Reporter he really is. Good morning, marcus. Hes telling the senate what hes been telling the american people, and that is, if you open up too early, you run a tremendous risk of a second wave of the pandemic. Here is dr. Fauci. My concern, if some areas, cities, states, what have you, jump over those checkpoints and prematurely open up without having the capability of being able to respond effectively and efficiently, my concern is that we will start to see little spikes that might turn into outbreaks. So therefore i have been very clear in my message to try to the best extent possible to go by the guidelines which have been very wellthoughtout and very welldelineated. Reporter so those are for states that are opening too early in his opinion. Earlier than even the white house standards would recommend. As for states that are doing a kind of a waitandsee, and that would certainly include california, wouldnt it, as for those, dr. Fauci says they need to be careful too, when they open, they may need to be ready to shut down again. There is no doubt, even under the best of circumstances, when you pull back on mitigation, you will see some cases appear. Its the ability and capability of responding to those cases with good identification, isolation, and contact tracing, that will determine whether you can continue to go forward as you try to reopen america. Reporter a couple of more things you should know about what dr. Fauci said. As for a vaccine, he said Vaccine Development is going faster than he expected, and we could have a candidate as soon as late fall or early winter of this year. Thats the point where we would know if it worked or didnt, no guarantees either way. He reminded us that remdesivir does not cure or prevent and its effectiveness is modest but he hopes for new research with that drug. He said plasma transferred from a patient that has covid19 into a patient thats suffering from it right now is promising. Several san jose hospitals are trying that out as part of a study. Lastly, he says testing is the number one defense against the disease. Marcus, that puts him squarely at odds with the president who again this weekend said he didnt think testing was necessary. Contrary to what weve been hearing. Thanks, scott. Just in, Speaker Nancy Pelosi says that the house will vote on friday about a new 3 trillion coronavirus aid bill. The legislation, known as the heroes act, will offer 1,200 in direct Cash Payments to individuals, up to 6,000 for households. And it would provide three months of guaranteed paychecks for those making less than 100,000 a year. It will also give help to state and local governments, for Front Line Health Care workers, as well as allowing the forgiveness of student debt. Along with bolstering medicare and medicaid. New numbers offer some hope in the bay area. This is for the First Time Since march, Contra Costa County reported no new coronavirus cases. Santa clara county, the hot zone, just two new cases and no deaths. Here is a statewide view, all of the counties in white reported no new deaths, including Santa Cruz County just outside the bay area. Restaurant owners are anxiously await to iting to hea governor gavin newsom today about guidelines for opening their businesses. Nbc bay areas Sharon Katsuda is live in walnut creek to show us how restaurants are trying to adapt to all these changes. Sharon . Reporter thats right, marcus. Businesses are just trying to survive. Ive been to sunrise bistro many times with my family, usually its packed for inhouse dining. The owner says if Governor Newsom announces that restaurants will have to provide social distancing space for inhouse dining, and if he can only provide 25 seating area, it will be a challenge. The problem is going to be capacity. If we only have ten tables, and theres 50 people that want to eat, does that mean that, you know, 35 people are standing around with plates waiting for a table to open up because theres lack of space . So those are going to be exciting times ahead. Reporter he has a great attitude. Stein says he will probably focus more on seating in the outside patio area with all these changes. Nearby businesses like paper stores are still shut down. These businessth governor and c government on when they can reopen. Back here live, stein also says he wants to thank the community, because the line was so long, including right here in this area, and he says the line was wrapped around the building. He says hes learned from mothers day that hes going to have to take checks from people who are waiting to pick up orders, because they were mixing with people who were trying to place orders. So it was a long wait. But he says thanks to the community for all their support. Live in walnut creek, Sharon Katsuda, nbc bay area. All right, sharon, thank you. President trump tweeting his support for elon musk this morning, writing, quote, california should let tesla and elon musk open the plant now. It can be done fast and safely. End quote. Tesla has resumed operations at its electric car factory in fremont for a second day in a row. Nbc bay areas bob redell is live there for us this midday. And so, bob, the question is how is the county responding to them defying the order. Reporter well, marcus, within the past 15 minutes i heard from the Alameda CountyPublic Health department. They told us yesterday tesla submitted to them a sitespecific plan for the reopening of the plant behind me. The county is in the process of reviewing that. Youll really elon musk, the ceo, tweeted out what seemed like a dare to authorities to arrest him for the reopening of his plant in defiance of the Alameda County shelterinplace order. Weve seen no indication that theres been any sort of enforcement action by the county or the Fremont Police department. For a second day in a row, you can see behind me, the employee parking lot is full as the factory resumes limited production of its electric vehicles. Alameda countys Health Department said it did notify tesla yesterday that it could only maintain, quote, minimum basic operations until it submits that plan for a safe reopening, and until that plan is approved. Tesla posted on its website a 38page document of steps musk said the company has taken to return back to work. Governor gavin newsom lifted restrictions for manufacturing in the state of california even though Alameda County has kept those restrictions in place. On saturday, tesla filed a lawsuit in federal court against Alameda County, arguing that the states order the countys order, not the other way around. Musk also tweeted shut down his factory here in fremont