more coming up. get your tickets in advance let's go above the cloud. back to you, laura. looking at cupertino this online. we want to make sure that we morning checking out the south >> thank you very much, mike. breaking news this morning don't have too many people bay. our temperature trend still in san francisco. there. as we look at our spread in the fbi says a former college looks very much like yesterday's temperatures across the bay area, we're in the mid 60s in with some clouds to start researcher who lied about her clearing out and some upper 70s connections to the chinese today. san francisco and then you head we'll get a look at all of our military is seeking refuge at across the bay to oakland and in the chinese consulate in the the low 70s and up to 90 in mic microclimates in the forecast coming up. antioch and reaching as high as 90 degrees in clear lake. kari, a little progress on city. last fall tang juan received to the traffic alert into san mateo and foster city. west 92 has two lanes open and two are blocked getting off of heading over to you, mike, do research . what's going on for the commute? that san mateo bridge you're a live report coming up at 6:30. >> well, kari, options for the turning back to our pandemic jammed up to dumbarton bridge is garden, for example, in san coverage, the u.s. is quickly jose. just shout out san jose has a approaching 4 million covid-19 a good option for you. good morning and happy cases. japanese garden and i think both thursday to you, as well. there are now more than 413,000 of those have restrictions. u.s. labor department just said cases in california. head to san francisco the key that 1.4 million americans that's more confirmed cases than garden. in the streets a smooth drive in applied for unemployment any other state. benefits for the first time, however, it is important to keep the san jose slowing has cleared that is more than expected. in mind that california has the and the peninsula where we focus but some good news. largest population. on the issue into san mateo and a little more than a million when you break down cases per americans dropped off the foster city. west 92. capita, california is ranked chp has called a traffic alert unemployment roll in the same 25th in the country. week. because this is heavily our local car company tesla starting tonight in san affecting folks getting off of francisco's mission district, the san mateo bridge heading pulled something of a miracle and said it made a profit last two blocks of valencia will be closed to cars four nights a towards marine's island. quarter despite selling fewer week to allow room for outdoor now, let's take a look at the cars and the whole period of time when the factory was shut dining. some neighbors fear that the san mateo bridge. down. you recall elon musk told pilot program will attract from the hayward side, it does crowds and lead to more spread workers to come back even as the county said it wasn't safe. of the coronavirus. look smooth. into foster city that is a but restaurant owners say that he then threatened to move the they are really working closely factor backing you up and factory to texas. looking at the bay bridge where to follow those city guidelines we have more crowd now. indeed, tesla did say on the we should see those metering call with reporters and analysts lights in the next 15 minutes. yesterday it would start we see a slow, gentle build in construction of a plant outside legal area chereing out of the middle there. back to you. of austin to build the >> thanks, mike. look, for some people out cybertruck and tesla semi. his door way there is no there, this could be a hard one to swallow. listen to this, a beer shortage impedement, no nothing. now on tap. you can't buy a tesla in texas >> so far san francisco has yeah, across much of the nation. we're going to talk about it reported 5,400 covid infections. coming up. because a carmaker can't be a dealer. you have to do it online and do 6:02. i'm probably doing nothing it out of state. a live look at capitol hill. to help that. san francisco's wells fargo some progress this morning in we have a new record in home which is a bank that can ill sales. we'll take a look at theb ins afford to get in trouble again washington where lawmakers are up against the deadline on a new may be in trouble again. coronavirus relief plan. next week, emergency a an nbc "nightly news" and what it means as far as making it in the bay. unemployment benefits are set to first all morning long we're investigation found consumers in run out. looking at athlete from the bay 14 states were complaining wells "today in the bay" tracie potts fargo signed them up for a area as they prepare to head to is live with what we learned program suspending their overnight. tokyo for the olympics one year from now. mortgage payments because of >> swimmer nathan adrian is coronavirus except those tracie. >> yeah, laura. consumers never asked for it and a couple things that we actually hoping to bring home more didn't need the help. learned in the last couple of olympic medals. wells fargo tells nbc it may minutes. first of all, the treasury in 2012 he graduated from cal have misinterpreted the secretary says there will not be and already nabbing a gold medal consumer's needs. a payroll tax cut i in 2012, as well. you recall wells fargo signed up package. it's something the president millions of its own customers wanted but he acknowledges it is he also brought home two bronze for bank accounts and for credit just going to take a while to medals when he was in rio in cards that they didn't ask for, try to get that done. they didn't want and in some cases didn't even know they had. trillion 2016. adrian will be on "today" show