treatment follows conversations bush had with her family in a recent series of trips to the hospital. this is video here you're seeing of a visit of hers to san francisco's chinatown in 1992. the 92-year-old former first lady will focus on comfort, care and is surrounded by family. >> she's the type of person that would light up the room with her personality, treated everybody the same way, whether it was the person serving the team or the most important person in the room. a force for good in our community and for so many years a shining example for all of us to try to emulate. >> former president george h.w. and barbara bush have been married for 73 years. barbara bush is also the mother of former president george w. bush. >> let's get a quick update on weather and traffic where you live. >> good morning to you. a few showers and we'll see more of them develop throughout the day.

43 in novato, 46 in fremont. temperatures will stay cool, in the 50s throughout the day today. early on, grab the umbrella. could see an isolated shower and the storms could get more prevalent throughout the afternoon, even an isolated thunderstorm is possible. low snow levels down to about 3,000 feet. notice the numbers in the low to mid 50s. all three throughout the day with a little sun you could see showers. with that you could see embedded hail. good morning, alexis. >> good morning, lisa. we have a couplish yoo us to talk about on the road. we do have wet pavement. i want to head back up to the north bay where we've got a crash blocking the two right lanes. you can see a little red and yellow filling in on our traffic sensors, southbound 101 at spencer avenue. emergency crews are on the scene including an ambulance and chp. quick check of the bay bridge toll plaza, a little breezy there. you can see the flags wavering

in the wind. no metering lights there. one new crash in the try valley as well. we'll check on that next. you saw here on abc 7 former fbi director james comey broke his silence in his first one-on-one interview since president trump fired him. comey called the president morally unfit and warned the russians may have compromising information on him. abc news reporter ar let signs is live in washington. zbr jessica and matt, good morning. president trump spent the past few days bashing james comey calling him everything from a slime ball to a liar. in his enter interview since he was fired, he's telling his side of the story and not holding anything back. an intensifying showdown between president trump and the man he fired, former fbi director james comey. >> i don't think he's medically unfit to be president. i think he's morally unfit to be president. >> in an exclusive interview comey broke his silence. >> do you think the russians

have something on donald trump? >> i think it's possible. i don't know. these are more words i never thought i'd utter about a president of the united states. it's possible. >> comey detailed some of the most controversial moments of his career, including an alleged conversation with the president about former national security adviser michael flynn. >> that's when he said that he opens i could let it go. >> when he said that you thought? >> he's asking me to drop the criminal investigation of his now former national security adviser. >> was president trump obstructing justice? >> possibly. it's certainly some evidence of obstruction of justice. >> hours later the president trump tweeted sliply james comey, out of back, will go down as the worst fbi director in history by far. comey also shared how torn he was about informing congress he reopened the hillary clinton e-mail investigation 11 days before the 2016 election. clinton argues that move cost

her the white house. comey says he had no choice. >> if you knew that letter would elect donald trump, you'd still send it? >> i would. if i ever consider whose political fortunes will be affected by a decision, we're done, just another player in the tribal battle. >> the chairwoman of the national committee says, quote, comey has no credibility and would say anything to sell books. live in washington, ar let sienz, abc. "good morning america" will have much more from the exclusive interview. join george stephanopoulos at 7:00 a.m. after abc mornings. attorneys for president trump will be in a manhattan courtroom today to try to block the fbi from reviewing items seized last week. president trump's personal attorney was the target of the raids. he claims he should be able to review the seized materials as part of attorney-client

privilege before prosecutors can study it. adult film actress stormy daniels will be at today's hearing, in a legal battle over a $130,000 agreement for her to keep quiet about a sexual n counter she claims she had with president trump. south carolina authorities say seven inmates are dead, 17 more are injured after an eight-hour prison riot happened at the lee correctional institute in the town of bishopville northeast of columbia. officials say inmates began fighting shortly after 7:00 last night. guards could not secure the building until about 3:00 this morning. ambulances from at least seven jurisdictions tended to the wounded. the maximum security facility houses about 1,500 inmates, some of them south carolina's most violent and longest serving offenders. napa police are investigating the death of a woman after her body was found at the school.

the department shared these photos on their facebook page. police say there is no threat to public safety. school will likely open today. anyone with information is asked to contact napa police. happening today, a group plans to provide the details of what they call obstruction of justice about a redevelopment project at san francisco's hunter's point naval shipyard. united public workers for action say they have evidence that congresswoman nancy pelosi and senator dianne feinstein refuse to investigate the fraud cleanup at the shipyard. two months ago the u.s. navy admitted the contractor did not clean up radioactive waste like it promised. good morning to you. we certainly are waking up to wet pavement. look at some of these storms that are offshore, and they will be with us throughout the day today. some heavier downpours, even an

isolated thunderstorm. point reyes along the coast. this is marin county along highway 101. out towards livermore and dublin, 680 and 580, wet weather. amount hamilton looking at a rain snow mix right now. you'll notice there are thunderstorms out there and this is moving pretty much from the west to the east. they will be with us as we get more sunshine throughout the day. better chance of some stronger downpours. use caution today on the the ferries. the gusty winds, there will be slippery spots. 50 in san jose, 40 in novato. we are from two to seven degrees colder this morning. we started that trend yesterday. today look at the narrow range, 53 in the city, 55 in fremont. not only some heavy downpours or some hail, but the possibility of a thunderstorm is with us as well. then looking at the overnight lows tonight, we'll see some 40s

