i can say that prevagen is one of the most outstanding supplements i've ever taken. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. breaking right now at 11:00. oakland airport evacuated for hours this morning delaying flights and passengers. operations slowly recovering. good morning, thanks for joining us for our midday newscast. i'm marcus washington. we've been following this breaking news all morning long for you. abc's bob redell is live at oakland international airport with the latest. bob? >> yeah, good morning, marcus. this terminal opened about an hour and 15 minutes ago. we have every reason to believe everything is back to normal. this is because a man was inside the terminal threatening to hurt

himself with the knife. the sheriff's office was able to de-escalate the standoff without any serious injuries and apprehend that man around 9:30. can you see him leaving on a stretcher for a live to the hospital. it was around 6:00 this morning that he handed a tsa agent a note. on that note he was asking for help. there was also a separate note for help inside an suv parked curbside that belonged to him as well this. man is in his 30s. he ran away when deputies tried to contact him. he held a large bladed knife at his neck. this was at baggage claim. crisis negotiators talked with the man for a few hours. after a few hours law enforcement turned off the air conditioning in the terminal. the map started to shed his clothes because it was getting hot in there. that's when deputies moved in and tased him. he was able to cut his neck before deputies were able to wrestle control of the knife, but, again, he's expected to be okay. there's about 80 to 100 passengers stranded out front.

they were moved outside of terminal two. we believe most if not all were on a hawaiian air flight leaving for honolulu. >> we saw the guy. we saw the cops come in, and our i.d.s are sitting at the ticket counter, still so we grabbed all of our bags and they escorted us outside and kept pushing us back further and further and moved us here. we're waiting to hear more from hawaiian. >> reporter: they are holding the flight? >> yeah, they told us they are holding the flight because they said the flight crews haven't even been able to get in. >> reporter: where are you flying, which island? >> we are flying to honolulu and then to kona which is our final destination so we're just trying to get there. >> the police are doing their jobs. here we are getting stuck. i'm going on vacation so i'm not going to be mad. >> reporter: as you heard that one passenger say hawaiian airlines did hold the flight for the honolulu-bound passengers. any passengers would check in prior to the lockdown but haven't been able to go to the

terminal one security. they were able to go through via terminal two. we believe it was the only delayed outgoing flight. arriving flights were not impacted so why did this man come to oakland international? it's hard to believe this was a cry for help and that he chose oakland international because he knows that it was always staffed with law enforcement. reporting live here at oakland international, bob redell, nbc bay area news. >> hope he gets the help he needs. bob, thank you. well, in less than an hour we should learn if three more bay-area counties are moving into the less restrictive orange tier including contra costa and sonoma and napa counties. it would mean winery tasting rooms could reopen at 25 capacity and so could bowling allies. as for indoor dining, movie theaters and places of worship they could increase capacity to 50%. solano county, on the other hand, they might regress back into the purple tier due to a surge in new covid cases. as of this morning, it's in the red tier. usf infectious disease expert

dr. george rutherford says people need to stay vigilant because as of last week 70% of people in california had not been vaccinated just yet. he says that people need to be cautious. >> not to kind of cast everything aside and take your masks off and -- and congregate in these large groups. you know, that's how we get -- that's how we start to move back up the chain. the last thing people are going to want to do is to end up back in purple. >> the health officials in solano county say the majority of new cases among younger people. >> governor gavin newsom is in san francisco this midday. he's expected to give an update on the state's plan to fill and safely reopen. right now we see mayor london breed there giving -- starting that news conference. of course, as the governor prepares to speak. we'll bring that to you live so you can know what he's talking about this midday. >> well, just in. if you've had a regularly disinfecting surfaces around

your home, in the stop of spread of covid-19 listen to this. the risk of becoming infected through a contaminated surface is low. the new guidance from the cdc, regular cleaning is just soap and water, detergent, really is enough to decrease the risk of infection from contaminated surfaced. however, high-touch surfaces should be cleaned at least once a day but agency says that surfaces should be cleaned and disinfected if someone tests positive for covid-19 within the last 24 hours. the cdc also says the best way to prevent infections from surfaces is to regularly wash your hands and use hand sanitizer. a major change to become eligible to receive the covid-19 vaccine here in the u.s. so nbc news has learned that president biden is expected to announce this afternoon that states should make all american adults eligible for the vaccine by april 19th. the deadline was earlier set for may. of course, california already moved its deadline to next

