an umbrella. >> yes, you do, reggie. you'll want to keep it all the way through wednesday. let's look at some of the heavier rain. moving across to san mateo and all the way over to hayward right now so that san mateo bridge is about to get a lot wetter. in fact, look at the waves of light, even the few moderate showers out there. that will be the case through the morning hours. and it's going to be breezy as we'll morph over to waves of showers by noon. we'll keep periods of showers going through 4:00 and we'll round out your 12 hour day planner with more showers at 7:00. alexis? noticing a theme there this morning, mike. and yeah, we've got a lot of wet pavement out there, taking a look at the golden gate bridge. if you're coming from the north bay, you look okay at this point, although you do have that wet pavement north of here, though. we've hat several crashes in the novato area so more details on that in a few minutes. highway 4 to the maze, 24 minutes, about 14 across the bay bridge and san francisco to sfo is still in the green. about three pretty significant

crashes working right now. next traffic update coming up around 6:10. new this morning, president trump is threatening to take away federal money from uc berkeley because of last night's violent protests. >> here's what he tweeted this morning. "if uc berkeley does not allow free speech and practices violence on innocent people with a different point of view, no federal funds?" abc # news reporter amy hollyfield is in berkeley with how all this started. >> reporter: good morning, reggie. let me show you the damage that extends further from campus. it didn't just happen on campus. this is on shattuck at center street. the wells fargo here, the atms were busted last night, so were the windows. you can see they have patched those up. here's a look at what it looked like on campus, some angry demonstrators set fire to a generator. this happened outside the student union building. there were about 1500 people who turned out last night to protest milo yiannopoulos. he was coming to campus to speak, but protesters showed up

and called him racist and sexist. >> if he'd like to engage in a reasonable debate, that's one thing but that's not his aim, never has been. he's here to make money off of spewing hate. >> reporter: yiannopoulos's speech was canceled because of the protests. he was safely escorted off campus and later the breitbart editor responded, saying the left cannot tolerate free speech. police tell us one person was arrested. no injuries were reported. they did have the campus on lockdown last night. they lifted that late last night so they do expect classes to go on as normal. reporting live in berkeley, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. and the protesters blamed for sparking the violence last nights are members of a group called the black bloc. they dress in black, hide their faces, often infiltrate peaceful protests and turn them violent using tactics like smashing windows and setting fires. the group identifies themselves as anarchists. they've been around for years,

dating bab to the 1970s. as you just saw, these peaceful protests really got out of control in berkeley last night. the question this morning, was it really necessary, and did this just go too far? look at this video. a man with a bloody nose. he was protesting for free speech last night and believes that it even protects controversial people like the speaker that was supposed to be on campus. >> i think part of free speech is hearing opinions that you don't believe in. >> yes, free speech should be allowed, but where do we draw the line when it crosses into hate speech? >> and berkeley is said to be the birthplace of the free speech movement. >> when milo yiannopoulos finally got to a safe location, he went on facebook live to express his thoughts about last night's protest. >> it turns out that the progressive left, the social justice left, the feminist, black lives matter left, the hard left which has become so utterly antithetical to free speech in the last few years, is

taking a turn post-trump's election where they simply will not allow any speaker on campus, even somebody as silly and harmless and gay as me. >> we sent out push alerts on the abc7 news app as the protests turned violent. you can stay on top of breaking news any time with the app, go ahead and download it for free and enable push alerts to get updates as they happen. for the moment, we're going to move on to what's happening with the rain this morning. as mike told us, he is tracking a 1 on the storm impact scale today. abc7 news reporter matt keller is monitoring conditions in the santa cruz mountains this morning. >> reporter: good morning, reggie. we've had a pretty consistent shower here at the base of the santa cruz mountains. and this is the reality this morning. you're going to see some puddles out there but we're not so much worried about the water here as we are worried about the water on highway 17. that can cause problems for your morning commute. this is what you may face this morning. some showers, wet roads, and caltrans signs warning drivers to slow down. past month has been really rough for people driving on highway 17

