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safeway. why some are blaming the city's leadership. >> another recall attempt underway here in the bay area, this time against oakland mayor shengtao. why? some say she needs to be removed from office. good morning. it is monday, january eighth. >> we're going to start the check of our forecast with drew. >> yeah. good morning. so it is cold out there. we have frost advisories in effect this morning for some very chilly temperatures. right now we have clear skies from our sutro tower camera. it's looking like early this morning. but the temperatures are the bigger issue as we step outside. look at some of these numbers. danville. good morning. you're down to 30 degrees right now. we're at 38 in san jose. 34 in santa rosa. the freezing mark in napa, a little bit warmer, relatively speaking, in the city. we're coming in at 46 degrees, but frost advisories are posted for a big portion of the bay area. much of the north bay, the inland east bay, the south bay for those temperatures well into the low 30s where we will have some frost forming. you may see it on your windshield this morning. might not be a bad idea at a couple of minutes to your morning to warm
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up that car, get that frost off the windshield so we'll have clear skies early on, but it turns partly sunny later on this afternoon ahead of our next storm system we're tracking tomorrow. we'll talk about our nextrillionain chance coming up in a few minutes. let's check in with gloria and see if traffic is doing this morning. >> good morning. well right now we do want to tell you about a deadly crash over in daly city. that is causing some slowdowns there in that area. so check out where it's at. this is at southbound 280 before eastmoor avenue, and the two left lanes are blocked right now there is a slowdown in that area. a car flipped over and we're getting more information for you. so keep that in mind. if you drive in daly city on 280, gloria. >> thank you. developing news on a critical discovery in the investigation of that scary incident on board an alaska airlines flight. the boeing 737 max nine door plug fell off after takeoff. it has been found the ntsb says a teacher in portland, oregon, discovered in his in his backyard. it left a huge hole in the fuselage,
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forcing an emergency landing. officials say the door plug depressed, authorized just after the plane took off friday, with more than 100 passengers and crew on board. >> it was described as chaos and it was very violent. but when the uh- rapid decompression and the door was expelled out of the plane, the ntsb chair says investigators are documenting the damage before sending parts to a lab. >> they were able to find the cockpit voice recorder, but it was recorded over leaving them with none of the data to use in the investigation. bay area airports are seeing delays and cancellations related to the faa grounding. of the 737 max nine abc seven news reporter lena howland is live from sfo this morning. lena reggie, good morning to you. >> sfo is still feeling the impacts of friday's incident so far this morning. as of about 330 in the morning, they had already experienced 49 canceled flights and 18 delays so far.
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now, this comes after the faa grounded nearly 200 boeing 737 max nine airplane over the weekend, and the agency is still in the process of conducting an urgent investigation of the aircraft. now three days after that terrifying mid-air emergency that left a hole in the side of an alaska airlines jet over the weekend, we saw several of those planes in question parked on an sfo tarmac away from terminals. a ground crew was looking at the planes. the grounding canceling dozens of alaska and united flights sunday on a busy travel day when the airport was seeing lots of post holiday travelers come and go, what they call that the flight is canceled, i said. >> i've already checked out of the hotel. what are they going to do? >> we are very, very fortunate here that this didn't end up in something more tragic. no one was seated in 26 a and b where
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that door plug is. >> alaska airlines posting on x. we are deeply sorry for the disruption. the 737 nine max grounding has caused our guests. we expect the disruption to last through at least mid week. there have also been a handful of cancellations and delays in oakland and san jose, so this is a very important reminder to check your flight status before you go live at sfo. lena howland abc seven news thank you lena. >> developing news in the battle over berkeley's people's park today, workers say they will finish putting up a barrier of shipping containers around the park. uc leaders are trying to build student housing on that land. it's just a few blocks south of cal's main campus. crews started to clear the park last week. they dismantled what was left of an encampment. police faced off with dozens of protesters, making seven arrests. neighbors are reacting to the new barrier being set up. some of them say the park should be preserved. others are in favor of the housing project. i
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represent a part of berkeley that's been here a long time. >> people's park is not usable. i mean, i used to i used to work on telegraph avenue and i was here in the early 70s. construction at the park can't start until after the supreme court. >> state supreme court settles a lawsuit over the park's future. the university believes the ruling will be in their favor. >> oakland mayor shengtao has until the end of the week to respond to a letter of intent to remove her from office organizers hoping to recall her are telling abc seven news reporter anser hassan crime is a driving factor. sign sealed and soon to be delivered. >> the recall of oakland mayor shengtao is officially underway. >> there's too many. there are too many lives that have been lost, too many cars stolen, too many people who've been robbed coming from a bank followed home too many things. too many businesses have closed. just, just, you know, this mayor has blood on her hands. >> retired alameda county superior court judge brenda harbin forte is leading the recall campaign. the letter of
