but the rest of the world would have been will have been pleased to hear those words from wang ye about the territorial integrity of ukraine. so quite a mixed message from china and very interesting to hear that. well, thank. thank you so much, sir. richard was a for clarifying of the context in which this conversation took place. thank you so much. richard walker there at d. w sir, chief international editor following the unique security conference for us. thank you. meanwhile, attentions and eastern ukraine are flaring our pers moscow back separatists running . the region have begun evacuating civilians to russia. if accused ukraine of artillery shelling and then are calling for large, a mobilization key if denies any attack saying it's village near the separatist controlled areas have been under bombardment. on friday, the separatist leader in one of ukraine's breakaway regions, was telling people to evacuate the area and had for russia, claiming ukraine was planning an attack within a day in what appears to be a further escalation. the self proclaimed head of that in that people's r

. >> and i'm janelle wang live in beijing. ladies figure skating just wrapped up seconds ago. we have the final result. this is "today in the bay." >>> and a good morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. >> if you're on go the stream on roku, amazon fire, apple tv and online. >> first we want to take a live look outside for you this morning at walnut creek. just got at drought update. meteorologist kari hall here with that. how is it looking for us? >> it's still extremely dry out there, and so we didn't see a change in the drought monitor. we're going on day 41 and counting without any rain, but we didn't see any change to our drought monitor with now 66% of california still in that severe drought. here in the bay area it's basically 100% in the severe category and we're most likely going to see this maybe get worse and we still do have a little bit of time to hopefully have some progress here. we have such a big amount of rain at the first part of our water year that we're still kind of living off of that for now, and we

live in beijing, i'm janelle wang, back to you. >> thank you so much. check out olympics blog at nbcbayarea.com for the latest headlines. posted a link in the trending bar. >>> also tonight, one of the most iconic figures in football was remembered. a public memorial service for john madden at the oakland coliseum. cheryl hurd talked to family, former players and friends who say madden's legacy may be impact on football but heart was all about the fans and they came out to see the game and the people he loved. >> john believed in the town of oakland. >> reporter: in the middle of the field where he took the oakland raiders to seven conference championship games and super bowl in late '70s, some of the greats in football filled the stage to remember their friend. >> he belonged to every network, to america, most of us to you. >> reporter: madden died december 28th. stands were full of fans part of memorial service and fundraiser. known as one more monday night in oakland for john madden. former player henry lawrence dedicated a song to former coach. >> w

live in beijing, i'm janelle wang.for your cute little daughter, right? >> yes, definit cbby panda. so cute. >> it is cute. >> she'll love it. we love having you here in the morning. thank you so much, janelle. >>> men's speed skating, women's snowboarding, women's freestyle skating as well, just some of the upcoming events tonight. make sure you catch all the olympic action beginning at 5:00 p.m. right here on nbc bay area. >> and don't forget on top of olympics, super bowl lvi is airing on sunday. kickoff about 3:30. we'll have an entire day of super bowl coverage for you. so get the chips and dip going. let's check the weather. it's going to cooperate as well. >> yeah, it's going to be great these next few days. a lot of sunshine, warm temperatures, a little bit of a taste of spring throughout the rest of the week. mike? >> the nimitz is great through oakland, but when you get south through hayward, you're slow at recovery. there's a crash on the shoulder of 92 but the lanes are clear. >> thanks, mike. >>> that's wh

we'll come back to in a 2nd about what's happening on the streets at dan dunn wang outside of china. have you been surprised by the, the level of sanctions finally being imposed now on russia? i'm actually not that surprised on gathering all the political signals in a market from europe in the us. it seems that will happen that way. the swift is used and in my line of business is considered as a nuclear option in the financial world. but energy products are still an exemption, so i just don't think the pain would be big enough to deter russia yet there has to be more of a. busy consistent behavior in alliance between western countries in order to cause the real damage they want to see given signed. what do you think? do you think that needs to be more effort to, to up the level of sanctioning going on? the sanctions are clear, putative, and overwhelming. we should be clear, the, as of this morning, the russian economy is in crisis. the rubel is crushing, inflation will increase. bank crosby are also seeing russia is fundamentally much poorer this morning than it was yesterday. these

