18 hours after her father allegedly kidnapped her, four month old madelein was safe in her mother's arms and on her way home to mountain view. the baby's ordeal began last night at this residence inn. police say an argument between madelein's estranged parents prompted the father to drive off with her in his lap. he dropped the baby off with his mother in patterson who drove the child to livermore. the stepfather did not want his face shown. >> his mama took the baby back to the baby's mama so there ain't a big dispute. >> did he drop her off last night? >> no, this morning we made it happen. we made everything happen. >> reporter: baby madelein is safe, but police say they're still looking for michael. >> everything is all a misunderstanding, a family drama with two adults. >> reporter: where is your son? >> oh, he should be at work at this time. >> reporter: in livermore, laura

anthony, abc 7 news. >> breaking news from richmond, new video just in shows a murder suspect being taken to police headquarters following the shooting death of his girlfriend in front of her children. his name is lawyer mcbride and detectives captured him in sacramento earlier today. one day after the crime. you're looking at a picture shared by richmond police showing mcbride after he was found. 29-year-old franklin died while driving her children to school yesterday morning. he cut off the suv. an argument ensued after he stepped out of the car. surveillance video shows him walking away after franklin is shot. a live report at 5:00. >> a cement truck crash caused big delays in the east bay. on interstate 880 at thornton avenue and fremont, lanhee

rivera live. commuters caught a lucky break here. >> reporter: yeah, they sure did, larry. here is a look at everything. you can see a little bit of traffic here in the southbound lane, but these drivers are just curious. drivers trying to check out what's going on. you can see in the northbound lane, that's where actually the cement truck is and they're in the process of towing it away. but here's a view from sky 7 from earlier today. around noon today, chp officials say a cement truck overturned from a blown tire. the truck struck another vehicle and then it landed on its side. cement and water spilled onto 880. crews had to block lanes 1, 2 and 3. well, those lanes are back open, but there is still a little built of a traffic headache for folks going northbound on 880 going around the truck at this time. so, right now they're just in the process of towing the truck away from the scene. cal trans has cleaned up the

mess and chp says much of the traffic you're seeing right now are just curious onlookers and residual back up from earlier today. that is the very latest reporting live here above 880, lanhee rivera, abc 7 news. >> all right, lanhee, thank you. >> crews in contra costa county removed hazardous material from a building in concord. authorities tell us they were transferring formaldehyde from one container to another and accidentally mixed it with methanol. that would have created a fire hazard. thankfully no one was injured. crews are in the building and checking air quality. meanwhile in berkeley a car crash damage a gas line. happened just before 1:00 on ash by avenue and san pablo. traffic was shut down two blocks in each direction of those two streets. police evacuated residents who lived in that immediate area while pg&e crews are still on the scene. police report the gas leak has been secured and the roads are now back open. >> a 26-year-old accused of trying to kidnap and rape a 13-year-old girl in san

francisco pleaded not guilty today. >> lee is being held without bail. abc 7 news reporter melanie woodrow has been following this story and joins us live now in the newsroom with the latest. melanie? >> reporter: his attorney says he is scared and the seriousness of the charges he is facing is not lost on him and his family. investigators took boxes of evidence from the 26-year-old's home afrz after he was a est ared in march. this is video when he was in court last week. you can see him there. police say that he had pushed a 13-year-old girl into his car at tara val and far side avenue. witnesses rescued the girl when they heard her screams. he is being held as you said, on no bail. >> we recognized that this was a very scary incident for this young woman and her family. and, so, there is not going to be a request for him to be released from custody at any time in the near future. >> so, at this point there is no additional information as to any other victims, but we are working with our law enforcement

partners to determine whether there is anything additional that needs to be looked into. >> reporter: his attorneys says that she is looking at all aspects of the case including what his mental state was at the time of the incident. his next court hearing is in may. in the newsroom, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >> thank you, melanie. the wife of the orlando night club shooter will leave the bay area to face trial in florida. abc 7 news obtained the court papers in 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 in her family's home in january. and she's been held at santa rita jail in dublin ever since. she pleaded charges not guilty in last year's pulse night club massacre. >> we'll turn now to our weather. take a live look at mount tamme. clear right now but you can see clouds are moving in and rain is on the way. >> yes, spencer christian is here with a look at when it is going to arrive. spencer. >> energetic stories headed our

