Transcripts For KNTV Today In The Bay 20170425

That during the 6 00 hour. Things to get more crowded. They are getting more crowded in your typical spots, san jose and a little through hayward and pleasanton. But the bay bridge, that crash has cleared from the span. Good stuff. And the bay bridge metering lights should be speeding up a tad bit. A little extra backup at the berkeley curve because they had to slow the metering lights until the crew cleared the span. In the south bay, travel times are not a problem, but i have an issue at the 185 split. Thank you. Right now, the clock is ticking for victims of the devastating flooding that hit back in san jose in february. We will never forget those images. Today is the deadline for agencies impacted by the floods to ask for help. Kris sanchez is joining us live outside San Jose City hall. The flood Assistance Office there is set to close in a few days. Right, that Small Business Administration Office that opened here inside San Jose City hall is going close on friday. And today at the city council meeting, the city manager will recommend expanding the emergency declaration. But the deadline to apply for lowinterest loans is this afternoon. Now, a local agency as well as profits have until today to apply for the lowinterest loans to replace up to 2 million of real estate, machinery, other business assets. Homeowners can apply for lowinterest lotes up to 200,000 to replace their buildings and up to 40,000 for personal property that was lost. According to the Small Business administration, it has approved more than 6 million in Disaster Relief to victims of this flood. The coyote creek flood. Also other floods all around california after a very rough winter. Getting the paperwork in to the state is critical in order to qualify for the federal assistance loans. In san jose, kris sanchez, today in the bay. Thank you very much. 6 02 on your tuesday morning, the Investigation Continues into a mobstyle attack on b. A. R. T. Investigators are poring over Surveillance Video of the violent robbery. As many as 60 young people hopped a turnstile saturday night and swarmed into a b. A. R. T. Train at the coliseum station, robbing seven passengers of their money and phones. Two people were punched in the face. We spoke to a son of an elderly couple who were onboard during the attack. They wouldnt talk for privacy reasons but they told their son their story. They all kind of piled up on one person and started beating her up. Had a melee there for a few minutes. There was a very noticeable increased b. A. R. T. Police presence last night at the coliseum station. B. A. R. T. Says the suspects appear to be juveniles so the Surveillance Video is not being released to the public, but it is being released to local school districts. New, a group of robbers gets away with about 24,000 worth of products from a Bay Area Apple store. This happened around closing time at a store in the village shopping center. Five young men went into the store, grabbed two computers, three ipads, and 17 iphones. A Security Guard last saw them running to the back of the mall. There was, of course, a similar robbery reported earlier this month at the apple store in walnut creek. Developing in the east bay this morning, conservative speaker ann coulter insists shes still going to speak at uc berkeley on thursday despite the school cancelling the event over safety concerns. Essentially suing for free speech. Today in the bays pete suratos live in berkeley with the legal battle the school is facing over the controversy. Pete. Good morning to you, sam and laura. Yes, the Berkeley College republicans are filing a lawsuit against the university over the cancellation of ann coulters visit that was set for a couple days from now saying this is a restriction on their free speech. Ann coulter was set to speak on campus on thursday, but that was canceled by University Officials citing security concerns. The university wanted to reschedule her visit to next week. This comes months after violent protests on campus before a scheduled appearance by another conservative commentator, milo yiannopoulos. For the campus, the birth place of the free speech movement, is leaving the student body with mixed opinions. We would be more than welcome for them to bring on real conservative policymakers but we feel thak theyre just bringing on people who are stirring things up on campus. There were students who dissented and really didnt like ann coulter, why not get tickets, go to the event, and debate her at the erent . Cal would like to push her appearance to may 2nd. That would be next week, the week before finals. But ann coulter tweeted she still plans to come to berkeley this thursday. Now, Berkeley Police will be holding a Public Safety meeting later this morning. This topic could be brought up. The Public Safety meeting is for 11 00 a. M. Live in berkeley, pete suratos for today in the bay. All right, thank you very much. Its 6 05 right now, and new this morning, remembering a fallen officer. Thousands coming together in paris for a Memorial Ceremony there in honor of the Police Officer who was killed in last weeks terror attack. Three other Police Officers were also shot as. Only one of them died. The gunman was eventually shot and killed by police. Isis has claimed responsibility for that attack. 