and i sustained very serious injuries as a result. >> unruly passengers are at the top of the list when it comes to what flight attendants want to see change. now at five, the major strike happening today, and if it could affect your flight plus. >> waymo is giving us a better idea of what led to this chaotic scene in san francisco's chinatown. >> and we're just weeks away from the march fifth primary with some big races this hour.

we're hearing from the four senate candidates hoping to fill the seat of dianne feinstein and represent. for being here. it's tuesday, february the 13th. >> we've already made it. it's the second day we are. >> yes. we've made second day. pienta i feel like monday was just like, whew, let's get through it. >> and here we are. tuesday, brand new day. yes, we're feeling i love that energy and we're dry today, so you have no worries when it comes to the forecast. >> tomorrow, though, a different story. so let's get you into the forecast this morning. a live look outside. here's the exploratorium camera. it's mostly cloudy out there today. it's going to be a day where it's just some peeks and pokes of clouds and some sunshine here and there. not rainy today, but tomorrow is a different story. we're starting out at 50. in the city. we're at 43 in napa. good morning. 38 in danville. so we do have some chilly spots right now. no frost advisories in effect, 46 in san jose. we're

coming in at 45. that current temperature in cloverdale. so future weather showing you will be in and out of the clouds throughout the day. by 11 a.m. we'll see temperatures getting you into the mid 50s later on this afternoon. we'll see temperatures pretty close to average upper 50s to the lower 60s for daytime highs. partly sunny skies. as we take your tuesday into the afternoon. 58 in the city, 60 in oakland, 63 in san jose. rain is back in the forecast tomorrow. we'll talk about that in six minutes, but let's check in on the commute with gloria. good morning. >> yeah good morning drew. >> well, as drew mentioned, it is dry out there. so we're not seeing any major issues out there on the roads. look at our map right here. all pretty much green, which is what we like to see. no major issues, no major delays at this time of the morning. and then a live look outside right now at our san mateo hayward bridge camera. and you can see there's a little bit of traffic, but really nothing out of the ordinary for this time of the morning. from the toll plaza to foster city, right now, it will take you 12 minutes. julian >> oh, thanks, gloria. i'll take it from here. okay. >> happening today? thousands of flight attendants are joining forces, and what's being called

a day of action when they plan to picket outside major airports to push for higher wages and better working conditions. abc seven news reporter lena howland is live at sfo. as we take a live look at the tarmac this morning. and lena, is today's demonstration expected to impact flights? >> amanda, good morning to you. we are told that today's demonstration is not expected to impact flight schedules whatsoever, and that flight attendants participating in this are not actually scheduled to work today. unions representing more than 100,000 flight attendants from airlines, including american alaska, frontier, southwest and united are demanding better pay retirement benefits and more flexible schedules. this comes as nearly two thirds of flight attendants are currently in contract negotiations. the unions also want flight attendants to be paid for all their time working. most are not compensated for time spent waiting between flights in the airport or even time boarding the plane. another concern the danger of unruly passengers with incidents on the rise since the pandemic.

>> then he spat in my face and sucker punched me in the eye. i was knocked back three feet before falling to the ground. >> i was hit in the head, knocked to the ground, and i sustained very serious injuries as a result of that. flight attendants scheduled to work have been encouraged to picket virtually. sfo is one of more than 30 airports across the world today expected to have a flight attendants joining in on this day of action, and today's demonstration here at sfo is expected to start right around 11:00. and go until about 1230. live at sfo lena howland abc seven news. >> all right. thanks so much, lena. the primary election is now just three weeks away. california's for leading candidates for u.s. senate took the debate stage last night here in san francisco. they spent an hour talking about everything from housing affordability to homelessness and crime and public safety. abc seven news reporter tim johns spoke with

them afterwards, and along with the california three democratic and one republican candidate, took to the stage monday night for another senate debate on the list of topics discussed was a mix of both statewide problems as well as national issues. >> speaking to abc seven news after the debate, frontrunner. and congressman adam schiff saying that housing affordability is his top priority. >> we need to build hundreds of thousands of units. we need to vastly expand the low income housing tax credit. so we can do it. cost effectively and incentivize the development of housing. >> the bay area also getting mentioned monday evening, specifically oakland and the issues the city has faced when it comes to crime and public safety. hometown candidate and congresswoman barbara lee responding. >> but we have to look at the underlying causes of a lot of the criminal activity that's taking place, especially with guns. we've got to pass a national assault weapon ban. we've got to get these weapons of war off of the streets. >> the seoul republican on the stage, steve garvey, saying he

wants to address the homelessness crisis. >> garvey stating he thinks the state has wasted money on it for years. >> $30 billion has been thrown at the homeless. it's been wasted. when i go back to washington as your next newly elected senator, the first thing i will do is make sure there's an audit to find out where that money went. >> orange county representative katie porter touted her progressive record during her time in congress. porter urging voters to choose her based off the issues. >> i would say to voters that i'm the candidate they can count on to shake up the senate, to push to change things in washington until california gets what it needs. >> californians will head to the polls for the primary on march 5th. an opportunity. wide open senate seat, something that hasn't happened in the state in decades, says political science professor melissa michaelson. >> given incumbency affects most people who are in congress or in the senate, get reelected, and it's been a really long time since we've had an open seat.

