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"nbc news daily" starts right now. >> today, tuesday, february 25th, 2025. fired up. recently terminated federal workers protest the white house's sweeping cuts on capitol hill. >> all i want is the job i had. that's the job i wanted to do. >> the latest warning from elon musk and what president trump has to say about it. >> tragedy in paris. an american is arrested after her newborn was thrown out a hotel window. what prosecutors are now revealing about the disturbing mission complete. blue origin by jeff bezos successfully launches its tenth space tourism flight. who was on board d how are they reacting? >> and a word with the wise. a pop-up stand in new york city is connecting grandmas with young people. zinhle stops by the grandma stand for today's good news. >> i gotta say, everybody needs a grandma in their life.

stick around. you're going to want to meet them. >> thank you. >> we're going to start this hour, though, with that new reaction to those sweeping cuts to the federal workforce by president trump and elon musk. >> today, outraged, fired government workers are protesting on capitol hill. they are there in opposition to what they see as indiscriminate slashes to the government. some of them piled into offices demanding to speak to senators. here's what two people who lost their jobs told us. >> i don't even have the vocabulary anymore to describe how devastating it is to not only see our jobs going away, this is not about me and my job. this is about what america is in the world. >> we have never had an issue with our performance, and we're doing work for the american public. we're here for safety, and we're patriots. we love our country. that's why we're taking these jobs. >> today's protest comes amid even more confusion surrounding the ultimatum given to federal workers by elon musk. you'll remember in an email last

week, the office of personnel management asked workers to list five things they accomplished at work or resign. last night, the world's richest man issued another directive on behalf of the president, saying there will be a second opportunity for workers to justify their jobs, adding failure to respond this time will result in termination. >> leading us off this hour, nbc news white house correspondent garrett haake. good to see you. how is the white house responding to all of this kind of confusion today? because some agencies are telling workers not to respond. others have said respond. is anything clearer? >> reporter: yeah, kate, the white house press secretary took a lot of questions on this tomic about an hour ago. it's not clear to me she gave much more information that will end this confusion. the long and short of it is they do expect federal workers to respond unless their agency head has told them not to. there may be examples where national security could be compromised, individual private data or so forth. she said without providing specific evidence to back it up more than a million federal

workers have already responded and the expectation that more will continue before tonight. not at all clear what happens if you don't respond other than that would start a review process that could, as the president sunled yesterday, end with you being fired or semi-fired. yes, that's really what he said. >> garrett, some workers at doge actually resigned in protest to all of this. what are the details there? >> reporter: this is a little confusing because these workers were likely brought on by doge's predecessor, the u.s. digital service, which existed as an executive agency of the president going back to the obama administration. that's the office that was converted into doge by donald trump and elon musk. here we have a letter signed anonymously by 21 people who say they are employees of usds turned doge, that they don't want to use their skills as technologists to compromise government systems or lend their expertise to carry out or

legitimize doge's actions. a person familiar with the letter has confirmed its authenticity. it's difficult to tell much more specifically who these folks were. >> there's a cabinet meeting tomorrow and i understand you have news about who is attending the meeting? >> reporter: the headline figure in addition to the president is elon musk who is technically a senior adviser to the president, not even technically the administrator of doge, but it's clear through the first month of the trump white house he's the second most important person in this administration. he'll be by the president's side along with all of his confirmed cabinet secretaries here tomorrow. >> garrett haake, thanks so much. well, the cuts by doge have been the focus of a series of town halls, heated town halls with republican lawmakers over the last week. >> some of those republicans are meeting with president trump today to get more information about the department's approach to downsizing the government. >> nbc news capitol hill correspondent julie tsirkin joins us now. julie, what kind of answers do these lawmakers want from the president at this point?