6 06. Possible soda tax in the south bay. Today, Santa Clara County board of supervisors will discuss new policies on sugar sweetened beverages. Several counties plan to rolg out a soda tax. San francisco, berkeley, and albany passed a tax last year. Its expected to go into effect this summer. Berkeley was the first in the nation to approve a soda tax in 2014. A bittersweet victory last night for the warriors. Theyre back at it despite not having their head coach on the sidelines. The ws moving on to the second round of the playoffs. The team says that coach kerr watched last nights clincher on a locker room tv, not what he would have liked to be, not where he would have liked to be. This is a picture of kerr earl yeier in the day in the teams shootaround. He said pain, nausea, and other complications from a back surgery in 2015 are going to keep him from coaching indefinitely. Right now, acting head coach mike brown has taken the reins. The warriors crushed the trail blazers last night. 6 07. In burlingame, a Community Meeting wants to address the threat of rising sea yeah, rising sea levels threaten billions of dollars worth of infrastructure. Representative Jackie Speier has called San Mateo County ground zero for this impact because of how many assets are located at sea level. The meeting starts at 6 00 at the main library. It is 6 07 on your tuesday morning. We start out with clouds overhead as we take a live look outside over san jose. All dry this morning, and as we go into this afternoon, a mix of sun and clouds, and temperatures that are going to be cooler than where we should be for this time of year. Even though well get a little more sunshine today, theres still a slight chance we could see rain, especially for the north bay. But not expecting a lot out of this stream of moisture that continues for the bay area. It will clear out and get sunny and warm up in time for the weekend. Well talk about that in three minutes. Mike has the new delay now for muni riders. We heard about switching problems. Its affecting the line between the van ness and castro stations. The Subway Service, so there may be delays there. Were following this on the twitter account as well. Meanwhile, on the roadways, the rest of the roads and freeways are moving well. No major problems a crash clears from the bay bridge. A little extra backup at the toll plaza and i did have a disabled vehicle reported at the split in san jose. Sounds like everything is out of lanes and no slowing on the scene. Back to you. We have major changes to tell you about that could be coming to an east bay school district. In three minutes, the push to build a New High School and ease some of the burden on teachers with packed classrooms. Inventors have been promising a flying car for, what, a century . We can finally see one, sort of. Ahead in business and tech. Hey allergy muddlers are you one sneeze away from being voted out of the carpool . Try zyrtec® its starts working hard at hour one and works twice as hard when you take it again the next day. Stick with zyrtec® and muddle no more®. Its now 6 12. Well have a little sun, some clouds, and a little warmer, too. Up to 67 today in palo alto. 71 in napa, and 72 today in concord. Our temperatures continue to go up from here as we head into the weekend. More on that coming up in five minutes. And you know what. Not so bad for the trivalley. Look at these travel times. Dipping down into the 50s, and thats great as your travel over to livermore, pleasanton. Well have more coming up. Thank you very much, kari and mike. It is 6 12 right now. Talk is certain to heat up in a discussion about building a New High School for the trival. Dublin School Board Members will hold aing for applying for a bond waiver request for a second high school. Classes in dublin are filled to the limit, and more students are coming. Frustrated parents recently launched a petition drive to build that new facility. Five bay area high schools are among the nations top 100. They rank more than 22,000 public high schools every year 23rd nationally is kipp san jose collegiate. Lowell high school rankedth. San joses University Preparatory academy ranked 72nd. Mission san jose in fremont at 76, and Oakland Charter high school is 91st. Were known for great education here. Were also known for some innovative ideas on the roadways. Happening today, the dmv wants to hear from you and what you think about Driverless Cars. A public hearing scheduled for 10 00 this morning to get public input on Driverless Cars on the roads. If you dont want to drive to sacramento for the meeting, you can stream the whole on the dmvs facebook page. If you go to phoenix, you ride in a driverless car now. That sounds like a long distance. They want to give you a ride. Go phoenix, the cars have been driving around. We have seen them on the peninsula for years. You get a ride, and get inside them in arizona. The Company Google spun off to handle its driverless car effort, will have an app much like uber. Give you a ride for free in one of their minivans. Theres still going to be a person in the drivers seat, but were one step closer to taxis without taxi drivers. Some of the same engineers who invented the driverless car are showing off a new way to get around. This brandnew video just released by kittyhawk. Thats the super secret flying car company in Mountain View backed by google founder larry paige. Now, i know what youre thinking. It doesnt look much like a flying car, but its a start. Its designed to fly above water. That helps it avoid rules and regulations that would otherwise restrict flights. A columnist at the New York Times points out this morning, you know, if you dont want your flying his drone over your house, youre probable not going to want your neighbor flying himself over your house, but the man at the head of the project is the man who founded google selfdriving