he's had so many hours now, virtually 15 hours to make an escape and get far away from the bay area. it was not a sheriff's office vehicle, by the way, but the agency it belongs to no one is saying. the vehicle was stolen about 2:00 this morning shortly after deputies completed combing through the woods with dogs. it's not known how he got inside the sedan or whether he knew it was a law enforcement vehicle. there were no guns inside the car, that's an important point. notice, this is the vehicle or what it looks like. it's a 2009 silver malibu similar to this, california license plate 3qwi051. they are hoping someone will spot the vehicle and its driver seen here in a surveillance photo taken during at the b of a branch in scots valley. >> the suspect has determined to be very determined. you know, he's been willing to brave the elements, brave the terrain, and so, you know, it's

a challenge, but it's a challenge that we hope to meet and bring him into custody. >> reporter: the suspect is considered armed and dangerous. he's accused of robbing that bank of america branch yesterday. enough time has elapsed after stealing the law enforcement vehicle that he could be virtually anywhere, so the hope is that someone in the public will spot that silver malibu and possibly it could be even captured on video somewhere or possibly even a license plate reader. we're also told that this particular unmarked law enforcement vehicle did not have a police radio in it. it also did not have gps. that is why they're saying they'll have to cast a much wider net because the distance from the bay area, the travel time could be quite great now. we are live at the sheriff's office in downtown san jose, david louie, abc 7 news. things obviously just got a lot more complicated for police, but this all began with a bank robbery around 10:00 yesterday morning at bank of america. around 2:30 police say the

suspect stole a car from the redwood estates area. police started their pursuit on highway 17. they shot at the suspect but he got away on foot. then the suspect was seen overnight near aulder croft heights and locust drive. classes at lexington elementary school were cancelled as a precaution. david broke the story about the stolen car on twitter this afternoon. a reminder to follow us on twitter and the new abc 7 news app for the very latest breaking news. san francisco police are looking for a man who tried but failed to rob a bank near fisherman's wharf this week. police say he ran away from the bank just before 5:00 yesterday evening. he handed a bank employee a note demanding money and indicated he had a gun but never showed it. the employee did not comply and the man ran away. a man shot by san francisco police made his first court appearance from a hospital bed by phone to face charges of

assaulting an officer. police body cameras captured the confrontation with shawn moore at his home on capital avenue. a neighbor had complained about moore banging on a wall. police used pepper spray and batons before shooting moore. san francisco's public defender has openly criticized the police for shooting moore. moore remains in the hospital because of complications from surgery after he was shot. twice in one week vandals have hit the contra costa christian schools with the same stunt. someone has been doing doughnuts on the school soccer field right before the season is about to begin. >> melanie woodrow is live with the story. >> reporter: walnut creek police were just by this field for a second time after learning that this has now happened twice. meantime the teams that play here are looking for a new place to play. >> why? why do they do this? >> reporter: that's the question the middle school soccer players and administrators want an

answer to after someone tore up their soccer field right before the start of the new season. >> this isn't cool. >> reporter: the head of school says students were particularly excited to play on it this year because the field was renovated in august. >> we came in and brought in new soil, planted some seed, kbro d improved the irrigation system. the field was in better condition than it had been in years. >> reporter: the field is so bad they can't even hold practice on it. >> it was probably going to be a lot of fun and then this happened. >> reporter: not once, but twice. school administrators noticed the damage tuesday morning and then again this morning. >> it looks like somebody came back out again last night and drove up on our field and tore it up again. it looks like trying to have a good time spinning some doughnu doughnuts. >> reporter: perhaps not thinking about how their good time would take away from these kids. >> to see the field completely trashed and nobody can use it, it's frustrating. >> unfortunately we can't play here and have to go somewhere else and probably spend money

when we already have a field that just got wrecked. >> reporter: the head of school says it does have security cameras but they didn't reach far enough to capture video of anyone. melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. we're getting a new look at a pair of chp helicopter rescues this week in the bay area. wednesday morning crews responded to an injured hiker in sonoma county. the woman hurt her foot and was unable to walk. later that day the chp was called to mt. tam where a pa paraglider had crashed into the north side of the mountain. both the hiker and paraglider are expected to be okay. we'll start with live doppler 7 on this sunny friday afternoon. we've got clear skies all over the bay area, just a beautiful day. almost spring-like or winter-like overnight. this is blue sky looking northwestward from our sutro tower camera. 58 at mountain view, san jose and gilroy both check in at 59 degrees and a cool 55 at half moon bay. check out this view, just

