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march 1st. we are taking a live look outside. oh, we were going to take a live look outside. but. good morning. thank you so much for joining us. i'm kira klapper. we want to welcome you to a brand new month. it is march 1st and cinthia pimentel has a quick look at our microclimate forecast. along with the new month comes new weather. we had such a warm week and now a big cool down. yeah, our little fling with spring is over. we are cooling it down this weekend. we see those low clouds and fog returning san bruno mountain. there's storm ranger. it's going to be busy later on today as we get some more moisture in here. breezy out there towards walnut creek and those mid 40s. and down here in san jose. some low 50s with those low clouds. also a gloomy morning, a chance to sleep on in. so we'll feel that cool down along wh some peeks of sunshine. a chance to get outdoors today later on this afternoon. but there is some spotty rain that's going to come into the picture as we go on into dinner time. continuing into our sunday plans, and even on into next week. our first full week of a brand new month.

i'll be back with those details. give you the timing of it all coming up in about 15 minutes. kira cinthia, thanks. we want to begin with breaking news. this morning. an airplane had to return to the airport after a bird strike. you have a live look at that plane right now. it happened at newark liberty international airport in new jersey. the fedex flight encountered the bird upon departure. the flight was headed to indianapolis and had to turn around. the strike damaged one of the boeing engines, as you see on your screen. that plane is disabled. they're on the runway. the faa will investigate. fedex says the crews returned safely to the airport. and, of course, this is amid other aviation disasters and near disasters over the last two months. a live look for you now at the white hououse this morning, where it is quiet after yesterday's heated exchange between president trump and vice president vance and ukrainian president zelensky. yesterday's meeting was intended to be a negotiation over ukraine's

sharing of its rare earth minerals, but suddenly turned into a confrontation. nbc's julie sirkin was there. what began as a meeting to discuss a historic peace deal that could have ended the brutal war in ukraine, quickly spiraled into a standoff between president trump, ukrainian president zelensky and vice president vance. you've allowed yourself to be in a very bad position, and it happens to be right about from the very beginning of the war. not in a good position. you don't have the cards right now with us. you start having cards. cards right now you don't. you're playing cards. you're playing cards. you're gambling with the lives of millions of people. you're gambling with world war three. you're gambling with world war three. the tense exchange unprecedented in the oval office, the room traditionally reserved for diplomacy, capped off weeks of a public feud between the two leaders. what you're doing is very disrespectful to the country. zelensky and european

allies uneasy that president trump is inching closer toward russian president vladimir putin, who started the full scale invasion three years ago. i'm not aligned with putin. i'm not aligned with anybody. i'm aligned with the united states of america and for the good of the world. the day started amicably, with trump and zelensky expected to sign a deal for ukraine's rare earth minerals in exchange for u.s. support and long term security. we have something that is a very fair deal, really. i hope that this document first document will be the first step to real security guarantees for ukraine. instead, it appears president trump scrapping the plan. for now posting on social media, i want peace. he disrespecected te united states of america in its cherished oval office. he can come back when he is ready for peace. not long after the president's post, zelensky left the white house. at his urging, a bipartisan group of senators, including trump ally lindsey graham, met with ukrainian president zelensky after that oval office blowup. graham said

that zelensky either needs to resign or change his tune if there is any hope of peace for the war torn country. in washington, julie sirkin, nbc news. and before president zelensky left washington, he appeared with bret baier on fox news. commenting on that rocky relationship with president trump. do you think your relationship with donald trump, president trump, after today can be salvaged? yes, of course, because it's relations more than two presidents. it's the historical relations, strong relations between our people. and that's why i always begin with to thank your people from our people. president trump spoke to reporters before flying to florida for the weekend. he indicated he did not think zelensky was serious about a peace deal. i'm looking for peace. we're not looking to go into a ten year war and play

