♪♪ good morning. it is sunday, june 25th. 7:00 as we take this -- oh, no! almost looks like it's raining in san francisco. misty and cloudy. on this pride sunday, hopefully, things will clear up because the parade starts in just about 3 1/2 hours from now. thank you so much for starting your sunday morning with us. i'm kira klapper, let's check in

with cinthia pimentel for a look at our micro climate forecast. what do you got? i have better news it will clear up in the city. good morning, kira, good morning, everyone. we're seeing that cloud cover in the south bay as well, waking up in the 50s as well as in dublin. working that cloud cover with the light breeze out of the west-southwest. here's the camera, a little closer to the ground what's going on as you may your way into san francisco, lots of people going to make their way into the city, not only for pride, but a giants game. it'sing to be very busy. as far as we can tell on the forecast, things will get better as far as playing along with the parade. h it will start to push out with clouds and we'll see a mix of sun and clouds and temperatures still chilly in the 60s. but you may put the sweater aside with dancing and everything else going on. we'll tell you what to expect coming up in the bay area with

the frul fast. kira, back to you. >> cinthia, see you soon. all june, san francisco has been celebrating 50 years of pride and today as we were just mentioning is arguably the main event, the pride parade. thousands of people so far have converged on the city for all sorts of pride events this weekend be from pride brunch, to a family friendly block party in decastro. and dolores park was the place to be, the annual dyke march. and showing how all facets of the lgbtq community is being highlighted this week. >> reporter: in san francisco mission district, hundreds showed up to ride, cheer and watch the annual san francisco dyke march. >> my wife is up ahead but it's always our super favorite event to be able to walk and be close and have this many supporters and other lesbians around.

i think that queer women are not often represented in the media. i think it's important for us to be out and loud in the public. >> reporter: earlier in the day, people attended the annual pride brunch at the san francisco hotel and a family friendly block party in decastro, complete with a petting zoo and lip-synch battle. >> the message is acceptance. the message is you belong here, you know. it's a space four. >> reporter: with thousand of people around san francisco this weekend, organizers and local leaders say they planned extensively to keep the festivities safe with private security and metal detectors around the perimeter. >> well, we'll have a lot of security. we'll have many of our police officers out there, both plain clothes and uniform officers, as well as private security companies that will be patrolling the areas. >> reporter: everyone's ramping up for the marquee event. the annual pride parade sunday. for the first time volunteers will walk along the parade route taking donations with visual and

credit card payment devices. it's all part of the fundraising efforts pride organizers say is necessary to keep the event free. >> it's a two-second transaction. you can give preset amounts, $5 or $10, that will help out immensely. >> reporter: from longtime attendees to first-timers, so many tell us they wouldn't want to spend pride anywhere else. >> is this is my first time outside to spend time in the community that i think i belong is really great. >> reporter: melissa gordon, "today in the bay." >> we've posted everything from a map of the parade route to information about pride's bag policy and banned items. go to nbcbayarea.com/pride or search our free app. on friday, nbc bay area aired an exclusive report detailing open-air drug use and other problems now plaguing downtown san jose.

following our report, city leaders are vowing to crack down. late yesterday, san jose's mayor and police chief held an emergency meeting to detail how they will move forward to clean up the city streets including arresting drug dealers. "today in the bay's" marian favro has more on the plan and what neighbors have to say. mayor matt mahan called an emergency meeting with police and other leaders to crack down with drug use in the city. it's a problem frustrating neighbors. people sitting in front of the 7-eleven in san fernando and third street in san jose openly doing drugs. neighbors say it's something they deal with day and night. gallo acosta who cares for his ailing mother is often worried about safety. >> drug sales and people sleeping here, it's just not

