abortion. >> drugmakers among the latest joining the backlash. we're live in washington with the looming deadline some fear may cut off access within a matter of days. >> lays out a plan for pajaro. this is "today in the bay." good wednesday morning to you. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. let's get started with the forecast this morning. kari hall is tracking what we can expect today. how is it looking? >> we're starting out with a few clouds here and there. cool temperatures compared to what we've had the past couple of days. you'll notice it does feel a touch cooler and we can notice a few degrees. as we take a live look outside in san jose as we're starting out with a little bit of a breeze, as you're stepping out the door, we have temperatures in the upper 40s. as we go into late morning and into the afternoon, the wind

will pick up and our temperatures will be held down. only reaching into the upper 50s for much of the peninsula and some of our inland areas reaching the low 60s. this will be the coolest day of the week. it does start to warm-up. we'll talk more about that coming up in just a few minutes. >> thank you very much. the biden administration today is expected to announce new rules for new cars and trucks in an attempt to get more americans into ev. scott mcgrew joins now. this would bring the rest of the united states in alliance with what california has been doing. >> automakers were planning to adjust to california's demand that all new cars and trucks sold via electric by 2023. a new rule proposed by the epa announced later today will push the rest of the country in the same direction. much more aggressive than what president biden proposed just a few years ago. back in 2021 standing in front of those american-built electric cars, biden asked for half of all new cars to be electric by

2023. that's a smaller goal. today's announcement will be more aggressive, two-thirds of cars and light trucks. by capping the total emissions of each car company's new cars, laura, they can't tell car companies what to build, but they can put limits on emissions that are so strict that car companies will have no choice but to design more electric cars. if you sell a pickup truck, you're going to have to sell two evs to offset that pickup truck. >> of course, everybody is looking for the tax breaks as well. americans can get some tax back for hybrids. >> the government has updated the list that qualify. added some drops -- the list goes active in effect next monday. we can't go through every model. here's a broad-brush look. general motors, the umbrella for brands, that's why they haven't had chevy on there, it's in the gm brand.

the government says you may call fi for up to $7,500. a lot of that depends on what car you pick, income and tax burden. it's the classic, your results may vary. it's all going to depend on where the battery is built, where the materials come from. >> your dealer will know which one will qualify. >> absolutely. also, you could actually just google the vin number on your phone. it's -- google vin number electric car tax credit, it will get you to the right link. google it and it will tell you, yeah, that qualifies. >> you can do your own homework as well. which is good. thank you. new development in washington in the fight over abortion access. access to one widely used abortion pill may be cut off as soon as this weekend. in california among those states now stockpiling pills just in case.

"today in the bay" is live in washington. good morning to you, drew. >> good morning, marcus. this issue could be destined for the supreme court. with two federal judges at odds over this abortion drug and that's causing major question about the future over what has become the most common method of abortion in the u.s. >> reporter: a group of antiabortion doctors and medical organizations urging the ban of the abortion drug. the abortion opponents argue the fda did not follow protocol when the abortion drug was approved nearly 25 years ago. >> they fast tracked the approval without doing the due diligence that was required. >> reporter: a judge in texas agreed and issued a ban on the drug set to take effect on saturday. but there is broad agreement in

the medical community that the drug is safe. the most common method of abortion in the u.s. supporters say that is why it's being attacked. >> this is a back door ban on abortion. >> it's completely out of bounds what the judge did. >> the texas court is at odds with the judge from washington state requiring access to the drug to be maintained. >> i'm proud to announce that new york state will create a stockpile of another form of medication abortion. >> state like new york, california, massachusetts and washington all stockpiling drugs in anticipation of a drawnout legal fight that could end up in the supreme court. another flash point over reproductive rights that will likely be a major issue in future elections. now more than 600 drugmakers and biotech leaders joining in in the condemnation of that ruling issuing a letter accusing the judge of activism.