>> reporter: yeah, some of what we have heard from the republicans who have been face-to-face with constituents who are frustrated and angry and by the way, these constituents by and large voted for president trump, these are conservative yea areas all across the nation, and the answers they have been giving lawmakers are not sufficient. one lawmaker we talked to said they want to hear specific cuts, they want to hear specific programs. the workers that exactly are going to be affected before it happens. as you can imagine with the break neck speed the administration is working in, to decrease the deficit, to put in ple those kinds of cuts that doge and musk and trump on the campaign trail frankly promised, there is not much room for communication with these lawmakakers abouthe specific areas they're looking to downsize in. rich mccormick who was one of the republican lawmakers in a red district in georgia who heard an earful from his constituents spoke to nbc news yesterday. he said in part, you see him on your screen, ironically, the first time i ever met elon musk he was asked what could

republicans do better. his response was, i think you guys should come off as more compassionate. i'm going to use his own words when i talk to him, and this is important to point out because, of course, these cuts have been anything but compassionate. federal workers were here on capitol hill as you laid out trying to talk to lawmakers about how frustrated they are and frankly upset. >> and julie, let's talk about these town halls. some republicans are brushing them off. they have been pretty contentious. one congressman claimed without evidence that some of these outbursts have been sparked by outside agitators. what more do we know about what's going on here? >> reporter: that's congressman mark alford from missouri. i'll tell you, out of the many we have spoken to, he's the only one who has given that kind of answer. he, too, faced angry crowds at his town hall when the house was on recess last week. he chalked it up to angry outside agitators to outside organized protest groups. when we confronted him about those town halls. other republican lawmakers said

it is not the cuts specifically that people are protesting, it is elon musk. of course, in one of the back and forths we were listening to, it was a town hall i believe out of wisconsin, the response from that lawmaker there to the questions that were being asked, why is somebody who is unelected making these decisions, why is somebody who didn't earn our vote in charge and at the helm of making these kinds of cuts? his response, of course, was drowned out by more protesters and more applause for that woman who raised her concerns. and that's exactly the tightrope that republicans are walking here now back in washington. >> all right, julie tsirkin on capitol hill, thanks. now to a story that's really taken off. >> jeff bezos's blue origin completed its tenth space tourism flight earlier today. successfully carrying six astronauts on a trip to suborbital space. >> the flight only lasted a little over tn minutes from lift off to landing but the crew was emotional and celebratory when they arrived back on earth after getting to experience brief weightlessness while in space. >> joining us now, nbc news

correspondent marissa parra who has watched all of this. i can't imagine what those crew members have felt up there. what did we hear from them? >> reporter: so as we have been talking about, this is space tourism as its finest. to get a seat on here can cost you anywhere between hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars. this can be self-funded. there are people who have, of course, been sponsored in the past. so we have six astronauts who flew up, a repeat mission for one of them. here's what we heard from one of the world's newest astronauts this morning. >> it's my small dream. i cried. >> i thought i knew what home was. but when i was floating up there, and you see it right there, it's like you're home. and you get this new definition of what that means. >> and as you could hear, the emotion in her voice, guys, if you can believe it, the whole experience lasts just about ten minutes from launch to landing,

and it's only a few minutes of weightlessness. as you can hear from elaine's words there, her testimony after she just landed back on earth, just a few minutes was enough to change her for an entire lifetime. >> yeah, a lifetime of memories there. marissa, in other space news, a new lunar lander is set to launch to the moon this week. what's the mission? >> reporter: yes, that spacecraft is called athena. it's supposed to launch tomorrow night and it's going to the moon's south pole because that's where scientists are eager to learn what is beneath the surface. this is going to have drilling capabilities to get a closer look at that. guys, what's interesting is this is also the 3rd lunar lander launch in the span of roughly a month. we're expecting the blue ghost lander to make a landing on march 2nd this weekend. we talk about the ramping schedule of space news. it's not just humans going up to suborbital space flight, not just starship we might see happening on friday.

we also have lunar landers going up in rapid succession. a busy time for space flight. >> a lot for you to keep track of. time for some consumer news here on earth. an 80-year-old fabric company is shutting down. >> and a chinese company is reversing a policy that told employees to get married or be fired. bertha coombs joins us now. >> reporter: this one actually makes me sad because when i started out as a report, i would make all of my clothes, and i would go to a place called joann fabrics, after 80 years, the company is shutting down because it filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy and has not been able to find a buyer. the company is going to be holding sales and sell off all of its merchandise. at this point, it doesn't look like they'll be getting a buyer anytime soon. very sad to see something go out of business. meantime, a company in china has

retracted a threat that they had made to their single employees. the company saying employees who did not settle their marriage issues, ie, get married, have children, which is something that the chinese government wants people to do, would be fired if they didn't do it by a certain time. the company has since rescinded that message, as the government of china said that this does not follow chinese labor laws. that's kind of taking like those doge messages one level further. >> bertha, thanks as always. coming up, the most important meal of the day is quickly becoming the most expensive. how staples like eggs, coffee, are putting the squeeze on your family's budget. >> plus, an update on the pope's health. what the vatican is revealing about the latest tests the pontiff underwent. you're watching "nbc news daily." (♪♪) “the darkness of bipolar depression made me

