predominantly muslim nations, removing iraq at the urging of the state and defense department. it also scraps the provision that explicitly protected religious minorities. >> today's executive order which president trump signed this morning will make america more secure and address long overdue concerns about skourt ecurity o immigration system. >> it will not affect people who have previously been issued visas, a change the administration hopes will avoid protests, but it is not stopping criticism. >> dianne feinstein calls it yet another discriminatory misguided effort with no basis in fact. barbara lee says it's just as hateful, dangerous and counterproductive as the first one. and a lot of local groups are also against this ban. >> abc 7 news reporter cornell bernard is live at san francisco international airport. cornell, you're hearing we could see more airport protests in the future? >> reporter: yeah, kristen. in fact no protests today here

at sfo, but immigrant rights groups say they will be happening later this week. sfo officials say they will be ready. for now, though, the travel ban is seeing a lot of opposition here in the bay area. >> it feels like it's an attack on our identities as muslims, like we're not american enough. >> reporter: she is feeling scared about president trump's newest travel ban order. she's a yemeni american handling immigration and civil rights cases. she's afraid the new order will spark fear and hatred. >> as a visibly muslim woman, i'm an easy target. >> we see it as muslim ban 2.0. >> reporter: she sees no change in president trump's travel ban after the first one was revoked by the courts. the new order narrows the list of primarily muslim countries to six, and syrian refugees no longer singled out with an indefinite ban. instead a blanket suspension of

all refugees entering the u.s. for four months. it also makes no exception for religious minorities, a major concern of the courts. >> what you continue to see throughout the order is an equation of an entire nationality or entire citizenship as a national security concern, which is just a false correlation. >> we'll continue to fight the muslim ban through our litigation. >> reporter: the aclu vows to challenge the new travel ban in court. immigrants and their families left in limbo. this time around, those with visas will be allowed to travel. as for refugees who were in transit now -- >> individuals who had an approved visa or immigration status or travel before the 27th should be okay to enter. we really don't know what the rollout of that is actually going to be. >> reporter: the new travel ban takes effect march 16th. at sfo, cornell bernard, abc 7 news. in the meantime, a program that fast tracked temporary work

visas for certain people with special qualifications is going on hold. starting april 3rd, premium processing for the h-1b visas will be suspended up to six months. it had allowed companies to bring in lower cost, high skilled workers in areas like tech and medicine in 15 days instead of the usual three-month wait. it's being changed so u.s. immigration officials can clear out a backlog of regular visas. there are russian hacker attacks targeting left-leaning organizations, including one with offices in san francisco. a report out today mentions the center for american progress, a group with deep connections to the clintons and former president obama as well as air bella advisers, which has an office in downtown san francisco. both were asked to pay ransom to a government-sponsored group from russia in exchange for keeping their secrets from the public. the demands range from $30 to

$150,000. the trial of an east bay man accused of trying to recruit inmates to kill began today. he faces dozens of counts. laura anthony was in court this morning for opening statements. she is live now with a story you'll see only on abc 7 news. laura? >> reporter: hi, dan. in opening statements, prosecutors painted charles waldo as vindictive and scheming, but his attorney claims the murder-for-hire charges against him are simply the product of a system here that generously rewards snitches. it's a case that initially drew little attention. charles waldo was arrested four years ago for mostly white collar crimes. but as waldo sat in jail, the case changed dramatically when he was indicted for allegedly trying to recruit fellow inmates to kill nine witnesses against him. now as his trial begins, this is

how the prosecutor described waldo. quote, if you cross the defendant in any way, shape or form, there will be payback and a reckoning. the 39-year-old martinez man was initially arrested in 2013 or charges he committed car insurance fraud and embezzled more than $100,000 from a local hauling company. but in 2014 there were new, much more serious murder-for-hire charges. according to prosecutors, there was even a hit list with names and suggested methods, including drug overdoses, staged car accidents and robberies gone bad. >> i'm not completely innocent, but there's -- but i'm not guilty of everything that i'm charged with. >> reporter: last month waldo talked with abc 7 news in a jailhouse interview. >> i wasn't looking at a lot of time before that alleged murder conspiracy. i had no intentions of trying to murder any witnesses. i'm looking at life. i'm looking at never going home. >> reporter: in his opening statement, his defense attorney told jurors the murder-or-hire