car program, who also created google street view and google glass. That United Airlines flight back in the news this morning because we have now seen copies of reports made by the Police Officers who took the passenger after the plane, and those reports dont match what happened. The reports were made by four officers who have been placed on administrative leave by the chicago aviation authority. They say dao was, quote, swinging his arms up and down with a closed fist. The subject started flailing and fighting the officers, according to the reports. The los angeles tribune obtained the reports through a freedom of information act filed. The newspaper also discovered two of the officers faced disciplinary action before. One for failing to show up to work without notifying his supervisor seven times in ten years. Didnt show up. This continues to just get bigger. With the officers that report right after it happened does not seem to reflect what happened in the video. You say hes swinging his arms as rr being dragged off the airplane seats. I mean, context. Theres also the moment the Police Officers say he hit his head on an arm rest. You do not see in the video. A concussion, broke teeth. Hard to watch. All right, 6 16. Gentmen probably wont come as a shock to you, but bay area housing is the nations least affordable for teachers. The website apartmentlist. Com San Francisco, oakland, and san jose among the least affordable cities for people on a teachers salary. Thats among the nations top 50 cities. San francisco actually sits at the top of that list. Wichita, kansas, is considered the most affordable. Thats the thing, not affordable for everybody, but the important thing is we should pay our teachers more money, which is the Biggest Issue here, why were seeing so many leave the area. A lot of times they come out of their own pocket for School Supplies and things like that. Really appreciate the teachers as you head out to school and as you step out the door, now we have a few clouds rolling by overhead. And heres a look at all of our microclimates. We want to get you out with what it looks like now and what youll feel as we go into this afternoon. Its 53 degrees in the peninsula, and in the south bay. Its 52 degrees in the north bay and San Francisco. Were going to see the highs today reach into the mid 60s, even some upper 60s for the south bay. And this is an improvement over yesterday. Warming up in some spots, up to 62 today in the east bay and San Francisco. 63 degrees. So we talked about heading to school this morning. Maybe bring the teacher some flowers. We will have some partly cloudy skies and also cool. At recess, there will be times of sunshine and warming temperatures. By this afternoon, you want to spend it outside. Partly cloudy skies and temperatures in the 60s. But there may be a couple of sprinkles. But it shouldnt be enough to keep you from getting out there and enjoying the day. We have also had enough rain to help out with the pollen count, if i can be a barometer of that. Feeling better now. We have trees and grass pollen is moderate on the scale, and had a lot of juniper and oak, so if uri rrf youre allergic to those, they might be bothering you. Half moon bay, cool throughout the morning and through the afternoon. Only a little sunshine. Expect it to be mostly cloudy today and even some mist and drizzle as were seeing the weather system to the north of us. Heres how it plays out on the hourbyhour forecast. Going to see a mix of and clouds. Not expecting heavy rain, but the might be a spot shower moving through, kind of like what we saw yesterday. Maybe even less coverage. As we go into early tomorrow morning, more of the same as the weather system still hangs overhead, and then after that gets out of here on wednesday, were going to see some dry and warming weather for the rest of the week. Look at San Francisco on the weekend. Well be in the low 70s. Inland areas making it into the low 80s by sunday. We continue that trend with some more dry weather into the start of next week. And mikes keeping us updated on whats happening with muni. We still have muni delays reported because of a switching issue between the van ness and castro stations. This affects the muni subway station. The rest of the services on the grid have no delays. Were looking at a smooth slow of traffic for the freeways. Slower drives through san jose. The build, the pattern is light for this tuesday. Well show you that, hayward, that shows a big build coming toward the san mateo bridge in the last few minutes. Farther out for the commute, ill check the waze system. Waze reports if you take highway 4 out of antioch and cut through to walnut creek, a lot of folks use that as part of their commute, thats 39 minutes. Thats the purple line and the purple number. As we pull in the green line here or the blue line, those two routes are a bit more traffic no because they take you through the slower drives. You can see that on our map and also get waze to tell that to you before you leave today or any time of day. Check your waze app before you head out onto the roadway and make sure youre on our team. Hit the magnifying glass, your profile, our team which is called nbc bay area wazers. Thats what youre watching now, nbc bay area. You might as well be part of this team inof another team youre not watching. Very nice. Thank you. 6 20. More problems for samsung. Coming up after the break, the issue the Embattled Company is facing with its brandnew galaxy phone this morning. A lastminute car rental upgrade that triggers a surprise charge on his credit card. Nbc bay area