beautiful. from mt. tam looking out over the bay and over portions of san francisco. it's 59 in santa rosa, 61 at napa, novato at 59, 60 apiece at fairfield and concord, 56 at livermore. here's a view of the evening forecast. we'll have clear skies all the way through. the sun will set at 5:28. temperatures inland will drop into the 40s at that time and we'll see 40s everywhere by 8:00 p.m. by 10:00 p.m. look for temperatures to reach into the upper 30s between 10:00 p.m. and midnight. so we'll have a very chilly start to the day tomorrow but milder in the afternoon with lots of mild afternoons to follow. i'll have the accuweather forecast coming up very shortly. orinda officials are moving forward with plans to repair a sinkhole that's closed a road more than two weeks. today they looked over bids from contractors to fix the problem on miner road. the series of storms had them just keeping the site stable since the cave-in. a break in the weather is allowing the permanent repair to

begin. those living in the area are coping with the detours and traffic. >> the neighbors have been absolutely phenomenal. actually this weekend, a neighbor right here adjacent to the sinkhole brought us some cookies and has just been phenomenal, so it's nice to have a nice relationship with people that you're putting out. >> that sinkhole is on a bridge that's 98 years old. if the weather allows, they could have a target date for reopening miner road by the end of next week. in lafayette, crews are still working to cut up this massive tree that crushed a home in burton valley. we showed it to you earlier this month when it came down. the father and son inside got out okay and say they will rebuild. crews tell us they have been working for five days now and they're not done yet. affordable housing, it's a real issue for most university of california students. >> at cal, the university is considering a plan to add housing and has identified nine new locations, including people's park, which is owned by

the university. lyanne melendez has more on why it may be controversial. >> reporter: absolutely. when talking about developing or possibly developing people's park, the university, uc berkeley is well aware it needs to tread lightly. but as we all know, housing is needed not only here at cal, but at the other ucs. the entire uc system will add 2500 california students by next fall. that's in addition to the ones that have already been added. >> and it's consistent with the university's plan to grow california undergraduate enrollment by 10,000 students over three years. >> reporter: to accommodate them, all campuses have had to or are in the process of building more housing. >> as a result, the president has put together the housing initiative, and this housing initiative will bring an additional 14,000 beds by 2020. >> reporter: nowhere is the need

more apparent than at cal. uc berkeley has the lowest percentage of beds for students of any campus, with 22% for undergraduates and 9% for graduate students. systemwide the number is 38% for undergraduates and 19.6% for graduate students. while cal is in the process of building more dorms, it has identified nine sites for new student housing, including one at people's park, which is owned by the university. but people's park has a history. this mural depicts the may 15, 1969, riots when a student was shot by police. there is a big homeless community. the university has been cautious about moving too quickly and is asking for discussion and input from the public and the city of berkeley. >> i see an environment that is like really truly for everybody. there's like community gardens here and stuff and people play basketball. it looks -- i mean it's just a really a place that serves a lot of different people, a lot of different needs.

>> reporter: the lack of affordable housing is an issue at cal. leon strodder commutes from richmond because he can't afford to live in berkeley. >> i pay about $1,000 a month. if i have the same size house here, it would be $3,000 a month. >> reporter: uc berkeley plans to present its housing plan to the regents in march. lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. president trump has signed a new executive order intended to keep, quote, radical islamic terrorists out of the u.s. this as he's starting to speak with interntional leaders. we'll tell you about his weekend plans to talk with russian leader vladimir putin. plus -- >> reporter: thousands have come to the nation's capital for the march for life. i'm lana zak in washington, d.c. i'll have all the latest details coming up. and let's ride. for the first time in more than a decade, public ferry service returns to berkeley, but this one might not be for everyone. 7 on your side's michael finney is taking your questions on twitter and facebook.

