fired on an east bay freeway. a 12 and 13 year old hit by gunfire and sent to the hospital. we hear from a family friend about how they're doing now. only on abc seven, and a giant tree toppled and crushes multiple cars. >> in san francisco, firefighters rescue nearly a dozen people. the scary moments

in golden gate park. plus casting call a film crew preparing for production here in northern california. >> and some big names are heading here for this major movie. hint hint i think leonardo dicaprio may be one. i heard that, yes, that's nice. >> you know, maybe did some research. you know, what are your all about that. >> yeah. well good morning to you. it is tuesday january 16th and we got a break from the rain. >> but it's returning. true. yeah it is back later today. >> this afternoon the showers return in this evening. we'll find some downpours this morning though. we have cloud cover moving in in advance of the rain later on today. here's live doppler seven along with satellite. our storm system is coming in two parts. this morning. we have a warm front spreading the cloud cover, moistening our atmosphere this morning, and then the cold front later on this afternoon. and this evening will bring about some of those showers and some steadier downpours. it's a level one today for the afternoon and evening with those showers and those isolated downpours your biggest impact? a slick and

slower evening commute on the way. quiet this morning we'll have a lot of cloud cover in place and then it's the afternoon. in the evening we'll track those showers moving through, but it's a mild rain. temperatures in the upper 50s to the lower 60s. by 4 p.m. that's the forecast. let's check in with sue and see how traffic's doing this morning. >> good morning. and we are going to go to san rafael. first you're looking at the bay bridge where the metering lights were turned on about a half an hour ago in san rafael. what's happening is on the surface streets of manuel parkway. manuel freitas parkway and northgate drive. they had an overturned big rig gas truck that happened much earlier this morning. and if you can't see it and you're in the area, you can certainly smell it. they're asking folks to close their windows and doors. i smelt it going on the freeway, which is a couple of blocks from here. so avoid the area of fratus parkway and northgate drive where those gas stations are. if you're in the area, you know that area and it's going to be out there for a while. ladies. >> all right. thank you so much, sue. arborist work through the night to remove a massive tree

that came crashing down in golden gate park. firefighters say that the giant eucalyptus tree fell onto five cars yesterday afternoon. the good news is, nobody was badly hurt and 19th avenue is now back open in both directions. abc seven news reporter lena howland is there live. and lena, what does it look like right now? well, gloria, it looks like arborists have cleared most of that debris. >> we drove along 19th avenue this morning in the area where that tree came down, and we did not see any other crews out there. take a look at this video of this massive tree came down just after just before 4:00 yesterday afternoon. san francisco fire tells us there were a total of five cars that were damaged and stuck underneath the tree. firefighters say 11 people were rescued from inside of those vehicles, including some children. two of the 11 people had to be treated for non-life threatening injuries. one family

was inside, one of their cars on their way down to san jose yesterday when the tree came down, they described the terrifying moment. >> we saw the tree just it was slow motion and it literally just came down on our on our roof. >> seriously, i thought, are we dead? >> um, but that was the more, more terrifying. and then i looked around my kids, making sure there was no blood or glass or anything impounding them. >> it took city crews more than six hours to get 19th avenue cleared and reopened by around 10:00 last night. no word yet on what caused this tree to fall in the first place. live in san francisco, lena howland abc seven news. >> lena. thank you. glad to know everyone is safe. >> now to an update on a story you'll only see on abc seven news. >> a 12 year old girl is recovering from major surgery this morning after she and her 13 year old brother were injured during a freeway shooting over the weekend. a single shot went through the car door saturday

night on 880 in san lorenzo. it's unclear who fired the shot or if the gunman was in a nearby car. the kids mother says they were relaxing in the back seat when they were shot. a family friend describes what happened, so she said that she was driving along. >> um, you know, just a rainy night, fairly quiet, very smooth drive. and then all of a sudden, it sounded like somebody popped a balloon next to their ears, and her husband looked at her and said, what was that? >> very scary. caltrans tells abc seven that 200 highway cameras have been installed in the bay area. the idea is that these cameras can help later identify vehicles involved in shootings. just like this. however, caltrans says the cameras won't be fully operational until the spring. >> now to your voice your votes. former president trump is waking up this morning as a big winner in the iowa caucus. he won by an unprecedented margin with more than 50% of the vote. meanwhile, florida governor ron desantis edged nikki haley in the battle

for second place. desantis had gone all out on iowa. he visited all 99 counties and even got a rare endorsement by the state's governor. haley finished in third and has been on an uphill trajectory, both in iowa and new hampshire, where voters will go to the polls next week. we'll have a live report from iowa coming up at 630. >> and just hours ago, vivek ramaswamy was a republican presidential hopeful. now he's a former candidate. ramasamy only garnered about 8% of the vote in iowa. he bowed out of the race after a disappointing finish in the caucuses last night. as of this moment, we are going to suspend this presidential campaign. >> there is no path for me to be the next president absent things that we don't want to see happen in this country. and earlier tonight, i called donald trump to tell him that i congratulated him on his victory and now going forward, he will have my full endorsement for the presidency.

