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overnight and we have what they got away with and the clean up underway. the final call for bay area train tradition and what is bringing an end to the freedom train honoring dr. martin luther king jr. also a look outside right now at interstate 80 you can see on a local day there is still substantial traffic out there and leyla gulen is being it. meteorologist mike nicco will tell us when the fog is going to clear. good morning thanks for joining us. leyla gulen and meteorologist mike nicco are here, as well, and i am eric thomas. i am the new guy. >> now mike has the forecast. >>ing in new here: fog. that is what we are talking about. it is in some new areas. live doppler 7 hd shows 1.5 miles visibility at san carlos and less than quarter-mile at half moon bay and 1.5 at petaluma and headed through the afternoon today, we will have sunshine and hazy conditions and upper 50's to low 60 at the
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coast and upper 50's to mid-60's inland and low-to-mid 60's around the bay. thanks, mike, leyla gulen we are talking about light traffic an the toll plaza and light traffic, in fact a picture of the san mateo bridge, first where it looks like traffic is moving smoothly across the water from hair to foster city and at look at san jose where the fog is that mike has been telling us about and traffic is inning well northbound near julian street on highway 87 and we have mass transit open holiday schedule. i will give you the details coming up. thank you, leyla gulen. breaking news from san francisco, police are looking for two suspects who backed a you haul into a store near the wharf and made off with goods. the patagonia thieves with a u-haul. amy hollyfield will have a report from the store at the bottom of the hour.
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more breaking news in san francisco, police are investigating two fires that break identity this morning a few blocks apart. the first happened before 4:00 at 19th and castro streets and police say the truck was burned and as you can see suffered significant damage and half an hour later arson investigators were called to an outdoor fire that appears the situation was that flamed spread to another area. in san francisco two people are recovering after an early morning standing in the mission terrace neighborhood. medics superpowered to the nightclub on mission street and ocean avenue before 2:00 a.m. and they say two people were stabbed in front of the clubs one in the stomach and the other in the back. both were taken to the hospital. no word yet on a possible motive or suspect. the freedom train from san jose to san francisco in honor of dr. martin luther king jr. will make its last trip ever
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today. we are joined from san jose by knick -- knick. >> this is the last freedom strain in the in addition and it is historic. we have video from previous train rides. the san jose to san francisco route was chosen by the widow of the lay martin luther king because the distance between the two cities is roughly equal to the 54 miles traveled by king and the fellow protests when they journeyed from selma to montgomery 50 years ago. declining sales and difficulty on thing sponsorship are the reasons why today's ride will be the last. >> what is the status of human rights? and civil rights? and social justice issues today? what king was talking about 50 years ago is still relatively relative haven't today. >> the final train will depart
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at 9:45 and travel to the caltrain station at 4 there and king in san francisco and as you probably know as we have on our wednesday, there are a number of events celebrating dr. martin luther king jr. scheduled today if you are if san francisco. >> a demonstration is wrapping up in san francisco putting the spot late open homeless rights on mlk day with demonstrators and homeless staging a sleep in at powell bart station advocating a right to rest for those who have no place to sleep. it is a crime in san francisco for lay or sit on the sidewalk and they are moving to oakland for a dave action protests at the fruitvale bart station and they will move to plaza in emeryville yesterday afternoon, protesters marched through stores at the bay street
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mall and shut down bay street part of the black libs matter campaign to call attention to police brutality in the deaths of several blackmen. protesters disbanded peacefully after 45 minutes. >> bill cosby performed in northern california with no major demonstrations. one woman stood in protest identified the community theater. it was his first performance in northern california since dozens of women accused him of drugging and raping them. cosby got a standing ovation at the end of the sold out show. >> i grew up with him watching him on tv and my where had record albums of the comedy act that were timeless. >> i like the fact that he has a sense of family values if his show and i enjoyed that. cosby has had at least 25 shows planned of the summer including two more in northern california. governor brown and university of california
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president napolitano says they will put their differences aside when it comes to tuition and university funding. two leaders have clashed in the past on those issues. this week the governor weeing board will ask them to work together on a committee looking at ways to save money to help students graduate on time. a plan to bring the preparals to the board in march. >> san francisco transportation agency will consider a plan tomorrow to give senior citizens and disabled people free rides on muni. this is after the board approved free rides for those 17 and younger. muni has healed 24,000 discounted passes each month. if the proposals passes, it will cost between $4 million and $8 million a year. >> a deadly combination of ice and snow and freezing temperatures are creating a coast to coast nightmare for commuters. >> a man was tractor trailers and survived.
