we are visiting you to say thank you for your fight for freedom. >> right now at 5:00, standing firm against russia, house speaker nancy pelosi continues her surprise whil wind visit overseas ahead in a live report, today's neighboring poland and her firm show of support for ukraine. repairing the mental damage the pan demme sick having on health care workers. this is "today in the bay." good on it are monday morning to you. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm kris sanchez. laura garcia has the day off. the bay bridge never taking a day off from being stunning. remember you can always watch us on roku, amazon fire, apple tv, and online if you're on the go.

>> meteorologist kari hall, how is it looking out there this morning? >> it's windy in some spots. let me get you ready for the drive in antioch, coming through the delta, we have some high winds so you need to keep a tight grip on the steering wheel. our temperatures in the mid-50s this morning. we'll see the trend headed for the mid-60s. notice it's going to be a little bit cooler today and also the high winds will continue for parts of the north bay coast from marin to sonoma county, toward calistoga as well as some of the hills where at 1:00 we'll start to see it calming down a bit but it's gusty. our temperatures today reach into the low 60s for san francisco, upper 60s for oakland and some upper 60s for the tri-valley with a few spots reaching the low 70s. but we will talk about a warmup in our forecast and that's coming up in a few minutes. >> thanks, kari. more than 5.5 million ukrainians have fled the war in their country and those numbers just in from the united nations. more than two-thirds of them are seeking refuge in poland.

all of this comes ahead of the planned visit overseas for first lady jill biden, she's going to first stop in romania, then on mother's day, sunday, she plans to meet with ukrainian mothers and children taking refuge in slovakia. >> bay area house speaker nancy pelosi now the highest ranking american leader to visit ukraine. the third in command made that surprise trip on saturday. this is new video of pelosi meeting today with poland's president, followed her three-hour meeting with president volodymyr zelenskyy. "today in the bay's" brie jackson is live in washington. brie, speaker pelosi says she wants the world to know that the u.s. stands firmly with ukraine. >> good morning, that's right, and house speaker nancy pelosi is now the highest-ranking u.s. official to visit the ukraiian capital since the war started and she was joined by oakland congresswoman barbara lee and other members of congress.

speaker pelosi says she wanted to show america's unflinching support for ukraine. house speaker nancy pelosi and u.s. delegation walking in the streets of kyiv with president zelenskyy. >> reporter: zelenskyy expressing gratitude for the support. >> this is very important and you have to know that we will win. >> reporter: attacks against ukraine are intensifying. the russian defense ministry says it struck 800 targets in 24 hours over the weekend, including a hangar with weapons supplied by the west. >> we need all the assistance we can get in defensive weapons and military support and financial support but also in humanitarian support. >> reporter: president biden wants congress to approve an additional $33 billion for five

months of aid for ukraine. republicans and democrats signaling they'll back it. >> every day we don't send them more weapons is a day where more people will be killed and a day where they could lose this war. >> reporter: the senate majority leader is also pushing to seize assets of russian oligarchs and use the proceeds for ukrainians. >> it's time for sanctions to be held accountable for the ill-gotten wealth they received. >> the situation in ukraine, how to help them, what kind of support they need. >> reporter: speaker pelosi meeting with poland's president this morning thanking him for supporting ukraine through humanitarian efforts. poland has the largest influx of ukrainian refugees. officials say their humanitarian operation in mariupol continues today. more than 100 civilians have been evacuated from the besieged

plant so far. >> thank you, brie. new insight this morning on the mental toll the pandemic is having on health care workers, following the death of a kaiser nurse who took their own life last week inside a south bay facility. you may remember in january a stanford nurse walked out in the middle of his shift and never returned. in the aftermath of michael odell's death colleagues started a new nonprofit dontclockout.org, a digital platform. >> the goal is to match them up with a peer that can meet them where they're at, determine what their wellness goals are. >> in the aftermath of last wednesday's suicide, kaiser will provide more emotional support and resources for staff. odell's roommate and colleague, one of the website's organizers hopes that kind of help becomes permanent. if you or someone you know is

