good morning. it is sunday april 24th, 7:00 on the dot as we take live look outside of a glorious sunrise over san jose on this orthodox easter morning. thank you so much for starting your sunday with us. i'm kira klapper, and meteorologist vianey arana is joining us, as people are going outside to watch the warrior. >> temperatures in the upper 60s look at san francisco right now

at 52 degrees. looking at the temperature trend we will bump up into the 60s and by 12:00, we will be at 61. and we have tough clouds and lots of sunshine. and this is whatly be guiding you there. we will be running warmer today, and looking out ahead, and mostly pure condition, but a couple of changes for the work week ahead coming up in my full forecast. kyra. >> thank you. we will see you soon. we begin with the covid positivity rate on the rise again in san francisco. right now at 5.2%, and that is the highest since mid-february coming out of the omicron surge, and the good news is that the hospitalizations are staying low. so as we move forward, the city of san francisco is seeing some

normalcy return. today in the bay's tom jensen shows us. >> after two years of closures and cancellations, tourists are returning to union square in sizable numbers. >> it is time to tell a different story about union square. >> lauren is the owner of c. the galleries and the mom of 30 feet began ransacking the retailers. >> i was here the depths of the pandemic when everything around me was closed, and i felt unsafe in union square. >> reporter: but she says that the police chief stepped up the patrol, and brought the thieves to justice.

he has caught most of the thieves in that incident. he appreciates the police being there especially more and more visitors are in town. >> reporter: yes, i have been seeing it. >> and not only visitors, but people traveling from afar. >> i have seen a measurable difference in the last couple of months. >> that difference is the renewed sense of security bringing back crowds and vibrancy, and the signs that union scare may be recover ing from the pandemic, and the crime sprees that were keeping people away. in san francisco, tom jensen nbc bay area news. we mentioned the positivity rate climbing in san francisco, and that is happening across california.

take a look at the graph, and the statewide positivity rate is 3.2%, and that is the highest since mid-february, but it is a fraction of where it was in the height of the omicron surge. you can see the begin of the year, the positivity rate is higher than 22%. while the cases are climbing. the positive rates are leading to this change. and now, the board of transportation is expected to take up the quo of pringing the masks back, and right now, they are not required on b.a.r.t. happening now, the masks are coming off at oakland public school, and starting tomorrow, masks will be strongly recommended indoors but not required on oakland's unified

campuses. the maxes will be required inside when there is a positive case on campus. >> now, to a group of teenagers on the peninsula robbed at gunpoint while returning their from prom in unincorporated san mateo counties where the two students go to school. it was after midnight when teens had taken a charter bus to a friend's house. they were all waiting for the individual rides to pick them up. then a different colored car pulled over, and a woman hopped out, and grabbed one of the teens by the neck, and forced them to throw paperwork to the

flr. >> reporter: she says that they got away with about $40. then while investigating that, the police learned of a similar one in culver city. and now, two top u.s. officials are set to arrive in ukraine to meet with president zelenskyy. secretary of state and the secretary of defense is expected to visit ukraine. they would be the highest united states officials to visit the state. leaders say two missiles, one hit megotiations is.

and now, with the world central it is chen under attack, they put together treats for the children including easter eggs to look like the world coat of the ukrainian arm. here locally, 107 years since the armenian genocide. as many as 1.5 million christian armenians were killed by the forces in the ottoman empire in 1915 and 1916. the memorial starts at 2:00 p.m. and now, that altercation involving mike tyson on an airplane at sfo. this video was posted by tmz

showing mike tyson punching a man as the jetblue plane waiting to take off. the man says he is a big mike tyson fan, and he was excited when he saw the sports icon, and tyson was agitated and hit him. tyson denies throwing a water bottle. the investigation continues. >> a seizure of $4.2 million fentanyl seize ur was made after

what detectives say is a glimpse into what is going to be foun here in the bay area. and now, a doubling case out of the county, and involving the death of a teenaged girl. if you want to see the report of, it is called "fighting fentanyl." and the resource of fighting fentanyl. >> thousands of stanford and packard nurses are planning to walk off of their wages tomorrow. as well as unions, and they have negotiated for more han 30 sessions. stanford says if the strike takes place, the hospitals will remain open, and the community can continue the rely on the

high quality care. while we respect the nurses' right to strike, we will continue to operate. and now we go live to washington, d.c., for the weekly interview and a ple view of this week's "meet the press."

