justices often serve until their deaths. >> kristen sze with what to expect. >> neil gorsuch is the youngest nominee in a quarter century. if confirmed he could shape our nation for decades to come. gorsuch has served on the 10th circuit court of appeals in denver for more than ten years, attended harvard law school with former president barack obama, in fact, before getting his ph.d. at oxford. he's had prestigious clerkships including for retired justice byron white and anthony kennedy. gorsuch is originally from colorado but spent years in washington. his mother was actually head of the epa for ronald reagan before being forced out because of a toxic waste cleanup scandal. gorsuch will replace justice antonin scalia, a man he looked up to and paid tribute to. as for how he would rule gorsuch says he takes the constitution and balance of powers seriously. >> mr. president, mr. vice

president, you and your team have shown me great courtesy in this process. and he entrusted me with the most solemn assignment. i respect, too, in our legal order it is for congress and not the courts to write new laws. it is the role of judges to apply not alter the work of the people's representatives. a judge who likes every outcome he reaches is very likely a bad judge. stretching for results he prefers rather than those the law demands. >> california senator dianne feinstein is the top democrat on the senate judiciary committee. she's expected to aggressively cross-examine the nominee during the hearings he especially beca of the fact that the obama's nominee garland never got a hearing. chuck schumer, a democrat, tweeted gorsuch put corporations over workers. he's been

ideolog ideologue, so that is a hint of the battle to come. analysts say gorsuch is just to the right of scalia on the conservative spectrum. gorsuch will go through a tough senate judicial hearing, and that's expected to begin in a few weeks. dan and ama? >> justice antonin scalia died last february. in mid-march, as kristen mentioned, then president obama named garland as his nominee to replace scalia. republicans refused to hold confirmation hearings saying they felt the new president should be the one to nominate a new justice. now democrats may choose to take the same action. san francisco filed a lawsuit against president trump today claiming his order to cut off funding to sanctuary cities is unconstitutional. san francisco is one of several hundred local governments that limit how much it will cooperate with federal immigration agents. city attorney dennis herrera is accusing the trump a administration of cutting off federal dollars to san francisco. >> the president's executive order is not only

unconstitutional, it's un-american. that's why we must stand up and oppose it. we must be guardians of our democracy that president obama spoke of in his farewell address. >> sanctuary cities are safer, and it's proven statistically. >> san francisco receives about $1.2 billion in federal funding each year. the immigration order has created a new sense of urgency tonight for oakland city council. happening now members are considering dedicating $150,000 for legal aid to families facing separation because of immigration issues. the resolution was in the works prior to the president's order. president trump has promised to repeal and replace obamacare. for now it remains available. and today is an important deadline if you're applying for health insurance through covered california. abc 7 news reporter jonathan bloom is live at a san francisco insurance office to explain. jonathan? >> reporter: well, today is the deadline to start your health care application. once you've started now the state's extended the deadline to

finish it, so that means if you get stuck and need help you now have until saturday to come to an office like this and get it worked out. >> so she will be getting information in the mail. >> reporter: monica track is having a busy day. >> i haven't had any lunch yet. >> reporter: january 31st has brought her a wave of customers like stephanie lava. >> i'm applying for covered california and hoping for the best. >> reporter: why today? >> technically it's the deadline. >> reporter: she says technically because the deadline has been extended, sort of. >> experience tells us that people often wait until the last minute to sign up for health care, and we want to make sure we don't leave anyone behind. >> reporter: so anyone who started an appliction by the end of the 31st can have until february 4th to finish it. she needs more time. >> and now it's just got ann little bit more complicated because i don't qualify for free insurance so i have to apply

