mike nicco, jessica kos costro and sue hall. >> a lot of sunshine. a little fog. look at the half mile visibility. here's a look at what's going on from sutro tower. little hazy in this part of the bay. 30 to 43. there are some freezing temperatures inland. around noon and 4:00, sunshine. low to mid 50s. grab a coat. 42 to 49. patience on the roadways this morning, sue? not exactly. only a couple of trouble spots now. otherwise, light. we go to san mateo, northbound 101 year hillsdale. right lane is blocked with an accident. one of the responsible party members got out of the car is and almost got hit. dangerous situation here. i'm not seeing a lot of delays past the scene. rv motor home ran out of gas

westbound 24, blocking the right lane near the caldecott tunnel. heads up here. not a lot of slowing going on this morning. it is light out there. just a couple of places to be aware. also, some flooding still in lanes on highway 37 in nevada. we'll check on that in a new minutes. list of congressional democrats who will not be attending this week's presidential inauguration is continuing to grow. including several from here in the bay area. >> that is not stopping some local donald trump supporters from making the trip. abc 7 is live in santa clara city hall. >> reggie, good morning. orsia says he supporters donald trump because he is a good business hah businessman, negotiator and reminds him of ross pero. he and his partner are headed to d.c. for all the inauguration fes tillti festivities. over the weekend, stand-ins walked down the steps for the swearing in ceremony. the santa clara couple supported

the president-elect during his campaign. in a few days, they'll see him sworn in as the 45th president of the united states. >> this is all about trump. this is all about seeing him sworn in. i can't imagine who we're going to see at the inaugural ball, or that we're even going to an official inaugural ball. it's actually mind blowing. >> he is one of an estimated 300,000 bay area residents who voted for mr. trump. he and his partner, juan, are jetting off in a couple of days and they'll be in d.c. for five days. live in santa clara, lonnie rivera, abc 7 news. many of the two dozen members of congress who will not attend the inauguration made the decision after this weekend's war of words between the president-elect and representative john lewis. in a network interview, lewis said he did not consider mr. trump to be a legitimate president because of russia's influence in our election.

>> i don't plan to attend inauguration. it would be the first one that i miss. since i've been in the >> the interview launched a war of words between me and the president-elect. mr. trump tweeted that lewis is all talk, talk, talk, no action or results. the president-elect said lewis should spend more time in the nation's crime infested inner cities. lewis, who suffered a fractured skull during a civil rights march in the '60s, is considered to be the conscious of congress. abc 7 news anchor dan ashley will be in washington, d.c. thursday and friday with live reports on president-elect trump's inauguration. the president-elect continues his twitter attack on the intelligence community over the weekend. outgoing cia director b eor ben told a tv audience mr. trump didn't have a grip on russia's capability. mr. trump said, look at syria,

crimea, ukraine, the build-up of russians nukes. not good. was this the leaker of fake news? he says there was unfair coverage caused by leaked information caused by intelligence officials. democratic congressman from the east bay says congress has an obligation to investigate russian meddling in the election. he told abc 7 he wants to appoint a bipartisan, independent commission to look into the russian influence on the election to make sure this never happens again. >> it would allow congress to appoint outside experts, so foreign policy, armed services, national security and elections experts, to look back with access to the classified information, declassify as much as possible, debunk a lot of the myths that president-elect trump has put out there about what actually happened. most importantly, as i said, depoliticize this so it is taken out of congress and put into the hands of independent

commissioners. >> he says he will attend the inauguration but he understands and respects his 23 colleagues who are boycotting it. happening today in the bay area, honoring the legacy of martin luther king jr. by hosting several events. >> in oakland, a multi-culturally will get underway at 10:00. that's at the ilwu h hegenberger road. in san francisco, young poets and writers will take part in an event called bringing the noise. poets and leaders will re-interpret excerpts from dr. king's powerful speeches. it starts at 7:00. go to abc7news.com for more events. breaking news in mexico. a deadly shooting at a music festival. >> jessica is tracking the latest at the live desk. >> the biggest update we have at this hour is that police are looking for a lone gunman. at least four people are dead, possibly five. dozens are injured right now.