welcome back. it is time to welcome kristen welker the nbc news chief correspondent and co-anchor of "weekend today" and kristen, so nice to meet you. i am a big admirer of your work. and start with ukraine this morning. >> oh, thank you. so nice to be with you, and i appreciate it. >> it is all my honor, and let's start with ukraine. we are seeing the mass greys in

mariupol, and there is a fascinating look inside of zelenskyy's circle as you are interviewing his deputy head, and what is he saying? >> well, you are right. this is a fascinating conversation with the top adviser to president zelenskyy who has said that the ukrainians are appreciative of the aid that i have gotten from the u.s. so far, and of course, president biden has announced another $800 million of aid in weaponry, but this is clear that they need more, and more weaponry, and more sophisticated weaponry. and the president zelenskyy has asked for a no-fly zone, and he said that he is expecting a visit from the secretaries of defense and the secretary of state, and the white house is not confirming it, but the yu --

ukranian officials are. and so they are wanting more weaponry, and russia is signaling they want to take over more land masses including moldova, and i asked about the u.n. secretary-general meeting with president putin this week, and president zelenskyy said that he is not authorized to speak on behalf of ukraine, and he is wondering what if anything can come out of those talks. and i wanted to ask you about the new tapes about minority leader kevin mccarthy asking trump to resign, and then later pledging support for him,

and what does this mean as the next election year nears. >> well, it is a question of credibility. originally he came out and denied that he ever thought of calling former president trump to resign, and now we have heard the audio tape saying that, and he now has mended the fence with him and president trump, and now it is a question of whether or not he can get enough of an ability to another the votes and reverse any criticism they may have had in the future in order to be in his good grace, and what does that mean, and how

much impact and power does president trump have over the party. and these tapes raise that issue, anded with le talk to the great senator roy blount and we have a great panel. >> thank you, and we will talk about this more and listen to kristen this morning on "meet the press." she will talk to senator roy blount and jon finer and elizabeth warren. stay tuneded for that after this newscast. and coming up in 30 minutes we will have a political analyst coming up on our segment with a deeper look at what kevin mccarthy said, and how his comments could change the republican party going forward.

sticking with politics, the america's longest serving senator has died. orrin hatch from utah and former president protem of the senate died yesterday in salt lake city. heed for 42 year. as senator from 1977 to 2019, did you know, it is the national and by calling that he was 88. and now, members will be urged to vote no on the recall.

boudin is said to be unafraid to protect the workers from big powerful workers. and he says that his record speaks for itself. >> i am excited for the people to pay attention to what the data shows, and the record is and all of the work that i done, and the i have done to make the workplace safer. >> the june 7th election is also going to be discussed. and vianey, what is in store? >> it is upper 70s and low 80s, and if that is your temperatures, today is the day. the sun is coming out. a quick look at oakland and also a nice day. we are getting some cloud cover and low clouds along the coastline, and great shot of san

francisco, and let's get to the rms the, and what can you expect with the daytime highs, and we are expected to see a shift into now what we will consider a dry pattern compared to what we saw thursday and friday, and the current temperatures in the 30s and 40s and 50, and not much in way of a temperature thought and cloud cover. the satellite, things are quiet. what is happening is this ridge of high pressure sitting over the bay. that going to help keep the sunshine around and warmer, and we will have systems is passing to the north. as of now, it looks like we are heading now into the dry week ahead, and no rain in the forecast. martinez with 76, and san jose is 77, and palo alto 174. it is going to be beautiful. so if you are considering to go to the beach around the coastline, there is a beach

hazard statement in effect for the entire coast, because of a strong current rip current and sneaker waves, so it in place for 9:00 p.m., and especially for the north-facing beaches. as i mentioned we will get a dry cool front passing over the bay. looking out ahead to sunday and monday, the next storm may bring rain and snow to the bay area. we will know more in terms of the timing, but the models are lining up for the first day of may into the first monday of may. the san diego forecast is upper 60s for today, and then mid-60s and taking a look at the temperature trend, and we will cool off, and again, a dry cool front, so we are not expecting some rain, and especially the

