see the president firsthand and possibly shake his hand now. sometimes the over to the crowd and shake and do some shakings of hands, but that dependses on his schedule, if he's on time. he will be heading to san francisco from here. once the presidential motorcade leaves here, it will likely head up highway 101 into the city, which means rolling traffic breaks on jam packed 101 in the middle of rush hour, of course. the chp says they'll make the shutdowns as painless as possible. >> there will be some lane closures today, there will be some on and off ramp closures as well as some freeway closures. these will all be temporary our goal is to have the railway closed for as little time as possible. >> here's the president's first destination of fairmount hotel in california. we went by there earlier today the no parking signs were already posted for several blocks with barricades waiting to be set up. tourists have already checked in

to the fairmount, have been told what to expect. >> we were told to expect extra security and perhaps not being able to leave the hotel at certain times and the roads would be blocked. >> it turns out not just the roads, a couple cable car lines too, both the california and powell streetlines will be shut don during this busy holiday weekend until the president leaves san francisco saturday. the president has no public events scheduled for tonight. but he does have a full day tomorrow he will be at stanford university, he'll attend a summit, rather a cyber security summit, we're told that's the first of its kind and it will be attended by corporate executives, and, of course a lot of them from silicon valley, at this point we are waiting for the president for air force one to land here at sfo. we're told he may be a bit early, may be around 5:15 5:18,

5:30. that's the latest from sfo vick lee lee, abc 7 news. as you take a look at traffic in the bay area, a lot of red on that screen meaning it's awfully slow going, we will keep you posted as the president gets a little closer to the bay area landing any minute now. before he left washington, he signed a bill to help prevent suicides among our war veterans. the bill creates a pilot program to provide veterans with available mental health services. and requires the va's suicide prevention programs to be evaluated by a third party. >> a 23-year-old man was depressed and suicidal when he was shot and killed by police in san francisco. it was his fiancee's house and

her family said watkins made that 911 call themselves. they say they are baffled by the way quickly things fell apart. >> he needed help. he told me he was unhappy he was sad. he didn't feel like things were going right in his life. and he didn't know if he wanted to live. >> watkins is described as an athlete who used to play football. he was working at walmart and loved his 2-year-old little girl. he did not have a history of mental illness. the city of san jose is making a new offer to try to end a bitter lengthy dispute with labor unions. it cuts in half the amount of future pension cuts. this offer is the first since the new city council and mayor sam lacardo took over in january. the union is saying the offer does not go far enough. the issue of pension reform has

prompted hundreds of officers to leave san jose for jobs elsewhere. >> also in san jose tonight, city leaders are launching a new campaign against crime. the centerpiece of the plan involves ordinary people who want to help make their communities safer. >> it's a really great point that you made at a time when police resources are limits. the city is asking anyone who owns a security camera to be a part of a database of sorts that police can tap into, in the event they need help solving a crime. >> if you don't get the videotape right away, it's lost for all time. >> as a former district attorney, sam lacarto knows that video can play a crucial role in a case. >> the city just launched a new security camera registry, which allows people to go online and notify police they have cameras on their property. >> it will not allow police

officers to view live feeds so there's no big brother going on here. it's a voluntary program. >> the registry will give police access to cameras in the area where a crime may have occurred. police launched a similar program two years ago, of all the residential burglary cases in 2014, detectives were twice as likely to solve the case if video was involved. it's encouraging news to mike miranda who plans on signing up for the program tonight. this will definitely help. >> he's already put in dozens of cameras at the restaurant. with resources stretched so thin, it's an opportunity to add another level of security. >> this is something that can help us make the arrests on those burglaries that are so critical. it's often just two or three arrests that will take care of an entire spike of burglaries we know it's a small number of burglars committing a crime.

