off to the right is las vegas avenue and it's down that street where this dramatic scene unfolded earlier today. it came in first as a call from neighbors about one of their neighbors firing shots at their homes and cars. >> what happened is neighbors called in about this individual who's armed with a rifle and this individual was firing shots in the neighborhood. >> the call came in just after 9:00 a.m. as a man shooting a rifle from a home on oakland's las vegas avenue. when police arrived, that man in the blue house began firing at them. >> we had multiple officers arrive on scene. officers reported that this individual was shooting at them. rounds were striking the ground near where the officers were. >> reporter: from sky 7 you can see an oakland police suv with bullet holes in the windshield, so no officer was hit. at one point the suspect, identified as 32-year-old jesse

enjand. >> i heard initially one lone shot. >> reporter: this woman lives right behind the suspect's home. she did not want her face shown. >> and i thought main it was a bb gun. i went back outside and heard several rounds together, about five. so that told me, okay, it's definitely some sort of gun. >> reporter: finally the suspect ges down, hit by at least one police bullet after officers secured his weapon, he's wheeled away and taken to a local hospital with serious injuries. >> that's what our investigators will be looking into, what led up to this individual to go out and start shooting with a rifle. not only in the neighborhood, but then also at police when they arrived. >> reporter: and we're showing you right now that is a picture of the police vehicle, the suv that was hit by some of this gunfire. the front windshield clearly has

bullet holes in it. as for the suspect, he is, as we're told, in serious condition at a local hospital. no police officers, no neighbors were hurt as far as we've been told. laura anthony, abc 7 news. >> police have been to this address before? >> reporter: well, that's what we're hearing, dan. police would not confirm it. we're hearing from neighbors that there were some issues at this house in the last week or so possibly involving gunfire, possibly involving some kind of dispute with the neighbors. we're still trying to confirm that with oakland police and they did say that they will, of course, as part of their investigation look into this address and look into this individual in terms of prior contacts. >> laura, thanks very much. >> and we are learning more about the suspect. the linkedin profile shows he's a computer science engineer. he received a law degree and was later investigated for allegedly stalking a classmate.

he was a member of the rotc while earning his undergrad degree and three years ago he and a friend tried to raise funds for an internet router on kickstarter. however, kickstarter removed the item saying the developers were presenting someone else's work as their own. sky 7 flew over the scene moments after reports emerged about an active shooter. you can see the suspect point his rifle toward sky 7. it's unclear if he actually fired his weapon because there is no sight of muzzle flash. he appears to be much closer to the helicopter because this was shot using one of our zoom lenses so it's not quite as dangerous as it appears. >> it forced the immediate lockdown of bishop o'dowd high school. administrators ordered teachers to turn off the lights and have students sit on the floor. nearby residents say the incident hit too close to home.

>> it's just crazy. you've got kids out here at the school up there, you've got the zoo. come on, now. >> you've got kids in schools like -- ain't nothing safe no more. >> a charter school evacuated students and staff members from the campus on 98th avenue. this is video of those students returning to class once police secured the scene. the worry, the danger and the challenges surrounding an active shooter situation were all reflected in oakland police communications. >> kristen sze is here to share some of the most intense moments as captured on police radio. kristen. >> well, it was tense from the moment dispatch got a call from the rp reporting party around 9:00 this morning. >> he says there's a next-door neighbor shooting at her house. the neighbor is shooting at her vehicle now. >> reporter: as the shots are fired, you hear the pressing concern for the ro's responding officers. >> we made a call to the rp.

everybody is okay. >> then you hear the urgency as the shots from the house reaches down the block to the union 76 gas station where officers were staging. >> officers get out of the line of fire right now. anyone over there, we are seeing bullets hitting the brick over there so we need to back up. >> finally s.w.a.t. team officers shot the suspect when he was outside and that's when tension reached a high point. >> two shots fired. unknown if he's been hit. he's out of sight now. he was last seen with a rifle. >> looks like the suspect is down. he's still moving behind the bush but not complying with demands. >> still moving. >> finally officers approach and confirm the man who we now know was disarmed and detained but getting to that point as we now know from listening to police radio was incredibly frightening and difficult.