and i think we're going to do the right thing for this country. >> ramaswamy added that there has to be an america first candidate in the white house. he plans to travel to new hampshire today to campaign for trump ahead of that state's primary next week. this morning, we expect sfo will approve the renaming of its international terminal after late california senator dianne feinstein. >> a vote is scheduled at the san francisco airport commission meeting at 9:00 this morning, according to our media partners at the sf standard, commissioners are expected to vote in favor of the renaming. feinstein died in september at the age of 90. she was a longest serving woman senator in u.s. history, and the first woman to serve as mayor of san francisco. >> and you might see extra security at sfo tonight. first lady jill biden is flying in this evening ahead of a fundraiser tomorrow. she's expected to speak at a political event in the city tomorrow afternoon. she'll also be up north for a fundraiser in sonoma county on thursday. these events are part of a group of

fundraising stops in california, utah and ohio. coming up, covid 19 surge. the bay area school district that will let your kids go to school, even if they're infected and ending super wild card weekend with a huge amount of snow. >> so fans braving very cold conditions on the east coast. >> yikes. 607 this morning i'm meteorologist drew tuma. we are tracking rain returning later on today, though shower chances really ramp up as the evening commute gets underway. we'll go hour by hour in future weather. time out this storm system 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.

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buried highmark stadium over the weekend, which forced the nfl to postpone the game from sunday to yesterday. and these are some dedicated fans here. might i say, gosh, the buffalo bills offered $20 an hour to fans to help dig out the stadium from all that snow. drew, would you do that for $20? >> i mean, if i had a ticket, you got to do what you got to do to watch the game. you can't blame them. that is a lot of snow. they got to get through here. we're tracking the return of some showers later on today. here's live doppler seven along with satellite. we have two components. first, a warm front moves through this morning and then a cold front this evening will bring about some downpours to finish out the day, but i do want to press in a little bit tighter on live doppler seven. we are tracking that warm front off our coast right now, typically with warm fronts. what they will do is they'll add cloud cover to our sky. they'll moisten up the atmosphere here. so we'll watch. a lot of this may not reach the ground, but we will keep an eye on some of these showers as they approach later on this morning. taking a look at future weather as we go.

hour by hour. the bulk of the activity is this afternoon. showers widespread by about 2:03 p.m. and then here's the evening commute. we will have scattered downpours moving through. we're looking at a quarter to a half of an inch of rain with this level one system. highs today take the umbrella with you. you'll need it later. we'll have those numbers going into the mid 50s and the low 60s. stephanie thank you. >> coming up, dropping delivery. why uber is ditching an alcohol app this year. plus pi passing a ban the approval apple just received so it can continue selling its watch ...but her medication caused unintentional movements in her face, hands, and feet called tardive dyskinesia, or td. so her doctor prescribed austedo xr— a once-daily td treatment for adults. ♪ as you go with austedo ♪ austedo xr significantly reduced kate's td movements. some people saw a response as early as 2 weeks. with austedo xr, kate can stay on her mental health meds— (kate) oh, hi buddy! (avo) austedo xr can cause depression, suicidal thoughts, or actions in patients with huntington's disease. pay close attention to and call your doctor if you become

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in critical condition. eight skydivers exited the balloon before the crash, and that cause of this crash is still under investigation. we're also learning new details about the small plane that went down in the ocean off the coast of half moon bay. crews say they found a woman's body along with the wreckage. that discovery was made after a long search off ross cove near moss cove that is near the half moon bay airport. the sheriff's office says that the plane took off from the east bay. registration for this aircraft shows it was a single engine, cozy mark for experts say this type of plane can be amateur built. it's unclear if the people on board the plane or the registered owners, the owner, the builder is responsible for the for the construction of the aircraft and the maintenance of the aircraft, and operates under a very loose set of rules. >> costs about $20,000 to build, plus the engine, etc. probably by the time it's done about

$30,000, it holds four people. it was about 200 miles an hour, experts say. >> investigators will be looking at multiple variables. in this case, that includes things like weather conditions. the aircraft and air traffic control recordings. >> the u.s. is facing another covid 19 surge, all because of a new variant. infections and hospitalizations are increasing this winter season. the numbers are not as high as previous years. the new variant is very contagious, doctor abrar kamran says that a universal vaccine could be a great but distant solution to stop the spread of the virus and new variants. >> we need vaccines that just stop transmission altogether and a universal vaccine would be one where, regardless of the types of common mutations that are happening, you retain a pretty durable immune response, the doctor adds. >> a part of what is making this current surge worse is that the current vaccines on the market, which were just updated in the fall, are already outdated.