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>> a mix of freezing rain and ice caused problems for millions of holiday travelers on the weekend causing delays and hundreds of citizens and -- hundreds of action and -- accidents and claiming five lives. >> in fill all the bridges were closed if for hours because of the ice. >> in new jersey hundreds of crashed happened fast are than emergency crews could clear. this man was dragged to safety. >> in new york, slick conditions closed part of the major highways. smaller streets were a challenge, too. >> look out. look out. look out. look out. >> in new hampshire, emergency crews drug el -- struggled. >> at one important we were out of ambulances. >> in the west, similar scenes. in oregon? >> holy cow. >> 26 car pileup on i-84 left a
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truck ripped open. that resulted in an amazing store of survival for this man who found himself sandwiched between two semi trucks. >> i think everything that can happen...it scares me. >> temperatures are expected to drop below freezing in some areas again this morning which could led to more dangerous travel ahead. you want to find some fog? it is easy go outside and drive for a mile or two. mike has the forecast. >> good point it is not foggy everywhere but during the commute you could go through the patches of dense fog. some are on the peninsula much the temperatures are near our average highs for this time of the year in the mid-to-upper 50's and it is that we everywhere. 50 at fairfield and antioch, and san ramon is the one lone spot at 48 degrees and hayward is 57.
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so dress mildly when you step outside. this is how it looked at walnut creek, not foggy but southbound into the san ramon valley it is definitely foggy there so watch out for that. the day planner the next 12 hours going to be around mid-50's to 60 and transitioning to hazy sunshine and high clouds and at 4:00, hazy sunshine and upper 50's to low 60's and mild this morning with scars and low-to-mid 60's and hazy to foggy in san jose and temperatures the fiscal year three days are in the low-to-mid 60's with with no rain. >> can you see how the traffic has improved on 680 to walnut creek and we had an early accident just off to the side at the overcrossing cleared east freeway and now traffic is slowing again up to highway 24. that is good news. mass transit bart we have a couple of trances -- trains running and a saturday schedule. a.c. transit on a sunday schedule for dr. martin luther king jr. holiday today.
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and ace train is on time with the evening exception of ace train seven, and matt and eric? thank you, 6:10. coming up, stuck in a dumpster. misery veal how a california man got tracked with trash and the near crushing blow that almost took his life. are the rich getting richer? a just released majority saying about global inequality. >> this selfie featuring two beauty queens is the center of an international incident between two warring countries. amour weather and traffic with abc7 news now with a look at the embarcadero. stay tuned.
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covering burlingame, campbell and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. here is a look at our san jose camera there at 87 near the airport with no delays at the airport but maybe delays on the road as you have to take it a little bit slow because of the fog in many parts of bay area this morning. we have developing news from yemen this morning. the country is reportedly now on the verge of a coup. soldiers captured the state-run tv station today this a move that officials are calling a step to a coup fighting also at presidential palace despite reports earlier that a cease-fire had been reached between the government and rebel fighters. the trust attacks in san francisco have taken a bite out of the tourism. since the attack that left 17
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victims and three gunmen dead officials say the swarms of sightseeing have thinned and french is lawning a campaign to court tourist whose could be wary of visiting the country. tourism officials plan to travel to barts of the united states, asia and europe starting next month to promote tourism to france. a fitness model and actor who previously shot work out votes on railroad tracks has died after being hit and killed by a train over the weekend. police say two men were video taping 37-year-old man on the tracks north of the burbank train station on saturday afternoon and he was hit by a metro link passenger train. suicide was ruled out. it appears he may have believed the train was on a parallel track. surrounded by garbage and nearly crushed to death a predicament a man found himself in after he last his wallet. he was digging in the dumpster for the lost wallet on tuesday afternoon and a garage truck
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came along and scooped him up and he was stuck in for three hours avoiding the mechanism. he told first responders he created a pocket around him so he would not be crushed. >> he called it a "coffin," his words and we are fortunate that it did not turnout to be a coffin. >> he was dumped at the landfill finally, and the truck driver spotted hip just as the bulldozer was coming along to flatten everything in its path. he was taken to the hospital with only minor injuries. 6:15. for the first time in 34-year history, mtv is taking the color out of programing today for the dr. martin luther king jr. holiday and airing in black and white in order to encourage people to talk about what race means to be a visual jolt and to jump start a discussion of differences in order to get to a freer and more equal society.