reporting from washington, i'm drew petrimo, back to you. the judge may set a trial date for harry in a recent hearing. the young accuser took the stand and testified about being touched inappropriately. he's pleaded not guilty. prosecutors say ralph white crashed into their car in rodeo on march 23rd driving a stolen suv. friends are remembering a south san francisco bicyclist struck and killed on the peninsula. the 37-year-old was also part of a peninsula cyclist club. memorials now mark the location

where he died monday night in redwood city. fellow club members say that that road has become more dangerous for cyclists in recent years. >> why you need to drive 15 miles per hour an hour on a two-lane country road is beyond me. >> he did seem like he was so happy to be on his bike and be meeting people in the club. >> the accident is still under investigation. but investigators say that the car was driving in the same direction as the cyclists and the driver remained there at the scene. now to a live look at the state capitol this morning. that's where later today friends and family who have lost loved ones in speed-related crashes will push for lawmakers to legalize speeding cameras. supporters from san francisco will head to the state capitol on a bus leaving in 90 minutes from now around 7:45. the bus will depart from san francisco city hall. san francisco's supervisors

will resume a board meeting that ended abruptly yesterday due to a vandal attack. police say someone cut a cable in an underground vault. some 5,000 comcast customers lost service, including at city hall. city law require all board meetings be streamed so the decision was made to postpone until the line could be repaired. comcast is the parent company of nbc universal. happening today, u.s. senator will join house leaders in the town of pajaro. last month, levee breaks caused damage. they're urging the army core of injuries to repair the levee. lawmakers recently secured about $150 million in new federal funding to address flood risk along the river.

overlooking san jose. kari has her eye on the forecast. it got windy. >> that was the cold front sweeping through. it's going to be windy today. we'll have temperatures cooler compared to the way we started the week. as we take a live look outside in dublin, it is a busy start to our wednesday morning. at least the weather is nice and quiet. and it's going to be a cooler day in fremont, starting out at 46 degrees. we'll be at 57 degrees at 11:00, and it won't be nearly as warm as yesterday or the day before with fremont only reaching 60 degrees. this will be the coolest day of the week with a lot of us only reaching about 60 for an afternoon high. take a look ahead to the weekend coming up. getting you out on the roads this morning. a live look at the san mateo bridge. it's windy and it's going to be windy driving across those bridges. as you're heading out this morning, both hands on the steering wheel. i've seen a lot of issues on

101. it did appear as though they were picking up construction cones. now we're also seeing a little bit of a backup there on 101 going southbound near east palo alto. elsewhere, we're seeing around the rest of the area, a smooth commute and monitoring 101 northbound heading through novato as there may be a big slowdown there as well. keeping an eye on all the traffic issues as well as weather. more coming up in just a few minutes. >> thanks, kari. elon musk not holding back on his words with san francisco leaders. next here on "today in the bay" this morning, the recent surprise closure of a mid market whole foods now providing musk some food for thought when it comes to twitter's nearbyby heheadquarters. a newew responsese from londonn breeed. >> also thee rise of entertrtainment. a new viralal concepept combibi food, beveragess and games.s. how it aims to reel in more

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good morning. the time is 5:13 as you're heading out in oakland this morning. a live look in our camera there. i think it's going to be a busy day but also kind of cool. look at the wind picking up at 17 miles per hour. 49 degrees. make sure you're wearing the extra layers for the chilly temperatures for today.

and maybe some sunglasses too. it's going to be clear. we'll get a look ahead to the rest of the forecast coming up in just a few minutes. good morning, very happy wednesday to you. google says it will end covid restrictions at its offices around the bay area. no more requirements that employees and visitors be vaccinated. salesforce, the big story, consumer price index numbers. we've gotten them each and every month since they started measuring it back in 1940. but it's a bigger deal now as we try to get inflation under control. those come to our desk today. stick around until 6:15. i'll get those numbers for you. salesforce leaving more office space. it's famous for the tower, but it owns a huge office building just east of salesforce called salesforce east. and it's leasing the entire thing out according to the san francisco busy times. it's kind of one of those symbolic moments for san francisco. the city's largest private

employer does not need commercial space to the point where it's not occupying an entire building it named after itself. another symbol of the times, that whole food market on market street. whole foods says it's shutting doors there because of crime. elon musk who lives and works down the street at twitter compares san francisco to the apocalypse. that got a rise out of san francisco's mayor. >> we have important things to do in the city. he's been here for all of, what, five minutes. and what i wish he would do is spend time not only meeting with me, but also getting to know various agencies, organizations and other people who are part of the important fabric of san francisco and talk about solutions rather than continuing to poke fun or poke the eye of san francisco in many of his tweets. i think it's unfortunate. we're all adults here. i'm solutions-driven.

