scott mcgrew: this week, a political activist searches for a twitter user who may not exist. andy weir, author of "the martian," is back with a new book. and a job interview where you bring your spouse. thoughtspot's ajeet singh will explain why. our reporters, jon swartz now with barron's, and heather somerville of reuters this week on "press:here." ♪ scott: good morning, everyone, i'm scott mcgrew. i appreciate all of you watching, but i really have one person in mind this morning, amy mek. good morning, amy. how are you? amy has a twitter account, there she is. she posts largely anti-islamic messages and she tweets a lot, on average 24 tweets a day. she also indicates she's part of the rair foundation, that's resistance against islamic radicals.

scott mcgrew analyzes questions facing the facebook ceo on capitol hill.ong title or cd# & cut#: composer/library/artia live loon francisco.. all >>> welcome to tuesday morning, taking a live look outside in san francisco. city by the bay, all lit up on tuesday morning. change in store. live look at some rain moving in ahead of more wet weather this week. and you know who's checking that, kari hall. good morning, i'm laura garcia. >> let's get to kari with a look at the forecast. no matter what you like weatherwise, we have the rain last week and really nice and warm yesterday. today not as warm. >> a little bit of something else for people who like cooler weather and clouds. the rain we'll see today won't be a washout. be prepared for a quick round of rain moving through this afternoon. otherwise partly to mostly cloudy and start out with a live look outside in fremont. a little bit of a breeze and milder temperatures up to 60 degrees already by 8:00. and reaching into the upper 60s, the clouds moving in will keep it cooler today. we're not looking at 80s

scott mcgrew has been wading through this video for the past hour. scott - it )s chilling it is. i )m going to show you what happened.. in chronological order. let )s start with the moment a mountain view police officer first came across nasim aghdam )s in a parking lot. it )s 1:38 am. at this point - the police officer checks his computer. is she wanted.. is she on a list called "the armed and prohibited person list". no.. she is not. he then updates the missing persons computer to show she )s been found. the officer returns to the car to ask standard questions.. are you ok? do you want to hurt yourself? are you suicidal? here.. we see naseem agdahm say.. she )s never going back home to san diego. at around this point.. the first officer )s recording ends. >> oh, wow. okay. okay. i guess you've never done that before, huh? >> no. so your family was worried. a second officer has come for back-up. the first officer calls the woman's family in san diego to say, hey, we found her. the family asks, is she planning to come back and the officer said it doesn't look like it. now none of

find me on twitter as scott mcgrew. >> thank you very much, scott. >>> new this morning, look at that little face. yeah, cute, right? we love this time of year, all these new little births. this is happening at the oakland zoo, one of three mountain lion clubs recently brought to the zoo. they are now living in their new habitat and zoo's california trail expansion. wildlife workers found each cat abandoned during the winter months. they can't be released back into the wild but looks like they certainly found a new home now in the bay area. >> look at that. >> very cute. >> they are. >> on the other side of the fence. >> not when you're on a train. >> yeah. >> take marcus with you. look at his wing span. go up. >> hiking, too, so i guess we need to make sure we go hiking in pairs and make sure you're not alone. we were talking about rattle snakes, too, out on the trail. let's get out the door. here is a look at morning drive through emeryville. we've got cloudy skies. as of now you don't need sunglasses. it's already busy. time to get up and get moving. you've got to drive through con

president trump picks to run the v.a. >> scott mcgrew, this came as accusations against dr. ronny jackson were piling up. >> piling up. with all the accusations it's a pretty good question why dr. jackson had a job as white house physician in the first place. there have been accusations of drinking on the job, he wrote himself prescriptions. latest allegation he wrecked a government car while drunk. before 5:00 a.m. our time the white house announced jackson had withdrawn his name for nomination of the next secretary of the veterans administration. dr. jackson denies all these accusations. we're getting mixed message from the white house all week. president trump suggested jackson withdraw earlier this week and then later encouraged him to stay. a few moments ago president trump phoned into his favorite news program "fox & friends" to comment on the jackson issue. here he is by phone. >> i said, you know, doc, you run a great operation. how do you think you'd do at the v.a.? we can talk about experience, but the v.a. when you think about 13 million people, you could take the

scott mcgrew has been following the story since it first started unfolding and joins us with what to expect to hear from today's testimony. scott? >> good morning, i think you'll hear a lot of rehearsed answers. zuckerberg's ready to talk because he's been well prepared by experts who we suspect have anticipated every question he will be asked. we even know what he's going to say at the outset because we have a copy of one of his opening statements. he goes before the senate twice today, house tomorrow, here we see him on capitol hill on monday, meeting with individual lawmakers, in his opening statement at the committee this morning, zuckerberg will start by saying it was my mistake. i am sorry. i started facebook, i run it and i'm responsible for what happens here. now the mistake he's talking about, of course, is facebook's release of 80 million users personal data to cambridge analytica which used the dat ed help the trump campaign. he's going to address the russian issue, backed by the kremlinwise able to full facebook users that they were passing around authentic news about trum

