>> the search for survivors suspended now more than 16 hours after a baltimore bridge collapsed. the six people missing are unfortunately presumed dead. good evening. thank you for joining us. i'm dan ashley, and i'm ama daetz. >> eight people were on the bridge when it was struck. two were rescued from the river late today, the coast guard said given the conditions, how cold the water is, it was likely the six missing people did not survive. they were construction workers who were on the bridge doing repairs. >> just before 130 in the morning, the ship's pilots made a mayday call after losing power, alerting officials the vessel could crash. emergency responders sprang into action and things unfolded very rapidly. >> port all traffic on the key bridge. there's a ship approaching just lost their steering. so until you get that under control, we got to stop all traffic. 213 dispatch. the whole bridge just fell down. start started. whoever, everybody. the whole bridge just collapsed.

>> are chilling. and i mean, look at that video. no vessels are being allowed in or out of port of baltimore, which is among one of the busiest in the nation. >> the francis scott key bridge spans the patapsco river and is part of one of the major routes in the northeast corridor, about 30,000 drivers cross it every day. this is a live look at the scene, and you can see the wreckage sitting in the water with part of the bridge on the ship. the ntsb is leading the investigation and hasn't boarded the ship yet to collect evidence. >> now, let's give you a before and after view of baltimore's francis scott key bridge. we're using google earth here to show you the before view. the bridge was built in the 1970s. today, it collapsed into the patapsco river. take a look. that whole center span simply gone in just a matter of seconds. >> about 11 million cars crossed the francis scott key bridge in a year. in the bay area. that's roughly as busy as the dumbarton

bridge or the richmond-san rafael bridge. would our bridges be able to withstand the impact of a cargo ship? abc seven news reporter suzanne fawn joins us live with more on that tonight. suzanne >> ama engineering experts, traffic experts. they tell me that our bridges in the bay area are built to withstand major earthquakes and vessel collisions to a certain extent. what happened in baltimore this morning with a cargo ship slamming directly into a bridge makes a lot of people wonder. just how much our bridges in the bay area can handle. >> the bay bridge, like the, golden gate bridge, these are, major bridges that have cargo ships go under them. >> farzad shah is a cal state east bay professor, civil engineering and construction management. >> you know, the bridges are designed for a certain factor of safety. so they can take, earthquakes. they can take, even typhoons. but they're not

designed to be rammed into by a 940 foot ship. >> experts say barrier bridges are robust because they're built to withstand earthquakes. >> and the golden gate bridge has extra protection. the golden gate bridge has the most robust ship collision protection of any bridge on the west coast. the north and south towers of the golden gate bridge are built with extra reinforcement. >> the south tower is protected by a concrete fender ring. the tower itself is anchored to bedrock below the water, and this concrete fender ring protects the entire south tower pier. it is 27ft thick at the bottom and extends 40ft down. >> if there's a critical incident or a catastrophe involving one of the bay area bridges, like during the loma prieta earthquake, caltrans says they can quickly clear the traffic to keep people safe and experienced. >> we've closed it as fast as 11 minutes, but it all it really all depends on what the circumstances are. >> it means shutting off access to the bridges and the chp,

closing down freeways that lead to the bridges. caltrans says it begins with the chp. >> when they're alerted, then they are the ones that are in charge of closing off the freeways, and they work directly hand in hand with caltrans and our traffic operations department to determine how we move traffic around. and then, of course, caltrans for bridges will close the toll plazas so that you can't move in that direction. >> and when it comes to bridge safety, caltrans and mtc are working on securing a $167 million federal grant to improve and upgrade f bridges. we're live in san francisco, suzanne phan abc seven news. >> all right, suzanne, thank you so much. nearly 17 years ago, a container ship called the cosco busan hit the bay bridge in thick fog. no one died, but more than 53,000 gallons of oil gushed into the san francisco bay. the crash and its aftermath killed thousands of birds and fish. the bar pilot on that ship