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the rich are getting ripper. the richest 1 percent will own 50 percent of the world's wealth. you heard me right 1 percent own 50 percent of the wealth. that is according to a new report out today from the antipoverty foundation, last year they controlled 48 percent of the wealth and now they are calling for urgent action to address global income inequality. >> pope francis is headed back to the vatican after visiting the largest roman company, the philippines. >> music played and crowds chaned pope francis, we love you, as the poet left manila and 6,000 braved the rain to attend a mass. the crowd set a record for attendance and he also visited sly lane can on the week long asian journey. >> israeli beauty queen selfie is cause, a disturb an.
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miss israeli pictured on the left of the photo posted this picture of herself and miss lebanon smiling behind the scenes at the miss universe pageant in miami. some in lebanon say their contestant should be stripped of the title for consorting with the enemy. the two kings are at war although the border has been quiet since the year 2006 conflict. the lebanon people risk risen if they travel to europe. now we are talking about the fog all morning and dealing from the south bay through the north bay. >> just issued flight arrival delays at an sure and 15 minutes to sfo. here is what is going on fog is the world with mild temperatures. a mile visibility
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now, i have a huge crush on her after that movie my goodness, i did, really. >> too young? i remember watching "grease." >> san jose, a mile visibility. >> that is on live doppler hd. >> half moon bay has the lowest at less than quarter-mile visibility and the winds are variable so the fog is on the move so although it is not if your neighborhood now it could move that way before it starts to dissipate by lunch hour. other big stories coastal flooding and bay shoreline flooding today through wednesday and another push of king tides so we could have overflow not only near the coast and an the bay shore and the areas you used to be able to get to you may not be able to get to. 9:58 a.m., and 10:46 tomorrow morning and 11:36 on wednesday morning is when the highest king tide will hit the bay bridge. here is why we have issues at sfo, you can see the clouds hanging over-the-top and you can
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fault see san bruno mountain one of the best indications that we are having issues. fog in the morning and hazy sunshine this afternoon and a warming trend very minor on wednesday and thursday and the possible of an offshore wind and "spare the air" return and the record highs are coming this weekend. no rain in this forecast. a couple of areas of high pressure were dirty because of the high clouds over the top of them will become more stout and we will see more sunshine this afternoon and notice where the jet stream is to the north. the fog will keep our temperatures down in some areas like 58 in antioch or 60 in fairfield and everyone else should reach the low-to-mid 60's with the warmest temperatures when we get late into the afternoon hours you can seednessing for at 7:00 in san francisco and mlk day of service 57 at noon and 60 at 4:00 and 57 at 7:00 so enjoy that. as far as what will happen overnight, we will have temperatures again mid-40's to low 50's not so mild as this morning. "spare the air" day is possible on wednesday and thursday and
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you can see the temperatures in the upper 60's on friday and low 60's saturday and sunday. >> it looks like "grease lightning," over the bridge but because of the holiday, do not expect parking enforcement to take a holiday. you will need to get the change out if you are packing in san francisco, also, street sweeping is going to be in affect. how is it moving along? is that a new crash along the drive 101 northbound at woodside road? as you make it into redwood city you will find we have three lanes blocked and all pushed to the shoulder. now we have mostly delays in the southbound direction. drive time traffic 680 walnut creek to dublin is continue minute commute and 101 southbound from santa rosa to san francisco is 53 minutes through the santa cruz mountains and 23 minutes to los gatos. coming up the bay area is gear up for a visit from the