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intent was sent certified mail to mayor tao on saturday. the letter states. you lack the competence, credibility, judgment and the ability to lead what was once a great american city, the letter says. grounds for the recall include creating a public safety crisis by systematically dismantling the oakland police department, delaying opd's exit from 20 years of federal oversight, missing the retail theft grant and rising crime businesses were not leaving, leaving oakland at this pace before she came into office. >> so we can't pretend that there's no correlation between her decisions and what is happening with the city now. >> oakland city council member noel gallo says he's surprised by the recall and doesn't support it. he thinks it will create more divisions in city hall, but he adds he supports voter rights to take action. >> people are frustrated. they're disappointed. they want immediate action to bring back oakland to a level where it used to be. >> mayor tao has admitted to mistakes at previous public forums, such as missing a
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multi-million dollar state grant deadline to fight retail theft. >> i am the mayor, so i take full responsibility for that. >> but mayor tao supporters point to new programs already underway, such as grants for small businesses and new policing initiatives. even as oakland tackles a historic deficit. and they argue, though crime may be up, it's not at historic levels. harbin forte was on the oakland police commission until she was removed by mayor tao last year. oakland city council member carol fife sees the recall as a political stunt. >> it's very disturbing that an individual that was released from the police commission for, for a number of factors, is a part of an effort to unseat a newly elected mayor, harbin forte dismisses such accusations . >> what's happening in oakland is serious. it is significant and we don't need anybody in this process who is trying to trying to settle a grudge. and i certainly am not doing that. >> mayor tao's office did not respond to a request for
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comment. the mayor now has seven days to respond to the letter. in oakland, anser hassan, abc seven news. in the south bay, a former top san jose city employee is suing the mayor for defamation, according to our media partners at the mercury news, stacy katz. >> brown filed the suit last week. she says her firing and the narrative surrounding it has impacted her career. she was hired as a budget director last year and spent less than a week in that position. brown claims mayor matt mehan and chief of staff jim reid accused her of leaking information about his pick for vice mayor and the suit claims she was wrongly accused. >> and new development san francisco based cruz is offering $75,000 to settle accusations the company misled regulators about an october crash in san francisco. it involved a woman who was hit by a human driver and then dragged nearly 20ft by one of the company's drivers. s cars. cruz ended up having its permits to operate pulled in the aftermath and a filing friday, cruz said it hired a law firm to
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investigate its interactions with the state and plans to make the findings public before a hearing next month, a spokesperson said. in a statement to our media partners at sf standard, cruz is committed to rebuilding trust with our regulators, increased transparency and cooperation with the cpuc, and providing the data, information the commission needs to ensure that av service is safe, equitable and accessible. neighbors and san francisco's fillmore and western addition neighborhoods are angry this morning about a plan to shut down a safeway store. the community says it's more than just a bag of groceries. we first told you about this last week when safeway announced plans to close the store on webster street. the company says they're selling the property, and it'll be turned into a mixed use development. some residents are worried about the impact on seniors and the disabled. they believe the plan will also have long terme negative implications on the city's black community. some blame mayor london breed and for london to not even fight for the black community to have this store stay here for the
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blacks. >> it seems like they're just moving all the blacks out. >> so you're blaming the mayor on this? >> i blame linda because i think linda should have done more. she was raised in this area and mayor london breed has told our partners that the sf standard quote, this is a real and rare opportunity to add a significant amount of new homes in this part of our city and even a new grocery store. >> abc seven has reached out to mayor breed's office for a response. we have not yet heard back. >> 5-10 this morning, let's take a look at the morning drive. we're not going to have any rain today. it is dry, but we'll find some pretty chilly temperatures out there. a lot of us starting out in the 30s and low 40s. we have frosted advisories up until 10 a.m. this morning. look at current temperatures. right now we're down to 34 in palo alto, subfreezing in san ramon at 31 degrees. it's 34 in concord. we do have that frost advisory in effect, so you'll likely see a little bit of frost on your windshield this morning, 32 in calistoga, 36 right now in mill valley, looking nice and calm
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from our rooftop camera here at kgo. if you can see right there, a little bit of a crescent moon on the horizon, we'll take a look at how the sky conditions shape up. clear skies early on this morning, and then we'll find clouds moving in from the north throughout the day. so it's partly sunny into the afternoon. it's also a chilly day. will only have those temperatures in the mid 50s, so below average for this time of the year. 54 in richmond today, 55 in the city, 57 in san jose, 53 in antioch, 50 in lakeport, live doppler seven along with satellite. this area of cloud cover and rain is our next system. it's very light in nature. it's a level one. tomorrow morning on the abc seven storm impact scale. scattered showers, less than a quarter of an inch of rainfall. but we'll have some slick roads out there. not only rain here, but more snow in the sierra. we'll talk about that reggie aqui in nine minutes. drew >> thank you. people in the sierra enjoying the snow over the weekend. but in other parts of the country, the snow and the weather led to some dangerous situations. >> a quiet hospitalization is shaking up capitol hill, coming up, the medical emergency that some say could have impacted our
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national security. >> new. >> this morning, san francisco could become the home to a new panda from china. the other california city