responds next. For years, centurylink has been promising fast internet to Small Businesses. But for many businesses, its out of reach. Why promise something you cant deliver . Comcast business is different. We deliver superfast internet with speeds of 250 megabits per second across our entire network, to more companies, in more locations, than centurylink. We do business where you do business. Welcome back. 6 23 on your tuesday. Nbc bay area rethis morning to a martinez man who felt like he waw double duped by a car rental company. We sorted this one out. Chris chmura is here with how. Douglas case rented a car from enterprise. Initially, the company gave him a midsized car, but douglas said an agent offered to upgrade him to a fullsized car. He said he didnt think anything about the swap until he got his credit card bill which revealed a 70 upgrade fee. Douglas called enterprise and was told he agreed to it. He disputed it, so enterprise credited his account 70. Were done here, right . Wrong. Two days later enterprise again charged him 70. Enterprise then agreed to reverse the new charges but douglas says that never happened. So he asked us to step in. We contacted enterprise, and it refunded douglas his 70. Enterprise apologized for the confusion and told us there was a glitch in refunding his card. If you have a consumer complaint, let us know. The number is 888996tips or logon to nbcbayarea. Com responds. Thank you very much. 6 24 now. New problem for samsung. The Company Promise to fix a red tint of some kind found by users on its newest smartphone. Some of users of the galaxy s8 and s8 plus are complaining of displays with a red tint. Its due to, quote, natural variation in displays, and an update next week will give users more control over the screen color. 6 25 right now. How much are you planning on spending this year on mothers day . According to an annual survey by the National Retail federation, mothers day spending is expected to reach a record high of 23. 6 billion. Shoppers will spend an average of about 186 to mark that holiday. About 14 more than last year. A reminder that mothers day is coming up quickly. Sunday, may 14th. Not about how much you spend. Its that you dont forget about mom. Well remind you a couple more times. An nbc bay area exclusive. Coming up next on today in the bay, the search for a man accused of attacking a female construction worker in one bay area city and how her coers stepped up to help her. B. A. R. T. s newest station celebrates a month of service. The number of commuter now using the warm springs stop. And a live look outside right now. Check out that sunrise. At least some drivers will be enjoying that as they sit in traffic at the toll plaza. The metering lights, of course, on right now. Well have a full check of weather and traffic in 2 1 2 minutes. Youre watching today in the bay. Whimpers ] find pingpong. Find your awesome with the xfinity x1 voice remote. Thats amazing you get ready to head out the right now at 6 30, were in for a cloudy start as you get ready to head out the door. Then, it will clearing out by this afternoon. Taking a live look from our San Francisco camera for you this morning. No doubt, still a nice start to our day. Youre up, right . Good morning. Thanks for joining us. Im laura garciacannon. Im sam brock. Every day is blessing. A beautiful start here, and were so close, we can almost taste it. Great weather and sunshine. I thought he was going to say the weekend. Almost there, though. We are just living for the weekend. And were living for some awesome weather, too. Did you check out the sunrise this morning. I just tweeted out a couple pictures there if youre following me on twitter. Heres a live look at palo alto. The pink is gone, but we can see the clouds. Its all dry as you head out the door. Looking at temperatures now in the lower 50s. Oakland, 56, to napa, 52. With highs reaching the upper 70s inland. Even some upper 60s inland and some low 70s for spots like concord and napa today. Well take a look ahead to, yeah, upper 70s. Thats in the forecast. Thats coming up, and also, well look ahead to the weekend in eight minutes. Mike has a report, an Important Note for muni riders. Thats right. We have been talking about service delays, but its much more serious now. Muni tweets out on their twitter account, Something Else besides muni because the Subway Service between van ness and castro has big delays. They first reported some switching problems, but my friend shaun at our news desk hearing about power issues within San Francisco. Well track that again. Remember, last week, there were big problems. Not as big as that from what we understand. Rr looking at the rest of the bay and the commute moves well. The south bay starts to build in the northbound direction and a few stalls here and there, but theyre out of lanes of traffic. On the shoulder. Here, a slower drive. Improvement coming in toward the bay bridge toll plaza. So were actually recovering a bit. Back to you. Thank you very much. Happening today, its been exactly one month since b. A. R. T. s new warm springs b. A. R. T. Station went into service. Bob redell live at the station in frethis morning to explain how the station is doing so far and what is next for the b. A. R. T. System. Good morning, bob. Good morning. B. A. R. T. Was expecting roughly 4700 riders to exit through the fare gates here at the new warm springs b. A. R. T. Station in fremont, but that number right is about half that. Right at about 2,400. Numbers b. A. R. T. Does point out, look, warm springs has only been open a month. Its still early. They do