>> while the general election might not be until november. michaelson says giving california system sometimes it's the primary that's actually the more important race, whichever democrat it is that made it to that top two runoff in november, that democrat is going to win the statewide election. >> and unless something you know , completely unusual happens. >> tim johns, abc seven news. >> breaking overnight, the senate approved a funding bill meant to provide aid for israel, ukraine and taiwan. in the 70 to 29 vote happened just hours ago. 22 senate republicans supported the final measure, while two democrat. it's along with the lone independent, bernie sanders , voted against the $95 billion foreign aid package. now heads to the house of representatives where it faces an uncertain future. in a statement yesterday, house speaker mike johnson had threatened to kill the measure if it makes it to the house. speaker johnson claims it, quote, fails to meet the mandate of securing america's borders. last week, johnson helped dismantle an emergency aid package that he

also said lacked sufficient border security. this morning, new information is emerging about the woman who walked into pastor joel osteen's, texas megachurch on sunday and started shooting gloria. we're learning she may have struggled with mental illness. >> that's right. amanda, in a facebook post, jenna say moreno's ex mother in law says she suffered from schizophrenia. courtrillionecords show that she also had a turbulent marriage that ended in a bitter custody battle. moreno's ex, accusing her of violence and putting her son in danger multiple times. according to authorities, the weapon that moreno used was bought legally in december. despite her history of mental illness. the motive for the shooting is still unclear. >> want to know the motive? how she got the weapon, why she did this? we're not there yet. >> now. police found anti-semitic writings, but they did not provide other details. and they say moreno may have had a dispute with her ex-husband's family, some of whom are jewish. moreno was shot and killed by

off duty police and her seven year old son was also injured. he was listed in critical condition. julian >> so sad. >> thank you, gloria. if you have plans to travel to the east coast today, be prepared because a massive snowstorm is causing hundreds of flight delays and cancellations, and it could have ripple effects all across the country, depending on where you're headed, you could see anywhere from eight inches to a full foot of snow. in boston, all public schools are canceled today in the city as 40,000 tons of salt ready to go. new york city could see 5 to 8in of snow, and that's the most they've seen in two years. >> new york city could see more snow in one hour than we've seen the entire winter. 7 to 9 a.m. we're getting that heavy snow along i-90. five hartford back through the hudson valley, northwestern new jersey, getting some of the heaviest snow all the way through late morning. >> now, this storm arrives in the northeast after soaking millions along the gulf coast and southeast over the weekend with rain. >> a civil rights organization

has announced plans to sue the city of san diego over recent. flooding. the group claims the city failed to maintain its stormwater infrastructure, which led to devastating floods last month, mostly in lower income neighborhoods. many people are still unable to return to their homes. this latest lawsuit is one of several demanding payments for residents and changes including establishing a stormwater utility fund infrastructure project. eventually, these lawsuits could gain class action status and two mudslides in big sur have trapped at least 50 people near paul's slide and led caltrans crews to offer daily convoys out of the area. the slides happened last week within days of each other, officials say business in big sur is down as much as 35. we. you've got a 4.5 hour drive now to go across the convoy across paul slide, come back around. >> and so each of those residents is having to make some really significant plans about that. depending on the duration

of that period, how they're going to be able to continue their work, how they can maintain their properties and basically just live their lives in the southern section of highway of the highway near paul's slide is set to reopen in late spring of this year. >> 510 amanda, we are tracking more rain coming tomorrow, but today if you are traveling, we have issues across the mid-atlantic and the northeast with a quick hitting system that will dump several inches of snow around new york city. that is where we'll have some issues. heavy snow this morning, giving way to drier conditions this evening. but it's also boston, d.c. that is inundated with this winter weather. chicago denver, atlanta all looking good to go. if you're traveling to the east, live look from sutro tower this morning. it is quiet here. we have mostly cloudy conditions right now. we'll break it down region by region for you from the coast of the bay and inland, it's intervals of sun and clouds throughout the day. today we'll get into the mid 50s. if not the low 60s and some of our warmest

