it's 1965. presale tickets were available today. fans who lined at the brooklyn box office were in for a treat, rogers was there to greet them and sign autographs. taking pictures too, that's fun. you can stream our newscast on roku, samsung tv plus, and zumo. at 5:30, an odd firebreaks out at a homeless encampment, a large bunker of tunnels built by the unhoused. firefighters had to battle it. homeless advocates say it's an unfortunate sign of the times. we investigate a san francisco building where high winds damaged a window last month. the history of problems at this highrise that led to residents suing the window supplier. on this special day for catholics aroubth the world, pope francis is forced to adjust his good friday schedule because of health issues.

the news at 5:30 starts right now. i'm janelle wang. >> i'm jessica aguirre. we start with an unusual discovery in san jose. firefighters responded to a report of a fire along the freeway this morning. what they found instead was a large bunker with tunnels built by the homeless. nbc bay area's robert handa joins us to explain why the homeless advocates say it's concerning but not surprising. >> reporter: an already-busy section of i-880 between 1st street and coleman avenue made even more hectic with the discovery of this so-called bunker that apparently housed the homeless. it was obvious to san jose firefighters, this was no common grass fire off the road. smoke was billowing out from underneath the ground, and they discovered it was coming from a large 100 by 100 foot shelter with multiple entrances.

>> it's built out of two by fours, four-by-fours, covered with plywood and dirt ask plastic. you can see they have multiple cooking appliances, fuel tanks. there's been multiple explosions of propane tanks. there's multiple batteries and other things nearby. >> reporter: the bunker complex eventually collapsed with the fire still going. firefighters say there did not appear to be anyone inside and we're not sure how many people lived there. since the underground shelter is on cal trans property, crews will wait for that agency to dig it up when it's safe. >> we put it out several times. it just keeps flaring back up again. >> reporter: homeless advocates point out there are now a lot of elaborate makeshift shelters under overpasses, empty lots, and along creeks. a large bunker filled with stolen tools and weapons was discovered in july last year along coyote creek in san jose. >> it speaks to desperation. that's the bottom line, people are desperate. you're going to find almost

anything tha will help people surve. they probably don't think about the consequences. that's survival mode. >> bunkers are a desperate measure. >> desperate as it gets. >> reporter: investigators are moving carefully and cautiously sister no one is sure what else is stored inside. no matter what, the people who used to live here won't be doing that anymore. new details on falling windows from highrise in san francisco. one of the new buildings had a history of window problems. investigative reporter jackson vander beck found the problems were so bad at the 15-story building that residents actually sued the window supplier. >> reporter: here at the building at 1400 mission street, you can see up there on the fifth floor at that apartment, that's where a window fell to the ground here on jesse street last month. it was just one of six buildings where windows broke in high winds.

some raining shards of glass onto the sidewalk and streets below. >> it scares the hell out of me. >> reporter: it's the mass failure of dozens of windows that has bill thomas on edge. thomas is a 42-year glass industry veteran and consultant, and he nose that this isn't the first time 1400 mission street has had a window safety issue. he says he examined eight windows that have shattered there without being hit since the 15-story building opened back in 2015. no one was hurt, but the homeowners took the window supplier and other contractors to court, claiming that the glass used for the inner courtyard windows was dangerous and defective, blaming a can tom nant left in the glass during processing for causing them to break after repeated exposure to sunlight. both sides declined to comment to nbc bay area, citing confidentiality terms in the 2020 legal settlement. thomas served as an expert consultant for the homeowners in that case. he says one thing was different

with last month's failure. it was a window on the street side of the building, not the inner courtyard. >> i was always concerned about the mission street side and the jesse street side. >> reporter: he says spotting safety issues with highrise windows takes training and expertise, and above all, time to inspect every single window. particularly so-called curtain wall systems where the windows are tied to an aluminum frame on the outside of the building. san francisco doesn't require window inspections for new buildings. it exempts highrises built after 1998 for the first 30 years after construction. >> drives me crazy about curtain wall, it's so unregulated. it can be extraordinarily dangerous. >> there's no question that this is urgent. >> reporter: board of supervisors president aaron petkin wants to remove the city's exemption for 71 of its newest and tallest buildings and force them to get window inspections by november. >> the miracle here is that noep nobody was seriously injured or

killed, even though san francisco's downtown is less crowded than it was before the pandemicic. there's still plenty of folks right outside of this door. >> reporter: but thomas says it will be a huge undedertaking. neneeding qualifieded crerews w on suspendnded platforms,s, giv plplenty of time to chcheck the windows as well as the integrity of the aluminum frames that secure them. >> they're giving you eight, nine months to do all of this by november. you're never going to get quality people on the building in that amount of time. it's going to take a longer amount of time. >> i wanted these reports yesterday. >> reporter: the effort is not off to a good start, peskin acknowledges, with building inspectors already extending the 14-day deadline they'd set for inspection reports on last month's failures. building officials told us they're satisfied with the progress to date and that all the broken windows have been secured. jaxon van derbecken, nbc, bay area news.