expect thorship numbers to improve. Its just a matter of time as more people become aware of the new station and adjust their commutes. For some perspective, the b. A. R. T. Fremont station last year saw over 9,000 rider exits per week day, we spoke with warm springs riders who tell us the new station is already saving them a significant amount of time in their morning commutes. What does that do for your level of stress . Drastically reduced. Its a lot nicer station, too. More relaxing. A better commute. I can actually finish breakfast with my family in the morning. You know, and just kind of have a little bit nicer morning. Im not stressed out. I moon, now my commute, i have a routine, so i am more calm. More calm . Yeah. Warm springs wont be the end of the line for long. B. A. R. T. Is working on a tenmile extension south of here with stops in milpitas and san jose. Scheduled to open later this year. Reporting live here in fremaunlt, bob redell, today in the bay. Thank you very much. 6 32 on your tuesday morning. To a story youll only see on nbc bay area. Was it road rage . This morning, San Francisco police are looking for a man accused of attacking a female construction worker. She was in the middle of the street doing her job when she says the attack happened. I told him the light is green, you can go through. He told me, it was like, [ bleep ] this, [ bleep ] that. This cell phone video shows Something Like a street fight as her coworkers tell us they stepped in to defend her. Witnesses describe the man as an angry driver who exchanged words with the waum as she directed traffic at haight and steiner yesterday morning. That exchange, she says he got out of his car and attacked her. He just shoved me first. When i went down, i grabbed him by his tshirt. After that, it was just swing, swing, swing. People nearby as well as some coworkers wrestled the man to the ground. At one point, the video shows him being kicked in the head. He walked away before police arrived. Once out of the melee, the woman took a picture of the man and his car. Police are using that information to identify the suspect. The search continues this morning for suspectsed in a brazen attempted robbery in walnut creek, dressed as you see there, as construction workers. This happened last week, but we just obtained these surveillance images. Three men dressed up as construction workers who walked into the Oc Watch Company in wall nuktd. One of the suspects hangded a clipboard to the owner of the store. When the owner looked down at it, the man pepper sprayed him. The store owner and a nearby customer scared them off before they could get away with anything. Breaking news. A car chase going on in southern california. These are live pictures from the scene as it happens. Quite dangerous. The chp confirming to us that Long Beach Police are in pursuit. That is a stolen vehicle. Chp has not been requested to assist at this time. But the location is northbound 710 from the 91. You can see that it is a highspeed chase right now. That is going on. Well continue to monitor this. Hopefully, no accidents will emerge from this. Back in the bay area. And continuing coverage right now. Testimony continues today for three Santa Clara County jail guards accused of the beating death of mentally ill inmate michael tyree. The county medical examiner testified yesterday about the injuries he suffered before he died in his jail cell. The coroners report listed 34 separate injuries, the worst of which were a torn liver and torn spleen. Its believed that tyree bled to death inside his cell within one of being injured. The medical examiner is expected to return to the witness stand today. Traffic alert to tell you about this morning. Highway 35 will be closed in just over an hour starting at 8 00 this morning. The highway will be closed all day between gift and black roads. Caltrans crews will be installing drainage facilities and repaving the highway. Giving thanks to the people who get our kids to school on time. Moms and dads, but what about the bus drivers as well . Mt. Diablo Unified School District marked today as School Bus Driver appreciation day. Theyll be treated to special refreshments and theyll get a surprise. District buses transport more than 2,000 regular and special education students every day. I still remember that bus driver. Mrs. Oconnor drove our bus. Brought her flowers, but we also had a flower nursery. Laura brought flowers, too. I did, just from my yard. See, thats very nice. No problem as far as the green, as far as the sensors go. Green sensors for most of the bay. A little variety for the south bay. A little slowdown starting. Because the volume is starting to build around most of our bay in the typical pattern. That means were seeing slowing through pleasanton for south 680, and hayward, 880, mild slowing. The san mateo bridge starts to build westbound across the bay. Your approach toward the bay bridge moving great right now, but we have passed the half hour mark. Now 36 minutes from highway 4 down richmond and to the berkeley curve. Congested through the maze, but the bay bridge toll plaza does move well. We have improvement. Fast track making up time as well as the carpool and the span itself, once you go through the toll plaza, moving well into San Francisco. Back to you. Were fast tracking right through the week. Mike, thank you very much. Monday in the books. Its just flying by, isnt it . I have been on vacation for a minute. Come on. On this tuesday morning, we are looking forward to the weekend because we know that it will be warmer and youre already starting to make