right now at 5:00, the father accused of purposely driving his car off the cliff with his family inside is expected to enter a plea today. new details emerging about the ins department and the charges he's facing. i didn't know if many of my family is still under the building, so they rescued them. >> waiting for answers as rescue efforts in turkey continue. bay area families left in limbo waiting to learn about loved ones. also, new details on how you can help quake victims. and weighing whether president biden plans to run again, and this is "today in the bay" streaming on roku, amazon fire tv and online. a very good thursday morning to you. 5:00 right now. thanks for starting your day

with us. i am laura garcia. >> i am marcus washington. i want to get you caught up on everything going on. let's start with a look at the forecast today. meteorologist, kari hall, has the forecast as we head out the door. >> it's a cold start and we have to bundle up the next few hours. right now we are at 38 degrees in mountain view, and it's 48 in san francisco. 42 in oakland, and 39 right now in concord. as we head out the door in palo alto, the start of the day, 43 right now and then we will see our temperatures dipping a few more degrees before sunrise. it will be nice and sunny and you may want to take that lunch outside, we will be at 60 degrees. we will look ahead for what is in the weekend, but for now let's go to mike. we did see a good volume of traffic, and you might notice more traffic right now, so i am getting a feel for how things

could be throughout the east bay. no problems but feels like there's more traffic early at the bay bridge. there's reports of a minor crash north 880 around fifth, and chp was talking about a potential traffic break, and i have not seen slowing so we will continue to watch that. the disabled vehicle off 282 and highway 4, and not affecting the interchange. we should this portion of 680 with the slowing as crews clear this morning. the father accused of trying to kill his family by driving over a cliff will stand before a judge in redwood city this morning. this is a heartbreaking story, bob. >> reporter: it is. good morning, laura. patel is expected to enter a plea in the court behind me later this morning on charges he tried to kill his wife and two

children. on january 2nd, patel intentionally drove his car off the cliff, and the pas pasadena doctor, that's patel, and his wife and two children were injured but survived. he has been charged with three counts of attempted murder with enhancements of causing great bodily harm and domestic violence. the wife making incriminating statements to paramedics. >> there are cameras on that, and so we have video showing the movement of the car after it left the tunnel and went up the hill and turned off of the road and turned to go down the cliff. >> the judge did issue a no harassment order to limit

patel's contact with his family and especially with his wife. attempted murder cases are always hard to prosecute, and in this situation he believes the prosecution has only circumstantial evidence. if patel is convicted he could face life in prison. reporting live here in redwood city, bob redell for "today in the bay." >> it will be interesting to see how it all plays out. thank you, bob. the clock is ticking for rescuers to find survivors following the deadly earthquake in turkey and syria. that death toll has surpassed 17,000. you can see what they are up against. many are trapped under mountains of debris, and that window of survival is closing. one bay area woman says she has yet to hear from her family in turkey and she is frightened. you can see what is left of that home is rubble.

some of her family members were able to get outside that home and escape uninjured, but that was not the case for everyone. >> i am not able to drink or eat for the last couple of days because it just, like, reminds me of all of them, eat something, and i feel like they are not able to find food right now so i feel guilty. >> the turkish association has been organizing events and collect donations to help the communities rebuild. if you want to help, we have put links on our website with information on charities raising funds as well as places sending supplies over. go to nbcbayarea.com and click on the help earthquake victims in the trending bar. president biden is waking up this morning on the road trying to spread the message he delivered in the state of the union address.

>> republicans focus on new hearings tied to the policies, and today in the bay's shows this. >> leading up to the state of the union, aides said president biden wanted to wait after the speech to announce his intentions for 2024. and with the speech behind him, he heads to two key states. he's in battleground wisconsin. >> we created 12 million new jobs. half a million jobs just last month. we have created more jobs in two years -- more jobs in two years than any president created in a single four-year term. >> the president spending on the economic and unity message he delivered in the state of the union.