russian police are accusing a reporter of spying on an arms factory for the u.s. government. "wall street journal" denied the statements and said it is seeking his release. russian state news reported he's been officially charged with espionage. if convicted, he could be sentenced to 20 years in prison. the u.s. is working to get weapons to taiwan faster. the house foreign affairs committee chairman is there in taiwan right now, part of a bipartisan congressional delegation that's meeting with taiwanese officials. taiwan has complained about delays in shipments of stinger missiles as u.s. manufacturers send most supplies to ukraine right now. the representative from texas says he's doing everything in his power to expedite the delivery of weapons. >> we want peace and prosperity, and we want to do everything we can to deter a very aggressive nation, communist china, from ever thinking about landing on

the shores of this beautiful island. because that would be a serious mistake for everybody. >> the visit comes as relations between washington, d.c. and beijing aredeteriorating. the u.s. recently shot down a chinese spy balloon, and china has failed to criticize russia's invasion of ukraine. tensions rising after days of fighting at jerusalem's most sensitive holy site. a rocket attack on northern israel yesterday led to more violence today. israel says the militant group hamas fired dozens of rockets from lebanon, so this morning israeli jets bombed areas in gaza and southern lebanon. those were the largest air strikes in lebanon since 2006. later, a gunman in the west bank shot and killed two israeli women. israeli police are now searching for that gunman. the bloody start to easter weekend is sparking wider fears of an escalation. pope francis was able to go to one good friday event but missed another. the pope went to the hospital

with bronchitis. he was back at the vatican in time for holy week services. today he attended a good friday evening prayer at st. peter's basilica. but the vatican says due to cold temperatures in rome, the pope missed the traditional way of the cross procession. pope francis is scheduled to appear this weekend for easter mass celebrations. he's also set to deliver a speech on war and other conflicts in the world. nbc's anne thompson at the vatican with more on how the pope is plowing through holy week. >> reporter: this good friday, christians around the world commemorate the death of jesus christ. but many catholics will be keeping a very close eye on pope francis to see how he's recovering from his recent bout of bronchitis that put him in the hospital for three days, as well as how he continues to deal with the ailments of age, particularly a knee problem which has forced him to use a cane and wheelchair. we'll have all the highlights on

"nightly news with lester holt" coming up tonight. >> you can see anne from the vath can on nbc "nightly news," 6:30 on nbc bay area. supreme court justice clarence thomas answering critics after a propublica report says he received lavish trips from a republican donor. why thomas says he's done nothing wrong, why democrats are calling for something in particular. when two travel agents dropped the ball, savvy viewers called us to get more than $3,000 back. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura. "nbc bay area responds" next. san jose seeing a few breaks in the clouds. 62 to wrap up friday as we head towards the weekend. towards the weekend. 70s in reach for easter sunday.

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after a propublica report accused him of taking lavish trips he didn't disclose, alleging thomas took trips funded by a republican billionaire donor. congressional democrats are calling for an investigation and stronger ethics codes for justices. some progressive lawmakers say thomas should be impeached. in a statement thomas said the couple that paid for the trips are among his dearest friends. thomas said he sought guidance from colleagues in the judiciary and was told that "this sort of personal hospitality from close personal friends who did not have business before the court was not reportable." as of last month, members of the federal judiciary are required to disclose more activities like free trips and other gifts. thomas said he will follow the new guidance moving forward. our consumer teams at nbc bay area and telemundo 48 regularly respond to viewers who have travel complaints. >> yes. consumer investigator chris chmura is here with a pair of travel cases that were going nowhere.

>> good friday evening to you. let's start at telemundo 48 responding. their consumer investigator, arlen fernandez, helped mercedes and mario in daly city. their travel agent was sitting on a $2,422 airline refund. they said the agents stopped responding to them so they asked the respond team to make contact. they did. the travel agency paid up $2,422. at nbc bay area responds, lily in pleasanton needed help with a travel agency. lily paid them $596 for four theme park tickets. the pandemic happened. recently, lily wanted to use those tickets but wound up in a tug-of-war between the agent and the theme park. she asked us to help. we did, the travel agent gave lily a full $596 refund. we haven't trotted out our tote board in a while. since we started nbc bay area responds and telemundo responde in 2016, we've helped veers get back almost $7 million.

