well, american taxpayers pay for the wall? >> ultimately it will come out of what's happening with mexico. we'll be starting those negotiations relatively soon, and we will be in a form reimbursed by mexico. >> so they'll pay us back? >> absolutely. 100%. >> president trump orders a wall to be built on the mexican border, but california officials say not on their watch. >> if the new president wants to wage a campaign of fear against innocent families, he can count us out. >> that's california senate leader. he vows that leaders in this state will fight president trump. good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us. bay area groups also say they're ready and willing. they plan to fight to stop the building of that border wall through various tactics. abc 7 news reporter david louie is live in san jose with details. david?

>> reporter: kristen, of course this border wall news came as no surprise to its opponents. primarily democratic politicians as well as community activists are really starting to strategize how they're going to block or delay its construction. but federal regulations and treaties may also come into play. in san jose and other major imgranting communities, activists say they will not let the border wall go up without a fight. >> we do have allies in congress who are fighting for the immigrant community and have the ability and the opportunity to put pressure and put roadblocks in the process to make sure that the border wall isn't built. >> reporter: leverage may come from blocking the funds to build it if mexico doesn't pay for it. the cost by some estimates could top $10 billion, however, there are other potential obstacles or delays. the border wall will require environmental reviews according to the former deputy counsel of the epa now at santa clara

university school of law. >> given this is a massive project that will take years to complete, it would be even more important to engage in a considered review of both endangered species impact and environmental impacts generally. >> reporter: such reviews could delay construction up to a year or longer if challenged by a lawsuit. the u.s. and mexico also have long standing treaties that could require bilateral approval of a physical chamber of commerce to the border. another obstacle could be along a 75-mile stretch of land in arizona controlled by a native american tribe. the tribe already has indicated it will not allow a wall to be built on its land. >> the talk of a wall is more painful for people here in this country because the wall is also a symbol of you're not welcome here. and that's really the very painful reality that we're dealing with. >> reporter: in san jose, david louie, abc 7 news. president trump also signed an executive order that would strip funding for cities with sanctuary policies, cities like san francisco, oakland and san

jose. the presidential order only has the power to affect federal grants. criminal justice grants would be the most affected, unless congress expands the order to other programs. california lieutenant governor gavin newsom says the state will fight the order in court. >> this notion that they can fundamentally defund all federal funding coming into a city is preposterous and with respect to laughable and not legal. >> coming up at 6:00, abc 7 news reporter lyanne melendez gets reaction from san francisco's mayor on the executive order and the future of its sanctuary city policy. right now peninsula congresswoman jackie spear is wrapping up the first of several town hall meetings designed to protect constituents under the new administration. abc 7 news reporter melanie woodrow is live outside the little brown church in pacifica. melanie? >> reporter: congresswoman spear says she's hosting these town halls in response to all of the messages she received from her constituents after the presidential election.

we want to take you inside and show you what this crowd looks like. we have some video. this is a packed house. it's a small church, but it is filled with supporters of the congresswoman. several have shared they voted for her and at least one individual opened up questions this afternoon asking if she would run for president. this was an open venue for people to share their concerns about the direction of the country. lots of topics are being covered, including russia, the election itself and the electoral college. >> where do you stand on the electoral college process and where do we stand as a nation on that and can we hopefully prevent like this happening again with reviewing what seems like an archaic loophole that needs to be closed. >> if we really drill down on the electoral college, why should votes in wyoming have tloo three times the votes of those in california. something is fundamentally wrong if the popular vote does not

necessarily reflect who becomes president of the united states. >> reporter: 125 people signed up for this town hall. again, it is the first of several. this was supposed to wrap up here at 5:00. it's a few minutes after 5:00. we're told that it can't go over by much because there is an event scheduled here at this church at 6:00 this evening. but again, lots of people wanting to share their viewpoints here in pacifica. so it's not clear whether or not it will be ending any time soon. live in pacifica, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >> of course you saw world news tonight anchor david muir interviewing president trump jut a few minutes ago. this exclusive interview is president trump's first from the white house. there will be much more on "world news" following this newscast and it will be the centerpiece of a one-hour primetime special tonight. president donald trump, the white house interview airs tonight at 10:00 p.m. a 34-year-old cold case in

solano county is finally solved tonight. vacaville police have arrested marvin markle for the murder of a 14-year-old girl. it happened back in 1982. laura anthony is live at the solano county jail to explain, laura, how they cracked this case. >> reporter: hi, dan. already in prison for another murder, marvin markle has been moved to this jail in solano county to stand trial for a tragedy that this community has been agonizing over for three decades. it was a murder that rocked an entire community. november, 1982, the body of a 14-year-old, deanna lynn johnson, was found next to train tracks, out in the open, badly beaten just blocks from her vacaville home. >> we miss her very much. >> reporter: now finally her mother and father of the news they have been waiting three decades to hear. the arrest of a long-time suspect, 51-year-old marvin markle. >> and we are encouraged that the truth will prevail and