oakland unified school district is trying to stay ahead of an infection surge. the district sent out new covid guidance to its families yesterday, saying that the directions are based on the recently updated guidance on isolation and testing from the california department of public health, and saying this allows students and teachers who test positive for covid but are not showing any symptoms to come to school, and you are advised to stay home until you haven't had a fever for 24 hours without using fever. reducing medication. and until covid symptoms are mild and improving. and they should also mask up when they're around other people indoors for ten days after becoming sick or testing positive. >> well, it appears fewer people are turning to booze at home after some record breaking years during the pandemic, according to an international champagne trade organization. total shipments from france fell about 8% from 2022 to 2023. the numbers for the 2023 were very close to pre-covid levels. sales

of other wine and spirits have also eased as restaurants and bars have reopened well. >> san francisco based uber is ditching its alcohol delivery service for good, according to axios. the company is shutting down drizly. it acquired the delivery service app about three years ago for more than $1 billion, and the company says it's instead focusing on uber eats, where customers can get food and alcohol delivered. all in one spot. drizly is expected to shut down at the end of march. new at six you can apply to be an extra on the set of a movie that starts filming this month. >> farther up north in humboldt county. that's titled untitled movie also stars sean penn and regina hall. it's from the same director as licorice pizza and boogie nights, according to deadline, production starts this sunday in eureka. now, an online casting call is open. the crew are looking for many locals, men and women of all ethnicities and all ages 12 and up. the length

of production is unclear. you can find more information by going to the website right on your screen. >> hmm'hmm. great actors. >> yeah, cool to be an extra. yeah, i don't need a speaking part. >> i think i just want to be seen. >> i just want to be seen in the background. >> be your ideal role. like i would be in the background of, say like like a restaurant, you know, just back there, food, just not saying a thing. >> yeah, yeah. >> listening in, maybe you get a glimpse of the celebrity if you're an extra right? totally. >> see drew being an extra. >> i know you just kind of like being casually like you're like, i'm available. >> hey, here. >> long days though. >> that's okay. >> like, hurry up and wait. >> that's okay. >> have you done it before? >> i have, yeah, yeah. oh, wait. which what were you? well, i was when nash bridges was here in san francisco. the tv show. yeah, i was in a several episodes. yeah. that's so cool. that's so neat. wow >> do you know which episodes can we go back and, um, yes, there was a halloween episode that i remember, and, you know,

we're going back just a few years here. >> not that far. not that far. yeah. and then when i was in high school, actually, they came to fill film american graffiti. oh, yeah. at my high school. cool. so, yeah, we were in the dance, the sock hop scene of american graffiti. oh, that's so neat. yeah. i was like two, but no, who cares? >> we'll look out for you, baby. >> sue, i'm gonna look out for you. yeah yeah, that is awesome. right on. i know, that's great. this morning we are tracking showers, returning what you see on live doppler seven. this morning is a warm front. this is going to add cloud cover to our sky. a lot of this green on your screen is not going to reach the ground. it's going to evaporate. it's going to help to moisten up our atmosphere before the cold front moves through here later on today. but there is still an isolated chance. future weather's picking up maybe between 8 and 9. this one hour window that we could see a drop or two, but for the most part, the morning commute is quiet. a lot of cloud cover and temperatures, mainly in the 40s. so future weather showing you as we get into the afternoon. here's the better chance of

finding the rain and at times it will be steady as we head towards the evening, the cold front will move through here closer to 8 p.m. and we could see some isolated downpours with this level one system, your biggest impact is just going to be a slick and slower evening commute. as you see about a quarter to a half of an inch of rainfall later on today. not a huge, impactful storm. it's just kind of the timing as we're going about the evening commute that is kind of going to bring about a slower end to the day highs today. we'll get you into the mid 50s and the low 60s with thatrillionain mainly in the afternoon and the evening overnight tonight the showers are out of here. we'll keep some of the cloud cover and temperatures in the 40s. we're watching the weekend because we have a series of storms that could soak us future weather showing you by saturday and sunday we could see an inch or two of rain. i think the bulk of this is likely going to fall on sunday, but for the niners game, we do include the possibility of a light shower. it's a mild rain though. a kickoff temperature on saturday at 60 degrees, but i would pack the ponchos. we do have the chance of a couple of

