this is the bryant street onramp. you see cars getting on right now, not a lot of traffic. the deal is is that between 3:30 and 7:00 p.m., this on ramp is only for carpoolers and folks driving clean air vehicles. transportation officials neil about 50% of the people who use it during the evening commute are cheaters. that they're not in carpools and definitely not in clean-air vehicles. the traffic backs up significantly. there'sing to that there may be some changes on the way to try and solve this problem. a couple of those changes could be actually moving the time where the carpool starts to an earlier midday hour, rather than 3:30 p.m., and adding high-tech cameras or other technology to help the chp catch people violating the laws on this on ramp. we'll have more throughout the morning. potentially, there may not be a good back door route for folks

trying to get back to the east bay at the end of the day. that's the latest, back to you. >> that should be interesting to see. it backs up. today bart is hosting a community celebration for the grand opening of the warm springs station in fremont. it opens for service after three years of delays. the station extends the line from the fremont station and features more than 2,000 new parking spaces and 42 electric vehicle charging stations. today the three new train cars will be parked at the station for the public to explore. the event begins at 10:00 a.m. at the warm springs station. happening today, president trump says negotiations are over, and it's time to vote. >> he delivered an ultimatum to house republicans, and. it goes like this. approve the -- republicans, and it goes like this -- approve the gop health care bill or live with obamacare because he is done. abc has more live from washington. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. word from the administration is that president trump is done negotiating and wants lawmakers here to cast their votes saying

either the health care bill will pass, or they'll move on. it's round two on capitol hill as republicans prepare for a high-stakes gamble on health care. the president, who promised to get deals done, has failed so far to make a deal. >> rookie, donald trump, may be a great negotiator. a rookie for bringing this up when clearly you're not ready. >> reporter: there are demands to scrap requirements like insurance premiums, maternity care, drug and mental health treatment, wellness checkups, and ambulance services. >> i don't know at this time. i'm trying to get to yes, and i think the president knows that. >> reporter: the changes are too drastic for moderate republicans who support the bill desperately needs. the outcome hangs in the balance, but the white house is confident saying the president will pull out the last-minute win like he did in november.

it's at the president's urging that lawmakers will take that risky bet today, voting on the bill but unsure whether it will pass or fail. it could be seen as a negotiation tactic. president trump gambling that the possibility of failing to repeal obamacare will force lawmakers to vote yes. live on capitol hill, abc7 news. back to you. >> thank you. developing news in london now. metro police have made two more significant arrests in connection with wednesday's terror attack. officials say the arrests were made overnight in the west midlands and northwest. nine people are now in custody with one person having been released on bail. scotland yard says the birth name of the attacker was adrian russell. yesterday he was identified as khalid masood, a british national. he killed three people on westminster bridge before stabbing a police officer to death at the house of parliament. he was then shot and killed by police. new details on a hate crime investigation in downtown san francisco. a muslim mother was playing with

her young son at a playground when she says a man threatened to shoot them. this happened at 4th and howard streets in the city south of market neighborhood. the woman wearing a said the man walked up and threatened to shoot her and her son. she grabbed her son, ran, and called 911. officers found the man a few blocks away. he was arrested on the spot for making threats with a hate crime enhancement. >> extremely disturbing. i can't imagine being on the receiving end of that. my heart goes out to her. that's awful. >> the council on american islamic relations says there's been an uptick in reported hate crimes since the presidential election. san francisco police trying to determine if a man accused of trying to kidnap a 13-year-old girl tried to abduct anyone else. police arrested lee igel yesterday after spotting his car. wednesday evening, eigl grabbed the girl near terrible and

forestside in west portal and pulled her into his car. fortunately she started to stream, and people nearby pulled her to safety. eigl intended to rape her. the suspect's mom says she is shocked. >> every single person i've talked to, his brother, his best friend, was like, what? >> that's gale eigl. she said her son man drinking and smoking pot. she said he was driving to the police station to speak with investigators when police stopped and arrested him. the woman accused in this case of parking lot rage outside a walmart in union city is in jail this morning. police say as you see in this video, the driver backed into a family on sunday after the store refused to give her a refund. investigators say tips from the public helped them track down 23-year-old jessica malicoat. she is facing charges for assault with a deadly weapon. the wind advisory will start in the north bay where it begins at 6:00. about an hour and 25 minutes from now.