case is a sham. the jail in contra costa county is effectively a rat's nest. it's loaded with career informants. waldo's trial is expected to last several months. in martinez, laura anthony, abc 7 news. new at 5:00, a san jose police officer is accused of stealing marijuana. the department says 49-year-old julio morales has more than 21 years experience in law enforcement. he faces a charge of misdemeanor petty theft. morales has been on paid administrative leave since he was arrested on february 4th. also new at 5:00, a tip from the public helped police track down a man accused of trying to rob a jewelry store in san francisco's chinatown. police arrested matthew ho at his home yesterday. the 21-year-old is seen in this surveillance video on friday knocking over an employee and smashing display cases. they say he was armed with a gun and a hammer. no one was hurt. he didn't get away with anything. well, water has been flowing

over sonoma county road for two months now and today they're doing more than a cleanup, they're actually pulling out endangered species. green valley creek has been overflowing creating a mess on green valley road. wayne freedman is near that area live with the story. wayne? >> reporter: good evening. this is a mess we've seen many times before. so spectacular a mess, why don't you take a look at it yourself. that is green valley creek flowing over green valley road into a vineyard as it has for two months. in that little white water out there, more than just water. turns out we have salmon and other critters. if you appreciate the occasional roadside understatement, here is one for your hall of fame. green valley road as predictable in rainy season as old faithful in yellowstone. we shot this video last winter. it has been worse this winter.

this is the 62nd straight day that green valley creek has overflowed across green valley road and into the chardonnay grape vineyard. >> this has progressively gotten worse and worse and worse. >> reporter: let us count the ways. first for residents who live on the other side who must make a 45-minute detour in each direction. also for residents of that creek, namely native salmon and california fresh water shrimp who often get flushed into the vineyard, never to return. today a delicate two-pronged effort to keep the creek from flooding and save the wildlife within. while crews from the sonoma county water agency began clearing brush and deepening the creek channel, dave cook went on a rescue mission. >> this is probably a fish that just hatched maybe a month or two ago, a couple of months ago. >> reporter: it is a small coho netted from the vineyard, one of the precious 40 recovered today and then moved on to a safe

place. >> well, one at a time if that's what it takes. >> reporter: on green valley road, one at a time is what it takes. from sonoma county, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. tomorrow marks two weeks since the devastating flooding along coyote creek in san jose. abc 7 news returned to the rock springs neighborhood today to check back in and see how the cleanup is going. some roads are still closed and there's still flood damaged apartments closed off and marked with a big red x like you see there. overall the areas look much better than it did 13 days ago. the before video is on the right of your screen. hundreds of cars and homes were underwater and people had to be evacuated by boat. today there is still some flood damaged furniture sitting along the curb. state and federal officials visited flooded properties as part of the process to receive emergency funding. they'll look at private properties tomorrow and wednesday. the victim relief fund is up to

$6 million. volunteers are still needed to help with the cleanup, especially those that can speak spanish and vietnamese. we've seen hail and rain the past 24 hours, so the question is what's next? >> big changes, dan and kristen. hi there, i'm abc 7 news meteorologist sandhya patel. those isolated showers on live doppler 7 right now. i'll show you what's ahead in the accuweather forecast. a republican lawmaker pulled off the state floor last month speaks out. what she wants after her vietnam speech was silenced. gloria steinem is in the bay area. a local restaurant connects job

president trump's hard stance toward undocumented immigrants continues to create an unprecedented level of fear

in some communities. today a local internet company offered free legal advice for clients and employees. abc 7 news reporter lyanne melendez is live from the mission where that session just ended. >> reporter: well, this is all new for both small businesses and workers. you know, they have never had to really deal with all these uncertainties around immigration and this meeting was meant to help. it has been in business just a year and a half. anyone looking for work in the hospitality industry can search on their app for a job. that's where many restaurants post their information. employees here never expected to get so many legal questions pertaining to immigration. >> given how important immigrants are to small businesses in the bay area, especially restaurants, our team thought that it's pretty critical to offer this free resource to the community. >> reporter: we are here to help, says this employee, just hours before the third

informational session. offered to both workers and small business owners. the company brought in an immigration attorney. >> if i'm detained by i.c.e., what happens with my family, how is my family going to find me, what about my kids. >> reporter: small businesses, particularly restaurants, also want to know their rights. >> if an immigration and customs enforcement official comes to a restaurant demanding to come inside and look at paperwork for our staff, are we legally obligated to do that? >> reporter: that would require a search warrant signed by a judge. meanwhile the mexican government recently announced it would spend $50 million to set up legal aid centers at all of their consulates in the u.s. last week san francisco's district attorney signed a pledge with mexico to protect immigrants. >> this is a time to be a better friend of our american friends. >> reporter: small businesses attending today's session want to know how to protect themselves and their employees. in san francisco, lyanne

