building are not moving. my accuweather 12-hour planner, milder this morning. mid to upper 40s. the temperatures away from the coast, 60s at noon. upper 50s at the coast. get ready for wet weather moving into the north bay by 7:00. here's alexis. >> good morning, mike. we're enjoying that dry pavement for now. we do have one new issue in. if you're coming through the try valley area. in the pleasanton dublin area, westbound 580, we've got reports of a two-car crash off on the shoulder. i'm knot seeing any delays there checking out the traffic sens s sensors. hopefully that's a minor issue. southbound 680 through-wall nut creek, stop-and-go traffic approaching highway 24. all in all, a much better commute for those in walnut creek down into orinda. i know that was tough yesterday. we'll check on the bay bridge commute in less than ten. pay major showdown between the trump administration and the

state of california. >> u.s. attorney general is ex pecksed to speak in sacramento about the administration suing california over sanctuary state policies. amy hollyfield is live in sacramento this morning. amy? >> reporter: hi, natasha. state leaders do not seem worried about this lawsuit saying bring it on. they're ready to fight the trump administration. attorney general jeff sessions will be here in sacramento to announce this aggressive move as the federal government tries to force sanctuary cities to cooperate with immigration authorities. the lawsuit challenges three laws on the california books that the trump administration says interferes with immigration enforcement. the lawsuit asks that those laws be overturned. the senator who helped write the laws says the state will put up a fight. >> i think it's highly disturbing that the federal government is going to waste taxpayer dollars to sue a state, a golden state like ours, the state of california, because we

value inclusiveity. we've told the trump administration that we're not going to be a cog in their deportation machine, not separate innocent mothers from their children and children from their fathers. >> oakland mayor libby schaaf released a statement saying this administration has tried to portray all immigrants as villains. we know that is a racist lie. we will shed light on that myth every day. the justice department is reviewing her decision to put out a warning that an i.c.e. raid was coming. sessions is expected to speak here at 8:00 this morning before the california peace officers' association. we do expect to see protesters here outside the hotel where he is speaking. reporting live in sacramento, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. thank you, amy. abc 7 news will have live coverage of jeff sessions' address this morning, again, around 8:00 a.m. we'll stream that live online

and on the news app. if you download the app and sign up for push alerts, you'll get that alert as soon as he starts speaking. it's 6:03 now. san jose police searching for the person or people who are shooting out business and car windows with a bb gun. at least a dozen incidence were reported between monday night and yesterday morning. they are spread out across town. the vandals made quite a mess. this restaurant in alum rock spent yesterday cleaning up. they'll need a new window and business owners say it will cost them thousands. >> this is bad. this is something that police should really take it very serious, because it's a lot of damage. i mean, makes you like you want to quit the business and just do something else. >> we're going to try to pick ourselves up and continue to take care of business. that's what we're going to do. hopefully everybody else will be able to do the same and take care of their businesses too. >> police don't know if the incidents are connected. they have not released any suspect information. aldon smith is out on $30,000 bail this morning after

turning himself in to police on domestic violence charges. abc 7 news was at the san francisco county jail when smith left and quickly hopped into a waiting scar. he was booked on misdemeanor domestic violence and other charges. he was wanted since saturday when he allegedly assaulted his fiance. she called the police to report the incident after smith left. here's how the police radio dispatcher described what happened. >> threw her around the room. bit her on the wrist. climbed out the window. >> the latest in a series of run ins with the law for smith. the 49ers released him in 2015 after a string of arrests and serving a one-year suspension from the nfl for a substance abuse violation. the raiders released him on monday. happening today, a rally for a higher teacher salary, smaller class sizes and better classroom safety. hundreds much educators from pittsburg unified school district plan to march outside of district offices at 3:30 today. the education association says

