black mercedes i should say. we are told by sources with knowledge of the investigation that the officer was not in uniform. he was not in uniform. but we believe he was a plain clothes officer. so he was crossing the veet and suddenly he was hit by the car. now, let's go to san francisco general, because that's exactly where the officer was taken to be treated for wounds. a lot of officers, a lot of motorcycle cops have arrived at the officer in support of the officer, of course. we are told by another source with information about his condition that he suffered injuries, perhaps to his leg and to his elbow and possibly to his back. but that his condition is not life-threatening. let me repeat that. the officers's condition is not life-threatening. he is in serious but stable condition. now, let's come back to the scene here at 29th and

california where you have shots of the mercedes, the black mercedes. the black mercedes, incidentally has no plates. let me get out of your way, dne, if the car could move you can see the mercedes has no plates. either the front or the back. there are officers here looking at the car. csi units are coming we are told. the suspect is in a police vehicle directly in back of the mercedes sitting in the back seat. obviously waiting to be transferred. the -- the suspect it appears to us -- and there are tinted windows. we don't exactly know, you know, can't see very clearly but it appears to be a female driver who is in the back of that police vehicle. so that is the very latest here at 29th and california. a lot -- 26th, excuse me -- and california. thank you very much for correcting us. residents of the neighborhood. 26th and california.

and all of our information is come from reliable sources wrai by the way. there is no information yet from the san francisco police public information officer. we are awaiting a response fl them back to you in the studio. >> vic lee, thank you so much. now to today's other top story. >> we're approximately 20 people trapped on balconies using sheets and ropes to try to get down. >> it was definitely nerve-racking to see and experience it. >> a terrifying 5-alarm fire tears through a san jose apartment building. dozens left without homes. >> the fire started just before 6:00 this morning on mclaughlinen avenue and tolly rod. chris wynn is live with the latest. chris. >> reporter: ama and dan, at this hour we have learned that at least 100 people are now without a home after that 5-alarm fire. this comes abthe red cross is interviewing families, setting

up temporary housing for them. as you can imagine many are in disbelief. this morning a chaotic scene at the summer wind apartments in san jose as a 5-alarm fire forced residents out of their homes. >> i mean, you look there is a fire. there is a fire. which he opened the door. the smokes comes in. >> the investigators believe the fire started in the kitchen of a second story unit before spreading to the third floor. this resident still waiting to see if anything in his home can be saved. >> my tools. i don't care. you know what i mean. the people are the important. >> all 36 units inside the building that caught fire are unhabitable. the red cross estimates 100 residents have been displaced. that number could go up as more families are interviewed. >> meeting with etch eye of the residents, determining needs, and how we can help in the road to recovery during this

traumatic time of uncertainty. >> the san jose fire department was on scene five minutes after getting the call. that quick response played a key role in preventing the fire from spreading to nearby building fire crews rescues dozens from balconies. >> always a good idea to close the bedroom door at night because in the case of a fire like this it buys you extra time to skap. >> four people were taken to the hospital for smak inhalation. another 11 evaluated at the scene. right now the san jose fire department is still on scene, going unit to unit, checking to see what items can be saved for the residents. live in san jose this afternoon, chris wynn, abc 7 news. terrible. thank you chris. one person is dead after a southwest plane made an emergency landing in philadelphia. he sent a push alert as soon as the story broke. this after an explosion thousands of feet in the air. in fact so bad the woman next to the opening was partially sucked

out of the plane. abc news reporter ernie has the lafrt. >> airplane engines are not supposed to blow apart like this. >> the number one engine failure, a bowing 737. >> southwest flight 1380 from new york made an emergency landing in philadelphia. passengers said they heard the explosion and saw shattered glass. >> the engine exploded. and a shard from the engine shattered the glass over the exit row. row 14. >> the same debris that shattered the window critically injured a passenger. the ntsb said she later died. >> there is a hole in the side of the aircraft also. >> inside the cabin passengers described confusion, fear and panic. >> there was ash coming through the venleation system. and you know we started dropping. >> the plane landed safely. the engine fuselage and one window damaged. usually a mishappen is contained within the engine housing in an

