in oakland, thom jensen. nbc bay area news. >>> from brooklyn to chicago to oakland.nning high for people of color in berkeley, remembering an incident from years ago that still resonates now. sergio? >> reporter: in the bay area, some people are memorializing the dead while others are cleaning up after vandals broke windows and damaged property when they peeled away from otherwise peaceful protesters in oakland last night. across the country, demonstrators turned out to voice their concerns. tonight in brooklyn center, minnesota, protestors continue in the their seventh night regarding the death of daunte wright. a police officer pulled her pistol and fired. she said she thought it was her taser. in chicago, large protests over the death of adam toledo. it happened last month but newly released body cram video shows him raising his hands. he didn't have a gun when faced by officer stillman. >> there is no reason why a mama should be burying her kid. >> reporter: businesses are still boarding up after businesses were damaged. it peeled away from otherwise peaceful pro

here's "today in the bay's" thom jensen. >> reporter: the home in the oakland hills watt fully involved when firefighters arrived at about midnight. he said he smelled gas everywhere and every exterior doorway was set on fire but he rushed inside to try to rescue multiple family members, still in the home. >> i picked my aunt and tried to go from the back to save him and his daughter and you know, they burned the -- >> reporter: other door? >> they trying to kill everybody. >> reporter: elsama says 37-year-old has sam nagi and 1-year-old daughter were found together by firefighters in an upstairs bedroom. >> he kept trying to save his daughter. >> reporter: his cousin, who was pregnant and her mother were rushed to an oakland hospital with burns. oakland pd says it's investigating whether the arson fire is linked to a shooting death at a nearby market and liquor store where nagi worked as a cashier, a store also set on fire three nights ago. >> it was between two people, they know each other. he ran to our store, didn't do anything. >> reporter: a family member owns the property but the

tom jensen nbc bay area news. >> here's the skinny now. walking, running or biking, no mask required for unvaccinated or vaccinated people. what about small outdoor gatherings with friends? you don't need a mask. here is where the divide starts to happen. if you are attending a small outdoor gathering, unvaccinated people need to wear a mask. fully vaccinated, you don't need to wear a mask. what about dining outdoors with friends? unvaccinated people need to wear a mask. vaccinated no mask. what about attending a crowded outdoor event like a concert or a giants game? unvaccinated people still need to wear that mask. if fully vaccinated, you don't. >>> we have gone from staying up past midnight to try to get that appoint to now just dropping in to get one. at the mountain view community center, there was less than a 20-minute wait for a walk-up vaccination. the goal is to make it easier for anyone 16 and older to get the shot. you are encouraged to bring your id and health insurance card. but you are able to get a vaccine even if you don't

in san jose, tom jensen, nbc bay area news. >> that's a big deal. essentially it's from the sap center all the way to 280, acres will. >> yeah, that's a lot of land. >> that's a lot of money and a lot of land. >> yeah. there was a lot of sunshine behind tom there. let's bring in rob. >> all the pictures behind you there. though that sea breeze has extra bite to it outside. so let's go to the source, the reason why the sea breeze is so chilly right now. we have the ocean temperatures in the low 50s. slightly below average. so when the wind comes on shore, that keeps the air temperatures quite cool. it is like powering up the coolant in your air-conditioning unit. san francisco and half-moon bay. quite chilly. low 60s into san jose. we do have the sunshine out there. but at 52 degrees and the wind out of the west, you want a thick jacket if you are heading outside. san jose, too, it is jacket weather. northwest wind at 16. we did find some 70s for you around walnut creek. out at oakland also seeing temperatures in the upper 50s and game time temperatu

