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>> all right, we get it. super bowl 58. coming down to just the final seconds. now at six. the tough loss for the 49 ers against the chiefs at allegiant stadium in las vegas. >> there's no words for me there. >> and i just don't get how. we just can't finish it off. >> certainly not the ending. the 40 niner faithful had in mind were checking in on those fans who braved their journey to las vegas for the big game. digging deep, paying thousands for those tickets just to see their team lose in overtime. but the super bowl wasn't all doom and gloom. >> one bay area native took the stage during halftime to perform alongside usher. that was amazing. >> thanks so much for joining us for abc. seven mornings. the day after the usher concert. >> i appreciate you being here. yeah, it is february 12th. >> we want to get a look at the forecast. hopefully something to look forward to. >> yeah. you know what? it's still winter and we do rain around here. and when we do it
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this year anyway and into last year we've done it pretty well. and we've got more of that in the future. not today though. easing into a monday looking at live doppler seven, where we are looking at an active pacific in the next few days. right now it's about a dense fog advisory in the north bay until 10:00. so use the low beams, drive slow and also the eastern santa clara hills. we have a frost advisory right around mount hamilton and looking at the visibility reduced to nothing up in novato. and look at these 30s out there. grab the jacket. it is a cool one out there. gloria >> yeah, it is a little chilly out there this morning. we do have some mass transit updates for you right now. bart is on time right now. however, capital corridor has trained 525 canceled because of an equipment problem, and then ace one is on a 15 minute delay. and that's because of freight train traffic . guys. >> all right. thanks so much, gloria. well, this morning a lot of niners fans are waking up feeling pretty defeated as kansas city celebrates winning the super bowl for the third time in just five years. it's the start of one. >> we're not done. yeah just
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know that the kansas city chiefs are never underdogs. just know that the game went into overtime and that's when the winning touchdown since the team's back to back super bowl wins, it's the first time in 19 years since tom brady and the patriots did it last. >> mahomes also tying brady for the number of mvp awards after winning it for the third time last night and another key player, travis kelce, showed some frustration on the sidelines. he ran over to chiefs coach andy reid, screaming at him, almost knocking him back a few steps. there reportedly, he was angry he wasn't on the field for a play. i'm a keep it between us. >> i was just telling him how much i love him. yeah yeah, that's what he said, right? >> uh- all was well after the game between travis kelce and of course taylor swift sharing a kiss on the field during the celebration. the kansas city parade is on wednesday. but of course that does not concern us. we're thinking about the 40 niners fans this morning that made the trip to las vegas, hoping to see their team win big. they were treated to an
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exciting game right up to the last minute, but were heartbroken with that overtime finish. abc seven news reporter zach fuentes live for us at allegiant stadium with reaction from some of those fans. zach, obviously not the ending we were hoping for. >> it's not. and it was such a crazy game, especially once it went into overtime there. and look, 40 niners fans are faithful, but they're still disappointed. just take a look at some of the video that we shot shortly after the game. there you see this fan walking out of the stadium just after the loss. and that was really the look and feeling from so many of the niners fans in the stadium. when the last touchdown was made. and while every 40 niners fan felt disappointment at how they reacted to the loss, was different among each person. we got to speak with, take a listen to what some of them had to say, pienta three super bowls in my life. >> new orleans, miami and here we lost everyone. it's devastated. so devastated. i'm from the bay area, danville devastated at the end of the
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day, being here is a blessing and the team fought through it. >> a lot of adversity this year. >> yeah, each person we spoke with did have a lot of pride for quarter the court, their team's quarterback. and look, both teams had complimentary things to say about each other. fans of kansas city chiefs had complimentary things to say about the 40 niners and vice versa. a well fought game, some disappointment from 40 niners fans, but a lot of excitement out here and a lot of proud people of their team, regardless of that outcome right now, live in a very cold las vegas this morning. zach fuentes abc seven news. >> all right. thanks so much, zach. >> and in san francisco, fans poured out onto 24th street after the heartbreaking loss. it was fairly subdued with just a few fireworks shooting into the night. sky fans are trying to see the positive and look forward to next season. >> hell of a game. i mean, they could have done better. they could have done some better plays, but it was a hell of a game. >> we still faithful to the niners? no matter what. there is
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no this year, probably next year we're going to be a champions san francisco police had several roadblocks set up around the city in preparation for the possibility of big celebrations taking over the streets and we know that did not happen. >> we've compiled all our stories on the 40 niners, run to the super bowl in a new streaming special, the road to las vegas. you can stream it on demand right now on our website or the abc7 bay area app. >> san francisco police are following leads this morning after vandals set a waymo self-driving car on fire. it happened during lunar new year's celebrations in chinatown on saturday. abc seven news reporter lena howland is live at waymo headquarters in san francisco, with the reaction from witnesses that saw this unfold. lena, the video we have of this incident is just wild. >> yeah, that's right julian. unfortunately no one was inside of the car at the time of this incident and city officials say police now have good leads on this case. now, one witness that we talked to said he came to