spent ten months in prison after investigators found he was traveling too fast and was on prescription drugs when that crash happened. maneuvering big cargo ships is a big deal. at 630, you're going to hear from cal maritime academy about what it takes, how to do it right and how to handle it when things go wrong. again. that is coming up at 630. >> new at six a sonoma county sheriff's deputy is out of the hospital tonight, 22 days after he was critically hurt on the job. video shared by the sheriff's office shows deputy nick d'elia being released. deputies saluted him as he was wheeled to an ambulance. d'elia will continue his care at a rehabilitation facility. he was one of several deputies hurt while pursuing a suspect back on march 4th. another deputy accidentally ran d'elia over. police believe the suspect died in a crash that followed a shootout, during which he injured several other deputies. but we are glad to see he is making some progress. a teacher from san jose accused of sexually assaulting one of his students appeared in court today. shawn thomas is accused

of raping and repeatedly sexually assaulting a girl more than 20 years ago when he was a teacher at lee high school, san jose. police say they just learned about the alleged assaults this month. the charges indicate the accuser was between the ages of 14 and 15 at the time. prosecutors say back in 2003, the student reported it to a lehigh administrator who happened to be thomas's wife. prosecutors say the girls claim did not make it to the police until now. >> miss doe did tell somebody she did bring up these facts to a trusted school official, and that official failed her in not following up, not reporting what happened to the police. >> thomas was arraigned today on seven charges and is now out of jail on supervised release. the campbell union school district says thomas is on administrative leave and barred from contact with students or staff during this time. >> well, we enjoyed a lot of blue skies and sunshine around

the bay area today. take a look at all the live pictures we did, but rain returns tomorrow and we'll have several days of wet weather. >> in fact, going into the weekend. >> that's right, dan and ama right now let me show you a live picture from our pier 39 camera where people are out and about soaking up the sun, and you should definitely take advantage of it because it is changing rapidly. tomorrow, a light level one system comes in. it will bring us showers, and then there's a stronger storm on the way for the weekend. so as we take a look at your wednesday morning, really spotty light showers to start the day, the showers will increase in coverage. going into the afternoon and evening. this is when the heaviest rain begins to move in around 9 p.m. the winds will begin to pick up as well. strongest over the hills and along the coast, but you will notice 20 to 25 mile an hour winds in the afternoon and this continues at nighttime as well. so just be aware of that. it's a light level one. on our exclusive abc seven news storm impact scale. spotty morning showers, heavier at night and breezy to gusty conditions. that's not the only system.

there is a stronger storm coming in on friday that is going to hang around for part of your weekend. i'll be back with a closer look at your rain timeline, the totals, and all that you need to know in just a few minutes. i'm all right. >> we'll check back. thank you. sandhya, a razor thin margin continues to separate two candidates in the race for california's 16th congressional district. santa clara county supervisor joe simitian now leads assemblyman evan low by two votes. earlier today, he had one vote, a one vote lead. they're vying to face former san jose mayor sam liccardo in november's general election. the congressional district falls within san mateo and santa clara counties. both have until april 4th to submit final official results. the company behind instagram and threads has rolled out a new feature you may not know about. it's designed to filter out political content, and while some say there can be benefits, there's also criticism. abc7 news reporter zach fuentes has more on the feature and how you can opt in or out of using it. >> a new feature has been added

to the latest versions of your instagram and threads apps. >> they told us in february. exactly in the 9th of february, that we're going to do this and this is what's going to happen, but we never know that they're going to start implementing this. >> uh- last week, as part of its february announcement, meta said the feature is designed to keep the company from proactively recommending political content to users from accounts they don't follow. the company said it does not impact what users get from accounts they already follow, or may choose to follow later. >> they want to make sure that they are really keeping the misinformation away from the feed from people you're not follow, because if you follow somebody you know by default, you're accepting that this person going to send you information. >> the move made by meta during an election year has been met with criticism and concern by many. >> here you have one of the biggest companies on earth that controls, you know, a huge portion of the communication on earth saying they're going to moderate certain content. i think it speaks to the fact of how we've gotten way too comfortable with moderation, which is just kind of a polite

