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president to ever face criminal charges. we break down the mood in washington and where things go from here. >> a democracy is successful when a leader, one of the most powerful people in the nation's history can be held accountable just like everyone else. >> with the indictment making global headlines, what does it mean for america, our democracy and the 2024 race for president? legal experts break it down for us this morning. >> and one family's plea to find a peninsula woman kidnapped in mexico months ago. the fbi's push to locate her. this is "today in the bay." >> a very good friday morning to you. thank you for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. we'll get a look at the commute in just a bit. first, let's talk about the forecast. i'm smiling about it. >>its looks great. it's friday, so i don't know if anything can go wrong.

the sunshine does make it better. it's going to be a really nice day. cold to start with temperatures in the upper 30s and low 40s. 42 in napa, 41 right now in san jose. as we take a look at our forecast today, it's going to be partly cloudy at times, but also mostly sunny as we go into late morning, a few clouds here and there. but overall we don't have to worry about rain. temperatures will reach into the upper 50s, low 60s, 59 will be the high in dublin and oakland, as well as santa rosa and 57 in san jose. we'll talk about the weekend coming up. we still see activity on high street in oakland, the off ramp dark, we do see a couple of sets of lights. oakland pd might be helping out. we do know that northbound 880 moves smoothly past the high street off ramp and we're trying to find out if chp or oakland pd will tell us what's been going

on with the flares. from the southbound side, you can access it. changes in the tri-valley alameda county, the toll lanes that had not been charging are going to resume charging this morning. northbound still has a closure from overnight road work. back to you. >> thank you, mike. for the first time in our country's history, a former president is facing criminal charges. a manhattan grand jury voted to indict former president donald trump yesterday. >> resources inside the court confirmed the indictment to nbc news. last night supporters rallied outside of mr. trump's mar-a-lago estate. the grand jury's decision is unprecedented, as it will have a lasting impact not just on the country, but on the former president's run for the white house in 2024. the indictment remains sealed. first and foremost, what is mr. trump being charged with? we know the indictment stems

from the hush money scheme during the run up to the 2016 election. >> the grand jury is looking into whether he falsified business records while making payments to adult film star stormy daniels. how is the former president responding? "today in the bay's" emma goss has more on his reaction and what bay area republicans are saying. >> this is a major moment for president trump, a major moment for the two parties, a major moment for the country. >> reporter: mr. trump calling the indictment political persecution and election interference at the highest level in history. for now, the charges he'll face aren't known because the indictment is under seal. the indictment came down from manhattan district attorney alvin bragg, following his investigation into mr. trump's hush money payment to adult film star stormy daniel. bragg looked into how the statement was documented. mr. trump denies claims of a 2006 affair.

republican leaders are coming to mr. trump's defense, including his former vice president, mike pence, now a potential 2024 rival. >> the unprecedented indictment of a former president of the united states on a campaign finance issue is an outrage. >> as for democrats -- >> democrats, of course, on the one hand are gleeful, we might finally have him, but on the other hand, they're fearful. what if this whole thing goes up in smoke. what if he is absolved and not guilty? then how does that look downstream in terms of the other cases? >> the chairman of san francisco's republican party sees the indictment helping to garner sympathy and likely votes for the former president. >> i think california republicans will largely see this for what it is and be sympathetic to the president, including the people who aren't supporters. they're going to see this for what it is and feel like republicans are being targeted.