and many other roads in the santa cruz mountains. mudslides and debris blocked roads for hours and sometimes even days. there's a wind advisory in effect through early tomorrow morning. wind gusts may reach 40 to 50 miles per hour. no reports so far from the chp about closed roads right now but clearly we are not getting as much rain as we saw on those storms in january. there was a crash earlier this morning at about 4:30 but that has been cleaned up by the chp. reporting live in the santa cruz mountains, matt keller. the battle is starting on capitol hill for the supreme court. neil gorsuch walked the halls of the capital, visiting senators who will decide his fate. back at the white house, president trump urged republican senate leader mitch mcconnell to do whatever it takes to get judge gorsuch confirmed. president trump told senator mcconnell to use what's called the nuclear option. some democrats are vowing to

block him. several house democrats are calling on president trump to remove chief strategist steve bannon from his post on the national security council. in a letter to the president, the house democrats expressed concern about bannon's past political statements and actions. they say, "national security depends on the full understanding that our nation's interests not political administration's decision making." that breaking news right now, a huge search underway for a naturalville police officer that inside of a river while trying to rescue someone and i want to show you these pictures from the search. the couplerland river runs through the area there. i want to show you the latest tweet from the nashville pd saying, we asking for nashville's thoughts and prayers for this 18-year veteran and some more details to tell you that they were rescuing a woman who relatives said wanted to commit suicide. she was actually starting to cooperate with them, but her car

went into gear, rolled down a boat ramp near the waters and that's where those police officers were rescuing her. two officers, though, fell in. one of them was able to get to the bank, but the search is on for that second one and so far no luck. so i will keep you updated. i'll watch for any new information from that area. a 30-year-old cold case getting some new attention this morning. the clues of santa cruz police hope to find. plus storm watch, rain plus storm watch, rain moving through the bay

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all right, we'll start with live doppler 7. one of oufr hot spots, you can see heading through castro valley right on 580 there and heading up crow canyon, dublin canyon road, ponding on the roadways possibly developing there, hillsboro up to millbrae avenue and on 101 and 280 and moving now to pacifica through daly city and heading over towards south san francisco and 101 and brisbane, also some ponding developing there. windy in areas above 1,000 feet. so far haven't heard of any downed trees or power lines but it's possible.

temperatures, 49, low to mid 50s for most of the south bay, upper 40s to mid 50s for most of us. sfo not reporting delays but they will because it is wet. i'll let you know, @mikeniccoabc7. also know we've got rain the next three days all the way through next week. i'll show you coming up next. taking a look at traffic this morning, we've had a lot of spinout crashes and then in this situation, the vehicle that spun out was hit by several more vehicles so taking you back up to novato, southbound 101 past 37, still trying to clear a crash that involved several vehicles. one of those landed on its side as well so that's the reason why this is taking so long. you've got about a three-mile delay now and you are crawling at just about 7 miles per hour average. also another vehicle went off the roadway, flipped over, westbound 80, blocking that onramp in that area. not seeing any delay on the main line. fremont, southbound 880, another multi-car crash that is blocking the fast lane right now.

we will take a look at some drive times coming up. the national prayer breakfast underway right now. let's listen in to washington, d.c.. >> i want very much to thank our cochair, senator boseman and senator kuntz and all of the congressional leadership, they're all over the place. we have a lot of very distinguished guests, and we have one guest who was just sworn in last night. rex tillerson, secretary of state. going to do a great job. some people didn't like rex because he actually got along with leaders of the world. i said, no, you have to understand, that's a good thing. that's a good thing, not a bad thing. he's respected all over the world and i think he's going to go down as one of our great, great secretaries. we appreciate it. thank you, rex.

thank you as well to senate chaplain barry black for his moving words and i don't chaplain, whether or not that's an appointed position. is that an appointed position? i don't even know if you're a democrat or a republican but i'm appointing you for another year, the hell with it. and i think it's not even my appointment. it's the senate's appointment, but we'll talk to them. you're very -- your son is here. your job is very, very secure, okay? that you know, barry. appreciate it very much. i also want to thank my great friends, roma. where's roma? beautiful roma downey. she's got the voice of an angel. every time i hear that voice, everything is so beautiful about roma, including her husband, because he's a special, special friend, mark burnett for the wonderful introduction. so true. so true. i said to the agent, i'm sorry.

