thunderstorms. it's a one on our storm impact scale. if you look at live doppler 7,7, raining and also back westward towards forest knolls, bodega bay. getting a rain-snow mix towards ukiah. certainly give yourself a few extra minutes and grab the heavier coat. alexis? >> we're going to focus on san francisco right now where we notice we had heavy traffic westbound 80 heading into the city. we got a tip that we had disabled vehicles sitting in the left lane. that's close to the 101 merge. chp has confirmed that. that has been blocking for about 30 minutes now. look what that's doing. traffic heavy all the way back to treasure island. we have the metering lights on, too. not a great drive into the city. b.a.r.t. definitely an option for an alternate. if you're coming from the peninsula northbound before the

280 merge, skill a multicar crash in the two left lanes. if you want to stick to 280, 101 is delays 15 to 20 minutes due to that crash. we are tracking breaking news in san francisco where police are looking for a hit-and-run driver right now who crashed their car into a house. it happened at 37th avenue near sloat boulevard. police say a passenger was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. the driver did take off. the homeowner, a grandmother in her 90s, w a live picture from the scene. the car is still there. at 6:30, we'll go live to abc ac reporter amy hollyfield. chances you've noticed the electric scooters zipping around or parked on the sidewalk. >> abc 7 reporter elissa harrington is joining us from the newsroom with more. >> good morning.

san francisco supervisor aaron peskin introduced the legislation. he says the city has received hundreds of nuisance calls in a little more than two weeks since those rental scooters first showed up in san francisco. in fact on friday the department of public works confiscated 66 scooters they say were blocking traffic around the city. the proposed legislation would require these e scooter companies to get permits from the municipal transportation agency. the mta could then further regulate the vehicles. riders use an app to rent an e scooter and can park it anywhere when they're done. many riders are seen breaking laws, righting on the sidewalk without helmets and faster than the 15-mile-per-hour speed limit. a spokesperson for bird, one of the scooter companies, says they will work with the city to try to find a solution. part of a statement reads, we will continue to build upon bird's user education so that our growing user base becomes accustomed to considering fell san franciscans and park safely

out of the way. it will go before the board of supervisors tomorrow for a vote. there will be time for public comment. elissa harrington, abc 7 news. an intensifying showdown between president trump and former fbi director james comey. >> in an abc news exclusive interview comey talked about a conversation with the president about former national security adviser michael flynn. >> should you have said, mr. president, i can't do this, you're doing something improper. >> maybe. although if he didn't know he was doing something improper, why did he kick out the attorney general and the vice president of the united states and the leaders of the intelligence community? why am i alone if he doesn't no e the nature of the request? it's possible in the moment another person would have said, sir, you can't ask me that, that's a criminal investigation, that could be obstruction of justice. >> was president trump obstructing justice? >> possibly. it's certainly some evidence of

obstruction of justice. >> so far no response from president trump this morning. he did send out multiple tweets yesterday writing in par, how come he gave up classified information? why did he lie to congress? why the phony memos? >>. on a related note kellyanne conway appeared on "good morning america" this morning and weighed in on the conversation about michael flynn. >> should you have said, mr. president, i can't discuss this, you're doing something improper? >> maybe. although if he didn't know he was doing something improper, why did he kick out the attorney general and the vice president of the united states and the leaders of the intelligence community? why am i alone if he doesn't know the nature of the request. >> and "good morning america" will have much more from the ex-sive james comey interview. join george stephanopoulos at 7:00 a.m. right after "abc 7 mornings." mountain view police say two men who tried to kidnap a woman have been arrested.