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says multiple gunshots were fired near his delaware home on saturday night from a passing vehicle. biden and his wife were out to dinner. delaware police, the secret service and f.b.i. are all investigateing. now a check on "good morning america" with dan harris at 7:00 a.m. >> coming up on "good morning america" horror on the highway, ice storm causing hundreds of accidents. some of them are deadly. this massive pileup in oregon where a driver survived after being sandwiched between two semi trucks. we will have more on the conditions this morning from coast to coast on "good morning america" next. that is in 36 minutes. former raiders head coach could be running to the bay area with multiple reports saying he is the front runner for the offensive coordinator position. he now is offensive coordinator for alabama and said he would run with the crimson tide. the raiders fired him back in
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2008 and the late team owner blasted him saying he disgraced the organization. he went on to tennessee and usc where he was fired again. >> the royal company is coming to the bay area but not the royal company you could be thinking of. princess victoria and prince daniel of sweden will be in silicon valley and the couple will explore their interest in innovation and meet with technical companies and their leaders and will preview the latest technology inventions at the commuter history museum in mountain view. >> emotional moment captured on video as the minnesota man makes it to the stop of last can's mount >> he claims to be the first so low climber to reach the 20,000' summit during john and the coldest and darkest month on
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america's highest mountain with winter winds frequenting 100 miles per hour and temperatures falling below 60 degrees below zero. this was the four the attempt in four years. he celebrated with a salad and local beer and cookies on the plane home. the morning news continues at 6:30 with the top stories. a silicon valley start-up says it can create 50,000 jobs straight ahead. quite a scene here in san francisco's north beach neighborhood where thieves drove into a store and got away with a last merchandise. we will show you next. if you are headed out to the coast and bay shore the king tides are back and we will tack about the minor flooding and tracking the fog for the morning commute with live doppler 7 hd.
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in the traffic center, that is a look at the bay bridge toll plaza because of the holiday light conditions we do not have metering lights turned on here and mass transit is also running on holiday schedules with 20 bart trains rolling right now and ace train 1 also is on time with all the day on the bay area
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olivia. super hungry? get my chipotle chicken club combo with fries and a drink. that's a ton of food for $4.99. let's do this. live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. good morning everyone, 6:29 on the morning news a look at a shop in north beach the patagonia store, a smash-and-grab robbery and amy hollyfield has the report in a few minutes. >> good morning, thanks for joining us, i am matt keller here for kristen sze. >> i am eric thomas and meteorologist mike nicco is checking the fog. there is plenty of it. >> it is widely scattered.
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as is my voice. >> here we go, live doppler 7 hd showing quarter-mile at sfo and less than quarter-mile at half moon bay but the peninsula down to the south bay, the san ramon valley and petaluma three-quarters of a mile of a mile. this is how it looks 87, near the shark tank, we will use that to talk about upper 50's to low 60 at at the coast and upper 50's to low 60's inland. the fog hangs around until noon. >> leyla gulen is hanging around. >> you have something else to do and. >> there is going to be fog impeding the commute but considering that custody a holiday we have holiday lite as is evidence at the richmond san rafael toll plaza and five minutes to got you across the water and mass transit is on holiday and weekend schedule but parking meters are collecting your money today. >> leyla gulen, thank you we are continuing to follow breaking news from the wharf in san francisco and right now
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police are investigating a smash-and-grab robbery involving a u-haul truck and police say that the driver of the u hurt smashed into a a patagonia store on north point and hyde at 3:30 this morning and that is where we find our news reporter with the report on the investigation. amy? the storm employees are starting to clean up. they had quite a mess to deal with here. there was a lot of mass and clothing. they created a gate with signs telling people to stay out. here is the view from inside the store. it does look like they took too much the store manager said they did. she points out the clothes are compact is one happenful is a the love jackets. police say they backed u-haul through the front door and loaded it up and took off at 3:30 on north point at hyde and police have an idea of who you should be looking for.