now, some good news about this morning to celebrate the dollar package which includes expected to include another countdown to tokyo. mortgages. as we go to break, let's chat the ones you sign up for, round of direct payments to americans. we just don't know how much and his name. intensionally, they're really nathan. low. in fact, historic lows and that nathan. nathan. $16 billion for testing and helped build some pretty contact tracing. surprising home sales. that's something the president latest numbers say home sales didn't want but said that he is jumped nearly 21%. opposed and doesn't think it is that is the biggest jump on necessary. he will approve that to try to record. get this done. sales are still 11% below $70 billion for schools. normal. you have to be careful with half given to all schools based these kind of statistics. on their enrollment. you may recall retail sales were the other half just for schools that are willing to reopen in up 17% for the month retail th person and another $30 billion for colleges and universities. that's not tied to their reopening. but unemployment is the big few homes for sale. issue here. what realtors call inventory. we just got word that there were this is a problem for years but 1.4 million unemployment claims exacerbated by the pandemic. in the past week. a little bit more than expected. people don't want to have open but republicans and the white house still have no agreement on houses and don't want people in extending benefits. their houses and they don't want to move and they're staying put >> we cannot allow there to be a and that left inventory pretty low. >> that's right. cliff in unemployment insurance you have to sign some documents given that we're still at 11% even in some of these big homes so you can be allowed to go in unemployment. about 17 million americans out of work. and see them. >> we're still on the 20 yard it's interesting. >> thanks, scott. line. where have the republicans been? before you go, scott, you said you played a part in this before we went to break. >> democrats say there has been the shortage of beer. a reckless delay here. beer suppliers are getting meantime, california's watching tapped out by the pandemic. this is all due to the shortage this very closely because in of aluminum cans. as a result, brewers are being california there are 2,831,000 forced to cut back on some products. the same thing going on these days when it comes to soda or people unemployed as of june. pop or drink, whatever you call watching closely if the $600 a it. demand is higher for canned hard week payments next week are going to be extended. seltzer, as well. finally another case of covid-19 in one year athletes from the bay area will compete in the in the white house complex, not in the white house itself, but summer olympic games in tokyo. exciting times there. next door at the executive "today in the bay" bob redell office building. a cafeteria worker. joining us live. now the vice president and a lot i know you spoke with a young of top staff literally back and table tennis champion from the south bay on how he's preparing for the game during the pandemic. forth across the driveway to the west wing and the white house all day long. >> well, of course, you're the white house is saying that referring to kanak jha of they've done contact tracing and they don't believe anyone needs to self-quarantine as a result milpitas. he says the pandemic has been of this latest case. back to you. >> good to hear that. disrupti thank you. you know what, pfizer disruptive. reportedly plans to set a $20 he was forced to stay home with his family during the early part price point for its coronavirus of the shut down which meant no vaccine, which the u.s. made $2 table tennis competition and he took advantage of that time to billion deal for that yesterday. exercise and strengthen his that deal calls for 100 million doses by the end of the year. body. kanak spoke with me earlier this that's if the drugmaker gets week via video conference from federal approval. his home about an hour and a the u.s. is also allowed to buy half outside munich, germany, an additional 500 million more where he has since returned to doses if needed. train with his professional bishops from across the club. you will recall we introduced state are really calling on the you to this table tennis prod y governor to allow private catholic schools to reopen. they're concerned about the students' health and development issuing if the distance learning continues. now, they argue reopening prodigy. number 27 worldwide was the decisions should be made on a youngest american male athlete when he competed in the 2016 case-by-case basis and right now students in 33 counties are set olympics. when he was forced to stay at home in march and april, that to start school this year from home. was the first time in his long happening today. career he has taken that long of a break from competition. pg&e will square off in court >> it takes some time to get today with an east bay fire back in the flow when you come department over fire safety back, obviously, you're really procedures. utility wants to be able to rusty. you're not feeling your game so perform nonemergency electrical work on an as-needed basis. much. but at the same time, the same the san ramon fire district has problem for everybody. one of the benefits of this time specific procedures to follow off from table tennis focus a including no work during high-fire danger and 48-hours lot on my body and making iter e notice. prompting a lawsuit from pg&e which argues the ordinance exceeds the regulatory authority and it should, instead, fall to >> kanak says that germany where the state. he's living right now is