isolated showers. here's the accuweather seven day forecast. it's wet this evening. dry tomorrow and thursday. rain back in the forecast starting friday evening and then it's rainy over the weekend. we're watching sunday closely for the possibility of that rain to be heavy at times. sue >> all right, we are going to the bay bridge where the metering lights were turned on at about 530 this morning and just past that, to add insult to injury, there is a big rig accident with an suv blocking the middle lanes that is going to really gum up your commute. if you're headed into the city via the bay bridge. earlier fatal accident san bruno cleared out. they got the emergency crews in and out of there. and now, as you can see, southbound 101 has recovered quite nicely, headed towards san bruno. >> all right, sue, thank you. now let's turn to somara theodore. she's live with a look at what's coming up on gma. good morning. somara >> good morning gloria and stephanie. so happy to be with you both. all right so coming up the story we're all following this morning the iowa caucuses. former president trump with a record win. our team is breaking down the results. and what comes

next as the candidates shift their attention to new hampshire. also this morning, the dangerous winter weather affecting so many of us. we're tracking the brutal cold snow and ice that's keeping more than a million kids home from school this morning. plus the self-checkout backlash. why some stores are reevaluating when it comes to cashiers and don't miss our gma parenting playbook with expert advice on the issues facing so many kids. this morning, we're taking a look at what you need to know about sleepovers and sleep unders. that's coming up right here on gma. >> sleep unders i've not heard of that one. >> yeah that's interesting right. >> it was a first for me. oh well we look forward to it tomorrow. >>

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the tech giant approval to remove its pulse oximeter feature. it's a medical scanner that measures the oxygen concentration in the blood stream, giving users a way to monitor their health. apple was banned from importing its series nine and ultra two watches into the us after regular regulators ruled that it was patent infringement on technology company masimo. a new report reveals that the world could see its first trillionaire within the next ten years. anti-poverty group oxfam says that based on data from forbes, the five wealthiest people have doubled their wealth since 2020. tesla ceo elon musk is at the top of the list, with nearly $250 billion as of november. now, the list also includes amazon founder jeff bezos and berkshire hathaway ceo warren buffett. meanwhile, 5 billion people worldwide have become poorer because of issues like war and inflation, an oxfam representatives say that the

next decade could further increase the high level of inequality. >> to have a trillion is unimaginable, and i would say it's very important to underscore that it's a massive policy and political failure of the economic system that we have created. >> oxfam predicts that while we will have a trillionaire within a decade, it would take more than 200 years to overcome poverty. next, at 630, a local librarian going viral meet the man who is sharing his love of books on social media and symbolic march the route that thousands of people took to honor the life of doctor martin luther king jr. and as we head to break, we're getting a live look outside this morning. that's a pretty cool skyline right now. stay with us. we'll give you a check

crushed and nearly a dozen people rescued. we hear from some of those people who escaped . plus i'm abc's em nguyen in des moines, iowa, former president trump cements himself as the gop front runner in this race for president. >> the results coming up after the somebody, despite it's gonna be me. >> oh yeah. boy band fans get ready to pop icons from both nsync and the backstreet boys teaming up for a legendary night tour. but you have to make your way to southern california if you want to see them perform together. >> wow. and i'm sure a lot of people want to see them together, i know. >> yeah, this is like the big thing that we've been waiting

for. all right. good morning. it's tuesday, january 16th. >> let's get a check of your forecast with drew. and i know drew, we've been talking about, you know, the weather kind of the rain's been on and off. yeah. and this morning are we in the clear as far as rain. >> yeah. for the most part it's a very quiet start to our day. we'll find that the afternoon in the evening is when the action really ramps up. you look at live doppler seven, along with satellite this morning. we're tracking our storm system and two pieces. first, we have this warm front. you see here that is spreading cloud cover overhead. it's not out of the question. we could have some light drizzle, especially in our hills with that warm front. but most of us will remain dry. it's not until the cold front moves through here in the afternoon. in the evening, that we see that widespread wet weather return. it's a level one on the abc seven storm impact scale. we'll get some isolated downpours, a slick and slower evening commute is your biggest impact, so it's the second half of the day. we'll track those showers and downpours, but it's a mild rain, so to speak. those temperatures in the upper 50s to the low 60s. let's see how we're doing on the roads this morning. sue good morning a jam up at the bay

bridge toll plaza. >> metering lights are on at 530, but then after that, just a few minutes ago, we had a big rig accident blocking the middle lanes just past the toll plaza so that is another reason that's adding to your backup. and just getting word. now also, that at the san mateo bridge we have an accident at the tolls. let's take a look at some of your drive times. definitely a difference from yesterday. look at that drive from tracy into dublin. that is more typical. about an hour now. highway 24. getting to highway 13 in oakland is looking pretty good. and there's your six 8-80 drive time from highway four into walnut creek. >> sue, thank you so much. your voice. your vote in a strong start for the republican presidential nomination, former president trump wins a big in iowa. his projected victory came just 30 minutes after the caucuses start, and ron desantis clinched second place, just barely edging out nikki haley. abc news reporter. and win is live in des moines, iowa, with more about what voters think of the candidates. good morning, m gloria. >> stephanie, good morning. yet