finally justice will be done. >> it's been cruel to this community for way too long. >> reporter: vacaville police chief john carly said deanna's case became very personal to all who worked on it. from the day the ninth grader was reported missing after failing to come home from a neighborhood party. then 17 years old, markle was there too. and while investigators had their suspicions, they couldn't make an arrest until now. >> some people share things with people, you know, and confide in people over the years. and that happened. >> the train tracks are no longer here, but that's where -- this is where they found her. >> reporter: mary was one of deanna's best friends. over the years, she's held vigils and tirelessly dogged markle at his home and later as he stood trial for the murder of another young woman. >> i remember at one point he said to me you'll never get me, mary, as he was spitting on me. and i said, oh, counting my words, honey, i will get you.

>> reporter: because he was 17 at the time of the murder, markle will initially be arraigned in solano county juvenile court thursday morning. laura anthony, abc 7 news. commuters in the north bay faced delays this evening follow a truck fire on highway 37. >> you are looking at video shot moments after the big rig burst into flames along eastbound 37 in vallejo. chris riley shot this footage just after 2:00 this afternoon. >> firefighters believe a mechanical problem sparked the fire. the highway patrol tells us one eastbound lane is now hope. >> but the right lane is going to stay closed for a few more hours while they get this mess cleaned up. >> rescuers have pulled their boats from the san francisco bay after changing tides forced them to stop searching for a missing kayaker. abc 7 news was near the dumbarton bridge when several agencies launched boats during high tide this morning. the man vanished yesterday, moments after his kayak began taking on water and a friend tried to tow him to shore.

other search teams continue to look for a woman whose car plunged into alameda creek on saturday. they discovered jayda jenkins' car in the creek yesterday but they did not find the 18-year-old resident of tracy. right now officials plan to close niles canyon road on saturday so a much larger search effort can take place. caught on camera. milpitas police credit home surveillance cameras with helping them capture two teenage boys suspected of prowling. one of them appeared to be carrying a large gun, either a rifle or shotgun outside a home last week. >> you are now looking at the older suspect, 18-year-old john fender. he faces weapons and prowling charges. the other suspect, a 17-year-old, was issued a citation for prowling and then released. she brought magic to our living rooms and inspiration to many. ♪ who can turn the world on with her smile ♪ >> tonight the local careers built on the idea of a modern

woman. plus, california capitulation. why some say health care is the first casualty of the new administration. and uc regents consider the first tuition hike in years. students sound off on doing more with less. and have you noticed this in the skies? scrapping screens. the air

>> i will miss her because she was one of the first feminists. >> the bay area is remembering mary tyler moore who inspired a whole generation of women for her ground-breaking role as a single working woman. mary tyler moore's role as a career woman touched many in the bay area as they grew up watching her show. leslie brinkley has the story. ♪ who can turn the world on with

her smile ♪ >> reporter: mary tyler moore played mary richards, a 30-something single career woman in the era when so-called women's liberation took hold in the 1970s. >> associate producer, can you believe that? >> reporter: as a young girl growing up, i remember watching that show and i remember, you know, the thing that struck me the most viscerally was her confidence and independence. >> she says "the mary tyler moore" show inspired her as she went on to establish her own successful law firm. >> i remember "brady bunch" and "that girl" there was a major male figure in her life. being a woman was part of who she was but her job and her role at work superseded that. so that was liberating to me as a young girl. >> she was a real model of a, quote, modern woman that stepped out from behind, you know, she wasn't married, she had her own career. >> you've got spunk. >> she did have spunk. she was a wonderful character.

on "the dick van dyke show" too, she was terrific back then. >> reporter: even younger women still have that image of mary tyler moore walking down the street confident in a way that still inspires them. >> she really was one of the first people to be out there and visible as a woman out on her own doing her own thing. ♪ you might just make it after all ♪ >> reporter: i'm leslie brinkley, abc 7 news. one of mary tyler moore's most cherished roles was spreading awareness about type 1 diabetes. the award-winning actress was diagnosed with the disease at 33 years old back in 1969. that's when she started taking insulin shots a number of times a day to stay alive. moore became a staunch advocate and international chair for the juvenile diabetes research foundation. >> mary was an amazing champion for everyone in this community. we will miss her terribly. her legacy, though, will be