we are live in oakland, thom jensen, nbc bay area news. >>> such a difficult story. thanks very much. doctors say vaccinations along with continued testing will be crucial ending the pandemic. alameda county hosted a vaccination clinic at the senior center. everyone 60 and older is eligible, as you know. they ended up having older people sign up this time. >> my goal is to get everybody vaccinated without a question. today is -- we have to cap it because we can only do as much as we can. there are other people doing the same thing today in other locations. >> the county health department will be back in about a month to deliver the second doses. >>> tonight the state says 60% of californians are vaccinated in the area. take a look at marin county, 72% of the people in marin county have at least one shot. this is the bay area in the 50s and the 60s. sonoma county, contra costa county and san francisco, as well. solano is the only county below 50% and it's at 47. as the nation was making progress, too. the graph showing the average number of doses each day and we have

tom jensen is golden gate park for us with what mayor breed announced. >> reporter: we're in golden gate park, which has been operating under 100% renewable energy for four years now and is very close to achieving a carbon neutral plan goal and today the mayor of san francisco said the entire city will be carbon neutral in just 24 years. san francisco mayor making a promise on earth day she's moving up the city's time line for becoming carbon neutral by five years. >> we're leading in addressing issues around climate change with our carbon emissions and other challenges that we face. and we're going to continue to lead. >> reporter: the mayor said clean power is already providing clean energy to 280,000 customers and now is capable of providing 100% renewable energy to all citizens within the next four year of the goal that we set initially.g it is using 100% energy and has met national benchmarks for environment tally friendly buildings. challenging others to join in the effort to fight climate change. >> these are high targets but they are achievable targets. so other private businesse

in san francisco, tom jensen, nbc bay area news. >> tom, thank you. >>> up next, new details on tiger woods crash. that suv crash down in l.a. what detectives are revealing about the moments leading up to this crash. >>> plus, the new plea from the director of the cdc about use of force on the day she announces troubling news about a covid variant. >>> and another cool day about the bay area. 50s in san francisco and in san jose. when 70s return and will there be any april showers in the forecast when we come right back. >>> when we welcome our west coast stations, our reports on the american worker with a look at the widening pay gap between ceos and their average workers. those left behind by major league baseball's all star switch when we see you back here for nbc "nightly news." come experience the grand opening of floor and decor's newest location in pleasant hill! our expansive store is fully equipped with safe distancing guides, so you can browse our wide aisles and be amazed with our even wider selection. or easily order online, and pick up all the products you need for your f

. >> thom jensen is live in san jose. alum rocks schools have been struggling to get to this point. >> reporter: it's been a money issue. one of alum rock's schools is set to reopen later on this morning. they're going to give us a tour of the school, just opening for third through fifth graders part-time, only about a third of the student body returning. fewer than 100 students out of a student body of about 310. it's a fairly large school district, too, 28 schools, serving 11,000 students. the superintendent told us last month that she'd need about $9 million to open all of the classrooms safely. she got about a third of that $3 million, and later on this morning, we're going we'll see how some of the money was spent. it's been frustraing for alum rock, watched wealthier districts open earlier and robustly. yesterday the governor discussed frustration and encouraged more districts to reopen. >> we could do this safely, we know that. we know that. there's no substitute for that enrichment, that comes from being in school

jensen for your work on this. we look forward to the next quarterly report and continue to be in communication with your office and special thanks to all those who have filed and made whistleblower complaints. it takes lot of courage. you have saved the city lot of money and lot of people out of mistreatment. we appreciate you. motion to file this item? call the roll. >> clerk: on the motion offered by the claire to file -- chair to file this hearing. [roll call vote]. there are three ayes. >> supervisor preston: please call item 2. >> clerk: general 2 is a motion concurring actions taken by the mayor 35th supplement of proclamation of emergency to meet the emergency related to the novel covid-19 coronavirus pandemic by allowing department to extend covid-19 related contracts through streamline process for 12 months. allowing the civil service commission to prove emergency personal service contracts without requiring advance union innovation otherwise requiring memorandum of understanding. authorizing the controll

