immigrant families will be fearful of calling local police departments. sessions to speak to the california peace officers association in sacramento at 8:05 this morning. javier be set a is addressing president lawsuit. they have a right to determine for themselves how best to handle public safety. abc 7 news will have live coverage of jeff sessions' address this morning. abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield will be live starting at 5:30 and will be streaming the remarks on the abc app and on abcnews.com. let's get a quick forecast check with mike nicco. >> let's jump in with live doppler 7. the area of pressure getting closer. the reason why we have a mild morning is temperatures will

drop in the mid and up every 40s by 7:00. mid-60s. so the clouds are bringing in some warmer air. even though we'll have less sunshine today. heading towards 4:00, 58 at the coast. upper 60s elsewhere and 7:00, that's when we see the rain start to move in to the north bay. so you don't have to wait. you have both commutes look to be dry so far. we'll talk about that rain in the bigger picture heading into tomorrow morning. coming up next. here's alexis. >> the morning version of the commute, so far we're looking quiet. not many folks will. not much to slow you down. overnight lane closures on 880 between 23rd and 29th. various lanes until 6:00 this morning. watching the road sensors. we had a little delay on the southbound side. looks like it thinned out. they're probably wrappin it up ahead of schedule. >> a quick check of the toll plaza. fastrakking carpool, looking

great. alexis thanks. justice for kate steinle is in the hands of the -- attorneys for san francisco want the court to uphold a decision to throw out a lawsuit against the former share i have. >> he later shot steinle. za rot a was acquitted. his attorneys argued it was an accidental shooting. stanford university taking steps to ensure that students, faculty and employees know what to do if a gunman showed up on campus. indicate larsen has a new video. >> we want to give you information what to do if you're faced with violence. >> the department of public safety posted this video on its website. >> we teach the department of homeland security a model of run, hide, fight. >> with the hopes of preparing

their community for an active shooter. >> david anders watched the video and says as a biomedical researcher, he sometimes someone might agree with his work and launch an attack on his lab. >> you think where the safe spaces are, like where you could possibly hide, where you could possibly run to. >> move heavy objects around furniture to block entry. >> the video advocates trying to run or hide from the threat, it also addresses how to fight an attacker with anything in your classroom or office. a fire scissors. even a p p coffee mug. >> she thinks the video serves as an important reminder. >> i think it's a reality that most people are aware of and being prepared can only be a good thing. >> in palo alto, kate larsen, abc 7 news. it's 4:33 now. an effort to ban gun shows is moving forward.

the board of supervisors unanimously approved plans to study a ban of gun sales at the fairgrounds. it typically hosts two gun shows a year. they want to report to the board about reducing gun violence. the proposal stems from the mass shooting at a florida high school last month leaving 17 people dead. a register sex offender is under arrest in san mateo accused of indecent exposure. a 16-year-old girl was walking near highway 101 just before 6:00 monday night. that's when she saw a 35-year-old christian morales. the girl said he touched himself and exposed himself to her. responding officers found him in the area and took him into custody. new details about what may have caused this scary sight on a flight of sfo last month. do you remember this video from a passenger showing the engine on the honolulu-bound plane missing the covering.

several fan blades and the engine broke off and other parts broke off. the pilots received a warning of an engine compressor tall. the plane made a safe emergency landing. no one on board was hurt. more help for residents displaced by the coyote creek flood. they've accepted a $5.4 million grant from the state department of social services to help families who lost their homes. more than a year after the flood, 42 people are still in temporary housing. the grant money will pay for their housing assistance. the rst of the money will help prevent future disasters. wants to charge uber and lyft for using city streets. the examiner reports the board approved the resolution proposed by supervisor aaron peskin. it urges state lawmakers to introduce legislature to enable the city to charge impact fees on ride sharing companies. the resolution says companies like uber and lyft cause more

congestion and collisions. never more than seven minutes away. let's look at what's going on. the temperatures from 8 to 14 degrees warmer, except for the coast at half moon bay, you were so warm yesterday, you're cooler. 51 to 54 our spread. the 51 in pe trer owe hill. the marina and the sunset through the ferry building is 52 right now. a look at the exploratorium at pier 15. looks like a peaceful and pretty mild morning. if you're running errands, it will be dry until the sunsets. exercising, you may notice a little more humidity in the air. if you're going to be out on the bay, light breezes. not much of a chop. let's look at the highs. they're going to be pretty close to yesterday. the 70s now can find mainly to the south bay. the rest of us in the mid to upper 60s.