>> democrats and republicans, we can work together. >> the president talks about working with republicans on the road, and back in washington the gop-controlled house using its new majority to tackle issues they say democrats ignored. on wednesday, republicans sparred with twitter -- >> i believe my republican colleagues know the premise of this whole hearing is misleading. >> the hearings sure to provide fodder for republican attacks against president biden if he seeks re-election. >> i made that decision. that's my intention, i think, but i have not made that decision firmly yet. >> today the president heads to florida, home to two potential rivals, setting up what could be a preview of the 2024 presidential election. president biden has not made any formal announcements as to 2024

just yet, and when asked his initial response is just watch me. i am drew pet trau mow, nbc news. a gathering in gilroy happened last night after a man died from fentanyl. family members and friends are crushed. >> we have known for a long time he was not a fentanyl user. he may have parties and did other things, but fentanyl was not his drug of choice. and then jurors convicted flores in the death of cal poly

student, kristin smart. the defense team was allowed to have time to serve motions. flores is scheduled to be sentenced on march 17th. also happening today, major london breed is expected to hold her state of the city address in san francisco, and topics will include building more affordable housing and her plans to tackle the ongoing drug crisis. it happens at noon on pier 70. a beautiful shot to start our morning. meteorologist, kari hall, has a look at the forecast for us today. how is the air quality out there? it looks beautiful. >> yeah, it looks beautiful and makes the sunrise and sunset beautiful because of the particulate matter in the sky. we will have a little less healthy air quality today as we see the smoke and pollutants being pushed back to the ground. we can see the numbers are still

in the range where you may want to limit your time outside today. it's also warming up. we are going to talk about big changes ahead for the weekend. that's coming up in a few minutes. mike, you have been watching where we can find lower gas prices? >> yeah, right now they are squeezing down around the $4 mark in the lows, right? we do have a 3.99. this is one price below 4 bucks. it's at the valero in burlingame. and we have a higher low in the south bay, and it's great gas still in cupertino, 3.79 instead of 3.69. we are compressing around the 3.80, 3.90 mark. we have a crash where the arrow is, and we see a little more

slowing, more cars and more distraction. we will track that. so far the tri-valley commute moves well. back to you. >> thanks, mike. check your cabinets. popular cleaning supplies are being recalled. check your netflix account. netflix trying to clarify new rules about passwords. it's national pizza day. we will talk about which toppings are king and how you can weigh in. it's

right now it's 5:13. we take a live look outside in san rafael. it starts out clear but it's chilly. we will dip a few more degrees before the sunrise, but a lot of sunshine today. we will talk about where we could see rain in the forecast, coming up. this is by the coliseum, the taillights heading north into downtown where we heard there could be a traffic break. whatever happened there it cleared. we will show you a better view of the bigger commute, coming up. happy thursday to you. we expect some pretty good movement to the positive this morning on the dow. disney is a dow component and it announced its cutting 7,000 jobs. wall street approves.

southwest airlines headed to hearings in washington. congress ready to grill executives about all the airlines' problems. its pilot union said the airline had badly outdated software and that contributed to the meltdown over the christmas holiday. the house oversight committee had a hearing on wednesday about twitter, looking into the company's quashing into the news article of hunter biden in 2020. this is not the first time congress investigated this. there was something new. this person, former executive testified twitter would change its rule to avoid enforcing consequences on donald trump's tweets. the executive testified the white house tried to get twitter to remove a crude tweet from krissy teigen, calling the president names.

it was about the danger of trying to suppress information. netflix trying to clarify its password policy, not here in america yet but it's getting closer. they just started enforcing it in canada. lots of people have questions like what if i travel for work and want to watch? can my kid in college use the family account? this company has a history of confusing announcements. back in 2011, netflix tried to split itself in two companies and ended up just apologizing for the whole thing. >> how sorry i am of the way we handled the communication around the big changes.

we do think over the long term it will help us innovate much faster, build a better dvd service and streaming service. >> the founder apologizing back in 2011. it got so out of hand -- i will see if i can find it, and "saturday night live" started making fun of it and when you know you have entered the mainstream when "saturday night live" is making fun of your apologies. check your cabinets, fabuloso has a recall. five different scents were recalled. the recall products were made

between december 14th of 2022 through january 23rd of this year. trending for you this morning, it's never too early to start thinking about lunch. >> especially when it's national pizza day. to celebrate we are offering a slice of pizza knowledge. pepperoni is still the most popular pizza, and americans consume an average of 23 pounds of pizza per person every year. what? 70% of all u.s. restaurants are actually pizzerias. the first pizzeria opened in naples, italy, in 1938. what is your favorite pizza? let me know on social media this morning. >> no veggies, huh? pepperoni is leading. >> i like to do a combo,