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of people this morning. they are digging out as another storm moves to the east. heavy snow and powerful winds created hazard conditions on major highways. you can see these trucks jackknife thing spinning off the highway and off the roads. this is a highway outside of boston. the city saw its first major snowfall in two years. a second storm is expected to hit much of the country this week. it's pushing east with blizzard conditions in some states and then in the south tonight, there's a high risk of flash flooding as heavy rain and wind are in the forecast. large hail, even a chance of tornadoes could hit late into the night and into tomorrow. from houston to tallahassee. now here in california, ski resorts in tahoe finally celebrating fresh snow. but it made for some serious problems on the roads all weekend with multiple accidents
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and spinouts. things have calmed down this morning. there are no chain controls on either interstate 80 or highway 50. but look at palisades tahoe, the resort has gotten at least a foot and a half of snow, and it's attracting everyone out to the mountains. many people so say, though it's been a challenging drive, variants coming up here, there was a lot of snow. >> we've seen maybe 3 or 4 accident. that's where. well, we were trying to make it to tahoe donner, but we underestimated how long it was going to take there in the snowy conditions. >> last week, the berkeley snow lab recorded just 30% of the average snowpack in the sierra, compared to 185% the year before . >> new this morning, san francisco is on the shortlist of contenders to receive a panda from china. the news comes as the chinese foreign minister promised that giant pandas could return to california by the end of the year. glory at the live desk with the details of this possible partnership.
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>> good morning reggie. this is exciting news. abc seven news obtained a letter from mayor london breed to chinese president xi jinping, and in it, she says that after apec, she wants to grow our friendship to greatly benefit our youth and to continue our joint efforts on panda conservation. and she suggested a partnership with the san francisco zoo to host the giant pandas. the letter also reveals how mayor breed first made the panda request as she, while bidding him farewell on the tarmac as he departed from apec. multiple sources close to the effort confirmed to abc seven news anchor dion lim that san diego was also in the running for a possible panda. however, given the relationships that were built and strengthened during apec, it's believed that san francisco has the advantage. this comes after the end of a 50 year conservation program with the chinese government, and it expired in november as a result, zoos across the country returned their pandas to china. so we're
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working on getting more information on this. also possible timeline on when this could happen, but people would be thrilled to have a panda here in san francisco, san diego had their chance for a lot of years. >> yeah, it's our turn. >> yeah, we showed them a wonderful time. yeah, a peck was a party. hopefully relationships were built and i'm sure that helped for sure. >> and hopefully we get a panda. >> let's do it or two. >> right. oh yeah. family i think they're solitary animals. >> so. oh if you got one that's fine. >> they're so cute though. i love seeing those pandas. yeah they don't really get along with each other though. >> oh, they eat a lot of bamboo too. >> they do? yeah. >> good for them. >> sounds like a nice life. find themselves eating food. good morning everybody. it is frosty out there. we're starting out in the 30s in a lot of spots later on today you'll find increasing cloud cover will turn partly sunny this afternoon. it's all ahead of our next storm system
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tomorrow. temperatures today pretty much in the mid 50s. so it is a bit below average for this time of year. we'll call it a chilly afternoon after that frosty start. now. tonight it's a mix of stars and clouds. we still remain dry overnight and temperatures not as cold as we are right now. with that additional cloud cover acts like a blanket in the winter and that keeps temperatures more in the 40s than, say, in the 30s like we are right now. here's future weather we'll get you into tomorrow. it is a level one storm on the abc seven storm impact scale. this is not a big storm by any means. it's not a wash out by any means. but tomorrow morning we'll find some light showers, first arriving in the north bay and then sliding south by about lunchtime. we're pretty much done with this system. we have sunshine breaking out across a huge portion of the region for tuesday afternoon, and then wednesday we'll find another system scattered showers in nature. it's still light in nature and rainfall totals not too high with the system so level one tuesday morning scattered showers, less than about a quarter of an inch of
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rainfall. we'll add tuesday and wednesday up. and here's what future weather is estimating. most of us maybe a quarter to a third of an inch of rain through wednesday evening. we'll also see some snow in the sierra winter storm watch posted for tomorrow. about a foot to a foot and a half of snow expected with snow levels down to about 2000ft. here is the accuweather seven day forecast. we have morning frost to some sun today. morning showers tomorrow, some scattered showers on wednesday thursday. looking lovely. friday now trending drier but looks like we'll have some scattered showers over the weekend. gloria. >> well, right now we want to update you on a deadly crash in daly city. i actually drove through this during my morning drive into work today. there was a lot of police activity out there. well, now this has reopened. this is on southbound 280 in daly city. the two left lanes were blocked, but again, they have reopened under. fortunately, there was a deadly crash there. this was on southbound 280 before eastmoor avenue. a car flipped over there . but again everything is back
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open this morning. we'll keep getting more information for you on that, guys. thanks, gloria. >> coming up, the seven things to know this morning. >> it's award season in hollywood. and first up, the golden globes. we'll take a look stinging, 5-times-a-day,... ...makeup smearing drops user. i want another option that's not another drop. tyrvaya. it's not another drop. it's the first and only nasal spray for dry eye. tyrvaya treats the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease fast by helping your body produce its own real tears. common side effects include sneezing, cough, and throat and nose irritation. relying only on drops? not me. my own real tears are my relief. ask your eye doctor about tyrvaya. ♪ did you know 80% of women are struggling with hair damage?