melendez, abc 7 news. feminist icon gloria steinem called for an end to the electoral college. she spoke to a group of about 400 women. the former journalist said she is enthusiastic about the huge crowds that turned out for the women's marches to protest president trump's policies, and is urging women to keep organizing at the local level. >> if we look up at him and them, that little group up there, we feel disempowered. don't look up, look at each other. >> she urged californians to lead the fight for one person, one vote, which would allow the candidate who wins the popular vote to become president. a republican state senator is demanding a public apology for being removed from the chamber floor for making comments critical of tom hayden. >> i'm shocked that it happened. i'm angry that it happened and i'm sad because my voice in the

senate is a representative voice. i don't speak for myself alone, i speak for the million people i represent. >> state senator janet nguyen made those comments flanked by her supporters. the senate president pro tem took full responsibility for the incident but suggested today it is time to move on. >> we're confused as to why this has continued to go on and on and on and on. i think she enjoyed the 15 minutes of fame and doesn't want it to disappear. >> nguyen's remarks were delivered two days after the senate held a celebratory memorial for hayden, a legislator who died in october. nguyen was told to stop speaking and she was escorted out because she violated chamber rules. the university of california appears ready to limit the number of out of state students admitted to the uc system. today they proposed a 20% systemwide limit on nonresident undergraduate enrollment and vowed to continue giving

californians top priority. the proposed limit would be the first ever for the ten campus system. it comes after a scathing state audit found that uc was hurting california students by admitting too many out of state applicants. a soy product you might consider good for you is making some people sick in the bay area. >> michael finney is here with that story. >> this is a real concern. people need to take a look around their kitchen. i need you to check for im healthy brand soy nut butter. the california department of public health today warned consumers, especially children, not to see the soy nut butter or granola coated with soy nut butter. the product has been linked to an e. coli outbreak. 12 people have been sickened, two in san jose. they ate im healthy creamy soy nut butter in the week before

becoming ill. while the investigation is ongoing, people should avoid eating any im healthy brand or granola coated with soy nut butter. state officials are working to make sure californians get the life insurance money they are owed. they have received $119 million in unclaimed insurance benefits to californians, but that leaves $356 million still sitting with the state. insurance companies don't always notify families they have money coming. if unclaimed, the insurance companies can't find the beneficiaries, life insurance benefits are turned over to the state. >> we hold quite a bit of property in our safe keeping, but the idea is we will hold it for as long as it's required to find the rightful owners and return that property to them. >> californians can check online to find out if a loved one has left them money in the form of a life insurance policy. i'll post a link on our website, abc7news.com. mercedes is recalling about

one million cars and suvs worldwide due to a starter part that can overheat and cause fires. certain c class, e class and cla cars as well as gla and glc suvs from model year 2015, '16 and '17 are included in the recall. the german automaker has reported 51 fires worldwide, about 30 of those fires here in the united states. so far there have been no reports of any injuries. now, my annual 7 on your side tax hotline returns tomorrow. tax experts will be here taking your questions about state and federal income taxes. our phone lines will be hope from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. you can submit questions on facebook and twitter using the #askfinney. good evening, everyone. did you encounter this, the sun

was out, you had your shades on and all of a sudden the sky opens up and a shower. that's what it was like today on live doppler 7. as we take you into street level radar here, mt. hamilton, mt. diablo did see some snow. in the last couple of hours mt. hamilton saw a mix of rain and snow. on our storm impact scale, this is still a 1. we're going to keep an isolated shower through this evening, less than a quarter of an inch, ending from south to north later on tonight. the last 24 years, here's how much rain we received. san rafael just under half an inch, you'll notice san francisco, 0.38 of an inch and san jose 0.03. we also saw hail over the weekend. this is sent to me via twitter from san ramon. you can see the hail there. many of you probably saw it over the weekend and right now it is snowing, not hailing, in the sierra nevada. chains are required on 80 and 88. a beautiful picture from

northstar. stephanie sent this picture to me and she said so much snow that they had to relocate it in the village. you can see what a beautiful shot that is. in the last 48 hours donner pass received 56 inches, northstar 48 inches of snow. beautiful view from our emeryville camera, seeing some clouds and some sun. temperatures in the low to mid-50s from san francisco to gilroy and you will be seeing lots of sunshine in the coming days. right now we're seeing a mix from our abc 7 news exploratorium camera from pier 15. temperatures on the chilly side outside, low to mid-50s. one other live picture from our sutro tower camera. isolated showers overnight, warmer days beginning wednesday and we're looking at a chance of showers sunday and monday. it's looking more like next monday. so the hour-by-hour forecast. tonight at 6:00 still keeping the few showers around in the north bay. 8:00 still up to the north as you'll notice, so primarily in the north bay going in 9:00 p.m. the rest of you are just looking