dan and ama. >> thank you, kristen. we sent out a push alert on the breaking news as it was happening this morning to stay on top of the latest breaking news and get important information for where you live, download the abc 7 news app and enable the push alerts immediately. the rain came back with a fury today. san francisco was pelted with spurts of heavy rain and gusty winds. it left nearly 80,000 pg&e customers without power, mostly in the south bay. >> waves crashing against the embarcadero sent water 20 feet into the air. >> there were reports of trees down all over the region including this huge tree that knocked down power poles in fremont. >> this is truly what a stormy day looks like in the bay area. it's still stormy as you can see on live doppler 7. the south bay and the peninsula just getting hammered by heavy downpours. we still have strong, gusty wind across much of the bay area.

look at this wave of moderate and heavy rainfall moving onto the peninsula and into san francisco. as we give you a little bit of a street level view from the richmond district over to the bayview and down 280 in south san francisco, it's just pouring. this storm is still a 2 on our storm impact scale producing heavy rainfall, strong, gusty winds. we've had downed trees already and more may fall. there's flooding on roadways and may be power outages as well. wind advisories in effect until 6:00 this evening for the entire bay area. starting at 5:00 p.m., notice throughout the evening we'll see periods of rain and scattered showers. as we get into the late night hours we'll see another wave of heavier, steadier rain beginning to move onshore in the early morning hours tomorrow so tomorrow will start as a wet day. i'll have a look at our weekend forecast in just a few minutes. ama. >> thank you, spencer. the wind has been taking down trees across the bay area. this tree that you see here fell

down. power crews and true cutting companies are also busy in santa cruz county. lonnie rivera joins us with a closer look. >> reporter: that's right. in fact this road is closed down. crews have two big jobs on their hands here, first, restore power to several homes because a tree hit a power pole. second, they have to remove the branches and trunk resting on top of a car. this really has been a familiar situation all day. in fact one tree removal service says they have handled a half dozen calls about toppled trees. this one fell on a car in the 3000 block of park avenue north of so cal. fortunately, no one was inside the car. on the other side of park avenue, this eucalyptus tree crashed into the backyard of several homes. crews had to close down the road and then piece by piece remove these huge pieces of timber. >> well, with the winds, strong

winds, one big ole eucalyptus fell and hit a couple of houses up there. >> another close call for the residents who heard it falling, the tree braced the branches of the eucalyptus so by the time it landed on the duplex, it was already broken into branches. the family was inside. they didn't want to talk about it, but they are still assessing the damage and the chimney actually took a hit. no one was hurt. back out here live on park avenue, you can see quite a bit of work to do. we're not sure if power has been restored or if the owner of that car knows what happened this afternoon, but we talked to a tree service employee this afternoon and he said this winter rainy season has been the busiest by far. we're live here in capitola, loni rivera, abc 7 news. >> thanks, loni. in morgan hill the wind had its way with this tree as you can see. it crashed into the middle of cochran road.

crews were busy trying to clear it so commuters could get to highway 101. less than a mile away, these two giant trees were pushed over in their giant planters on cochran road as well. thousands of bay area residents are without power right now because of the storm. the biggest outage is in san jose where more than 16,000 pg&e customers are without electricity. other major outages include 4200 in santa cruz, 1400 in napa, more than 1100 in morgan hill and 973 in mountain hill. >> we want to see your pictures. share what the weather looks like where you live by adding #abc7now to your pictures so we can finding them quickly. a deadly stretch of road in the east bay. crews pulled a car from the water and it's not the first time. why drivers say the road is so dangerous. plus -- >> this is the hydrology and reservoir operations. we're making great progress. >> some good news for the people near the oroville reservoir.