. >> reporter: and i'm janelle wang live in beijing. a new record set here at the winter olympics by a san francisco teenager. she is a triple threat. this is "today in the bay." >>> it is friday mornings good morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm marcus washington. >> i'm laura garcia. if you've got a smart tv, you can stream us on all the apps, roku, amazon fire, apple tv. "today in the bay" also streams online. >> let's get you started with a look at the forecast. meteorologist kari hall has been tracking what we can expect today. >> starting out cool and clear, and we'll see a nice warm-up for today. take a live look outside at our nice view in san jose and get the camera ready for a beautiful sunrise. we had such a nice sunset yesterday. hopefully you have plans and are able to enjoy more time outside. our south bay hiking forecast starts out chilly. then take a look at the trend later today at 3:00, we're at 70 degrees. there will be a few more clouds in the mix, but i think that will add to more colors in the sky for

our janelle wang made it and joins us live this morning. okay. janell. getting to beijing really was not an easy task. >> no, it wasn't, marcus and laura, we to test multiple times leading up to our departure to beijing and once we got on that plane and landed at the airport we had to test twice, a deep nasal swab and a throat swab and had to quarantine in the hotel until the test results came back. we also have to test every single day here, a throat swab and we're not allowed to leave our hotel room and athletes have to get tested every day and, unfortunately, a few team usa athletes have tested positive since they arrived here in beijing and one of them includes bobsledder, four-timelismiac elana meyers taylor, isolated in the room by herself and cannot leave until she's received two negative tests. the good news is she's amountic and she has wi-fi so she's able to facetime with her 23-month-old son who is special needs. she's actually set up training in her room and has ten meters and she's doing sprints back and forth and they will bring an exercise

yaqiu wang, how is china dealing with this?e recognizing 900,000 people died of covid in united states with a population a quarter of china. there sing like a thousand people died. they have were times more people in china. that disparity, even if it is an underestimate, is astounding. can you talk about covid in the pandemic in china and also how china and the athletes are being protected right now? >> well, it's affect china has low infection rate and the people are not dying from covid, but i have to say, you know, if draconian measures making people suffering in other ways. the chinese government has me covid zero infection ago. you can die from other -- you could die from other things, but not from covid. my performance will be judged by how many people get infected. there are stories, a woman eight months pregnant, she could not be admitted the hospital because she did not have a negative covid test result so she lost her baby as a result. people died from heart attacks because they could not be admitted to the hospital b

. >> janelle wang is in beijing. what a night, you were there for all the action. >> reporter: i was, it was electrifying in here and i was nervous, but gold for nathan chen, had the skate of his life in the short program a couple of days ago and tonight's free skate. what a performance, the 22-year-old rocketed to the top to the song "rocket man," 22 points over second place japan, who also took bronze. first gold for men's figure skating since evan in vancouver and before that, brian boit awnno in 1988. >> it's a whirlwind, i'm so happy, the program is fun to skate, just had a blast, grateful. can't describe it. you can't imagine what it might feel like, it's just amazing. >> jason brown also had the skate of his life for team usa, finished sixth. 16-year-old russian superstar kamila valiyeva tested positive for a substance, it could strip the gold medal from the team competition on monday. team usa won silver in that event, included nathan chen, vincent zhou and karen chen. ioc says the medal ceremony it postponed

plus -- >> reporter: i'm janelle wang live in beijing.arding ladies figure skating and an update on the russian skating phenom. this is "today in the bay." >>> welcome back. here's a look at the top stories on "today in the bay." >> first, we're moving you forward this morning as some bay area college students return to campus in person for the first time this year. san jose state welcoming students back, though each course is designed to be about 40% virtual. students resume classes online exclusively in late january, but with covid case counts and positivity rates dropping and high vaccination and booster rates on campus, the interim president says it is time to move forward. san francisco state students are also returning in person. uc berkeley, santa clara and cal state have already been back. >> happening later, fans will celebrate an oakland raiders and nfl legend. the coliseum holding the celebration of life for john madden. it starts at 5:30. john madden died on december 28th at the age of 85. most recently living in pleasanton. b

janelle wang will join us at 6:55.eaction from one of team usa's first victories. >> now we want to go to meteorologist kari hall with more on not a drop in sight when it comes to rain in our forecast. >> it's been extremely dry over the past 33 days now and counting. so as we take a look at where we're starting, we have temperatures anywhere from 40 in morgan hill to 58 degrees in oakland. already much milder than what we've seen recently. and you need to be prepared for a cool morning as you're getting the kids ready for school. we're in the low 40s now for drop-off for school in morgan hill. at pickup time we'll be in the low 70s. so a pretty significant warm-up for later today. and we may set some records this afternoon. we'll be very close in many of the microclimates and temperatures warm up more for tomorrow. we'll talk more about that in the forecast coming up in a few minutes. >>> 6:31 right now. breaking news overnight. oakland school leaders voting to shut down or merge several schools, some as soon as june.