struggling, there is help 24/7, call the number on your screen any time, it is 1-800-273-2755, that's 1-800-273-talk. an event will focus on recovery from the mandemic and how to reconnect society coming up at 6:30 tonight. gas prices soar, so does a switch to push froms ifily fuel to electric vehicles and sales are booming across the country with purchases nearly double one year ago and electric cars make up 20% of u.s. sales. recently the white house unveiled a $5 billion plan to create a nationwide ev charging network, to keep up with the demand. solano transportation authority is the late toast use electric buses. soon it will add wireless

chargers and routes between san francisco and sacramento. those chargers are made with momentum dynamics and one industry expert explains the batteries could also be used in regular cars allowing people to charge without getting out of their cars. >> being able to pull up, charge and go again without getting out at any time will be a significant benefit the people will see. >> the first electric car this weekend. >> you like it? >> yes. >> unhooked now, charge wirelessly. >> unhooked. momentum dynamics using magnetic chargers connecting to the receiver underneath the vehicle. the transmitter is built into the ground and drivers position their cars over it to charge it up. this is similar to charging pads for the smartphones. pretty cool. >> really cool. working on our schedule and being out in the field in the dark overnight is one of the

deterrents for me because i don't know where i'll be. if i could charge it on the go. >> and not have to leave your car. >> right, that is really cool. all right, it is 5:07 now. turns out this year's gilroy garlic festival may happen after all thanks in part to the work of neighboring counties. >> the ceo of san joaquin festival posted this message on facebook, and he says that they couldn't just let the garlic festival not happen. his organization is pledging to host the festival this year. he says that more details will be announced later this week. >> two weeks ago garlic festival organizers announced they were canceling the event citing the pandemic and rising insurance costs. organizers say the 2019 mass shooting was one part of that decision, but really they just couldn't keep losing money. >> that was the san joaquin apar gus festival i never knew they had. >> apar gus and garlic together

sounds delicious. >> i do that a lot of times when i make asparagus, garlic on top of apar gus is healthy. >> i don't know if you want that for breakfast. >> eggs, sure! >> depends when you get up. >> and hollandaise, i'm drooling. >> it's a nice day, but kind of windy. we're seeing high winds kicking up today and tomorrow the temperatures start to come up. the big day we'll talk about will be wednesday, when the temperatures are going to heat up, at least we can enjoy some mild weather today, antioch reaching 75 degrees. gusty, san francisco tops out at about 63 and novato a mix of sun and clouds and upper 60s there. we'll talk about how warm it gets for the midweek and also for heading out on the roads, mike, the wind is the big issue crossing the bridges. >> that is the note for the san mateo bridge and also the altamont pass, where things are moving smoothly. over on the right side of your screen we'll go over to the left

side near my face, a smooth drive right now, highway 35 at 92, reports of a crash there, took a glance over at my computer monitor, they just cleared that from the roadway so great, that's cleared from the chp report and the roadway. the commute builds a tad bit coming from the coast and highway 1, half moon bay toward 280. in contra costa county i'm noticing we have another incident maybe a disabled vehicle over on 242, we'll check on that cut-through out of concord. right now the live look shows you the golden gate bridge to or from the north bay, very calm right now, the headlights headed south into san francisco. back to you. >> thanks, mike. if you're still thinking about booking that summer vacation, plan ahead. next the advice from one insider as travelers prepare for the coming summer rush and potential staffing shortages in the industry. i've got updates on airbnb as well. plus we are days away from what could be a major rate hike.

we'll walk you through it when "today in the bay" continues.