well, developing this handling the outbreak much morning, mayors across several better than the united states. major cities are condemning most everything is open, that's president trump's decision to his perception. deploy federal agents to portland. his club does temperature checks that includes san jose mayor sam before his training session. they wipe down the tables and equipment and they wear masks to liccardo and oakland mayor libby the facilities but not during a training it would be too hard to schaaf. according to "mercury news" both breathe. no visitors are allowed during co-signed a letter calling the the training session and guys move an abuse of power. roughly who form their own agents are already on the ground bubble. he expects club competition in in kansas city. chicago is next on the list. germany to resume in september. in the meantime, portland's reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay." mayor getting tear gassed by federal agents in his own city. >> pretty exciting. boy, they make it look so easy when they're playing table tennis. >> they do. you know, it reminds me of the old days before social distancing where we could play at the station. >> oh, yeah, we had a ping-pong table there. >> i have video of laura and the producer playing and beating some colleagues. so, i'll find that video and try to repost it to facebook. >> i saw it recently. >> yeah. the slo-mo one? >> can't wait to see that one. >> all right. let's check in with kari right now and she has a look at our forecast for today. >> any way we can play that virtually. i don't know. let's check it out with our live view in san francisco this morning. a lot of fog over the city. right now it's drizzling and so we've kind of expected this as we've seen it several days in a row and it continues today. let's check out our high temperatures as we'll see a wide range from the coastal areas to the north bay valleys. we're up to 64 degrees today in san francisco and oakland reaching 72 and 82 in san jose and 90 in antioch and clear lake today reaching 94 degree. tracking three tropical systems out there for the pacific and the athletic and let's start with the pacific because this is now a major hurricane and will target the hawaiian islands over the next few days. right now moving to the west, northwest at 17 miles per hour and wind speeds within that hurricane of 120 miles per hour. the good thing is that we are expecting this to weaken. it won't move into the hawaiian islands as a major hurricane, keand creating some hugey a big waves over the next few days. then as we look at the gulf, we have it now a tropical depression number eight. that is expected to strengthen to a tropical storm as it continues on a westward track over towards southern texas over the weekend. and we also out farther in the atlantic have tropical storm gonzalo. this will be moving over the caribbean the next few days and moving over warm water and it is expected to strengthen as it moves through the lesser antilles just south of hispanola as well as south of cuba. we'll watch that throughout the weekend to see if this may have an impact on the united states as it continues to move to the west over the next few days. as we look at our forecast here, stays quiet, but you'll notice a little warmer for the weekend as our inland areas reach to the low 90s. as we look at san francisco, not changing too much. we may see a little bit more sunshine by the end of the weekend. mike, how's it looking for the commute right now? >> overall pretty good. but i'll call it a couple hot spots here. the first one we're tracking, of course, on the peninsula. the traffic alert in san mateo and foster city. we're looking to the map and looking at westbound highway 101 actually 101 off of westbound 92. the san mateo bridge. we still have only two lanes open and at foster city you can get out of some of the backup and dumbarton keeps you clear of everything and spill a spill. over here we're looking at the bay bridge and the metering lights turned on any second. back to you. >> thank you very much, mike. well, still ahead on "today in the bay" -- >> moms and dads. we have help for your wi-fi to prepare to work from home and distance learning, as well as ways you can help kids in need with back to school. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura. hi. we're glad you came in. 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wi-fi. disconnect anything not in use. then create a family schedule for online school, work and playtime. try to avoid the internet rush hour. online traffic could get bogged down around 9:00 a.m. consider starting school and work later in the day. >> to lessen your frustration, if you can, space those things out. don't start every conference call at the top of the hour. >> kids who are learning from home need school supplies, too. many around the bay area simply can't afford them. that's why we teamed up with family giving tree to collect and donate thousands of backpacks to kids in need. you can contribute, too. go to our website, nbcbayarea.com/schools. there you can build a virtual backpack or make a contribution. we encourage you. coming up next on "today in the bay." tokyo's olympic games are officially just one year away. this morning, we're talking live with nbc sports themselves mike. baseball season just hours away. inside dodger stadium where the giants open tonight against our rivals dodgers. you spoke. we listened. tiny tacos are back for good! grab a box of 15 or try them loaded. get 'em now with no contact delivery. starting at 6:30 with breaking news. the fbi says the chinese consulate in san francisco is hiding a fugitive. next, a live report on why federal agents are after her. and the markets