the shooting happened at the blue parrot nightclub in del -- playa del carmen, mexico partygoers ran when shots rang out during the electronic music dance festival. it is fought many who attended were foreigners and some may be americans. we don't have a motive yet. they're looking for the shooter. i'll let you know as soon as we get any new updates. reggie? >> thank you. san francisco mayor lee says any idea of compiling a national registry for muslims is hateful. he called it a gestapo type tactic. later this month, he will introduce legislation to prohibit city agencies from contributing to such a registry. president-elect donald trump consistently expressed support to collect names of muslims. his nominee for secretary of state, rex tillerson, will not rule it out during his

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6:09. look at these startling pictures of california reservoirs before and after last week's storms. the san lewis reservoir was 48% capacity last year. less than 24% and now overflowing at 105% capacity. also, another was 78% full, having risen 51 feet in the storms. >> announcer: your accuweather forecast with mike nicco. >> series of storms that begin wednesday will start to fill those up even more. hi, peninsula, start with you. nearly freezing in woodside. 39 in redwood city. low to mid 40s for the rest of the peninsula to half-moon bay. warm spots at 46. san ramon, 35. 36 now in napa.

34 in san francisco. 55 to 59 degrees. 53 to 60 tomorrow. 53 to 55 on wednesday with that rain. in fact, here you go. chances of rain wednesday all the way through sunday. we'll look at the first next. here's sue. your celebration train is happening this morning. cal train is on a regular schedule. mart martin loout uther king day, th celebration train takes off from san jose at 9:45. san mateo at 10:20. palo alto at 10:05. san francisco 10:55. let's look at your drive times this morning. it is actually green is good. we have this earlier accident northbound 101 near hillsdale and san mateo. that's been cleare out of lanes. no delays there. still with this stalled mobile home westbound 24 in the right lanes towards the caldecott tunnel. again, i'm not seeing a lot of slow traffic here. we'll come back and look at more of your mass transit schedules

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opened sports arena republ republic. people running to get out of the way before the roof falls. 80 people were inside at the time. all of them sprinted and managed to escape just in the nick of time. two teenagers had minor injuries. still, not clear at this point why the roof started collapsing. >> i've never seen anything like that. crazy. the search is on for a gunman who shot two people outside of the hyatt place hotel in emeryville. a witness tells abc 7 news the victims worked for her non-profit. our emeryville camera shows a man being taken out of the shopping center which is across the street. police say he ran into the store after the shooting. both victims are expected to survive. police do not believe the two were staying at the hotel. bart police are searching for the thieves their facility off of port

chicago highway. a bart electrician called police. investigators are process the scene for fingerprints. more snow expected to fall around lake tahoe in the coming week. you're looking at photos provided by north star resort, showing some of the 15 feet of snow they already have this month. that marks the largest january snowfall in 45 years. the next storm is supposed to arrive late tomorrow. that should dump up to two feet of snow on the mountains. this is just going to pile up as we continue to get more rain. the rain, mike, you say will start around the same time, wednesday. >> wednesday through monday. we get rain wednesday through monday. they get a lot of snow, couple of feet again for the next couple of days. at home, couple of nice days. not only here but also in tahoe. let's look at areas not dealing so well. denver, we have snow. chicago, we have ice. it is going to turn over to rain. hopefully, that won't affect your flights too much this morning. he's a look from the east bay

hills. pretty clear out there. we have fog in the inland valleys. it'll be sunny this afternoon for all of us. milder. three storms wednesday with a wet week but not a washout. the storm impact scale, moderate for the storm wednesday. moderate to heavy downpours during tevhe evening hours. high clouds increase tomorrow afternoon. high clouds wednesday afternoon. by noon, scattered, light showers ahead of steadier rain in the north bay. yellows and oranges throughout the afternoon hour. moderate rain in the north pay. it moves to the heart of the bay during the evening rush. by midnight, it is out of here. this first storm, the moderate to heavy rains, nothing for the morning commute. everything falls during the evening commute. possibly an inch and a half in the mountains. it'll taper to a light storm thursday. moderate on friday. light storm on saturday. sunday showing tendencies to be a strong storm. because it is still a ways out there, we're going to keep an eye on it.