way of saying censorship by default. >> all users have opted out of having political content limited from people they don't follow. but meta has given the option to opt back in. first. go into the settings and privacy section on your instagram profile, then scroll down and select content preferences. that's where you'll see the section for political content, where you can either leave the default selection in place or ask it not to limit political content from people you don't follow. though meta has only appeared to roll this out for instagram and threads, it did say in the february announcement that it would eventually roll it out to facebook. for now, many tech experts say they'll be keeping an eye on what other social media giants do moving forward. >> i want to see what's going to happen at x, what's going to happen at tiktok. you know, all the platforms. are they going to follow the same steps in the south bay? >> zach fuentes, abc seven news family of four killed ten days ago while waiting at a san francisco bus stop next, our first look at whether the design of the road and intersection bears some of the blame here. >> plus, moving out day at san quentin as death row gets dismantled. where are these

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damaged another home today in san jose. the fire broke out inside a single story victorian on north fourth street. this was about 1130. a smoke could be seen for miles, also in san jose. a big rig ended up in the front yard of a home on south 10th street, after the driver lost control during a collision with a minivan. now, from the angle we show you here, you can see just how close the truck came to hitting the house. the driver of the minivan was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. the truck driver was not hurt. new details tonight

about the crash that killed a family of four in san francisco. sfmta released their latest findings on the west portal avenue intersection, where a driver crashed into a bus stop with tragic consequences. abc seven news reporter luz pena went back to that area that people say loose is a problem. >> yeah, that's right. the intersection in west portal where the family of four was killed is not part of the city's high injury network, meaning it's not categorized as an area where traffic deaths or serious injuries have occurred. but now residents want the city to revise it and make changes, as flowers and photos marked the area where, over a week ago, a family of four was tragically killed for the first time. sfmta released a detailed report out on the west portal intersection where the crash took place, confirming the driver of the suv was speeding eastbound on your street. >> we know the only one here, only i was here and them still shaken, one of the witnesses,

cornélio godinez, said he tried his best to save the newborn. >> that was struck and later died. he confirmed the driver was speeding. >> a car is coming really fast on the report, sfmta said the driver drove on the wrong side of the road and onto the sidewalk, hitting the family, waiting at the bus shelter. >> as the mta said, the site has yellow, high visibility crosswalks. no further improvements were recommended, but residents here are shedding light on the problematic intersection. >> often the signs are visible, but i think they're confusing for people who don't understand the muni system and what what the red cross light indicates. >> i think it's just just a lot of traffic, a lot of confusion. >> the west portal merchants association's president is urging the city to make changes. the intersection is not fine. >> i don't think it contributed to what is a tragic accident. really. this was a driver error,

but this intersection has not been fine for a long time. >> last thursday, sfmta met with the west portal merchants association and said fixing their outdated infrastructure will take years. the computer system they've been working with is over 25 years old and needs to be rebooted with a floppy disk daily, and they need $700 million in order to get a new system. this intersection is not part of the city's high injury network, but the san francisco bicycle coalition wants the city to revise this, taking away private vehicles would protect all of the people who have to walk through there to get to the station, who get to their busses , who get to the library. and as to the driver, she is 78 years old. she's facing multiple charges, including vehicular manslaughter and reckless driving. i spoke to also the district attorney's office today. they said they're investigating this case and looking into a toxicology report

and the vehicle's operating system. the driver is not in custody at this time. luz pena, abc seven news. >> okay, lucy, thank you very much. >> okay. we are going to turn our attention now to the weather. yeah. >> we've got a really several days of rain coming. meteorologist andy patel is tracking that for us. andy. >> yeah. dan. and we're going to take you into saturday for this rainy pattern. and it's all going to start tomorrow. so let me show you live doppler seven and we'll talk about what is happening. so there is a system that is developing in the pacific. here's the area of low pressure. here is the front. and it is going to make its way towards the bay area by early morning. but the brunt of this storm doesn't come onshore until the evening. so right now ahead of it, we are seeing some high clouds that are moving in. it's breezy, but nowhere near the kind of winds we experienced yesterday. 21 miles an hour in san francisco, gusts to 22. in novato, temperatures are a little bit higher today compared to yesterday. a lovely view from san jose camera, where it is 61

