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about what happened and the serious damage done below. good evening. thanks for joining us. >> i'm dan ashley and i'm ama daetz. the passengers on this united airlines flight 35 had a long flight ahead of them going to osaka, japan. but just as you saw in that video, within moments they had a sudden change of plans. >> yeah, we'll show you from the air. the plane took off from runway 28, right. or 28 are earlier today. >> and as it gained altitude, the tire fell off over the employee parking lot, hitting several cars before bouncing into the neighboring hertz rental car lot. the good news? >> thankfully, no one was hurt. but the tires on these boeing seven seven sevens can weigh up to 265 pounds. their huge tires they are. >> let's go out live to abc seven news reporter j.r. stone. he's been at sfo all night hearing more about this scene down below. j.r. >> well, ama, at first some of the passengers thought we were joking when we told them what we were covering here at sfo. then some of those passengers saying, first there was the door
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incident on alaska airlines flight. then you had a wing incident, then now a tire incident, both on united airlines flights. there is concern among passengers tonight that this speed and the velocity that it was coming down, it would have crushed somebody like a grape. eyewitness gary glass is describing this. the tire from a united flight that fell off the plane after taking off at sfo, seen here in this video recorded by carly planes on youtube. glass was driving near the rental car facility and just 50ft away as you watch the tire hit nearby vehicles, i look up and it's a tire spinning at a rapid speed spinning, and it bounced in the staff parking lot and it bounced onto a car at a small white compact car and i thought that it was just going to crush that car and stay there. >> but it actually bounced again. really high tire still spinning. and then it landed on a red tesla and completely totaled and crushed the red tesla. >> multiple cars were damaged,
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but no one hurt. >> i've never seen anything like that. i was in shock for about 15 20 minutes. >> the plane that was initially headed to japan rerouted to lax where it landed safely. no one there was hurt, but those in the bay, just a bit taken back after what happened. >> i knew it was a plane tire right away because they're huge right? they're like the size of an entire wheel, well of a car. but when it hit that tesla, like, i just remember the glass and the metal, the metal crunch and the shadow of the glass was just really loud. >> yeah, it's certainly good news that no one was hurt in this case. now, as to how that tire came off, that is under investigation by the faa. united airlines did say in a statement, quote, they will work with customers as well as the owners of the damaged vehicles in sfo to ensure their needs are addressed. live at sfo, jr stone abc seven news okay jr thank you. >> what a story. we're bringing
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you live breaking news updates all afternoon as this story was developing a stay on top of the news where you live with the abc seven news bay area app. and be sure to turn on the push notifications so we can keep you up to date as we watch crews roll off with the wheel of the plane, we wondered how uncommon of a sight this is. >> abc news aviation analyst john nance says incidents like this are rare. he explained the situation on our 3:00 pm program getting answers, six tires on each side on the main struts of this 777, boeing seven, seven, seven. >> and there are times when mechanically something in the interface of the tire and the strut uh- interact and it either overheated or something was wrong and broke off. but again, it's a very unusual situation. >> nance says the loss of a single tire will not have any impact on the ability to land the plane. they are able to drop fuel to lighten the aircraft's balance. but, nance adds pilots will focus even harder to create a soft as soft of a landing as
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possible. now, despite some very scary recent high profile incidents, the numbers still show. flying is by far the safest form of transportation. plane crashes remain extremely rare. mit research shows about 40% of airline passengers have experienced fear at one time or another while flying. however every year about 265 times more likely to be involved in a fatal crash driving to the airport than in one mid-flight. the research shows a person is far more likely to die from poisoning on the job, or even by electrocution. >> let's move now to tonight's state of the union address and president biden's chance to appeal directly to voters going into the november election against donald trump. mr. biden taking on reproductive rights, immigration reform and israel's war against hamas. abc news reporter perry russom has that, and the republican response. >> mr. speaker, the president of the united states, president biden, on his biggest platform,
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unveiling his plan to take on some of the biggest issues at home and abroad. >> the president calling for immigration reform as his border security bill stalls in the republican controlled house. >> this bill would save lives and also give me and any new president, new emergency authority temporarily shut down the border when the number of migrants at the border is overwhelming. >> sitting with the first lady, kate cox, she was denied an abortion in texas under the state's strict ban. >> if you, the american people, send me a congress that supports the right to choose, i promise you i will restore roe v wade as the law of the land again, biden announcing an emergency military mission to build a port in gaza, delivering food, water, medicine and shelter. the leadership of israel. i say this humanitarian assistance cannot be a secondary consideration or a bargaining chip. protecting and saving innocent lives has to be a priority, a senior administration official telling abc news. >> it will take weeks to plan and execute, and it will be