through low-income insurance. >> reporter: in this office they're seeing more urgency than in years past. >> i think people were taking it all too seriously but now they are. >> reporter: with president trump vowing to repeal obamacare, concerns are swirling over the future of the low-cost health plans through covered california. >> i'm worried about having an accident and not being able to pay for it and going bankrupt. >> reporter: but mendez won't have to worry this year. signing up means you're covered no matter what happens in washington. >> we have our rates locked in for 2017 so someone can come to us, enroll in coverage and know they will be covered throughout the year. >> reporter: but finding coverage for next year and beyond has mendez on edge. >> and i pay my taxes. i go to work every single day and i try to do the best. i'm afraid that if something happens to me, everything is going to go away. >> reporter: in san francisco, jonathan bloom, abc 7 news. controversial brightbart editor is scheduled to speak at uc berkeley tomorrow night.

the self-proclaimed internet troll has been criticized as being a racist. his appearance at uc davis earlier this month was canceled at the last minute because of rowdy protests. protests are planned tomorrow at uc berkeley. some students and professors oppose the visit which is sponsored by the berkeley college republicans. >> i challenge his critics to sort of keep an open mind, hear what he has to say just for the two hours that he's here. and, you know, offer a rebuttal and question to some of the talking points he'll make. >> he is scheduled to speak in about an hour from now. protesters have been gathering outside the event. there is a heavy police presence. to find out what happens during the event tomorrow download the abc 7 news app and enable push alerts. you'll get updates on your phone or tablets. breaking news on the peninsula to report a. bomb threat has forced a mall to evacuate. you can see where it's happening

on the map here. san bruno authorities are looking for suspicious items inside the shops at tanforan on el camino real. the mall received a phone call just before 4:30 this afternoon. the caller warned a bomb had been placed inside the food court. security guards then evacuated that shopping center. we're going to keep following the story and bring you updates as they become available. and right now you're looking live at the view from our emeryville camera. tomorrow the rain returns and it will stay stormy for several days. abc 7 news weather anchor spencer christian explains what we can expect. spencer? >> okay, ama. there's a storm approaching, and by this time tomorrow we'll probably have wet weather. you can see clouds are increasing, and there's our storm in the center of it well offshore. clouds and moisture moving in our direction. tomorrow the storm will arrive in the evening hours. it will be ranked one on the storm impact scale bringing light showers and breezy conditions. it will intensify overnight into thursday morning, and by

thursday morning it will be ranked two on the storm impact scale. a storm of moderate intensity. it will produce a rainy day with brief and heavy downpours, 40 to 50-mile-per-hour wind gust s. these are concerns for thursday. right now high concern for ponding on roadways and downed trees. moderate concern for small creek flooding and power outages. low concern for river flooding, but with the number of days of rain coming our way that concern may increase. a closer look at the seven-day forecast in a few minutes. dan? >> spencer, thanks very much. the proposed move by the raiders to las vegas is now up in the air following really a dramatic change of fortune. first business mogul sheldon adelson said he was out and would not invest in the new stadium. and now goldman sachs said today without adelson it's not in the deal either. abc 7 news reporter lyanne melendez. >> reporter: dan, no doubt the entire deal is in jeopardy.

apparently someone forgot to tell the owner of the raiders, mark davis, that goldman sachs and the las vegas billionaire were on the same team. i think davis has to be thinking right now how do i recover that ball? there is renewed enthusiasm and hope that the raiders will stay put in oakland. for weeks now the raiders have claimed that goldman sachs would help finance the $1.9 billion stadium deal if nevada billionaire sheldon adelson dropped out. yesterday adelson announced he could no longer support the plan. and today multiple reports say sachs was pulling the plug, too. adelson complains that he had been left out of some critical talks regarding the new stadium. >> if i was going to put $650 million in someone's pocket and knowing what i'm sure he probably did to get the deal together, to work with the local elected officials to make a deal happen and then not get a piece of the action, for lack of a better way to say it, i would