games. we want peace. and while republicans and trump's cabinet members are supporting the president, european leaders are posting messages of s support fr zelensky and ukraine. with usaid in limbo and russia keeping up its assault. the future of a u.s. deal with ukraine is now uncertain. all right. back here in the bay area, police are warning people to be alert and aware of an ongoing jewelry theft scam. we've seen these before. perpetrators approach victims, typically elderly targets, wearing expensive jewelry. they promise to sell or give them even better jewelry, overwhelm them, and then steal their real gold and jewels. today, in the bay's thom jensen spoke with one local woman who says her father was one of the latest victims. this is definitely not a one off. these distraction jewelry thefts have gotten the attention of police departments across the bay area, concerned for her safety. a

woman we will call sarah says it happened quickly sunday at the san jose flea market on hill cap road. a woman approached her father's truck and asked for a cigarette. she just went ahead and opened the door, hopped onto the truck, and then, she says, the woman began putting costume gold necklaces on her dad that she claimed were real ticket. you know, he said, no, no, no, thank you. i do not want any. it's okay. and but she was very insistent and her hands were really fast. before her dad knew it, the woman had his real gold necklace worth thousands of dollars and was on her way. she just yanked it off really quickly and then hopped out and jumped into the getaway car. her father tried to pursue them, but the two sped away through the packed parking lot and lost them. then he turns, and then we can't see where in the world they went. we blurred the faces of the two people because while san jose pd has taken an incident report, they have not identified the two as suspects or returned our requests for

information. but sarah says other people recognize the two and have seen them approach other seniors outside the matrix casino and other businesses. they've been doing this for quite a long time already. the scam usually starts by a person approaching a victim and engaging in a conversation by asking for help or for directions. it's not just san jose, palo alto, san ramon on social media, milpitas pd warned about this popular scam. take a look at how quickly this thief steals the victim's real jewelry. milpitas pd warns bay area residents to be on alert and says to always be cautious around unfamiliar people and never accept gifts from them or allow them to get too close. sarah says she and her father hope other elderly bay area residents heed the warnings. he just does not want this to happen to anyone else. and you know i'm doing the best i can to spread the word. police encourage anyone who has been approached in these scams to report the crimes because they say the added evidence can help them when these cases go to court. thom jensen. today in the

bay area, some federal employees who received emails last week from elon musk demanding bullet points of what they've accomplished, have now received a second email from the so-called department of government efficiency. this is a screenshot of that second email. sources tell nbc news that employees at the department of education, the office of personnel management, and the federal bureau of prisons all got that second message from musk's department. the email directs employees to send five bullet points of what they accomplished by monday, and to complete this task weekly. sources say the email will be sent to hundreds of thousands more employees today. yeah, and speaking of elon musk, yesterday on the peninsula, protesters voiced their displeasure with his role in the trump administration. dozens of people gathered yesterday outside the tesla offices off of page mill road in palo alto to protest the

tesla ceo. organizers are calling on californians to boycott tesla altogether. protesters say they're demonstrating against musk and president trump's desires to cut federal jobs and programs and increase funding for mass deportations. happening today, another rally is scheduled. it will be at the tesla offices in dublin on amador plaza road. that's at noon. we have an update now in that search for the person who shot a police officer outside of a police station on the peninsula. investigators say an officer was ambushed in the parking lot of the hillsborough police department last saturday, february 22nd. they've already asked anyone who may have video from that day to share footage with police, but now they're specifically looking for footage of el camino real between west santa ynez avenue to hillside

drive between 330 and 4:15 p.m. that is last saturday. even footage from a few blocks east or west of el camino real also is being requested. a person of interest was interviewed this week, but that person was not arrested. the injured officer is expected to make a full recovery. ten past the hour on your saturday morning. we have much more ahead on today in the bay. coming up, san francisco's safe parking site is set to shut down. we'll tell you where this is

skies and gloomy at sfo. on this chillier morning, we're expecting a cooldown and some rain this weekend. cinthia pimentel will be along in just a few minutes with your full microclimate forecast on this march 1st. but first, we have new clues into the mysterious deaths of actor gene hackman and his wife, pianist betsy arakawa. investigators say they now believe hackman died back on february 17th. that's nine days before he and his wife and one of their dogs were discovered dead in separate areas inside their santa fe, new mexico, home. investigators removed several items from that home, including heart and thyroid medications and medical records. they're also reviewing data provided by hackman's pacemaker, and are in the process of assessing the couple's cell phone records. we'll be analyzing cell phone data, phone