my personal preference is to have a conference to figure out how we can work together. >> you can watch that interview with london breed online at nbcbayarea.com. musk spoke with the bbc last night over twitter. he said the job was stressful and he should not tweet late at night because he shoots himself in the foot. he says he lives and works on the seventh floor of twitter's market street headquarters. that may give tesla shareholders a bit of a concern. the sign was changed. he also said he appointed his dog ceo after asking twitter's users if he should step down. they said, yes. i did stand down, he told the bbc. i keep telling you, i'm not the ceo of twitter, my dog is the ceo of twitter. >> interesting way to run a company. >> yes. yes, it is. and spacex and tesla and the boring company and a number of

others. >> huge. >> thanks. >> right. >> okay. as bars and restaurants try to bounce back from the pandemic, it's looking for new ways to get customers. some places are adding a little competition to this mix. some bar owners who are using third-party companies to entertain their guests, weekly trivia nights, for example, trivia king runs events in 35 states. the trivia nights are paying for a gym membership. >> i liken it too somebody having a gym membership and not going but they get a personal trainer. i think an event night like this, especially, people are not doing it themselves, they're doing it in teams, that's their personal trainer. so they have to go. they have to commit to it. otherwise, they might have just thought, i'm going to go out tonight. maybe i'll stay in and watch tv. >> you can watch the full interview on the "today" show at 7:00 a.m. it's right after today in the

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as we go into late this evening and the sky will be mostly clear. now we're headed for about 62 in san jose. that's cooler than the way we started the week. even cooler than yesterday. 64 is the high today expected in martinez and 65 in napa. tomorrow it comes up a couple of degrees. we'll see temperatures right at about what's normal for this time of year for the rest of the week and also the sunshine continues. so jackets during the morning, not so much in the afternoons. it's fairly quiet along the region. it's windy. and that high pressure is keeping it dry. we may not see anymore rain in the forecast until about early next week. shows that possibility from a slight rain chance on monday through wednesday. but mostly in the northbound. let's get a look at fairfield. temperatures are still changing. 70 for tomorrow as well as friday and low 70s for saturday.

very pleasant weekend for those outdoor activities. notice that it will be cooler off again for the middle of next week. so taking a look overall at our inland temperatures around the bay area. reaching into the low 60s today. and if you are planning to get outside this weekend, i don't know if it could be any more perfect with some comfortable weather and sunshine. still pretty windy in san francisco today, especially for the coastline with some of those gusts reaching 30 to 40 miles per hour. here's a live look at the golden gate bridge. you can see that it is a smooth drive. they've already moved those cones and the lines there with the zipper truck. looking at the bay bridge toll plaza, nice, easy approach. not yet seeing the lights on and around the bay area. a couple of minor incidents. there was the slowdown as they were cleaning up some construction there on palo alto 101 near east palo alto and seeing an issue for 101 going

northbound as you're moving through novato and also for the southbound, there was an earlier accident, but then now looking at the tri-valley. there is a huge backup on 84. you might want to take that alternate. go all the way over towards 580, down 680, because 84 is moving very slowly. so i'll keep an eye on all of this for you with another update coming up in a few minutes. >> we know it's busy but we appreciate it. next on "today in the bay," nbc bay area responds. >> a store he does not shop, but the charges just won't stop.

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a live look at oracle park where tonight the giants and dodgers wrap up a three-game series. this one will be called the rubber match. most teams split the first two games. last night the giants got out to a 2-0 lead. then in the eighth inning, david villar home run. and then a ninth inning solo shot. the giants won this game 5-0. here are the top stories we're following this morning, a suspect leading police on a high-speed chase from contra costa county to san francisco overnight. how it came to an end and the other cars damaged during that pursuit. >> reports of racist text messages between police officers is causing tension in one city.