and his headquarters in palo alto and move his operations out of state. Live in fremont, bob redell, nbc bay area. Bob, thank you. We are tracking some rain in parts of the bay area. A live look now at san mateo bridge. Cloudy in the background. Meteorologist kari hall has been watching that storm through our area. Kari, has it moved out or is it still lingering in some parts of the area . Its still lingering. Our lafayette camera shows raindrops on the camera lens here. We will continue to see a chance of showers as we go throughout today. As we look at san jose, some breaks in the clouds here as were getting a little bit of sunshine after some Early Morning rain. And weve seen this storm system moving through. But a lot more of these showers starting to develop in the last hour or so. And so were going to see this chance for at least the early parts of the day. As we zoom in on san jose, were seeing scattered showers moving through sunnyvale as well as los altos area. Over towards milpitas. For the east bay, rain hit or miss in alameda and contra costa counties. Well take a closer look in the forecast coming up. Thanks, kari. Laura garcia is here with an update on the class of 2020s graduation. With the class of 2020 graduations in mind, a bay area county is actually thinking about changing some of the rules to allow some of the social distancing graduations. The San Mateo CountyHealth Officer actually just changed the health order to allow for strictly regulated vehicle gatherings for graduations with a maximum of 200 cars. The county event center says it will offer graduation packages in its parking lot. There would also be an audio feed, and one student at a time would be allowed to get out and get a diploma. Grads say it sounds a lot better than planned virtual ceremonies. I like the new idea, because i can see some people, even if i cant be super close to them, its actually like a real graduation, not like a virtual one. It would be great to have something we could physically go to. I think it would be great for them to see their friends and just feel like theyre part of it. It is now up to School Districts in San Mateo County to decide if they will actually go along and change some of those graduation plans. Youve got to hear this one, this is a really remarkable story of survival from a man in southern california. He was actually believed to be one of the first patients to become infected with covid19 down in socal. His name is greg garfield. He went to a burbank hospital at the beginning of march and he spent over a month in the hospital where he got pneumonia, his kidneys failed, and his lungs actually collapsed four times. But you know what, look at that, its great, hes going home. Doctors say his recovery i miracle. Hes our 64day miracle. Hes our patient zero who is leaving the hospital, walking, after going through the unimaginable and back again. He actually became sick after a february ski trip that he took to the italian alps. How wonderful to see him walking out there and the crowd of people cheering him on, we like these nice stories, marcus. We do, laura, thanks. Coming up for you, flying forever changed by the coronavirus. The changes airlines are now making. This is after being shamed by some passengers. Plus take me out to the ball game. Sports looking to return. When and how you might see the giants play. And balloons of fun on the Kelly Clarkson show today. What this is all about and how you can do it as well. You can watch the Kelly Clarkson show right here on nbc bay area at 3 00 this afternoon. Certain stores can reopen and counties can help decide which businesses are go. Thousands of instruction workers are back on the job today. We are inside one of the 67 trailers that the city of oakland is providing to homeless individuals. If you need a job, you mate want to be a contact tracer. If youre feeling quarantine fatigue, you are not alone. Many instructors are really going the extra mile to make sure that students have success with that distance learning. Part of newscast celebrating the class of 2020. Were all doing our part by staying at home. That could mean an increase in energy bills. You can save by using a fan to cool off. Unplugging and turning off devices when not in use. Or closing your shades during the day. Stay well and keep it golden. Justly in, uber looking Toy Delivery Service grubhub. If approved, it would bring together two of the largest companies. Its unclear how much uber offered to buy grubhub. Investigators are looking into what sparked an auto repair fire in cupertino this morning. This is near stephens creek. Several cars were destroyed inside. The fire was contained before it spread to any nearby buildings. Two home were briefly evacuated but everyone is back at home and doing okay. Tonight, Palo Alto School leaders will discuss making 3 million in cuts due to the pandemic. It says its lost revenue typically collected as part of its School Lunch Program and rent from summer programs. Berkeley also considering major cuts to its school budget. According to berkeleys side, School Leaders are putting together plans that would slash between 2 and 6 million Governors State budget revision proposal. Janet in a pjanet napolitan is asking the board of regents to suspend standardized tests. She wants to roll out a new test in 2025. The board will vote on halting standardized tests this week. Bay area communities are coming together to help those in need because of the shelterathome order. On today heard about those helping to provide shelter to those who need it most during the pandemic. Typically africanamericans and the Latino Community are really underserved in this area. So were trying to decrease that number during this penandemic. The agency is providing laptops to students who need them while learning from home online. A new Study Suggests a muchtalked about drug is not effective in treating hospitalized covid19 patients. Researchers explain the hospital records from more than 1,400 patients and nearly threequarters received a combination of hydroxychloroquine and zpack. Scientists found the drug did not have a benefit and those who received both drugs were twice as likely to suffer there are nw concerns surrounding flying again. Airlines are scrambling to try to rebuild confidence that flying is safe again while they follow social distancing rules. But some passengers say currently the planes are packed with people. Some airlines like spirit and united promise middle seats would not be booked but now they say that airlines are backtracking after photos show packed planes. One passenger on