but first we'll check on the forecast with mike nicco. >> driving was like a camel on roller skates. car jerked a couple of times when i hydroplaned. moderate rain is making it to the south bay. this is moving east, southeast. this is going to move down 101 and 280 into the heart of the south bay. we've got something moving from eldridge, sonoma, heading towards napa. expe expect more ponding on the roadways. it's going to rain all day today. steady light rain with impulses of moderate to -- mid to upper 50s this morning. upper 50s to mid-60s through almost 7:00. here's sue. lot to talk about. >> lot to talk about. we've got 35 separate incidents on the chp. we'll go to san jose. this is highway 87. you can see it's slick and wet past the sap center. a little farther to the north, near highway 101, we've got the

three right lanes closed. north 87 before 101. it does start to slow right here. it's moving pretty nicely. let's take a look elsewhere with the sikh aleg-alert near concor. jack-knifed big rig in the process of being moved. process is slow with lookie loos from pittsburgh towards concord for a 35-minute ride in that stretch. we do have the slow traffic southbound 880 near industrial because of an earlier accident there. standing water to be worried about this morning. again, multiple incidents out on the roadways. >> or just stay home. >> on the north bay, some areas expecting up to 6 inches of rain the next couple of days. >> the impact scale, one of the areas of concern, the vulnerable case -- alyssa harrington live in santa rosa this morning.

good morning, alyssa. >> reporter: good morning. i'm in the fountain grove area. one of the neighborhoods devastated by the wildfires. this used to be a house but now it's an empty lot. the rain is coming down and the big concern here is debris flows and mudslides. that's what emergency official rs concerned about. many will be monitoring the creeks and waterways near the burn zones. >> this is one of the more severe and high intensity rainfall events of the season we've experienced so far. we are expecting potentially flood batters but definitely -- waters but definitely runoff from the burned areas. >> reporter: they installed 12 new sensors along the sonoma county watershed that will measure precipitation and rainfall. meanwhile, in santa rosa, construction continued in the fountain grove neighborhood on new homes. yesterday, abc 7 news saw crews laying foundation and crews then were not too concerned about the

incoming atmospheric river. now what we're experiencing now is just a lot of rain. we're getting wet out here. fountain grove is a steep hill. people at the bottom seeing that rain rushing down the street and of course, there are concerns of flooding, mudslides and debris flow. reporting live in santa rosa, alyssa harrington, abc 7 news. >> you can see the doppler just lit up in green this morning. santa cruz county put out warnings for people who live in the mountains to be ready for flooded streets, downed trees, power outages. abc 7 news was in felton as the family was clearing out their garage ahead of the storm. they're trying to get everything two feet off of the ground. joanne says she lost enough in the 2017 flood. free sand for sandbags always available. the county does not anticipate the rivers and streams will overflow their banks but they will be carefully watched.

in the mission district, flood barriers near 17th and folsom streets to protect businesses and homes. strike teams are on stand by to clear out storm drains and debris during the storm. anyone with any rain-related issues can call 311 for help. you can keep track of a level 3 storm on the go with the accuweather app. >> just search accuweather in the app store and download it now. this morning, an abc news exclusive. reporter matt gutman inside the home of the woman who opened fire at youtube earlier this week sitting down with her family. nasim aghdam who posted videos like these on youtube killed herself after wounding three people and the family is now blaming police for not stopping her. >> did you tell them that she could be -- might be violent? >> i said maybe she go like start a fight with

somebody, that kind of stuff. >> you can watch the entire interview with nasim's family on "good morning america" starting at 7:00 a.m. right after abc 7 mornings. a class in the north bay today will teach people how to respond to an active shooter incident at schools. the class is hosted by the public safety training institute. it's designed for administrators, principals, faculty and staff of k-12 schools. attendees will learn the history and dynamic of school shootings, awareness and defensive classroom mind-set. a coast guard cutter is back home in the bay area bringing exciting stories along with it. the stratton, the final mile back into port marks the end of two months at sea and for family members, two months of waiting. >> i was missing him super much because he was actually my buddy. >> your dad is your buddy? >> yeah. >> stratton was on the hunt for