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airlines plane mid-flight on friday has been found in a portland man's backyard. all of the airlines boeing 737 max nine planes have been grounded. now for inspection. the airline is warning flight cancellations would continue for all this week. >> number two, a campaign to recall oakland mayor shang tao is officially underway. a notice of intent was sent via certified mail to the mayor over the weekend. she has until the end of the week to respond. >> number three today, workers are expected to finish building a shipping container barrier around people's park in berkeley . uc leaders are trying to build housing student housing on the land. >> protesters want the historic space preserved. >> number four, house and senate leaders say they've agreed on a spending deal. >> the agreement reduces the chances of a shutdown, but congress will still have to approve stopgap funding bills before it's finalized and then voted on. >> number five, we have frost
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advisories in effect. this morning. we're starting out with some cold temperatures in the 30s. looking at your day planner today, what we'll find is clear skies this morning, giving way to partly sunny skies this afternoon. temperatures only in the mid 50s. >> and number six, san francisco bay ferry has some cancellations this morning. these are the departures that are canceled today. 7:05 a.m. from the main street alameda ferry terminal. and then 7:20 a.m. from oakland to south san francisco ferry terminal number seven, san francisco is on the short list of contenders to get a panda from china. >> after apec mayor london breed wrote a letter to chinese president xi jinping suggesting a partnership with the san francisco zoo. she says she wants to grow the city's friendship with china. there were a lot of firsts at the golden globes as hollywood kicks off the 2024 awards ceremony season, so many big stars last night and the beverly hilton in to see last night's show. >> here's abc news reporter rhiannon ali. emma hollywood is
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back overnight. >> the golden globes ushering in the first award season since the actors and writers strikes hosted by comedian jo koy, success taking home four globes, including for drama tv show and the bear. taking home three statues, winning in the comedy category. lily gladstone making history the first indigenous winner for her portrayal of molly and killers of the flower moon. >> okay, next. i'm so grateful that i can speak even a little bit of my language. native actors used to speak their lines in english, and then the sound mixers would run them backwards to accomplish native languages on camera, and ali wong and steven yeun also celebrating historic wins by taking home the prize for best female and male actor in a limited series for their roles on beef, becoming the first actors of asian descent to win in those categories. >> but the night's biggest winner was for the blockbuster biopic oppenheimer, taking home five awards, including best drama movie, best director and
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two awards for best actor and supporting actor for cillian murphy and robert downey jr. >> they weren't kidding. this is a really intimidating room in the comedy or musical category. >> poor things beat out barbie for the globe. the dark comedy adventure stars emma stone, who also won the award for best female actor. i love of getting to say this dialog and i love getting to horrify you with my australian accent. >> you're the best, tiny, you know. i'm working on that all the time. >> and taylor swift making an appearance nominated in the new cinematic and box office achievement category for the eras tour concert film on the red carpet, margot robbie, once again donning an iconic barbie dress. her outfit, inspired by the signature 1977 superstar doll, rhiannon ally. abc news, new york it was a huge night for succession. >> it really swept, which was kind of a little sad for me because i love the last of us
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and it got kind of blown out of the water. but the bear did well , did really well. i was excited to see that coming up. at 530, we meet a local astronaut who could possibly become the first woman to walk on the moon. >> congress says it's reached a spending deal that will keep the government running, but there's still two major
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leaders try to get voters on their side? >> if you're awake right now, then you already know it is a cold start to the workweek. we're seeing car windows ice over another reminder that we are in the thick of it. >> well, good morning everybody. it is monday, january 8th. >> i got i got the good coat out today drew. yeah. >> you got the good coat out today. maybe the gloves and the scarf. this morning we are starting out with some very chilly numbers. a live look at our abc seven oakland airport camera. we are dry out there with mainly clear skies, and that's allowing temperatures to really plummet this morning. look at danville here at 29 degrees this morning. it's 38 in san jose, 34 in santa rosa. we're at 35 in vallejo. so you have frost advisories in effect for those temperatures down into the 30s and upper 20s. you may see some frost on your windshield this morning. may want to add a couple extra minutes to warm up that car as those temperatures are quite chilly. looking at the forecast today, we'll have clear skies early on. clouds will move in from the north later on today as
