♪♪ right now at 11:00, harvey weinstein's 2020 felony rape conviction is overturned. what we know about the shocking reversal and what it means for the disgraced movie producer's

convictions here in california. good morning. thanks for joining us for our midday newscast. i'm marcus washington. >> i'm kris sanchez. laura garcia is off. we will get to the developments involving harvey weinstein in a moment. the dow tanking at this hour. at one point it was down 600 points. so this is a mild improvement. this is happening as investors on wall street react to concerns over covid-19 in the uk, inflation and fiscal growth. experts say the dow is headed for what could be the biggest drop of the year. back to those developments out of new york. an appeals court is overturning harvey weinstein's 2020 conviction on felony sex crime charges. >> ginger conejero saab is joining us. this reversal is sending shock waves for people who saw that me too movement play out and people wondering what will happen with

his case here in california? >> absolutely, kris and marcus. the court's ruling is essentially saying that harvey weinstein did not receive a fair trial in his original case, and the decision of 4-3, the appeals panel ruled that the judge in that original case should not have allowed witnesses to say that harvey weinstein assaulted them when they were not part of the original accusation. the hollywood producer did not receive that fair trial, but this does not mean that weinstein will be set free. he was also sentenced to 16 years in prison with charges stemming from a case in california. legal experts even clark explained a reversal like what we're seeing in new york would not happen in california. >> this type of evidence is specifically allowed in california. you are allowed to bring in other uncharged victims and sexual acts to show that someone

has the propensity to commit these types of crimes. >> a key part in this reversal, as you mentioned there, kris, is the impact that it can have on victims coming forward with the me too movement being a significant part of this, could keep women involved in similar cases from coming forward in the future. that is something to be concerned about. clark, who we heard from just now, a little bit earlier there, said that prosecutors trying sexual assault cases looked for strength in numbers and it can show the propensity for someone to commit a crime like this, but the court is saying with this reversal that there's also importance to giving a defendant a fair trial. this is a very delicate balance that the court is trying to strike here and can have repercussions outside of this case and stephen clark making it clear that something like this in california would not happen. kris? >> thank you so much, ginger. a lot of victims are watching this one carefully.

>> we will continue to cover this on air as well as online and you can download our free nbc bay area app to stay up-to-date with what's happening with in and other news throughout the day. you can also find it on your app store. new at 11:00, we now know four people died in a car crash in the east bay. the four people were in the same vehicle when they crashed on stone ridge drive around 9:00 last night. police say it does not appear that any other vehicle was involved. we are asking for answerses about why the car crashed and who the victims are. we'll let you know if we get those answers. the scene is now clear. >> the supreme court heard arguments this morning from donald trump's lawyers asking them to rule that presidents are immune from prosecution. >> so this is a case they have lost twice before. scott mcgrew said trump's top lawyer faced a very skeptical court. >> they lost twice before, both at the federal district level with the judge sitting on

trump's election interference trial and then in the court above her, the federal appellate court. so this is the final push for trump's immunity argument. trump's lawyers are trying to get that election interference case thrown out claiming that what trump did to overturn the election was part of his official duties as president and official duties they say, are not reviewable by courts that the president must be allowed to make decisions without fear of prosecution always. here's trump attorney john saw err. >> is that going to dampen the ardor of that president to do what our constitutional structure demands of him or her which is bold and fearless action in the face of controversy? >> some of the questions we heard from justices this morning are requests we heard from lower courts including what if the president ordered someone

murdered? is that legal? sauer said what he has in the past it depends. sauer's argument rests on the idea that there is a difference between public and official acts and private acts that private acts by the president can be prosecuted, official acts cannot no matter how extreme the hypothetical like selling nuclear secrets to the enemy. trump's lawyers say a president must have total freedom to take bold and fearless action, they call it. this had associate justice katanji brown jackson. >> if someone with those kind of powers, the most powerful person in the world with the greatest amount of authority could go into office knowing that there would be no potential penalty

for committing crimes, i'm trying to understand what the disincentive is from turning the oval office into, you know, the seat of criminal activity in this country. >> several justices point out if the framers of the constitution wanted the president to be above the law they would have written that specifically into the constitution and indeed, they point out the very creation of the united states involved the complaint that citizens were subject to a king who thought of himself as above the law. the court won't make a decision today. we do expect it to come relatively quickly, perhaps in june. back to you. just into our newsroom, a landmark ruling impacting your access to content on the internet. the fcc voting to reinstate net neutrality rules. a net neutrality is a policy of treating all internet traffic equally. this means that internet service providers should give all users fair and equal access to legal

content and applications without favoring or blocking certain product or websites. the companies cannot charge you more to deliver content quicker. a vote today rescinds a trump-era rule which overturned that policy. it also reinstates the oversight of broadband internet. >> they plan to protest stricter enforcement in the city because that plan puts them in danger. san francisco announced plans to dedicate extra patrols one week out of every three months as part of the vision zero effort to end traffic fatalities. >> here is the issue, though. when they write more tickets they are at greater risk of threats and assault. the rally is planned for along south bend street at 3:30 this afternoon. california lawmakers are moving forward with a proposal for a new car system to warn us when we're speeding. the senate transportation committee passed a bill with a