. >> reporter: and i'm janelle wang live in beijing. we have an update on palo alto figure skater vincent zhou who tested positive earlier this week with covid and i sit down one-on-one with olympic gold medalist, nathan chen. this is "today in the bay." >> here we go, friday morning. getting you started with your day. thanks so much for making us a part of your morning. i'm marcus washington. >> i'm laura garcia. if you're on the go, take us with you. we're broadcasting to your tv, but you can watch us live on roku, amazon fire, apple tv and online. >> let's get a live look across the bay area. take a look, a beautiful site that you can see from across the bay area this morning. it's going to heat up this weekend. >> it sure is. let's check in with meteorologist kari hall. she's got a look at the strange warming temperatures. >> yeah, it's a little bit of a taste of spring in the middle of what should be winter, and we are going to have another day like that as fremont starts out with temperatures in the upper 40s. but then take a look

janelle wang is at the winter olympics. she's going to show us the impact covid is already having on the games and what to expect for that opening ceremony. >>> good evening. this is nbc bay area news tonight. i'm jessica aguirre. we're going to begin tonight with two developing stories. there is a new battle unfolding between san francisco police and the d.a. and our advisory about potentially dangerous wind. first let's talk about the gusty winds. we saw power outages, delays on b.a.r.t. after a branch fell on the tracks between daly city and san francisco. also another fire broke out today near big sur. luckily this time firefighters jumped on it quickly and they kept it under three acres. still scary to see, though, since crews just fully contained a bigger fire near big sur that started the last time we saw windy conditions like today. chief meteorologist jeff ranieri joins us now. boy, it seems like now we have the second episode of gusty winds. why is that happening? >> it's how the storm track is lining up. we get s

plus -- >> reporter: i'm janelle wang live in beijing. a horrific crash for a san francisco skier and a positive covid test for a palo alto figure skater, just hours before his competition. we'll have the latest headlines from the winter games coming up. >>> today marks 31 days since rain has fallen in the bay area, and this is usually our wettest time of the year. we'll talk about the concerning conditions in our microclimate forecast ahead. this is "today in the bay." >>> here we go, monday morning. thanks so much for making us a part of your morning. i'm marcus washington. >> i'm laura garcia. if you're on the go, you can take us with us. you can watch us online at roku, amazon fire, apple tv, online. >> a lot of places to go. >>> we want to get you started this morning at 6:00, one peninsula school district getting ready to dial back its mask requirements. students will no longer need to wear protection outdoors. >> "today in the bay's" cierra johnson reports from burlingame this morning, the districtha re another milestone in the pan

. >>> now from here in los angeles, let's go around the world and bring in nbc bay area janelle wangijing olympics. you had a little super bowl love out there as well? take it away. >> yeah, super bowl sunday to super gold, and gold medals won tonight on team usa, and there were gold medalist here in beijing with you in l.a., and we're talking about our half pike snowboarders -- sorry, i'm so cold right now, shaun white and chloe kim. shaun white was just here on saturday in beijing, and then by sunday afternoon, the three-time gold medalist was hanging out in l.a., and two-time gold medalist was at sofi stadium enjoying the game. we had our own watch party. kickoff, 7:30 monday morning, and my colleagues getting together with enjoy the game. and so a fun day so far as we kick off the final week of the winter games. we saw a lot of action already in primetime right after the super bowl. you saw it right here. team usa wins gold in the olympic debut of mono bob, gold and silver. the two bobsled pilots, both four-time olympic olympians. they worked out in their own rooms in isolation u

janelle wang will join us at 6:55 this morning. you certainly won't want to miss it.'s get a look at the forecast and meteorologist kari hall inching towards the weekend. looking pretty good? >> yes. it's going to be very warm, so make plans to get outside and enjoy our near record high temperatures as this dry weather continues. we may see several records fall across the bay area as we head for the upper 70s and low 80s. we'll also have people heading to the coastline but heads up that thereby dangerous waves as well as sneaker waves and rip currents. our air quality is moderate. kind of a hazy sky across the bay area and once again the record high temperatures that we're expecting will be in santa rosa as well as concord. oakland may set another record again today as well as at san jose. we'll take a closer look and what's ahead in the forecast coming up in a few minutes. >> marcus? >> thanks, kari. breaking news to tell you about. one person is dead. this is after an apparent shootout in san francisco. that drama unfolded a little after midnight so here's the scene