some plans. Look at the forecast for the valleys and inland areas on saturday. We start out at 9 00 in the morning and some low 60s, but then look at 3 00. Its 80 degrees with a lot of sunshine this weekend. Even warmer on sunday, as we reach the mid 80s in spots. As you make plans to head maybe to the butter and egg day in petaluma, the parade starts at noon, but festivities begin at 10 00 in the morning. Well be in the low 60s to start and quicklying up. Bring the sunblock, the water. Well be in the upper 70s and maybe hitting 80 degrees by saturday into sunday. And in San Francisco, cesar chavez day. The parade starting at 11 00 in the morning. It will be 66 degrees. A lot of sun there, too. Up to 69. A little more comfortable there, especially once the breeze kicks in. And if you are going to be hitting the road, heading farther to the north, Shasta Trinity National Forest will be in the mid 70s on friday. 78 degrees on saturday. On sunday, were up to 82 degrees in yosemite will be of course cooler in the upper 40s to low 50s throughout the weekend as you drive back home, youll still enjoy that sunshine. Rr bring you back home with a look at the microclimate forecast coming up in about three minutes. Thank you very much. Today is a major deadline for victims of the coyote creek flooding. Coming up in three minutes, information you need to know if youre hoping to get help repairing the damage left behind. Plus, no wall, no government shutdown. That may be the compromise we see on day 96. And the markets are off to a strong start here, scott, as were watching the Dow Jones Industrial average up 190 points so far in early trading at 20,953. But the big news today, not coming from the dow jones but rather the nasdaq. Which broke 6,000 for the first time ever. A lot of money being made today. Well be back with more news coming up in 2 1 2 minutes. Its 6 42. Its bus driver appreciation day. Before you head out, grab some coffee, a muffin, an apple, paeb a flower for your bus driver this morning. A few clouds and also cool temperatures. At recess, the children will enjoy sunshine as the temperatures warm up. Well be the 60s with partly cloudy skies and a slight chance of rain. Well look ahead to warmer air in the forecast coming up in five minutes. And were talking about the Subway Service for muni, big delays reported between van ness and castro. Power issues and switching problems in the area. So youre going to have to alternate routes. Check your commute. Check out this commute in southern california. Its breaking news we have been following this morning. It started as a highspeed chase in southern california. In long beach this morning, a live look at the scene now where it looks like it has come to a standstill. What happened is that Long Beach Police were in pursuit of a stolen vehicle. They have now brought it to a stop as we see the patrol cars surrounding the car itself. We dont know what has happened so far with the suspikt. But it happened near northbound 710 from the 91 this morning. Well continue to monitor this, but it looks like they have possibly nabbed who they were seeking. At 6 43 right now, live look this morning from San Jose City hall where the Small Business Administration Office that was set up to help with coyote creek Flood Recovery efforts will close on friday. Today is a big deadline to get paperwork to the state if youre trying to qualify for federal assistance in the wake of the flooding. Al Government Agencies and nonprofits can get loans up to 2 million to repair flood damage. Homeowners can apply for loans up to 2 200,000. All new this morning, controversy over a new apartment complex. The Danville Town Council is asking for more time before deciding on approving a new threestory, 150unit complex. Heres a rendering of it. The river walk in downtownville would be off diablo road. Some Council Members want a bigger environmental study before the proposal would remove mature trees and build a play area. A group that opposes the project said it be too tall. New, concerns about plans to separate caltrain tracks from roads. They are worried the vta could put restrictions on projects that could separate the tracks. Trafrk and Pedestrian Access must go over or under the tracks. City Officials Say its the first time the vta set any standards for the project which could impact planning. Arkansas continued its executions last night, putting two more men to death. The state right now on a deadline as lethal injection drugs are expiring soon. Jack jones, convicted of raping and killing a woman, was executed first. Marcel williams, another convicted murdering and rapist, had received a temporary stay. That was lifted, and those two men were executed less than two hours apart. This is significant because at no point in modern American History has any state ever attempted to carry out so many executions in such a short period of time. Eight executions total were originally planned. Four of them received stays. State of arkansas has met legal challenges to the rapid pace of executions and has been able to move forward with three of them so far. The next execution is scheduled for thursday. Happening today, Santa Clara County leaders will consider new protections from federal immigration laws and hate crimes. At todays board meeting, supervisors are expected to propose new services for immigrant families if one afftheir family gets picked up for immigration. Happening today, President Trump will be the keynote speaker at the holocaust commemoration today at the u. S. Capitol as the administration has struggled in talking about the holocaust in