an overnight execution in alabama is making headlines across the country this morning. now at five, witnesses describe the gruesome complications during the first in the nation death by nitrogen gas planes once grounded for safety inspections following the mid-air blowout. >> now cleared for travel. we are at sfo this morning where some are expected to take to the skies, and e is about moving the politics out of public safety. >> san francisco's mayor pushing for a ballot measure which would give police more authority to track and pursue suspects. critics say it will trample privacy rights.

>> summer training camp every single day. every decision that you make kind of leads to this moment and hey, we're here, so what are we going to do as a team to win this football game? and i have a lot of belief in our team that we're going to go out there and do all the right things. >> hmm'hmm one game standing between the 40 niners and super bowl 58. the players are ready, the fans are ready, andrew said. the weather is ready to and i believe it. >> but is your wallet ready? >> because i heard this morning that it is supposed to be the most expensive playoff ticket, possibly in the history of the nfl. >> that sounds about right for this just sounds right. i mean, 73 degrees at kickoff, it's going be gorgeous on sunday. today we have a little different of a sky. it's dry today, just not as bright as we were yesterday. here's a live look. this is the exploratorium camera right now, showing you we have partly cloudy skies right now, but throughout the day we'll continue to see clouds move in here. part of the reason why live doppler seven, along with satellite, we have a storm system that is sending a lot of rain to our north, but we're getting out of it. today is just

the cloud cover, so it's a mostly cloudy day today, but we will be dry for the next 24 hours. looking at temperatures right now, we're starting out in the upper 40s to the lower 50s. as we get you out the door on this friday, we have partly cloudy skies in san jose. we'll turn those skies mostly cloudy throughout the morning. we'll keep it pretty cloudy in the afternoon, but it is a mild day. despite the limited sunshine. your daytime highs in the low to mid 60s now. saturday we have the chance of showers, but then sunday temperatures are off to the races. we'll show you the weekend coming up in a few minutes. let's check in with gloria and see how traffic's doing. >> you know, so far everything's looking good on the roads out there. yesterday we had a pretty foggy morning in some areas today is looking a lot clearer. and this is a live look right now at your san mateo hayward bridge camera. and there are no delays right now for those going westbound to the peninsula. >> thanks, gloria. for the first time since the door panel blew off an alaska airlines plane, some of its boeing 737 max nine jets are ready to take off again. those flights resume at

airports across the country this morning. here's reporter ike ejiochi, the faa releasing its final instructions for airlines to ensure those planes are repaired and safe. >> a 12 hour inspection process to examine max nines, the agency laying out an enhanced maintenance process which will require, among other things, an inspection of specific bolts, guide tracks and fittings, and detailed visual inspections of left and right mid-cabin exit door plugs. >> each of the airlines will make sure that these four bolts are properly installed and tightened. boeing will be helping wherever necessary, but each of these airlines knows that their reputation is on the line to make sure that those airplanes are safe to fly. >> united's saying it's putting the planes back in the air by sunday, with alaska airlines saying their 65 max nine jets will be up friday. all this following three weeks of investigation into that door plug that flew off the alaska airlines flight 16,000ft in the air. boeing still facing scrutiny. the faa telling the company it can't expand on

production of the max's beyond what's already being built until there's a full investigation. meanwhile the boeing ceo, dave calhoun, voluntarily traveling to capitol hill taking tough questions from senators, wi-fi safe planes. >> we don't put airplanes in the air that we don't have 100% confidence in, reporters asking calhoun about a seattle times report claiming that the door plug was actually last installed by boeing, not the fuselage manufacturer, spirit aerosystems. >> you know, thanks so much. boeing telling abc news. all updates on the investigation must come from the ntsb. calhoun will be back on capitol hill today fielding more questions from lawmakers. he's also expected to take part in a public hearing in the coming weeks. s ike ejiochi, abc news, washington. >> a first overnight, a new method of execution used for a death row inmate in alabama. the convicted murderer put to death using nitrogen gas in gloria, the state says it's a humane method of execution, but a lot

of people do not agree with that. >> kumasi critics of this method of execution have called it cruel and experimental. the supreme court rejected a bid to stop it late last night. justice sonia sotomayor writing a dissent saying that alabama is using kenneth smith as a, quote, guinea pig. smith was on death row after being convicted of killing a preacher's wife in 1988, in a murder for hire plot alabama made the decision to use nitrogen gas after their first attempt to execute smith by lethal injection was botched. smith's spiritual adviser witnessed the execution and described the moments when he died. >> what we saw was minutes of someone struggling for their life. we saw minutes of someone heaving back and forth action. >> epoxy is one of the three methods of execution, so the inmates choose it. then that's the method we will use. the united nations human rights office says there's no scientific evidence to prove that execution by nitrogen

