it featuring oprah, julia roberts and george w. bush. the live stream is meant to celebrate humanity. time now 4:47 here is a check of the forecast. >> good morning, we are looking at a warm day across the bay area, in fact the warmest day of the week. especially inland you will feel the warm temperatures. so close to even 90 degrees in spots inland. i will show you this in a moment. here is a live look with the tower camera, we are starting off the day with clear skies, looking at the bay bridge and temperatures right now are in the 50s to even 60 degrees in concord as we start off, upper 50s from oakland to livermore and santa rosa, here is what you can expect for the coast and the bay, morning fog, and as we head through our day, the warmest day of the week with plenty of sunshine and daytime highs well above average for this time of the year. but we will cool it coor trendnh thenf tnd radar. the ridg of high pressure building in. a warm day due to the ridge. less of on shore flow. hour by hour, you can see plenty of sunshine as we he

on friday, oprah winfrey, julia roberts and george bush, just a few of the names jumping in on the event called to unite. actors along with world leaders are set to appear and it's going to be on youtube, facebook, twitch, and a lot more. that's my friend. >> all right. that sounds good. yes. i am having some problems here. i am not going to lie to you. >> friend, that's okay. i have got you. we are going to talk about what is coming up new at 6:00, first cats -- >> good. >> no, not good, the dog been diagnosed with coronavirus. >> i think i have this part. if we are talking about hand sanitizers, i'm in the right place. there's a >>> foster farms is coming through in a big way, and a big rig pulled up with servings of poultry. it's giving away 2.5 million servings of chicken products and it's a boost for the food bank that usually doesn't get donations of meat, and usually has to pay out of pocket for those kinds of items. >> it's super community minded. >> look at this. this is celebrity chef lending his star power to promote restaurants in his hometown of windsor. the coronavirus has

. >> among them oprah winfrey, julia roberts, former president george w.ong the big-name guests set to appear on "the call to unite," the 24-hour livestreaming event starts friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern to stand in solidarity with anyone experiencing pain, fear, loneliness, and grief. >> organized by tim shriver. long-time chairman and ceo of the special olympics. you mentioned the goal there. turn the pain of this moment into possibility for tomorrow is their quote there. >> big names, a lot of influence. they can bring in a lot of money, so it's good to see them coming together and doing a "we are the world" moment. >> yes. i've been waiting for -- i feel like we've had that with the -- just last week, had the big event. >> the music. >> two weeks ago that lady gaga put on. also going to be in this, jennifer garner, yo yo ma, maria shriver. >> who are you excited for? alanis morisette, guys, that is it. he saw it and started shaking. >> you know, i was like -- you know i love some oprah. i was like, oh, lady o is going to be part of this? >> yeah, a lot of

have a little more we will see it is early days yet but still barracks company in the optioned it julia robertss attached i can not think of anyone else i'm delighted so far. >> she is an incredibly talented actress we will talk about other books that you have written but before we get into the first call have your books gotten more topical over the years? >> it's funny i tried to look at the trajectory of my career and i actually think it is where my brain is at any given time if you look at the very beginning of my career it was about mothers and daughters i was closer in age to the daughter than the mother. that i had a baby and got married right before my first book was published i had my first child and then the next was about motherhood and incredibly difficult it is it shocked me how hard that was and marriage and relationships and then i had all my kids with a wide span of years were all of my kids, of all the terrifying things that can happen to your kids sexual abuse kidnapping, suicide, all these things. then they grow up and they got to the point where they were self-sufficient and

what we know is ambling entertainment, spielberg's company optioned it, julia roberts is attached, can'tnk of better casting so i'm delighted so far. >> when i read ruth jefferson i see my own -- >> she is an incredibly talented actress. >> before we get into the other books, we will talk about other books that you have written. before we get into the first call have your books gotten more topical over the years? >> i've tried to look at the trajectory of my career and it sort of spans where my brain is at any given time. if you look at the beginning of my career my first book was about mothers and daughters but i was closer in age to the daughter than to the mother. then i had a baby. i got married and had a baby right after -- right before my first book was published i had my first child and my second book was about motherhood and how incredibly difficult it is. it really shocked me how hard that was and i got into marriage and relationships and whether they are over 50 and then i had all my kids and had a wide span of years when all my books were about -- all the terrifying things tha

