comcast owns nbc universal, which owns peacock, and nbc bay area. you can check it all out. back to you. >> thanks, laura. >>> all right, final look at that forecast, vianey. >> yeah, why not take one last glance at the giants home opener game. we've got 50s in store, but it's the wind that we're looking out for. right now, nice and light at about 11 miles per hour but we are expecting that sea breeze to kick up anywhere between 15, possibly upwards of 30-mile-per-hour gusts at times so that will definitely impact, you know, a potential for a home run ball, get it right out of there. now, let's get to your afternoon highs. we're going to remain in those 50s so really, i mean, it's going to be a lovely afternoon for baseball fans. marcus? >> i was going to say, hopefully that wind works in our favor. let's go, giants. home opener today. look, live look outside of the ballpark. you see the fans lined up. they're ready to see some ball. play ball. it was when she started forgetting things. i didn't know how much mom was struggling. when i pictured us growing old together. i did

nbc's senior medical correspondent dr. john torres has the details. >> reporter: lisa gunter in macon, georgia, is one of the more than 24 million americans suffering from seasonal allergies, a reaction to pollen from grass, trees, weed and flowers. >> i've had allergies all my life. runny eyes, itching, having a lot of frequent throat clearing >> reporter: now with people getting out after months inside during the pandemic, they're starting to hit across the country. >> if your allergies are bugging you this time of year, you're not alone. >> the trees are still budding, so that pollen remains very, very high. >> reporter: but now some allergy experts are noticing something different. >> we're finding is that in the past year patients with pollen allergies, because they're wearing their masks, because they're wearing goggles decrease potential virus exposure, they're getting the added benefit of having improvement in their allergic symptoms. >> reporter: why are you seeing people with less outdoor allergies? >> so, by wea

we'll carry that live on nbc bay area. marcus? >> scott, thank you. >>> well, the countdown is officially on. today marks 100 days until the start of the tokyo summer games, and one year late due to the pandemic. nbc bay area is here to mark this historic milestone and just a few moments ago an event to celebrate the occasion got under way in san francisco. nbc bay area cierra johnson, she is there, an after waiting for so long now, i'm sure the olympic excitement is in the air. >> yes. the excitement is in the air, but i'm going to try to keep my voice a little lower right now. they are doing some prayers to open the ceremony here and i'm going to step out of the way so you can see exactly what's going on. you can see we have some fans and books of worship being displayed in this prayer service. again, 100 days out until that olympic ceremony, so there's some bay area olympians as well as some members of the community that will be recognized with this ceremony. we have olympians right now. kristi yamaguchi and alexander masialis

nbc bay area's pete suratos joins us outside the ballpark. it was exciting because the giants beat the rockies, 3-1. >> reporter: exactly. nothing like an opening day win. with the protocol, not as active of a celebration. here where folks are familiar with the bars across from oracle park, they are having a post-game celebration with protocols if place. it was a surreal moment for fans heading into oracle park after a year not being inside of it. opening day is taking on a new meaning. >> yes, let's go, giants! >> reporter: the energy felt like old times around san francisco's oracle park today. nearby bars welcoming customers. >> a beautiful day to have a baseball game. opening day, go giants! >> reporter: to street vendors cooking up food along king street, the sight of giants' fans heading into the ballpark to enjoy opening day. felt, well, normal. or almost normal. >> welcome. if you have your vaccination card or testing card, come right back here. >> reporter: as cities slowly remove restrictions due to the pandemic, the sporting experi

nbc news obtained a report, 104 pages. this report from the inspector general of the u.s. capitol police the watchdog found that they were woefully unprepared for this attack, lacking equipment, policies, and procedures to deal with the deadly insurrection, and it revealed that some r rioters had plans to target congress, and they were actively promoting violence here's what the inspector general told lawmakers at a hearing yesterday. >> they came prepared and planned to do what they were going to do. there was information that was provided to us that it was decided that these heavier munitions, specifically the sting balls, 40 millimeter, were not to be utilized based on the information that we received that it could potentially cause life altering injury and/or death. certainly i can't see how anybody could classify that as a peaceful demonstration >> now, at a news conference yesterday, house speaker nancy pelosi called for this 9/11 style commission she's been talking about to investigate the attack she says to get to the bottom of things to find the truth and prevent

