Have been killed by corona virus mainly in china. At least 73 thousand people have been infected worldwide. And there s now at least 29 confirmed cases in the us. After 14 new patients were flown in from japan yesterday. As for the latest numbers. In fairfield, tom jenson, bay area news. Thank you, tom. As for the latest numbers more than 1,800 people have been killed by the coronavirus, mainly in china. At least 73,000 people have been infected worldwide. And there is now at least 29 confirmed cases in the United States after 14 new patients were flown in from japan yesterday. And unexpected move by the president thiss morning. He has pardoned former San Francisco 49erss owner eddie debartolo. And this came out off nowhere. It is a genuine surprise, because debartolo is well thought of by San Francisco fans, and this is back to the revelations documentaryto abo the 49ers and he was looking for abe riverboat gambling license louisiana and the governor there demanded a cash bribe t to get. And debartolo paid the bribe and found guilty of not reporting the bribe to the authorities and paid a fine and agreed to testify against the governor and voluntarily handed over control to his sister who owns it to this t day. This morning, one of the president s press attaches for debartolo and jerry rice was thereor and pushing President Trump to make a pardon and jim brown is in the crowd, and here is rice and the former 49er. So, basically, you know, i think that what is with eddie and what he has accomplished and what he has done on and off of the football field and the charity work and just being great, and trying to be the greatest of all time. And you know, i tip my hat off to donald trump for what he did. And you know, like i said, it is all about being here for eddie today. And President Trump also commuted the sentence of former illinois governor Rod Blagojevich who had been impeached trying to sell senator obamas senate seat, and senator obama became president obama freeing up the seat. And also, Bernard Kerik was going to be first head of the Homeland Security and he went to prison for tax fraud and his also commuted. A lot of them coming down. We did not expect. This surprising from the newsroom. All right. See if there is anymore later. I will check. And testimony is resuming in the murder trial of nia wilsons murderer, and the courtroom has been chaotic with the defendant kicked out of court twice. Last week he admitted to stabbing her and her sister at the mcarthur b. A. R. T. Station and pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. And the diridon station was shutdown because of a bomb square and shut down for about 90 minutes while the police investigated the scene. There was significant backups and the caltransti trains had t start in santa clara and other trains were rerouted in the investigation. Lanes of westbound 80 are back open in emeryville this morning where we saw a big backup after a big rig crashed before the bay bridge and that is what closed the lane closures, and we covered the story throughout the morning on today in the bay and reports of a sedan involved and no word of the cause or the injuries involved in the. Crash. And a peek outside and look at the microclimate forecast and in the east bay in oakland and unusually warm weather, and although it is pleasant, we need the rain. And we have been tracking this, kerari hall, but it is beautiful. Yes. And looking out in palo alto, and that sunshine is beautiful. And so if you are heading out for lunch, it is 65 reaching into the upper 60s and nice long walk today outside and looking at the microclimates and the temperatures reaching 70 degrees in san jose and 70 in concord and 70 in napa and santa rosa reaching the upper 60s and San Francisco up to 62. We will still have a slight cooldown as the dry weather continues. We will talk about this and what else is in the microclimate forecast coming up in a few minutes. All right. Thank you, kari. And the new npr pbs marist poll qualifies Mike Bloomberg to be in the democratic debate. Tomorrow will be the first race for bloomberg to face off against the democratic opponents. This is nbcs andrea mitchell. Reporter ready for the debay debut and a new poll making it official. Former new york city mayor Mike Bloomberg has qualified for the nbc msnbc nevada debate. Ahead of joe biden and Bernie Sanders in the latest poll. It is the first time that is going to appear on the stage with fellow Democratic Candidates and despite spending 124 million in 14 states for super tuesday alone and having yet to appear on any 2020 ballot. This morning his campaign is calling it the sign that mikes plan and ability to defeat donald trump is resonating with more and more americans. We may not have billions of dollars to throw around, but reporter and the current frontrunner Bernie Sanders is so confident about the nevada caucuses, he is campaigning in Washington State who does not vote for three weeks, but bloomberg is hitting back going after voters known as the bernie bros after their aggressive and derogatory tweets. It is vitale important for those of us who hold different views to be able to engage in a civil discourse. Reporter in the meantime, sanders big crowds, sanders has been on the small stages after losing badly. And he lost 12 primaries before he won one to be the president of the United States. And Pete Buttigieg is campaigning monday night in the socially conservative utah. This is what it looks like to prove that there is no such thing as a permanently red state. Andrea mitchell is reporting there. And nbc and msnbc will broadcast the third democratic primary debate from las vegas and you can watch it tomorrow night at 6 00 p. M. And Affordable Housing is in the bay area, and that is what we are focusing on with our today in the bay. How a new bill could transform building in the city. And a reason that local councils may not be affected. And have you seen. As we know San Francisco is one of the most expensive cities in the world