degrees upper 50s in places like hayward, mid 50s san francisco, oakland, 5754, in half moon bay. this is a gorgeous view from our pier 39 camera. 61 degrees in santa rosa. got up into the upper 50s to the upper 60s. by the way, 60 in napa are currently 63. concord, 59 in livermore and from our golden gate bridge camera we are seeing a little bit of filtered sunshine. so tomorrow morning showers heavier in the evening hours on friday. going into saturday, we do have a stronger storm coming in that's going to bring us wet, windy weather and a chance of thunder. and then by easter the weather begins to improve. so first thing tomorrow morning, temperatures will be in the 40s and the 50s. it will be mostly cloudy with a few showers , mainly along the coast and in the north bay. as we head into the afternoon. this is when we begin to see the rainfall starting to move in and increasing in coverage. 50s and 60s for your highs tomorrow. it is a level one system for tomorrow. it starts out spotty and then heavier at night.

breezy to gusty conditions expected. carry those umbrellas before you leave home. just make sure you have them with you because in the morning, although not everyone is seeing the wet weather, there will be some showers around at 8 a.m. going into noontime. still very spotty, and then by 4 p.m. you will notice more areas are seeing the rain, not just in the north bay, but parts of the south bay around gilroy. uh- rainfall 7:00. light to moderate and then becoming heavier by 10 p.m, especially across parts of the north bay. thursday morning. we still have showers. this pattern continues even into the afternoon at 1:00. it's in the north bay. 7 p.m. spotty showers are still showing up across the region. they're not going to be as widespread for thursday, but still will be around. so here's a look at the rainfall projections through thursday night. looking at anywhere between about a 10th of an inch in places like brentwood to 8607 inch in santa rosa. you will see higher totals in the coastal hills up to an inch. certainly possible. and speaking of hills or mountains, i would say west

slope of the sierra under a winter storm warning tomorrow morning until thursday morning above 5500ft, expecting 6 to 16in more for the peaks. we're talking two feet with the snow, with the windy conditions, it's going to be difficult to get around. so make sure you have your chains if you are traveling. accuweather seven day forecast. it's a one for tomorrow. also a one for thursday, level two on friday with the wet windy weather. chance of thunder going into saturday, saturday is going to be very showery in nature. a lot like last weekend where you saw some sun, some showers and then possibility of a thunderstorm. sunday is quieter for easter, but a couple of showers may linger in, maybe isolated. monday tuesday we bring back the 70s so it should be really nice looking weather. >> all right. thanks, andy. >> nasa's cubesat launch initiative takes student designed. satellites and sends them into space. this year, only one project was made entirely by high school students abc seven news south bay reporter dustin dorsey introduces you to the young engineers.

>> most high school projects don't usually have lofty goals beyond an assignment and a grade. but in oakwood school's spacecraft systems engineering class, students know their latest assignment has cosmic implications. >> it gave me an opportunity to apply everything that i learned through, like through the different classes that this school offers and put it into a real project. >> our work is going to be sent to space, and that's like exciting news for all of us. >> you heard that right? spacex. nasa has launched more than 150 student designed satellites into space, and soon oakwood's nienstadt will be one of them heading to the international space station. >> we've got a total of six pieces. the side panels are all identical right now, but one of them is going to change. >> it's a work in progress that started back in 2021. since then, students have designed this four by eight cube satellite with multiple functions. one uses acoustic mapping to see if an object is hollow or not, with greater reliability than existing methods. schools across the country were selected for this cubesat launch initiative, but

only one featured the work of high school students. >> we're just incredibly proud of what these students have accomplished. they've done a bunch of real world engineering work where they have laid out circuit boards, and they've done structural design and they've built a satellite that i think will really advance what is possible to do in space in a number of ways. oakwood engineering instructor michael lyle says the goal of the class is to jump off the deep end and explore the possibilities of engineering, but students could never even imagine that their work would end up in space. >> they hope others can be inspired by their journey so they could reach new heights as well. >> this is something that it's not just local to oakwood, like it's going out into the world and it's going to make a difference, and it's going to show other students that they can if they have an idea, they can do it. >> if you're given an opportunity to take a project of any sort or maybe like a work opportunity, take it. you never know where it will take you, maybe even into space in morgan hill. >> dustin dorsey, abc seven