they tried to push the victim into a vehicle on castro street. two of the victim's friends showed up and one suspect pulled out a gun. the two suspects drove off firing shots as they left. no one was injured. yesterday morning police tracked down and arrested 29-year-old guillermo perez and 19-year-old walter ramirez. this weekend hundreds of people marched in oakland to say no to war s >> the people united will never be defeated. >> protesters took to the streets calling for peace across the globe, including america's involvement with syria, palestine, afghanistan and what they say is violence against people of color on our own soil. >> with this administration the very meek and mild reforms that were in place because of obama are being rolled out. you hear i.c.e. agents and police officers feel like they've been unshackalled. the they've been unshackled

before, who knows what's coming now. >> demonstrators denounced the war on women citing sexual violence and reproductive rights. oakland mayor libby schaaf and city council members are set to address illegal dumping. >> community activists want the budget to be revised to provide more money for cleanup crews. it's at 6:00 at st. anthony's gym. brand new at 6:00, starbucks ceo kevin johnson's first live interview after two black men were arrested at a philadelphia starbucks. how he is responding this morning to the controversy. a big change for north bay commuters this morning. what you'll notice as you leave the house this morning. >> maybe some rain. in north bay from petaluma, also rain and showers along the

coast. tracking them for you with your monday morning forecast coming up. here is a live look at the toll plaza. a lot of cars out there this morning as we head to break.

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good morning everyone. waking up to this. look at the waves of rain moving into the bay area. it's a one on our storm impact scale. you're seeing most of the activity from the coast, highway 1, novato, sears point over the san pablo bay slipping into vallejo. into san leandro, 880. this will continue as we get a little sunshine. we still have a winter weather advisory through the evening hours. it's going to feel like winter. temperatures are cooler than average, only in the 50s. the winds will kick up as well. >> turned the heat on this morning when i was getting ready at the house. quite a few issues on the roads. the countercommute side of 80,

eastbound 80 in the el cerrito area. this is reportedly caused by debris in the roadway. two vehicles made it in the right shoulder. the other two are sitting in the left two lanes. emergency crews are on the scene there. also seeing delays, westbound 80, 24 minutes. 22 across the bay bridge. that disabled vehicle right around 7th street has cleared. happening now, if you take highway 101 through the marin sonoma narrows, you'll find yourself on a new road. caltrans finished the highway shift in time for the morning commute. the new alignment is from san antonio road and castania road. caltran says more work needs to be done but there's not a timeline on that yet. a plan to fix san francisco's sinking millennium tower could cost a lot more than it even cost to build the building. kerry underwood performs for the first time since a terrible

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philadelphia starbucks sparking a nationwide controversy. the company's ceo is now responding and protesters are now taking action. this is new video just into our abc 7 newsroom. about two dozen protesteders are demonstrating inside that store right now chanting starbucks coffee is anti black. it started last thursday. two men were sitting at a table without making a purchase. when they were asked to leave, they refused. that's when an employee called 911 reporting the incident as trespassing. starbucks on "good morning america" and called what happened reprehensible. >> clearly there's an opportunity to provide clarity. in addition to that there's training, more training we'll do with our store managers, not only about the guidelines but around unconscious bias. what happened to those two gentlemen was wrong. >> johnson wants to meet with the men to apologize in person. the incident in philadelphia hits close to home for one

well-known east bay community. >> w. kamal bell says it's unfortunate it took white people to legitimize the injustice. >> there's a big part of this that's hard to say. it's about the fact that white people with there are to vouch for those two black men. if this had been all black people, maybe aall get arrested. maybe we don't hear about this story. maybe the cops have to escalate because they're afraid there's so many black people there. >> kamal says he was once kicked out of berkeley's elmwood cafe after speaking to his wife at an outside table. he hopes more people get involved in the fight against racism. the academy of country music awards took place last night in las vegas six months after a gunman killed 58 people during a concert there. >> singer jason aldean was on stage during the festival when those shots rang out in october. he did open up last night after winning entertainer of the year. >> it's been a rough year.

i want to say thanks to everybody that reached out to us, that showed us love and support over the last six months. to my route 91 people, you guys are in our hearts always. i love you guys. and we love las vegas. vegas strong, baby. thank you. >> it was a really big night. the night also featured kerry underwood rturning to the stage, her first public appearance since receiving 50 stitches on her face after an accident in november. ♪ miranda lambert won female vocalist of the year and chris stapleton took home male vocalist of the year. >> are eegt ef of you country music fans? >> no, but i like kerry underwood. 50 stitches to the face. that's a big, big cut. nice to see her out there performing and she looked great. >> absolutely.