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one man is dead after driving his car into the water this morning. this happened off dolittle drive not too far from the oakland airport. >> as abc 7 news reporter alyssa harrington explains, this stretch of road can be dangerous for drivers, especially in the

rain. >> it's a big problem. >> reporter: even long-time taxi drivers who regularly dravl along dolittle drive near the oakland airport say it's dangerous, especially at night and in the rain. >> it's very dangerous. every day people have accident. >> reporter: early friday, a driver was killed after plunging into san leandro bay. video from sky 7 shows divers in the water searching for any other victims. the car on its side. this comes just six weeks after a similar accident, a taxi driver died after crashing into the oakland estuary during a storm. >> we pray for him. he was very nice guy. >> reporter: he holds up a picture of his friend. he said many started taking a different route after he died, worried the road was treacherous. drivers i talked to say it's time for the city to step in. they'd like to see a barrier or wall, something to prevent out of control cars from going into the water. >> i expect the city to put a

wall on it or put something on it. >> reporter: deputies have not said what caused the car to veer into the water but admit it's not uncommon along that stretch of road. they urge drivers to slow down, especially in bad weather. alyssa harrington, abc 7 news. there have been more than a dozen big-rig rollovers at the same spot in the south bay. the abc 7 news i-team dug for answers to see what's causing all the crashes. >> when they make that turn, they're going too fast. usually they just roll over. the last couple of them have actually rolled over earlier than the others and taken out that light. >> coming up tonight on abc 7 news at 11:00, dan noyes shows us what caltrans is now doing to prevent more rollovers. police arrested a wanted man whose escape from custody led to a large manhunt in the east bay.

a canine unit tracked down shawn new to a home on heather terrace. yesterday they used a search warrant to go in and arrest him. he wouldn't come out. the canine subdued him in the garage. new was treated for his injuries. on january 31st, he escaped from kentucky deputies who planned to fly him back to their state to face fraud charges. an east bay lawmaker introduced two bills aimed at preventing future strikes by b.a.r.t. employees. hundreds of thousands of commuters faced major problems when b.a.r.t. last went on strike. steve glazer has written one bill that would ban b.a.r.t.'s unionized workers from striking. another bill allows nonunion b.a.r.t. employees to run the system during future strikes. the bills will now go to a senate committee. southwest airlines is filing a federal complaint claiming union leaders told mechanics to decline to work overtime. the airline says that's harming operations and driving up costs. southwest says it relies on the overtime shifts to keep up with

necessary maintenance work. in a statement, the union says it cautions its members against any organized attempt to avoid overtime. today's storm is causing delays for air travelrs in the bay area. you're looking live at san francisco international airport tonight. that's where airlines have cancelled 170 flights. many other flights face delays, averaging between 30 and 60 minutes. most delays at sfo affect short haul west coast flights. oakland has about 20 cancelled flights and mineta san jose had 17. you can get the best information by checking with your airline, of course. state water officials say they have dropped water levels at lake oroville enough to handle a new round of storms this week. the lake level was 861 feet this morning. 850 feet is considered the right level for flood control. dam operators say that level ould be reached this weekend even with the forecast for more rain. in the meantime they'll continue to dial back how much water is released into the dam's cracked main spillway. >> weather can change, but i believe based on our model runs

and our actions that we're taking now, we shouldn't actually see much of a change in the water surface elevation behind the dam, which is a good thing. >> a massive pile of concrete, trees and other debris is still clogging the main spillway near where it fractured last week. they hope to start clearing it away this weekend. more rain is coming. >> yeah. >> and it's been raining all day. >> spencer christian is here with the latest. >> winds gusting over 50 miles an hour much of the day. trees have been blown down, there are scattered power outages. we still have quite a bit of stormy weather especially on the south bay and the peninsula and over to the east bay. all those areas of yellow and orange indicate moderate to heavy rainfall out there. this is the view from our exploratorium, abc 7 exploratorium camera here at pier 15 in san francisco. you can see raindrops on the camera lens there.