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welcome back. it is a huge day for dub nation, and a win today and i don't want to jinx it, but it means a sweep in round one. the warriors will be taking on

the denver nuggets. they have been dominant so far with a three-game lead in the series. >> i don't want to jinx anything, but when you say that you don't ever want to give up a chance to close out a series, it simplied. you don't want to give up a chance, because you don't know what is going to happen the next game. >> of course, we will have complete highlights on the newscast tonight at 5:00 and 6:00. you can watch the telecast in san francisco, and it starts 11:00 this morning in thrive city. tip-off at 12:30, and it is all free, and you are asked to register online if you want to attend. now to the giants who kept things rolling in the nation's capital. alex wood says he feels like he

is in peak form. he gets a big strikeout right here against the national slugger juan soto, and then we move to the fifth, and when the giants get going with four runs capped off by this rbi single with josh peterson, and the giants beat the nationals 5-2. in oakland, the a's host the rangers and pitcher's duel, and no runs scored through the first zen innings. in the eighth things got interested. the rangers bring home a run with a hit to left field, and tony kemp fires it home, and the second runner is called out at the plate. however, that would be reviewed, and the runner was able to score.

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good morning. it is sunday april 24th, 7:29 as we take a live look at that glorious sunshine rising over san jose. a little bit of cloud cover there on this orthodox easter morning. thank you so much for starting your sunday with us. i'm kira klapper, an meteorologist vianey arana joining us for the forecast, but we had a beautiful brunch, but maybe better tomorrow, but it is beautiful today. >> yes, not a bad way to end the sunday, and start the work week ahead. look at how beautiful at lake tahoe. this is a live look, and 25 degrees, and noticing in the skies, they are clear skies, and that is because that system that brought a ton of new snow is making an exit, and if you have travel plan, it is a good day

for that, and check the road conditions first. a great shot of downtown san jose. i want to get to what to expect. this is what to guide through in the full forecast. there is a beach hazard statement in place, and dangerous currents, and beach waves an all of that. we will warm up, and the temperatures are starting to go up, because of the high pressuresh and looking ahead, we have a couple of changes to tell you about, and i will have the full forecast coming up. >> see you in 15, vianey. we begin with the covid positive ti rate on the rise again in san francisco. it is at 5.2% the highest since february coming out of the omicron surge. the good news is that hospitalizations are staying low. so as we are moving forward the city of san francisco is welcoming some normal city. today, we have a report.

>> reporter: after cancellations due to the pandemic, people are returning to union square. >> reporter: this person is a member of the union scare alliance, and she is owner of the gallery there, and to time to turn the page of the crime that came to a head in november when at least 30 thieves began to ransack highend retailers. >> i was here in the depths of the pandemic when almost everything around me was closed, and i, for the first time felt unsafe in union scare. >> reporter: but she says that the police chief kept his promise, and beefed up controls. and the arrests have been made, and the police patrols have been

since they have been there and more and more people are returning to the city. >> more and more visitors is good, and good to have the police around. >> reporter: visitors not only feeling safer from the virus, and also the other sickness that has plagued the city, crime. >> the last two years have been hard, and scary teams, but i have seen a true measurable difference particularly in the last couple of months. >> the difference is the renewed feeling of security that is bringing back crowds and vibrancy, and signs that union square might be recovering from the pandemic, and the crime sprees that were keeping people away. in san francisco, tom jensen bay area. the days of going maskless may be numbered on b.a.r.t. they are set to take up the issue thursday, and the process

of bringing masks back through the code of contact. right now, they are not required on bart, and this time, they struck out the rule to ban them. tomorrow, masks will only be required inside of ousd when a student on the campus is suspected of having covid. and now, on unincorporated san mateo county line, and lynnwood school where the teenagers go to school. it happened after might fight while they were waiting for to a different car to pull up and

when a woman jumped out, and stole one of the teen's wallets. she got away with $40. >> you hear about this crime all of the time. >> it is everywhere, i guess. >> reporter: the robber got away with about $40, and thankfully nobody was hurt. >> there is a plea from police to call them if you have any information on either crime. and now, back to the war in ukraine. the ukrainian president zelenskyy said that the first of the top u.s. officials are set to arrive in ukraine and meet with him. it couldn't come at a more critical time, because the u.s. began a assault city on the