all right. as far as lows tonight, they'll be mild once again. upper 40s to mid 50s. you can see some spotty green out there as the rain will move in during the overnight hours. in fact, several chances of rain the next seven days. we'll map out today, tomorrow and friday when we come back in a few minutes. here's alexis with some of our earliest commuters and longest commuters. what are they seeing? >> they're headed out early out of the central valley, of course, mike and a little bit of stop-and-go traffic on 205 and 580. using our speed sensors, 29 miles an hour, 34 miles an hour if you drive that stretch regularly. you know that's not too bad. we don't have anything blocking along that stretch. a quiet start all the way around. a live look at the walnut creek traffic camera. southbound 680 approaching 24. this was a really rough commute yesterday. today we're looking okay. light drive times so far. some of those are coming up around 4:50. great news after a thief stole one of their creations. the deadline the students are up

against. a major development project clears a final hurdle. the new neighborhood that will soon be rising next to at&t park. the northeast waking up to a major w

you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. here's a look around the state. a lot of cloud cover today. look at the low to mid-70s.

san diego, los angeles, fresno, palm springs 81. then mid to upper 60s elsewhere until you get to the high country. yosemite 55. 48 in tahoe. here's a look at the seven-day forecast for lake tahoe. wintry mix friday and saturday. dry sunday and monday. a stronger storm tuesday, wednesday, thursday next week. today, limited sunshine and temperatures close to average. mike, thank you. a new development involving a bay area robotics team whose robot was stolen. it has been found. someone took from a trailer in utah. a team from mont a vista high school was there. a good samaritan found it on a front lawn near the team's hotel. the students don't know the condition of the robot but they're relieved it's been found. they have 20 days to patch up el toro for a critical regional competition. san francisco is moving ahead with a development next to at&t park.

interim mayor mark farrell signed you a measure approving that plan. it will transform one of the parking lots into 1500 homes, office and retail space and eight acres of parks. 40% of the homes will be considered affordable. it's a joint venture between city officials, the port commission and the giants. >> nobody on the giants roster right now was actually on the roster when we started this project. really valuable, important projects are worth taking the time. >> the project has been more than a decade in the making. farrell thanked the late mayor ed lee who was key in moving that project forward while in office. another major departure at the white house. gary cone. this is days after he lost his battle over tariffs. this marks the sixth

high-profile loss. he said he would impose tariffs on imported steel and aluminum. millions of americans bracing for snow and freezing rain from virginia all the way up to maine. at least 2200 flights scheduled for today have been canceled according to flight-aware. you can expect delays at sfo. kenneth moton has more on the impact of the storm. >> noefr night a winter blast for the northeast. philadelphia, plow trains are on the roads. from virginia to new jersey, mostly rain. but in pennsylvania up to massachusetts, several inches of snow expected in areas still cleaning up from last week's monster nor'easter. >> we still don't have power. we haven't been able to get our insurance company in to see the house. >> more than 100,000 on the east coast in the dark still. the last storm knocked out power to millions. this from a dashcam in new york

