Schools reopened safely. There is pressure coming from the white house. That he wants schools reopened and he wants kids back in the classrooms as early as next month. The American Academy of pediatrics has recommended this, trying to get schools reopen with many safety restrictions in place because we want to make sure kids dont fall too much farther behind. The Trump Administration making that point. They also have another motivation that basically its difficult to get parents back to work and get the economy really move again when kids are not able to be in school. So that is a focal point for the administration. At that event yesterday they did not lay out any specific policies that they want to see happen or offer to provide any additional funding to help schools reopen safely and restructure. If theyre going to have to be providing masks to students in the classroom, if theyre going to have to be potentially adding more buses so that children can be spaced apart further. Those are things that are going to cost money. At this point no offer to help there but some pressure from President Trump. Were very much going to put pressure on governors and everybody else to open the schools, to get them open. Reporter many medical experts say communities need to be focused on getting the virus under control before they think too seriously about getting children back in the classroom and adults back in there with them who could potentially be more vulnerable to the virus. Back to you. President trump will meet with mexicos president at the white house. The white house is promoting the visit as a celebration of the u. S. canada mexico trade agreement that took effect july 1st replacing nafta. New this morning, were learning Supreme CourtJustice John Roberts is recovering after being briefly hospitalized after falling while walking near his home. The fall happened last month. His doctors believe it was likely due to light headedness caused by dehydration. Now to the latest numbers of dehydration cases here in the bay area. You can see on the map nearly 30,000 cases, nearly 600 people have died. Contra costa county reporting 214 new cases San Mateo County. The future of sports now hangs in the balance once again because of covid19. And now more people are questioning whether it is realistic to think well have sports at all. Today in the bays pete suratos joins us live with the details on how this is impacting teams here in the bay area. Pete, it is nice to see you. Reporter nice to see you, too. Good morning to you, kris. Major League Baseball is beginning in just a matter ofav tested positive forhe oakland as. Well keep a close eye on that situation. Theyre not the only Baseball Team dealing with some issues in the area. The San Francisco giants are facing some issues around the issue of covid19. Theyre saying their covid tests were not returned on time so they went ahead and suspended practices at oracle park. Now Major League Soccer is also restarting this friday. You have the San Jose Earthquakes participating despite one team actually withdrawing altogether due to ten players on the team testing positive for covid19. Now we did speak with a local sports law attorney who explains what fans should expect this year when it comes to sports. A 15th rate product because essentially the virus would be deciding who wins the championship. Reporter now the nba and nhl will also resume their seasons. I do want to point out the warriors and sharks did not qualify to take part in those seasons, but a decision today will come for College Sports with ivy league deciding the future of fall sports. Well see how that impacts College Sports as a whole. Reporting live, pete suratos for today in the bay. Thank you. More bay area mask developments and policies to report this morning. In San Mateo County the board of supervisors voted to launch an Educational Campaign to highlight the importance of masks. In Contra Costa County the Health Officer also updated mask rules. Businesses open must now make sure workers and volunteers cover their face and if a customer refuses to wear a mask they are not supposed to serve them or allow them inside. In orinda the owner says while most people cover their face, the mandate to refuse service will eliminate any debate. Certainly helps to push back and then if they have an issue with it they can write the county like they would if they have a complaint about something else. Contra costa county is requiring people who cant wear a mask due to medical condition to wear a face shield in public. A followup to the two people you see here facing charges in Contra Costa County for defacing that black lives matter mural in martinez. It happened on the fourth of july right in front of the downtown courthouse. The videos and the photos have been all over social media. Youve probably seen them. Now the duo faces vandalism and hate crime charges. Retaliation, this crime committed based on the race of people exercising their right to paint and exercising that right under the cover of authority. Another act of vandalism in martinez on Tuesday Morning but a couple of residents did rush over to cover a slogan that said white lives matter. A main change could be covering to buildings in uc berkeley. They are considering renaming two of its halls. One hall is named after two brothers, joseph and john, who both fought for the confederacy. The other is named for a anthropologist. The proposal says his work exploited indigenous man believed to be the last survivor of the tribe and claimed he took indigenous remains without consent. This comes as a groundbreaking decision was made in the uc system for the first time in its 150year history, hired a person of color as its president. Michael drake was most recently the president of the Ohio State University system. Drake is taking over for janet napolitano. Now to making it in the bay and one way to help