sausage, black olives. if you are looking for places offering a discount, head over to our page. >> i had frozen pizza -- >> doesn't mean we can't observe the national holiday. >> does anybody have a breakfast pizza? >> traditionally in italy they put an egg on the pizza. it's actually quite delicious. >> i will try that with my frozen pizzas this weekend. it's breakfast time, coffee time, and it's also very chilly out there. our temperatures are starting out in the mid-30s in some spots. once again, we have had a lot of the cold mornings where we had to make sure we are taking care

of our plants as well as pets. you may have to scrape frost off the windshield before you get going. our temperature in santa rosa, 36 degrees. it's 37 in mountain view and in livermore. some of the colder spots to start will shape up to be the milder spots this afternoon. a significant warm-up is coming our way headed for the upper 60s for los gatos, and 69 in san josé. 66 in novato, and 64 in san francisco. the warmest temperatures, 71 in morgan hill and in san martin. as we go into the day tomorrow a significant cooldown. this is the last day it will feel like this. in fact for the weekend it will feel chilly once the cold front comes in. we can see the long line of clouds off the coast ahead of the cold front. it will bring us a couple spotty showers. it's so hit or miss. our rain chances are so slight. it mostly comes down late friday evening into early saturday

morning. it's mostly the north bay that could really see some more measurable rain, but most of us are not going to see a lot out of this, especially in parts of the east bay. the south bay may have trace amounts of rainfall, but looks higher for the north bay. the rest of the forecast, we continue to stay dry. our 7-day shows we are going from upper 60s to low 60s, and upper 50s for sunday and then a nice rebound heading into sunday, so you can open up the windows and doors if you are going to be celebrating and watching the big game. mike, you are also looking at the peninsula. >> yeah, we are starting with a look -- we don't always look at palo alto because things are much busier in the bay, and right now we are calm, so that's good. 280 moving very nicely. as we see on the map, green sensors. el camino showing slowing with the construction crew.

we're looking across the bay, san mateo bridge, and dumbarton bridge moving smoothly. a little blip around the high-rise, so we will double-check with chp and caltrans to make sure there's nothing unexpected across the span. a little build out of the altamont. back to you. >> thank you. nbc bay area responds is next. >> he lives here but the phone company is charging him taxes like he lives 1,500 miles away. what is the hang up there? i am chris chmura with "nbc bay area responds," next. and then continuing our series, discover black heritage. meet nicole taylor. in 2018 she became the ceo of the silicon community foundation organization. in 2021 the organization

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>> he called on chris chmura's team to clear the air. >> good morning. michael in concord noticed something weird in his california bill, two lines charged california taxes, plus south dakota taxes. there's no reason for out of the state taxes, he says. he called verizon every month for a year trying to get this resolved. no success. he dialed us. we reached out to verizon and the very next day it contacted michael saying it would work on a fix. the next month michael's phone bill had no south dakota taxes. he said without your intervention, i am confident the conflict that has gone on 16 months would not be resolved. they credited him for the extra taxes. they said they were grateful to michael for allowing us to continue to earn his loyalty.

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a bay area synagogue is facing a judge. monitoring your heart health. alarming new research linking covid to heart attacks in younger adults. what you can do to lessen your risks. i am marcus washington. >> i am laura garcia. we have a lot to get to. a piece of 49ers history could be yours. items from montana will be put up for sale. before we get to that, let's talk about the forecast with you. meteorologist, kari hall, has been monitoring those conditions outside. >> yeah, i feel like i am in

groundhog day, and we are seeing fog in parts of the north bay, visibility down to half a mile up around santa rosa. as you are head out the door, only 35 degrees. chilly out there and even frosty in some spots. as we go into today, once the fog lifts we will see sunshine again for this afternoon. a nice recovery headed for 60 degrees at noon, and we will be cold again for tomorrow morning. we will talk about some changes ahead, but, mike, you have been watching the bay bridge toll plaza. >> when we first looked half an hour ago, things were looking heavier than normal at this time of day, and we are looking at a standard flow. the good news is things have not shaped up to be worse at this time. we are looking at a little slowing at the top of your screen. we are looking at highway 4 through concord, and builds

through pittsburg. and 580 out of the altamont, holding steady. and the disabled vehicle has cleared and things smoothed out getting through livermore and the rest of the tri-valley. san josé should start showing a little slowdown for northbound 101 in the next few minutes. back to you. >> thank you. a man terrified worshippers after firing several rounds of blanks is scheduled to be arraigned in a few hours. surveillance cameras captured the incident last week. the officers arrested the suspect, and this was on friday night. prosecutors are calling the incident a felony hate crime. synagogue members say they are relieved the suspect will face serious charges. >> the shooting itself was very, very quick. people don't know what is going on with what is happening.