drug traffickers in waters off central america when it got an order for rescue duty in the bering sea. on this mission, the on board drone gave the crews eyes in the sky and they pulled people to safety from three different vessels. they were most concerned withholding their loved ones close and tight until they're called to the sea again. there's a hunt for this man. police are warning everyone to be on high alert. turning middle schools into cell phone-free spaces. the new effort to start a nationwide trend. you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. you can see some of the heavier rain moving through the south bay. visibility down to two miles. you're at three miles.

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this is abc 7 mornings. we're going to see sunshine and warmer weather. until that happens, it's a 3. a strong storm today. it could cause flooding in the santa cruz mountains in the north bay. that flood watch is in effect right now all the way through 11:00 tomorrow morning.

poorly drained areas, burn scars could let go of some debris flows in those areas. here's a look at the temperatures. we're mainly in the mid to upper 50s in the north bay. clear lake the exception at 51 degrees. temperatures about the same everywhere this morning. it's very mild. but this is what you're going to find everywhere. it is raining and it will continue to rain all day today. poor for about any outdoor activity, with you're out andb the wet weather gear. whether you're exercising. jumping the puddles. at the coast, it's going to rain all day. san francisco, temperatures in the upper 50s from 8:00 this morning all the way through 10:00 tonight. look at it rains every hour. same thing in the south bay. rain every hour from 8:00 this morning to 8:00 this evening. temperatures in the low to mid-60s for the better part of the afternoon and evenings hours. lots of accidents. here's some of them. >> 38 to be exact. the last count. mike, you showed the golden gate bridge a second ago. i thought i would take the time to let folks know that the

sidewalks on the golden gate bridge sunday morning will be shut down due to the rock 'n roll half marathon happening there. now we go back to concord with this sig-alert. it's been a problem with a jack-knifed big rig. fortunately, it's in the eastbound highway 4 direction near port chicago and willow pass road gets you on to highway 4 eastbound past the scene of the accident. westbound, though, we're seeing flow from pittsburg to highway 242. northbound 87 before highway 101, that accident still has the right lane blocked. the other lanes have been reopened. but you're seein stacked up now beyond 880 and the northbound 87 side of things. puddling, pooling, lots of problems out there continuing southbound 880 near industrial. traffic is stacked up now back almost towards oakland on the southbound 880 side. give yourself plenty of time this morning. we'll check back in just a few. >> sue, thank you. developing news this morning. police throughout the bay area

are still looking for a man considered armed and dangerous. the search for dustin hamilton caused major concern yesterday. the 34-year-old stole guns from his parents' home in san jose and threatened to kill san francisco police officers in a 20-page manifesto. hamilton named an apartment building, 501 delancey street as his target. he lived across the street in a homeless encampment that police cleared out earlier this week. yesterday the neighborhood was put on lockdown after false reports that he opened fire. police searched the area but did not find him. so far zero homicides this year. what they're crediting for the change. change. so this guy brought one to lighteup this watch party. (bear roars) maybe stick with a tasty oven-baked chip. ear roars) lighten up yougameday with ritz crisp & thins.

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possible power outages. stay ahead of today's storm with the abc 7 news app. download it now. we're here to get you through it no matter where you live in the bay area. it is looking like a rough commute this morning. you're looking live at the three bridges all dealing with the storm. mike and sue will have your full forecast and traffic updates in just a few moments. boy, is this scary. caught on cam rachlt this is from florida. a crane, it comes down on a construction site sending workers running.