we have a not-so-great day today. slippery out there. be prepared with the umbrella and live doppler 7. we want to show you our storm impact scale. this is a one. most of you seeing up to .2 throughout the day. with sunshine and cold air in place, we could see a thunderstorm and snow levels will lower down to around mt. hamilton. they're doing that already. look at the radar in motion right now. there's more offshore. this is pushing into the north bay bringing downpours around highway 101 out towards 37, sears point and sonoma. be careful in vallejo, i-80, wet. you'll need the wipers. further south things are pretty quiet. a few showers between oakland ansan leandro. all of this will continue to work through the bay area, and we have snow in the sierra nevada. a couple inches below 7,000 feet before everything winds down later on this afternoon and tonight. you can see the west slope and

the greater lake tahoe area, certainly tricky. 48 in oakland, 48 in san jose. at the golden gate bridge you can see the breaks in the clouds. the pavement doesn't look wet yet. the radar was further north and that rain will be shifting across the bay throughout your morning ride. likely anywhere from the peninsula to the city. it's 40 in santa rosa, 45 in fairfield. we have fog in livermore at 42. also foggy in santa rosa. we'll be looking at the winds coming down with those thunderstorms for some breezy and gusty times. this is the order of the day today. and once that sun sets after 7:00, things will be quieter and we'll recover. as we time out the rain for you in the next hour or so, you'll notice it pops out along the coast into the east bay, even the central valley. so it could come down anywhere with the sun. so don't be fooled. it's going to be a cool blustery day today.

rainfall amounts looking from .3 to maybe .25 inch. mid 50s today. breezy, cool. the seven day outlook showing a dry day tomorrow and perhaps another chance of rain come thursday. alexis? >> okay. taking a look at the roads, we've got quite a few issues. wants to start you with the bay bridge commute. metering lights are on. once you get past the metering lights, you still have another 25 minutes into san francisco. that was all due to an earlier disabled vehicle right around 7th near the 101 emergency. they were able to get that off to mission. traffic heavy all the way back beyond treasure island. that's going to take a while to recover. south of there, still cleaning the crash on northbound 101 before the 280 merge. it sounds like one of the two vehicles has cleared. we still have the left lane blocked. boy, heavy rain right there pushing through that area, too. that yellow and orange you're seeing on live doppler seven.

also eastbound 80 past potrero avenue, still a crash blocking the two left lanes. a potential headache in the east bay tonight. we'll talk more about that coming up next. hurry up. tax day is tomorrow. don't forget. we'll also tell you why hundreds of californians are calling for a change to the president's new tax plan. the reason buckingham palace was transformed into a tropical rain forest last night.

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good morning to you. live doppler 7, sears point, highway 37 and back towards 101 from penngrove to novato down through san rafael, lucas valley and elsewhere, there's more off the coast here, but south of here we're not looking at too much from oakland to san francisco. that will change. we'll continue to see the this unstable environment with the possibility of a few thunderstorms just about anywhere today. >> thanks, lisa. new video shows buckingham palace transformed into a rain forest. project tors showed images of exotic trees, part of a global conservation initiative led by queen elizabeth as 53 nations gather in london with the leader of all commonwealth of nations. tax day is tomorrow. this weekend marches and rallies

took place across california. they were branded at trump tax must go. people are calling for tax fairness and transparency. the san francisco labor council had city leaders speaking out against the gop-backed tax reform bill passed in december. >> trump tax is an attempt is aa redistribute wealth to the ceos, big business and corporate shareholders. >> demonstrators say they're demanding congress repeal the trump tax and force president trump to release his tax returns. engineers have a plan to stop the millennium tower in san francisco from sinking and leaning, and it may cost more than the price to original build it. "san francisco chronicle" reports the engineers are confident, drilling piles down to the bedrock will stabilize one side of the 58-story condo high-rise while the other side

continues to sink. the job is estimated to cost from two to $500 million. it originally cost $350 million. the building's general contractor is already working with the city on getting approvals and permits for the work. a new exhibit at sfo to celebrate the rainbow flag and its international symbolism of pride and diversity within the lgbtg community. "a legacy of pride" is now on display in the international terminal main hall departures lobby. it illustrates the story behind the flag since it was first introduce in the gay freedom parade in 1978. next at 6:po, a major change for caltrain riders that could make your commute a little easier. a rude awakening for some san francisco residents when a car slammed into two homes overnight. we're live with we action from the people who live inside one of those homes. happening today, president