inhalation will not cause grave suffering. >> lawyers for the state of alabama have argued that the method is painless, with people becoming unconscious in a matter of seconds. however smith appeared conscious for several minutes, and the execution lasted 22 minutes. reggie, gloria. >> thank you. a second body has been recovered in the deadly plane crash off the coast of half moon bay. the coroner has identified the body of 26 year old oakland resident cassidy ray pettit. pettit died along with her fiance and two other people, when their plane went down january 14th. federal investigator say it was a small homebuilt plane. the cause of the crash is still under investigation. police say the two suspects involved in the shooting of. an alameda county sheriff's deputy in union city are dead. we first brought you that story yesterday morning, swat team officers discovered the bodies of a man and a woman inside a business on dow avenue

overnight. after hours of negotiations. at first, police claim both suspects died from self-inflicted injuries. but they later walked that back, saying the deaths are still under investigation. the wounded deputy is still recovering. >> oakland is facing another disappointing headline, according to the new citywide crime report, violent crime rose 21% last year. robberies burglaries, vehicle thefts all increased too. it's coming as oakland nears one year without a permanent police chief. mayor shengtao fired former chief laurent armstrong last february. an interim chief has led that department since then. in december, mayor tao rejected a list of three finalists submitted by the police commission, restarting the process of finding a new chief. >> i do believe that the city. of oakland deserves the best of the best, and if we can just name one person to be chief of the police department and think that, you know, crime is going to go away, that's not how it works. we have to ensure that we have the right person in this role. >> open recruitment for a new chief is happening now. february

is the valuation period and march 1st. the final names will be sent to mayor tao and then she will decide who to hire. this morning there's an update on the effort to recall mayor tao. today. the recall campaign will take the next step, posting an official notice in a newspaper called the inter intercity express. the organizers have formed a recall campaign committee. they plan to start collecting signatures next month. they hope to gather 25,000 signatures to present to the city. >> san francisco mayor london breed is advocating for a ballot measure that would give police more authority to track and pursue suspect. prop e would give police more leeway in vehicle pursuits. it would also clear the way for drones to monitor specific crimes and allow license plate readers and public safety cameras in high crime areas. opponents of the bill worry about privacy, which the mayor addressed. >> i can't have a private moment , you know, heaven forbid i take my wig off when i go to get my hair done. like it's like i got

the mayor on on video taking off her wig. there's no privacy. everyone has a cell phone. everyone has recording devices. everything like there are cameras everywhere. you know why can't other people do it? and the police department can't. >> the american civil liberties union of northern california is a main opponent of the measure. you can now own a designer piece of clothing from willie brown's personal collection, and help the community in the process. >> goodwill is auctioning off items on ebay that were donated by the former assembly member and mayor of san francisco. they include sport coats, a hoodie, button down shirts, hangers. currently the priciest piece is this italian designer cashmere shirt for $338. designer cashmere. >> that sounds lovely. here's live doppler seven, along with satellite. what we're tracking is a warm front that's moving onshore across the west coast. what it's doing is sending a lot

of rain into the pacific northwest here. locally, we're just adding additional cloud cover to the sky. this morning. we will remain dry, but once that warm front passes through, it's going to allow some very warm air move in here. by the end of the weekend. but the morning drive no issues, no fog out there. it's just a mainly overcast sky. we'll get those temperatures right now we're in the 40s. we'll go into the low 50s as the morning goes on. so looking at the forecast region by region along the coast this morning, starting out in the 40s, we'll get you into the upper 50s and lower 60s. but you see a lot of cloud cover throughout the entire day, not nearly as bright as yesterday. similar story around the bay shoreline, but it will feel mild underneath the cloud cover. we'll get you into the mid 60s for daytime highs. here's a look at our inland forecast. same story. we'll have mostly cloudy skies, temperatures feeling very pleasant though. we'll get into the low 60s later on this afternoon. now, the three day forecast will keep the cloud cover tomorrow. there's an isolated chance of a shower, but by sunday those temperatures are taking off. the sunshine is back

in full force. records are possible. a lot of us getting into the 70s to finish out the weekend. so we'll go hour by hour on future weather show you those temperatures. reggie coming up in just a few minutes. >> thank you. drew bay area fallout over the israel-hamas conflict in gaza. coming up, the city pulling investments from companies that invest in israel. >> san francisco's biggest mall, still struggling to keep businesses there. and shoppers there. we'll tell you the plan to keep them all open. >> the 40 niners are pumped. so are there's fans and players in the zone ahead of the nfc championship. we'll tell you who will who, who's tell you who has been chosen to be honorary captains for the game. >> a live look outside right now at 511. we'll be right back. who?