just post them with the #askfinney and he'll answer those questions here live in just a few minutes. and taking a live look at our traffic on the skyway in san francisco on this friday. it's not moving too great today. maybe slightly better on the right-hand side. that's your southbound going down to the south bay. >> really, does that look better to you? >> marginally, larry. on the left-hand side that's your traffic approaching the bay

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tomorrow, i want to see teddy bait his first hook. in the largest heart failure study ever, entresto was proven to help more people stay alive and out of the hospital than a leading heart failure medicine. women who are pregnant must not take entresto. it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. don't take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren. if you've had angioedema while taking an ace or arb medicine, don't take entresto. the most serious side effects are angioedema, low blood pressure, kidney problems, or high potassium in your blood. tomorrow, i'm gonna step out with my favorite girl. ask your doctor about entresto. and help make the gift of tomorrow possible. marchers from around the country gathered in the nation's

capital, this time as part of the march for life opposing abortion rights. for the first time in the history of this march, the vice president attended the rally and addressed the crowd. here's abc 7 news reporter lana zak. >> reporter: an overwhelmingly young crowd atebtended the 44th annual march for life. >> you are the generation that's going to end abortion. >> reporter: and for the first time in history, the sitting vice president headlined the event. >> because of all of you and the many thousands who stand with us in marches like this all across the nation, life is winning again in america. >> reporter: vice president pence has a 100% favorable rating by the national right to life committee and a 0% rating by the abortion rights support group. the anti-abortion groups say they're buoyed by the marchers that turned out today but wanted

to avoid comparisons to the women's voice on saturday. >> that voice might have been shut out last week, but pro-life is pro-woman. >> reporter: the president did not attend the march but tweeted, quote, you have my full support. and he has already taken symbolic action in a recent memorandum. >> a long standing policy to ensure taxpayer dollars do not fund abortion services overseas. >> reporter: but minority leader nancy pelosi cautions that abortion rights will not be rolled back without a fight. >> what they're doing is making it more dangerous so people can't spend their own dollars in the exchanges to have access to reproductive rights. >> reporter: 69% of americans say that they are opposed to the repeal of roe versus wade but i've been speaking with anti-abortion rights marchers who have come here symbolically between the supreme court and the u.s. capitol and they say that they are optimistic. reporting that outside the supreme court, lana zak, abc 7

news. the movement for california to secede from the united states is picking up steam tonight. >> this is interesting. california's secretary of state has given the green light for a group to take the first step in the political process. >> kristen sze is here with more. >> i want to show you the yes, california, website. just this afternoon they put up the online petition that could lead to calexit, so take a look here. if you sign on the dotted line right there, if you sign on it, it is going to mean that you want to repeal the party of our state constitution that declares californian inseparable part of the u.s. that's what that would mean. now, if the petition gets, let's say, 600,000 signatures or so in the next six months, it qualifies for the november, 2018, ballot. and if voters say yes, then in 2019, they vote on the question should california become its own country. a new reuters poll shows one-third of californians support the idea. >> our message of trying to

establish a progressive republic on the western shores of north america is heard and received in the bay area and supported in general. >> now, that's the leader behind this drive. interestingly, louis marinelli is a former conservative turned progressive that now lives in russia. progressives are wary of president trump's positions on everything from women's rights to immigrant rights, but also trump supporters, like peter teal, who's on the record saying that california and the nation are better off apart. so what do you think? i have posted the question on twitter for folks to take a look and join the conversation. i've gotten about 413 votes so far. 62% of you saying secede and 38% say stay. so that's where things stand right now. we invite you to join the conversation. lrry and ama. >> thank you so much, kristen. former state schools superintendent

she represented parts of alameda and santa clara counties in the assembly before beco-- if elect she'd be california's first female governor. mark zuckerberg has dropped a series of property lawsuits after great public outcry in the state of hawaii. in 2014 he purchased a 700-acre piece of land for $100 million. however, hawaiian law gives direct descentants of the original owners the right to access part of that property. zuckerberg wanted to buy them all out and filed a lawsuit to compel them to sell. he said it's common practice in the area. neighbors plan to march in protest of the lawsuits tomorrow. it's unclear if they'll continue with the demonstration. as we said, zuckerberg has dropped his lawsuit. all right, it's time to get

