Weve had that rain but in that earlier band, there may be a crash by the time you get to the off ramp. We do have the metering lights on but they werent turned on until 5 35. Back to you. Thanks, mike. More Live Team Coverage this morning. From d. C. To here in the bay area. Bob redell live at mineta san jose airport where thousands of passengers were possibly exposed to the virus. Some tsa agents are under quarantine. Reporter correct. The tsa put out a statement but doesnt answer many important questions. It tells us there were three tsa agents who worked here who tested positive for covid19 and are now receiving medical care. All the employees, an unknown number, they came in contact with in the past 14 days are selfquarantining at home. The answers not released in the statement which terminal security checkpoint were they working at, terminal a or b or both of them, were they working behindthescenes or interact with and screen passengers . If so, how many passengers did they come in contact with . How long were they contagious before they were aware of the virus . The head of the tsa tweeted out, we are working with local Health Officials to take containment steps for employees and passengers. They have not put any details out about what, if anything, theyre doing for passengers. According to the Statement Released yesterday they did say the tsa said the screen checkpoints remain open and the agency is working with the cdc and the Santa Clara CountyPublic Health department. Do you have some concerns . Limited concerns. I think if youre smart and wash your hands, nice to see airports have Hand Sanitizers when people are touching the touch screens and to be able to use the Hand Sanitizer afterwards. Reporter will you change your routine . I was always careful about that anyway so, no, i havent changed my washed my hands, always careful that anyways. Reporter i wonder if you have any hesitancy walking through security this morning . No, no. Reporter Mineta International says they are aware of the situation and they are following the guidance put out by the Public Health department in terms of doing whatever it takes to stop the spread of covid19. Live in terminal b, it does seem like the wait times are minimal. Anecdotally if i was telling you earlier weve been out here a number of times, it seems like just passenger traffic, foot traffic is much lighter. Thank you so much for that. 6 04 this morning. On capitol hill Vice President mike pence is set today to meet with Health Care Leaders and will discuss coronavirus related chaos on wall street. Tracie potts live with more details this morning. Tracie . Reporter good morning, everyone. The president is trying to address both the spread of the virus and the spread of fear affecting Financial Markets and other parts of our economy. Hes got some ideas about how to contain that part, but those ideas are meeting resistance here on capitol hill. As President Trump tries to calm fears about the coronavirus it will go away. Just stay calm. Reporter some are reluctant to pass the payroll cut to ease the burden on workers losing pay. It doesnt do a lot for people who rely on tips. It doesnt do much for people who are sick. We want unemployment insurance. Reporter and free testing. The government says 4 million tests should be available as washington hashes out details, the nation surpassed 1,000 confirmed cases overnight. Health experts are warning to avoid large crowds. As a nation we cant be doing the kinds of things we were doing a few months ago. Reporter air travel is taking a hit. Delta says more than a quarter of its reservations have canceled. Thousands who were stuck on the grand princess cruise with sick passengers are headed to military bases for two weeks. I cant believe that it happened. Reporter new rochelle, new york, is basically on lockdown with the National Guard delivering supplies and visits are limited for 2. 5 million nursing home patients. I feel very close to tears a great deal of the time because i dont nope whats happening to him. Reporter one Restaurant Owner is taking temperatures at the door. Now the vaccine, theyre working on it but when that is done it could be a year, over a year, it is likely to go to Health Care Workers first. Thank you, tracie. The frustration is mounting for the hundreds of people still stuck under quarantine onboard the princess cruise ship that had confirmed cases of coronavirus. Pete suratos is live where passengers will once again wake up in their cruise ship cabins, so close and so far away, pete. Reporter yeah. Good morning, kris. Theyre pretty anxious waiting on that grand princess cruise ship. Its been docked here at the port of oakland since monday. It isnt over once they disembark from the ship. Theyll be quarantined for a couple weeks. One of the places where some of the passengers will be quarantined this is video from a passenger who arrived last night, people Wearing Masks and checking folks in. This is a new reality for them at least for the next couple of weeks. Here is where things stand from the grand princess cruise ship. More than 1,400 people have been taken off the ship. That took place on monday. U. S. Passengers will be quarantined for 14 days. We showed you a glimpse of one of them. Will be sent to other bases in california and georgia as well as texas. They will be flown to their home countries for medical treatment. More than 20 people on the ship tested positive for the virus that was carrying roughly 3,500 passengers at the time. 19 of those cases were crew members. Theyre going to remain quarantined and treated onboard and will dock elsewhere. A very frustrating and anxious time for passengers. Here is what one passenger had to say who is still on the ship. Because theres movement, youre anticipating getting your name called kind of thing. Reporter California Governor Gavin Newsom says theyre also being quarantined in other sites that are safe and secure, folks who dont need to go to a hospital. We expect another update at some point today. Reporting live, pete suratos for today in the bay. Pete, thank you. Stanford university taking its ban on the inperson classes one step further extending into the spring quarter. Leaders made the announcement urging all campus related groups to cancel or adjust largescale events. The school is switching to remote online instruction. They are also offering this unusual deal for students facing attending remotely. If they move away and take courses remotely their room and board will be prorated. More indepth coverage, you can check out our special report understanding coronavirus. You can stream it online or pull out your phone and use your camera to scan the qr code at the left bottom part of your screen and it will take you right to that section. We do have a special section. 