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yesterday, so grab that jacket, we'll talk about a warmup in our forecast coming up. >> that's right, kari. the sun isn't here yet, it's dark now. palo alto commute southbound headlights into the south bay, it's a little more traffic flowing on san jose's highway 101. we'll show you the bay shore coming up. well, good morning, happy monday to you. i don't knowy don't get a themed song. it's the first trading day in may and man was april hard on the stock market. things are looking up a bit this morning. we look at the futures market the traders make on the open showing at least a little bit of a loss but not bad. certainly not like last friday when the dow fell nearly 1,000 points in a single day. that's not the first time we've seen that in the month. last month the worst month for the market since 2020. everything still above pandemic lows, but look at that, that's been a rough road.

and then this is the big week for the fed. the federal open markets committee begins its two-day meeting tomorrow. we expect to see a big interest rate hike on wednesday, in some ways bigger is better. the idea let's get this done, make it hurt, hopefully that will bring prices down. other news, airbnb says it's ending its covid policy later this month. the cancellation rules under covid said you could cancel, no harm, no foul if you got sick. same for the homeowner. airbnb says covid is under enough control, it's dropping the policy. you shouldn't travel if you're sick, of course, but you won't be refunded if you are and lastly, gas prices, gas taxes will go up in july by three cents. the state legislature had until may 1st, yesterday, to stop it, but didn't. some republican lawmakers had urged the state stop that planned hike but couldn't get the democrats, who hold the majority, to agree.

so marcus and kris, three more cents in july. >> three more cents in july. >> on top of everything. >> everything else. >> it's not a lot, but little by little, little becomes a lot. >> it's heavy on my wallet, heavy. thanks, scott. a live look at sfo, and despite recent inflation concerns, a lot of people are still planning to ramp up their summer travel because we can finally move about the cabin, especially after the pandemic wiped away two years of vacations for so many families. so with a lot of airlines experiencing staffing issues, travel experts say you got to be prepared. travel tiktoker and airline employee natalie houston talked with nbc lx will some of the best ways to plan ahead. she says travel insurance is really essential. >> i 1,000% recommend travel insurance. these are crazy times and you don't know exactly what's going to be happening if your flight is going to get delayed or canceled and travel insurance is

a really great asset for every single person to have. >> you can watch that full story right now on nbc lx, check out nbclx.com or xfinity channel 185 and over the air on channel 11-5. visiting the empire state building, maybe you're doing that this summer, getting your picture taken in times square, paying tribute to lady liberty, all those are at the top of people's bucket lists for new york city. >> but arguably, they all pale in comparison to getting tickets for the great white way. ♪♪ ♪ my name is alexander hamilton and there's a million things i haven't done ♪ ♪ just you wait, just you wait ♪

>> absolutely, those are just some of the tony-award winning musicals that were made into films. a new show hitting broadway hoping to join the pack doing the reverse. "mr. saturday night" is a remake of the 1992 film about a standup comic and attempt to reclaim his career. billy crystal portrays buddy young, jr., on stage in the same role he played in 199 2. see crystal and the cast perform live this morning as part of the "best of broadway" series happening all week on the "today" show. you know what? i want to know what is your favorite musical? this is when i went to new york, went to "ain't too proud" the last performance, one of the last performances of that show. i want to know what your favorite one is. post your favorite musical on my twitter and a favorite picture, post that, too. >> i never felt a huge drive to see a broadway show except that tina turner one.

oh my gosh. >> it's back on broadway, a good friend of mine is in it now. >> i'll see it next time i see my in-laws. kari? >> "hamilton." >> it's a good one. >> love that, in san francisco and i saw one of the last ones before the pandemics. >> oh, wow. >> all right, let's look at what's going on. martinez, we're starting out with temperatures in the mid fifth and it's partly cloudy. we'll see our highs today headed for about 70 degrees, a little cooler than it was yesterday. the high winds will continue and we'll see livermore reaching 69 degrees. 62 in san francisco and 69 in novato. tomorrow the temperatures come up a few degrees and it stays windy in spots. livermore a high of 80. mountain view reaching 75 degrees and 68 in san francisco. notice how warm it is on wednesday and we'll see upper 70s near the coast, upper 80s for some of our valleys with a