shows a tree taking out power lines. the nor'easter fueled by a midwest blizzard. high winds and treacherous roads. >> that is not good. >> truck spotted sliding sideways in bismarck, north dakota. the coastal community in massachusetts is still recovering, some underwater. >> this is a double whammy for a lot of coastal communities. here we are days later and this neighborhood here in marshfield is still underwater. >> crews spent tuesday trying to clear up sea walls after powerful waves caused parts of them to collapse. >> we have massive destruction to the infrastructure here. >> from pennsylvania to new york, the worst of the storm is expected during the evening commute. several governors in the northeast have declared states of emergency already. kenneth moton, abc news, washington. a lot of my relatives are dealing with this on the east coast. i do not miss it. >> my nephews were hoping for a snow day today. i will definitely take our

weather over that. >> definitely calmer here even though we have rain on the way. let's jump into it. you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. at 4:45, we'll keep an eye on the flight delays. with the snow moving into the population belt, it's more than likely. even with rain, we could have issues. let's jump into our forecast. a look from the east bay hills this morning. my accuweather highlights. mild again with even less sunshine than yesterday. light rain, similar temperatures tonight as to this morning. heavy rains next week with the storms. the storm, the heart of it, that area of low pressure here is about 550 miles away. still got some ground to cover about before it gets here. this morning, not much going on. as you head into the iechk hoev hours, about 7:00 in the north bay, hopefully you're home by then. from doing whatever you need to do. you can see the rain start to move in. kind of scattered in nature.

then that moisture comes through during the overnight hours. we'll wake up tomorrow with scattered light rain. that will continue up until about 9:00. it will kind of taper off a little bit to some isolated showers and more showers heading towards thursday night into friday. most of those stay south of the san mateo bridge and into the monterey bay. rainfall totals. nobody is driving on wet streets. tomorrow morning, everyone outside the east bay and the south bay, at least inland, should have wet conditions to start the morning commute. then they'll get wetter as we go through the morning commute. notice rainfall amounts during the evening commute, really not that much. here's my accuweather 7 day forecast. scattered showers for friday and evening rain saturday. the daylight hours, pretty quiet. we'll spring forward, lose an hour of sleep. the sun will set sunday evening and the next storm on tuesday. here's alexis. good morning, mike. so far so good for the wednesday

morning commute. taking a live look outside at golden gate bridge. the zipper trucks are we don't each have one car heading southbound at the moment. so it's light, it's early. we don't have major issues so far today. drive times, this is the only one in the yellow so far. straight through the dublin. 37 minutes for you. southbound 680, dublin to mission boulevard looks great at 13. northbound 85 i should say between 101 and cupertino in the green at 16 minutes. marshawn lynch began driving golf courts in 2006 when he played for cal. looks like beast mode is at it again to help skittles introduce a new spicy flavor. >> you going to come ride with me? we got more room in here. yeah. >> brought some sweet eats for y'all if you need it.

>> lynch dropped by a retirement community to promote spicy skittles. he eats the candy on the sidelines which is why skittles started to sponsor him. an alarm about a new smartphone. >> the problem, it's made in china. here's this morning's techbytes. a smartphone deal that may be too good. >> u.s. intelligence agencies say you should skip the phone which is made by a chinese company. >> they fear the phone may be used as a spying device. now, they denied it's doing anything malicious. jaguar taking aim at tesla. the new electric suv revealed. >> the ipace is less than tesla's standard model x. the tesla offers room for two more passengers and a bigger battery. the magic kingdom in florida is one on -- >> including epcot and several facilities in california.

disney, our parent company says the 360-degree views are a great way to plan your trip. >> not in lieu of. just planner. she called disneyland a facility. >> still a tease. >> it's the happiest place on earth. diane macedo. the first at-home breast cancer test. what it can and can't do. survivors of the school shooting take another step toward healing. special performance a

am. welcome back. you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. temperatures today, mild with limited sunshine. 2 to 6 degrees warmer than average except in the east bay valleys where you're kind of average today. the rain coming up this weekend next. nothing wrong with being average. thank you, mike. a special performance at carnegie hall. students took center stage yesterday. ♪ >> the school's band won its slot in the new york win it helps them heal from the tragedy. 17 people died in the shooting. the food and drug administration has approved a mail-in home test for breast cancer.