at clouds. as we head into tomorrow morning, isolated drops not out of the question around 3:00 in the morning. so we'll keep that in the forecast as we head into tomorrow morning. you will notice the chill around. it will be in the low to upper 40s for most of you, but a few spots in the upper 30s. there may be some patchy fog forming as we head toward tomorrow morning's commute. tomorrow afternoon temperatures will come up. it's not going to be quite as chilly as it has been. upper 50s to the mid-60s. a little more sun to the south, a little cloud cover to the north. on wednesday we'll bump everyone's temperatures up. you start to see low 70s inland. look at thursday, it's spring-like warmth. this is really giving us a preview of what's to come on friday. it's still going mild, 60s, 70s for you. enjoy that weather. the accuweather seven-day forecast will spell out what to expect. tomorrow temperatures coming up. upper 50s to mid-60s. it's really turning warmer mid-week to latter part of the workweek. low 70s for our warmest spots. low 60s coast side. clouds increase as we head into

saturday. saturday night before you go to bed, change your clocks forward one hour. we will go to daylight saving time sunday morning. sunday we are tracking a slight chance of showers with a better opportunity on monday. it's a 1 on our storm impact scale. you can always download the abc 7 news app to help you keep track of the temperature swings, the rain, chances that are coming. >> sad, loss of an hour too. more daylight, though, so we'll take it. the mystery of why giant pandas are black and white has just been solved

stock for the new tech ipo snap quickly shot up after it started trading last week and just as quickly came tumbling back down. the graphic from bloomberg shows the stock's 12% plummet today. it closed at $23.77, just under its opening value. analysts are worried snapchat is not adding enough users. in the fourth quarter of last year it added just five million.

so far seven top wall street analysts have rated the stock. none of them recommended buying it. the giants first base coach can't wait to get back into the game. he sent fans an update after he recovers from being hit in the face from a foul ball. he tweeted this photo. he suffered a broken nose and facial lacerations saturday during a spring training game in arizona, poor boy. he wanted to rejoin spring training today, but it will take a little while longer to recover. uc researchers say they have solved a mystery that has puzzled scientists for decades. why the giant panda is black and white. researchers at uc davis say there are two reasons. camouflage and communication. the bear's black ears and eyes signal fierceness to potential predators and competitors but the markings also help it hide. the white areas help the panda blend in the snow. the darks patches help it blend into the shade. they need the help because it

eats all year long. that's because its sole food source is bamboo, which doesn't have a lot of nutrients or calories. we really need to train them to like peanut butter. >> it's funny, they may be ferocious to their predators but we think it's cute. >> absolutely. a san francisco startup says it can build tomorrow's ho

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ask your doctor about premarin vaginal cream. coming up on abc 7 news at 6:00, a look at the cache of weapons confiscated during saturday's pro president trump rally in berkeley. plus what city officials think of the police response. also 7 on your side, see how a massive dmv computer outage ruined a bay area woman's surprise gift for her mom. and the community effort to find a blind dog missing for days in the santa cruz mountains. searchers received a big surprise. that's coming up in half an hour. a startup out of san francisco and russia showed off an impressive feat with a 3-d

printer. >> this is wild. it constructed a home in just 24 hours. it's 400 square feet featuring a bedroom, bathroom and hallway. it is made from a concrete mixture and should last 175 years. >> they want housing to become more sustainable. this is video from the company. these homes cost just under $10,000 including windows, insulation, electrical and plumbing. >> that's really remarkable. a big congratulations tonight on a three-peat victory for a san jose high school. >> presentation high school dance team has won another national championship. >> yeah, this past weekend, the team won national titles in two categories at the contest in orlando, florida. it is considered the nation's premiere national dance competition. >> check out the team in action. this is an earlier routine. presentation high school has now won national titles at the contest of champions for three straight years. you can see why, they have got

great moves. >> that looks tough. >> world news toejt tonight, several developing stories. president trump says president obama wiretapped him. but offers no proof. and this evening, the white house now doubling down on the explosive claim. even as the director of the fbi reportedly pushes back. and we have the former director of national intelligence right here tonight. also breaking, the new travel ban tonight. president trump signs his new executive order to replace the one blocked by the courts. [ chanting ] and breaking news tonight on obamacare. part of the plan to replace it now revealed. the scandal inside the marines. current and former marines accused of posting nude photos of female colleagues. the manhunt at this hour. the man shot outside his home after allegedly being told to, quote, get out of our country. storms hitting r