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chinatown for lunar new year celebrations on saturday, but he never expected things would take a destructive turn like this. a waymo driverless car stopped in traffic, vandalized and set on fire by a group of people. all of it caught on camera. he describes the moments when one man jumped on the hood and then on the windshield, which is what started the whole thing. witnesses say about a dozen people were involved. one person is seen using a skateboard to break the car's windows before someone threw a firework inside of the car, causing it to fill with smoke and catch fire. >> eventually, people started backing away, but it was very, very dangerous. the car could have exploded. it's just a mob mentality. everyone all the adrenaline of the whole situation. it was mostly, i think, young teenagers who were responsible for the damage and the vandalism. >> now, waymo tells abc seven news the vehicle was not transporting any riders and no injuries have been reported. we
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are working closely with local safety officials to respond to the situation. the san francisco police department says that it is investigating, but so far no suspects. supervisor aaron peskin tells us that police are collecting lots of video evidence from this incident. live in san francisco lena howland abc seven news. >> thanks, lena and in the east bay, some oakland residents are calling for a state of emergency to be declared over public safety. the group coalition for community engagement rallied in the parking lot of the soon to close in-n-out burger. they say small business owners are struggling after being targeted in robberies, burglaries and vandalism in every part of the town. if in and out, we're in the parking lot of in and out. >> if they cannot survive. imagine small businesses cannot survive as well, and people are dying. businesses are dying. our communities are dying. we need to stop that now. the insanity needs to stop. >> the group is unhappy with the performances of oakland mayor shang tao and the alameda county
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district attorney, pamela price. they did applaud governor gavin newsom for his order to send additional highway patrol officers and state attorneys to the east bay. investigators in texas this morning searching for a motive into why a woman opened fire at celebrity pastor joel osteen's megachurch. and gloria, this happened as the church was packed with parishioners for sunday service, as it did amanda. >> off duty officers responded as gunfire broke out inside. joel osteen's lakewood church yesterday in houston. police say the suspected shooter, a woman said to be in her 30s, walked into the church holding a rifle and she brought along a five year old boy. and that boy is now in the hospital with serious injuries. a 57 year old man was also shot in the leg and taken to the hospital. those two off duty officers who were working at the church shot and killed the shooter. the incident happened just before spanish service was about to begin. hundreds of parishioners were inside at the time.
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>> they started shooting and we weren't scared. and then we went to the chairs to try to protect us. and then everybody was crazy running. police say the woman claimed to have a bomb before she died, but authorities say no explosive sieves were found at the scene. >> the shooter's identity has not yet been released, and we also don't have any word yet on a motive for that attack. amanda. >> thanks, gloria. and still to come, we're hearing from students at uc berkeley after a man fires a gun. several times on campus. the charges that person is now facing. and an apology from one man running for president. >> the reason robert kennedy is now apologizing to some of his family members following an ad that ran during the super bowl and starting your monday off with some cloud cover and dense fog in the north bay, frosty temperatures in the hills of santa clara, and we will be looking at some slight improvements.
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and slippery. level one system. here's a look at what you can expect. this could bring in anywhere from a quarter to a third of an inch right through thursday. then we add in friday. so there's a break in there, maybe even an inch in the north bay. and then another break as we get through saturday and into sunday. so the timing on that can't get too specific now because it's several days out. but notice we are adding up the rainfall from anywhere to nearly two inches in oakland to over two inches through sunday in san francisco. so snowfall. yep. count on it for presidents day weekend. and today, upper 50s, low 60s. amanda thanks, lisa. >> and up next on abc seven mornings at six beyonce stealing some of the limelight away during super bowl 58. how queen b did it with a one minute commercial. and as we head to break a live look outside and it is beautiful at 614, the sun peeking up, we'll be right back
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concerns over a safety notification that should have went off on campus. it happened. a shooting there friday night in the area of sproul plaza and the mlk student union. abc seven news reporter ryan curry has more on the moments leading up to the shooting and response from students. air. new video shows what happened on the uc berkeley campus friday night. a man gets into a fight with several people near sproul plaza. shortly after the fight, he pulls out a gun and starts shooting students quickly ran to safety. >> we happen to notice a bunch of cops drive by where we were so we came to check it out and we were standing by the student union and somebody was getting pinned to the floor. and then
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carried to the car. i was a little bit shocked that this all happened, like in the student building. >> no one was hurt in campus. police arrested him several minutes after the shooting, but students say they didn't know there was a shooting until well after it had happened. >> so this one says there's police activity in lower sproul plaza. this is like about 30 minutes after it happened. >> santiago hopkins says he heard from friends instead of the uc berkeley alert system. >> he was kind of egregious considering, like, you know, even the email said there's police activity involved and say there's like a shooter or something. um, i heard about it through, uh, like a slack through my club. >> other students didn't get the alert until several hours later. >> the alert system went off and around like i think like 10 or 11, even though i heard the shooting happened at around 840, you can see the window shot out in the second floor of the student union. >> plenty of students walked through here. it's right by the center of campus. uc berkeley says they're looking into why the alert system was delayed.
