In the past, and that is the worry that as this pandemic continues and if it stretches into fall and theres reason to believe it will, it will then combine with the usual fall flu season, and that may once again overwhelm the medical community. He also warns that without a unified plan, the pandemic will definitely get worse. We still do not have a standard centralized coordinated plan to take our nation through this response. I believe that with proper leadership and collaboration across government, with the best science leading the way, we can devise a comprehensive strategy. We can devise a plan that includes all of americans and help them help us guide us through this pandemic. But time is running out. The white house did have a plan to guide states through reopening step by step. Written by the cdc, but the white house decided not to release it. Now, there are politics at play here. Bright was removed from his job. He says because he disagreed with the white house over the value of hydroxychloroquine, something President Trump has been supporting but has since found to be not very helpful. Therefore, bright appeared before congress representing himself and not the government. And some republicans questioned exactly what was this hearing about . Youre entitled to saying this is about protecting scientific integrity. The chair invited a witness not speaking to that issue. Its confusing and unusual, to say the least. President trump tweeted ahead of the hearing clearly concerned about what bright would say. He said bright is not wellliked in his tweet. One issue brought up that had not been brought up before was the concern that while u. S. Is working on a vaccine, we are not preparing for the day that we actually find that vaccine. Bright says were not prepared to distribute it. In terms of things like the hundreds of millions of glass viles, well need to put it in, we dont have and apparently according to bright, we havent ordered that. Somebody ought to be working on that, he says. We can see with the tests youll recall there arent enough tests yet but were getting there, but there arent enough swabs to take the test. And that will be the problem. Thanks, scott. Yeah. Just in. Senator richard burr says hes stepping aside as chairman of the Senate Intelligence committee as hes facing federal probe on insider trading. The fbi seized the North Carolina senators phone yesterday. Burr is facing questions on whether he warned donors of the impact as he sold 1. 6 million in stock. Californians are likely to get a painful dose to the economic reality today when the governor reveals a new revised budget plan. The governor was working with the Budget Surplus when he announced his original plan in january. This is after he has talked about a lot of things. He now says its all changed to the tune of a deficit surpassing 50 billion. Yesterday he reaffirmed his committee to wildfire safety, but theres still no indication about what he might cut. State lawmakers have to approve that budget plan by june 15th. New at 11 00, one of the Largest School districts in the bay area has launched a major effort to bridge the Digital Divide among students. A problem which has become more pronounced during the pandemic. We are joined live by bob. You just finished the virtual news conference. What insight did you get about whats going to happen next . Oakland cities have launched this Massive Campaign to raise 12. 5 million to buy computers and other Internet Access technologies. For thousands of unified students who dont have access to the technology and thats especially needed. As youre well aware, because of the pandemic, schools are closed and kids are having to rely distance learning. The organizations are behind this fundraising effort to provide 25,000 laptops and internet hot spots to students. They raised 2 million. And oakland, the Digital Divide is significant. There are 5,000 who have no access at all to internet. Covid19 affected me and my family because we cannot afford the internet. My family did not have the internet, and i could not finish my work which lowered my grade. And i missed deadlines for some scholarship applications but i was lucky enough to get that back, but i wondered how many students in oakland are going through this. I did a survey. And i realized i am not alone. And youll see i pulled up the website. If you want to donate, go to oaklandedfound. Org. Its easy to remember. Thats basically the oakland Public Education funds website. They are accepting individual donations. Right now the 2 million has been provided by groups and corporations. Reporting live, nbc bay area news. I know they truly appreciate the donations. Thank you, bob. A horrific crash shut down a south bay highway for nearly 11 hours. And now the 26yearold san jose man behind the wheel has been arrested for allegedly killing four of his passengers. Nbc bay area Chris Sanchez joining us live. From what i understand police dont think this was an accident. Have they said why . Reporter well, the chp officers very rarely say accident. They say usually theres something that contributes to a crash like this. In this case they believe the 26yearold driver was not only under the influence, he was also driving at a high rate of speed when the crash happened. Now, that dodge duran go was nearly unrecognizable after the crash on highway 85 just south of coddle road in san jose. It was hard to even make out the color. They say the man behind the wheel for some reason lost control and rolled the suv several times crashing both into the Center Divide and ultimately into the sound wall bordering the slow lane. Three men just 25 and 26 died at the scene. A 25yearold woman died later at the hospital. A 24yearold passenger did survive with minor injuries. The man driving with injuries himself is in the jail to be charged with the deaths of the four passengers. The crash was so violent the debris field was almost two football fields long, and thats one of the reasons why this investigation took almost 11 hours during which time the highway was completely shut down. As you can see, things back to normal. Although a little slow because of the shelter in place. Chris sanchez. Chris, thank you. Its now time for your microclimate weather forecast, and take