now i've tweeted out at scott mcgrew and on facebook it is scott mcgrew tv where the link is to find out if your data was scraped. >> even if you didn't take one, friends of friends take those. >>> once mark zuckerberg's hearing begins we'll air it live in full right here on nbc bay area. we're skpeki-- we're expecting testimony to start around 11:30 and they are setting up and mark zuckerberg just posted about his testimony. we'll have that in a few minutes. expect a full recap and analysis on nbc bay area news at 5:00 as well. >> >>> new at 11:00, students and teachers returning to school after what is being called a cruel threat. nbc bay area pete surat os spoke with families this morning. >> >> reporter: parents dropping off their kids at emery high after a school hoax shut down the school. >> do hear it on the news and that was scary. >> wanted to keep him at home today. >> reporter: and accordi to police, the school district received a threat of violence on sunday nigh which led to the cancelation of school on monday. that threat turned out to be a hoax. generated by an online

marcus and i will not be here for the midday newscast, scott mcgrew and kris sanchez volunteering theirtime there. people doing great work here in the bay area, honestly it makes you want to go out and what can i do to help. >> you are getting out there and helping now. >> yeah, yeah. we'll be helping out this weekend come cares did -- >> that's right. >> and nationwide. >> exactly. we're kind of redoing a san jose school -- >> we have the best looking green shirts to wear. >> we've got a lot going on in the bay area. we started out with cool temperatures yesterday, some rain storms and hail, all of that stuff you'll probably still be talking about at work today and this added to our above average april rain. i wanted to show you the numbers this morning. check this out, come over and look at the screen. because in san francisco and oakland, we had four times the normal amount of rain. it really came down and this is coming after a really dry january. but looking at some of these numbers, i mean it's pretty good see being livermore had an inch and almost an inch and a half and three qua

why does scott mcgrew say mr. trump? it's disrespectful says the viewer. i actually do that to show respect. the white house says that's an acceptable reference. i say president trump on first reference in a story, the president on the second reference and yes, lower case is correct grammar and mr. trump. nbc doesn't have a policy i'm aware of. for instance, general john kelly becomes kelly on the second reference. congresswoman pelosi becomes pelosi on the second reference. it makes me uncomfortable to do the same thing with the president. can't just call him trump the way i would say schumer or mcmaster or comey, i say mr. trump. again, there's a long tradition in washington to do so. mr. president, if you're talking to him, president trump, the president, mr. trump when writing about him. what do you think? we examined the president's tweets and executive orders and everything, every day and like i said, i read your tweets and facebook messages, send them on in. >> thank you, scott mcgrew, mr. mcgrew. happening tomorrow, a celebration for labor and civi

that's molly, scott mcgrew's rabbit.se are all pets that belong to our wonderful "today in the bay" family. a few fun pet facts, 71% of people say their pets are best at tv binge watching. >> there you go. >> and another poll millennials found 70% would take a pay cut if they could bring their pet to work. this is funny, 42% say they would rather snuggle with their pets than their romantic partner. >> soon to be ex-parltentner. >> i didn't write that script, only reading it. >> today is a nice day to snuggle up with the one you love. >> or going for a nice long walk. mix of sun and clouds and rain will be moving through later this evening, mostly after the evening commute and it looks very nice and dry into the weekend. >> mike telling there may be -- >> getting word of 101. just north of our camera i don't see any slowing on the maps or live shot. we'll track that. meanwhile san mateo bridge moves slowly but the water a little choppy and kari is talking about changes in the weather. >>> a live local news update at 7:00

scott mcgrew: this week, a political activist searches for a twitter user who may not exist. andy weir, author of "the martian," is back with a new book. and a job interview where you bring your spouse. thoughtspot's ajeet singh will explain why. our reporters, jon swartz now with barron's, and heather somerville of reuters this week on "press:here." ♪ scott: good morning, everyone, i'm scott mcgrew. i appreciate all of you watching, but i really have one person in mind this morning, amy mek. good morning, amy. how are you? amy has a twitter account, there she is. she posts largely anti-islamic messages and she tweets a lot, on average 24 tweets a day. she also indicates she's part of the rair foundation, that's resistance against islamic radicals. now, here's the thing. it is hard to find evidence amy mek exists. if you do exist, amy, please let us know. we have direct-messaged you, we have tried to contact the foundation that doesn't seem to exist either, and we've run your name through all kinds of powerful software that journalists use looking for you. now, general michae

i'm @scott mcgrew. >> thanks a lot, scott. 6:46 right now. missing a connecting flight may be a headache but for two women it really changed their lives. 25-year-old samantha snipes was eight months' pregnant and had missed her connection. she ended up sitting next to 42-year-old phipps on another flight. she noticed she was nervous, started talking to her, trying to ease the anxiety a little bit. during the conversation snipes mentioned she was considering putting her baby up for adoption because of some family problems. temple didn't have any children and eventually said she could don't that baby. >> i thought, she could always say no. but she didn't have a plan. maybe this was divine and that's why i'm supposed to be here. >> well, the two parted ways. but three days later they actually talked on the phone after snipes baby was born. phipps went to the hospital. when snipes saw how happy she was, she decided to give that baby up for adoption. the baby is now their 18-month-old. the two live close to each other in north carolina. they are c