significant change to it. originally, it requires new cars sold in california to have speed, that would cap the speed for drivers going over the speed limit. it would require cars to pass passive intelligent speed systems that would activate when we are going above the speed limit. critics of that proposal say that warning could just distract drivers. now let's take a live look in san francisco this midday. you see folks gathering there. mayor london breed will be on hand will be a new park opening. china basin park located near oracle park near the bay bridge and mission rock. this would include five acres and a dog run as well as trail for bikers and walkers out there and today another nice day to get out and enjoy while you can. >> that was nice! >> you can see, looking at the

video. you can tell that there's clouds and it's not completely cloudy as i like to say. >> every now and then we do get some clearing in spots, but want quite yet in san jose. as we see the clouds moving overhead, we will see increasing sunshine as our temperatures head into the upper 60s and 71 in concord and napa today, 68 degrees and 62 in san francisco. tomorrow we're looking at much more of the same, but it's also going to be windy at times and we'll start to see those winds picking up today and 35 to possibly 40 mile per hour winds and some of those will be in the coast and in the hills and we'll do it again tomorrow and it may be windier tomorrow afternoon as we get these cooler than normal temperatures and the slight chance of rain and we're looking into the weekend as well in the

microclimate forecast. >> thank you, kari. >> a possible gamechanger for those in california. that major insurer saying it may start re-writing those policies under one condition. >> one big one. plus using ai for school work. we will talk with the ceo of trinidan about how often ts is happening and what we parents need to know. >> school is no out just yet for summer, but we here on nbc and telemundo 38 are helping families who can't afford back to sool basics. we are collecting backpacks and other school supplies and you can head over to nbc bay area.com/schools to donate online and you can check out the list of supplies and drop them off in person today. it's going to be from 2:00 to 6:00. we'll be outside the ice creamery. this is a up to and country this is a up to and country village in

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developing now. the university of southern california is closed to the public after police arrested dozens of pro-palestinian protesters yesterday. this comes as the number of protesters are still camped out at uc berkeley. nbc bay area's bob redell reports that the students on the campus are remaining peaceful. >> here we are on the fourth day of the pro-palestinian campout here at uc berkeley. you can see a number of tents have been set up here. many more than earlier this week. there's probably 50, 60, perhaps even 80. it's hard to count and there are many on the front steps at cal and also on the front lawn and this is in front of the plaza which is a popular place for students to come and go on their way to classes. they indicated the protesters

were not disruptive to operations here and that appears to still be the case. like the demonstrators at usc and these demonstrators are demanding the university are all tied to israeli institutions and companies supporting israel. israel, as you are, of course, aware has been on the gaza strip after hamas attacked. they are committed to free speech and have no plans to change their practices and so far there is no indication that they'll clear out this encampment. not the case down south in los angeles. the university of southern california where yesterday police arrested 93 pro-palestinian protesters who set up an encampment on that campus yesterday morning and they were asked to leave and later in the day, police officers moved in and demonstrators threw objects and water at officers and they moved on to the streets blocking cars. the usc campus is now closed to the public and only open to

students and staff. the terrorist organization hamas which attacked israel in august -- excuse me, october 7th released a video of one of their hostages, 23-year-old hersh golding-polin who later moved with his family to israel. his hand is gone and it was blown off by a grenade back in october. speaking to the camera in hebrew, hersh asks the israeli government to bring home the hostages. >> we are glad to see him alive, but we are concerned about his well-being. >> we heard your voice for the first time in 201 days and if you can hear u we are telling you, we love you, stay strong. survive. >> herb's parents are calling on israel and hamas to reach a ceasefire agreement. hersh is one of four americans believed to be alive in hamas captivity. israel says 133 hostages are still in gaza, 36 of whom are

confirmed dead. more than 34,000 palestinians have been killed during this war with israel which has been going on now for over six months. here at uc berkeley, bob redell, nbc bay area news. a major insurance company could soon resume writing policies. allstate says that move will come with some conditions and wants the department of insurance to allow them to use catastrophic modeling when requesting rate increases for homeowners. those are computerized reports that simulate potential catastrophic events. allstate stopped writing new homeowner policies at the end of 2022 and this was due to the wildfire risk and the cost of rebuilding new homes and the rising price of re-insurance. today senator josh becker is hosting a town hall meeting on this issue and that's at noon this afternoon in hillsborough. he introduced a bill which would force insurance companies to consider the billions of dollars the state has spent to help with

wildfire mitigation and all the work homeowners have done, as well. antioch superintendent is taking action on bullying complaints and she's removing herself from the process. there is a special board meeting tonight after our investigative unit reported on complaints against ken turnage. his bad behavior includes putting a worker's desk up on a rooftop as you see here. he's managed to get away with the bad behavior because he's friends with the school superintendent stephanie anello and her husband. turnage, anello and her husband have not responded to any of our questions, but in an email to board members, the superintendent said she's now initiated two investigations, one on the overall situation and the other looking at specific concerns reported by nbc bay area last week. anello also said she voluntarily removed herself from the investigative proceedings, but