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people were killed and 240 others were taken hostage. four council members voted yes on that motion, two others and the mayor against it. the four companies targeted are caterpillar for intel, chevron and hyundai. the mayor says there was no time to review, vet or analyze the policy before voting. and he adds this vote can be reversed if we find what they're doing are good practices and good corporate responsibility, then absolutely, we're going to reinstate them. hayward city council is not allowed to take a stand on international issues. so activist, it's organized around the global bds movement. it uses boycotts, divestment and sanctions to protest israeli actions in palestinian territories. >> the department of justice and the securities and exchange commission are now investigating the autonomous car company cruise. it follows october's incident where a cruise vehicle

dragged a pedestrian about 20ft in san francisco after that pedestrian was hit by another car cruise, paused all operations on public roads in november after the dmv revoked the company's permits. cruise says it is fully cooperating in all investigations. if you use bart to commute, the agency wants to save you money, according to our media partner, the san francisco standard. there's a proposal to consolidate fare payments. when you transfer between agencies. so, for example, if you take bart, you get a discount on muni in san francisco or on ac transit in the east bay. bart hopes to start the program when the new clipper card system rolls out later this year. bart's board could vote on that proposal next month, and the east bay a transformation could be in the works for the bishop ranch in san ramon. >> our media partner, the mercury news, is reporting a new complex called orchards would replace the 92 acre chevron park . it's on bollinger canyon road, just off of 680. now, chevron would move to a new location in

bishop ranch. the move out of the current site could start by the end of the year, which is expected to be modeled after san jose's santana row. there are plans for 2600 homes, 125,000fts of retail space, a park and an outdoor performance theater. >> just months after taking over the struggling san francisco center, the artist, formerly known as a westfield mall, the new managers are reportedly vowing to keep the mall open, according to our media partners at sf standard, representatives from the two companies held a meeting with the remaining tenants wednesday. reporter kevin wynn was on our 3 p.m. show, getting answers to talk about the plan to draw people back. >> the message from the custodians were that, hey, this mall is here to stay. it's open. our job here is to preserve the cash flow until this mall could be sold off to a new owner. so they're going to invest in more security and also they're thinking about bringing events and live programing to the mall to activate those spaces. again

the mall is currently more than 50% vacant with as many as five stores closing since the beginning of this year. >> we're just two days away from the nfc championship at levi's stadium. i just realized when we got on spirit with the we're doing it, we did it. >> also, when you see him has a little a little something, a little something. well, the 40 niners hosting the detroit lions this sunday. the winner is going to the super bowl. there is some good news for the team. star wide receiver deebo samuel seems to be back in playing shape. you remember he had to leave last weekend's game against the packers because he hurt his shoulder yesterday at practice. our cameras spotted him running around dancing a little bit. just in good spirits. head coach kyle shanahan tells us the team is zeroing in on the end game. >> i mean, the playoffs always feel different. just everyone is so alert. everyone is so on it. everyone's so patient outside of here in terms of, i mean, at least for me, sleep at the office if you need to. don't

worry. you make sure you get a right and i'm sure the players are the same. everyone just knows it's it. if you don't win. >> in a radio interview with knbr, 40 niners general manager john lynch announced that joe montana and barry sanders will be the honorary captains for sunday's game. >> you remember i was telling you at the beginning of the show how expensive tickets are. let's look at this. okay the cheapest tickets we could find is 520 bucks on stubhub ticketmasters verified resale tickets start at $566. they have several options for various sections, including vip, which cost nine grand plus on ticket marketplace vivid seats. the average price is 941 bucks per seat. the 40 niners and lions matchup is trending as the second hottest nfc championship ticket in 13 years, so good luck. go to the crowded bar right? >> yeah, right. you know, i don't advocate for that. >> be in the building. this is

history okay. anyway the 40 niners have hosted more nfc championship games than any other team. sunday is going to be the 11th one. now, unlike last saturday's weather when the niners and the packers were just trying to do the best they could through all of those rainy conditions. sunday is going to be beautiful. we should see the highest temperature of any championship game. the niners have hosted the previous high was just 58 degrees at kickoff. >> wow. >> it's a new day, which that is normal. >> okay, totally normal. >> yes, i think i'm just jaded by taylor swift. i'm like, oh, those tickets are like half the price of what she was at when she was at levi's. i'm like 500 bucks to be there, though. >> i think last weekend was maybe a couple hundred bucks, you could get tickets and now it's right. >> this is the one, because this is the last home game. >> yeah, that is true. you know, you're right. >> no, but i see what you're saying. >> you know, that's not bad. >> yeah. >> the math is has changed. like our minds have become warped by