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we see our next storm system here tomorrow. today is dry, but it's also a chilly day. temperatures only topping out in the mid 50s for daytime highs. we'll talk about the showers returning tomorrow in a few minutes, but let's check in with gloria and see our traffic's doing this morning. >> all right, drew. well, so far traffic is doing pretty well out there this morning. let's get a live look at our highway 80 camera in emeryville. and you can see traffic is flowing pretty smoothly toward the maze. and to the bay bridge. and then look at our drive times for this morning. we have our usual slow spot on westbound 580 from tracy to dublin. that will take you 47 minutes right now. >> thank you. gloria developing news. the door panel that broke off an alaska airlines plane mid-flight has been found and recovered by the ntsb. a teacher in portland, oregon, founded in his backyard. it left a huge hole in the fuselage, forcing an emergency landing. officials say the panel, which is called a door plug, deep pressurized just after the plane took off with more than 100 passengers and crew on board. >> it was described as chaos and
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it was very violent. when the uh- rapid decompress and the door was expelled out of the plane, the ntsb. >> investigators are documenting the damage before sending parts to a lab. investigators hope to get more information from the cockpit voice recorder, but it was recorded over and it left them with none of that data. bay area airports are seeing delays and cancellations related to the faa grounding of the 737 max nine abc seven news reporter lena howland live this morning at sfo with the latest on that. lena >> kumasi. three days after that mid-air incident, sfo is experiencing the majority of cancellations and delays across the bay area, with about 49 canceled flights and 18 delays as of about 4:00 this morning. this all comes after the faa grounded nearly 200 boeing 737
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max nine airplanes over the weekend, many of which we saw parked on an sfo tarmac away from terminals. on sunday, the faa is still in the process of conducting an urgent investigation of the aircraft patients. omaha from dallas, was feeling no patience at sfo sunday after alaska airlines canceled she and her husband's afternoon flight home. >> i'm hearing this for the first time. i didn't know that they have a problem. on friday, i received a text at 2 a.m. that the flight had been canceled and they were good enough to book me on a different flight. >> about four hours later, the faa saying its first priority is keeping the flying public safe. >> we have grounded the affected airplanes and they will remain grounded until the faa is satisfied that they are safe. alaska airlines apologized for the disruption on saturday, and said that they do expect this disruption to last through at least mid week. live at sfo lena howland abc seven news.
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>> lena, thank you. house and senate leaders say they've agreed on a spending deal for government funding in 2024. it's the first step to averting a partial shutdown next month. the deal would set spending at $1.59 trillion for this fiscal year. more than $880 billion will go toward defense spending, 704 billion will be for non defense spending. there are also there's also a 69 billion side deal that could go toward additional domestic spending. the agreement reduces the chance of a shutdown down. but congress will still have to approve stopgap funding bills before it's finalized and voted on. >> house republicans have said a hearing for wednesday on a plan to impeach homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas. this move would make mayorkas the first impeached cabinet secretary in nearly 150 years. gop members have been seeking to remove mayorkas over his handling of the us border crisis. mallorca says downplayed his impeachment concerns this morning. there are more
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questions about defense secretary lloyd austin's recent hospitalization. officials say he had an unspecified surgery last month and then was readmitted into intensive care about a week later and kept all of it secret. gloria there's frustration among white house aides about that lack of information. >> good morning, kumasi secretary austin's condition was withheld from most top officials, including the white house and congress, a pentagon official tells abc news that secretary austin had what was described as a minor elective procedure. on december 22nd, he returned home the next day. the white house top pentagon officials and the secretary of state were all unaware of the surgery until after it happened. about a week later. that's after that surgery. austin was admitted to the icu on new year's day after experiencing severe pain. it wasn't until three days later that officials say the white house was informed . the pentagon said that for privacy reasons, it's not able to provide additional
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information, but some argue that level of privacy is not afforded to a cabinet secretary who are high up in the presidential line of succession. even congress was blindsided by the revelation on. >> it's pretty shocking on this because when you're the secretary of defense, you need to make everyone aware that you're actually going to be out of pocket. >> lighthouse is publicly standing by austin saying that president biden and austin spoke on the phone over the weekend, and that the conversation was warm. the pentagon says austin is recovering well and resumed duties on friday. reggie this week we could see san francisco leaders vote on a ceasefire resolution for the israel-hamas war. >> a committee hearing on the measure scheduled for today. that resolution calls for a sustained ceasefire, humanitarian aid, the release of a hostage and the condemnation of anti semitism, islamophobia and anti-palestinian hate. if approved, san francisco would join oakland and richmond in publicly condemning the war in the middle east.