two board members questioned whether these investigations really can be number given that some of the complaints were against the superintendent herself. we have asked several times who will be conducting these investigations. we have not yet gotten an answer. our investigative reporter candace nguyen has been leading our coverage on this. if you want to catch up on her reporting on antioch unified school district go to nbc bay area.com/investigation. if you are a parent of a junior high or high school student you are likely familiar. this is a student that work for plagiarism. teachers are processing papers to turn it in, this before they grade them. it's an added layer of defense against plagiarism and now artificial intelligence. turn it in says students used ai to write their essays and it's becoming a growing problem in the classrooms. >> writing is critical to building critical thinking

skits, analytical skills and having ai draft your paper is not an author and actually an editor which short cuts learning. turn it in has its own ai model which can detect the work. so far it's scanned 200 million papers. new at 11:00, southwest is considering a potential change. the ceo bob jordan telling cnbc that the airline could abandon its open seating system. >> oh! >> southwest says it has long stuck with the simple model with the single economy class, no seating assignment. rivals like united and delta have seen increased revenue from the seating options. southwest says production on the new fleet of planes from boeing is still delayed. yeah. i would welcome that. >> well, i don't know, because they say increased revenue that means they're charging more. >> we'll have to pay more to sit

in the premium seats. >> i hate standing there and kind of jockeying for position. i paid for a ticket. i just want to sit in my seat. >> then don't fly southwest. >> it was good. >> we'll talk about that later. let's talk about this forecast. >> we'll want to stay right here and we are going to see our weather changing over the next few days and we're going from mild temperatures to some lower temperatures for the next couple of days. all thank to the clouds that we're seeing overhead as well as some of the gusty winds that will be picking up. as of now we're taking a look at some of those wind speeds, 16 miles per hour and 17 in san francisco. so there is a breeze coming through, but it will get downright windy as we go throughout the day and all because we are seeing cooler temperatures compared to what's normal as we get a look at our highs around the bay area, we'll see temperatures up to 66 in

cupertino and 68 in morgan hill and upper 60s for walnut creek and 66 degrees in fremont. we'll see upper 60s as well for palo alto and daly city will hit a high of 59 and notice the wind speed coming in from the west. there will be some higher gusts and looking at the highs for the north bay we are up to 68 degrees in santa rosa. one of the warmer spots in the north bay, later tonight and tomorrow morning we may see light showers coming through. there will be definitely moisture in the clouds that will be coming into the bay area tomorrow and some of us may get some very light, measurable rain. we talk about measurable rain here. we mean like a few hundredths of an inch of rain and we'll go throughout much of the day without showers, but don't be surprised if you do get a little mist and drizzle. as far as the sierra snowpack we are at 90% for the normal amount

and it's 109% of normal and this does provide a third of the safe water supply and as the snow melt gets under way it helps fill the reservoirs. most of this on friday, so if you're going to the sierra, head's up. it may be slippery there and we're want seeing this activity in the bay area. we will see temperatures here in the upper 60s. partly to mostly cloudy at times and the possibility of light rain and for the weekend we'll see temperatures warming up gradually into the mid-70s for the beginning of next week while san francisco will see temperatures in the low to mid-60s and it will be nice for the outdoor activities going on saturday and sunday. kris and mark us? >> thanks, kari. san jose city college is resuming classes after a bomb threat last night.

classes were cancelled and people were told to avoid the area as police searched the campus. as of last night nothing suspicious was found. that is good. how about a fire-breathing robot dog? >> ooh! >> look at it. it is super cool. we'll explain what it's for and maybe why you might want to get one? i don't know. don't forget the giants take on the pirates for a three-game series and watch that live from oracle park right here on nbc bay area.

okay. so now doubt about it, you've probably seen or even heard about those robotic dogs. >> yeah. they make it on the christmas list sometimes, but this one is not going under the christmas tree. there is a new technology taking robot dogs to a fiery new level. take a look. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ terminator. >> terminator. >> it is a robot dog that combines the robot dog with a flame thrower and a laser. the ohio-based company that created it says it can help to remove snow and ice and control wildfires, we think by setting those controlled burns. it is being sold online for

around $9400. start saving up your money. >> well, i mean, i can see the implications of that for wildfires and how they fight fire with fire. you don't have to send a person in there to do it? >> i don't know. >> we'll have some cooler temperatures, but it will gradually be warming up and we do have a lot sunshine on the way. >> looks good. >> thanks for joining us on our midday newscast. >> we have special guests here. >> it is take your child to work day and a big thanks to these kids who welcome us home after long days of breaking news and elections and storm coverage and all of the news and everything it takes to get this show on the it takes to get this show on the air in front of the camera

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