keep it a two right now. i guess all in all, enjoy the next few days, sue. traffic wise, we're real light out there. look at your martin luther king holiday mass transit schedules. ace train number three leaving on time. it is headed out right now. ace train five. those are the only two trains leaving for the morning commute out of the stockton area. bart is running on a modified saturday schedule, which means they got underway at 6:00 this morning. 17 trains on time, running every 20 minutes. and your ferries for golden gate today will be on an expanded holiday service. i have tweeted that @sue hall traffic. what that schedule looks like. your drive times now, not bad. we're all in the green. under 30 minutes from tracy to dublin. highway 4 is looking great toward concord. 101 to san francisco from san rafael under 20 minutes. check on flooding that's still blocking lanes on highway 37 in nevada when we come back. >> thank you. president-elect trump says his replacement plan for obamacare is nearly finished. however, not giving any details

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menlo park-based facebook is partnering with corrective. it'll be facebook's first ever outside fact checker. facebook faced criticism in germany for what some call an insufficient response to hate speech. germany's national election is set for september. fire season might be months away but a group of volunteer it is showing it is never too soon to get ready. abc 7 news was above the caldecott tunnel, which burned years ago in a fire storm. volunteers came from the world mission society church of god in hayward. president obama honored that group in the past. a sixth grader in iowa is standing up to cancer and bullies thanks to his principal. jackson johnson's grandfather has cancer and chemo is causing him to lose his hair. johnson shaved his head so he and his grandfather can be part of the club. not all his classmates thought it was an adorable idea. specifically, one kid at school.

>> at my first class, someone said, well, you look like you have cancer. >> the principal heard about that encounter and decided to do something about it. he let johnson shave his head at a school assembly. look at this video. the principal says he has lost family members to cancer, too, and he knows how important this haircut is for johnston. if your team loses, the last thing you want to do is hang around the stadium. that's exactly what happened to some dallas cowboys fans. they couldn't leave the stadium yesterday because there was a tornado warning in the area. for three hours, they had to wait it out. adding insult to injury after a close game against the packers. the cowboys lost to green bay, 34-31 on a last-minute field goal. also, the pittsburgh steelers beat the kansas city chiefs, 18-16. >> they lost and had to sit there languishing in the loss for several hours. that's the worst. awful. misery loves company, right? hundreds of jobs are up for grabs in the east bay right now.

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>> announcer: good morning, bay area. let's get up and get going. >> this is abc 7 mornings. >> 6:29 on this january 16th. i'm reggie aqui. >> mlk day. i'm natasha. we have the team, jessica castro. good morning. >> morning. >> we have sue hall in for alexis smith. great to see you. >> thanks. >> mike nicco are bringing us a few dry days before we get back into rain. >> biggest concern, the fog. and the fact it may be a little bit of black ice. let's see what's happening. i have overlayed the fog layer. sonoma mountain parkway, 116 and 101 in lakeville street. we have fog in the san ramon valley and the central valley. watch out for that. south beach, quiet right now. temperature running around 34 to 44 at 7:00. low to mid 50s with total sunshine throughout the afternoon hours. grab a coat this evening. low to upper 40s by 7:00. is there anybody on the road this morning, sue? a few people, yeah. look at your bay bridge shot.