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dispatch advised the suchs were black males wearing bandannas and they rumped into the u-haul van and they went to van ness avenue. >> do you have a license plate? >> they got part of the license plate ag135. police at one point spotted them and pursueing them but they get away. the store manager is trying to access surveillance video to help police get a good look at the hen who did this because right new they are still on the run. thank you, amy hollyfield. happening now in san francisco, a group hopeless people and their advocates are getting ready to move to oakland for a demonstration of the right to rest. the group spent the night outside bart's powell street station in a sleep in demonstrating what they call a right to rest for people who
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have in place to sleep. it is a crime in sidewalk to lay or sit on sidewalks and the group will attend a large are day of profit if on of dr. martin luther king jr.'s birthday starting at fruitvale and move to the plaza. also in san francisco, a parade takes place today in honor of dr. martin luther king jr. with thousands expected to take part in a march from the caltrain station to the garden. the route stopped at willie may's plaza at at&t to come million ray the crossing of the bridge in selma a symbol of violence and victory in the civil rights movement. >> president obama is enjoying a surge of support a day before the "state of the union" address a "washington post" poll finds that 50 percent of americans now approve of the president's job performance which is a nine-point game since last month and 44 percent disapprove. the president is expected to announce tax changes at
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tomorrow's "state of the union" address. he is seeking an increase in taxes on the went ever americans by raising the capital gains rate and eliminating a tax break on inheritances and use the revenue to fund new tax credits and other cost saving measures for the middle class. the president's message today during a special state of the union address and the republican surprise right here with coverage at 6:00 p.m. we are streaming the address on abc7news.com. we have new detail on mystery goo killing birds in the east bay at the bay area news group report that it is mostly gone from the water and officials say it could be tuesday before though know what it is but it was not oil they know. 89 birds ben -- been rescued and 0 birds have died. >> the coast guard did a flyover and could not see product on the water. it is still a mystery. it could be several more some
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days with the holiday before we determine what exactly this product is. international bird rescue in fairfield is caring for the surviving birds. >> happening today the winter phenomenon king tide runs to san francisco to get ready no flooding in low lying areas. one area is the area of shoreline highway at highway 101 which turn the surround parking lot into a pool. this happens when the sun and moon align and cre high and low tide. high tide is scheduled at 10:00 a.m. this morning. >> a bay area train tradition is about to end. coming up we are at the final passengers get ready to board the dr. martin luther king jr. freedom train. >> alarming findings of the number of kids would go unvaccinated and so many live right here in the bay area.
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>> now, the temperatures taken from satellite we can see the entire globe. we know that north pole near the international dateline was the warmest place on average compared to average, three degrees warmer-than-average in december. cool of the place? was in minnesota. they were 2.75 degrees below average. san jose at 87 you can seat fog but i want you to notice the average shy 59 and we are in the mid-60's until friday, saturday and sunday. upper 60's to mid-70's for an how of how warm we will be and the record highs that are waiting for us this weekend. also the lack of rain.
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73 los angeles, 83 in palm springs and 68 because of low clouds in san diego and the tule fog will cause hazy sunshine and vie -- 53 in lake tahoe. >> we do not have too many problems. we have a couple of accidents. that is it. berkeley shows the drive coming in from the hoffman split away from university avenue in the distance and you continue to the maze traffic is slight and certainly over the bay bridge toll plaza. not too much traffic coming in from the east bay to san francisco. when you get to san francisco, though, you will have to pay for your meters if you are packing on the streets. that is not on holiday. street sweeping is in effect. this accident is in the clearing stages northbound 101 and the rest of san jose under fog advisory. matt? it is 6:39. 50,000 jobs coming up the silicon valley start-up promising to hire a slate of new employees.