a check on our weather. might we have a nice sunny weekend? >> it may happen. we're going from the extremely chilly weather of the early morning hours to the nice mild spring-like weather of the afternoons. here's a look at live doppler 7 and it is a nice spring-like afternoon right now but temperatures will be dropping rather sharply after the sun goes down. this is the view of the golden gate bridge where skies are blue and traffic is flowing. it will be a chilly start tomorrow morning. we'll see milder days in the afternoon through monday with rain returning the middle of next week. here's a look at our forecast animation overnight. notice a patch of low clouds near the coastline. we'll see some low clouds and fog beginning to spill through the carquinez strait and delta from the central valley but won't affect much of the bay area, just a path through the central part of the region. by 9:00 tomorrow morning we'll see the fog disappearing giving way to sunny conditions and milder weather. it's going to be downright cold in some spots, starting in the

north bay valleys where low temperatures will drop to 31 at santa rosa, 32 in napa. over in the inland east bay we'll see lows in the low to mid-30s. a low of 35 at san jose. around the bay we'll see lows right around or just above 40 degrees. tomorrow's highs will soar, if you will, up to 60, 62 degrees in the mildest locations. even on the coast we'll see 60 degrees tomorrow. as we look ahead to monday, which will be the warmest day in the forecast period, look at the projected highs for monday or compared with the average highs for monday's date, january 30th. you'll see san jose is 6 degrees above average high on monday and, let's see, the warmest spot, santa rosa, 11 degrees above the average high for the date so pretty mild weather coming our way. we've got rain coming our way the middle of next week. a storm will rank 1 on the storm impact scale. 9:00 wednesday night we'll see

the rain becoming more widespread into thursday morning and then the storm intensifies and on thursday it will rank 2 on the impact scale accompanied by winds ranging from 20 to 30 miles an hour and up to an inch of additional rainfall going through thursday and into friday. so we've got some quite wet weather coming our way toward the end of next week. let's get down to the accuweather seven-day forecast. this weekend is looking nice, sunny and mild. tomorrow marks the beginning of the lunar new year, the year of the rooster. it gets even milder on sunday and monday. even on tuesday as clouds increase it will still be mild but rain arrives on wednesday, a storm ranking 1. stronger storm on thursday and showers and rain lingering into friday. storm ranking 1 again on friday. >> thank you, spencer. well, the ultimate in puppy love. check out this dog sharing her new babies with her foster mom. it's a great story in just a few minutes. and abc news will bring you

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there's a new commute option for people in the east bay. >> public ferry service returned to berkeley this morning. alyssa harrington has a look at this new pilot program. >> reporter: all aboard. for the first time in more than ten years, public ferry service has returned to berkeley. a private company called tide line launched its vessel from the berkeley marina and cruised into san francisco for its maiden voyage this morning. it dropped passengers at pier 1.5 and takes them back in the evening. >> there's no other ferry service here, and it's unbelievably close to take a ferry from here right into downtown san francisco. >> reporter: the ride takes about 25 minutes. it's a small vessel that only holds up to 40 passengers. larger ferries can hold 300 or

400. >> it's not as smooth as the big ferries, but it still gets up and goes like 15 knots, so it's just as fast. it's just a little rougher when the waves are big. >> reporter: passenger matt smith doesn't mind the choppy ride. >> b.a.r.t. is a cattle car. >> reporter: terry chen says he'd rather be on a ferry than a crowded b.a.r.t. train or stuck in gridlocked traffic. >> i work in the city. normally i drive, but traffic has been really bad recently, so looking for alternative ways to commute. this is just a lot less stressful. >> reporter: right now the commute service for the public is fridays only. two trips in the morning and two return trips in the evening. it costs $8 each way. this is a pilot program so if it's successful, then the ferry company could offer additional rides. alyssa harrington, abc 7 news. so what are you doing tomorrow night? consider the warriors. abc 7 is your home for the warriors showdown tomorrow with

the clippers. catch all the action from oracle arena or from the comfort of your living room. coverage starts at 5:00 p.m., tipoff at 5:30. after the game, we'll have after the game with yours truly, mike shumann, adonal foyle all here on abc 7. it's friday, and this may just be the sweetest video you'll see all week. a pit bull named gracie gave birth to 11 puppies this week and decided to bring each of the little guys one by one to her foster owner. the woman in the video took gracie in as part of a nonprofit that provides foster care to pregnant dogs. she posted on social media that she's never seen anything like this. the video has more than 28 million views on facebook. >> so she picks up every puppy in her teeth and drops them off. >> here you go. >> that's cute. all right, washington, d.c. trump says he's working out differences with mexico. >> we had a very good call and