>> to learn more about signing up, head over to our website abc 7 news.com. chris winn, abc 7 news. a partial victory today for the protesters known as the black friday 14. today the bart board voted to ask prosecutors not to ask for a $70,000 in restitution from the protesters for shutting down the west oakland station the day after thanksgiving. they want the district attorney to pursue trespassing counts against those protesters the action came during a raucous meeting that was temporarily stopped because of repeated interruptions. >> we're going to have order or we're going to clear the chambers, one or the other. >> we're going to have order or we're going to clear the chambers. >> you're going to -- >> okay, let's move out. >> the protesters asked a judge

last week to dismiss the charges against them. the judge took the matter under consideration and has not issued a ruling yet. >> san francisco police want help finding a suspect who assaulted an officer last month. the suspect you see in these surveillance photos fled from officers january 23rd. the man was running away, authorities say he knocked an officer off a raised muni platform near fourth street and king. if you can identify this man, please contact san francisco police. three california lawmakers are pushing to require all children in head start programs nationwide to get vaccinated against measles. the effort is by u.s. senators barbara boxer and dianne feinstein. it comes after the recent measles outbreak that infected more than a million people. doctors say it might be time to consider vaccinating even earlier starting with nine-month-old babies. that would mean more shots. >> if we do give it at nine months, what we end up doing is we have to give it again at 15 months, and do it again at 4 to

6 years. >> office staff is now calling parents who don't want to vaccinate and ask them to reconsider. we are still in a drought obviously, but last week's rainstorms helped our conditions a little bit. extremely dry conditions in northern california improved by 10%. it's not much, but it helps. 67% of the state, however is in the worst drought category right now. the situation isn't getting better soon. we are seeing record heat. sandy about a tell will have the details coming up. amazing and a blessing and a relief. >> a sweet story for valentine's day, it's the ultimate in gift-giving. >> it's sort of like crowd sourcing in the name of science. except it's money. researchers just want you. gas, electric, hybrid and hydrogen. michael finney finds out if the

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very sweet sounds from a bay area musician who's about to get a sweeter gift for valentine's day. he's been dealing with a kidney illness for 20 years, he's about to get some help from an unexpected source. wayne freedman has the story. >> t minus two days and counting until the deadline. the one for that person in the picture on your desk. the one who leaves scribbled notes. are you worried about how to take care of the one you love?

for better or worse quite a few years ago. >> october 7th 2006. i got that right, did i get that rights? >> next week right after valentine's day, they will take it to extremes. sarah is giving jesse one of her kidneys, she's a perfect match. >> is it a romantic transplant? >> i think it is yeah. >> i feel like we were meant to be in each other's lives. and this is another way that that's showing up. >> hard to tell, this professional singer songwriter, husband and father of two faces a crisis polycystic kidney disease. >> it's the second most common hereditary disease in the world. if your parents have it, you stand a 50% chance of getting it as well. jesse's father had it his brother died of it and if he didn't have this operation now -- >> i probably would have started dialysis later this year.

>> instead, sarah will take six weeks off from work. >> we're going to tell her that daddy hasn't been feeling well and mommy has an opportunity to help him feel better. >> this romantic holiday will never be the same. they already shared a marriage, children. >> at first she gave me her heart, and now she's giving me her kidney. >> wayne freedman abc 7 news. >> isn't that a great story? >> we will be keeping tabs on jesse and sarah to see how they're doing. and we'll bring you updates as jesse adapts to his new kidney. major finds tonight for the company in charge of tolls on the golden gate bridge. the $330,000 fine is because the company is sending late payment notices before the initial invoice is even mailed out. the bay area toll authorities releasing this information ahead of an investigation by 7 on your

side's michael finnian. staggering numbers. >> the numbers are unbelievable. and you might be surprised. i'll have more on that tonight at 11:00, here on abc 7. you do not want to miss it this is what everyone's going to be talking about tomorrow. >> right now i want to talk about hydrogen powered vehicles electric vehicles so yesterday. for a long time hydrogen has been a clean fuel dream. several automakers are introducing them consumer reports checks out hyundai's entrance into the field. this looks just like a typical small suv. it's not, it's powered by hydrogen. these vehicles use a fuel cell instead of a battery. the fuel cell is replenished with hydrogen, combined with oxygen, and the result is electricity to power the car. water is the only emotion consumer reports is evaluating