23 and me will offer the test for $199. it detects just three of 1,000 mutations in breast cancer genes. women who have the mutations have a 45 to 85% of developing breast cancer. you might recall angelina jolie documented her double mastectomy in "the new york times" after testing positive for a similar mutation. 23 and me plans to offer tests for other harmful mutations in the future. fico reports that debit card fraud was up 10 prs last year. less less than the rise in 2016 but still concerning. fico says the number of hacked atms and merchant card readers raised. they advise you to stay away from an atm where it doesn't look quite right or the card doesn't enter the machine smoothly and to check transactions on your accounts frequently. it's a final day of burgers and beer for the menlo park pub.

it's scheduled to close today after more than 60 years. the owners say they were unable to negotiate a reasonable lease so they are turning off the grills. according to an online petition to save the o, the landlords are interested in speaking with anyone who wants to take over operations of the restaurant. never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. let's work on the weekend. we wake up at 7:0 saturday morning, no rain out there. then we go up until 7:00. then you can see a wall of water coming shore, especially in the santa cruz mountains. saturday evening, have the umbrella handy. it turns over to scattered showers. sunday afternoon ought to be fairly quiet. rainfall totals, a look at the first storm and add on top of that how much more we get. not a lot in the south bay. we start to join the club by sunday morning. moreheading towards sunday evening.

a quarter to third of an inch of rain coming in mainly saturday. all right. it is nice and dry out there for this morning's commute. we are enjoying it while it lasts. in just a couple slightly slow spots at this early hour. no major issues. backup in the cash lanes for the bay bridge toll plaza. we've been having the metering lights flip on between 5:17, 5:22. anywhere in there there. we have half an hour left before things flip on and things get congested through the maze. mass transit, a great choice this morning. ace 1 out on time. 34 b.a.r.t. trains in service and capital corridor, no reports of issues. that's looking good today too. californians could soon be drinking recycled water. i mean from the toilet. water officials proposing a new program to create a drought-proof source of drinking water. treatment plants can pump highly treated wastewater into our public reservoirs.

that has never happened before. the water would then go trastrat into more treatment to mak it's safe. >> these regulations propose adding a whole bunch more treatment before you can put a fraction of it in your reservoir before retreating it again. it's just a piece of taking our water and trying to make it more useful to live more lives. >> the regulations must be approved by two state agencies before the water recycling can begin. the goal is to have the program up and running by the end of the year. just got to trust they know what they're doing. >> yeah. the sonoma state campus has a new statue. >> it's a statue of lucy in rohnert park. unveiling, unveiling. >> looks like a ghost. >> she's outfitted. you can find her outside the information center. the school hopes that she's going to serve as a gathering point. students and guests can take selfies there. one of several lucy statues that

serves as a tribute to charles schultz. lucy had an attitude problem. why don't we honor like pig pen or marcy or just some of the characters who were nice. >> how about the barbies. the newest are out. they're trying to make them into role models. mattel revealed 17 new barbies inspired by groundbreaking women. one includes chloe kim, nikola adams, boxing champ. nasa mathematician, kathryn johnson. the dolls will be sold in stores soon. >> i love this idea. >> cool. hundreds of teachers in the east bay are gearing up for a march today. next at 5:00 a.m., what they're demanding from school leaders. store owners in san jose are left to clean up the mess left behind by vandals. why police are anxious to catch these bad guys. an nba player suffers a an nba player suffers a panic attack.

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good morning, 578 on this wednesday morning march 7th. we're hoping to wake you up. >> we're here for you. we're tracking rain coming our way. >> never seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. let's talk about what's going on with that storm impact scale. light rain to showers. rainfall a hundredth of an inch to a third of an inch. that goes from the south bay to the north bay. i don't expect any damages. light breezes out of this system. you can see a wall of water coming our way. most of that in the middle parts of the atmosphere. what it's going to do is make today cloudy and making this morning very mild in my