calls, text messages, events, photos in the in the cell phone to try to piece a timeline together. the couple was found on wednesday. 95 year old hackman's 65 year old wife was found in the bathroom with prescription pills scattered on top of the counter, with her body already showing signs of mummification. initial autopsy reports have revealed no signs of carbon monoxide poisoning for people living in san francisco's only safe parking site, the clock is ticking to move. it is known as the bay view vehicle triage center. it's a spot that opened back in 2022 and has served 132 households ever since. since late last year, the city announced the site will be closing on monday, the day after tomorrow. the city says everyone on site was offered permanent housing, rental subsidies, alternative shelter or relocation assistance before the closure. most have accepted that

help those who did not have to be out by the end of tomorrow. san francisco spent millions of dollars on the site, which was just recently equipped with electricity. it also offered case management, housing assistance and vehicle repair to those living there. the san francisco chronicle reports the high costs and limited success are among the reasons for the closure. well, it was once the go to for virtual calls and meetings, but microsoft is pulling the plug on skype after a 21 year run. microsoft says it will officially shut it down in may. skype won the attention of millions of people in the early aughts, but it stumbled after the mobile phone era and has not regained popularity since. microsoft is hoping skype loyalists will migrate over to its other video conferencing platform teams over the next few days. microsoft will allow people to sign in to teams using their skype credentials. that way, users can sync their contacts and chat history. well,

if your new year's resolution includes some wellnessituals, how about a cold plunge to help your weekend? how about a polar plunge in the san francisco bay? today's five k and polar plunge takes place at crown beach in alameda. it benefits special olympics northern california. we recently spoke with one of the special olympics events event offers more than meets the eye. and if you're looking for something to do this weekend, our mike inouye has a few ideas in this weekend's calendar. for you. first, in san francisco, the start of dino days at the california academy of sciences, where we start the six month celebration of the monstrous lizards that used to rule the planet. they've added life size robotic reptiles, including the toothy t-rex, the feathered deinonychus, and the duck billed parasaurolophus. they even promisa coprolite, which is a

fossilized poop. maybe you're not a fan of fecal fossils. well, then how about a fan of bay fc? the bay's footballers in the national women's soccer league. of course, today in san jose, they'll lead in the 2025 season with their season kickoff event. and you'r're invited. its a fan appreciation day at pay pal park. as we roll into the club's second season, you can see and buy the new for 2025 kits, their primary, secondary and pre match uniforms to show your primary, secondary and preseason support for them as they hit the pitch for the upcoming season. as you know, kira, it's never too early to get the ball rolling on your support for our local teams. that is the truth, mike. thanks. thiss a live look outside in new orleans at the crescent city connection. twin span bridges. people are there celebrating mardi gras. the bridge was lit up in mardi gras colors last night. of course, as you likely know, the festivities peak on tuesday. that's fat tuesday, the day before ash wednesday. it all

marks the beginning of lent, a time of fasting and abstinence. and we want to point out this beautiful king cake here. eaton during mardi gras. it can be pretty much eaten at any time of the year, but especially mardi gras. it has purple, green, and yellow colors. there's also a baby hidden inside. not a real one, but a toy baby. it's a sign of good luck. so whoever cuts the piece with the baby inside, it means you have good luck and you have to bring the cake for next year. our producer, dana's mom baked this for us. thank you so much, mrs. lights. we love you. time now to check in with cinthia pimentel for a look at our microclimate forecast. cooler weather out of nowhere. we had such a beautiful week. it was just our little taste of spring. but now into the weekend. yes, it will be a little gloomy, but a chance to maybe sleep in and then later have some coffee with cake there as we go throughout the day. we do have a chance to celebrate mardi gras at north beach in san francisco today. we're going to keep those temperatures cooler than the nice weather that we've