>> it's clear from mr. trump that this indictment and other investigations he still faces regarding the 2020 election and classified documents will not stop his run in the next presidential election. emma goss for "today in the bay." so what are the next steps for the former president? he'll need to surrender, he's expected to be arraigned tuesday. the secret service is talking with new york authorities about transporting mr. trump to manhattan to face charges. the secret service says its role is transporting and protecting the former president but will not take part in his arrest. if he does not surrender on his own, governor ron desantis says the state of florida won't help with his extradition. mar-a-lago is, of course, in florida. >> democrats are weighing in. former house speaker nancy pelosi tweeting, quote, the grand jury has acted upon the facts and the law. no one is above the law. everyone has the right to a trial to prove innocence. hopefully the former president will peacefully respect the

system which grants him that right, end quote. and legal experts everywhere also weighing in. we spoke with a former federal prosecutor about what the arraignment for the former president will look like, as well as the historian about what this indictment means for our democracy. >> what's going to happen at the arraignment is that he will be advised of the charges and that indictment is going to be unsealed probably at that time or with court permission, with the judge's permission, sooner, so that they can look at security and matters like that. he'll be advised of the charges, enter a plea, guilty or not guilty. he'll be advised of his constitutional rights. and the court will set court dates in addition to bail conditions. >> a democracy is successful when a leader, one of the most powerful people in the nation's history, can be held accountable

just like everyone else. that means you have a strong democracy, it means you have a functioning judicial system. so if trump is indeed indicted, guilty of the charges, and those charges are indeed proven, if he ends up in jail, that's the sign of a strong democracy. >> we're going to follow this story closely as it continues to develop over the next few days. our team is posting updates in one place. head to nbcbayarea.com, click the link at the top of our trending bar. 4:37 right now. bay area family calls the last four months tortuous, waiting to hear news of their loved one kidnapped in mexico. the fbi is offering a $40,000 reward for information relating to monica de leon barba. whoever took her is making demands. >> reporter: there aren't many photos of her. monica was always behind the camera. now with the 29-year-old missing, her older brother wants her face e she

was kidnapped in jalisco, mexico. >> it was 121 days ago. >> you're counting the days? >> yes. >> reporter: gustavo was talking to us by phone telling us the fbi has recommended he not do any on-camera interviews. his sister was visiting mexico and was walking with her dog when she was taken. >> fear, anger, and confusion. it's off camera what happens, you see a lot of commotion, some cars pulling up, and then moments after they just speed off. >> reporter: they're hoping a new $40,000 reward by the fbi will lead to monica. the fbi says whoever took monica has demands. >> in this day and age it just seems so difficult that even in mexico someone can just disappear or that these people that are contacting my family and harassing them, that they can just be ghosts in this

digital network. >> reporter: in october the state department put out a travel advisory to mexico. if you scroll down, you can see it said to reconsider travel to ha jalisco due to crime. they're working together through a facebook page to get monica back safely. >> she is kind and smart, loyal to the end, and she's a hell of a lot tougher than i am. i would very much like to have my sister back before time runs out. >> reporter: anyone with information about monica's whereabouts should contact the nearest embassy or consulate. "today in the bay." >> i home she comes home safely. 4:40 this morning, and ford hiking prices for one of its most popular electric cars. ahead on "today in the bay," the extra amount you can expect to pay.

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cold, and today we're only headed for the upper 50s. we'll get a look ahead through the weekend and when we may see rain in a few minutes. >> things are calm across the san mateo bridge, folks are out and across the bay area now, a smooth drive. still tracking flares in oakland. we'll talk about that. first, let's check in with our friend bertha. good morning. good morning to you. i'm bertha coombs from cnbc. we've got wall street looking like we're going to be set for a flat open, slightly higher to wrap up the week, the month and the quarter. markets higher yesterday and on pace for a positive week. the dow and s&p 500 in line for their best week since january. as for the quarter, well, tech has dominated with the nasdaq up nearly 15%, which would mark its best quarterly results since the end of 2020.