taylor and beyonce and madonna. >> i paid 600 for usher. >> see? >> you paid 600. see >> but she had a time i did. she got a preview of the halftime show. you know. >> but goodness, i know. >> is that the most you've ever paid? because that's i paid more for usher than beyonce. that is more than i pay for beyonce. and i thought that that was high. okay. anyway goofor you. >> shall we talk weather? let's go to levi's stadium. i mean, this is fantastic. we're flirting with records here. a kickoffemperature, 73 degrees. i mean, we're closing in on nearly 20 degrees above average. so if you have a ticket, i mean, enjoy the weather. it is going to feel fantastic out there. here's a live look at our abc seven oakland airport camera. we are dry, but we do have partly to mostly cloudy skies up above, so we'll keep a lot of that cloud cover. it's not as bright as yesterday was, but it's actually warmer. we have a warm front moving through which allows us to get into the low and mid 60s for daytime highs. stays cloudy overnight tonight and temperatures in the low and mid 50s now. future weather. saturday is just another cloudy day at night. future weather is trying to bring us a light

sprinkle by about 7:08 p.m. anything would be very isolated in nature, but behind this front look at sunday. the sunshine is back. it is a bright finish to the weekend and those temperatures are taking off. future tracker temperatures showing you sunday afternoon. look at these numbers near 70 in oakland, 75 in san jose, 66 in the city. upper 60s in sonoma and napa probably 73. and ukiah. here's the accuweather seven day forecast. cloudy today and tomorrow. sun is back here on sunday with records possible. we keep it sunny on monday, then clouds roll back here on tuesday ahead of our next storm system. it is a level two, a moderate storm on wednesday with showers continuing on thursday. >> gloria. yeah, well, you know it is friday, so we're expecting lighter traffic the way we usually do on fridays. but this is one of our busier cameras right now. this is our i-80 camera in emeryville. even though it is busier there right now, it is moving nicely westbound from golden gate fields to the maze. guys

>> thank you. gloria. coming up, the seven things to know this morning. the try lines are coming to the bay. >> as we mentioned. and for their quarterback this is a homecoming a look at jared goff's north b and i love overcoming challenges.

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or plug blew off mid-flight. >> number two, the department of justice and the securities and exchange commission are now investigating the autonomous car company cruise. if blows october's incident when a cruise vehicle dragged a person in san francisco after they were hit by another car. number three san francisco based levi's laying off 15% of its global workforce, which is more than 2700 people. >> levi's expects the cuts to save about $100 million this year. >> number four, king charles has been admitted to a london hospital. he is undergoing treatment for an enlarged prostate. it's not clear how long he'll be hospitalized. >> and number five, we have a lot of cloud cover today, but we'll stay mild both today and tomorrow. we'll get you into the 60s. there's an isolated chance

of a sprinkle tomorrow evening, but then the sunshine is back on sunday. those temperatures in the 70s away from the coast, where records are possible. >> and number six, expect lighter traffic because it is friday. this is a live look outside on your bay bridge toll plaza camera. and right now the metering lights are not on yet. >> number seven is do or die for the 40 niners. they played the detroit lions on sunday and whoever wins the game, 40 niners will be going to the super bowl. well, lions quarterback jared goff is returning to the bay area to play against the team that he grew up rooting for. abc seven news reporter ryan curry spoke with his high school coach and teammates at cal about his journey. >> beloved by his teammates and fans, jared goff is one game away from playing in the super bowl, but in order to get there, he has to first beat a team he grew up supporting. jared is from novato and played high school football at marin catholic. he's one of the most

famous alumni to graduate from the school. he made it look effortless. >> it was very smooth, fluid, athlete and at that point you could tell like, hey, this guy's got a lot of potential. he was the team's most valuable player in 2011 and 2012. >> his coach, massimo reid, says goff took the program to new heights, setting all kinds of school records which still stand to this day. >> you can see it when he first got here, you know, when he was a freshman and you see him throwing the ball around and just, you know, looked really easy. >> he went to cal and spent three years as the bears starting quarterback. he played so well. he became the top nfl prospect for his position in 2016. the los angeles rams made him the number one draft pick in 2021, the rams traded him to detroit this year. he led the lions to their first home playoff game in over 30 years. >> the kind of person it takes to have success at cal. um, it breeds you and it gets you ready for what's next in life. and for jared, that's nfl and that's,

you know, helping the detroit lions, uh, get to where they're at today. the last time the lions won a road playoff game was in 1957. >> it was against the 40 niners at kezar stadium. now 67 years later, they can do it again. with the north bay native leading the way, the niners better bring it because jared goff is going to play. >> he's going to play very well. >> his hometown is ready for this sunday. finnegan's restaurant is one of jared's favorite places as the golfer used to be. >> the bomb burger. and so you know i think in his time it seemed to be his favorite, uh, item on the menu, which is actually majority of the town's many here are 40 niners fans, but there's also a lot of love for the novato native. >> i'm still 40 niners fan, but i think if anybody deserves to be in the spotlight, it's got i think a lot of people are rooting for him one way or the other. >> in the north bay, ryan curry, abc seven news well, congratulations to him. >> but also team brock. >> thank you. >> a major recognition for someone who helps bring disney magic to life. coming up at 530. this guy is so cool. he is

