Replete with its own weather map. Yeah, hopefully theyre letting me borrow it this morning, the astrology and meteorologist center, our twin boys. They should be waking up here pretty shortly. If youre heading around your house or going for a short walk around your community, the morning is the time frame to do it. Youll notice the radar looks quiet but not too far offshore. Part of the weather system that will move in that should bring some rather rapid changes to our own weather passing midday. Not a lot happening but here we go from 2 00, 4 00, early evening with the heating of the day helping to drive and fire up some of those showers, we could see active thunderstorms. Highs in the mid60s. Ill have a closer look at the updated rainfall totals which has been given a bit of an upgrade today. We look forward to seeing you then, rob. See you in 15. The battle is changing by the day, even by the hour. And last night governor gavin newsom pulled out a new weapon in the fight, a new executive order. It comes as a number of covid19 cases continues to rise in the bay area. Yesterday 26 more cases announced in Alameda County n. Marin county there are new road closures in place to stop people who were crowding into parks and beaches yesterday. And statewide steps. That includes the governors new executive order which allows the state to increase Health Care Capacity. In other words find new places to put patients, not just hospitals. Plenty of venues are being called on to open their doors, and that includes the Santa Clara Convention center. Today in the bays roz plater. Reporter a just in Case Scenario for temporary hospital. Federal medical station that could treat up to 250 people who do not have covid19, freeing up hospital beds for more acute patients, part of the governors plan to set up an additional 10,000 hospital beds by converting hotels and Convention Centers to meet the potential demand. The governor has ordered 42 million to Lease Seton Medical Center on the peninsula and st. Vincent in los angeles for three months. And he says the state is getting an assist from the federal government. We were able to get eight field medical units into the state of california that will provide 2,000 beds capacity. Reporter newsom says hotels are offering rooms, secured another 2,400 rooms for the homeless and says across california private companies are pitching in, donating hundreds of thousands of masks to Health Care Workers looking for ways to get more ventilators and muchneeded equipment. Quite literally thousands and thousands of specific requests and examples given to us in real time of people wanting to help and providing resources. So when we say this has been a moment, its quite a moment. Reporter and on the testing front a Sunnyvale Company receiving emergency authorization from the fda to distribute its rapid covid19 test to hospitals and clinics starting next week. In a video statement using an already established testing platform it can get test results back in less than an hour. Take a sample, put it into this new cartridge weve developed, and about 45 minutes later youll have the results. That test can be run at the hospital for patients who are being admitted. Reporter im roz plater, nbc bay area news. There are many California Companies now pitching in to help amid shortages and health care equipment. Apple ceo tim cook announced on twitter that apple will donate 2 Million Masks to Health Care Workers in the u. S. And in europe. And pg e says it will donate 1 Million Masks as well dipping into its supply that it keeps for its workers. And Governor Newsom is confirming that Tesla Ceo Elon musk also is helping. Newsom says musk pledged 250,000 masks and is working, quote, overtime to produce ventilators. Meanwhile, efforts ramping up to get supplies for Health Care Workers on the front lines of battling the virus without the protective equipment they need. Just yesterday people stopped by ucsf Medical Center to drop off their facemasks collected during fire season. Students collected the donations with open arms telling us they couldnt wait any longer to act. Were starting to see the tip of the iceberg nationwide with Health Care Workers that are running out of ppe or personal protective equipment. President trump says private Companies Like hanes and Pernod Ricard will mass produce masks and Hand Sanitizer to meet this overwhelming demand. Yesterday, of course, was the first weekend day of the statewide shelter at home act was in effect. How did the bay area manage . Some communities along the coast are not getting passing grades. Look at all those cars. We went to Half Moon Bay, people crowded into public spaces during the shelter at home order. Bay people enjoyed the sun and sand. Weve been cooped inside the house so just coming to get fresh air, the sun, the sound of the waves. Reporter a breath of fresh air for some, but suffocating for others trying to abide by the stay at home order which bans any nonessential travel. Personally i thought it was a little irresponsible. Reporter Half Moon Bays chris silva works for a garbage company. So i came in today to do a little overtime, and when i came driving back into Half Moon Bay, i was shocked by how much traffic there was. Reporter Marin County Sheriffs Office tweeted calling out the large crowds heading to the coast and the lack of social distancing with the stayathome and save a life. A party vibe with people at the beach with their drinks, a Little Spring break action happening. Reporter deborah and her family waited until sunset to avoid the crowds. W people would stay close to home. Reporter their own home. Their own home. Not our home. Keep the germs in your area. Reporter lili tan, bay area