the upper deck, here's what it looks like at the toll plaza, with no delays here whatsoever. nice 15 minute drive from golden gate fields all the way to the city. green is good. the orange on the map represents the area that mike is talking about with fog that could potentially affect your commute. let's look at one potential problem here. a stalled mobile home. ran out of gas, right lanes, near the caldecott tunnel. i'm not seeing slowed traffic passed there. hopefully they'll get it out soon enough. flooding in nevada, still 37 closed at this hour. coming up. >> thank you. it'll soon be last call for an east bay sports bar with a history of issues. >> we've been tracking this story for some time. crogan's is closing for good. abc 7 news reporter live for us in walnut creek. >> it will be closing for good just next week. the long-time bar faced a lot of

challenges this past year with the city of walnut creek. city officials recommended it close earlier at 12: 30 a.m. instead of 2:00 a.m. police also responded to this address about 700 times since 2012. there was a deadly shooting outside crogan's last summer. a 38-year-old man was shot and killed after getting into an argument. a lot of patrons are sad to see crogan's go. some neighboring business owners are relieved. >> walnut creek is coming up and changing. and to, you know -- i hate to say the word riffraff, but truly, out of that area, it is going to make my studio a lot more pleasant to be in. >> crogan's announced on a facebook invite that it is holding a farewell celebration next sunday. that party starts at noon and it ends at 12:30 a.m. reporting live from downtown walnut creek, abc 7 news.

>> thank you. the chp hoping you can help track down the person who opened fire on another car in the east bay. officers say someone fired at this suv. two men were inside. this mercedes. this was on state route 24 the in concord around 5:00 yesterday. the driver was injured. the other person was not. at least five bullet holes can be seen on that car. police say they have little to go on and they need the public's help. >> we always get there after the fact. but everybody that's out there, you guys are our eyes and you guys are our ears. we need to get these people out of the streets that ar causing these crimes -- that are doing these crimes. that are taking people's lives. >> the driver is in the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. his passenger was taken in for questioning. there have been almost 40 shootings on bay area freeways in the past year and a half. 6:33 now. a contra costa sheriff's deputy is out of a job and facing five counts of attempted murder after

firing his gun inside a house party. 23-year-old kyle roland is being held without bail in a sacramento jail this morning. police say no one was hurt. by the time they got there, he was being retrained by other people at the party. he just joined the contra costa county sheriff's office in october and was still on probationary stt tuatus. he was fired over the weekend. roland is well-known among sacramento's music community as the lead singer of kyle roland blues band. a neighbor heard a woman screaming and saw what he thought was a kip ndnapping. it happened yesterday afternoon near durham road and topaz way. he saw women's legs out of a sedan before it sped off. surveillance videos don't cover this location. there are no missing persons reports but police are issuing a warning as a precaution. a weekend war of words between president-elect trump and a civil rights icon

contributed to more members of congress declining to go to friday's inauguration. 24 members said they will not be attending. five from california and three from right here in the bay area. the uproar started when 76-year-old congressman john lewis of georgia said he does not consider mr. trump a legitimate president due to russia's influence in our election. lewis said he will not be at the swearing in for the first time in 30 years. >> i don't plan to attend inauguration. it would be the first one that i miss since i've been in the congress. >> president-elect tweeted lewis was all talk and no action and should go back and visit the nation's burning and crime-infested inner cities. lewis suffered a fractured skull while beaten in civil rights marches in the '60s. president obama reflecting on how he's changed and not changed over the past eight years. during his last tv interview before leaving office, president obama said he tried to never lose touch with the people. >> one of the things you worry about when you're in the bubble, and there's all this pomp and

circumstance, hail to the chief, is do you lose touch with what you thought was important and what brought you here? and i am proud that i don't think i have lost touch. >> the president says among his most prized mementos is a bust of martin luther king jr. and a framed program from the march in washington. right now, mlk breakfast is underway at the nation's capital. >> jessica has been watching this throughout the morning from the live desk. >> reverend al sharpton is speaking now. this is a breakfast being held in washington, d.c. now. different than something we talked about earlier. this is sharpton's national action network. it is part of a protest ma k corey booker just spoke. he gave an impassioned speech, saying, quote, activist has to be in every choice you make. people talking about it on social media now. booker is among those refusing

to attend the presidential inauguration on friday. again, that live breakfast -- or i should say the live images from the breakfast in washington, d.c. i'll keep watching them for you. that is the latest at the live desk. back to you. >> thank you, jess. there are a lot of events taking place, of course, today to honor dr. king. >> many will be using today as a day of service. president obama is encouraging americans s to observe the fel holiday by helping those in their community. the stock market is closed today. dr. king's actual birthday was yesterday but the holiday falls on the third monday of january. one of the events happening today, the celebration train which used to be known as the freedom train, which is going to be leaving san jose at 9:45 this morning and coming into san francisco at 11:00. that's where passengers will join the mile and a half march to the annual king day celebration. free tickets for the celebration train have been handed out. we have a list for other events today on our website.

