says happened between her and donald trump in 2006. >> you had sex with him. >> yes. >> you were 27. he was 60. were you physically attracted to him? >> no. >> reporter: daniels alleging in 2011 she was physically threatened to keep quiet about the affair. she had just sold her story which did not get published. >> leave trump alone, forget the story. >> reporter: david schwartz sent a cease and desist >> you can't just break a contract without there being consequences. >> reporter: the bombshell "60 minutes" interview follows a confidentiality agreement she signed for $130,000 days before the election. >> our position is that the nda was not executed. >> reporter: he acknowledges he paid daniels $130,000 from a

personal home equity line as part of a non-disclosure agreement and claims that daniels broke the agreement more than 20 times, making her liable for damages in excess of 20 mold. -- $20 million. daniels' lawyer says he has more evidence of an affair between daniels and the president but declines to say what it is. major developments in a scandal that has embroiled facebook and cambridge analytica. today the u.s. federal trade commission says they are investigating facebook's privacy practices, meanwhile, germany wants closer oversight. and attorneys general for 37 u.s. states and territories are demanding that facebook reveal when they learned about a breach. facebook remains strongly committed to protecting the privacy of its users, they say. now janine de la vega with a

look at the changes they could be facing and the effects this would have on users. >> reporter: we're here in front of facebook headquarters, in front of that famous thumbs up sign that you see right here. but lately, facebook has been facing a lot of thumbs down, and some say it's time for more rules. facebook admits it needs to do better when it comes to privacy and data. last week, it broke that cambridge analytica was given data of tens of thousands of users without their permission. eric gold mondman says it's goo legislators are looking at imposing regulations. >> we're still figuring out what works and what doesn't. until we have a clear sense about what the opportunities to regulate are, what the costs are, i think we have a really strong risk of getting something wrong. >> reporter: goldman says the federal government can't go too far because they risk

the first amendment. >> so when they say that they're fine with regulation, in part, because they know that's going to close the door behind them and make it harder for competitors to emerge. >> reporter: that's because facebook has deep pockets and other competitors don't have the cash flow to hire manpower. industry insiders say this could blow over. so far, it seems to have staying power, and it could impact the workforce there. >> if facebook becomes an evil social network that nobody wants to work at, if it loses its moral high ground, it may have a tougher time hiring top talent in silicon valley, and that could lead to a stagnation of innovation down the line. >> reporter: last week there was a big #delete facebook movement. but now that has died down, and tech insiders say that's because there really is no alternative to a facebook platform right now. reporting live from menlo park,

janine de la vega. abc 7 news. tech companies actually lid the sharp rebound as the dow rocketed 669 points, stocks surged today as fears about a trade war with china faded. the blue chip index lost more than 1400 point last week, amid worries of president trump's duties on $60 billion worth of chinese goods. a family of a man who was shot and killed by sacramento police officers last week deemed justice during an emotional news conference today. >> why? why did he have to do that? y'all didn't have to -- to -- t- just -- >> shaquita martin back

noted civil rights attorney benjamin crump says they want them to face criminal charges. >> we will speak up for stefen and fight for stepan until we get justice for stepan. >> activists on hand announced a national day of mourning and justice will be held on thursday to coincide with clark's funeral. al sharpton will deliver the eulogy at the family's request. oakland police say they've found a vehicle involved in an investigation. law enforcement pulled the vehicle out of the water. the same area where first responders pulled 39-year-old michael grace from the water the morning of march 15th. grace later died at the hospital. his death was ruled accidental. hours later, they found 24 year old tianna johnson's body.

