live, where you live, this is abc 7 news. a celebration mood at town halls, a day after news that obama care will remain the law of the land after the indefinite postponement of the aca. >> they didn't have their act together or build their consensus in the congress and they loft. it was not all positive, we are in the newsroom with the story. >> eric, while everyone in the room was happy the affordable care act, was not repealed, they were not shy about demanding

mofrmt more protections and more option options, many wanted single payer healthcare instead. >> that's no privilege greater than representing the san francisco bay area in the congress of the united states. >> house democratic he leader, nancy pelosi and jackie spear spent three hours with constituents, during a town hall meeting at balboa high school today. we are pleased to have a victory for the american people yesterday. they are referring to the survival of the affordable care act. speaker of the house, paul ryan pulled the proposal off the floor before a vote could be taken. in akrcontrast seven years ago, was pelosi that passed the bill. >> she made sure that the affordable care act passed. the difference between she and paul ryan? she can count. >> the jokes quickly stopped and the mood changed once

constituents started asking questions. >> there's only one way we can go, is single payer. >> do you want to listen or do you just want to speak. >> let her speak please. >> while the representatives agreed the healthcare act can improve, there was not necessarily agreement on exactly how. that made some constituents nervous. >> i want to make sure that my congresswomen are going to fight for obama care. >> this woman needs obama care, she has cancer. >> it saves my life,vy the to have the treatments. and i just thank god for affordable care act. >> the president meantime said he is moving on already to tax reform. abc 7 news. that forum in san francisco was one of seven hosted in the bay area. we caught up with the east bay democrat after a town hall meeting in oakland. >> we have to unify as a country, and defeat the unamerican agenda that donald

trump put forward. we have to continue to fight for healthcare for everyone and make sure it is working for everyone. >> and democrats pledged to keep healthcare affordable when she hosted a town hall in san jose. she credited the affordable care act for shortening the time that people wait. there's no republicans representing the bay area in congress. as you saw, democrats in the bay area were applauding the cancelled vote, tonight, it appears that the republicans were celebrating the obama repeal too quickly. >> thank you david valadao, for replacing the affordable care act -- >> oops. those advertisements aired during the ncaa tournament games. the ads ran in virginia, texas, iowa and here in california tads are posted on the youtube page. some national nonprofit that

served the bay area are celebrating the american healthcare stalled vote. that including easter seals bay area. as we see, families whose children receive services from the agency are specially grateful tonight. >> 11-year-old twin sisters, both receive easter seals individualized behavioral services. as well as trips. summer, and day camps. benefits, that he said he fears his girls could lose. >> we were worried about the vote. partly because we didn't know what would happen and hearing that it was not going pass this time and that for the foreseeable future we will continue to get services. it's a huge relief for all of us. >> on this night, the they are dropping off their children at the pleasant hill teen center while they have a parents night out. it's an opportunity for there were children to play, create and make memories during an alice and wonder land themed

party. this family is also relieved by the stalled vote. >> for the children, it's a great thing. aba, behaviorist comes out to our house and you know, helps him with his home work. >> as the cherries leave hand in hand, knowing their girls are safe, they say they will get dinner. his mother and grandmother are off to do some shopping. a saturday night made easier for a few families. in addition to all the other benefits and services, they say, easter seals provides. we appreciate keeping all of our funding. >> this parents night out in pleasant hill is a pilot program. organizers say the goal is to expand to seven more cities. another reason they say funding is so critical. in pleasant hill, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. at least three people were arrested today during a rally supporting president trump in pleasanton beach. trump supporters began to punch and kick a man.

he was detained by the chp, two people suffered minor juries. san jose police were investigating a suspicious death. they responded to bard street after 10:00 a.m., on reports of a visibly injured man not breathing. he died at the scene. his identity and details of his injury are not released. they are looking in to motive and circumstances surrounding his death. thousands of mourners saluted during today's funeral for fallen emergency medical technician in new york city. he was murdered in the line of duty while responding to a call in the bronx on march 16th. the san francisco fire department shared this picture, showing three of the paramedics at the funeral, they joined other first responders from across the u.s. to remember the mother of five. people are back on the las vegas strip after it was shut down for several hours during a

standoff between police and a gunman. it happened after the gunman opened fire on a double dekker bus stopped. one person died and another hurt. the suspect surrendered after several hours the investigators are looking for a possible moti motive. >> it was a fine day in the bay area. a live look outside at sfo, you see the planes are taking off and the skies are looking good. that will change, abc 7 is here to show us what is on the way, drew. >> yeah, we are sandwiched in between two storms right now. we had the rain maker yesterday and today, we were dry and another storm is going to arrive on our sunday. live doppler 7, we are clear, we are good to go tonight. we are dry. here's our next storm system. that shield of cloud cover off shore that is pushing to the east. that will be our rain maker on sunday. just beginning to see some light returns off shore. it's not going to effect most of us until sunday afternoon. the storm impact scale is one.