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of scott key bridge collapsed early this morning. a search and rescue efforts ended this afternoon at 6 a.m. tomorrow, recovery efforts will begin. the missing people were working on the bridge at the time when it was struck by a cargo ship. the crew of that cargo ship put out a mayday just before 130 and alerted officials that the ship could crash. the bridge was immediately closed to traffic, which saved lives. cars were actually seen crossing in just moments before the collision. the closure certainly kept people from being killed or injured. the ship's pilots reported losing power. all 22 people on board have been accounted for. professors at the california maritime academy

studying this crash, of course, to learn about what led to the cargo ship losing power so suddenly. >> abc seven news reporter ryan curry spoke with the professor, who explained what usually happens when a ship enters and leaves a port like san francisco. >> the crash in baltimore tuesday morning is leaving maritime experts stunned. they are wondering what caused the ship to lose power and crash into the francis scott key bridge immediately. >> being a professional mariner, my mind goes to what happened, right, because this is obviously not something that happens every day. >> kevin callanan is an assistant professor at cal maritime. he spent years working on cruise ships and says if an accident is going to happen, it will most likely be when entering or exiting a port. >> any voyage, of course, the most complicated and stressful part that has the most variables is going to be arrivals or departures. >> as cal maritime has a simulator they use to help train their students who plan to work on large ships, callanan says there is an extensive checklist ship workers have to go through

when departing or arriving. >> some of the first things that go into it is voyage planning, right, of course we can't just leave the pier without knowing how we're going to get from a to b, and if an emergency happens, he says each worker on board has a job to do. we have to check to make sure that all of our gps receivers are working, that our radars are working, our ictus, which is our electronic chart, display and information. basically, our navigator system is working. >> he is now studying the baltimore crash to figure out what failed on the ship in san francisco. he says large ships are usually joined by pilots who help navigate the ship in and out of the bay. baltimore also has the same system. >> there's what's called a master pilot exchange of information, where that pilot, speaks with the captain of that vessel and is explained the handling characteristics. the propulsion plant, of that vessel, any deficiencies, if they're known with any of the navigation equipment or any equipment on board.

>> communication is key. the ship in baltimore put out a mayday signal, and authorities closed the bridge before it crashed. callaghan says that communication saved lives. >> you know, preemptively making that call, of course, saved a lot of lives, saved a lot of, you know, people from getting hurt in the east bay. >> ryan curry, abc seven news. >> as we learn more about what happened with the baltimore bridge crash and collapse, we'll update this story certainly on abc seven news.com, san francisco's board of supervisors has voted to expand a program that would help unhoused people leave for good by offering them bus tickets. it will now be another tool in an effort to reduce the city's homeless population and build a better bay area. >> abc seven news reporter leah melendez is here with an update. leanne >> well, you know, i'm a firm believer that everything needs to be improved at some point. even, you know, the most successful programs. and homeward bound has been around for nearly 20 years. and during that time, 13,000 people have gone home to someone who cares

about them. but let's get real, because of covid and other factors mentioned in this story, the number of people sent home went down. and today that's slowly changing the concept of putting people on a bus to reunite with friends and family is not new for less than a hundred dollars. >> we give them a ticket. a majority are from are from other parts of california. and again it's voluntary. >> the program to help the unhoused find their way back home is and for decades has been called homeward bound. an abc seven news has been reporting on it since the early 2000. >> san francisco's department of human services has a program to encourage out of state transients to take a free trip home, but not many people want to go. >> san francisco supervisor and mayoral candidate asha safai proposed revising and rebranding the program after it moved from one city department to another and its numbers went ■down. so you said there's nobody there