way. live doppler p, you can see areas of moisture beginning to push up the north coast line there. it is not in the bay area yet. as you can see from the live doppler and from satellite imaging the large plume of moisture and clouds racing in our direction. here's the storm impact scale. the storm which arrives tomorrow night ranks 2 on the storm impact scale and will continue through friday. produce rain heavy at times, strong gusty win, chance of lietd nipping ong friday. we can expect heaviest rain to fall between 10:00 tomorrow night and 5:00 a.m. friday. the strongest winds will come in two segments. first tomorrow evening between 6:00 p.m. and 2:00 a.m. friday, and then the wind will ease up a bit and reintensify friday evening from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. and here we have a high wind watch in effect for virtually all the bay area. this is the bay area hills now, not so much those areas down at sea level. this is from tomorrow night, 9:00 to friday morning 11:00. winds will be generally out of

the south, gusts to 50 -- 60, rather, 60 miles per hour. there is a possibility of downed trees and power lines. alma? >> all right, thank you so much, spencer. well, expected rain on friday has forced the cancellation of oakland's monthly fish friday festival. the art food and music festival is normally held on the first friday of every month. the next one is scheduled for may 5th. >> if you live in marin county you may have seen the smoke and fire today. but these were several controlled burns conducted by the marin municipal water district. sky 7 was overhead as the district burned brush and fallen trees near tem pea lake in an effort to keep the environment safe from brush fires in the future. you can see a man who was riding by on an atv. you can see how small he looks in comparison to the big fire there. the marin county fire department monitored these burns. and a scare after somebody brought three hand grenades or smoke grenades to the police department. the building was evacuated around 9:30 after the grenades were brought to the front

counter. they were found in a relative's home and were brought in for disposal. police evacuated the building as a precaution. they called in a bomb squad to secure the grenades and also warned citizens never transport items that may look like explosives. >> happening tonight, you can learn more about california's high speed rail system during an open house meeting in san francisco. tonight's meeting takes place at 375 beale street from 5:00 to 8:00. they'll focus on the high speed rail from the corridor between san jose and san francisco. the extension into silicon valley is ahead of schedule and could be done by the end of the year. construction ask underway on a 10 mile stretch from the warm springs south fremont station to the neighborhood in north san jose. b.a.r.t. leaders say it is 94% complete which puts the project at least three months ahead of schedule. >> we're learning more about the deadly police shooting in napa. what we know about the man who was killed by police and what

led up to the shooting. >> today after the pepsi ad launched it is now being pulled. the controversy and who pepsi is apologizing to today. plus. >> i can't say i'm training at the level that i was for rio or world championships or something like that. >> an olympic athlete taking on an unusual goal. we'll tell you what she's training for now. >> and taking a live look at our traffic on this wednesday. here it is. the san mateo bridge moving nicely in both directions. a little heavier on the

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in napa today, questions about a shoot out between a suspect and police as they rolled right through a suburban neighborhood. the suspect is dead and so far police and the district attorney's office have yet to release most of the details on what happened. abc 7's wayne freedman joining us live outside the napa county d.a.'s office. wayne? >> reporter: good morning, good afternoon, actually, larry. we're hoping to get more from the district attorney within the next hour. as you said, we know now most of what we know yesterday that a man is dead, that there was a bullet chase through a neighborhood in most of those homes in the neighborhood. the school was locked down. as for the rest, we're awaiting the details. more than 24 hours after the tragedy on a street named bueno in napa, the events that transpired are still sinking in. >> it was so scary. >> reporter: she captured a shoot out between one of her neighbors and napa police while looking through the window of her home with a cell phone. the victim was well known by his

