>> live doppler 7 showing lingering showers in the bay area right now after a rainy night and an even bigger storm starting tonight. the next storm, the second of three, will range a two on our storm impact scale. this is a live look at the golden gate bridge. by the way, the timing of the storm is sure to wreak havoc on your morning commute. i'm kristen zse. thanks for joining us. the storm will have a stronger possibility for flooding, high surf and mud slides. >> hi, chris continue, hi, everybody. getting leftovers from this morning's rain. you can see it on live doppler 7 over my right shoulder. scattered rain on either side of the santa clara valley. the bigger part of the storm is

come in tonight and tomorrow, and it's bringing with it a chance of thunderstorms. everywhere you see colored in there, it lingers into tomorrow outside of mendecino and lake county, so a rare treat coming our way, but it does have its side effects. a chance of thunderstorms will bring heavy rain and damaging wins and dangerous surf, and i'll go over all of those in the big weather coming up. t show you the time frame. it's going to be pretty quiet for the rest of the afternoon. from 4:00 to 7:00. look at the next surge of light to moderate showers coming in, and after 7:00 look at the reds pop up. those are the thunderstorms. our first wave moves through from 7:00 to 2:00 and then the next wave it's 7:00 tomorrow morning all the way through about 2:00 in the afternoon. so a longer chance. so my concerns with this one, as high as it can get for hydroplaning, flooding on roads, trees toppling high and power lines down moderate. we'll talk about the watches and warnings that are out there coming up. kristen? >> thanks so much. a high surf advisory be dangerous, even though surfers are loving it.

this is a live picture at the santa cruz pier. if you go into the mountains, the danger is even greater for drivers. abc 7 news reporter matt keller is live at steamer lane. matt, quite a show in the water. >> yes, it is, certainly, kristen and actually really nice out here. the sun trying to peek through the clouds. out on the water, surfers are gathering trying to catch a wave and big changes in the weather are coming soon. big storm coming. big waves already here. surfers hit the water at steamer lane in santa cruz, waves 8 to 10 feet high make you look. >> it's a lot scarier, and it looks like they are having a good time. >> reporter: driving in the santa cruz mountains was also an adventure. a couple of crashes in the northbound lanes of highway 17 during the morning commutecaedbp >> i think you've just got to take your time and not be in a

big rush and not be one of those lane switchers and just pick a lane. put on some good music and just enjoy your utilities stay on during the storms. >> i work for at&t, so when it rains, we don't stop >> reporter: during storms man will work a ten-hour day to make sure you get what you need. >> we want everybody to be able to watch channel 7, abc news. >> that's it. >> reporter: that's right. of course, this rain will get more intense and the waves are forecasted to get bigger. however, the big waves may not be great rides for surfers due to the expected high winds. in santa cruz. matt keller. abc 7 news. >> matt, thank you. here's another look at line doppler 7. the south bay is seeing some showers right now. remember, this is just one of several features you can use on our abc news app and focus it

where you live. watch live cameras and get an hour-by-hour forecast. >> abc 7 news is committed to building a better bay area, and as part of the effort, this morning we're focusing on big news thatkland. in the past hour the a's made it official. they want to move to howard terminal. amy hollyfield joins us live with details. aim? >> hi, kristen. four more seasons in the old coliseum. that's it. they are saying they are planning to throw out the first pitch in a new waterfront stadium in 2023. take a look at the panel of people who just made the announcement. they represent different interests for the city of oakland, and they have been negotiating for a while, and as maybe libby schaaf pointed out, this is the first time you've seen them all together. they were very proud to have reached this moment. now the new stadium will be privately funded and located at the howard street terminal in oakland. officials today were like the on some key details saying they are

still negotiating a path to this plan. as reporters try to understand what that means, the mayor took over and explained. >> they are in an agreement, so it's like we're dating exclusively. >> that's right. >> we're not looking anywhere else. we're -- but we're in a courtship right now, and so that's the period under which we actually developed the details of a potential actual development plan. >> can i see. >> so you'll have many more opportunities for us to have these conversations together again. this is a really, really gorgeous starting line. >> reporter: here is a look at the design. a's president says it is nothing you have ever seen before. it will seat 34,000. it will come with a roof deck to take in the views. they could not say how much it will cost but expect to break ground in 2020. as for the old location, they have plans for that site, too. officials say it will become a housing and tech hub. they will keep oracle arena and

turn the coliseum into a low-rise sports facility. the a's have looked at fremont, san jose. this has been a long time coming, but today the a's were praised for becoming the official team of oakland just as the warriors and raiders plan to leave. reporting live in oakland, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> amy, thank you. now this is what the a ease coliseum site looks like right now. as amy mentioned, a dramatic transformation will take operation if redevelopment plans go as proposed. the parking lot surrounding the coliseum and oracle arena will be replaced with lush grassy knolls. the large park will include the able baseball diamond, housing, retail space and restaurant. what do you think about this proposed ballpark and coliseum transformation and how both projects could revitalize

oakland. the washington redskins are est o domestic violence charges and two days after the niners released him. it was the second time this year forth her been arrested for an incident involving the same woman. prosecutors dropped the charges the last time when the woman recanted her story. washington released this statement. quote, the redskins fully understand the severity of the recent allegations made against reuben. if true, you can be sure the allegations are nothing our organization would ever condone. new at 11:00, a grim discovery in petaluma. a woman's body was found in a donation box. the disturbing find was made this morning in the parking lot outside the deli on old redwood highway. this is the scene around 7:00. according to "the press democrat," petaluma police believe the woman was reaching down inside the box when she got crushed. she was found with her legs dangling out of the donation

box. not known how long she was there. alorts believe her death was an accident. patients of a teen who drowned at san ramon valley high school are now taking legal action. officials say back in may benjamin curry and his pe classmates were told to tread water for several minutes. his parents' attorney says surveillance video shows curry struggling to stay afloat and his teacher aaron becker distracted by his phone. becker did not take the roll after the class. >> we accepted the public apology six months after the inderni incident, but the questions we have still remain. it's unheard of that someone 15 years old would drown in a swim class, and they want answers. >> curry's parents filed the lawsuit against the school district and teacher. in an e-mail to abc 7 news, the district said it can't comment on pending litigation but did confirm that becker is still

