live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> march is coming in like a lion. stormy weather is back. the bridge is socked in with fog and rain right now. heavy stuff is still to come. >> i am kristen sze. >> i am natasha zouves. today's storm brought us rain during the only commute it is still bring us showers. a picture from our exploritorium camera at pier 15. you can see the agree skies in san francisco. >> that means a tough day for travelers. at sfo you can see arrivals are delayed up to an hour the plan ahead if you are expecting someone to come in or headed

out. all the south bay no rain and blue skies almost as we look along 101. a big storm is on the horizon for the weekend. meteorologist mike nicco is tracking that for us. mike? good morning, natasha zouves and kristen. there is a lot of moisture in the air as you can see i need the umbrella if san francisco. there is just not a lost energy to act upon it. we are dealing with drizzle near the coast and man areas in fact from emeryville you can see how low the clouds are and how much drizzle they are dropping. when the cold front came through before it washed out, quarter-inch in santa rosa and the rest us less than .1" and san francisco only .01". with the bright clouds rolling across the bay the deep moisture and the radar returns are few and far between because it is a let level event with a lot of drizzle and a possible shower here and there through 3:00 we will get another chance of a sure at 5:00 and coastal drizzle

at 7:00 while the rest us are drying out so mainly cloudy at 9:00 hour. we have another chance of rain temperature. and two big storms coming in this weekend. that is ahead. >> take look at this horrific crash in a yoga studio in walnut creek. the car smash state through and landed upside down with to people trapped inside the end of a high speed police chase overnight. our reporter is at the scene. they are still trying to secure the building? >> natasha the boards are up with construction workers wrapping up here on the screen and though put in steel beams to make sure the building does not collapse. the question is. how did the driver and passenger survive? >> the driver and passenger of the smashed bmw are lucky. listen to this, last night a 23-year-old man was driving with a 21-year-old woman in the

passenger seat. the c.h.p. said for some reason the car went off the road on eastbound 24 heading into the northbound 680 connection in walnut creek. it hit a couple of trees, launched into the air, clear add 6' tall chain link fence and lamedded on the roof and crashed through the building barely missing an ambulance in the parking lot with two paramedics inside. the same two paramedics immediately jumped in and provideed medical attention. that is lucky. amazing. a miracle. the owner saw the aftermath. >> you took pictures of the car. it is amazing though could survive with the damage to the car. unplaintiffable. >> the man and woman have major injuryies and taken to the hospital. before the crash 9 car was chase by sheriff deputies. a spokesperson said they called it up a few minute before the crash and another miracle is the time of day. >> the owner of the yoga studio and a class was held in the

secondary space. at 11:49 when the crash happened it was empty one of four red stagged units. tragedy brings people together in a weird way. >> law enforcement said the original traffic stop was for speeding. that led to the chase. the c.h.p. said that it does not appear the driver was under the influence of drugs or alcohol. >> livermore police are investigating a security scare and surprising suicide this morning outside their occupy parking lot. amy hollyfield is at the police department where they just held a news conference. amy? >> yes, kristen, we have learned the name of the man who died here, george bays, 66 years old. he lives here in livermore. they say he shot himself and left behind a suicide note. he did it in a very public way, right on the street next to the police department but also look at what is across the street: officers were worried of their safety, but, also, the safety of

the people living and likely sleeping in that apartment complex on pacific avenue where it happened at 3:00 this morning. an officer was just running here to the station from taking a report from a family about a missing suicidal man. when he get here he recognized the car parked at their station. he approached the car, sought shotguns stepped away and called for backup and heard a blast from inside the car. a second officer arrived. he fired back which is what some residents heard. >> at 3:00 in the morning i heard four gunshots. they were very loud. right here. it was nerve wracking. >> the second officer exited his vehicle and proceeded to fire four rounds into the vehicle. as they believed therapy under-- they were under fire. it was not obvious for a while

that he had died. they were concerned he could be lying in wait and could hurt them or other people. after they fired the four rounds and yelled for him to come out and they fired bean bags into the car but approaching. they say the family has told them that the man had a history of mental mental legalness. he left a note. they do not know why he came to the police station. >> thank you, amy. there is a war between the republican establishment and donald trump. this morning, mitt romney blasted the frontrunner calling him a phony and a fraud. we are joined in the newsroom. tiffany? >> in 2012, donald trump endorse the milt romney for president. today, mitt romney did the exact opposite: he gave a scathing speech outlining every reason americans should not make donald trump the republican nominee. >> if we republicans choose donald trump as our nominee the