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>> voters in san francisco will be asked to help the downtown area recover and take on the drug crisis. abc seven news reporter tara campbell has a look at the measures. three measures that will be on the ballot. >> we need to dig in and we need to go harder and stronger. >> and a plea from mayor london breed saturday asking city voters to get behind three propositions and not be afraid to make the hard decisions that are going to get us to a better place. flanked by local leaders and in front of hundreds of supporters, the mayor outlined proposition c, e, and f, the first prop c, is aimed at revitalizing san francisco's downtown. >> downtown is not going to be what it was before the pandemic, but it it can become something better. >> the measure would incentivize investors by waiving the city's transfer tax on office buildings that are converted to housing for the buildings that can be converted from office to housing, and some of them can be uh. >> we need to make sure that our
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very high transfer tax is not making that economically impossible. >> and from housing to policing, prop e looks to lighten the load of paperwork on officers. right now, it's taking up about a third of their time. the measure also makes way for the use of surveillance video drones and facial recognition. >> it's so important to make sure that we are giving the tools, but that doesn't mean we let up on reforms that doesn't mean that we don't focus on making sure that there's clear reporting and transparency. >> and finally, to the fentanyl crisis and proposition f, it would require people struggling with addiction to be enrolled in treatment in order to continue receiving welfare, not requiring them to be clean and sober, but requiring that they be in a treatment program if they want the benefits of the city. the mayor first introduced the idea last year, and it faced immediate scrutiny when they say
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this is a punitive measure by denying people access to ga, but it's more punitive to me when a person is lying down on the streets and dying and we just walk past them every day, we're not taking away shelter options. >> we're not taking away housing options. we're not taking away the door that opens to help people struggling get the help and the support they need. tara campbell, abc seven news in the city tenderloin district, hundreds of volunteers turned out for a trash pickup event saturday. >> one volunteer says with all the bad news we see, this is his way of making the city a bit of a better place. >> i think the great thing about hope is that it's contagious and it can take any form that you want, whether that be picking up a little piece of trash on the street, or even just saying hello to a neighbor. so we're here to spread a little bit of that hope and make san francisco a better place and combat all those negative headlines, says organizers claim it was one of the largest cleanups in the
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city's history. >> crews had music playing to keep up the energy, and they had a free lunch in the east bay. two boy scout troops in san ramon. hosted their annual christmas tree pickup. boys of troops 834 and 874 collected and loaded up hundreds of trees from around the community as part of their yearly fundraiser. alameda county industries will then grind them up and use them for mulch. if you need to get rid of your tree, you can also take it to the dublin sports grounds through the end of the month. >> up next we go on the field for the 40 niners game, but for a different kind of touchdown. the local nasa astronaut who stole the show. >> it was an overnight liftoff. we'll tell you about nasa's latest mission to return to the moon. but first, a check on the weather with drew. hey. >> good morning. 540 and we're looking at sutro tower pointed at the golden gate bridge. and we have no fog this morning. we have mainly clear skies up above , but it is quite chilly out there. a lot of us starting in the 20s and 30s with frost advisories in effect until 10 a.m. he made it a couple extra minutes, warm up the car, get
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that frost off your windshield. we'll have a mix of sun and clouds as the morning rolls on. those temperatures gradually warming from the 30s into the 40s through ten. a m. look at this right now. 30 in san ramon, we're at 34 in palo alto. 43 right now in oakland, heading into the north bay. it is chilly. we're frost advisories are in effect at freezing in napa, 34 in both santa rosa and sonoma, 36 in mill valley, ukiah. good morning. it is quite cold at a current temperature of 33 degrees. here's how the day breaks down. we'll have a few clouds early on this morning. it's just frosty out there through 10 a.m. as we head into the afternoon, we'll start to see clouds move in from the north ahead of our storm system tomorrow. so it's a partly sunny afternoon. it's also a chilly afternoon. by january standards. temperatures only in the low to mid 50s for daytime highs. here's live doppler seven along with satellite. you can start to see some of that high cloud cover moving in from the north. here's our next storm system. it's still well in the pacific northwest, but tomorrow morning it drops down to bring us some light showers. it's a level one for your tuesday morning. we'll