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welcome back. we're geing a new update from the vatican on the health of pope francis. the 88-year-old underwent a ct scan today as he battled double pneumonia and it's the latest round of testing the pontiff has had since being admitted to a hospital 11 days ago. prayers for pouring in from around the world. this is now the longest hospital stay of his papacy. nbc news international correspondent claudio lavanga is

at the vatican with the latest. first off, claudio, how is the pope doing today? >> reporter: hey, zinhle. we're the vatican issued the update and essentially what it's saying is the pope remains critical but he's stable. now, all the parameters are stable, also very importantly, he did not have any further -- any more of those acute respiratory crises he it. on saturday that were so worrying for the doctors. in the evening he underwent a cat scan to monitor that bilateral pneumonia. he was diagnosed with a few days ago. the vatican also said in the morning after he received the eucharist, he also went back to resume some work activities. so fairly reassuring news even though of course the doctors call for caution, saying he is still an 88-year-old man who is still in critical condition. in the meantime, i don't know if you can hear that, in st.

peter's square behind me, the cardinals and hundreds of faitheral for the second night in a row, they're reciting a rosary and praying for the pope to get better. >> prayers from around the world there. and claudio, you mentioned the vatican saying that francis is working from the hospital. do we have a sense of what the nature of that work is? >> reporter: yeah, we got an email this morning from the vautcon with a long list of things the vatican has been -- the pope has been doing today. essentially he's doing what he used to do at the vatican. he has appointed some people at the vatican, accepted resignations of others, and even named a number of people who will be made saints here at the vatican once of course he comes back here. zinhle. >> claudio lavanga, thanks so much. the nation is remembering former secret service agent clint hill. you may not know his name but he's part of one of the most infamous moments in american history. hill jumped on the back of john

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speaking with jacob soboroff in 2023. >> well, people keep thanking me for what i did, but i appreciate that very much, but i didn't complete my task which was to save the president's life. and that's what's bothered me all these years. my job was to keep the president alive and safe, and i was not able to do that. >> your legacy. what do you want it to be? >> i just, you know, i tried. i tried to do the best job i could. unfortunately, it wasn't enough. >> do you ever thing about how had this not happened, what your life might be like? >> oh, yeah. much calmer, much simpler. i wouldn't have had the experiences i had though. i was a lucky man to begiven i was a lucky man to begiven still have moderate to severe ulcerative colitis... ...or crohn's disease symptoms after taking... ...a medication like humira or remicade? put them in check with rinvoq, a once-daily pill. when symptoms tried to take control, i got rapid relief with rinvoq. check.

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in relation to two fentanyl overerdoses involving a 14 year old and a 16 year old who remain in the hospital. he is facing a $2 million bail and is expected to face charges for the sale and possession of fentanyl in that case. now, this comes as the community here in santa rosa continues to mourn the tragic loss of gia walsh and logan camp in santa rosa, ginger conejero saab. nbc bay area news. thank you ginger. right now, san jose is taking a controversial step to solve its homeless crisis. mayor matt mahan is unveiling his homeward bound pilot program. it seeks to house people by reconnecting them with their friends, families and loved ones, giving them a one way ticket out of san jose and back to their hometowns. the hope is that it will get people off the streets and into care in a faster and less expensive way. but critics argue san francisco has tried and tried and failed, with a similar program there, calling instead for more

