i'm janelle wang. >> i'm terry mcsweeney. after ten years as governor, governor cuomo is stepping down. >> governor cuomo says he will leave office in two weeks and insists he did nothing wrong. >> it is your best interest that i must serve. >> reporter: after months of allegation and an investigation that says he sexually harassed 11 women, including nine state employees, new york governor cuomo announces his resignation. >> given the circumstances, the best way i can help now is if i step aside and let government get back to governing. >> reporter: disputing many of the allegations outlined in the investigative report, cuomo says his behavior was taken out of context, while acknowledging he has been too familiar with people and his sense of humor can be insensitive and offputting. it has been an incredible rapid fall from grace. with allegations coming to light, he lost significant support not only inside the state house but within the national party. president biden, who last week called for him to step down, today acknowl

. >> i'm janelle wang. it is a milestone for schools. after three days of class, the district is already reporting positive cases. here's nbc bay area's reporter. >> reporter: the district superintendent of school says 15 positive cases are among staff and students and spread out across 11 campuses. a parent who didn't want to speak on camera, shared a letter advising them that the campus had one of the cases. the person who tested positive was last on campus thursday july 29th. the school nurse and other staff are currently doing contact tracing and may soon be reaching out to people in close proximity of that person who tested positive. the district did not detail how many of the cases are among students. brentwood union's students most are not old enough to be vaccinated. >> as we go forward here in east contra costa where the vaccination rate has been low and the spread has been high, recently, we're seeing that we're going to have more, probably, outbreaks or exposures. >> one parent who didn't want to use her name has a son in elem

good monday, thanks so much for joining us, i'm janelle wang. >> i'm raj mathai.are tracking two natural disasters causing a lot of destruction and evacuations. the caldor fire is five or six miles away from south lake tahoe. about 22,000 people are

i'm janelle wang. we start with an issue our investigative unit has been tracking since april. organizers of a me too protective say 134 students and alumni have reported being sexually abused and harassed. they held a demonstration in downtown los gatos, candace nguyen was at that protest and joins us now. >> reporter: it's been one year since the school district hired a law firm to first investigate a single case and then broader claims of sex abuse. what happened with that investigation? we got answers and spoke with students rallying today. >> no means no! >> reporter: what started as a high school movement has turned into a community movement with about 100 voices chanting led by the group. it involves mostly current and former los gatos students. you heard from melissa broomfield who said she was sexually molested in recent years. >> i remember feeling so broken. >> reporter: heather hennessey spoke about a track coach abusing her in the '90s. the former coach denies the allegations. his supervisor never responded to our request for comment. >> he had covered it up. >> fr

thanks for joining us, i'm janelle wang. >> not so much here in the bay area but across the country covidections are up 12%. hospitals are scrambli

i'm janelle wang. >> i'm garvin thomas. we're on early because of the olympics. in-person learning. >> school districts are getting ready to return back to the classrooms. opening doors throughout the month. >> oakland unified starting monday. palo alto and pleasanton, mountain view, los altos, wednesday. governor newsom says it's time to get the students off zoom school. >> want the kids safe, back in person for in-person instruction. we don't want our kids back on zoom school. don't want kids back online with all the disparities that were self-evident. another classroom, young child in first grade talking it about download speeds suggests everything you need to know about the nature of the impact of the pandemic and how disproportionate it's been. >> right now there's no talk of vaccine mandate for teachers. >>> oakland schools returning to close monday, more than 35,000 in the district. some first time in classroom in more than a year. two school districts have already reported cases among students. what are districts doing? >> here in oakland, school starts o

. >> i'm janelle wang. you may have to wait in hours for hours. sharon katsuda has more from pleasanton. >> almost 45 minutes. >> reporter: deep chaya is struggling to get his test but is determined. >> i'm going to be taking some calls from the car it seems. >> reporter: that's one benefit working from home or your car. rob said he was being cautious after learning someone he had contact with had tested positive. >> i am vaccinated. the delta surge did get a vaccinated person infected with covid, so absolutely, it's a different beast. >> i'm vaccinated as well, but i also know someone who's already had a break through case. >> reporter: and you're not feeling any symptoms? >> yes and no. i have a cold. >> reporter: and for $129, she think this is rapid test will tell her for sure. >> i am being double careful. >> reporter: so many reasons why they're in line, but no reason given for the long delay, even those with appointments. i asked the manager in the covid-19 clinic trailer who said he was too busy to go on camera but told us computers were d