the footage obtained by abc news, it's swaying and it falls over as workers on the ground run to avoid being hit by it. the crane barely missed crushing several workers. none of them got hurt. the cause of the collapse still under investigation. now, breaking news. breaking news coming into our live desk. moments ago, the trump administration announced it's punishing seven russian oligarchs and russian officials with sanctions because of what the u.s. calls russia's malign activity around the world. the treasury department says 12 companies owned by the oligarchs are being -- the new sanctions are not in retaliation for one particular action. just for an array of recent confrontational activity by moscow. back to you. >> thank you, jessica. a man is in jail accused of

sexually assaulting a woman. they have reason to believe there are more victims. this wan, juan ruiz was arrested. a woman said he raped year. 6:17 now. a new campaign under way to make middle schools cell phone-free spaces. the away for the day initiative was launched last week to promote policies that require cell phones to be put away for the school day in places like lockers. it stems from screen agers, it's a film focusing on teens' obsessions with computer screens and the impact it has on a child's development. nearly 2900 people have pledged support on president initiative's website. it's really interesting. >> having said that, you might want your phone around today because your forecast is on there. we have live doppler 7 on there. in case there is an emergency, that's the way that you'll be alerted. >> get your push alerts.

absolutely. there could be a few more. we've had one this morning for standing water up in the north bay. marin and sonoma county was under a flood advisory or they were until 5:30 this morning. that could happen again. got to keep an eye on this. san rafael, it's raining right now. nearly half an inch of rain there. steady rain and breezes continue through tomorrow morning. moderate to heavy impulses and locally gusty conditions will develop during this event. i promise you sunshine and dry weather for sunday into monday. today, because this is coming from the sub tropics, it's very moist. but also pretty mild. 62 degrees in half moon bay. vallejo, fairfield and lakeport on the cool side. everybody else, 63 to 68 degrees. one of our better radar returns in yountville towards napa. this is sliding off to the east, southeast. it's going to head towards fairfield pretty quickly. pushing out of the south bay right now into the southeast

corner around eden vael towards hamilton, that's where moderate rain returns. look at this fetch of moisture in the area of low pressure that comes through and squeezes it tonight and make an uptick in that rain. in fact, look at this. by 7:00, yellows and oranges. that signifies moderate rain. an impulse of red there even. moving through the santa cruz mountains before lunch. we'll have steady light rain for the rest of the day into the early evening hours. overnight, the cold front rolls through and that's when we get the best chance of heavy rain and gusty winds. rainfall amounts up to an inch in the south bay, 2.5 in the -- we could have up to 5 inches in the mountains. temperatures near 80 inland monday before a slight chance of rain for tuesday and wednesday. nothing like today, though, sue. >> yes. 37 incidents on the chp log. we can't get to all of them. we'll try to get you through the worst areas. here we go with a lot oftraffic

headed past golden gate fields into the macarthur maze. you have a 38-minute drive headed from hercules highway 4 all the way into san francisco right now along the 80 corridor. we still have this traffic alert with a jack-knifed big rig. it's been out there most of the morning eastbound direction. highway 4 near port chicago. you can get around that by getting on willow pass road. willow pass on ramp to highway 4 eastbound is past the accident. westbound, though, we are seeing very slow traffic from pittsburg into the concord area. we had this earlier accident northbound 17 near idle wild. that's been the blocking one lane of traffic. it's been just now pushed off to the shoulder. the green sensors are showing better conditions as you make your way towards the san jose side of things on northbound 17. again, standing water, our abc 7 matt keller has been up there with the rain coming down steadily. we'll hear from him in a little bit. in the meantime, standing water is the big problem. take care. thank you, sue.

there is cautious optimism in the city of richmond as it enters a fifth straight month with no homicides. the police chief credits improving community relations for the turn around. reporting suspicious activity and talking to officers investigating crimes. the police chief also credits federal health and winning the public's trust. in you're looking for a new job or know someone who is, you might be in luck. we have a list of places going on hiring sprees in the next month. >> the rain should go away by saturday afternoon. saturday afternoon. th ♪ ♪ ♪ raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens ♪ ♪ bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens ♪ ♪ brown paper packages tied up with strings ♪