our scott mcgrew is looking deeper, and he will have it in his checks and balances segment at 5:45. >>> 5:05 right now. happening today an nfl team coach and manager answer tough questions over why they did not sign colin kaepernick. the former 49ers quarterback claims the league is keeping him out of the game. bob redeal ll is live. people argue he played very well there. bob, explain to us what these interviews are all about. >> reporter: good morning, marcus. later today the lawyers for former 49ers quarterback colin kaepernick will depose and question under oath the general manager and head coach of the baltimore ravens to find out why they did not hire kaepernick to be their quarterback. this is according to the pro football talk website. kaepernick wants to find out the ravens didn't offer him the job because of the controversy he caused by kneeling during the national anthem before football games. he's been without a team since he left the 49ers over a year ago. now kaepernick has filed a collusion grievement and has argued teams kept him unemployed. kaepernick has a right to b

scott mcgrew has been watching the testimony very closely. he's got more on what we can expect from the testimony today. he's got some hours underneath his belt here. >> that's exactly right. i think that's going to bring confidence, laura, things went really well for zuckerberg yesterday before the senate. he has the house energy and commerce committee today. zuckerberg was poised as he testified before the senate judiciary yesterday morning, well prepared. i'll show you a couple of highlights, everyone seems to be talking about one of them in which zuckerberg seemed to hint it there would be a paid version of facebook some day and orrin hatch didn't seem to know how they made money. >> there will always be a version of facebook that is free. it is our mission to help connect everyone around the world and bring the world closer together. in order to do that we believe we need to offer a service that everyone can afford and we're committed to doing that. >> if so, how do you sustain a business model in which users don't pay for service? >> se

scott mcgrew, it's not yet clear what that action really is. >> rear awaiting clairification. congress still in recess. whatever it is, it will have to come from the white house. now, yesterday, president trump said he would use the u.s. military on the border. take a listen. >> we have very bad laws for our border. and we are going to be doing some things. i've been speaking with general mattis. we'll do things militarily, until we can have a wall and proper security, we're going to be guarding our border with the military. that's a big step. we really haven't done that before, or certainly not very much before. but we will be doing things with mexico and they have to do it, otherwise i'm not going to do the nafta deal. >> now, the white house later clarified it will use national guard troops not the u.s. army and we haven't done this before. it is not clear. the president realizes putting u.s. troops on the border not that uncommon. both george w. bush and barack obama did it again, using national guard troops. the law says they is only assist, not participate in law enforce

scott mcgrew has been tracking the story and joins us now. what can we expect from zuckerberg this morning? >> a lot of rehearsed answers. zuckerberg is ready to talk because he's been well prepared by experts who we suspect have anticipated every question he's going to be asked. we even know what he's going to say at the outset because we have a copy of his opening statement. zuckerberg goes before the senate twice today, house tomorrow. here we see on capitol hill on monday meeting with individual lawmakers. in the opening statement at the senate judiciary committee he'll start by saying it was my mistake and i'm sorry. i started facebook, i run it and i'm responsible for what happens here. the mistake he's talking about is facebook release of 80 million users' personal data to cambridge analytica which used it to help the trump campaign and he'll address the russian issue, a group who american intelligence believes was backed by the kremlin and able to fool facebook users into believing they are passing around authentic news about trump an

. >> we posted a link to the full interview, our handle at nbc bay area and scott mcgrew will bring analysis coming up at 6:45. >>> continuing coverage for you today, the u.s. is set to announce a new economic sanctions against russia. nikki haley says that that move is punishment for enabling the syrian government. and just this morning we've learned that russia is blocking a tempts by the security council to investigate recent actions. the white house says that syria will and still has chemical weapons. over the weekend the u.s. struck syrian targets with missiles. >>> two men facing charges this morning accused of trying to kidnap a woman in the popular downtown area in mountain view. "today in the bay" anser hassan is live with what the woman says happened. it's frightening, i've walked in that area alone before. >> reporter: good morning, it's quiet right now but downtown mountain view is very busy with all of the shops and restaurants, very popular with families and packed on the weekend. so this attempted kidnapping and shooting really has a lot of people shaken up. here's what we kno

scott mcgrew will join us in a moment bringing us more analysis coming up at 5:45. >>> continuing coverage for you right now at 5:04. today the u.s. is set to announce new economic sanctions against russia. nikki haley, the ambassador to the united nations sees that the move is punishment for enabling the syrian government. just this morning we learned that russia is blocking attempts by security council to investigate recent actions. the white house says syria still has chemical weapons over the weekend and the u.s. struck sear syrian targets with missiles. >>> back here at home, crime concerns as shots are fired on the streets of downtown mountain view during a violent attempted kidnapping. police say it happened on the street early saturday morning as bars were letting out. anser hassan is live to tell us more. overnight we understand you've been sifting through crime reports for the area. >> reporter: yeah, that's right, good morning, right now it's quiet out here but downtown mountain view is very busy with these shops and restaurants, very popular with families just packed on the wee