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but the students we spoke with, they say they want it improved. >> it just has to be better, i think. yeah it's pretty simple. >> police are notrillioneleased in the name of the man, but says he is 59 years old and not affiliated with the school. they say he faces several weapons charges. students on campus are on edge the day after. >> i mean, i come here every day, so, like, i, i could have i could have been here when the shooting happened, and thankfully, i wasn't in berkeley. >> ryan curry, abc seven news. happening today at bodega bay salvage crews will begin siphoning 1500 gallons of diesel fuel from a fishing boat that ran aground over the weekend. the u.s. coast guard has been keeping an eye on the 58 foot aleutian storm for fuel leaks after it washed ashore on saturday. the captain of the boat radioed for help after getting stuck in the sand on the beach at the sonoma coast state park, all four crew members got okay. got to the shore. okay, i should say salvage teams will remove the fuel before transporting the boat off the
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beach for repairs, making the bay area proud with a surprise performance at the super bowl last night. >> grammy award winning artist and vallejo native her joined usher during the halftime show. and as you heard there, she wowed the audience with a guitar solo during his hit song you got it bad. just before the game, her posted this photo on social media with the caption in honor of the niners at the super bowl. here's me at 11 singing the national anthem at a 40 niners game. let's get it. mhm. >> how y'all got it bad this morning. so bad. yeah. >> watching and being like is that her. who her who was. >> this is your husband. yes yeah. her from the old days is who's on first. >> remember that. >> yeah. yeah i don't even remember that. that's really, really old. >> i think my dad told me uh. >> anyway, anything not to talk
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about? >> yeah. >> yeah, exactly. yeah, yeah. so a little loss. yeah. yeah >> but you know what? great season. and i think, you know everybody's just really thankful that they made it this far. yeah. you know it's been a great run. >> and we have our quarterback now right i mean brock purdy still had a fantastic game no doubt. yes uh expecting big things from him. >> yeah yeah yeah. he it was it was a tough loss. all right. good morning everybody. we're looking at another couple of dry days before we really switch things up. and that's going to be a return to some pretty stormy weather. but that's not until unfortunately the weekend. right now, live doppler seven. looking at some higher clouds from time to time. and that dense fog. in fact, we'll be looking at that for the next several hours in the north bay from novato to santa rosa, visibility an issue. and look at those 30s. 34 danville, livermore, eastern santa clara, hills of frosted's, misery, north bay fog, frosty spots. partly cloudy today. a weak system. level one wednesday into thursday that brings a return to the rainy pattern. and then
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you'll notice thursday. not as much rain as perhaps wednesday. but as we get into friday and the weekend, we will have some breaks. but there are a series of wet weather systems that will affect us. and the big picture here picks up on wednesday, thursday looks pretty light. there's our break for part of friday, then late friday into saturday. first system following quickly. another one sunday into monday and this will bring some wind but not like the wind. we had a couple of sundays ago. if we add up the rainfall totals into the middle of next week, about nine days out, we're talking maybe three inches santa rosa, the hills there over two and a half san francisco, san jose could pick up an inch and a half or so. but as for today, we're dry. but some peeks of sun, especially in our inland valley. so 60 in concord, 61 in fremont, upper 50s downtown, and the accuweather seven day forecast featuring another dry day for your tuesday level one system. valentine's day, thursday, and then heavier rain could bump this up to a level two, maybe into the middle of the weekend. gloria >> yeah, lisa, we are getting
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reports of a crash over in walnut creek. that's causing some delays there. so let's zoom in and show you where this is happening. this is over on southbound 680 before highway 24. and because of this crash speeds, there are down to six miles per hour. so if you're driving in this area, just give yourself a little bit more time this morning because of that. we'll keep monitoring that for you throughout the morning. and then as far as mass transit capital corridor has canceled train 525. that's because of equipment problem. and they are re-accommodate passengers to train. >> 527 julian all right. thanks so much, gloria. now let's turn to ginger zee. she's live with a look at what's coming up on gma. good morning ginger. >> hey there amanda julian nice to be with everybody. >> so coming up of course we are talking about that epic. and for you all maybe a little sad. super bowl chiefs. now back to back champions. we're going to have the reaction. and mecole hardman who caught the winning touchdown will join us. also the shooting at joel osteen's megachurch church in texas. we're going to have the latest