few spots reaching the low 90s. today the high winds is going to be the main story and where you see the purples and the reds indicate where we could see wind gusts reaching over 45 miles per hour and then even going into this evening, napa stays windy as well as some of our higher elevations, then going out to the next couple of weeks, the climate predictions center putting out their outlook saying for the bay area we're looking at slightly above average temperatures no, surprise, and then as far as rain, also no surprise, that it's going to be drier than normal and that's going to be critical for the sierra, where we are hoping to get one last little blast of some rain and snow for the sierra. for the rainy season, we're transitioning now during the month of may to some of our drier summer months, where we barely get any rain. now it's possible that you could get some showers, but it starts to do this, what we've seen throughout much of the winter, the storm track staying to the north of us, although there will be a slight chance of rain on friday, most of our forecast is

dry, and our temperatures are going to be heating up by the middle of the week, but then coming back down this weekend. take a look at our temperatures for today, low 70s for the inland areas. 85 on wednesday, that's well above normal but we do see some more seasonable weather for saturday and sunday and the high winds pick up again for the end of the we happening on the roads? >> looking toward contra costa county, we saw that little thing pop up there on 242, the little thing is the hazard reported, some disabled vehicle, perhaps some debris blocking your slow lane as you travel south through the area from highway 4 cutting toward 680. concord avenue is where debris is reported. we should have a quick traffic break and should clear before the bulk of the commute starts. highway 4 at speed out of bay point toward concord and a smooth drive to the walnut creek interchange, south of there a smooth flow of traffic, altamont pass a little slowing there.

back to you. >> thanks so much, mike. next on "today in the bay," "nbc bay area responds." >> a couple prepays for a service that they're now unable to ever use, yet no refund. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura. "nbc bay area responds," next. and this week is teacher appreciation week. >> oh. >> make sure you tell your teachers thank you out there. today mr. garden was mike's kindergarten teacher. that's mike inouye right there! look at little mike. >> look at my collar. >> mike tells us they had a pet snake -- a pet snake? >> yes. >> a pet snake in the classroom and fond m there. so look, the classroom trips, having a pony on the playground. >> what? >> what school was this, mike? >> it was awesome. >> we just learned how to read. >> i'd want to go back. look, we want to see your

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right now at 5:30, san francisco's nancy pelosi becomes the highest ranking u.s. official to visit ukraine. we'll have the latest on her trip. plus no more deaths from covid, that is the target for one bay area county. ahead in a live report, the steps that county is now taking to reach that goal. this is "today in the bay."

good monday morning to you. i'm kris sanchez. laura garcia is off. >> and i'm marcus washington. friendly reminder for you, you can also watch us live on roku, amazon fire, apple tv, and online. >> before we look at today's weather, we want to talk about this fantastic sight. >> woo, woo! >> outside chase center, it is always sunny and warmer when you win. draymond green was ejected and the dubs managed to power through with an exciting finish after they settled down. we want to look at the forecast kari hall is tracking what we can expect. sunny days ahead. >> yes, it's a win/win for us, too. we're looking at breezy winds as you head out this morning and we're also going to see those breezy winds continue throughout today. tomorrow it starts to warm up, but we're going to hit some of our hottest temperatures of the week on wednesday. take a look at where we're headed for today. a little bit cooler than yesterday. a cold front zipping through and

bringing us clouds that we'll see throughout today a mix of sun and clouds. martinez 71. 71 in napa and 71 in morgan hill. we'll talk about the warmer temperatures in the forecast coming up. mike, you're checking out concord? >> it's still going on in by a the hazard they're listing out here. we see more slowing coming off of highway 4 concord avenue. chp is arriving to the scene. if you're headed out of bay point take 680, take the corner instead of cutting through. we don't have much of a build. a tiny blip out of pittsburg. bay bridge toll plaza is fine as well and incline into the city. south bay has the blip slowing north 101. back to you. a new spike in covid cases is pushing up transmission