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martin luther king jr. and the march from selma to montgomery. look at the train that has happened in san jose to san francisco for years, the civil rights leader's widow picked san jose to san francisco route because the distance is equal to the 54 miles traveled by king and the fellow protests when they journeyed in selma to montgomery those would know the train note the history and they will miss it. >> a person that does not couple out to celebration martin luther king accident know about him. they are nut aware of what he has done to make this country the great country that it is today. >> the final freedom train is scheduled to depart from the station here in san jose at 9:45 and will travel nonstop to the station at 4th and king in san francisco. there are a number of events planned today in san francisco
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in san jose for abc7 news. a hots of even -- host events will commemorate the holiday. the mayor lee will be at "selma," filming. in richmond a dave service at the greenway walking and bicycle trail with volunteers planting trees and cleaning intrash underway at 9:00 on the trail near lincoln elementary. a parade and rally in honor of dr. martin luther king jr. at 9:30 at dmv parking lot on manila avenue. >> the stock america -- market is closed today resuming tomorrow. the stock and bond markets are closed today in honor of dr. martin luther king jr. holiday as our banks and some corporations. the new month and in year brought with them a new congress. and major consumer groups will
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push lawmakers to pass laws that help consumers. that includes financial security. advocates say there needs relief for eight million underwater home loops and growing problem of student loans. more action to prevent credit card and data hacks. also health care the consumer union is asking congress to focus on areas to lower costs such as increasing the use of generic drugs. consumer advocates include more support for the f.d.a. and the usda to protect the food fly and other government agencies that oversee products and auto safety. that is the holiday business report. >> san francisco based uber will create 50,000 jobs for each european city that plays ball with them. the taxi service running into problems with the regular players. the competition and technology of uber is good for government and local economies. >> last year the super bowl
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commercial featureing a cute puppy and a clydesdale. the puppy is missing but the clydesdale will help his friend learn the true meaning of friendship. >> i think this is a beer involved in here. can't wait. but i am sort of feeling like...just south downtown st. louis. >> what is there? >> world's largest brewery. budweiser. >> i am sure drinking and losing things happened on occasion. >> seahawk fans are celebrating the come-from-behind visit try. >> there is controversy over tom brady's patriot but first, the seahawks. >> cheers of joy erupt across the pacific when fans celebrate the seahawks amazing come-from-behind win to head to the second super bowl in a row
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winning if overtime in the nfc championships. it was 15-30 at one point when they trailed. >> another familiar face is returning to the super bowl, the new england patriots upped to an early lead and never looked back. we the pats disman telled the comets for the championship but had new is a controversy surrounding the win and claims that the patriots used deflated footballs in the game. they can be easier to throw and catch. the nfl confirmed it is looking into the matter. not league determines the pats used deflated footballs they could be fined or lose draft picks. >> everyone wants it know who is the favorite and this year most casinos call it a "pickup." >> as in you throw it up in the air and whoever plants first could be the owner. seattle opened at 2 1/2 point favorite and then the numbers vanished with big bets on new
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england that destroyed the colts. some see the patriots as a one point favorite. >> seahawks played the worst possible game ever and they still won so you expect them to play better against the patriots. >> you know that bell check and his crew are checking that film and seeing what green bay did right and we will have more. >> oh, that film. that film. that film. >> we hope we do not see richard sherman like this. >> it should heal. >> how is the weather? good morning everyone, we will look at live doppler hd sfo is an hour and 15 minutes arrival delays are hitting that timeframe because of quarter-mile visibility and it is worse at half moon bay so driving along the peninsula coast is less than quarter-mile visibility and those are the two most dangerous areas this morning and you can see clearly they are light at six miles per
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hour less but they are pointing toward the ocean so the student -- tule fog conditions. the golden gate bridge has king tide at 9:58. tomorrow at 10:46. wednesday at 10:36 and we will be out of the category of possible minor tidal flooding on thursday at 12:27 so after the lunch hour or high noon. to the east southeast, you can see a push from left to right across the street to the ocean and the thick fog layer this morning so fog is through the morning hours and this will lift and the high clouds go away and hazy sunshine and mild temperatures this afternoon. a warming trend on wednesday and coincides with the offshore wouldn't so does the "spare the air" day most likely the warmest temperatures this weekend. record highs likely. along with that come as dry seven-day forecast and here is the area of high pressure now starting to take over again one