probably be upset, too. >> reporter: this was how the new stadium was going to be funded. adelson promised $650 million and had convinced the nevada senate to commit to nor $750 million by raising room tax in clark county. and the raiders and the nfl were going to be in for $500 million. now, unlike adelson, goldman wasn't expected to be an investor in the deal. only a lender. >> you can borrow the money but you have to pay it back. how do you do that? davis has said they don't have the money to build the stadium by themselves. >> reporter: with the latest development some speculate the nfl could table any vote on the raiders' move. >> i think oakland is the right place for the raiders. you have the fan base. you have a community, and, most of all, we want the raiders to stay where they belong in oakland. >> reporter: ronnie lott and his investment group say they are ready to work with davis to come up with the funds for the construction of the $1.2 billion stadium in oakland, something that up to you now davis has not

wanted to discuss. in oakland, lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. a petition drive on change.org urging nfl owners to reject the proposed relocation to las vegas. if you'd like to check it out, we have a link to abc7news.com. three bay area counties have sued b.a.r.t. and now it's paying a steep price. >> don't try to fit this much money on a card. what's costing b.a.r.t. more than a million dollars. >> not true. i'm absolutely not guilty. this man talks only with abc 7 news about why stanford police found him in a school parking lot with binoculars and weapons. >> i think the jurors are going to have their work cut out for them. >> tonight hear how the defense plans to explain dna evidence linking their client to the

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new at 6:00, a fire at the santa cruz yacht harbor damaged three boats this morning. the fire started on a power boat and jumped to two other vessels. firefighters pushed one of the motor boats away from the dock to keep the fire from spreading even further. a surfer who lived on one of the boats was displaced. the fire caused about $500,000 in damage. the cause is still being investigated. stanford university police issued a community alert after they say they arrested a man on campus for possession of weapons and peeping with binoculars. he was arrested in the searsville parking lot. they are investigating whether this is the same man could be connected to another incident just a you few miles away. the man arrested spoke exclusively with melanie woodrow in a story you'll see only on 7.

>> reporter: represelica guns, guns, knifes, metal knuckles, handcuffs and binoculars -- that's what stanford university department of public safety says it found inside a van on campus. someone contacted about a man acting suspiciously, possibly using binoculars to look into a student residence. >> suddenly police car here, another police car behind me. >> reporter: deputies arrested the man on possession of weapons and peeping charges. >> i'm absolutely not guilty. >> reporter: a department of safety spokesman said he conc t concepted to having his vehicle searched, a point he now disputes. >> they didn't ask me any permission to search. >> reporter: the man says they confiscated most of his gear but he showed us these. >> this is u.s. army -- >> reporter: he says he was u using them to read parking restriction signs not to peep on students.

>> the gate was closed, and i didn't pay attention. >> reporter: the side has a sticker that says protected by firearms and there's a shooting target. he says his vehicle has been broken into before and both are to keep that from happening again. stanford university notified students about the arrest with a community alert. >> i think part of me is comforted that an e-mail went out to let people know, but obviously maybe someone doesn't always notice people like that. >> i think for me personally i've never felt unsafe. >> reporter: deputies are now investigating whether there could be a connection between this incident and a similar one that happened elsewhere on campus a week prior. the santa clara county d.a.'s office tells abc 7 news it has not received the arrest report yet and it could be on its way to the office for review. melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. sky 7 was overhead as sheriff's deputies hunted for a prisoner who was being transported to sfo when he managed to escape. it happened on interstate 880

near a street in hayward. shawn new was being returned on fraud and identity theft charges when he got out of the car and made a run for it. he is still on the loose tonight. a form earp uc santa cruz student a case. they agreed to pay more than a million dollars claiming the professor sexually assaulted the student in 2015. uc santa cruz faced allegations of knowing for years the unnamed professor was a sexual predator. the school hasn't commented on the case. san francisco's transgender community could have its own cultural district which would be the first of its kind in the u.s. the compton historic district has been proposed in the southeastern tenderloin and two more blocks of sixth street. abc 7 news was at city hall as jaime kim announced the legislation and seed money to open a community center and retail space. kim said it's an important time to celebrate diversity.