here in beijing, janelle wang. marcus, back to you. >>> and just into our newsroom, the u.s. women's ice hockey team crushed finland in their first game in beijing. however, one thing they were not looking for was a serious injury in the first few minutes of the game. brianne decker got tangled up and went down hard suffering a lower body injury. she had to be taken off of the ice rink on a stretcher and did not return. still, hillary knight managed to bring home a 5-2 win. up next they take on russia. the russia olympic committee on saturday. >>> and we want you to know that we are continuing with this coverage. it's going to start for you. our prime time coverage starts tonight at 5:00 p.m. that's right here on nbc bay area. make sure you set your alarm for early tomorrow morning. you can catch the opening ceremony live at 3:30 and we know you like your news and weather as well so today in the bay will be streaming live at nbc bay area.com starting at 5:00 a.m. tomorrow. at 6:00, we'll broadcast right here on television but also live on roku, amazon fire, apple tv and onlin

a live report from bay jifnlg our very own janelle wang joins us from the olympic village. should be a lot of fun. >> 4. 47 for you. a brutal day in the stock market for facebook. the dramatic drop and how things are expected to play how the later this morning. >> plus, good-bye character counts. the all new feature twitter is reportedly working on. >> and a warm coat needed as you're stepping out the door this morning. we're in the upper 0s right now in san jose, but we will have a nice warmup as we head towards late morning into the afternoon. we'll talk more about what's ahead as we go into the weekend. that's coming up next. >> and we're looking at traffic right now. a chill view i would assume over here in oakland, but things are moving smoothly on the nimitz freeway. we'll talk about traffic as it heads up towards bay bridge and an unusual warning to another bridge just to the south. and now most admired alum! get up there. this is so embarrassing. there's no way it's me (friends laughing) you know her.... you love her.... ruh roh what are you doing here? it's anna go

janelle wang will be joining us live during the next four hours as we do a special "today in the bay"o freezing in some of our inland valleys. it's 34 in morgan hill and 34 in concord, 37 in napa, and 45 in oakland. so this chilly start will start to feel a little bit better as we go into late morning, into the afternoon. take a look at our temperature trend in pleasant hill, a big warm-up by lunchtime, we're in the upper 50s, low 60s for the middle of the afternoon. around the bay we're going to see mid-60s for this afternoon, santa rosa, morgan hill reaching 64 degrees and 60 today in dublin. this weekend will also trend a bit warmer as our dry weather continues. i'll talk about that in the forecast in a few minutes. laura and marcus? >> thanks, kari. >>> breaking news to tell you about from overnight while you were sleeping. an arrest in the beating that left a bay area 49ers fan in a medically induced coma. that fan was attending sunday's championship game down in los angeles. "today in the bay's" bob redell live for us this morning. talk to us about whatorng to k nbc, our sister

. >> ahead at 5:00 a.m., janelle wang will join us live from beijing with more on the competition androunding it as well. she's breaking down the big team usa win, but kudos to gab ye. she's been curling for years now. >> maybe 2026. thanks, gabrielle. >> talk about being in the right place at the right time because of this life-saving actions of a pasadena fire captain, he's now heading to the super bowl. >> how cool is this. captain william vasuto is actually getting ready to go to the nfc championship when he spotted smoke coming from a home a few doors down. jumping into action, he pulled the woman out trapped inside and he was also able to rescue one of the dogs. despite the heavy traffic, yes, he did make it to that game and a thank you for his heroic reactions i should say, the rams organization is giving him tickets to watch the team take on the bengals live at the super bowl. hey, a reminder to you. super bowl lvi this sunday right here on nbc bay area. kickoff around 3:30 p.m. but you know what, we'll have an entire day of coverages and our olympic coverage begins around 7:4

janelle wang made that journey. she joins us from that secure olympic bubble. you're 16 hours ahead. happy thursday afternoon. tell us what it's like. >> reporter: you got it. it's thursday just after 3:00 p.m. we are in this covid bubble. we have to stay in this closed loop. you probably recognize this behind me. this is the birds nest. this is the site of the opening and closing ceremonies and it will repurpose a lot of the convenient use, including the water cube where michael phelps broke records, now the site of curling. so they'll repurpose a lot of this area and they built two new mountain clusters. it is about two to four hours away if you drove up there. to get here, it was a rigorous process. journalists, production staff, athletes, all have to go through a strict covid testing policy because china wants to keep covid out to protect all of us here in the bubble. 72 hours out, the first pcr covid test. then a in it to l.a.x. where we undergo a soft quarantine at a nearby hotel for two days. at the hotel, two more pcr tests. if all test results are nega