livable. >> reporter: this man said the problem is getting worse prompting him to avoid parking on the street. >> not super safe to be here. just generally a lot of homeless folks out here kind of doing drugs. >> reporter: mayor matt mahan's reaction to the situation -- >> frustration. >> reporter: which is why he called an emergency meeting with police chief anthony mata and the undersheriff to address the problem. >> if you come to san jose to deal drugs you will be arrested and prosecuted. we're taking this extremely seriously. >> reporter: the mayor also acknowledged the impact that drug use on the streets is having on businesses. >> the small business owners are devastated by the levels of drugs sales. >> we've got to change and see it again with health, again, the sheriff's office, the district attorney's office to find ways to hold those that use drugs accountable as well. but also provide them with the help and assistance that they

need. >> reporter: the mayor says the city plans to hire six additional police officers specifically to control downtown by foot. gallo said he's glad city leaders are finally addressing the problem. >> it's got to stop. it's got to start now, it's going to get worse. >> reporter: marianne favro, "today in the bay." all eyes continue to be on russia as the head of the wagner group is set to leave the country after ending his armed rebellion approaching moscow. it was the biggest threat yet to vladimir putin's 11-year hold on power and there is an apparent peace deal. the revolt was over the rift between the wagner group and putin. the paramilitary group had been fighting on behalf of russia. the leader yevgeny prigozhin, claiming that the russian

military killed thousands of his own fighters in ukraine. russia denounced the claim and announced that into prigozhin. suddenly, the mercenary chief announced he was abandoning the insurrection to avoid bloodshed. a deal apparently brokered by neighboring allied russian belarus. prigozhin will go to belarus and apoud charges. the reports 25,000 in the wagner group have also been granted amnesty and reportedly are headed back to ukraine. and yesterday marked one year since the supreme court's landmark ruling overturning roe versus wade. both supporters and opponents of abortion rights gathered coast to coast yesterday. the issue is far from settled, as the debate continues to play out in courtrooms, on ballots and in state legislatures. some people in the north bay took to the streets in support of the of the right to choose. the event was a team effort by women's march santa rosa and

sonoma county pride. >> we're taking this moment as women's march santa rosa and looking forward to the future of defending the rights of our lgbtq ia plus community. >> and it's our human rights to our bodily autonomy. so, really upset to see roe versus wade overturned. >> organizers say some local lgbtq plus friendly businesses were recently vandalized. so this march was also a way to support them. as the fourth of july approaches, one bay area county is aiming to get illegal fireworks off the streets. we've all heard of gun buybacks, but this is a fireworks buyback. the san mateo county sheriff's office said you can turn in old fireworks and get up to $75. no questions asked. they're accepting fireworks from

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welcome back. this past week, secretary of state antony blinken went to beijing for a high-stakes meeting with president xi. the visit came after a biden administration official earlier this month said that, quote, china has been spying on the u.s. from cuba for years. and also amid reports that china is in talks to put a new military training facility in cuba. let's bring in nbc news political director and moderator of "meet the press" chuck todd who has secretary blinken as a guest on today's show. hi, chuck. thanks for joining us this morning. after blinken returned, president biden seemed to go offscript and call president xi

a dictator, seeming drawing the eyre of china's foreign ministry. did that undo any progress blinken thinks he made? >> look, i asked that question, because it's certainly -- the chinese chose to be offended that was the other thing. you know, a lot of times, you let rhetoric, political rhetoric go to domestic audiences. we do it to other countries. you know, you choose to be offended. 24 hours after you left the country, they chose to be offended, why do you think that is? he said they were candid, he said we would say things, you know what we believe, what we believe about them, even if they don't like what was said. and they expect the chinese to do the same. he said there would be no apology for the dictator comment. i thought that was interesting. as for the issues of cuba, i asked him if this was a red line, meaning are we going to do whatever it takes to prevent the

military base -- the chinese putting the military base in cuba. he wouldn't go red line. he said we are in contact, we're trying to dissuade this. he talked about other country where is china's tried to establish military-to-military installations where they've been working there, i'll be honest, it wasn't very declarative on that front and didn't sound totally optimistic. it was preventible. >> it definitely seems unnerving the thought of having china on our door step, reminiscent of the cuban missile crisis, dare i go there. chuck, you as have mike mcfaul, from the bay area, we look forward to the show. we hope you join chuck for this morning's "meet the press," he'll have interviews with senator amy klobuchar and representative don bacon and as mentioned michael mcfaul, former ambassador to russia. if you stay with us after "today