uncontained failure pieces of the engine spit out at speed. >> aircraft as you can imagine are complex pieces of machinery. i have to say as well that the flight crew did an incredible job getting this aircraft here on the ground. >> the ntsb dispatched a team to investigate. >> we're giving the national transportation safety board our full attention and cooperation and support. the safety of our customers and our crew is always our uncompromising priority. >> ernie ka terseky, abc news. and a scare on a delta flight heading for richmond virginia had to land at dull he is airport because of a problem with the landing gear. you see this picture tweeted from a passenger, the plane was missing one of its tires. it landed safelily and no injuries. a body found in a surf off mend o county was identified as one of three missing members of a washington state family. five members of the hart family were killed last month when the vehicle drove off highway 19

into the ocean near the town of west port. today the authorities announced theed bood body found a week ago is that of 12-year-old sierra hart. two other members recommend missing. president trump's pick for the supreme court cast the deciding vote against zporting some immigrants. justice neil gorsuch joined the court's more liberal justices in finding the clause too vague to be enforced. the court's 5-4 decision concerns a provision of immigration law making it easier to deport immigrants convicted of crimes. a federal appeals court in san francisco previously struck down the provision as too vague. both the trump and obama administrations had defended that provision. governor brown is lashing back at attacks from president trump over the deployment of national guard troops. in a et tweet this morning the president claimed the governor hasn't come to terms for the national guard to protect the border loop writing the high crime rate would get higher. brown disputed the claims at the national press club in

washington, d.c. and particularly the notion he is not committed to fighting crime. >> wait a minute? is trying to drop drug smuggling, human trafficking and guns going to mexico to the cartels -- that sounds to me like fighting crime. try to catch some desperate mothers and children or unaccompanied minors from central america, that sounds like something else. >> brown reiterated he is ready to deploy between 20,400 california troops to fight crime. but he says he is waiting on written confirmation from washington. he won't, however, allow them to perform immigration nfrt duties. >> announcer: new the accuweather for example with spencer chris zbloon certainly a more spriek-like day today. a look at doppler 7, a few clouds around. but we have more rain on the way. coming in tomorrow night. on a storm ranking one on the impact scale expected to pursue light rain and showers with most bay area locations receiving less than a third of an inches of rain from the system.

and cold air accompanying the storm with snow levels down to 3,500 feet. the forecast animation starting at noon tomorrow at which point we see increasing clouds. late in the afternoon early evening we'll see rain beginning to push on shore in the north bay. then sweeps southward and eastward in the evening and nighttime. but 2:00 a.m. thursday it will be out of here by the time the commute begins thursday. certainly we expect the storm gone. maybe wet spots remaining on the highways but probably not be raining. i'll give you a closer look in a few minutes. ama. >> thank you so much. high winds left one southern california community buried in look at them tumble weeds. the they pird pierldle up by the hundreds in victorville. spom has tumble we'ds piled as high as the second story. crews raked them up and loaded them into trash trucks. >> look at that. >> insane. >> just ahead the computer glitch causing major problems

for last minute tax filers. >> you have probably already seen the videos two black men arrested in philadelphia starbucks. but the company going to extreme measures to make hur it isn't happening again abandoned in mexico, the spring break nightmare for passengers left to fend for themselves. >> if you already filed taxes what should you do with the money you might be

by living off the grid. completely. or... just set the washing machine to cold. do your thing. with energy upgrade california. the irs extended the 2017 tax filing deadline to tomorrow. the reason the irs is having major computer problems that has last minute filers completely frustrated and flummoxed.