> yeah, certainly weber's "jesus christ super star" was streemd in my house over the weekend julia and robert, thank you for joining us. >>> meantime we have just heard the latest numbers on covid-19 from new york from governor andrew cuomo here what is he said a few moments ago. >> here's the good news. the curve continues to flatten we talked all along quote/unquote the experts said that there were two possibilities -- you could have a high point and then an immediate drop-off or a plateau. it appears that we have a plateau. it's flattening. it's the flattening the curve. the increase has slowed down, flattens out for a period of time, nobody knows how long because nobody has been here before if you look at the number of total admissions, 18,000, 18,000, 18,000, that's definitely a flattening. that is good news. still going up a little bit, by the way. but a basic flattening as opposed to increasing gaps the total number of hospitalizations net down, a little bit up, a little down, overall just follow the line don't get caught up in the day to day as we say, three-day rolling average, which

julia robert fung and i am not sure if the folks from legal services for children is on the line right, but one of the things they made in the close the gap coalition is that students who are facing expulsion right now are not being -- are not able to access any of the communication with teachers and the direction that legal services has heard from the district is that students can pick up a laptop and aren't entitled to have anything beyond that because of the loophole in california and breaking the health code to be interpreted. i would like to advocate for this conversation to clarify that in our district students who are facing an expulsion hearing right now should be entitled to the same kind of contact and communication with their school remotely as any other student is. as some more issues come up with students who are ending in incarceration right now and wanting to make sure that they are able to access learning even though they may not be connected with the school at this moment, and it might be difficult to shift the instruction that they may have been getting while incarcer

julia robert fung and i am not sure if the folks from legal services for children is on the line right, but one of the things they made in the close the gap coalition is that students who are facing expulsion right now are not being -- are not able to access any of the communication with teachers and the direction that legal services has heard from the district is that students can pick up a laptop and aren't entitled to have anything beyond that because of the loophole in california and breaking the health code to be interpreted. i would like to advocate for this conversation to clarify that in our district students who are facing an expulsion hearing right now should be entitled to the same kind of contact and communication with their school remotely as any other student is. as some more issues come up with students who are ending in incarceration right now and wanting to make sure that they are able to access learning even though they may not be connected with the school at this moment, and it might be difficult to shift the instruction that they may have been getting while incarcer

julia ward howe was inspired by military actions to write the battle hymn of the republic. and sarah joseph hill advocated for a national day of thanksgiving. robert plumb is the author of a brother in arms, a union soldier's odyssey, and his written from a memory county historical society's journal, the washington post in the washington post magazine among others. please join me in welcoming to politics and prose robert plumb. [applause] >> thank you very much for that warm introduction. i feel like at politics and prose it is like if you are a musician and you're invited to play at carnegie hall. it is especially wonderful for me because this book was released on march 1st which most of you, if not all of you know that march is women's history month and coincides with the one hundredth anniversary of the signing of the nineteenth amendment which gave women the right to vote. the five women i talked about died in the twentieth century so they never got a chance to vote but certainly the things they did during the course of the american civil war pave the way for suffrage that came after the twentieth century. what i am going to do today is give y

governor's mansion where butler robert roberts penned a household management back in 1827 with recipes or on tv. where in 1940, new orleans restaurant rashard beat the likes of juliawis made regional southern cuisine exceptional in new york's fine dining circles. >> we are just excited to have you here today -- >> the former "los angeles times" food writer is eager to share this knowledge and thanks allies like chef anthony for amplifying not only her voice but other chefs of color and women. >> i'm trying to return us to the place where we're willing to look at that plate and take apart who we are, who's represented there. >> reporter: he's trying to expand the practice in his own kitchen. one reason he introduced tipton martin to his team. sous chef arita atar wasn't alone in her appreciation. >> we can all learn from each other. i just want everyone else to be better. we all want -- we all hat dou learn from jubilee? >> it not only opened my eyes to many new sources of food and recipes that have come through years and years of her scholarly work, but she's opened the door to something that is brand new. >> reporter: >> okay, let's dig into the soup. oh -- oh, m