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santa cruz police are asking for your help solving this cold case that spans more than three decades. it involves that young woman you see on the left, cory le master. police are looking for information of anyone who may have had contact with her as she traveled through the santa cruz area in 1993. her decomposed body was found the following year. at first, officials could not identify her and they created the model you see on the right. police say the 17-year-old was traveling along california's coast from pacifica to santa cruz when she dies.

many t-mobile customers will soon be receiving a refund check. don't get too crazy, it's not that much. they mailed out nearly $20 million in refunds. it stems from a settlement reached with t-mobile more than two years ago. more than 617,000 customers had cramming charges added to their bill, and those are unwanted $9.99 monthly fees for horoscopes, sports scores, celebrity gossip, that sort of thing. the average refund is about $32 per check. >> all right. >> so it's not nothing. >> not a whole lot. >> not going to buy a new outfit today. there are some wet roads out there. let's check in with alexis smith with traffic. has not been an easy morning on the roads here. several crashes to talk about. i'm going to head back to one we've had since about 5:00 this morning. northbound state route 85 ramp to 87 is still blocked and that happened at 5:00 a.m. so, you can see that really is spilling over on to the main line of 85. and we've got several other incidents too so i'll highlight some of those coming up in just

a few. quick check of drive times, southbound 680, walnut creek, you know what, mike? i guess i was going too long. we're going to toss it to you. okay. great. let's talk about san mateo bridge and you can see the spray coming up and notice how it's moving from left to right across your screen there and that is the southerly breezes that are going to be with us all day. so it's wet and it's a little breezy out there and here's a look at walnut creek where you can see, yeah, some light rain falling here as we look south of 680. let's talk about accuweather highlights. periods of showers, steadiest this morning and then on and off this afternoon. breezes will be around all day. heavier wave tonight and sunday night because we've got wet weather all the way through next wednesday. here's a look at you can see the dumbarton bridge getting wet right now. east palo alto all the way over towards thornton avenue as you head towards fremont and union city. heavier rain moving into san ramon, that will head towards the eastern sections of danville and you can see the napa valley once again getting a lighter shower than some of the previous

ones. in fact, the heaviest of the storm is over, that's why i've downgraded it to a 1 on our storm impact scale with light showers and breezy conditions and variable driving conditions because look, waves of light showers. you don't see any yellows and oranges after we get through the morning commute. through noon, nothing. and into the evening hours, pretty much nothing as far as moderate to heavy. it comes in while most of us are sleeping from 2:00 to 7:00 again tonight. now, all this is heading up to the sierra. so we've got that winter storm warning until 4:00 saturday morning so moderate to heavy snow, 1 to 3 feet from past levels and up. gusty blowing snow and snow-covered roads, tough getting up there until saturday afternoon. your best chance is to leave now with some of the lighter snow falling today. heavier snow will fall tomorrow. a 1 for thursday, today, friday, saturday, sunday, monday, and tuesday. not like january. but still, wet for the next seven days. alexis, how about that tahoe report? the toyota tahoe report, we've got some tougher conditions as mike said under a winter storm warning right now.

i-80, you have to chain up. 50, you have to chain up between twin bridges and myers. 89 and 88 also requiring chains. not going to have a lot of folks with you right now, that will save you this morning. pretty good base totals. squaw alpine 104 to 106 base for you, north star, 85 to 140 inch base, heavenly, 185 inch diamond peak, 62 to 106 and mt. rose, 106 inch base so tougher driving conditions but since it is so early this morning, you're not going to have a lot of company. it's time to ask finney about your finances. coming up next, what to look for before you hire a financial planner. also this terrifying crash at a georgia gas station. look at that. police are now on the hunt for the man behind the wheel with a young child in the backseat. the abc7 storm impact scale.

