now from abc 7, live breaking news. thank you for joining us for breaking new. i'm kristen sze. i'm natasha. we are tracking an amber alert in mountain view. police are asking for help finding a missing four month old girl. >> this is madeline walton. live in mountain view with the circumstances. matt keller. >> reporter: chris, the mountain view police have been asking for this amber alert all morning ago, about a half our ago the chp finally gave it to thechlt they want to make sure that four month old madeline is doing okay. take a look at this photo. the young girl, four month old madeline wallen was taken by the man in this picture, her father,

45-year-old michael wallen. >> he has very sis tinktive tattoos across his torso so he sticks out like a sore thumb. >> reporter: this is a dmv picture of him. police say madeline's mother was staying at the residence inn when michael paid a visit. the two adults had an argument. madeline was sitting on michael's lap in the driver's seat of a blue 2007 nissan altima with paper plates like this one seen here and drove off. even though there's no custody agreement and michael is the father, mountain view police still consider this an abduction. >> the baby was originally in custody with the mother. she was trying to take her baby back, but madeline was taken without consent from the mother. >> reporter: madeline's mother was briefly dragged by the car. she's okay. the mother's adult son followed in another vehicle but lost sight of it after michael brake checked him, causing a collision. mountain view police have contacted the police department in patterson where michael is a resident. they also have a message for michael. >> we're asking if he's watching

this to please bring her back. we need to know she is okay and so does the mother. >> reporter: i just asked mountain view police if they have received tips from the public yet, and they say no, that hasn't happened yet. they're hoping this amber alert will lead to some tips from the public and they'll be able to bring madeline home. reporting live in mountain view, matt keller, "abc 7 news." thank you so much. and if you have been outside the past half hour, you might have seen this. smoke pouring into the sky in western marin county. this is a live look right now from sky 7. this is burning near a lake that's just west of kent field in san elselmo. we talked with marin county fire since people are asking about this. this tell us the water district has several controlled burns going on right now. they're trying to clear what is called coyote brush. marin county fire is monitoring the situation. they tell us it is under control and not to worry. happening in meringue ah

where the police department is evacuated and bomb skaud on scene. police say around 9:30 this morning a person dropped off three green alds at the department's front counter. that person found them cleaning a relative's home. police evacuated the building as a precaution and called in the bomb squad to secure them. no one has been hurt. we will send a push alert on the "abc 7 news" app as soon as the police department reopens. new details on a deadly shootout with police yesterday. neighbors are talking about a frightening experience as the gun battle played out and sharing cellphone video. abc 7 news reporter kate larsen live in napa with the latest. >> reporter: yes, there are reports that this all started as a fight between neighbors and, in fact, some people who live on this block tell me that they heard yelling yelled morning before the shootout between the suspect and police. in fact, there were actually bullet holes in a houls across the street and windows and near the door.

multiple gunshot pops heard on the cellphone video taken from inside a home on bueno street and linda vista avenue. law enforcement yelling for people to clear the street during a gun battle with a neighbor around 2:00 yesterday afternoon. >> i heard big volume of gun fire a little while later, and then there was just unbelievable amount of police -- >> reporter: don lan was home in this usually quiet neighborhood when deputies and police officers showed up. >> i was unnerved, didn't know what to expect. >> reporter: police arrived to reports the suspect was firing shots in the neighborhood. when they arrived the suspect was backing out of the driveway in this bullet-riddled honda civic. he shot at police and deputies fired back. the suspect crashed into a tree and died around the corner. >> seemed like a friendly guy to me. >> scared.

>> reporter: jennifer roach lives on the same block but was more concerned about her 10-year-old daughter who was locked down in school because of the shooting. >> it is hard because i was worried about her and we were in san francisco. so we were on our way back. >> the prinls pal said lock down, and so we had to get under the tables and we were really scared. >> reporter: avery roche is in fifth grade at west park elementary. she says she and four other students huddled under a table for an hour, unsure of where the shooter was. they wrote letters to home. >> to our parents because, like, what if we -- like if we died or something. >> reporter: and these neighbors are now home this morning, many of them couldn't be here and tell this morning or late last night. the napa county district attorney is in charge of this investigation, and yesterday there were a few officers who were hurt, minor injuries by shrapnel and glass. live in napa, kate larsen, "abc 7 news." thank you. police in east bay are searching

for the man who shot and killed a another in front of her children. devastated family members confirm the identity of the victim, this one, 29-year-old rashanda franklin. police are looking for 43-year-old lawyer dashawn mcbride from san pablo. he was captured on video walking away and driving off moments after shooting her. she was taking her young kids to school when she was cut off by him at a stop sign in richmond. the children were in the back seat and saw everything. >> if there's a wife or family member out there, you know him. you know where he's at. turn him in, because that could have been your child. >> witnesses say the two argued at the intersection of 29th and ream avenue before the shooting. a neighbor took franklin's children into a home until police got there. authorities say he drove away in a 2007 silver mercedes s 550 sedan with paper plates. new this morning, the wife of the orlando nightclub shooter