jensen's been known to destroy a market when he comes in.gaming stocks fly because he was so bullish on gaming that you just have to believe. and carl, people are gaming like mad even if the economy opens. vidia gonvidia goes higher >> wells to 715. gaming, obviously data center is a huge story and jensen did talk about the car industry too take a will be . >> the car industry has become a technology industry. future cars are going to be completely programmable computers and business models are going to be software driven. car company wills offer software services if for life of the car. the new tech mind set see it is car not just as a product to sell but as an install base of 10s of hundreds of millions to build upon creating billions in services opportunities >> and at intel talking about helping out the out industry within six to nine months. >> i think that meeting with the president, president came in at the end of the meeting was only there for just a few minutes. i think the take away was these companies really in trouble. they are n

hi, mom. >> miss jensen, i'm here from "good morning america."e over and we would watch a movie together, okay? >> oh, yeah. oh, yeah. oh, yes, yes, yes. thank you. >> i want you to look at that screen, okay? >> yes, i will. >> it only stars you. so to my director, lily, roll it. >> come down and visit us at work. at the prospector theater. >> reporter: the prospector, more than just a movie theater. >> the prospector theater makes me feel like i matter. >> i don't know where my life would be without you. >> reporter: 75% of all employees at the prospector self-identify with a disability, but here it's their abilities that define them. >> i want people to come into the prospector and see people with disabilities, people without disabilities, people succeeding. how beautiful that is. >> reporter: valerie jensen is the founder of the prospector theater, founder/godsend. >> valerie is what we call our visionary. >> i call her my best friend. >> i love working here with valerie. >> lightning in a bottle. >> reporter: 8 out of 10 americans with a disa

in san francisco, tom jensen, nbc bay area news. >>> what about the changes for the a's? fans are filing into the coliseum as we speak. up next, we're going to have a live interview with the boss, a's president dave ka bell. >>> could it be the key number to the u.s., getting us out of the pandemic? the new data on vaccine efficacy when it comes to variants. >>> i'm chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. i'll have the latest on the a's home opener forecast, and also check out what's happening with the giants in seattle, and of course our bay area weather. this is a no-nonsense message from three. small business insurance usually doesn't cover everything you need. it's long on pages. short on coverage. that's why three was created. it covers your entire business in just one policy. because small business owners have enough on their hands. so go with three and leave those old policies in the dust. sawdust. technically. don't interrupt the spokesperson. this commercial is now over. logo. three. no nonsense. just common sense. >>> i'm happy to be out. >> very excited, very. we hav

frank vang-jensen, we wish you well, sir. coming up, standard chartered, another day, another bank, another euro on the dollar. $.18 of a profit in q1. andy halford joins the team shortly. ♪ pres. biden: the american jobs plan is a blue-collar blueprint to build america. that's what it is. [applause] and to recognize something i have always said, in this chamber and the other, wall street did not build this country. the middle class built this country, and unions built the middle class. sen. scott: our nation is starving for more than into platitudes. we need policy and progress that brings us closer together. from three months in, the actions of the president and his party are pulling us further and further apart. manus: both sides of the aisle. senator tim scott giving the response to biden's joint address of congress. standard chartered delivers an 18% profit gain in the first quarter, how bad sharp decline in credit losses, underlying -- held by a sharp decline in credit losses. a very comfortable beat for the company ver

nbc bay area's thom jensen is in martinez with the story.e want to warn you, some of the video is disturbs. >> reporter: the manslaughter charges announced by contra costa county district attorney becton, it shows andrew hall firing nine shots into the car he was driving as it moved past him during a pursuit >> these charges are felonies and due to officer hall's unreasonable force used during the 2018 shooting of mr. arboleta. >> reporter: the d.a. says this case was one of eight officer-involved incidents being investigated by a team of ten lawyers in her office. but two of the investigations involved andrew hall, the 2018 shooting and a new fatal shooting in march. >> if the officer had been charged earlier and removed from the streets, my latest client would not be dead. >> reporter: civil rights lawyer john burris represents arboleta's family and family of 32-year-old tyrell wilson who was shot and killed by hall at a danville intersection in march. today the sheriff's department released edited body cam video shows hall confronting and

