>> reporter: you know, a lot of us cover technology, some people cover the law. and this is really where the two came together, and there was some surprise. some people thought, if she was going to be found guilty of anything, it would be the fraud against patients. after all, the theranos machines at that it not work were put into walgreen's stores, that's why we had patients testifying. it turned out she was found not guilty of most of those charges. on the tech side, as someone who covers venture capital and startups and ceos, this is really going to reverberate throughout silicon valley, because what she was found guilty of was lying to investors, fraud to investors, telling them things while she knew they were not true and still collecting money. let's face it. here in silicon valley, there's a lot of what i'll kindly call exaggeration that goes on during the fund hill process on sand hill road. a lot of people were saying, companies are going to have to think twice when they raise funds because of today's verdict. >> i'm sure that made the earth shake a little bit for those investors out there and for these companies. have we heard it all from the prosecutors with what they think? how successful they think about what happened in this trial? have we heard anything from the defense at this point? >> we haven't heard from either side yet, jessica. they're still up in the courtroom. it could take a while before everything is sorted out and they come downstairs, but this is a really, really strong day for the state. a lot of people, especially as the verdict came this late were saying ah, this is good news for the defendant, for elizabeth holmes, but to have her guilty on four counts, and remember, it's four of 11. but because the jury was hopelessly dead locked on four of the counts, it's really four of eight. we haven't heard anything from either side yet. we're waiting to see if they come down stairs to talk. >> did the judge issue a sentencing date yet? >> not yet. i'm told typically that takes a couple months, and they put it in front of a parole board and the judge does get some say in this. she does face a maximum of 20 years per charge, but typically, they're starked up together. some people are walking out now. >> seems to be something happening behind you. >> reporter: okay, i can tell you what's happening. the courthouse shuts down at 5:00. i lost track of time. these are all the reporters. everyone is being told to wait outside. this could complicate things if indeed holmes or her team or the jurors step outside to talk. but at this point we to have to go outside and set up for live shots out there. but they close the gates at a 5:00, so everyone is being ushered outside. >> you go get out of the courtroom, we'll come back to you, okay? all right, for more on the trial, let's bring in our legal expert, paula canny. let's start with what scott was talking about. a mixed bag of what was guilty and what was motte. not. it seems that the jury convicted her on the charges of where she defrauded investors but not patients. what makes that different? why do you think one over the other? >> i think it has to do with her testimony. remember, elizabeth holmes testified. so clearly what i take from the jury's verdict is that in some instances they didn't hold elizabeth holmes responsible. she didn't have any direct contact with the patients. it wasn't her doing anything. but, as to the investors, it was her words that enticed the investors to make the contribution to the business. and i think what the jury found is at that they didn't, that she knew at that what she was saying wasn't true. when she was trying to get that money. so i do want to say, this is a huge win for the prosecution. all they need is one guilty verdict. so they got four guilty verdicts. i mean, she will be sentenced. she most likely there's a sentencing guidelines are not mandatory, but, you know, the matrix is, starts with up to 3 month in prison per count. she'll be ordered to restitution. that's like $150 million in restitution. so that will give you an idea how impactful her false statements were in garnering revenue for the company. >> what does that mean in terms of making restitution. she doesn't have $150 million. so what does that mean? >> correct. >> for the rest of her life, what? >> the rest of her life she'll be making monthly payments to the united states courts to pay off the various people who she defrauded of these funds. she'll be sentenced. she'll get a prison sentence by virtue of this. i mean, i suppose the court could under the rules still grant probation, but four counts of this kind of financial law, i just don't think it's realistic that she'd be granted probation. she'll, under the guidelines, you know, the average sentence for a wire fraud is, you know, 24 months. but this was a huge, huge, huge loss to many people. >> so what are you talking about? by your calculations, what to you think in terms of prison time? and what kind of prison? are we talking about, you know, white collar prison? what kind of, what can we expect her life will be like once she is sentenced? what kind of facility will they put her in, given the fact that she's got no priors. >> she'll be, she has no prior criminal record, but she'll be sentenced to a facility like martha stewart served, a women's prison. it doesn't have to be in the state of california. but prison stinks, nobody likes to go to prison. it's pretty horrible, but at that, that's how we treat people convicted of crimes. she has a 6 month old kid. i don't see had be sentenced today, tomorrow, it had take a couple months. she'll meet with a federal probation officer. the prosecution will write a sentencing brief, the defense will write a sentencing brief. they'll analyze conduct under the sentencing guidelines within these other rules, federal sentencing laws, and then she won't be remanded at the time of sentencing. she'll be give and surrender