temperature readings are certainly uniform right now, just a 2-degree range. 55 to 57 degrees at san francisco, oakland, mountain view, san jose, gilroy and half moon bay. as we give you a view at the golden gate bridge where the pavement is wet, we see more readings in the same range from 54 to 57 degrees from santa knowsa, napa, concord and livermore. atop mt. tam you can see lots of drops on the weather cam and you can see still breezy. we'll have scattered showers overnight, another storm, a significant one coming in for sunday and monday. this wet patter will continue through the middle of next week. tonight and tomorrow's storm will rank 1 on the storm impact scale. a fairly light storm producing scattered showers, although there could be some isolated downpours. breezy at the coast and drier tomorrow afternoon than any other period in the next day or so. 7:00 this evening, we'll see pockets of light rain and showers moving through the bay

area. overnight steadier rain in the overnight hours and tomorrow will start as a wet day but later in the day we'll see the rain tapering off and we'll have a little dry span there in the late afternoon and early evening but another storm comes in sunday morning and that's just the beginning of another period, extended period of stormy weather. overnight lows will be mainly in the low 50s. tomorrow's highs will generally reach into the upper 50s to near 60 degrees. meanwhile as we move over to the sierra, winter weather advisories in effect until 10:00 tomorrow morning. we expect 4 to 8 inches of know above 6,000 feet. dangerous driving conditions and beyond that a winter storm watch is in effect for the sierra from sunday morning until late monday night. significant snowfall is expected, strong winds and of course this will have an impact on travel. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. today's storm was a 2, tomorrow's storm will rank 1 on the storm impact scale. similarly, sunday will begin with -- the storm will begin

with a 1 ranking on the impact scale but will intensify going into monday. presidents' day we have a storm ranking 2 on the storm impact scale. weaker storms at 1 on tuesday and wednesday and finally start drying out next thursday and friday. >> thanks, spencer. well, you know, not all oscars are gold. we're just about a week away from hollywood's big night. just ahead what you can see at the party after the awards are handed out. and let's take a live look at a rainy commute through rsan rafael. this is 101, looking a little

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well, we are now just ten days away from the oscars, coming right up. >> and today we got our annual view of the big ball after the show. >> abc 7 news reporter george pinachio says at this party there are plenty of oscars. >> reporter: whether made of

salmon or chocolate dusted in gold, there are plenty to go around at the governor's ball. it all starts with hungry guests ready to eat, from seafood to tiny burgers and typy tacos, to those caviar-topped baked potatoes. there will be food everywhere. >> it's not a formal sitdown dinner, so everything is in a small version so that way you can have 20 different dishes if you're hungry. >> reporter: it's all you can eat. >> it's all you can eat. >> reporter: and apparently all you can drink too. >> pop goes the piper with these magnums. quite a lot. we'll be opening 1500 bottles of champagne that night. >> reporter: there's an official whiskey and special wine, fitting since copola has won five oscars. >> everything we do at the winery, francis is involved and he directs just as he does. so he created this label. the wine making team took care of the wine so he was very involved with this. >> reporter: once the guests have finished enjoying all the

savory dishes, they need to leave plenty of room for dessert. and there are dozens of options for your sweet tooth. >> hours and hours of love and labor, yes. >> and butter and sugar? >> yes. >> reporter: as always, the room will be filled with flowers. >> this year we're kind of inspired by california mid-century, 1950s, 1960s, clean, modern. >> reporter: and in charge of it all, ball producer cheryl chiketto. it's our 28th year. >> everything has just become bigger, better, more. you have to match that, but it's got to seem like it's easier. >> reporter: in hollywood, abc 7 news. >> and you can watch the oscars live only on abc 7 sunday february 26th. jimmy kimmel is hosting. our coverage begins at 2:00 p.m. here on abc 7 news. check out the abc 7 news app for a complete list of nominees. the warriors are well represented this weekend at the

nba all-star game in new orleans. and today they are giving back. the nba cares twitter account posted these photos of steph, klay and kevin durant helping improve an elementary school. as you can see, they braved the rain. the trio and many other nba players were helping to put together a playground today. awfully nice. and abc 7 news sports director, larry beil, is down in the big easy for the all-star game. he'll be following curry, thompson and draymond green and durant all weekend. larry's reports begin tonight. well, we are seeing some intense weather today. winds have been taking down trees all across the bay area. that's not all. coming up, what's still ahead and that's happening right now in southern california. plus -- our country is all about making dreams come true. >> the president took his two grandchildren on a work trip today, this afternoon. the white house considering using the national guard to round up undocumented immigrants. and the internment of