our janelle wang joins us live from beijing. she feels like she's run ten marathons. she joins us one last time before heading home. janelle. hello. >> hi, terry. hi, audrey. yes, it is just after 2:30 sunday afternoon here in beijing. it is the last day of the olympics and my last day here. my night, i leave for the airport in less than nine hours from now. closing ceremony, in just a few hours, and still a lot of competition on this last day. let's take you to the mountain cluster cross country the skiing scene on jesse digness from minnesota wins silver in the women's 30 chom ter, collapsing at the finish line with a time of 1 hour and 26 minutes. she is just incredible. also, winning bronze in the women's sprint early on during this games. it's her second olympics. she won gold in the team sprint in pyeongchang. also, today the last alpine event postponed from yesterday because of gusty winds, the debut of the team event featuring makayla shif richb. team usa, advancing to the bronze final but just short of the podium. six events at these games, no medals in any b

our own janelle wang is in beijing and takes us behind the scenes. we'll also hear from palo alto figure skater vincent jo as he prepares to hit the ice. >>> good evening. we are getting new details about the altercation at that 49ers game down in los angeles. security footage shows daniel luna in a niners jersey was knocked to the ground by another man in a rams jersey. >> now, the mayor of inglewood outlining those details of what happened, but there is much more to the story. nbc bay area's ian cull joins us. ian, a lot of new information about that videotape and about the 49ers fan who is still in a coma. >> reporter: yeah, jessica, the mayor says police knew daniel luna was injured on sunday but only confirmed it was a crime after looking at surveillance video today. tonight the 40-year-old from oakland remains at harbor ucla medical center as detectives try to find out who hit him. >>> tonight few details are released about what happened in the sofi parking lot at the nfc championship game that left daniel luna in a medically induced coma. the

but, in an interview over secure messaging app from beijing, human rights lawyer wang yu told us it'strol critics of the communist party. >> ( translated ): from october to december, during that period of time, i was unable to apply for a health declaration, even though i didn't go to any high- risk areas. >> schifrin: wang represents persecuted minorities and government critics. in 2015, she was the first of more than 200 activists and lawyers arrested in what became known as the "709 crackdown." she spent more than a year in detention. do you think beijing is manipulating the covid app in order to prevent you from traveling because of the nature of your work? >> ( translated ): when i encounter restrictions, i ask if there is any legal basis for these restrictions. they immediately say, because you asked so many questions, we will change the color of your health code to yellow or red. this is how they threaten and act against you. using the codes is actually how they manipulate and control. >> schifrin: the government has long controlled wang and other critics' movements. but, under

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. >> let's bring in janelle wang. what a dramatic 12 hours.sure, raj and jessica. a roller coaster day of emotions for team usa athletes. emotions all over the place. heartbreaking stories, but also heart warming stories, and storm stories of triumph. let's go with what you saw primetime, men's figure skating, the short program. nathan chen broke his international best score he set in the team competition over the weekend. his performance clean, near perfection. he is the u.s.'s best chance of winning gold in this event. >> i mean, i'm just elated, you know. last olympics, both short programs didn't go the way i wanted. timely getting an opportunity to skate program the way i wanted, you know, feels really great. means a lot. >> reporter: his teammate vincent zhou out of the competition withdrawing after testing positive for covid. this came as a total shock for us. vincent is always wearing his n95 mask. he actually isolates himself to prevent this from happening. we're still trying to figure out how he possibly tested positive for covid. he,

joining us now on the inside is selina wang.an, i want to talk to my bartender, so i have many questions about that. the other question, the fbi is telling athletes, leave your phones at home. >> reporter: well that robot bartender is slower than you would think, but, yes, this fbi concern comes on top of team usa and other countries already warning athletes not to bring their personal phones to bring burner devices instead. as a journalist here, i got a burner phone as well, many media organizations including cnn have equipped their reporters with these, and in fact the committee to protect journalists has told reporters to assume that even your hotel room is being surveilled. a key concern for athletes and participants is this my 2022 health app. every day we have to use this, put in our personal health details and cybersecurity researchers say they have found security flaws in it that could leave users' data exposed to data breaches. chinese authorities for their part have dismissed those concerns. brianna? >> thank you so mu