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have scattered showers, rainfall totals pretty low, less than a quarter of an inch of rainfall, but it will create some slick roads for the morning commute. now we'll go hour by hour in future weather. show you the storm system and another one on wednesday coming up in about nine minutes. but we'll be right back. >> this is abc 724 seven. >> in san francisco, live at levi stadium in san jose. >> live in oakland. yeah you're watching abc seven news live anytime, anywhere. >> we are. we are, we are we are we are, we are where you are. >> never miss a moment of the news that matters to you. download our abc seven bay area streaming app. join us and start
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before use. vulcan centaur rocket blasted off from cape canaveral late last night. it was loaded with a lunar lander called peregrine, which is carrying scientific experiments. there's also a payload from the space burial company celestis, so that human remains and dna samples from people from 70 people like us president john f kennedy and george washington and star trek creator gene roddenberry and actress nichelle nichols. >> he and the first lady of star trek, along with a number of the other cast members from star trek, along with countless other prominent wonderful people, their ashes and their dna are going to join together and be launched out. humanity is going where no one has gone before. >> okay, it wasn't ready for that one, but the lander is set to touch down on the moon around late february. >> the mission is set to become the first commercial moon landing as part of nasa's collaboration with private companies. >> the 49 ers were joined by a very special guest on the field
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during yesterday's game at levi's, a team honored a local hero, a u.s. marine corps combat fighter pilot. >> she's also the first indigenous woman from nasa to go to space commanding a mission to the international space station. our dan noyes interviewed colonel nicole mann at the game and gives us her story in her own words. >> hi, i'm astronaut nicole mann and a colonel in the united states marine corps. i grew up here in northern california, and we're attending the 40 niners game today. our front line hero of the game, colonel nicole mann . so i was born in petaluma, california, just north of the city, and went to school at rancho cotati high school in rohnert park. uh- after there, i went to annapolis, the united states naval academy in maryland. i knew i wanted to serve in the military, and i was interested in engineering. and so that was a great school for both of those. after that, i went to grad school back here in california at stanford university, and then off to flight school in the marine corps. i got my wings and learned to fly the f-18, which
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is a hornet, and did two combat deployments off the aircraft carrier uss enterprise in iraq and afghanistan. >> what's more exciting, your first landing on a carrier or blast off on space-x? oh let's see. >> first landing on a carrier or launching on space from the planet. both were so exciting. both were beginnings of new chapters in my life. and i was the commander of crew five. and that's a space spacecraft. it's incredible to be in space. mom, look, i'm finally in space. we launched from kennedy space center in florida to the international space station, where my crew and i spent 157 days in orbit around our planet, where we conducted over 250 scientific experiments, seven spacewalks outside the door, a ton of outreach events and upgrades to the space station. it was an incredible experience and an incredible view of our planet from outer space. >> and as you just saw, splashdown of crew five.
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>> so i was fortunate enough to be the first indigenous woman in space. i am part of the wailaki tribe, which is part of the round valley indian tribes in northern california, up in covelo. that's very important. i think that we look back at our heritage and our past and think about where we came from. thank all of the elders and the people that paved the way to make these opportunities for us, and then reach back to those communities, because although we are breaking down barriers every day, there are still barriers that children face, and we need to help them overcome those challenges. >> i remember her because nicole mann could be the first woman to walk on the moon. >> she's on the short list that would be during nasa's artemis three space flight that's scheduled for next year. >> yes. >> next year. wow. yeah that's practically tomorrow. >> coming up. and i read that she's from petaluma, so it's really cool to have a local, you know, that's awesome. she's
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amazing. >> great representation i love that all right. >> outside this morning it is chilly a live look from our sutro tower camera. it is clear out there allowing those temperatures to dip well into the 30s if not into the upper 20s. the accuweather headlines show you a frost advisory is in effect until 10 a.m. you may find some frost on your car windshield this morning. it's a dry day today, but tomorrow morning showers are back in the forecast. a pretty light and scattered in nature. and then we'll track another round of showers coming our way here by the middle part of the week on wednesday. today it's all about clear skies early on, giving way to cloud cover, moving in from the north ahead of thatrillionain tomorrow. and that's going to keep temperatures mainly in the low and mid 50s for daytime highs. so it is a frigid start this morning. it's not too warm this afternoon. you may want to keep that jacket on all day two day two night. it's a blend of stars and clouds. we still remain pretty dry overnight tonight, but not as chilly thanks to the cloud cover temperatures staying in the 40s. here's future weather we'll get you into tomorrow morning. here's tuesday at 6 a.m. we'll track some light