. >> scott mcgrew joins us now, the president talking taxes. >> taxes are due today. the president spoke in a tax round table just outside of miami on monday. he also took time to take on his favorite -- >> i would say what the hell do you have to lose, right? and i get criticized by those people, the fake media back there. >> marcus points out back in february he's going to stay in florida. back in february he med with shinzo abe, the prime minister of japan. he will do so again at his florida golf resort. a judge has told the president and his personal lawyer they will not be the first to see personal documents seized by the fbi during a raid of cohen's office but did open the possibility of appointing what's called a special master to sort what documents are protected by attorney-client privilege and what are not. in that same court hearing, we learned lawyer michael cohen not only represents the president, he has fox's sean hannity as a client as well. who cares? two reasons, cohen has a reputation for representing men who dealt with women in the past. hannity put

tomorrow - scott mcgrew analyzes questions facing the facebook c-e-o - on capitol hill. >>> mr. zucker kburg goes to washington tomorrow. we analyze questions facing the facebook ceo on capitol hill. >> and think twice about posting for your next concert or game. the easy access to online thieves. >> today in the bay. eczema. it's fine. hey! hi! aren't you hot? eczema again? it's fine. i saw something the other day. eczema exposed. your eczema could be something called atopic dermatitis, which can be caused by inflammation under your skin. maybe you should ask your doctor? go to eczemaexposed.com to learn more. trending online and on nbc bay area dot com. mike inouye joins us with some >>> well like we always do, we're staying on top of what is trending online on nbcbayarea.com. >> mike inouye joins us with super friends in town over the weekend. >> i have all of my friends -- they are all super. i don't want to judge any in particular. but we're talking about the trending section on nbcbayarea.com. what is trending is right here n. san jose, silicon valley comic on, they had th

scott mcgrew will break down more what we can expect from zuckerberg during today's testimony. we'll have his analysis at 5:00. >>> at 4:34, new details on the arrest of a contra costa sheriff's deputy. the deputy may have committed rape, a detective stated that in an affidavit the 26-year-old patrick morseman committed multiple violations of rape under the color of authority. he was arrested earlier this month. at least one woman said the sex was not consensual. so far no comment by the sheriff's off on why the deputy isn't facing more serious charges. >>> at 435, alton smith scheduled to appear in court in san francisco. been in custody since friday, being held on half a million dollars bail. they arrested him after they say he violated conditions of his original bail agreement and failed to appear in court. smith faces domestic violence charges after police say last month he assaulted his former fiance. he was then charged with violating a protective order. he played for the niners and raiders until 2015. >>>al immediate da county is making a move to simplify the sale of the

i'm scott mcgrew. i don't like the financial risk. i choose the 30--year-old mortgage even though the variable is cheaper. i play blackjack in las vegas but leave the second i'm up a couple of bucks. if i was on "who wants to be a millionaire" i would leave the show for a few thousand. if i had a start up, i would sell it to the first person who offered me any money. i'm not sure i would be wrong. google once offered my friend andrew mason $6 billion for groupon and andrew said no. he should not have turned the money down. sisco offered jay for the company and he apparently said no and instead he took -- >> it was the fist big tech ipo of 2018 in the public markets rewarded the decision. and they held more or less steady since. and putting the value of the company at $3.12 billion. he talks about the ipo and the way forward. joined by martin of m.i.t. technology review. pretty good reporting. you got offered $2 billion at the last minute. >> i'm going to need to write the story. >> okay. let's offer you money for your the company. wer

scott mcgrew and kris sanchez will volunteer instead. >> someone helps another person. >> you'll hearremarkable stories of things going on in the bay area. >> come on out. >> 4:57, coming up next, a look at the forecast. >> a live look outside in palo alto. it starts out with chilly temperatures this morning and we're going to be feeling some 40s through at least 9:00 but today that sunshine will make it better. we'll warm up and talk about what else is in the forecast coming up next. >>> and not clear yet. this is 880 northbound from the coliseum jamming up at high street because of overnight construction crew at 23rd. i'm going to track their progress and show you a way around it coming up. >> plus, play ball. who's gearing up for some free baseball today? you could save energy by living off the grid. completely. or... just set the washing machine to cold. do your thing. with energy upgrade california. >>> good tuesday morning to you. quickly approaching 5:00 for you. a live look at oracle arena after the warriors win also a live look at the coliseum where tonight fans will be treat

scott mcgrew: this week, a political activist searches for a twitter user who may not exist. of "the martian," is back with a new book. and a job interview where you bring your spouse. thoughtspot's ajeet singh will explain why. our reporters, jon swartz now with barron's, and heather somerville of reuters this week on "press:here." ♪ scott: good morning, everyone, i'm scott mcgrew. i appreciate all of you watching, but i really have one person in mind this morning, amy mek. good morning, amy. how are you? amy has a twitter account, there she is. she posts largely anti-islamic messages and she tweets a lot,

i'm scott mcgrew. there are two kinds of successful ceos in silicon valley. the hard working quiet type and the personality. mark zuckerberg is the hard working quiet type, there is no question steve jobs led through personality. now, when he started to go down the list of successful silicon valley ceos, most of them, nearly all of them, are more like zuckerberg than jobs. successful leaders, but the hard worki ining quiet type not the of personality type. if we're being honest with ourselves, technology doesn't often attract showman or show women. and to those who try to cross that gap, who try to fake their way into showmanship, well, you get this. >> developers, developers, developers, developers, developers, developers. >> and you don't want that. there are a few people in silicon valley who can take a stage without a sweat, who can fire up developers and employees and clients. people like nick mehta. >> who is excited! who's fired up! >> mehta is ceo of gainsight, a company that helps other companies keep their customers happy. the san francisco business