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in the us. it's boosting hopes that we will avoid a recession. >> good morning everybody. happy friday. it is january 26th. >> let's check that weather. hi, drew. hey good morning. >> so today is a dry day. but it's just not as sunny as we were yesterday. live doppler seven along with satellite. what we're tracking here is a warm front that is moving onshore across the west coast. all of the moisture is going to stay north of us. we're not going to get any rain out of this, but what we're seeing is additional cloud cover this morning. once that warm front passes, temperatures are really going to take off through the weekend, especially sunday, where records are possible. this morning underneath the mostly cloudy skies, we're in the upper 40s to the mid 50s. as we get you out the door right now, here's how the day planner looks. we have those clouds in san jose currently will just be a mostly cloudy day on your day planner. limited sunshine. you may get some peeks and pokes here and there, but the clouds really ruling the forecast today. despite that, that warm front. look at this. going to get us above average. everybody going to the 60s for daytime highs. it gets even warmer here over the

weekend where records are possible. we'll preview that coming up in about nine minutes. let's say hi to gloria and traffic soon. >> hi, drew. hi, everybody. yeah right now no major incidents or delays to report on the roads. a look at your drive times right here from tracy to dublin. it will take you 33 minutes as our usual slow spot, but nothing too major at this time. kumasi >> thank you. gloria. we are getting a look at a strange break-in at a collectible store in san jose. the thieves seem to be only after one thing. pokemon cards. abc seven news south bay reporter laura martinez spoke with the store about how they're trying to recover. >> a downtown san jose business owner is sharing footage of an odd break-in. that's one thief crawling on the floor. surveillance cameras captured two others as well. this is our playroom. >> we have this room reserved for, like, tournaments and games or, like, people can just hang out and play if they want. >> tofu's trading is a collectible card store. they carry pokemon cards and collectibles. the japanese franchise started in the 90s, and its fan base continues to

grow like sometimes i'll be streaming and i'll hear people be like, oh my god, like in the back, and i can hear them through the walls. >> um, and, uh, it's just really fun. like, it's really fun seeing people open the packs and , like, find the card that they want. they'd be like, oh my gosh. and like, it's just a lot of fun. >> on wednesday in the middle of the night, surveillance cameras captured their first break in. >> we saw like three people had broken into our side door, which was kind of ridiculous because there's a fridge blocking it. so i don't think it was a targeted attack at all. >> they believe they were going out with your hands up in arms. >> san jose police did respond, but the store says the three suspects were gone in minutes. >> i don't think they were in the hobby necessarily because they didn't know what to take. >> what they did take was the cash register, and more than 35,000 pokemon cards. thatrillionange from a dollar to a few hundred dollars, a special set of cards that only gets released once a year will come out on friday. and these robbery suspects missed that memo. >> a lot of stuff is releasing this week, and we thought it was funny. we're like, oh, these

people don't realize that. it released on friday. not like on wednesday at 2 a.m. they hope the surveillance video they edited and posted on instagram not only sheds awareness, but shows they can poke fun at it, like to take like a bad time and just kind of find a little humor in it. >> a total cost of what was taken is still being calculated with insurance in san jose. >> lauren martinez abc seven news. >> i wasn't ready for the sound effects. me either. there's a lot of things in the show today i wasn't ready for emotionally, but it's happening. we're getting our first look at a north bay nonprofits new facility. san rafael mayor kate collins took the first swing, demolishing the walls of this former office building. the ritter center just broke ground on this new space to provide expanded medical care and social services. it's replacing the existing location, which is a small yellow victorian house and several portables that serve clients for decades. >> here we'll be able to have medical behavioral health services, food pantry, all of our housing assistance that we do for people all under one roof. >> shotwell says the new center

will be able to serve 2000 more clients by 2028. getting people into permanent housing remains a priority. construction should be done by the end of the year. volunteers are spread out around sonoma county. right now, they're doing the annual point in time count. it's a homeless census. that's all taken on one day. getting an updated count of the homeless population is critical for federal funding. so here are some pictures from san mateo county. volunteers went out before dawn yesterday to take a tally of the homeless there. alameda county also did its count yesterday. about 450 volunteers fanned out across oakland, counting the number of individuals living in encampments and vehicles. contra costa county held its count wednesday. san francisco's is happening next week. results will take a few months to be processed and eventually released. ready for take off. >> for the first time since a dora plug blew off of a plane, alaska airlines says it's planning to safely resume flights of some of its boeing