prospects for a safe and brother prows future are greatly diminished. >> this morning, mitt romney addressing students at the university of utah today republicans to run from donald trump. >> first on the economy, if donald trump's plans were implemented, the country would sink into prolonged recession. you say, wait, wait, wait, isn't he is huge business success? doesn't he know what three is talking about? no, he isn't. >> when it comes to the election the only thing more dangerous then a trump candidacy is a hillary clinton presidency. >> of course the donald trump nominationen ailed her victory. >> he criticized the foreign policy positions, his character, his rhetoric of anger and the blistering remarks culminate with this. >> donald trump is a 15y, a fraud, the promise of as worthless as a degree from trump university. >> he leagued exerts this morning and donald trump released reports on social media

including this tweet, it looks liked two time failed president will tell republicans how to get elected. not a good messenger. >> he called into "good morning america" and repeated the response. >> mitt romney was a failed candidate, should have beaten president obama easy. >> romney said any other republican is a better choice. but are his words enough to derail trump? >> donald trump has been in the air the past couple of hours headed to portland, maine, and is expected to address the speech so we will stay tuned. senator ted cruz is already calling on the other candidates to drop out so their supporters can rally around him as an alternate to donald trump. so far, neither kasich or marco rubio are showing any signs of suspending their california pain -- their campaign. >> g.o.p. presidential candidate ben carsons not dropped out.

but he did say he plans to skip the republican debate tenth. you can see the debate tonight and keep up with it with the abc news app by allowing the news alerts for updates on the phone. >> in livermore, police are looking for more possible victims of an abusive babysitter. the 20-year old gonzalez is charged with abusing a baby. police have not released information of the baby's injuries but they say gonzalez advertised services on a website called www. care.com. if you hired her, contact police. >> the santa county clear is taking matters into her own happens did keep the county jail in check. the schaefer smith went to costco yesterday using her own money to bay security cameras for the jail. she bought a dozen cameras for $630 each and said she felt compelled to act after learning

the county plan who take two years. >>? there are allegations or an assault, we can see it and have evidence. it is something we should have done all along the i want it done now. >> this is four months after the beating death of michael tyree. now the cameras are only being installed in one housing area but if it works out well she will buy more. >> a statewide wrestling tournament is scheduled to go as planned. despite a plea to put it on old. he is trying to prevent goal let wrestlers from getting skin like that, herpes is all over his face and he believes he got the environmental at a wrestling match in san jose at a tournament and is afraid he may have spread to others and it could be spread even more in the tournament. the california federation said the show must go on and that

doctors will be residents. >> playing host to the super bowl benefited san francisco taking in $8 million in hotel taxes. the san francisco business times reports that is more than $5 million more than during the same period last year. hotel occupancy peaked on february 6 the day before the super bowl with more than 90 percent of rooms booked. it does not include airbnb rentals but, also, the city's legislative analyst office said san francisco spent $5 million to host the game. >> in portland, maine, donald trump is responding to mitt romney. >> i would not say it is a direct route, would you say, rather than going this way i went this way and this way and that. i am so glad. to put this incredible sold out crowd with thousands of people outside, to put this crowd together in a period of what, 24

hours? and maine is amazing. my me is one of the most beautiful places on earth and people do not realize how large your land mass is. as large as all of new england, that is some piece of land. can i buy some, please? can i buy some? so i have been watching with great interest as we go down the line, we have had some amazing results and right near with new hampshire there was an incredible thing and every single time i want to new hampshire when i met with people, they would say, number one problem: heroin. number one problem, heroin. and i would say how is that possible? you look at the beautiful fields and... >> that is candidate item trump speaking in portland, maine, and is expected to talk about romney's criticism of him they are starting a are war of words and he said, why did mitt romney

beg me for my endorsement four years ago? a lot of back-and-forth and you and catch it later today at 4:00 and 5:00 and 6:00. >> and a scandal is back in the headlights, a showdown for the san mateo native. >> a store clerk towns the tables on a would robber. stay tuned.

