the hostage situation. >> reporter: that's right, there were originally seven people taken hostage, all employees, they were in a staff meeting when a gunman walked into the meeting, i talked to the husband of one of the women who was among that seven in the meeting. the gunman let four of them go. she was among those four released and was able to get a phone call through to her husband. here's what he had to say. >> it was like a going away party for a couple of the staff who were leaving today, today was their last day. they were having cake and toasting and all that and then the man just walked in with this rifle. >> reporter: what did the gunman do when he walked into the party? >> i'm not quite clear. >> reporter: he talked to your wife, though? >> i think he talked to all of them, but i don't know that he said much. >> reporter: very calm? >> that's what my wife said,

yes. >> reporter: how did he choose who to let go? >> i don't know. four women were allowed to leave, three are still there. >> reporter: kramer said his wife debra smith seen in this linkedin photo was terrified. he said that the gunman was very calm, very smooth as he let the four women go. law enforcement told them to lie on the floor as there was a lockdown campus wide. employees in some areas of the veterans center were allowed back in, others were told to stay outside. i was told a little while ago that building d and the hospitality area are still at this hour are under lockdown. they are very close to that pathway center. so obviously near where the

gunman is still in a room with the hostages. there have been a steady stream of law enforcement cars, tactical teams, coming in, streaming in to this veteran's home all afternoon long. we understand the fbi is the agency that is trying to establish communication or is in communication with the gunman, other agencies are manning all other means of securing this veteran's home, a lot of people have left, some residents, some employees have left. we do know that at one point today shots were exchanged with the gunman, we have heard as little as a couple of shots on up to as many as three shots, we don't have any confirmation as to how many shots were actually fired. there are three medical helicopters standing by nearby. reporting live from the veteran's home. >> and the sheriff in the news conference did say many, many

shots. the police response has really been breathtaking and massive. abc news was at the golf course in yountville where three helicopters landed to set up their operations. the helicopters took over this entire driving range. >> this standoff that has been going on for hours now, has rattled a really quiet community in the napa valley. >> let's go to abc7's wayne freedman. >> reporter: it has been a surreal day in yountville, over my shoulder is the yountville veterans facility, an idyllic wine country setting. let's go to some of that video earlier today as we talked about some of the helicopters landing. this whole thing began about 10:20 this morning, immediately law enforcement came in from all points, at the golf course next to the home. they closed the driving range,

three different copters landed, all standing by with crews from cal fire. residents who had not been con campus this morning, still are not able to return. they're talking to friends and family inside. here's a gentleman named paul russo. >> go to your room, put all your furniture by the door and hide like cowards. we're veterans, man, we'll take this guy out in a second. let us do that, that's what we do. i wouldn't kill him first, i would shoot him in the leg and try to disarm him and handcuff him. >> you know, it's unfortunate, with everything that's going on and the school shootings, nothing surprises me in this day and age anymore. >> reporter: as we come back live, you see those helicopters which remain on the driving range even now, one of them a medical helicopter, another belonging to the california highway patrol and as leslie said a short time ago, the

yountville veterans home still remains locked down, thousands of veterans going all the way back from world war ii to the present. there's not a lot going on in there that we know about and there's not a lot going on out here that we know about, other than that a lot of people are waiting for this resolve, and hopefully peacefully. which have some drone video to share with you, to give you a better idea of the sheer size of this veterans facility. it's the largest of its kind in the u.s. and you can see it looks for like a sprawling college campus, it opened all the back in 1884, they have a creative arts center as well as a chapel and it does house veterans all the way from world war ii and it does house veterans from iraq and afghanistan. it serves about 1,000 vets to help them recover from the

psychological and the physicfiz ravages of war. >> reporter: nestled in picturesque napa valley, the veterans facility in yountville is the oldest and biggest in the state. they live in spanish colonial style buildings, named after former u.s. presidents. some veterans are elderly, some are from more recent conflicts. it has it's own bank, gym, multifaith chapel, and library. there's a nursing care center for post-9/11 veterans who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorders a group of vets came forward with issues about cramped living quarters, that led to a petition drive calling

for upgrades to living quarters. nbc 7 has spoken to a staffer for a california assembly woman. >> througout the day, we have been hearing firsthand accounts of the chaos unfolding in yountville, here are a few of the stories people have shared with us about what they have seen and heard. >> my father is up there, his name is george stranton. somebody told me there was a shooting up here and so i came up here to see about him. >> reporter: have you been able to communicate with him? >> no, i haven't. >> reporter: are you worry in the. >> of course i am. i live in st. alina. yeah, of course i'm worried about him. >> reporter: what have you heard? >> only what i got from residents here, they're still in lockdown. some of them are hostages, i don't know how many or anything like that.