will leave bay area to face trial in florida. abc 7 news obtained court paperness which she agreed to stop fighting extradition. they were signed by noor salman and filed in federal court in oakland last night. she was arrested at her family's home in rodeo and has been held in jail since. she pleaded not guilty to charges of aiding her husband in planning last year's pulse nightclub massacre. 49 people died, making it the deadliest mass shooting in american history. developing news in the south bay where police are trying to figure out what led to a deadly crash in san jose. they say the man driving that white pickup truck was killed when he slammed into a sound wall around 3:45 a.m. this is intersection of moore park and cypress avenues. one neighbor says the crash was so loud he jumped out of bed. >> it made my blinds move. you could hear the whoosh of the car going by and then you hear a good echo of some type of collision, sounded like a

neighbor describd to me, like a dumpster, you know, kind of falling. >> well, that neighbor says there's a continuing issue with speeding cars in that neighborhood. no word on if speed was a factor in the crash. it does mark san jose's 13th fatal accident this year. we are expected to soon learn the identity of the person killed after a wrong-way head-on crash in free month. it happened near the done barton bridge toll plaza shortly before 10:30 last night. the driver of a mazda died. their car, as you see, was crush. the driver of a second car, a gmc suv, suffered minor injuries and was taken to the hospital. the accident called all west bound lanes for hours overnight. the chp cleared the scene before the morning rush. it is quiet outside right now, but we are on storm watch for thursday and friday. let's talk about our storm impact scale. what you should expect. we rank the storm, this one a moderate one. it is going to come in in two phases, one thursday night into

friday morning and another into friday evening. thursday will be the strongest one with heaviest rain and winds. we have a chance of lightning and thunder and small hail with friday's storm. first of all, we know it will be wet. i will show you all of that, the hour-by-hour look and how much rain to expect, but the high wind watch is something to think about tomorrow from 9:00 until 11:00 friday morning. while we're sleeping and trying to get to work, gusts could be coming 60 miles per hour, coming out of the south, at least 40 to 50 miles per hour meaning some downed trees, definitely debris on the road when driving around during that time. we will look at that storm and its influence on the weekend in a few minutes. mike, thanks a lot. hundreds of san francisco police officers vying for promotion to sergeant will now need to retake the tactical exercise exam. that's because of some inconsistencies during the scoring process. the president of the police union, or the officer's union tells the chronicle some people used in administering the test

were either not qualified, not prepared or both. 408 candidates took the test in february. no date has been set for the readministration of the tactical exercise. well, we do have some good news for bart riders. the next extension in silicon valley is ahead of schedule, in fact on track to be done by end of the year. construction is under way on the 10-mile stretch from the south-free month station. barmt leaders say it is 94% complete, putting the project three months ahead of schedule. the extension ends in san jose's barrie neighborhood. bart is waiting on a sipment of new train cars it can fully operate the new line. new this morning, a shake up in the trump administration. the controversial figure who will no longer have high level access. here is a question. would you implant a micro chip in your hand if your company asked you to? yeah. there's a business doing just that. we're going to tell you how it works and what

well, back to our top story, this breaking news. an amber alert issued for this four month old baby from mountain view. chp say madeline wallen was taken by her father, 45-year-old michael wall enshortly after 8:00. they were last seen in a blue 2007 altima four door with paper plates. it has front and back end damage. if you know anything or see anything, please call t chp. new this morning, a shift alt the white house involving

president trump's chief strategist. the president has removed steve bannon from the national security council, reversing a controversial decision to give bannon access to the highest level meetings. a new memorandum about the council's composition was published in the federal register. the new memo restores the director of national intelligence and the joint chiefs of chairmen to the principles committee. developing news from maryland, this man is an air national guard pilot who safely parachuted out of his f-16 before it crashed this morning. the d.c. air national guard says he was participating in a training mission out of joint base andrews. he was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. the plain hit the ground about 200 yards from homes. no one else was hurt. well, severe weather in atlanta causing damage, also flight cancellations and delays right now. the storm started hitting this morning. several counties in georgia had to close their schools today. the weather also affecting the masters.

the first round of the golf major set to begin there tomorrow, but of course the course is closed today. delta has cancelled at least 300 flights all morning and afternoon flights to atlanta from fso are delayed, a flight out of oakland, a flight out of san jose also delayed. meteorologist mike nicco has been tracking it all morning. how is it looking? >> pretty active. of course a ruled awakening for the folks in the deep south with, look at this, a couple of tornados, a funnel clould, flash flooding in atlanta, thunderstorm wind damage. and the masters about two-and-a-half to three hours east of atlanta in augusta, georgia, where some of the strongest storms are right now. all the way to charlotte. this entire area prime for severe thunderstorms and possible tornados from 3:00 in alabama to georgia and south carolina until 8:00. it will be a long day for those folks. >> thank you, mike. taking tech to the next level. the controversial move one company is asking their

employees to consider. >> people already tweeting us about that one. also, payless announcing sweeping closures nationwide. the stores here