date to surrender to serve her sentence. remember, it's a non-violent, basically white collar crime, but nevertheless, she will be sentenced. then after her prison time is served, she's on supervised release for several years. >> another question for you. if you are sunny balwani right now, who was her business partner and facing trial coming up in february, what are you thinking at this particular moment, and what is your team doing to try to mitigate at that what happened to holmes doesn't happen to you? >> well, at that's a great question. if i'm sunny balwani, his whole team has been watching the trial. i'm thinking maybe i should try to mitigate my damages here by perhaps suggesting that i enter into some sort of plea agreement with them to, you know, minimize my exposure of sentencing. i mean, maybe i think oh, maybe i shouldn't testify. i mean, elizabeth holmes' testimony in a weird kind of way, what i take from this, in some ways the jurors believed that she didn't defraud the patients, that she didn't know that part of it, but the jurors totally believed that she knew that what she was selling to the investors was just not true. so, in some ways her testimony helped her. and in other ways it hurt her, and now here we are, and this, as i said, is a big win for the prosecution. as a defense attorney, you just want to avoid a conviction. you don't care if it's a hung jury. if your client is convicted, you lost. >> paula canney, we appreciate the lens you put on it. thank you. >> thanks so much, jessica. want to take you outside the courtroom. we're awaiting prosecutors and attorneys for holmes to come out of court. once they to, of course you are own scott budman and marianne favro are outside. we will bring that to you mightily. our coverage on elizabeth holmes' trial continues online, including what are the broader implications? what are the broader implications for women in technology? you can read about that on our nbcbayarea.com website. all right, let's talk coronavirus. it may and new year, but it feels oddly familiar. covid cases skyrocketing again. an overwhelming number of people trying to find a covid test. nationwide, the daily average of new cases is now more than 405,000. that's up by 204% from the previous two weeks. in california, our daily case average is now above 15,000. our pos toift rate has soared nearly 16%. in an effort to try and shield people from omicron, the fda is recommending booster shots for 12-15-year-olds, five months after their last vaccination. that decision comes just as kids are getting back to school after the winter break. the fda says data shows there are no safety concerns with kids in that age range getting the booster shot. get a covid test, know you're not sick. take those take-home tests. they're not easy to find, though. you can barely order them online and get them on time. testing sites are seeing huge lines. christie smith shows us the challenge that a lot of families are facing. >> reporter: at walnut creek intermediate school, parents picked up free rapid antigen tests today. they are not required but are requested after the winter break. we spoke with one dad who picked up kids yesterday at the district and dropped his kids off today after they tested negative. >> we had a test message saying we're having a drive-up. and we pulled up. and they said how many to you need? we have four kids, so they gave us four. it was really easy. >> reporter: this was the testing line at the willow creek center where the mt. dee dee and blow district was offering tests. >> it's worth it if you want to know. it's worth it. it's good for your sanity, and you're helping everybody else. >> reporter:s on the peninsula a similar scene. those who couldn't wait, they're passing out 10,000 rapid test kits today and tomorrow at foster city school sites. and in oakland, 41,000 take-home tests were distributed before the winter break. >> we feel like we've reached the broad majority of the people across the district. >> reporter: most districts tell us they won't know for a number of days as attendance numbers and results roll in. a new year's message from actor alec baldwin. what he's now saying about that deadly shooting on the "rust" film set and the questions he wants answered. and we're going to introduce you to karen chen who will be competing at the winter olympics. >> how much rain you can expect when we come right back. actor alec baldwin is reflecting on that deadly shooting on the set of his movie "rust." on instagram on new year's day, he talked about how it's been the worst thing he's ever been through. he went on to say that he's grateful fort support he's received. back in october, baldwin was holding an antique revolver during rehearsal when it went off. halyna hutchins was killed. and another was hurt. kristi yamaguchi, one of the olympians from the bay area to become a household name. karen chen is hoping to follow in her footsteps. >> she it absolutely everything she could. >> so good. >> karen chen, figure skating, fremont, california. >> in the skating world, is there anybody who has had a particular impact on you? >> if i had to narrow it down to one, i would say kristi yamaguchi, because we're both from fremont, california, and she would sometimes show up at the rink, like she's my mentor and an incredible human being. >> i've got a little something here i'd like you to tell us about. >> this is a book i published like three to four years ago. i didn't know if i wanted to go through with it. i didn't know if i would make the olympic team, i was like, karen, it's going to look so stupid if you right a book and don't make the olympic team, that's really embarrassing. i remember thinking that and telling myself that. i don't know what shifted but then i decided, you know, this is an incredible opportunity, no matter what happens, i should really go for it. >> she is a magical skater in so many ways, her presence, attention to