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nbc bay area news. >>> new at 11:00 tonight, marching for justice. demonstrators hit the streets for roger allen, shot and killed by police in daly city april 7th. police say he picked up what turned out to be a fake gun in struggle. officer said he feared for his partner's life. allen was shot and killed. protesters are gather outside police station in minneapolis as officer kim potter was released from jail after making bail. police officers pulled wright over. video appears to show him getting back into car and potter fired gun instead of a taser. national guard troops are on the ground trying to keep the peace. reignited conversations about racial injustice. "race in america," daniel dae kim, christine chang, miko marks, and michael mcbride we unpack minnesota and the bay area. >>> more fallout from the problems with johnson & johnson vaccine. federal committee wants more data before it decides on the future of the vaccine given to over 7 million people in the united states. emergency meeting called less than 24 hours after recommended a pause in

keir simmons, nbc news, london. >> all right. now to the pandemic and news of a breakthrough treatment for covid patients in the form of a pill. pfizer says this new drug could be available this year. it's an experimental oral drug to treat the symptoms at the first sign of illness, and it's now being tested on healthy people. this would be the second antiviral therapy for covid-19 joining remdesivir which is given to those with extreme symptoms. here's what the experts are saying. >> if someone comes in, they have covid, they haven't gotten vaccinated and they don't feel well, this would be given as an oral agent to keep them out of the hospital, and it would prevent hopefully getting sick with covid. >> reporter: the new treatment your best bet still is to get a vaccine. >>> child immunization campaigns are being interrupted. the united nations children's fund said that the pandemic is interrupting vaccination campaigns for males and yellors fevers, and communities around the world are seeing the disparities. the u.n. says you

and floyd's girlfriend, who gave her testimony, through tears nbc's megan fitzgerald is in minneapolis following it all megan, good morning. >> reporter: frances and phillip, good morning. thursday morning, jurors heard from a number of witnesses, including three first responders in the afternoon primarily, derek smith now, this is the paramedic, who is seen on that video. going up to george floyd, while officers are still on top of him, to check his pulse. he testified that there wasn't a pulse. and that, he thought george floyd was dead he proceeded to describe how he did lifesaving measures, inside the ambulance, to no avail that george floyd never changed his condition, at all. his condition never changed. then, in the morning, there was emotional testimony from george floyd's girlfriend, courtney ross when she described the character of george floyd, she started to choke up and get emotional she described him, as a man who loved his mom. she called him a mama's boy. she also said he was a loving father of two young girls. i want you to listen to the moments she described how they

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antonia hylton, nbc news, houston. >>> all right. up next for us tonight, a man with a healing influence inspiring america. we'll tell how bad the drought is in california this yoer. we'll talk to an astronaut who said he saw something terrifying in space and it changed his life. >>> finally, i'd like you to meet a man who turned his life around by working to bridge divides and heal his community in charlotte, north carolina >> if something is happening -- >> reporter: the defining moment in greg jackson's life came in 2016 after keith lamont scott was shot and killed by police in charlotte. >> i wanted to get involved and immediately the first day of me protesting i was on national news. which was kind of like a big breadcrumb for me letting me know that this is the direction that i needed to head into >> that direction a far cry from his old life in the bronx. >> i did one year in jail, came home, and my mother was in charlotte at the time. and she said, boy, you need to get up out of there. and that's exactly what i did >> reporte