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and here are the stories making headlines at 4:30. sky 7 was over east oakland as a man armed with a rifle, you see him right there, terrorized a neighborhood. after firing multiple shots out his window, police say the man

went outside and started spray painting a neighbor's home and car. that's what you're seeing. he pointed his rifle at sky 7. when officers arrived, they say he started shooting at them. an oakland officer struck the man. laura anthony has been at the scene and tweeted this update. as police told her, the man is in serious condition. the other big story is the weather. santa rosa fire tweeted this video of a tree that fell onto the garage of a home this afternoon. at one point 5500 people lost power across the north bay. in fremont, sky 7 shows us a tree that fell across the north frontage road of mowery avenue. underneath that tree you can see a little bit there's a car there. wayne freedman is live on the ground with a closer look at the damage. wayne? >> reporter: we'll give you a closer look at the car all right. this is what remains of the car. it was an acura.

now -- well, it's sort of an convertible and mostly it's junk. let's look at the sky 7 video again from earlier this morning. it was a eucalyptus tree that had been maybe 40 feet tall when it came crashing down just after another car had passed beneath it. this one fortunately had no one inside, which is lucky because based on the tangled mess, it might have taken a long time to get them out. a tree expert blames high winds, soft soil. the tree with a lot more water on the top. there are more trees like that along here and now the people who live on this street are worried and unsettled. >> are you concerned about the trees here now after this happened? >> yes, very concerned. my mom is very concerned about those trees. >> was she before? >> yes. >> reporter: now residents along here want other trees removed.

one is enough, they tell us. as we come back live, you can see they're trying to get the rest of that tree out of the middle of the street. i called the city of fremont a little while ago. who's responsible for what happened? the city of fremont is. the tree was on city of fremont property, then it was on the car and one other interesting note, the person who lives in this house to our knowledge has no idea yet of what happened. live in fremont, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >> wayne, thanks very much. let's turn now to politics. today the senate confirmed president donald trump's pick to lead the environmental protection agency. scott pruitt was just sworn in just a short time ago. this while president trump talks jobs and applauds aerospace giant boeing in south carolina. abc news reporter megan hughes is live now in washington. megan. >> reporter: dan, good afternoon. there is no question this was a rocky week for the new administration, but in south carolina today, the president really sticking with his campaign message, america first.

president donald trump in charleston to view the newest boeing dreamliner. >> may god bless the united states of america and god bless boeing. >> reporter: he promised to bring back jobs and beef up u.s. defenses. >> we are going to fully rebuild our military. by the way, do you care if we use the f-18 super hornets? we are looking seriously at a big order. >> reporter: the white house flatly denying an associated press report that the administration had considered a plan for the national guard to round up illegal immigrants. >> i just hope it's not true. the fact that it might even be considered is appalling. >> reporter: white house spokesman sean spicer saying that this is 100% not true. the u.s. senate approving scott pruitt to lead the environmental protection agency. >> the nomination is confirmed. >> reporter: that's despite objections from democrats. they urged holding off until

pruitt, the oklahoma attorney general, turned over thousands of communications with coal, oil and gas companies. >> the idea that the majority leader is now going to try to scoot through this nomination one step ahead of the e-mails with his own caucus unable to see what is in them is another sign of some rather dark forces at work. >> reporter: the senate majority leader says democrats are just trying to slow things down. >> i hope at some point here the other side will accept the results of last year's election. >> reporter: and after firing his national security advisor this week, the president has yet another slot to fill. a senior administration official says the president may be meeting with candidates this weekend while he's in mar-a-lago. in washington, megan hughes, abc 7 news. >> thanks, megan. let's talk about what he's doing this weekend while the president is in florida. tomorrow he's going to hold a