>> as our president moves towards exclusion it is even more important now than ever for cities like san francisco that are sanctuary cities to embrace those getting pushed out. >> the district will be named after compton cafeteria, home to the first recorded transgender anti-police riot in u.s. history. tonight the clouds, tomorrow night the rain. here is a look at the clouds in live doppler 7. they are getting lower and more widespread as the evening becomes partly to mostly cloudy and within the next 24 hours we should see the first rain drops from the approaching storm. let's take a look at current temperature readings. generally-degree ratings, 54 to 56 degrees in most locations. however, a cool 51 in livermore and a mild 59 down in morgan hill. on we go to a live view from our emeryville camera, a partly cloudy sky over the bay. rain arrives late tomorrow. probably in the early evening

hours. it will be wet and windy on thursday and we'll have this rainy, unsettled pat earp right on into the weekend. overnight partly to mostly cloudy skies. low temperatures will not be quite so low as the last few nights. it will be chilly in the inland valleys in the low 40s. we're not expecting any low 30s tonight. right around the bay look for mid to upper 40s and tomorrow under increasingly cloudy skies. high temperatures in the upper 50s to about 60 degrees. maybe a little bit milder in the south bay where san jose will top out at 62 degrees. here is our storm impact scale. the storm arriving tomorrow evening ranks one on the impact scale, light intensity, light showers and some breezy conditions. that storm will intensify overnight, though, tomorrow night. the forecast animation starting at noon tomorrow. by early evening hours we'll see the arrival of the first wave of rain moving right through the central part of the bay area through san francisco, over to the inland east bay, and then right behind that a surge of steadier, heavier rainfall by about midnight tomorrow night. and by early morning thursday, the storm will have intensified to a number two ranking on the

storm impact scale, a storm of moderate intensity. brief downpours with the storm, with this invigorated, energized storm. wind gusts will be common. we may even see some thunderstorms. by 3:00 thursday morning before the morning commute even begins we'll already have widespread areas of moderate to heavy rainfall with some very vigorous downpours. 7:00 thursday morning still very wet. the morning commute is likely to be slow and hazardous and the rain will continue in pockets, periods of rain throughout the day and into the evening hours thursday and into friday actually. so we project that by friday evening rainfall will be 1.5-3 inches. and i did mention winds. they'll be gusty. a wind advisory will be in effect from 10:00 tomorrow night until 3:00 friday morning. winds will be generally out of the south at about 15 to 30 miles per hour but there will be

gusts ranging from 40 to 50 miles per hour. there may be downed trees and power outages. the accuweather seven-day forecast. notice how active the weather will be over the next seven days. for the first six of those seven days we'll have storm systems ranking at least one on the storm impact scale. thursday's storm ranks two. and even next tuesday as the final storm tapers off, there's still a chance of lingering showers in the morning hours. >> wow. >> it's going to be very wet. >> thank you, spencer. >> we'your most extraordinarybut withmoments happenses when you feel small. when you're completely outnumbered, overshadowed, and outshined. so what if you dared to explore

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the dow dipped again today. the dow lost 107 points to close at 19,864 today. the nasdaq moved up one point ending at 5,614. the s&p dropped two points to finish at 2,278. for some perspective the dow is just about even with where it was on the first trading day of the year. an increase in wages leads tonight's bay area business watch. according to a new report by mill valley based glass door the immediamedian base pay this mon more than $66,000. that's up nearly 4% in the past year. it outpaces the national average, too. for this report the bay area includes the counties of