it's a light system, light howers and you can see most cities, less than a quarter of an inch of rain. it will affect the plans on outdoors on sunday. we will go hour by hour and show you when the rain hits and a full accu weather forecast. >> all right, thank you very much, a live look at the golden gate bridge, where crews are shutting down two lanes of traffic for tomorrow's rock and roll half marathon, runner-s will start in golden gate park at 6:15 a.m., and finish at civic center plaza. and take a look at the photo, the chp, south lake tahoe tweeted, you see the smoke bill owing out, officers say, no one was hurt and we are still waiting for details on exactly what happened. >> uber has grounded the self driving cars, pending an investigation in to this crash, involving one of the companies volvo suv operating on its own.

the self driving vehicle was obeying the law, it was the driver of the other car that did not yield and turned left in to the suv's path, causing it to roll over. two operators were inside the suv, nobody was seriously hurt. officers cited the other driver for a moving violation. b.a.r.t. pat eninjures took the -- passengers took their first ride on the new station. we were at the warm springs south fremont station, that represents the first step for b.a.r.t. to reach silicone valle. >> we are building a ten mile extension. that is expected to open late their year. >> the station has an artist i can -- artistic touch. there's more ahead on abc 7 news

at 11:00, a last ditch effort to keep the raiders in oakland, but one thing is missing. >> we need the raiders at the table. >> with a vote from nfl owners possibly under 48 hours away, the city is pleading tonight for the owner, mark davis to return to the negotiating table. plus. soccer is back in san francisco, but not everyone is on board. and later, the tazmanian tiger, back from the dead. someone may have caught a glimpse of this thought species and the early

>> running out of options and time. the city of oakland is pleading with the owner mark davis to come back to the negotiating table to keep the raiders in oakland. a final decision on relocation to las vegas could come within 48 hours and it's not looking good for oakland. >> our media partners at the east bay times are reporting that nfl commissioner, rodger goodell sent a letter saying that the plan for the raiders new staydium is not clear and specific and actionable in a reasonable timeframe and free of major contingencys. >> we have gotten as clear as we can get without the raiders at the table. we need the raiders at the table. >> raiders fans joined the mayor to push for the latest plan to keep the team from bolting to las vegas. former nfl star, ronny lott presented the proposal to the nfl commissioner.

>> i do not have room in my mind or heart for any other result right now. >> the latest plan will use 55 acres for a new stadium on the current coliseum lot with a price tag of $1.3 billion. many say their voices are not being heard. >> we stuck with the team in losing seasons and came here anyway and so, we really want to make sure that we are rewarded for that. >> mark davis favors a plan to move the team to vegas where they would play in a 1$1.9 dome billion dollar stadium. >> he turned his back on us. nfl owners are expected to vote on a possible raiders move as early as monday. right now, it appears that mark davis has the 24 votes necessary to move the team. >> if the vote goes well, we will be having a rally and a celebration. but in the vote doesn't go well, we are going to be putting our minds together to figure out what the next step in fighting

this process will be. >> unless mark davis changes his mind in the next 48 hours and comes back to the negotiating table, there's little oakland can do to prevent the move. >> it's possible the league could postpone the vote, would likely only do it if davis asks them to. >> abc 7 news recorder, lawyeur anthony is heading to the owners meeting. she will break any raiders news first on twitter at laura anthony 7. this competes my exceptipectati. it's a fun time. it's family based, community based. a lot of stuff going on. i think it will work.

>> you may recognize those red seats the fans are sitting in. they came from candlestick park. the deltas paid for a million dollars of ren ovations, that included sta included installing 4,000 vintage seats from the stick. many land marks around the world went dark for an hour this evening. all of a sudden, the towers at the golden gate bridge seemed to disappear. the wild life fund leads tonight's earth hour effort. they hope it increases the awareness of climate change. and other big structures as well went dark. now, your accu-weather forecast. >> in accu-weather, we are track ago few light showers that will move through on the sunday. minimal rainfall, but it brings us a pattern change to round out of the weekend.

it is a quiet scan out there, we are 12 hours away from many of us even seeing our first drops from this storm system. we only have six days left in the month of march. you take a look at where we stand for rainfall this month, many spots still below normal. had many stretches of dry weather this month. the only spot this month, the city of san francisco, above normal for the month of march. sfo getting close and we will add a bit of rainfall to the numbers over the next 24 hours. out there right now. 40s and 50s the name of the game. 55 in oakland and 52 in san francisco. right now, 53 in san jose and a couple of 49s from san jose. and overnight, most spots will drop in to the 40s. it's a blend of clouds and thickening.