i simply can't go up there, so i'm zandi istanding still. >> survival. i'm not used to this, i was in the air force, we had m.p.s and a.p.s. why don't they have somebody at the gate like normal. >> they won't let you back in? >> no, they told me to go out and eat. i said are you going to pay for my meal? i live here. >> they have stuff going on at the vets home. >> reporter: what were they saying? were they worried about shots? >> they said that shots were fired and the golf course was being evacuated. so they brought us all in. > reporter: when's the last time this happened around here? >> never. >> we have been providing updates on air as well as online all day. this push alert went out this afternoon with an update on the hostage situation. to keep getting updates,

download the abc7 news app and be sure to enable the push alert feature. >> we'll be updating what's going on in yountville when we get any updates. law enforcement is trying to communicate with them, they're not able to, we'll see how it plays out. more rain on the horizon in the bay area, and maybe for the next few days. what an enjoyable day it has been. >> it's been a lovely day, we have a few clouds increasing right now, but it's mild out there and dry, so far. here's a look at live doppler 7, this is a view from mt. tam. i just changed the camera view and didn't have time to change the label. you can see the layers of fog rolling over the hills and reaching out over the bay as well. it's 54 in san francisco, 60 in oakland. and this is another view of that same fog, looking westward from the east bay hills. current temperatures, 64 in napa sand novato.

67 in fairfield and 65 in livermore. our next storm that will roll in late tomorrow and continue until early sunday morning. 1 on the storm impact scale, it's only going to provide light spotty showers. notice in the overnight hours, the clouds increase tomorrow in the daytime. just hit-and-miss showers, little spots of limited precipitation, isolated showers, mainly in the south bay. notice by tomorrow night, we'll see it clearing out in the north bay. so going into sunday, it looks like more rain is on the way, but next week, is looking like a much wetter and normal pattern after this weekend. we're following other news right now, a developing story on a busy san francisco freeway. now this bold crime is being investigated by police. very bizarre. also a killing shakes a normally quiet east bay

community, what we have learned about the suspect and the victim. plus is the spat over california sanctuary cit

we are following a hostage situation is in the north bay, at the veteran's home in yountville. we do know a gunman walked into the facility this morning, told a few people they could leave, and kept a few people hostage. we're told he was heavenly armored. the gunman did get into a

shoot-out with with with with wh earlier we speoke to a former fi agent about what's happening in yountville. >> i did 20 years in the fbi, my first three at the fbi in san francisco, and two at the san francisco s.w.a.t. team, and after that, i spent 10 years on the fbi's hostage rescue team, so i have been on multiple operations similar to this, what's happening right now is they're trying to tighten the reins around the person right now that's on the hot seat. they want to get give him as little room as possible and get as closing as possible to effect an immediate response. that rein is getting tighter and tighter around him right now, negotiators will be talking to him, trying to get him to

release the hostages and give himself up peacefully, but at the same time, the sw.w.a.t. teams are planning how they will enter the dining room where he is at, if he book becomes a tho these hostages. >> we have heard they've been trying to initiate negotiations and they have been failing so far. what does one do where the suspect will not pick up the phone and he will not talk. >> that gives you a look into his mindset. if he is not willing to negotiate, that definitely adds to the complexity of the situation. i can assure you that the fbi is listening to what's happening inside that room, they have, you know, classified techniques to insert microphones and listening devices and even cameras.

so they have good eyes on in that room as to what he's actually doing, that gives them a lot of information and intelligence as they device their plan to enter that room should he decide to get violent. >> in your professional experience, what does it tell you that this man entered, and was incredibly calm and perhaps had the opportunity to inflict as much damage as possible, but did not do, went into a staff meeting and as i said, eerily calm, let four women go, and chose three women to stay in that room with him. what does that tell you about his mindset? >> again, i'm not going to get into the mind of a person who does this type of thing, because we never really know what they are thinking. it could be that he has a relationship of some kind with one of those women he has held hostage. if he selected those individuals, he may again, know one or two or all of them and that's why he chose them. but that's just speculation on