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. >>> a team usa athlete speaking exclusively to nbc news after she became the victim of an anti-asian attack the frightening encounter she caught on video >>> and the royal farewell for prince philip the role prince harry will play. >> announcer: this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt reporting tonight from washington, d.c. >>> good evening, everyone by now even uttering the word "another" should bring chills because we know how the phrase ends. boy, do we know. after a string of mass shootings that have shattered community after community in this country this spring the toll this time, eight dead eight people who went to work at a fedex facility in indianapolis expecting to go home at the end of their shift murdered for no good reason families clutching on to hope that their loved ones were not among the dead while survivors share their harrowing accounts of escape and mass shootings continue to carve a trail of terror and misery at least 44 lives taken in just the last month. catie beck has late details. >> reporter: an ordinary overnight shift shattered by gunfire. >> we have

nbc new has reached out to representatives for gaetz but has had no response. gaetz himself has denied the allegations, and so far has not been charged with any crime. >>> city leaders are hoping a new reward fund will help in the fight to end crimes against the asian community. burma love restaurant is teaming up with the chinatown chamber of commerce to start a reward fund. it's called the crimes against asians reward fund. >> we will partner very closely with the police department to ensure that tipsters remain protected and anonymous and that these rewards will be distributed and given out to individuals that have played a key part in the arrest of each and every one of these crimes that are committed. >> the alliance is asking for donations to help fund these rewards. >>> well, it is a medical first. doctors in japan say they've successfully performed a lung transplant on a covid-19 patient. the resip yengt is a woman who contracted the disease late last year. her condition became severe and her lung functions did not recover even after she tested negative

sam brock, nbc news. back to you. >> thank you >>> snow is in the air for many parts of the midwest nbc meteorologist janessa webb is tracking it all good morning >> good morning. where is your shovel to the high plains right now and then it continues to shift to the east. from our satellite radar you see the heavier bands. they're all right starting to come down. that's where we're going to see the significant snow accumulation this snow, as it makes its way into the midwest, it will start to lighten up. that's why we have winter weather advisories, storm warnings it will stay in place throughout today and expire hopefully by tomorrow afternoon i do think some of the advisories and warns expand into chicago actual way into the great kes.la tha this week. miami, high of 90 today. on top of, that freeze warnings, they're in place we'll take a look at this coming up >> we are still in the northern hemisphere, right? >> we are. it doesn't feel like it. thank you, janessa >>> time for today's ground breaker.

for the latest we turn to nbc's matt bradley outside of buckingham palace. good morning >> reporter: good morning. it's not going to look what it normally looks prepandemic and that's exactly what the preparations now are preparing for. this is supposed to be 800-person funeral 800-mourners invited before the actual pandemic start. and now, that's going to be trimmed down greatly to about 30 and even prime minister boris johnson said he will give up his seat for a member of the royal family to actually attend the funeral. now, given all of this, all eyes are on prince harry, it's unclear, according to nbc news whether or not he's arrived. or still trying to verify that he showed up yesterday at heathrow airport now it turn out that the "sun" newspapers said he arrived early yesterday afternoon and was whisked away by range rovers this could be an opportunity for him to mend with the royal family and his wife meghan who is back in los angeles pregnant. a lot of the media attention is focused on that. but at the same time, you do have to remember as a lot of b

. >>> this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening for the last ten months one unsmiling selfie of george floyd has stood as the symbol of him and an icon of the racial justice movement but today jurors in the trial of the former policeman accused of murdering floyd learned about the man, his personal story, what he was like and, yes, his struggle with drug addiction. the prosecution not shying away from what is expected to be central to derek chauvin's defense. floyd's girlfriend taking the stand today describing how both became hooked on opioids and how both tried to beat it day four of the trial, the prosecution trying to humanize floyd and through other testimony taking the jury back to that minneapolis street where floyd took his last breaths in the custody of police. gabe gutierrez continues to lead our coverage. >> reporter: it didn't take long for courteney ross to cry as she remembered how she met george floyd in 2017. >> floyd, i called him momma's boy. i could tell from the minute i met him. >> reporter: this now iconic photo o floyd was taken as a selfie at th