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carried out by the us army. pentagon sources say all work will be done by us troops offshore, and there will be no u.s. boots on the ground inside gaza, without mentioning former president trump by name, biden, drawing contrast from his expected opponent in november. >> my predecessor and some of you here seek to bury the truth about january 6th. i will not do that. this is the moment to speak the truth and to bury the lies. here's the simple truth you can't love your country only when you win. >> in alabama, senator katie britt, the youngest republican woman ever elected to the senate, delivering the gop response to the country we know and love, seems to be slipping away, and it feels like the next generation will have fewer opportunities and less freedoms than we did. >> i worry my own children may not even get a shot at living their american dreams. >> the president started his speech talking about the war in ukraine, telling congress they have to stand up to russian president vladimir putin, asking
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lawmakers to pass the bill that would send aid to ukraine, and the president with a direct message to vladimir putin, saying, we will not walk away. perry russom, abc news, washington. >> we talked with abc seven news insider phil matier afterward. he called this one of the most political state of the union addresses he has ever heard. >> the content was appeared to be something that you would hear, possibly from a candidate at a convention kicking off the campaign. and that's what i think we saw tonight. he these are the issues he wants to run on immigration reform by his package that the republicans haven't passed women's rights, which is going to be on the ballot on key states, pharmacy, big pharma, reducing things for the middle class, things for the working class. >> as far as what lies ahead for the president after tonight, phil says while he may have delivered with the speech, he has a lot of work to do. >> it is a tough road for incumbents right now, whether
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you're mayor of san francisco or president of the united states, it is a tough time. people do not feel good about what's going on around them and how they're being hit economically. and you can say that you've created jobs and done all of those things. he is yet to connect, and he has to connect with democrats first and then move from there. and this was the first step in that, yes, he was powerful. at least his lungs were. he stayed on script next week. something else could happen. a speech is a speech only as good as it goes on. >> and we are less than eight months away from the general election. >> two more body blows to downtown san francisco tonight. the north face, which got its start in the city's north beach neighborhood in 1964, is closing its store in union square later this month. >> that's right. and just hours later, the chronicle reports zara is closing its union square store on post street as well. >> now, these announcements come just a week after macy's confirmed the closing of its flagship store in union square. since the start of 2023, more than three dozen downtown san
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francisco retailers have closed or announced plans to close. san francisco mayor london breed held her state of the city address today on that news, she touted though a few of her election day wins from tuesday. one is over measure e, a proposition she put on the ballot. >> we will be installing new public safety cameras in high crime areas, deploying drones for auto theft, car break ins and other crimes. san francisco is not wearing the shackles of your negativity any longer. >> you can read much more about her policy plans for the city, including a new 30 by 30 initiative for downtown. that story is on our front page. abc7 news.com. >> in the east bay, there's a new group going around berkeley with the mission to protect cal students on campus. it's an idea from a group of students, parents and community members. abc seven news reporter lauren martinez has more on how they work and why they feel it's needed. >> parents are stepping in to make a saferer uc berkeley. cal
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parents hired their own private security group called safe bears. >> oh, it feels good. and i appreciate it. >> helping people safe bears formed out of concerns that there weren't enough measures or resources to keep students safe. >> you know, sometimes cal students, it's easy for them to assume that the risks they face every day in berkeley are just part of normal life, but it's not. >> starting this week, six safety ambassadors wearing bright yellow jackets will patrol different areas, either on foot or by bike. from 630 in the evening to 3 a.m. every night. >> they all have california guard cards, which means they've undergone criminal background checks with the california department of justice as well as the fbi. they are not carrying any kind of defensive gear. they don't carry pepper spray or batons or handcuffs. >> the safety ambassadors don't step foot on university campus property, just on public roads and sidewalks around the university, where students live
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and study. >> kind of have to fight for the things you want, like the people do protest. people like campaign for the things they want. so i think it's like really good that they're doing that. >> the safety ambassadors role is to provide a physical deterrence to any threats against students. for now, this will be a pilot program that will run until the end of the month. >> i'm a parent of three, and this is a great start. >> fully believe that the administration cares about student safety, but we just don't see enough urgency on their part to actually get it done. >> in berkeley, lauren martinez, abc seven news. the debate over tiktok another push for a national ban of the app. >> but now the tiktokers are fighting back. plus count down to the oscars tonight, a look at the celebrity voters who picked the nominees. and it's our choice for the best thing you'll see today. a big birthday party for the group granting thousands of wishes acro the bay area. who i
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and here in the us we have ten democrats and ten republicans to introduce a bill that would prohibit tiktok from operating in the united states. house lawmakers announced the bill, and today, the legislation easily made it out of the house energy and commerce committee unopposed, tiktok sent out pop up messages urging people to speak up to prevent a shutdown, and users responded by flooding congressional offices with phone calls. >> pressure campaigns on that tiktok put in place today, where they forced a pop up on the app and also told a lie that we were we were forcing an outright ban,