spots by about 3:04 p.m. later on today we're dry live doppler seven showing you we have a weak ripple of energy overhead adding to the cloud cover this morning. but the storm we're tracking is not a big storm by any means, and it's a pretty quick moving system. you can see itrillionight here on satellite. this will move in here tomorrow and mainly in the afternoon on wednesday on the storm impact scale. it is a level one tomorrow, showers some downpours. your biggest impact. slower and slick travel for the evening commute on wednesday and it will be breezy at times, but the winds mainly less than 25mph, so just looking at rainfall totals as we head through wednesday evening. for a lot of us, a quarter to a half of an inch of rain, a little bit higher in the north bay. but the holiday weekend, julian, it is going to be wet and windy. we'll show you that coming up in about eight minutes. >> okay. thank you so much. drew. a death of mitigation on the peninsula coming up, what we're hearing from neighbors following the discovery of four dead people, including four year old twin boys in san mateo. >> and no luck yet for crews working to free a shipwrecked boat in bodega bay, the plan

crews will now try after a failed attempt yesterday and new bizarre claims regarding elon musk's purchase of twitter. >> what a new book says was the driving force behind the billionaire's sudden interest in

and how four people died inside a san mateo home. the disturbing discovery was made on alameda de las pulgas, near 42nd avenue yesterday morning. san mateo police say they got a call for a welfare check at the home. they had to break a window to get inside, and that's when they found four people dead. a man, a woman and two children. sources. tell the abc7 news i-team the children were four year old twin boys. officials have not released. how they died. >> we can only assume what has happened. whatever has happened is a major tragedy. and you wonder what could have been done to avoid it. >> autopsies are expected to be performed today to figure out exactly what happened. police say there is no danger to the

public, no sign of forced entry. and it appears to be an isolated incident. >> elon musk takeover of twitter, now known as x, is getting traced back to his encounter with a florida college student who posted tracking information for private jets owned by famous people. that's according to a new book describing how everything went down. author kurt wagner suggests musk targeted buying shares or started buying shares rather, of twitter after his request to shut down jack sweeney's account was denied. the book claims the account became the driving motivation for musk buying the san francisco based company. sweeney s jet tracker is still active, though he posts public information about private jets used by people like taylor swift, jeff bezos and mark zuckerberg. >> san francisco mayor london breed, now weighing in on the attack that left a waymo car burned and destroyed. her statement reads in part, quote, it was an unacceptable act that has no place in our city, and we will work to hold those who

committed it accountable. it happened saturday night in chinatown. no one was inside the self-driving car, which ended up surrounded by people who smashed windows, shattered the windshield and set off a firework inside the car. waymo sent us an updated statement about what happened, saying, quote, our vehicle was navigating this area along with other human driven cars as a pop up street show held up all traffic, at which point a crowd of folks rushed the waymo. the sfpd says it's investigating. so far, no suspects. >> los angeles mayor karen bass is looking to solve a major graffiti problem on an abandoned high rise. people keep climbing up the building to tag it. l.a. pd, they've already arrested multiple people for tampering with the private property. the 27 story tower is a half finished complex torn down in the downtown area. it was abandoned by its developers in 2020. over the past few weeks, the building has been a landmark for social media stunts and graffiti tagging. mayor bass says safety is the biggest concern.

>> i am terrified that someone is going to fall or be pushed. you might know that there are people who are parachuting off of the building. >> the city says they want to clean the building and secure it from trespassers, but developers have not been cooperative. the oscars are right around the corner, and festivities are now underway. this year's nominees gathered for the oscar luncheon yesterday at the beverly hilton in beverly hills. ryan gosling, sterling k brown and emma stone were some of the big names to hit the carpet before entering the banquet hall for the annual class photo. the cast of barbie and oppenheimer made stunning appearances and snapped a few photos with other nominees. as, of course, you can watch the 96th academy awards right here on abc. that is sunday, march the 10th at 4 p.m. >> if you loved the golden bachelor, get ready to meet the golden bachelorette. the show is announcing a new season to the

hit spinoff. an older woman will now choose. among a group of male suitors. it will debut debut right here on abc this fall. the first ever golden bachelor gary turner, tied the knot with theresa nest in a live wedding special. just last month. >> i wonder when they're going to announce the golden bachelorette. that'll be interesting. do you think it'll be from his season? gary yeah, i hope so. they usually do. yeah, yeah, yeah. >> okay. i'm the novice here. i have really never seen a single episode the bachelor on right now. >> we've got joey. he's from pennsylvania. see, i used to watch it religiously during ben's season. >> and then until rachel. rachel. and what was her name? >> um, the two of them. >> yes. >> so. and then i stopped. >> no, i did watch the golden bachelor, which i thought was really entertaining. and i would love to see the golden bachelorette. that would be cool. the natural progression, you know. yeah. great. i hope that runner up, leslie leslie chosen. yeah. >> very interesting. >> okay. he's like, all right.

