Are responding to the fact that the Company Gilead appears to be having some Good Progress with its testing of its drug. This is a trial, a Clinical Trial that is showing some promi promise. There were some 125 people, people who were severely ill. Many saw a rapid recovery and now looking at expanding the testing in hopes of scaling up the drug. Dow futures up. Gilead stock is up 16 on news its trial is going well. Testing is a key point. The plan to reopen the country, be democrats say, doesnt have enough of it. Three phases in restoring we are not opening all at once but one careful step at a time. Reporter the three phase plan, a gradual return to work and public life with social distancing and schools still closed. Highrisk individuals stay home. Then resume nonessential travel, open schools and sports and social gathering. Finally back to social life with caution. A focus on hygiene. Democrats argue the plan needs much more detail about testing, testing, testing. We need several million tests a day. Reporter states would begin when testing is low for 14 days. Americans are protesting, eager to get back to work. I honestly dont know when that check will be coming. Reporter the federal government has run out of money for Small Business loans. Democrats are blocking efforts to add more. We want to make sure were going to allocate a substantial amount of taxpayer dollars, an billion, that it actually gets to the people who need it the most. Reporter a stalemate on capitol hill as america prepares to open for business. Tracie potts, nbc news. Thank you very much, tracie. In just a few hours nurses throughout the state in the bay area will proit test in the fight against covid19. Bob, the governor says help is on the way. Reporter many nurses say its not soon enough. Starting at 8 00. They will be demanding more personal safety equipment. Weve heard nurses wearing the same n95 facemask for an entire shift. Thats how bad the shortage is, they cant change out when they intervene with a different patient. In an interview to be broadcast with Ellen DegenerousGovernor Newsom says hes trying to secure more masks per month. Rather than waiting around for the National Stockpile to arrive or pointing fingers, we decided to go out and procure a number of large contracts using the nations state status of california and committing over a billion and a half dollars to that cause. We havent yet seen the benefits of those efforts. We expect to see the first deliveries. Im not holding my breath. We have backups to that backup. It is an effort to provide resources so we can meet this moment through the summer and into the early part of next year. Reporter you can watch the governors full interview on ellen at 4 00. Coming up at 5 30, Governor Newsom gives us an idea what the, quote, new normal will be like once the state starts easing some of the stayathome restrictions. Reporting live, bob redell, today in the bay. All right, thank you very much, bob. Its 5 05. A Contra Costa CountyChurch Pastor is being cited for holding a service. Sheriffs deputies received an anonymous complaint that people were gathering at the all Nations Church of god in choois in north richmond. When they arrived they saw 40 people inside. No one was Wearing Masks or practicing social distancing. The pastor was uncooperative and refused to talk to them. At any type of gathering like this not considered an essential business and there are alternatives to showing up in person to worship. We reached out to the pastor but our calls were not returned. The superior court of Alameda County is resuming limited virtual hearings. Starting monday hearings in civil, family and Probate Matters will get under way. The hearings will be done remotely via telephone or videoconference. Plans to reopen courtrooms are still being formed. The number of unemployment claims across the state is growing and very quickly. Historic 2. 7 million claims have been processed so far. Many are reporting issues when it comes to actually signing up for the benefits. To help californias Development Department is launching a secondary call center on monday. It will operate seven days a week from 8 00 a. M. To 8 00 p. M. The new call center is not to file claims but rather to answer questions. Okay. Now its time fob something good this morning. Dozens of students in san diego got together digitally to sing something nice for our Frontline Health care workers. What the world needs now is love sweet love its the only thing that theres too little of what the world needs now yes. The kids were singing, marcus. The kids. Many of those kids have parents who are doctors, nurses, and Health Care Workers. What a lovely song. They all had a message of love sprinkled throughout. See right here. Its just beautiful to see all of that there. The kids just thanking all the help care workers and we thank them as well because they do so much for us. Its amazing. We will have marcus come serenade you. Well make that part of the morning at some point. Sprinkled throughout the show. You dont want me serenading anybody. That would be scary. Lets get to your micro climate forecast. There goes my airpod. Were tracking isolated chance of some spotty showers, already seeing some activity in Central California and in through monterey. So lets get right to your daytime highs because we do have plenty to talk about there. 