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which this bill is not, proves the danger. they sort of prove the entire point. >> the bill calls for the chinese company bytedance limited to divest tiktok and other applications. it controls within 180 days of enactment of the bill, or those apps will be prohibited in the united states. >> on to the oscars and the countdown to hollywood's biggest night. the producers of this year's awards are revealing their plans to amp up the emotion during the acting categories. five notable former winners will be on stage as each winner is announced. >> yeah, now this was done before and now they're bringing it back. sandy kenyon with our abc news sister station, has more on the people who pick those winners in the first place. >> the movies we honor tonight have real power. >> the decisions about which movies to recognize depend on a powerful few. the members of the motion picture academy. and because this award is so prestigious, the members of this jury consider their choices very
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carefully. >> something that stands out you know, something that stays with you. >> do you ever vote for your friends? >> if i think they do a good job , yeah, sure. >> there are roughly 9500 academy members eligible to vote. a relatively small group given the big impact of their decisions. >> it definitely is a more diverse crowd than it was. you know, even five, ten years ago. the academy has made a real concerted effort to broaden its s uh- membership. >> the membership is divided into branches, one for each craft of filmmaking. the largest is the actors branch, so trophies given out by the actors union are always closely watched . >> but it's not so much what you win. a lot of it is the last thing that happens before ballots get turned in. >> oppenheimer about the birth of the atom bomb, won big at the
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sag awards and is now the heavy favorite to win for best picture. cillian murphy has won repeatedly for his lead role. robert downey jr, for his supporting part, has been called a lock to win, but surprises are always possible. >> we have such a diverse, strong collection of performances that academy members really responded to. it was a very, very strong year for the acting categories. >> sandy kenyon, abc seven news and you can watch all the drama unfold at the 96th annual oscars, hosted by jimmy kimmel. >> coverage runs all day sunday leading up to the awards starts an hour earlier than usual at 4 p.m, right here on abc seven, so be sure to tune in. >> so what will the weather be like for the weekend? >> i mean, it could be rainy. we don't care. we're going to be inside watching sandhya. >> that's right. we could look out and just enjoy the oscars and look at what's happening outside. so outside where the oscars are taking place, let me
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show you the forecast. it is going to be award winning 688 degrees, mainly sunny and mild almond, and it is just going to be nice outside as people line up. and here's live view. equally gorgeous is the view from sutro tower. looking at the golden gate bridge, the skies are clear and tomorrow morning it's a cool start. at 7 a.m. temperatures will be in the 40s, bright and sunny at noontime, and we're going to warm it up for you compared to today in the low to upper 60s, with those temperatures dropping off at 7 p.m, you know, with the warmth this time of year comes the pollen count. some of us are suffering. if you are suffering, it may be due to the tree pollen which is running high. juniper, alder and poplar grasses are moderate. weeds and molds are low to nonexistent. high pressure brought us milder weather today. if you didn't notice it after that morning, fog that cleared away certainly will notice it tomorrow with that ridge in place. but that system will come in over the weekend and will bring us some wet weather right now on live doppler seven all is quiet. your
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temperatures are in the 40s and the 50s as you check out the view from pier 39. it's a lovely one, as tomorrow. sunny and milder weather this weekend. cooler periods of rain mid to late next week. we are talking about spring like warmth with temperatures soaring into the 70s. not quite there yet. tomorrow morning still that winter chill, 30s and 40s under clear skies. you'll get good radiational cooling. but tomorrow afternoon get outside, enjoy the sun because it is going to be beautiful. south bay, 68, san jose and gilroy on the peninsula. you'll need the sunscreen. 65 san mateo, 60, and half moon bay, downtown san francisco 62 degrees. looking at the north bay, mid 60s from san rafael to santa rosa, 65 in napa and the east bay, also in oakland. 65 fremont head inland and this is really going to feel a little more like spring than winter. 65 in walnut creek, 67 in fairfield, 66 livermore. all right. just as you get used to that idea, saturday cools off, clouds up, and here comes a
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narrow frontal band. so 8 a.m. it's in the north bay. that front still holds together. at 11 a.m. you're looking at wet weather, and then it starts to break apart. early in the afternoon. the showers and the inland east bay and the south bay won't amount to a whole lot, but just have your umbrellas handy for the first half of your saturday as we are expecting some rain. rainfall estimates for saturday, anywhere from a few hundredths of an inch in the south and inland east bay all the way to 2/10 of an inch in ukiah. now looking at your sunday, the next system comes in late afternoon evening. it is going to bring more snow to the sierra. certainly lingers into monday morning. and then here comes a second storm that one will bring us widespread rain on tuesday, with more sierra snow. and then look what happens. big ridge of high pressure builds in. and that's what's going to bring us the warmth as we head towards thursday. accuweather seven day forecast. we've got warmth tomorrow. it's going to feel nice. scattered showers, level one saturday. it's a one uh- afternoon evening. sunday is when we're expecting rain. don't
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forget spring forward one hour. we go to daylight saving time on sunday, a level one early monday and also all day tuesday. and then we'll bring on the warmth with 60s thursday, it's going to be sunny and in the 70s for our warmest spots.