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6:24 and new details. take a look at this terrible crash caught on video. a driver was speeding down an interstate in georgia when a trooper tried to pull him over. the driver sped off and he crashed into a gas station sign. a little girl was tossed out of the window and police now say she wasn't wearing a a seat belt. we do not know her condition this morning. it turns out the man behind the wheel faces a driving without a license charge, several counts of forgery in a credit card scam as well as charges in another unrelated case. >> that's just so scary to watch. three of the world's biggest retailers are teaming up to fight a proposed income statistics. it's known as a border tax adjustment and it would prevent retailers from being able to deduct the cost of imported goods from their taxes. walmart, target, and macy's say this could severely hurt their business and force them to jack up their prices. the retailers hope their alliance will steal congressional republicans away from that move. it is time now to ask finney

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this was a group of agitators that were masked up. >> uc berkeley officials responding after campus protests turned violent. trump is now threatening serious action against the school as local businesses start their clean-up. we'll get to that in just a moment but we start this morning with storm watch. hello, there, i'm reggie aqui. >> i'm natasha zouves. and outside right now, there is rain at the bay bridge toll plaza and on the lens too. cars stacking up as drivers deal with a wet commute. >> north bay is also this morning after several days of dry weather. >> let's start this morning with abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. let's start over here with live doppler 7. and what i want to show you is the eastern sections of danville and san ramon. you can see where crow canyon comes together as you head out tassajara, you're going to have ponding to the roadways and that extends up into black hawk.

we've also got on alameda in down towards the airport in oakland, a nice shower there, some ponding on the roadways around broadway. in fact, i wanted to show you the bay bridge toll plaza also because that's where we're seeing some steady light rain right now. temperatures flirteding with 60. steady rain this morning becoming periods of showers for the rest of the day. let's see how it's affecting the morning commute with alexis. well, it's having a negative impact as you would guess. we've got a lot of crashes this morning, tough driving conditions. a lot of that road spray kicking up as you can see here for the golden gate bridge drive. north of there, three separate issues in the novato area. only one currently blocking. this is southbound 101 past 37, all started with a vehicle that spun out and lost control and was hit by several other vehicles and one of the cars that hit that on its side. we've got heavy traffic for about three miles behind that. couple other pretty significant crashes to talk about coming up. the protests last night in berkeley got so heated, they got so violent, those images have

now gone around the world. >> this morning, the clean-up is underway. let's get right to abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield live in berkeley. >> reporter: hi, good morning, natasha. even president trump is issuing a statement about what happened here in berkeley. he's tweeting this morning, if uc berkeley does not allow free speech and practices violence on innocent people with a different point of view, all caps, no federal funds, question mark. implying that he might take away federal money. people here in berkeley reacting here as well. here's what they're seeing as they wake up this morning, damage all over the downtown and on campus. we've got some twitter video that shows people breaking windows. you can see them destroying businesses. these are banks that were destroyed, also a starbucks, notice the vandals were all dressed in black. the university has condemned the violence, saying this is not a proud moment for the campus. people who are surveying the damage this morning, we're seeing them shake their heads