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on that story. and the flu will cases are rising. so what you can still do to help keep your family healthy also. so we have to talk about usher's halftime performance. we're going to talk to his choreographer. and then we'll break down the big winners from the commercials. stick around right here on gma. >> that halftime performance was so good. ginger, did you have a favorite moment for me it was you don't have to call. >> when he came out on roller skates. like i was like, it's over. it's over. you don't have to do anything else. and i loved, loved the moment that we were commenting on just how, you know, like, he could still do this, he could still do this. and my son, who's eight, who doesn't know, says, yeah, but he's he's young and we were like, really? how young do you think he said, he's like 25. and we were like, no, honey, he's older than mommy. and daddy. and adrian was like, no way, you still got it. >> like he's 25. that's for sure. >> yes. all right. well, thank you so much, ginger. >> thank you. >> we'll be
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at school. it's going to cost you a lot of money, especially in san francisco. a new report shows tuition his sky rocketed over the years. the chronicle analyzed the data and it found it's costing families $520,000 to send their kids to private school for 13 years. that's from kindergarten through high school . the average annual tuition has risen nearly 70% in the past 20 years, and in san francisco, nearly one third of k through 12 students are enrolled in a private school versus 10% in california, the report says. the most expensive school in the city is the bay school of san francisco. the tuition there is more than. $61,000 a year more defense secretary lloyd austin
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is back in the hospital this morning for what the defense department is calling an emergent bladder issue. austin was taken to the critical care unit at walter reed medical center in bethesda, maryland. officials there say they expect austin to make a full recovery and that his prognosis for fighting prostate cancer remains excellent. the 70 year old has transferred duties to his deputy, kathleen hicks. it's unclear how long he will remain at walter reed medical facility. coming up next at 630, former president donald trump now getting heat from international leaders. what he said about nato that has some us allies questioning his allegiance. and as we head to break, we will take you outside on this monday morning. the sun still comes up after a tough 49 ers loss. we have lots of coverage coming up from vegas after this sho
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chinatown neighborhood, a waymo vehicle vandalized and set on fire. the promise now being made by city leaders as police look for the people responsible. >> plus, the countdown to the march primary is on the key step that san francisco will start today to make sure every vote is counted. >> and we don't have to tell you. we know you are watching. it was a tough break for the 49 ers in their loss against the chiefs. and super bowl 58. how the faithful across the bay area are reacting on this hangover monday. we are not happy super bowl that is how we are reacting i am in black i am feeling it. >> i don't want to talk about it and we're going to move right on to lisa arden with the weather subject. >> the weather, some things people are going to like in the forecast and some not so much so yeah, we'll keep you all happy.
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hopefully. 703 is the sunrise pretty view here from mount tam? you can see some of the cloud cover. it is cold out there. half moon bay 3949, san francisco 45, in hayward. and another view here where you'll notice that we do have the low clouds and the high clouds. 41 santa rosa visibility reduced still santa rosa to novato. this is where we have the dense fog advisory through 10:00. and looking at the next several hours, we get into the 40s and 50s by ten, 11:00. and the clouds try to thin out. we'll have more sun in our inland valleys and the south bay will be warmest with low 60s, with upper 50s in the north bay. gloria. all right. lisa thank you. >> i know you're hurting today, as are so many 40 niners fans, but you know, right now traffic is moving nicely. so that's one good thing. this morning, the usual slow spotrillionight now from tracy to dublin 46 minutes. and that usually is slow this time of the morning. right now we're going to get a live look outside at our walnut creek camera. we're also seeing some minor delays here. that's because of that crash that we told you about earlier. that's
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on southbound 680 before highway 24. so give yourself a little bit of extra time if you're driving here in walnut creek, guys. >> all right. >> thank you. gloria last night's game, besides being a nail biter and a really tough loss for the 49 ers, it was a cultural moment that brought together fans of sports, music and celebrity. here's abc news reporter danny new with the highlights. it's the moment the super bowl was permitted to begin. >> taylor swift arriving at allegiant stadium hours after her international flight from japan. you see actress blake lively and rapper ice spice walking alongside the pop star, who was in attendance to watch her boyfriend boo thang. travis kelce calling time me over and over again. as expected, the broadcast cut to her many times, showing the grammy winner biting her nails when the game wasn't looking so hot in the fourth quarter. been there for, but he brings to the game. but as we know, kelce and the chiefs pulled out a comeback overtime victory and swift got to celebrate on the field with the superstar tight end. >> you're just stand there you ape. give me a hand up.