news. Measures to keep visitors away after people crowded into its areas yesterday. The park announced it is doing its part to curb the virus by closing the gates at these following areas. Limantour access road, mt. Vision road, drakes beach and trail heads will be limited. Here is a map of the latest cases in each bay area county, Santa Clara County is still the hardest hit with more than 200 cases, more than 250 cases, in fact, as we previously mentioned a significant jump just yesterday for Alameda County now at 71. Be sure to stay up to date with the very latest on the coronavirus with our daily newsletter this is a new thing we have for all of you. Youll get the top headlines sent right to your inbox. Just go to nbcbayarea. Com to sign up. It is 7 09 right now. We have much more ahead on today in the bay. Coming up, we go live to washington, d. C. , to talk with chuck todd and get a preview of this weeks meet the press. Plus, social distancing isnt stopping some realtors from trying to make a sale. Well show you the innovative way theyre showing potential buyers around the bay area. More than ever, your home is your sanctuary. Thats why lincoln offers complimentary pickup and delivery servicing. Well pick up your vehicle and leave you with a lincoln loaner and the peace of mind that helps you focus on what matters most. Thats the power of sanctuary. And for a little extra help, you can now purchase a new lincoln remotely, and defer payment for up to 120 days. Welcome back. It is time for our weekly chat with chuck todd, nbc news political director and moderator of meet the press. As always, thanks for joining us this morning. It works out for us as we are socially distanced, about 3,000 miles between us. And, chuck, of course we are talking, as Everything Else in the world, coronavirus, even with politics. A bill that could include giving money to Many Americans and helping many Small Businesses and other industries that have been impacted by the virus. Whats the latest right now on that . If there is a sticking point, the biggest one has to do, it appears, or one of the sticking points, with the direct payment issue. The point being you have democrats and the Trump Administration arguing that they would like to send a message that for as long as this National Emergency exists there will be some group of americans that receives this direct payment. In my conversation with one of the senators in the negotiations right now not codified in the deal, they are only talking about a onetime payment and then come back to congress and ask for more if it is needed and that appears to be one of the sticking points but i will be honest here, theyre going to resolve this even if its uncomfortable. Theyll get that initial round of money out the door. Another round and probably another round. Do you think they could at least agree . I think they will vote tomorrow, tuesday at the latest, where there will be at least some certainty about those first checks, some certainty about the loan program for Small Businesses, some certainty about funding state coffers being bled dry right now. I do think you will see that. The stuff that may not be resolved for the next couple of months will keep coming back, but i do think youll see the first checks delivered to people the first week of april. Thats some relief to hear. In states across the country, here in california, for example, our governor has taken a lot of his own steps, his own action. How have states been able to coordinate their response with the federal government . Well, look, the federal government has been a bit slow from the beginning, and the agencies that have been playing point on this response effort has changed. It started at cdc, went to hhs. Went to the Coronavirus Task force. Now it is fema that is clearly in charge. Look, governors that ive talked to are relieved that fema is the point person, the agency best equipped to do these kinds of rapid responses. The down side, though, its not its been an uneven partnership, and i think that the president s personal ways that hes gotten involved in these Task Force Briefings have been a bit disruptive at times, but the overall movement of the Trump Administration, i think, are finally at a pace that governors are no longer publicly complaining. Which is good to hear, yeah, as we fight the virus. We should all try to Stay Together as one team, shouldnt we . Thats the goal. Chuck, as always, we appreciate your insight and we will stay tuned. About 45 minutes from now chuck will be on our air with this mornings meet the press. Exclusive interviews with mayor bill de blasio and pat toomey as well as larry hogan. And speaking of fema will have an interview with peter gainer. You dont want to miss that. Tune in to meet the press at 8 00 a. M. Right after this newscast. And now to this new plan to turn daly citys Seton Medical Center into a coronavirus treatment center. You may recall that seton was on the brink of closing. The capacity to provide care for hundreds of patients. The maker of purell Hand Sanitizer is facing class action lawsuits because of the claim that the gel kills 99. 