secretary blinken and secretary austin are to go to ukraine, but the white house has not confirmed the visit. president zelenskyy said that he is looking forward to it. as the port city of odesa is preparing for attacks. kelly cobiella is hitting the city in the middle of the afternoon. one through the apartment building here, and hitting cars below, and a 3-month-old bays were killed. it is latest of the new attack offensive. the goal, says the general, but

to capture the entire southern coast as the fight for mario -- mariupol, and the attacks continue days after russian president vladimir putin declared victory over the city, and canceled an assault on the sprawling plant. civilians have been holed up underneath the plant since march. we want to go home, this woman said, but i don't believe there is any more war. and we heard from the children hiding under the plant so many times. we can play with phones this child said, but we want to see the sun, and play. these children being raised in darkness. in so many of the humanitarian

corridors, the plan to take them out of the siege was canceled with the threat of shooting. >> and now, despite the country being under attack, you can see that volunteers with the world central kitchen, they put together easter joy for the refugees, and assembled easter eggs to look like the ukrainian coat of arms. back here this is to coincide with the anniversary of the armenian genocide. this cross is lit every year to commemorate the genocide of the ottoman empire in 1915 and 1916, and the memorial today starts at

2:15. and now to the altercation involving mike tyson on a plane at sfo. you might recall this incident was showing the heavyweight boxing champion as their jetblue flight took off. and tyson claims that the man had been harassing them, and even threw a water bottle at them, and now we are hearing from the other man involved. lawyers for melvin georgetown send say that he is a big tyson fan, and he was exited to then he says is he got mad and said that he threw a water bottle at hem, and he says he dants to believe it. we are learning that nurses at packer hospital are planning to walk off of the job tomorrow.

the nurses are asking for competitive wages and help with staffing. the union and the hospital have negotiated in more than 30 sessions. stanford says in a statement in part that if the strike takes place, both hospitals will remain open, and our community can continue to count on the safe high quality health care. though we support them, we are disappointed that the union chose this action. they are due to meet tuesday. and now, risking his life to save a child. the terrifying moment that a firefighter goes through to save a toddler from a burning building.

it is sunday at 7:# 2. i hope you are not getting the sunday urges already. it is beautiful. we have sunshine and downtown

san jose, and quickly we are seeing a couple of low clouds, but don't worry, we will get a mix of sun and clouds. the fog in san francisco, and you can see it right there, and it is going to burn off quite nicely making way for a beautiful day ahead, and this is great news because we had rain on thursday and friday and always a welcomed sight, and if we want to advance, that is fantastic. okay. in san francisco, we expected to top out in the upper 60s, and we will warm up quite nicely, and look at the fog hanging out in half moon bay, and hayward and oakland and so looking the satellite showcasing the ridge of high pressure. whenever you have a ridge of high pressure sitting over the bay, it is going to warm us up, and it is high pressureb and high pressure, and happy weather, and dries us out. so no rain in the forecast, and we have a system passing to the north on tuesday and wednesday,

and keehance of rain to north, and cool us off, but for now, we will warm up, and 78 degrees in concord and we may get a couple of low 80s for now, and interior valleys, and it is going to be beautiful, but be mindful, because there is beach hazard in effect for the entire coastline, and west/northwest beaches, and dangerous breaker waves and rip currents and the breaking waves in place until 9:00 p.m. for west to northwest-facing beaches. long range outlook, and in the next couple of days, the high pressure, looking ahead to next sunday, the monday may 2nd, and the approach, looking good in the model run, and far out, and we could be seeing more rain, and sierra snow. so we did not get a lot of

april, and in the next several days, the temperatures in the mid-60s, an tuesday and wednesday, we will check it out to north, and also we are going to cool off a little bit tone thursday, and friday, and looking sunday, 80 degrees into the inland area, and for 73s, but the first week of may is looking good, because we need the rain. >> and i will take that forecast. thank you so much. and it is 7:45, and we have so much ahead on "today in the bay." larry gerson is taking a look at kevin mccarthy speaking about president trump, and what it means for the republican party going forward.