our reporter explains what's broken and what is a taxpayer to do. >> reporter: the irs collects over $3 trillion in taxes per year. on this mission critical day when taxpayers are scrambling to meet the midnight deadline, the irs computer system is broken. the irs prefers to say certain systems are experiencing technical difficulties. the irs website says it can't accept direct payments. that is money taxpayers owe by midnight. otherwise there are penalties. we have heard from tax preparers that the efiling system is down. that's how more than nine out of ten taxpayers submit returns. >> the irs's it system is old. as a matter of fact it's the oldest one we have in the federal government. >> professor caroline chen teaches accounting at san jose state. >> i believe it's being programmed in language that we actually no longer program in or teach to our computer science majors. >> with the filing deadline looming, the irs computer problem means filers have to revert to paper. >> tax preparers will need to

print out returns, taxpayers themselves will need to print out returns from their turbo tax or whatever other tax software they are using, sign them and get them into the mail by midnight tonight. >> however h and r block said in a statement while the irs system is down we are completing the returns. which will be set as soon as the irs system reopens and will be considered filed on time. the irs declined to do an interview as to when the computers will be back up. >> so what will it cost to replace the irs's ant kuwaited computer system by some estimates over $1.0 billion. in san jose, david louie abc 7 news. president trump filed an extension for his 2017 tax returns. the white house spokes william sarah huckabee sanders says trump like many american also file tax returns by the extension deadline of october 15th. trump has filed for extensions in years past. all right. so here is a question. if you are getting a tax refund what should you do with the

money? that's a good question. george gnocchetti with morgan stanley has tips. >> hello. >> does it matter what you plan on spending it on. >> well you're getting a check. okay. if you overpaid, in other words you've given the government the money you get no interest it they've been holding 12 months. you didn't win the lottery. the question is what do you do with it? right. >> is it serving needs or wants? i want to go to vegas. >> right. >> but i need to change the brakes on my car. i need to put away money for retirement. those are stigss people have to make. usually when the check comes it's anxiousness right away. we want to do something with it. put it in a drawer are for 48 hours and think about it. that gets rid of the emotion and the practical side will come through. >> okay. so practically speaking what are what are of the first things. >> the first thing that's horrific is credit card debt. the credit cards range between 16 and 20%. and the federal government is

the federal reserve rather is continuing to raise the discount rate. so the interest rates on the short term debt are going up all the time. that's getting more expensive. that you you should be first that should be wiped out that's expensive money. >> i assume all the debts are kind of what you might want to go after first. >> you may have mortgage debt. that payment you get back as a tax refund to pay down the mortgage. if you have a child and you are thinking about sending the child to school, 17 years from now it's very expensive. so you could put away money now and have it earn interest and get the time value of money. when the time comes to pay the college tuition you have been putting towards that versus going to vegas. >> right. is there any room for a splurj in maybe take yourself to a nice dinner >> you have to reward yourself you have to wit 48 hours, look at all the needs. after you think you've taken care of those you should reward yourself definitely. >> do you think most people are putting away for 48 hours. >> the numbers i look at most people put it away in some form of savings, the 401(k), taking

care of bills they have. and then you've the g the percentage of people that don't. and it's a problem because only one out of three people have enough money for retirement in the future. so that's a time bomb that's going to explode process. we have to -- that's why i say put it away for a couple of days. and then put it to good use after that. >> if you get more than, say, $500 back in your refund maybe it's time to reevaluate. >> you need a good financial adviser. if you get more than $500 you have taken too many deductens. what you should do is talk with the tax professional and rethink. . because that could be used for cash flow, paying down credit cards, putting more money into the 401(k) plan and other investments. >> right. an if you buy that trip to vegas you might feel good for a while. >> you'll still have the bills. >> exactly. >> you'll have some debt. thanks for coming in we appreciate the tax day advise. >> thanks for having me. >> good advice. ama if you get $500 bucks dinner

is on you. starbucks says it's closing 800,000 stories in the united states for one afternoon next month to do racial bias education for employees. this move comes of course after the highly publicized video showing two black men arrested in a philadelphia starbucks. the two men were there for a friend when an employee called police on them. starbucks says the closures will take place afternoon of may 29th. the company employs 175,000 people. let's turn to the weather forecast. gorgeous day but what's to come in spencer christian is tracking it in accuweather. dan we'll start with the gorge day. we have mainly sunny skies on doppler 7 and cool to mild across much of the bay area. this is the view sort of from mount tamm looking down to the bay under mostly blue kai skies. 58 in san francisco. low to mid-60s at oakland, mountainen view and gilroy.