it's fed up with negotiations with the school district. it says the district is not giving any teachers raises despite more funding this fiscal year. it also says overcrowding is a problem in schools. ray recent power outage exposed safety issues in emergency sessions. police need your help to find a missing man. guy jones was last seen 12 days ago. he vanished february 24th. jones has a history of epilepsy. he's 5'7" tall, about 280 pounds. he was last seen wearing a white-hooded sweatshirt and dark pants. if you see him call pleasanton police. verizon says why it's invest not guilty churches in the north bay. lawmakers want to close a loophole would bring billions of dollars to california public schools. you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. we're going to talk about chances of rain. no rain right now as we look outside with abc 7 news now. we're keeping you up to date on

zooifrnlts tracking developing news this morning. police investigating an officer-involved shooting in san francisco. this. >> this happened last night near

21st and capp streets. matt keller is live in the mission district this morning. matt? >> reporter: good morning, reggie. stran police still have the crime scene tape up blocking it off on 21st street, you can see that the crime scene unit is. behind that, there's a spotlight on the scene of this officer involved shooting while they continue their investigation this morning. a neighbor told us what he heard and saw last night. >> i've heard gunshots before in the neighborhood. i can't imagine it was less than 20. it was like it lasted for i while and it was -- then i came out to see what was going on. >> this is what he saw at about 10:45 last night. a huge police presence. officers were flagged down in their patrol cars by two armed robbery victims. they told officers the suspects were driving a black honda civic. the officers spotted that car on capp street between 21st and 22nd streets and ordered the suspects out of the car.

the driver was detained. they noticed the trunk was open and saw a secretaond suspect in trunk. the suspect in the trunk died at the scene. officers found a handgun in the trunk. a third suspect, a female in the vehicle was also detained. expect capp street to be closed for a while. they expect to be out here until at least daylight. matt keller, abc 7 news. you're never more than 7 minutes away from my accuweather forecast. los altos hills milpitas at 54. the 50s around the bay. 40s inland and along the coast until you get to bodega bay at 54. let's talk about your commute as we look at the westbound traffic there moving over. very slowly. roads dry until evening. mild to comfy if you're taking mass transit. a mild breeze if you're out on the bay.

as far as your temperatures, still 70s in the south bay. san jose 71. morgan hill 70. the rest of us still mild even with less sunshine than earlier this week. 63 to about 69 degrees. quick look at tonight's temperatures. even milder than this morning. mainly upper 40s to 50s. lakeport could be the cool spot. san francisco and san mateo at 53. notice green dots on the map. that means rain is on the way. i'll take an hour by hour look at it shortly. alexis is going to show us hotspots. >> san mateo bridge, mike, we're stop and go across 92. we're heavy in the bay bridge toll plzhere. we have a collision in the left center lane. the second lane from the left there from those carpool lanes. i did just see a fire truck come through. we're trying to get a good visual of this collision. i'm working on turning our em y emeryville camera. hopefully we'll have a better idea of what lanes are blocked. we're hearing that injuries are involved. ambulance is on the way.

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verizon is turning to a higher power to boost wireless coverage in santa rosa. this according to the press democrat. verizon wants to install antennas inside a 62-foot steeple at a community baptist church on sonoma avenue. the public can chime in on that plan tonight at 6:00. there's going to be a meeting held at the community engagement office on first street across the street from city hall. verizon successfully built a steeple for another church earlier this year. the pastor said there were no complaints from neighbors. adult movie star stormy daniels is suing president trump. her real name is stephanie clifford. she says she was paid to keep quiet about an affair with trump. she said her p agreement is void because trump never signed it. president trump denied the affair. a bilk proposed in the state assembly could raise billions of dollars for public schools. it would at a 17% tax to carried interest.