in the bay," "meet the press" is officer an this. we'll talk to nbc bay area political analyst larry gersten on analysis. we'll talk about contributions and where that money goes. a children's pride celebration turned sour after protesters crashed the party. this happened yesterday in sacramento at the children's museum. it hosted its third annual kid centric pride festival. it's supposed to be a safe place for kids to have fun and be themselves. organizers say it was peaceful in the final hour of the event when protesters confronted children and parents outside the museum. people passing by said there were heated exchanges. police were also there. >> who in this community supports this garbage? and it's sad so many parents bringing their children to this. >> you know, this is the sweetest event, right, we have

leo reading to kids. we have the sacramento gay men's chorus singing. kids are coming here because it's what kids do, they laugh, they have fun. and then you have this group of people come. >> organizers say this is not the first time they've had to deal with counterdemonstrators. they say they stood strong in their message of peace and love. the future of san francisco's westfield mall is still up in the air. mayor london breed is now suggesting to tear it down. she made the comments during a conversation with bloomberg earlier this week. one of breed's suggests is the building could be torn down to make way for something different like a sports stadium. about two weeks ago, westfield announced it would close the san francisco shopping mall in union square. the company cited declining sales and dwindling foot traffic among the reason for closing among others. it's one of many businesses

leaving the city's downtown area, forcing city leaders for how to utilize that empty space. new this morning, a world war ii veteran got a massive birthday surprise for turning 103. >> these are all of the birthday cards for you. >> really? >> yeah. yeah. look at all of that. >> wow. >> this is george, for his birthday, his family expressed the desire to try to get him 103 cards for his 103rd birthday. with the help of the santa clara county superior court judge johnny gogo, he received well over that goal, the cards came over from spokes from across the bay area. he enlisted in the u.s. army while studying at dartmouth. right after graduation, he was trained to be a part of the military intelligence service for which will he was later

awarded the congressional medal of honor in washington, d.c. we want to wish him a happy 103rd birthday. wow, what a hero. in chinatown, some incredible history was on display yesterday. wow. not what you typically see in chinatown, you see this outside lion's den bar lounge in jackson. 15 classic cars, motorcycles and hotrods went on a ride. some of the cars use to cruise chinatown from '60s and '70s. car owners came out to share their stories with old friends and to educate. >> hope is for education, so people can know what it was like to be in chinatown and that we survived, even with all of the asian hate and how chinatown is supposed to be low in business, we're coming back. and these people are the generations of their families

who used to be in chinatown in the '60s. and we're doing whatever we want to do to help promote chinatown. >> it makes it feel like family in the summer. you know, you see these guys, here 20, 30 years or more, time to see and get together. >> hemmings motor news was there filming a documentary about the original cars and motorcycles. very cool. and there's a new ugliest dog in the world. his name is scooter. friday was the 2023 world's ugliest caught contest in petaluma. gadi is schwartz crowned scooter. his originally owner took him to be euthanized but the animal safe saved him and he was adopted.

thing lee dog contest is meant to bring awareness to dog adoptions and bring a new meaning for the word "ugly." yeah, ugly as a compliment, right? >> yeah, and he's the winner right now. >> he's a winner. he's so cute. >> with his scooter, what a cutie pie. i want to check in with two-time dog mom cinthia pimentel with a look at our sunday forecast. >> it's going to be a great day, no matter if you have the fog going on. people are going out to celebrate love, celebrate pride. and we are noticing some areas of patchy drizzle through the city, also some breezy conditions. and we should stick like that at least through the parade starting at 10:30. your lunchtime hour, once you get out and about in the city. like i said, nothing in the way of everybody going out to have a good time. as far as the rest of us in the bay area, yeah, we're waking up to that cloud cover once again. cool 50s to start. as the afternoon goes on, notice the time samples there, middle