her death was ruled a homicide. the two were romantically involved. schools in the yare area on heightened awareness after a man made threats at a local store. >> reporter: kids at st. gregory school in san mateo will not be enjoying the beautiful sunny day. lunch will be on lockdown because of this man who walked into a sporting goods store friday evening. >> asked to purchase a firearm. and then followed it with his intention to shoot up a school. >> reporter: the employees did not sell him a gun and asked him to leave. witnesses described him as a white man, possibly transient, about 35 years old, wearing a camo sweatshirt and blue jeans. no specific school was named and they did not believe the threat was credible. schools in san mateo were

notified. a spokesperson amber farena. >> we are just making sure that our staff and parents know that we are more vigilant and aware today making sure all gates and doors are locked. >> reporter: a spokesperson says they will not be on lockdown but asking campuses to be on heightened awareness. police officers and staff will provide extra eyes on campus. all of this is making parents and students anxious. >> they have to come to school. we have to work. and it's like, it's really hard to decide these things. >> i mean, i didn't tell my little one anything about it, because he would have panicked. he's scared. he's like, i don't want to go to school mom, i don't want to go to school. what if i die? what if i die? >> reporter: san mateo police say they want to talk to this man and evaluate him to come to their own conclusion. in san mateo, matt keller, abc 7 news. let's turn to the weather now as we take a look outside

from the mt. tam camera. >> it is gorgeous outside. let's head right to spencer christian. >> the second week of spring feels a lot more like spring than the first one did. we have sunny skies and mild conditions right now. let's revis iit the rainfall ma. 18 days have produced rainfall. it doesn't look like we'll see much more. the rest of the week looks high and dry. a bit of a warming trend. it is 17 degrees warmer in napa than it was this time yesterday. seven degrees warmer in livermore. here in san francisco, three degrees warmer. these our current readings. as we go into the evening hours, you can see the temperatures won't drop a lot. we'll see low to mid-50s in the late night hours. early tomorrow morning temperatures will be back to the mid to upper 50s. by noon we'll see low 70s. how warm and dry will the week ahead be?

i'll have the full forecast in a few minutes. in sonoma county, 12 horses are recovering from what is described as severe neglect. they were rescued last week after a tip from a neighbor. here's wayne freedman. >> reporter: for animal lovers or those who need to be loved, this is a small corner of paradise. they may thank heather bailey. to serve as florence nightingale for abused animals. >> how would you feel if you were starving? i mean, that's basically what it is. you have an animal here that is not getting enough to eat. so her body is eating itself. i imagine she feels pretty lousy. >> reporter: this is how know makoun at this sheriff's department found these horses. >> it breaks your heart.

there were so many places along the way where the animal could have been helped before he had to die. >> reporter: the saknow makoun at this sheriff's department arrested the owner. >> a 65-year-old man. >> reporter: who was not at home. the 12 survivors are spread among six shelters where volunteers like heather deal with complications like skin disease from exposure. >> you want to cry, but you save that for later. >> reporter: was it bad? >> it was pretty bad. >> reporter: for heather bailey, this qualifies as the perfect time to exercise her calling. wayne freedman, abc 7 news. and heather bailey describes ethyl as being some 500 pounds underweight. eventually, she hopes to see all of the animals nursed back to health. and in the event of a guilty verdict put up for adoption. beachgoers and wildlife officials are monitoring two whales apparently stuck in a

shallow inlet. witnesses reported seeing the whales at about 11:00 a.m. officials with noah are investigating. the whales are stuck as we speak. officials are waiting for high tide to help coax them out. the march for our lives. hundreds of thousands turned out across the country, but will it make a difference? and instead of arming teachers with guns, we're averarming teas with the ability to communicate. plus, the as want to become landowners. >> check out the land in walnut creek. their this is 680. that's heavier commute direction at this hour. the

ask ask the fight over stricter gun controls comes after literally millions of people marched across the country. now the question is will the ground swell make a difference in this november's midterm elections. here's maggie rulli. >> reporter: for lawmakers, the pressure is on. and their seats in congress could be on the chopping block. >> name them. shame them, vote them out. >> yes, indeed. top ten recipients of nra money. >> reporter: after hundreds of thousands of marchers called for stricter gun control over the weekend sending a clear message