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showers, first in the north bay, and then the system moves south and east by lunchtime. we're pretty much done with this system after about 1 p.m, and we'll see a lot of sunshine for the second half of our day tomorrow. and then we'll track another system moving in here on wednesday with some more light scattered showers. neither tomorrow or wednesday is a washout by any means, and rainfall totals on the low side. most of us maybe around a quarter of an inch of rain. so not a huge rain maker by any means. more snow coming to the sierra. winter storm watch will begin tomorrow in the evening for one to a foot and a half of snow. very possible snow levels down to 2000ft. so another cold system. accuweather seven. a frosty morning with some sun today. showers tuesday and wednesday. dry thursday and friday with more showers over the weekend. gloria, do traffic is starting to pick up right now . >> we had a couple slow weeks with the holiday, but you can see here at the bay bridge toll plaza that it is starting to get busy out there this morning, the metering lights flipped on at
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were hurt when a student gunman opened fire at perry high school last week. it was the first day back after their winter break. today, students are planning to walk out around lunchtime and also deliver a letter to their governor. they're angry over what they call inaction on gun
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violence. >> a court this weekend once again blocked a california law banning concealed guns in public places like libraries and amusement parks. on saturday, the ninth circuit court of appeals reinstate the hold on the concealed carry law. it was temporarily halted last month by a district judge. the judges say the measure violates the second amendment and that gun rights groups would be successful in proving it unconstitutional. the governor's office says the decision puts the lives of californians on the line. >> former president donald trump is expected to make at least two appearances in court this week, according to cnn sources. he's planning to attend federal appeals court arguments on presidential immunity in dc tomorrow. then on thursday, he'll be at the closing arguments in his new york civil fraud trial. trump maintains that he did nothing wrong. >> a vigil to honor tyree nichols was held in sacramento this weekend at the skate park, named after him. it's been a year since nichols, who was a sacramento native, died after a
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violent encounter with police officers in memphis, tennessee. people who attended yesterday's event lit candles, prayed and released balloons in his memory and expansion project at the skate park is expected to be completed in june. >> in today's gma first look, actor jonathan major sits down for his first interview after being found guilty of assault and harassment. his abc news reporter linsey davis, in this morning's gma first look, an abc news exclusive one on one with jonathan majors. >> you feel that you did anything wrong on the night of march 25th? if you could relive that night. it's been just three weeks since a manhattan jury convicted the critically acclaimed actor of misdemeanor, reckless assault and harassment. he was then dropped by marvel studios, and this morning, he's speaking out for the first time since his trial. why did you decide you wanted to talk? now >> i felt like it was time. um a lot has happened. it's about
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responsibility and coming forward and being brave and giving my, my, my part of the story. >> and coming up at 7 a.m, we'll have much more of our exclusive interview with jonathan majors with your gma first look, i'm linsey davis, abc news. >> 555 this morning. it is a chilly monday morning out there. a lot of us beginning the day in the 30s with frost advisories in effect down to 33 in palo alto. it is chilly in the north bay as well. 32 in napa, 33 in ukiah. right now, mill valley coming in at 36 degrees. vallejo at 35. here's the frost advisory in effect for a big portion of the region. all areas shaded in blue right now have that frost advisory in effect until 10 a.m. for the next four hours. those temperatures are in the 30s and in some instances, swease and the upper 20s. you're likely seeing frost form on your vegetation, maybe your car windshield. not a bad idea. give yourself a couple extra minutes to warm up that car. this morning. now, as we take a look
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at the next three days today, what we'll find is that we have clear skies early on some frosty temperatures this morning as we head throughout the afternoon and the evening, you'll notice clouds increasing from the north. and that's all ahead of a storm system we're tracking tomorrow. today, temperatures pretty much limited to the mid 50s. tomorrow so we will have morning showers in the forecast. it's a level one light system on the abc seven storm impact scale. the very scattered and light in nature. we'll just create some slick roadways tomorrow morning. but tomorrow afternoon we're dry and we're bright. another impulse of energy moves in here on wednesday. it's also a level one total rainfall with these two systems likely less than a quarter of an inch. but you need may need your umbrella from time to time tomorrow and wednesday. kumasi. thank you. >> drew. new at six. the country that will allow judges to use some ai in their legal opinions and one of the state's biggest brewers releasing a nonalcoholic beer in case you're trying to keep up that dry. >> january. >> then the push to recall oakland mayor shengtao gaining momentum, how long she has to
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