to be on the lookout to see you. >> yeah. love is not totally uh- this morning. >> it is quiet out there. we have mostly cloudy conditions. it's dry today. look at your accuweather headlines. it's a quiet day today. no issues tomorrow, though. showers do return. so we do have rain on your valentine's day and then heading into the holiday weekend. we have a series of storms. it looks very wet from saturday to monday with downpours. and gusty winds. we'll talk about that in one second. out there right now. most of us were starting out in the 40s, not one of our coldest mornings we've had in recent memory, but you'll feel that chill in the atmosphere. we're dry. here's a live look outside from the exploratorium camera showing you those clouds. so we'll be in and out of the clouds. maybe some brighter skies midday into the upper 50s, and then the clouds roll back in. but by 4 p.m, it's a mild day. we'll get those temperatures pretty close to average mid 50s along the coast. low 60s as you move away from the coast today day, then tomorrow the rain is back. here's future weather tomorrow morning. here's the morning commute. i don't think we'll have any issues tomorrow morning. maybe a light shower in the north bay. it's really into

the afternoon. this front moves through here. here's 3 p.m. so for the evening commute tomorrow, we'll have some showers. but it moves through pretty quickly. by 7 p.m. we're kind of wrapping up this system and it's pushing out again. i think a 2:45 quarters of an inch of rain very likely. but stronger storms move in here over the holiday weekend. saturday sunday to monday. look at total rainfall will likely be counting this between 1 and 3in of rain. so we could have some issues. again with water. we'll keep you updated on that, but just know it's a wet weekend on the way. here's the accuweather seven day forecast. partly sunny today, rain tomorrow for valentine's day, but we're dry both thursday and friday. and then we have that pretty active pattern wet and windy through early next week. gloria >> yeah, well, you know, we want to take you right to oakland right now because we are getting reports of some police activity. so you can see right here our camera. it's over at northbound 880 at 66 avenue. and if you look. on the upper left hand corner of your screen, you'll see some flashing lights. that's a police activity right there. and we're not getting too much

information right now, but it is causing a little bit of slowing here in oakland. again, northbound 880 at 66th avenue. however, the slowdown is not too bad, right now, but we'll keep monitoring it for you this morning, guys. all right. thanks so much gloria. >> coming up, the seven things to know this morning shut down since the storms earlier this year. >> the news we're expecting today about when the pacifica pier will reopen. >> and it is 521 on this tuesday morning. look at this beautif

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shows rechargeable batteries have sparked at least 215 fires in the city since 2017. number four, we will be getting a new look at inflation this morning when the latest consumer price index is released, analysts expect the report to show the lowest inflation in nearly two years and number five, we are dry today with partly sunny skies, temperatures pretty close to average. >> we'll get into the upper 50s to the lower 60s tomorrow, though. rain back in the forecast level one for showers and downpours. slick roads for the wednesday evening commute and number six. >> we are continuing to follow some police activity in oakland. that's causing some minor slowdowns right now. this is over at northbound 880 at 66 avenue, and you could see right there on the upper left hand corner of your screen, the flashing lights. again, police activity. we don't have too much information, but we're getting more information on that. and we'll give it to you throughout the morning. >> number seven, it is fat tuesday. a huge celebration is already underway in new orleans. tomorrow is ash wednesday and the beginning of lent. now

there's growing concern about a possible fuel leak in the north bay as a major operation to free a stuck fishing boat continues near bodega bay. we first brought you this story yesterday morning. the coast guard says the 50 foot aleutian storm ran aground in rough water friday night. the ship's four crew members, all made it out safely. now, rescuers are trying to pull the crab boat off the beach and back into the water. the coast guard says yesterday's attempt was not successful because the tow line broke. >> she does weigh about 57 tons and so everything we have has to be a pretty heavy lift and so it definitely has been challenging. but she is a steel hulled vessel, which is actually beneficial to her because she's not breaking up in the surf. >> the coast guard plans to offload fuel to lighten the vessel, but there are pollution concerns because the 1500 gallons of diesel on board could leak from the tanks. >> today, we are expecting an

update on how much longer the pacifica pier will remain closed. massive waves damaged the historic pier in late december, forcing it to close for repairs. city officials originally said about half of the pier would be reopened by valentine's day on christmas day, this fire burned a strip mall on el camino real and los altos in nearly two months later, the busy roadway is finally reopened to vehicle traffic. the road reopening came ahead of schedule, actually. for weeks, drivers had to detour around what's left of that burned strip mall. now, demolition on the building is in its final stages. the city is hoping bike lanes and sidewalks will reopen soon. >> we understand that it did cause some inconveniences, but we're glad that county fire was able to conduct their investigation in a safe manner. we're going to continue working efficiently and safely to be able to get those open for the community. >> it's still unclear what caused that massive fire in las