peo do that is by building more affordable housing. Weve heard it before and happening today in berkeley the mayor is expected to announce more of that. The city is receiving a multimillion dollar grant to build more than 80 affordable units. Two large developments, a plan at ashley avenue and adeline streets. More details on the project at that location coming up at 10 00 this morning. You know we will be listening in for that. And now a look at our forecast, kari. You have a little bit of light behind you, but i suspect youre going to tell us about the heat. Yes, it will heat up again today. All that sunshine in the forecast as we check out our morning temperature trend for concord. If youre about to head out and go for a walk or a run, temperatures are in the low 60s. Its going to be comfortable for opening up those windows, letting the house cool down before it heats up again today. So were looking at low 80s already by noon because were heading to 92 degrees today. Were going to see some mid80s for the south bay. San francisco keeps the natural air conditioning. Were staying in the upper 60s here. Mike, any issues for drivers heading out the door . We do have a crash in the east bay in oakland. I talked about lets show you on the map. Overall a green sensor flow for most of the bay. My concern is at the top of the screen, were zooming in to where 580 splits. Westbound 580, an update for a location. Reports consolidating around that split and just after the split west 580 goes past mcarthur right about where theres a crash involving a number of vehicles. Chp giving us the update there may be crash activity in all lanes. They may have to stop traffic shortly. The sensors dont reflect that but we will continue to follow that. You can choose between 880. 880 is clear as you head through oakland. No problem other than that through the area and the toll plaza. Watching west 580. Back to you. Rapid results. Youre going to want to see an all new covid19 test that can give you answers before you even leave the clinic. More problems on facebook and not all coming from outside the company. We made a deal ages ago. Man, babies, doesnt matter. Were soul mates. Plus, call him mr. Big. The gift Vanessa Bryant is sharing the gift kobe bryant gave her and how it relates to the show. First our tribute to the class of 2020 highlighting the graduates who work so hard to make it through school but didnt get an official ceremony. A big congratulations to these high school students. This is our last week for our great grads. Thank you to everybody who sent pictures and, graduates, we are so proud of you. You did it. [upbeat music] today was the day that i put everything in perspective. I fell asleep but when i woke up. boy hi, do you want to share my sandwich . vo good feeds our connections. Good feeds us all. Hormel Natural Choice lunch meats. Right now were about 40 minutes away from sunrise and were already starting to see a little light in the sky as we check out walnut creek. Its going to be a cool start s settling in with some temperatures already in the low 80s at noon. Well get a look at our micro climates and talk about high valley heat coming up in a few minutes. And were talking about high street, west 580 and macarthur in oakland. We had all lanes blocked. There was a short closure. Chp just updated us. No major injuries. Two lanes open. Two lanes closed west 580. Well see the sensors light back up. And good morning and a very happy wednesday to you. Facebook is going to have a really tough day today. Not only did its meeting with civil rights activists apparently not go very well, its getting early word about a report that a commission on itself and that report says facebook has big problems. A preliminary draft was obtained by the New York Times. Nbc has not seen it. The times says the civil rights report says, quote, facebooks approach to civil rights remains too reactive and piecemeal and when Ceo Mark Zuckerberg allows people like donald trump to make threats through his posts, the company is elevating the president s speech while paid for by facebook, also goes on to say that facebook risks an echo chamber of extremism. Meanwhile, facebooks Mark Zuckerberg and chersheryl sandb met to discuss that call for an advertising boycott. Its been a very effective boycott. Activists say they were disappointed by the meeting. In a Conference Call rashad robinson, head of color of change, said facebook showed up to the meeting expecting an a for attendance. Attendance alone is not enough. Robinson w speak on the today show coming up at 7 00. Whats going to continue to happen unless facebook fixes things, corporations are going to put up ads and show up next to white nationalists and white supremacist organizations and groups that are calling for a second civil war, who are saying some of the most hateful and egregious things. You can see more on today coming up at 7 00. Guys, a quick check of the markets as well before i throw it back. Looks like a fairly flat opening. We saw some takeback yesterday as investors continue to go both ways. They think the economy is going to be great. They run it up. They worry about covid, they run it back down again. It has been a roller coaster for sure. Thank you, scott. Amc entertainment, the largest Movie Theater chain is near a restructuring deal to avoid a bankruptcy filing in the near future. Amc has seen profits crash as it hard to shut down more than 1,000 theaters. A quarterly loss of nearly 2. 