neighbors. >> his name is steve ferry. >> reporter: but what caused him to snap and trying to shoot officers who surrounded his home? napa police say he fired at them from his car while driving off. they gave chase, they fired back. he hit the tree and one witness told us they fired again. >> from what i saw he looked like he was injured, from what i saw. >> reporter: was he being aggressive to the officers? >> no, he looked drowsy like he was just moving around in the car. and that's when they opened fire again on him. that's all i seen. >> reporter: records confirm that steve ferry was a licensed civil engineer who also owned a brand development company in napa and also arranged wine tours. in shooting ferry to death, napa police left multiple bullet holes in neighboring homes half a block from the nearby school. those homeowners declined to be interviewed today. one of the neighbors did talk. >> they are protecting people and to do what they have to do,

they -- >> reporter: in napa, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >> this weekend santa clara county will offer help to residents interested in becoming u.s. citizens. the county's 27th annual citizenship day is saturday. officials say 190,000 people in the county are eligible to become citizens. 10% do so each year. >> if you are unhappy with the way things are going at the national level, if you are unhappy with the fact that we have a federal government that is targeting immigrants, then the best thing you can do is to become a naturalized citizen so that next time your vote will count. >> citizenship day takes place at san jose sclej and rebecca children's services in gilroy. >> nfl will partner to stream games the next two seasons. amazon is paying $50 million

for the events to be streamed to your devices. amazon beat out twitter, facebook and youtube to carry the games last season. twitter streamed nfl games. netflix has unveiled a plan to replace its current rating system with a simple thumbs up or thumbs down system. netflix hopes thumbs up, thumbs down simplifies the reviewing process for the 40 million subscribers. los gatos based netflix hopes people will rate shows that follows months of research and testing with millions of netflix users. it will remain in place for the dvd by mail service. >> if you've ever been interested in working with wildlife, the marine mammal center urgently needs volunteers during pupping season. the center telgz us there is a surge in marine mammal being born along our coast. center staff are rescuing between 8 and 10 animals per day. we're looking at pictures provided showing people helping the pups.

if you're interested in volunteering you can go to our website abc 7 news.com. >> bay area olympic swimmer going for gold again, but in time there may be a bump in the road. >> should we maybe say bump in the tummy perhaps? anchor kristen sze is here. >> reporter: a bump indeed. you know dana volmer, the 29-year-old cal glad and three time olympian has nothing left to prove after winning 35 medals in international competitions including five olympic golds. yet she is out to prove something new next week, six months pregnant with her second child she will compete in the arena pro swim series in arizona. we sat down in the studio just a few hours ago to talk about her latest race. >> sticking with free style, no turns in the 50, just one dive, make it to the other end of the pool and that's it. >> and hopefully you'll get a great time. how have you been working in

training while pregnant? >> it's just time is not a concern any more. i'm just into it to stay strong, to stay in shape, to prepare for labor. actually have my race suit. so, this is actually the suit i'm going to race in, one of them. i mean, when you look at it, you're like, okay, it's as big as my thigh, but they do stretch. >> she says she did not train while carrying her two-year-old son so she's eager to see what she can accomplish under close doctor's supervision of course. meantime her announcement has gotten tons of support on social media with many saying thanks for being such an inspiration. larry and alma? >> thanks, it's a great story. more proof this afternoon of the power of twitter. darren brazil who works at san francisco based ign sent out this tweet this morning, a shot of him along with his friend dennis. dennis happens to be homeless and needs size 14 or 15 shoes. while darren's feet aren't that big so he decided to reach out

via twitter for some help. hunter, the outfielder, his wife alexis quickly noticed the tweet. hunter's feet aren't that big. maybe first base man brandon belt's are big enough. in a short time after that sure enough, belt checked twitter responding he's sure he can help out with this. he's going to give his shoes to hunter when the team returns to the bay area. darren by the way reached out to the warriors and kevin durant might be a size 14 or 15. that might workout. dennis says he plans to give dennis all the shoes that are donated next week. so, one to another to another and maybe every team in the bay area can help out in this cause. >> pretty cool. >> all right. time to check on our weather. you can tell it's changing. still mild. you saw the cloud cover. >> you just summed it up. really mild temperatures in the 70s right now, the clouds getting darker and thicker and lower. rain is um -karat-gocoming. in 24 hours, you can see there is a batch of moisture right offshore there beginning to move over parts of the north bay