i am joined by dave jensen, our lead manager for whistleblower program. we'll provide a quick overview of some of the activities and initiatives that we have been working on highlighting some of the new information since we last reported before the committee in december 2020. >> thank you for this opportunity to present before you. here today to give you a quick update on some of the program's recent activities and initiatives. we'll go on to the next slide please. the authority to derive from city and state law. i think most of you have seen this. we'll move on to the next slide. the whistleblower program is aprized under the city and county law and state law, excuse me, to investigate or attempt to resolve complaints concerning the misuse of city funds, allegation of -- and wasteful and efficient government practices. next slide. per the charter, the whistleblower program is mandated for certain complaints, often in areas where the charter has carved out authority for other city departments, including complaints where another city's department is requir

when i was out there, jensen showed where they were on autonomous, which he admitted was very tough to do to see him say something was tough to do, holy cow. well, anyway, they did it. nvidia is not afraid to better the their product. following the footsteps of andy grove who wrote the best business book of all time, nvidia crushed the offerings with devices ten times more powerful let reduce everything to what wall street wants, which is big numbers, i've said time and again that nvidia stock always looks expensive. at any given moment, it seems like it sells at a gigantic price to earnings multiple it's so expensive that both analysts and institutions reject the valuation and go looking for bargains elsewhere that is a huge mistake nvidia stock looks expensive because the company almost always beatingsearnings. the stock ultimately turns out to be cheap in retrospect while the value plays are more expensive than we thought. more expensive than they looked. why? because they missed the numbers. after this preannouncement, it will be bumped up once again and this won't be the last time

"today in the bay's" thom jensen joins us live in san jose. sounds like they needed millions of dollars to even reopen safely. >> reporter: it was really a financial issue for the district, the superintendent told us about a month ago that she needed $9 million to reopen safely. she got about a third of that and later on this morning, we're going to be able to tour one of the schools to see how that money was spent. the district, which serves more than 11,000 students and has 28 schools said it was really struggling to find the money it needed to even get kids back into the classrooms part-time. meanwhile, some of the wealthier districts like palo alto were already reopened. the governor expressed frustration yesterday, that some districts were late in reopening. >> we could do this safely, we know that. we know that. there's no substitute for that enrichment, that comes from being in school. >> reporter: alum rock returning just about one-third of its student body to the school we're visiting later this morning. fewer than 100 students. some

tonight nbc bay area's thom jensen is at a walk-up clinic in one of the hardest hit neighborhoods with more on what it could mean in your county. >> reporter: fremont high school's walk-up covid vaccine cleefd is in oakland's 94601 zip code, one of the hardest hit by the coronavirus according to the health department and now one where they're already allowing anyone 16 or older to come get the vaccine, no appointment needed. >> oh, it is very good. it is no problem. >> reporter: jose kornell is among the estimated 640 people who got the moderna vaccine at the clinic today, his second dose. >> it is very, very good. especially my body, you know, it is no problem. >> i'm grateful and i'm grateful for everybody and anybody who has come out here to really do this. >> reporter: oakland musician hoping more people in this hard-hit zip code will utilize this clinic, but it is a clinic that relies in part on the johnson & johnson vaccine. there are questions about whether supply will meet demand. >> i know how important it is because this virus is, yeah, it has been horrendous. >> reporter: to

as nbc bay area's thom jensen explains, the number of johnson & johnson single-shot vaccines is about to drop by hundreds of thousands of doses. >> reporter: in baltimore, at emergent biosolutions, some estimate 15 million of the johnson & johnson vaccine doses had to be thrown out just last week. but at the time they said that wouldn't affect their delivery quotas. and the president has reiterated that. >> they expect to deliver 24 million doses in april and that they expect to meet their commitment of 100 million doses by the end of may. >> reporter: but the numbers tell a different story. california department of public health says nearly 575,000 doses of the j&j single-shot vaccine were delivered to the golden state this week. next week, it will drop to fewer than 68,000 doses, and the following week, it's projected to drop to just over 22,000. today santa clara county's vaccine and testing director wouldn't comment on the reason why but says he's monitoring the situation. >> we've been promised a lot of vaccine over the next few weeks. we hope that we will see those vaccines come