campaign rally, at least campaign-style rally in melbourne. what are you hearing about that? >> reporter: yes. the president is apparently already looking ahead to 2020. this is a campaign event, according to the white house. the white house says that the president is eager to get back on the stump. he's eager to communicate with the american people directly. dan, i have to tell you this also does have to do with his ongoing dispute with the national news media. dan. >> very much so. megan, thanks very much. a florida man is in custody accused in a bizarre terror attack against target stores on the east coast. federal investigators say 48-year-old mark bennett planned to bomb target stores hoping the attack would force the stock to plunge, allowing him to buy shares cheaply. he offered a family member $10,000 to put bombs in packages of stuffing mix, breakfast bars and pasta but warned them not to let the boxes bounce around or they would explode. >> having an individual like this out in the public that

would have this in his mind to build these devices with what he had in mind, that's an individual that you want to get off the street quickly. >> authorities say bennett is the the family member to planting the bombs because he's on probation for multiple other felonies and wears an ankle monitor. instead the family member took it to police who arrested bennett. check this out. 79 of the nation's 917 known hate groups are in california. that's the most of any state. most are found in southern california. the law center said national politics played a significant role in the increase of hate groups the past year. a federal judge in massachusetts has dismissed a defamation lawsuit against bill cosby. the judge ruled katherine mckey didn't adequately show cosby defamed her when he and his lawyers denied her allegations in a newspaper story. cosby and his team demanded a

retraction. she's among dozens of women who accused him of sexual assault. california lawmakers call for a major change to a health care law here in the golden state. plus -- >> reporter: millions of people here in california under flash flood watches and warnings. we'll have the story coming up. i'm spencer christian. rain continues to fall here in the bay area, as you can see from the abc 7 rooftop camera. strong, gusty wind is accompanying the rain. i'll have the accuweather forecast coming up. this is 101 in san jose. it looks pretty average, actually, southbound is your backup there. northbound looking good. you can see some of the rain, though, on our camera lens. 880 is moving across both directions over the top. stay with us, we'll be right

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southern california is bracing for its strongest storm in years if not decades. >> some neighborhoods are even being evacuated because of fear of mudslides. abc news reporter alex stone has more. >> reporter: these strong winds and pooling water are advance warnings of much harsher weather on the way in california. fierce winds toppled this giant you c eucalyptus tree. in san bernardino county, increased rain being blamed for this landslide. driving will become more and more treacherous as the strongest storm in years brings

heavy rainfall to southern california. >> very dangerous. very, very dangerous. >> reporter: in some areas like this section of the pacific coast highway, roads are lined with concrete rails to keep them open in case of mudslides. >> we've got the barricades up there and we think they'll work. but if it came down like it did the last one, it would overrun those barricades and come on down the hill. >> reporter: evacuations have been ordered in some places. >> coming here, we're doing the evacuations. >> reporter: we will be ready to move out. >> we'll get a bag ready to go somewhere. >> reporter: residents are stocking up on food, water and other emergency supplies. >> everybody is just getting prepared in case it gets worse and worse. >> reporter: as always, air travel is an early casualty of the bad weather. this woman tried to make her way to san jose. >> my flight was cancelled in the morning and so i went ahead and they rescheduled me. >> reporter: all the rain here right now, it's not expected to last very long, out by morning. a break on sunday, but then all

next week, rain again here in l.a. alex stone, abc news, los angeles. we have story weather here in northern california as well. here's a look at live doppler 7 and it's just a mess in the south bay and parts of the east bay where there's many pockets of heavy rain and gusty wind. this is the view from atop mt. tam as we look at some of today's peak wind gusts. 58-mile-per-hour gusts at hollister, san jose and los gatos. 51 in oakland and 49 at mountain view. all we go to rainfall totals. only 0.09 from today's storm in livermore. under quarter of an inch in san jose. the rain goes on. now, today's storm was a 2. the storm for tonight and tomorrow will be a little lighter, 1 on the storm impact scale, producing scattered showers and breezy conditions at times. the chances of rain over the next five days are very