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>> all right let's get to some commercials. we mentioned blake lively. so how about her husband ryan reynolds, appearing in a trailer for the third installment of the deadpool franchise, which you just saw will now bring back hugh jackman's wolverine. this is also the first time we get to see wade wilson since he joined our parent company, disney, and the mcu. or as he put it, i am a marvel jesus who came to see me. however one commercial in particular really put the internet into a frenzy last night. >> still works okay, they ready drop the new music. >> beyonce appearing in an ad for verizon and teasing some new music at the end. you can do brother. >> okay, okay, speaking of music, let's get to the halftime show starring usher saturday. >> some people want i'm angry, some just want everything. and not just usher. we had cameos from alicia keys, ludacris, the artist known as her and singing
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turn campbell-black. of course, little john. you got usher luda, little john, all artists with serious ties to atlanta. so they had to end the show shouting out their city. i told the world today i took the world to the a bay. now a lot of the internet was upset that justin bieber did not perform, even though he is from canada, which is definitely not atlanta. and whether or not he was asked to or not, he did show up for his friend and even wearing an atlanta braves hat. that is a good friend right there supporting his guy in new york. for abc news, i'm danny new. >> i'm still going to say it upset with bieber not being there. i'm upset about the super bowl outcome. and so are so many 40 niners fans who went to las vegas hoping to see their team take home the victory. though many are heartbreak taken, they were treated to a thrilling game. abc seven news reporter zac fuentes is live outside of
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allegiant stadium, with more on how fans there took the loss. good morning zach. looks like the sun is up. >> uh- good morning to you amanda. i know a lot of us are sad this morning. i was inside the stadium for a good part of the game, and there was just a full range of emotions from people who were on both sides rooting for either team. but of course, the 40 niners disappointment after that loss was about as intense as the game itself was, and you can see their reaction in some of the video we shot shortly after. for some of the first fans walked out of the stadium following that stunning loss, and it looks in their faces. it's just a feeling shared by so many we spoke with as they left the game and still processed its outcome. and then, while it's clear no. 40 niners fan was happy with the loss, how each person is reacting really differs among who we got to speak with. >> there's no words. >> we there and i just don't get how. we just can't finish it off. four years, five years, just just we're so close. jr and just it's not working out man i don't know what to do. >> i'm bummed. but but, uh, very
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proud of the team. very proud of where the franchise is. and what we're doing. the future is very bright. >> as you hear, many are still so proud of the game the 40 niners played in each fan. we spoke with showed a lot of love to quarterback brock purdy in general. really. we saw people on both sides. kansas city chiefs fans, 40 niners fans congratulating the opposing teams because it was a very well fought game, an intense game. everybody was just really keep saying nail biting. but it was. that's exactly what was going on inside that venue right now. live in las vegas. zach fuentes, abc seven news. >> we'll highlight zach has been your reporting all week. we appreciate you giving us a tour of your city. thanks, zach. in san francisco, fans packed thrive city at chase center to watch the big game. the energy, of course very high at the first part of the game. quickly turning south as the niners lost that lead in the second half, fans, of course, left disappointed. >> we've been here before with the chiefs and it takes to get the same result. it does hurt
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because like the players say, it takes a lot for them to get back there. we're fans. we just follow but we're passionate. we believe in them together. i'm not giving up on them. we'll be back. >> we really needed this. we really wanted this. but it's okay. there's always next time, next year. >> so many fans, they were teary eyed about this tough loss. the 40 niners faithful who made it out to thrive city. they are now just thinking about next year and hoping that next season will be that winning season that delivers that super bowl win. >> uh- no, i'm just kidding. fans in san jose, they found themselves glued to the tv watching the nail biting game last night. people gathered inside sushi confidential of san pedro square in san jose to see the game, but the tension on the field didn't cause any problems for the 40 niners faithful. they took the loss in stride. they deserve this. they work hard and