vegas. they are already placing bets on who is going to make it into the super bowl next year. coming up at 530, we're talking about where the 40 niners rank, and if you didn't spend all your money on those super bowl tickets. >> the reason some experts say now is the best time to buy your spring and summer

live some flight attendants are fed up with the status quo. >> now, at 530, the massive demonstration happening today at bay area airports and across the country. growing fallout after former president trump said he would not protect nato allies who did not pay their fair share of defense spending. >> what european nations are saying now coming up and people. living here in the bay area could be at higher risk of developing cancer or dementia. >> what a new study is suggest about the reason why. good morning everyone. it is tuesday,

february 13th. feeling good today and we are closer to friday. we we're inching closer to friday. >> thanks for joining us here at 530. we want to check in with meteorologist drew tuma because we do have some rain. returning to the forecast here. >> we do and it will come tomorrow. today we at least get a dry day. a live look from sutro tower. it is a mostly cloudy view this morning. temperatures right now we're starting out in the 40s 43, in vallejo, 44 in palo alto, 41 in santa rosa. the city right now coming in at about 49 degrees. so we'll have clouds streaming in from time to time. it's a partly sunny day. we're dry today. don't need the umbrella. temperatures pretty close to average, upper 50s to the lower 60s. 60 in oakland today at about 60. in santa rosa, 58 in the city, 63 in san jose. but tomorrow rain is back in the forecast for valentine's day. it is a level one as showers return some winds as well, but it's a quick moving system. it's out of here by thursday. we'll take a closer look at the rain tomorrow. the timing of it coming up in about eight

minutes. let's see how the commute is going with gloria. good morning all right. >> good morning drew. good morning to everybody so far. the commute is going pretty well this morning. we're going to live. look outside from our emeryville camera. and you can see there is a little bit more traffic out there as more people start to head out to work. but not too bad right now. from highway four to the toll plaza that will take you 23 minutes and then a look at your drive times. the usual slow spot from tracy to dublin. 49 minutes. and then when it comes to mass transit, everything is on time right now. >> good news there. thank you. gloria. happening today, thousands of flight attendants around the world will be taking part in what's expected to be the largest collective action in the history of the profession. they plan to picket at major airports and among their demands, higher wages and an end to sexist policies. as abc seven news reporter lena howland is live for us at sfo this morning with more on today's day of action. good morning lena. >> good morning julian. sfo is one of more than 30 airports across the world that's expected to have flight attendants participating in this day of

action. unions representing more than 100,000 flight attendants from airlines, including american alaska, frontier, southwest and united are demanding better pay. retirement benefits and more flexible schedules. this comes as nearly two thirds of flight attendants are currently in contract negotiations. the unions also want flight attendants to be paid for all their time working. most are not compensated for time spent waiting between flights in the airport, or even time boarding the plane. in a joint statement, flight attendants are vowing to fight corporate greed, saying our time on the job must be compensated. we need flexible 8-80 and control of our lives. legacy. sexism that traditionally devalued our jobs must be stamped out and replaced with the true value of our work. ahead of today's demonstration, alaska airlines released a statement saying we have been offering industry leading, top of scale pay for months with an immediate 15% raise to the entire pay scale and additional

raises every year. we've closed more than 50 tentative agreements representing dozens of topics where we have found common ground. they added that they do not expect flight schedules to be impacted because of today's demonstration, starting at 11, and any flight attendants we see on the picket lines are not actually scheduled to work today. live at sfo, lena howland, abc seven news okay, thank you so much, lena. >> despite today's demonstrations, experts say if you're thinking about traveling this spring, now may be the best time to book that flight. here's abc news reporter andrew dymburt with today's gma first look in this morning's gma first look spring break savings, experts say now may be the best time to book your flights. >> if you strike while the iron is hot, chances are, once march rolls around, spring break flights are going to get more expensive, not less. >> we are in the goldilocks window for cheap spring break flights. yes, you heard that right. >> take a page from the

childhood fairy tale the goldilocks window is the ideal time to book your flight. not too early or too late for the price to be just right. >> if you book 11 months in advance, you don't see many cheap flights, but also if you wait until a week or two before your. >> when you're hoping to travel, your likelihood of a cheap flight at that point is also going to be very low. >> and coming up at 7 a.m, we'll have the expert advice you need to lock in that spring break trip at a price that won't break the bank with your gma first look, i'm andrew dymburt, abc news, new york. >> a new study has found that bay area residents could be at higher risk of developing cancer or dementia because of wildfire smoke, researchers from the first street foundation say fine particle pollution, the type that comes from wildfire smoke, is rising in western states. at the same time, it's dropping in other parts of the country. these pollutant deaths have been linked to alzheimer's, dementia and cancer, according to the san francisco chronicle. counties like santa clara, alameda,