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testimony from a witness. the high court agreed and says he's entitled to a new trial. the supreme court typically does not intervene in death row cases making this a rare legal victory. >> we have a disturbing story to tell you about overseas. an americans woman has been detained in paris after her newborn baby was thrown out of a hotel window. that's according to french authorities. the babywas given emergency medical care but unfortunately did not survive. the french prosecutor's office says the mother was part of a group of young adults traveling across europe. nbc news international correspondent kelly cobiella joins us now. what more do we know about this horrible story? >> reporter: well, kate, the paris prosecutor said this happened yesterday some time in the morning at a hotel in paris. reports in a local paper say someone alerted the police after a baby with the umbilical cord still attached was thrown from a window. that detail still hasn't been

confirmed by the prosecutor's office. but t they did release this statement saying that the mother is an american national and is part of a group of young adults traveling europe. that she was taken to a hospital where she's undergoing a medical procedure following child birth and she's being held under police custody there. the incident is now being looked into as a possible case of pregnancy denial where the mother either isn't aware of or doesn't want to believe she's pregnant until she gives birth. that according to the prosecutor's office. the young woman is now under investigation by france's child protection brigade for the alleged homicide of a minor under the age of 15. and the associated press is reporting that the young woman was traveling through a massachusetts based organization called ef gap year, they coordinate travel programs overseas for young people between the age of 18 and 22, according to their website. the organization did release a statement today to the a.p. saying we are deeply shocked and

saddened by this tragic event and we are fully cooperating with local authorities. by the way, kate, the state department said they're aware of these reports but had no comment citing privacy concerns. >> kelly cobiella, thank you. the mother of a palestinian american boy stabbed to death in his own home testified today in the trial of her son's alleged murders. joseph czuba has pleaded not guilty to the charges against him. he's accused of stabbing the 6-year-old boy and his mother who survived. the violence unfolded exactly one week after the hamas terror attack on israel in 2023. prosecutors allege czuba targeting the mother and son because of their muslim faith. maggie vespa is in joliet, illinois. maggie, you were in court earlier where the boy's mother testified in graphic detail about what happened. what was said? >> reporter: yeah, she's still testifying, zinhle. she's been on the stand for

hours. basically, she walked through in really graphic detail how this attack went down, saying in the days after october 7th her landlord started questioning her about her muslim faith and what hamas was doing overseas. on the day, she gave on the stand, he said to her, i told you your people are killing babies and jewish, speaking there english not her first language, in israel, and you're not doing anything about it. that's when she says he jumped on top of her, started stabbing and strangling her in front of her 6-year-old son. then she said i'm thinking, it's the moment. it's the day, i'm dying. she thought she would die. she managed to fight him off and ran to the bathroom to call 911. as she was calling, she says that's when the landlord turned on her son. he's 6 years old. prosecutors say he stabbed the boy 26 times. and zinhle, prosecutors told jurors to listen for the little boy's screams in the background

of that 911 call and you could hear it in that courtroom. it's been an incredibly graphic morning and this is just day one. >> such difficult details there. i understand before that testimony, the defense and prosecution delivered their opening statements to the jury. what did they say? >> reporter: right. yeah, all of this morning. we'll start with the prosecution. to them, it was simple. he was radicalized by conservative talk radio about the war, saying quote, this happened because this defendant was atrade that a war that had started on october 7th a half a world away in the middle east was going to come to his doorstep, and they continued, this happened because they were muslim. the defense, in their opening statement, interestingly, not mentioning any of that. not mentioning the war, not mentioning any sense of radicalization, instead saying, kwoept, some of the evidence and testimony you're going to hear is likely to spark very visceral emotional reactions and then you're going to have to move beyond your emotions, examine every piece of evidence. in short, they basically

insinuated there are holes in the state's case. they insinuated evidence was overlooked and police jumped to a conclusion, assuming czuba, the landlord, did it. could have missed other possibilities. they didn't say what the possibilities were, but that seems to be their tactic moving forward. we should note czuba has pleaded not guilty, and again, this case just getting under way. >> more to come. maggie vespa, thank you. we're following breaking news. another frightening incident on a runway. it happened today at chicago midway international airport. >> video captures the moment a southwest airlines plane was attempting to land before narrowly missing a private jet on the runway. the ntsb and faa said that they were investigating the incident and that the southwest flight had initiated what's called a go around after a business jet entered the runway without authorization. >> southwest for its part said the flight landed afterward without any issues but this is of course just the latest in a series of airplane scares. now, let's talk about the

price you pay, by now, it's no secret eggs are extremely difficult to come by these days. >> unfortunately, not looking good for other breakfast staples as well. nbc news correspondent george solis shows us what's getting more expensive and why. >> reporter: the battle over balancing your breakfast and your budget brewing unlike ever before, with costs soaring for staples at the table like eggs, bacon, coffee, and orange juice. people full of frustration. >> especially when you have kids, growing kids. it's getting expensive. >> growing up in a different generation, now seeing this, it's not encouraging. >> reporter: we all know how bird flu is wreaking havoc on egg production, so far more than 162 million poultry birds infected by the virus since the start of 2022. the result, a dozen eggs now arging $8. more than tripling since just last october. it means surcharges on egg driven menus and limits at some national retailers.