it allows fund managers to receive a share of investment profits. lawmakers are calling it a loophole that results in billions of lost revenue every year. the money would go to schools and other education projects. >> far too long the wealthy, elite have used their leverage and resources to create policies that undermine the livelihoods of working class people and average americans. >> lawmakers estimate the tax would generate about a billion dollars every year. it would end once the federal government taxes carriers. using talents to fight childhood hunger. they packed 10,000 meals for families in need yesterday. a youth outreach program started by san francisco giants world series hero jeremy a felt. >> marin county has decided to take a little time before making

a decision on short-term rental rules. a proposed ordinance would have required any property owner to post a detailed sign at the property -- if the property is available to rent. it would help them track and regulate short-term renlts. the county will take more time to re-examine the proposed rules. living in the bay area is so expensive. >> how expensive, reg sni. >> it costs thousands of dollars to rent a you h here. it costs $2,000 for the largest van to move from san francisco to las vegas. we tried it again with san jose and oakland. still 2 grand to leave. moving from vegas to the bay area in the same truck, 132 bucks. >> no. >> the surge pricing happens no matter what final destination we selected. demand to move away is so high that rental truck companies are

now cashing in. >> can't even afford to leave. >> you're just stuck. >> i can't afford to live here either. >> you have to leave everything here. >> awesome. >> if you bought from ikea -- >> that's really depressing. >> it kind of is. catch-22 there, isn't it? >> the good news. you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. mike, something good. >> how about something free. your forecast. let's do that. you can get away from the rain and it won't cost you anything either. as far as what's going on, look at that. man, is it calm this morning. if i can use a cliche, the calm before the storm. how often do you see the bay? almost glass-like. all right. that's exploratorium camera at pier 15. rain tonight, showers through friday. the weekend there's a chance. better chance next week.

the first chance of rain arrives this evening. until then, you can see the thickest clouds coming in. thinner clouds during the afternoon hours. grab the sunglasses. let's roll into it. here we are at 5:00 this evening. you can see the cloud cover out there in gray. the rain in the green still offshore. by 7:00, it's in the north bay. so if you're one of our later commuters, you may get a little bit of slickness there. 4:00 in the morning, just about all of us wet except for the south bay and parts of our inland east bay neighborhoods. you'll get that by the time we get to 9:00. most of the showers are scattered and around the south bay and down into the monterey bay. heading into the evening hours and through friday, the best chance is going to be down there. it's going to move up into the bay and the east bay. friday, we'll have a couple of chances in the north bay for scattered showers. nothing to change any plans over. but it's just possible you may get caught under one of those for a while. look at this. at 7:00, tonight, santa rosa northward.

possibility of wet weather there. notice the east bay an the south bay, no rain. by the time we get to 9:00, there may be a little bit of rain in knows neighborhoods. rainfall amounts from a hundredth of an inch to quarter of an inch. thursday into friday, maybe another tenth, quarter of an inch. rain moving in saturday evening once the sunsets through sunday morning. a few showers sunday. so lily didn't put a storm impact scale on it. we'll have a 1 starting tuesday. that was a lot. how about you, alexis? >> yeah. you were busy. we're starting to get busier. it was a super quiet start on the roads. we're still trying to get to the bottom of this incident. oakland fire department is having a tough time finding it. i don't feel so bad. we're having trouble too. we swung our emeryville camera around. i saw the fire truck go through. it was reported in lane number 2. injuries and a two-car crash. i'm not seeing it here. we have stop-and-go traffic back into the maze. maybe a few extra minutes to get through those -- that toll plaza

and then the metering lights as well. in the meantime, we've got a new incident on southbound 101 around sfo. sounds like someone was driving recklessly and hit another vehicle. those are sitting in the far left lane right now. not much of a delay there. we'll check drive times around 6:30. >> thanks, alexis. the man charged with stealing the oscar of frances mcdormand is facing arraignment in an l.a. courtroom. terry bryant is being held on $20,000 bail and mcdormand does not actually want him to be prosecuted. but it may not be up to her according to tmz. the academy of motion picture arts and science technically owns the statue. a 49er and former stanford star are being called heroes this morning. plus an adorable dance party. ♪ >> the girl who went viral staring at a portrait of

michelle obama actually meets her. >> here's rob marciano at 7:00 a.m. coming up on gma, monster storm impacting 60 million americans. many still without power from last week's big storm. schools are closed. flights canceled across the country as governors declare state of emergencies. we're tracking the latest on this developing storm. this developing storm. plus, oprah winfrey is her