levels for two bay area counties, ah this as another county rolls out a new initiative to halt preventable covid deaths. >> "today in the bay's" bob redell is live to explain the path to zero. we're all listening. >> reporter: good morning to you, kris and marcus. later today, this afternoon, contra costa health will launch path to zero with the goal of eliminating all covid deaths that are preventable and namely what they're doing is asking people to go to their local doctor or pharmacy, get vaccinated, pick up those take-home tests so you can limit the spread of the disease and also just to be aware there are prescription medications that are free and effective if you become sick from the coronavirus. the whole path to zero is to let people know treatments are available and how to access them with the goal of preventing people from dying interest horrible disease. the cdc reclassified san mateo

and marin counties having medium levels of transmission of covid, an escalation from the low level transmissions, where the seven other bay area counties remain as you can see on the map on the tv screen. for example in san mateo county the positivity rate is near 6%, with nearly 800 new cases this past thursday and friday and many instances, the rates of infection are even higher than they were during the height of the delta variant but this newer ba.2 variant isn't as lethal as delta, which is why we aren't seeing a surge of patients in hospitals or icu. dr. monica gandhi says people should feel safer, 60% of the population has been exposed to the virus and 75% of kids under the age of 17 have built up natural antibodies. >> i have two children, they are vaccinated, i'm vaccinated and boosted and we have been living. i was on planes last week when they dropped the mask mandate and not very many people are

masks on planes. >> reporter: with proms and big summer get togethers around the corner, marin county's public health officer is still warning people to be wise about masking and get tested before those large gatherings. reporting live in danville, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thank you, bob. 5:35 now. new this morning, new hope for better diagnosis and treatment of covid-19 in children. australian researchers say they have discovered which proteins become activated when covid triggers inflammation in children. they say the main triggers for severe covid in children will impact blood clotting in the heart, lungs and brain and they say it's all triggered by a condition known as acute respiratory distress syndrome, which can develop in children that become extremely ill with covid. authorities have not yet identified a bicyclist who was struck and killed by a driver last night in san jose. it happened on capitol

expressway and mclaughlin avenue. the driver stayed at the scene and cooperated with police. this is the 29th traffic-related death this year. in all of last year, there were 60, which matched a 20-year high. about a mile from there, police yesterday arrested a hit-and-run suspect accused in two separate crashes. police yesterday arrested a hit-and-run suspect accused in two separate crashes it happened at the scene of a second crash at capitol expressway and aborn road. the driver was speeding from the scene from the first crash moments before crashing for a second time. no one was injured in either accident. >> put into place to protect public health. the imgrants had to stay in mexico even if they weren't from mexico to not bring in coronavirus. the biden administration wants

to end that policy and go back to the old system that's been in place for many decades and many different administrations. secretary of homeland security alejandro mayorkas did the sunday morning political circuit trying to explain the reasoning e he's on "meet the press" in this clip, says america will always will turn away those who try to cross illegally. when it comes to asylum seekers he's asking for more officers and judges to speed the process up and reminded people it's congress that sets the rules on immigration, not homeland security and reminded viewers on fox news sunday people who come across the border asking for asylum are playing by our rules. they're doing it legally the way congress set it up. >> and they do not make a claim, they are promptly removed. if they make a claim then they have a right under our law to seek to advance that claim before an immigration judge. if the judge denies their claim,

they are removed. >> president biden will travel to alabama tomorrow, among other things he'll visit a factory that makes the javelin russian tank killers. video of the president's visit to the white house correspondents dinner over the weekend. first lady jill bide listen travel to slovakia to visit with refugees. the speaker of the house met with the polish president a short time ago. president duda said poland has taken in more than 3 million ukrainian refugees. pelosi was joined by half a dozen u.s. lawmakers, including the bay area's barbara lee. earlier over the weekend, a smaller group including pelosi but not lee traveled by train to kyiv, where they pet with president zelenskyy, a good reminder the weapons and money we promised ukraine still has to be approved by congress. pelosi says she'll shepherd that through. >> we believe we are visiting you to say thank you for your

fight for freedom, that your fight is a fight for everyone, and so our commitment is to be there for you until the fight is done. in georgia jury selection will begin for a grand jury to examine whether former president trump interfered in that state elections process when he called the georgia secretary of state pressuring him to find votes to reverse the loss in that state. georgia officials recorded that phone call. we'll be watching that, we'll be watching what's happening in washington as well. follow us on social media on facebook, i'm @scottmcgrewtv. a live look, palisades tahoe ski resort getting a late season boost thanks to the recent snowfall. thanks to the recent storms it will end now on memorial day, may 30th, which the slopes are only open on the weekends right now.