to congress, beware, the voters are coming. >> the fact that this movement has so many people realizing it's so important to get out to the polls is one of the best things we've accomplished. >> reporter: they are working to register as many young people as possible. protesters have vowed to not stop until congress acts. today some students are still marching. >> we're pretty confident this will have a pretty powerful impact. >> reporter: this group in wisconsin is marching 50 miles in the state capital to paul ryan's hometown. >> specifically calling out him is what we need to get reform in this country. >> reporter: and in new jersey, lawmakers voting on a bill for gun restrictions. but other politicians see little value in the weekend protests. >> how about kids instead of looking to someone else to solve their problem do something like take cpr classes. >> reporter: rick santorum says instead of asking lawmakers to make a change they should make a

change themselves. they have already planned another nationwide school walkout on april 20th, the anniversary of the shooting at columbine. maggie rulli, new york. >> it's amazing to see how many people showed up. thank you for joining us today. i understand you're actually the person who first put out the post on social media right after parkland. what made you and your wife decide to support the movement? >> like a lot of people, when the initial tragedy happened, we really upset and sad. but i think the next day, when we saw these kids who should have been at home grieving or with their church community or loved ones that they felt like they had to be on tv to demand someone do something to protect them. candidly, it made me feel ashamed. i'm an adult, i'm an active member of society, a voter. but here we are, all these years after columbine, sandy hook.

and it's happened again. and we just felt like we had to do something to get involved to make a change. when we saw there was no event in san francisco. it was really the spark that caught fire as we started with one little post, and within a few days, 25,000 people had already rsvp d. my wife jumped in and helped make this happen. >> did you think it would get this big? >> yes. this is an issue that people are passionate about, and they felt forced to sigh laelence by the l dialog. when you see how quickly people got involved, rsvped, all around the country, even in red states, this is something people are passionate about, they know the dialog needs to change. i wasn't surprised. i was really happy and enthused with the event. >> what are some of the goals of this, and do you see some of them coming into play after

this? >> yes, absolutely. the first goal was to support the students from parkland and in the bay area overall. they need to have a voice, and they should have a voice. this is an important issue that's directly affecting them. so that was the first goal. the second goal was to, again, change the dialog. fox news over the weekend put out a poll of registered voters, that 91% of americans support universal background checks. 60% of registered voters in america, that's 120 million people support an assault weapons ban, this is not a, this is not a fringe cause. when we talk about common sense gun laws, it's common sense, because this is common. this is what a majority of americans want, and this is what needs to happen. so to have the opportunity to forward that dialog and hopefully not just change perspectives but gate majoriet of people's perspectives recognized and turned into law, that's what we're trying to do. >> you actually spoke.

what was that like in front of those crowds? >> we didn't have a lot of time. we spent a lot of time thanking volume u volunteers. it was definitely a rush, in front of 50,000 people. but was, you know, great to have the opportunity to thank these people that came out of the wood work. they hit us up on facebook. these are not people that we knew that felt either personally touched by gun violence or the issue. it was great to have the opportunity to thank them for getting involved too. >> we appreciate having the opportunity to speak to you today. we appreciate it. >> images from this weekend were truly remarkable. seeing crowds all over the country. let's turn back to the forecast. spencer christian, it looks like a lot of warm and sunny this week. >> that's correct. you've taken away my forecast. much warmer than last week at this time when spring was officially beginning. this is the view from sutro tower looking northward. it is 58 degrees here in san francisco. mid-60s in mountain view.

san jose and dwgilroy. this is a view of clear skies at golden gate, it's 68 degrees in santa rosa and napa, fairfield checking in at 66 degrees, just under 70 at concord and 64 at livermore. one more view from mt. tam looking out over ocean beach. we'll see clear skies, overnight it there is a deficiency, you might say, of snowpack up in the northern sierra, 47% of average snowpack right now. only 65% in the r doesn -- sierra. overnight look for moderately cool conditions, probably a low