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>> hand me your baby. hand me your baby. >> this happened in florida yesterday morning while evacuating people from three-story building. officers noticed a mother on the third floor balcony with the baby. the deputy scaled up to the second-floor balcony to rescue the 1-year-old girl, and the mother handed him her baby, and once the child and the deputy made it to the the ground. the firefighters then climbed back up, and rescued the mother, and the grandmother miraculously, and no one was injured. back here locally. firefighters kept a sinking sailboat from sinking in the bay. it happened between pier 27 and treasure island. crews on one of the boats spotted the fire, and they used the water to put out the flames, and again, in the one, no one was hurt. people took action for earth day on the peninsula with the

deep ocean peninsula, the group organized 11 different cleanups, and this is at lindamar beach, and we are heard they pick up 1,200 cigarette butts and over 8,000 pounds of trash, and that is just at lindamar beach. and now, we will go to talk about released tapes from kevin mccarthy saying that he had had it with president trump with the president trump's role in the january 6th insurrection, and now let's bring in our analyst larry gerson, and what is the significance of this tape release or the information coming out. you know, is this significant news or not as some are downplaying it?

>> good morning, kira, it is hard to argue with the words that are spoken by the speaker himself, and that is why he is in trouble this weekend. all of this raises three critical issues. first of all, what responsibility does president trump have for the january 6th insurrection, and how involved was he, and it was asked by the committee and a number of others, too. and what about the minority leader mccarthy's future of becoming speaker, and can he become speaker, and what kind of bearing do we have on the november 2022 elections. what impact will it have? will it change things one way or another towards the democrats or the the logistics of it having

trump's fingerprints, and you cannot imagine anything else, because mccarthy said that trump has taken responsibility for this, and he has not done it pub ik will -- publicly, and mccarthy said trump did, and so we know that it is not going to be going away. >> and we know that kevinrt has house majority leader and how much does this affect him? >> well, with 140 republicans voted not to approve president biden's election, and mccarthy has had a hard time corralling the people, and then you put it

together, and a question of loyalty for trump. loyalty for trump seems to work one way. how loyal are you are you? and pulling the rug out from another if he decides they are not loyal, so he is dependent on trump for the position. and this is important for us in california because as minority leader, it is important because he is coming from bakersfield, and we could gain a lot for his presence, but it is not aaron -- but this is not the last we will hear about this. and thank you for staying on top

of this for us. and now, two top leaders are headed to meet the yu kran yan president. who could he be talking about as russia is ramping up the attack.

welcome back. here is a look at the top stories that we are following this sunday morning. two top officials are set to be meeting in ukraine with president zelenskyy. he says that secretary of state

antony blinken and lloyd austin will visit him in kyiv. but here is the thing, the white house and the pentagon have declined to comment on the visit. if they do travel to kyiv, they will be the highest level u.s. officials to visit the country since the start of the war. ode strike killed a 3-month-old baby. two missiles hit a residential facility. several human rights groups say they are committing war crimes. and now, ref i year the cross at mount davidson is lit to remember the victims. as many adds it will be a

memorial that will start at 2:00. masks will only be required inside at ousd when there is a confirmed campus. and now, with a last check of the forecast, hobt people who -- how about the people who are going to watch the game in front of chase center. >> well, you think it is warm, and then it starts to cool off around the water. but if you are in san francisco, it is upper 60s, and lovely and comfortable, and we have fog right now, but always carry that jacket, because it is going to drop. monday, and tuesday, get out and

enjoy. >> wow, it is a beautiful forecast. get out and enjoy it. we will have more at 4:30, 6:00 and 11:00, and vianey will be back with your forecast as well at 4:30, 6:00 and 11:00, and we will be back at those times. have a great sunday.

battle lines in ukraine. >> another stage is beginning. >> ukrainian fighters pulling out in mariupol. >> we're still fighting. we destroyed one tank today. two armored flight vehicles and one armored personnel carrier. >> russian forces take over dozens of small towns, president biden announces another mitary >> he will never succeed in dominating and occupying all of ukraine. and new evidence of russian war crimes