the link right there at the top. the fire in san jose was one of two major fires that sparked yesterday and quickly burned out of control. this fire at the port of benicia. people who live in the area continue to watch the winds today, because the hazardous materials that are burning could force neighborhoods to evacuate. "today in the bay's" stephanie magallon reports on why the fire won't be put out for another day or two. >> reporter: firefighters haven't been able to put out the fire because they can't access it. let me explain why. think of the port as a concrete sidewalk and right underneath are wooden beams covered in a material like oil. well, that's what's burning. plumes of smoke continue to billow into the sky in benicia. >> we were leaving earlier and we saw a huge plume of smoke. it was huge. >> i walked in my driveway and i looked around and all of a sudden this gigantic black pile of smoke was going straight up in the air. >> reporter: firefighters say it

started at the base of these domes, then it spread to the timbers under the peer, after a conveyor belt with refinery byproduct caught fire, quickly turning into a four-alarm fire. >> it's been the timber that's been soaked in creosote and that is hazardous when it burns, it's not a good smoke. >> reporter: now the only way to reach it is with fire boats or through a trench, a situation that has many worried because of the hazardous material that's sitting right on top of the fire. >> there's tanks of gasoline, tanks of diesel and that type of product that we can't get to because there's fire underneath it, that has the potential to burn. >> reporter: the current wind direction has helped keep the smoke and flames away from the city of benicia. if that changes, the city is prepared to order a shelter-in-place or evacuation order. >> there's a community of artists who live in the lower arsenal, which is pretty close

there, so they would certainly be some of the first people affected. and then perhaps people on the lower east side of benicia. >> reporter: the county is monitoring the air quality. so far there is no threat to the community. but the city fears there will be an economic impact. as for the residents, they're staying alert. >> if the winds were to come this way, it could ignite the stuff in that cooker over there, which is highly, highly flammable. >> this is a very serious situation for valero and people of benicia. >> reporter: stephanie magallon for "today in the bay." police need your help identifying the driver in a deadly hit-and-run and we have new video of tho sped away on thursday nightnc video shows the truck in that crash near ocala avenue. you can see a bright red truck speeding away from the scene. police are asking for your help in finding the driver and they are now offering a cash reward.

neighbors tell us the two people killed were a mother and daughter. the county has identified one of the women as a 75-year-old from san jose. they were in a marked crosswalk when the driver hit and killed them. turning now to the war in ukraine, as it continues, ukrainian president zelenskyy says his country's courage has united the world. today there are nine humanitarian corridors open to help evacuate ukrainian civilians. in a video address, zelenskyy called for an embargo on russian oil and urged countries to impose sanctions on russian banks. according to unicef, russia's invasion has forced more than 10 million people in ukraine to leave their homes. that's about a quarter of the country's total population. meanwhile, british prime minister boris johnson made a secret visit to kyiv yesterday, meeting with president zelenskyy to show his support. johnson is promising an additional $130 million of

military equipment to ukraine. zelenskyy says he is still committed to finding a diplomatic solution to the conflict. and it is just about 7:39. still to come on "today in the bay," she is leaving behind the ice. the big announcement from a young bay area olympian.

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right now 7:41 on this sunday morning. mild start and offshore wind. we're watching that closely. and still some ongoing smoke from the fire there burning at the home depot warehouse. the smoke was dissipated quite a bit, but still with the wind, if you can smell the smoke off to the south and east of that area, you probably want to stay indoors. we're seeing moderate air quality levels in that area this morning. right now in dublin, 53 degrees. very dry around the inland

tri-valley this morning and 52 currently in san francisco. we have the microclimate weather alert for dry, gusty offshore winds, north bay mountains, wind gusts over 50 miles per hour this morning. notice the transition for the afternoon, where the red and purple change direction for later today. that is the return of an onshore breeze. so the dry offshore wind starts to back off around lunchtime, but towards late afternoon and evening, gusty conditions on the coast and inner bay as the sea breeze starts to pick up. so gusty, dry hills for the morning. temperatures in the 40s and 50s. by midday we should see mid to upper 60s midland. then probably cooling temperatures near san francisco and the coast starting around 3:00 and 4:00 in the afternoon as winds change direction. the onshore breeze also part of the windy action offshore, which is pushing the swell to the coast. high surf advisory on top of everything else.

watch out for sneaker waves on the coast. monday morning the rain passes through, right there about lunchtime we should see clearing skies. pretty fast-moving weather system. it will be colder tomorrow, too. highs in the 50s and maybe as much as a quarter inch of rain in a few areas, probably the santa cruz mountains and hills to see that. this is great news for the sierra. could see more than a foot of snow with this first round coming through for tomorrow into tuesday. then watch what happens on the extended forecast. better news here as we head toward the middle part of the week. north bay probably by wednesday sees a chance of seeing rain coming back. i think it's thursday into friday, and then possibly into early saturday these rain chances should be ongoing. right now friday could have some pretty solid rain totals, maybe more than an inch of rain for parts of the north bay as we wrap up the week. so this can't come soon enough. all the fire danger, red flag warning for solano county

through 5:00 today. the rain comes back tomorrow morning and a big drop in temperatures. 70s inland today to 50s tomorrow. that's good news. it's why the sierra is getting the snow we're expecting through about tuesday. and then more chances wednesday night into thursday and then friday into saturday. just like that, april giving us some good rain chances as we go through the week. >> things really turning around. all right, thanks, rob. it is 7:44. we have much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, nbc bay area political analyst larry gersten joins us to talk about the sanctions against russia and whether they're an effective way to deter the invasion. >> reporter: our series finale is finally out for "saving san francisco". i'm bigad shaban and here is a preview. >> she's convinced you're obsessed with her. >> obsessed? obsessed is sort of a strong word to use. >> how would you describe your relationship with ann? >> how would i describe my

