as possible. their meeting could happen as soon as may. the offer includes a promise to stop nuclear and missile testing but it is unclear if north korea will release three american detain ease. the u.s. ask south korea will soon conduct their military exercises despite the invitation to start taukts. north korea hasn't launched an inter continental ballistic missile since november 28 exactly 100 days ago. in august president trump took a hard line on north korea. >> they will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. >> reporter: he criticized secretary of state tillerson for attempts at diplomacy. the north korean economy has suffered greatly under new sanction. a group of republican lawmakers sent a letter to president trump asking him to put the maximum amount of pressure on north korea. >> abc7 news reached out to north korean experts to get their reaction ton today's development. gloria duffy is president of the

commonwealth club and negotiated disarmament of soviet countries under the clinton administration. >> this flies in the face of everything that we are used to doing. it's not necessarily a bad idea when there's been no ability to negotiate with north korea to have a meeting between the preside president. but we better be extremely cautious about what we say, what we do, anything we agree to. >> we also spoke with philip yun who was senior advisor for north korean policy under the clinton administration and a plow share fund, dedicate today nonproliferation. >> when it comes to north korea, never get too high, never get too low. given what was happening over the last, as little as two months ago, high tensions, some discussion about even a unilateral strike, the bloody nose strategy. it's kind of a stunning development how quickly things have happened. >> president trump accepted the invitation and hopes to meet with kim jong-un by may.

now, if you did not catch today's historic announcement outside the white house, we have the full video for you on our website, abc7news.com. >> earlier today, president trump made his first direct comments about oakland mayor b libby schaaf after she warned of impending i.c.e. raids last month. >> what the mayor of oakland did the other day was a disgrace where they had close to a thousand people ready to be gotten. >> today schaaf responded. i'm proud to live in a country where everyone can criticize elected officials. schaaf's office has been bombarded with angry calls, but she says she's also gotten a lot of support from people in oakland. the justice department is suing california trying to overturn three laws that protect undocumented immigrants. >> tonight family and friends held a candle light vigil for an 18-year-old girl killed in a deadly hit-and-run in

abc7's lisa amin gulezian has the story. >> she's my heart, my child. >> reporter: her grandfather raised her from the time she was a baby and tonight he's heartbroken and he has questions for this man, vincent fitzer. >> why, and what made you do this to my grand ddaughter. >> reporter: police believe fitzer was in the suv when it rolled backwards down the street hitting buffin as she walked on the sidewalk. should was surveillance video moments after the crash. the driver is seen running away. >> i'm angry, i want him punished, you know. he shouldn't have left my sister in the street for dead like that. >> reporter: police says fitzer has an extensive criminal past, 31 charges including car theft and burglary. the 18-year-old was on the phone with alio when she was hit investigators call fitzer a transient who has family in vallejo.

they are not the only ones hoping he'll come forward. >> we thank you that you're going to touch his heart, dear lord, and you'll bring him forth. >> reporter: ayres buffin was the youngest of eight and planned to join the army after high school. lisa amin gulezian, abc7 news. >> the san jose school district vote today layoff a dozen employees. many of them are instructional assistants who help students still learning english. abc7 news reporter katie marzullo has more from the contentious board of trustees meeting. >> it's with a heavy heart that we have to do this. >> reporter: the evergreen school district voted thursday night to layoff classified employees, about 20 positions, most of them part time. ten of the employees are instructional assistants who help students learn english. the decision came after hours of public comment. >> i am not going to stand here and ask you why are you doing this. i ask you how. how can you take away support from these kids to learn and prosper? you need to step it up and show

your support. remember, as the pointer sisters sang, we are family, i have all of my people with me. >> reporter: julie kaiser is one of the instructors who lost her job. >> honestly what was more important to me than my job was the services to the kids. >> reporter: she said there are 2600 english learners in the driktd and now only 12 instructional assistants. the district spokesperson said the students will still get the help they need. >> there are resources available. our teachers are certified to be able to provide this education to english learners. again, we are not eliminating all the folks who have these positions. >> reporter: he said the district is losing money because of declining enrollment. faculty and staff favor consolidating campuses overlay offs. in san jose, katie marzullo, abc7 news. >> trouble for another south bay school district. abc7 news was in san jose when hundreds offal um rock union school district students walked out of school with their parents