67 degrees in san jose. 66 in oakland. And check out San Francisco, 60 degrees. But even though its still going to be a fairly Beautiful Day despite the cloud cover, a quick reminder we dont want anybody at the beach, okay . Nobody should be heading to the beach. Not to mention theres a beach hazard statement in effect through tonight at 11 00 p. M. Which means stay off the coast entirely. Now thats going to remain in effect but then were tracking rain heading into the weekend. Thats also going to bring a greater cooldown than we expected today. Ill have a closer look at that coming up shortly. First lets check in with mike. Vianey, nothing to be afraid are for 580 as we look at the live traffic over in dublin. Very smooth drive in. Very good visibility. Nearby in the same county we do have the crash investigation which continues on the shoulder there in pleasanton. Well talk about that coming up. I also want to show you the bay bridge which is moving very smoothly getting over there. There was a second deadly crash of the morning on highway 4 that is also on the shoulder. Well talk about that as well, but traffic flow over into the east bay, the upper east shore, is moving smoothly. Back to you. Thanks, mike. 5 09 for you that morning and coming up next, zoom goes after zoom bombers with the help of some bug bounty hunters. Well explain coming up. Plus, just how many people are working from home and whats their favorite part about it. Were not even close to being done with this pandemic but historians are already talking about saving your memories, how you can contribute coming up. But first, something good to share with you. The Santa Clara Medical center posting this picture of the Lab Department holding up thank you signs. They say they are grateful to everyone for staying at home and following those social distancing orders. Well be right back. Breyers is always so delicious. I can tell that they used your milk, matilda. Great job [moo] youre welcome. Breyers Natural Vanilla is made with 100 grade a milk and cream and only sustainably farmed vanilla. Better starts with breyers. Milk and cream and only sustainably farmed vanilla. Like leather, skin is stronger when 9 out of 10 men dont get the hydration their skin needs. Thats why dove men care body wash has a unique hydrating formula. To keep mens skin healthier and stronger. Good friday morning. It is 5 12. More cloud cover and cooler temperatures on tap. Ill have the latest look at the Sierra Snowpack and how the Drought Monitor is doing coming up. Good morning. Very happy friday morning to you from me. A third of the trillion dollars that the government, congress, set aside to loan out to Small Businesses across america, sounded like a lot of money at the time, and it turns out it was not. That money, as we have reported to you, has run out. Theres no more to lend. Congress squabbling over another set of funds. There are growing questions about what states got money and who was left out. The latest number from analysts at evercore show just under 50,000 were approved for a loan which tops the nation. New york about 40,000. But when you look at it as percentages of businesses that were approved, then it very much looks like california and new york were left behind. Elon musk is once again in the news over coronavirus. You may recall he left his tesla plant open. They had to order it closed. He called the panic, he said, over coronavirus silly. Now he is criticizing Governor Newsom and cnn on his twitter feed after cnn questioned his claims tesla is donating ventilators to hospitals. This is a picture of respiratory therapists in california thanking musk for the machines. Here is another picture from last month of more machines. I say machines because theres an argument over whether these are ventilators. These are bipap machines which push oxygen under pressure but are not ventilators in the sense you hear ventilators that were used by Governor Cuomo or Governor Newsom. The invasive ventilators that help you breathe towards the end of your life when you are very critical. Those are the ones that we were worried about running out of. Musk also tweeted he doesnt understand why cnn, which was criticizing him, and demanded Governor Newsom set cnn straight. Marcus and laura, on a lighter note they want to document the pandemic, museums do, they want to hear from you so everyone can tell future generations what it was like inthey want to see youd your photos and journal entries youre making so they can capture our time. Theyve set up a website in conjunction with the smithsonian. The address is there on your screen but ill also tweet it out and send a facebook as well. I heard that is good advice. I know some of you are recommending to your children that they keep diaries and journals because it will be such an interesting thing to