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starting off tomorrow with light rain and drizzle. warmer changes ahead as we head towards easter sunday. outside right now, still dealing with a little bit of drizzle for your evening plans around the bay area. let me show you san jose right now seeing a few breaks in the clouds. 62 degrees, southwest wind at 16 miles per hour. over towards san rafael, you've got 59 degrees, southwest wind at 7. closer to san francisco, more low clouds but sunshine lurking to the west. the sneak preview of things to come towards saturday afternoon and sunday. another cool day in san francisco. we should see 60s in reach by the time we get to sunday. this is the way the morning began. there was widespread rain, steady rain at times in marin county and the north bay. gradually, things are slowly starting to dry out. we're not going to be cloud-free heading to saturday. moisture is spilling over into california and probably some drizzle, at least to start tomorrow morning. the future cast does pick this

up, mostly cloudy skies saturday morning. areas of low clouds and a few spotty showers possible probably until just before lunchtime. then partly cloudy skies as things turn more sunshine for sunday and temperatures start to climb up heading towards easter sunday. 40s and 50s to start off tomorrow morning, not too cold outside. the cloudy skies. by lunchtime tomorrow, upper 50s and low 60s. a little bit warmer upon highs on saturday. we should reach the upper 60s around san jose and near livermore. another day in the 50s around san francisco. what will lead to warming is more sunshine and strengthening high pressure, taking rain chances by sunday off towards oregon and the pacific northwest. clearing skies around the bay area, which leads us to the temperatures you're about about to see now. 60s around san francisco and half moon bay. notably, those mid-70s inlandover towards concord, areas of south hoe. mid-70s for sunday plans.

70s across the north bay. another warm day on monday before the wind starts to pick up. we'll be watching a late-day sea breeze as we could see at least two days of 70-degree temperatures inland before changes roll in again by tuesday and wednesday. this is what we're seeing on sunday. high pressure reaching its peak strength. it starts to break down, move off to the east. a cold storm system likely drops in tuesday into wednesday. depending on how far inland or if it backs up a little bit more along the coast and brings in more moisture, i think we could see a chance of a few showers tuesday into wednesday. it will certainly be colder as that system drops down through california and then temperatures should rebound as we head towards next weekend. so a little more drizzle for tomorrow morning. partly cloudy for the afternoon, sunday and monday the warmest days for san francisco. that means 60s. inland, san jose, tri-valley, and north bay valleys, 70 sunday and monday then breezy and

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there was a lot of optimism leading into today's giants home opener against the royals, but a little dispoint on how it turned out in the end. >> oh, well. anceny flores joins from us oracle park with reaction from manager gabe kapler. hi, anthony. at least the season started. >> that's right, and we have a long way to go. after spending the first week of the season on the road, there was a lot of hope and excitement for today's home opener. but the giants really couldn't match that energy at the plate. they managed one run in today's loss to the royals. maybe the highlight of the game came in the pregame intros. a sold-out crowd of over 40,000 with a nice ovation for brandon crawford.

at 36, not sure how many more homeowners the all-star has left. the game tied 1-1. in the fourth, a solo home run to right. k.c. would add another homer in the eighth. the royals beat the giants 3-1 in the giants' four losses, struggling to get hits and score runs. >> it's been a little bit of a feast or famine thing for our offense so far. got to do a better job of being more consistent. i think that starts with just looking for pitches that we can drive and then not missing those pitches on days like today. our guys are grinding. >> the giants will look to get back on the winning track in game two of this series tomorrow afternoon. when they're done playing the royals, the dodgers come to town. why is that important? because this will be the first time and the last time you'll see the dodgers until the final week of the regular season.

so this is a big home stand for the giants. audra joins us next. >> killed in a crash on the streets of san francisco. friends and family are mourning the death of a world-famous cyclist. the latest on the investigation. san francisco state has become a flash point in the debate over allowing transgender athletes to compete in women's sports. the athlete who spoke here, the rowdy protest that followed, and what students are saying. fired by the police union. new reaction to the fallout involving the executive director for the san jose police officer association. the news at 6:00 starts right now. i'm jessica aguirre. >> ooitd i'm audrey asistio.

san francisco state university became the flashpoint in a debate about transgendered athletes competing in women's sports. a controversial speaker claims she was assaulted after speaking on campus last night. nbc bay area's ian cull has the video going viral in political circles as well as response from that speaker and other students. >> reporter: riley gains is a college swimmer and prominent conservative figure speaking out against transgender women competing in women's sports. >> all i hear is selfishness. >> reporter: gains became a national face of the push to ban transgender athletes after losing an ncaa championship race to lia thomas, a transgender swimmer. >> lawmakers are saying i should not have a voice. >> reporter: the san francisco state student newspaper, "golden gate express," posted this video of gains speaking about the issue on campus last night. the speech hosted by turning point usa, a nonprofit that advocates for conservative causes. as gains spoke, demonstrators inside and outside of the room

held signs and chanted "trans rights are human rights." gains claims she was ambushed and physically hit by protesters as she attempted to leave. both gains and the "express" posted video showing her being escorted by police to another room. the videos show loud crowds but don't specifically show her being struck by anyone. her representatives say she was trapped for three hours before she could be escorted off campus safely. her agent saying in a statement, "instead of a thoughtful discussion at sfsu, riley was violently accosted, shouted at, physically assaulted, and barricaded in a room by protesters. it is stunning that in america in 2023, it is acceptable for biological male students to violently assault a woman for standing up for women's rights." the incident immediately caught national attention with house speaker kevin mccarthy tweeting," this is an appalling attack on free speech on a college campus."