65 at half moon bay. this is a nice view over the bay. it's 61 degrees at santa rosa. 62 at livermore right now. and at the golden gate bridge. traffic is flowing freely under mainly blue skies. niece are the forecast features. rain returns late tomorrow into the evening hours and overnight, perhaps into early thursday morning. warming trend begins friday. probably good news for many us. and warmer this we could. feeling like summer. overnight look for increasing clouds with low temperatures mainly in the mid-to upper 40s. however up in the north bay valleys it's a little bit chillier with low temperatures in the upper 30s. then tomorrow under increasingly cloudy skies in the early part of the day but becoming bright are in the afternoon we'll see high temperatures ranging from up are 50s at the coast to right around 60 degrees near the bay shorlen. inland locations warm up to the low to mid-60s. and the rain coming our way, well it comes tomorrow night. and it ranks one on the impact

scale. a storm of light intensity. light rain and showers less than a third of an inch of rain to likely in most locations. snow levels will be down to 3,500 feet as a bit of cold air accompanies the storm. forecast animation starting the noon tomorrow shows the surge of moisture push on shore off the north bay late afternoon early evening. later in the evening and during the nighttime we see it spread to other parts of the bay area. pretty much out of here before the commute begins on thursday. we may have wet spots lingering on the roadways. but not raining during the morning commute. notice most electrics receiving one thirtd of an inches of rain from the system. mainly lit rainfall. then the big warm-up starts free. three-day warm-up. highs in the mid-to upper 70s. saturday get a bit warmer. low 80s in the inland areas. perhaps even a draeg or two warm

ner inland spots on saturday topping out at mid-80s. that's earth day and sunday. earth day will be greeted by warm earth. here in the bay area. here is a look at, weather seven-day forecast. once again, the storm coming in tomorrow evening, ranks only one on the impact scale. we may have a couple of lingering early morning showers on thursday. but should be out of here by the time the commute begins. then there is the warm-up friday, saturday, sunday, sunny skies and mild conditions. mild to warm. and only a slight drop in temperatures is likely next monday and tuesday. looks like a sustained dry pattern coming our way. >> thaengs spencer. all right. does this place look like a million dollar home? why buyers lined up even though the lit lifting says enter at your own risk. your own risk. >> how do you get to i have type 2 diabetes. i'm trying to manage my a1c, then i learn type 2 diabetes

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news and a big honor for students from santa rosa high school. >> they have been invited to play carnegie hall and april 29th. but getting there it has been a challenge. >> big time. >> time for calisthenics of the vocal variety. as the santa rosa high school concert choirs knows well it's not enough to hit the high a. ebrahim in carnegie hall. >> singing here is something i would never would have thought happened. >> kayleigh walker knows it's a stretch to go from this stage to the biggest in the world but dreams can come true. the masterworks is a big deal. you apply then invited all of that happened for this group. they even received pledges. and then the fire hit.

when snoechl county and santa rosa burned all the work seemed to go up in smoke. by march the choir remained way short of the estimated $100,000 they needed. sper this man. >> had you ever heard of sandy wiley. >> sandy wiley is a billionaire philanthropist who came to practice as a fan and bennie factor. last month he made them a challenge grant and made them earn. >> when people see that other people are willing to support them. they work harder and get motivated and do better. instead of raising $30,000 they raised $85,000 more. >> and it kind of just kind of brought us closer in a way. that's what i thought at least. >> it is the sweetest of happy endings for a young woman who happens to be one of five in this kbrup to lose a home in the fire storm. >> in santa rosa wayne friedman, abc 7 news.