trump supporters came out in droves last night on the coldest caucus day ever. ron desantis taking second place, ending up about 30 percentage points behind trump in iowa, a result finding win for donald trump, who smashed a record for his wide margin of victory. the former president, with the projected win after just 30 minutes, receiving more than 51% of the vote, tightening his grip on the 2024 republican presidential nomination. >> ian, what a turnout. what a crowd. and i really think this is time now for everybody in our country to come together. >> governor ron desantis finishing in a distant second with about 21% of the vote after rallying in all 99 counties, desantis is sounding triumphant for edging haley in the gop contest for second. >> because of your support. in spite of all of that, that they threw at us, everyone ran against us. we've got our ticket punched out of iowa, behind

desantis by just 2. >> former south carolina governor nikki haley, who called her third place finish a testament to the momentum she's been gaining. i can safely say tonight i iowa made this republican primary a two person race, and despite the bitter snubs, zero temperatures, entrance polls show who turned out to support trump in the state. one question asking do you think that joe biden legitimately won the presidency in 2020? 66% saying no. quite overwhelmingly, two thirds believing something that is flatly untrue. >> this is trump's party. they believe what he says. >> entrepreneur vivek ramaswamy announced he's dropping out of the race and backing trump. president joe biden fundraising off of trump's victory in iowa, saying this election was always going to be you and me versus extreme maga republicans. candidates now have their sights

set on new hampshire's primary just one week away. a recent poll has nikki haley within striking distance of trump there live in des moines, iowa. i'm ed wynn, abc seven news and thank you. >> scary moments for drivers in san francisco's golden gate park. when a massive tree came crashing down, the giant eucalyptus fell onto five different cars yesterday afternoon and incredibly, no one was seriously hurt. abc seven news reporter lena howland is live near 19th avenue, now open on in both directions. lena, how's the scene right now? >> well, stephanie, we drove around the area this morning and all roads were back open. but this of course, comes after 19th avenue here was shut down for more than six hours yesterday. take a look at this video. this giant eucalyptus tree came down around 4:00 yesterday afternoon inside of golden gate park. san francisco fire tells us there were a total of five cars that were damaged and stuck under the

tree. fire fighters say 11 people were rescued from inside of those vehicles, including some children. two of the 11 people had to be treated for non-life threatening injuries. one parent was inside of her blue tesla with her kids when it all came crashing down. i was in the car with my family and next thing you knew, this big tree with the lamppost came slow motion down on us. >> i couldn't see it because we had a glass roof and we're so lucky that i looked around everybody was fine. >> yeah, scary. just but the thing is, we're just really lucky. none of the passengers or drivers in any of the cars were injured. >> there was no blood, which is good. >> this family added that they were all able to get out of their car safely by climbing out of the right hand back passenger seat of their tesla. no word yet on what caused this tree to fall in the first place. live in san francisco lena howland abc seven news. >> thank you. lena. good thing

nobody was seriously hurt there. secretary of defense lloyd austin is out of the hospital. he'd been hospitalized for more than two weeks after complications from prostate cancer surgery. he initially kept his diagnosis secret from the biden administration. the lack of transparency has triggered a top to bottom review of notification protocols. the department of defense says that the 70 year old will work from home as he recovers. >> tensions are rising in the middle east after iran launched deadly missile strikes in iraq. the strikes are raising concern that iran is getting more aggressive in the region. iran's revolutionary guard took credit for launching the ballistic missiles they claim to have targeted a spy base for israel's intelligence agency. officials say at least four people were killed and six others were hurt. we've done everything we can to deter this, but it obviously did not work in the choice was up to iran. >> so i do think iran will likely amp up it through its proxies. of course, the us has condemned the strikes as

reckless and imprecise. >> today, iraq's government is holding a security meeting to discuss iran's noncompliance with the security agreement between the two countries. >> new developments on the conflict in the red sea. u.s. officials say a houthi ballistic missile struck an american cargo ship yesterday. it caused minor damage. nobody was hurt, but these ongoing attacks could cause gas prices to rise. the violence has caused commercial shipping companies to avoid the area. now, oil companies are following suit and the price of oil is already starting to jump. >> today we see that the shipping is more restricted in the red sea. the price of oil is going up. we use about 100 million barrels of oil every single day, and that will certainly have a an effect on price. >> commercial ships and tankers are now taking a different route around south africa. it adds days to the journey. it also increases the rates of freight communities across the bay area gathered to honor the life of

