the anglican communion, especially the church of ireland. the eastern orthodox church and lutheran church. >> can we get to the question, please? >> and that the day commemorates st. patrick. and it's these sorts of traditions and customs that many would say bring not just irish people but people of all ethnicities, genders, races, and religious backgrounds together. >> yeah. [ laughter ] >> so these annual practices -- hundreds upon -- >> thousands. >> -- hundreds. thousands upon thousands. even millions upon millions of young adults. older adults, old people. teenagers, children, toddlers, babies. smaller babies, and even smaller babies. so in keeping with the spirit of these traditions of these observances, to uphold these traditions year after year. so what i want to know is if you remember the significant aspects of the holiday. if we remember the color green's association with the flag used by the irish catholic confederation. if you remember the color's association with the irish nationalism. the phrase "wearing of the green" comes to

patrick is the patron saint of ireland. con, or as the irish call him, "me bae." [ laughter ] there you go. me bae. finally, pro, st. patrick's day means spring is just around the corner. con, so is a puddle of vomit, so be careful where you step. that is the pros and cons. we'll be right back with jennifer garner, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ [acoustic folk guitar] ♪robin hood and little john walkin' through the forest♪ ♪laughin' back and forth at what the other'ne has to say.♪ ♪ ♪reminiscin', this-'n'-thattin', havin' such a good time♪ ♪oo-de-lally, oo-de-lally, golly, what a day.♪ ♪ ♪oo-de-lally, oo-de-lally, golly, what a day♪ ♪ and stomachs are growling. or is that just me? it's lobsterfest... ...red lobster's largest variety of lobster dishes all year. double up with dueling lobster tails. or make lobster lover's dream a delicious reality. but hurry this won't last long. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: our first guest, oh, we love her. she's a golden globe award-winning ac

it looks like ireland for today. and temperatures are warming nicely. we're already at 63 in the tri-valley. 60 on the peninsula. and 60 degrees right here in the south bay. pretty day all across the board. more sunshine than yesterday. 73 degrees is the high for today in the tri-valley. dublin, 67 degrees for san francisco. and right around 74 degrees in the north bay. if you're headed out and about, rapid warming between noon right after this broadcast concloodz, and 4:00 p.m. we'll see the sunshine break through the clouds all across the board. not expecting much cloud cover to finish the day. that means once the temperatures start to drop off when the sun sets they will drop rapidly. the sun will set at 7:18. if you're headed to the city count on big crowds. a block happening in san francisco. a forecast for that in the next report. tell you what else is going on if you want to get out there and enjoy the holiday. but you know what? we have another big event happening when it comes to weather. we're going to kick off spring as we head throughout you

>> if you're in cold ireland, you have to warm up. this is the perfect dish for the job. >> i've silenced you. it's fantastic! i didn't think it was possible. >> and i'll just keep eating. >> come this way. i'll never get a job again. we'll move on to our cupcakes. we have beautiful guinness cupcakes. these are very simple to make. into our melted butter, we have cocoa powder. these come together easily and beautifully. the key ingredient is a little bit of guinness. it gives richness, darkness and a wonderful moistness into the cupcakes as well. >> you're not allowed to say moist -- >> is that a banned word? >> it is. >> we have our lovely mixture. we have sugar and a little bit of baking soda. we have our eggs, sour cream -- all this goes straight in. it's a bit of a dump-and-stir sort of recipe. straight in there with our sour cream. and don't you get that richness? it's lovely. i love that you're helping me, hoda. this is exactly what happened the last time i ran out of time. once you get this batter nicely mixed through you have

. >> maybe we'll have a bit of the luck of the irish on the stock market as they celebrate ireland day, the president of ireland and now over at the nasdaq as well a little confetti as business gets under way. >> a live look outside right now your weekend is getting under way within probably about 12 hours or so. today is friday, march the 13th. you are watching "today in the bay." good friday morning. thank you for joining us. i'm sam brock. >> i'm kris sanchez. laura garcia-cannon is off this morning. >>> happening today president obama traveling to phoenix to get an update on the status of va health care. the president gets an update on the status and visit the va facility which was ground zero in the scandal over falsified records of wait times for veterans seeking medical appointments. >> since then the va secretary has taken over and implemented some changes. >> we'll follow that. >>> another american health care worker infected with ebola arrived in the u.s. for treatment within the past couple of hours. overnight the patient was admitted to an isolation unit at the national ins

great part about this year's celebrations, the hills are actually green, so very reminiscent of dublin, ireland. 78 degrees in the south bay today, 79 degrees in the tri valley and 78 degrees in the north bay. make sure you've got your green out for next tuesday. we might have some grieb out on the radar as we get into next tuesday, expecting some on sunday. more on that in moments. here's mike and your drive. >> also looking for the shamrock shakes, seasonal. the dumbarton bridge look out for this, westbound your commute direction, you don't see a lot of slowing but i did get reports of a disabled delivery truck mid span. slowing toward that, east palo alto side. we'll get more details but so far you're all right across 84 to the peninsula. the south bay shows a little build northbound through san jose, typical for a friday. the rest of the bay slowing for the tri valley and the bay bridge toll plaza right behind me. back to you. >> mike, thank you. >>> a successful outing for will ferrell. >> batting fifth, number 19 at short stop, will ferrell. >> so the actor accomplished his goal of playin