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. we're back at 6:25. never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. you like the warmth, it's going to stick around each with limited sunshine today. temperatures near average in our east bay valleys. 2 to 6 degrees warmer than average for the rest of us. here's natasha. thanks, mike. when the former first lady invites you to a dance party, you accept. >> ♪ >> look, michelle obama dancing with 2-year-old parker curry. no relation to steph, by the way. obama invited her to her washington office after seeing viral photos of her staring at obama's portrait. obama tweeted keep on dreaming big for yourself and maybe one day i'll proudly look up at a portrait of you. more money comes to residents after the coyote creek flood. >> preparing students in case of a shooting on campus. a local robotics team gets great news after a thief stole one of their creations. the deadline that students are

now up against. trafficwise, we have a collision. a few mo

coming up on 6:30 on this wednesday, march 7th.

>> jessica is off today. the water is looking calm. it's looking beautiful. >> really calm this morning. everybody has less than 5 miles per hour winds. how often does that happen? things will turn tonight. it's going to be a light storm on the storm impact scale, a 1, if you will. for the light rain that develops and turns into showers tomorrow. look at the rainfall amounts. barely mesh urgeer ushl, .01 to a third of an inch. light breezes. let's talk about how we get there. this area of low pressure on the left side of the screen throwing that green at us. it's going to evaporate before it reaches the ground. the cloud cover made us very mild. mid to upper 40s. no glaring sunrise. temperatures in the mid to upper 60s from noon to 4:00 around the inland and bay area. at the coast, upper 50s. enjoy the nice temperatures. 60 at 7:00 in some neighborhoods. hey, alexis. >> good morning. we haven't had many incidents today. but we've got one hanging around and it's a bit of a mystery here

within the bay bridge toll plaza. another look at the traffic camera. we have confirmed that lanes 2 and 3 are blocked. two vehicles involved in this collision and it sounds like we have at least one person injured as well. we have not been able to get our eyes on it, though. we have been moving our cameras around and it's been tough to find. expect delays as you head into the maze. westbound 580, tracy to dublin. you're heavy in the red at 55 minutes. dublin to mission boulevard, northbound 85 between 101 and cupertino. you're okay. in the green at 20 minutes. a major showdown between the trump administration and the state of california. >> the u.s. attorney general is expected to speak in sacramento about the administration suing california over the sanctuary state policies. amy hollyfield live sacrament sacramento. >> good morning. they're not worried. they say bring it on. they're ready to fight the trump administration. today we'll hear from the

attorney general, jeff sessions, he'll be here to talk about this new lawsuit that the federal government has filed against the state of california. asking that a judge overturn three california laws. the argument is that the laws interfere with immigration enforcement. the attorney general is expected to call them unjust and unfair. the state senator who helped write the sanctuary bill says he isn't worried about this lawsuit. >> if the u.s. attorney, jeff sessions, if in fact wants to sue the state of california, i say bring it on. because the current track record that the u.s. department of justice has in court is not too good. so i really like our odds. let me be very clear. we'll do everything within our power to defend the rights of ordinary californians. >> reporter: here is what governor jerry brown. at a time of unprecedented political turmoil, jeff sessions has come to california to further divide and polarize

america. the governor is named in the lawsuit. sessions will speak in front of the california peace officers association at 8:00 this morning. we do expect to see protesters here outside the hotel where he is speaking. live in sacramento, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. thank you, amy. abc 7 news will have live coverage of jeff sessions' address this morning. we'll be streaming it on abc7news.com and the abc 7 news app. we will send a push alert when he starts speaking. an effort to ban gun shows at the santa clara county fairgrounds is moving forward. yesterday the supervisors unanimously approved plans to study this. the fairgrounds typically hosts two gun shows a year. the measure directs the council to report to the board will other options for improving public safety by reducing gun violence. the proposal stems from the mass shooting at a florida high school which left 17 people