sonoma and napa could see more than a month's worth of bad air per year by 2054. >> california's attorney general, rob bonta, is sponsoring a bill aimed at reducing an alarming rate of pregnancy related deaths among black women. the bill would require health providers to comply with a 2019 law that mandates anti-bias training for health care employees in california, black women make up 5% of pregnancies, but represent 21% of pregnancy related deaths statewide, said attorney general. bonta says the bill would correct the bias. some providers have said that influences the way they treat their patients, so it would better enable us to truly take on the insidious implicit bias that's tearing families apart and most importantly, you know, not being overly dramatic here. >> it'll save lives. >> the new bill establishes deadlines for health care providers to provide anti bias training for its employees. it also sets penalties for noncompliance science.

>> we're learning more this morning about the latest hospital stay for defense secretary lloyd austin. gloria is at the live desk with our details. good morning gloria. >> good morning amanda. for the second time in less than two months, us defense secretary lloyd austin is back in the hospital. austin has been admitted into the critical care unit at walter reed medical center. he was taken back to the hospital on sunday for what the defense department called an emergent bladder issue. now, officials say that 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, only this time the public and the president know about it. the disclosure is far more prompt than it was in january, when, for days, president biden and other senior officials were not aware that austin was hospitalized or the reason we did not handle this right, and i did not handle this right.

>> i should have told the president about my cancer diagnosis. i should have also told my team and the american public. >> now, the hospital says he was put under general anesthesia for non surgical procedures. the pentagon says he'll remain in the icu at walter reed for the remainder of his stay. for privacy reasons. >> all right. thanks so much, gloria. now after bombshell remarks this weekend, former president trump is doubling down on saying he would not protect nato members from future attacks if those countries fail to invest enough on their own national security. abc news reporter kim nguyen has the latest from washington. good morning. >> amid the race for the white house, president biden warned a second time with former president trump would destroy american relations. abroad. >> but trump is reaffirm his stance. this morning, growing fallout after former president trump said he would encourage

russia to attack nato allies who failed to meet, agreed upon defense spending goals. trump doubling down on social media nato has to equalize ties and now nato countries do not pay set dues to the alliance and do not owe the us money. but they do commit to spending a certain amount on national defense, and most of them have not reached that goal. the white house, underscoring nato's importance to national and european security, poland's foreign minister responded by noting that poland supported the us and afghanistan after nine over 11, saying we didn't send the bills for that to washington. alliances also strengthened the united states. some republicans are pushing back on trump's comments, but his supporters are standing firmly behind him. >> if you're not going to defend your own country, why should our taxpayers defend it for them? >> senators could greenlight more aid for those countries as soon as today. trump's republican rival nikki haley also blasted his comments, warning the last thing they should do is side with putin.

but as trump gets closer to becoming the gop presidential nominee, his grip and influence on the party appears to grow stronger. and when abc news, washington. >> well, you're seeing some new images this morning of israeli forces launching a daring operation to rescue two hostages from hamas, the two men were helicoptered to a hospital sunday night after more than four months in captivity. >> israel defense forces stormed a heavily armed building in rafah in the middle of the night, finding the two men held at gunpoint on the second floor. massive airstrikes took place across rafah during the operation. president biden and other world leaders are warning against the idf, pushing further into rafah. >> many people there have been displaced despite multiple times fleeing the violence to the north and now they're packed into rafah in exposed and vulnerable. they need to be protected. >> the population of rafah is now six times the size it was when the war first began. more

than a million people who now face the prospect israel could launch a ground attack. hundreds of protesters from across the south bay rallied to call for an end to the war in gaza. demonstrators started yesterday at an event at san jose state and then organized a car caravan over to stanford, which you see here. late last week, the university said they will evict students who've been holding a sit in protest on campus for more than 100 days. demonstrators are demanding stanford respond to the ongoing israel-hamas war, but the university says the sit in is now unsafe. >> all plans to grocery bags would be banned in 2026 under a new bill, making its way through the state legislature. a new report shows the existing california bag laws are actually generating more trash in our landfills, not less. the plastic bags we now pay for at checkout stands are supposed to be reusable. up to 125 times, but the reality is most of us throw them away after the first use. the bags are thicker and heavier