coast line. we're not getting reports of rainfall yet, not in the immediate bay area. it's on the way as you can tell by these clouds looking northward over the golden gate. and these are our forecast futures. we'll see a few showers tomorrow, but the main event comes in tomorrow night with rainy and windy conditions wednesday. that will continue overnight into friday. storm continues through most of the day on friday. right now though, as alma pointed out because she studies weather, too, we have temperatures in the low to mid 70s around most of the bay area away from the coast line. closer to the coast temperatures generally in the 60s right now. and go to overnight lows in the partly cloudy skies, it's been mild in the early morning hours. temperatures will drop to the low to mid 50s for the most part and in comes the storm late tomorrow. it ranks 2 on the storm impact scale. it will produce rain, heavy at times, strong gusty wind, periods of gusty wind. chance of lightning accompanying rain and wind on friday. instability associated with this storm. the forecast animation 8:00 tomorrow morning, notice during the day tomorrow we may see a couple scattered showers, but it

won't be until 5:00 p.m. or later that the steadier heavier rain arrives and it is going to arrive forcefully through the evening hours tomorrow night and overnight into early friday morning after midnight, and up until about 4:00 a.m. just before the morning commute begins on friday, we'll see rather steady pattern of rainfall, strong gusty wind and some heavy downpours, but notice again a break early in the day on friday before the storm reorganizes and reenergizes late friday evening on into the friday night hours. so, let's take a look at our projection for rainfall totals. friday at 11:00, most locations around the bay area will be approaching if not exceeding the 1 inch mark in rainfall. and the wind is going to be quite gusty. thursday night we have two waves of gusty wind. thursday night about 10:00 or so we'll see maybe even later we'll see gusts up to about 45 miles per hour. then the winds will taper off early friday, but they will reintensify friday night climbing back to 30 miles per

hour. here is the accuweather. storm of moderate intensity. looks like both the morning and evening commutes could be affected by the storm. saturday we'll have lingering showers in the morning hours. the system will rank only one on the impact scale by then. we'll get a few dry days before another chance of rain develops next wednesday. spring brings sudden and sometimes unexpected changes in our weather. we're experiencing right now. >> thank you, spencer. >> all right. the systems like apple pay are supposed to be more secure than cash or credit. so, why aren't americans using them? the problem in the bay area restaurant that's trying to turn the tide. plus. ♪ >> pepsi is now apologizing to the public as well as model kendall

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many are noting this to a widely circulated photo of the black lives matter protester when she approached police at a demonstration in baton rouge. twitter erupted overnight with tweets like, i've been studying commercials for 30 years. kendall's pepsi ad is legitimately the worst one i've ever seen. and, how nice of kendall jenner to stop in the middle of her photo shoot to end social injustices by giving that cop eye pepsi. mlk who? rosa who? lyndsay davis, abc news, new york. >> in a statement pepsi says it, quote, was trying to project a global message of unity, peace and understanding. the statement continued, clearly we missed the mark, and we apologize. we did not intend to make light of any serious issue. we are removing the content and halting any further roll out. the company also said they apologize for putting kendall jenner in this position. >> all right. now to a different kind of advertising news. beyonce is the queen of social media.

this according to a new report by d. marie analytics. the singer performer is the most valuable celebrity of all on social media. a single post from beyonce clocks in more than $1 million worth of advertising value. the rankings are 56 distinct metrics including reach and engagement. pop singer singer singer singerr second in a single post. >> steve bannon is getting the boot. the advisor is being removed, not from the white house, but from a controversial post. plus. >> the unite the nations security council held an emergency meeting here today over the latest chemical attacks in syria. i'm abc's stephanie ramos in new york. hear what the russian and syrian u.n. representatives had to say coming up. >> and what would you do with a magnitude 7 earthquake hit right here in the bay area? authorities put that question to the test today. we'll tell you what they found out later this hour.