gusts will start hitting 50 miles per hour, possibly in our higher elevations there. we'll have a sustained wind out of the south at 25 to 35. outside of the north bay, the fastest winds will begin at 10:00 this morning and go until about 7:00 this evening. temperatures are milder this morning. 51 in glen park to about 53 in the west portal, bayview. the financial district. the ferry building and downtown at 54 degrees. same temperature right now in belmont, union city, american canyon. santa clara at 52. richmond, 53. cooler in healdsburg, 49. here's the golden gate bridge. you see the light rain coming down right now. no puddles or ponding yet. as we head through the day, it's a better chance that we will see that develop. i should say through the morning hours. here's the temperatures for today. 58 at half moon bay. rest of us about 60 to 63 degrees. lows tonight are going to hang out a little bit cooler, in the mid to upper 40s. even a 50 around richmond, san francisco, and oakland. when we come back, i'll go hour by hour through today's forecast

and give you an idea of how much rain you're going to get and when it will get to your neighborhood. now let's turn it over to ali s licks -- to alexis for the commute. good morning. so far, so good. wet pavement getting heavier on the richmond side of the san rafael bridge. the drops on the traffic lens, you see it -- a little sheen on the pavement. no puddles or standing water or hydroplaning. one of those days you want dry conditions. so far, pretty friday light. a spinout crash, southbound 101 before the 380 merge if you're traveling around sfo. sounds like solo vehicle collision. that one went off the roadway. that's off in the ditch, about 15 feet off the roadway. one of those days you're going to want to take it easy. we'll check drive times out of the central valley coming up next. >> thank you. thieves steal dozens of laptops that are changing the lives of low-income students in the east bay. the community takes a powerful stand. how you can help fight back. talk about bold -- the bay area thief who stole from the same bank not once but twice.

and we'll head to break at 4:37. there's a live look at the bay there's a live look at the bay bridge toll@@

santa rosa police have seized two high-powered sau eed

rifles. three men were arrested after serving a search warrant on woodchuck court. they found body armor, several ounces of cocaine, and cash. a fourth man was arrested for an outstanding misdemeanor arrest warrant. police say a man accused of robbing a bank in san ramon last month robbed the same bank again. they tweeted out surveillance images of the map taken at the u.s. bank on crow canyon road on tuesday. they say he was holding a gun and got away with cash. here's a look at pictures from the february robbery, same guy. in that holdup, he took a hostage and made her walk outside with him before letting her go. no one was hurt in either robbery. burglars in san leandro picked the wrong storage pod. they stole $30,000 worth of laptops used by a nonprofit to teach underserved students. >> as we explain, this theft is now a lesson in a community coming together. everything from the front

was gone -- >> reporter: the morning of march 5th, dawn rigosa saw that someone had broken into the storage pod in front of her home. >> it was disheartening. my heart was in my throat all day. >> reporter: 38 laptops had been stolen. laptops that belonged to the nonprofit network for teaching entrepreneurship, a program that gives underserved students business skills and opportunities. >> these computers are what they do their market research on, we start their first websites on. it's how they write their business plans with their mentors. >> reporter: the laptops are old and refurbished, but dawn says they change lives. >> i see kids use computers that none of us would even look at. it's like giving them a million dollars. >> reporter: police were able collect fingerprint evidence from the pod and are actively investigating. >> our detectives the have to work twice as hard to try to advocate for the children, find the person or people responsible for it, get those computers back to our students once again so they can learn and prepare for the future. >> reporter: meantime, dawn is

desperately seeking donations. >> immediately we started having people in pajamas show up. >> reporter: between her neighbors, s.a.p., and greencitizen.com, dawn has already received 25 computers. about half of what she needs to get her students back in business. >> a little bit of technology can go a long way. >> reporter: police ask anyone with information about the burglary to contact them. dawn asks anyone who can donate a laptop to contact her. go to abc 7news.com for a link to her information. abc7 news. the trump administration is making it harder for some people to visit the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson has told all american embassies to increase scrutiny for visa applicants. it includes asking detailed questions about backgrounds and a social media history, if that person has ever been in an area controlled by isis. the rules do not apply to most of europe, australia, new zealand, japan, and south korea. last year the u.s. issued more than ten million visas to