alameda, contra costa, marin, san mateo. apple released an earnings report today that beat expectations. revenue up more than investors thought it would be in the cupertino company shipped more iphones than predicted. sales had been falling for nine months straight. in the last three months they rose 5%. the latest iphone, the 7, went on sale in november. b.a.r.t. is about to pay a steep price to end an environmental controversy. the transit agency agreed to pay nearly $1.3 million to settle a civil environmental suit filed by contra costa, alameda and san mateo counties. the local prosecutors claim b.a.r.t. failed to implement hazardous business materials plans in those counties and accuse the agency of violating storage tank and hazardous waste laws. since president trump took office, we have talked a lot about sanctuary cities. many carry that title meaning, of course, they don't enforce federal immigration laws. >> soon the entire state could

have sanctuary status and california lawmakers just took us one step closer. >> i believe that we will win. find out why teddy bears were the theme of a local protest against one of the president's nominees. >> and today we were inside the courtroom for day two of the trial for the man accused of killing morgan hill teenager sierra lamar.

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betsy devos is one step closer to becoming the new head of the department of education. president trump's nominee was approved by a senate committee today. that is despite efforts by senate democrats to stop the proceedings. >> abc 7 news courter kate larson was in oakland where hundreds turned out to protest the nomination. >> reporter: demonstrators brought teddy bears to a rally in downtown oakland against betsy devos, president trump's pick for education secretary. the bears are a tongue-in-cheek reference to devos' answer to a question during her confirmation hearing about whether guns should be in schools. >> i would imagine that there's

probably a gun in the school to protect from potential grizzlies. >> bears represent for betsy devos a threat which requires guns in the schools. >> reporter: democrats and some republicans have expressed concern about devos' lack of experience. the michigan billionaire never attended, worked in, or sent her own children to public school. >> no real involvement with financial aid, which is something affecting my life drastically. it scares me. >> frankly, i think she passionately believes in the country and she passionately believes in the power of education to transform lives. >> reporter: kevin chafe its has known devos for 14 years and work for the american federation for children. >> she embraces innovation and creativity. this has been lost. she's very big on technology. she's not a pound the table type, do it my way or the highway, unlike her boss at the white house. >> reporter: but their nonprofit, which is pro-charter school and pro-voucher program

is giving many americans a lot of pause. there's a real fear devos, a school choice advocate, wants to defund public schools and privatize education. >> because of the voucher program which might seem like a nice idea that kids can pick a private school or a catholic school or whatever it is that they want to go to, but for kids with disabilities that's not an option. >> reporter: a senate committee voted 12-11 to approve devos today, a vote for final senate confirmation has not yet been scheduled. in oakland, kate larson, abc 7 news. to the east coast now, house minority leader nancy pelosi is holding a town hall meeting in new york city. it started with talk of president donald trump's supreme court nominee, judge neil gorsuch. pelosi says the nomination demands the toughest scrutiny from senate democrats. >> the very hostile appointment, lovely family, i'm sure, but as far as your family is concerned and if you breathe air, drink water, eat food, take medicine or in any other way interact

with the courts this is a very bad decision. >> next on the president's list, fending off hackers. he is set to sign an executive order that would put the head of management and budget in charge of cyber security efforts within the executive branch and directs federal agency directors to develop their own plans to modernize their infrastructure. >> we must work with private sector, way ahead of the government in this case, to make sure owners and operators of critical infrastructure have the support they need from the federal government to defend against cyber threats. >> confirmation hearings were held today for four of mr. trump's nominees. only one was confirmed, elaine chao, as transportation secretary. sanctuary city policies in california would expand statewide under a bill lawmakers are considering. they advance add measure today that would block local law enforcement from aiding federal authorities seeking to identify,

arrest, or deport nonviolent undocumented immigrants. >> if the federal government wants to enforce its immigration laws, it can do so. if it wants to enforce its criminal laws, it can and should do so. it is not our job to do that work for the federal government. >> the bill advanced on a vote split along party lines. republican lawmakers say it will allow violent criminals to slip through the system. if cooperation is restricted. all right, an update on the breaking news we brought you at the top of the newscast, the evacuation of the shops in san bruno has ended and everything is fine. the mall was evacuated because of a bomb threat. police and bomb sniffing dogs searched the mall. they found nothing. it is back open as normal and will close at its usual time of 9:00 p.m. tonight. in the sierra lamar murder case today was defense's turn to give its opening statement to