use of the jensen vaccine has been halted across the u.s., with health authorities investigating sixncidents of clotting in younger women, one of them fatal. the u.s. developed vaccine uses a virus to it trigger immunity, the same method as the astrazeneca vaccine. it accounts for roughly 5% of vaccines delivered so far in the u.s. >> i had a j&j vaccine appointment today, and i saw the news about it getting kind of revoked, so i called and i asked them. they said, you can get the pfizer vaccine in said. -- instead. >> my wife had the j&j vaccine three days ago, so i am just hoping nothing bad is going to happen to her or to anybody who got the j&j jab. >> this is a setback to europe too. johnson & johnson announced it will delay its rollout on the continent. they had already started processing an order from the eu of 200 million doses. >> i imagine there will be repercussions as we are waiting for millions of doses, but this means the controls are working. if we need to be cautious, we need to be cautious. the jab has been partially rolled out in africa, where a majority of countrie

live in oakland, tom jensen, nbc bay area news. >> stay in your place, keep us posted. >>> not just oakland but protests around the country this evening as well. chicago, thousands marching in the streets calling for justice for adam toledo, shot by police in march. this evening protesters walked to the mayor's house, by and large mostly peaceful. sixth night of protests in brooklyn center, minnesota, the crowd expressing frustration and anger over the shooting of daunte wright. city under a curfew until 6:00 in the morning. stay with us, our camera crews are on the ground in oakland keeping eye on things. we'll keep you updated. >>> switching gears, floodgates are open. anyone 16 and older is eligible for a covid-19 vaccine. if you're planning to book this weekend, be patient, supply is going up and down weekly. ian cull with where people are getting vaccinated and how you find the dose for yourself. >> reporter: tonight the state says half of all californians 16 and up have received at least one dose of a covid-19 vaccine, thanks in part to large vaccination sites. levi's stadium now the

here is tom jensen. >> reporter: he has been called a rising star in north bay politics, but the windsor mayor is fighting to keep his job and avoid criminal charges. six women have come forward accusing him of sexual assault. one allegation dates back two decades. a recall effort is under way saz an investigation with the sonoma county sheriff. >> we are seeing too much of it with the elected official. it's too much. >> let's really investigate it. quickly. >> reporter: on sunday, a group staged a protest outside the mayor's family winery. his brother told the crowd, his ties to the business are cut. >> he is no longer part of crystal group. >> he called on others to resign as well. >> i believe they are upheld to moral standards. and i feel my brother should step down as mayor of windsor. >> reporter: today we went to the mayor's home attempting to get a reaction to the allegations and the recall effort. the mayor declared he is innocent. saying if i would have done anything wrong, i would accept responsibility but i have not. i will clear my name. >>> new at 11:00, research says that

has called for an emergency meeting to address the mounting allegations against their mayor, thom jensen, nbc bay area news. >>> coming up, proof that you've had a vaccine to enter the building. part of salesforce's plan. >>> and restaurants trying to get back some of the fees they paid while they were forced to stay closed. >>> i'm chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. beautiful weather today. but wind and cooler temps on the way. i'll show you more of that and our rainfall. where's it headed? i'll take a look at our long-range forecast in a few minutes. great party carly you must of blown your budget. not exactly. you have great wine name brand snacks tons of meat, and where did you get this imported cheese? hello? grocery outlet bargain market. oh, more bubbles? more bubbles for less benjamins our amazing 20% off wine sael is going on now until april 13th at your neighborhood grocery outlet >>> it is the tallest tower in the san francisco skyline, home of salesforce. the tech giant making a big announcement about its employees going back to the office. salesforce will require them to prov