nbc bay area's pete suratos live for us in mill valley. pete, as i understand, those officials really want to take their time here before making that move. >> reporter: yeah, that's right, marcus. i just got off the phone with the marin county official, and what she's telling me is that there was an uptick in covid cases over spring break so because of that they are saying it's unlikely at least at this point that they will move into that yellow tyranny time soon. now wheo the yellow tier. there's a number of me tricks. the wayed what's called the adjusted case rate so simply that means that it needs to be below two cases per 2,100 now people. they are saying that's no longer the case in marin county, but that's required in order to move into that yellow tier so gyms and fitness centers like the ones i'm standing in front of, hoping to expand to the 50% capacity and we'll have to wait for this moment. i did speak to one studio manager here in mill valley who is excited to welcome back clients safely, of course, with standard code of protoc

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sam brock, nbc news, palmetto >>> three days after that deadly attack on the u.s. capitol police, a new warning about department morale, and we're also learning more about the man who drove his car into those officers kasie hunt has the latest >> reporter: just days after that deadly car attack where they lost one of their own, tonight the u.s. capitol police still reeling. the head of the capitol police union warning of a crisis in morale and that the department is "struggling to meet existing mission requirements." officers now working weekends and overtime to meet the demand for more security. less than three months after a violent mob stormed the capitol on january 6th. when 80 officers were seriously injured and one died >> they're playing hurt and they're buckling the chinstrap and they're going to work because they meet their obligation for the country and for the capitol. >> reporter: meanwhile, investigators are still trying to determine why suspect noah green drove his car into a barricade and lunged at officers with a knife today police releasing this im

comcast owns nbc universal, which owns peacock and nbc bay area. you can check it all out. back to you. >> all right, laura. >>> time now for our clear the shelters segment featuring our friend from pets in need. take a look at butters. she is a 9-month-old boxer mix. this girl is a toy fiend. her favorite game in the world is tug-of-war. butters will take her favorite toy and if you toss it, she'll bring it right back you for a tug-of-war session. she's great on a leash, knows commands like walk, sit, down, touch, and is friendly with all the humans she's ever met. butters is currently learning crate training. butters would prefer to be the only pup in the home, but has no problem meeting other dogs when out on walks. she's best suited to homes with kids who are 12 and older. you can find more about butters by going to petsinneed.org or just give them a call. >>> well, thanks so much for joining us, making us part of your morning. vianey, thanks for rolling out the welcome mat for me, filling me in. appreciate that. we'll have a lot more news for you at 5:00, 6:00, and 11:

stay with nbc bay area and nbc news for the latest updates regarding the johnson & johnson vaccine. download our nbc bay area app to get the most up to the minute news right on your smartphone. >> happening right now in marin county at the fairgrounds in safe raphael, kaiser permanente and the county are joining forces in what they call a vaccine super site. right now you're looking at live pictures. the partnership will allow for 3,600 shots a day, and you'll need an appointment. officials tell us they are not administering the johnson & johnson shot. >>> meantime, just two days to go before eligibility statewide widens to anyone over 16 years old this. 's new confusion here in the bay area. san francisco supervisor matt haney fired up about the covid vaccine rollout and how the city's public health department will for now only at minister vaccines to people 50 and older or those with health problems. however, residents in other bay area counties where the 16 and older are eligible are coming to town an rolling up their sleeves. >> it's currently available to contra costa and san m

head to nbc bay area.com. click on how to get a vaccine appointment at the top of the page. >>> a video circulating among san jose police is raising questions and concerns. the video shows a police sergeant throws a series of martial arts moves, with two batons, and in full uniform. only on nbc bay area, damian trujillo explains the video. >> reporter: at this point, it doesn't appear to have made it to social media, and many are worried about the message it sounds. the video was sent to me anonymously. it shows sergeant edly chan showing his skill with two police batons. batons are not issued by san jose place. >> i thought the video was irresponsible. >> reporter: a retired san jose lieutenant who used to supervise officer chen, he said this is never in his lesson plan. >> not even in the warmup stuff. >> reporter: when i reached tout sergeant chan, he referred to the department for comment. the department says it's conducting an internal investigation. some of his colleagues worry what example it sets for t