are set to open any second now. this is on the heels of the latest jobless numbers out about an hour ago. 1.4 million americans filed first-timela higher than expected. also coming up, you see the dow is open right now down 41 points. we're seeing that we're on the edge. >> a popular treatment for coronavirus in short supply at some bay area hospitals as more patients are admitted. next what's standing in the way of getting more? this is "today in the bay." and a very good thursday morning to you. thanks so much for joining us, i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. mike is keeping his eye on that commute for us. first, let's start out with meteorologist kari hall. how is it looking out there? >> looks pretty good. another beautiful day for the bay area, but it will be slightly warmer compared to yesterday. we're seeing a clear sky as we check out the east bay heading over to martinez. expect it to be at about 61 degrees as you head out the door at 8:00 and then gradually warming up. at 2:00 81 degrees and not a bad day at all and it will reach up to 90 degrees in antioch today and seeing highs up to 94 while it stays cool along the coast and only 60 today in half moon look at all the microclimates and what is ahead coming up. mike, how is it looking right now for the commute? >> we have to get you right out to the peninsula, kari. the traffic alert going on but first check the bay bridge toll plaza where the metering lights are turned on. how quickly all these lanes filled in and no drama besides this getting to the bay bridge. over the all the speed sensors are moving smoothly and jams up through foster city and mariner's island is where the crash blocks two of your four lanes and crash there and traffic alert issued and use hillsdale or fox city boulevard to get over if you need. the dumbarton bridge is better. >> thanks, mike. the breaking news we have been telling you about all morning the fugitive wanted right here in the bay area a former college researcher who allegedly lied about connections with the chinese military is seeking refuge. "today in the bay" cierra johnson is live for us this morning. talk to us about how officials learned about this possible connection? >> yes, it was last fall that tang juan received that nonimmigrant visa to be a researcher at uc davis. last month, though, that fbi investigators found images of tang on the internet wearing chinese military attire and that's when that investigation began. now, according to the fbi, tang denied having connection to the chinese military. she said she never served in the military and was not a member of the communist party. but on june 26th, the u.s. government charged her with visa fraud. it was after that that the former researcher was believed to have sought refuge at the chinese consulate here in san francisco where she believed is believed to still be. now this news comes as the u.s. announced the closure of the chinese consulate on tuesday. the u.s. accuses china of stealing research, intellectual property related to covid research. reports began to surface of workers burning papers in the building's court yard. the houston fire department was called but firefighters were not permitted on the property. take a listen to what the u.s. secretary of state has to say about that consulate's closure. >> we're going to take actions that protect the american people and protect our security, our national security and also protect our economy and jobs. >> now, the chinese government has condemned the closure of that houston consulate as for intel that she may be seeking refuge here in san francisco came after the fbi was investigating another chinese citizen for a similar charge of visa fraud. we're live in san francisco, cierra johnson for "today in the bay." >> thank you. we want to talk about new shortages being reported this morning for one of the most widely used coronavirus treatments. some san francisco hospitals say they're running low on supplies of remdesivir. other health care providers like stanford health told us they have no problems with supplies. this is certainly not everywhere but one ucsf specialist says they're running out. >> soon enough to the point where we'll have to decide on an ethical basis if five people or ten people come in at the same time, who are you going to give the last course of drugs for? >> some of the problem has to do with the recent spike in hospitalization. also, hospitals are forced to rely on the department of health and human services for restocking after a deal made with the drugmaker gilead. well new for you this morning, very important tool in fighting covid-19 is under recall. so listen to this, the fda is now recalling 75 brands of hand sanitizer. some may contain toxic levels of wood alcohol that may cause injury or even blindness if absorbed through the skin or even death if ingested. those sanitizers were sold at walmart, costco and other national chains. the fda first warned about nine products made in mexico last month. since then, dozens more have made that list, as well. we have a list of those, all those recall items right there on our website, nbcbayarea.com. one east bay city is making history with its new top cop. bsa french is the first woman to head up the richmond police department in its 110-year history and the first woman of color. she was appointed interim chief when the chief before her left in controversy ten months ago. french was hired 22 years ago. she worked her way up through the ranks and said her past wasn't an easy one. >> i was a teenage mom. i am local girl. i actually still live here in the city of richmond and it's important for me to talk about these things because i want to see, i want the young people in my community