and tomorrow, though, we're on the way to a nice dry afternoon. we know the drill around here. unfortunately you probably have some interesting news as well. >> yes, i sure do. of course, whenever we have wet pavement we have several spinout crashes. that tells me one thing, folks are driving too quickly for conditions. i want to take you to the try valley where we have one of those spinouts, one vehicle involved here. the countercommute direction eastbound 580 east of eden canyon road. no delays yet. emergency crews are on the scene. it's blocking the two right lanes. live doppler 7 shows we had a heavier shower push through. a quick check of our drive times, westbound 580, tracy to dublin, up to 39 minutes. no delays southbound dublin to

mission buld. and 101 to cupertino looks great at 16 minutes. starting today your commute on caltrain may go a little smoother. caltrain launching a pilot program that allows bicyclist to board bike cars first. the idea is to make boarding process faster, more efficient. the bikers board first program will be tested only on northbound trains at the mountain view, palo alto and redwood city stations from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. weekdays. transit will add to the fleet of cleaner burning vehicles with the addition of two all-electric buses. 23 of the agency's hybrid buses like these already use a cleaner burning diesel. the other 18 will be switched to that fuel this summer. marin transit says while the manufacturer of the buses is in china, the vehicles will be built in california. the battery-powered buses are part of $1.6 million pilot project to get cleaner burning vehicles on the road. coming up, growing opposition to california's sanctuary status. the parts of the state planning

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this is abc 7 mornings. >> widening the perspective and looking at the state, we have showers along the central coast, 54 in monterey and a mix of rain and snow in the higher elevations, so certainly a much colder day from north to south, 60s in los angeles. a winter weather advisory in effect for sierra nevada. four to eight inches until 11:00 p.m. and could see a foot up to 7,000 feet. slick out there as the system works threw the area. snowshowers, 32 in the mountains, sunny, milder the next couple of days. will there be anymore snow? i'll let you know in a few minutes. >> lisa, thank you. opposition to california's sanctuary law are growing. today leaders in loss al meade does and orange county will

decide whether to exempt them from the state law. at least a dozen california cities are taking action against the state's sanctuary status and siding with the federal government. san diego's county board of supervisor will discuss the issue tomorrow. the trump administration is expected to announce more sanctions today against russia for enabling the syrian government to continue using chemical weapons. u.s. ambassador nikki haley insists the u.s. has sent a strong message. she says the sanctions would specifically target companies that make chemical weapons or do business with syrian president bashar al assad. here is a closer look at the damage caused by the coalition strike on syria. satellite images show aerial views before and after the strike. the pent got says it targeted chemical weapons facilities. buildings were wiped away. the friday attack was in response to an alleged chemical

attack in syria. inspectors are there to investigate. a company in france is building a hyper loop test track in the city of toluse. this is video from the hyper loop transportation technologies. it shows the arrival of the first components of the system, a series of huge tubes. the tubes will form a sealed vacuum through which a passenger pod would be sent at speeds as high as 700 miles per hour. hyper loop technology says its passenger pod is near completion. a study shows californians tend to save at a higher percentage. it took into account personal savings, credit utilization and late payments. five of the top ten who are most financially savvy come from california. san francisco is number one with a perfect score. santa maria two, salinas five,

eureka at six and san diego at number nine. >> i'm surprised given the rent and mortgage payments here that anyone has anything left over to save, but good for us. >> every penny counts. >> just a little nervous i think. got to be on your toes. here, with the wet weather around the bay area, it's going to be a slick start out there. give yourself some extra time, a good idea with the one of our storm impact scale we're certainly looking at the scattered showers, the possibility of low snow levels. we can see the pink by san jose, mt. hamilton. we have a loop that shows pretty much from west to east. 50 in san jose. 20-degree drop in temperatures yesterday. and the next several hours you'll notice the showers could pop up just anywhere. 11:00 we're still looking at rain around the bay. as that sun comes up, it's going

to add to destabilizing the atmosphere. that's when we can see an isolated thunderstorm. the sun can continue in the sierra nevada. as the isolated storms become fewer and far between, the rain will end. here is the amounts as we go through the rest of the day today. maybe .2 in novato, .10 in mountain view. most like likly will have the sun dodging a few showers. 54 in oakland, 55 in palo alto. still breezy winds at the coast. once again tonight, looking at those colder inland valleys in the 30s, closer to the bay in the 40s. just a little wet weather today, enough to mess up the morning commute and alexis has details on what to expect. >> we already have a couple issues this morning, lisa, including the north bay where we had a crash about 30 minutes ago in southbound 101 at spencer avenue. that's still blocking the two right lanes. chp running traffic breaks through the area while they get

this cleaned up. not gotten details on the extent of the injuries. they did send an ambulance to the scene as a precaution. to check our traffic camera, southbound 101, you're moving along just fine. wet pavement and slick conditions. make sure you drive for those conditions this morning. we'll take a look at light drive times coming up just before 5:00. >> thanks, alexis. terminal one at sfo will be renamed in honor of harvey milk, the city's first openly gay politician when elected to the board of supervisors in 1977. he was assassinated in 1978. nasa is sending what it calls a revolutionary satellite into space. >> nbc's candice gibson and diane mass said dough has today's tech bites. >> launch day for nasa. the space agency sending its newest satellite into orbit.