of the day, stubborn fog but better clearing in wine country if you have plans and south bay. and pushing back towards the afternoon. overall, a comfortable day away from the coastline where it will continue to be breezy. and look at the wind gusts. we've seen this trend. we've gotten used to it this week. those gusts could go 20 to 30 miles an hour in san francisco as the evening goes on through the delta and the livermore appeal, we'll see them ramp up a bit. we've gotten used to it when the wind starts to blow. we're going to see the temperatures along with the clear, cloudy conditions sitting below normal. on the coastline, we're seeing 70s in south bay in san jose. as well as we make our way into parts of fairfield, livermore and napa, 71. by tomorrow, you'll feel more heat, especially through

fairfield, through the stant cla santa clara valley. hanging to the conditions below normal for the week but better news, we have gradual warmup that's going to make it feel like summer. we've got a couple more days to go, waking up to typical fog and drizzle. maybe a few showers north and east as you make your plans to get around the state. but as we go into thursday, into the weekend, we're finally getting ready to celebrate the fourth of july. i think we'll have some temperatures that will play along. take a look at how it plays out in livermore. we're going from 80s to kick off the middle of the work week to 90s by the weekend. finally some pool weather. if you're not a fan of the heat, of course, to each their own, san francisco will stay cool in the 50s, upper 60s comfortable, by the end of the woke. and our inland valleys will slowly transition from the 70s, 80s, probably 90s with that summer civil by next weekend. >> if you don't like the heat in the bay area, drive somewhere

else. if you don't like the cold, drive somewhere else. >> we cater to everybody. >> we really do, cinthia, thank you. coming up, proposing the giants to win. what made this home run extra special for the giants rookie. sports is next.

good morning to everyone. i'm anthony flores. hey, best in the west, well, not yet, but after a red hot june, the giants are making a lot of noise in the division. game two of a three-game set against first-place arizona giants up but in trouble in the fifth. bases load, christian walker doubles to center that clears.bases. arizona takes a 5-3 lead. score tied in the sixth. rookie luis matos rips a major to the left. a two-run shot. giants beat the diamondbacks 7-6. the orange and black do it again

they have won 12 of the last 13 games now they're just a game and a half against the first place diamondbacks. >> we had a nice approach, we executed that approach. >> a credit to the pitching staff keeping us in games but our offense is coming back, matos, i mean, game-winning home run for the first home run of his career, that's pretty special. the a's north of the border take on toronto, this is the tower edge walk. no way i'm doing this, wow that is scary. hey, let's get back to the ground and the game. top of the six, up the middle, jace peterson scores, the blue jays answer in the bottom half of the frame. vad ga marrow jr. smashes a two-run homer. a's have dropped nine of the last ten game. to the pitch, the 'quakes

unbeaten home streak. the 'quakes tied tell in less than two minutes. the 'quakes fall 2-1, that's the first home loss in nine matches this season. that's a look at your morning sports. i'm anthony flores for "today in the bay." >> thanks, anthony. it's 7:26, we have much more ahead on "today in the bay," san francisco is about to be backed for today's pride parade. what you need to know about the route, street closures and the weather if you're there to celebrate. and as we continue to follow yesterday's armed insurrection in russia, we have a look at the leader of that paramilitary group which was fighting on behalf of russia and then turned. coming up, now

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june 25th. pride sunday, as we take this live look outside over oakland. cloudy skies, a cool morning out there, but hopefully, things will be enjoyable. as we have so much to look forward to today. thank you so much for joining us on this sunday morning, i'm kira klapper. cinthia pimentel joins us with a quick look at our micro climate forecast. hey, cinthia. >> good morning to you. given, everyone. happy sunday, we're starting with cloud cover in walnut creek as well, temperatures in the mid-50s. and a little stubborn to mix out that cloud cover for the morning plans for brunch, definitely sweater weather throughout the day. as we kick off the day, it's a mild day, temperatures in the 70s. maybe your plans are to head to napa, wine country looks good. after the cloud cover faster to clear out of it enjoy the 70s with your glass of wine. maybe you're going to san francisco to not only celebrate pride but to head to the giants game afterwards, first pitch at