abc7news.com. great day to visit yo mem t -- yosemite. national parks are free today. there are 412 national parks in the u.s., including 27 in california. today is one of ten days this year that entrance fees will be waved. the next will be february 20th, which is presidents' day. a touching photo tweeted out by martin luther king jr.'s daughter, bernice. you can see she is putting her head up against a statue of her father in d.c. we writes, happy birthday, dad. i miss you. >> announcer: your accuweather forecast with mike nicco. >> let's head to the south bay where we have temperatures mainly in the upper 30s. we've got campbell at 40. mount view, 42. san jose, 37 degrees. same in newark. look at this, nevada and danville, freezing cold, 31. possibly black ice. 32 in fairfield. san francisco, 43.

walnut creek, looking south to the san ramon valley, looks hazy, as if fog is hanging around. watch out for fog and frost this morning on the roads. a light chop on the water. out and about, it'll be chilly. mild this afternoon. our temperatures today will range from 56 in san francisco to a little cooler in the inland east bay neighborhoods. 55 in concord. also antioch. san jose, santa rosa, 59. as we move forward, we'll have temperatures that'll run in the mid 50s to near 60 for tomorrow. increasing high of clouds. you can see the rain begin wednesday. we'll have several days coming up in the accuweather seven-day forecast. moving towards the north bay and san rafael, where traffic is flowing nicely. southbound 101, the taillights to the civic center. 21 minute drive into san fran is co-. the golden gate bridge, four lanes in the southbound direction and two in the north. they have made the normal lane

change for the regular commute this monday morning. traffic is flowing nicely. no fog at the golden gate bridge. visibility is good. green means everybody is at the limit. look at the orange on your screen. that's the potential for low visibility and fog out there for your monday morning drive. heads up there. still have this, lanes flooded at highway 37 at atherton and 101. they're closed. eastbound you can get through. you see a blip of red westbound. they're diverting traffic at atherton to go around lakeville highway and coming south on 101. hopefully at some point today, it'll be open. >> thank you. a wife confesses to running down and killing her husband in this surveillance video. why she says she did it. also, the powerful storms a week ago cause widespread week ago cause widespread destruction in the bay

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6:43. the list of democrats in congress who are skipping the trump inauguration continues to grow. >> local donald trump supporters are making the trip to washington for friday's event. lonnie rivera is live at santa clara city hall. good morning, lonnie. >> good morning. orsia supports donald trump because he is a good businessman and he and his partner are headed to the inauguration. over the weekend, inaugural

rehearsals took place in washington, d.c. stand-ins walked down the steps for the swearing in ceremony. the santa clara couple is excited to see the actual ceremony. orcia and his partner both supported the president-elect during his campaign. >> super excited. this is amazing and historic. i don't know what to say about it. when i got it in the mail, it was a shock. called juan at work, and he flew down as fast as he could. we got our tickets. >> norcia is one of an estimated 300,000 bay area residents who voted for donald trump. so they're leaving wednesday and planning on staying in washington, d.c. five days. washington, d.c. five days. live in santa clara, lonniery

v -- lonniery v ry veiviera. a woman ran over her ex-boyfriend on purpose because he abused her. dallas police released the surveillance video. it doesn't know the moment the man was run over, but you can see the woman's mercedes following the man as he tries to run away. the 39-year-old admitted to following him and hitting him and killing him, saying it was the only way to stop the abuse. court records show the man had been charged with domestic violence twice. he was on probation when he died. san francisco police are investigating a crash between this three-wheel go car and a toyota sedan. it happened yesterday at 24th and van ness. two people in the go car have minor injuries. they were thrown out of the little vehicle. you've probably seen them around town. a lot of tourists rent them at union square. retired san jose firefighters are sounding off o