. here's something that may make you think. >> yeah, seriously. would you allow your employer to implant a chip in your hand instead of issuing you a key card? think about it. well, you would be able to just swipe your way in and out of your building. that's what a swedish company is doing right now on a voluntary basis. good morning america's becky worley was here in our lobby at "abc 7 news" to explain how it works. >> it is about the size of a grain of rice, implanting it in

the space between your thumb and forefinger. this acts like your key card. you can open doors. you can use the copier. you can even buy food at the company cafeteria. >> there are privacy concerns. some workers do fear employers may use the technology to track them when they're outside of work. developers say that's not so likely and employers may learn more about your personal life by just looking through your browser history on your work computer or your company cellphone. but about 100 employees of the company have opted into the program. >> okay. well, uh, we'll see -- out of how many, that's the question? >> yeah, right. >> can't wait to hear about their experience. >> yeah. >> because i don't want to have it. >> uh-huh. our experience is about to change with the weather, right? got too used to the sunny and warm. >> talk about the spring storms in atlanta, we'll have nothing like it but we'll have our channels. look quickly if you can because the colorful sunrise doesn't last long on my time lams. there it went. but it was a beautiful morning no doubt. then you can see the sun rise up

into the clouds. we are going to have a little less sunshine today as you look from east bay hills. not quite as haze as yesterday. warm, dry, but that limited sunshine still will be in the same ballpark, back-to-back storms tomorrow and friday and dry sunday and a little warmer next week, probably not to the levels we're at today. here is a look at our area of low pressure. don't look very impressive. you don't see the twirling air mass. once it drops into the bottom of the trough it will spin up and gather moisture from the tropics and bring it to us. we'll have haelgty rain out of the system. upper 50s in santa rosa and san rafael. san jose already 70 degrees. where were we? 77 in san jose, one of our warm spots along with livermore and antioch. 73 in oakland, 76 in santa rosa, san francisco about 69. here is a look from mount tam el pass. you can see increasing clouds but dry temperatures this afternoon, 60s at coast, 70s for the rest of us. a mild even ianing with

temperatures in mid 50s to 60s. if you are going to the a's game it is a third of a four game set. 7:05 first pitch, 66 dropping to 60. we'll have the 12:35 pitch tomorrow. low to mid 50s, canopy of clouds keep us mild. 4:00 tomorrow morning, quiet. by the time 9:00, a little drizzle along the coast, a few light showers across north bay. and that will continue through the afternoon hours. and then from 4:00 to 7:00 you can see the back half of the evening commute. the yellow, the oranges, the reds show up. the steadier rain, the moderate to heavy rain and it continues for several hours. look, it is not until about 4:00 when it is finally in the south bay, and by the end of the commute tomorrow we should be pretty quiet other than the lingering shower -- i should say friday morning in the north bay. can you sequi et for a while and then the secondary push moves in until 11:00 friday faster moving, not as much rain but still plenty of rain. take a look at the winter storm watch.

thursday as 8:00 to saturday at 5:00, in the evening hours, two to four feet above 7500 feet. tomorrow at:00, friday, scatter showers. >> thanks. to our money report, you may need to find a new place to stock up on bargain shoes. payless announced it is closing 400 stores nationwide including four here in the bay area. the local stores closing are in martines, richmond, san jose. payless says it stores have fallen victim to less mall traffic as online shopping is more popular. for a complete list of scores closing log on to abc 7 news.com. we have included the location of nearby stores staying open. a european company is buying one of america's favorite lunch spots, panera bread. jab holdings announced it this

morning. they owned 'em oreville based pete's coffee as well as crispy cream doughnuts. pa narrow shareholders need to approve the sale. once they do it will become a privately held company. the amber alert issued for a four month old baby from mountain view. she was taken by her father, 45-year-old michael wall in. if you see them cal

. age back to breaking news we're tracking right now. an amber alert issued for a four-month-old girl from mountain view. take a look at these images. this is madeline wallin. chp says she was taken by 45-year-old michael wallin around 8:00. they were last seen in a blue 2007 nissan altima four door. the car is like this one. he has a full body of tattoos including the tops of his hands and madeline was last seen wearing a pink and white ballerina outfit. if you know anything, call the chp. we will continue to follow that story for "abc 7 news" at 4:00. also at 4:00, electronic pay versus cash or credit. why aren't more using systems like apple pay? the problem and the bay area restaurant that's trying to turn the tide. and fighting hate speech and

fake news. the founder of ebay goes all in. the story tonight on "abc 7 news" at 5:00. what cob cuter thaen a baby alligator? >> baby panda. >> how about a family of little ones. >> the tiny gators spotted in florida out and about, sunning themselves, mom not too far behind, much bigger. sharon whiting says she took this video from her backyard. >> in all she counted 16 babies with mom leading the way to a nearby pond. keep watching. at one point it looks like the little gators stop to sunbathe before they all get up again and continue their afternoon stroll. >> they're really cute when they're little, huh? >> yeah. mom, give her a wide berth. thanks for joining us. >> bye.

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