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we're still faithful. we love them. they fought till the end, so we're not losers. >> we're still winners and we stand with them and we love them . >> can you do i mean, both teams played amazingly. they both capitalized on each other's mistakes. we came a little short, but that doesn't mean that the faith will, um, should be sad today. everyone should have their heads up and completely be proud of our team because we did amazingly. >> um, and fans truly showing what it means to be faithful to the bay. we've compiled all our stories on the 40 niners, run to the super bowl in a new streaming special, the road to las vegas. you can stream it on demand right now on our website or the abc7 bay area app. >> or this morning, at least one san francisco supervisor is vowing that arrest will be made after a waymo self-driving car was vandalized and then set on fire. this all happened in the city's chinatown neighborhood during lunar new year celebrations on saturday. abc seven news reporter lena howland is joining us live from waymo headquarters in san francisco. this morning. and lena,
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thankfully, no one was hurt in this. >> julian, that is the good news here that nobody was hurt and nobody was in the car at the time of the incident, either. take a look at this video. a wave, a waymo driverless car stopped in traffic, vandalized and set on fire by a group of people, all of it caught on camera. witnesses say one man jumped on the hood and then on the windshield, which is what started the whole thing. they say about a dozen people were involved. one person is seen using a skateboard to break the car's windows before someone threw a firework inside the car, causing it to fill with smoke and catch fire supervisor aaron peskin says police are collecting lots of video evidence of the crime in progress. >> i've talked to them today. they've got good leads and i'm pretty hopeful, if not confident , that arrest will be made. it's totally unacceptable. it's particularly horrific that they did that during chinatown's most important day of the year.
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totally disrespectful, waymo tells abc seven news the vehicle was not transported any riders and no injuries have been reported. >> we are working closely with local safety officials to respond to the situation. the san francisco police department says that they are investigating this incident, but so far they have not released any suspect information live in san francisco, lena howland, abc seven news. >> all right. thanks so much, lena. still to come here on abc seven morning's calls for a boycott of tesla during the super bowl. the feature on the company's vehicles that's bringing so much into question. this morning. >> and you are looking live at the big board at the new york stock exchange. we're up about 20 points. it looks like another update on how the markets are doing next. then your voice, your vote are biden and trump being deemed too old for the 2024 presidential race? >> what the latest polls show right now. >> and stay with us on the abc seven bay area streaming app at
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seven for abc seven at seven. we're live weekdays from 7 to 8 a.m. just download the app now wherever you stream. >> all right. good morning to you. looking at an active pacific way out here. it's going to take a while to tap into that. we are looking at some high clouds and low clouds this morning. a pretty view 703 the sunrise from mount tam here 48. that's not too bad san francisco. check out that 39 half moon bay 47. in san jose and from our sutro tower camera, you see the low clouds. you see the high clouds. and look at that. 36 in livermore. it has been cold. grab the jacket out there. just reviewing the sierra snowpack. you see that we're 83% of normal in the lake tahoe area near yosemite, 74. and if you're traveling for presidents day, making plans, looking at the snowfall potential through sunday, we're looking at about 6000ft. is where the snow level will be at least two feet, maybe three. this is going to change and the snow level is going to fluctuate as well. but anticipate the winter storm warnings and a period of some
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pretty good rain as we get into that friday outlook. but as for today, things are quiet upper 50s to about low 60s with partly cloudy politicians... "he's bad. i'm good." blah, blah. let's shake things up. with katie porter. porter refuses corporate pac money. and leads the fight to ban congressional stock trading. katie porter. taking on big banks to make housing more affordable. and drug company ceos to stop their price gouging. most politicians just fight each other.