than ones used nearly a decade ago, so the fee stores charge when you ask for a bag would not go away, and the chiefs may have come out of super bowl 58. victoria but there's still some credit to give the 40 niners as well. up next, the record both teams break during sunday's game . >> fat tuesday celebrations kick off today for mardi gras. we're meeting a long time attendee who may as well be royalty on the streets of new orleans. she's 104 years old, but first up, we check back in with drew for a look at our forecast here at home. >> yeah, right on. all right, let's go outside. here's a live look. the see exploratorium camera. we have mostly cloudy skies to start out. our tuesday. we'll be in and out of the cloud cover. so maybe some brighter conditions by lunchtime. then the clouds roll back in later on this afternoon for partly sunny skies. but it will be a mild day. temperatures today pretty close to average. we'll get you into the upper 50s and lower 60s. 59 in napa, 58 in the city, 60 in palo alto, in oakland, san

jose at 63, livermore, up to 61 degrees, with those partly sunny skies. so we're dry today, no issues with any wet weather that will change tomorrow. here's our next storm system satellite, showing you a quick moving front will bring us some quick moving showers tomorrow afternoon. it is a level one on the abc seven storm impact scale here on wednesday. we'll have those showers, some downpours at times. the morning commute tomorrow looks okay. it's the evening commute. we'll have that wet weather moving through. so a little bit slower tomorrow evening. some slick roads out there and winds not all that high, gusting about 15 to 30mph. so no big impacts there when it comes to those speeds. so here's future weather tomorrow morning. we'll stop the clock at 9 a.m. you can see we're dry for the morning commute. then that front starts to move through here in the afternoon. by 3 p.m. we'll track those showers, those scattered downpours, but it's a fast moving system. it's wrapping up by the end of the day tomorrow. but the weekend is looking wet with a series of storms headed our way. we'll talk about that in n

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in the books, and it was the most watched program in tv history, according to data from nielsen and adobe analytics. the broadcast averaged 123.4 million viewers across tv and, of course, streaming platforms. that shatters last year's viewer record by 7. and it's the biggest television audience recorded since the apollo 11 moon landing in 1969. hundreds of thousands of faithful watched with heavy hearts as the chiefs went on to beat the niners in sunday's game. fans who were in las vegas for the big game say they now have lifelong memories of the experience in vegas. >> the town is awesome, the vibes are awesome. there's a lot to do and it's all in one place. you know, vegas, viva las vegas.

>> viva las vegas, baby. super bowl 59 is set to play, be played in new orleans, and despite the crushing defeat over the weekend, things are looking up for the 49 ers. >> according to fanduel sports book, the 49 ers are favorites to be next year's nfl champions. san francisco is the early favorite to win, followed by the chiefs, ravens, lions and the bills. now begins the long off season of analyzing what the team needs to do next year to get back to the super bowl, and lift the lombardi trophy for the first time in 30 years. the niners are back in the bay area following their super bowl loss in vegas. several busses were waiting for players and staff at san jose's airport yesterday afternoon. meanwhile super bowl mvp patrick mahomes was all smiles. of course, during his visit to the happiest place on earth. mahomes participated in the victory parade down main street at disneyland yesterday. disney is the parent company of abc seven.

>> all right, let's take you live to bourbon street this morning. the place to be in new orleans for mardi gras. it is still quietrillionight now. you can see crews are busy cleaning things up after a night of partying. i see some cups down there, some beads to uh. it's all about fat tuesday today, a day of parades, street parties, masked balls and other traditional festivities. and of course, this all happens ahead of ash wednesday tomorrow, kicking off the beginning of lent, one new orleans native says she's been blessed to celebrate mardi gras for more than a century. mary nunez, now enjoys the parades with multiple generations of her own family. she's now 104 years old and has been taking part in mardi gras celebrations since she was just a kid. >> i'm so very blessed. i pray a lot. that helps. yes and i'm loved and i give love and it's very, very important words to live by. >> well, mary says she grew up

not far from the main parade route. some of the other parade goers say getting to walk the route with her is like being with royalty, and she is thriving. >> look at her. tomorrow also happens to be valentine's day. the national retail federation estimates americans will spend about $26 billion this year, and that breaks down to an average of nearly $186 per person. but before we get to valentine's day though, let's take the time today to celebrate galentine's day. yes, galentine's day with the g. the day gained popularity after it was introduced on a 2010 episode of parks and rec. it's a time to celebrate female friendships and honor the important women in your life. >> like it? >> leslie knope and ann perkins started galentine's day. >> could you imagine a true icon starting anything? >> no. now it's a true trend. >> yeah. >> whole thing influencing. i guess that's what happens every day. >> totally. >> tomorrow, though. rain. so you got to deal with that? i