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we're back at 6:24. you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. my storm concerns are a little higher than yesterday. flooding on roads very high. we've seen that this morning. small stream flooding. we've almost had that be an issue this morning. mudslides and debris flows. high probability of that and moderate probability of trees and power lines coming down. show us how the storm is impacting your neighborhood. share it with us. using the #abc 7 now. we can show your post on abc 7 news or on abc7news.com and also helps us tell everybody else what to expect when they come through wherever you took that picture. mike, man's best friend may need to get out and stretc its legs. i have a perfect event for you and your pup. there's plenty to do thanks to the partners at hood line.

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they will come back for a second year. 22 vendors will show off their avocado dishes. a recent study said those who eat avocados are others who don't. have a tasty and healthy weekend. >> maybe walk off the avocado. you got to walk and then you can treat yourself on sunday to the avocados. take your dog for a walk on saturday. so for more ideas what to do, check out hood line section of abc7news.com. i think woodstock has a chance at the best ears. >> he does have really cute ears. thank you for that. >> thanks, jess. there's a big change coming to san francisco's competitive taxi business. a ride hailing app is dumping hundreds of drivers. the saudi prince who wrent rented out the entire four seasons in palo alto has arri d arrived. what we know about his plans in the rainy bay area. what happened after president trump literally flipped his script on tax

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this does not make your commute any easier even though we warned you about it. we'll get you through it, though. this is what a 3 on the storm impact scale looks like right now. good morning to you on this friday, april 6th. >> if you don't believe us, look out your window. alexis is off today and sue is here. she'll get you through what's going on, on the highways and roadways. first we'll start with mike nicco. >> want me to keep talking about it? >> i do. >> just have good spirits about it. you know it's going to be raining and difficult. nothing you can do about it except for have a good attitude. we upgraded this from me to spencer. we thought it really looked like a 3. it's starting to play out like that. lightning possible, wind gusts up to 45 miles per hour through tomorrow morning. flood watch for the entire north bay and santa cruz mountains through 11:00 tomorrow morning for flooding on the roads. small streams could overflow their banks. debris flows on those burn scars and heavy rain developing off

the marin and sonoma county coast. fa achla says delays could be uo four hours. watch out for the sideways rain. here's sue. >> we don't have that kind of delay on the roads fortunately. but he have a new accident in lane 3 on the bay bridge. metering lights have been turned on for about an hour now. you can see the carpool lanes getting by fine. if there's anyway to carpool in or take mass transit today owe so you don't have to drive. continue with this sig-alert for concord. the tow truck is stuck in traffic. the big rig is jack-knifed. it's been out there since 4:30 this morning. eastbound 4 near port chicago, willow pass road will take you by that accident and get you back on eastbound 4. the real slowing is westbound from pittsburg into concord for about a 25 to 30-minute delay. this accident southbound 880

near industrial been out there a while. traffic is stacked up on southbound 880. take a look at the roadways start to go improve a little bit approaching highway 92. it is still a bear out there with accidents in santa cruz mountains and flooding all around the bay area. excuse me. extra time is needed, guys. >> speaking of the santa cruz mountains, sue, this is what it looked like for people trying to get through there early this morning. it's always tricky there. especially when there's a 3 on the storm impact scale. >> absolutely. flood watch right now. matt keller is there for us this morning. good morning, matt. >> reporter: good morning, natasha and reggie. we haven't seen the intense downpours yet but we have light showers now. i checked the chp website. there are no crashes on highway 17 now. i better knock on a redwood tree or something up here. that will change os the morning goes along and the rain intensifies. look at the video shot in the past hour or so.