9 of illness because of germs. The fda asked them to remove the claims. Two lawsuits claiming the maker misled customers and broke public trust. They have yet to respond. In order to make it in the bay, Real Estate Agents amid this virus crisis are getting creative in how they give tours during the shelter at home emergency. In dublin, for example, one agent has been showing homes through the lenls of her phone camera. And with the help of zoom. The virtual toors are giving people hunting for homes a sense of a propertys value, and its available when the person cant come in person. Potential buyers say it means a lot to see the property through the camera in real time rather than rely on glossy, staged photos. We look at the pictures people post online. A lot of times it feels very different than when youre actually in the home. But when she is going around and showing it on her camera what it looks like, it feels like youre there. People are still buying, people are still selling. This is the new norm everybody is talking about. We have to reposition ourselves, change the way we do things, and well just continue chugging along. It is an especially difficult time to be a seller right now. Not only are open houses canceled but banks are limiting hours and functions. One bright spot is very low interest rates. All right. So we, as you can see, are trying to do our part at nbc bay area even though we are essential workers, as were called. Most of our staff is working from home to limit how many people are coming in and out of our studios. Our intrepid meteorologist rob mayeda has all the access to computer models and doppler radars at home with his own weather station. And a very handy look at a weather map from being lent to you, i should say, from your, what, 4yearold twins. Yeah, 4yearold twins. The world map behind me, the solar system above me. Theyre letting me borrow their office before they wake up here this morning. Do they know theyre letting you borrow it . Were about to find out. In the next few minutes as they wake up and come downstairs. Lets talk about the weather. It is actually pretty trying to plan your day around a short walk outside. The morning is going to be the opportunity for you as we have partly cloudy skies. Not much in the way of Stormy Weather right now in San Francisco at 52 degrees. Things will be changing up as we move into the afternoon into san jose. There is where youre starting to see changes, clouds increasing to 49 degrees and afternoon highs today, low to mid60s. Similar to what we saw yesterday. Plan on some rapid changes once we pass the middle part of the day. Notice the Storm Prediction Center has a general risk for isolated thunderstorms around most of the bay area except for the far northern portions of the north bay and for the Central Coast. Were talking monterey south. Theres a chance that we could see isolated severe thunderstorms today. So you really want to keep close attention to your nbc bay area weather app and the radar application as things will get more active here by midafternoon. Notice the radar starting to show some activity here offshore. This is a compact area of low pressure that is approaching the coast as we go hour by hour will see rapid changes once we head to the middle afternoon. For the morning, as we head to noon to 2 00, now were seeing some of the stronger storms fire to the south. Those will be lifting northward from 2 00 p. M. To early evening well have this opportunity to see a few isolated thunderstorms and probably brief downpours, too. We could see some pretty heavy rain, brief bursts of that as it continues to move on through and then rain moving into portions of the south bay, even into about 11 00 tonight. So weve gotten an upgrade, the total amount of rain that were now expecting out of this system. Most of it focused south of San Francisco. You can see a few isolated areas. If you happen to be near one of those thunderstorms or stronger downpours its not out of the question you may get half an hour of rain within an hour or two. Keep a close eye on the radar. Midafternoon into the evening. As we go forward, another chance of showers for early monday and another storm drops in from the north tuesday which will be noticeably cooler. We have highs today low to mid60s with a chance of showers or thunderstorms. Tuesday looks like it will be cooler, breezy, highs in the mid50s which, by the way, is good news for the sierra. Another foot or two of snow for tuesday into wednesday and then as we head to the second half of the week one change that is starting to develop, drier weather right now as you head to next weekend well see clearing skies starting thursday. So the most active weather well see in the next seven days happening this afternoon. Again, that risk of seeing thunderstorms at times, showers into early monday and then that cold storm starts to arrive on tuesday into wednesday. The second half of the week well start to trend drier and warmer as we head to the next weekend. Today is one of those days where we could be dealing with rain, some wind, lightning, hail, you name it. It could all happen later on this afternoon around the bay area. I know my two 4yearold amateur meteorologists will be very excited watching from their little playroom Weather Center as that happens later on this afternoon. Yes, i saw one of them, was it christopher, took over your computer and had a weather tie on. Im thinking youd better watch your back, rob. Yes, yes. We have our own team. Well see your team again soon. Thanks so much. It is just shy of 7 22. We have much more ahead on today in the bay. Coming up, did the bay area wait too long . We investigate if our local counties should have acted faster declaring those shelter in place orders. An eye opening report about bay area preparedness next. We are tmobile the first to go unlimited. First with no annual service contracts. First with taxes and fees included. Now tmobile has the first and only nationwide 5g network. Reaching over 5,000 cities and towns and over 200 million americans. And tmobile is not charging extra for 5g access. Because this isnt our network. Its yours. Welcome back. The seattle area and the bay area are considered two leading trouble spots of this crisis. The white house was slow to react to the pandemic, and as