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bay area. you're looking at evening of wishes, held at the fairmont in san francisco tonight, was honored to emcee the event in the last 40 years. our local chapter has granted more than 9500 wishes in our 17 northern california counties. it's not bad, right? it is an important milestone. but of course, your organization hopes to grant so many more wishes in the years to come to help children facing critical illness. and so much money was raised tonight. we appreciate everyone who came out and donated evening of wishes. >> that is lovely. you look lovely. what a great evening. i know you've been so involved in that cause i know it's been wonderful. wonderful. all right, well, what would the warriors do for an encore after last night's huge win? dubs back in action. that's right. >> abc seven news sports director larry bill is here. larry >> dan, this whole season for the warriors has been one step forward, then two steps back. and this one hurts. literally steph curry limped off late. and yes, it's the ankle again.
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the warriors right back out on the court tonight, hosting the bulls dubs trying to climb their way up the west standings. you know, this is what raising your kids right looks like. hey little sparky so cute. warriors found themselves down ten heading to the fourth quarter. it's the kids who bring him back tj d ahead to moses moody who makes the grab and went for ten points. nine boards, dubs up one. i can't believe my eyes, you don't want to see this steph curry spraining his right ankle. limps to the locker room afterwards. so the dubs did not have him down the stretch for the final three minutes and change. he's going to be on ice all night long. bulls have been playing really well lately demar derozan big reason why. 42 seconds left. soft touch 118 116 chicago then with 40s left out of the timeout klay thom a looks off the bench for klay. dubs up by one. you're feeling good. but they could not stop derozan who gets jonathan kuminga to jump. and 132 for derozan. bulls by two. and then under 10s left brandon poganski makes the
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right. read drives and then misses the wide open layup. and the warriors end up falling 125 122 college ball. have you ever seen a neon violin. well now you have stanford cal pac 12 women's tournament bears looking for their first ever win over the cardinal at this tournament. claudia longoria makes it a nine point cal lead just before the half, but stanford starts the third quarter on an eight zero run. kiki 28 points, 18 boards, and they run away with it in the fourth. erie often a long pass down to cameron brink, who went for 15 and 1471 57. stanford they'll play oregon state in the semis tomorrow night. cal, stanford men also matching up senior night down on the farm. is this the last ride for cardinal head coach jared haas? we'll see. max reno. this would be with authority at 16 off the bench. and stanford rolls 80 to 58 to the ice ahead of the nhl trade deadline. sharks trade their leading goal scorer, anthony duclair, to tampa. they might need sharky to suit up the way things are going, and this is exactly the way things are
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going. 19 seconds in islanders pass ricochets off a sharks defender past magnus chrona. sharks lose big seven two play of the night indiana going for the game tying layup, seconds left. anthony edwards says no. learn to live with rejection at man was so high he hit his head on the rim. man i hate when you do that. he got 44 points as well. minnesota wins 113, 111. sports on abc seven, sponsored
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and pink merchandise extravaganza. there's barbie themed apparel, accessories, home decor, everything from hats and hoodies to dinner plates, even glassware. >> the barbie dreamhouse living tour rolls into san jose this saturday at santana row, then it will stop in walnut creek on saturday, march 23rd, and in pleasanton the following saturday. all right, that is cool. well, thank you so much for watching tonight. >> i'm ama daetz and i'm dan ashley for sandhya patel larry biel. all of us. we appreciate your time right now. coming up on jimmy kimmel, the cast of dune part two, timothee chalamet, zendaya, austin butler and florence pugh have a great night everyone. >> lou: from hollywood it's "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight from the cast of "dune: part 2," timothée chalamet, zendaya, austin butler and florence pugh. plus music from benson boone. with cleto and the cletones.

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