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it's not just 17 individuals we're talking about. we're talking about 24. >> wow. >> 24. i'm not sweeping it under the rug. >> right now at 5:30, tempers flare at a heated council meeting. a new report shaking up city hall and deepening the sense of

betrayal. police arrest a man accused in a series of sexual assaults. new details about the recent incident they say stretch from berkeley to palo alto. also, caught on camera, home security video captures the moment an intruder breaks into a woman's home. why she believes the thief is still targeting her. this is today in the bay. and a good wednesday morning as we get started on this hump day. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. let's start with a look at the forecast. meteorologist kari hall is tracking what we can expect for this day. >> a little bit cooler today and we start to warm up over the next few days. a little bit of a dip and we'll bring it back to a little bit more of a winter feel out there. let's get a live look outside in dublin. it is a busy start as we can see the headlights and you probably have to turn on the heater for a few minutes. in hayward, we have upper 40s there. take a look at the trend throughout the morning.

it's going to start out in the 40s and then head for the upper 50s. not nearly as warm as the way we started the week. and we'll reach 61 in dublin, 62 in novato and in santa rosa, 65 degrees. it gets milder and the sunshine continues. we'll take a look at the weekend forecast coming up in a few minutes. >> this morning, we are following the breaking news for you. the suspect is in custody after a high-speed chase overnight. here's what happened and how it ended. about three hours ago, a crash in san francisco, this is near-peer 80, this video here showing deputies at the scene. we know that a car, a street sweeper and two parked rvs were damaged in that crash and witnesses say that officers arrested the driver and found a gun at the scene. there's no update from authorities. and antioch is dealing with the fallout of alleged racist

text messages sent between officers within its police officers. >> the agency under investigation by the fbi for what's only been described as crimes of moral turpitude. we're live from antioch this morning. these text messages were uncovered by the fbi, i understand, during this ongoing investigation. >> reporter: yeah, that's correct. it was uncovered during this fbi investigation. this has been going on for more than a year at this point. but the central topic took place behind me last night discussing these text messages. this was obtained, the text messages were obtained by the eastbound times and in these alleged text messages between antioch police officers -- or some antioch police officers, one of the officers admits to be openly racists. other officers called black people gorillas, monkeys and

water buffalo. and another officer says in another text message that i will bury that n-word in the field and it was a hard "r" on purpose. the police chief says any officer involved in these text messages has been taken off the streets. he said that at the meeting, here's what the mayor had to say about the department's latest controversy. >> this is unfortunate. let's not gloat in this. this is very, very unfortunate to the city, to this organization and to the profession. >> there are going to be some changes. some of those changes may make people feel uncomfortable. i don't give a damn. it's going to happen. it's the right thing to do. >> reporter: a very heated discussion last night on this topic at the city council meeting. i want to point out, an independent audit will take

place for those officers involved in these text messages. but remember, since this is a part of the fbi investigation, details are limited since it is an ongoing investigation. >> before you go, i was thinking about this, a large number of officers we're talking about, departments across the bay area talking about they don't have enough officers. with the latest controversy of the officers being put on leave due to their actions, how is that impacting public safety in the city? have they talked about that? >> reporter: yeah, certainly, marcus. they've talked about that for the better part of the year. the fbi investigation has played out. we know a number of officers have been put on leave as a result of that fbi investigation. and last night the police chief, he said it was -- the amount of officers taken off the streets, that was undisclosed as far as how many were involved in those text messages. when you look at it, you're talking about low staffing levels across the board. that could be harder as far as responding to incidents around town.