had. and you will notice that as we go on into the evening hours, we get some few rain icons popping up. so yes, this weekend it is back to winter. even though today is the start of meteorological spring. as we go on into tonight and into tomorrow, we are expecting some light rain. it won't be a lot, but there will be some chances where i'll guide you through that timing, where it could get a little bit heavier and that will continue on into next week as well. so we're going to get rid of those 70, a lot of us in those mid to upper 60s. but notice as i fast forward this into tomorrow br we are back into those upper 50s for our daytime highs. so let's take a look and track this together. we do see that front coming in as we go on into the afternoon, with some showers, and even getting that spin here as we go on into sunday. so that's where that isolated chance of some thunderstorms come into the picture. so let's zoom it on in. you'll get some drizzle out there towards the coastline on our start here to our saturday. for people going out there on a run or anything like that. definitely a bundle up as we go

on into the afternoon. peeks of sunshine, a chance to run outdoors, get those sports going, maybe some birthday parties early on in the day, but dinnertime and into the nighttime hours, that's when those spotty chances come on through and into our sunday morning. i'll be tracking this with storm ranger, our mobile doppler radar. a chance for some isolated thunderstorms really through the morning hours, and then out of here into the picture for our sunday night plans. now, it won't be a lot trace amounts here as we push it on in through the models. and speaking of models up into the sierra, we are looking at about two to maybe six inches of some fresh powder out there. so just a light system to work through this weekend. that active weather will continue though as we go on into next week. our first official week here of march, so we thought we could get with the shorts and short sleeves this week. well, we are back to those winter coats and some umbrellas as we go through the next couple of days. as those temperatures go from 60 to 50 there, san francisco and along the peninsula, we'll expect some breezy conditions at times. there's also some dangerous surf out by the water

as we get the system going on for our first weekend of march. all right, cinthia, thanks. 21 past the hour. we have much more ahead on today in the bay coming up. he doesn't look like most figure skaters, but he is chasing his olympic dream. we catch upith the w d

♪♪ ♪♪ dreams begin here. welcome to the goodnight club. people from the bay area. mark sadowsky is a new member of team usa's figure skating, and he

wants more people who look like him competing at a high level. he grew up in oakland and says being different wasn't always easy, but he's embracing that journey both on and off the ice. our today in the bay's janelle wang caught up with him during his latest visit home. harry bridges memorial park pairs figure skater mark sadowsky is back home in oakland and on his home ice rink. oakland ice center. it's been two years since he's been home. it feels nostalgic, almost, to be like, wait, i remember like growing up on this site at 630 in the morning, skating the sessions with all my friends. the 27 year old moved to colorado four years ago to train. this is his first season on team usa, and he actually didn't start skating until he was a teenager. we did sports. i mean, i was a part of chess club. i played the violin. one day i saw disney on ice and i was like, i want to try ice skating. i rushed through as

much work as i could get done before i came down here. thanks for coming. i mean, i was four years old when i was adopted. joe sadowsky adopted mark and his older brother davian in the early 2000. the siblings were in foster care when joe brought them home to oakland. when i first was adopted, i was pretty quiet. i was very timid around my father. just because it was me getting to know someone new. and i was just this kid that had loads of energy. there's not a lot of black figure skaters, so growing up in such a predominantly african american like environment and where i was, it was a little bit more different and a little bit harder. different led to hurtful comments and made teenage mark self doubt himself. kids were like, oh my gosh, you're black and you're you're not playing football. you're not playing basketball. like you must be gay. like you like wearing these glittery costumes. he heard something. tennis superstar venus williams said that changed his perspective on those negative comments. it was

something along the lines of, like, anyone in this room right now can't do what i can do, so why would i care about their opinion? and when i heard that quote, i was kind of like, well, that's the same thing about me. like, i have all these people saying all these negative things about me, but if i get on that ice and go do a double axel, how many people can say they can do what i do? beautiful throw triple toe. i mean, i'm with my partner 5 or 6 hours a day. so watch out for them. a marriage on ice between sadowsky and partner nick degeneres. constant communication. hand signals are important. it's like if i go like this, she knows. like we're doing triple twist. like, if i go like this, she knows we're doing triple salchow. so there's different, like, hand signals that we do just to, like, kind of quicken up our timing. today, mark shares his love for the sport as a coach, his full time day job. i mean, it's truly life changing and a blessing. he's also an ambassador for the nonprofit diversify ice foundation. our goal is to have