somehow you can be charged with more minor crimes and then be out in a year. >> social media posts suggested anti-semitic views. a oakland bakery owner is in a medically induced coma after being attacked. she was backing out of a parking spot when a car blocked her in, and thieves jumped out and smashed her window and stole her purse. angel allegedly chased them down but got caught in the suspect's car door and was dragged more than 50 feet hitting her head several times. the gofundme account has surpassed $50,000.

angel cakes has been in business since 2008. a 21-year-old carpenter was shot on september 6th along larsh way near jefferson park. he was dropped off near a hospital where he died two days later. so far there have been no arrests made. new this morning, heart attack deaths more common in younger people following the covid-19 pandemic. researchers say hold on before you point a finger at the covid vaccine. one of them will be on the "today" show this morning. and kris sanchez is taking a closer look at what the study shows. >> this was a national study that looked at heart attack deaths starting in 2020 and going through the surge. it showed heart attack deaths were up for all age groups but the biggest spike was among young adults. take a look at the numbers here. 30% increase in adults 25 to 44,

which is a group not considered high risk for heart attacks. and a 20% in adults 45 to 64, and a 15% increase in adults 65 and older. researchers say heart attacks can be brought on by infections like the flu, but the post pandemic spikes are unlike anything they have seen. covid appears to be a trigger and accelerates pre-existing coronary artery disease even in young people, and that compounds with social stress with the pandemic. it's with the timing of covid surges and not with the boosters. >> the timing of the spikes is in timing with the surges of infections with the different waves caused by the different variants, and not the time when most people received their

vaccines. >> that doctor also says that covid appears to make the blood more sticky and prone to clots and causes inflammation inside the blood vessels, so that creates a blood pressure issue. i am not a doctor, but they think that now having covid or a reinfection of covid will be a risk factor. >> overall there are things we can do, preventative measures that all us can take. >> that advice never changes. women, people of color also are more at risk of heart disease, so exercise and get sleep, reduce stress and take your blood pressure numbers seriously. if they are high, that's a thing. it's not, like, oh, everybody has high blood pressure. >> get out and exercise and keep that heart healthy. >> walk that dog. >> i do every day.

oh, my gosh. marcus. it's a live look here out at japan town. meteorologist, kari hall, has a look at what we can expect this weekend. >> it's going to be a nice weekend but chilly. there's a lot going on. let's head to napa for the lantern parade. as the sun sets the temperature will drop quickly on saturday, so even during the middle of the day it's nice and comfortable, we will see temperatures in the low 50s and upper 40s as we go later into the night. if you have weekend plans to take you to tahoe, it will reach 45 degrees tomorrow. light flurries coming down on saturday, and temperatures in the mid-30s. morning temperatures in the teens. make sure you have all the layers for that. santa cruz this weekend, we will see a mix of sun and clouds and

overall it's going to be a nice weekend for the beach, but, yes, still very cold. we are also looking at temperatures in paso robeles today. a significant cool down on saturday as we see a system dropping in there. big changes ahead across the bay area as well as across the region over the next few days. we will talk about what that means for the bay area. mike, looks like a smooth commute? >> yeah, but we are hearing about a crash around 880 and stevenson. we will look at that. the south bay, 101, there's a slowdown. we do see orange instead of yellow so that means a little more significant volume, and it's subtle but it could be an issue for that bigger commute. over here this could be an issue for your weekend drive, not your

commute, but your weekend drive, all weekend 680 is closed for that typical pavement work, and they will do that tonight and extend it through the weekend and then the following weekend after that and the one after that as well. your alternate is pleasanton sunol aside 680. and tonight's work is westbound. commute direction will be opened by 4:30 is the scheduled time for that maintenance to be cleared. we are looking at the maps. looking at a smooth flow of traffic around the bay. there's that backup that will be building at the toll plaza. back to you. >> thanks, mike. 5:39 right now. coming up on "today in the bay," remembering a long-time east bay supervisor. >> he had that kind of calm and

determination. >> richard valle losing his battle to cancer, and how his seat will be filled. we are looking at increased deportations. the hefty price you can pay for a one-of-aind-k