to rent an apartment. This 35yearold entrepreneur is changing the game though she thinks, because she created the Housing Company called pod share which is a cocommunity living and bunk bed style sleeping quarters for 1,200 a month and the residents are digging it. In a way, it is like going back to college dorm living, but everybody is more older and mature. You get the free wifi and netflix and the utilities are included. What do you think about this . All right. That is it for today. Coming up after nbc bay news at 11 00 vo four years ago, donald trump beat the democratic establishment. And then he outlasted democratic insiders in washington on impeachment, despite his obvious crimes and corruption. Romney the president is guilty. Vo now, if we dont do Something Different this time around, hell win again. Thats the hard truth. We simply cant afford to nominate another insider or an untested newcomer who doesnt have the experience to beat trump on the economy. We need to think different. Tom steyer is a progressive businessman who left his company and is using his time and money to beat big corporations and address Climate Change. He can expose donald trump as a fraud and failure on the economy. Tom steyer hes running on the economy. He running on the idea that democrats cant grow an economy, are a bunch of socialists, you cant afford to vote for him. My job is is take on mr. Trump and kick his ass on the economy. Im tom steyer and i approve this message. And there you have it the opening bell of the new york stock exchange. The dow is down 225 points, and the dow falls for the third day losing 200 points after apples coronavirus warning. The Harvey Weinstein trial is just about over, and right now the jurors are in deliberation. Since no physical evidence was presented the jury is going to have to decide who they believe more. Six women accused the movie mogul of Sexual Assault and faces charges in two of the accusations. Weinstein says that all of the sexual contact was consensual, and regardless of what happens in this trial, weinstein has to deal with four more pending Sexual Assault cases in los angeles. And happening now a popular park in the south way is still shutdown following a mountain li lion attack. Authorities believe that a Mountain Lion attacked a young girl in cupertino at the san antonio park. And the little girl received rabies shots as a precaution. And the park is closed until the Mountain Lion is captured. It is the first Mountain Lion attack at that park. And San Francisco teachers are inching closer to to a strike. They held a march outside of dougherty high school, and these are posted by the teachers and the union says that the teachers have been working without a contract since last june and the next step is to bring in a negotiator the find Common Ground with the district. In the special making it in the bay coverage, the housing advocates on the peninsula belief that a new state law may create new Affordable Housing and the new law allows the Affordable Housing to be bigger despite the guidelines. And the san mateo activists are pointing to the fivestory building on east 4th avenue and they say that the new law would allow it to be a zsevenstory building and then the developer would ultimately have to agree to the change. And homelessness is going to be a hot topic in oakland where councilmembers will form a commission to talk about the ep de demic and they will review the homeless epidemic and look at more funding to address the crisis. Last month, two mothers in Alameda County were evicted. And the current owners plan to sell the home and sell it over the a trust which would allow the mothers to move back in, but the plans are still being negotiated. The safeway workers are planning to strike in the midst of stalled contract talks. They say that they have organized the strike and in the latest move, they have canceled the latest contract extension. Safeway issued a statement saying it is committed to more negotiations, and right now, no new talks under way. And todays rally is going to take place outside of the store in belmont. More fallout following the boy scouts of america filing for bankruptcy. It comes after lawsuits alleging sexual abuse. Roughly 300 of the cases said that the organization knew it had a problem dating back as far back as the 1920s. Only the National Organization is filing bankruptcy and not the local chapters known as councils. Legal experts say that is the way for the boy scouts to try to shield the local groups from losing billions of dollars in assets. Nbc bay area investigates a new report due out in the coming weeks showing the Climate Change and rising sea levels could affect the bay area more dramatically and sooner than we realize. And our reporter got a hand on the data and Stephen Stock has the report. Reporter this is showing the rising tides that are at risk to the rising threat. Including 91,000 Housing Units as well as highways, airports, trains and subways. But our team found Major Construction projects are still being allowed the go up in some of these threatened flood zones. According to the state planners, this area could see a rise in sea level between 6 and 12 inches by 2030 and just 10 years from now, and the Scientists Say that the rate of the Sea Level Rise is growing exponentially because of the rising of the sea melt and the rising oceans. What does the public need to understand about this crisis . That there is no longer any way to stop it happening. Even so, our investigatety unit found two dozen major recent or current developments worth 13 billion still going up in the highrisk flood zones where the planners know that the sea level is rising faster than first predicted. Coming up tonight at 11 00, we go directly to the people responsible for green lighting the projects to find out why it is allowed, and we map it all out for you to show you what Sea Level Rise might look like in 10, even 30 years from now tonight at 11 00. Well see you then. And day four of