hasn't been anybody to mind the program. >> absolutely. i mean, last year in hsa, only 12 people took advantage of homeward bound when in the past they were doing over like 1800 to 1000 a year. >> the issue has now become a political hotbed. mark farrell, who is also running for mayor, posted, quote, mayor breed, let the program wither to a shell of its former self, serving nearly three times fewer people. but it's well known among nonprofits that the program was hit hard during covid. public transportation wasn't accessible. >> you know, we weren't able to put people on busses and get them to where they they wanted to go. also, during the pandemic, the homeless became more isolated and the use of fentanyl escalated dramatically. >> more people became highly addicted to a drug that, according to the centers for disease control and prevention, is 50 times more potent than heroin. what keeps you here in san francisco? >> i mean, i have habits that

are, you know, easily more accessible out here. unfortunately. >> what is more accessible? >> uh- my substance use turin ralea moved here from san luis obispo and admits his drug problem has kept him away from home. >> if you had the opportunity to go back home to a relative or parents, if you do have, would you take that opportunity or is it hard for you at this point? >> it's hard for me, but i mean, i still it's hard not being with my family, but, i definitely would take that opportunity up once i bettered myself and was clean. >> and, you know, they are not in a position to, you know, give up fentanyl and go home, right? >> i mean, am i correct that the dynamics on the streets have changed? >> that's definitely one piece of it. but one of the things that we do with this legislation is we expand it to shelters and we expand it to permanent supportive housing. >> safai believes the number of

unhoused voluntarily leaving on busses will increase because there will now be more oversight. the program will be offered at shelters and supportive housing. both the unhoused and even those at risk of becoming homeless are eligible. the data is now collected for the public to see in real time. emily cohen is with the department of homelessness and supportive housing. >> we will be publishing a dashboard on our website and on the human service agency website that will combine data from both of our programs and publicly communicate about the scope and depth of those programs and how they're working from a cost perspective. >> and then verses the emergency room visits, shelter, all the different cities. you're talking about thousands and thousands. and so if you're talking about in a, in a budget crisis, in a deficit, which we are in, there is an incentive now to help reunify people with their families, because it's also going to save the taxpayers of san francisco a lot of money. >> and when the city puts someone on a bus, they pay for their fare food. and sometimes a

motel room that that ends up costing them between 200 and $300 per person. so if the program has spent around or has sent around 13,000 people home, you do the math. the city has spent between 2.6 million and $3.9 million over 19 years. and this is why they're pushing this program? because it is makes sense. it's cost effective. and, you know, we spend so much money on other services. yeah >> all right. thank you liane. sure. >> well, they have been condemned to what was once called death row at the infamous san quentin prison. but now they're being cleared out by order of the governor. it's not freedom, but many of these condemned inmates say these changes are something that will give them meaning to life behind bars. abc seven news reporter anser hassan has the story, the five stories of concrete cells that make up what used to be called death row is where kevin bernabei has lived since 2011. >> have you noticed we're in a cage right now? i'm used to

being escorted everywhere in handcuffs. >> bruno be murdered. a person, and he knows he will spend the rest of his life in prison. but change is on the way. governor gavin newsom's goal is to fully transform the once notorious san quentin prison from a maximum security prison into the san quentin rehabilitation center. that means death row inmates who are now called condemned inmates, are being moved out and in some cases, being moved to lower level security prisons and integrated into the general prison population. >> but i look forward to the aspect of being able to move around, talk, do things on my own, on my own court. don't got to worry about officer being everywhere i go, everything i do maybe get a job. >> we have a total of 399 condemned lieutenant jamari barry says two years ago, the state launched the condemned inmate transfer program to see if it could produce positive results. so, with little to no hiccups, that pilot program turned into new regulations being set. as of january of 2024. >> the opportunity for inmates