1:05, we'll see the temperatures in the 50s there with breezy conditions continuing for the afternoon. upwards of 20 to 25 miles per hour plus. be mindful of the wind, i'll take you to the forecast in just a bit. back to you. >> cinthia, thanks. it's been a busy month for pride events, the marquee event, san francisco's 53rd annual pride parade. we have a live look at market and stewart where the pride parade will begin at 10:30 this morning. pride events have included a family friendly petting zoo a lip-synch battle as well as a brunch at union square at the western st. francis. yesterday brought hundreds out for the annual dyke march around the mission district. thousands celebrated and danced all across the city. we found some folks who have been attending pride for decades, others, their first

time. >> this is actually my first time at pride, so things surrounded by the community i feel i belong in is really great. >> everyone is ramping up for this marquee event. the annual pride parade this morning. security is a big focus this year. and there's another new feature, volunteers, taking donations on the spot. organizers say it's necessary to help keep these pride festivities free for years to come. and if you are headed to the city for pride today, our we have tips to get you around. >> yes, good morning. today is the day, the big street closures are under way. the parade starts at 10:30 at the embarcadero, down market street to this area, right there. that means market will be closed for traffic for over three hours

because it's a long parade this morning. you're encouraged to load the clipper app on to your phone, but b.a.r.t. has more on the website, bart document. the embarcadero station will be tight between 10:00 a.m. and. 2:00 p.m. s happy pride. >> thanks, mike. to learn more about the pride events going on and policies in place head to nbcbayarea.com slash fspride on the app. the entire world was catching the chaotic scenes unfolding inside russia. rebel forces who were fighting on behalf of russia in ukraine have stopped. there apparently was a rift between the head of the wagner group and vladimir putin. so what do we know about that man behind the rebellion and

what drove him to turn against the kremlin? chief foreign correspondent richard engel has reported extensively on him and the wagner group and has this report. >> reporter: a senior u.s. official tells nbc news the best way to understand what's happening now in russia is a power struggle, yevgeny prigozhin is midlevel soldier who has risen to the rank. first, it was first, yevgeny prigozhin owned a chain of restaurants including the new haven in st. petersburg which putin and his team used it as a hang out. earlier, he learned to cater to putin's other means. most knew yevgeny prigozhin from disinformation on their social feed. he founded a mock farm.

that sowed doubts about the legitimacy of the election highlighted elections in united states and donald trump. in 2022, yevgeny prigozhin reinvented himself into a commander of the mercenary army the wagner group, supplementing russian troops in ukraine failing on the battlefield. he recruited thousands of convicts promising pardons in exchange for first line service. thousands were sent to their deaths. and according to the few who managed to escape, they were shot if they attempted to retreat. i asked ukraine's president zelenskyy about the group earlier this month. how do you describe wagner and what it's doing on the ground here? >> reporter: they are mercenaries and terrorists. they are just killers, he said. yevgeny prigozhin is also rich, he uses his private arm to prop up dictators in africa, in particular the president of the

central african republic in exchange taking gold and blood diamonds worth more than 5$500 million a year. he accusing russia's defense minister, an army chief driven by jealousy and treason of denying wagner's ammunition and how he wants revenge. prigozhin reportedly agreed to some sort of exile in belarus. but why? was it his only way to survive and keep his lucrative businesses in africa? or is he just biding time? it's hard to believe this murky power struggle is over. >> richard engel reporting for us. as yesterday marked one year since the supreme court's landmark ruling overturning roe versus wade, most supporters and opponents of abortion rights gathered across the country yesterday. the issue is far from settled as

the debate continues to play out in courtrooms and on ballots. some people in the north bay took to the streets in support of their right to choose. the event was a team effort by women's march santa rosa and sonoma county pride. organizers tell us some local lgbtq friendly businesses recently were vandalized. the march was also a show to support them. we do have a look nationwide at the impact of the supreme court decision has had on abortion rights after the dobbs versus jackson decision a year ago yesterday, more than a quarter of states have banned abortions altogether. those are the states in red on your screen. others highlighted in yellow have restricted some but not access to abortions. california is among those highlighted in blue where abortion is still protected. last november california in fact enshrined abortion protection into the state constitution. vermont and michigan did the