foreign visitors. new details on the keystone pipeline. construction can move forward. minutes ago the trump administration issued a presidential permit for transcanada to build the pipeline running between the u.s. and canada. president trump says that he'll provide 28,000 construction jobs. president obama had rejected the pipeline after a wave of protests by environmentalists. we here at abc 7 mornings we here at abc 7 mornings are suffering from a case of puppy withdrawal this morning. >> true thanks to our viewers and pet partners, our event for puppy day was a success. i hope that you peeked at the live puppy cam yesterday and checked the cute puppies. we do not have a final tally. one of our perfect pet partners, the san francisco spca, said it had twice the amount of adoptions yesterday than it did the day before. >> awesome. we want to say a big thank you to all of our partners including the sfspca, the friends of the animal shelter, humane society,

peninsula humane society, marin humane society and east bay spca. most of puppies that we showed will be up for adoption today. go to our news app or abc7news.com to find out how to add one of these little boys and girls to your family. >> absolutely. mike, you did a great job featuring the puppies. how fun was that? >> that was awesome. everybody did. we all bought into the puppy love, didn't we? glad we could share it. we'll have another pet from 11:00 to 11:30. thank you to all of our perfect pet partners. we have a nearly 100% adoption rate with those partners. the commute mainly dry during the morning. san jose, 101 and 880. here's the richmond side of the san rafael bridge. you see the light rain falling, it will be moderate at times and windy. another weaker storm sunday and monday. spring sunshine and warmth next week. across 37 to american canyon, vallejo, and napa is one of the stronger cells. should be in vallejo by 4:49.

in about four minutes. sassoon city at 5:09. vacaville, 5:19. look for puddles on the areas around there as that's a moderate storm. today, two on the storm impact scale with rainfall. about .4 inch in the subway to an inch for most of us. one to two in the north bay and the mountains and gusty conditions that are going to develop. hee we are at 5:00, yellow starting to show up more prominently in the north bay. that's mainly where it stays through 9:00 as the rain tries to creep in to the subway. after 9 -- south bay. after 9:00 it moves in. moderate rain in the north bay at noon. it does reach all the way to the south bay. as we head toward 3:00 and 4:00, we turn over to scattered showers in the north bay while the steadier rain is moving through the inland east bay and southbound neighborhoods. it all transitions to scattered showers during the evening hours. here you go. a quarter inch in the south bay. an inch or two up in the north bay. flooding concerns not as great as they were earlier. saturday, sunshine, light rain

sunday into monday. 70s and sunshine next week. alexis? >> that's looking good. the roads looking okay, as well. here's a live look at 680 through the walnut creek area. wide open, not looking too soggy there. and i did double check. we don't have wind advisories for bridges yet. that, of course, could change as it starts to pick up here throughout the morning. quick check of some drive times. it is friday light all the way around. westbound 580, tracy to dublin, 27 minutes. southbound 680, dubling to mission boulevard -- dublin to mission boulevard, 15. and to cupertino, in the green at 16 minutes. we'll check mass transit next. >> thank you. san francisco supervisors approved money to equip sheriff's deputies with body cameras. the $135,000 will fund a six-month pilot program at the jail number four of the hall of justice. the site of two alleged instances in which deputies forced inmates to fight each other. three deputies now face criminal charges in connection with those fights. the new santa cruz beach boardwalk is almost ready to

reopen. now they just need more employees. work on a $12 million upgrade started last september and should finish this summer. it's going to include two new rides and updates to existing attractions. the boardwalk is holding a job fair this weekend for seasonal openings. applicants have to be 16 or older. an architect comes up with a design concept some might call a loopy. how it could set a world record. and the honor soccer star brandy chastain will add to her two olympic gold medals. a reality tv show gives two dozen people a chance to build a new society as the world watches. wait until you hear what happened when the world stopped bites. four tech giants are battling for the gridiron. >> the nfl is selling rights to stream next year's rights and twitter, amazon and youtube submitted proposals. >> last year, it cost $10 million to stream ten games.

and speaking of twitter, in an attempt to tract users and new revenue -- to attract users and new revenue, considering offering a premium of service to professionals like marketers and journalists. >> with the new service comes a membership fee. twitter is conducting a survey among likely users to see if there's any interest. and starbucks is taking gift card giving to the next level. >> yeah. next month anyone with an iphone or apple pay will be able to text starbucks gift cards using imessage. >> i'll take free money however >> i'll take free money however i