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(sound of footsteps) (sound of car door opening) (car door closes) (sound of engine starting) >> announcer: now from abc 7, live breaking news. and we'll begin this half hour with breaking news update. sources tell abc 7 news police detained a suspect accused of a hit-and-run and an sf p. d. officer. sky seven shows the vehicle pulled over in the richmond district. notation front or back. the hit-and-run happened in the tenderloin neighborhood late this afternoon. the plain clothes officer was taken to the hospital. his condition is not known at this time. our vic lee is on the scene where the suspect vehicle was located. he will have the latest breaking details coming up on abc 7 news

at 5:00. and here are the other stories making headlines at 4:30. the gates opened for a's fans celebrating the 50th year at the coliseum. sky 7 is live above the stadium as fans head in to grab prime seats two and a half hours before the game. the a's gave away 200,000 free tickets. they expect about 70,000 people to show up. and an engine exploded op a southwest plane 32,000 feet above philadelphia. abc news video tweeted video from inside the plain. the plane was able to land and one person is dead identified as jennifer reareden an executive with wells fargo in new mexico. seven others were hurt. abc 7 news tweeted that 15 people were injured in an explosives fire in san jose. four of them were hospitalized. people were trapped on the third floor. many had to be rescued. 100 people have been displaced. new at four the san francisco

board of supervisors voted unanimously to regulate the scooters flooding the city. katie utehs is live at city hall to tell us what the vote means. katie. >> reporter: ama, supervisor aaron peskin says the scooter saga could have been avoided. the city felt blind-sided when scooter companies rolled out the products before the city could pass regulations. >> they have behaved like a bunch of spoiled brats. >> aaron peskin is scolding the scooter companies that inundated the san francisco sidewalks. he introduced an ordinance in early march but the scooter companies laufrmd before the regulations made their way through city hall. >> byrd and a couple of other companies conducted themselves in a brash and immature manner. hopefully they'll belly up to the bar and we will work it out. >> without objection the ordinance passes unanimously on the first reading. >> supervisors voted nanszly monday to regulate. forwarding the ordinance to the

sfmta to wrat rules. then back to the supervisors for final vote. clearing the sidewalks is a major concern but so are less obvious consumer protections. >> the permits will come with conditions that individuals personal information not be shared without their express kent. >> oakland city council member raeb ka kaplan is trying to prevent the sidewalk grid lock and keep a level playing field in her city. >> all the other businesses have to follow laws and have to pay taxes. and as new industries innovate it's not fair to everybody else who is paying taxes and having regulation for them not to be part of that. >> both city leaders agree the scooters are a viable transportation solution if regulated. >> i have friends working in the financial district need to go to a meeting and in soma right now they either walk thirt minutes who are sitting in an uber and using a scooter or shared bike they can get there in 5 to 0 minutes. >> supervisor peskin told me he

would like to ride a scooter he sys they look fun but will wit until they're regulated. the city attorney yesterday did offer a cease and desist order against several of the companies. line bike byrd and spin- dsh he said they operated illegal. live in san francisco, katie utehs, abc 7 news. >> thanks. a new warning about the possible groebl cyberhack carried out by the russians through devices many of us have in homes and offices. our reporter terra palmieri is live with the latest on this terra. >> reporter: that's right, dan, the russians are stepping up hacking. it's the latest flairup in the worsening tensions between the u.s. and russia. the department of homeland security. the u.s. and uk governments jointly advise that russian hackers secretly launched a cybercampaign this time targeting the internet routers in homes and businesses. the goal to commit espionage, steal business secrets and lay

the ground work for cyberattacks. >> they can be easy targets because often times once install they're not maintained at the same level of security as aa desk top or a server. >> the australian government says the russian may have already carried out an attack on their companies. >> i understand that the -- the attacks which occurred in august of last year since -- since the examination of those attacks has been going on, the united states and the united kingdom believe they've identified the perpetrators of those attacks as russian states sponsor cyberactors. >> security analysts warn we are on the cusp of cyberwarfare with russia. this comes on the heels of a recent intelligence report that the russians have been tarring infrastructure like the powered grid, water supply systems and nuclear power plants. the kremlin zplied denied that russia is behind the attacks calling the claims unsubstantiated. the department of homeland security is gizing use tors change the default password on