my part at this point in time. i don't have any information other than what's being said in the media. >> how does one negotiate or deal with a suspect when we know they are very calm and very self-contained versus someone who is acting erratically and is very unpredictable? >> it works in our favor if he's calm and his demeanor is that he's not overly excitable and going into violence right now, that works in our favor. that means there is time for that negotiation to occur, should he decide to pick up the phone and talk to negotiators. it's the ones that are erratic, that are volatile, that are, you know, ychaotic, those are the ones you can't predict what they're going to be. those are the types that are better for law enforcement to deal with versus somebody who is much more chaotic. >> all right, we're going to continue to watch that, again,

we will be providing updates throughout the evening, you can also stay up to date with the abc7 news app, just be sure to enable push alerts to receive breaking news updates. also following another major story where the california highway patrol is investigating an armed robbery that took place on the freeway. let me show you where the reesh happened on the i-23 i-280 connr ramp. the highway patrol tells us that one car boxed in this silver hyundai sedan, the suspect smashed the sedan's windows. the chp says the suspects were armed, but no shots were fired there, after taking the victims belongings, they escaped from there. that highway was closed after

that robbery, it's been reopened, but traffic is extremely heavy and coming off the bay bridge ramp, it was backed up going back to 2:00 in the afternoon. the chp says fortunately nobody was hurt in what would be described as a brazen armed robbery. new details in walnut creek's first homicide in almost a year. melissa harrington joining us from lacasse avenue. >> reporter: i just got off the phone from the coroner's office and the victim has been identified as 60-year-old sw swan iii from san pablo. we're at the end of a small dead end street, which is near a church and the b.a.r.t. tracks and people who live nearby are shocked that something to terrible could happen here. construction work continues on a

large scale apartment project on lacassie avenue where a man was killed. police arrested a 40-year-old from concord, they say he worked as a security guard here, and attacked his co-worker near the entrance on the first floor. >> the weapon that was used was a 4-foot long metal pole, it's about 40 pounds in weight. and it was used to strike the victim in the head multiple times. >> reporter: police were first called to the scene just before 7:00 and found both the victim and the suspect suffering from injuries. the construction worker jose alvarado just talked to the victim last night. he says he was a nice guy. >> it was crazy, i talked to him yesterday night. >> reporter: this man's man's

goes to school nearby. >> it's shocking. >> i want to reassure the residents that in this case, the victim and the suspect knew each other, they were from other cities, they worked here in walnut creek together. and so the assault and the attack is an isolated incident. >> reporter: this is the first homicide in walnut creek since april of last year, the suspect is being held on a $1 million bail. reporting live in walnut creek, melissa harrington, abc7 news. this has been an unprecedented week in politics, you have no doubt hurt about the comments from president trump. >> reporter: for state law lawmakers, what a week it has been, especially for democrats. >> here's my message for mayor schaaf, how dare you needlessly endanger the lives of our law

enforcement officers to promote a radical open boarders agenda. it. >> reporter: oakland mayor libby schaaf's decision to inform the public of i.c.e. raids being done in her city. >> these were criminals, and the mayor went out and warned them all. >> reporter: a research fellow at the hoover institute at sanford and served a chief campaign advisor for mitt romney's campaign. >> to to the extent that the president talks about immigration out here, it is an issue that will unify republicans to a large degree. >> reporter: however experts say the verbal attacks we're seeing from the federal government could in some ways turn out to be a gift to the california democratic party in terms of outreach and fundraising. >> we have a large number of

democratic candidates that are being prompted in part by president trump's policies so they're using that in their speeches to encourage the community to come on out. >> reporter: president trump will visit san diego next week to inspect prototypes to his border wall. all right, the weekend is almost upon us and so is a whole bunch of rain. >> i know, we got some baseball games. >> it looks like it's going to rain and it's going to be cloudy, but we may just see some spotty showers. next weekend is the main event. your weekend baseball game s might be in pretty good shape. lots of clouds out there, and clouds are increasing, especially the low clouds, look at the follow rolling in, look down from our mt. tam camera. tonight we'll see scattered showers late tonight, maybe into tomorrow night. sunday looks kind of iffy right

now, we'll be wet and unsettled pattern for all next week. look for low temperatures in the mid to upper 40s, probably 51 here in san francisco. and our approaching storm on the storm impact scale ranks 1, a storm of light intensity arrives tomorrow afternoon. it's not looking very strong at the moment, spotty light showers, the rainfall totals will be quite light and the best chance of rain will be in the south bay. here's a look with widespread fog and high clouds into the morning hours. we may see some light fog to the north. high temperatures ranging from about 60 at the coast, and mid and upper 60s inland. down in the south bay, if we get any showers at all, that's o e' best chance. this will be the picture, notice those spots of moisture moving through and swinging through very quickly. so it may be completely dry