to see that i came from where you are. >> french will be sworn in on august 1st. certainly a big day for nbc. exactly one year from today, the rescheduled tokyo olympic games kick off. at the center of it all, will be nbc sports director mike tirico host of nbc olympic primetime. so good to have you early this morning, mike. finally, you know, maybe you can see the olympics off in the distance. do you think the games will finally happen? >> yeah, laura. good morning. one of those strange things. we should be right now getting ready for the opening ceremony tomorrow in tokyo but as with everything, our lives have been upended and plans are changing. but when they put the date on the calendar for july 23 of 2021, it gave all of us something to point to. we're ready and as optimistic as possible. we know we have no idea what the virus is going to do locally, globally or regionally. but if everything is returning to a new normal hopefully the olympics will be a big part of that one year from today. >> exactly. we have a year to do it. now what about the athletes themselves? what are you hearing? do they like the postponement? is it tough for them? does it give them more time to train? >> well, it's a little bit of both. it's really hard for them. i think we're all creatures of habit, especially elite athletes. they stay on a schedule. they have aman. with the olympics, you know, you have one, maybe two shots in and the great, great ones have three. you know what you're focusing on. i'm going to be ready in 2020 and then the stop sign comes in happen. i think once they had the date on the calendar that helped them replan and retool their bodies. either upgrade or maintain the preparation plan they had and now i think they're all systems go. i spoke to simone manual and some of the athletes training at stafford and once they had that next date and get back in the pool, that was big for them physically and maybe more importantly mentally. >> the bay area produces a lot of great olympians. who is the rising star we should be watching right now? >> oh, my gosh, we don't have enough time. we'll go right into "today" show if we listed everybody. think about all the talented athletes from cal and stafford and stafford lookt a that pool. that pool has gold medalists walking in and out all the time. katie ledecky, obviously, the face of the swimming competition from the u.s. perspective. gold medals won in london in rio and now an opportunity to perhaps do it again in tokyo one year farther down the line. and she will have competition. and that's exciting because katie ledecky was almost this gold stamp, we know she was going to win medals. that will push katie to be even better who when the delay came, katie enrolled in more classes at. >> they have that drive and spirit. we'll be watching for it. we'll put it on the calendar a year from today. thanks. don't forget, you can catch all the amazing performances and record-breaking efforts from the 2021 tokyo olympics right here on nbc. i'm so excited for it. hard to wait. 6:39 right now. okay. you can pretend to be your own olympian, guys. maybe head outside today. >> i don't know what i would do. do they have a walking competition? no, an eating competition. >> i have been walking about four miles a day. >> you are on your way. add a few miles every week. >> yeah, i might be in the senior division. >> well, you know what, hey, mike, it's not that funny. >> today is a good day to get out and walk, though, right, kari? >> yeah. we're going to have some beautiful weather. although we're starting out with some clouds. let's take a live look outside in walnut creek as we get started this morning. if you're heading out for that walk, maybe some speed walking going on, we'll see our temperatures in the upper 50s a 10:00, we're in for more sunshine the rest of today reaching into the mid 80s for the tri-valley. low 80s for the south bay and for san francisco some mid 60s. we'll get a look at the rest of the forecast coming up. what's going on for the commute right now, mike. >> kari, got good news but bad news if you're leaving the house right now and you're looking at the peninsula. we are showing you on the map that overall things are looking great. i do want to circle the san mateo area where that crash has just cleared. i'll update that in a second and i want to make sure we touch on sunol southbound 680 is jammed up because your right lanes are blocked by a crash and oil and an antifreeze spill and towards fremont. west 92 approaching 101 that crash just cleared clearing that traffic alert. good at the bay bridge toll plaza. back to you. >> thanks, mike. coming up next for you, as schools get ready for distance learning this year, many are without the laptops desperately. next, the alarming number of those devices needed. the u.s. senate is edging closer to a deal that would provide americans with another stimulus payment. let's take you out to new york city. stocks down slightly as 1.4 million americans filed for first-time unemployment claims. you're watching "today in the bay." my money should work as hard as i do. that's why i use my freedom unlimited card every time i get gas. give me a little slack! with freedom unlimited, you're always earning. i said i need some slack on pump three! welcome back, everyone. for many bay area students, the first day of school is just weeks away and we know that distance learning is now on the horizon and technology has never been harder or more important than ever. "today in the bay" kris sanchez joins us to talk about how supply and demand can make all the difference to these kids, chr kris. >> when the pandemic started back in march my daughters didn't have up to date chrome books and they were sold out. that