as nbc bay area's thom jensen explains, the number of johnson & johnson single-shot vaccines is aboutdrop by hundreds of thousands of doses. >> reporter: in baltimore, at emergent biosolutions, some estimate 15 million of the johnson & johnson vaccine doses had to be thrown out just last week. but at the time they said that wouldn't affect their delivery quotas. and the president has reiterated

jensen speech a couple weeks ago was brilliant.ent plane. there's $7 billion on the planet and then jensen wong >> you said it it's lisa sue. when it's lisa sue versus him, you're taking lisa sue >> yes >> okay. >> right now >> you reserve the right to change your mind >> david, do you ever read twitter? i flip-flop more than every president. it's a fluid situation >> it is >> nvidia is -- they need an arm. >> and they're probably not going to get it. >> they're not going to get it nvidia, wow. betting against jennen long-term is as bad as betting against lisa sue they're both geniuses. >> it's fascinating. >> great american corporate battle >> yeah. >> jim, how about tonight? >> okay. tonight this is a look at real america. we've got american electric power and new port make aikens, the largest distributor of power in this country. we find out whether this is good or bad and he's also on the board of the rock well hall of fame and leon runs nucor. we'll look at the real economy, not the nonfungible economy. i have nonfungible toke

our thom jensen is there at the news conference and will have coverage this afternoon. >>> president biden once again pushed for his new bill at an event at the white house a short time ago. scott mcgrew, the president fresh off the victory with the stimulus bill but having more trouble selling this one. >> reporter: he really is. he's having trouble from republicans, right, but also some democrats, marcus, who either don't agree with the plan to raise corporate tax rates or who argued should be broken up into smaller individual bills. these are live pictures of the president speaking at the white house as we speak, pushing for that infrastructure bill. we will have several people watching it, looking for any new news coming out of it. i will tell you earlier this week mr. biden did get one win, and that is the senate parliamentarian said democrats could push the bill through senate through reconciliation. they need 50 votes and not 60. democrats do have 50 senators in the capitol, but one of them is democrat joe manchin from west virginia, who says he thinks the proposed corporate t

tom jensen, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, tom. >>> one day after former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin was convicted of killing george floyd, the focus is turning to the minneapolis police department. today the justice department launched an investigation into the minneapolis police department. the probe will include a comprehensive review of policies training and use of force as president biden ramps up pressure on congress to pass the george floyd justice in policing act. the bill would end policing techniques such as choke holds and provide funding to improve police training. the house has passed the bill but it has yet to receive a vote in the senate. >> it could be a giant step forward in the march toward justice in america. >> reporter: as for derek chauvin, he's being held in a maximum security prison in minnesota. >>> we are getting a closer look at a shooting that left a 16-year-old girl dead. new body camera video shows what happened between police and a group of teenagers in columbus, ohio yesterday. and we want to warn you the video is disturbing. reports of a

. >> bay area's thom jensen. >> reporter: just a tragic fire here and family members who are here, somed now we have a picture from one of the family members of the man who died in the fire. a 37-year-old man and his 1-year-old daughter. she was about to turn 2 later this month. they were preparing for her birthday. her name is alia and now they are salvaging some of those birthday gifts from the fire and wondering why this happened. a man who lived here said he was out having dinner with a friend. they were all celebrating and observing ramadan. he said he came home and he fo

nbc bay area's tom jensen in the south bay after the day on the hunt for an elusive appointment. >> reporter: for weeks we have been hearing stories from people saying they scoured all of the vaccination search engines from the state my turn site to local county packages and pharmacies. >> trying since they said we have vaccines available and not able to get anything. >> reporter: at 66, ed a veteran says he is frustrated for weeks. a teacher over 60 said she didn't devote much time to searching because so many colleagues failed to schedule a shot. >> some got the first one and some not able to do and some work on the second one. >> reporter: san francisco supervisor haney among those trying to connect people with appointments. it's the j&j and just need one shot. that's the type of story this woman said she is hearing. >> people are telling me you should get it. >> reporter: customers at the mobile face mask truck since late last year say they find appointments and urging her to schedule a shot. >> they're able to get it right now, yes. >> reporter: where it was difficult maybe two weeks ag