the search for a palo alto couple missing in marin county, but even the veteran searchers aret at a lo. More than 100 people have been scouring the area where they were last known the b. And kris sanchez has the report. Reporter searchers are sure that they are out here waiting for a rescue. The couples son said that he had backpacking experience from the younger days, but because they are 72 and 77 years old, they dont believe they could have gotten very far on their own by foot. We went out this morning with one of the volunteers who took a cadaver dog out and she is looking for carol kaparski and ian irwin on day four. It is going to be a much narrower search and also including searchers doortodoor on the private property. The couples son spoke to the volunteers to thank them for the dedication to find the parents, but one son said that because they have come up empty for days, the family is really starting to worry that something terrible could have happened. Very strange that they wouldnt have been a mile away or two miles away. Because like, it is like somebody picked them up and removed them from the area is what i keep thinking. Reporter when carol and ian left their bnb in inverness they left their phones and computers and belongs and failed to check out of the air bnb and missed family plans sunday and monday. Because of the holiday, it was the biggest search to date with 100 volunteers on foot and horseback and the marin county deployed a plane, drones and dogs and boats. All of that gps data was mapped to hone in on the areas today that have not been searched or areas of special interest. The detectives are working with the couples banks to see if there is a paper trail to see what they were doing in the hours and the days before they seemed to have vanished. In marin county, kris sanchez, nbc bay area news. A lot of heartache for that family. And lets talk about the forecast experiencing. And certainly not the weather that we thought that we were getting this time of the year, but nothing to complain about, but the lack of rain. Yes, the lack of rain, and it would be nice to get rain and sierra snow, but we are not seeing it. So might as well get out to enjoy the sunshine, and we will take a live look outside in walnut creek, and not a cloud to be seen anywhere in the distance and as we look in san jose, we are seeing more of the temperatures and the temperatures are warming up across the bay with the lack of fog this morning and compared to yesterday morning when we were foggy to start out, and now we are going to have in response a warmer temperatures for the afternoon. The sevenday forecast is coming up in the bottom of the screen as we take a look at the current temperatures where it is 61 degrees in concord and in livermore and 62 in san jose and 59 in palo alto. We are heading out to martinez in lunch, and right at about 65 degrees at 1 00, and then reaching 67 degrees before it starts to come back down once again. But it is a very nice evening. If you are about to head out, we are looking at a high amount of tree pollen floating through the air, and usually rain will help wash a lot of the allergins out of the air temporarily, and of course, we have not had any rain, and with everything blooming, no rain in sight. We are going to continue the have a high amount of tree pollen, and most likely over the next few days. The high temperatures in the south bay reached 70 in milpitas and in the east bay up to 71 in danville, and oakland today, reaching 66 degrees, and 58 for the high at half moon bay, and 60 in the outer sunset where the temperatures will reach 70 in novato, and we are looking at the dry conditions here. We do see some clouds and couple of the low pressure systems and the High Pressure that has been blocking the storm systems moving away and we will see a couple of the nearby disturbances, and the areas of low pressure that are going to bring in more clouds and still nothing close enough to bring any rain. That is going to be up until next week where it looks like the next storm system is coming in close enough where it could bring us some rain. So we are crossing the fingers for that, and right now, we are still dry and feeling the spring like weather reaching up to the upper 60s and lower 70s. For San Francisco, more of the same with the weather pattern in repeat from now to next monday, laura and marcus. I thought that there was a glim omer of rain. Maybe in the 10day forecast. All right. Coming up, also some promising news for an endangered species. The Los Angeles Zoo has a new baby gorilla and the reason that the newborn is giving us new hope for the species. And redbox is launching into the streaming war, and it is called free live tv and it is free and Available Online or on a mobile app. It is going to feature different movie genres and in 2017, they launched the on demand service to allow the users to rent and buy movies. We will have more for you free when we come back. 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You have to dvr it, because i wont be up that late. So we will see a lot of sunshine and temperatures in the low 70s and it is looking pretty nice going through the sevenday forecast and possibly beyond this, and no promises beyond it. And i was asked the other day, ask the weather person when we get rain. I am keeping tabs. Have great day. Growing up in la, bad air forced us indoors. And now we have to deal with this. Climate change is an emergency. Thats why i wrote the nations most progressive climate law. And thats why im endorsing tom steyer. Because when big oil tried to stop our clean air laws, he led us to victory. Same with the keystone pipeline. When tom says we can save the world and do it together believe him. Im tom steyer and i approve this message. Right now on california live, malou has tails wagging in the sierras. Look at the cute pups. We are at lake davis and about to go dog sledding. And then, dangerous curves ahead. 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