of about 50 here in san francisco. looking at the 12-hour planner for tomorrow. we'll start the day with clear skies, sun will rise at 7:02:00 a.m. temperatures around 60 degrees. inland we'll see low to mid-70s from the bay to inland by 4:00 p.m. and as the sunsets at 7:28, we'll be under clear skies. let's go to highs tomorrow. 68 in san 70 at richmond. and as we look at the high temperature trend over the next few days, we'll see high temperatures near 80 degrees in some inland locations. thursday may be the warmest day, could see some low 880s. on friday, temperatures will moderate just a little bit. we'll still sigh upper 70s to low 80s inland. check out how nice and spring like it's going to be. as i mentioned, high temperatures climbing to the upper 70s to near 80 on

wednesday, thursday, and friday. a few thin high clouds on saturday. temperatures drop off just a couple degrees, looking great for easter sunday. mainly sunny skies. temperatures ranging to the mid-70s inland. i get all choked up. >> good baseball weather. >> great baseball weather. absolutely. great weather for opening day. let's play two. >> thank, spencer. all right, well, back in the black and orange. the former manager making a comeback with the giants. >> see dusty again. and the a's get ready for spring-at the ross spring shoe event. ross has the must-have styles and brands for a fraction of what you'd pay elsewhere. step one: get to ross. step two: walk out with top brands at big savings... ...at the ross spring shoe event.

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it equals the debt owed. this land is valuable. they said buying the property is the best way to maintain the viability in oakland. they were rebuffed on other plans. opening day of course right around the corner, the giants held their annual play ball luncheon to benefit the junior giants. brandon belt, hunter pence on hand to sign autographs, and so was andrew mccutchen. players remember it is important to give back. >> baseball players were my idol. people i greatly looked up to. we try to be that role model for them and be somebody they can look up to as well. >> the giant' newest employee was there as well. dusty baker was the giants' manager through much of the '90s and the opening of at&t park and led the giants to the 2002 world

series. >> you know, i've done a lot of things, and so like, it would be, it will be a little strange sitting up, watching the game up top, but that's, you know, that's my new royal. >> good to see dusty back. the giants and a's play game two at the bay bridge season series, that's a preseason series. tonight they're at at&t park. the regular season begins thursday. an actress will soon leave her mark on hollywood. turner classic movie also honor sicily tyson with a hand and footprint ceremony chinese theater. she was a pioneer in depicting multi-dimensional, strong black women, shifting away from clichés and stereotypes. in 2016, president obama awarded her the presidential medal of freedom. it takes place at the end of april. today's action make the united states a safer place.

plus, nearly a year after the san francisco consulate was closed, more russian diplomats told to leave the country. plus san francisco street brawls caught on camera, two

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making headlines at 4:30. the family of the man shot and killed by sacramento police last week demanded that the officers involved face criminal charges. this happened during an emotional news conference. police thought stephan clark had a gun in his hand, it turned out only to be a cell phone. this surveillance video is of a man wanted for questioning after he tried to buy a gun. he threatened to shoot up a school. police believe that his threat is not credible. abc news tweets stormy daniels' lawyer has a litany of quote, more evidence to back allegations that she had an affair with president trump years ago. she told "60 minutes", she was threatened not to go public. meanwhile, the trump administration is taking a stand against russia alongside expelling dozens of russians from the u.s.

megan h megan hughes has details. >> reporter: no question that this was aggressive. these moves coming from both the united states and europe are being called the biggest blow to russian intelligence in the west since the cold wash. t -- war. the white house announcing the largest number of russian officials expelled in history. the consulate closed. the move comes along with dozens of other european nations. >> we obviously stand united with allies that believe in the rule of law. >> reporter: british investigators and u.s. intelligence believe a military-grade nerve agent was used on a former spy and his daughter in britain. the kremlin has denied responsibility. president trump weighed in earlier this month. >> it certainly looks like the russians were behind it,

something that should never, ever happen. >> reporter: 60 russian intelligence officers are now asked to leave the u.s. 48 from the embassy in washington, 12 from the united nations. the administration says they were working under the guise of being diplomats. >> today's actions make the united states a safer place. by limiting the ability of russia to spy on americans. >> reporter: the administration's move in stark contrast to the president's phone call with vladimir putin last week, in which he did not confront the russian president on the attack in britain. that's the same call in which president trump congratulated putin on his victory. the white house refutes any inconsistency. >> the president wants to work with russia, but their action sometimes don't allow that to happen. >> today a spokeswoman for russia's foreign ministry says russia will retaliate against every single country that expelled its diplomats. in washington, megan hughes. >> you alluded to this.