more kids of color being able to skate. i think it's really important for the community to see african americans and people of color in our sport so that they feel like they can do it as well. always left then right, because why? it's just good luck. the 2026 winter olympics in milan are less than a year away. now. comfortable in his own skin. sadusky is taking it all in. whatever may happen, if we were to make it, it would be the greatest honor to be able to attend. also, just realizing that, like my long dream of this kid that started at oakland ice center when he's 13 finally made it all this way. i mean, it would just really complete my whole entire journey. janelle wang for us with that beautiful story. remember that name? mark sadusky? 28 past the hour. we have much more ahead for you on today in the bay. coming up, the fallout from president trump's confrontation with ukrainian president zelenskyy. we speak with ukrainians here in the bay

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good morning. it is saturday, march 1st. rabbibit. rabbit. ase take a live look outside. cloudy skies over the san francisco skyline. we have woken to a cooldown from the nice week we had behind us. thank you so much for starting a neweek and a new month with u us. i'm kira

klapper cinthia pimentel has a peek at that cooldown in our microclimate forecast. how's it looking? it's a gloomy start to this first weekend of the month. we are noticing some low clouds and maybe even some drizzle out there towards the coast, but everybody starting in those upper 40s and 50s right now, 52, in san jose and over on into mountain view, we have all that cloud cover thanks to this cold front that's going to move on through as we go on into later tonight. so as we plan it on here for you, hour by hour, really a chance to get outside through the early part of the afternoon, but then into our dinner time hour, that's when the light rain starts to be picked up. and even continuing on into our sunday plans. so i'll stop this, give you a better timing of it all coming up in about ten minutes. here. back to you, cinthia. we'll see you then. thanks. ukrainian president zelensky is in london today to meet with prime minister keir starmer. this after yesterday's heated exchange between president trump and vice president vance and zelensky. yesterday's white

house meeting was meant to begin negotiations over ukraine's rare earth minerals, when it suddenly turned into that war of words. with cameras rolling, the three men raising their voices over one another in the oval office. you invited me to have our military equipment. this war would have been over in two weeks. in three days? i heard it from putin in three days. this is something less than two weeks. of course. yes. it's going to be a very hard thing to do business like this. zelensky was asked to leave the white house, cutting his visit short without signing that agreement. before leaving washington, president zelensky appeared with bret baier on fox news, commenting on that rocky relationship with president trump. do you think your relationship with donald trump, president trump, after today can be salvaged? yes, of course, because it's relations more than two presidents. it's the historical relations, strong

relations between our people. and that's why i always begin with to thank your people from our people. president trump spoke with reporters himself before flying to mar a lago for the weekend, saying he doesn't think zelenskyy is serious about a peace deal. i'm looking for peace. we're not looking to go into a ten year war and play games. we want peace. ukrainians in the bay area watched that tense exchange in the oval office very closely, many expressing concern that hopes for the deal between the u.s. and ukraine are now on hold, and that they worry about president trump's threat to pull all u.s. support to ukraine. bay area nonprofit nova ukraine says this comes as some resources to ukraine have already been cut following the us's recent dismantling of usaid. very difficult to see, you know, the

calculation or the rationale behind possibly, you knonow, not signing the agreement and not continuing the aid if russia is not stopped now, the consequences could be very sad and unpredictable. those ukrainians we spoke with say they are encouraged when they see the support from other european leaders, but remain concerned about what will come next from russia. they plan to continue advocating in the u.s. to continue support for ukraine. in san jose last night, many turned out for a panel on what is at stake under the trump administration's changes. the panel was hosted by human agenda usa. that's a local organization whose mission is, to, quote, envision a world where the human needs of all can be met. people last night discussed the effect of the trump administration's new policies, and talked about how critics of those policies can support one another, covered