despite some bare patches starting to show on parts of the mountain, skiers say there's just enough in those areas where it really matters. and kari, hopefully this really helps boost the sierra snowpack results. >> we're looking ahead to see if there's any more additional snow coming that way. it's not a lot but it is something, and as we go into the next week or so, we could see about another three to five inches of snow especially for some of the higher elevations. we'll be watching out for that, pretty dry here as we start out this morning but a beautiful sunrise about to take shape as you're heading out on this teacher appreciation week, make sure you give a little extra compliment to the teacher this morning when you drop off. it will be at about 50 degrees, partly cloudy skies at pickup time. 64 degrees and we'll see a mix of sun and clouds today with breezy winds. mike, how is it looking heading to work or school this morning? >> kari, pretty calm right now

but a few notes. the san mateo bridge you notice opposite the other side of the screen looking at high winds, that's the note across the san mateo bridge, which you'll probably feel. that's westbound with the taillights. now the opposite direction those headlights are going east and that's tonight where we'll see the closure, all week overnight from 7:00 p.m. 'til 8:00 a.m. that's late. eastbound is counter commute. you have two lanes open for the entire span of that work that's going on all week overnight again on the san mateo bridge. dumbarton bridge completely clear of that. i circled the slowing in san jose which just started to kick in again, right on schedule just before 5:40 so we are looking at that starting to build there. one crash southbound 880 at 980, sounds like everything should clear from lanes quickly. no slowing on the sensors. we see slowing on the incline and tonight you'll see some slowing by the coliseum, the game there starts at 6:40, so we'll have pre-game traffic. back to you. >> thank you. 5:41 for you this morning.

a bitter bay area nurse strike may be nearing an end. coming up here on "today in the bay," the weekend vote that may lead to a labor peace and why today may be a make or break moment. plus, potential staffing shortages at summer hot spots nationwide and how they could impact your getaway plans. and helping more families make it in the bay, san francisco expanding its free bank program, this is a diaper bank program for anyone enrolled in public benefits including immigrants and undocumented families. you can find more details on where to sign up right now, go to nbcbayarea.com. 5:42 for you this morning. . this morning on "california live" rhian michelle is here about the inside game. plus building playhouses for families in need, that's this morning at 11:30 on "california live."

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right now at 5:45, as you head out in the delta, antioch the way the forecast shapes up, starting out windy, a mix of sun and clouds and temperatures from 54 in the next hour to about 66 degrees at lunch time. it's still going to be a really nice day, make time to get outside. we'll talk about a warmup in our forecast, coming up. more sunlight, more headlights and what? well more metering lights. the metering lights are turned on at the bay bridge toll plaza but traffic also relatively light. we're watching the build, the slower spots are developing. the south bay showing some slowing as well. happening now, a nationwide manhunt continues this morning for a man accused of murder who

disappeared along with an alabama corrections officer. casey white walked away from a jail west of huntsville, alabama, friday a long with a guard who said she was taking white for a mental health evaluation. investigators say he never had a doctor's appointment, so they are now trying to figure out if the correctional officer was taken hostage. a number of central agencies are trying to find the pair. the woman's patrol car was later found at a shopping center. happening tomorrow, president biden is expected to announce his first batch of presidential pardons. three pardons are expected and another 75 nonviolent drug offenders will have their prison sentences shortened, part of the broader white house effort to make the criminal justice system more fair which the president touted as a key goal in this campaign. he's also expected to announce new job training measures and grants for felons reentering society. a strike involving stanford