thursday april 15th. this is for anyone 16 and older. most states have already announced plans to open eligibility to all adults by that date. the president has set. president biden expected to emphasize the u.s. has reached 150 million shots in the first 75 days of his administration. in about an hour, federal civil rights attorney john burres will announce a new lawsuit in the wake of a deadly police shooting in danville. here's video from the scene the day that happened. a 32-year-old homeless man timed terrell williams died along with the new lawsuit burres plans to present new video of the shooting. now, this morning we've decided not air that video because it's disturbing. police were responding to reports of rocks being thrown at interstate 680. the department has not comment on the new video clip, but in the past it says that williams was armed with a knife. this morning in the derek chauvin trial the first witnesses are expected to nor --

are experts in crisis training, i should say. now, they are testifying on how police officers should handle difficult interactions and subdue suspects. lieutenant johnny murcell says officers often have time to, quote, slow things down. yesterday the police chief testified that he believed derek chauvin had violated police policy and abused his power. san matteo county supervisors will debate a resolution to condemn anti-asian violence and declare the county a hate-free zone. meantime in oakland, the man accused in that deadly attack of an elderly asian main in lake merritt is due to enter a plea. the 26-year-old man faces murder and robbery charges. last month investigators say he robbed 75-year-old pak ho who struck his head on the ground and later died. prosecutors so far are not

calling this a hate crime. and now to making it in the bay. san jose mayor sam liccardo is unveiling a $200 million community benefit and how it benefits google's offering as part of its massive downtown san jose deal. nbc bay area's kris sanchez joins us live with more on what the community will deal here. >> reporter: hi there, marcus. the mayor says this community benefits package really could become a model of how tech industry works with the communities where they want to set up shop. now as part of the development plan to develop 250 acres in downtown san jose right around the diridon station near the shark tank they are offering $1 a 55 million in a stabilization opportunity fund to be allocated from within the community. 750 million for job readiness and anti-displacement efforts and $7 million for moderate income housing, $8.4 million in

a land transfer that the city could then use to consider affordable housing in those locations. there's also $22.3 million in commitments that are unallocated as of yet. all without incentives, tax breaks or fee reduction from the city of san jose. >> this is i think setting a pattern for a new kind of synergistic relationship between tech and the surrounding communities. it's not about extracting. it's about adding it. it's about collaborating. it's about being part of a larger community. google gets it. they have heard the community. >> more on that project online in nbcbayarea.com. now we want to go to governor gavin newsom as he's speaking in san francisco. >> today in the state of california, we are proud to have passed two significant milestones. 20 million administered doses in the state of california and 4 million administered doses under

the more important equity metric. those two milestones, let's put it in perspective, are significant. we have administered more dozed than all but five nations in the world. the state of california, that 20 million mark represents over 7 million more doses than any other state in the country. that 4 million on the equity mark, to me though as i noted is more important and significant. the state sets a commitment and a goal of providing 40% or upwards of 40% of all our first doses and providing them upped an equity metric in order no deliver on the cause of equity. we still have a lot of work to do in that space. we're mindful of that, but that 4 million park is as important as the 20 million mark, and today we have formally passed that. so what does that mean?

means a number of things. we're seeing death rates, mortality rates go down. we're seeing case rates stabilize. we have the lowest case rates in the united states of america. over a seven-day period now. we have a 1.6% positivity rate statewide. we report today 1,367 cases. still prif help the -- prevalent, still deadly and still a challenge we need to tackle and that's why we're mindful as the mayor says of the imperative and importance of not letting your guard down, not taking off your masks, maintaining your vigilance and accessing once your eligibility comes up these vaccines. in anticipation and expectation that we do all of the above, and by the way i'll repeat, continuing to wear face

conversation, continuing to access advantages owns and continuing to administer vaccines in an equitable frame. if we keep the pace, we are moving now beyond the blueprint. we are announcing today that on june 15th we will be moving beyond the blueprint and will be getting rid of the colored tiers. we'll be moving past the dimmer switch. we'll be getting rid of the blueprint as you know it today. that's on june 15th if we continue the good work. we anticipate enough vaccines are coming into the state of california. with 2.5 million people just last week receiving the vaccine, we anticipate over 30 million people will have been vaccinated at least one dose by the end of the calendar month with the expectation of an abundance of doses coming in from the federal government through the end of this month hand into may.