tell our children, grandchildren, their grandchildren about the great pandemic of 2020. Very much so. Exactly. My kids keep journals, and its important for them to talk about how theyre feeling. It really is. Thanks a lot, scott. A lot of people because of this have been using zoom, and zoom is actually about to roll out plans to improve security of its teleconferencing app. One of the biggest Security Issues facing zoom is the surge in zoom bombing, when uninvited attendees break into and disrupt meetings. According to the company has hired a firm that specializes in managing programs. Hackers who look for those vulnerabili vulnerabilities. Twothirds of employees are working remotely, at least participate of the workweek. Thats according to a new survey from clutch. 40 say its five or more days per week. Not having a commute is the remote work experience. Employees also enjoy more flexible schedule, difficulty collaborating with employees the least favorite part of remote work. Okay, now something good for you this morning. High schoolers all across the country have a reason to dance. Thats right. Now tonight John Krasinski is hosting a virtual prom. These are for all the students missing out on their real fun night of the year. Im hosting this friday night. The office star has promised to deejay the live web event hell host for his series some good news. He posted a picture of himself at his High School Prom with that announcement. All right. And if youre in the ongoing pandemic and its canceling your plans to tie the knot, busch beer wants to help you. So the company tweeted out that couples whose wedding plans have changed in 2020 can post a photo of themselves and tell busch how they are still planning to celebrate. They need to use th the buschweddinggift and sweets takes for a chance to win a free supply of beer. 250 winners will be chosen. What if you dont like beer . I guess you know someone. I dont think i want a beer gut for my honeymoon, right . No. Those pictures wont be pretty. Some of us already have the shelter in place guts already. All right, look, maybe this is a time to take a jog around today. It will be cooler which will bring some relief from the heat we were seeing. I have a couple things i am monitoring including the cooler weather and also rain. We have an unsettled weather pattern mainly over Southern California, creeping its way into Central California. Monterey already catching some of the shower activity and you can see it on satellite radar which will bring a chance for seeing isolated showers in some parts of the bay area but current temperatures in the 40s and 50s. A mild start. Right to your daytime highs. A high of 67 degrees. Notice how in the morning that puts spotty showers and a slight chance for the afternoon so its not going to be a complete washout. Right to that california Drought Monitor. This is really good news. It completely got rid of all the lingering dryness when it came to the rain we got in april and also the rain weve seen in march. So thats fantastic news. Were going to continue to put a dent in the monitor because come wildfire season that will play a big role. The latest numbers, i have an update on that. North 61 of average. That brings us at about 63 of state average. Now keep in mind that the Sierra Snowpack makes up for about a third of our water supply here in california. Thats a big factor as well. Late showers, our best chance of seeing potentially widespread will be late sunday night into monday morning. A high of 63. For San Francisco well see the late showers move in for San Francisco as well on sunday night into monday morning. Back to you. Vianey, well take it from here where were looking at, unfortunately, a tragic night in a couple spots. I want to show you video we did get from pleasanton southbound 680, the scene of one of our deadly crashes. Two big rigs were involved as well as the sedan and we had only the left lanes open as the video was taken heading down past the bernal exit. As we look at the map speeds are back at normal and all lanes are clear but the Investigation Continues over there. Moving over to the rest of the bay were looking at a flow of traffic at the green level. I did mark a crash also westbound highway 4 approaching i80. The other deadly crash we had this morning thats also got the investigation on the side of the road. Contra costa county and Alameda County coroners both have work to do this morning. The rest of the bay as youre getting out to essential work, essential business keeping all of us being able to live the life we are living sheltering at home. Youre okay getting to the roadways. They are at speed. Well continue to follow but its been a tough early morning. Please be careful out there. Back to you. Thanks, mike. 5 21 this morning. And coming up next, a chance to grab some tissues because youre going to need it. Well talk about this special moment that will get your friday started right. A mom gets to hold her newborn baby for the first time after beating covid19. Oh, my. Well, first, lets salute our great grads. If you know of a student graduating