this has the potential to escalate on both sides. do we know if the u.s. is planning any other actions against the russians? >> well, the white house not ruling out moves in the future, including potential sanctions targeting putin himself. the big question here is what will this mean for that expected face-to-face meeting between the president and mr. putin, something the president said he wanted to do. no date for that meeting has yet been set. >> interesting. megan hughes live in washington. the russian consulate in san francisco's already closed. it was shut down last summer in response to the kremlin's decision to force the u.s. to cut its diplomatic staff in russia by 755 people. no diplomats were expelled at that time. new information today about the dead lie fire thly fire tha least 64 people in russia. exits were blocked as the flames raged through the building. a fire safety technician at the complex switched off the alarm

system after being alerted about the blaze. the fire started on an upper floor packed with people inside. shops, a movie theater and bowling alley. many of the victims were children. prosecutors in mexico say a gas leak in a water heater was responsible for a family's des la -- death last week. kevin and amy sharp and their two children died from inhaling toxic gas. mexican authorities discovered their bodies on friday, alerted by the u.s. state department when they failed to return home to iowa. a federal judge rejected an argument for a mistrial. the judge rejected the motion claiming salman wasn't harmed because the government never

called called mateen's father as a witness. her husband killed 49 people at the pulse nightclub in orlando. she was arrested in january of 2017. fistfights, gunshots caught on camera on the same san francisco street for the past two weekends. one business owner on broadway is sounding the alarm, saying another business is to blame. abc 7 news reporter melanie woodrow live on broadway with the story. >> reporter: these two clubs share a sidewalk. they share an alley way in between the two of them. bu but the owners definitely don't share the same opinion about who is responsible for the fights that are happening when the clubs let out. surveillance cameras show multiple fights from multiple angles in the early morning hours following st. patrick's day. >> the fights, maybe six to

eight people got hurt. >> reporter: the owner fran kre chess ca valdez is frustrated. dozens of people on fraud -- broadway street begin running. >> i get scared for my life, watching and hearing the gunshot. >> reporter: in an e-mail statement, hughes' managing member says other clubs on broadway were very busy managing st. patrick's day crowds. quote, none of the clubs contributed to the incident or could have predicted what happened. but eric roach says another fight happened just this past weekend. showing us this video. he says he believes these are all hugh patrons. >> maybe take some pointers,

maybe it will be better. >> reporter: the managing member says they did all the safety protocol t protocols which has been shared with the sfpd. requests for comes from the sfpd and entertainment commission have not been returned. hughes managing member also writes to us saying club security does not allow weapons or any one inebriated inside the club. abc 7 news. >> thank you. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell plans do introduto in law to classify hemp, removing it from the controlled substance list and give researchers the chance to apply for competitive grants from the department of agriculture. a team at the university of louisville has been harvesting

it, studying it as a biofuel and energy source. people like elon musk, steven hawking and me. those guys are not here, they've been warning us. most people still say they're excited about the future of artificial intelligence. and do you pay your fair share? the big money lost right here in the bay area, because of fare cheaters. the weather's pretty fair right now and getting warmer. here's the view from sutro tower. i'll tell you what we can expect this week in just a moment. well, that was stunning. this is not. this is traffic in san jose. this is 101 south. although the backup is not quite as bad as it usually is in the southbound direction. i mean, it's not good. over the top, 880's

commute cheaters are costing bay area transportation agencies more than $60 million a year in revenue. and that's probably a low-ball estimate according to our media partner, cheats include those who sneak onto bart or cal train without a ticket. here's a break down on the loss per agency. bart is losing $25 million a year because of fare evaders. illegal use of park placards cost about $20 million. bridge toll. light rail fare evaders cost $561,000 a year.