knowing that there are millions of people who do better in their lives as a result of the leadership and the example that she provided. >> he was in san francisco for this year's jdrf mission summit. he said that organization put $2 billion towards juvenile diabetes research and credits a lot of that to mary tyler moore's passion to find a cure. tuition could be going up next year at all ten university of california campuses. tomorrow uc regents will vote in san francisco to vote on a tuition increase of 2.5% or $282 a year. today uc president janet nep napolitano urged the regents to do the hike. opponents say it would hurt middle class students the most. >> you don't qualify for pell grants or cal grants but also can't afford to pay for tuition themselves, so they only get loans. when you graduate, you have thousands of dollars worth of

debt. >> the university of california says financial aid will cover the tuition hike for two-thirds of students. uc has not increased tuition, by the way, in seven years. a new report claims to shed light on the achievement gap facing african-american students in west contra costa county. the report compiled by go public schools west contra costa says just 7% of low income african-american eighth graders in the richmond area met or exceeded state math standards. group leaders hope the report will be used as a tool to make investments in services and materials that students need. a rule on the books in san francisco from a century ago is finally no more. last night the school board voted unanimously to remove the policy requiring that asian american students attend a, quote, oriental school. this is a picture of san francisco's oriental school taken back in 1885. that rule passed in 1906, mandated that children of chinese, korean and japanese

descent attend a segregated school in san francisco's chinatown. today more than 40% of san francisco's public schoolchildren are asian american. california is backing off from efforts to extend health care through the affordable care act to undocumented immigrants. >> that's right, 7 on your side's michael finney is here with that story. >> the world has changed and the state is changing too. california is ending its efforts to become the first in the nation to offer health care to undocumented immigrants under the affordable care act, obamacare. the legislature passed a bill last year authorizing covered california to make the request to the federal government. under the affordable care act, undocumented immigrants do not qualify. but california was seeking an exemption. they have withdrawn the request fearing the trump administration would glean information and end up deporting people. now that we're all enjoying those personal movie screens on airplane seat backs, one airline is taking them away. american airlines is ordering

new planes without those seat back monitors. the carrier says most passengers already have their own laptops, phones or tablets. they can use them to access all the free entertainment or pay for wi-fi access. the airline says the seat backs can be temperamental and confusing. passengers are more comfortable using their own devices. thes they'll add to the entertainment choices. if you lose your earbuds, they're probably gone for good, right? not necessarily, not anymore. apple is updating its find my iphone app so now users can also track down their missing air pods. they are apple's brand new wireless version of the old earbuds. since they're not attached to each other like ear buds, customers worry it could be easy to lose track of one or both of them. with the update to the find my iphone app, you can get a general location for the missing air pods. to get a more precise location,

you can make the air pods start blasting music and then you just follow the sound. >> that could come in handy. >> pie the way, that's why i attached my kids together when they're together. good wednesday evening. look at the stunning shot from our emeryville camera. this is one of those pictures where you have to look up and make sure if you do take weather pictures of the sunset, send them to us, #abc7now. here are your temperatures in the low 50s, san francisco, oakland, mountain view, san jose. a lovely picture from our south beach camera, as we look toward sutro camera. temperatures in the low to mid-50s from santa rosa to livermore. we are looking at live doppler 7 with some clouds around. we're not expecting any rain any time soon but it is attracting some snow showers in the sierra nevada. those showers are starting to diminish. they're expecting some more as we head into tomorrow.

if you're getting away for a nice four-day weekend, it's try enough to where you can go out and ski, snowboarding, just for thursday. friday through the weekend it will be dry. glaring sunshine on saturday. temperatures in the 30s for the afternoon. from our walnut creek camera, a beautiful picture as we look up there as well. foggy areas in the morning, milder days this weekend and rain returns the middle of next week. if you're wondering when we'll get the rain back. hour-by-hour forecast, 7:00 tonight we'll have the high clouds around. watch what happens tomorrow morning. around midnight could see a sprinkle or two, can't rule it out. but the system that is going to come down along the coastline is really just going to fall apart. so 5:00 a.m. tomorrow watch out for foggy areas. it increases at 7:00 a.m. spilling in from the central valley you'll have some dense fog for your morning commute and you'll notice by noon time the fog is gone. our chances for any sprinkles pretty much done. the afternoon will be bright for your thursday. tomorrow morning chilly, yes, low 30s to low 40s.