the rouse routers and create stronger ones i'm terra palmieri abc 7 news. thank you. fox news channel says it was unaware host sean hasn'ty shared a lawyer with rump yesterday it came out that hannity was a client of cone. he says cohen never represented him in a legal matter never paid for services but asked him for real estate advice. fox news says it's biggest primetime star has it's its full support exclusivelily on the view today. stormy daniels and her lawyer released a sketch of the man they say threatened her over the alleged affair with president trump. daniels says in 2011 the man approached her in a las vegas parking lot and told her to forgot the story. there was a $100,000 reward for anyone identifying the man. former fbi director james comey's tell-all book higher loyalty is out today. the book chronicles his dispute with president trump, the fbi's investigation of hillary clinton, emails, and his career in public service.

abc 7 news reporter matt keller spoke with comey today and asked him about the impact president trump's attacks had on leaders, including himself. >> there is a danger my reaction of a shrug like there is another one of those, is everybody's reaction. and that's a bad place to be. because that means we become numb to a leader who is undermining our fundamental values, most importantly being the truth and the rule of law. >> matt's interview comes two days after the in-depth interview with good morning america george stephanopoulos. a complete transcript of that five-hour interview is now available on our website. abc 7 news.com. jurors in the bill cosby sexual assault trial heard about the alleged practice of giving drugs to women. today jurors heard a police interview in which he acknowledged fondling around konstantin after gifting her one and a half tablets of ben drill. konstantin claims the pills

knocked her out. the judge ruled he will allow jurors to hear the disposition testimony in which he admits giving conway luds to women before sex. the children of two women against alex jones for claiming the shooting never happened. the lawsuits were filed separately on behalf of 6-year-old noah pose ner and jesse heslin they were among 26 killed in the connecticut shooting in december of 2012. the lawsuits claimed the in insistants the massacre was staged led others to make death let's against families. we know home prices in the bay area are already sky high. >> but this one, it might take the cake. just ahead, how much the condemned home just sold for. i'm spencer christian looking at mostly clear skies from the souch beach camera in downtown san francisco. pu the skies won't remain clear long.

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all cash offer, a $250,000 over the asking price. >> my neighbor told me that. and i said oh, in cash. i can't believe it. >> yvonne yechlt. n has lived here 12 years. you might think she would be happy about the price tag but she is not. >> so many young people they cannot get a house even trying to move, you know because the property tax is costing me like thousand dollars a month. but we have no place to move because other places it's almost the same price. >> realtor madeleine dutra the this is the new normal. >> they are buying older homes condemned homes in need of a lot work to build their dream home. >> the housing website zillo reports last year the san jose metropolitan area was the fastest selling market in the country with homes selling on average in just 41 days. in san francisco, it was 43

days. >> a little bit of that easier market condition in san francisco is due to all of the new buildings you see going up. condos adding supply. >> according to zillo, the number of homes on the market throughout the bay area has been going down the past three years. and realtor david stark says that trend is what turned the fremont fixer-upper into a real find. >> it's close to jobs. there is all kinds of lifestyle amenities here in fremont. the schools are fantastic. the quality of life. >> bay area housing market is so unique, right. zillo says the number of homes for sale was down almost 27% from the year before. >> incredible. all right time to keck on weather. it was nice today. especially compared to yesterday. >> right less weird today. spencer christian it is tracking the forecast. >> much less weird. maybe not the forecaster but the weather is here. here a look at live doppler 7 and sawny sky and conditions. overnight. well see clouds increase and temperatures in the mid-to upper 40s.

chillier up in the north bay valleys where we see upper 30s at rake port and santa rosa. tomorrow we have partly to mostly cloudy. clouds thickening during the latterer part of the day. but during the middle part breezy and dry. highs in upper 50s at the coast and low and mid-60s everywhere else. then the storm leaning ranking only one on the impact scale. most of the bay area getting only a third of an inch. and continuing early thursday morning but probably end before the morning commute. the accuweather seven-day forecast partial clearing friday, friday absaturday and sunday a nice warm-up. temperatures climbing to the low to mid-80s inald over the weekend. just slightly cooler by a few degrees monday and tuesday but nice and bright and dry. >> lovely. thanks. san francisco is getting ready to remember the great 1906 earthquake. tomorrow is a 112th anniversary of the quake that devastated let city. a luncheon took place at john's

grill today. tomorrow as tradition has it people gather at the fountain for a ceremony. the former mayor willie brown presented a fire helmet to the wife of mayor ed lee. stranded on spring break, hundreds of vacationers left in mexico. the reason they were told, hey, you are on your own. 7 on your side, michael finney, more troub