dead. justice for kate steinle is in the hand of the u.s. court of appeals. attorneys for san francisco want the court to uphold a judge's decision to throw out a lawsuit against the city and the former sheriff. steinle's parents filed the suit saying he was negligent when he released zarate. zarate later shot steinle. he was acquitted of murder and manslaughter in november. his attorneys argued it was an accidental shooting. a registered sex offender under arrest accused of indecent exposure. a girl was walking down the street around 6:00 monday night when she saw this man. he was touching himself and ex potioning himself. responding p found him and he was detained. the city council 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 living in temporary housing. the grant money will pay for their housing assistance and what is left will go towards helping neighborhoods prevent future disasters. new details on this. do you remember the scary sight last month on a flight out of sfo? video shows the engine on the plane missing the front covering. the ntsb now says several fan blades in the engine broke and the engine p parts flew off. the pilots received warnings of an engine compressor stall and managed to shut down the engine. the plane made a safe emergency landing. none of the 373 people on board were hurt. the san francisco board of supervisors wants to charge uber and lyft to use city streets. the examiner reports the board unanimously approved the legislation proposed by aaron peskin. it urges state lawmakers to introduce legislation enabling the city to charge impact fees to ride sharing companies. the resolution says companies like uber and lyft reduce public

transit ridership and revenue while causing for congestion and collisions. you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. >> temperature changes everybody positive. except for half moon bay. you're 7 degrees cooler. you were so warm yesterday at this time. we're 11 degrees warmer in places. let's go to the peninsula. we've got 48 in redwood city. 46 in menlo park. 49 in foster city. 48 half moon bay. everybody else in the low to mid-50s with palo alto at 46. fremont, san jose, los gatos, san francisco, hayward, san carlos, mid to upper 40s for the rest of us. let's look at what's going on at the golden gate bridge. pretty quiet morning. you can see a little bit of a breeze there. the flag unfurled. errands today, i. going to be dry during the day. when the sunsets, you need the umbrella. if you're going to be on the bay, wow, light breezes out there. in fact, just tweeted a picture from the exploratorium.

looks like glass on the bay this morning. really inviting. 64 to about 69 most of the temperatures this afternoon. even with less sunshine. 71 in san jose and 70 morgan hill. you'll need the sunglasses from time to time as the clouds will be a little thinner. you can see it on the planner for the east bay valleys. cloudy through 10:00 and sunshine breaks out. so do mid to upper 60s from noon all the way to 6:00. 8:00, still pretty dry. temperatures back in the 50s. as far as san francisco, you can see cloudy and 51 at 8:00. sun shines breaks out and we'll hit the low 60s during the afternoon hours. the rain is start to go roll in at 55 degrees. temperatures tonight, upper 40s to mid-50s. we'll talk more about that rain, next. first, could there be a worst place for an accident, alexis? >> the bay bridge -- owe we have a crash blocking lanes 2 and 3 there just before you get to the metering lights. i put this on a map. we have not been able to spot that on camera. chp is saying it's still there.

we're seeing a backup on 580 and 880 as well as 80 from the berkeley stretch. honestly, it's a lot worse than a typical day. it's been there a little over 30 minutes. southbound 101 around sfo, that is blocking the left lane now. sounds like someone is driving at an unsafe speed and hit another vehicle. quick check of walnut creek, you are crawling along. that's deaf he have knit-- defi. no blocking ins depts for you now. christian mccaffrey is being praised for helping to save a hiker's life after that hiker fell 20 feet on to a rock in colorado. >> a group including mccaffrey and his brothers helped to rescue a 72-year-old hiking with his grandson eli. his son tweeted out this picture including mccaffrey and eli. he's credited with calling 911 and rushing to the hikers' aid. they performed cpr.