trump's personal lawyer expected to come face-to-face with strm. >> as we head to break, a live look outside at our tahoe camera. doesn't look like this in the city. if you are a

now at 6:30, hit-and-run. the overnight crash in san francisco that left two homes damaged and one person is on the run. >> one-on-one with fired fbi director james comey. the abc news exclusive and why he says president trump isn't fit to serve. >> but first, a live look at the richmond bridge toll plaza. the shine on the road telling us it's still drying up out there and showers across the bay area this morning could really slow down your commute. right, alexis? it's been kind of a rough one. >> we've had a lot of issues so far unfortunately. >> it's monday. we always have issues on monday, right? lisa, we've got the rain out there. some people are seeing it this morning right now. >> it's back to winter, especially in the north bay. most of you are dry. if we go to live doppler 7 right now, you'll notice we have a one on the storm impact scale. vallejo looking at wet inverness towards the coast, as we go toward the city and oakland, very little there, and

further south from the summit, the santa cruz mountains and ga gilroy, chain controls for 50 and 80 still with snow. the winter weather advisory doesn't expire until tonight. grab the umbrella, winds. eastbound 80 in el cerrito, last time we checked, they had all lanes blocked just past potrero avenue. it sounds like initially some debris caused this. they're working on getting the vehicles cleared now. as of right now, you're not able to get by this crash scene. it doesn't sound like it would be a long-term thing. sky 7 is on the way to the scene. if you're traveling around the coliseum or oakland this morning, we've got an a's game at 7:05, warriors playoff game that starts at 7:30. you're encouraged to either

arrive really early or take mass transit. we are following breaking news this morning in san francisco. >> a car crashed into two homes on sloat boulevard and 37th avenue. amy hollyfield is live on the scene with the latest. >> reporter: what a scene, matt. take a look. the car is still here and the building inspector says it's okay to leave it there for now and it is safe for the woman who lives here to stay here. he says they shouldn't pull the car out of this home just yet. it crashed at 2:15 this morning here at the corner of 37th and sloat in san francisco. a woman in her 90s and her caregiver at the time are okay. they're just shocked. police say the driver ran away from the scene but had a passenger who stuck around. she was taken to the hospital. police say it didn't look like she had life-threatening injuries. the homeowner's grandson got a call from his dad about the

crash, so he drove up from the peninsula to see if she was okay. >> how did you feel when you first pulled up and saw it? >> a little nervous, a little surprised, to be honest with you. >> reporter: he says his grandmother has lived in this home for more than 50 years. the building inspector advised them to do some work on the house and stabilize it before removing the car. so it's going to stay here throughout the morning. they don't know why the driver ca crashed. they need to find the driver to figure that out. live in san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> you saw right 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 warning the russians may have compromising information on him. abc news reporter arlette saenz is live in washington this morning. arlette? >> jessica and matt, good morning.

president trump spent the past few days bashing james comey on twitter, calling him even thing from a slime ball to a liar. in his first interview since he was fired, comey is telling his side of the story and holding nothing back. it's 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. >> reporter: comey broke his silence. >> do you think the rupgss 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 the president of the united states, but it's possible. >> reporter: 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 lashed out over twitter, slippery james comey, a man who ends up badly and 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. >> reporter: allies of the president are already responding. the chairwoman of the national committee says, quote, comey has no credibility and would say anything to sell books. live in washington, arlette

sanz, abc 7 news. "good morning america" will have much more from the exclusive interview. join george stephanopoulos at 7:00 a.m. after abc 7 mornings. sheriff's deputies say an uncooperative gunshot victim in row day i don't was eventually flown to the hospital. authorities were called around 1:00 this morning and found a man shot in the abdomen. officials say he was uncooperative with deputies and also uncooperative with medical personnel. as a result deputies have not said a lot about what happened there. we will let you know as soon as we get an update. napa police are investigating the death of a woman after her body was found at a school. >> the department shared these photos on their facebook page. officers say her body was found at snow elementary school yesterday. the school was not open. police say there is no threat to public safety. the school will likely open today. anyone with information is asked