washingt tomorrow - scott mcgrew analyzes questions facing the facebook c-e-o - on capitol hill. think twice before posting about your next concert or game the easy access you could be giving - to online thieves. )today in the bay ) - 4:30 to . we can now use a blood sample toh care, target lung cancer more precisely. if we can do that, imagine what we can do for asthma. and if we can stop seizures in epilepsy patients with a small pacemaker for the brain, imagine what we can do for multiple sclerosis, even migraines. if we can use patients' genes to predict heart disease in their families, imagine what we can do for the conditions that affect us all. imagine what we can do for you. dollars worth of >>> after burglarizing 60 homes and stealing millions of dollars worth of merchandise in san francisco, a crime ring has been busted. i want to show you some surveillance video released by the sfpd. it shows a woman arriving home entering through her gauge. you also see a number of suspect who's are allegedly burglarizing the woman's home sneaking out of the house before stealing her

. >> good morning, everyone, i'm scott mcgrew. we're going to start with the ongoing crisis at facing book. the head of the new york city pension sfund call for mark zuckerberging to resign as chairman of the board at facebook but remain ceo. that peption fund holds a billion dollars worth of facebook stock and it's sooen seeing its investment plummet. of this course after it reveals facebook allowed personal information of 80 million of its users to fall into the hands of cambridge analytica which thepd tuesday on the trump campaign. that's not facebook's only crisis. facebook was also under fire for failing to police the use of its social network by the russians who wanted to influence the 2016 presidential election. an idea zuckerberg first said was crazy but now acknowledging is a major crisis of its own. zuckerberg will testify before the senate on tuesday, the house on wednesday. facebook has sent representatives to congress before, but not the ceo. in fact, in this testimony back about russians in october, either facebook n

tax season trouble á our scott mcgrew tells us the reason...(instant bay area millionaires could soon find themselves on uncle sam )s bad side. and kari )s exclusive forecast for the weekend )s biggest local events. that )s tomorrow on )today in the bay ) - 4:30 to . scientists are one step closer to a peanut allergy vaccine. >>> new at 11:00 tojt, scientists one step closer to a peanut allergy vaccine. research from the university of michigan is still in its early stages but there has been success in mice. the vaccine protected the lab animals for at least two weeks. it works by changing the way immune cells respond to allergens. the next step is to see if that protection has a lasting effect. >>> what's in a name? the owners of in and out burger are suing an australian restaurant for misleading people with its name. this is the website of down and out burgers in sydney, australia. according to the sydney morning herald, in and out filed a lawsuit saying its trademark was violated. at down and out in australia, you can order a burger tiger sty

scott mcgrew analyzes the potential impact here in california. plus, get ready for a wet start to the work week. while you sleep, kari tracks more chances for rain. linebacker aldon smith is in rehab tonight. a judge ordered that smith be transferred to a treatment center where he will address his substance abuse issues. smi >>> raiders aldon smith is in rehab. a judge ordered he be transferred to a treatment center. smith has been in custody since april 6th for violating a court order to not drink alcohol as a condition of his release in connection with a domestic violence case involving his then fiancee in san francisco. >> whenever we have someone who is suffering from alcohol impairment and is essentially violating a court order, we're going to take that very seriously. >> it's not known how long smith will be in rehab. his next court appearance is scheduled for may 3rd. >>> a taxi driver is facing charges for a hit-and-run crash on the peninsula. deputies say garcia hit a woman in the crosswalk and she's in critical condition. it happened on

tomorrow - scott mcgrew analyzes questions facing the facebook c-e-o - on capitol hill. - to online thieves. )today in the bay ) - 4:30 to . >>> it's 8 clonk on today:00 on coming up, missile attack on syrian air base after the regime allegedly uses chemical weapons on its own people. what's the next move for the u.s. breaking details. >>> guru under fire. >> i'm not talking to your children. >> world famous author and motivational speaker tony robbins apologizing this morning for his critical many too comments. >> i think he got it terribly wrong. i don't think he could have done it worse, frankly. >> why some are saying he should be doing more. >>> going overboard. the classic romantic comedy remade with a modern twist. talk to the new stars and find out who the original ones are saying about it today, monday april 9, 2018. ♪ >> hi, we're moms and daughters from houston texas. >> shot out to coach tiffany back in woodland texas. >> it's our bucket list road trip from san diego. >> we can't keep calm. it's mom's 80th birthday. >> birmingham, alabama. >> love you on not.