smoker's son thanked the group in writing. quote, my 13-year-old isn't telling a story about going on a hike with his grandpa and his grandpa died. he's telling a story of strength, hope and human goodness. a step to ensure students faculty and owe what to do if a gunman shows up on campus. there's this video on the website with the hopes of preparing the community for an active shooter. some students say they sometimes wore that i something could happen after last month's high school massacre in parkland, florida. >> i guess you just think where the safe spaces are, like where you could possibly hide. where you could possibly run to. the. >> the video says first try to run and hide from the threat. then you can find anything to fight the attacker. like a fire extinguisher or your laptop. a special performance at carnegie hall. students took center stage

yesterday from stoneman douglas high school. ♪ ♪ >> aren't they great? the band won its slot in the new york wind band festival before last month's shooting. students say playing music helps them heal from the tragedy. of course, you remember 17 people died in the shooting. the northeast is getting rocked by a major winter storm right now. how we're feeling the impact here. america, we need to talk. apparently you have a drunk online shopping problem. some surprising numbers about what we are spending while under the influence. you're looking live at the big

>> announcer: the abc 7 storm impact scale. today's storm is level 1. that means light rain. keep an umbrella handy. stay up to date on the abc 7 news app. download it now. we're back at 6:42. you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. let's take care of the kids this morning with the school day forecast. it's cloudy this morning. don't put the heavy jacket on. temperatures in the 40s to 50s. feels pretty comfortable out there. 58 to 61 at 11:00. more sunshine than this morning. a great afternoon to be outside.

let's take a look around the state today. 70s san diego, l.a., fresno. mid to upper 60s for monterey. sacramento and chico. let's head up to the high kin t country. a light wintry mix friday and saturday. not the nightmare trying to get up there like last weekend. a stronger storm on tuesday. natasha and reggie. it happened near 21st and capp street. the man shot was hiding in a car trunk. reporter matt keller live in the mission district for us. matt? >> reporter: good morning, natasha. daylight is helping in this investigation. you can see that officers actually set up a spotlight above where this shooting took place last night. they had their crime scene unit here as well on capp street on 21st street. this took place last night. here's what police say happened. officers were flagged down in their patrol car by two armed

robbery victims. they told officers the suspects were driving a black honda civic. the officers spotted that car on capp street and ordered the suspects out of the car. the driver was detained. the trunk was open and they saw a second suspect in the trunk. while trying to detain that suspect, an officer-involved shooting took place. the suspect in that trunk died at the scene. officers say they found a handgun in the trunk. a third suspect, a female in the vehicle, was also detained. san francisco police say they'll hold a meeting about this officer-involved shooting within ten days. no word on how long this investigation is going to take this morning. reporting live in san francisco, matt keller, abc 7 news. now a live desk update. >> we're tracking that big winter storm impacting the northeast. 60 million americans bracing for snow and freezing rain. this stretches from virginia all the way up to maine. at least 2200 flights scheduled for today have been canceled

according to flightaware. here's a live look at sfo. expect delays if you're headed east. some are still struggling to recover from last week's storm. this incredible video from a dashcam in hyde park. this shows a tree taking out power lines in new york. >> still have no power. we haven't been able to get our insurance company to see the house. >> the storm is fueled by a midwest blizzard. a breakthrough in a san jose lab could save many lives. researchers at ibm designed a plastic molecule to kill super bugs. the deadly viruses resistant to antibiotics. experts say the super bugs are more and more common. this new discovery is giving those in the medical field hope. >> i think we consider this quite a breakthrough. we make a synthetic plastic that's specially designed to attract to the bacteria's surface like a magnet and once