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right now at 5:42, as you are heading out the door if oakland, it's 45 degrees. it will be a cloudy start but sunshine is headed back to the bay area today and our temperatures will be the warmest of the week. we will talk about a cooldown and where we may see rain in the forecast, coming up. we're looking at the golden gate bridge where they picked up the cones and the volume is picking up now. the camera moving around a little bit, so there's a little breeze but it's on top of a tower. on the road, everything is steady. this morning pennsylvania's new u.s. senator is back in the hospital, but a spokesperson said he's doing just fine. you may remember health concerns around john fetterman. he was readmitted to the hospital yesterday after feeling light headed. initial tests did not show evidence of a new stroke but doctors are running more tests

and john will remain overnight for observation. he's in good spirits and talking with his staff and family. president biden continues to tour promoting the union labor and the economy. >> now he's off to florida. >> yeah, florida this morning. the president lost florida in the last election, but it was pretty close. he won wisconsin, and that was very close, too. he repeated themes in the state of the union, the economy is strong, and the plans washington has for rebuilding infrastructure will create union jobs made with american materials. >> unemployment is at a 50-year low. gas prices are down and we are going to make sure oil companies are playing their role and it will go down further. manufacturing is rebounding at the fastest rate in almost 40

years. the economy is going on a solid clip. the biden economic plan is working. >> biden is accurate on those numbers, but there are two problems. the problem for him, many americans say the president is not handling the economy well, but there are record job numbers. and we don't want the economy to do too well, and it's the central bank's job to slow the economy down to get a handle on inflation. inflation is easing, but the economy is surprising us with new records. here's a former candidate for the governor, and he says rates need to go higher. >> i, too, was surprised by the big jobs number. it tells me we are not seeing an imprint on our tightening on the labor market. there's some evidence there's an affect, but it's muted.

i am keeping my eyes open, and right now i am still around 5.4%. >> the biden administration looking into new rules and policies allowing to deport some of the refugees to mexico even if they are not mexican. they are in negotiations with the mexican government and the policy would cover certain asylum seekers that violate the american rules like not showing up for their hearing. if that person is from venezuela, it's unethical and impractical to return them there. we will watch the president's trip to florida. he leaves around 7:00 our time. we will talk about it on social media. on twitter you can find me @scottmcgrew. and then an alameda county supervisor has died.

he had been battling cancer for about a year and a half. many will remember him as a leader that championed for families. >> it's very difficult. supervisor chen, and supervisor valle, both of them served for many years and had a lot of knowledge and wisdom between the two of them. >> the county now has two months to fill his seat. in a statement his family says, quote, supervisor valle began his service to the nation when he enlisted as a u.s. army medic serving in vietnam in 1970. a popular podcaster that hosted his own show from san quinn prison from the last five years can now do so wherever he

pleases. he was granted and greeted by his friends and fans as he walked out of san quinn yesterday. this is after governor newsom granted him clemency. thomas was serving a sentence of 55 to life. he started producing his podcast through collect calls. trending for you this morning, valuable pieces of niners super bowl legacy can be yours. >> we want to celebrate the niners. 49ers' legend, joe montana, putting his personal collection of football memorabilia up for auction. that includes the golden helmet he wore at notre dame, and the super bowl jersey. it starts tomorrow on the golden

collectibles website. they believe the jersey will set a record for the most valuable football collectible ever sold. >> a super bowl jersey itself will be a seven-figure item, it's a million-dollar piece for sure. but he wore the same jersey in two games because his wife jennifer left a note with the jersey, and she said you did so well the first time and maybe you should wear it again. if you look at the pictures, you see the stripes on his jersey are different than his teammates, and back then they were not as sensitive and he wore it in two different super bowls. >> the entire collection is valued at $4 million. his super bowl rings will not be sold as he plans to pass them on to his children. >> fans can get a little piece of the history. >> like laura said, i will be