in 2020, i want to honor them on nbc area today in the bay. Well try to help honor them on air. First lets salute maddie, class of 2020. And good job, joe from summit rainier class of 2020. Keep them coming. Youre watching today in the bay. Everyone is working a little differently now. So we can still answer your calls. And we are monitoring our system 24 7 to ensure that we have a fast reliable network, keep the customers connected, and making sure people are staying safe. And were still on the road. Solving Critical Issues as they arise. Go to xfinity. Com prepare. Thank you. New colgate optic white renewal removes ten years of yellow stains. Thats like all the way back to 2010. Do the dougie remove ten years of yellow stains with new colgate optic white renewal. [female vo] restaurants are facing a crisis. And theyre counting on your takeout and delivery orders to make it through. Grubhub. Together we can help save the restaurants we love. Welcome back. Its 5 25. Youre watching today in the bay. This is a picture of chief petty officer charles robbert. The sailor from arkansas was just 41 years old. More than 650 have tested pos i have to. Positive. You may recall the back story here the ships captainkoez cro was fired for sounding the alarm of the outbreak. Doctors and officers doing the tough job of connecting sick patients to loved ones through smart phones. A houston nurse who helped a world war ii veteran. Take a look. Telling him amazing grandfat and thanking him for the foundation of faith he had built in his life and it was the last time he opened his eyes was when he heard his daughters voice. She wanted the family to know the veteran was not alone in his last moments. We honor richard stubenger who served this country proudly, a hero right until the end. Its hard. Its hard for a lot of folks. Its so emotional. So hard for families. Our hearts go out to them. Absolutely. Well, Prince William is opening a hospital that was built in just eight days. Its the second of seven being constructed around england to handle the growing number of cases of coronavirus. Right now it has 500 beds but b0 more than 13,000 people have died. Now we want to give you something to smile about, something good, a glimmer of hope to share this morning, laura. Oh, my gosh, this is an emotional one. So check out this video from a hospital in new york. A mother who recovered from coronavirus was able to meet her newborn baby for the very first time. They handed the little infant to her. Certainly an emotional moment, thursdays and doctors, you hear them clapping and cheering them on. Its amazing. Beautiful. I remember the first time i held my kids and i cant imagine what she went through in surviving that. 5 27 for you that morning. Coming up next, well tell you more about the stories were following including ellen going oneonone with Governor Newsom. Stay home and watch ellen. Thats the way we get over this. Pretty essential. And the day drinking, well leave that aside. Funny there but actually it wasnt all fun and games. Up next what the governor is saying about the 200 Million Masks he promised california. Plus, Face Covering rules go into effect today. A live report next on when and where people should cover up and the fines to pay for breaking those rules. There are times when our need to connect really matters. To keep customers and employees in the know. To keep business moving. Comcast business is prepared for times like these. Powered by the nations largest gigspeed network. To help give you the speed, reliability, and security you need. Tools to manage your business from any device, anywhere. And a team of experts here for you 24 7. Weve always believed in the power of working together. Thats why, when every connection counts. You can count on us. Good morning to you. Your headlines this friday morning at 5 30. And hope this morning in the fight against coronavirus. There are reports the drug Company Gilead is making major progress in its treatment for covid19. University of chicagos phase three drug trial found most of its 125 patients in a trial had rapid recoveries in fever and respiratory symptoms and were discharged in less than a week. Gilead now intends to enroll 4,000 people in their trials. Meantime, a look at the bay area coronavirus crisis, Sonoma County added nine new infections bringing the total to 172. San mateo county jumped by 30 cases. So far 28 people have died in that county. San francisco and santa clara counties both have more than 1,000 cases. And a good friday morning to everyone. Thanks for joining us here on today in the bay. Im marcus washington. And im laura garcia working from home as is mike and vianey arana who is in for kari this morning. How is the forecast looking . Well, for a friday morning, not bad because its friday, so were going to be all right. We have cloudy conditions and satellite radar showing that instability thats going to bring a few showers in through parts of the bay area. Not everyone will get to see the rain today, but if you notice Southern California on the radar and in through Central California, Monterey