jurors. sierra was 15 years old when she disappeared while walking to school, to a school bus stop, in morgan hill in 2012. abc 7 news reporter david louie was in the san jose courtroom today and find that possible contamination of dna evidence appears to be the centerpiece of the defense case. >> reporter: dna analyzed by investigators may be the crucial evidence that the jury of six women and six men will weigh in deciding whether 25-year-old antolin garcia-torres murdered sierra lamar. the prosecutor says garcia-torres' dna was found on sierra's jeans discovered dumped in a bag near her morgan hill home. but it was the defense team's turn today and attorney al lopez said dna protocol was not followed and the bag was contaminated. >> i think the defense did a good job in establishing that the protocols of the dna evidence collection were not followed and the prosecution will now have to shore that up through their own experts.

>> reporter: defense attorneys also tore apart the district attorney's assertion that garcia-torres tried to kidnap three women separately in the parking lots of two safeway stores in morgan hill in 2009, three years before sierra lamar disappeared. not one of the three victims could pick out garcia-torres in a photo lineup. garcia-torres continued to look composed as he listened to attorneys talk about him and the evidence that may or may not lead to his conviction. he could face the death penalty. he looked cooperative in a video played in court when questioned by police. one of the volunteers search organizers thinks the jury has a lot to consider after hearing the opening statements from both sides. >> i think the jurors are going to have their work cut out for them. i know that mr. boyd was very thorough yesterday and again this morning. >> reporter: in san jose, david louie, abc 7 news. a former associate of chinatown gangster raymond boyd chow faces life in prison for a murder that happened 11 years

ago. 50-year-old pled not guilty to killing allen liyung head of a chinatown society at the time. chow took over after the murder. he was convicted of the same murder last year. there is a bomb scare in west sacramento this afternoon. the tower bridge and surrounding streets were closed after a woman in a car said she had a bomb. police say there was suspicious wiring hanging from the car. she surrendered to police following a standoff that lasted about an hour and a half. police then detonate add suspicious device. san francisco city workers are turning up the pressure on the mayor to rebuild the hall of justice. abc 7 news obtained this letter signed by several unions including attorneys and police officers. associations. it calls for immediate action to fix the building that houses criminal courts and the district attorney's office. the building has been declared seismically unsafe since 1992.

a study found up to 25 people could die during a major earthquake. it's plagued with plumbing problems. earlier this month sewage spilled inside the d.a.'s office. >> sewage dripping from the third floor down through the ceiling onto the second floor, onto a member of our domestic violence team's desk. >> in a statement a spokesperson says the mayor wants to close the hall of justice but has had trouble replacing the adjoining jail. well, the bay area has some of the worst traffic in the country. you know that. one group wants to take down two freeways. >> it has a plan for replacing them which they say will be even better. we have the details next. a man's new smartphone suddenly dies and the company blames the man. i'm michael finney. ahead, how

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the east and the west are mine. the north and the south are mine. all seems beautiful to me. uber is making another attempt at self-driving cars but they're not doing it alone. the san francisco ride sharing leader will pair up with german carmaker daimler which makes mercedes-be mercedes-benz, will make self-driving cars operated by uber's network. the companies still say it will be years before it becomes reality. last month uber had to stop

testing self-driving cars in san francisco after a night with the city and state over permits. uber recently brought the cars back but only from mapping streets not for carrying passengers. there is a driver behind the wheel and the self-driving function is disabled. freeways without futures. that's how sections of two key bay area interstates are described in a new report that recommends tearing them down. the congress for the new urbanism put 280 between 16th and mission bay in san francisco and 980 in oakland on its list. the report argues if you take down these freeways communities will see less blight and there will be more space to build affordable housing and public transportation. one example is the embarcadero in san francisco. the old freeway was torn down after the 1989 earthquake. >> could you have imagined people wanting to tear that thing down? probably not the in those days, but if you saw it today could you imagine putting a freeway there? probably not.