in focus today, we're going to get data on personal income and spending. the fed's favorite inflation gauge and consumer sentiment. elon musk is reported by planning to visit china, we saw tim cook there within the last couple of weeks. musk possibly could visit as soon as next month. reuters says musk is seeking a meeting with the country's premiere, china is tesla's second largest market after the united states and the company's plant in shanghai is its largest production hub. this would be the first time musk has visited china since the pandemic began and chinese president xi jingping secured a third term. while tesla has been cutting prices on some models, ford is hiking the base price of its most popular f-150 lightning electric pickup truck for the fourth time since it started rolling off the assembly line a year ago. it will set you back $59,974,

before shipping and taxes. that's nearly up 15% from when it launched last april. ford resumed production of the f-150 lightning earlier this month after recalling 18 trucks to fix a battery issue. the company sold more than 15,000 lightnings last year. i guess they just can't keep pace with demand. back over to you. >> everybody wants a truck, i guess. thanks, bertha. minimum wage is going up for workers on the peninsula. coming up next on "today

happy friday to you. right now the time is 4:48. it is a chilly start, but we are now all clear, we don't have to worry about rain, as you get ready to step out the door. it's 37 in mountain view and also just as cold in san martin. it's 39 in santa rosa and 42 in san rafael. as you're heading out the door in the south county, it's going to be mostly clear and temperatures stay cold, so you do have to blast the heater in the car on your way to work this morning. and then as we go into today, we're going to start to see more sunshine, slowly warming temperatures. but all of this, as we take a look at our high temperatures, is well below what's normal for the last day of march.

and it's going to be a while before we warm up, even going into the weekend. looks much better tomorrow, with highs in the mid-60s in the south bay, but still in the upper 50s in the north bay, and then for sunday we all get a cooldown, we're back in the mid to upper 50s once again. so let's talk about what's going to happen in the north bay on saturday, and why we'll all cool off on sunday. we're going to see a system passing by that could skirt the north bay with spotty showers, but we're also going to start to see cold air coming back in for the end of the weekend into early next week. it's still looking pretty active across the region, but for us a lot of the rain dries up before it gets here. and we're looking farther down the line to see when we could warm up here, and it looks like next weekend is looking so much better, with highs in the low 70s for some of our inland areas, and we just have to make it through these next few days with these cold temperatures that will continue, and at times

some gusty winds as well. mike, you're seeing crews working on the golden gate bridge. >> they just have to get through the next few minutes, maybe an hour or so. the cones have to be picked up. i did see one truck sort of poised and there's flashing lights. they are getting ready to move those cones from the northbound side, southbound side coming out of the north bay. we may see slowing there. flares here continue blocking the high street off ramp for northbound 880. there's activity on the off ramp itself but the freeway is moving very smoothly. back to you. thank you very much, mike. it is 4:50 right now. gwyneth paltrow has won her case. the jury reached a verdict yesterday. back in 2016, paltrow collided with a utah man while skiing in park city. three years later, he sued her. the skier, terry sanderson, a retired optometrist, accused paltrow of crashing into him and

leaving him with lasting brain trauma. but paltrowow countersued, claiming sanderson actually skied into her. the jury found sanderson at fault for the accident. paltrow will be awarded what she asked for, $1, plus sanderson must pay her legal fees. happening tomorrow, if you work in some areas of san mateo county, you'll likely make a little more in your next paycheck. the minimum wages rises to $16.50. that's a dollar higher than california's minimum wage. it was announced in november of last year. in 2024, the minimum wage will be determined by a formula that will take into account factors like consumer price index. tonight is the deadline, if you are a bay area teacher who would use a boost from the 49ers. >> nominations must be submitted for the follow your bliss awards. they team up to provide $2,000

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right now at 5:00, untangling the next steps in the unprecedented moment, for the first time a former u.s. president has been charged with a crime. we're live on capitol hill with the fallout, including reaction to the charges against mr. trump, and the heightened security response. >> a peninsula family desperate for answers, the new push to find a missing woman in mexico and the reward investigators hope generates new leads. >> and facing a judge. a union executive due in court to answer accusations she dealt in dangerous opioids. we're live with new details on the explosive allegations. this is "today in the bay." good friday morning to you all. i'm marcus washington. >> i'm laura garcia. >> first f,