her husband and bay area native nick taylor confirmed the news to nbc bay area's janelle wang.olation after testing positive for covid. >>> and also this morning, five-time olympian and three-time olympic gold medalist shaun white says this is his last olympics. white told the media today he will retire from snowboarding after the 2022 winter games. the 35-year-old snow boarder says he has nothing left to prove and is ready to give it all in his competition. >>> two lake tahoe area athletes are competing today in downhill skiing, the second olympics for troofis ganong and bryce bennett, both from alpine meadows. >>> before we go vianey has one last check of the forecast. >> a great day to watch the olympics all weekend or go outside and set up your own game plan because it will be really nice despite the high clouds we are seeing now. temperatures will be in the mid 60s. breezy hills for sunday. looking ahead into the seven-day forecast, notice a bump up in temperatures. so we've got the high pressure that's going to continue to dominate. unfortunately, keeping any real chance

story rescuing a 5 year old boy trapped on a well for days work a say they are just sent to meet as a wang from nicholas ryan, who fell down the shaft on tuesday. we will continue to monitor the story and keep you updated at the news for this our stick round up next is reporter. i'm watching a bi stay informed with live and demand, comcast and language courses, video and audio. any time, anywhere that d w media center. in the battle against cove it the only common variant is putting healthcare systems around the world to test.

celina wang with david culver, cnn, beijing. >>> u.s.vice is putting its plan for new facial recognition software on hold after objections from lawmakers and privacy groups. the new system would have required taxpayers to take a picture of a photo i.d. to sign on to its website. the software would compare that with a selfie from the user. the irs says it's working on other ways to authenticate taxpayers' identities online. >>> good news looking for cheap u.s. flights. spirit and frontier airlines have a deal worth $6.5 billion. it will be the fifth largest airline in the united states. two budget airlines have both taken significant hits since the pandemic began. both registering hundreds of millions of dollars in losses. spirit ceo says the plan is to create an aggressive ultra low fare competitor. >>> here in the u.k. a pub that claims to be the oldest in brittain has been forced to close down after more than 1200 years of business. you're looking at ye old fighting cocks. it may not be the end of the road. the owner says they're worki

selina wang, that you can very much. >>> the u.s.s accusing russia of an elaborate plot to stage a fake attack that they could then use as a pretext for invasion. >> as part of this fake attack, we believe that russia would produce a very graphic propaganda video including corpses and actors that would be depicting mourners and images of destroyed locations, as well as military equipment, at the hands of ukraine or the west. >> so russia is denying this claim by the pentagon. >> i can assure you that russia is never involved in any business of this kind. and there is no reason logically speak that that might be taking place >> let's bring in cnn's natasha bertrand to talk about this. it i this is a very serious claim. where are we on understanding what's happened and the intel on this. >> reporter: we're told the administration has gathered intelligence suggesting russia has been preparing such a video, not that it has been made yet or the u.s. has this in their possession but all signs on the ground point to russia preparing to make

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let's get a preview of the opening ceremony from cnn's selina wang.ay morning over there. sl selena, how is covid actually threatening the games? >> wolf, yet another olympic games held under the shadow of covid-19, there have already been more than 100 positive covid-19 cases linked to athletes or team officials and for every athlete that tests positive, it is heartbreaking and frustrating speaking to some athletes who have tested positive and now received negative tests but already they have missed days of training. they ever missed their flights to beijing and their olympic dreams now hang in limbo. at these games, any confirmed ppo positive case is sent to an isolation facility or hospital and they cannot leave until they have two back to back negative covid-19 tests. these games are held under the strictest covid-19 measures in the world. wolf, and i stepped off the airplane here, i felt more like i was entering a dystopian movie set, rather than entering an olympic host city. you are not feeling that buzz there. people are very much on edge. how

reporting from beijing, i'm janelle wang.cus and laura, back to you. >> we will be rooting her on. if you didn't manage to catch this morning's opening ceremony, don't worry. nbc bay area certainly has you covered. we are re-airing the entire thing start to finish at 5:00 and 8:00 tonight. >> quite the show there. very beautiful to watch. >> very cool. >>> 7:21 this morning, and it's time to get a look at the forecast before you head out. mike is going to look at the commute coming up in just a bit. kari, let's talk about the weather today, starting out nice and cool this morning. >> yeah, that's a nice way to put it, nice and cool, because in some spots it's been freezing this morning, and we're waking up to a clear sky, just a hazy view as we look across the bay into san francisco. let's head out the door to martinez with our temperatures in the upper 30s. we go into the 40s in the next couple of hours and see temperatures trending more upper 50s, low 60s for today. that's what we've seen these past few days, where it start