737 max nine jetliners today, the faa has cleared the way. abc seven news reporter lena howland live at sfo with the details on this. good morning, lena. >> good morning kumasi with the first of its 737 max nine fleet set out to take to the skies this morning. alaska airlines says that they will be adding more planes back into service every day as inspections are complete and each aircraft is deemed worthy. all this following three weeks of investigations into that door plug that flew off the alaska airlines flight 16,000ft into the air, effectively grounding nearly 200 of the boeing jets operated by both alaska air and united. the faa and boeing sending out its final inspection instructions to the airlines to make sure those planes are repaired and safe. alaska says their first max nine flight will take off at 2:00 this afternoon from seattle to san diego. the airline says this grounding cost them $150 million. it's for

bolts properly installed, properly tightened. >> and if they're in and they're properly inspected, these airplanes are as safe as any airplane in the sky. the fix is simple. regaining the trust of the flying public is the harder part. >> and here's a look at some video boeing shared with us, showing a quality standdown when they shut down its entire 737 factory for 15 hours, mechanics, quality inspectors and engineers standing down to focus solely on quality control visually inspecting the work areas. alaska says they do expect these inspections on all of their 737 max nine fleet to finish up over the next week. meanwhile, united says that they are planning to put their 737 max nines back into service starting on sunday live at sfo. lena howland abc seven news. thank you lena. >> the republican national committee has canceled a rule that would make donald trump the presumptive presidential nominee if it were approved, trump would

benefit from fundraising with the rnc and other organizational help. however, the resolution was withdrawn last night. this comes after trump posted on his social media platform truth social, that the rnc should not move forward. he said he appreciated the effort but was against it and wanted to, quote, finish the process off at the ballot box. let legislation to address the border crisis might have to wait until next year. donald trump urging republicans to stop a bipartisan senate deal . trump says the bill's passage would let democrats share the political win. some republican lawmakers who support the deal are expressing frustration. i don't doubt that he wants a perfect deal. >> so do i on it. but we've got to be able to figure out how to be able to do something right now to get as much done as we can possibly get done. just reject the idea that we should reserve a crisis for a better time to solve it. >> texas governor greg abbott says he is fed up. he is ordering more razor wire to be deployed along parts of the rio

grande. even though a supreme court ruling lets border control take it down. >> new numbers show the u.s. economy is growing at a faster than expected pace. and in a new exclusive interview with abc news, treasury secretary janet yellen says she believes 2024 will be a good year for the nation's economy. abc news reporter jay o'brien has the details. >> reporter this morning the us economy shattering expected nations new numbers from the commerce department showing the nation's gross domestic product grew at a blistering 3.3% pace from october through december of last year. rapid growth quelling economists fears of a recession. we have an economy that has been growing at a good, healthy pace. >> i see no reason why that can't continue to. i think 2024 is going to be a very good economic year. >> in an exclusive interview with abc news's elizabeth schulze, treasury secretary janet yellen touting the growing

economy but no reason right now why there would be a recession this year. >> there's no obvious reason why there would be the strong growth driven largely by consumer spending, accounting for roughly two thirds of us economic activity. >> but recent polls consistently showing voters worried about the state of the us economy. an abc news ipsos poll released earlier this month showing just 27% of americans say they believe the american dream is attainable for them. >> there are parts of the country that have really not seen much economic progress. guess they haven't seen good jobs created and some that existed have disappeared in large swaths of the country. and that's something that has to change. pah'-huh-roe president biden, hoping the strong numbers will alter voters largely pessimistic views about their finances this election year. >> thanks to the american people, america now is a strongest growth, the lowest inflation rate of any major

economy in the world. and there are some signs voters are finally agreeing a survey out this month from the federal reserve bank of new york found that the number of americans who expect their financial situation to improve within the year is at its highest level since june of 2021. jay o'brien, abc news, washington. >> a labeling error at the center of a death investigation. up next, the fatal mistake that resulted in the death of a 25 year old dancer, taylor swift. now, the latest celebrity victim of fake ai generated photos. how social media platforms are responding to the images swamping their sites. but first, here's drew with a check on the weather. >> hey, good morning. it is 541 and i know it looks really active on live doppler seven combined with satellite. what we're looking at here is a warm front that is moving onshore this morning. however, the moisture associated with that warm front staying well north of us, it's really going to be aimed at the pacific northwest.