a look at this. This is a live look at san rafael. Kari has been tracking the storms. You say we need to get used to the rain off and on for now . Yes, for today. We saw in Chris Sanchezs live shot, its not raining there, but its raining in the north bay and thats moving into San Francisco. A lot of the low clouds and the rain that weve seen associated with this storm system thats been moving in producing that rain in San Francisco, extending toward berkeley and also moving into other parts of the north bay as we get a closer look, weve seen the showers moving through. Just to the south of ukiah and moving over to parts of lake county. Were going to see the scattered rain continuing even into early this afternoon. Hit or miss showers. Not all of us see it but we have a chance throughout today. It dries out tomorrow but more rain in the forecast. All right. Thank you, kari. New at 11 00 17 people forced out of their home because of a fire in fremont. It started last night at the path finder village apartments. It started with cars and spread to the unit. No one was hurt. Investigators are searching for a cause. Some California Kids are putting their smarts to use and something free for new graduates. Heres one of our favorite parts of the newscast. Now theres something good from two Northern California siblings. Jacqueline and jordan have been working hard to create 3 d printed face shields. Theyve won National Science competitions but because of the lockdown theyre focusing their talents on helping the community now. I have a lot of extra time. We decided to make a difference in the community where we have a shortage of ppe. Its great to see. The siblings have distributed more than 8 00 face shields. Nice to see. Heres a sweet deal for high school and College Grads missing out on the pomp and circumstance. They can get free donuts. Next tuesday crispy cream is giving out a free dozen to college and High School Seniors but there is going to be a catch. Every graduate who wants to cash in on the sweet deal has to be wearing their class of 20 20 gear or their cap and gown. Just to get the donuts. This is kind of cool. Bill murray is taking a trip to flavor town. Dont know what that is . You will. The ghost busters star will try to beat a Northern California bay area celebrity chef at what he does best in the kitchen. If you want to tune in to something awesome, its going to be your nacho average showdown. Thats right, bill murray and his son versus my son and myself in a nacho competition. I know, its crazy. Thats happening live tomorrow night. Its all for restaurant relief. Murray was sharing some of the photos of he and his staff feeding Health Care Workers at three hospitals in santa rosa. They handed out about 1200 carryout boxes. Nice to see the giving is continuing. So maybe kitchen showdown for you and me, mark us. I think so. I wonder what does it cost to be a taste tester. More ahead, levi stadium might be empty the next time the 49ers take to the field. What theyll do to make it seem more like a normal game. And most americans are struggling. Well talk about the reason the worst might be over. Who was that cool dude . Thats lester holt showing off his talent on the Kelly Clarkson show. Its something you dont want to miss. You can watch kelly on nbc bay area at 3 00 this afternoon. 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. Original crown molding, walk in closets. We do have a ratt problem. Round and round with love well find a way, just give it time. At least geico makes bundling our home and Car Insurance easy. It does help us save. Round and round with love well find a way, just give it time. Round and round what comes around, goes around. For bundling made easy, go to geico. Com welcome back you can see the dow is up 140 points. Thats almost a whole percent point. The markets are up despite this mornings rough job report. And ahead of the Federal Reserve saying that this coronavirus economy is the worst than any recession since world war ii. We have more from washington. Reporter the Record Number of americans out of a job remains on the rise this morning. The Labor Department reporting nearly 3 Million People filed for unemployment just last week. That brings the total over the past couple of months to 36 million. Even as states begin phased in returns to work, the fed says more action from congress to stimulate the economy may be necessary to avoid longterm damage. The blunt assessment sending stocks tumbling wednesday. House democrats are hoping to vote on a new 3 trillion pack taj that includes money for state and local governments, extends Unemployment Benefits past july along with new direct payments to american families. President trump says thats not going to happen. Doa. Doa. Dead on arrival. Nancy pelosi knows that. In a bipartisan push, larry hogan and new yorks governor say the need is real, writing in a statement, each day the Congress Fails to act states are being forced to make cuts that will devastate the essential services the American People rely on. And destroy the economic recovery before it even gets off the ground. Nj nmgs governor says his state which has been hit hard by the pandemic lost more than 3 billion in revenue last month. We cannot sustain a collapse of revenues without turning to unprecedented layoffs. Layoffs by the way of the very people we were relying upon the most. All this as our grocery habits are now starting to reflect the current economic situation. New Market Research shows cheaper store brands are now outpacing popular brands. And americans are cutting back on splurges like snacks and even sodas. Some states slowly start to reopen and were starting to see a trickle of improvement in business and employment in those states. In georgia, for example, South Carolina and texas. However, a group of economists from harvard, university of illinois and chicago Just Announced new findings that as many as 100,000 Small Businesses may have already closed their doors permanently. Tom costello. Back to you. Relief could be coming to gig workers in San Francisco affected by the pandemic. San Francisco Examiner reporting the local Agency Formation commission is considering a minimum wage for lyft, uber along with a new restroom facility just for gig workers and expanded bike lanes for deliveries. And theyll vote on the recommendations tomorrow. The uc Santa Cruz Institute did a survey. 