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here are the stories making headlines at 4:30. law enforcement agents are on the lookout for a bank robber believed to have stolen an unmarked police vehicle. police said he robbed a scots valley bank yesterday morning. last night he broke into a house at los gatos, hold a woman at knife point and stole her van. he ditched that van and then stole the police vehicle from the redwood estates area. david louie broke the story about the car theft today on twitter. he tweeted this photo of a similar vehicle to the one that was taken. police consider this man armed and dangerous. abc's world news tonight tweeted that president trump will speak to russian president vladimir putin this weekend. he will also speak with french and german leaders. today mr. trump hosted britain's prime minister in the oval

office. marci gonzalez is joining us live in washington with the latest. >> reporter: hi there, larry. yeah, president trump is ending his first week in office keeping very busy. he attended the swearing-in ceremony of his new defense secretary, he signed a couple of new executive orders and of course he held that meeting and had that joint news conference. for the first time since taking office, president donald trump hosted a foreign leader at the white house, meeting with british prime minister theresa may. >> today's talks i think were a significant poemt for president trump and i to build our relationship. >> reporter: president trump also working on his relationship with another ally, saying he talked on the phone with mexico's president for an hour. a day after mexican president enrique pena nieto cancelled a trip amid trump's promise to build a border wall. >> i will say that we had a very good call and we are going to be working on a fair relationship and a new relationship. >> reporter: relationships were an on going theme of mr. trump's

news conference as he proposed to talk with vladimir putin by phone saturday. >> as far as again putin and russia, i don't say good, bad or indifferent. i don't know the gentleman. i hope we have a fantastic relationship. >> reporter: also making no definitive statement on whether or not the u.s. will reinstate torture as an interrogation tactic, saying he'll let defense secretary james mattis made the final decision. >> i happen to feel that it does work. i've been open about that for a long period of time. but i am going with our leaders. >> reporter: we mentioned those executive orders that were signed today. one was on one of president trump's campaign promises of extreme vetting of people trying to come into the united states. so he signed that order today saying that it establishes new measures to keep radical islamic terrorists out of the united states. larry. >> marci, a possible change of heart by president trump when it comes to nato? what's happening there?

>> reporter: right. you know, he in the past has called nato obsolete, but in that joint news conference with prime minister may today, she came out and said that during their meeting, president trump affirmed his commitment to nato, saying that he is 100% behind the alliance. live in new york, marci gonzalez, abc 7 news. larry, back to you. >> marci, thank you so much. president trump enters office facing low job approval ratings and skepticism from voters. a new quinnipiac university poll shows 36% of american voters approve of trump's handling of his job after his first week while 44% disapprove. by comparison, former president obama received a 59% approval rating in the first quinnipiac poll taken after his inauguration in 2009. a case of elder abuse was caught on camera. maybe you saw the video on social media. >> now the former caregiver of a 94-year-old texas woman has been arrested. we do have to warn you, the video is disturbing. here's abc news reporter kenneth

moten. >> reporter: the home surveillance video infuriating. the axes of this caregiver despicable. police outside of houston say brenda floyd is the person seen on new year's day repeatedly hitting 94-year-old dorothy bratton in the head. investigators say floyd was upset with the elderly woman who suffers for dementia for giving her dog, quote, human feed. >> i say why do you feed that dog human food? >> i didn't do it. >> shut up. yes, you did. >> reporter: police say floyd worked for the family for three years. bratton's son spotted bruises on her so he set up a camera. >> within 24 hours of installing it, they came across video footage. >> reporter: floyd was captured and arrested. every year an estimated 4 million elder americans are victims of abuse and neglect, but many cases go unreported. most incidents happen in the home at the hands of caregivers