>> we want to show you crazy video of a store clerk fighting off a man with a gun. in georgia. she is not go down without a fight. the woman grabbed the hammer. she goes after him. the surveillance video starts with the man walking to the register to pay for a drink. he pulls out a gun. he points it at her. he demands cash and goes for the money drawer. she hits him in the head with a plastic drawer. grabs the hammer. chases him away. she was not hurt. police took a suspect into custody. they say this is not what you should do. you could have gotten hurt. >> unbelievable. >> happening now the nfl and new england patriot quarterback tom brady will go head to head in a federal appeals court over the delfate gate scandal. they are appealing a judge's decision to dismiss a four game suspension for his role in the scandal. the nfl found the new england

patriot used underinflated footballs when they beat the colts in the 2015nfc championship game and is expected to argue that it had the right to punish san mateo native tom brady with the suspension. >> it could be a weekend wash out with more storms on the way. >> this is the going of it right now. still, a very hoist flow. heavy drizzle in san francisco. i will show you where it is not going to be wet and what you need to do this weekend to avoid strong storms and possible thunderstorms. the storm impa

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>> driving in it took longer. and it is just light rain. >> what about when the weekend comes? >> this is just an appetizer. >> it hasn't amounted to much but it is still sticking around if man areas like in san francisco. in fact, we will look at the video from taylor street you can see, yes, a bit rain. people had umbrellas many. glad they were prepared. hopefully you are friend for the weekend. if not we will get you prepared. live doppler hd is showing the rain is very likely drizzle and riding under the radar. that is how it will be the next couple of hours with the moist flow coming at us from the southwest with another human flow coming from -- humid flow coming from the west. those the three to five big events we get each winter that bring 50% of our wintertime precipitation. we get a break tomorrow before that rolls in but when it does,

it will be a gully washer. we have hane and possible showers today and tomorrow and strongest storms this weekend could be unsettled next weekend, also, and today, the temperature s are coming from the southwest and it is mild out here with low-to-mid 60s and tonight we will get a break but tomorrow for the commute you can see another round of scattered showers rolling in and temperatures are mild in the low-to-mid 50s. our storm impact scale, the storm was height. it played out the way we thought. it washed out. now it is bringing the drizzle. and light rain. isolated during the afternoon hours. saturday, the storm has been pushed up. we talked about this yesterday starting to look like a "3" and still look that way with heavy rain and thunderstorms and winds at 50 miles per hour. tomorrow afternoon, in the evening, around the showers -- the round of showers fall apart and end up with drizzle and

light rain on saturday, but only isolated heavy showers nothing like from 4:00 to 11:00 when the fastest winds and heaviest rain and flooding is possible, the trees are knocked down and power outages. even the south bay will get at least 1-2" of rain. in lake tahoe if you are headed that way on saturday, it will be all rain. sunday into monday, possibly 1-2' of snow. my seven-day forecast shows temperatures running in the 60s. the biggest storm is saturday. sunday storm a "2" moderate with rain on monday morning and on tuesday and wednesday we will get a little bit of a break. march is going to be more january-like and less february-like. we need it. >> thanks. >> back to pot land, me, where donald trump is responding to mitt romney's criticism. >> assume the democrats are protecting her and i will running against hillary clinton and i really want to, i would

love to run against hillary clinton. by the way we have numerous polls that show me beating her and i have not started on her yet other than four weeks ago i did, remember? she called me sexist and i hit her with the husband and that was the last time i ever her the word. that was a rough weekend, bill was not happy. i guarantee he said, don't you ever say that to him again, say it to someone else but not to donald trump that was a rough, rough weekend they had. but, mitt was going to run as sure use are standing here, but he was going to run. i was very, very angry that he was running. i did not know i would be doing this but i felt i was. our this is a live protect of donald trump speaking in me fighting back after mitt romney who ran for president for the republicans calling him this morning a phony and a fraud and

saying if the republicans nominate him, hillary clinton will win and you heard donald trump address that, as well, and he called mitt romney's speech irrelevant. it is interesting the fact they have this war of words is getting it covered hive. >> absolutely. mitt romney took a jab against trump university and he has responded already, saying that he is 98% approval rating from the students. this will keep

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