to contact napa police. we are tracking developing news this morning. former first lady barbara bush is in failing health and will not seek any more medical treatment. a bush family spokesperson says the decision not to seek treatment follows conversations that bush had with her family and a recent series of trips to the hospital. this is video of bush during a visit to san francisco's chinatown back in the year 1992. the 92-year-old former first lady will now focus on comfort care and is also said to be surrounded by her family this morning. >> she's the type of person that would light up the room with her personality, treated everybody the same, whether it was the person serving the table or the most important person in the room. it didn't matter. she's a force for good in our community and for so many years has been 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 also the mother of

former president george w. bush. attornys for president trump will be in a manhattan federal courtroom to try to stop the fbi from reviewing several items seized last week. michael cohen 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. she's in a legal battle with cohen over a $130,000 agreement for her to keep quiet about a sexual encounter she claims she had with president trump. good morning to you. what a way to wake up to a monday. it's wet, going to get wetter throughout the day. here is live doppler 7. you can see the trajectory from the southeast to the north bay. it's slick from penngrove to novato, lucas valley towards san rafael and towards sears point, highway 37, american canyon and we have chains if you're headed to the sierra nevada, 80 and 350.

to the north, the rain-snow mix, colder air in place. in oakland we have a few showers around 80 just crossing the bridge -- the bay here but there will be more. in the south bay, widely scattered around gilroy. it's a one on our storm impact scale today. light rain out there. could see moderate showers if we have a thunderstorm and we may with some sunshine from the afternoon that destabilizes the atmosphere, and with those downpours, the winds gusty, 20 to 30 miles an hour. it could be slick in the north bay, the mass transit not bad except for perhaps some of the slippery streets as you're headed toward the transit. 50 in oakland today. right now it's 48 in san jose, 41 in santa rosa. not too bad with the milder air to start. but look where the temperatures

are going in the south bay. not very far. in the mid 50s today. you have the low 70s. a beautiful afternoon in the south bay. today, 52 in lakeport with 55 in fremont and palo alto. a one-day event with the cold, chilly, windy, breezy weather. we dry out. a nice bright easy commute tomorrow. >> things are going downhill here lisa, not looking good in the east bay. in fact, we've got a major traffic alert now. a sig alert has been issued for this crash in el cerrito. we have sky 7 on the way to the scene. they give us much better perspective of what we're dealing with. we know we had four vehicles involved in this crash. initially the calls to chp with a lot of debris in the roadway that caused the crash. it was sort of a chain reaction situation. eastbound 80 past carlson, no one is getting by. all lanes are closed for this. it sounds like they have tow trucks on the scene trying to clean it up.

they have no estimate on when traffic might be able to get by. for now you're being forced off onto carlson boulevard on the off-ramp. not a huge backup yet. just under a mile. we're starting to get onlooker delay filling in as well. westbound 580 tracy to dublin, just under an hour at 55 minutes. westbound 4, antioch to concord in the yellow at 23. southbound 101 san rafael to san francisco, 16 minutes. marin transit will add to its fleet of cleaner burning vehicles with the addition of two all-electric buses. 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 kmi china, the vehicles will be built in california. the buses are part of a $1.6 million pilot project to get cleaner burning vehicles on the road. happening today, terminal 1

at sfo will be renamed in honor of harvey milk. he was the city's first openly gay politician when elected to the board of supervisors in 1977. milk and mayor george mascone were assassinated at city hall in 1978. milk is being honored for fighting discrimination that targeted the lgbt community. a big day for those scooters that keep popping up on bay area sidewalks and roads. the action officials will take to regulate the new representals that are causing a lot of controversy. the making of a modern princess. the author of a new book revealing n

today's storm is level one. keep an umbrella handy an drive safely. download the abc 7 news app now. >> you'it's wet here, certainlyl be wet in the northern half of the state and cold with temperatures just in the mid 50s from chico to monterey. mid 60s in southern california. the snow won't be ending until tonight in the sierra nevada. still the west slope and lake tahoe area one to three, four to eight inches of snow. certainly slick going there. if you're thinking of heading to the mountains, a little snowy