it will be cooler tomorrow than today. hour by hour. you notice, it's a lot of clouder cover. we are dry. as we head in to the early afternoon, the rain just beginning to approach, most spots at the blend of sunshine and cloud cover, even by 4:00. the system is hung up in the north bay and really just seeing santa rosa, and clear lake, seeing the showers. not close until dinner time tomorrow evening. 7:00 in the etch ivening. that's when you get a chance to see the showers outside of north bay. just as it comes in. it will quickly move out. by 9:00, here's the tail end of the storm system. out of the north bay and sweeps out by midnight. early monday morning. a quick moving system z not have a lot of moisture with it.

future track, most spots, less than an quarter of an inch of rain. an area that we will be watching. the north bay could pick up more than that. as the storm system lingers here. highs on your sunday, where the showers approach last, like the south bay, likely getting above 60, where they start earlier in the north bay, you will hold in the low to mid 50s on your sunday. accu-weather seven day forecast. monday, before sunrise, an early drop. it's sunshine by the afternoon. and a pattern change moves in. tuesday and wednesday, sunny and mild a bit of a breeze knocks us back down and we rebound by friday and saturday, we are dry and sunny and warm back in the 80s inland. >> you knock us down and get us back up. drew, thanks a lot. a texas cop turns cowboy, trying to corel l lia l alial -- coral

well, it the kind of police chase you may expect to find in texas. fortunately for us it was caught on video. watch as this officer uses his patrol car to round up this run away cow and successfully get him in a fenced off area. clearly though, this cow was not cooperating. once the officer close today gate, he was like, i'm out of here. taking off gun. the officer managed to get out of of the way, the cow is still on the run. oregon, also headed back to the final four for the first time in 78 years when they won. the first ncaa tournament back in 1939, details and

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well, the s.a.p center was rocking. neither team has been to the final four. one team would advance, here we go. former bulldog, john stockton in the house. 23 points, four threes. xavier misses and jonathan williams, bounces it in to his own basket. could not do it again if he tried. bulldogs up ten at the half. williams, redemption. drives and lays it in, and one. 19 points, eight boards and gonzaga wins, 83-59.

coach mark few, go ahead, do a hand stand. >> it's the best thing, it's six -- it's cyclical, and these guys got it done. >> i wanted to do it more for them than myself, so, i definitely thought a lot about it, and again, i'm happy for everyone who believes in gonzaga basketball and happy for everyone. >> oregon took on one-seed kansas? the midwest region. bell, 11 points, 13 boards. eight -- the three, he had 17 and a blue tongue. brooks not done. step back action. oregon knocks down the third number one seed. ducks first final four since 1938. a 78 year drought. >> 1939 was a long time ago, and i think everyone will be pretty

excited about the opportunity to go to phoenix and play for a national title. >> sharks have just seven game reece maining in the playoffs and right now, they are in trouble. once atop the division, they are now in danger of falling to the wild card after losing the sixth straight. they give up the first goal in the seventh straight game. briefly left alone in front. beats martin jones, 1-0 preds. josi. undresses brett burns, hits the cross bar. cleans it up, 2-0 nashville. sharks offense a no-show. nothing doing the sharks way. couture, take as puck to the mouth. will need dental work. you see a tooth fly out, he will not return to the game. you see it in that circle. sharks lose their sixth straight. 7-2 the final. they have been out scored 13-3 in the last two games. >> this sports report is brought

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live, where you live, this is abc r -- 7 news. >> tonight's headlines, oakland is pleading with raiders owner, mark davis to come back to the negotiating table to help keep the team in the city. davis favors a vegas move. oakland mayor, organized a rally, where hundreds of fans held up signs saying stay in

oakland. uber has grounded the self driving cars, spending an investigation in to a crash involving one of the suvs in arizona. police say the self driving vehicle was obeying the law, it was the drive of another car that did not yield and turned left in to the suv's path causing it to roll over. two operators were inside that suv and nobody was seriously hurt. nancy pelosi and jackie spear met with constituents for three hours today at a town hall meating today at balboa high school. people attending were happy about the affordable care act survival and demanded more healthcare options and protection. the congresswomen agreed healthcare with improve, but there was not necessarily agreement on exactly how. and tonight the white house is playing defense following the yesterday's major defeat. the president and his team are regrouping after failing to repeal and replace obama care as they promised throughout the campaign. abc 7 news reporteder, has the