>> all right. pete, thank you. 5:35 right now. a follow-up for you this morning in a recent string of alleged sexual assaults. police have arrested man they believe may be responsible. palo alto police say a joint investigation led to the arrest of the suspect identified as daniel condronimpuno. along with recent attacks at cal, investigators believe he targeted a woman at the caltrain pedestrian tunnel on california avenue. one attack took place near a dorm. but the victim fought back. news of the arrest brought some sense of relief to cal students. >> i hope it's only one person and i mean it's always just best to stay aware. i tried to always have pepper spray and not have my earbuds in. but honestly, women should not have to be worried about if they're safe or not on campus. >> police are still trying to sort out all the evidence and say they're not ruling out possible additional attacks.

only on nbc bay area, an east san jose woman is asking for help. she said someone stole from a safe in her homemi containing important documents and thousands of dollars. her home surveillance cameras captured what happened in that theft. breaking into her home and grabbing the safe and things inside. the woman who is concealing her identity said it happened last month. >> the woman says the safe has passports, social security cards, credit cards and tens of thousands of dollars she saved through the years. >> that woman says in the time sense the theft, someone has send her a video demanding money for the return of her documents which she says the person flashes in clips. she also believes that the theft may have been an inside job.

police did not respond to our request for comment. we're learning what caused a refinery to start flaring yesterday afternoon. this is the view from sky ranger over the oil refinery. the company released a statement saying it was triggered by a power outage. here's a time lapse view for you. a team went out to monitor the air around the refinery. so far they've not had any reports of health impacts. happening today, san francisco state university breaking down on a new student housing project. lieutenant governor would join leaders for that ceremony. the new dormitory will be located on the school's west campus green and more affordable options for those students. when completed, it will have enough dorm rooms for 750 first-year students. it will hold a dining facility and student health care center. a house lawmaker lays out

projects set to benefit from new federal funding. the county will receive nearly $22 million from recent appropriations bills. the money will go to more court-appointed special advocates for former foster children along with pedestrian and traffic safety improvements. all 15 projects stand to benefit. did you feel them? a series of small earthquakes hit just north of the bay area last night. the first quake happened about 10:40, 4.4 in the geysers area. several after shocks followed in the overnight time in the same area. not received any reports of injuries or damage, however. 5:39. let's take a peek outside. doesn't that look nice. beautiful view of the golden gate bridge there. a nice cold start. i bet that water is cold this morning. no dipping your toe in this morning. >> it's going to be colder than the air temperature as well. it's not a good day for any kind

of swimming, especially now that we're seeing temperatures in the 40s right now. 38 degrees. upper 40s in oakland and san mateo. a lot of pollen in the air. we have a high amount of ash, mulberry and oak pollen. as we go into today, that pollen continues to below around with some gusty winds. some of those gusts, especially in san francisco and near the coastline will reach 30 to possibly close to 40 miles per hour for today. definitely a windy one. keeping both hands on the steering wheel. this is a look at the approach at that bay bridge toll plaza. it's a nice quiet start. busy looking at the bridge. people are crossing the bay and heading into work this morning, around the bay area, it is a smooth commute. we have earlier issues, earlier construction. but it looks like things are clearing up. but we do still have that big backup on 84 coming through the

try valley. if you're trying to make that cut through, maybe a better idea to go ahead and stay on 580, come down to 680 and also seeing some of the slow spots there as well. overall, the drive times are taking a little bit longer. grant line road to 680 takes 25 minutes and slowing down. i'll watch all of this for you. we'll talk about the weekend forecast coming up in a few minutes. and next on today in the bay, ireland and northern ireland celebrate president biden's arrival. plus, highlighting autism awareness. the help being offered for bay area children and parent s.

right now it is 5:43. as you're heading out in the south county, we're taking a look at our commute from gilroy. in the low 40s over the next couple of hours. a chilly start but the wind picks up today. and our temperatures stay down. but we do keep the sunshine. this will be the coolest day of the week and we'll get a look at a warmer weekend forecast coming up in a few minutes. >> thank you, kari. president biden is in northern ireland this morning ready to celebrate peace on the emerald isle. >> and they're ready to celebrate him as well. >> celebrate him, absolutely. good morning. joe biden has irish on both sides of his family.