6 10 now. Just in, Bernie Sanders has won north dakotas democratic primary. This is the first win for sanders among the six states that voted yesterday. Washington state still in limbo. Biden did capture michigan and was declared the winner in mississippi and idaho. Sanders right now has a narrow lead in Washington State. The delegate count so far, sanders now 699 delegates gaining 14 from north dakota. The magic number is 1,991 to win the nomination. The coronavirus outbreak impacting the campaign and the race. Last night they canceled rallies in ohio and there will be no audience fwor this sundays debate in phoenix. Right now 6 11. Light rain still moving through. Most of the rain still well to the south. Were going to see that with light showers moving through and mostly this morning but there will still be a chance of a stray shower going into the afternoon. Mike, you are seeing lighter traffic again today. Again, kari. School closures, the bay bridge toll plaza, the metering lights were turned on at 5 35, only the build off the berkeley curve. No other problems except for slowing through pittsburg and bay point much lighter than we typically see. The dumbarton bridge, thats it. Back to you. Thank you, mike. Coming up another city leader caught up in the scandal. New allegations facing a Department Leader who is likely to be dismissed. In washington talk of well talk with scott about the corruption scandal. Also, if you are looking for a workout partner this guy seems to have the best bud for it. Well show you their routine coming up. At 6 15 as you step out the door in oakland, heading to fruitvale b. A. R. T. Station, temperatures in the mid50s and well reach into the mid60s by this afternoon. We have a nice and sunny day ahead. Well talk about rain coming up in less than five minutes. And 22 minutes now the east shore freeway highway 4 to the backup at the bay bridge. Thats lighter traffic there. The san mateo bridge picking up volume. Ill talk about this shot coming up. And good morning. A very good wednesday to you. The markets all coronavirus all the time. Darden restaurants own olive garden says it will extend sick leave to hourly workers so the sick workers stay home. You see the big rally here. The dow could lose between 700 and 900 off the top. Markets have been very unstable lately. I know beyond worrying about coronavirus youre worried about your 401 k . It has taken a hit. But when you measure the markets against the past year youre coming out okay. If you have stock in apple, for instance, down 17 off the highs. Thats a lot. But stock is up 50 compared to a year ago. Two weeks ago today President Trump introduced his Corona Task Force with Vice President pence at the helm. Today the president will meet with wall street executives as he continues to push for a payroll tax cut. Now payroll taxes are the funds that are taken out of your check to pay for your social security, medicaid, a bit over 6 for social security, medicare. President trump would like to give you that money back and borrow to make up for it. Weve done it before though it was a refund not an Immediate Tax cut. Weve talked about this before, its not clear you can spend your way out of a pandemic. In a recession you want people to go out, go shopping, travel, spend money. They dont do that in a pandemic no matter how much money they have. Also the irs will push the tax deadline back past april 15th to give people more time to file. If there were a payroll tax cut it would not come out of the taxes youre filing this year. That is for the last fiscal year. Airbnb has cut some of the fees it charges renters and homeowners in order to encourage more refunds as that comes. I was in alaska in an airbnb, enjoyed it very much. I will tell you alaskans where there are zero reported coronavirus cases, they get news just like everyone else. Man, it is totally different. I was mentioning earlier there were bowls of popcorn at the bar. No, no, no, no. You opted out. Its like living in 2019. Even one of our colleagues in san diego said the story was different because theyve only recently gotten their first case. Thank you very much, scott. A followup to the corruption probe at San Francisco city hall. Another San Francisco leader is caught up in the scandal. Mayor london breed put the director of Building Inspections on leave. They say he offered preferential treatment to certain vemers and got jobs for his son and other family members. Attorneys arent saying yet if this is tied to the corruption that started with former public works director nuru. Happening today new york city tourists can now walk on the edge check out the newest observation deck. Its called the edge and opened today. It is the tallest man made viewing platform in the western hemisphere. It is more than 11,000 feet up. Trending this morning, this is pretty cool, a workout partner can help push you at the gym. For this new yorker his partner is his therapy dog. Acting as a weight as hes doing the pushups. Give me a five. Thats a pretty good partner. He has nearly 300,000 followers