we can confidently say by june 15th that we can start to open up as business as usual subject to ongoing mask-wearing and ongoing vigilance. so this is a big day-ins terms of the pandemic and the journey that we've been on as the mayor noted over the course of the last year, and this is an important milestone today. that 20 million and 4 million equity mark. and this compliments all of you to the mayor, to -- to all the work that's being done by local health officers all up and down the state of california. at the end of the day the state vision is realized at the local level and so,ien, i want to just congratulate and applaud all the local partners, the community-based organizations, all the work that's being done in a very culturally competent manner in language all across the state of california and the real commitment to delivering on the issue of equity. i want to thank the mayor. i want to thank dr. koufax and

also want to thank dr. gallie who has led the charge. we've had a blueprint in place in this state for 3 is weeks now, and by the way, 16 down theies counties are moving to the less restrictive kearse and no one has been more enthusiastic than dr. gallie and soberly and thoughtfully led by data, led by disease prevalence and looking day in and day out, hospitalizations and icus tracking these knew tagsz, and -- these mutations. and i'll close on that point. we have sequenced as much or more than any other state, the genomic sequencing that this state does is second to none. 851 uk variants we have sequenced in the state. ten south african variants and

35 brazilian variants, close to 9,400 west coast variants, and we're also tracking a number of other variants, new one from india which got a little bit of attention this week, this double mutant, this double variant and also mindful of variants coming from the east coast including a new york variant. this is really a race, these vaccines, against the variant, against the mutation, and that's why, again, i will end as i began. it is incumbent upon all of us, not to announce mission accomplished, not to put down our guard but to continue that vigilance that got us where we are today, the lowest case rates, positivity rates that is in america. we are seeing bright light at the end of the tunnel, and on june 15th all things being equal we continue that good work we'll have moved beyond that blueprint and we'll be opening up this economy with business as usual. with that i want to take --

we're happy to take any questions and, again, just want to thank everybody for all their extraordinary work. >> thank you, governor. >> we'll go over there. >> a question about the coliseum vaccination site. we heard confidence from the vice president and senator padilla yesterday that that site could be extended past next week. do you have any more details today on how that might work specifically in regards to the supply of vaccines? >> both sides will remain operational. both the oakland and rather alameda site and the l.a. site at call state l.a. both are remaining operational. it will be a seamless operation. the only change is that we're not going to get the direct allocation of vaccines from the federal government. that's the only change. otherwise there will be no perceptible change in a meaningful way to the public. the issue again is constraint. the issue is supply. manufactured supply, so we're

working with the county and in the case of northern california, specific to alameda county working with two counties, working with alameda county and contra costa county, forming a regional partnership with fema, with those counties, and we'll be matching the allocations coming from those two counties with the state allocation of vaccines. we're not successful at extending beyond the commitment that the federal government made, and that commitment, by the way, was the first commitment in the united states so we're very grateful to the biden administration and to vice president harris for their commitment to the state of california, but they made that commitment. they said when that commitment ended, they held to their word and now we'll be taking over at least the vaccine supply component and matching it with the counties. >> thanks, governor. this is ben frist fer with "cal

matters." you said june 15th we'll be back to business as usual. does that mean schools k-three will open up or maintain a pre-pandemic posture? >> i want kids back in school committee i want kids back in school safely for in-person instruction. we've made this crystal clear since we put out a proposal in december, and on june 15th we anticipate there will be no barrier to getting all of our kids safely back, not just k-12, community colleges, including institutions of higher learning, so on june 15th the answer to your question is affirmatively? we'll expect our kids safely back in person, instruction to the extent that june 15th calendar is consistent with any ongoing in-person operations, at least k through 14. >> so there's an expectation but not a requirement? >> there's an expectation across the board.