. >> and our janelle wang made that trip to beijing sand there this morning. we should alert you with a bit of a spoiler. curling fans, janell, they are not wasting any time getting started. >> action already under way. good evening, marcus and laura. we're 16 hours ahead of you in the bay area so it's just after 9:00 p.m. thursday night here in beijing. we are in the olympic plaza, in the heart of the beijing cluster. behind me as you can see is this beautiful landmark called the beijing olympic tower, the second tallest tower in the capital city. beijing hosted the summer games in 2008 and now the winter games in 2022 so the venues are being reused like the iconic bird's nest for the winter games. it will also be the site of the opening and closing ceremonies. the water cube where swimming and diving took place in 2008 and where michael phelps broke records is now the site of curling. the stadium that hosted volleyball during the summer games is now the site of figure skating, and the stadium that hosted gymnastics in 2008 is now the site of hockey, and spea

plus -- >> reporter: i'm janelle wang live in beijing.orrific crash for a san francisco skier and a positive covid test for a palo alto figure skater, just hours before his competition. we'll have the latest headlines from the winter games coming up. >>> today marks 31 days since rain has fallen in the bay area, and this is usually our wettest time of the year. we'll talk about the concerning conditions in our microclimate forecast ahead. this is "today in the bay." >>> here we go, monday morning. thanks so much for making us a part of your morning. i'm marcus washington. >> i'm laura garcia. if you're on the go, you can take us with us. you can watch us online at roku, amazon fire, apple tv, online.

cnn's selina wang has more. >> reporter: vladimir putin leaning into the eyes of the world to beijinghis critics at home and threatened his enemies abroad, many of the dignitaries at the opening ceremonies for the winter olympics do not have a glowing record when it comes to human rights and freedoms. it's a constant charge by host china. >> we should not be here at all. >> reporter: while athletes will compete, far fewer than the vips of the opening ceremony. most of those places are considered free or partly free by u.s. freedom rights group freedom house. they're all filling a gap led by the united states and like-minded countries who are staging a diplomatic boycott. washington said chinese rights committee applicant temporarily the uighur minority means it cannot contribute to the fanfare of the games. despite mounting evidence, the chinese government said it's not persecuting the uighurs. >> u.s. diplomatic or official representation would treat these games as business as usual in the case of the prc's egregious human rights atrocities in yanqing and we can't do that. a far cry

our own janelle wang there in china posting this behind the scenes video of the strict covid quarantinere in beijing. janelle will join us tomorrow night. our coverage of the winter olympics starts this wednesday. >> she went through a lot just to get there. >> she is still going through a lot. i think it's a couple of tests per day. they have to go from the hotel right to the venue. you can't even leave the gates to go into the town of beijing. it's strict to keep everyone safe. >> it's going to be a nice start, 30s and 40s. here's the opening ceremony on friday. >> the windchill can make it feel with these temperatures in the 20s. it's definitely going to be a factor the athletes have been training for. >> it's windy here. >> it's also cold. we want to talk about that wind. we have wind warnings up for the entire bay area, although the strongest gusts will be in the north bay mountains. that's wind gusts of 40 to 60 expected in the mountains through tomorrow. tonight we'll see the highest wind in the north bay, also down towards mt. hamilton, santa cruz mountains. gustiest in the nort

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janelle wang has completed the journey back to the bay area after two weeks of round the clock reporting, and returned to one of her day jobs. >> mom! >> i know her. >> so sweet. hailey. she's so happy to see mommy back home. >> that's a million dollar hug right there. makes it all worth it. >> when you have small children. i came back from rio, my teenagers were like hey, you were gone? didn't notice. that's beautiful. >> janelle, welcome back. >> so happy. >> five-day nap now. >> wearing classic unicorn headband, perfect. >> that's it for us. have a good tuesday. >> bye-bye. >>> tonight, the major escalation by vladimir putin, opening the door for russian troops to roll into ukraine. the russian president signing a decree formally recognizing breakaway regions of eastern ukraine as independent and ordering what he calls peacekeeping troops to go in. putin in an address to the russian people calling ukraine a puppet of the u.s. president biden condemning the move, huddling with his national security team how the u.s. is responding. >>> also tonight, u.s. covid cases plummeting 64% in 2

janelle wang is there covering the games for us.as certainly a more difficult start for some of our bay area athletes. >> reporter: kyra, not the best day for bay area athletes, but we are in the first weekend of competition at the winter games and a full day of competition. today we were inside at the capital indoor stadium, the site of figure skating and day two. the men's free skate and women's short program featured bay area athletes. vincent zhou skated beautifully. he had a very difficult program and got out of one of his jumps early. a solid performance by our local skater. a couple hours later, freemont's karen chen started out beautifully and gracefully, but unfortunately fell near the end of the program. team usa falls from first to second now. the team competition wraps up tomorrow. russia currently is first. i spoke with karen exclusively just after she got off the ice. >> definitely the fall is very disappointing since i have not been doing that at practice at all. i think i just got a little tense at the wrong second.