to work means money to pay restitution to their victims, lieutenant barry adds. the range of rehabilitation and educational services will also build trust between inmates and staff, which can create a safer environment inside the prison. and she says it's working. >> we have several, programs here that have a 0% recidivism rate. as far as the guys that are, transferring out, the condemned inmates can't stay at san quentin because it doesn't have an electrified fence moving inmates will also save the state money. >> they hope to move them all by july. >> you got to have some type of a sentence for somebody, period. nobody have any incentive. they have no point to grow, no reason to try at san quentin. >> anser hassan abc seven news. >> the future of abortion may be in the hands of the supreme court. next, hear the arguments made two and from

effects on access to the abortion pill mifepristone. it's one of the most widely used abortion pills in the u.s. as abc news reporter perry russom found, justices questioned the legal standing of the case. >> fda do your job. a thousand

demonstrators by police estimates on both sides of the abortion rights issue outside the supreme court today, inside, some justices appearing skeptical over the case that would alter access to the abortion drug mifepristone. >> in this case, seems like a prime example of turning what could be a small lawsuit into a nationwide legislative assembly on an fda rule or any other federal government action. >> the food and drug administration is being sued by alliance for hippocratic medicine, an anti-abortion group accusing the fda of unlawfully easing restrictions. justices questioning whether the group has legal standing to even bring the case. >> you need a person. you need a person to be able to come in and meet the court's regular standing requirements. >> lawyers for the anti-abortion rights group claim doctors saw an increase in emergency room visits, treating women who took the drug. >> without question. the fda's actions have made taking chemical abortion drugs less

safe. >> jessica ellsworth represents the maker of mifepristone. they failed to show under any rational legal standard, why they have standing to bring this suit. the fda says mifepristone is safe when used as indicated and directed, with serious side effects. exceedingly rare. the fda approved the drug nearly 25 years ago, making regulatory changes years later, allowing it to be used up to ten weeks of pregnancy instead of seven, and allowing it to be prescribed by mail. >> we, on behalf of fda, think that courts have no business making those judgments. >> at least 13 protesters were arrested today. capitol police say they were blocking roads. a decision from the supreme court is expected by the end of june. perry russom abc news, washington. >> we're less than two weeks away from the first total solar eclipse in north america in seven years. on april 8th, the moon will completely block out the sun here on the west coast. we'll only get a partial eclipse between 10 and 1145 in the morning. even so, experts say safety rules still apply.

>> the sun is just as damaging when it's partially eclipsed as it is when it's just fully out there and bright. >> in the us, the eclipse will pass from texas to maine, and in the meantime, we're going to not see the sun as much as we'd like because the rain is coming back. meteorologist sandhya patel is tracking that for you. her forecast is next

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meteorologists. sandhya patel is back. >> yeah, dan and ama. you know what? there might be a few showers lingering still on easter. we'll talk about that in just a moment. let me show you a live picture right now. there's plenty of snow on the ground up in tahoe. statewide snowpack is at 102% of average. and they're going to add to that snowpack. so by thursday evening, 17in at donner tahoe city looking at 15in of snow by sunday night as that stronger storm comes in, we're talking three feet of snow, which is great to see on live doppler seven just a couple of clouds right now. a wider perspective showing you that level one storm that is headed our way. it starts out very spotty tomorrow morning and light and then those showers will begin to pick up in

intensity and coverage for the afternoon and the evening hours, as you will notice. so tomorrow afternoon, make sure you have your umbrellas, not just in the morning, but the afternoon as well. 50s and 60s. it is a cooler day now. here comes that stronger storm on friday. winds will pick up the rain will be pretty intense at times. sierra is getting snow and this is going to continue on saturday. sunday morning it looks like that storm is pulling away towards southern california and then some moisture wraps back around. so this model does want to hang on to the possibility of a few showers. but the other model is not as aggressive. so here's the accuweather seven day forecast. it's a one for tomorrow thursday a level two on friday a one on saturday. chance of thunder. and we'll go quieter for easter sunday. hopefully everyone will be happy, including the bunny. right now. we're planning on monday and we'll see what happens. just hate when their little feet get wet, i know or the eggs are runny. that's the last thing you want to see. >> thanks, santa. >> all right. >> we want to see some warrior winds. larry.