>> announcer: live where you live, this is abc 7 news. and here are the stories making headlines at 4:30. baby madelein is safe with her family in mountain view this afternoon after what her grandmother calls just a misunderstanding. she tells us madelein's dad did not kidnap the baby. abc 7 news reporter laura

anthony tweeted out this video of madelein, safe and sound and on her way home. the amber alert was issued this morning. the baby was reunited with mom in livermore several hours ago. smart train testing is delayed in the north bay this afternoon as crews work to sure up a hillside in san rafael. new at 5:00, abc 7 reporter lyanne melendez in downtown with more on what is being done to avoid any more delays. in new york city today, the united nations security council held an emergency meeting, one day after that deadly chemical weapons attack in syria. the death toll now more than 100 people. abc news reporter stephanie ramos live from the u.n. with the story. stephanie? >> reporter: larry, the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley sent here today to the security council needs to take action to show the world not just syria, that chemical weapons will not be tolerated. today during president trump's press conference with king abdullah of jordan, the main

topic of discussion, the deadly chemical attack in syria. >> these heinous actions by the assad regime cannot be tolerated. >> reporter: the u.s. ambassador to the united nations nikki haley going even further during an emergency meeting with the u. n. security council. >> a few weeks ago this council attempted to hold assad accountable for suffocating his own people to death with toxic chemicals. >> reporter: a warning, these images are difficult to watch. rescuers are still searching for survivors as rows of lifeless bodies lie in the muddied streets. some still in diapers, others with visible scars of the chemical weapons attack. dozens of people are dead, including women and children. president trump says the attack crossed many lines, but made no mention of russia, which is offering military aid and protection to syria. quite the contrast from ambassador haley at the u.n. >> how many more children have

to die before russia cares? >> reporter: haley showing councilmembers pictures of syrian children affected by the chemicals. >> if russia had been fulfilling its responsibility, there would not even be any chemical weapons left for the syrian regime to use. >> reporter: russia's u.n. representative said the attack was the work of terrorist groups like isis, not the syrian government, suggesting a syrian airstrike hit a bomb-making terrorist warehouse containing toxic substances. now, the syrian u.n. representative rejected the accusation that they used toxic chemicals against the syrian people. as did president trump, he is now saying the problem in syria is his responsibility, but trump and ambassador haley here at the u.n. have not said what actions, if any, the u.s. will take. larry? >> stephanie, let's follow-up on that because at one point president trump was opposed to military action in syria and he tweeted out about that subject

in 2013, several tweets. what can you tell us about that? >> reporter: yeah, larry, he definitely did. when president obama was considering military action in syria four years ago, now president trump, back then private citizen trump, as you mentioned, tweeted to president obama saying, president obama, do not attack syria. there is no up side to that, only a downside. but now we hear from president trump saying the opposite, saying that it is now his responsibility, but he also said that the latest attack in syria is what made him rethink his stance. larry? >> stephanie ramos, thank you, live in new york. prince william, the dutches of cambridge and prince harry attended a service for the westminster terror attack victims today. it was held at westminster abby, a few hundred yards away from the attack that killed four people. one of the victims was 54 year old kurt cochran of utah. his wife melissa was injured in the attack.

and there she is brought to the service in a wheelchair. the couple happened to be in london celebrating their 25th anniversary. >> now to the latest on the investigation into russia and the trump campaign. president trump tells "the new york times" he thinks former national security advisor susan rice may have committed a crime. abc news reporter megan hughes has the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: president trump at a news conference with jordan's king abdullah, railing against the obama administration. >> i inherited a mess. >> reporter: in an off-camera interview with the "the new york times," he took aim at former obama national security advisor susan rice. asked if she committed a crime, trump reportedly said, do i think? yes, i think. this, after accusing president obama on twitter last month of wiretapping trump tower. in both instances the president has offered no evidence. >> there was no such collection surveillance on trump tower or trump individuals. >> reporter: rice telling msnbc she did unmask the identities of americans picked up by

surveillance, but said that's not illegal and that it would have only been ill legal if she leaked those names to the press. >> i leaked nothing to nobody and never have and never would. >> reporter: republicans on capitol hill push for rice to testify, democrats say the white house is throwing dust over the real investigation into russia. house minority leader nancy pelosi repeating calls for intelligence chairman devin nunes to recuse himself. >> they cook up some intelligence. they rank the chairman of the committee who is a very distinguished position which he has tarnished. >> reporter: while nunes stands firm, the white house announcing a security team shake up. trump's chief strategist steve bannon removed from his role on the national security council's principals committee. his removal, the white house says, was not a demotion, but a logical move. the replacement for former national security advisor michael flynn, h.r. mcmaster, shares bannon's vision. >> a spokesperson for rice responded to the president's remarks saying, quote, i'm not