i'm janelle wang. >> it is a dire report from the u.n. scientists warn the effects of climate change are unavoidable. >> the consequences could be worse if the world fails to respond. >> reporter: as wildfires scorch the u.s. and the east prepares for another punishing storm system, climate change is accelerating. >> recent changes are widespread, rapid and intensifying. >> reporter: a warmer climate is inevitable. >> if we're able to stabilize greenhouse gas emissions and eventually lower warming in the years to come, i'm hoping i get a chance to see this in my lifetime. >> reporter: the report lays out the strongest case yet for human-caused global warming and urges international effort starting now to sharply cut emissions and head off the most devastating effects as one of the world wildfires in california's history is raging over an area larger than los angeles. >> you want evidence? come to california. yet another year of record-setting wildfires. why? because of extreme heat and drought, climate change is happening. we must act now

i'm janelle wang. >> i'm terry mcsweeney. after ten years as governor, governor cuomo is stepping down. >> governor cuomo says he will leave

thanks so much for joining us, i'm janelle wang. >> i'm jessica aguirre. it is a hopeful message and one that could bring relief to those who work, live and play in san francisco. >> reporter: this is the fourth wave of the pandemic, but for sf general it hasn't been the worst wave. in fact, the hospital ceo told us today she's cautiously optimistic that we're on the other side of the peak. >> based on what we're seeing in the data, it look like hospitalizations are leveling off and the peak of cases have started coming down. >> reporter: tonight the ceo of zuckerberg hospital says we may have just crossed the peak. perhaps we are on on the other side of it? >> you know, it appears that way, based on the trends we're seeing in the data right now,

thanks for joining us, i'm janelle wang. >> not so much here in the bay area but across the country covid infections are up 12%. hospitals are scrambling to cope with the rise in cases as pfizer is seeking fda approval for its booster shot. what about johnson & johnson? j&j also recommending a booster for its single-dose vaccine. >> reporter: johnson & johnson is the latest covid-19 vaccine manufacturer recommending a booster shot. the company releasing early clinical trial data, supporting a second dose eight months after the original shot, to boost its single shot vaccine. >> the data we're seeing emerge suggests that a second shot of the j&j has a profound effect on your anti-body levels. >> reporter: meanwhile, pfizer has started the fda process for approval for its booster. unvaccinated people are 29 times more likely to be hospitalized, as medical centers are seeing their units fill up with covid cases. >> it's been very bad, very hard. every shift now, we see people struggling to breathe. >> there's always a nurse kind of right here ready to intervene at any moment. >> reporter: ac

good monday, thanks so much for joining us, i'm janelle wang. >> i'm raj mathai. we are tracking two natural disasters causing a lot of destruction and evacuations. the caldor fire is five or six miles away from south lake tahoe. about 22,000 people are scrambling to leave town. that includes the casinos on the south shore. and hurricane ida trapping people in floodwaters in coastal louisiana shattering the power grid there. let's start with the destruction in the wake of that hurricane. search and rescue efforts continue after this powerful category 4 storm roared across the coast. right now more than a million people are without power. so far, one person is confirmed dead. sadly, that death toll is expected to rise. let's bring in liz mclaughlin who joins us in new orleans. what's happening around you this evening? >> reporter: raj, officials are only beginning to assess the impact of hurricane ida. here in new orleans we've got debris lining the strees. a massive tree behind us in jackson square, a famous part of new orleans, just snapped in half like a twig. a

i'm janelle wang. >> i'm raj mathai. big news from the fda. the federal agency has granted full approval to pfizer's vaccine, making it the nation's first to move beyond the emergency use authorization. here's the possible impact here. this full approval might prompt a lot of those skeptical people to finally get vaccinated, and this could also lead the way to more vaccine mandates. here's sarah dollof. >> reporter: the pfizer vaccine taking center stage, as the first to be granted full fda approval for people 16 and up, tracking more than 40,000 subjects. half received the vaccine, half a placebo. finding it 91% effective at preventing the disease. >> this really tells people that there's no doubt whatsoever based upon this independent scientific review that the benefit far outweighs the risk. >> reporter: they hope it will lead to an increase in inoculations. >> that will be one more reason for those 90 million people who have still not gotten their first dose to say "okay, i guess it's time." >> reporter: and it's expected to pave the way f

i'm janelle wang. >> it is a dire report from the u.n. scientists warn the effects