>> yeah, that's where we really got a better chance of seeing runny eggs. >> warriors. well just being real on a critical road trip, they need every win they can come up with. come on steve kerr. he goes back to klay thompson in the starting lineup in miami. that's next in i was like shaking you know, . when i first reached out to jacoby and meyers. i didn't know if i had a case o. as soon as i got a hold of my . because of jacoby and meyers, it a medical bill or things like . if i know of any accident, i'm . (smelling)

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good evening warriors. basically in must win mode. right now with only 12 games left in the regular season, steve kerr moving klay thompson back into the starting lineup. meanwhile, miami resting jimmy butler, tyler herro, duncan robinson and kevin love a huge break for the dubs. cursed. we're not falling for that. klay get the knees up. vintage splash brothers steph curry to klay in stride a little hesi move there and lays it in. warriors up by six in the first quarter. curry with the drive and learn to use your left hand kids. uh- scoring but struggling from three. only three of ten from deep. the heat resting a lot of people but you know you still have bam out of bio bam bam miami by two at the break. dubs take control in the third quarter. draymond green lobbing to jonathan kuminga the best from jc yet to come. then curry deep three steph with 17 points at last. check and check this out. hello kuminga i

head touched the clouds right now. the warriors lead. in fact the game just went final one 1292 warriors get a much needed win on a baseball. giants playing the a's in their final spring training tuneup before the regular season begins on thursday. and tonight may mark the last time we see pablo sandoval in a giants uniform. the skipper bob melvin, anticipating fan reaction. >> i expect it to be immense. so i'm sure everybody else does. it's been all spring long. i don't know why it would be any different, especially here. >> you know, all that comes to mind when you say pablo sandoval is my last game here as a as an as a san diego padres. my first at bat of the game, i hit a line drive, smoked a line drive, and he laid out in the five and a half hole and caught it. it's my like, last chance to get a hit in a big league game. and he stole it from me. so that's all i could think about. i don't talk about pablo sandoval. no. >> great story from mark kotsay, the panda waiting to pounce. a scary moment here, though, in

the second, nick allen lines one right back at spencer howard who got hit on the shoulder. ouch. had to leave the game one nothing. athletics in the fourth. bases loaded for estuary. ruiz fly ball to right mike yastrzemski and try to gun down lawrence butler at the plate. and he is safe. butler sneaking in with the oven that you see. that's what they wear. they don't break their fingers. so two nothing athletics in the sixth beaumelle bringing in pablo comes in from matt chapman gets a standing ovation from the giants fans. and he says he's willing to go to triple a to keep playing. right now the a's are leading three nothing and they are in the seventh inning. now. before today's game, the giants held their 34th annual play ball luncheon. it's a benefit for the giants community fund. fans had a chance to meet their favorite players and coaches on the field. barry bonds there with the mayor. i had lunch on the club level since its inception back in 1991, the giants have donated $44 million to community programs. >> the giants have always been great in the community and you

know this this banquet raises a lot of money. you know, for the giants community fund. and, you know, i was there from the very, very beginning. and it's nice to see that it's that it's, you know, still supported. >> well, it's for a great cause, but it's really a chance for the fans here in the bay area to see the team up close. and it's most of the guys that are going to be on the opening day roster. so it's an introduction, but most importantly it's kind of that kickoff to the season and great to see dusty baker back with the giants organization. >> abc seven sports, sponsored by your northern california honda dealers and the nfl owners radically changing kickoffs to try to reduce concussions. it's going to look like nothing you've ever seen before unless you've watched the xfl. that's they kind of stole the idea from them. so it's very interesting next year. all right. thanks, larry. yeah. >> and thank you for joining us tonight. >> i'm ama daetz and i'm dan ashley for sandhya patel reveal. all of us. we appreciate your time. have a great evening. we'll see you again at 11. oh, wow.

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