civil rights leader, doctor martin luther king jr. >> thousands marched across the lefty o'doul bridge here in san francisco yesterday as a part of a symbolic route. it's reminiscent of the bloody sunday, march of 1965, where supporters were beaten by police as they crossed the edmund pettus bridge in selma, alabama. alabama at the beginning of a 54 mile trek to montgomery. the message of unity and solidarity were on full display. >> it's overwhelming and it's so great to see so many generations of people here, especially the young people, to understand that if you know your history, then you can move forward in the future. >> the march continued through mission bay and culminated with song, dance and celebration at the yerba buena gardens, home of our country's third largest memorial to doctor king and as americans honor doctor king, one man is asking the question are we collectively missing the point of the day? >> jonathan ike is the

critically acclaimed author of the biography of king, a life. he says he feels americans have strayed too far into celebrating the late civil rights leader. >> we focus only on the parts of his message that make us comfortable. i have a dream. let's judge one another by the content of our character, not the color of our skin, and we forget that the radical call that king was issuing to the country to really fundamentally change our economy balances so that we eliminate inequality, that we provide care for the poor. he was a radical and part of the consequences of this holiday is that we have watered down his message and he says that he encourages all of us to actually read the full text of the. >> i have a dream speech. and as he said that we will see doctor king as a radicalist. now, before king started improvising in the park, that we all know, the scripted portion of his speech addressed the deep, persistent economic woes in america, and we have a compilation of some of doctor

martin luther king jr's most impactful quotes, words that help shape our nation. we are remembering the civil rights leader with his own words at abc seven news.com, and you'll find a link right there on our home page. coming up, setting sail, the repair project that will temporarily relocate one of san francisco's floating landmark oaks. >> and you're looking live at the big board at the new york stock exchange. you can see the dow is down 210 points. we'll have another update on how the markets are doing next and history on the line, how this weekend's big game between the 40 niners and packers will set a league record cd 641 this morning. >> we'll look at our tam cam. it's a red sky morning out there . we are tracking rain returning to the forecast today. here's live doppler seven. we actually have a warm front approaching the region right now. and i think the best chance of finding any moisture out of this warm front initially is likely going to be along the coast. a lot of this right now is going to evaporate before the main event

moves in. here later on this afternoon. this evening, break it down region by region again. the coast this morning. probably the best chance with the warm front of finding any light showers. but it's the afternoon in the evening. those rain chances really ramp up. it's a similar story around the bay shoreline. today it is a cloudy start. we'll have those temperatures in the 40s, and then you get into the second half of your day. after about 2 or 3 p.m, those shower chances increase. in the evening. we'll find some scattered downpours as well. heading inland, it is cloudy this morning, temperatures starting out in the 40s. you'll need the umbrella in the afternoon. the evening as that cold front crosses us so today it's a level one storm on the abc seven storm impact scale. we do anticipate a wet evening with the biggest impact being a slick and slower evening commute. we'll have clouds tomorrow, but we're dry with afternoon sunshine and then the clouds are back on thursday ahead of rain. we're tracking over the weekend. we'll show you that in the seven d

hyde street pier will be torn out sometime this year. four of the ships at the pier will set sail for vallejo for several years. the pier has been a san francisco fixture since the late 1800s. congress has approved $102 million plan for improvements. the rebuild is expected to take about three years to complete. >> new developments this morning , boeing will conduct more inspections of its 737 airplanes. the commercial airplane company will inspect the installation of its planes, door plugs manufactured by spirit aerosystems. the announcement comes after the faa grounded all max nine planes after a door plug blew out during the flight. it happened earlier this month during an alaska airlines flight carrying 177 passengers from oregon to california. thankfully no one on board was hurt. >> u.s. military forces are set to deploy to the region of japan, hit hardest by a new year's day earthquake. details

of the mission are expected to be revealed sometime today. more than 220 people are confirmed to have died in the quake, which destroyed thousands of homes and other infrastructure in the isolated noto peninsula. authorities have been warning survivors to guard against freezing temperatures, with heavy snow hitting the area in recent days. >> take a look at this. the volcanic eruption that consumed several houses in iceland appear to be dying down now, but it's too soon to declare the danger is completely over. this is video from the town of grindavik . authorities ordered residents to evacuate on sunday as a swarm of small earthquakes indicated an imminent eruption. the eruption was the second in less than a month, with lava bursting through two fissures as well. the warriors welcome back a critical part of their team. last night we're talking about draymond green, but it wasn't enough to get them to a victory. green was back on the court for the team's match up with the memphis grizzlies, his first action since serving a