>> announcer: and we have breaking news to tell you about. former first lady barbara bush has died. >> that's right. she passed away at home in texas today. she has been in failing health for some time. but yesterday we reported she was not going to anymore extreme measures to pro long life, just focus on comfort care. she died today. and she and former president george bush were married 73 years. >> she was 92 years old. they had five children. and survived five children and spouses. 17 grandchildren, 7 great grand children and her brother. >> all right. we'll have more on that a little later on tonight. moving on now now hundreds

of vacation erstranded in mexico after the airline cancelled flights back home because of a snowstorm in the mid-west. >> sun country told passengers they have to find another way back home. danya bacchus has the latest. >> after spring break snowstorm grounded the flights back to the united states. >> it's a mess. >> hundreds of sun country airline passenger stuck in mexico. >> it was great. but i'd like to feel like there is no way out, is scarey, especially when you're with kids. >> an april blizzard caused the airline to cancel flights in and out of minneapolis hub. but instead of rebooking on a new flight, the airline telling commerce they are on their own. sending this email. because this cancellation is due to weather and our seasonal service sended you will need to make arrangements on another airline for return flight. >> we paid our money to them. we expected a ride home. we are their zmers, passengers.

>> anne and ken were left scrambling spending two days and nearly $2,000 to get back home. sun country saying it will provide passengers with a refund of air fare telling abc news our fleet was already alokated to fly other operations and unfortunately we weren't able to send additional aircraft without cancelling more flights, causing further disruptions to more passengers. >> we are told that refund could take up to seven days to process and get this. according to the department of transportation if your flight is cancelled, the airline isn't obligated to get you another plane or flight. but each airline has different policies for handling these situations. danya bacchus, abc news. pmore trouble for facebook toda. the menlo park company is facing a class action lawsuit over security. >> michael finney is here with the details on that. >> a group of use resist from illinois filed a lawsuit over the company's facial recognition

software. the sfart scans photos and then suggests tagging friends. the lawsuit claims facebook collects and stores users biometric data without prior notice or consent. the u.s. district attorney ruled the claims can move forward. the facebook spokesman says it has no merit. a microsoft rival will ventingen the security of the internet connected devices. at a security conference moirkts announced it will used software based on lynn uks not windows np in 2016 high jackers household dprs devices like webcams and routers. it also open sour. which means anyone can study the source code and offer splugss making it better. the next flight to toronto could be more luxurious. air canada is announcing luxury options from sfo to torrent of beginning june first. as part of the air canada signature series.

any will have upgrated amenity kits and lie flat seats. also check in and security perks that come with the service. now i want to hear from you. my 7 on your i'd hotline is open weekdays 10 to. the telephone number and the reach me on my facebook page p abc7news.com. if you have one more day to file taxes. you know the whole crash that happened today, the irs announced less than half hour ago. the you get one more day. >> they get a break. >> thank you. we want to go to a special report from abc on the death of barbara bush. >> and i am furious when they criticize my son. >> and her razor sharp wit. >> that same fellow i used to yell at to pick up his room, to see him as president, it's truly amazing. >> born barbara pierce in new

york the third of four children. at 16 she met george herbert walker bush at a school dance. they were engaged a year and a half later before he left for the war. he knew back home she was waiting. >> i would stand there and look out at the blackness of the sky and i would think about friends i lost, a country i loved and about a girl named barbara. >> the bushes had six children, but tragedy struck when they lost their 3-year-old daughter to lieu keem gla. >> do you ever get over that? >> no. it's true she is a happy part of our live. >> barbara packed up the kids more than two dozen times while george had a political career. along the way learning from a struggle with depression. >> it was a good thing to happen because now when i hear about depression instead of saying pull yourself together which is what i used to think, i now think well that's tough. and you got to get help.