>> the satellite will be flown into orbit on a spacex rocket. if you want to check on the status of your tax refund, there's an app for that. >> called irs to go. free, available for all mobile phones. you can also use it to download the agency's free software or find in-person help with your taxes. image recognition may be become part of the fight against distracted driving. >> police worldwide hope to create cameras that see phones in a driver's hand. sneaky. >> big brother is watching. those are your tech bites. >> like a red light camera for your cell phone. >> right inside your car. not everyone went to coachella this weekend. thousands of people are watching one group's special reunion online. a new vaccine in the works could be the drug to end addiction. a great escape caught on

good monday morning. waking up to scattered showers, cool temperatures and breezy winds. don't leave the house without your umbrella. you can see the rain towards port reyes, san francisco, over into 880 in oakland. scattered showers and maybe even a few heavy downpours today.

the scattered showers here today throughout the day will continue in this cold environment. in fact we'll look at numbers today from ten to 15 degrees below average. it ooes going to be a chilly one out there. back to winter for one day. >> lisa, thank you. >> scientists are reportedly working on a drug to end the opioid addiction. "the new york times" reports an experimental vaccine could be available to those already hooked on heroin. doctors say the vaccine is to block opioids from reaching the brain. it will take at least a decade of testing. president trump is pushing to expand the use of medication to treat addiction, an issue bringing republicans and democrats together. a growing threat to the redwood forest, marijuana. they're in jeopardy as the legal pot industry expands. cannabis requires a lot of water and sunlight to grow which

encourages farmers to clear trees and deplete water resources. american pop band portugal rounded off the performances at coachella valley music and arts festival. ♪ >> the band treated tens of thousands of festival goers to big screen animation during their one-hour set on the main stage. music fans were still reeling from beyonce's two-hour performance where she reunited with destiny's child. the first black woman to headline the annual festival. she's scheduled to perform again on the main stage next weekend. everyone was talking about that this weekend, lisa. >> absolutely. they had all the sundown there. another beautiful day. yesterday things really changed. today we're looking at a storm impact scale. light to moderate showers with us throughout the day.

an isolated thunderstorm is possible and temperatures look like this, in the low 40s to around 50 degrees. we'll be looking at maybe even a few flakes of snow around mt. hamilton. if you're in the south bay today, wow, it was 73 before that cold front pushed on through. highs stayed just in the 50s with the rain showers. we will be looking at a dry golden gate now. but wouldn't be surprised to have slippery roads throughout the day. it will be damp and breezy and waves certainly on the bay. taking a look at the roads here, no metering lights yet for the bay bridge toll plaza. we have a stackup in the cash lanes on either side of the toll plaza. usually the metering lights flip on about 5:20, 5:25 on a weekday morning. a little sheen on the pavement, too. so far drive times for the most part looking good. southbound 680 highway 4 to walnut creek, six minutes. eight minutes walnut creek to 13. the only one in the red, no

surprise, tracy to dublin, up to 53 minutes. we just had a shower push through the area. i'm guessing that's added to the slowdown. four baboons escaped a research facility in texas surprising drivers. it happened at the texas biomedical rchl institute in san antonio. cell phone video shows one of the baboons running from the people trying to catch it. a shocked woman said she didn't know what to think. >> all of a sudden, this brown big mass pops out of the bushes. okay, that's a big dog. it's a wild animal. it's a monkey. >> the baboons were caught within 30 minutes of their escape. it took a little longer to get the fourth. institute officials still aren't sure how the animals got out the enclosure and past a perimeter. >> she's right. that would be a weirdside to see. >> a strange squirrel or opossum going buy.

a weekend that started on friday 13th ended with three monster movies topping the box office. >> a remake of a classic city destroying a video game. critics are giving it mixed reviews. the movie scored 50% on rotten tomatoes, but audiences loved it. scored an a minus. "rampage" made $34 million, just two million more than "a quiet place." "truth or dare" debuted with $19 million. jason aldean and kerry underwood part of an emotional show. that's next. a big day for fans and opponents of the new scooters we've seen all over the bay area. the 49ers are releasing a flu statement regarding t

it's monday again, and we are also tracking chances of showers throughout your morning commute. >> a live look at a cold and wet golden gate bridge. when i was driving in this morning around sfo we also saw some showers there which could be an issue for flights coming into the bay area. good morning. it's monday, april 16th. reggie natasha and mike are off this morning. >> where is everyone zm. >> that's okay. we're here. it's monday. it's going to be tough on the roads. >> it is. if everyone is on spring break and coming back to this weather, they may be a little confused. temperatures dropped considerably. it's a light to moderate system where we'll have showe