recent weeks. This is part of the week long days of remembrance. In memory of all the victims, six candles will be lit by a holocaust survivor accompanied by a member of congress. It also recognizes the u. S. Troops who liberated the nazi concentration camps in 1945. President trump may be backing away from a key campaign promise. A wall on the mexican border. Time is running out to get the wall in the budget. Our budget. Were going to pay for the wall, not mexico. The wall, which could cost as much as 25 billion, has become a real Sticking Point in the budget. Republicans say we dont have the money. Democrats say we dont need it. And predictions say if the wall is in the budget, it wont pass. And the government will have to shut down. There have been several hints from the white house, both in public and in private, that President Trump is willing to compromise. So this morning, he tweeted, dont let the fake media tell you where y have changed my position on the wall. Time is tight. The deadline to approve a budget or agree to a temporary fix is friday. President trumps first 100 days comes to a close on saturday. The two candidates for french president attended a memorial for a parisian Police Officer slain by a terrorist on the champselysees on thursday. The Islamic State has claimed responsibility. President trump has hinted strongly he supports populist president candidate marine le pen, and has tweeted the terror attack would affect the election in france. In an interview with the Associated Press on sunday, he claimed le pen was the strongest on borders and the straungest on whats been going on in france. Terror experts point out in that sense, the Islamic State would also like to see le pen win to create a dividing line between islam and the west. That also raises the ugly possibility fat the le pen cannot make progress in the polls, the Islamic State would be that much more motivated to strike paris again. Le pen currently trailed the more centrist emanuel macron by 22 . Washington treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin gave us a preview of the trump tax plan. He said he would like a tax return so simple you could do it on the back of a post card. Keep in mind, though, sam and laura, all of the extra lines on a tax are for you and your deductions. Every line you can fill out saves you money. The big one to watch for would be the eliminationf the Tax Deduction we take for money we pay in state taxes. That is a huge one for california because thats when your tax cut turns into a tax hike. We should know more tomorrow. Yeah, when you cut that check to california, you think, at least ill get it back next year. Scott examines our president s tweet, executive orders and speeches every morning. He said its a twoway street. He would like to hear from you. You see his twitter handle. scottmcgrew. We all love to hear from you. But would you love to hear from this . That rascally bear is at it again in lake tahoe. This is video from the South Lake Tahoe fire department. Firefighters were asked to help scare off some hungry bears that entered a garage. One bear, yeah, turned toward the firefighters. So he barked right back. The apartment reminds residents to lock up those garbage cans. Got to have the bearproof containers along with all the doors leading outside because theyll be very hungry. , booboo. What do you do if you to scare it off and it squares off with you . Let it you dont want to find out. Not safe. Okay, if you are going to be heading to tahoe, we have been enjoying beautiful weather. But temperatures are warming up, and theyll be warming up in the bay area, too. Looking at a lot of clouds overhead, starting out this tuesday morning. As you get ready to step out the door right now, its 51 degrees in the trivalley and 52 in San Francisco not a bad start, as the sevenday forecast comes up at the bottom of the screen, the south bay scrolling right now. A slight chance of rain in the forecast today. Then the high temperatures reaching the upper 60s. Were up to 68 degrees in the trivalley. 68 degrees in the north bay. And 63 degrees in San Francisco. So as we get a look out the window, we are going to have a cool start, but then it will be comfortable throughout the day. It will be a day for some long sleeves and some pants. Maybe some jeans. But just staying comfortable also as we head into the next several days. It will mean some tshirts and shorts. If youre going out to at t park this evening for the giants game, it will be nice, at least the start while youre sitting in traffic or tailgating if you get to enjoy that, we will have sunshine at 5 00. Then some clouds mixing in as well and by the time we have first pitch, it will be 57 degrees. We have seen all of these clouds because of this persistent pattern of some clouds rolling in. At times, light rain. Were still seeing that now. It will linger into tomorrow as well. Dont expect all bright sunshine, wall to wall sun. Not happening just yet. As we go into tomorrow, as we go by hour, still looking at clouds mixing in and even early in the morning, a chance at spotty rain, especially in the north bay. Not expecting it to measure out to be much. Looking at some clearing conditions for the middle of the week. And then the winds pick up on friday as we get ready for some warmer air. High temperatures in low 70s. For the inland spots, take a look at this. Well be in the low 80s this weekend. Even mid 80s to start out next week. Maybe making beach plans. And mike, the freeways are getting busier now, arent they . They are. When i say that, people say, duh, but look. Its tuesday. Its