definitely some fog. the worst of it will be right around the east bay and the north bay valleys heading out towards parts of oakland, so just watch out for that. highs for your thursday in the 50s. you will see sun as i mentioned and we do have a high surf advisory 3:00 a.m. thursday until 3:00 a.m. friday. the westerly swell will be building. you want to watch out for rip currents and sneaker waves. breakers could be over 20 feet. if you're making plans for this weekend or you're taking part in lunar new year's celebrations, the year of the rooster saturday, look at the weather, it's going to be fantastic. mid-50s to low 60s. bright skies on sunday and even milder weather. on our storm impact scale, we have a 1 coming up the middle of next week. next wednesday a light system, rainfall about 0.4 to 0.8 and it will be windy at times. here's the hour-pby-hour look. wednesday morning looks like the pretty widespread rainfall and that continues into wednesday evening before it all winds

down. you can always download our abc news app. our accuweather seven-day morning fog and chill followed by sun for your thursday afternoon. plenty of it friday through the weekend and those temperatures are going up, especially as we head into sunday and right on through tuesday. you're going to be seeing low to mid-60s, believe it or not, in our warmest spots. upper 50s to low 60s at the coast and then we have that one for wednesday, rainy, windy pattern unfolding. it is indeed a dog's life. the tour bus designed for pampered pooches next. then at 5:30 on world news with david muir -- >> his historic first interview from the white house happens tonight on abc. president trump, david muir, no questions off limits. president donald trump, the white house interview, tonight at 10:00/9:00 central on abc. ducks, geese, rabbits and guinea pigs, chickens and cats. >> new at 6:00, the bay area

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all right, now that's a close call. the out of control semi fishtails right between two minnesota state troopers earlier this month. a fresh coat of snow made the road slick. it was probably icy too. but luckily no one was hurt. >>.that is scary. ride share company lyft says it is expanding its operations in the united states. >> they will roll out service in 40 new u.s. cities tomorrow. seven california cities are on that list, including chico and re redding. >> they want to add 100 new cities by the end of 2017. >> lyft claims to reach 55% of the u.s. population right now. pepper, the robot, has landed a new job at the oakland

airport stationed outside a restaurant in terminal 2. the robot's main job is as a restaurant host but pepper will also act as a robot guide with an interactive map. pepper's resume includes works at stores in san francisco and palo alto. the first-ever tour bus designed specifically for dog lovers is getting some rave reviews in london. both owners and pets learned about the city's rich canine history. that includes the houses of parliament or what organizers call the home of canine legislature and buckingham pala palace, not barkingham palace where the famous royal corgis reside. a political eye-opener coming up next. the random act of kindness and how a big tip turned into a bigger political message for everyone. we'll have that when abc 7 news at 5:00 returns. first we want to thank bruce for this lovely magical shot, right, of the golden gate bridge looking great. share your pictures with us on social media using #abcnow.

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this saturday on abc 7 you can catch the warriors taking on the l.a. clippers at oracle arena. it should be a good one. coverage starts at 5:00 p.m. followed by after the game with larry beil, mike shumann here on abc 7. as for what's coming up at 6:00, ama daetz has that. >> we have a lot coming up at 6:00 tonight. >> yeah, we thought prison time was a more appropriate sentence in this case. >> new at 6:00, the hiccup in a plea deal that would have helped a child pornography suspect avoid jail time. also a bay area politicians strike back against president trump's claims of voter fraud in california. one leader feels storry for him and the bay city that ranks the most dangerous of all cities in california. that's coming up at 6:00. >> thanks so much.

well, a bay area chef brought home gold at the culinary competition known as the olympics of the chef world. matthew peters and his partner, harrison terone won for their interpretation of a french dish. that's the chicken and crayfish. this is the first time the u.s. has won gold at this competition. >> it still sounds delicious. finall tonight, a waitress in texas has a message for a divided america. all hope is not lost. >> rosalind harris, a self-proclaimed liberal, learned a lesson from three conservative cowboys who sat at one of her tables. they left her a huge tip with this note. >> we may come from different cultures and may disagree from certain issues, but if everyone would share their smile and kindness like your beautiful smile, our country will come together as one people, not race, not gender, just american. >> rosalind said the message will stay with her long after

the extra money, the big tip is gone. >> that's our report. tonight, the abc news exclusive. president donald trump, the first network interview. no questions off limits. this evening, the order now signed on building the wall. but we ask, who pays for it? >> the american taxpayer will pay for the wall at first. also tonight after president trump said he lors tst the popu vote because of 3 million to 5 million illegal votes. we ask him, where's the evidence? >> that would be, like, the biggest electoral fraud in history. >> will he launch an investigation? and the new headline tonight after our interview on torture. >> you are now the president, do you want waterboarding? >> president trump taking us into the oval office, and that letter left from president obama. also tonight, your money. the dow hitting a record. the 20,000 mark shattered. what it means for your savings and re