we're continuing to work with the legislature. we'll have more to say as it relates to furthering the cause of expectation, but there will be no barrier to having our kids back to in-person instruction and that's the expectation. you'll be hearing more about our effort to more firmly and foundationally advance that cause. >> great. thank you. >> hi, governor. two questions on the june 15th news, so what standards will you be using in terms of vaccination rates, hospitalization thresholds to make that decision, and secondly will local jurisdictions be able to maintain stricter rules? >> yeah, look, at the end of the day we're going to be very mindful of these variations or these variants and these mutations. we're mindful of disease spread. we're going to be mindful of hospitalizations so we're going to watch all of the bomb we're going to make sure that we're meeting the equity marks that we've set form. by the way, we went from 2

million vaccines 23 days ago to 4 million under the equity mark. we anticipate conservatively, again, and this is just assuming an old pace. let's do the conservative pace, 2.5 million dose last week. by the end of this calendar month, north of 30 million people will be vaccinated with at least one dose in the state or at least we'll have administered 30 million plus doses. i want to remind everybody that in california currently there are about 32 million people eligible to receive a dose of vaccine so we're getting to a point where the vaccine administration, and that's just in a month, extrapolate ten weeks out. we're look ten weeks out, that our expectations, the vast majority -- we believe anybody that wants a vaccine will not only have the opportunity to receive a vaccine but will have had the second dose of a vaccine and will have had the

opportunity to see the second weeks of a few vaccines in people's arms so the stability and the efficacy of those vaccines will be at peak. we anticipate that the case rates will stabilize, and we anticipate that we will not see a significant increase in hospitalized patients that have received a vaccine and that's a metric to which we are mark consideration as it relates to our -- our -- well, our broader surveillance. dr. gallie, i want you to come cup and you can talk a little bit more because we've not put precise numerics to that because we're working with the counties but we broadly are -- are monitoring at least those categories and five total categories as it relates to that question. >> thanks, governor, and, mayor, thanks for hosting us and be thank you for all your hard

would be. indeed, we'll be looking atizations in particular. we're enjoying low hospitalizations across the state. you heard today 20 patients hospitalized in san francisco with covid. it's a tremendous number in the face of what we've been through over the face of the last year, but we're particularly concerned about not just the hospitalization numbers but also who is being hospitalized. are those who received a vaccine being hospitalized? we're looking internationally on the eastbound and midwest and we're seeing many of those who are hospitalized today with covid as those who have not yet received the vaccine so the governor's point that this is a race basically between vaccines and variants and additional cases is key so we'll keep a close eye not just on that hospitalization rate but number but understanding who is in the hospital and whether those who are vaccinated are the ones who are hospitalized. if that is the case and we see a number of people who are hospitalize that had have received the vaccine, that's a

different level of concern, and we'll be talking about that like the governor said with our local partners. looking at vaccine supply we often talk about ziblt, ability to get a vaccine in a timely way so looking at, you know, what's reasonable to get a vaccine a couple of weeks from people's interest to being able to get that vaccine appointment is going to be a key marker that we'll be watching closely, taking feedback from our county partners, our pharmacy partners and our federally qualified health centers and our big health system to make sure that all individuals who are eligible have a chance to get vaccinated in a timely way and then looking at that approximately eight-week period, a couple weeks to get the vaccine or to get the appointment and then about six weeks further down the road to see both shots administered and then a couple of weeks begin to see peak antibody response so that people can enjoy the

protection and move around the state and our counties with confidence. >> governor, follow-up on the oakland coliseum site. with the state allocating and matching that allocation with the counties, ultimately what's the number -- what are the numbers going to be like in terms of the number of people getting vaccinated at that site under the fema plan and under the plan with the state and the counties? >> yeah, we're working through the details. it's, again, a determination on the basis of what the two counties can put up and match and same down in southern california so they are currently operating about 6,000 a day. they have a couple mobile sites. in addition to that anywhere from to 6,000 to 7,600. they are increasing supply direct to pharmacies coming from allocations from the federal government, walmart and costco and new farm statehouse are part