is what we're running in to as we're all competing for the same number of resources. my girls are in public schools and we just got a survey about their technology needs. a lot of districts sending out a lot of the same communications. according to the california department of education survey, districts around california need 700,000 computers and more than 300,000 wi-fi hot spots to make sure that students can access that distance learning that their teachers are preparing for right now. the half billion dollar price tag is one issue, as you mentioned, the supply chain is the other. but, we do have some good news here in the bay area. in oakland, 25,000 chrome books are on order and due in early august for oakland unified school district. they are a public/private partnership called the oakland undivided fund. work is under way to provide those students with internet access and that all important tech support. in the bay area and south bay, leaders from santa clara county and san jose boosting spending to close the divide that also emerged here as a major issue when learning shifted online in the spring. >> the city of san jose is going to be investing $24 million to build infrastructure for online learning throughout our city of san jose and that the county has invested $7.1 million for devices. >> so, comcast, the parent company of this station has extended their free internet services to eligible families. we've also seen a number of private donations from google and t-mobile and twitter ceo jack dorsy also donated $10 million to that oakland fund. but the clock is ticking. just not a matter of getting the chrome books and the technology and the tablets, but also a matter of getting them in time. all the information on the skoo school reopenings. go to nbcbayarea.com. marcus and laura? >> good deal, thanks, kris. 6:47 right now. president trump is once again touting his school on a mental fitness test. >> scott, the president he took that test about a year ago but keeps mentioning it day after day. >> he does. and, you know, he's been fairly straight forward, marcus, that he has heard the accusations that perhaps he is not mentally fit to lead and he's taking it very personally. he spent a great deal of time talking about passing a cognitive test when he did that long interview with chris wallace on sunday. and talking about how well he did, he spoke again about it last night on fox. >> the last questions are much more difficult like a memory question. it's like you'll go person, woman, man, camera, tv. so, they'll say, can you repeat that. so, i said, yeah. so it's person, woman, man, camera, tv. okay. that's very good. >> so, the inventor of the test called the montreal cognitive assessment or moca says the moca test is supposed to be easy for someone who has no cognitive impairment. the president held the second of his brand-new coronavirus briefings on wednesday talking about the deal that the u.s. had made with pfizer, something the health and human secretary, well, hhs, speaking of memory, had announced earlier in that same day. the president, by the way, the only person to appear at these briefings. it does give the press an opportunity to ask him about other issues, including an accusation by the british that he had pressured the u.s. ambassador to great britain to ask about moving the british open to his golf course in scotland. the president denies he did. the british ambassador says he did. senate republicans a step closer to passing a bill that would deliver more money to americans in the form of a stimulus check, as well as more funding for schools. democrats in the house have already passed the stimulus deal, but it's about three times as big as the senate's proposal. we'll be watching what the senate does and reporting it back to you, you can follow me as we do that on twitter. you'll find me there, i'm @scottmcgrew. >> thanks. decision 2020 all new for you this morning. the biden campaign releasing a face-to-face conversation with former president barack obama and, of course, plenty of talk about the current president. >> he ran by deliberately dividing people from the moment he came down that escalator. and i think people are now going, i don't want my kid growing up that way. >> i've seen you with families that have gone through tragedies. and the thing i've got confidence in, joe, is your heart. and your character. >> now, this is the first time the two have actually sat down together since the pandemic began. social distance rules, of course, as you saw there followed. the entire conversation is going to be streamed today on both biden and former president obama's social media platforms. well, the nearly four-month wait is now over for baseball fans. the giants, well, they'll be among the first to take the field at dodger stadium. "today in the bay" mekahlo medina is there where things are definitely looking a little different tonight. >> well, it's finally here. the season opener for baseball and as the dodgers against the giants and i have to say, if you're a baseball fan, you're smiling this morning with a lot of us, including the fans here at dodger stadium. they can't be in the stands, so we have cutouts of the fans here. they take between $250 to $300 to be here to root on the l.a. teams. i don't see any giants fans in the cutouts, but i'm sure you guys are rooting for them at home. it will happen here at 7:00 tonight. a lot of activity on the field in terms of safety. major league baseball making sure that players are safe during these games. there's going to be social distancing on the field and extra tents set up next to the dug outs and also going to be different rules that playvers to follow. they can't, if more than one player touches a game