going to dignify the president's ludicrous charge with a comment. megan hughes, abc news washington. >> senate democrats continue to fight to block the confirmation of supreme court nominee kneel gorsuch. a vote to end debate is expected tomorrow, but republicans don't have the 60 votes they need. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is expected to change the rules to remove that threshold and then proceed with a simple majority vote. this morning oregon democrat jeff markly ended a 15-hour filibuster highlighting his party's opposition. >> judge gorsuch dissent from the court of appeals are consistently right wing, generally seeking to favor big business and other authority and harm those who suffered abuse by government officials. >> republicans say gorsuch will be confirmed by midnight on friday. >> the air force believes a mechanical problem forced a pilot to eject from his fighter

jet in washington, d.c. we're looking at video with the pilot para chuting in prince georges county, maryland. he crashed in a wooded area 200 yards from homes moments after taking off from joint base andrews. the pilot was training with other fighter jets. >> in colorado today, crews rescued or raced to rescue a woman who was trapped under a 1500-pound bolder at the top of a mountain. it's not clear how the hiker ended up under the bolder. a north table mountain in the rocky mountains near golden colorado, it took crews a while to transport equipment up there to move the rock off of her. when she was air lifted off of the mountain she was unconscious, but the local fire department said her vital saines were fairly good. >> family friends and other astronauts were gathered to bury space pioneer and rm toer u.s. senator john glenn at arlington national cemetery. glenn died in december at the age of 95. several tributes took place in glenn's native ohio to honor the first american to orbit the

earth. the democrat served 24 years in the u.s. senate. glenn's family chose tomorrow for his burial. that is because it would have been the 74th wedding anniversary for glenn and his widow annie. >> well, the bids are in. president trump promised to build a border wall. we are now one step closer and some of the plans a little bit unusual. we'll tell you what they might include. >> i'm spencer christian. now the clouds and not long the rain. i'll have the accuweather forecast coming up. >> this wednesday traffic is moving steadily through san rafael on 101. traffic is on your hei

get to know your neighbor, that's the take away from an earthquake preparedness summit in san francisco. abc 7 news and emergency personnel discussed rescue efforts after a major disaster. they simulated what would happen if a magnitude 7 earthquake hit oakland on the hayward fault. seismologists predict there would be widespread fires, collapsed buildings and damaged roads. emergency personnel would be stretched to the limit. >> likely the first responder somebody sees is not going to be a fire fighter, not going to be a police officer, but it's going to be your neighbor that comes to you when you need something after a disaster. >> experts from as far way from new york were brought in for the summit that's because damage on the hayward fault would need

more help beyond the bay area. >> we showed you beautiful northern lights from earth. here we have a look from space. an incredible view from the international space station. crew member captured these glowing auroras. he said it's hard to look away from the windows. auroras are caused when the sun releases electrically charged particles into earth's atmosphere which then collide with gases like oxygen and nitrogen. it's captivating. >> certainly is. all right. we have some rain coming. >> weather for earthlings. >> that's right. here we go, live doppler 7 showing a plume of moisture just offshore. it's not going to have any affect on our weather in the immediate future. let's look at what is coming our way on the satellite image. you can see a huge expansive area of clouds and moisture moving in our direction. this will be our next storm which will arrive tomorrow night. the storm ranks 2 in the storm impact scale, a storm of moderate intensity. it will continue overnight through friday producing rain, heavy at times, strong gusty winds likely and there is a