i'm scott mcgrew. >> the giants -- >> the fans can get an incredible hulk on marvel superheroes day. one thing our crews found and loved was the mount crushmore statue featuring the likeness of mei willy mays, jacoby, and others. >> that looked very life-like. >> i'm glad we have the home opener today and not on friday because friday's looking rough. >> it is looking rough. today it's going to be perfect for baseball weather. we're going to see temperatures climbing into the 60s for san francisco right now. waking up to 40s and 50th. san francisco also at 49. here's a look at your microclimate highs for today. we'll be climbing nicely into the 60s. expect a high of 62 degree and mostly clear skies. into the evening we'll get a little bit of that cloud cover, but san francisco expecting a high of 73. here's a look at doppler radar. not a lot going on. we've got pretty good weather in the bay area. just off the coast we're seeing that atmosphere is river effect. what that's going to do is move in on thursday night into friday and i just want to take you very quickly now. i want to emph

can you find me there, i'm @scott mcgrew. >> thank you very much, scott. 5:47 right,000. new video this morning. this is so cool. surprise yesterday for viewers of the san francisco live cam. red tailed hawk's nest in eucalyptus tree. look there, presidio, a parent got up and the egg hatched. the other egg not hatched at all. they are watching it. the presidio cam is viewable any time on youtube. >> cool sight. >> isn't it nice? it's simple, nature. >> we don't get to see that often. >> another sign of spring. >> the parent just walked away? >> what. >> spread your wings literally. >> today unlike spring it's going to feel like winter. we had a cool front and that's what property the rain. even though the front is out of here you're going to have still a slight chance of rain. here is a look at highs today, reaching near 60 degrees. once again that crash. getting dressed in the south baya look outside. san jose right now a chilly start. we are feeling some 40s out there so you do need a nice, warm jacket. probably some long sleeves. you'll be comfortable wearing jeans tod

scott mcgrew analyzes the potential impact here in california.ep, kari tracks more chances for rain. >>> it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, comey tells all. the former fbi director attacking president trump in his new book, calling him untethered to the truth and comparing him to a notorious mobster. we're live at the white house with all the details. >>> plus, teens and stress. this morning, we're taking a look how all the tense moments can be especially dangerous for teenagers. >> what did it feel like? >> it feels paralyzing. you freeze up and you sort of feel like there's coils in your body. >> from dealing with grades to the pressures of fitting in, how schools are taking a proactive and created approach to help teens in need. >>> and birthday at the zoo. we check in with april the giraffe, one year after the birth of her baby taj was seen around the world. and april may have a big announcement for everybody. >> anything you want to share with your fans on the "today" show? >> today, friday, april 13th, 2018. ♪ >> we're here from pittsburgh, p

tax season our scott mcgrew tells us the reason...ide. and kari )s exclusive forecast for the weekend )s biggest local events. that )s tomorrow on )today in the bay ) - 4:30 to . >>> good morn, everyoing, every. i'm megyn kelly. we begin with four of the most accomplished athletes in america. together here for the first time with a warning for parents about brain health and sports. first, some background. in february on this program, we sat down with former nfl player mike adamly and discussed his lasting effects of traumatic brain injury from his years in sports. after seeing that segment, former nfl quarterback brett favre reached out to us and had a lot to say about concussions and the effect those injuries have had on his own career, as well as his fear for kids playing contact sports. before we

that's scott mcgrew with kris who's expecting plus her daughter. isn't that cute? adorable.ve our nbc bay area family. my kids are here, as well. probably unchaperoned in the newsroom right now. we're showing fun pictures on social media. we'll be back with more. san joss day bouquet. was a bit off the mark. >>> nbc bay area responds to a san jose woman whose valentine's day bouquet was a bit off mark. >> consumer investigator chris chmura explains how we helped remedy a dud delivery. >> good morning. jennifer wanted to do something nice for her mom on valentine's day. so she ordered an arrangement from teleflora, the one you see right there. and this, this is the one her mom actually received. okay. remember, this is what she ordered and this is what she received. jennifer said, yeah, those are not the right bouquets. you can see a few of those blooms are even drooping. jennifer tells us she complained and they offered a partial refund. so she called us. and we called teleflora and they refunded the purchase and threw in a free replacement bouquet telling us we're committed

. >>> scott mcgrew, they're heading north to mexico and he wants u.s. to stop them. >> yes. he's tweeted about this several times. at first he was vague. he's made it cleerks he means honduran refugees. this is in oaxaca. president trump has said several times the group is coming to america to take advantage for daca, to apply for daca status, which is impossible. the daca rules say you have to have lived in the united states since 2007. those people you saw are not eligible for daca in any way, shape, or form. the president tweeting the morning the big caravan of people from honduras coming across mexico and heading to our weak laws border had better be stopped before they get here and says congress must act now. congress is, in fact, in recess. the president's really moved right on immigration, further right. and that seems to be paying off. while we run the risk of confusing cause and effect, in the last few days, the president's polling has moved to the positive. now 50% of americans now approve of the president in a three-day tracking poll. and he's once again praising

you can follow me on twitter @ scott mcgrew. >> a lot going on yesterday, kids everywhere. probably came across that yesterday, in case you had no idea, it was bring your kids to work day, a lot of kids running around the studio, taking over kari's weather wall. some of the co-workers thought parents couldn't find baby sitters. >> laura, brought her triplets. you can see them there and they didn't take long to follow their mom's footsteps straight to the anchor chair. >> ladies, who wants to be first? >> me, a baby monkey was born at the zoo. he is black and white and has a long tail. every one put on your shakespeare. >> it's hockey playoff time, the san jose sharks play last -- las vegas but -- i have to look at the words or that tiny little bubble? >> the words. it will look -- >> not so easy. >> i was just glad he didn't know what las vegas was, okay? too early for that. >> when he finds out -- >> no, no. marcus. no. >> i was going to say you're agreeing to baby sit them. >> laura, i can't believe they are turning 9 this weekend. >> the triplets. >> that's 27 all togeth