let's bring in tom jensen who joins us in contra costa county this evening and talks about police reformt's right, raj, we're talking about cat brooks who ko founded the police terror project and cephus johnson, uncle of oscar grant and a police reform activist himself. both watched the chauvin trial very closely and the reading of the verdict. both said they were optimistic chauvin would be found guilty but also stress anyone involved or interested in true police reform must keep the pressure on lawmakers and law enforcement agencies. >> we need to move forward to really bring about some changes starting policing use of force. the knee on the neck should be outlawed. every agency should not be able to do that. >> let's see what happens. what it means in terms of how the judicial system treats us we have to wait and see. what i hope it means for the people when we organize we win. that's what happens. that guilty verdict, the people got it. >> cephus johnson and cat brooks both became very active in the reform movements following the shooting death of his nephew, oscar grant, in 2009. in

as thom jensen reports, the mayor's brother is among those calling for him to resign as a recall effort looms. >> reporter: he's been called a rising star in north bay politics, but tonight, windsor mayor dominick foppoli is fighting not only to keep his job but to avoid potential criminal charges. six separate women have come forward to accuse him of sexual assault including a deputy district attorney. at least one allegation dates back two decades. an investigation is under way by the sonoma county sheriff and state attorney general. >> they're real serious. and we're seeing too much of this with our elected officials. it's just too much. >> let's really investigate it, and let's move aside, if there's guilt. please, quickly, move aside. >> reporter: on sunday, a group staged a protest outside the mayor's family winery. his brother told the crowd foppoli's ties to the business have been cut. >> dominick is no longer part of christopher creek. >> reporter: and he joined others in calling for him to resign as mayor. >> i believe our elected officials are held to higher moral standards.

here's nbc bay area's tom jensen. >> reporter: house speaker nancy pelosi back home in san francisco in chinatown touting the almost $2 trillion american recovery act. >> it's about health. it's about jobs, preeminence in the world and the green technologies. it's about, again, security. >> reporter: a little over a year ago speaker was here urging people to visit chinatown as fear grew about a new virus. just a year over a career later she's here to tout the plan to prepare for a life after the pandemic. >> we have a little bit longer to go. we see the light at the end of the tunnel. >> reporter: she says the recovery act provides medical needs like dr. grant koufax's plan to vaccinate more than 180% of all san francisco adults by mid-may and the governor cellucci's plan to reopen all of governor by june 15th. in fact, the bill provides $11 million to the chinatown clinic where today's event was held. money that will be used for vaccinations and other emergency issues. >> this funding is especially important for our work to care for and protect the vulnerable asian seniors who have

in santa cruz, thom jensen, nbc bay area news. >>> warm weather with dry and windy conditions. that of course creates fire danger. take a look today this fire in solano county near winter island. our sky ranger was overhead. down below you can see the flames, those black and gray plumes of smoke. the rio vista fire department said there was no buildings or property, they let the fire burn itself out. . let's get a check of our weather. it is cooling down quite a bit. it started today. what does the weekend look like, jeff? >> we're going to stay in that cool path for us and that fire just really a sign of the times here. we have been so extremely dry for winter and of course for the start of spring. yeah, we had some storm systems in here, but just not good enough to get us nearly anywhere close to where we should be. i did want to start off with a look at that. you can see for our rainfall season, look at how far we are down. down over 19 inches in santa rosa from where we should be, down over ten inches in oakland, also over ten inches in concord. san jose nearly eight inches

crypto exchange etoro, and also rocket fuel blockchain ceo peter jensen.you know, you've got coin-base jumping in saying we're ready to go public, you guys have just been named for new traders and investors in crypto, the top exchange. talk about the business you're seeing in the activity really heating up here? >> i think everything is pointing to mass adoption of crypto. we see the rise of the retail investor happening both in the stock market as well in crypto markets. we see more people getting accustomed to trading these type of assets and we see crypto going mainstream. i would just point out chipotle just on national burrito day gave out $100,000 worth of bitcoin and you had the snl sk it, you just see a massive movement toward recognizing that this is happening and it's becoming part of popular culture and that is a good thing. liz: well, peter, it does feel sort of like maybe one seminole moment along what be a very long road to adoption because there are a lot of people who just don't understand it still, but let's talk about rocket fuel blockcha