substantial as we're going to have storms each of those days. sunday morning at 7:00, we'll start our forecast animation. it will be wet already and get stormier. the rain will become more widespread later in the day on sunday. sunday night the rainfall increases and the storm intensifies going into monday and that storm will rank 2 on the storm impact scale. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. there will be periods of rain and showers through the weekend, although we may get a bit of a break tomorrow afternoon and early evening. but there will be wet weather every single day through next wednesday. we finally get a break and start drying out next thursday and friday. >> thanks, spencer. well, should insurers be required to provide maternity care coverage? >> but i also think that women have to make the decisions that work best for them and their family. >> president trump's controversial nominee and why she says it's up to women, not insurance companies. dancing to their dreams. the bay area competition to discover the world's next internationa

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nasa space center should see its first commercial flight tomorrow morning. a spacex falcon 9 rocket will use the pad to hoist supplies for the international space station. the planned launch will be spacex's first from florida since a rocket explosion at a neighboring pad last summer. launch complex 39-a has not been used for nearly six years. two state lawmakers introduced legislation calling for a single payer health care system for every californian. it's called the healthy california act and is being proposed by democratic senators. the lawmakers aren't releasing specifics of their plan just yet, but say it will ensure health care for all without the waste and duplication of insurance companies. president trump's pick is making waves. >> she testified that insurers should not have to provide maternity coverage. >> here's abc news reporter

janai norman with how that could impact your health coverage. >> reporter: as it stands now under the affordable care act, insurers must provide maternity coverage, but seema verma wants to change that. >> i don't want to see women being discriminated against. i also think women have to make the decisions that work best for them and their family. >> reporter: the president's pick said women should have options and the choice to pick between health plans that offer maternity coverage and others that don't. >> frankly it's outrageous to think that anyone proposed a health plan that did not cover maternity care. maternity care is not optional. maternal care is necessary for all women. >> reporter: but dr. paul jaris with the march of dimes disagrees. he says over half of pregnancies in the u.s. are unplanned and the idea of choice in this instance could mean life or death. >> that's millions of women in this country who become pregnant who hadn't planned or may have thought they didn't want to become pregnant.

that's millions of babies and moms' lives put at risk because they would not at that point have health insurance coverage. >> reporter: the republican-led senate is likely to approve her confirmation. janai norman, abc news, new york. a company in scotland is now offering paw-ternity leave. you get time off to bond with your new puppy. it now offers a week of paid leave for employees with new puppies or rescued dogs. they tweeted this video of some of the happy pups and their owners. get this, it looks like they're set to open up an ohio location later this year. two food associations are had advising their members to stop two food labels. instead of ten labels currently

used, the groups want to adopt just two standard phrases, best if used by and use by. >> ike t think the new initiati that simplifies all the dates will be really, really helpful and cut down on food waste. it's so streamlined and much easier to follow. >> best if used by indicates product quality and the fact it may not taste as expected but is still safe to eat. use by applies to products that are highly perishable or have a food safety concern over time. the groups would like the guidelines in place by the summer of 2018. young ballerinas came together under one roof for what's being called the olympics of ballet. at wayne freedman explains from san mateo, their dancing dreams are on the line. >> reporter: in san mateo this weekend, it's become very serious for anyone who aspires to professional dance. do you see the intensity on her face? >> are you nervous?

>> sort of, yeah. >> reporter: how about her mother out front. >> she started in september working on this. >> reporter: for dancers, this is almost the equivalent of an nfl draft but more graceful. it is the youth america grand prix, the best ballet students in this region each get two minutes onstage to prove they belong in new york city competing against others from around the world. charles darwin, eat your heart out. >> these kids have come from all across california, from nevada, as far away as utah. there's a lot at stake. >> we're talking about london and paris, germany, american ballet here in new york. >> reporter: they award scholarships to 30 ballet companies who train and turn out the stars of our future.