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a rainbow watch. if you take a pick tower and find one, hashtag is at abc 7. we would love to see it. at noon, right around 60 degrees. 4:00, still 60 degrees with scattered showers and then it starts to get heavier and more widespread and steadier from 8:00 until midnight when we drop into the mid-50s. in fact, we'll only drop into the low to mid-50s tonight. mid to tupper 40s so another mild morning. a look at the next system, very mature. comma-shaped storm coming our way, and here's how the rain goes. by 7:00, a lot of us driving again on slick streets like we were this morning, but look at the first wave of thunderstorms trying it roll through the south bay and diablo range. that's more than an inch of rain. look how it spreads everywhere by tomorrow's morning commute. half an inch and the blue up to an inch. more than an inch in the green, and then as we head into the afternoon and evening hours, more us get an inch of rain, even down into the south bay and possibly 2 inches up in the

north bay. she is storms are bringing in westerly swells and breakers around 18 to 24 feet. rip currents will continue until 4:00 friday morning. we've got a flash flood watch for the burn scars and the camp fire and mendecino fire. a lot of stress still for those folks. look at the winds. normally they are at the highest elevations, and this time they will be down in the lowest elevations around the bay. they could cut up to 650 miles per hour. a couple of things, because they are moving perpendicular to our east-west bridge, going to be a lot of tugging at that steering wheel. plus, they could bring down trees and power lines. we have heavy wet snow falling in the sierra. several more feet possible through 4:00 friday morning, and this is the way it looks like right now. let me show you my seven-day forecast for tahoe. light to moderate snow today, heavy snow thursday. snow showers friday, and can you sneak up there friday afternoon because more snow is come. saturday light to moderate and

if you're trying to leave it will clear out by the afternoon on saturday. and another chance of snow showers on tuesday. wow, that storm door is open. here's a quick look at friday's storming. it comes in around midnight and through 7:00 saturda morning, and then it's just about over. so hopefully we'll get through saturday afternoon and sunday pretty quietly. here's a look at the acwet are forecast. sunday we'll see the most sunshine and then monday and tuesday another light storm coming our way. >> thinking about people driving back from tahoe on sunday. it's looking pretty good. >> it will be good for them. >> thanks, mike. >> you bet. >> now to an exclusive abc 7 news interview with ivanka trump. the president's daughter is address her use of private e-mail for white house business. jessica castro from abc 7 mornings has more now. >> reporter: hi, kristen. she's not saying sorry. she's defending her actions and said she did nothing wrong. in fact, it's totally different than the clinton case. in an abc 7 news exclusive interview the president's daughter ivanka trump is

unapologetic about a recent e-mail scandal regarding her use of a private e-mail server. it's something that her father bashed hillary clinton for in the 2016 presidential campaign. >> all of my e-mails that relate to any form of government work which was mainly scheduling and logistics and managing the fact that i have a home life and a work life are all part of the public record. they are all stored on the white house system so everything has been preserved. everything has been archived. there just is know equivalency between the two things >> but people see it as same. >> people who want to see it as the same see it as the same, but the fact is that we all have private e-mails and personal e-mails to coordinate with our family. we all receive content to those e-mails, and there's no prohibition from using private eveil e-mail as long as it's archived and as long as there's nothing in there classified.

>> she also spoke to deborah roberts about the crisis at the border. how have you responded to those images? >> like any other person with a heart it's dev tate stating. >> and she stood by her father's call if necessary. >> lethal force under any circumstance wok the last resort but he's the commander in chief and he has to talk about protecting the border. he's not talking about innocents or innocent asylum-seekers. >> ivanka trump went on to say we undoubtedly have a crisis at the border right now and also addressed the russia probe. she said, quote, i know the facts as they relate to me and my family, and so i have nothing to be concerned about. reporting in the studio, i'm jessica castro, abc 7 news. >> jessica, thanks. all right. after the break we'll shift gears and show you the cutest thing you'll probably see all day, the way the pope got upstaged by a little boy today.

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♪ >> that boy escaped his mother and ran on to the papal podium during today's general audience. his mother briefly spoke with the pope as show tried to pull her son away saying they were from the pope's and that her son was mute. pope francis told him to let him carry on and then leaned over and said something to the bishop next to him. listen carefully. >> that's italian for he's argentinian, undisciplined. only funny because he's argentinian himself. the pope later told the crowd, quote, this child cannot speak, he is mute, but he can communicate, and, quote, he was communicating a lot of love and that went both love. niece, right. >> he handled it very well. >> before we go we want to talk about the storm that's come. still have some showers right now.

>> random showers out there right now. light to moderate in intensity, but they are brief. only a couple minutes long. it's tonight where i'm really concerned. a couple of thunderstorms and intense rainfall in a longer duration of time that will cause possibly some flooding and also intense winds that will cause some damage so make sure you set an alarm that has a battery backup tonight just in case. >> and this is really going to still be hitting during the morning commute tomorrow. >> going to be worse tomorrow. we had a ton of accidents this morng. one time i think alexa said 30, 35 accidents. it will be just as bad tomorrow as the rain will be just as

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