5 billion. U. S. Theaters are scheduled to reopen on july 30th. Trending this morning, Vanessa Bryant is sharing a sweet gift from her late husband kobe bryant. On monday a green dress she received from bryant. Turns out the iconic dress was worn by none other than Sarah Jessica parkers character from sex and the city. She was taken back by emotion and knows kobe is still loving her from heaven. Wow. That is a gift and to get it after the fact that hes gone, too. A lot of thought put into that. Also trending this morning it may not have taken place in a Yellow Submarine but it was a celebration that had some truly famous faces coming together on youtube in honor of a legendary museum. All you need is love love is all you need yesterday we told you this was going to happen. It is ringo starrs 80th birthday. Celebrating part of his virtual celebration on youtube. Paul mccartney and john lennons widow yuko ono sent along their wishes. He had to get creative. Its nice to share it with everyone. Yeah, we got to be there. Im tapped out. Thats all i know. Are you done for the day . Im done. Hi, kari. Hey, lets get started with a look outside from the trivalley looking over the hills towards dublin. We watch the sun rise and its going to be a very nice afternoon but it will heat up again today. A look at our temperature. Yesterday you probably headed out late in the morning and evening. In between it feels uncomfortable. Were in the mid50s to start at 78 degrees. We see how fast they jump early in the afternoon. Our hour by hour forecast we take it to lunch time. Were at 86 degrees in concord. You head down to palo alto its in the mid70s. In the middle of the day temperatures in the low 90s. More in the east bay while the south bay will mostly stay in the upper 80s for today. And then cooling off nicely. If you want to go for a walk, look at these temperatures. It is going to be perfect and were going to see more weather like this going into the rest of the week. We also cool off quickly due to a stronger ocean breeze starting to pick up. Hotter weather coming in by the end of the weekend. Some 90s in the valleys. San francisco also looking at some much cooler weather there. Upper 60s and a lot of sunshine in the forecast here as well. We may see the fog moving in closer. Mike, youve been keeping an eye on the commute. How is it looking right now . You show off the beautiful sunrise colors. I also have sunrise color on the maps. A little bit of orange and red. Thats not bad, just a little build for your expected commute there. Two lanes open but two lanes blocked by a crash. The rest of the bay moves nicely. We have a lot of cars coming through the area. You do have company but no slowing. Back to you. Next on today in the bay, nbc bay area responds. Reporter the trip of a lifetime gets grounded thanks to the pandemic. That was only the beginning of their trouble. Im chris chmura, nbc bay area responds next. And our team is always on social media. We mentioned it maybe once or twice last month, that this incredible morning team won an emmy and the emmys have now arrived in the mail. Mike inouye and our editor posting these pictures on social media. Congratulations to everybody behind the scenes and in front of the camera who make this happen every single day. Be sure to follow mike on facebook, twitter and on instagram. Youre watching today in the bay. My money should work as hard as i do. Thats why i use my freedom unlimited card every time i get gas. Give me a little slack with freedom unlimited, youre always earning. I said i need some slack on pump three book two separate qualifying stays and earn a free night. The open road is open again. And wherever youre headed, Choice Hotels is there. Book direct at choicehotels. Com. Mary Kay Letourneau has died. Shes the former teacher who gained notoriety after being convicted of raping her student and then later marrying him. Letourneau died after a long. She was convicted back in 1997 for the rape of 12yearold. At the time she was 34 years old and was the teacher and he was her former student. She was pregnant with the child at the time of her conviction. She separated from her husband three years ago. They had two kids together. Jeffrey epsteins alleged accomplice as Ghislaine Maxwell gets ready for her bail hearing, the sun reports maxwell is demanding the epstein estate pay her legal fees. Epsteins lawyers filed to dismiss the case. It has been delayed to september. The New York Times reports the blackbird watcher who reported a white woman calling 911 will not take part in the case against her. It happened in central park and the woman was claiming he threatened her after he asked her to put her dog on a leash. Amy cooper lost her job. A rapid test promises results within minutes not days. The new rapid test developed is less invasive and less uncomfortable for patients, too. The swab doesnt need to go deep inside the naval calfvity. After incubating for 15 minutes it goes into a testing machine that requires ten seconds to process. Patients can wait for their results instead of getting them over the phone. I love that its only 15 minutes, waiting four to six Business Days doesnt really help. The test is so new its not covered by insurance and costs about 125 out of pocket. That was a lot more shallow than the one that i took. I dont know if youve taken one. I did. It was way up. I think they got my brain. Tested my brain and everything. Nbc bay area responds to a group of south bay travelers, more than 100,000 on the line. They asked consumer investigator chris chmura and his team to help. Reporter good morning. We hear almost every day from folks whose flights, cruises, hotels or other travel are in limbo because of the pandemic. Recently that included a group of more than a dozen people in the south bay. They paid a travel agency six figures in total for an African Safari that was supposed to happen in may. As covid19 spread it became obvious their trip of a lifetime wasnt going to happen. All of us 65 and over were having anxiety attacks for the last three months before they canceled our trip. Reporter he and his friends turned to us. What happened when we stepped in to help. Also, we walk you through what you need to know if the virus interrupts your travel plans. Ill see you tonight at 11 00. A bay ar