on instagram watching his journey with his owner. And then the stretching. Downward human. That is pretty darned cute. I make my dog high five me, fist bump me before he gets his food. We have a little bit of rain. And the dogs are still okay with going out in this kind of weather. Its not raining that hard. Weve seen some sprinkles as you start out your day. It is misting in some spots and you may have to turn on the windshield wipers. All the heavier rain has been across southern california. Waves of rain coming through. Were going to keep a slight chance in the forecast because of the form system so close by. The rest of the week will dry out. Bring in some spread sierra snow and bay area rain. It may taper off as some snow for bay area peaks as our temperatures cool off. We may see a half to possibility threequarters of an inch of rain. The bad part about it our Sierra Snowpack has come down to 38 of normal. We do have some good news in seeing the forecast is showing something snow. We could see anywhere from possibility three to four feet plus of snow next week. It will be cooling off here. Were going back to waernt but still have three more days of spring. And then that rain off and on throughout the weekend. Most likely well be inside. Mike, youre not seeing anything major. A lot fewer folks running outside and going to work, telecommuting at home, school closures. The bay bridge toll plaza does have the metering lights on. A lighter volume throughout the morning. 6 21. Traffic flow for the east shore freeway fine. No problem for the dublin interchange. A little build for 680 and 880 south. Looking across the san mateo bridge. Slowing but not a lot of brake lights. Coming up next the show may not go on. We dont know how long this will go on for. I want to make sure my membership is set up for success. Conference cancellations and festivals postponed. The tough new reality for workers and other employees. Youre watching today in the bay. 6 25 and right now event workers are suddenly looking at some tough times ahead because of the coronavirus outbreak. Coachella and stage coach were both postponed until at least october and that coupled with conference cancellations is leaving a lot of stagehands and other related workers scrambling to find other work. One Union Representing stage workers is already telling workers they may need to rely on unemployment benefits. A lot of workers dont want to, its a prideful thing. We will encourage them to do that as the work continues to get canceled. Workers are hoping business ramps back up sooner rather than later, perhaps when the warmer summer weather starts to arrive. There are a lot of questions. Most travel insurance wont cover you. Some changes are starting to kick in. Reporter good morning. One of the Worlds Largest travel Insurance Companies says its loosens its restrictions. Claims for epidemics or fear of travel are typically not covered by standard travel insurance products. However for those who had travel scheduled to china, south korea or parts of italy who want to voluntarily cancel. We checked with aig and didnt get a response. Varying levels of new flexibility, too. Bottom line, check back if you booked a flight or bought travel insurance or both, the policies at booking might be out of date. Look on the companys website for updates now. If you were told no changes yesterday, you could be told yes today or tomorrow. If europe not getting anywhere with a travel issue perhaps we can help. Go to nbcbayarea. Com then click responds from the main menu. You can also call us, 888996tips. 6 27 for you. Coming up next the top story, the markets opening, another painful start. It is 6 30 now and that bell means that the markets are now opening. Futures way down after yesterdays big gain. Today in the bay continues right now. We are looking at those boards. You see a lot of red there. Futures, too. Whats happening next, the dow and the nasdaq as well. Thanks for joining us on this wednesday. Im kris sanchez in for laura garcia. And im marcus washington. Before we get to the weather and traffic lets get the very latest on coronavirus outbreak. The number of confirmed cases across the country and here in the bay area are continuing to climb, in the u. S. There are now more than 1,000 confirmed cases and 30 deaths. In the bay area there are 90 confirmed cases. Santa clara county has the most and the only bay area death. And developing now in the south bay three tsa agents at mineta san jose airport tested positive for covid19 possibly exposing travelers though we dont yet know because the tsa isnt saying. Meantime hundreds of passengers on the grand princess are still waiting to get off the ship so they can head into quarantine and the process will continue today. Much more ahead on the outbreak in just moments. A look at your forecast with kari hall. You were tracking sprinkles, just enough to mess up my car. Yeah, and thats about it. Some of the heavier rain has stayed well south of the bay area and so this is still going to be the case throughout the morning into the afternoon. The south bay has the highest chance, mainly dry as we take a live look in San Francisco were Getting Started on your way out the door. You can leave the umbrella at home. Well have a nice day with a lot of sunshine and warming temperatures. Mike, you have a traffic alert. Despite light traffic this is a significant crash causing slowing out of fairfield, down to the Cordelia Junction so watch out for west 80. Only one lane reported blocked. A motorcycle is involved. A lot of spectators slowing. Ill check on the status once we get an update from chp. Where i80 splits down to the carquinez or benicia bridge. A smooth drive through the rest of the bay including just the backup at the bay bridge toll plaza. Back to you. Thanks, mike. Back to the coronavirus coverage. There are new concerns this morning in the south bay. This is after three tsa agents tes