and telling us they're disappointed it ended this way. >> it's two sides to everything. so, i mean, hopefully this kind of goes on peacefully. i mean, it's a good message that he's trying to get out. just i think they kind of went away from the point and just kind of put out the rage. >> reporter: this is who they were protesting, milo yiannopoulos, the alt-right breitbart editor who was supposed to speak on the campus. his speech was canceled because of the protest. hi later said the left is terrified of free speech. police made one arrest, uc berkeley police have not given any details about that arrest. they are not taking calls or questions this morning about the event. the campus was on lockdown during all of this, but they did lift that lockdown late last night so they do expect classes to go on as normal today. reporting live from berkeley, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. watch what happens as abc7 news reporter wayne freedman interviewed a woman last night

during the protest. >> reporter: are you surprised, ma'am? ma'am? >> that woman pepper sprayed in the face. she was there hoping to hear yiannopoulos talk when the protester sprayed her. the woman's name is kiara robles and she told wayne later that she is doing okay. >> milo yiannopoulos went on facebook live after he was removed from the cal campus. he slammed what he called leftist protesters and the police response. >> the police presence did not seem to be particularly aggressive this evening and that's something that i witnessed and that my security detail witnessed too. it was a sort of sit back and let it happen approach. i was evacuated at the first sign of trouble. i think i would have had to leave anyway. so this event may never have got off the ground. it seems as though the university and police didn't really want it to happen. >> and we did send out push alerts on the abc7 news app as the berkeley protest turned violent. you can stay on top of breaking news any time with our free abc7 news app, download it for free,

and enable push alerts. we have been pushing out some this morning, if i can get it up, there it is, about what's going on at berkeley and you'll get those updates as they happen. new this morning in the north bay, chp investigating what appears to be a deadly hit-and-run accident on highway 101 in novato. the body of an elderly man was found in lanes onramp at atherton avenue. officers found car parts on the freeway. they believe a small light gray or silver car may have been involved. investigators hope someone saw something and may give them a call. and mountain view police need your help finding a missing 12-year-old boy this morning. this is christopher moreno. he was last seen around 2:00 p.m. yesterday at grand middle school in mountain view on castro street. detectives say he was wearing a white sweatshirt with the word walden on the front. anyone with any information about christopher eefs whereabouts is asked to call the police department. the san francisco police department is suspending ties with the fbi's joint terrorism

task force. the announcement comes amid growing concerns of spying on muslim americans by the new trump administration. the ten-year jttf agreement was set to expire in march and that's when the policy could be revised. >> donald trump was very clear that he was going to be targeting muslims, he wants mass muslim surveillance, part of the work done with the fbi jttf could feed into this horrible muslim registry they're talking about. >> the fbi released this statement. "the san francisco jttf continues to be committed to working with our state, local and federal law enforcement entities to uphold the constitution and protect the american people in all a jttf partnership could be reinstated with review by the police commission at a public meeting. the relesion of an oakland police department audit is revealing new details about the department's recruitment process. the report looked at 78 officers from misconduct cases and it found 17% of them had been fired from a previous job. nearly half of the officers were not hired by at least one other law enforcement agency after

going through their application process. the majority had failed oral and written tests. mayor libby schaaf requested the audit last may. this morning, san rafael police are warning residents about a rash of home burglaries. all of the burglaries happen during the day when homeowners would be at work. the burglars took jewelry, other valuables and other easily concealed items. it appears the burglars watched the residents leave their house and in some cases hit multiple houses on the same street so they're asking residents to be vigilant about vehicles and people they don't recognize in their neighborhoods. morgan hill police are warning about a rash of car burglars burglaries, burglars have broken into 20 cars in just the cast week. there's a photo posted on the department's facebook page. police are reminding drivers to park in well-lit areas, lock the doors and don't keep anything that's even remotely valuable in that car. you'll soon have a chance to weigh in on oakland unify's school district superintendent search. an online survey will launch on

monday. the school board also plans to hold several group input sessions. members want to know the qualities you're looking for in the district's next leader. the board will start taking applications for the job february 27 and hopes to have the new superintendent in place by may 10. if your commute takes you through the south bay, here's one of the dryer and easier commutes, 101 and 880. look at that traffic flowing through there a little faster than the rest of us. a little bit south of that where 101 meets up and starts to head into morgan hill and gilroy, you can see some light to moderate rain there. in fact, one of them, real heavy right now, heading over towards basking ridge avenue. let's take a look at what's going on in oakland. you can see right here, moving from 580 to 13 towards monterey boulevard, piedmont, moderate rain that is falling in isolated areas this morning. winds are going to be a mainstay throughout the day. south of 15 to 30 in areas where you don't see yellow.