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at just 16 years old, figure skating star and olympian alysa liu says she is walking away from the sport. she took to instagram yesterday

announcing her retirement. at age 13 she broke the record for youngest u.s. figure skating champion of all time. earlier this year, liu competed in her first olympics and later won the bronze at the world championships. liu says she feels satisfied with how her career has gone and she's going to use this extra free time to spend with family and friends. now to a death in the world of sports, the pittsburgh steelers quarterback dwayne haskins was killed in south florida. he was hit by a dump truck while trying to walk across the interstate for reasons unknown at this point. we also have video of haskins when he played for the washington football team, who drafted him in the first round in 2019. many members of the nfl are in mourning. haskins was only 24 years old. well, for the last month and a half the united states and the european union have imposed numerous economic sanctionness

an effort to financially isolate russia and impede its ability to fund the war in ukraine. but have they worked? nbc bay area political analyst larry gersten joins us. good to see you this morning. president biden had said that the sanctions would help end the invasion and we see that's not exactly the case. are sanctions slowing things? >> good morning, kira. yeah, president biden said give me a month and you'll see what's happening and how well we've done. it's been six weeks and there have been some inconveniences, we certainly know about those, the yachts that have been seized in some way or another, banking, certainly that kind of thing, and the russian public has suffered some mild restraints when it comes to purchasing various food items. but, look, the fact is that these sanctions are rather porous and they haven't been as

successful as what the president thought would happen. >> what do you mean by the porous nature of sanctions? can you give some examples? >> i think the biggest ticket of all is energy. the european countries have been pumping in about $1 billion a day, $1 billion a day in oil and natural gas purchases from russia. they've resolved to reduce their use, they've come up with great big public statements, some, a few, lithuania, estonia have cut off purchases altogether. but they're little tiny countries. others not so much. and the french are keeping their businesses at work in russia, italy still selling high-end items in russia. we have to look inward to the united states where this country, from russia, continues to purchase important elements like titanium, uranium, iron,

and we have not shut down russian banking completely as we said we would. so everybody has something to bear here when it comes to responsibility, even including the united states. >> so if all of that is still happening, what does this mean for the war going forward? >> well, there's no doubt about it that the military input has been good. some would say not good enough, of course. president zelenskyy reminds us of that daily. but, in fact, military items are going, tanks are coming in, armored personnel carriers are coming in. there's talk increasingly, as we heard on chuck todd this morning, of perhaps air power coming in as well. those are things that are good. and they will play a big part. but when it comes to the economic side, we have a long way to go. the sanctions have to work and they're not going to work until all of the countries get in line, even hungary and turkey, members of the eu, have said we want nothing to do with all of this. until we get all of these

countries, including the united states, really in lockstep, we're going to have a ways to go in terms of constraining russia from that great big financial banking that they've got in terms of oil purchases. so the eyes are watching carefully, more to go, and we're going to have to see whether things straighten out down stream. >> we'll have to leave it there for this morning. i know we'll talk about this again. thanks for your insight today, larry. it is 7:52. up next we have a look at the top stories we're following, including two major fires burning across the bay area. we take you live to the aftermath at a destroyed home depot store.

here's a quick look at the top stories we're following, including the five-alarm five at a busy home depot in san jose still smoldering this morning. we have a live look at crews continue to monitor hot spots. we are told there is still a shelter in place for people in the area of el lisa drive because of smoke. the fire was so massive the san jose fire hazardous incident team deemed the air quality unhealthy. they will re-evaluate the air quality around noon today. how the fire started is still under investigation. this is what it looked like as the enormous fire tore through the garden center of the home depot. this is on blossom hill road. it ignited around 5:30

yesterday, and when firefighters responded their top priority was getting employees and customers out safely, and they did. there were no injuries reported. and there was another massive fire, this one at the port of benicia. firefighters saying it could take days before it's fully extinguished. it ignited around noon yesterday. the flames were first reported underneath three domes filled with refinery byproduct which has neighbors on edge. the fire quickly spread to timbers underneath the peer because of a conveyor belt that caught fire. the only way to reach the fire is with fire boats or through a trench. it could take up to 48 hours to fully get it out. the current wind direction has helped keep the smoke and flames away from the city of benicia. if that changes, the city is prepared to order a shelter in place or an evacuation order. we will continue to follow these

stories all day for you posting updates on our website. just go to nbcbayarea.com. you can see sj home depot fire and benicia port fire at the top. meteorologist rob mayeda has one last check of the forecast. >> and the forecast has some interesting changes. the next 24 hours we have a wind advisory for the north and east bay through 3:00 this afternoon, and speaking of regional fire danger, the red flag warnings up for solano county and interior northern california. that will expire at 5:00 this evening. so what we'll have today will be the increase of onshore winds, as the north wind starts to back off, and as we head toward tomorrow, better news for regional fire danger, that's rain coming back. right there for your monday morning commute, and it's going to be a lot cooler tomorrow. we're talking 50s for highs tomorrow. morning rain, afternoon clearing, and as we go through the week, more rain chances midweek to the beginning of next weekend. >> that is a big change. we look forward to it.

thanks to all of you for making us a part of your morning. we'll have more local news tonight at 5:00, 6:00 and 11:00, and all day on nbcbayarea.com. you will be back with the forecast tonight. hope you can get a nap in between now and then. we hope you have a great morning and we hope to see you back here next weekend.

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this sunday putin's brutal war. >> the russian war machine should be denied its ability to attack. >> aimed at women and children hoping to escape harm. >> this case shows that they tried to kill civilians. >> this as more atrocities come to light in areas the russians have evacuated. >> i didn't expect they were so heartless. >> reporter: the foreign minister says his agenda is so simple. >> they have three