a clerical error that could cost epa each of them thousands of dollars. pensions for 300 retired firefighters was overpaid by nearly $1 million. retirement officials blame inaccurate salary figures from the city's finance office. the problem was discovered in 2009. retirees weren't notified until this month. retirement officials say it took their office years to sift through the records. similar problem surfaced in november when officials discovered $500,000 in overpayment to non-service retirees. people are disappointed ringling bros. barnum & bailey surface is shutting down. they think something else will emerge. >> there is an appetite for seeing people do unbelievable things in the flesh. >> abc 7 news was at the circus center in san francisco where people train to be in circus acts. performers say going to the circus is a tradition for many families. they're sorry that's being lost. they also see ringling's

decision as a sign of the times after dropping ticket sales and backlash over its treatment of animals. the circus retired its elephants last year. after that, it became hard to attract audiences. >> people are moving to a world where we want to see animals, all animals, whether in a circus, a zoo, we want to see the animals treated the same way we'd like to see our opwn dogs and it cats. >> other circus shows like cirque du soleil will continue to thrive. i'm just seeing this note come into the live desk. ringling bros. announcing they'll hold a press conference in 45 minutes. they'll be discussing the big decision to shut down. they didn't make mention of what will happen to their animals. we are hoping clarification will come on what will happen to the tigers, lions, horses and camels that they need to find homes for. we will have updates on later editions on abc 7 news and on our news app. watch for that. >> thank you, jessica.

sticking with the animal theme theme, more than a dozen horses are heading from the san joaquin valley to washington, d.c. for friday's inauguration. members of the merced sheriff's posse practiced at home for the last time over the weekend. riders will be flying east tomorrow to meet up with their horses. the posse plans to be on in parade, it points out, no matter who was elected president. all the wet weather in california is going to bring a spectacular spring according to the bay area newsgroup. yosemite officials say visitors should expect amazing waterfalls, bubbly creeks, carpets of wildflowers and lush grass. livermore's park remains this muddy mess. it took the biggest hit in the storms. rain flooded beaches, campgrounds, picnic areas. officials say it may cost hundreds of thousands to clean up the mess and restore beaches. >> let's get to mike nicco. he says the weather window, we'll get rain coming on

wednesday, right? >> definitely. wednesday through the weekend. the storm that hit us hard is hitting the high plains. denver, even in the mountains, snow there. chicago, ice. if you're flying through the areas, check ahead. we have delays and cancellations. over top of us, par addy. three storms that'll last through at least monday. we're going to start the celebration train down in san jose at 9:45. little fog at 50. palo alto, 49 and sunny. menlo park, 52 and sunshine. san francisco at 10:55, 51 with sunshine. let's look at the next storm on the impact scale. moderate. moderate to heavy downpours during the evening hours. 7:00 in the morning, a few showers rolling through. by the time we get to noon and 1:00, moderate to heavy rain. yellows and oranges through the north bay and t

neighborhoods. heaviest around 7:00 to 9:00 and tapering throughout the overnight hours and into thursday. overnight amounts, maybe a light coating of wetness on the roads but nothing like the heavier rain. 3/4 inch around the bay to an inch or two in the mountains we'll get during the evening hours. light storm thursday. moderate storm that'll taper to light on saturday. sunday right now is a moderate. it shows signs of being strong at times. we'll keep an eye on it. here's sue keeping an eye on the commute. new accident, unfortunately. san mateo bridge, the bad news. the good news, if there is a silver lining, it is in the eastbound direction, the direction you see the head lights coming. just before the high-rise. westbound is getting sluggish with a 20 minute drive from hayward to foster city. let's look at our maps really fast to see the backup on the san mateo bridge. the line of red traffic, speeds to 21 miles an hour. giving you a ten minute delay getting across the span over towards the hayward side of