this is a serious visit as well marking the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement that brought peace to belfast and northern ireland and ended the troubles. but it's a celebration too. here's kelly o'donnell. >> reporter: the president in the republic of ireland will be connecting with family relations, going to places with deep biden family roots, and he'll have a chance to experience some of ireland's hospitality. like many americans, the president will have a chance to feel the sense of coming back home. he's been here many times, but the first time to be here as president of the united states. ireland is preparing for this visit and the president will be a part of a very important anniversary here. we'll have more on all of this coming up on today. >> fun fact, kelly is an irish citizen. washington continues to try to track down the source of leaks, those leaked documents about russia and ukraine and our allies.

some saying it's the worst intelligence breach in a decade. here's the cia director speaking at rice university last night. >> the unfortunate leak of classified documents is certainly as intense as anything and now part of the in box as well and, you know, it's something that the u.s. government takes extremely seriously. the pentagon and the department of justice have now launched a quite intense investigation to get to the bottom of this. >> the epa will announce aggressive new sales goals for low-emission cars and electric plug-in hybrids today. two-thirds of all cars sold starting in 2023. laura and i are going to go through the details coming up at 6:00. let's talk on social media, i also enjoy your questions. on twitter, you'll find me at scott mcgrew. this month is world autism month and when there's a diagnosis of autism, the search begins for resources and what to

do next. >> kari hall spoke with a nurse coach to get advice for parents. >> a nurse coach is a board-certified coach and what we do is we use a holistic approach to help people with where they are presently and where they want to be in their life for what they want. >> and so i think for me when -- especially when my son first got that diagnosis with autism, i went through this period of mourning. i had to just mourn the loss of what i thought life would be like. it was really trying on my family as well as a marriage and you find that there is not a lot of resources for parents to go through this. so tell me about that support for caregivers and what's needed for the people who -- the adults in this that have to go through it. >> yeah. when we talk about -- there's a lot of resources out there for kids. and when i went through a very similar situation where my

eldest son is a nonverbal autistic and i had to go through that same type of mourning where i wasn't sure what he was going to do. so now my goal is, just for him to be functional in life. and so that's kind of why i developed real life with special kids is to give that parent the support that they need and to release typical parent guilt and how to integrate siblings in the journey. because when you have a child with autism, you also -- people need to remember there's a whole other aspect to it, the caregivers, the moms, the dads, the grandmas, the brothers, the sisters, the aunts. it's a new acceptance. when people don't understand that one autistic child is one autistic child. and each one has their own differences and each one has their own strengths. and you know overcoming that social stigma is hard. it's really hard to do.

and so here in my business with real life with special kids, we really help support the parents with their process and what they need and giving them the sense of community where they feel belonged. >> we had such a great conversation. she had big dreams for the bay area. just needs a little help. but looking at opening some centers that will help support the parents as well as the children. definitely needed, especially in this area. so we're going to post that full interview online. but, yes, she's been such a help to me and for people who have been following the story, about a year ago, my daughter stopped eating. she was having severe food aversions and she helped me out with the process of getting a g-tube which i had no idea about it. her son has gone through that. and so having people around you who have been in that situation who can offer some advice, you have that community, it does really help.

autism, you know, awareness and also that acceptance is really important this month and we want to bring that to light. yeah, just love that woman. and we all need someone like that who -- >> completely. to get information and support and just someone who, you know, knows what you're going through. it's so important. >> yes. >> knowing you're not alone. you sharing your story as well helps a lot. >> so many people and if your child stops eating or has extreme picky eating, do not force your child to eat. there is something else going on there and you need to find that out before because there may be acid reflux or some type of digestion issue. i learned so much from her and just that community and people who are giving advice. >> good advice. thanks for sharing too. >> so we're going to make sure it's nice and sunny today. we have some great weather and if you are on spring break, your kids are on spring break, looking for things to do, head outdoors today, but you will