you can see what we're seeing. this is on highway 17. we haven't seen the intense downpours. but a flood watch has been issued. but the flood control management team will be monitoring. they put out warnings for people in the mountains to be ready for flooded streets and power outages. >> stay off the roadways if you have no reason to be outside in the elements. stay home. be prepared for potential power outages. we have wind coming with this event as well. >> reporter: people are preparing by making sure they have enough batteries for flashlights and radios and also extra food and water. i just checked the pg&e website. i saw that there is an outage. 142 customers without power in the bolder creek area off of highway 9. if you're in that yar and come across bolder creek and there are top lights there, want to be

extra careful around the stoplights. treat them as four-way stops if they're out of power. reporting live, matt keller, abc 7 news. 6:34 now. sonoma county officials urging people living near burned out areas to keep their cell phones nearby. it will make it easier to receive alerts. sensors placed in a creek northwest of santa rosa will help officials monitor the flooding danger. the creek is in the part of the burn area from october's wildfires >> the national park area says it's closing yosemite valley starting at 5:00 today. the park service issued an alert urging anyone planning a trip to yosemite to do something else instead. all campgrounds and visitor lodging in yosemite valley will close this afternoon. >> the rain is expected to wash out the giants game at at&t park. the giants are scheduled to play the dodgers at 7:00 right in the middle of a downpour. there have been only five rainouts since the park opened in 2000.

you can track the storm with the abc 7 news app. >> live doppler 7 on the app and you'll also get push alerts from our weather advisories on your phone. now, a lie desk update. this morning an abc 7 news exclusive. reporter matt gutman inside the home of the woman who opened fire at youtube this week. nasim aghdam died after shooting herself tuesday. her family reported her missing. they knew she was upset but never thought she would become violent. >> ishmael, was your daughter a terrorist? >> no. >> was she violent? >> no imt. >> >> did you know that she had a gun? >> no. do you you don't know why she did this? >> i don't know. she never acted animal. >> nasim aghdam posted that

youtube was slashing her income generated from videos like these. you can watch the entire interview on "good morning america" starting in just half an hour at 7:00 a.m. after abc 7 mornings. thanks, jessica. more on that story. san bruno police say that the gun range where she practiced before the shooting contacted authorities after recognizing aghdam on the news. investigators say she emptied her weapon when she opened fire at youtube and reloaded it. she wounded three people before killing herself. the 9 millimeter smith & wesson used was purchased legally in san diego and was registered in her name. developing news in fremont. a wanted man died in a shootout with police. >> the suspect was wanted on felony warrants. he was spotted by undercover agents on fremont boulevard and nicolette avenue. he was a passenger in day car. when officers stopped the car, the suspect got out and ran towards this gas station. officials say he pointed a gun at an officer and shots were fired. more officers confronted him as he ran around the gas station.

suspect eventually got hit and died at the scene. a revolver with spent casings were found at the suspect's side. this is the fifth fatal police shooting in fremont since february of last year. >> we continue to see violent suspects who will really do anything it takes to get away from officers if that means pulling guns and shooting at them or ramming patrol cars. running police officers over. it's really startling. the level of violence that the suspects are demonstrating towards our officers. >> no officers were hurt in the shootout. seven of them were involved and they've all been placed on administrative leave, which is standard protocol. fremont had three deadly officer shootings last year during thee months. officers shot and killed a man after responding to a call of a disturban disturbance. the following month a pregnant 16-year-old girl was shot and

killed while officers tried to stop a stolen car. a man was killed by police during a chase on fremont boulevard. officers were assisting regional park police at the time. homeowner had to jump out of a second story window to escape this house fire in east san jose. five other adults and three are displaced. from the video, it looks like the home will be a total loss. it happened before midnight near capital expressway and a born road. it took firefighters an hour and a half to fight this. the injuries are minor. he was hospitalized. no word yet on a cause. you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. want to show you the visibility. one of the issues is what would squeeze the moisture out of air. the fog is forming because it's hanging in the air waiting for something to trigger it into dropping. that big trigger will be the cold front that comes through tonight into tomorrow morning. until then, we can still have