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gregory chambers, steven jensen, and wisconsin state representative david crowley along with jared englishck his tore call society. >> there's a perception of the mid west, specifically with wisconsin that black people don't live here. is that -- have you heard that? >> i hear it everywhere i went. i went to new york and when i told people i was from wisconsin, they literally had their eyes wide open. >> what part of wisconsin? do you guys really have cows? i'm like, ain't no cows in milwaukee, bro. >> this black people meeting is kind of an inside job. see, i'm the aclu celebrity ambassador for racial justice. and i had the same reaction you just had. i'm a celebrity? >> so talk about why the aclu gets involved in this and specifically around including stories that aren't about black people being killed by cops. therefore, they're harder to tell and harder for people to understand the racism. >> right. >> it's absolutely completely pervasive. and not just in cities like milwaukee, but especially milwaukee. but other cities as well. so what we ended up finding out with the city of milwauke

barb jensen asked what us city fared the best the fewest deaths from 1918 and which also kind of begs the question. is there one that feared the worst. the worst is is probably pittsburgh. and/or philadelphia both have just disastrous catastrophic experiences with that in philadelphia is always the story that gets told because they hold a liberty loan parade just as the pandemic is hitting them and so like three days later that i have 600 plus new cases it just and it's the beginning of a terrible experience with the pandemic in philadelphia in part. that's not their fault. they were one of the really early cities so in general western cities do better than eastern cities because they have more time and they have the experience of other cities to look at some of the cities that do really well milwaukee wisconsin does really well. they had a very quote progressive as in the progressive era public health system that they really developed over the preceding 10 or 15 years. they're really well prepared for it. put a lot of measures in place to have a very low death rate seattle does very

testing delivery, through autonomy, picking up steam >> the nvidia conference call, the analyst day, jensena vinci of our time, i was going to say michelangelo, he feels like he has cracked the code of autonomous when i visited out there, they still hadn't been able to figure out black ice. black ice is the biggest problem. i think they solved everything and autonomous is finally here and david, it makes me want to own uber because they become less of a taxi service and more of a tech company, which makes it so that uber's the big winner of the mary barra and general motors what do you think of that thesis, david? >> i like it. >> you do? >> at some point we will have fleets of autonomous taxys or autonomous cars being used of course to the full extent of their economic value as opposed to what is sitting on the street or the parking lot most of the time and there's another name that comes to mind when you talk about autonomous, and it's probably got the biggest lead, still many would say, maybe you heard this company, tesla. >> yeah, but cathie wood sold some, david. so i don't know. i mea

our colleagues and former colleagues senator nelson to be nominated as nasa director and senator jensen -- senator hutchinson who will join us virtually. i cannot think of two more active ranking members on this committee. we welcome them. certainly, we have our former commerce secretary joining us virtually. it is a big commerce they -- they -- day. to see our colleagues. there is a lot of enthusiasm by members who hoped to join in in support of these nomination. we will be joined by a variety of senators. senator rubio is with us already. welcome to the family. we are covering everything from the digital and natural to the commercial world space today. it is a broad topic area. we are going to be talking a lot about innovation. i am pleased to consider the nomination of a dear friend, bill nelson, to be nasa administrator. i welcome you and your wife grace. you will be introduced by senator rubio and ambassador hutchinson. but first i would like to say a few words. senator nelson has been a leader in space policy and an integral driver of nasa's direction for decades. his passion for