same. we have seen gun buybacks across the bay area, but this is a fireworks buyback. as the fourth of july approaches, the san mateo county sheriff's office is working to get illegal fireworks offer the streets. people can turn in old fireworks and get paid back $75 no questions asked. they'll even accept fireworks from people who don't live in san mateo county. the buyback is happening outside of the fair oaks library in redwood city from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and 7:38, one very special teacher got a big surprise at oracle park yesterday. >> $30,000 for the school is eric myrtleson from wells school. >> mr. bertelson has been a teacher for 44 years. he currently teaches music in

dublin middle school. he received the nbc sports all sports teacher award. he won $30,000 for wells middle school. nbc's kara burk caught up with mr. bertelson. >> how will you use the money? bll can boost up the program really good for the kids, give the kids well-balanced education. >> arts, music, all of it? >> yes. love it. >> congratulations. >> what a guy, congratulations mr. b. the four other finalists, by the way, from across the bay area and northern california did not go empty-handed. they each received $2,000 for their schools. we owe it all to our teachers, don't we ? > it's 7:39.

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fair. let's go there, almost 70 degrees. make sure you're wearing sunscreen, sunglasses and drinking plenty of water. how are we looking across the bay area? wine country looking comfort in the 70s. mid to upper 70s fairfield into the sacramento valley, mid to upper 60s in the central and comfortable at the santa clara. what can we expect for rest of the day? if you have plans to head to shasta, to see all of the beautiful reservoirs filling up, we're going to see unsettled weather there. into the afternoon, time stamp there, afternoon showers possible both to the north and east of us, just something to keep in mind as we do make our sunday plans. as we keep it here in the bay area, we will see that cloud cover return for the evening hours. start off on monday with low clouds and drizzle once again. but taking a look ahead. we're looking ahead into where is all of that summer heat, as we make our summer plans as we look forward to the fourth of

july, that's in a couple of days, actually, the climate prediction center is putting the west coast in this orange color you that see here, meaning we're going to have above average temperatures not only for the west, but also if you have plans for the fourth of july taking you into the fountain, they're dealing with triple-digit temperatures, something to keep in mind as you do make plans and get ready for extreme heat. calistoga from the north bay, mid-90s, maybe some 100s on the spot. these numbers could change but we've been dealing with just weather that's been both below normal over the last couple of months, so make sure you stay hydrated. continue to, you know, take care of yourself, even in the heat. and we'll see it play out here in the seven-day forecast for the inland valley. we're climbing from 70s to 80s for the middle of the week. a summer sizzle is ahead.

we're seeing it. san francisco, of course, the place to beat the heat with morning fog and temperatures continuing to be pretty comfortable even into next weekend with the upper 60s, clear skies. >> love that, cinthia, thanks. it's 7:44, we have much more ahead on "today in the bay," coming up nbc bay area political analyst larry gerston joins us talking about the recent visit to california for presidential to california for presidential candidates and why the golde

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no immediate danger for the crews working at the site and that hazardous material was being diluted. so far, no reports of injuries at this time. and the cause of that bridge collapse is under investigation. san francisco continues to be in the spotlight for all of the wrong reasons. concerns over crime, drug use and overall unwelcome experiences in the city have sent major businesses and some residents fleeing. we took on those issues and more in our docuseries "saving san francisco" we expose the dark side of the city and solutions how to fix it. the central figure of that series is james durgin, he's now officially a free man after a judge ordered his release on friday. durgin has been arrested over 100 times in the past two decades for a range of crimes involving drug use and he was

most recently in jail for walking out of a court rehab. durgin was arrested and spent the last four months awaiting time in jail. and durgin served the maximum time allowed for avoiding probation. after he showed up, the judge ordered him released. watch our six-part series "saving san francisco." you can stream is anytime on peacock, roku, or on our website, nbc area.com saving san francisco. last week, joe biden and republican ron desantis combed california for contributions. it wasn't the first time for either candidates to be in the golden state and certainly won't be the last. nbc's political analyst larry gerston joins us, hi, larry,