nbc news speaking exclusively to a 29-year-old hospitalized in nashville. >> i went to the e.r. a week after the -- a week after the shot when i was having fever, and they didn't find anything strange in my blood work so went home and just continued to kind of worsen over the following week when i went back to the e.r., it's because my leg was so swollen that i couldn't really walk so at that time they found the dvts or the clots in my legs. >> reporter: doctors now believe an immune response likely led to the clotting some of the women had no pre-existing conditions they were all between the ages of 18 to 48, experiencing symptoms like severe headaches, abdominal or leg pain, and shortness of breath within two weeks of vaccination the pause of j&j shots dramatic but also likely temporary >> that's what the fda was signaling, saying even though these are rare, even though you could justify not pausing, they were going to take the extraordinary step just to offer that extra level of assurance. >> reporter: with authorities meeting tomorrow to figure out next steps, johnson & john

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make sure you download our free nbc bay area app. you can get the forecast and even taylor it to your area. >>> johnson & johnson will be back at vaccination sites tomorrow. governor newsom making it official just a few hours ago. on april 13th, the cdc put a pause on the vaccine following reports of rare but severe blood clots. just yesterday, both, the cdc and the fda gave the green light to begin giving that vaccine, once again. which brings us to today. some states moved ahead with the j&j shots. but california had not given the green light. that was until tonight, when governor newsom said the vaccines will resume, immediately. but even though health and state officials say the single-dose vaccine is safe, does the public believe them? nbc bay area's continues our coverage. >> j&j will soon rejoin the tool kit in california after the western state's scientific review work group backed action by the fed. stanford epidemiologist dr. yvonne is part of that review group. >> we thought that the benefits of these vaccine far outweighe

nbc's tracie potts joins us now with more. tracie, as we might expect, there's already backlash brewing across the aisle. >> reporter: yeah. republicans are saying here that these initiatives by the president are aimed at the second amendment rights of law abiding citizens and not criminals. the president says that this is an international embarrassment and we need to deal with it. his six executive orders taking a look at a breakdown here would impose or begin the process of imposing new restrictions of particular types of weapons. new reporting in some cases that we haven't seen in 20 years. prevention efforts and a new leader for the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms. the president and the white house say this does not stop congress from taking action. he wants an assault weapons ban liability for manufacturers and universal background checks. two bills have been stalled in the senate >> gun violence in this country is an epidemic and it's an international embarrass am we've got a lot of work to morning. we are going

cynthia mcfadden, nbc news >> and that's "nightly news." thank you for watching, everyone i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. >>> right now at 6:00, let's play ball, jessica. a home opener like no other. giants' fans were back inside oracle's park for today's big game. >> oh, man. it is amazing, right. we've been waiting for this for so long. >> the one thing fans had to prove in order to enter the park. >>> plus ambulances rush to vaccination clinic in the east bay. the reason? reactions to the vaccine. which one and what you need to know about it. >>> but first, the flood gates are opening. all adults in california will be eligible to receive a vaccine next week. we will tell you about a shortage that's coming at the exact wrong time. >>> the news at 6:00 starts right now. good friday. thanks for joining us. i'm janelle wang. >> and i'm jessica aguirre. it is a big week ahead for vaccine eligibility. next week on april 15th anyone at least 16 years old will be eligible to get the vaccine regardless of health risk

tokyo olympics will begin on july 23rd live right here on nbc. >> she is power all the way, man. i'm glad she gave us a little drill about how that works never knew all the rules and just the actual strategy. >> yeah, now you know. you can explain to your friends and family when you hear that blood curdling scream. deanna is up and she's probably winning. >> that's a good one. >> here on early day, i'm philp li >>> now at 4:30, returning to the courtroom. the pivotal decision that could come today for convicted killer scott peterson in a case that continues to attract worldwide attention. >>> plus -- >> across the political spectrum, repudiation effort to gavin newsom takes a major step forward. what comes next in the process, and when you get to decide. >>> also a possible game changer for your water bill as the state deals with looming drought conditions. the decision coming in just hours as "today in the bay"