tomorrow. sunday afternoon looks like we could see some spotty showers in san francisco, in the santa cruz mountains, maybe as far south as gilroy. daylight-saving time starts this week, turn your clocks forward one hours. tomorrow 6:12 p.m., sunset on sunday, 7:13 p.m. so we are losing the morning daylight and gaining the afternoon daylight. i think the most we're going to get out of this is spotty showers, sunday looks like a slight chance of showers but should be a dry day. the weather pattern becomes much more active, showers likely on monday, rainy day on tuesday, it should be wet and windy on winds and we're going to rank wednesday's storm a 2 on the storm impact scale. and more showers on thursday and friday. just about every day next week, we could expect showers just about any time.

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new developments in california's high-speed rail service. the estimated cost has gone up by 20%, with the price tag now at $77 billion. the bullet train won't arrive now until 2033, a delay of four years, but the first segment in the central valley is expected to be done by 2022. these new members came out today when the rail authority laid out its new business plan. a coalition of religious and community leaders rallied in santa clara county today, to support an initiative that would close the prop 13 corporate loophole, the california schools

funding act would restore $11 billion to vital local services and health clinics. it would bring an estimated $1 billion a year to santa clara county. >> it's an opportunity to put our seniors first, put everyone who arrives on affordable housing and public education and our common life together to put that first. >> prop 13 was intended to protect property owners from big taxes, but the coalition believes that big property owners are now taking advantage of the measure to avoid paying their fair share of property tax. more developments out of florida following that mass school shooting. and an update on the expected gunm gunman. a hostage situation in the country's largest veteran's center. we'll ♪

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this all started wihen a gunman entered a veterans nobody has been hurt thus far to the best of our knowledge. the napa county sheriff said there's no danger to the public outside of that room. abc7 reporter leslie brinkley says that several dozen high school students who happened to be rehearsing a play on that campus, they were bussed out so they're safe. anybody concerned about a resident or a staff member, they can check on that person now. the number to call is 707-948-3331. you can also download our news app for immediate notifications for your device. now to the russia investigation, after going on a

he media tirade, saying he wouldn't testify in the mueller investigation. >> reporter: after repeated defiance declaring he would not testify, former donald trump political advisor sam nunberg faced special counsel robert mueller's grand jury today. >> mr. nunberg, how do you feel about coming before the grand jury today? >> in a media tear earlier this week, nunberg suggested wrong doing by his former boss president trump. >> i think he may have done something during the election, but i don't know that for sure. >> why do you think that? >> i can't explain it unless you were in there. >> reporter: nunberg caps a week of campaign -- capitol hill at nearly the same time, manafort's predecessor,

cory lewandowski talks with fell lore investigator. >> i just spent 12 hours of my life i'll never get back, there was no collusion, no obstruction. that's a fact. >> reporter: former fbi director james comey's firing and trump's alleged consideration of firing robert mueller. >> the witnesses don't get to pick and choose when it comes to very violent testimony to our investigations. >> that comment from a top democrat on the house intelligence committee, representative adam schiff also wants additional witnesses to affirm the testimony. on whether or not there was an effort to set up a back channel between trump and the kremlin. that is an allegation several witnesses have denied in the house investigation. florida governor rick scott today signed a landmark school safety and gun control bill. scott signed the bill flanked by victims and parents of the

parkland school massacre. that comes two days after the house approved a bill in response to the shootings that killed 17 people on valentine's day. >> i have always objected to the idea that government has to be slow. today should serve as an example to the entire country that government can and must move fast. >> the measure raises the minimum age to buy rifles from 18 to 21, it also creates a three-day waiting feared and it establishes a voluntary program to arm teachers, but only if they have law enforcement experience or experience in a military shooting program. and a florida judge ruled today that florida shooting suspect nikolas cruz will continue to be held without bond. police say cruz admitted to

shooting people in the massacre on wednesday a grand jury charged him with 17 counts of premeditated murder and 17 counts of attempted murder. his attorney says cruz is willing to plead guilty if the death penalty is taken off the table. a report out of sunnyvale says that a proposal by the mayor would restrict gunshots and other retailers in town from selling semi-automatic rifles under the age of 21. law enforcement personnel would be exempt, sunnyvale would be one of the few members of the municipality that have -- next, some tips on getting from here to there safely. and it is not all fun and games, for the nation largest toy store change, the dire