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junior is apologizing after a super bowl ad supporting his campaign repurposed a campaign ad from his late uncle, president john f kennedy. kennedy's cousin, bobby shriver quickly responded on x after the ad aired, criticizing it, saying his mother, jfk sister would be appalled. rfk responded, saying he was sorry if the ad caused his family any pain. he says the ad was made without his knowledge. kennedy has faced a lot of backlash from his famous family during his campaign, with some calling it perilous for our country. your voice, your vote and the race for the white house. former president donald trump is being criticized this morning for saying he would not
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want to protect nato allies from future attacks. and gloria, she has more on this from the live desk. good morning gloria, good morning amanda. >> if elected again, former president donald trump says the u.s. would not protect nato. countries that are not contributing enough to defense spending. both democrats and some republicans are criticizing trump's comments that were made over the weekend. president biden has called trump's words a appalling and dangerous. the white house is calling his comments unhinged. presidential candidate nikki haley is also condemning trump, saying his approach to defense spending is all wrong. >> trump said the most irresponsible thing. let me tell you something i dealt with russia every single day at the united nations. putin kills his opponents. he invades free countries. this is not someone you ever want to pal around with . >> at the same time, the ages of
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both trump and president biden have been brought to the forefront of the race for the white house. haley has called for both men to take a mental acuity test, and a new ipsos poll shows 86% of americans think mr. biden is too old for another turm. 59% say that both president biden and donald trump are too old to hold office. amanda all right. >> thanks so much, gloria. today san francisco's department of elections will begin to open, and count basie daetz the primary isn't until march fifth, but early voting is underway for vote by mail ballots. the signature on the outside of the envelope must be verified before the envelope is opened, and the ballot counted. now due to a post pandemic, law signed in 2021, each registered voter in california automatically receives a vote by mail ballot. the last day to register to vote is february 20th, but you can do same day voter registrar and your vote will still count after
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your information is verified. now, if you want to vote for president in this primary, you must have a ballot for a political party. now, if you're registered with no party preference, then your ballot will not have any presidential candidates listed. it's a lot to get through, but those no party preference voters can request a ballot with presidential candidates from the democratic party. libertarian or american independent party. and if you want to vote for the republican green or peace and freedom parties, you must reregister with that party. more than 20% of california voters are registered with no party preference. roughly a quarter are registered republicans. nearly half are registered democrats. >> it is now time for your morning money report. tesla is cutting the prices of its model y cars through the end of the month. the company is lowering the cost of both the rear and both the rear wheel and long range model by $1,000, dropping those to about 43,040 $8,000
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each. it's a discount of roughly 2% of the purchase price. the website says the price could go up $1,000 or more on march the first. a campaign to boycott tesla's self-driving technology aired two super bowl ads yesterday. it's from the dawn project, founded by a tech ceo who believes the self-driving vehicle feature is dangerous. the ad showed a autopilot tesla hitting a child sized dummy in a parking lot and not stopping for a school bus dropping off children. tesla says its self-driving program is still in beta testing, and no tesla on the road can drive fully in autopilot. and we're giving you a live look at the new york stock exchange as trading gets underway this morning, you can see we are trading about 32 points up right now. >> and 20 years ago today, san francisco same sex couples made history by saying i do. on february 12th, 2004, gavin newsom defied the federal same
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sex marriage ban. he had just been elected mayor of san francisco. he officiated the first wedding himself between del martin and phyllis lyon from february 12th to march 12th. san francisco issued more than 4000 marriage licenses to same sex couples. >> wow, 20 years already. my goodness, time flies. >> it really does. certainly so. and time flies as we're trying to forget about what happened yesterday on the field in vegas. looking ahead to a new week here. >> forget about it. you're not getting anything for me. it's over. yeah. and we're looking forward to have a return to some rain and snow still. february not for a couple of days though. and as we look at our live doppler seven satellite and radar composite, you'll see some clouds moving in. these are just high clouds. we're dry today and tomorrow. what a shot here. 40 right now in santa cruz, 48, san francisco. so it is cold. but how beautiful is that? upper high highs today in the upper 50s. 48 san mateo 39. half. moon bay though so cold at the coast.
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and look at the fog. it's like a morning summertime view, right? we have low cloud like we did yesterday, and we have high clouds. 42 santa rosa, 37, napa 39. concord, a dense fog advisory through 10:00 for our north bay valleys, where visibility is reduced to nothing , and our eastern santa clara hills are frost advisory. partly cloudy today. dry the next couple of days. rain returns level one system wednesday ending into thursday. here's a look at today and the cloud cover thinning out from time to time. more so east bay and south bay. tuesday they were cloudy and as we get into wednesday, the morning commute looks dry right now, but this could change . stopping this at about 4:00 and you see the rain moving into the north bay, sweeping through the bay area. it's not a big system at all. we're looking at wednesday rainfall about a half inch to a quarter of an inch, maybe less in the south bay. friday we add to that about an inch in the north bay, and we're adding to the totals now. breaks in between here with two and a half to three inches north bay coastal hills and ben lowman, the santa cruz mountains once again upper 50s to near 60. in