. >> i'm janelle wang. we are on early because of the olympics. we begin with what seems like a major step backward, a new mask mandate. >> the message is clear, mask up even if you're vaccinated. here are the counties, alameda, contra costa, san francisco, san mateo, santa clara, sonoma and the city of berkeley. this goes into effect at midnight. napa and solano counties so far the two holdouts. >> some see this as a step back but others say it's necessary to fight the new surge brought on by the delta variant. >> scott budman has reaction from san francisco where businesses say literally hundreds of millions of dollars are now on the line. >> reporter: saying no mask, no ride. this san francisco cable car operator essentially echoed the newest indoor rule, as they started publicly rolling again for the first time in more than a year. the bay area mask mandate is back. >> we don't want to shut this city or this country down any longer than we have to. our economy and our livelihood and our kids going back to school and everything in between depen

i'm janell wang. >> and i'm jessica aguirre.e to tokyo in just a few minutes. but let's start with this. they are aware of it, but they won't follow it. danville bowl in contra costa county says it will not enforce the new indoor mask mandate saying that customers can make their own choice. is it a business prerogative or a tone-deaf decision in a county where covid cas

i'm janelle wang. >> i'm raj mathai. big news from the fda. the federal agency has granted full approval to pfizer's vaccine, making it the nation's first to move beyond the emergency use authorization. here's the possible impact here. this full approval might prompt a lot of those skeptical people to finally get vaccinated, and this coul a

janelle wang joins us with more from the victim's family and the whole situation as it is unfolding. >> reporter: yeah, jessica. the parole board does not release the exact date or location of his release for security purposes, but did say it will be in san francisco county within the next ten days. the victim's family heard it will be this monday. the family is shocked and heartbroken by this decision to release david wider and believes he is still a danger to the community. he was convicted by a jury when he was 17. in 1980 he stabbed, tortured and buried alive 20-year-old mike morganti in the central valley town of clovis. he was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole but because of his clean record and overcrowding prisons the state board granted him parole, actually four times, but governor brown block it twice and governor newsom blocked it also. i spoke to his sister who says he is not remorseful. >> he has not once told us, this is what happened, i'm this way, i am that way, i think i dealt with it, i read these books, i have had that counseling. that has not hap

. >> and i'm janel wang. fda appears to be on the verge of expanding the covid vaccination to include a third dose for people with compromised immune systems. >> while infections and hospitalizations are growing, so are the battles against masks and vaccine mandates. >> reporter: a third shot of protection coming soon for millions of americans with compromised immune systems. the fda now working with pfizer and moderna to allow an extra dose of covid vaccine for people with diseases like cancer or who have had an organ transplant. >> this action is about ensuring our most vulnerable who may need an additional dose to enhance their biological responses to the vaccine are better protected against covid-19. >> reporter: the cdc weighs in tomorrow and shots could begin by this weekend. health officials not yet recommending boosters for anyone else, though they're closely tracking when immunity may wane. >> inevitably there will be a time we have to give boosts. >> reporter: the biden administration announces the

i'm janell wang. >> and i'm jessica aguirre. we're going to take you live to tokyo in just a few minutes. but let's start with this. they are aware of it, but they won't follow it. danville bowl in contra costa county says it will not enforce the new indoor mask mandate saying that customers can make their own choice. is it a business prerogative or a tone-deaf decision in a county where covid cases are spiking? nbc bay area's sharon katsuda joins us. the positivity rate in contra costa is 8%. what do the owners have to say about that? >> reporter: you know, the owner's son runs danville. and check it out. people are still coming here with this decision. you can take a look. most of the people, the patrons, are not wearing their masks. some have chosen to continue wearing their masks. and the son's owner -- the owner's son tells me that he's getting a lot of community support on his decision not requiring people to wear their mask when coming here to bowl. the contra costa county health department is hoping people will stay in t

thanks so much for joining us, i'm janelle wang. >> i'm jessica aguirre. we are on early because of the olympics. we begin with the bay area's biggest city requiring a vaccine mandate. >> san jose will require city workers to get the shot or face weekly testing. it comes as the state's positivity rate rises to more than 7%. the surge in cases is driven largely by the highly contagious delta variant. >> the question now are employee unions ready go along with the mandate? nbc's bay area damian trujillo is live at city hall. this is a thorny issue. >> reporter: it really is for a lot of unions across the country for that are matter, jessica. we're talking about 8,000, almost 8,000 employees here in san jose. that includes police and firefighters. here in san jose, the consequences for not following the new rules could be severe. san jose firefighters say their vaccination rate is already at a whopping 87%, and their union encourages everyone, including their members to mandatory. >> we're imin employees be vaccinated or routinely tested. >> reporter: the man