today, moderate rain. gear up before you go out, and drive safely. track today's storm any time on the abc7 news app. download it now. i'm trying to figure out it f th -- figure out if this is right. designers have unveiled plans for a new york skyscraper they're calling the world's longest at 4,000 feet. the tower would double the height of the tallest building in the world if you stretched it out. the horseshoe buildings is jus g is just a concept. it's not clear if it will get off the ground. >> they hated the eiffel tower when it was built. >> i hate this now. happening today, supervisor katie tang plans to announce a

new emergency supply bin pilot program. it's for people in the sunset district. under this program, you could receive a free bin to store any of your emergency supplies. in orders to qualify, you must agree to stipulations like signing up for a private registry and agreeing to refresh your emergency splice every year. amazon adding jobs in east palo alto. they're planning to lease a building on university avenue to house software programmers. "the mercury news" reports amazon eventually intends to have up to 1,300 employees in east palo alto. today, two-time world cup champion and two-time olympic gold medalist brandy chastain will add to her list of achievements. the santa clara alumnist will be inducted into the national soccer hall of fame. the ceremony starts at 4:30 p.m. prior to the u.s. men's national team world cup qualifying match against honduras. chastain gained worldwide fame for her icon could game-winning penalty kick in the 1999 fifa world cup finals. something worth ripping off your

jersey for. >> absolutely. was she known more for the goal or for ripping off her jersey? >> or those abs, man. >> amazing. hi, everybody. let's look at the san bruno gap there. that's where we have one of our better radar returns heading up to daly city, ponding could be developing. both the morning and evening are red on our rush hour map. mainly north of the san mateo bridge where we'll have the hardest commute. then the rain will taper. there will be leftover water and windy. it will be your biggest challenge. let's jump ahead this sunday. we have scattered showers throughout the morning into the early afternoon hours. you see the steady rain moving into the north bay by 5:00. then the rest of us will get steady rain during the evening and overnight hours. that's our next storm. and then the spring warmth coming at us next week. we'll look at your day planner coming up next. alexis? all right. a soggy bay bridge now.

folks heading in to san francisco, you can see the sheen on the pavement. under the street lamps, you see the light rain. beyond the view of our camera, sounds like westbound 80 west of treasure island, we possibly have a disabled vehicle. i will put a map together and see if that's causing any slowdown if you're leaving the east bay coming up in a few minutes. mass transit off to a great start. ace one on time. bart, no delays, 28 trains and service, and capital corridor, no delays either. next update at 5:00. this morning the trump family will launch a new hotel chain. many critics say it's too big and bold an enterprise owner who lives in the white house. scion would be the first hotel chain run by the family without the trump name. there will be dozens if not hundreds opening across the country in just three years. at least that's the plan. the family says they won't put up money to build the hotels.

instead, the trump organization will get local developers to pay for construction. some politician says have vowed to fight the new -- politicians have vowed to fight the new chain. we'll be hearing more in the future. >> thanks. a bill that would ban smoking at state beaches and parks has cleared its first hurdle. bay area assemblyman matt levine offered ab725 which an assembly committee approved yesterday. he says this will protect people who want to enjoy state beaches and parks without compromising their health through exposure to secondhand smoke. levine notes that cigarettes can contaminate the ground or water and animals may confuse them with bill. the -- with food. the bill moves to the senate appropriations committee. imagine living in a secluded wilderness away from all civilization for a year without any technology, all for a reality show. now, what if you emerged from the seclusion only to find that it may have been for nothing? according to sf gate, that's what 23 participants of the british show "eden" are finding

out. the group went into the scottish highlands last spring. after just four episodes, ratings tanked. but the producers kept rolling without telling the contestants the show had not aired august. rechs th reps claim the remaining footage will likely be aired later this year. >> hopefully they're still getting paid. >> right. flames ripped through a mobile home in the south bay. next, live with details firefighters have just revealed. and artist being evicted from a warehouse. why they say they're being targeted in the wake of the ghost ship fire. we're keeping an eye on the weight weather. you can, too, with live doppler 7 in the corner of your screen. i went to pg&e headquarters to ask questions, but they

refused to go on camera. >> telling your stories -- >> if i get deported, what is going to happen with my account? >> abc 7 is where we've always >> abc 7 is where we've always been.

tgif, welcome to friday, march 24th. it is wet, but we're going to get through it. >> somehow we will get through it because it's friday, and we always do. that's why mike and alexis are here. >> yes. if you get through it today, i have sunshine for you tomorrow. >> nice. >> that's the reward. >> yes. even more next week. we'll have another storm to get through that. i'll show you that in the seven-day forecast coming up. hi, let's focus on what's going on r