chance of some lightning on friday as well. both the friday commutes morning and evening will be wash outs. and the wind will be very gusty by 6:00 tomorrow evening. gusts on the coasts r coast of 40 miles an hour. inland gusts of 30 miles per hour. winds will be stronger late tomorrow night, going into friday morning. then the winds will tame down a little bit on friday, early morning right around the middle of the commute or so, and the winds will reintensify friday afternoon and friday evening. so, we're going to have some rainy and windy weather for about a day and a half starting tomorrow night. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. it ranks 2 on the storm impact scale. we'll see the storm lose intensity and taper off saturday morning. it will rank 1 on the storm impact scale. partial clearing after that, three dry days to next tuesday. then rain on wednesday. >> thank you, spencer. >> is one company going too far

with all this? what they're doing to their employees. >> plus closing in on that proposed border wall, the unusual ideas from companies that want to build the wall. >> 7 on your side michael finney. everyone knows saving for retirement is important, but just how do you go

well, new details about some of the proposed border wall bids submitted to the trump administration and how soon a decision on what to build could be reached. >> abc 7 news reporter joining us live in the newsroom now with more on the story. chris? >> reporter: larry and alma, it will not go the entire length of the border of mexico which was the original promise of president trump. this comes as new numbers are showing fewer people are crossing illegally now than last year. testifying on capitol hill today, limited details from homeland security secretary john kelly on the proposed border wall. >> whether it will look like, how tall it will be, how thick it will be, what color it will be is yet to be determined. >> reporter: companies across the country are waiting to learn if they'll be moving on to the next phase of the bidding process. proposals were due yesterday. >> there is a lot of passion going on both sides of this.

>> reporter: new numbers out today show illegal border crossings have gone down. 83,000 in march 2016 compared to 12,000 this year, equaling a 63% drop. san diego contractor russell bumgarner hopes he won't face any backlash from the community for his idea. a concrete wall with artwork on both sides. >> i hope they understand we're builders, that's what we do. we're not politicians. >> reporter: u.c. berkeley professor says bay area companies were likely reluctant to submit a proposal. >> there is so much uncertainty to bid on an uncertain project where you have very certain public anger in many areas has made a lot of companies shy away. >> reporter: other ideas being floated around including turning part of the wall into a tourist attraction. another calls for nuclear waste to be used as a deterrent. >> all we know is physical barriers do work if they are put in the right places. >> reporter: companies hoping to get the green light for this

controversial project. approximately 20 companies will be invited to design a prototype of their proposals. the final contracts will be awarded as early as june 1st. in the newsroom tonight, i'm chris nguyen, abc 7 news. >> all right, thank you, chris. it's time now for ask finney on your side answering questions by facebook, twitter and e-mail. the first comes from maria from san francisco. a clinic i went to won't give out their tax id number. what can i do? >> that's kind of fishy. if you have a dental plan and went to an in-network clinic, they should already have the tax id on file. shouldn't even be dealing with this. if you went to an out of network clinic, they know the tax id has to be given out because that's the only way they can meet irs requirements. now, if the clinic's policy is to only accept payment from the patient, and they're allowed to do that, but they need to get you to agree to that before the treatment. here's what i want to you do. call them back, ask what's up,

and if they don't budge, i want you to report them to the state. i'll post all the information you need on our website so you can do that. >> all right. let's move on. marvin from pacifica asking how do you maintain good credit? >> okay. pay your bills on time, a. number one, most important thing to do. next, keep your credit card balances below 30% of your credit limit on each and every card and across all of the cards. then keep the first card you ever signed up for. link t make the credit history really matter. that's a way to prove credit history and help your score. >> what happens' the kbeft way to save for retirement? >> well, if you haven't already, sign up for your 401 kfrmt k atk many employers match what you put in. 401k is a tax advantage. it simply means you don't pay taxes right now. it's definitely one of the best