County seeing lightning there. So if you have friends in socal theyre going to get that shower activity. Cooler temperatures today but ill go more into detail coming up shortly. Laura . Thank you, vianey. New this morning Governor Newsom is giving us a better idea what a new normal might look like and when the state starts to ease that stay at home order. Hes talking about it today on ellen. I want to check in with bob redell, practicing social distancing. People want to know when this could all be lifted. Reporter not yet, laura, and thats the whole point of governor Gavin Newsoms thinking. He has not set a date, a led line when we can start seeing the easing of the stayathome restrictions. Instead he set up these six criteria that must be met with regard to testing, tracking, tracing, isolation, quarantine and vulnerable populations. That is in order for us to see a partial reopening. Yesterday as you saw the governor spoke with Ellen Degeneres in an interview that will be broadcast later today. Newsom does not expect a full reopening of the state until we have immunity or a vaccine. Until then here is what he thinks a new normal will look like. Every establishment you go to, youve got a mask on. Your temperature is taken. When you walk into that establishment, it has half the number of aisles that it used to have. If its a restaurant or bar, half as many seats. Your waiter may come over with gloves. You may have a menu thats disposable. There is nothing normal about that until we get the kind of therapeutics and ultimately get for the herd immunity. Reporter you can watch the full interview on ellen this afternoon at 4 00 here on nbc bay area. Coming up at 6 00 nurses statewide will be protesting. Well tell you about that. Theyre protesting for more protection in their fight against covid19. Reporting live here in the east bay, bob redell, today in the bay. Thanks, bob. It looks like some areas might be loosening restrictions when it comes to covid19. Some bay area government, entities and stores are making rules even tougher. Today in the bays Sharon Katsuda is live in marin county with how masks are required at even more places now, sharon. Reporter thats right, marcus. Youre definitely going to need a mass forecast youre getting on a golden gate transit bus and youll want to keep the mask handy because the rules are definitely changing throughout the bay area. Marin county Health Experts say there will be an announcement today saying people Must Wear Masks at all times if you are in essential services such as Grocery Stores or riding in buses. This order goes into effect today in Sonoma County as well and that affects golden gate transit buses. The new rules will mean only eight passengers allowed on 40foot buses to allow social distancing and in the city of free month masks are required there, too. The city has issued an executive order making it mandatory for workers and customers at most essential businesses to cover their faces. This includes Wearing Masks at restaurants, gas stations, certainly for those on the frontline who are essential workers, they also twhil being out there serving us want to be kept safe and this is something we could do to be proactive in addressing it. Reporter the Face Coverings do not need to be medical grade. Th m fremont will have the option to fine people up to 100, but shes hoping for compliance. Now the mask ordinance ordered here in marin county will go into effect next wednesday because Health Officials say they want to give people time to adapt to the changes. Reporting live here in marin county, im Sharon Katsuda, today in the bay. Thank you very much, sharon. Its 5 36 right now. In other news a woman is in Critical Condition in an east bay hospital this morning. Investigators say a witness reported she was being thrown on the side of the road in the oakland hills. Officers tracked down tff in a vehicle and a chaseolice car in. Officers say the suspect pointed a gun at them, f survive. Listen to witnesses describing the ordeal. Ame from different guns and then shortly after i saw helicopters in the sky, the police flooded 37th street. Ive never seen them come that quickly. Had at least 15 cops escort him to the ambulance. They helped him up in there. Obviously he was shot, limping, grabbing his leg and looked to be in a lot of pain. The officer suffered minor injuries when their vehicle was hit. Continuing coverage now of an amber alert. Authorities say that 14yearold nayeli ford seen here has been found. She was taken by two people in idaho and officials thought all three could be heading to our area in santa rosa. Once again the 14yearold has been found and is now safe. No word on the two suspects who allegedly took her. New this morning there are new calls for actually a law that would allow First Responders to be tested for covid19 first. This comes after the death of a Santa Rosa Police detective mary lou armer denied covid19 testing twice. Now a Sonoma County resident has start add petition online to get support from the public. 