>> but for decades she was the rock by his side. >> i, george herbert walker bush do solemnly swear. >> the woman with the down to earth style thrust into the glamourous role of first lady, an irony he joked about when she got to the white house. >> and speaking of glamour, i want you all to look at me very carefully. >> as first lady, barbara bush left her own mark promoting literacy. but it wasn't until after the white house that mrs. bush would reveal some of her private views in a memoir, including her thoughts about abortion. >> you are pro choice. >> i think that's right. and that comes as no surprise to george bush. >> the family could always count on barbara to speak her mind. >> my dream for our family has always been they'd grow up, get a good education, they'd be happily married or they'd find someone they could be happy

with, and that they would not think they were entitled, that they would work, and that they would then turn around and give back to the country. because they are so lucky. and my dream has been answered. >> you heard the former first lady talking about her daughter robin who passed away when she was just 3 years old. we're told in her final days she mentioned robin often and spoke of seeing her again. barbara bush was 92 years old. for more on her incredible life and legacy g to abc news.com and the live streaming coverage contin

an almen aire man central to putting american astronauts on the money is 93 tomorrow. jonathan bloom sat down with the test pilot with quite a story to tell. >> long before neil armstrong sat in the cockpit of apollo 11 he sat side by side with this man. >> i have many, many hours of flying the caps you'll on the return flight. >> wallace johnson is the world's expert at landing the apoll owe space craft. >> my wife called me a half astronaut. >> he still flies planes even in hits 90s. but wasn't always a pilot he joined the navy as a sailor

serve above in strip a "uss hornet." >> i was the chief electronic technician on the hornet. >> and it was that experience that made him the perfect test pilot in the wake of the fatal fire that killed three apollo one astronauts. >> you can see here that i'm pretty worn out. i've been in and out of that capsle how many times. >> he helped find the electrical problem that started the fire and captivity the crew from opening the hatch. >> you can see it from my nose. my nose gives my away. >> it launched a whole new career for johnson testing space suits. >> can i reach this up here in i'm a pressurized suits. >> he wrote manuals and trained astronauts to land. >> they were just ordinary guys we you get right down it. they were brilliant. i will say that. >> he was there when they blachted off. >> the ground actually shakes. your body vieshts. >> though he was never aboard that rocket he helped those who

were get home to the moon. >> one giant leap for mankind. >> in alameda, jonathon bloom, thank for joining us. ama daetz process abc 7 news starts now. >> the engine exploded. >> nightmare on a southwest sfliet. a jet engine explodes mid-air. and there are reports a woman was almost sucked out of a window. >> breaking news in san francisco, a police officer is hurt by a hit-and-run driver. >> fire? san jose, people used sheets ropes to escape the fliems. >> lined up and ready to go . .. the a's hoping for big things a at the free baseball game. >> as they sbrit their past, we talk with the a's manager who has seen it all. >> now from abc 7 live breaking news. good evening, thanks for joining us. kristen sze. >> we'll begin with sad news to share former rm first lady barbra bush died. >> moments ago the office of

george herbert walker bush released a statement announcing her passing. she visited the bay area times to campaign for her husband or raise money for republican candidates. >> her family described her health as failing. this weekend family had been gathering since wednesday. mrs. bush is one of only two first ladies in history who was also a president's mother. >> she was a kampa for global literacy. and often clashed with republicans on the issue of abortion. barbara bush was 92 years old. >> world new also have more about the former first lady coming up at 5:30. we'll move to the other top story. the number one engine failure. and there is a hole in the side of the aircraft also. >> this is a sad day. and our hearts go out to the family and the loved ones of the deceased customer. >> that's the ceo of southwest airlines talking about today's fatal accident. >> an engine exploded mid-flight killing one passenger. and we just learned it was this