detail. >> who wrote the forward to the book? >> kristi yamaguchi. i felt more comfortable wither had, i still saw her as a role model. and i knew that she would be willing to write it for me. i knew as long as i asked she would do anything to help me. >> yamaguchi's been a great mentor to chen. the winter olympics, basically just a month away. opening ceremony february 4th. you can watch it all right here and cheer for chen on nbc bay area. let's talk to rob mayeda. what happened? the sun was out the last couple days and it was glorious. >> we ice in the tri valley, inland valleys. now some of that colder air has moved out and the rain has moved back in. 54 degrees, southeast wind at 13 miles per hour. cloudy skies in livermore at 53. a little bit of light rain on your 680 commute in walnut creek. from san francisco to marin county, south wind at 15 miles per hour. peak rain totals today, marin county by a long shot. you can see by mt. tam, more than an inch of rain in that very high-moisture-content rain. but not much registering yet around the central bay and south bay. right around mt. tam to rich richmond, a little light rain. the trend will likely continue as we go into tomorrow and the next couple days. peak focus for the rain, here's the projection. look at the areas in red. less than a quarter inch for most places. so the progression here as we head towards tomorrow morning, you will likely see more of the showers like we're seeing now for your morning commute. by the afternoon, partly cloudy skies. morning temperatures, we're not talking 20s and 30s anymore. and our highs tomorrow, mid-50s, sonoma, napa, 57 degrees. should get closer to 60 in san jose. we'll see more warm temperatures as we head toward the middle part of the week, and notice where the ongoing rain chances will be. the north bay by midweek, some of the mountain areas could see two to three inches of rain on the higher mountain tops. and the best chance comes in on friday, which will bring quite a bit of sierra snow as well. rain projections for friday, half inch to quarter inch. i think it will be the friday storm that brings the most bay area wide rain. we should see one to two feet of snow in the sierras. instead of seven-feet of snow, likely seeing chain controls. we're adding to the snowpack but not overwhelming the roadways. weekend plans, driest part of the forecast right now shaping up for saturday and sunday. the focus shifts to the north bay wednesday into thursday. a little bit of wind and rain. and things start to clear out just if time for the weekend. a very january-like seven-day forecast with the mostly daily chances of rain. >> feels like 2021 all over again. thank you, rob. up next, giving back. what keanu reeves did with the mamajority of that money he made from the matrix movie. amajority from the matrix movie. majority from the matrix movie. - i'm norm. - i'm szasz. [norm] and we live in columbia, missouri. we do consulting, but we also write. [szasz] we take care of ourselves constantly; it's important. we walk three to five times a week, a couple miles at a time. - we've both been taking prevagen for a little more than 11 years now. after about 30 days of taking it, we noticed clarity that we didn't notice before. - it's still helping me. i still notice a difference. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. apple has set a new record as the first u.s. company to hit a market valuation of $3 trillion. analysts say the milestone is mostly symbolic but shows investors are enthusiastic about apple stock and its ability to keep growing. apple has tripled its value in under four years. it was also the first to hit a $1 trillion cap in 2018. google is just shy of $2 trillion. microsoft is $2.5 trillion. a big star with a big heart apparently. actor keanu reeves has turned his original matrix money into cancer research. he has reportedly paid $10 million for the 1999 sci-fi flick and earned another $35 million when it became a box office blockbuster. this is video of reeves filming "matrix 4" in 2020. that's the one that's in theaters now. now we're learning that he donated $31 million to cancer research. why? his younger sister kim had been battling the disease for eight years at the time when he made that donation. she entered remission in 2001. well, honoring the legendary and hilarious betty white. how her fans are keeping one of her passion projects alive when they're sick, they get comfortable anywhere and spread germs everywhere. wherever they rest protection nothing kills more viruses, including the covid-19 virus, on more surfaces than lysol disinfectant spray. lysol. what it takes to protect. . stories about the great betty white's humor and compassion are emerging just days after she died. the audubon nature preserve just tweeted about her unknown rescues of animals. turns out she paid for a flight for those fish and animals. she didn't want any credit. she just wanted to help. now her fans are rallying around her challenge. they're asking people to pick a local rescue group or shelter in white's name and donate and that could be the best gift they could give her. >> she as a big part of the monterey area. she lived in carmel. >> i didn't know that. the holidays, we know, are over, but a lot of kids are not going back to class. >> a lot of teachers, a lot of staff, are going to come down with covid, and whether schools are going to be able to remain open with the limited staff, with reduced staffing, we'll have to see. >> it's happening in the bay area and across the country. the winter covid continues with a new focus on schools as the fda clears the way for younger teenagers to get those booster shots. and the mid atlantic blasted with snow, but the bay area barely saw an inch days before. now are completely covered. it's causing problems from the florida panhandle to d.c. and also trying to take former president trumpo

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