things. elsewhere, reports of an accident off to the shoulder southbound 880 before 238. i'm not seeing any slowed traffic through san leandro to hayward. we'll look at highway 37, still shut down due to flooding. this is depressing. >> follow us here. eight men own the same amount of wealth as the poorest half of the world. that is eight people compared to about 3.5 billion people. the group of eight includes people like bill gates, warren buffet, mark zuckerberg, larry el ellison. a lot are in the bay $246 billion compared. this is a new report from an international confederation of charitable organizations. >> luckily, a lot of those people are generous.

cavaliers and warriors tonight. today is the last day to dub the vote for the all-star game. >> we want to show you a cute otter. please tell me more about it. >> this is the last day to vote for one of your favorites. the candidates are steph curry, klay thompson, kevin durant and draymond green. to cast your vote, log on to abc7news.com and look for the link. have until 9:00 a.m. tonight. we've seen touching military -- >> oh! >> papa! papa! papa! i missed you so much! papa! i missed you so much! i didn't know you were the surprise. >> this is one of the most touching military reunions we've seen for some time. that is a fort bragg soldier returning from deployment who hid in a wrapped box to surprise his children. this video posted on facebook.

the family is asking we not share their names. the soldier's wife says her son always asked when his daddy would return and was overjoyed by the surprise. >> that is great. back in 90 seconds with the seven things you need to know. first, the instagram photo of the day. is this the otter? oh, no. >> how does the otter come into play this morning? >> just the beach. still gorgeous. follow us at abc 7 news bay area to see more foe low there is a place, like no other. where a walk down main street, can fill you with wonder. and the smile of a mouse can spark joy. where magic is spread with every touch, and always leaves you wanting even more. so make the time... to take your time because one day just isn't enough. here, there is magic for days.

6:54. these are the seven things to know before you go. number one, searching for the gunman who opened fire on a m mercedes on 242 yesterday. one man was injured and the other was not. officers have little to go on. >> number two, from the live desk, breaking news. authorities say they are looking for a lone gunman in a deadly shooting in a nightclub in playa del carmen, mexico. at least four people killed. more than nine people hurt. happened at an electronic dance music festival. >> number three, the number of democrats boycotting friday's presidential inauguration is growing. five california representatives said they're not going to go. three of them from the bay area. they cite president-elect donald trump's rhetoric on women, muslims and russian hacking as reasons for the no-show. >> number four, honoring the legacy of martin luther king jr.

with several events. a rally in oakland. san francisco, poets will read excerpts from dr. king's powerful speeches. we have details on our website. >> number five, tracking thick fog in the san ramon valleys. black ice is an issue through 9:00. we'll see a lot of sunshine today. >> number six, following an accident eastbound. the san mateo bridge, the direction the head lights are headed in, getting crowded in the westbound direction. eastbound before the high-rise and delays in the eastbound direction. still flooding on 37. westbound lanes remain shut. >> number seven, authorities are trying to determine if this is the largest living alligator. it was spotted in a neighbor discovery center in lakeland, florida, yesterday. obviously, the video is popular online right now. viewers are calling this gator a dinosaur. >> wow. looks like one. >> enjoy your mlk day. hope you do good. we'll be back in 25 minutes. >> go look for otters today.

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breathinh oxygen mask covered california. it's more than just health care. it's life care. good morning, america. breaking overnight, donald trump's obamacare bombshell. the president-elect now promising insurance for everyone but not revealing specifics as he goes on the attack taking on our european allies and the head of the cia after that nasty fight with civil rights icon congressman john lewis. now, dozens of democrats boycotting the inauguration just four days away. breaking this morning, a 747 crashing right into a neighborhood overseas killing at least 33 people. the incredible images after the plane plummeted just miles outside the airport. the investigation right now. an abc news exclusive, kidnapped at birth, the man who raised that young girl believing she was his daughter for 18 years now speaking out for the first time. >> the person