that is the sound of nurses on strike and what they're asking for and how the hospital fills in the gaps. >> these are real people in these are real families. >> the new program meant to help people escape the war. good afternoon. the top story today, the twitter takeover. elon musk and the multimillion dollar bid has come through. here is the latest breaking news. twitter closing the market almost 6% up since it made the announcement and mosque making the deal for $44 billion and it is a stark reversal from 11 days ago when twitters board moved to make it harder for him to buy the company. the tesla ceo said he hopes the biggest critics stay on twitter as he promises to bolster free- speech. he said it has potential and i look forward to looking to a community of users to unlock it. joining us now to give us some insight on the impact of you at home is the professor of history and communication at cal street east bay and the first question is what does this mean for the high profile change in ownership like this and will we see it change quickly? >> i think for the most part users won't see much of a change. elon musk may allow some users who were removed from the platform and it will make headlines but largely it will operate within the same economic framework and i don't think it will make much of a difference to users. >> you talk about people banned from the platform. former president trump, who has said publicly in recent hours that he will stay on his own platform and not go to twitter but what can users expect to be different by way of a landscape of users? >> i don't think it will be different. the algorithms will still be designed by handful of people in silicon valley to determine which content people can and can't see in which people can and can't use the platform. i think it just continues this process where a few wealthy people determine how the suppose it public square operates. i think in that way it is a perpetuation of the problems with democracy we have been facing for years in this country. >> do you see signals from twitter and the bosses high up at twitter that they have any checks and balances or safeguards where the sentiment is concerned? >> at least not in the history of social media that i have followed. generally speaking, social media has always put profit over people and in the sense that they have decided that people engage in their screens even if it is divisive are hate filled content which is the things they tend to amplify and maybe we need to have a more structured or effective democracy tends to get marginalized. >> it will be fascinating to see what happens and who these people are who are backing this funding and change in big news here in the bay area that will reverberate throughout the entire planet. thank you. we told you that the twitter stock was up, 6%. what you just heard there was jubilance and a good day for the rest of wall street. we will do a wider picture. today the dow is up 240 points and we say that and monday remembering friday because it dropped almost 1000 points and the nasdaq and s&p posting games today. thousands of nurses are on strike right now. we have more from both sides of the labor dispute. >> reporter: these nurses say the strike was there last resort, but things have been so bad that many of them are rethinking their entire careers. >> reporter: this is the scene outside of stanford hospital and the committee for recognition of person achievement said 93% of eligible nurses authorized this strike because of burnout and exhaustion. they say understaffing leads to requests for overtime. they want more money and better healthcare. >> not keeping up with inflation the cost of living and nurses are leaving in droves. we are unable to stock our icus because people can't afford to work and live here because the cost of living is so high and the wages are so low. >> we are trying to make things better for patients and that is why we are out here today. >> reporter: the nurses labor contracts expired on march 31 but hospitals are still open today with replacement nurses. but some elective surgeries had to be canceled. there is another bargaining session planned for tomorrow. >> we want our nurses back, and we certainly respect them, so we have every desire to get back to the negotiating table in a collaborative way to resolve any differences. >> reporter: no timeline on how long the strike will last but the nurses on the picket lines are not being paid and if those on this goes beyond may 1 they are in danger of losing their healthcare. the completion of a multimillion dollar fish ladder along the creek which is a result of 20 years of planning and construction in fremont. please allow trout and salmon to travel upstream to spawn, something they haven't been able to do for 50 years. >> alameda creek is now open to migratory fish giving hope once again to thriving populations of this fish species in the alameda creek watershed. >> who knew that fish ladders were thing. this is the step in the project that involved removing a dam and putting fish screens up the creek. today in the city, you are blowing around a bit, but mild temperatures. the breezes kicking back in and it will be more of a factor tomorrow but temperatures away from the water are warming up into the 70s and fairfield up to 80 as of 3:00. the mid-60s around the bay and 65 in oakland and heyward and 64 at sfo and downtown 59. inland, it will back off and the wind will push that ocean cold air further inland so higher temperatures back down to what is normal and maybe a few degrees below average and temperatures in store wednesday and thursday but another warm up over the weekend. we will look at the full forecast and look for any rain chances coming up in a few minutes. two top u.s. officials were in ukraine meeting with president