or family members. and the abuse can happen to anyone. >> elder abuse happened to me, to me. mickey rooney. >> reporter: just three years before his 2014 death, legendary actor mickey rooney told congress he was a victim. >> you feel scared, even when i tried to speak up i was told to shut up. >> reporter: rooney wanted to put a national spotlight on elder abuse. that former texas caregiver has been charged with assault. >> that video is infuriating. authorities in florida say they have prevented a columbine-style shooting attack. two teenagers admitted to authorities that they talked about attacking the villages charter middle school in central florida today. neither boy had weapons at the school when arrested yesterday but deputies did find guns in their homes. they were both charged with conspiracy to commit murder. a minnesota mother is asking a court to restore her pa renre

rights of her 17-year-old child who's in the process of transitioning from male to female. she filed suit in november when she learned her child was receiving gender medical treatment. she tried to intervene but was legally blocked. it also names minnesota health public clinics and the school board that she kamz kept medical and education records from her. >> the u.s. constitution says that parental rights are fundamental rights that can't be terminated without due process. >> i am his mother. he is and always will be welcome in our home. >> the 17-year-old left home two years ago and worked with a legal aid group on an emancipation statement. the teen's attorney says she is unlikely to win the case claiming it's already a firm statute. the government of france is taking a stand against soda. starting today it's illegal for restaurants, hotels and catering facilities to allow customers to refill their sodas for free.

this ban is part of a sweeping public health law that was passed a year ago trying to combat obesity and applies to all sweetened soft drinks there. now to an explosive celebration. check this out. that is molten iron being thrown in the air. and it's all for an event that kicks off this weekend. i'm michael finney. ask finney is just ahead. i'm taking your questions on twitter and facebook. just post them with #askfinney and i'll answer them in a little bit. i'm spencer christian. get ready for a spectacular bay sunset. not even an hour away. i'll have the w

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now to breaking news out of san jose. there is a huge police response believed to be connected to an armed and dangerous bank robbery suspect. you are taking a live look at mission and 7th. this is just north of japantown. you see those police crews there. police have surrounded an apartment complex. the area is shut down to traffic right now. the suspect is accused of robbing a scots valley bank, holding a los gatos woman at knife point in her home and stealing an unmarked police vehicle. we will continue to monitor the situation and stay on top of this breaking news on the abc 7 news app. if you download it and enable push alerts, you'll get updates as soon as they happen. today marks the 50th

anniversary of the first major deadly disaster in the u.s. space program of the on this date in 1967, a fire erupted inside the apollo 1 command module and killed three astronauts. gus grissom, ed white and roger chaffee were trapped inside. the challenger explosion was 31 years ago tomorrow and the shuttle columbia disaster february the 1st, 2003. we'll start with a look at live doppler 7. we have sunny skies all across the bay area. looks like a string of sunny days coming our way. if you're headed up to tahoe this weekend, it will be sunny both days this weekend but tomorrow will be a chilly day. a morning low of 13 and high of 39. back to the bay area, next week we have a couple of storms coming in. the first arrives on wednesday ranking 1 on the storm impact scale. it will have minimal impact.

the second storm actually will be an intensification of the first storm on thursday. it will reach a ranking of 2 on the storm impact scale and produce an additional 1-inch of rainfall with winds ranging from 20 to 30 miles per hour. thunderstorms are even possible with that thursday storm. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. we certainly have some nice, calm weather leading up to the rainy weather. we'll have mild weather over the weekend. in fact monday will be downright warm with high temperatures in the upper 60s inland, but we have a wet ending to the week next week. >> thank you, spencer. cornered by a moose, locked in a closet. what these two things have in common. plus, sent home for wearing flats instead of high heels. is this even legal? i'm 7 on your side's michael finney. as interest rates climb, what does this mean for your credit card rates?