so far, no downed trees or power lines but we'll keep an eye on it. this is on the richmond side of the richmond-san rafael bridge. you can see light to moderate rain so poor driving, especially this morning, your activity planner, dodging drops, so have an umbrella ready like this person if you're out and about and on the water, it's going to be wet and breezy this morning, not as wet but still breezy as we head into the evening hours. hour by hour look at where the rain is going in the next seven days are going to be wet in my accuweather 7 day forecast. alexis. got several issues to get to, including a new crash on the san mateo bridge, westbound side of 92, not sure if that truck on the left-hand shoulder with its hazards on was involved but we are hearing that the left lane is blocked right around the toll plaza so that certainly could be involved and yeah, you are slow on 92 and then coming down on 880 as well. another problem, state route 92, san mateo road, if you are trying to get to or from half moon bay, big problem. just issued a sig alert here. tree is down and blocking all lanes eastbound and westbound. pickup truck did hit that. it sounds like that driver is

okay but not sure how long that is going to be closed. that is just about two miles east of half moon bay and you can see those backups already starting to form. taking you back to the fremont area, good news, southbound 880, multi-car pile-up around stevenson boulevard that did clear about 15 minutes ago, push off to the shoulder so residual delays there and we've hatted this crash for almost two hours now. due to a multi-car crash that happened right around 5:00 this morning. check out that backup. that is about a three solid miles there on northbound 85 on the main line. so plenty of slow spots out there. really want you to drive for conditions this morning. we'll check drive times coming up. cal leaders are firing back after a night of violent protests who they say is really to blame as the president takes aim at the school this morning. also rex tillerson getting to work as the nation's new secretary of state of this morning. coming up, the challenges he'll face. plus punxsutawney phil made plus punxsutawney phil made his annual appearance

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president trump with strong words for uc berkeley this morning after those on campus protests turned violent and spilled into city treats.o cf1 o >> cal officials say it wasn't their students responsible for the violence. let's go to jessica. >> president trump's tweet

threatening action against cal this morning after protests turned violent last night. he tweeted this, "if uc berkeley does not allow free speech and practices violence on innocent people with a different point of view" and then in all caps, no federal funds. that question is causing a lot of concern this morning, but last night, students and officials with campus police were quick to point out that it was not cal students that turned so violent and caused all the damage. they believed it was a group of black bloc group which is actually known for dressing head to toe in black, face covered, and creating chaos at events that started more peacefully. they began throwing molotov cocktails and picking up barricades and throwing them. those were not our students. that's not our students' behavior. >> cal students protested peacefully for several hours over the planned appearance of self-proclaimed internet troll milo yiannopoulos but once it get out of the control, the

event was canceled. the president has not elaborated on specifically what he meant in that tweet this morning. in the meantime, classes go on as scheduled today. back to you. some of you may be waking up to rain this morning as mike has been telling us. he's tracking a 1 on the storm impact scale today. >> abc7 news reporter matt keller monitoring conditions in the victsanta cruz mountains fo. matt. >> reporter: good morning, natasha and reggie. the rain has started to go a little bit sideways. the winds have picked up a bit. it is wet here in santa cruz mountains and that can make driving on highway 17 very, very tricky but get this, the chp reporting now incidents right here in the santa cruz mountains so i am now running to knock on wood. check this out. this is video we shot since we last saw you, the showers picking up at times but no review downpours. past month has been rough for people driving on highway 17 and many other roads here in the santa cruz mountains. mudslides and debris blocked roads for hours and sometimes even days.