zelenskyy which is the first high-level american visit since the war began. bus secretary of state and defense secretary met for about three hours with the president and his staff and during that visit, the two leaders said the u.s. embassy in kyiv will be open in a few weeks and they also announced $700 million in military financing for ukraine and their allies. >> we want to see russia weekend to the degree it can't do the kinds of things that it has done in invading ukraine. >> we will talk about this russian angle. the russian forces launched strikes against ukrainian railways which are vital to get people out and supplies in and the u.s. citizens and organizations can apply to sponsor ukrainian refugees through the federal government called uniting for ukraine and promises to really streamline those applications to get them here. we have more. >> reporter: bombs falling near their home in bucha sent them fleeing from ukraine shortly after the war started. >> these are real people in real families. >> reporter: anastasia and her husband and three children are now settling into a new life in western florida, hosted by angelina and rabbi adam watt steen and their children. in the recent weeks they have found homes for more than 50 ukrainians most of whom arrived on the mexican border. >> the world turned its back on the jewish people when they needed the world most. and my wife and i pledged that we would never allow something like that to happen again. >> reporter: the biden administration is launching united for ukraine making it easier for refugees to get sponsors and host families in the u.s. >> we certainly anticipate a lot of interest on both sides. >> sponsors have to pass a background check and show they can support them and it is designed to help them come directly from europe while shutting down the path from northern mexico. some advocacy groups say the program is that enough. >> our concern is this program is temporary and as much as they want to go home they may not be able to so the question is what happens then. >> reporter: there is immense gratitude for those who made it here. >> so many things for my heart now. >> reporter: they say they will continue to find homes for more refugees. >> you know most refugees who make it here and get placed with a family member organization will get two years of residence and permission to go back to work. still ahead, parting ways and inside the movement to shorten the work week. welcome back to planet earth and we hope you enjoyed the extra few days in space. >> a look at the school prayer was the focus today at the supreme court. the case centers around a high school football state in washington state who prayed with students midfield after games. >> reporter: lawyers for the former high school assistant coach and the school district that once employed him scrimmage at the supreme court monday passing the justices a key case on religious liberties. >> it doesn't seem like a new problem but a line drawing problem. >> reporter: for this ask coach with the 50 yard line on the football field where he prayed after games and some students eventually joined in at the scolop dtiistr ictot wh endoey privately but he declined and ultimately sued. >> that is where the big rub was. they are telling me where i can actually practice my faith and everybody should be able to practice their faith. >> the school district did the right thing to respect and protect the rights of the kids and their parents and that should be the bottom line for the court. >> reporter: the case is before the conservative majority which has been moving to expand religious protections and some of the justices pressed the attorneys on the issue of coercion's. >> what our cases are in thinking about these questions is coercion on students and having students feel that they have to join religious activities and that they don't wish to join. >> this is like a huddle up team which is a common coach phrase. that wasn't this, right? >> no. but does the coach have to say that for the students to miss that? >> i am very optimistic about everything. >> reporter: a decision is expected before the courts summer recess. >> kennedy was placed on paid leave after he prayed on the field continuously and they said once his contract expired he didn't reapply again and he has since moved out of state. >> the white house looking to make a covid treatment more accessible. >> the white house is working on getting the antiviral pill out of the market and they're working on establishing more places where it can be available. that includes places where people can get free covid testing and if they have not make it easy. the first all private astronaut crew has completed its mission. >> the full members splashdown after more than two weeks and space. we have the latest. >> reporter: the endeavor capsule splashdown in the atlantic ocean near jacksonville florida after one a clock p.m. >> endeavor has returned home. we see splashdown. >> reporter: the pitcher perfect landing followed 17 days in space and 240 orbits around the earth in 6.3 million miles. >> my thanks to everybody and all the people who have supported us around the world just an amazing job and mission. >> reporter: the four man team lasted off on april 8 for what was supposed to be an eight day mission and bad weather extended the trip to 17 days. >> welcome back to planet earth and we hope you enjoyed the extra few days. >> it is the first time they have flown to the international space station and the former nasa astronaut michael lopez led as mission commander and others aboard included and real estate entrepreneur and a fighter pilot and a canadian businessman. the man lived among the seven astronauts already aboard and they spent their days working on more than two dozen science and technology