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president trump wraps up his first week in office with a high-profile meeting and press conference with british prime minister theresa may. karen travers has the details from the white house. >> reporter: special relationship. that phrase was used five times in friday's press conference. president trump and british prime minister theresa may going

to great lengths to talk about the things they agree on and the areas where they will cooperate. the two leaders also seemed eager to charm each other. may brought an invitation from queen elizabeth for president trump this year. earlier he proudly showed off a bust of winston churchill on display in his oval office. looming large, the first world leader to cancel the visit to the white house. president trump and mexico's president, pena nieto spoke to an hour, mr. trump calling it a very, very friendly conversation. but tensions remain. the mexican appellapresident's said in a statement the two agreed not to talk publicly about who will pay for the border wall and the white house statement did not mention that. karen travers, abc news, the white house. a new poll finds obamacare still divides americans but many are concerned about repealing

it. a new associated press norc poll indicates 56% of adults are extremely or very concerned many people will lose their health insurance if repealed and that includes 8 in 10 democrats, nearly half of independents. only 1 in 5 republicans is worried. president trump has vowed to repeal and replace former president obama's signature health care law. the deadline to register for california's part of the program is on tuesday. time now for ask finney. 7 on your side's michael finney is here and will be answering questions sent to him via facebook, twitter an e-mail. the first one comes from robin who wants to know what are the tax implications of providing your adult children cash so that they can buy a house? >> how generous of you to do that. look, right now the basic rule of thumb is you can give $14,000 from each parent, so $28,000 to a child without it being taxed. you potentially could give

$28,000 to your child and then $28,000 to their spouse. i don't believe in doing that, keep the -- money follows blood, but you could do that in order to give them more. if you're going to give them more than that, you really have to get together with an accountant. before you do anything, i would want you to really understand the laws. so here's what i'm going to do. i'll post something on our website -- i'll post the irs page that explains all of this so you can go over and see what other additional help you need. >> i'd much prefer my kids buying me a house. >> that's a much better idea. >> i haven't quite gotten them on board with that, i don't know why. dana from danville asks how is the interest rate hike going to affect the interest rate on credit cards? >> you know, they're not directly tied, but they generally are. most credit cards follow the interest rates. they have gone up a quarter percent. not a lot of money but if you -- let's say you owe $1,000, you'll pay an extra $25 in interest. that's why you don't want to

carry an extra $1,000. >> donna asked i was promised a $200 gift card for upgrading my phone a year ago. i keep calling the company but still haven't received my gift card. >> what are these guys up to? i want you to call back one more time and see what they're up to. then call the california public utilities commission. they can actually hook you up with the people from the telephone company that came up with this promotion. if that still doesn't get it done, call my hotline here. i think they'll probably take care of it. certainly if you call them and say you talked to us, that will speed things along. >> speaking of your hotline. >> you can give us a call. thank you, what a great segue. call us any weekday from 10:00 to 2:00. the number 415-954-8151. i'm also on facebook and you can checkus out on abc7news.com. now a story that has both men and women talking aboutoday

about high heels in the workplace. >> a woman was sent home without pay for not wearing heels in the office. she's now fighting back. >> reporter: you're about to meet a woman who was sent home over a mandatory 2 irchlnches. she set out to change a dress code that was outdated and sexist, she is taking a stand in her flats. >> i'm in a black suit and smart flat black shoes. >> reporter: not acceptable according to a global accounting firm in the uk. she showed up for a nine-hour shift as a receptionist. >> i pointed to a colleague and said he's wearing flat shoes. >> reporter: she was sent home without pay and outraged got to work. she started a petition and watched the number of signatures grow to more than 150,000. six months later she was calling on lawmakers to keep companies from demanding women wear heels at work. state side you can see it reflected in our entertainment.

>> you know what i want. >> from olivia pope to claire underwood to queen meryl herself in "the devil wears prada." >> that's all. >> reporter: some professional women are sounding off on twitter, defiantly wearing their flats. now lawmakers in britain are saying the company that fired thorpe broke the law. so what about american employers? rebecca jarvis looked into it on gma. >> employers can enforce dress codes and can women to wear heels but men have to be asked in the same environment to adhere to the same strict dress code. so, for example, in a place where women have to wear heels, maybe men have to groom their beard, have to wear suits. >> reporter: thorpe believes she did the right thing. >> i had the choice of either will i get paid for a day's work, let go of my principles, or stick to it. and i'm really glad now that i did. >> reporter: if you look at california, the law says employers can make you have reasonable grooming and appearance, but they can't prevent you from dressing to

reflect your gender identity. any dress code must be enforced in a way that's nondiscriminatory. a new survey finds one in four employees is late to work at least once a month, ama. >> larry! >> most of the time it's because of traffic, oversleeping or bad weather. others have some pretty outrageous excuses. careerbuilder got some wild answers like i forgot it wasn't the weekend. >> oh, man, come on. >> i put petroleum jelly in my eyes. i don't know if that was by choice. i had to watch a soccer game that was being played in europe. i'm not even sure why you would be late for that. employers say sometimes it's better to not give an excuse, just say sorry for being late. i've used locked in a closet, trapped by a moose. it worked. we want to hear your best excuses. tag them, #abc7now or paste them on your facebook page. >> petroleum in the eye?