but today, so far so good. there is a wind advisory in effect through early tomorrow monday morning. wind gusts may cause trees or power lines to fall. if you want to know what kind of weweather is heading your way, there's a very easy way to do it. you can check in with mike nicco. he's very accurate and you can also check your abc7 news app if you want to check out where the rain is heading, you can go there and see live doppler 7. all you have to do is go to your ap store and download it for free. reporting live in the santa cruz mountains, matt keller, abc7 news. activists are planning a protest at uber headquarters in san francisco and other locations nationwide. they're demanding the ceo cut his ties with president trump. he is part of a panel of business leaders meeting with the president at the white house tomorrow. uber enraged customers after drivers crossed a taxi driver picket line related to the immigration order at jfk airport over the weekend. the ceo says his working

relationship with the president is necessary to fulfill uber's mission. this morning, australia's prime minister is insisting the refugee deal with the u.s. is still good. in that deal, the u.s. would accept thousands of muslim immigrants who have been rejected by australia. president trump took to twitter and slammed the agreement, saying, quality do you believe it? the obama administration agreed to take thousands of illegal immigrants from australia. why? i will study this dumb deal." the australian prime minister is telling a different story. >> the president assured me that he would continue with -- honor the agreement we headed into with the obama administration. >> according to the "washington post," the president slammed the australian prime minister during weekend phone call over a dealg struck by the obama administration. it allows mostly muslim refugees to resettle in the u.s. new this morning, iranian officials are responding to president trump, putting iran "on notice" for conducting missile tests. in the past hour, top adviser to iran's supreme leader said it was useless for the u.s. to threaten iran and that iran

didn't need permission from any country to defend itself. the white house yesterday called iran a threat to u.s. allies and said the administration wouldn't stand for it. the oversight arm of the department of homeland security is reviewing how the department implemented president trump's executive order on immigration. that led to weekend protests. the investigation is in response to a request from two unnamed democratic senators and complaints on the department's whistle blower hotline. there are claims dhs officials defied court orders suspending deportations and they were directed to do so by higher ups in some cases. there's a list of u.s. cities that could be hit hard by president trump's travel ban and it's just been released and it's very pertinent to the bay area. these are cities with the most residents from muslim majority countries. san francisco and oakland are eight with 22,000 and san jose is 13st on the list with 16,600. san jose's franklin mckinley

school district is trying to calm parents' fears. the board hosted a panel discussion last night to answer questions from parents. attorneys were also there providing free legal advice. >> we wanted to make sure that our families do not get preyed upon by people out there and so we wanted to make sure that we brought organizations here that tey can, you know, connect with and be able to receive services or just answer some questions that they may have. >> parents who were there last night are worried their families could be torn apart by deportation. supervisor dave cortez says the county won't compromise its principles without a fight. all right. switching gears completely now. today does happen to be groundhog day. >> yes. he is nonplussed about this. i think it's a cute tradition if not entirely accurate all the time. punxsutawney phil made his prediction. take a look. >> what do you mean? what? okay, we got her.

>> we got her? is that how they're going to do this? >> you know, phil apparently was uncharacteristically feisty this morning, but finally, when they got him to settle down, through a translator, he made his prediction. he saw his shadow. that means we are in for another six weeks of winter. records dating back to 1887 shows that he saw his shadow 102 times and forecasted an early spring just 18 times, including last year. >> i looked this up. he's as right as flipping a coin. he really is. and you know what? we should end this now. can this be the last groundhog day? >> i don't think that it will be but mike knows the real answer. >> he's that accurate? i didn't even think he was that accurate. i thought it was like 38%. i'll tell you what. chattanooga chuck said spring is coming early. we'll go with him. hopefully we'll get the warmth and keep the rain around. three-hour delays at sfo for arrivi arriving flights. let's take a look at sutro tower, you can see it bouncing