around 7:00 p.m. solana took the stage for her contemporary number. she looked good to us, but the judges won't announce who moves on until sunday. meantime -- >> you know, you might have to go to school away from home. >> yeah. >> reporter: sorry, mom. if she wins, could be lonely days ahead. wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >> that's great, isn't it. a college student in new york enjoyed not one, but two delightful surprises at a basketball game last night. erin tobin was tasked with sinking a half court shot for a $500 prize and she nailed it, triggering a huge celebration. but the excitement was not over. her boyfriend dressed up as a coffee cup, threw off his disguise and proposed in front of the entire audience. the 30-yearold grad student said yes. that's fun. >> what a day. a day of remembrance. 75 years after president roosevelt ordered japanese americans out of their homes and

into camps. >> the process that incarcerated 120,000 people. >> looking back and looking ahead. why new immigrant crackdowns have so many worried. >> that's coming up and kristen has a look at what's ahead at 5:00. coming up, parents say a common over-the-counter drug is making their kids sick instead of better. an in-depth look at the fda investigation now under way. the metals no one knew about. the evidence of a man's heroics that he kept secret, emerging only after his home is ransacked. from executive order to on order. it seems pens are in short supply at the white house. those stories and more on the abc 7 news at 5:00.

coming up tonight on abc it's last man standing, then dr. ken. at 9:00 it's shark tank followed by 20/20 and the news at 11:00.

this weekend the bay area will take time to remember the dark time in america's history as abc 7 news reporter cornell bernard tells us, many are shedding new light on the chapter after recent crackdowns on immigrants. >> reporter: the pictures are unforgettable. cold, lonely, desolate. the images reflecting life in a japanese internment camp. hiroshi lived in a camp until he was 5. after executive order 90066 from president roosevelt ordered japanese americans rounded up during world war ii. >> when people were forcefully removed, it was army soldiers standing guard with rifles. >> reporter: san francisco's japanese community remembering the 75th anniversary of that order, but many believe history is repeating itself. >> once again, we are confronted with a climate of war hysteria, racism intensified.

>> reporter: japanese americans have joined recent protests against the executive order by president trump banning immigrants from mainly muslim countries from entering the u.s. the courts have put that ban on hold. >> and it's heart-breaking that we are having this conversation with the 75's anniversary of executive order 90066 while many in my community wait on pins and needles to see what new muslim ban executive order will come from the trump administration. >> reporter: the japanese american community vowing to fight any new immigration ban orders, even a so-called muslim registry. >> i'd like to say to the youth of today, be strong, know your history, and be proud and be kind. >> reporter: and to never forget images like this. in san francisco, cornell bernard, abc 7 news. >> and that is going to do it for this edition of abc 7 news at 4:00. we thank you for joining us today.

the abc 7 news at 5:00 starts now. we heard multiple, multiple rounds fired from the suspect. >> and that suspect had police and an entire neighborhood on edge. a patrol car is shot up and residents are riled up. >> it's just crazy. i mean, you know, you got kids out here at the school. >> really hitting homes too close. >> a man dies after driving off the road near oakland's airport. his friends say it was an accident waiting to happen. and get ready to see a lot of this. we've got five straight days of rain ahead of us. >> make sure the school is shut down. they're in progress right now. >> the south side of the school, that's where the shooter was. he was actively shooting at oakland police officers. >> he shot at us. >> when they arrived on scene, this individual started shooting in their direction. >> we are seeing bullets hitting the bricks over there, okay? >> a very scary morning in

oakland. good evening, i'm kristen sze. >> and i'm dan ashley. it was really hard and incredibly intense to watch. a man with a high-powered rifle in a bay area city firing shots. >> this happened on las vegas avenue in oakland not far from bishop o'dowd high school and the 580 freeway. >> laura anthony is live with the latest. >> reporter: hi, dan. last word the suspect is in serious condition suffering at least one gunshot wound. a round fired by police. no one else was hurt in this incident. in the meantime this remains an active crime scene and active investigation still going on here at 98th and las vegas avenue which remains closed at this hour. the officer, the suv that was shot at by the suspect is still here at the scene. the one that the shooter fired at almost as soon as police arrived. >> shots fired, shots fired. >> reporter: it was like a scene from a movie. a man from a blue shirt