bob redell, nbc bay area news. >> bob, thank you. for a while there every day brought new drama for washington. scott mcgrew says today highlights involve a tree and a cat. >> reporter: neither of which are dramatic. good morning to you, marcus. nonetheless, we do continue to conduct the same sort of hard examination of this current president and what he says and how that stacks up with the facts. we'll of course continue to exit president's policies and well and whether his words match his actions. now we can tell already a lot of what he's going to talk about in the future and what we're going to talk about the plan to spend so much government money. biden aligning himself with economists who say spending is going to drive the economy. they are staggeringly high numbers in biden's case. take a look at four presidents, how much they proposed to spend in just their first 100 days as each deed with a recession or a depression. biden often said his first boss bob mah settled for too little a solution. his solution is an enormous price

here to explain is nbc's dr. john torres. >> reporter: lisa gunter in macon, georgia is one of the more than 24 million americans suffering from seasonal allergies, a reaction to pollen from grass, tree, weeds, and flowers. >> i've had allergies off of my life runny eyes, itching. having a lot of frequent throat clearing. >> reporter: now with people getting out after months inside during the pandemic, they're starting to hit across the country. >> if your allergies are bugging you this time of year, you're not alone. >> trees are still budding so that pollen remains very, very high. >> reporter: but now some allergy experts are noticing something different. >> what we're finding is in this past year, patients who have pollen allergy, because they're wearing their mask, because they're wearing goggles to decrease potential viral exposure, they're actually getting the added benefit of having improvement of their allergic symptoms. >> why are you seeing people with less outdoor allergies? >> by wearing a mask, you'

nbc bay area's thom jensen is in martinez with the story. we want to warn you, some of the video is disturbs. >> reporter: the manslaughter charges announced by contra costa county district attorney becton, it shows andrew hall firing nine shots into the car he was driving as it moved past him during a pursuit >> these charges are felonies and due to officer hall's unreasonable force used during the 2018 shooting of mr. arboleta. >> reporter: the d.a. says this case was one of eight officer-involved incidents being investigated by a team of ten lawyers in her office. but two of the investigations involved andrew hall, the 2018 shooting and a new fatal shooting in march. >> if the officer had been charged earlier and removed from the streets, my latest client would not be dead. >> reporter: civil rights lawyer john burris represents arboleta's family and family of 32-year-old tyrell wilson who was shot and killed by hall at a danville intersection in march. today the sheriff's department released edited body cam video shows hall confronting a

nbc news getting a first look at his speech, his $2 trillion plan for families, students, and workers. republicans taking aim at how he plans to pay for it >>> also the fbi raiding rudy giuliani's new york city home and office what they seized from donald trump's former personal attorney and how he's responding. >>> the judge's ruling on body cam footage of the police killing of andrew brown jr. the family allowed to see it but not the public and what a prosecutor now says brown did before police started firing >>> the first juror to break his silence after the derek chauvin verdict. what he says the jury deliberated over the longest inside the room >>> severe weather on the move tornadoes in oklahoma, flooding in arkansas, drivers rescued. where it's all headed next >>> our exclusive in the sky with american fighter jets on a mission to keep russia out of u.s. airspace >>> and the tributes pouring in for the nasa pioneer >> announcer: this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening, everyone president biden's speech before congress tonight will not have the usual trappin

contra costa county told nbc bay area they will start using it again today. now in that statement the health leader make the point that there is a is to 2 in a million chance of developing that clotting disorder while the risk of dying from covid is 1 in 56. here's what the national director of the institute of health says about the risk. >> you're less likely as a woman taking johnson & johnson to get the blood clotting problem than to get struck by lightning next year. >> reporter: so in all of my searching of the places to make your covid shot both county websites and pharmacies and health care services, they generally tell you what kind of vaccines that they are going to be administering. so, if you don't want a janetian vaccine try to find a site that doesn't offer up. nobody will make you take it if that's what they are offering that day but you'll probably know beforehand. in the bay area, kris sanchez, nbc bay area news. >> more than 11 million californians already now fully vaccinated. the state has now given out more than 28 million shots and right