investment deals going. if you don't have a 401k look into an ira. there is a tax advantage. it's a pretty good deal. start right now. that's my last piece of advice, start right now. if you have a question for me, you can record a 10 to 15-second long question on your smartphone or tablet and share it on social media with the hashtag #ask finney and i'll answer right here right on abc 7 news. >> thank you, michael. >> sure. >> 0 so, here's a question. would you allow your employer to implant a chip in your hand instead of issuing you a key card just so you'd be able to swipe your way in and out of your building essentially? that's what a swedish company is doing now on a voluntary basis. "good morning america's" becky was here at abc 7 news this morning to explain how it works. >> reporter: it's about the size of a grain of rice and implanting it in the space between your thumb and your forefinger and 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 some privacy concerns, of course, some workers fear employees may use the technology to track them outside of work. developers say that's not likely and employers may actually learn more about your personal life by looking through your browser history. or check your company's cell phone bill. >> moving in a bad direction here. researchers at u.c. berkeley say a lack of sleep can elevate the risk of memory loss along with physical and mental disorders in the elderly. the article was published today in the journal neuron. researchers say as people get older their brains have trouble generating the slow brain waves that promote deep sleep. they say getting that deep sleep is just as important as getting a sufficient quantity of sleep. >> a bay area restaurant is fighting crime in an unusual way. it's saying no to cash.

more secure systems are struggling to get people to buy in. >> dan is here with what's ahead on abc 7 news at 5:00. >> thanks very much. paying up, why the raiders may owe as much as $800,000 to the coliseum. suring uphill sides, the work being done to avoid delays on the smart train project going on in marin county. and facebook declares war on revenge porn. find out what weapons they plan to use when christian and i see you for abc 7 news at 5:00.

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cash. abc 7 news reporter leslie brinkley looks into why. >> reporter: e. commercial analysts are reporting while a substantial one-third of businesses now offer apple pay, only 13% of iphone users have been willing to give it a try. and they say that's an extremely low adoption rate among apple's loyal user base. right now some store clerks are unsure of how to guide consumers through an electronic payment and some shoppers are hesitant to make them because they're concerned about potential security breaches. experts say part of the blame lies with apple. >> i think there is a lot more push that apple needs to do with consumers in order to get this more rapidly adopted. there have to be incentive. >> reporter: consumers agree. >> i haven't been prompted enough to make a switch, but i would be open to it. >> reporter: and they give up easily. >> i tried using google pay once and it like didn't work immediately so i actually stopped trying it. >> reporter: some businesses are actively trying to get customers to use mobile payments because it's the quickest transaction.

safer and faster than using plastic. and some like this oakland eatery are even outlawing cash. >> unfortunately on new year's eve which still bothers me a lot. >> reporter: prompted your switch to no cash? >> yes, that's part of it, too. we put a sign at the door no cash, less of a chance getting burglarized. >> reporter: more businesses are likely to follow suit. >> as far as convenience goes, as far as security goes, it's all the future is in e-wall et cetera and electronic payments. >> reporter: once 20% of us are swiping our phones it will be considered to have gone mainstream. i'm leslie brinkley, abc 7 news. >> remember the old saying cash is king? >> uh-huh. >> apparently not any more. i still think there is a lot of fear people using their phones. not used to it. to get the late effort news any time with the abc 7 news app, you can download it for free and receive alerts for braerking news where you live.

>> that will do it for he edition of abc 7 at 4:00. i'm alma. >> abc 7 news at 5:00 starts now. >> the babe si safe and sound. we're live with the reunion. >> on the run no more. richmond arrest a police they say shot his ex as her kids watched. >> penalties for protesters. inauguration day demonstrators are learning the district attorney plans to play by the book. >> the house fire in vallejo because a driver made a mistake. >> neighbors in shock will be learning about a man who shot up a quiet community. >> announcer: live where you live, this is abc 7 news. >> reunion in livermore almost a day after a baby taken from a home in mountain view, she is back with her family. and this was the ending everyone had hoped for. good evening, i'm kristen sze. >> and i'm dan ashley. thanks for joining us. michael wall in is still on the run after he took his baby

madelein. that happened in mountain view. then she was dropped off in patterson and reunited with her mother back in livermore. >> laura anthony is live in livermore with more on this developing story. laura? >> reporter: this is where madelein was reunited with her mother after the uh expect's mother was able to convince him to hand the child off to her. relatives tell us this is all a big misunderstanding, but police say michael could face some very serious charges once they find him. 18 hours after a father allegedly kidnapped four month madelein wall in, was safe in her mothers arms and on her way home to mountain view. the baby's ordeal began last night in this residence inn. an argument between the estranged parents prompted the father to drive off with the infant in his lap. this morning his stepfather told us michael dropped the baby