it's gotten so bad it's time to start importing eggs. turkey sending 15,000 tons on a way to ease disruptions. an existential crisis made worse when you pair it with bacon. >> the sound of bacon frying is the order of the day. >> reporter: prices more than $7 a pound, slightly down from its all-time high a few years ago, but still historically sizzling hot. and washing down that cost isn't any cheaper. coffee prices near record highs. the reason for the surge, something hallie jackson covered at the end of last year. >> climate change is the number one factor on the increase and change in prices in the coffee market. >> reporter: bean prices surged to around $4 a pound after a brutal heat wave in brazil, the world's largest producer. in vietnam, another big coffee grower, saw record droughts following by devastating floods. adding to the bitter taste hitting your wallet. orange juice prices aren't easier to swallow. weather also impacting florida's

citrus industry. the state's commissioner of agriculture reporting a 90% decline in production over the past two decades. now in its seventh generation, they have a deep rooted history in florida with no plans to get rid of any of it. the shelver family has managed the groves for more than a century. >> we're not done forever. >> one of the sunshine state's largest citrus producers calling it quits. the company saying growing citrus is no longer economically viable for us in florida. they say they will weather the storm but admit the florida orange may one day be a novelty. >> everything will be imported if there's not something done. if we or other people like us don't stay in the industry. >> reporter: if you think you can escape the breakfast squeeze, milk and bread prices also historically high. although relatively flat over the last few years, and if you're eyeing that avocado toast, there's concern there too.

if the current tariffs on mexico kicks in, it could drive prices higher. the most important meal of the day filling stomachs but emptying wallets, at least for now. george solis, nbc news. in today's good news, it looks like a lemonade stand, but popping up around new york city is the grandma stand. and something very different and inspiring is on the menu. take a look. >> on a frigid tuesday in new york, a simple question led people to pause their busy days and reflect. >> what experience helped shape -- >> who i am. >> it's a really deep question. >> it is. >> this is the grandma stand. the pop-up project where strangers share their stories and grandmother listen. >> once a week, you go out of your way and take out the grandma stand. why did you get it started? >> my grandma turned 94 and couldn't travel anymore. >> mike matthews started it in 2012 with dreams of connecting his grandma eileen virtually to his community in new york.

>> i bought a lemonade stand and put a laptop and headphones and a chair, and let anyone talk to my grandma. >> we you shy as a young man? >> thousands followed the project online for years. but the stand stalled in 2018 after matthews' grandmother died at 102 years old. >> she wanted to be seen. she wants in her own words, old people to be seen. >> now the project is back. matthews calls on strangers to nominate nar grandmothers and vote on a prompt. >> everybody needs a grandma. i'm willing to share mine. >> grandma flo retired from teaching. now she's looking for more opportunities for connection. >> empathetic. because that goes a long way. i strive to be the type of person that sees good in everyone. >> on her day at the grandma stand, that's exactly what she did. >> can i give you a hug?

>> yes. >> yeah, the grandma hugs were abundant that day. >> did you get any advice from the grandmas? >> i did. it's personal, i'll say, but so much wisdom, and i think especially today when so many generations are separated it was nice to have a chance to talk to someone. >> great idea. thank you for showing us that. >> of course. >> still ahead, have you had your eight glasses of water today? how much water do you really need to stay hydrated?