so change can happen. it can be positive. >> the group behind the report puts out new recommendations every few years. this stretch of 280 has been mentioned twice for removal. well, brace yourself. the rain returns tomorrow and it will stay through the weekend. spencer is updating the timing of the forecast and will let

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if your smartphone suddenly stops working how can you prove that you didn't damage it? >> an east bay man said he was unfairly blamed when his brand-new phone died. he turned to 7 on your side's michael finney for help. >> he was innocent. he literally came to me for help. literally. in person at one of my ask finney events. we met scores of viewers out in walnut creek last month. one of them was this guy, he especially upset, and now here is the result. if you start now you have a chance. it was a great night meeting so many viewers out in walnut creek answering your questions in person. >> we decided to see michael and let him know that we're having a problem. >> john was just very, very frustrated. >> reporter: john and jan came down to see me and brought the problem with them. >> the phone was useless.

it was dead. >> reporter: john's samsung galaxy phone was barply three months old and wouldn't turn on. >> it was pitch black. >> we had to turn our phone in to samsung repair. >> reporter: that isn't why john was so upset. it was the fact samsung refused to repair it and mailed it back saying john was to blame. >> and they said that was caused by my abuse, and i go, what do you mean my abuse? there's no way. >> reporter: the repair report from samsung said the lcd was damaged because of abuse. >> i was hot. i was hot. >> i was shocked because i know he hadn't abused it. >> reporter: john had protected the phone with a screen cover and a hard case. he says he never dropped or cracked it. it looked pristine when he showed it to us in walnut creek. >> and they say, oh, no, you did this. that's like a slap in the face. >> reporter: we contacted samsung. the company said its technicians did find damage and determined it was caused by the customer

that mail e!ed it back without good explanation so samsung repaired it for free after all. samsung tells us we know customer satisfaction is core to our business success. we're sorry to hear mr. rinaudo was not fully satisfied with his samsung experience. john is still sure he was not at fault but he's glad the phone works. >> awesome. michael, excellent job. excellent. >> reporter: samsung has a new policy it instituted last september. it suspended the mail-in repair service for out of warranty phones and the phone was damaged by abuse it voids the one-year warranty. now i want to hear from you with any problems you have like this guy here. the 7 on your side hotline is open weekdays 10:00 to 2:00. 415-954-8151. you can also get through on f e facebook and abc7news.com. >> good work. >> thank you, michael.

well, the bay area is a beautiful place and abc 7 news viewers prove it every day. >> they always do. marcia called this picture a gray day on the bay. this picture has the #abc7. it looks nice with the bird flying and everything. >> a nice shot with the city skyline. spencer is back. it's a beautiful place and soon to be a wet place. >> you're right about that. not only a gray day because of clouds but also air quality. here is live doppler 7. the clouds are becoming more widespread now and tomorrow will be another winter sparp the air day with poor air quality in the north bay and moderate air quality in other regions of the bay area. remember, it is illegal to burn wood on spare the air day. a storm approaching will work one on the impact scale but will have intensified to a ranking of two. it will bring brief downpours and a rainy, windy day thursday. the storm which brings rain to us will produce snow in the sierra and a winter storm

warning or there will be from 10:00 tomorrow night until 4:00 saturday morning. we expect 3-6 inches it at the 5,000 foot level. 1-2 feet in the higher elevations. the seven-day forecast for the first six of those seven days enough storminess, enough rain to rank at least one on the storm impact scale every single day. thursday the stormiest day will be wet and windy and might possibly even feature some thunderstorms. >> how about that. >> thank you, spencer. a lot to talk about in sports tonight. >> starting with the warriors, larry? the warriors have had a couple days off. they still may be without two