. >>> good morning, thank you for joining us, marcus washington has the day off, i'm scott mcgrew. >> and i'm laura garcia. back to the breaking news in san jose. the fire started in the ground floor of the unit. we're finding out more information from nbc bay area bob redell. we're hearing it is a story of a hero, bob? >> reporter: good morning laura and scott. this fire did start in the ground floor unit behind me in this small apartment complex on topeka and in the back room was an elderly woman who a neighbor said is blind and partially deaf and relies on oxygen to breathe. if it weren't for a young mother she might not have survived. while they were completing the mop-up, we learned the young mother's name is amanda loper and is in the hospital bnd expected to be okay. but we did speak with her husband and tells us the caretaker ran out of the burning unit and asked his wife amanda for help and who has severe asthma and a hard time breathing regular air immediately put her own life at risk apparently without second thought. >> my wife ran in there and grabbed her off the bed and

our scott mcgrew tells us the reason... (instant bay area millionaires could soon find themselves on uncle sam )s bad side. and kari )s exclusive forecast for the weekend )s biggest local events. that )s tomorrow on )today in the bay ) - 4:30 to . trending online and on nbc bay area dot com. >>> as we always do here at nbc bay area news at 11:00, we are staying on what's going on. >> mike inouye joins us now. >> talking about sports and the playoffs in the area but i want you to remember we have teams around the country, the world so first we're not talking about nbc bay area but nbc across the nation. this story actually comes to us from a homeowner, the cubs. i found online a few clicks from our sports site we go to chicago and the team is the cubs, of course, check this out. it was home opener for the cubs and someone was skipping school. the twitter account. skipping school. shh. don't tell the principal. apparently they didn't have to tell him because, well, check out this. >> just as i was kind of scanning our area, k

they joined scott mcgrew and his panel of reporters on "press here" to explain how that works. >> therere hundreds of thousands of white hat hackers out there who want to do good, who know how to break in. if you let them break in first, nobody else can break in after that. >> "press here" runs sunday mornings at 9:00 right after "meet the press." >>> a lot of star power at the white house today. that includes the bay area skating sensation. president trump met with palo alto's winner and two other olympians and paralympians. he congratulated and thanked them for all their achievements and efforts. also quite a few notable absences, however. lindsey vaughn and adam rippon chose not to attend for political reasons. where do you go after the white house? disney. big smiles there. >> it is the happiest place on earth. >>> jeff is with us now as we talk about this happy weekend. it is officially here, right? >> it is. we are edging right toward it. >> it's a matter of who's happy with me and who's not. warm 80s last weekend is going to be going away. but the good thing, a few showers will b

i'm scott mcgrew, laura and marcus are emceeing an event. >>> our other top story, more than a dozen people hurt after an apartment fire in san jose. we brought you live breaking news of the story on "today in the bay." kris sanchez has been there at the complex and at mclaughlin road since early this morning. >> reporter: hi there, scott. firefighters arrived within five minutes of the first calls of help from the summer wind apartment complex and when they got here, five minutes after the flames started, they found 20 people on the balconies ready to climb down to safety with bed sheets and with ropes that they had in their apartments. here is a shot from nbc bay area sky ranger from above. there are about 36 units in this one building at the summer wind apartment complex and could you see it is surrounded by other buildings is, a lost sleeping people and that is why sjfd called for help from other departments. and now i asked -- i talked with some of the people who woke up to the screaming of their neighbors and the sound of people trying to run to safety and there were some who c

it's friday, after ail, why does scott mcgrew say mr. trump, it's disrespectful.hat's a great question. i actually do it to show respect. the white house says that is an acceptable reference. let me show you, i say president trump on first reference, the president on second reference and lower case would be correct grammar then mr. trump. nbc has no policy i'm aware of. i do it to respect the office and only do it for the president. john john kelly becomes kelly the second time i talk about him. pelosi becomes pelosi second reference. it makes me uncomfortable to call him trump the way i would schumer i say mr. trump, long tradition in the white house in the washington to do so. mr. president when you're talking to him, president trump, the president, mr. president and mr. trump when writing about him. i'll put it on facebook as well. i'm going to get back on facebook as best i can. look for it maybe in an hour or two. it will take time to type that up. >> thank you, mr. mcgrew. >> 5:48 right now. happening today, the east bay about to get a bit more wild west lik

scott mcgrew.. paul ryan goes out with at least one major accomplishment? tax reform. you can )t talk about ryan without mentioning the biggest accomplishment of his career.. so let )s start with that. that was just days before christmas last year.. and its was the culmination of the republicans plans. one of their biggest priorities. this morning.. ryan said he would not run for re-election in november... which means no matter which party wins.. paul ryan will not be speaker of the house - or a congressman at all - starting in january. ryan.. who lost his father as a teenager.. said he wanted to spend his new free time raising his kids. now.. taking speaker ryan at his word.. this is about his family.. this still has political effects. the republicans were already uneasy about november. here )s the speaker.. who says politics were not a consideration. nonetheless.. 37-minutes after speaker ryan made his nonetheless.. 37-minutes after speaker ryan made his announcement.. republican congressman dennis ross out of florida said he wouldn )t run for re-election either. the