what we're getting out of this warm front is additional cloud cover today and tomorrow. and then that warm front will really bring some warm temperatures by sunday, where records are possible today, there's no fog out there. but we do have mainly overcast skies. we'll have those temperatures starting out in the upper 40s, getting you into the mid 50s by about 11 a.m, so really no issues with the morning drive today as we take a look at your sky conditions. really just get used to that cloud cover. it is mostly cloudy throughout the day. we'll call it limited sunshine. you may see some blue sky here and there, some peeks of sunshine, but for the most part the clouds are really ruling the forecast today and we'll keep those clouds even through the evening. but if you have friday night plans, really no issue out there. we will have some mild temperatures that warm front is going to help propel temperatures above average. despite having a lot of cloud cover today we'll get you to 62. in the city, 63 in oakland, 66 in san jose, 63 in santa rosa, a high of 62. in concord. taking a look at the three day forecast, get used to the cloud cover

tomorrow as well. tomorrow in the evening. we do have an isolated chance of a light sprinkle, but then that warm front moves out, the clouds are out, the sunshine is back on sunday and temperatures take off. 70s possible for a lot of us where records are possible. so we'll take a look at that chance of a shower on saturday and those numbers on sunday. i think you're really going to like that forecast coming up in about nine minutes. but we will be right back. >> this is abc 724 seven. in francisco, live at levi's stadium in san jose. >> live in oakland. yeah >> you're watching abc seven news live at any time, 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 watching

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it really is tragic. the grocery store stew leonard's claims a wholesaler, cookies united, never alerted the store about the change of ingredients, but cookies united released emails showing that a new label was sent, including peanuts, as an allergen. they also say that they send their cookies to stew leonard's, and that the store then repackages them with their own boxes and labels. 25 year old dancer orla baxendale died after having an immediate allergic reaction. once she ate the vanilla florentine cookies at a gathering in connecticut. orla moved to new york from england to pursue her dreams of dancing professionally. her attorney says that her death was due to gross negligence and reckless conduct, since the manufacturer and or sellers did not properly identify the

content of the cookie on the packaging. >> because orla was so vigilant and so careful with everything she touched, she actually googled soy nut, which is on the package, thinking, wanting to make sure that a soy nut wasn't a nut. >> the cookies have been recalled and since they were sold in december, it's unlikely that they're still around. peanuts are among nine major food allergens that require federal law to be. that requires that they are listed on food packaging. kumasi thank you gloria. >> sag-aftra is defending alec baldwin as he faces a new charge related to the deadly shooting on the set of the movie rust back in 2021. the union released a statement saying, quote, an actor's job is not to be a firearms or weapons expert. you may remember baldwin was holding a prop gun on set when it discharged, hitting and killing cinematographer haley hutchins and injuring a director. he has

maintained that he did not know the gun had a live round in it, and says he did not pull the trigger. baldwin is facing up to 18 months in prison for this latest involuntary manslaughter charge. the previous charges were dropped. >> taylor swift has become the victim of deep fake photos, and they are highlighting the danger. i i can pose the sexually explicit images began circulating circulating on social media earlier this week. they reviewed at least 47 million times before they got removed. researchers fear deep fakes are becoming a powerful source of disinformation, especially. because the ai used to create the images can be easily accessed accessed by anyone online. >> a new series taking an up close look at doctor martin luther king jr and malcolm x and their approaches to fighting racism in america. >> the premiere for genius mlk x was held last night at the smithsonian in washington, dc. the series looks at the two men's early years and how that

helped them in their fight for change in the world, and the role their wives played in the movement. what i'm hopeful is that this is an entry point for many people to begin their journey of seeing these legendary, iconic heroes as human beings. >> the first two episodes premiere next thursday on nat geo. >> they'll be available on disney+ and hulu the following day. >> a man who helped bring disney magic to life is receiving a huge recognition for his work. lanny smoot is such a cool guy. he created that extendable lightsaber that you may have seen in videos from disney live entertainment. he'll be inducted into the national inventors hall of fame this may. the only other disney employee to earn that same recognition, walt disney himself. disney is the parent company of abc seven. i just want to tell you a little bit about more about this man, because i'm obsessed with him. so he grew up.