impulses of moderate to heavy rain like on point reyes right now. this is heading to the east, southeast. mill valley at 6:57. 7:00 in san rafael. 7:15 in richmond. 7:33 in lafayette. if you live anywhere near those, it will hit you also and cause a lot of ponding on the roadways. already had standing water be an issue several times this morning. los gatos, 52. everybody else at 54 to 58 degrees in the south bay. pretty much around 55 to 58 degrees everywhere in mild morning. the rains let up a little bit. walnut creek is light near 680. danger for standing water on the roads. poor on the ferry or mass transit. it's going to be wet and breezy and damp all day. look at this rain. every hour from 8:00 when it's 56 to look how it gets warmer as the greater part of the atmospheric river gets here during the evening hours. east bay valley at 56. 61 at noon.

hanging around the low 60s through 8:00. there also with rain every single day. the rain will be the heaviest tonight as the cold front comes through. you wake up tomorrow morning, your yard could be a little debris-filled. in fact, i ran over debris on my way to work as some of the trees lost their leaves. tomorrow we'll be in the mid to upper 50s. mild again. the big story besides weather is standing next to me. how many indents? >> down to 33. >> almost up to 40 incidents this morning with the chp. i'll tell you, my yard is loving this rain. it's not good for commuting. i can tell you that. we do have moderate traffic leaving san rafael. southbound on 101. brake lights there just a little bit past the civic center. otherwise, you're looking pretty good out of novato this morning. chp out on a lot of flood calls. when you get yourself towards lucky drive, southbound on 101 in core da madera. also in the northbound

direction, as much as 3 inches in the roadway near lucky drive. the golden gate bridge, four lanes in the southbound commute and wet. a lot as i mentioned, i can't emphasize enough, standing water is a problem for drivers this morning. it comes up and sort of blasts you in the face. we do have -- windshield obviously. we have the sig-alert out there. the tow truck is trying to get to the scene. this is a jack-knifed big rig out there since 4:40 this morning. you can get around it by going to willow pass road. bay point into concord. very slow as the rubberneckers are enjoying the scene apparently there. we'll check back on this. and more of spinouts and standing water problems in a few minutes. sue, thank you. a wild pursuit ends in a head-on crash last night. the moment of impact and what happened after it was caught on camera. how is this for a room with a view? when you can stay at this luxury space hotel. >> but you have to make some

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at 6:45 on the dot on this friday. rain will fall in fresno. temperature 66 in monterey, fresno. clouds and sunshine. 67 in san diego. 71 in l.a. 95 in palm springs. flood watch from solano and lake counties up into the high country from 5:00 this evening to 11:00 sunday morning. up to 7 inches of rain at the higher elevations. it's raining right now in tahoe and the melting has begun. a flood warning for the truckee river. for the carson river until about 11:00 sunday morning. here's a quick look at the rain falling and suppressing and making the skiing absolutely terrible and slushy. we'll get more melting and a slight chance of snow by thursday. up in the north bay, one of the better chances of seeing

flooding. let's get to alyssa harrington. she's live with a look at the conditions right now. alyssa? >> reporter: yeah. well this storm is going to test this area. i'm here in the fountain grove neighborhood of santa rosa. one of the areas absolutely devastated by the north bay wildfires just six months ago. now, this area still looks like a fire zone. we have burned trees and empty lots where homes used to be. there's still the risk of debris flow and mudslides. that is what emergency officials are going to be worried about today. some of the higher elevations could get as many as 6 inches in the next couple of days. so what's going to happen emergency crews will monitor creeks near the burn zones. the sonoma county water agency installed new sensors along the sonoma county watershed to measure precipitation and rainfall. >> hopefully we can prevent damage or threats to life. you know, if floods are coming, we're not going to be able to