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very serious question. how are you guys walking around with these water bottles and acting casual about it? i'm sorry, this is the size of my body almost. >> i feel attacked. >> you feel attacked. she's got a water bottle like that. >> in today's daily health, we have all seen the huge water bottles.

they're supposed to help us stay hydrated. >> but do we really need to drink that much water. we're setting the record straight on healthy hydration habits. joining us, dr. vin gupta. a lot of us have heard it's important to drink eight glasses of water a day. really, how much do we need to be healthy, and when might be we need to drink even more? >> this is a moving target. i appreciate that the water bottle size commentary because that's a real thing. typically in terms of all water sources, the recommendation is for women to be almost 16 cups of water every single day, for men about 11 1/2 to 12. but that means from all sources. not just drinking water, but that's fruits and vegetables, that's your morning coffee, your tea. in terms of actual just stand-alone water intake, the recommendation is six to eight cups of water. so what does that mean? for most water bottles, that's filling up that water bottle which has, most has about two

cups of volume. i know there's huge ones out there. but that's filling up that water bottle about three to four times a day. that's the general idea here in terms of stand-alone water intake. >> okay. as i sip some water on set. talk us through how water is used by our body and how do you know if you're dehydrated? for me, i get a headache. >> yeah, there's different triggers for different people. but that's exactly right. for some people it's headaches that can progress to migraines. for some people, it's fatigue, altered mental status if you're very dehydrated. it's clamminess, feeling like you're going to pass out. these are sort of once you get past the point of just feeling thirsty to the point of dehydration. fatigue is a big one. in terms of what does water do for you, water is a fundamental, 70% of our body consists of water. the cells and vital organs, the vital tissue of our body are

water. without that, our organs start to have dysfunction and we can't perform at our top and we certainly could impact a healthy life span. >> i understand water in itself maybe isn't enough in that we also need electrolytes. there are lot of sports drinks that claim to have electrolytes. can you explain what those are, what they matter? >> it's elements like sodium, potassium, chloride in our blood. those are vital elements in our blood that allow our cells function properly, our neurons in our brain to function properly, our heart to beat at a regular interval. without electrolytes we can't function, which is why some of these repleted energy drinks or sports drinks can be good ideas. it can actually help you feel more hydrated more quickly so you can actually drink one cup of electrolyte replete fluid instead of having to drink two cups of water without electrolytes and feel hydrated. >> there's also powders and

tabts to help with hydration. is that helpful? >> absolutely. i'm a big believer in salt tablets because we know that salt, especially salt water, sodium chloride, can make your feel more hydrated more quickly. we know electrolyte fluids can make you feel more hydrated more quickly. those packets can actually be a really good thing to make you feel hydrated without having to drink a lot of volume of water. >> a quick list, simple tips to stay hydrated? >> you know, what i like to do is skim milk. so skim milk is the most hydrating fluid you can drink. it's more hydrating than any electrolyte athletic drink, more hydrating than water. skim milk is a great option. skim milk is a great option. then just feeling like -- yeah. scout is protected by simparica trio and he's in it to win it! simparica trio is the first chew with triple protection. whoa fleleas! and ticks!

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looking for a fight. the four other suspects are under the age of 18, with the suspected killer just 13 years old. he's unlikely to be charged as an adult and faces a maximimum penalty of eit months in what's called an unlocked ranch facility. the san jose police chief says gangs know this and are taking advantage of adults, and gangs are exploiting the leniency of our juvenile justice system, recruiting underage members to commit horrific acts of violence on their behalf. why? because they know that a 17 year old, 15 year old, or yes, even a 13 year old is unlikely to face consequences anywhere near as severe as an adult would. for the very same crime, changes to state law back in 2019 make it harder to try juveniles as adults. the goal was to focus on rehabilitation instead of incarceration. but now mayor matt mahan is calling on state lawmakers to take another look at justice reform. we're going to switch gears now and talk about our weather. we've got changes coming down the line. let's go to meteorologist kari

hall. today we're going to see upper 60s and a really nice afternoon. feeling comfortably cool for the later part of the day. but tomorrow it's even warmer with a high of 75 degrees. some of the warmest temperatures we've seen in quite a while. and we are not going to see that sticking around long, because as we get closer to the end of the week, temperatures start to come back down again and check out the weekend with highs in the low 60s. more clouds, even some scattered showers with the best chance on late sunday, as well as the cool weather continuing into monday. for san francisco, we may see those showers starting up as early as saturday evening, continuing off and on through sunday, and high temperatures this weekend will only make it into the low 60s. tnks,ha

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