>> he grew up in brooklyn and he said, and his family didn't have a lot of money. >> and he said that he never saw a black engineer until he was a black engineer. so he didn't grow up with all these role models and this field. he now has multiple patents that he has created, including a brand new invention, which i encourage you to go to the disney blog, the disney parks blog, because they show it and it's hard for me to describe, but it's basically a treadmill, okay? which allows you i can be standing next to gloria, and we can both be walking in any direction, and we will never run into each other. >> oh, wow. >> and then if we stop, it stops and then that way you could put a you could put like a goggle lens on, like a vr thing. and we could be playing a game in a space and we're walking toward each other, but we'll never hit each other. >> oh, wow. >> that's really neat, isn't it? >> what? it's really awesome. >> it requires no, like, nothing on your feet. you just hop on it. >> you have to look at this video. yeah. this guy's a

genius. i want to check this out now. yeah, yeah. that's amazing. so neat. >> i see this also becoming like a workout company. they're going to take this and be like, you want to walk while you work. we'll just like. but don't have room for a treadmill. yeah. you know they're asking me like, how is this going to be seen in the parks eventually it's like, i don't know, i created it and now we need to figure that out. >> yes, that is really cool. yeah. cool. neat. >> and the lightsaber are so iconic. >> like man. yeah. also look into how they made that noise. it is fascinating thing. it's on disney. check it out. it is a lot of work went into that noise. very yeah. it's very iconic i like it. all right. let's take you to the forecast today. it is going to be a pleasant day temperature wise, just not as bright as yesterday was. clouds are rolling in this morning as a warm front presses through here. and that allows us to get us into the 60s. so it is a mild day despite having limited sunshine. we'll keep it cloudy overnight tonight, and those temperatures mainly in the low and mid 50s. now future weather showing you saturday. this is saturday morning. you're waking up to cloud cover once

again saturday evening. future weather trying to bring us an isolated shower, but by sunday clouds are out of here. sunshine is back in full force and those temperatures are taking off thanks to that warm front moving through. look at those numbers on sunday. records are possible in several cities. records on sunday are mainly in the upper 60s and lower 70s. and that's where a lot of us will reach by the afternoon. so i do expect several cities to reach new record highs. that includes san jose, santa clara, sunday at levi's stadium, a kickoff temperature of 73 degrees. it's mostly sunny. it is looking fantastic, but future weather showing you next week. by wednesday, our active pattern returns and we're looking at several chances of rainfall later next week. here's the accuweather seven day forecast showing you cloudy today and tomorrow. there's that sunshine with records possible. on sunday we'll keep the sunshine. monday clouds are back here tuesday. and then there's that stormy pattern coming back wednesday. a level two on the storm impact scale. >> gloria. yeah. you know it's not too busy out there on the roads right now. and of course,

friday we always have that lighter traffic. so here's a live look right now at our richmond-san rafael bridge camera. we still have that sigalert in effect with a right three lanes blocked. but you can see the traffic is moving smoothly there right now. and then a look at your mass transit for right now everything is on time. bart capitol corridor and ace guys new at six. >> the piece of space history that is now no more. >> first though, scary moments captured on an officer's dash cam. fortunately everyone involved is okay. this morning we're hearing from this oklahoma state trooper

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watching the incredibly shocking moment a state trooper goes flying during a routine traffic stop on oklahoma s i-40. the trooper gets up and quickly runs away to avoid any additional danger. surviving and calling for help. 3-6 two city hit by car. >> start ems. >> the officer sustaining a relatively minor injury to his left arm, thanks in large part to his decision to approach the vehicle from the passenger side. and this morning that trooper is speaking out to gma. >> you know, always tell your loved ones you love them and it just kind of gets to where it's a routine thing. and then when something like this happens you're like, wow that was a close one. i almost didn't come home tonight. >> and we're going to have much more on this scary close call coming up at 7 a.m. with your gma first look. i'm gio benitez abc news, new york. >> 556 on our friday morning we'll take you to sutro tower where we have really good visibility. no fog out there, but we do have partly to mostly cloudy skies up above thanks to

a warm front moving across the west coast. so today, not as bright as yesterday, we'll have mostly cloudy skies, but it will still get mild out there. thanks to the warm front. will get you into the low and mid 60s by 4 p.m. looking at the three day forecast, mostly cloudy today. similar story to start out the weekend. an isolated shower chance in the evening tomorrow. but by sunday that sunshine is back. records are possible. many cities in the 70s away from the coast kumasi. >> thank you. drew. new at 6:00. >> the latest local tech giant set to slash hundreds of jobs. >> and the controversial execution that saw an inmate struggle to breathe for several minutes before dying. the new method of capital punishment used for the first time. >> plus, why you might soon be saving money if you take multiple public transportation options in the bay area for the same trip versus then we are looking for you. we are the peace corps. with volunteers in more than 60 countries. living together. working together.

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returning to the skies, alaska airlines is set to put those boeing 737 max nine jets back into service as soon as today. what it means for those flying out of sfo, then new overnight, a death investigation in the parking lot of a major shopping center in the north bay. >> and king charles admitted to the hospital overnight. >> how long he's expected to be there. and the familiar face in the same hospital. >> good morning tyo