ball during a run, they'll replace that ball. they can't spit on the field. no chewing tobacco and no chewing sunflower seeds at all and it is the new normal here for major league baseball as the season opener gets under way with the dodgers versus the giants. i hav t the dodgers. in los angeles i'm mekahlo medina. >> boo. >> boo. your time's over. >> get out of here. >> eject him. >> all right. he back here in the bay area, what is the weather going to look like for us? >> well, we're actually forecasting what ittic loo ilo for our giants heading down the road for l.a. as we have some beautiful weather for the game. now, we're going to just be watching it on tv but temperatures in the 70s in l.a. and right at the time of first pitch at 7:08 and then dropping back to the mid 60s. let's bring it back to the bay area as we see a lot of clouds and fog to start out this morning, even extending towards the east bay. as we go into late morning into the afternoon, our temperatures start to warm up and some of us slightly remember waer tod lly we had yesterday. take you through lunchtime and mid 70s for the east bay and then reaching into the low to mid 80s here at 3:00 we're at 85 degrees in antioch and then for the north bay, mostly some mid 70s. you see the fog starting to roll back in. so, if you're planning an evening walk, it's going to be perfect as our temperatures start to cool down, once again. wake up tomorrow morning the our seven-day e up this morning forecast, stay nice and cool for the next several days and then more sunshine for the weekend. not as much of an ocean influence wringi bringing in th natural air conditioning. for our inland areas start to heat up to the low 90s while san francisco still looking at the fog there. we're keeping those temperatures in the 60s. mike, you've been keeping an eye on the commute through the east bay, how is it looking now? >> we still have the slowing in the trivalley, kari, because of this. i'll show that to you first. southbound 680 we still have your right lanes blocked by a crash involving a big rig and two other vehicles and a spill oil and coolant. that's jamming you up out of sunol. some folks are using 84 to cut over in towards the mission boulevard area. but once you get past that, you're fine. the south bay saw a second burst of traffic for san jose, but it is starting to clear up just in about 15 minutes and already almost a complete recovery off the san mateo bridge and crash is cleared there towards 101. back to you. >> thanks so much, mike. happening now for you, taylor swift is pulling a beyon beyonce. the singer is expected to release a surprise album at midnight. no surprise now. but look she just made that announcement this morning and the album is called. before the pandemic she would have actually overthought when to release that album and now she realizes nothing is guaranteed. coming up next, a quick look at the top stories we're following for you on "today in the bay." we're live in alameda. people are lined up for a quick covid-19 test, but it might not happen. we'll explain, next. 6:57. welcome back. here's a look at the top stories we're following for you this morning. >> the latest weekly jobless numbers are out. 1.4 million americans filed first-time claims. this is higher than expected. also the first increase since march when the first claims hit the high mark there. 16 million americans filed for ongoing benefits. live look at the bill board where you can see the dow responding to those numbers. down 56 points. for those trying to make it in the bay, travel might be looming. new this morning, a report reveals a whopping 43,000 households in santa clara county may face eviction in the next few months. new numbers in from working partnership usa and law foundation of silicon valley. let's get a look at the forecast right now. we're so anxious. let's get to the forecast. yay. >> kari, tell us more. >> it's going to be another beautiful day. basically a repeat of yesterday where we started out with some clouds clearing out and forming up for the weekend. mike? >> yeah, no one was clamoring for the traffic, but let's look at in sunol southbound jammed up for 680 because of this crash that continues to block your right two lanes and they need absorbent to pick up the oil and antifreeze that s that is the short section and that is the only real issue bay area wide. that's the better news. we'll end with that. >> one more thing, though. live look at alameda where the new coronavirus testing site just opened up there yesterday. people are getting their results within 15 minutes. city health urgent care is located in alameda research park in marina village. we are learning it is temporarily shut down. it's all due to an insurance with liability issue. the city health was supposed to test 500 people per day, but there were lines until midnight. yesterday they tested over 1,000 people. city health says this is temporary and they're working on a solution. so, we'll certainly keep tabs on that for you. well, that will do it this morning for us on "today in the bay." >> thank you for making us part of your morning. "today" show is next with bay area olympians. good morning. new epicenter. good morning. new epicenter. california surpasses new york in total coronavirus cases, as the nation soars to nearly 4 million overall. but this morning, hope on two fronts. the $2 billion deal to get amerans free vaccines, and a potential deal on a new round of relief for tens of millions of unemployed americans. could another stimulus check soon be on the way? hand sanitizer warning. the fda expands its recall to 75 different products sold at major chains like walmart and costco. ne

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