in san jose, robert handa, nbc bay area news. >> thanks. alameda county also letting everyone 16 and older getting a head start on being vaccinated but only if you live in one of 12 specific zip codes. take a look at the zip code map. it includes neighborhoods in west oakland, fruitvale, chinatown, east oakland, a few neighborhoods in heyward including the ashland area and parts of san leandro. >> contra costa moving into the ork tier and now one county is now in the orange. as we mentioned of, i should sayed in red. as we mentioned before in the orange tier james did open indoors at 25% capacity. other highlights are restaurants, movie theaters and places of worship can open indoors at 50% capacity. businesses are excited but not are all totally. grand lake theater has been shut down since the start of the pandemic and even though it's allowed to open at 50% capacity. the owner is holding of saying he wants things to be safe >> i do not want to be open until i know that all of my staff members have the ability to get vaccinated and most of

watch president biden's address to the nation this evening right here on nbc bay area. our coverage begins live from washington, d.c. at 6:00. >>> federal investigators today raided rudy giuliani's new york apartment. cameras waiting outside. but the former mayor and personal attorney for president trump did not emerge. sources say agents seized his phones and other electronic devices, searched his park avenue office as well. he was a key figure in the lead-up to president trump's first impeachment over the withholding of aid to ukraine. giuliani tweeted he would make a statement on his radio show today, but then that show was canceled. >>> a north carolina judge says body cam video of a deadly shooting will not be released to the public. however, the family can view it. andrew brown jr. was killed last week as deputies in elizabeth city, north carolina tried serving him a search warrant. the brown family has only been able to see 20 seconds of the police body cam video so far and want the entire video to be released to the public. the district attorney there says that

nbc news medical correspondent dr. john torres says it could become a yearly shot just like the -- >> what we don't know at this somers point whether you can switch between different types of vaccines for that booster shot, but hopefully will soon. >> here's good news especially if you fear needles. some experts say a covid vaccine booster could be folded into your annual flu shot, two for one basically. all right. we know you have a lot of questions about vaccines and how to get them and how safe they are and we're constantly updating our home page with the very latest information, so if you haven't gotten your shot yet, start your vaccine research at our website, nbcbayarea.com. >>> all right. let's take a live look at the city of san francisco. there are more reopenings thanks to vaccinations. reopenings expanding. let's head over to sharon dads d.a. who is live in the city by the bay. sharon, as we head live into this weekend, sharon, many things are changing. >> reporter: that's right, chris, and you can see behin

kevin tibbles, nbc news, with the u.s. coast guard in kodiak, alaska >>> up next for us tonight, covid vaccine trials in young kids why getting the shots is crucial >>> let's circle back now on the race to vaccinate and when kids should receive the shot tom costello takes us inside the trials. >> reporter: at duke med center this week follow-up bloodwork for marisol and alejandra gerardo. >> do you want to go first or do you want me to go first >> reporter: the 9-year-old twins were the first in the country to receive the pfizer vaccine part of a nationwide trial testing vaccine safety and efficacy on children between 6 months and 12 years. 12 to 16-year-olds are in a separate trial. while severe covid-related illness and death are low in children, kids still account for 13.6% of all cases. 3.6 million so far 88,000 cases last week alone. vaccinating kids, say experts, is critical to building herd immunity marisol and alejandra's parents, both doctors at duke, felt a responsibility to volunteer their own daughters for the