suspension for striking another player back in december. draymond finished with seven points and had seven rebounds in a 116 to 107 loss. he had some harsh criticism for his own team right after the game. >> we can't guard nobody, so until we guard, we'll lose individually. our defense sucks, so in turn, our team defense up. yeah he's not holding back there. >> the warriors take on the utah jazz tonight. tipoff is at 6 p.m. >> now for your morning money report. the state of washington is blocking a merger between two of the nation's largest grocers store chains. according to the seattle times. the state's attorney general argued that the $25 billion deal between albertsons, which owns safeway and kroger, would harm shoppers and also raise prices. kroger now says that it's pushing back its deadline for losing that deal. it cites ongoing discussions with regulators, the state's attorney general and the federal trade commission. the

deal is expected to now close in mid august and right now we're going to take a live look at the new york stock exchange as trading gets underway this morning. and you could see right there that the market is down this morning. music >> and elton john is the latest star to achieve a rare egot status. elton was part of a team that won an emmy last night for best live variety special. the special was elton john live farewell from dodger stadium, a concert documentary that aired on disney+ with this award, john has now won an emmy, grammy, oscar and a tony award. the 76 year old is the 19th person to reach egot status. congratulations to him. now succession nearly swept the major drama categories. you see, she and her red dress, they're. the show took home the award for best drama series, as well as back to actor, actress and supporting actor. the bear nearly did the same in the comedy category. ali wong won best actress in a limited series for her role on netflix's beef.

also, abc's abbott elementary star quinta brunson won best actress in a comedy series. she's the first black actress to win the award since 1981. next up are the oscar nominations. they will be announced next tuesday, january 23rd, and you can tune in here to watch abc seven news that i want it. >> that that way. tell me why. >> who doesn't love that song? right, guys? ah, what a good song. well, you have a chance to see two members of popular boy bands perform together. joey fatone of nsync and aj mclean of the backstreet boys announced that they are headlining a tour called a legendary night, so they will be singing and dancing to a variety of their hits together. a seven piece band will accompany the duo, and if you want to go, you will have to go to southern california to. the closest venue is in temecula and that concert is on friday,

march 5th. so very exciting, but it would have been great to see the whole band, you know, together and a little closer to home. >> yeah, yeah yeah. temecula. yeah, that's quite a drive. yeah, yeah. >> can we talk about those music videos though? >> oh, yeah. >> i mean, boy, the 2000 did take you take you back. >> yeah they do. right. while time. >> oh my gosh. oh god. >> a blast from the past. >> seriously it really is to see the you know the transition to well good for them going on tour. yeah. this morning it's all aboutrillionain back in the forecast. we'll take a look outside san jose this morning. it is quiet. we have a lot of cloud cover overhead. but you can see the conditions are dry. it's a different story for the evening commute. prepare for showers and some isolated downpours. here's live doppler seven along with satellite. our storm system is coming in two parts this morning. we have a warm front that is moving through here. it's adding that cloud cover to our sky. not out of the question. one of these showers could reach the coastline, but a lot of this

moisture is evaporating. before itrillioneaches, the ground. it's the cold front back here that is really going to bring us the showers this afternoon and this evening and create a slick and slower evening commute. that's your biggest impact with this level one light storm on the abc seven storm impact scale, light showers and some isolated downpours for the second half of our day, here's future weather. we'll get you into lunchtime showers now arriving in the north bay and along the coast. we'll have those showers become more widespread later on this afternoon. here's 4:00 pm on future weather. and then this evening. this is the cold front by 8 p.m. that will bring some isolated downpours laws through about 9:10 p.m. tonight. rainfall estimates. we'll see anywhere from about a third to up to maybe a half of an inch in some spots, a little bit higher in areas where we see those downpours linger just a little bit longer. highs today, we'll find those temperatures in the mid 50s and low 60s as we track those showers later on overnight tonight, the showers get out of here. we'll keep some of the cloud cover and temperatures really remaining in the 40s. we're keeping a close eye on the weekend. just want to give you a

heads up. it does look to be rather wet, especially on sunday where we could pick up 1 to 2in of rainfall. we'll keep our eyes on the weekend and fine tune the details, but it looks like a pretty active pattern setting up. here's the accuweather seven day forecast. what evening today a couple of dry days tomorrow on thursday and then showers back friday evening. and there's that wet weather over the weekend and early next week. sue. >> all right a couple of problems for our bridges. we'll go back to the richmond or pardon me, to the bay bridge where we have a metering lights on. that's part of the reason. and we also have an accident involving a big rig. just past the metering lights blocking the center lane. and it's been out there for a little bit, so it's definitely clogging things. and then at the san mateo bridge, two left lanes blocked approaching that toll plaza in the westbound direction. and once you get past it, which is our camera view, it is moving a little bit sluggish pace this morning. but have some backups now at the bay bridge and san mateo bridge ladies. all right. >> so thank you. new at six a familiar face is returning to