say we can't stop the flood flows. but we can give people warning when we start to have flood stages. >> reporter: now, yesterday when abc 7 was in the same area, our crews found construction work moving forward on a lot of these homes in the area. today we haven't seen anybody out herement wouldn't be surprised if, of course, they're taking the day off because of this weather. fountain grove, anybody here, they know this is a very, very steep hill that goes to the neighborhoods at the bottom of the hill. a lot of people will be worried about what type of runoff they will be getting. of course, the hope is that everything is fine. but there is that concern -- there's concerns about flooding and debris runoff and mudslides. reporting live in santa rosa, alyssa harrington, abc 7 news. thank you. watch now as a car with three suspects inside crashes into a tanker truck in southern california. the suspects left the scene on foot but police took them into custody not long after this. two of them were seen limping as

they were getting arrested. the third suspect was caught trying to get into other vehicles before he was stopped by police. ufc fighter conor mcgregor is expected in court after this rampage at the barclay's center in brooklyn. he's facing three counts of assault for throwing a dolly at a bus filled with people. he was upset over an earlier conflict involving one of his teammates. dana white called it the most disgusting thing he's ever seen in the ufc. >> that's something else. president trump launching into a tirade on immigration and voter frauding during an event that was supposed to be about tax reform. >> the president literally threw out his prepared remarks in west virginia yesterday. there he goes. he talks about the caravan of migrants making their way through mexico to seek political asyl asylum. he suggests there's rampant cases of rape, and that mexicans are rapists. >> remember my opening remarks

at trump tower when i opened. everybody said he was tough. i used the word rape. yes, it came out where this journey coming up, women are raped at levels that nobody has ever seen before. >> the group organizing the so-called caravan told abc news that there have been no reported cases of rape on their journey. >> new allegations against scott prui pruitt, overnight two epa officials confirmed that pruitt was aware of salary increases given to two loyal aides. that contradicts what he told fox news when he denied knowing about the raises and blamed his staff. meantime, white house lawyers investigating pruitt after he allegedly paid $50 a night to rent a room at a capitol hill town house far below the cost of similar units. the owner was the wife of a top lobbyist whose clients conduct business with the epa. 6:49 now.

time for your money report. >> china playing hardball with tariffs this morning saying it will fight the u.s. at any cost. this all comes after president trump proposed $100 billion in new tariffs on china, which was in retaliation to china's $50 billion export tariff. the president's latest tariff threat was met with criticism from members of his own republican party. nebraska senator ben sassy called the move the dumbest possible way to do this. reggie, i want to jump in quickly there the live desk. a look at stocks. they are down. we've seen the market react strongly as the tariff war continues to escalate. down right now, about 108 points. that's about half a percentage point. i've seen it down 260 points at its lowest this morning. it has been down, it's been the case throughout the morning. reggie, you mentioned this. china saying they'll fight back, quote, at all costs against u.s. tariffs. and that is a major concern for investors on wall street. it's something to watch for the

rest of the day. fly wheel plans to take half of the city's fleet off of its platform on sunday. the examiner reports that taxi drivers were sent a notice that said fly wheel will be suspending all orders to drivers who do not drive for a partner of fly wheel. those include fly wheel sacks i, sf super cab. e ecotaxi and others. fly wheel is the uber-like app used to hail cabs. yellow cab, national veterans cabs would no longer be able to seek passengers on the fly wheel app. in a few years, some may be able to take a vacation 200 miles above the earth. the founder of orion span announced the luxury space hotel will launch in late 2021. guests will be able to stay at the aurora station in early 2022. a 12-day stay at the orbiting hotel will start at $9.5 million. orion span ceo says guests will

experience zero gravity the whole time and treated to a hero's welcome when they come back to earth. whatever that means. >> you know what i'm saying, put me in a small room, blackout curtains, bungee attached to me. i'll never know the difference. >> it's like a commercial. $9.5 million per night. the view, price lelesspriceless >> it does sound like recycled air and bad food to me. >> i could be almost as tall as reggie in space. i'd like to see that. >> let's talk about weather. enough daydreaming. we might run into a nightmare on the roads according to sue. a couple of accidents out there, huh? >> we'll get to her in a second. san jose, 280, tenth of an inch of rain so far. here's a look at san francisco where we've had about .6 inches of rain. looking from the exploratorium.