selina wang, thank you. >>> joining me now is adam rupon.hing the current skater mariah bell. you usually just do jake's show. glad you're up with us. >> i'm glad jake is sharing me, that i am being passed around at cnn. >> jake does not share well, so this is really a statement. i want to know what it was like for you to watch kamila valiyeva skate yesterday knowing what you now know about the failed drug test. >> it was infuriating. it was infuriating to watch. to have a skater or any sort of athlete in a competition with a known failed drug test is unprecedented, let alone to happen at an olympic games. for me it was infuriating to watch. because i was watching somebody not play by the rules. it felt unfair. and it feels so unfair to all of the athletes who got here and compete clean. you know, when i first got here and she competed in the team event, i couldn't believe my eyes. i have never seen anything like that. and now i know i was right. i shouldn't have believed my eyes. because it was unbelievable. and it makes us all frustrated a

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let's check in with "today in the bay's" janelle wang live in beijing. it doesn't get any more dramatic than this. people wait for these competitions and love to watch. >> reporter: for sure. this is the premiere event at the winter olympics, but it is swirling in controversy because of a doping scandal. the short program, though, continues. the competition continues. it's going on right now. it's been going on for a couple of hours. so far only one skater from team usa has skated. that's mariah bell and she currently sits in second place. the russian skater where the controversy is regarding has also not skated yet. kamila valiyeva, the gold medal favorite, is competing and skating despite testing positive for a banned substance. the court of arbitration ruled the 15-year-old can compete, but the ioc is not happy, saying if she finishes in the top three, there will be no medal ceremony at these games and no medals will be handed out until this matter is resolved. >> it just questions the entire integrity of the olympics movement. we train our entire liv

house behind russian figure skater with a reputation for brutal training regiments. >> cnn selina wangarts right now. >> "outfront" next, a siege drone strike, an attack using chemical weapons, america's top diplomat lays out specific scenarios putin could use to justify a war. >>> plus the war over money crushing ukraine's economy already, i'll talk to the ceo of one of the largest tech companies in ukraine, you'll find out something you probably never knew about an industry that could help save

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janelle wang has completed the journey back to the bay area after two weeks of round the clock reporting, and returned to one of her day jobs. >> mom! >> i know her. >> so sweet. hailey. she's so happy to see mommy back home. >> that's a million dollar hug right there. makes it all worth it. >> when you have small children. i came back from rio, my teenagers were like hey, you were gone? didn't notice. that's beautiful. >> janelle, welcome back. >> so happy. >> five-day nap now. >> wearing classic unicorn headband, perfect. >> that's it for us. have a good tuesday. >> bye-bye. [ cheers and applause ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon."

janelle wang here in beijing. the winter games. it is just after 2:50 here sunday afternoon.re. me and my photographer landed about a week ago. a lot of covid testing leading up to our departure flight and when we landed, we've been testing every single day. a covid test, a deep throat swab. if we don't dee doo that test, we cannot leave our lotell rooms. there water few team u.s.a. members who tested positive and that includes our bobsledder, elana meyers taylor. she tested positive two days after landing. she's been in isolation over a week. not allowed to leave her hotel room. we got word yesterday she got the two back to back tests needed to be clooered to compete. the whole week she's been training in her room. they brought weights and an exercise bike. i spoke to her via zoom and says she's got about ten meters to work with but now she's out and can compete. unfortunately, her husband, nick taylor remains in isolation at another room down the hall. nick is from hayward and an alternate on the men's bobsledding team but he's also staying in shape and set up a gym inside

itself on being about more than just soccer and about putting oakland first, but it's ktvu is quality, wang found out the last few years have brought an even deeper discussion about where the team and its staff wants to stand in this moment in history. for jordan's feral and nana cora black history month is about both reflecting on history and making it so if i could be that positive, you know, person that young. black killers up to i'm going to be there because that's what i knew in my life, right? and what has been happening in the world has forever changed the conversation in society and in sports the way the pandemic happened like athletes now feel. differently about speaking out and being athlete activists than ever before, and so sport organizations are going to have to deal with this. in a way that they never have. i first met these two men back in february of 2020. the second season for the oakland roots was about start. gordon farrell was head coach making history then, as one of only two black head coaches among 82 pro soccer teams in the u. s. if people don't see that there's som