know, but tonight, enjoy the dry weather. we had a nice little stretch, didn't we? started last week and now we have partly sunny skies today. so we are dry on your tuesday showers are back here for valentine's day and then we're really focusing on the upcoming holiday weekend because we have a series of storms that will move through here, bring us some heavy downpours at times and some gusty winds. we'll show you that timeline in one second today, though it's not a bad day. partly sunny will be in and out of the cloud cover throughout the day. maybe brighter skies by lunchtime and the clouds are back here by 4 p.m. very comfortable though. mid 50s to the low 60s for our daytime highs now. tomorrow rain return and it's mainly in the afternoon, so we do anticipate tomorrow morning to be pretty quiet tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow evening we'll track those showers for a lot of us will wind up anywhere from a 2:45 quarters of an inch of rain , a little bit higher in the north bay, where we see some steadier rain early on, but then it turns active over the weekend. so here's future weather. fast forward into saturday. here's saturday afternoon. our next front will move through here during the day

on saturday to start the weekend out on a wet note. we'll have showers, some downpours, some gusty winds. right now looks like a pretty warm storm. so high elevation snow very likely. and then another system is going to move in here sunday into monday. and that would linger into tuesday as well. so you get the picture. we had a nice dry period. now that's coming to an end as we turn active once again. here's the accuweather seven day forecast showing you today. we are partly sunny rain for valentine's day tomorrow, two dry days. thursday and friday, and then we'll track those storms over the weekend and into early next week. gloria. yeah, well, joanna, you mentioned possible rain tomorrow , but you know what? >> today it is looking really nice out there on the roads. no wet roads to worry about today and traffic is flowing pretty nicely. you can see here from our walnut creek camera that there are no major issues here. and then as far as our drive times for this morning, just your usual traffic from tracy to dublin. 50 minutes and then from antioch to concord. that is 28 minutes, guys. >> all right. >> thanks, gloria. new here at six peace plaza. renovations the

project that's making improvements to san francisco's historic japantown. >> but first dub nation on hot streak, a fifth straight win for the warriors. but it was a somber night for head coach steve kerr. the reason he was not courtside during last night's game in utah. >> and here at 551, we take a live look outside, showing you some traffic moving freely along the golden gate bridge. enjoy this dry day before the rain returns. we'll check back in with drew in just a

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warriors. he died of a heart attack last month in utah. the warriors still took the court last night against the utah jazz . assistant coach kenny atkinson stepped into the lead. the team while kerr was away. the dubs beat the jazz 129 to 107 to win their fifth straight game. the warriors have a tough valentine's day game tomorrow at home against the la clippers. >> black history month is in full swing for an oakland musical group that's been around for nearly 40 years now. the oakland interfaith gospel choir is inviting the public for several concerts that teach black history through song. >> if people sang more, they would be able to love more, more. and so this is an opportunity for the kids to really understand what they're singing, how they can be respectful of each other. and for us, we're singing so many different types of music from so many different types of composers. for example, our kids are learning music from the zulu tribe and from the south african tribes and all youth concert on february the 24th is free for all oakland unified students and

their families. >> go to. oh, i see dot org for more information and to get those tickets today in san francisco, a free concert series kicks off over the next six months. >> illuminated arts will host the civic center soundtrack concert series at the united nations plaza. this is between hyde and larkin streets. the diverse musical performances will take place every tuesday, thursday and friday from noon until 3 p.m. it's an initiative that's part of the city's larger effort to attract more people and enliven the plaza area. >> very cool. 555 this morning and we're looking at your morning commute. no issues. it's not too chilly out there, no frosted advisories. we're dry through the morning commute today. we'll have partly sunny conditions and temperatures warming into the low 50s by about 10 a.m. i do want to take you to the east coast if you are traveling later today, just know that mid-atlantic and the northeast is dealing with a quick moving winter storm that you can see from new york city down through philadelphia. even hartford and boston. going to

see several inches of snow out of this system so that could cause some delays. if you're traveling to the mid-atlantic and the northeast. so there you go. new york, boston, that snow, windy conditions in the carolinas, drier as you move south back here at home today, we're totally dry, partly sunny conditions. we'll find temperatures pretty close to where we should be for this time of the year. upper 50s to the lower 60s. your ocean water temperature, by the way, coming in at a chilly 56 degrees. now rain back in the forecast tomorrow. you'll need your umbrella. it's a level one on our wednesday at the light system. showers and downpours. thatrillionain arrives in the afternoon will create a slick evening commute with winds, breezy at times up to about 25mph. >> amanda all right. thanks so much drew. new at six cruise safety chief. the new hire who's tasked with helping the robotaxi company rehab its image after a controversial crash and another vote. >> but will this one work? house republicans today will try for a second time to impeach homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas and a live look outside

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