story. >> after friday's healthcare failure the president tweeted the prediction. obama care will explode and we will get together and piece together a good healthcare plan for the people. tonig don't worry. >> the plan they have had, kicked 24 million people off of health insurance. >> trump supporters rallied, and some turned violent. a match of 2,000 trump supporters clashed with dozens of anti-trump forces. three people were arrested. >> meanwhile, vice president mike pence rallying the troops in west virginia, at a listening session with small business owners saying obama care won't last. >> we will end the obama care nightmare and give the american people the world class healthcare they deserve. >> the gop's effort to replace obama care now uncertain because

how republicans could not marshal enough votes to pass their plan. >> obama care is the law of the land. it will remain the law of the land until it's replaced. >> some lawmakers say walking away from the problem would not be responsible either. >> doing nothing is not the answer evafter this set back. >> so far, no quick fix agreeable to all sides. republicans in impress have not congress have not said what their next move would be. but they are moving on to tax reform. three men robbed a casino, and then an hours long standoff with another suspect after a deadly shooting on a bus. we have the details. >> we have one subject down in front of the cosmo, he is underneath the bus. >> a standoff on the las vegas strip. swat teams, surrounding a

gunman, who shot two people on the bus, killing one of them. tourists watching it unfold, this after another tense scene that triggered a lock down. armed and disguysed in animal masks. witnesses say the three suspects seen in the video posted on youtube, carried out a high end heist inside the jewelry store inside the bellagio. >> he was in a pig mask, he was carrying something long and black in one hand and it looked like a gun in the other hand. >> the thieves using sledge hammers to smash in to the rolex store just before 1:00 a.m. this morning. no one was hufs and the police with not reveal how much they would get away. >> they attempted to flee the scene in a vehicle, that vehicle failed to start for them. they tried to car jack other people and that did not go well, they fled on foot.

>> police made one arrest and are well on their way to tracking down the other suspects. hundreds of fans, friends and family members gathered in los angeles for a public memorial to celebrate debbie reynolds and carrie fisher. the mother/daughter duo, died one day apart. it took place at the storied hollywood hills cemetery where both are buried. the event celebrated and honored their lives and careers. >> this show, as we are calling it, was designed for you to be in our living room as if we were all a big family, having a memorial and memory of two amazing people. >> the it featured images of ray nold's and fisher's bodies of work and celebrity speakers who loved them. >> their memorabilia was also on display. >> a 99-year-old woman fought

back after she was carjacked by a woman that was just released from jail. the woman was in had her car when the other woman jumped in the driver's seat, she was just released from jail. bautista said that she threatened to hit her and steal her purse. >> i said, if you don't you dont that purse alone, i'm going to hit you. she let her out of the car three miles away and was not hurt. police found her three hours later and reaarrested her. >> still ahead on abc 7 news at 11:00. the technology of toilets and the features you may not know you are missing. and back from the dead, the tazmanian tiger, long thought had to be extinct may still be around. >> a live doppler seven,

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people who visit japan, come back raving about the sushi the public transit and the bathrooms. we explain the advances in toilet technology now on display in a new store in san francisco. >> at at&t park a good seat is not cheap. but across the street, you will find the best seat in the house. >> what is this? >> it's a very good question ghmpt they call it a show room, but they are not showing anything. >> where are the products? >> they are in the experience bathro bathrooms, behind me. >> okay, here we go. >> the japanese company calls them the most advanced toilets in the world. >> it's like going to the spa. >> before you get flushed with embarrassment, there's a reason for the big empty room. they are planning to hold events here. and so people will come to the events and you know, will have a

lot of food and drink laid out, they will gravitate toward the bathroom. >> it will bring americans up to speed with a trend that is happening globally. bathrooms are getting high tech. >> and a lot of public places and residences in japan, over 80% of households. >> toilets with heated seats. self cleaning and disinfection. when it closes, the uv lightbulbs comes on. you can change the position of the nozzle and set it up to two user settings. >> like a car? >> yes, exactly. >> the the one thing that may hurt is your wall et. they range from $1500 to $5,000, and you will save money and trees by using less of this.