experiments. within an hour of prate astronts were lking their way ck toearth. >> it is contracted to fly three more astronaut missions over the next two years. windy in the city and cool in most places and then really warm in the east bay. >> so dress in layers. >> or wear shorts out the door and it is just another day in the bay area with the onshore breeze doing its usual thing and we will see clouds moving in tonight and some dense fog developing but no moisture. we will see cooler temperatures tomorrow because of the stronger breeze pushing that fuller more inland and that will continue to near normal temperatures taking over beginning tomorrow and continuing wednesday and thursday and warming up a bit by the end of the work week with a warming trend continuing into the weekend. the rain chances will stay zero for the rest of this week and e showthis d ofe art d maay next ofthe ekthe more orze into a role in early may the rain chances tend to be fewer and further between and even lighter than what we have experienced and with rain in the forecast no change to the pollen count. tuesday through friday, we will be in the medium high category which is oak and mulberry and grass pollen at the top three offenders and it isn't going anywhere for the next few months. the onshore wind is getting stronger along the coast and further inland it is in the onshore direction but has not been kicked in enough to deliver that cooler air here. so the current temperatures reflect that and a little bit of fog already and it is the 70s inland and 73 san jose and 75 and santa rosa and 76 and 77 for livermore and concord. 60 degrees on the nose right now in san francisco with the temperature a degree warmer than last hour but not on the cool side. tonight we will see a mix of upper 40s and 60s maybe normal for agbecause of the clouds but tomorrow it will be back down to close per 60s the santa and most temperatures topping out near 70 which is cooler in the tri-valley. temperatures in the low 60s for san francisco which is a little below normal and upper 60s and low 70s for the north bay except along the coast which is napa county reaching into the mid-70s by tuesday afternoon and the temperatures don't change a lot wednesday and thursday but some increase once again with a dry cold front late wednesday into early thursday and then we warm up into the weekend especially away from the water into the mid-70s and even some upper 70s for inland parts of the bay area for the last day of april on saturday. still ahead, we have heard talk about the movement to work from home but now there is a movement to work four days a week. is a good idea? coming up, with covid cases rising we ask stanford healthcare doctor if we could be headed into an all macron surge and you can watch that wherever and whenever on any platform using the free news app. welcome back. california lawmakers are looking at a bill you work less hours. it would make the standard work week at 32 hours and not 40 and that would be for some businesses with more than 500 employees. >> we report on that movement worldwide. >> reporter: she works at home for kick starter, site that helps new businesses raise money and now the company is starting its own new project changing the work week from five days to four. >> across the board with the in the company people are happy. >> reporter: she said working 32 hours a week and having an extra day off gives her more quality time with her stepson. >> instead of me coming here sitting down and working and i was here able to come back and watch a movie and give him the attention and love he wanted. >> reporter: this is part of a pilot program with dozens of companies testing this new model for six months. joe o'connor is ceo of this program and their research shows that 78 percent of employees with a shorter week are happier and less stressed and 63% of businesses find it easier to attract and retain talent. >> it has had an and norman and burnout. >> reporter: a company in denver adopted a four-day work week and saw productivity stay the same and that is what leaders are expecting. >> people think that productivity is a productivity result of hours of work and it matters how focus people are and engage. truck what are you hoping happens after this pilot? do want to stick around or go back to a five day week? >> that is a good question and we definitely wanted to stay around. truck she is far from alone. in a survey, 92% of workers support the idea of moving to a four-day workweek. >> it has already been happening in iceland. >> last month belgium announced they could work 410 hour days and some people do that anyway. >> we could do without a coming up migrating birds fly headfirst into a new profit. the impact of light pollution and what is being done e ws at but for now we are talking about pretty amazing dog who has made a long trip to get here to the united states. >> the ukrainian golden retriever arrived at his new home in tennessee this month and owner bought him just before the war broke out and the breeder had to drive to poland and france and germany and finally on a flight and groomer because he looks tes. cleaned up. that is it for our news at 3:00 and the evening news is next. ps >> o'donnell: tonight several big headlines as we come on the air, the big play by the world's richest man, elon musk's aggressive takeover of one the most influential social media platforms. elon musk's $44 billion purchase. what the master mind behind tesla now wants to do with twitter. and does it mean that former president donald trump can sound off again? american show of force, explosions rock ukraine, hours after u.s. secretaries of state and defense travel to kyiv. saying they want to weaken russia's military. trump held in contempt. the new york judge's ruling as the former president faces a