health care workers may be nearing an end, approximately 5,000 nurses went on strike last monday and then late friday union leaders reached a tentative deal for a new contract. nurses voted on ratifying the deal yesterday and results are expected to be revealed today. if approved, the nurses would get a 7% wage increase this year and a 5% increase next year. retirement benefits would also be increased. maybe you have a summer vacation planned but a lack of staffing has some popular destinations feeling the hot summer burn. kerry sanders explains what you may encounter on your next getaway. >> reporter: of course we're here at the beach this morning in lauderdale by the sea in florida but beach towns across the country as they come alive especially this post covid sense that we can travel again there is one thing missing, those young people taking those jobs like at the ice cream parlor, in some cases offering up to $20 an

hour and still not luring enough people into the resort towns that need the employees, those young employees. we'll have details coming up on "today." back to you. >> thank you, kerry. what a start for the warriors in round two of the nba playoffs. the dubs already guaranteed a split in memphis after a thrilling win yesterday. things didn't look good near the end of the first half when draymond green was ejected for that, he grabbed the collar of a memphis player's jersey while hitting the side of his head on a block attempt. the game was close until the end, but the warriors down two with about 30 seconds left, klay thompson hits a three-pointer and the grizzlies had a chance to win the game, making it short at the buzzer. final score 117-116. game two is tomorrow night. >> let's go dubs, let's go grizzlies. hometown against where i live now, there you go. happening today, princess

charlotte's birthday, celebrating her 7th birthday. the duke and duchess of cambridge released the new photo as charlotte celebrates birthday number 7. the bluebells while she was out enjoying some sunshine in norfolk over the weekend and another photo with the family's pet, the cocker spaniel. orlock. she's get so long big. i remember when she was born. >> i know, right? happens fast. >> "i remember when she was born." >> lucky she's only 7. if she's 23, oh, marcus, you need some just for men. >> still got it all right now. just trending for you this morning, a little girl, another little girl, this one in south dakota going viral, this is following her first holy communion. >> that is a religious tradition in case you're not familiar, that in this case proved to be quite the thirst quencher. you can see her receiving the blessed sacrament, and then she

starts to power chug it, that's wine. her mom said she forgot she was only supposed to take a sip. we tell our kids to hydrate all the time. >> okay, thank you. >> the priest is like okay, hi. >> thank you very much. >> she's going to have a hangover. >> the cup was not filled with wine as tradition, but it was grape juice so she's actually okay. the clip wracked up millions of views on tiktok. listen, she was promising, you know, a life of, you know following the rules of the church. >> i was like i don't know -- >> deep commitment there. deep commitment >> that is deep commitment. >> i'm just used to the little cup. here we go, 5:50 for you this morning. do you remember the first time you got communion? >> i do and we got to go to chuck e. cheese after so that was exciting. >> ooh. >> i was super into it.

>> communion's not big at the buddhist temple. i love grape juice, too, though. >> it's good for everybody. >> there you go. let's get a look at the forecast for you today. meteorologist kari hall has been monitoring and what is it i see on, is that -- >> severe weather happening across parts of the midwest, and another round of some storms happening. i wanted to show you this video we have coming out of the wichita, kansas, area, of a tornado, yes. this is a pretty wild video, as you can see it just rolling across the ground. thankfully we had very minor injuries here but you can see it just lifting that building and sucking it up into the tornado, kind of skips across the street and then you can see it damaging more homes and buildings, all of this caught on video, and once again, just some minor injuries for the most part. thankfully no one was killed in all of that. we're still going to be tracking the severe weather moving across the midwest, al roker and the "today" show will have more on that as he watches that storm system. nice and quiet as we wake up and