it latches on, it kills it. >> the next phase, partner with a pharmaceutical company to do further research and develop a drug. it could be ready in the next five to seven years. another departure at the white house. gary cone, president trump's top economic adviser resigns. this is days after he lost a battle over tariffs. his departure marks the sixth high-profile administration loss this year alone. miss exit after his week long trade dispute with mr. trump. mr. trump announced over cone's objections he would impose tariffs on imported steel and aluminum. a major development next to at&t park. abc 7 news was at city hall has interim mayor farrell signed the plan. it will transform a parking lot into 1500 homes, office and retail space and eight acres of parks. 40% of those homes are going to be considered affordable. this is 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. >> and it has taken some time. the project has been more than a decade in the making. mayor farrell thanked the late mayor, ed lee, who was key in moving the project forward while in office. a new development regarding a bay area robotics team whose robot was stolen. it was found. el toro 21 was taken from a trailer in utah. a team from the high school was in cupertino was there for a competition. a good samaritan found el toro on a front lawn near the team's hotel. the students don't know the condition of the robot yet but they're relieved it's been found. the team now has 20 days to patch up el toro for a critical regional competition. it's the final day of burgers and beer for beloved menlo park restaurant and pub. the oasis beer garden on he wel

camino real is scheduled to close after 60 years. the owners were unable to negotiate a reasonable lease, so they're turning off the grills. the landlords are interested in speaking with anyone who wants to take over operation of the restaurant. now to your morning money report. be careful using the debit card. >> fraud up 10% last year. the number of hacked atms and merchant card readers rose in 2017. a live look at the new york stock exchange. down 177 points this morning. dow futures dropped sharply after president trump's top economic adviser resigned. we may be seeing those effects this morning. america apparently has a drunk shopping problem >> they spent $448 per person in drunk purchases last year.

men apparently more likely than women to spend while drunk. an average of $564 compared to $282. 61% of drunk shoppers say that they bought food. about a quarter of them bought clothing or they gambled. >> oh, okay. >> with their money. >> i was wondering, i've never like tossed back a few and got online and done retail shopping. i guess food, okay. >> for sure. >> or i can see gambling for sure. that could happen. >> seafood going up now that certain things are legal, too. >> taking it a whole another direction. >> why is it just the drunks we're picking on? >> i don't know. >> you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. >> wonder where the money is coming for that one. let's look at what's going on. hi everybody. it is almost 6:50. you can see right there at san

jose, 280 and 17, it is cloudy this morning. partly sunny and comfy today on my accuweather highlight. showers tomorrow and friday. there's a slight chance this weekend, a better chance of significant rain next week. here we are at 5:00 in the evening. let's jump into this. you can see showers, some moderate showers possible. yellows. starting to move up into lake county and the northwest corner of sonoma county. down to santa rosa. the rest of ugs dry in the commute. some of the green is starting to show up in other neighborhoods, except for the south bay and inland east bay neighborhoods. by 9:00, the drizzle and the showers start to lighten up a little bit. you can see during the day, there's isolated showers out there up until 4:00. and then that will continue through 7:00. once we get past 7:00, we'll look to the south bay and around lake county for possible rain during the overnight hours. into, look at that, friday morning, the commute may be a

little difficult south of the bay bridge. then as we head into friday afternoon, the north bay and again the south bay have the best chance of receiving some of these showers. rainfall amounts are only going to be a couple hundredths of an inch in the south bay. in the east bay to tenth of an inch around the bay to quarter to a third of an inch in the north bay. many chances of rain, it's just not a lot of rain. the day will be dry saturday. it's the evening through sunday morning that will be wet. set those clocks forward and enjoy that hour next evening of sunlight. that extra hour. alexis? >> thanks, mike. finally, good news. we did just confirm with chp that our crash we never could see on our traffic cameras, westbound 80 within the bay bridge toll plaza has cleared. all lanes back open there. however, we possibly have a new problem around maritime westbound 80. within that backup. but it did sound like that one would clear fairly quickly. 3d check at that backup of traffic coming in from 580, 80 and 880 and yes, it is congested, but overall, it's not