prediction of the future of a very popular retailer. i'm spencer christian as we see clouds and fog rolling over the bay. a

last week tahoe saw up to 5 feet of snow in some areas and more snow is headed that way. >> it can be extremely dangerous driving through the snowy sierra this time of year. a reporter from our sister staying in sacramento shows us

why. >> reporter: news like this beg lots of people to drive up and enjoy the snow. for a girl from arkansas, it's easy to see why folks love the mountains and the winter. >> you need to be prepared from point a to point b. >> reporter: brian may works for the california office of emergency services, he says it only takeses a little bit of common sense and planning. >> don't always rely on technology, know what your awareness is and know what your experience is and try to stay within that in the winter time. >> reporter: things like keeping extra water on hand, making sure you have a full tank of gas and keeping an eye on your local forecast will help you weathe the storm. but since there's so much  adventure in a winter storm, we went to the hardware store to pick up essentials in case of an emergency. >> it's important to have the right tools for whatever situation.

you need flashers to get people's attention, to make sure that they don't hit you if you're stopped. >> reporter: but what if there's an 56 v avalanche of some kind, and you're stuck in your car? >> i just put this up against the glass and it will pop-out. >> its will. >> reporter: what i have noticed firsthand. people were driving and said that the snow slides off and on to my windshield. >> a simple brush to get the excess snow off there. >> reporter: and being prepared would mean something to eat and drink. >> you could wait a few hours, a few hours can turn into days. >> so right now there are no chain requirements if you're headed to tahoe, you can see why, it's good right now, but that could certainly change in the next few days. an update in yountville, a

situation where a gunman was being held, as soon as it begins, we'll show it to you live here on abc7 news. >> and if there are any new updates, we will brin that to you as well. in the meantime, you want to find out about your weekend forecast. here's a look at live doppler 7, we have increasing clouds, both high clouds and low clouds across the area, we'll see fog expanding across the bay, and overnight lows will be in the mid to upper 40s, then tomorrow, the clouds remain, we may have some spotty light showers, they won't be very widespread, highs will remain from mid 60s around the coast, to upper 60s inland. this next storm ranks only 1 on the storm impact scale. over tahoe, the three-day forecast calls for a mix of rain and snow tomorrow. this is a pretty mild system, so look for snow levels to be higher, up around 7,000 feet or so, which won't add much to the

slopes at all. and then on monday we'll get partial clearing in tahoe. it looks like we're going to have several days of some periods of rainfall. saturday will also be a mostly dry day, it's also the beginning of daylight-saving time, don't forget to move your clocks forward. and on sundon monday and tuesda wit wednesday looking like it will have the stormiest conditions. you have something else to watch in your facebook feed, the deal that the city has made with major league baseba

toys "r" us could be going out of business, possibly as early as next week, that would mean dozens of stores in the bay area would close it's doors. >> amy holyfield went to talk to parents sales. >> we're coming because we have gift cards, so we want to use them up just in case. >> reporter: smart move, sources are now saying the end of toys "r" us might be in sight, that

the toy store is making plans to liquidate. >> it's kind of sad, because even if we're not buying anything, they just like to stop by and look around. so we can't do that anymore, hopefully we don't lose them all. >> reporter: valerie johnson is here because their pinnoel toys "r" us closed. the holiday season was not kind to the toy story, and the company hasn't been able to find a buyer or a way to deal with lenders. "good morning america's" rebecca johnson says deals will probably be coming and jobs will be going. >> store closures mean job losses, they mean those going out of business sales, so keep in mind, chose purchases, why they're discounted, they are often final. >> reporter: but customers are still hopeful, especially since this store is brand new. >> that's why i don't anticipate a complete shutdown, i anticipate some sort of bounce

back. >> reporter: there are reports this morning that these shutdowns could come as early as next week, toys "r" us had no comment. facebook is teaming up with major league baseball to air 25 afternoon games this season. facebook users will be able to watch the games on facebook watch, the company's video feature, via the mlb live facebook page. amazon and other retailers are -- a deal with the nba to stream 8 basketball games on yahoo, why amazon paid 50 million to stream to prime members last season. from the san francisco giants posted earlier today, arguably the greatest players in franchise history together in one place, roy mccovey, barry bonds and billy mays. the official start of baseball season is now less than three weeks away. you can tell those guys are

happy. we're learning more today about former president obama's negotiations with netflix to produce shows for the los gatos based streaming service. the former president and wife michelle would use their programs to explore new ways to help others share their stories. according to the "new york times," one idea would have mr. obama express his views on voting rights and immigration, but he would not use these shows to respond to president trump or any conservative critics. the grays anatomy critics show people working on opposite side of the law, it's calls for the people. how difficult was it to prepare for this role? do you feel like you can pass the bar exam now? >> no. no. i went online and looked up some bar exam questions just for fun. i was like, oh, gosh.