the hyundai tucson many. >> it drives like a normal tucson, without an engine, it's much quieter. hyundai claims it will go 264 miles before you need to refuel it. >> it doesn't take hours to charge. it should take five minutes or less at a hydrogen refueling station. currently there are only about a dozen hydrogen fueling stations in the united states mainly on the west coast so at this point hyundai is just making the fuel cell vehicle available in california and only with a lease. $500 a month. >> fuel cell technology is promising. it's advanceing at a pretty rapid rate. >> other fuel cell cars are coming soon. one from toyota, another from honda. the state of california and toyota plan to build about 40 more fueling stations by 2016. >> the only hydrogen cars

available this year are the tucson fuel cell and one from toyota. the toyota will come out in the next few months. priced around $57,000. that's before all the tax credits and rebates that will be much less. honda is slated to release its hydrogen car in particular of 2016. i will be watching for these. >> five, ten years from now, that will be the standard. >> michael, thank you. let's bring you some breaking news now. president obama arivging in the bay area as we speak. >> trying to find the plane on the tarmac. he's going to head to the fairmount hotel in san francisco. we're just trying to find the shot there. it's a big old airport. >> he's going do a fund-raiser on russian hill tonight after going to stanford. he has a busy day tomorrow before he leaves the bay area

we're trying to find air force one, we understand it's on the tarmac somewhere. we'll come back to it but the president has landed safely. in the meantime we're going to move on to other news of the day. >> we can be young old or in between, they call themselves citizen scientists. and it's the latest way research scientists are trying to engage the public to help them do their fieldwork. david louie introduces you to some bay area high school students doing some very high level work. >> this is one large gathering of ph.d.s, some delegates don't have their high school diplomas the american association for the advancement of science wants them here at their national convention. >> i didn't know about testing air quality or water quality. any of that. i hope -- >> megan is a senior at met west high school, she's been doing air quality testing at bart stations others are doing monitoring of shore line

habitats, part educational, part public awareness campaign. >> people are out there doing this they're making a difference. and we can do it too, or we should be funding this kind of work. >> doing field studies can mean giving up sports at school. >> i had a choice of getting a good experience or swimming. i chose to give up swimming. >> citizen scientists allow researchers and graduate students to focus on advanced projects such as development of a robotic race car. and how to protect them from hackers. >> they won't be perfect. there will be possibilities for abuse, we have to try to think about that as we're developing roll them out in a way where that can be addressed. >> although he's young, frankie says the research he's been doing is respected by scientists. >> it was incredible to have scientists coming up to us, asking questions about our research and they're all blown away by how we're only in high school, and we have the

opportunity to present a prestigious conference. >> david louie, abc 7 news. >> let's talk about this absolutely spring like weather. >> in the middle of winter, right? >> i am enjoying it and president obama hopefully enjoying it as well soon, it is so warm out here 69 in san francisco, just as warm as miami right now. can you believe that? >> and i can feel it out here it's beautiful, let me show you the lie temperatures for today, we do have a new record to tell you about downtown oakland shattering his previous record at 70 degrees, it came in at 79 today. oakland airport was also a tie at 69 degrees and salinas airport got up to 82 tieing its previous record. 72 in san jose, 80 in santa cruz definitely beach weather, low 70s for livermore san francisco, santa rosa and fairfield. it feels more like spring than

winter live doppler 7 hd showing you high clouds passing through the bay area. until case you're going to the beach, be aware of the fact that we have a beach hazard statement until 6:00 p.m. saturday rip current risk higher sneaker waves, large breakers making for rough conditions which you can take a look at. looking at ocean beach right now. i know it looks inviting. be careful. palo alto you're at 72 degrees. a mild 67 in san jose and gilroy still in the 70s, beautiful view looking at san francisco. we have 60s from santa rosa, concord and livermore. here's another lovely view from our emeriville camera. the high clouds are passing through, they're harmless. more record highs are likely the next couple days and dangerous beach conditions will continue right on through saturday evening. here's the setup high pressure not going anywhere much warmer than average the next several days the stormy weather unable

to breakthrough, when you take a look at the long range forecast, starting now. other than some clouds, we have no rain in sight. we're taking you all the way out to sunday february 22nd it's warm but there's something wrong about it being warm in the middle much winter, without rain or snow in the sierra. tomorrow morning, low 40s to the low 50s. occasional high clouds out there, tomorrow afternoon, we'll get a chance to meet this warm spell if we can. 74 gilroy, cupertino 77. santa cruz occasional high clouds. mountain view 73, expected to be a record. 72 redwood city, 71 half moon bay. san francisco, basking in the sun with 70 degrees, north bay low 70s, well above normal. san rafael, out toward the east bay, 73 in oakland 70 newark, inland spots low to mid-70s.