now but sunny and 40s tomorrow. >> lisa, thank you. chances are, if you've wauktd around san francisco lately, you've noticed the electric scooters zipping around. they've been parked on the sidewalks. hard to miss. >> later this morning city lawmakers will consider new legislation to regulate those scooters. abc 7 news reporter elissa harrington joins us live from the news room with more. >> it's hard to miss those scooters. they are all over the place. some city supervisors say that's the problem. these are dockless scooters that you use an app to rent. when they're not in use, riders can leave them anywhere. some end up falling over and blocking sidewalks and entryways. riders are often seen ignoring laws like riding on the sidewalk or without a helmet. supervisor aaron peskin says they've received hundreds of nuisance calls and that's why he introduced legislation to regulate the scooters and require companies to get permits. the san francisco board of supervisors land use and

transportation commission will discuss this issue at city hall. if they pass it, it will go before the entire board of supervisors for a vote. friday they seized more than 60 scooters that were blocking traffic. a spokesperson from bird, one of the scooter companies, say they will work with the city to create solutions and plan to better educate their riders. live in the news roorm, elissa harrington, abc 7 news. south carolina authors say seven inmates are dead, 17 more hurt after an riot at the lee correctional institution in the town of bishopville. officials say inmates began fighting shortly after 7:00 last night. the guards couldn't secure the building until about 3:00 this morning. ambulances from at least seven different jurisdictions did tend to the wounded. the maximum security prison houses about 1,500 inmates, some

are the most violent and longest serving offenders in south carolina. the trump administration expected to announce more sanctions against russia for enabling the syrian government to continue using chemical weapons. u.s. am bass for to the u.n. nikki haley says russia has already been feeling the effects of previously placed sanctions, and that more are on the way. she says those 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 strike on syria. pentagon says it targeted chemical weapons facilities. buildings were wiped away. the burn marks are still visible. friday's attack was in response to an alleged chemical attacks in syria. chemical inspeks spec tors are b in syria to investigate. opposition to california's sanctuary law is growing. today leaders in loss al mean knows in orange county will

decide whether to exempt the city from the state law which limits state and local authorities cooperation with state and legal officials. at least a dozen cities are taking actions again the sanctuary status and siding with the federal government. the san diego county board of supervisors will discuss the issue tomorrow. now your morning money report. a new report finds that californians are financially savvy and we tend to at a much higher rate than average u.s. residents save our money. >> according to smart asset, the report took into account personal savings, credit utilization and late payments. five of the top ten cities come fr california. san francisco is one, santa maria is two, salinas five, eureka six and san diego is number nine. a french company will build a hyperloop track in the city of

toluse. this is from hyperloop technologies. it shows the tubes you see there on your screen. passengers will r would be shot through the tube at speeds of up to 700 miles per hour. hyperloop transportation technology says its passenger pod is near completion. a live look now at the new york stock exchange as trading gets under way this morning. the markets are up 167 points. investors are looking ahead to big earnings. bank of america, netflix and charles schwab are reporting earnings today. let the countdown begin, the royal wedding just weeks away. >> this morning we have the inside scoop on markell's incredible journey from actress to member of the royal family thanks to a bach shell book. it's called "meghan, a hollywood princess." andrew morton, the author, is talking about it on "good morning america.". >> did meghan have to learn how to drink tea before she met the

queen? >> yes. she went to a place in pasadena that does afternoon tea in british style. >> you may remember he also wrote the international best sell ter "diana, her true story." he reveals what happened when harry met the 36-year-old actress on a blind date. >> >> san jose mayor slard may have found his new calling. >> he swears this is him. the opening of a new bike park in the city. that's him right there. that was him doing a front flip. check it out. can you mayor do this? no. the mayor of san jose can do it. the crowd erupted into cheers. the mayor wrote, #look mom, no hands. it's part of the ten acre sports action park complex. that's pretty cool. now i think we need to start

something called mayor x games or something like that. i'd like to see sam take on other people. he's an avid cyclist. that's not surprising to see him doing that. >> i think it's surprising. i like to cycle, but i couldn't flip upside down. >> i guess that's true. riding your bike and doing that are two different things. >> no way. >> that's not going on today with the slick roadways out there. we've got rainfall and our storm impact scale with us right now. it's a one today. that means we'll see light rain, but at times when we have heavier downpours in a thunderstorm, yes, we could accumulate more than just a couple hundredths. snow levels around mt. hamilton down to 3,000 feet. most of this moisture is pushing into the north bay, a few showers in the east bay. but there will be more. and we go in closer, it's light to moderate rain from american canyon back westward to highway 37, sears point and into 101.