>> that's hilarious. >> i'm still learning. i felt prepared because of the team made me feel prepared. the producers and the directors and the other actors, but no, i would not want to go to law school. >> the bar's hard. my cousin is a real lawyer, and he took it four times. he's not a great lawyer. >> this is a shonda rimes project, shehow good does it fe to get on board with one of her creations. >> an honor. but yeah, it's a great privilege to be part of that world and to voice the words they are creating. it's nice to be part of that sort of presence on network television. >> you have to put that out of your mind when you're shooting, but now that we're done shooting

and we're doing a lot of press and you guys bring it up all the time. >> we know that you can't be in the courtroom the entire 250iti i'm guessing there's got to be a few love stories mixed in as well. you're both public defenders, do you get maybe tangled up with the prulosecutors too? >> kind of a big point. >> sandra would never. my character would never. >> it's not allison's fault that she happened to fall in love with a prosecutor. love is love. >> it's what they got together back when they started the aclu. love is love. >> you can catch the series premier of for the people march 13 at 10:00 p.m. on abc7. we're waiting for the run of american idol. we'll hear from the judges and get a sneak preview of when the

show returns. and coming up, continuing coverage of our breaking news in yountville, we'll have more livelive updates as police try to resolve this hostage situation. . and the aclu sues the government. they want to block immigration officials from taking families into custody. you have to take a first step to take a stand. >> it's the job of everyone here at abc7 to share your story. to tell the truth. help you understand the truth. empower you. empower your family. whether you're worried about your daughter at work, or your son at school, we're here to help you connect with local experts and resources whenever you meet them. because anyone can cover local news, but it takes a trusted ally to do your story justice.

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wait to show the world all the new talent they have discovered so far. >> reporter: lionel ritchie, katy perry and luke bryan bring their knowledge and experience to the judge's table on american idol. >> i want to exchange numbers right now. >> 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 showbiz. what makes an american idol in 2018? >> i always say it goes back to the old school, which is style. if you've got a style, that means you'll be around for a while. if you're a singer, maybe, maybe not. but stylists are the people who last forever. >> i borrow it from lionel, but he calls it instant identity. honestly it is about your own imprint, your own personality and for me personally, i don't want to hear the music, i want

to feel the moussaomusic. >> there you go. >> do you have it? >> what is it? >> whatever it is. >> when you walk in the room, are you it, when you open your mouth, are you it, when you get in ront of that tv, do you just have it? >> it's really about the contestant and we're just here to stanley cup port thupport th them and to make a true american dream come to life again. >> and the season premier of the new american idol is this sunday march 11. you can catch it right here on abc7 news starting at 8:00 p.m. a reminder, you can get the latest news at any time with our upgraded abc7 news app, that will now enhance live news features, with more customization and personalized push alerts to get more of the news you want delivered to your phone in real time. we have been updating the

breaking news in yountville on the abc7 app. there was a going away party and he just walked in with this rifle. >> breaking news, a fluid scene in yountville where a gunman is holding three hostages at a veterans home. >> shots were fired in exchange with our deputies. >> the situation has been going on for more than six hours now. an active shooter. subject with a rifle holding three people hostage. >> it all started just before 10:30 this morning, several law enforcement agencies descended on the largest veterans home in the u.s. i'm eric thomas in for dan ashley. >> thank you for joining us, this tense situation is unfolding at the veteran's home

of california and the small wine country home of yountville in northern napa valley. >> the gunman took hostages at the veterans home of california in yountville. >> this is how the tense situation has unfolded. the gunman slipped into an office party being held in that building around 10:30 this morning and took some people hostage. that's according to the husband of one of the workers at the veterans home. >> the gunman released four people but kept three female hostages. shortly after that there was an exchange of gun fire between officers and the gunman, with a sheriff's deputy saying many shots were fired. so far we have no reports of any injuries. >> the sheriff's department says it knows the man's identity but they're not releasing it and the sheriff says he does not know a motive. we have live team coverage from the scene, let's begin with