following that, not bidding on it. >> yeah. >> i will take a gift if anybody is thinking about it. >> today is thursday, and we always get our drought monitor update. good news? >> yeah, not any worse, and we are still seeing major improvements after all of the heavy rain we had to start out the year. we are getting a closer look at our drought situation, and we have seen abnormally dry conditions that was definitely improved after all the rain in santa cruz, as well as the sierra that has been dry, and we have a high amount of sierra snowpack there. our air quality is getting a little worse as we are getting some of the high pressure pushing that air back down to the service, and all of the

pollutants we are putting out there is not mixing out very well. santa clara valley will have the worst of the air quality today, and we will see this system sweep through tomorrow and not only improve our air quality but also for some spots bring a slight chance of rain. the highest chance of rain will be late tomorrow evening, and there may be quick-moving showers around sunset. then on saturday morning we wake up to some cloudy skies, but there also may be a lingering shower in parts of the north bay. as far as how much rain we could measure here, some spots in the east bay may not see anything. that could also be possible in the north bay. it's once again going to be so spotty that some may get some rain and other areas may see it just briefly. we are going to see things drying out as we go towards the weekend as early as next week.

we were watching another system that was bringing the potential for rain on valentine's day, and even now that looks like it's drying up for us here in the bay area. we are not looking at any significant rain chances in the forecast for at least the next seven days. our temperatures are starting out on a high note, but we are about to ride that roller coaster back down to the upper 50s for saturday. then it does warm up for sunday and then back down by the middle of next week, so a lot of changes with our temperatures, but not much in the way of rain chances. mike, now things changed at the bay bridge. >> yeah, the metering lights were turned on a little over ten minutes ago, and the backup forming since then, extending from the metering lights through the toll gates and backing up in the middle lanes. a true to form typical thursday. we did see an early volume that seemed higher. a little build right here for

west 80 through richmond. less dramatic than yesterday, and much less traffic, it seems, than yesterday. and highway 4 coming into concord out of pittsburg and bay point here. we did see a report from chp something mid span across the benicia bridge. a typical build for 80. the south bay shows the typical slowing we usually see. we see traffic building up towards -- look at that, sunniville. south bay volume is getting a little higher. back to you. >> thanks, mike. happening now, a new relief center getting ready to open on the peninsula for recent storm victims. and they are opening a disaster recovery center at the county

event center, and it will be help with housing options and document replacement. the deadline to register for relief is march 16th. eyeing a 2024 presidential run, ahead on "today in the bay," president biden takes his state of the union message on the road. and then the unique climate alternative to roses that will still impress your love. you're watching "today in the bay."

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welcome back. the time is 5:57. you are watching "today in the bay." our "climate in crisis" valentine's day is fast approaching, but you may be thinking of a more eke yo way of showing your love. a house plant could help purify the air and last longer. and if you are looking for fresh-cut flowers, check to see where they come from.

valentine's day flowers grown in columbia and flown to u.s. airports produce some 360,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide. that's roughly equivalent to 78,000 cars driven for one year. then they are moved in refrigerated trucks for you to stores. you have probably seen these preserved roses. they are beautifully boxed and can last as long as three years, and they are more expensive up front but much more environmentally friendly. you can see more stories on our website, nbcbayarea.com, go to our climate in crisis page. new for you this morning, a first look at a wreckage of a ship that sank in michigan's lake superior more than 150 years ago. it was carrying iron ore when it

was caught in a storm in 1869. last year a robot travelled 600 feet below the surface to view it. this is one of the oldest ships to be discovered along michigan's so-called shipwreck coast. a dog was stranded after being left behind by his owner late last year. he was stuck at the airport for months because nobody came forward to claim him. a united airlines stepped in and found somebody to adopt him, and as the captain admits to kelly clarkson, adding a new family member to the family is not without its share of challenges. >> he's a bit goofy and clumsy,

but he adjusted quite well. he loves to chew on my slippers, and he likes my wife's beanie that has a pom-pom on it. >> look at his outfit, too. you can see the full story on "the kelly clarkson show." new details emerging this morning about the incident and charges one man faces. i still don't know if many of my family under the building, if they rescued them. >> awaiting answers as the rescue measures intensify. and weighing whether he will run again. ahead in a live report, president biden's travel agenda at