need a jacket this morning. we're starting out chilly around the bay area. it is all clear as the sun rises and a live look outside in san jose. also very windy out there. the winds have been picking up. it was windy yesterday. it's going to be the same today. look at san francisco. at noon, the winds are coming in at 31 miles per hour and all up and down the coastline, it's going to be windy, going into today. going into this evening, still pretty gusty. but eventually the wind is going to start to calm down and we'll go back to sunshine and also slightly warmer temperatures for the end of the week. walnut creek, we're in the upper 40s at 8:00. at noon, it's 59 degrees, reaching into the low 60s. you'll notice it will be cooler today with low 60s for highs. and then we'll start to see temperatures warming up. overall, it's fairly quiet across the region and we'll continue with dry weather into the weekend. it may not be until next monday through wednesday. we start to see just slight rain chances and mostly for the

northbound. take a look at napa and our ten-day temperature trend. and then back down to low 60s for the start of next week. yes, more changes ahead. as we get a look at our seven-day forecast, gusty winds and highs in the low 60s. reaching 70 degrees. perfect on saturday for the inland areas, and then those rain chances in through the forecast once again. laura and marcus? >> happening now, watching illegal fireworks could cost you big money along the peninsula. the county board of supervisors voted to amend an existing ordinance last night. anyone caught watching illegal fireworks could face a $500 fine. for repeat violators within a year, it's a thousand dollars. and it's $2,000 for those setting off those fireworks within 500 feet of a day care, school, long-term care facility or pet shelter. those new penalties will go into effect 30 days after a second vote. will artificial intelligence

take over the world? a toy from the '90s is fueling the fears. and then ahead at 6:00 -- >> overnight in the fight over a common abortion drug, why the case could soon be heading for the supreme court. and a quick reminder, you can access nbc bay area news whenever you want, whether it's on roku, samsung, tv, plus or on roku, samsung, tv, plus or xumo.

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♪♪ trending this morning, superstar ariana grande trying to break free from comments surrounding her health. in a rare social media video, she addresses fans' concerns about her weight. >> there are ways to compliment someone or to ignore something that you see that you don't like that i think we should help each other work towards. >> this follows recent comments

by some on her instagram account about how thin she is. she goes on to say in the past, she was on antidepressants, drinking and eating poorly. but she's now in a better place. she points out, there's not one ideal image of beauty and health. a toy from the '90s ready to take over the world. >> infiltrating households through their cute appearance and using ai technology to manipulate and control their owners until they have complete domination over humanity. >> an engineering student posted this video. that's a furby. she connected it to chatgpt and she wanted to have a little friend. instead it ended up revealing the scheme about world domination.

back in the 90s some people worried that furbyes would take over the world. they got the information from chatgpt. it probably looked up furbys. >> a little creepy. >> something else to talk about this morning, remember the commercial, fanta? how about smelling like fanta. the drink has a lot of different food brands out there making colognes and perfumes. it's called scent fanta. it will go online tomorrow and those pop-up stores will open in l.a. where you can catch a whiff for yourself. >> i have some orange blossom perfume. maybe that would work? >> i'm thinking -- >> are you telling me you don't

like my orange blossom perfume? i haven't warn it in awhile. >> as long as you don't smell like gin blossoms. >> a special hatching is on full display in berkeley. you may have gotten a breaking news alert yesterday, i did. >> i did too. >> so this is on the bell tower. not familiar with that. okay, so annie and lou welcomed their first offspring together yesterday and three more on the way, possibly in the next 48 hours. you can watch that online. really cute. especially during the daytime when you can see it. but, yeah, little babies in springtime. >> the baby looks like a cotton ball. >> looks like the dad so that he comes back and -- >> more babies than expected. >> whoa. got his hands full there. never mind. you know what i meant.

>> gotcha. breaking news right now at 6:00, major changes may be coming to your local car dealership as washington is pushing for more americans to go electric. scott mcgrew is going to break down the new proposal for you in the pipeline. this is a back-door ban on abortion. >> drugmakers among the latest joining the backlash from an controversial abortion bill ruling. we're live in washington with the looming deadline that some fear could cut off access in a matter of days. the new proposal from state leaders to ensure the next potentially devastating levee break could be avoided. i want to say good morning to you. thanks for allowing us to be a part of your morning. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. let's get a look at that forecast for this wednesday morning. cool again. it's been mild but nice. >> it's been nice. and it feels like spring. we're going to get a little taste of