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oakland, 64, in san jose. so milder throughout the afternoon that trend is going to stay with us as we keep the 60s around. the accuweather seven day forecast at level one. weak system wednesday, thursday a bit of a break before later on friday. it gets rainier, windy conditions with rainfall accumulated for several inches. snow in the mountains not as windy as that last system on sunday, but still certainly something to watch. possibly nuisance flooding in our future into the weekend and then next week as well. good morning gloria. >> good morning lisa. yeah, depending on where you're driving this morning, you might come across a little bit of fog. so keep that in mind that visibility may be limited in some areas. we are also following a couple crashes this morning. so let's zoom in and show you where those are. one of those is oh we're in walnut creek. there was a crash between a motorcycle and a car. and this is on southbound 680 before highway 24. so if you're driving here, there are some delays in this area because of that crash. and then also in hayward, there's a two car crash. this is
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on southbound 880 before a street and also expect delays in that area. juliette. >> okay. thanks so much, gloria. well, today is the oscar nominees luncheon. what is it exactly what it sounds like. everyone who's been nominated for an oscar is invited to meet and celebrate with one another for the award show is four weeks away on sunday, march the 10th. of course, you can only watch itrillionight here on abc seven. well, tomorrow is fat tuesday. of course we're talking about mardi gras. mardi gras is known as the final day of indulgence before the beginning of lent. and that brings us to ash wednesday, the beginning of lent. for those who participate, lent is when many christians observe a period of reflection, prayer, and penance. it ends, of course, on easter sunday at the end of march, and wednesday is also valentine's day. >> p.f. chang's is offering free dumplings for those recovering from heartbreak. if you had the misfortune of being broken up by text, send a screenshot to their team. now they offer for six dumplings is good through the
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end of the month, minus valentine's day itself. now pizza hut is offering goodbye pies packaged in a custom box with a broken pizza heart design. the pizza is drizzled with hot honey. pizza hut calls it spicy news, delivered sweetly. hines has emotional support. catch up. i'm still trying to wrap my head around this. the 14 ounce bottle comes with custom stickers and an adjustable nylon strap, so you can carry the ketchup with you wherever ever you go. it's available for a limited time on amazon. the national retail federation estimates americans will spend nearly $26 billion this year. that breaks down to an average of nearly $186. a person. but that doesn't mean that it gets spent on flowers and chocolates alone. now, up next, we know the seven things you need to know today, and you can watch all of our newscast live and on demand through the abc seven bay area connected tv app. >> it's available for apple tv, google tv, amazon fire tv and
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number one, a heartbreaking over time loss for the 40 niners at super bowl 58 in las vegas. it's only the second time a super bowl has gone into overtime, and the first time in 19 years a team has won back to back super bowls. number two san francisco police are vowing to make arrests after vandals set a waymo self-driving car on fire. >> it happened during chinatown's lunar new year celebrations on saturday. thankfully, no one was in that car and no one was hurt. >> number three, some oakland residents are calling for a state of emergency to be
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declared over public safety. they say small business owners are struggling after being hit by criminals in every part of town. >> number four defense secretary lloyd austin. back in the hospital. this morning for what the defense department called an emergent bladder issue. austin was taken to the critical care unit at walter reed medical center. that's in bethesda, maryland. officials there say they expect austin to make a full recovery. >> number five, waking up to a dense fog advisory for our north bay valleys novato, napa, santa rosa. visibility less than a half of a mile. this lasts until 10:00. elsewhere, we're doing quite fine in terms of fog, but it's chilly. our eastern santa clara hills, a frost advisory you can see around mount hamilton. temperatures as low as the low 30s. otherwise we are going to see a mix of clouds and sun, sunnier east bay and south. today but upper 50s to low 60s at number six. >> that fog could impact your visibility when you're driving this morning. this is a live
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look outside at our bay bridge toll plaza camera, and they have issued a fog advisory for the bay bridge. also, you'll see it is very crowded out there right now. metering lights did flip on at 539 this morning, and it's also really crowded because there's a stall before treasure island. right now, the backup is to the foot of the maze and number seven, one of the big headlines during the super bowl. >> beyonce teasing that she's about to drop a new album. she hinted at it during an ad, then posted a clip of a new song on her website along with the words act two and the date march 29th, and she released a new song, uh, last night too. >> i think it's called texas hold'em. so, you know, only someone like beyonce, right, can steal some of the thunder away from the super bowl. >> well, now it makes sense that she was wearing a cowboy hat when at the grammys. and so it's supposed to be a country music album. we'll see how she kind of fits into that genre. we know she can do it all.
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>> oh yeah, for sure. so we get to talk about her instead of, you know, who she who shall not be named. and i know a lot of people were commenting on social media about beyonce. everybody's so excited about it. is a good album. >> mmhm. >> well, thanks so much for joining us on this somber monday after us talk loss. we hope you'll join us on the abc seven news bay area stream for abc seven at seven. with that, we leave you with this beautiful shot from mountain >> good morning america. the kansas city chiefs are back to back super bowl champions after an instant classic. overtime thriller overnight. >> jackpot, kansas city! >> after an intense matchup,
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