good to see you. they both handied fund-raisers, multi estimate here in the bay area for joe biden and ron desantis. are they here only for the money? or please tell us there are other reasons our state is so important? >> well, i'll tell you, good morning to you, when you talk about money in california, it is the nation's atm, no doubt about it. presidential candidates come here to clean up so they can use that money elsewhere along the campaign trail. but, look, there's more than just money in this case and there always is, for that matter. in the case of president biden he came here to boast, really, of all of the recent legislative accomplishments. and in the state he focused on climate change which is very important to californians. and the same thing goes, by the way, for ron desantis. in this case it wasn't a matter of him claiming any successes because he's not an incumbent, but he is talking about things that would solidify his credentials as republicans. you know, the last two polls

have desantis clearly over former president trump in california. that would give a big boost for him, when it comes to getting the presidential nomination. so, yes, it is money, but there's more to it than that. >> so, i always saw, though, trump continues to lead desantis nationwide. but the fact that he's ahead of trump in california certainly is worth note. going back to the money, though. how important is california? to all presidential candidates. >> you know, it's so hard -- you can't overestimate it. that's all there is to it. we put together a chart that shows you just how important the money is in this state. look at this, for biden in 2020, 22% of all of his campaign money came from the -- over $300 million. and, by the way, in the bay area, it was $180 million. if you look at trump, not nearly as much. about $50 million, 5%. that's because trump really had much more of a focus in florida

and texas. those were his biggest states, but for democrats particularly, more than one-fifth of all of the campaign money, that's hard to beat. and really shows you something else, by the way. this is just the beginning, because it doesn't include the independent expenditure funds which are also billions more for these presidential candidates but when it comes to scooping it up, california is the place tole go, especially for democrats. >> $345 million that is nothing to sneeze at. so is this reliance on these large sums of money, large campaign funds, super pacs, independent groups growing? or does it just seem that way? >> it's like a runaway train. it's unbelievable. we went back and took a look at the presidential campaigns, the total monies raised over the last few. look what you see here, 2008, $1.1 billion, not much difference in 2012. but the jump by 20% to $1.5 in

2016. and almost doubling that figure, 2.7. and again, as you pointed out, that's what the candidates raise. that does not include all of the independent expenditures. if you add all of that up, it's over $5 billion. kira, this is big money, if you look at the campaign commercial which is you see now and i see now, let me tell you something, you're going to be seeing a whole lot more of them between now and november a year from now. let me tell you, you're going nonstop. >> it's going to be a long year. larry, thanks so much for joinining us i.t'

welcome back. here's a quick look at stories we're following on this sunday morning. san jose city leaders are vowing to crack down on open air drug dealing and use downtown after nbc bay area's exclusive report highlighting the problem. the san jose mayor and police chief held an emergency meeting at city hall yesterday after people voiced their frustrations of people openly doing drugs downtown. you can see captured on video. the mayor says it's a complex problem that requires working hard to compel drug users to get treatment and reminds dealers they will be arrested. the city plans to hire six additional police officers specifically to patrol these areas by foot. turning now to the big event

of the weekend, the pride parade in san francisco, the 53rd annual. this is a live look at market and spear streets where the parade will start, 10:30 about a block away from the intersection of market and behl. it ends at market and 8th. there's a big celebration there. many will be closed for the parade and muni will be rerouted. that should last about three hours just for the parade. how will the weather be? cinthia has one last check. ooh, i-the background. i love it, too. it's san francisco weather, we're going to, of course, the fog rolling and mixing up to a good time and peeks of sunshine. and inland valley, we'll have fog once again tomorrow and starting to warm up, summerlike temperatures that we've been crossing our fingers for will finally arrive for next weekend. >> finally feeling like summer.

cinthia, thanks. and thanks so much to all of you for making us part of your morning. we'll have more local news at 8:00 and 11:00. and we're also on at nbcbayarea.com. we hope you have a great pride sunday, wherever that finds you. we hope you're happy and safe and hope to see you back here.

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