>> the castro is one of san francisco's neighborhoods that's experienced the brunt of homelessness and dirty streets. today politicians addressed the issue. they toured the area on a safety walk. they spoke with residents about possible solutions to the neighborhood's chronic problems. >> one of the reasons that people have come to the castro is that the castro has a history of compassion. but i see compassion fatigue setting in. why are their needles in front of my store, in front of my house. why is there human waste, why are there people sleeping in doorways every night. >> supervisor she he says he's looking at centers in the area. now your accuweather forecast with spencer christian. >> here's a live look at doppler 7. mainly sunny skies right now. as we look ahead, we're not in good standing in terms of where we should be in the rainfall

season. we are at about 55% to 65% of average. most areas, average amount of rainfall for the season. as we get into the spring, it's not likely we'll pick up a significant a rainfall. however, we'll have beautiful weather. look for temperatures in the low to mid-40s. mid to upper 40s around the bay. and tomorrow, under sunny skies, look for temperatures to continue rising. upper 60s to right around 70 near the bay and low to mid-70s inland and it keeps getting warmer. here's a look at the accuweather forecast. look for high temperatures inland to be up around the 80 degree mark. most of those days, wednesday, thursday, friday, mid-70s around the bay. we get a few thin, high clouds. but temperatures don't drop off much, just a few degrees. easter sunday's looking great and the beginning of the baseball season, weather looks awesome. >> thanks, spencer. could computers take over

the world? the fear and the expectations about artificial intelligence and why a lot of people are actually looking forward to seeing more of this. plus, first films, now burgers? steven spielberg takes a bite out of something new. here's a reminder, micha michael finney in san jose on march 30t

s aaron brothers stores are close and folding into michael's, all 94 framing shops will shut down by the summer. they will reposition the aaron brothers brand as a store within a store, providing custom framing services in all michaels stores. the bay area has 13 aaron brothers locations. one of the biggest gun seller has filed for bankruptcy protection. remington outdoor first announced its plan to file for bankruptcy last month. they will continue operations and reduce its debt by $700 million throughout chapter 11 process. cambridge university scientists say they've made a

robot with life-like facial expressions. meet charles the robot. charles records a human's facial expressions and mimics them in real time by camera, analyzes the positions of features like the mouth and eyebrows and makes a life han like face. scientists say the expressions are more likely to engage humans, but they still need to work on, well, the creep-out factor. >> i'm still working on it in myself, i'm ahead of charles, i think. you're probably aware of the warnings of artificial intelligence. but a fnew survey is taking a look at what marijuanat what am. 58% believe ai will help their lives. 68% worry about be beiing replag

on their jobs. before we talk about the study, define ai as you guys are talking about it. because i think >> at conversica, we focus on conversational artificial intelligence. our company builds software that actually talks with people like a real person, using e-mail or text messaging back and forth. and we've actually reached out to about 50 million people or one in five adults in america, we've probably had some kindof interaction with. >> interesting. it's more than alexa and siri. a lot of the apps on your phon like waez are a form of artificial intelligence. >> things like waze or netflix recommending a movie or amazon

suggesting something else you might want to purchase. things like that are using a form of artificial intelligence or google suggesting what you might search for, giving you the right results. >> it's interesting. in your study, it says people are more optimistic about the future of ai. some of us are more paranoid about the future of just how far this goes. we see like the boston dynamics robots walking around and you wonder when are they coming for me. >> people are right to be a little nervous and skeptical. technology changes all the time. even in jobs. jobs 50 years or 100 years ago, very different from today. they'll be different in 20 years or 50 years. so it's only natural to want to understand how these things are changing and these big technology revolutions, will they impact me? my kids? it's healthy to be skeptical of these technologies. >> millennials eat this stuff up, right? >> they do. and my generation, we didn't have cell phones or smartphones.