around and rain moving in right now. the rain is going to be steady this morning to waves of showers as we head through the rest of the day. umbrella needed through wednesday. if you haveout door plans, you can see fair view avenue, raining down on some of these strawberry plants and some of the peach trees and cherry trees out there. lafayette, you're getting wet right now. 24 all the way from moraga road. and you can see a little bit of a break before the next system lines up and moves in tonight. in fact, we'll have waves of light showers through most of the day today. once we get out of the morning commute, heaviest rain is going to fall tonight from 2:00 to about 7:00 tomorrow morning so more ponding on the roadways for tomorrow's morning commute and you can see a 1 for saturday and sunday, our lightest rain and a 1 for monday and tuesday, little bit more rain but still a light storm and then wednesday, we see the light at the end of the tunnel. going to take you back to our sig alert, not good news here for drivers trying to get out of half moon bay or into half moon bay.

state route 92, san mateo road, fully closed there. about two miles east of half moon bay, that's due to a tree that's down in the roadway and that is blocking all lanes, eastbound and westbound. one pickup truck did hit that but it sounds like that driver is okay. but chp saying it's going to be at least an hour until caltrans can get there and remove that. southbound 101 past state route 37, we're all clear from this multi-car crash. we had a pretty big pile-up there. you have about a 15, 20-minute delay if you are coming in through that novato stretch this morning. we've had several crashes. cri quick check of drive times. quick check of drive times.

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here are the seven things you need to know this morning. number one, president trump threatening to pull federal funding for uc berkeley this morning after a peaceful protest over a speech by right wing commentator turned violent. the school canceled the event in the interest of public safety. number two, clean-up efforts are underway in berkeley. regularly scheduled classes and business will resume today. number three, our storm is here. the first of seven days of wet weather possible for your neighborhoods. let me focus in on our commute real quick. this morning is going to be the hardest because the light to moderate rain is causing ponding and hydroplaning, but this evening, it will just be scattered showers and breezy. hopefully it will be dry for your evening skmut. number four, yeah, that rain not making it an easy drive. here's a look in richmond. you can see it is pouring rig

now on 580 as you approach the richmond-san rafael toll plaza. about 30 incidents on the boards right now including a sig alert. if you're trying to leave half moon bay, state route 92 closed due to a downed tree. number five, from the live desk, a corrections employee is dead after an inmate takeover at a delaware prison. three other hostages were also held until the situation that nearly lasted 24 hours. they made it out loif with only injuries. the facility is under control now, but a big invest continues. number six, the california department of water resources will conduct its second official snow survey of the year in the sierra today. the snow pack there reached 177% of the historic average thanks to the snowy january, the biggest in 20 years. klay thompson has decided to compete in the nba three-point contest later this month. klay was the champ in last year's event, beating steph

curry. sources tell espn, the baby faced assassin, still mulling it over. >> i just like hearing you say, baby faced assassin. >> such a great name. >> that's what i also call punxsutawney phil. >> really? >> yeah. >> he's killed a few careers. >> not a fan of groundhog day over here. >> don't like the movie either. >> really? come on. classic. >> come at me. >> we have a solid day of -- solid week of wet weather coming up. >> seven days chance of rain but the least amount of rain will fall saturday and sunday. >> good to know. >> that's not what phil said. >> gma is next. thanks for joining us.

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download the xfinity tv app today. good morning, america. breaking overnight, a violent protest erupting on a college campus. over a breitbart editor set to give a speech igniting fire, breaking windows and shooting fireworks at police. officers in riot gear clashing with protesters. this trump supporter was pepper sprayed. at least six people injured. overnight, tough diplomacy from president trump calling a refugee agreement a dumb deal after a heated call with the prime minister of australia and a strong warning to iran. calling the nation's latest missile test. the former nfl star fired after the domestic abuse allegations went public. secret journals ended his career.