right here on nbc bay area. >> right now with the forecast. he's talking about summer like temperatures, rob. >> yeah, extra reason to roll up your sleeves tomorrow or wear a tee shirt. we have some 80s today. i think we'll see more this time around. right now inland east bay. 84 degrees for late saturday afternoon. 69 in jose. notice the cooler 50s still in san francisco sort of like a summer spread of fog on the coast. a little different story san jose a little closer to 70 degrees. also seeing the on shore wind at 14-miles-an-hour and a taste of summer ongoing here around walnut creek northwest 17, which means if you have evening dinner plans outside, broadway plaza would not be a bad place to be today. and cooling through the sixth by 10:00 later on tonight. so show you the forecast, heading towards tomorrow morning, area of clouds inner bay and coastline. notice the jump in afternoon temperatures, even san francisco, close to the low 70s tomorrow, upper 70s in oakland. and mid to upper 80s could be possible same story in the north bay. so

nbc's jo ling kent joins us with more jo, good morning >> reporter: phillip, good morning. there are so many questions when it comes to returning to work. a lot of companies saying they're going to start welcoming employees back over the next several months and into the fall and we wanted to know what it might be like if you set foot back in the office as companies plan to bring employees back to the office, the reality of returning is setting in >> it is a little nerve-racking. >> if my company forces me to go back, i'm going look for another job. >> reporter: and the questions are piling up. >> how you going keep us safe? >> have people been vaccinated >> can an employer require you to come back to work if you're getting the job done at home >> there is no reason that a employer can't require employees to rusheturn back to work even employees working productively and efficiently. >> reporter: while reduced capacities will likely be required, what about vaccines? three have been authorized by the fda for emergency use, and full approvals are expected. but can private compa

this is just in from nbc skyranger at hyatt police. there's a report after suspicious backpack there. the hotel was evacuated just before 10:00. we'll take you to last night's team and force team was trailing a man with outstanding warmth. what some detectives approached. they say they first released the report. and breaking ata.m., says the cdc fullyravel without seri risks. no tests, no quarantine. it's a major development that might impact millions of families, perhaps yours. good friday morning. thanks for joining us for our midday newscast. we have a lot of ground to get to today. i'm chris chmura in for marcus washington. let's go live to kris sanchez at the airport. what do airline passengers think about this. >> reporter: i'll tell you this. a lot of folks thought that this change in the cdc guidelines would 'n' more people to book travel but it might encourage people to book a covid vaccine. some folks say that maybe that's the incentive that some folks with hesitancy were looking for. now, what we found is a lot of folks here

sam brock, nbc news. >>> as i said at the top of the broadcast, we're in houston to begin nbc news cross-platform coverage of the climate challenges we face and while it's warm and pleasant here today, a series of extreme weather events in this region have left a lingering chill about its future it broke virtually every rainfall record in u.s. history. four years ago hurricane harvey washing away nearly everything in the beal family's home. >> water was everywhere >> reporter: in the house? >> in the house. coming up from up under the house, coming from the roof >> reporter: the family of six was still rebuilding from that catastrophic storm. then came february's crippling freeze their pipes burst. for days they had no power, no water. they had to move out again. what was that storm like >> it was terrible it was painful >> reporter: how cold did it get >> probably about 5 degrees in there >> reporter: extreme weather from those hurricanes and winter storms in texas to california's heat wave last summer that led to rolling blackouts, growing more frequent and severe and that has revealed vulnerab

. >> announcer: this is nbc "nightly news" with jose diaz-balart. >>> good evening the queen has announced eight days of mourning across the united kingdom all leading up to her husband's funeral a week from today. but already centuries of tradition are running into today's realities. the funeral plans for prince philip are now much smaller due to the country's strict covid restrictions and there's much drama about prince harry who we learned today will be returning to the u.k. for the first time since his and his wife meghan's explosive allegations against the royal family keir simmons leads us off from london. >> reporter: today royal gun salutes for prince philip, 41 rounds fired across the united kingdom and around the world and tonight new details of next saturday's funeral, small and in line with covid restrictions the queen who woke up this morning a widow will say good-bye to her husband of 73 years surrounded by 30 of her close family. daughter-in-law sophie esex telling crowds after a visit today the queen has been amazing. in an address to the nation prince charles saying the fa