a wide range of topics, from immigration to the environment to tariffs and human rights. the event was held at san jose's roosevelt community center. human agenda plans to host those meetings monthly. this is a live look in rome at the hospital where the vatican says pope francis had a peaceful night and is resting today. the pope has been battling double pneumonia for the past two weeks after being admitted to a hospital for bronchitis. he had a scare yesterday when the vatican says the pontiff suffered a bronchial crisis. today, the pontiff is said to be alert and aware. the vatican says his condition remains complex. the trump administration says it will put up to $1 billion into renewed efforts to combat the spread of avian flu, which iss part of what's driving up the price of eggs. but will that plan be enough? nbc's erin mclaughlin

put that question to one farmer hit hard. farmer doug corwin's family has been raising ducks on this long island farm for generations. what does this farm mean to you? well, it's my life. it's my heritage. it's an icon of long island breeding. some of the most sought after ducks in the world, supplying the best restaurants in the northeast. that farm is currently under quarantine. but it all came crashing down six weeks ago. we checked these birds three times a day. birds flock together, and all of a sudden i saw a series of dead ones. corwin's ducks tested positive for the bird flu. i never saw anything quite like this. so quick, so fast. i knew that this meant everything would be gone. that same day, he let go of 45 staff members. i rank that up by the death of my parents as the most devastating times of my life. and then you had to euthanize? yes. what was that like? it. sickening. it's

just a horrible, sickening, disgusting day after day feeling for about a week until all of a sudden you have nothing left. 99,000 prized ducks. his entire flock gone, now decaying in a barn on his property. corwin's ducks, now among the more than 166 million birds culled because of the bird flu nationwide since 2022. this week, the trump administration announced its strategy to deal with the crisis and bring down the price of eggs. dedicating $500 million to biosecurity and exploring a new vaccine, though stopping short of approving one. corwin believes for his duck farm, a vaccine is the only way out of this crisis. so is the government's billion dollar strategy enough? no. i know what our biosecurity is here, and i'm not saying it's perfect, but it's pretty darn good. this virus is so in the wildlife. it's so endemic without some type of viral protection, we're not going to get rid of it. corwin's last hope, now 3700

ducklings, hatched last week out of eggs laid before the outbreak on his farm. with this, 140 acres, be more valuable as property. i'm sure it would be. you know, i don't care to be rich. i just want to be a duck farmer. erin mclaughlin, nbc news, long island, new york. back here locally, oakland city leaders say the impending closure of four fire stations is on pause for now. three other oakland fire stations already have closed. they are expected to reopen in june. and it's all because of a massive budget deficit. in response, the city of oakland implemented a hiring freeze, canceled two police academies, and introduced the brownout of multiple fire stations, which means a pause on hiring and using apparatus. now, city leaders say those policies have reduced the projected budget shortfall and opened up new funding to keep those four fire stations open. 39 past the hour on your saturday morning. still to come on today in the

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that saying march in like a lion, out like a lamb. it's an old saying to kind of talk about the weather, and it's still talked about up there in the northern part of the country. it's that transitional month between winter and spring, and sometimes it starts with severe weather and then makes out to end on a nice note. now we're not gog to get severe weather, but it's definitely going to change from that spring pattern that we had earlier this week to a more winter like one. spring officially doesn't begin until the 20th. now down here in san jose, we are looking at those low clouds hanging around with peeks of sunshine but much cooler temperatures this afternoon. only in those 60s compared to the 70s and even a few 80s. that madit into the picture when we went on into wednesday and thursday. notice there that into the evening hours, more of those dense clouds coming on in as we track a little bit of rain here to start off the month. you notice it coming close to the coastline there as we go on into dinner time. the day is going to stay dry. you can go run those