you can see the drops hitting the lens. today and tonight and our next storms are trendsing drier. temperatures today, we're already in the mid to upper 50s. we're going to be in the low to upper 60s as we head through the afternoon. mild fetch of sub tropical air. heaviest rain in marin county down to golden gate park in san francisco. look for more standing water on 101, the golden gate bridge all the way into san francisco. this is going to slide off to the east, southeast. go across the richmond-san rafael bridge. you can see the yellows and oranges and reds. moderate to heavy rain through about noon and then light to moderate rain for the rest of the afternoon into the early evening hours. tonight with a cold front coming through, you can see more reds in there. that's moderate to heavy rain once again. the fastest winds will be tonight while sleeping. any damage that occurs could happen while you're sleeping. tomorrow, mixture of sunshine and clouds. showers in the north bay mountains. an inch in the south bay, an

inch to 2 inches around the bay and 3 to 5 inches of rain up in the north bay mountains. as far as your accuweather seven-day forecast. we'll have sunshine coming at you sunday, temperatures nearing 70. sue? >> down to 23 incidents on the chp log. we were up to 40 at one point. it's improving at least for now. we'll take a look. we had an accident reported eastbound 80 coming out of the macarthur maze towards powell street. it looks like it's been cleared. no slowdowns or lanes blocked in the eastbound direction. that's better news. when you approach the toll plaza, though, the metering lights have been on since 5:30 this morning. we did have a couple of incidents, one westbound near treasure island and one near the toll plaza blocking one lane. those apparently have been cleared. but still a ten-minute backup to pay your tolls. here's the drive time from hercules into san francisco. still moderate. not bad for a friday. a wet friday at that. under 40 minutes still at this time. better news for concord.

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just joining us or headed out the door. we'll start with me. it's raining outside and it's going to rain all day today. sometimes moderate to heavy. especially this morning and tonight. temperatures in the mid to upper 50s now. we'll be in the upper 50s to mid-60s the rest of the day. >> number 2, obviously, we've been busy this morning with the wet, very slow commute in areas. golden gate bridge wet but not so slow here. better news for concord folks that the jack-knifed big rig eastbound near willow pass has been cleared out of lanes. >> look at this. the flood watch there this morning. county officials put out warnings for people who live in the mountains to be ready for flooded streets, downed trees and power outages. >> number 4, crews put up flood barriers. city strike teams on stand by to clear drains and debris during the storm. anyone with a weather-related issue can call 311 for help. number 5, the rain expect today wash out the giants game

at at&t park. the giants are scheduled to play the dodgers at 7:00 in the middle of the storm. number 6, the parents of the youtube shooting suspect speaking exclusively to abc news. they say they had no idea she would attack the company. you can see their full interview at 7:30 on "good morning america." number 7, from star wars to star trek and everything in between. silicon valley comicon is back at the san jose con sengs center today through sunday. the stan lee will be there. i feel bad for all the people working on their costumes who are going to be absolutely soaked today. >> thinking the same thing. they get really elaborate. >> you know what it's like to be dragged down by water logged costume? >> you can still have a nice rain jacket on. >> there you go. >> does everyone know what a broen i is? >> it's boys who like my little pony. >> or just take an umbrella? >> how is that?

we'll be back with an update and gma starts right now. making nen good morning, america. no spring in sight. record cold and snow from the midwest to the northeast. freezing fans bundling up on opening day. the severe storm alert this morning. overnight president trump sparks new fears of a trade war with a $100 billion threat to china. and the president goes off script with fiery and false words about undocumented immigrants and breaking his silence on stormy daniels. ufc fighter under fire. one of the biggest stars in the world, conor mcgregor, caught on camera attacking a bus full of people now facing charges. what started the brawl? supersonic success. incredible rocket launch flying high over the