head out on this monday morning. golden gate bridge looks good if you're making this part of your commute and in and out of san francisco, temperatures today head to 62 degrees. we'll see mid to upper 60s for the east bay but look at how much warmer it's going to be tomorrow and still windy at times, we're going to see those highs by the middle of the week top out at 91 degrees in concord and fairfield. san francisco also warming up into the upper 70s and we also still have these high winds this morning as you're heading out especially for the marin and sonoma coastline and some of our north bay hills, gusts reach over 45 miles per hour. look at the forecast, these gusty winds continue as a cold front moves close by and we're looking at high winds for parts of the north bay into tomorrow morning, once again we can see the rain and all of the gusty winds that are going to be nearby in the forecast for the next couple days. we warm up but there may be a slight chance of rain on friday. we'll keep an eye on that, hopefully it will dip farther south into the bay area but

right now it looks like it stays to the north of us. as we take a look at our seven-day forecast we're keeping it mostly dry here. our temperatures reaching into the low 70s today, low 80s tomorrow, then mid 80s on wednesday but we have a nice and comfortable weekend ahead. mike, how is it looking headed to work this morning? >> comfortable right now for most peep bye a couple of spots starting to drag down a bit. a note will caltrain, no service problems but reducing service levels. sending fewer trains down the rails because they want to accelerate the work on the electrification project so that's going on through may 2nd. it's all month starting may 2nd is when this starts off. i'll fix that sign there. slowing san jose north 101 typical. the arrow shows you where it's slowing for the nimitz, typical out of san leandro through hayward and the spot southbound 242 the disabled vehicle at concord avenue. so highway 4 to 680 the corner

is still better than cutting the corner. palo alto courthouse reopens today for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic. now for the past two years, cases have been heard in san jose. in addition to the pandemic, the courthouse is also dealing with staffing and budget issues. now the palo alto courthouse will be able to help clear case backlog, increase access to the community and minimize crowding at san jose's courthouse. repairing the mental health damage that the pandemic is having on our health care workers. we have a lot ahead on "today in the bay," including the new effort to help struggling bay area nurses. and coming up at 6:00, helping teachers make it in the bay. the new housing option for some peninsula teachers and how voters help to bring that to reality. you're watching "today in the bay."

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hopeful will working it out with the woman involved >> we're trying to make peace with each other. i think that's where the real issue is between our peace. we're both professionals. we like each other's work. we like each other, i think, and if we can't get along and trust each other, there's no point in going further working together or making a movie as well. >> murray added he's learning and changing from experience. he's optimistic production on "being mortal" will soon resume. if you are a fan of "true crime" you know the voice, "dateline's" keith morrison, making his debut on a popular sleeping and medication app, voicing a new sleep story on calm called "the curious case of the overnight ohs." ahh. this story is set to appear on the app tomorrow. morrison said the story will take listeners on a reimagined

journey of goldilocks and the three bears. morrison will be back to his old episode of "dateline" on nbc by area. that won't help you sleep. it will scare you awake. crocs and footlocker have a breakfast themed shoe. >> inspired by cinnamon toast crunch, trix, honey nut cheerios, i love those and cocoa puffs, sell between $45 and $70, they come with cereal themed charms such as berries, cereal logos and cinnamon squares. buy them at footlocker and champs, kids and men's sizing. >> men's. >> crocs has dabbled also with kfc and hidden valley ranch. >> marcus is a big fan. which is your choice?

>> honey nut cheerios. >> you like to keep it healthy. >> o, o, o. quickly approaching 6:00 for you this morning. standing against russia. >> we believe that we are visiting you to say thank you for your fight for freedom. >> house speaker nancy pelosi continues her surprise visit overseas. ahead in a live report, today's advise sit neighboring poland and her firm show of support for ukraine. >> and teachers on the peninsula are waking up to a housing option. we are live with a look at the program helping them make it in the bay. saving the beloved south bay tradition, while the gilroy garlic festival may be back on after all. this is "today in the bay." the first monday of may, it's gonna be nice. here we go this morning. thanks for making us a part of your morning. i'm marcus washington. >> i'm kris sanchez. laura has the morning off.