errands, take the kids to sports. it will just be cooler and breezy at times as we take it on into tonight. those evening plans may include some light showers through the tri-valley down into san jose, but it will be really light. what i'll be watching going on into tomorrow will be more of that activity starting to spin around, and maybe even bringing a chance of some isolated thunder. but that activity could be before we even wake up and make it out the door. so something to watch there. those spotty showers will continue on into our sunday funday plans, so it will be a wet start with those clouds still staying into the picture. and you see it up there that sierra snow starting to come down. now, what else i would advise you would be to stay away from the coast this weekend. with that, a little bit active weather starting to come on in. we do have that high surf advisory. those breakers could get up into 20ft as we go on through this weekend and even on into monday, so maybe a scale back that fishing trip that you had planned this weekend, even going on into next week, we do have a chance of some active weather still coming around, but you notice that it's a little bit disorganized. so we're going to keep those umbrellas on hand

and the jackets as we go from our little fake spring back to winter from 60 to 50 and back into san francisco with those breezy winds and that surf that i was talking about. the week here, as we go on into the first official one of march, we'll include some peeks of sunshine, but some times of rain hopefully. it clears out though as we go on into next weekend. that's when we'll track some more sunshine coming up into the picture and those temperatures warming just a little bit more. all right cinthia, thanks. 44 past t

a different tune to help find a cure for childhood genetic disease. today in the bay's marcus washington brings us his story. well, kira rare diseases are hard to diagnose and often harder to treat. that's because there is lack of funding that leaves a lot of children with little hope of getting better. now there are more than 7000 rare diseases to find in the u.s. as affecting fewer than 200,000 people. 75% of them affect children, and 72% of the rare diseases are genetic. one of those children is rose mcpherson. she suffers from a neurodevelopmental disease that robbed her from her speech and gives her seizures. in order to give her a chance, her rock star dad traded his mic, piano and guitar to launch a public benefit corporation to allow investors to make money and do good. it's not just another

biotech company or another, you know, big hot drug. it's a way to give a bunch of children that have no hope, that could have hope.ike, i would love to see myaughter talk again. you know, i would love to see her run and play with her friends, but she's never going to be able to do that without a genetic treatment. and so we get to we get to make an impact with our money, but also with the benefit of a potential return. now the company is called alpha rose therapeutics, and anyone can invest in equity shares, which will pay off as alpha makes more genetic treatments available. to see stories like this, make sure you join us for today in the bay. every monday through friday, we start things at 5 a.m. i'm marcus washington. kira, back to you, marcus. thanks so much. we're going to turn now to spring training. it's exciting for baseball fans and for players. it's their chance to make an impact and possibly rise in the ranks onto the big league roster. the san francisco giants top prospect

bryce eldridge looks to be doing just that. here's our giants insiders talking about his bright future. i think what the giants want to do, and i think it's the right thing to do, is develop him, give him a chance to get his feet on the ground, at least defensively. let him keep doing what he's doing offensively. and then if he starts to get comfortable at first base, then you can start to have ideas about bringing him along. but it really wouldn't be fair to him to throw him at first. and if he really had a hard time, send him back, you know, i mean, we watched the giants do that a lot the last 3 or 4 years where guys are going back and forth, and i don't think with buster in charge, that's going to happen. you can follow the giants as they get ready for their first game on march 27th by downloading the giants talk podcast. the home opener, by the way, is friday, april 4th. and speaking of the giants, the famed coke bottle

inside oracle park is shrouded in mystery right now. can you spot it under that scaffolding? the bottle, as you might know, is part slide, part art installation. don't worry, it's not going anywhere. the 25 year old bottle is getting a facelift of sorts before the new season begins. it's being repainted, getting some new lights and some new features, though the giants didn't specify what those features will be. many saw the saturday night live 50th anniversary special right here on nbc bay area. in fact, it was nbc's most watched primetime entertainment telecast in five years. now, the 50th anniversary season starts tonight. hi, i'm shane gillis, and i'll be hosting snl this week with tate mcrae. aren't you supposed to say something? no. you already said all the important information. no, i mean, like, funny promo banter. so they get to know us. fine. hi, shane. our names rhyme, and you were great. and i don't know the live action shrek movie. oh, that's how i

know you. i'm not shrek. that is actor and comedian shane gillis. his second time hosting us, snl also taking the stage for the second time as singer tate mcrae. you can watch saturday night live tonight at 830 right here on nbc bay area, and then an encore at 1130. up next, we have a quick look at our top stories, including that fallout from president trump's confrontation with ukrainian president zelensky and where the state of negotiatis areon