to rally in front of the district office. they say the board is mismanaging the district. the u.s. securities and exchange commission is currently investigating the district's handling of bond funds. >> the san francisco planning commission has voted to block a condo conversion that made headlines when a 100-year-old woman was evicted. tenant advocates argued the owner misled the apartment by failing to state he evicted iris in february. she died after suffering a stroke. canada hadn't actually lived in the unit for years. something her family denied. >> a group of local and state officials toured santa clara county's oldest domestic violence service provider today to learn how to better help their constituents in crisis. abc7 news was in san jose at the nonprofit next door solutions. the group walked through the emergency shelter and met with volunteers and staff who help with the 24-hour hot line

support groups and legal representation. >> they handle all kinds of people, have languages, complete services for just many different things. so, it's a good place to come if you have domestic issue or just have a question about domestic violence. >> state senator jim bell said he's working on getting a $50 million allocation from this year's state budget for dose mess tick violence programs. >> men and women came out to support international women's day of action. >> this is the most important day in the history of women. here we are making history. >> abc7 news was at martin luther king jr. civic park in berkeley for the rally. the aim is to stop gender violence and to promote equal pay for women and rights for everyone. >> next at 11:00, a disaster at an ohio fertility clinic. couples on edge tonight. officials trying to figure out why a tank with embryos and eggs started to warm up. >> jerry seinfeld and david

letterman did it. now former president obama is in talks to do the same thing. >> i'm meteorologist sandhya patel. it is socked in now. 7-day forecast is going to look soggy. i'll let you know when coming right up. >> plus "american idol" comes to abc sunday night. the judges way r weigh in on what it takes to be a star. >> the warriors fans holding their breath tonight. the latest injury scare for steph. >> first here's a look at what is coming up on jimmy kimmel live right after abc7 news at 11:00. >> thanks, dan and kristen. tonight we made a thunder show. this would be great. this is for oscar actually, not for

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a real disaster at an ohio fertility clinic may have damaged more than 2000 embryos and eggs. the university hospital's fertility center in cleveland announced today the liquid nitrogen tank containing eggs and embryos began to thaw out this past weekend. 700 patients are affected. none of the eggs and embryos impacted by the partial thaw will be destroyed, though. all were moved to another tank, but it's not certain right now that they're still viable. >> a menorah handed out at a warriors game may be dangerous. the government wants you to throw yours out. as part of jewish heritage night on december 17, the dubs handed out more than 200,000 ma nors. they issued a recall saying the glue that holds the candle holders could melt which could cause the lit candles to fall off. it is a fire hazard potentially. they were manufactured in china.

>> "american idol" excitement tonight. we are just days now away from the show's premiere right here on abc 7. our sister station in los angeles talked with the show's new judges. tada, who just can't wait to show the world all the talent they've encountered so far. >> and these are your judges for "american idol." >> reporter: lionel richie, katy perry and luke ryan bring their knowledge, experience and humor to the judge's table on "american idol." >> change numbers right now. >> you can see what i'm doing. >> reporter: they developed an easy chemistry right away. but the judges don't want the focus to be on them, rather, on the talented young people trying to get their big breaks in show business. >> what makes an "american idol" in 2018? >> i always say it goes back to the old school. what's your style? you've got a style? that means you'll be around for a while. okay. if you're a singer, maybe, maybe not. but stylists are the people who

last forever. >> i borrow it from lionel. he calls it instant identity. honestly, it is about your own it imprint, your own personality. and for me personally, i don't want to hear the music. i want to feel the music. >> there you go. >> do you have it. >> what is it? >> whatever it is. >> a new it. when you walk in the room, are you it? when you open your mouth, are you it? when you get in front of that tv, do you just have it? ♪ >> it's really about the contestant and we're just here to support them and to elevate them, and to really make a true american dream come to life again. >> reporter: george for abc7 news. >> and the season premiere of "american idol" is this sunday, march 11. watch it right here on abc7 starting at 8:00 p.m. >> former president barack obama is reportedly in talks with

netflix. mr. obama and former first lady michelle would produce a high-profile series of shows for the lose gatos company. "the new york times" says one show idea would have the former president moderating discussions on health care, voting rights and immigration. the former president would not use the show to respond to conservatives or to president trump. >> a mcdreamy evening in burlingame tonight. former gray's anatomy star patrick dempsey was the special guest at a fund-raiser for gate path. and dempsey, you see him with die on limb there revealed he was diagnosed with a learning disability at the age of 12. gate path helps nurture children and adults with special needs. yep, you saw dion, she moderated the conversation. excellent job. >> on to the weather forecast. we've got a lot of rain coming this way. >> we do. we have a little bit of a break right now, right, sandhya? >> that's right, we're in a break right now, dan and kristen, i want to show you what you have to contend with tomorrow morning during the commute. watch this time lapse from our emeryville camera. this afternoon and evening the fog was coming at us.