10,000 people have signed it so far. She tells the press democrat testing should be prioritized for all frontline workers. Well, today as Health Care Workers leave Good Samaritan hospital they might be surprised what they see when they walk out to their car. Santa clara county fire and local Law Enforcement plan to show them how much theyre appreciated. Today in the bays kris sanchez joins us this morning. I hope were not ruining the surprise here, kris. Reporter i did ask that, and were not. They might know that its coming but knowing that its coming and seeing what actually happens is a different story. I want to show you what the scene was like out at valley Medical Center earlier this week. You might remember. This is what happened at valley Medical Center as Health Care Workers finished their night shift and then headed home. Firefighters, police, sheriffs deputies from all around Santa Clara County gathered in the roadway that lines to the parking garage with applause and cheers and flashing lights. Even with their masks on we could tell some of the Health Care Workers were emotional. Today the same thing will happen here at Good Samaritan in san jose and at regional Medical Center in gilroy to show while we cant see what theyre doing inside the hospitals we are all very grateful. Were often used to be going in thanking our nurses and everyone that works there. Despite were at a distance we want to thank them and remind them were Still One Team and were here to support them. Reporter while the hope is to show appreciation for Health Care Workers here, Santa Clara County fire is asking the public to show your thanks from home because the last thing anyone wants is to spread that coronavirus to our First Responders and our Health Care Workers. Were going to bring that to you live, the show of appreciation in gilroy starts at 6 15 and one here at Good Samaritan in san jose starts at 7 00. Well bring you both and put them on our social media platform so you can share with your friends and show your gratitude as well. In san jose, kris sanchez, today in the bay. That is fantastic to see. I have a big collage of nurses and doctors from good sam. We just cant thank all these first line responders enough. Theyre doing so much for us and we thank them. We applaud them every day because their task does not end. 5 40 this morning. Vianey arana in for kari this morning. Vianey looking like another nice one today . Yeah, its going to be cool, comfortable. You can look out for the predicted highs. Look out for your city. Now i do have a drop in those temperatures on the way, but its kind of already here because yesterday we were in the 70s and today were going to be in the mid60s. Morgan hill, 65. San jose, 67. In through the east bay, concord, 70 degrees. Oakland, 66. And check out the peninsula and in through San Francisco where well remain in the 60s as well. Up through the north bay were going to be in the upper 60s. A couple low 70s through ukiah and more rain heading into the week. Lets check in with mike with that new normal. Thats right. Old normal, new normal. You said it. Friday is still friday. We have to get that friday feeling with the hem of maeme. These lovely ladies are sitting six feet apart posing for photographer on the front porch project, a project photographers quickly drive up and shoot portraits of folks posing on their front porch from a distance. Next up we have the masked floral designers in front of their shop that has been closed to the public, but at least they still have each other and their masks. Talking about chronicling these times, we continue here finally with this family portrait for the ages with brittany on the right. She reached out to me and told me about this new normal and about this fun project showing their spirit as well if not t ppe in and as always ill be available for you facebook, twitter and the gram. Back to you. Thanks, mike. 5 42 for you this morning. Early jail release. Up next president trumps former lawyer is getting out early due to the pandemic, but it will be a while before hes completely free. Well i have go ygive you the d coming up. President trump sketches out what he thinks the america will look like in the various stages as we slowly get back to work. But first something good to share with you. Ucsf health posting this picture thanking neighbors for cheering on Health Care Heroes every night. The hospital writing, quote, its a beautiful sound. If you have something good to share with us, tweet us using somethinggood. With so many nourishing shades, a color change is easy. Nutrisse has 77. From our darkest blacks, to our lightest blondes. It nourishes while it colors. Plus avocado, olive and shea. Change a little, or a lot. Nutrisse. Nourished hair. Better color. By garnier, naturally hi there. Its 5 45. Today will be cool and another cloudy day. Into the weekend ill be tracking showers. Ill have a look at that and what you can expect over the next seven days coming up in a few minutes. Thanks, vianey. So how much taxpayer money will it take to battle the coronavirus here in california . Governor newsom says 7 billion. That new information is coming out of