busier, but not dramaticalliy. Look at that. A slower drive for the trivalley and also for 880. A gentle build northbound through san jose. Right there, that slowing, thats what kari showed you on the live camera. We have an issue in San Francisco. This is affecting the muni Subway Service. I superbeen talking about it all hour. A power issue switching problem between van ness and castro stations. So muni itself says use something besides that Subway Service. Buses are running and b. A. R. T. Is moving well as well. Well take you to the waze system. For example, lets say you take a drive between Castro Valley and milpitas. Some folks might want to go through the slower drive. Others moy want to avoid that. If you go to 880, heres the 680 drive on the purple line. Then we kick over to the green and blue lines and theyre adding on another 20 minutes. Stick to 680. You can fire up your waze app and check your drive before you leave. Make sure youre on our team. If you joined years ago, check our team, go into your profile and select nbc bay area wazers. Thats an option thats we have added more recently. You can join our team and leverage the power of all of the folks who are watch this show with you and share that commute information. Back to you. Well be your backseat drivers. Knowledge is power. Thank you very much, mike. Up next, a quick look at the top stories in today in the bay. That includes coulter controversy. A legal battle brewing between some of ann coulters supporters and uc berkeley. Happening now, pope francis told egyptians he will visit them this week in cairo as a messenger of peace. Twin bombing attacks in Christian Churches in egypt killed 44 people on palm sunday. Another Writers Strike may be brewing. The Writers Guild of america voted to authorize a strike if contract talks fail with the alliance of Motion Picture and television producers. The union wants better pay and more benefits. Well have more news here in just a moment. Before you head ohe 6 56 on your tuesday morning. Welcome back. Before you head out, here are the top stories were following on today in the bay. A live look at the uc Berkeley Campus where an upcoming visit from ann coulter is now in limbo and could be headed to court. Coulter was scheduled tew peer on thursday originally. She Still Believes thats when she will visit, but berkeley wants to delay that visit at least for a week. Berkeley College Republicans suing, calling the delay unconstitutional and a violation of the freedom of speech. The Investigation Continues this morning into a mobstyle attack on b. A. R. T. Investigators are poring over Surveillance Video of the violent robbery. As many as 60 people swarmed into a b. A. R. T. Train, robbing seven passengers. Two people were also punched in the face. Another robbery at an apple to tell you about. A group of robbers gets away with about 24,000 worth of merchandise from a Bay Area Apple store. It happened last night at a store in the village shopping center. Five young men went into the store and grabbed two puters, three ipads and 17 iphones. The guard last saw them running toward the back of the mall. A similar robbery was reported earlier this month at the apple store in walnut creek. A look at the warm springs station in fremaunlt. Its been one month since the station opened. Warm springs has seen about 2400 riders exiting fare gates on an average week day. It expects the numbers will be doubled as more people learn about the station. B. A. R. T. Is also working on a tenmile extension. A mini anniversary at warm springs. Talking about warming up right now as we take a live look outside from downtown san rafael. Not many people stirring yet, but they will be out. You start with a sweatshirt, light rain jacket, and lose that by the end of the day . I think so. A little warmer than yesterday, and then well see clouds mixing in at times. We also keep the clouds tomorrow. It will be mild heading through the week. Heres a look at the temperature trend for San Francisco, and on the weekend, saturday and sunday, well see the highs in the low 70s. Take a look at the inland yeahs. Its going to feel like summer. Especially after a cool start this week. Well be in the low 80s, and that continues into next week. We may be starting a stretch of some dry weather into next week as well. Looking forward to that. I dont think you need to center us on the weekend. We just zero right in. 80 degrees. In the meantime, sometimes People Center in on the red on your traffic map. And we have a little. It popped up in the trivalley. Overall, a great tuesday commute. Where saw sudden slowing, over there, getting through the sunol area and in toward mission boulevard. There was a busted up tv in the middle of the roadway. So unfortunately, one less viewer for us. That tv and a mat on the road, does that mean one less sleeper, too . Thats whats happening today in the bay. Well be back in a half hour, and well see you for the nbc bay area news at 11 00. Its 8 00 on today. Good morning, backing down. President trump signals hes willing to delay the fight over funding his border wall to avoid a government shutdown, but with fridays deadline fast approaching, will he get a deal . Under water rescue. Rain leading to power outages, and more on the way from the carolinas to new england. Before and after. New video and audio recordings from that united passenger dragging incident shedding more light on what really happened. Any information, were they drinking or doing anything like that . No. It was Something Like he didnt volunteer or Something Like that. As documents obtained by nbc