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over the ocean, one over land and hook where the jet stream is now it will continue to stay well to the north all throughout the next seven to seven days. the fog is what will create the discrepancy in our temperatures today from 58 at antioch to 60 at fairfield to mainly low-to-mid 60 in most other neighborhoods. if you are headed up for a day of service because it is mlk day 55 at dense fog in san francisco and i clouds and sunshine at 5:00 at 57. notice our temperatures tonight are mid-40's to low 50's as mild as this morning and wednesday in the north bay, and the central part of the bay that is when we could see the poor air quality develop. the seven-day forecast is low-to-mid 60's through thursday. upper 60's on friday and this week even up to the low 70's. >> foggy in san jose and 101 and 880, it is hazy pulling away
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from 880 to the san jose airport. we have a twitter reporting heavy fog at san jose international airport. as we look at what is happening on the roads eastbound highway 4 at sycamore avenue we have an emergency closing of a lane until 11 o'clock this morning. if you are headed away from i-80 there will be crews working on the roads. the rest of highway 4 wide open and at top speeds. if you go along 680 to pleasant hill and over highway 24, top speeds and along 880, it doesn't matter which way the worse worst bay area spot for traffic is southbound 880 through hayward is nice and clear. our beloved pint-sized cape crusader batkid will appear on silver screen.
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the win her around the world is a documentary film about miles and his day as batkid. it will make the world premiere on saturday at the film festival in park city utah. he captured the heart and imagination of millions of people in november of 2013 when the make-a-wish foundation answered his desires to become batman. san francisco was transformed into both only difficult and miles was diagnosed with leukemia at 18 months is now in remission. check out the full trailer for batkid we have a lincoln -- a link fund on our website at abc7news.com. >> but first we keep weather and traffic up through the entire commercial break with a view from our exploritorium camera of the bay and the bay bridge. okay buddy what's your favorite kind of cheerios? honey nut. but... chocolate is my other favorite... but apple cinnamon is my favorite too...
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spread to a house on harper street. ceremonies and marches take place in the bay area and the united states today to honor dr. martin luther king jr. with this video from the event at the mlk day memorial in washington, dc. san francisco will host a breakfast and a march from caltrain. four, the last remaining freedom train in the country will make its final run between san jose and san francisco today with organizes citing a lack of interest in ending the tradition of three decades. >> northern california children under the age of these could be dramatically under vaccinated. according to the "los angeles times" several areas were found where young children skip vaccination including northern san francisco and sonoma and napa county and vallejo in the east bay and richmond to san lenadro. tracking fog which is anythingest along the coast in petaluma and around sfo and fairfield and san jose.
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temperatures are low-to-mid 50's and our average high this type of the year is mid-to-upper 50's so end the clouds break we will hit the upper 50's to mid-60 and warmer-than-average. seven, a look at the bay bridge toll plaza also looking nice with holiday light traffic indeed across the bay area as you come from the east bay to san francisco going for a short eight minutes when you get to san francisco, it is looking clear and we have a brand new accident in the east bay and this is northbound 880 at davis street a two-car crash slowing and building. >> we continue online and twitter and facebook and all your mobile devices. see you in 25 minutes with news and weather and traffic during "good morning america" and again, another shot at the bay bridge toll plaza with that interesting sky shot. nice seeing you.
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good morning, america. black ice alert. hundreds of accidents across the country. ice wreaking havoc. deadly pile-ups. roads and bridges shut down. and look at this miracle on the highway. a man trapped in the mangled wreckage. his truck sandwiched between the semis. how did he survive? 526 stop! >> a near-miss on the runway at jfk and forced to slam on the brakes avoiding a plane passing in front of it. and, smoke pouring out of this jet shortly after takeoff, forced to dump fuel before making an emergency landing. kidnapped? this pro golfer claims he was knocked out and robbed and dumped in a park after a night of drinking to wake up looking like this. he's speaking out this morning. seattle is going to the super bowl!
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