scott mcgrew joins us now and the killer went by many names. >> the golden state killer, the diamond knot killer and the night stalker. these are police sketches of the same man drawn in the 1970s and 1980s, as for the real name we're not ready to use it, without confirmation from the sacramento county sheriff's department and that will come shortly. the police and fbi have been looking for him for years. here is his fbi wanted poster. they have a man in custody in sacramento countries jail this morning. there is a press conference at noon and we'll learn that name for sure. it is a huge sigh of relief for survivors all over the state and for families of the victims he killed. from sacramento in the '70s to the san francisco bay, including san jose, san ramon, concord and walnut creek and danville. this is video just into the newsroom. dozens of police and detectives surrounding a house in the roseville area near sacramento chblt the man in custody, 72-year-olds, living in citrus heights near roseville for the past 20 years. now a lot of the cases we're talking about were tied togeth

. >> scott mcgrew joins us now. the team at the white house correspondents dinner caused a lot of trofs. >> michelle wolf not exactly a household name spoke at the white house correspondents dinner over the weekend and directed some of her jokes and white house press secretary sara huckabee sanders, we often point out where sanders doesn't tell the truth. but wolf took on among other things sanders appearance, some found that offensive, including nbc's andrea mitchell calling for an apology. so too is mika brzezinski saying watch a wife and mother humiliated for her looks is deplorable. i've experienced insults about my appearance from the president, all women have a duty to unite when these things happen and the white house correspondents association owes sarah huckabee sanders an apology. the president made fund of brzezinski's face claiming she was bleeding from a face lift. during a campaign he told a reporter that republican presidential kant r candidate carly fiorina was not attractive to be president, why wou

. >> scott mcgrew, another judge ruling against him on daca. >> president trump of course announced heas canceling the program to protect undocumented people who came to america as children. trying to force congress's hand to make new rules. that failed and the president now says daca will be forever canceled with no possibility of a future deal. two previous court rulings said the president shouldn't be allowed to do that. now today a third judge has said not only that, but that new people ought to be able to join the ranks. don't sign up just yet. that judge delayed the order to let the white house explain why it thinks it has the legal right to end daca. meanwhile the supreme court is looking at the third version of the trump travel ban. a short hearing today, we should get a transcript by 11:00 a.m., the big question, does the ban target muslims specifically? if so, that's illegal and previous court cases have used the president's words against him. let me remind you, 2015, trump says at the rally, donald trump is calling for a total and complete shut down of muslims entering the u

. >>> and scott mcgrew is taking a well deserved vacation but he's still up tweeting this morning.ing story on twitter. you can follow him @scottmcgrew on twitter. you can always join the conversation on social media. to describe the new signature crafted recipe by mcdonald's: garlic white cheddar. layered with a slice of white cheddar cheese... a medley of crispy garlic chips... ...and a dramatic drizzle of creamy garlic aioli. (breath) luckily, you can take your time to savor every bite. >>> 5:23. now to a growing problem we're seeing in school, vaping in school bathrooms. this is a story "today in the bay" has been investigating for months now. we're learning more about vaping health impacts, jewel is a vaping device that can hide in plain sight and being used without any telltale odor. the truth initiative surveyed more than 1,000 teenagers, 63% were unaware that one jewel pod contains as much nicotine as a pack of cigarettes. >> it delivers so much in this case kenicotine so rapidly. kids will become addicted and then go potentially on to smoke cigarettes. >> jewel labs locate

. >> scott mcgrew joins us, another judge has ruled guns ag him on daca. >> canceling the program tondocumented people who came to america as children, trying to force congress's hand to make new rules. well that failed and the president now says daca will be forever canceled with no possibility of a future deal. two previous court rulings said the president shouldn't be allowed to cancel daca and a third judge not only said that but said new people ought to be able to join daca and this is important, he stayed that order to let the white house respond to explain why it has the legal right to end daca. meanwhile, supreme court looking at the third version of the trump travel ban. you're kris sanchez is working on that story and will join us at the top of the hour to fill us in. arizona held a special election tuesday to replace republican congressman trent franks who resigned. now, another republican won but barely, five percentage points and arizona, very republican. other news we have an ambassador nominee to south korea admiral harry harris was supposed to be the ambassador to aus

. >> scott mcgrew, one thing will be missing. >> rifles the nra said its vice president speech -- the vice president's speech is begun free, that caught attention to nra members and critics, members say it's unfair not to carry guns to their own convention. critics say it's hip critical for them to push for guns in school but not allow guns at their own convention. that take place on friday. journalists are speaking out against the comedian who verbally attacked the white house press secretary during the white house correspondents dinner over the weekend. andrea mitchell is calling for michelle wolf to apologize so too is nbc's mika brzezinski says watching a wife and mother be humiliated on national television for her looks is deplorable. all women have a duty to unite when these attacks happen and the white house correspondents association others sarah huckabee sandsers an apology. the president last year made fun of brzezinski's claiming she was bleeding from a facelift. >> the white house doctor will be neither, ronnie jackson lost his job as physician to the president though he'l

i'm scott mcgrew. there are two kinds of successful ceos in silicon valley.et type and the personality. mark zuckerberg is the hard working quiet type, there is no question steve jobs led through personality. now, when he ste