the states first oversight hearing held yesterday. The state has already spent more than 2 billion, a billion went to a Chinese Company for the 200 Million Masks the governor secured. Lawmakers say newsom has not released those contract details. A worker from a Northern CaliforniaSafeway Distribution Center has died from covid19. Yesterday during the governors announcement he said he lost his life to the virus. More than 50 people are infected from that Distribution Center in tra tracy. In a statement safeway confirmed the death and say their hearts go out to the family. They have procedures in place if someone gets infected. More than 1,000 people worked at that Distribution Center. President trumps former personal Attorney Michael Cohen is getting out of jail early due to concerns of the coronavirus. He is at a federal facility in new york where several people have tested positive. Cohen will be out in two weeks. Hell be under house arrest until november of next year. Thats when his threeyear sentence for tax fraud and lying to congress ends. Another close aide to the president meanwhile will not get a new trial. Scott mcgrew joins us now. Roger stones guilty verdict will remain. Thats right. His lawyers had asked the judge, laura, for a new trial claiming the jury foreperson in his trial was biased. The judge has said, no, there will be no new trial. Stone was convicted of seven felonies including lying to congress and trying to intimidate a witness. His lawyers pointed to the jury foreperson who had previously run for congress as a democrat for being biased. The judge pointed out they knew of her political history before the trial began and did not object during jury selection. Other news, a new poll shows the majority of americans worry well open the country too early and risk a second wave of infections. 32 of americans polled say we are waiting too long and the economy is in danger. President trump, of course, very eager to open the economy and the country. Here is the president. Governors will be empowered to tailor an approach that meets the diverse circumstances of their own states. Every state is very different. Theyre all beautiful. We love them all, but theyre very, very different. If they need to remain closed, we will allow them to do that. And if they believe it is time to reopen, we will provide them the freedom and guidance to accomplish that task and very, very quickly depending on what they want to do. Now as you hear the president talk about federal guidelines you hear him say words like empowering and we will allow them. A reminder, the governors do not work for the president of the united states. They work for the voters in their particular states and they can do what it is they want to do. Now one other fact check. The president tweeted speaker of the house nancy pelosi, praising nancy pelosi, he said, had deleted this tweet in which encouraged people to visit businesses in San Franciscos chinatown. Now she did do she did encourage people to visit but a check of websites that collect deleted tweets shows she never made such a tweet and her Office Confirms that. Well, we are certainly making tweets we dont delete. Follow me on twitter. Im scottmcgrew. Thank you very much, scott. Now during this pandemic state parks and beaches across the state have imposed some pretty major restrictions. Just this week Santa Cruz County started lifting some of those rules but if youre thinking about returning fully back to normal think again. Joining me now via skype this morning is the Public Safety superintendent for California State Parks in the santa cruz district. Thanks for getting up early and joining us this morning. Absolutely. Good morning. Were only about 24 hours into these new rules. Can you tell us what they are and how people are responding . Yeah, California State Parks completely understands the need of the people of california to recreate and enjoy outdoor areas. So for us its really a balancing act between that need and the need for Public Safety during this pandemic. Currently state parks has varying degrees of closures throughout the state. Some parks are completely closed. In Santa Cruz County all parking areas are closed. Camping is closed. Tours, visitor centers, all those things are closed. So its walkin, bike acc live area. Will you bey checking peoples i. D. S to see i live in the area . We will not be checking i. D. S. So far what weve been doing its been more of an educational stance. Our frontline individuals are out there and just educating people about social distancing. If people dont heed the advice on social distancing, theyre asked to leave. If we dont get compliance from that point forward rangers and lifeguards will take further action. Okay. I think there is a lot of confusion for people, whats open, whats not, who can go, who cant. It sounds like the people in that area if you can walk or at least bike to the area. No driving in and parking. Thats correct. And i would urge how can people find out if they have questions . You have a website, i understand. Yes, we do. That gives park specific information