>> back from the dead? tonight, a species, declared extinct may be alive and back in the wild. this is the taz mainan tiger. it was declared extinct when the last one died in a zoo, but some people in australia have been reporting seeing it. there's been cameras designed to catch the dog. >> emuss have been hanging out in australia, the father is keeping track of 40 chicks which is his duty. the mom lays the eggs and the dad takes care of them from the incubation period until they are grown at six months. time for a check on the weather forecast. drew? >> and we are tracking some showers to round out of the sunday. live doppler seven right now. all is quiet. a mix of stars and clouds.

we are tracking for the sunday, really light showers. a one on the storm impact scale. most cities less than a quarter of an inch. it's an indication of a pattern change. it will be breezy and cool in the afternoon. a lot of cloud cover. the rain holds off for many until the afternoon. by 4:00. it's really the north bay that has the light showers. and as we go towards the evening hours, 7:00, that's when we say, yeah, everyone has a fair chance for a sprinkle. the system is approaching san jose, livermore and antioch and it will move back out. there's the back end of the showers moving through the north bay, and it wraps up as we approach midnight. we will show you a couple of drops for your sunday out there. monday is a transitional day. and a brief cool down wednesday before warming up friday and in the saturday. >> all right, drew, thank you. >> tell you who is not experiencing a cool down, that

was the warriors. >> they won six straight and a big part of their winning ways is their bench. not on the court, but on the bench.

well the warriors have a two-game lead over the spurs battling for the top seed in the western conference w ten games to go. dubs have won six straight, including last night's win on over the kings. they host memphis tomorrow night before a two-game road trip, back-to-back in houston and san antonio. steve kerr finding new combinations, and they will check this week on the status of the injury. he will have to narrow down his roster and west will be an important part of the playoffs. >> maybe getting a few extra minutes here and there. depending on match ups and we will just, we will see how it all goes.

and we had a chance to get david, on a minimum deal, it's a no-brainer. >> it will be interesting to see where kevin durant is on his injury. now, if you have taken in a warriors game, there seems to be a game within a game on the warriors bench. these gays a -- these guys are animated and excited for each other, steve kerr's mind-set, it doesn't >> the warriors have fun. >> we go with the flow. whenever someone makes a nice pass, we just hold our hands up to our eyes kind of like we have glasses on. >> i think everyone has their own little different, you know, celebrations that they do. so, but, i think we all know, and tell what guys are doing on the bench. >> and the bench is going nuts. >> that is usually when someone

hits a three. usually they are pretty contested, so, that is kind of just like, what we do for that. >> i am still trying figure out what, you know, this team is so special. that you know, everybody cares about learning and this is all about fun, and supporting each other. and you know, there's something you noticed, as an opponent. >> when we are out there, even if we are not playing, you know, just really trying enjoy it and bring energy to the arena and teammates. >> we talk to each other and having fun and smiling and i think that was the biggest thing. everybody just together. >> it's a tight knit group, that will push us over the top. >> are they fun or what? cactus league winding down. home run to right. crawford, back from the wbc, two-run shot made it 7-5.

walk-off base hit. and the giants go on to win, 8-7. >> a's a split squad against the reds here against the dodgers. top of the first, matt chapman, crushes a homer. chapman's first home run of of the spring. 3-0 athletics and jesse hahn, roughed up, allowed eight runs in 3-1/3 innings. tol's grand slam out of here. a's lose 11-6 from the dodgers and reds. >> well the a's coming to every spring training with name tags as billy bean loves to keep the payroll down, which means a lot of turnover. one constant has been catcher steven vogt and he told us about an off-season acquisition. >> my wife and i welcomed the birth of our third son, bennett and my wife was coaching basketball again, so i got to be the stay at home dad for a few months, so it was great. we had a great winter.

>> the a's roster seems to change every year. steven is optimistic about this year's team. >> it's an exciting group, we have a young core of starting pitching and yet, we have this veteran bullpen and veteran lineup to accompany that, and what it will bring, it will bring a lot of experience from certain guys that will rub off on the young guys that will step up and play big roles. if we stay healthy, we will surprise people. i think everyone has one more year of experience. a lot of young starters got their feet wet last year and realized hey, every pitch koup s counts up here. it's the biggest jump in all of sports is from aaa to the big leagues. it's the real deal. we got guys that got 54 feet wet that will have more experience and will have confidence and had a whole winter to prepare. i'm excited to see what they will do. >> love steven vogt, hosting the angels at the coliseum and of course this abc sports report. >> but, the warriors bench, is

always so much fun. during the season, i was watching, i said, i have to talk to the guys, and john wood, said, when it doesn't matter who has the credit, we will have discuss. it's like you and i when drew is on the air. we are over here, cheering. >> absolutely. >> people don't get to see it. >> when he is raining the threes over there. >> thank you. that is it for tonight. abc 7 news continues tomorrow ♪ ♪ it's spring, and we can't wait to open our sheds and get working on our yards. scotts and miracle-gro are here to help. we make it easy to grow thick, healthy lawns, spectacular plants, and bountiful flowers.

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