if you're going down to pebble beach, the weather is going to remain sunny and warm for round two, three and the final round temperatures in the 50s in the morning, 70s in the afternoon, accuweather 7-day forecast, it's a sweet one for valentine's if you have outdoor plans, low to mid-70s, sunday will be spring like as well. president's days we're going to keep the mild weather it will be cooler around the coast and the bay. accuweather 7-day forecast is missing the rain. dan and cheryl? >> thanks very much. she was talking about this beautiful weather for the president. >> it's brutally cold back east. he's going do like this a lot. this is a live picture at sfo. the stairs are in place

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the american general in charge of the nato mission in afghanistan, wants more flexibility keeping troops there. he testified before the u.s. senate armed services committee today. he wants the u.s. to adjust the

plan to cut the number of troops in the region by the end of the year. i returned from afghanistan one week ago today where i had a one on one conversation with campbell. coming up at 6:00 you're going to see why the general is supporting their work, and he will tell you about liz own bay area roots. >> please be sure to tune in to cheryl's report from afghanistan at 6:00 tonight. an executive at sony, who is under the micro scope after her hacked e-mails went public said she learned an important lesson. the soon to be former co chairman of sony pictures says her departure from the company was not voluntary she says she leaked e-mails, made her evaluate the way she communicates with people. >> i did learn that you should always say exactly what you think directly to people all of the time, and not maybe try to

manage it. >> some of those hacked e-mails shows sony pays less money to some actresses than men performing similar roles. women slu know what they're worth is and say no if what their employer wants to pay them isn't appealing. tesla's stocks plunged this afternoon, one day after the company's earnings report ss showed mixed expectations. the company delivered almost 1500 fewer cars than anticipated last quarter, the ceo did announce an exciting innovation, the palo alto based company will unveil a lidge onian battery pack that could supply your home with its own power. nissan has created a glow notice dark car. . it comes with a special paint that absorbs energy from sunlight during the day. nissan says it's the first carmaker to do this others dispute that the company plans

the paint lasts for 25 years. we want to go back to president obama at san francisco international. >> having arrived at sfo a few moments ago. he's heading to the city tonight. no scheduled event tonight. he'll be at the hotel in the city and he has an event in stanford tomorrow. >> you can see he has a number of legislators with them. rolling closures as the motor kads enters the city you'll want to watch out for that. >> the president will be in the bay area until saturday morning he's expected to speak at a cyber security conference tomorrow in stanford. he'll

coming up new at 6:00 a live report from a vigil for three muslim students shot and killed in north carolina, they had ties to the bay area. the insent victims of the west coast port shutdown, trouble is brewing for a popular beer maker. all coming up at 6:00.

back to the arrival of president obama out there shaking hands and literally kissing babies it's wonderful. on the plane ed lee is there to greet the president. he will be attending an event tomorrow. and then he heads out on saturday. >> in the meantime a new video shows president obama isn't about making fun of himself to drive the message home. >> he's featured in the clip reminding americans that the annual deadline to sign up for obama care is this sunday february 15th. >> the president and a man posing as a presidential aid take turns mugging in the mirror thanking president obama for theirroblems. >> thanks, obama. >> thanks, obama. >> that's funny. this is not the first time the president used humor to promote

his health care plan. >> thanks for joining us. on this thursday night, the dash cam video revealed at the "american sniper" trial. the murder of chris kyle and his friend. the images never seen before. the moments after the horror. captured on a police camera. the suspect chased down. also tonight, the plummeting temperatures, dangerous cold sweeping in. the blizzard watches already set to follow. a valentine's storm, up to a foot of snow possible. the fbi investigating three muslim americans, shot and killed. the family calling on the president tonight, and telling americans, this was a hate crime. an abc news investigation. buying your way into america. are criminals, spies, perhaps even worse, paying to live here in the u.s.? mom to the rescue. she jumped out of her minivan, wrestling the suspect to the ground. tonight, the giant surprise for her.