>> accidental, i assume. well, lunar new year is tomorrow, but tonight there's some -- there are some very special celebrations going on in homes and restaurants across the bay area. and the celebrations already off in a fiery start in china. we'll check that out and tell you exactly what's going on. and kristen is here with a look at what's coming up on abc 7 news at 5:00. coming up next, the school serious about seceding from the district. the sweet deal the raiders want on their proposed stadium in vegas. and 135 years young. a local hardware store with something to celebrate. those stories and more when i join larry at abc 7 news at 5:00.

what are you doing up? mom said i could have a midnight snack. it's not even midnight, it's ten forty-three. well, let's have a ten forty-three snack. quietly, though. okay. yeah. mmmm. shhhh. hey i'll share my yoplait custard if you share your yoplait dippers? deal. deal. mmmm. the family favorite. yoplait. tonight is the eve of the lunar new year celebrated in many homes. jonathan bloom took to the streets of chinatown to see what's cooking.

>> chinese new year, always we would cook the chicken and the fish. >> reporter: different regions have different cuisines. >> they're making dumplings, a typical part of china's new year's food. >> reporter: no matter what's for dinner, this is the big dinner of the year. >> some like christmas. >> reporter: produce vendors line the streets of chinatown and meat markets have lines out the door. >> if you can't buy it today, tomorrow they're closed. >> reporter: this is the last chance to buy chinese food. >> chicken and roast pork. >> reporter: for what's often an international family reunion. >> no matter where you are on the chinese new year, you have to come home. >> reporter: preparing a big holiday meal is just one custom that's part of a days-long holiday laced with tradition. >> the new year is about good luck and good fortune.

>> reporter: what's that mean? >> wish you make lot of money. everything cost money. >> reporter: and money is what's contained in these red envelopes given by parents to their kids and by those who are married to those who were single. >> and what's inside? >> well, inside from $1 to $1,000. >> reporter: the new year is the year of the rooster, said to be observant and hard working. >> rooster is the animal that gets up really, really early. >> reporter: so expect lots of decor featuring roosters, especially red ones. in san francisco, jonathan bloom, abc 7 news. in southwest china, folk artists performed a dragon dance to celebrate the spring festival. alt artists throw molten iron into the air while 30 people create dragon dances. the week-long spring festival holiday started today across china. and share your lunar new add #abc7now to your pictures

and videos when you post them online and you could see them here on tv. thanks for joining us for abc 7 news at 4:00. i'm ama daetz. abc 7 news at 5:00 starts now. breaking news in san jose. police flank a neighborhood looking for a bank robbery suspect. this could be the end of a 31-hour siege. >> the death of a castro valley woman has police taking a second look at surveillance video. what they need from anybody who's watching this now. new video of a routine stop in san francisco. how what happened later was anything but ordinary. and local lawmakers blast president donald trump over his latest executive order. a warm-up and wet weather in the accuweather seven-day forecast. i'll let you know which you'll see for the upcoming weekend. and that breaking news, heavily armed officers have surrounded an apartment complex, and now a construction site as

well in san jose. >> this is all believed to be connected to a dangerous bank robbery suspect who's on the loose. take a look at sky 7 video here right now. this area is shut down. there's a live shot from sky 7. trying to keep neighbors away from what might possibly be an explosive situation. let's talk everybody through what's going on here. this is a man who was seen running. this is to a construction site in san jose and you can see he's wearing black clothing, mismatched shoes. construction workers were on the scene. this happened like about 90 seconds to two minutes ago. construction workers have since left the area. i apologize for the video breaking up. this is near mission and 6th in san jose. >> okay. we don't know if that is the person they're looking for, but they see someone by the description of black t-shirt, black pants, we're told one brown shoe, one white shoe that ran into the