terrible. especially considering we had a crash there for 45 minutes. quick check here of the san mateo bridge westbound 92. you can seeshoulder. chp is helping a digs abled vehicle but not blocking any lanes. california could soon be drinking recycled water. state water officials proposing a new program to create what they're calling a drought-proof source of drinking water. treatment plants would be allowed to pump highly treated wastewater into our public reservoirs. that has never happened before. the water would then go through more treatment to make sure it's safe. the regulations have to be approved by two state agencies before water recycling can begin. the goal is to have it up and running by the end of the year. a judge ruled that county election officials must give voters a chance to verify signatures before rejecting signatures on mailed ballots. the judge says an existing law that allowed county election managers to do so if the

signature didn't match the one on file violated the federal and state constitutional rights of due process. last november, the aclu filed a lawsuit after the state rejected up to 45,000 ballots because of mismatched signatures in the 2016 november election. marshawn lynch began golf carts. he'snt new spicy flavor of skittles. >> you going to come ride with me? we got more room in here? >> yeah. we brought sweet eats for y'all if you need it. >> lynch dropped by a retirement community to promote spicy skittles. he eats the candies on the sidelines. that's how skittles got involved in a sponsorship with him. >> cute idea. why are you not closing your ears? >> it's time. >> natasha has avoided bachelor spoilers all week. she doesn't want to know. i'm going to tell you about this

roller coaster finale on the bachelor that has people fired up. this morning we're hearing from the bachelor about why he filmed his painful split from the woman he originally proposed to on the finale. he proposed to the other woman. he popped the question moments after coming face to face with his jilted ex-fiance, becca. >> their shocking split played out on camera monday. >>. you see him propose to becca on the bachelor and then he changed his mind and fans were not here for it. they called is callous and classless. >> the decision to film this, i think a lot of people felt it could have been done in a more quiet way. >> for me, i really wanted everyone to know that this was on me. this was my fault. i felt like filming that would let people know that. >> you don't have to worry about becca. she appears to be okay.

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p. 6:58 now. whether you're just joining us or headed out the door, the seven things to know before you head out the door. attorney general jeff sessions will speak about a lawsuit against the state of california. the justice department filed a suit over california's sanctuary policies for undocumented i immigran immigrants. we'll send a push alert and stream it live. police are investigating a deadly shooting in the mission district. they were drying to detain an armed robbery suspect in the trunk of a car when something happened and officers opened fire killing the man. number 3, we're on storm watch. it's cloudy and dry this morning. mild, mid to upper 40s. look at all the 60s through the afternoon hours. rain a ives in the north bay by 7:00. number 4, big winter storm is hitting the northeast today.

it's already impacting flights out of sfo. airport says that 24 flights have been canceled. 9 are delayed. most cancellations are going to and from jfk in new york. number 5, a couple of issues in the bay bridge plaza. both incidents have cleared. traffic is heavy approaching. once you're past the metering lights, 13 minutes into san francisco. number 6, the oasis beer garden is scheduled to close. they were unable to negotiate a reasonable lease forcing them to shut down. number 7, one of the strangest stories of the day. drunk shopping on the rise. americans spent an average of 448 bucks per person in drunk purchases last year. men are worse than women according to this. this is almost double 2016. free returns, amazon prime anybody. >> a lot of money. almost 450 bucks a person? >> i know. >> what are you guys doing out there? >> see, that's why we go to

sleep early. >> that's right. good morning, america. winter storm emergency. that powerful nor'easter hitting right now, 60 million in the storm zone from virginia to new york, boston to maine. the new alert for dangerous flooding and blinding snow, up to 2 feet in some areas. more than 1,000 flights already cancelled. schools are shut down and the warning for your morning commute. our team is live tracking the storm. breaking overnight, stormy daniels sues the president. the adult film star who claims she had an affair with donald trump, now taking him on over their nondisclosure agreement. this as the white house deals with another high-profile departure. the president's chief economic adviser resigns, rattling the markets. ♪ and the final twist. after