boy, this commute stacks up very early. i'm sure it's going to impact the folks to the north and point reyes looking at wet weather. as we shift into oakland, a heavier cell here as you get ready to go out around 80, alamo, moraga. this is towards walnut creek. further to the south it's been very light and scattered from santa cruz to pesing darrow. this is all going to change. we add in a little sunshine and things could get quite interesting. even some hail with some of these downpours later on. santa cruz looking great right now. 48 in san jose as well as san francisco. but look at that ominous cloud there in the city. 42 in santa rosa as well as livermore. grab the rain gear, the jacket, the umbrella. you may need it today. it's going to be gusty, breezy, cool. as we go through the next several hours you'll notice the green and yellow representing the rain is with us for the bulk of the day. good morning, alexis. >> good morning, lisa.

back to the traffic alert in el cerritos. let's take a look at the situation here. this is eastbound 80, so the countercommute side. boy, those vehicles really looking crunched up. up until a few moments ago we had all lanes closed. now it looks like they have two lanes back open, but we definitely need at least one  more tow truck. that car was really crunched up. a lot of front end damage. you can see heavy delays there, at least 20 to 25 minutes on eastbound 80. i know that's a rude awakening, most folks are used to that being an easy drive this time of day. it does look like we're improving. we have two lanes open instead of all four lanes closed. definitely not all clear yet. a quick check on what this looks like on our traffic maps as well. this is still a sig alert. you can see onlooker delay, just 14 miles an hour approaching that on the westbound side. if you want to stick to san pablo for an alternate, that is

looking good. that runs parallel north-south right along interstate 80. next traffic update coming up just before 7:00. >> at least some lanes back open, alexis. . starting today, caltrain launching a pilot program allowing bicyclists to board bike cars first. the bikers board first program will be tested in the northbound trains at mountain view, palo alto and redwood city s

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it's 6:58, here are the seven things you need to know before you go. number one, breaking news in san francisco. a live look of a car that crashed into two homes at 37th and sloat boulevard. police are searching for the driver. the passenger was hurt. homeowners are okay. number two, be careful out there. it is slick. w have showers that will develop perhaps into thunderstorms later today. breezy and temperatures well below average. number three, live live live over a crash east 80 at carlson. all lanes were closed. we have quite a few back open.

looks like maybe up to three lanes open. minor injuries but significant delays in both directions. number four, in an abc news exclusive interview, former fbi director james comey says president trump is morally unfit for office. comey also says there's, quote, some evidence of obstruction of justice. number five, seven inmates are daead in a south carolina prison riot, 17 more injured. changes may be coming for electric scooters in san francisco. today a committee will discuss new regulations for the devices. number seven, it's a good day for bay area sports. the warriors host the spurs in the first round of the playoffs. the dubs took game one. the sharks are hosting the ducks in the stanley cup playoffs. san jose is up 2-0. they have a pregame raltly in front of the s.a.p. center later today. that's fun. everybody fired up for the #duck

hunt. >> we'll be back in 25 minutes with an update and "good morning america" starts now. good morning, america. abc news exclusive. our explosive interview with fired fbi director james comey. he calls president trump morally unfit to be president. >> talks about and treats women like they're pieces of meat. who lies constantly about matters big and small and insists the american people believe it. that person is not fit to be president of the united states on moral grounds. >> compares the president to a mob boss. was president trump obstructing justice? what comey says about impeachment and the president's character. now live reaction from the white house this morning right here on "gma." overnight, deadly tornadoes rip through the south destroying homes, tearing apart this elementary school. record-setting snow in the midwest and now that major storm is moving east.