the san francisco giants. our media partners, the bay area news group, confirmed the giants hired dusty baker as a special assistant to baseball operations and ownership. baker retired from managing in october after 26 seasons. he played 19 seasons, including for the giants and the a's. in 2018. baker previously served as a special advisor to giants ceo larry baer for two years, and the 49 ers are getting ready for their opening playoff game against a familiar foe. >> they will take on the green bay packers in the upcoming divisional round. >> it is win or go home. it's about how good can you play in those three hours. the 40 niners have played the packers in the playoffs a couple of times in the past several seasons. >> also, saturday's game will set an nfl record for the most times that two teams have played each other in the postseason. this time, the winner punches their ticket to the nfc championship game and will hold the most all time playoff wins

in nfl history. very exciting. >> but only one team is first in the nfc. just saying. all right. for many people, it's dry january, a time when some try to abstain from alcohol. so because of this, bars around the bay area are creating specialty mocktails. and one restaurant here in san francisco is mastering this nonalcoholic drink year round. here's a look at ocean beach cafe for uh- or looking to drink less alcohol. >> it's products like this that's really helping out in that pursuit. this is one of the first nonalcoholic bars in the world, and that's owned by bartender and a food and beverage professional. i really like that aspect of it because hospitality, service experience like the activity of going to a social space to have drinks shaken up for you and in pretty glasses, that's that's the whole thing. and it's just amazing thing to get to get to do that. now, still in the food and beverage industry, still bartending, but under completely different circumstance.

>> i've been inside actually in the selection is pretty incredible. you can visit ocean beach cafe in the city's outer richmond district. it's just about a block away from ocean beach. to learn more about the cafe, you can watch the full story over at abc seven news.com. >> and i love this next story. a bay area librarian is now a social media star because of his love of books, so check out his instagram page. michael threes has become world famous for his catch phrase having fun isn't hard when you've got a library card. most of his videos come from the fairfield civic center library, and that's in solano county. >> i consider myself sort of like a disciple of mister rogers, levar burton and bob ross, five years old. that's when i got my first library card. it is my journey from library kid to being in charge of a library that i grew up in. whenever i got assigned a library kid up for a library card, i'm like, congratulations, you just got a library card. you have no idea. like how important, how amazing that is.

>> and listen to this. michael even has a library card tattoo on on his arm, and he says his heart is constantly flowing with library joy. and he also wants to encourage people to read and stephanie, i was also reading that he suffered from depression and anxiety, and he raises awareness of that. and wants to make sure people know that, you know, the library is a safe space if they need to talk about that. and so many people are so thankful for him. >> yeah. very special. you could certainly hear the compassion in his voice. >> mhm. >> a it may be time to see the bigger picture. heart failure and seemingly unrelated symptoms like carpal tunnel syndrome, shortness of breath, and irregular heartbeat could mean something more serious, called attr-cm a rare, underdiagnosed disease that worsens over time. sound like you? call your cardiologist and ask about attr-cm.

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of the iowa caucuses with more than 50% of the vote. florida governor ron desantis is expected to edge out nikki haley by just a few points, and vivek ramaswamy has officially ended his campaign at number two. >> 11 people had to be rescued after a large eucalyptus tree fell onto cars in san francisco's golden gate park. it came down at 19 avenue and crossover drive, taking down a

concrete light pole to nobody was seriously hurt, and number three, hyde street pier in san francisco will be torn out sometime this year for a rebuild. >> the pier has been a fixture of the city since the late 1800s. the rebuild is expected to take about three years to complete and number four, one of the men charged in the death of oakland officer twan lay, will be in court today. >> marquis cooper was the latest person to be charged in ley's death. three other men, two of whom face murder charges, will appear on thursday. >> and number five, rain is back here in the afternoon and evening. it's a level one on the abc seven storm impact scale with showers and downpours, a slick and slower evening commute. your biggest impact? we'll find those clouds this morning giving way to showers this afternoon. temps in the 50s and 66, some slowing at our bridges. >> richmond-san rafael bridge, slow bay bridge. we had an accident past the toll plaza and the san mateo bridge. you can see that backup accident just before the toll plaza. a couple of lanes blocked, stacked all

the way back up to 880. >> and number seven. take a look at this. a girl in colorado is showing off her creative hairdo. that's all. thanks to the frigid weather. there oh my gosh. >> wow. oh, my. >> that could break. you know, if your hair freezes. >> that is wild. it reminds me of andy reed's mustache. mustache? >> yeah. good morning america. former president trump wins big in iowa. overnight, donald trump with a record win in iowa. capturing more than 50% of the vote. ron desantis beating out nikki haley for a distant second place. both vowing to stay in the race. our political team breaks it all down as the focus shifts to new hampshire. snow day.