46 say their income has dropped 5 00 to 15 4urks a week. Nearly 30 are worried about what they say is still a problem with getting work. Happening today, horse racing resumes at the bay areas only fulltime track, golden gate field. Fans will not be allowed on site. Racing there has been on hold for six weeks. The nine race program gets started at 12 45, and youre going to hear it, and theyre off. Well, surely whenever pro starts start again, it will look different. Fox announcer joe buck says this fall the Network Plans to pump in crowd noise during the nfls broadcast. He also says the digital fans may be placed in the stands to make everything look normal. May is National Foster care month. And even as were social distancing, you can actually join our movement to shine a light on the unique challenges of foster youth. Nbc is moderating a Virtual Event today. You can find the link on our website. Lets get a look at the forecast. Kari, we saw earlier in the newscast there were sprinkles in parts of the bay area. What are we looking at now . More of the same. And were going to see this continuing today with the light rain moving through. As weve been looking outside, walnut creek seeing the rain getting going. Its been coming down on mt. Diablo. Weve seen the scattered showers continuing for the morning. Into the day, we could move into san jose later, but right now were dry toward the lunch hour. And weve also been keeping an eye on the drought, and the update is were looking the same. A severe drought for the bay area, and extreme Drought Conditions for Northern California. Southern california doesnt have a drought at all right now. Weve seen a variation of all kinds of conditions across the state and its because the storm track is to the south while Northern California barely had any rain. With the storm systems were seeing more rain for Northern California. As we go into the next couple days, well see how this changes. And hopefully well get some more measurable rain in the forecast. As we look at the next storm system that will be coming in, once this one moves out, well have a couple days of dry weather and a new storm system arriving on sunday will bring in rain that could also last into monday. It looks like we could get a significant amount of rain as we go into sunday and month and moving out on tuesday. Looking at the hour by hour forecast and what were expecting today, hit or miss rain and most of this wont amount to much. Maybe up to a tenth of an inch part to the north while the rest of the bay area measures a few hundredths of an inch of rain. As we go into tomorrow, it dries out and then well have once again a couple of days of a break before the next storm system comes in. So we are going to see a lot of changes here. Even with our temperatures going up and down. Once the rain moves out, temperatures go up. Once the rain returns on sunday, cools off once again and were going to see that into the start of next week. So as we look at how much rain were expecting here, for the most part, we could see anywhere from a half to up to an inch of rain next week. Some really great news considering that usually this time of year its starting to dry out. As we look at this forecast, still an active weather pattern with a chance of showers today. Sunshine tomorrow, and warming temperatures. Saturday also looking nice. On sunday, we see it once again, that rain coming back into the forecast as our temperatures cool off in inland areas that reach into the upper 70s. Of course ill have more updates on that. Thanks, kari. Coming up, have you gotten your quarantine haircut yet . Up next we have some of the worst yet. Stick around for that one. First, hatching now, tyson food temporarily cutting prices for some beef products it sells in supermarkets, restaurants and other Food Retailers by 20 to 30 . Thats despite the surge in tyson processes a fifth of the nations beef. Prices for ground beef have topped more than 6 a pound. Thats more than triple the cost as we head into june. You see it right there. Something good for us. A big round of applause for Health Care Workers at Kaiser Hospital in south San Francisco. First responders and even the citys mayor came out to support the people on the front lines. The Community Also handed out 2500 boxes of donated candy to doctors and nurses. And now theyre going to have to go see the dentist. Just kidding informal everything in moderation. Well, have you gotten your Family Haircut just yet . Well, heres a look at the new normal. Yeah. We also mean our pets. I have not tried to give my dog a haircut, but chris evans, well, apparently he wasnt afraid to give his dog dodger a haircut. Apparently the actor who plays the perfect soldier is not the perfect groomer. Look at that pattern. His tweet says it went so wrong to fast. But he has reason to think hed do well. Here hes coming to his brothers rescue. If you dont happen to have a superhero in your quarantine, you may need to get a classic glow by. Clippers and a vacuum put together. Look at this video and see how happen this woman is. Clearly maybe this is something you can do at your house. Im sure your son would enjoy that gadget. Good. You know what . I cut my hair twice at home so far. Im doing my part. Me too. All right. That does it for our midday newscast oh, a last look at the forecast here . Yeah. I was going to say, you know, the tip for cutting your hair is to have the guards on the clippers. We also have weather that keeps you inside in case it goes wrong. Tomorrow get outside with sunshine and warmer weather and tracking more rain next week. Looking forward to the rain because we need it. That does it for our news forecast. Our next news at 5 00. Dont forget the governor is speaking at noon. Well air it right here on nbc bay area. See you tomorrow morning starting at 4 30. Zbrncht right now on california live, behind the scenes of on my block and theres nothing spooky about it. They dont care if they die. They dont care if innocent people do either. Then virtual interviews are the new norm, and were showing you how to nail it. 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