>> hundred an encyclopedia to look something up. how odd. >> that's right. encyclopedias or dictionaries. >> one of the things we saw in the study, we looked at new york, los angeles, san francisco. one of the things that was striking was they're pretty similar in how optimistic people are in using artificial intelligence. there were some differences. for example, we noticed in new york, about one in ten folks didn't know what artificial intelligence was. it was much smaller in the bay area. san francisco bay area is a real technology hub. but one of the things that i thought about that was, you know, in new york, even in a very cosmopolitan, fantastic city like new york, one in ten didn't know what ai was. is there a digital divide here? these advanced technologies, are there, are we going to have a

situation where some groups of people are using them more quickly, adopting them more quickly, and others get left behind? that's a real challenge. >> or they may be using it and don't realize it falls in the definition of ai. what date will sky net be activated so we know where we are. when is arnold coming? >> i'm very bullish on using ai. i don't think that sky net will come for us all. but it certainly makes for a great movie franchise, and you can understand why people get excited about these doomsdays scenarios. >> i'm not that excited about it. thank you for your time. >> thank you so much. >> ama? thanks, guys. move over wahlbergers. there's a new hamburger to sink your jaws into. so if you're jonesing for a burger to fill the jurassic appetite during your lunch break, you might want to catch it while you can.

well, a new tool for teachers in the fight against violence on campus. the new app that helps not only teachers but first responders. we're going to show you how it works. and dan's here with what's ahead at 5:00. >> cops on campus, as the nation debates how to keep students safe from violence, why one local school district may remove a layer of protection. also going door to door overseas, a simple step by bay area doctors that may be changing one of the toughest problems. the bridge that keeps on giving, the cross town rivals and the new use for the old bay bridge.

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>> abc 7 news reporter david u louie shows us the app. >> reporter: the newest tool for classroom safety is an app that can be installed on a smartphone or smart watch called safeguard. and in the hands of a teacher facing a critical situation, it speeds up communication. >> can you begin communication, and from there, anyone who has the application on their phone or whatever mobile device they have, whether it's ios or android, they'll receiver the notification. >> reporter: the alert system triangulates where the emergency is, a big help to first responders. >> with this application, we're able to help them pin point the location of the note any caficad help them to focus their efforts where it's needed the most. that's really important in an active shooter situation that's usually over in seven minutes. >> reporter: school administrators and other teachers can provide other details when speaking out loud

might put them at risk. a christian academy believes it will help protect their 67 students. >> there's safety throughout the day from all elements of most important to us. so, to have another system, another layer of protection that provides the added security is of great value. >> reporter: besides the bay area, the safeguard system has been installed in the pacific northwest and the midwest. david lough eye -- louie. a reminder of our station initiative to take action and find your ally. log on and there are links there to resources on workplace harassment, domestic violence, human rights and bullying. we also have links to connect you directly with your local

lawmakers. take action. >> thanks for joining us. abc 7 news at 5:00 starts right now. the event that it doesn't work out. >> those options include buying the coliseum. home run or strikeout. a lot of talk about the new twist in the ballpark saga. cops on campus as gun violence becomes more common, one local school district may remove a layer of protection. and the shooting of an unarmed man in sacramento sparks new demands for action. >> we will stand up for stephan. we will speak up for stephan. >> live where you live, this is abc 7 news. a new twist tonight for the future home of the oakland a's. the team may not know where it will eventually build, but it wants to lock up one site just

in case. i'm dan ashley. >> i'm kristin sze. the athletics are making a bid to own the coliseum outright. >> they wanted to build at laney college, but officials nixed it after push back by students and faculty. now the president of the a's spoke about this within the past hour. >> the keeping is with the setback, some of the headwinds at howard, we think it's important to own our own home and chart a course ourselves for a future in oakland. and the way to do that is to buy our site. >> but, is it a good deal for taxpayers? >> very interesting. >> reporter: it is, dan, and you may remember, this isn't the first time that someone has offered to buy this property here at the coliseum. it was just 18 months ago that ronnie lott and his group offered more than $165 million, that's $30 millio more than this current