good evening. unless there's a billionaire out there who wants to step forward now, it looks like the raiders deal for las vegas is coming apart at the seams. a vegas legislator said if the deal can't be reached in a timely manner, they're going to allocate that to other infrastructure projects. we've said for months now the biggest x factor was billionaire sheldon adelson. what did he want for putting in $650 million? he's out apparently so is goldman sachs. there are other billionaires

floating around who might be interested but that brings us back to the original problem with the arrangement and that is it doesn't pencil out as a good investment for anybody but owner mark davis. what investor now wants to go into vegas replacing adelson running the risk of being enemies with the man who runs the whole town. do you want to fight the king of the jupg in his jungle? ronnie lott saying, bottom line, if the raid eers want to stay i oakland we are more than ready to be a partner in making that happen. at this point all road for mark davis may lead right back to oakland. new 49ers gm john lynch look ing to add some front office people with experience. done. adam peters coming over from denver as the niners vice president of personnel. peters has spent 14 seasons in the envelonfl with the patriots the broncos and has three super bowl rings. we continue with the countdown to super bowl li sunday with a look it at the quarterbacks. matt ryan and tom brady are good friends, often text each other although that's probably not

happening this week. ryan will be playing in his first super bowl. this will be number seven for brady, the san mateo native. >> the losses in this it game are tough. you're going to live with those the rest of your life. those will be games if you lose there's regrets about every play in that game. when you win you don't think about any of those things. there's no regrets. >> tom has had a great career, that's for sure. he's been so consistent for so long and done such a great job. it's impressive. but it's about one game. this is about our team and their team and what we're going to do sunday. >> after missing sunday's game against the trail blazers with a stomach bug, steph curry is listed as questionable for tomorrow's home contest against the charlotte hornets, the team he grew up rooting for. zaza pachulia dives for the ball and may have hyperextended his shoulder. this was in the fourth quarter the other night. pa chuchulia will undergo an mr.

lebron james not happy, his cavs are struggling and he's futing with charles barkley who called him whiny. lebron fired back saying he's not the one who once said i'm not a role model and he never threw anybody through a window. lebron's buddies have got his back. >> i think in his situation maybe he just got tired of kind of just hearing it from that particular person. >> lebron is who he is. we all have flaws. when your flaws are a little bit more, you should shut up. i'm glad l.j. finally said something and food up for himself. there's a new sheriff in town. i'm excited to see what's next. >> you are looking live at rupp arena in lexington, kentucky. welcome, everybody, i'm brent musburger, pleased to have jay bilas along. do you want to know why i have to retire? i covered this it guy when he was playing. >> that was a long time ago.

brent musburger putting a wrap on an extraordinary broadcasting career, calling the georgia/kentucky game on espn. his next stop is las vegas to launch a sports gambling network. he's probably pals with sheldon adelson, too. we'll see -- >> most certainly. >> i hope -- it's a great finish to the georgia/kentucky game. wouldn't it be awesome if it was a buzzer beater? >> we'll have that tonight. he's a legend. >> thank you, larry. join us tonight at 9:00 on kofy 1320. concord police go above and beyond. their act of kindness for a woman left alone in her cold, dark house. and then at 11:00 a million dollar settlement at uc santa cruz. the sex abuse case involving a former student and professor is now coming to light. and coming up tonight on abc 7 at 8:00 it's "the middle" followed by "american housewife," "fresh off the boat" followed by "the real o'neals."

be back with us at 11:00. >> and at 11:35 it's jimmy kimmel live. don't want to miss that. actors jamie dornan and adam scott. >> that's all for now, though. this edition of abc 7 news. for breaking news on twitter, we appreciate your time. i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm ama daetz. for all of us here, thank you so much for joining us. >> we'll see you at 9:00 and 11:00.

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