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what you can expect tomorrow morning. on sunday, today with willie geist. hey, willie. good morning kyra. great to see you tomorrow morning. on sunday today. my new conversation with e talented and prolific angela bassett on playing the president of the united states in the buzzed about new robert de niro series, zero day, and starring as the queen in the blockbuster black panther movies. what was it like to be in the middle of that phenomenon as it grew and grew and grew? oh, you can't make sense of magic. i would go to church and little old ladies would come up to me and say, i love that black panther. i love that movie a sunday sit down with angela bassett. plus the morning's latest headlines, a preview of the oscars, and another life well lived all win. sunday today airs at 6 a.m. in

the bay area. if you are not up at that hour on a sunday, set the dvr and we will see you whenever you're ready for us. kyra. all right, willie, thanks. we hope you're awake to catch willie at six tomorrow morning. and then just stick right here for your local news with us on today in the bay at seven. it's a great show. if you're not awake, be sure to dvr. sunday today with willie geist, and we have some breaking news before we go this morning there is someone barricaded inside lincoln liquor in san jose. you can see that swarm of san jose police outside. this is at the corner of lincoln. and let's see lincoln and malone. so people are being told to avoid that area right now. that's in san jose's willow glen. as you see san jose police are there. we're told they are negotiating with that person to come out. the standoff has been going on since about 730 this morning. so just about 30 minutes. we will be sure to follow this on air as we are on air and online. nbcbayarea.com, as well as our nbc bay area app. we also want

to follow that. ukrainian president zelenskyy is in london today to meet with prime minister keir starmer, after yesterday's heated exchange between president trump, president vance and zelensky himself. yesterday's white house meeting started out as a kickoff for negotiations over ukraine's rare earth minerals, but suddenly turned into that argument. the three men raising their voices over one another inside the oval office. you invited me to have our military equipment. this war would have been over in two weeks. in three days? i heard it from putin in three days. this is something less than two weeks. of course. yes. it's going to be a very hard thing to do business like this. zelensky was asked to leave the white house, cutting his visit short without signing that agreement. oakland city leaders say they will not close four additional fire stations for now. three other stations have already closed and are expected to reopen in june. it's all because of that massive budget deficit. in response, the

city of oakland implemented a hiring freeze, canceled two police academies, and introduced the brownout of multiple fire stations. now, city leaders say those policies have reduced the projected budget shortfall and kept four of those fire stations open. happening today, a5k and polar plunge at crown beach in alameda. it all benefits special olympics northernalifornia. online registration is closed, but day of registrations are welcome, so just show up. crown beach and alameda. that starts at 830 this morning if you're not near alameda. the sonoma county polar plunge is at doran beach in bodega bay at 10 a.m, and there's one at the santa cruz beach boardwalk at 10 a.m. too bad that a warm, kind of humid weather we had over the last few days isn't joining us today. cinthia has one last check of a cooler forecast. i wish we had more peeks of that sunshine too. that was in that video, but it will be a kind of

gloomy start there. for all the activities in alameda and our inland valleys. also seeing some clouds drift around that evening, chance of rain is lingering on into tomorrow as well, with some activity that could bring about some isolated thunderstorms. so if you hear that, make sure that you're inside staying dry and safe and warm. you notice the cooldown in those temperatures from the mid 60s to the 50s. with that unsettled weather continuing into the middle parts of our next workweek. all right, well, i guess it's fitting. march. some rain, a new month, new weather. all right, cinthia, thanks for the heads up. and thanks so much to all of you for making us a part of your saturday morning. we will be back with more local news for you tonight at five, six and 11. and we are always on at nbcbayarea.com. have a great saturday. we'd love to see you right back here tomorrow

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