of the pharmacy program were also increasing the number of options, the federally qualified health centers so there's multiple strategies. when the two fema sites came up we were living in a different frame, different world. mass vaccination sites just represent the two sites, roughly 3%, 3% of the statewide distribution and allocation of vaccine, so we're in a different place. those sites are important. they are up and they are operation a. they are turnkey. we want to keep them up. we've been critical clear with the federal government about that. we tried hard to get more direct doses of the vaccine. we're competing with 50 other states. i can assure you just for what it's worth i've talked to a number of governors that are envies that california got two sites and we were the first state to get the two sites. many other states, vast majority haven't even gotten one site so that's what we're competing against with the federal government and so they made had a commitment to us and fulfilled that commitment hand now we're working through with the count toys figure out what their doses are on the basis of this.

the reason we can't answer that question is that the question requires new updated information from the federal government. this morning we received word that we'll get about 16.5 million dose of pfizer and moderna nationwide, and then a variable on the j&j. we're translating what that means for california and what that means for contra costa and a alameda. once they -- we got that information two hours ago. once they have that information they will figure out our allocation and they will figure out their match. >> can we expect that number to be lower? >> i wouldn't expect anything until we work through those numbers. >> regarding mask mandates, about a third of the states across the country have lifted their mask mandates or have never had them in place. when do you anticipate state of california lifting that mask mandate? >> we're not anticipating lifting the mandate for masks. we think it's incredibly important. it's the most important and

powerful non-pharmaceutical mitt way to mitigate this disease. this the disease continues to be deadly, not only here in the state and across the country and the disease didn't take easter weekend off. it's not taking this week and spring break off. this disease is as deadly as it's ever been. the only thing that we have done is we've suppressed the spread. we've mitigated that spread because of the number of vaccines that have been administered and because of mask-wearing and so we are committed to extinguishing this disease, and we don't have any short-term goals as it relates to lifting the mask mandate. >> hi, governor. stephanie cierra with abc 7. two questions here, the first being just a follow-up to what you just alluded to a moment

ago. how many vaccine doses do you expect california will be receiving weekly by early may, and secondly given that indoor venues will be able to reopen assuming criteria is met, what is the state doing to crack down on fake vaccination cards? >> so, as it relates to vaccines, two weeks ago we received 1.8 million and last week 2.1 million. this week 2.4 million. i just referenced, just had a call, governor's call, weekly call with jeff sdooints who runs the task force for the biden administration, and they set out the federal allocations. we're translating that and just got that a couple hours ago and once that information is -- once we receive that detailed information then we present that to the counts and publicly could you in realtime. i anticipate those numbers to continue to go up. the one variable remains j&j.

the stabilization on pfizer and moderna, we have more confidence in in the short run. j&j, we have lots of confidence in the medium run and long run, meaning the short term with j&j variability begins to give way to more confidence in may that j&j will substantially come in at a much higher and more predictable number of manufactured supply, but the issue of supply, we have confidence that the numbers will continue to tier up and that by may we'll be in that frame that president biden made clear a few months back when he said by may every eligible american that wishes to access and get a vaccine will have the ability to schedule that access, and i believe that to be the case in may as well. >> hi, governor. are you worried about the cases going up in some counties like, for example, alameda? >> we're always mindful and

every day the first thing we do is wake up and look at the case rates. we look at it by region. the bay area has seen a modest increase in the last number of days. statewide we've seen a decrease as i noted. 1,367 cases statewide. put that in perspective. new york had over 6,700, a state half our side and florida over 4,700, much smaller state, california less than 1,400. now, we were 2,400 a few days ago so it bounces back and forth. positivity rate has remained 1.7%, 1.6 today, 1.78 the last few days, so, yes, every day we're cautious, we're mindful and every day someone gets a vaccines every moment that goes by, another one of these cards that goes through is another triumph moment in this race against variants and in a race to keep these cases