a spirit flight couldnt believe the plane was full. I got on the planes, one of the last ones, and every seat was pretty much taken. And i was just shocked, because i thought the advertisement was, middle seats are blocked. Many airlines are requiring passengers to wear masks and Frontier Airlines is the first u. S. Airline to require temperature screening before boarding. We could be one step closer to hearing play ball this is after Major League Owners approved a plan to start games by independence day. But there be several major catches. The league has kept its plan under wraps, but possible changes include the season would be slashed in half to around 80 games, all matchups to be played in a Teams Division or geographic region to limit travel. Now, a larger playoff field. A live competition without fans. That last part could actually strip major leaguhoe. This is according to some experts. The alternative to coming to an agreement is not playing and having the American Public know youre not playing because the billionaires and the milli millionaires couldnt agree on how to split it. The nfl is now delaying its games until the fall. As for the faithful, you can see the 49ers full schedule right on nbcbayarea. Com. A couple of games on nbc bay area this year as well. Kari, looking behind you, w forecast. Yeah, weve seen it off and on around the bay area. As we head over toward the east bay, were taking a look over clayton. We have still some light rain coming down, and its been really great to see, considering how dry its been recently. And were heading into the month of may with some dry weather. But we also have the storms that will be moving in in the near future. So as we take a look in the north bay from mt. Tam looking over across the bay, into san francisco, a lot of low clouds. And every now and then we get some light rain here too. As we check out how its developed on the radar, just over the past hour or so, weve really started to see an increase in coverage in this race. Were seeing more of it around the radar as we head to the peninsula, the south bay. Weve seen light showers moving through sunnyvale over towards santa clara, north of san jose. We expect it to start to rain within the next few minutes there too. As we head over towards the east bay, weve also seen the showers moving through much of contra costa and alameda counties. As weve seen it mostly light but also very spotty, so if its not raining where you are, you may have a chance of getting in on some of that light rain. In the north bay, weve seen some of those showers moving through, very hit or miss. Its been good to at least see some of those showers moving through. Its keeping our temperatures down. Weve only made it into the upper 50s and low 60s. As we go into the rest of the day, were still going to have a chance of showers, but i do think what well see on the radar will be not as much as what were seeing right now. But you can track it all if you had the nbc bay area app. You can even get alerts as rain approaches your location. As we go through the rest of this forecast, we will be drying out a lot more. But were still going to have a chance of another round of showers moving through tomorrow, especially during the afternoon. And then it will be moving out by thursday. But off will be the story for us. Over the next 48 hours. And then well start to dry out, and well see at least in some spots about a tenth to a quarter inch of rain but not a whole lot to measure here, probably not enough to turn off the sprinklers for a lot of people. Were looking at our temperatures staying nice and mild. Upper 60s and low 70s. Check out friday, thats our warmest day of the forecast. Well reach 80 degrees, then more rain will be back on sunday, which of course, marcus, im still celebrating that great news this time of year. Absolutely, we need that rain, thanks, kari. Coming up soon, governor gavin newsom expected to announce new guidelines for restaurants to reopen. Some places around the world are already back open. Mike is next to show us how theyre making this happen. First, happening now, downtown nashville is turning things around amid the pandemic. Business along the citys famous broadway street, theyre reopening but with restrictions. Employees are in masks and face coverings with those bandannas. And there are Hand Sanitizer stations for the public. Tables are spaced out for social distancing. More for you right after the break. Today on california live, its game on. Switch is here to flip the switch. Then jane lynch is here for hollywood game night, this morning at 11 30 on nbc bay area. Welcome back. So when restaurants reopen, what will your Dining Experience be like . Mike inouye is here to explain the new normal for us. Mike . Reporter marcus, sharon was talking about logistics. With businesses when they eventually open up, like restaurants, its all about the seating. In amsterdam, i want to show you the art and Design Center which displays experimentation. In the foreground you see a restaurant complex. These are a smaller version of the greenhouse banquet area theyve recently been testing out. The smaller version is meant for groups to socially distance from one another. Here, take notice of the food on a piece of lumber sticking out through the door. It looks like theyre experimenting with perhaps delivery options to the table. Serving staff are trying out shields on their faces, of course, and planks to protect them, maintain their distance. More service, less contact is the goal. Will this be the new normal for dining . I think thats yet to be seen, guys. Back to you. Very interesting to see. All right, thanks, mike. That does it for our midday newscast. Thanks for joining us on this tuesday. Dont forget the governor will have a special announcement or businesses reopening coming up at noon, well have it right here on nbc bay area. Were also streaming it at nbcbayarea. Com. See you back tomorrow morning starting at 4 30. Until then, have a great day. Motorcycle riders love the open road. And geico loves helping riders get to where theyre going, so to help even more, geico is giving new and current customers a fifteen percent credit on their motorcycle policies with the geico giveback. And because were committed for the long haul, the credit lasts your full policy term. The geico giveback. Helping riders focus on the road ahead. Right now on california live, its game time and twitch is here to flip the switch. This is a game. Then jane lynch is spilling secrets about the return of hollywood game night. 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