along with the most current uptodate information from state parks. Perfect. We will check it Public Safety superintendent for California State Parks forz dis. Thanks for joining us this morning. Thank you. 5 52 for you that morning. Here is something good. Animal shelters are doing great these days. I want to you check out the florida shelter that adopted out all of the dogs for the first time in its 50year history. Take a look. And the applause goes on and on. The Palm Beach CountyAnimal Shelter cleared 48 of its doublesided crates, more than 100 dogs. The staff posted this video. By the way bay area shelters are also doing great helping a lot of loving animals find their forever homes and the demand is high right now. If youre wondering should i adopt a dog why not ask vianey arana. She has a beautiful little dog there. Did you get him from a shelter . He is a rescue pup from e whl paso. Hes taking a nap right next to me. Hes being a good boy. Lets get right to your forecast. Before that i want to talk about some stargazing activity because we have three planets in view. This will be one of your final days to see this great phenomenal we can expect this morning. Look to the southeast. If you have a telescope youll be treated to a glimpse of the moon, ma moon, mars, saturn. I know its cloudy in some spots but hopefully you get to do it. This will not happen again for several years. As far as the weather goes we do have some rain activity. We have a lowpressure system churning through Southern California in through Central California. Southern california is seeing some lightning and thunderstorm activity. Here locally an isolated chance of seeing some showers, Monterey County will also see that. And the temperatures will be in the 60s. 67 degrees for san jose. 66 in oakland. San francisco, 60 degrees. And look at what were tracking the next seven days. So even though were tracking some spotty showers today our best chance of seeing rain where it becomes more widespread will make its way in on sunday night, mainly after 10 00 p. M. So most of your sunday will be dry and a lot of that rain will move in probably while youre sleeping. If you look at the green, which was the rain, the shower activity, it seems to sort of fall apart. Right now not a very organized system which means less than a quarter of an inch of rain and the temperatures will be the coolest on monday with a high of 63. By tuesday, wednesday and thursday of next week well warm up and dry out again. Marcus . Thanks, vianey. Happening now for you a u. S. And russian spacecraft are back and astronauts landed in central kazakhstan. More news after br everyone is working a little differently now. So we can still answer your calls. And we are monitoring our system 24 7 to ensure that we have a fast reliable network, keep the customers connected, and making sure people are staying safe. And were still on the road. Solving Critical Issues as they arise. Go to xfinity. Com prepare. Thank you. 5 58 for you this morning. You know those federal stimulus payments, well, they started landing in peoples Bank Accounts yesterday. Laura, not everyones. No, a lot of people expecting them are saying theyve received nothg from a lot of viewers like michelle, matthew and to find out at irs. Gov by clicking this button here that says get my payment. But thats where a lot of people are getting hung up. Instead theyre seeing a message that says payment status not available. So what does that message mean . The irs says it could mean a lot of things. Its possible youre not eligible or you didnt have a tax return to check out in 2018 or 2019 or the irs just doesnt have Information Available for you yet. So what do you do to get paid . The irs encourages you to check again once daily. Really, thats what theyre saying. But dont check too frequently. They warn you could be locked out for 24 hours if you check too often. Michelle in san ramon and matthew told us their deposits were sent to the wrong Bank Accounts. What do you do there . For now, wait and watch your mail. The irs says it will wait for the old bank to reject the deposit, then it will mail a paper check to you. I recommend checking with your old bank yourself to see if the money might have landed there anyway. Were going to get more of these questions and will try to answer them. Submit yours at nbcbayarea. Com. Just tap responds in the main menu. Good morning to you. Your headlines right now at 6 00. Breaking news, new hope in the fight against coronavirus. There are reports a drug company is making major progress in its treatment for covid19, and that has the markets bullish. Well have a live report in moments. And the big picture across the country this hour here in the u. S. The number of coronavirus cases is now nearing 700,000. Nearly 33,000 people have died but some promising news the curve seems to be on the down swing across the country. And thank you for joining us this morning here on today in the bay. Im marcus washington. And im laura garcia. We made it to friday. Now just have to make it through. Vianey is in for kari this morning. How are we