this is typically the type of pattern we see in the summertime, but this time around it's in the middle of winter. we just want to keep it interesting, all right. here's a look at the forecast, the highlights. we're going to be looking at foggy areas in the morning, mild tomorrow afternoon, rain returns saturday afternoon and it's an unsettled pattern into next week. a live look from our sutro tower camera. this is what you typically see over san francisco in the middle of summer. it's fog. this is what you'll need to watch out for, so, here's a look at our rain chances the next seven days. other than tomorrow, we have six straight days where we're looking at the potential for rain. is it going to be a lot, is it going to be a little bit? we will talk about that in just a moment. live doppler 7 right now showing you cloud cover. we do have rain up to our north and down to our south. we have this moist flow coming in. we have to wait for the right dynamics to get that rain going here in the bay area. so, it's not going to happen until this weekend. temperatures 40s, 50s across the region. here's a live picture from sfo where you'll notice that fog,

low ceilings tomorrow morning may create delays. if you're flying out for business or pleasure keep that in miebd. wtch out if you're driving your morning commute planner, foggy areas tomorrow, murky if you're taking the ferry across the bay. low visibility if you are walking to get to work or get your kids off to school. tomorrow morning temperatures in the 40s across the entire area. dense fog out there right now in half moon bay. visibility down to a quarter of a mile. that's what you'll need to look out for. tomorrow afternoon you'll need the shades. temperatures low 60s to the low 70s. little more cloud cover to the north, little less to the south. lake port area could see an isolated shower. better opportunity for everyone seeing rain as a light level 1 system on our storm impact scale arrives saturday afternoon through sunday. rain going to showers most areas anywhere from a quarter to half an inch. and it will be breezy at times. so at 1:00 saturday afternoon, you see some showers over the santa cruz mountains. the shower activity, the rain actually moves northward. this is a mild storm between 4:00 and 8:00 p.m., most of the bay area is seeing rain. there will be pockets of

moderate rain saturday night and then it switches over to showers early sunday morning. the showers will become a little less defined as we head into the afternoon hours. if i were you, i would just hang onto the umbrellas. it is not a complete wash out. here's the way it all breaks down on the accuweather seven-day forecast. the fog is what you need to look out for tomorrow morning. dry for tomorrow. level one system saturday into sunday. a light system. there will be periods of rain. don't forget to spring forward saturday night before going to bed. sunday morning daylight saving time begins, that means we gain that extra hour of daylight, but we lose on hour of sleep. level one system for monday, tuesday, and moderate string storm comes in, level 2 moderate string storm for wednesday. wet, windy and more wet weather on thursday. that wednesday system looks like it could soak us. download the accuweather app. kristen and dan? >> we'll do that. thanks, sandhya. >> tomorrow, "good morning america" abc series deception is

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move over chris angel. magic show packed show in vegas. what do we have here? oh, it is magic. stanford and ucla the cardinals made magic of their own. he finishes with a career-high 23, but they could not make aaron holiday disappear. he explodes for 34 points and eight assists as ucla eliminates stanford 88-77. to the ice, sharks and blues st. louis goalie jake allen, well first, that little kid there enjoying some ice cream with the headphones on. jake, he started after carter hutton got hurt. 27 saves through two and got his skates stuck in the net there. under 8 minutes left in the third. still scoreless, sharks first power play goal in 12 games. mikkel boedker finally an empty netter makes the final 2-0. baseball, giants and mariners. three scoreless. struck out five, allowed only two hits. giants would love to see this in the regular saeason.

trevor brown. rbi in the second, two-run double, three rbis, giants win 4-0, and the a's beat the angels 7-3. abc7 sports brought to you by river rock casino. the story on steph, he's not going to travel with the team tomorrow, not going to play in portland. the question is sunday 12:30 on abc7 sheer playing in minnesota. will he go to san jose and meet the team? keep him out and wait for the ankle to heal up. >> thanks. jaylen brown, tha

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