outside, surprise, it is. good morning on this thursday, january 31st. >> if you head out the door, grab the umbrella. the commute is going to be wet as we showed you on live doppler 7. here are the live cameras showing you the conditions on the roads right now from the north bay to the south bay. mike is tracking the weather where you live. hi, mike. >> hey, jessica and reggie. hi everybody. we'll start with live doppler 7. sns where the steadiest of the rain is right now. there's pockets of light rain around other neighborhoods. but notice there's quite a tapering at you head north because this storm is sliding south. here's a look at san francisco specifically. the exploratorium and the ferry building and all the way down towards the bay bridge. we had nearly .6 inches of rain from the storm. low to mid 50s. be more widespread than the rain at 7:00. clouds at noon. near 60. a little more sunshine at 4:00. 59 to 61. clearing the this evening but still comfortable at 7:00. 55 to 58. let get a check of the commute.

hi, alexis. >> good morning, mike. i want to head back to the bay bridge toll plaza. where we're looking at a weird angle here. they have been turning the camera around. we had a large police presence. the east lot to the side of the toll plaza. looks like whoever was controlling this was trying to find it as well. saw one squad car and one police officer walking around. if we're able to spot anything else, there was the vehicle i was talking about. it looks like they're -- maybe spinning it around to see if there's anything else. as soon as we confirm anything, i'll pass it along. right now, there's heavy traffic before parish road. a three-car collision is blocking the right lane. looking at heavy backup into the cordelia area. next traffic update around 6:10. thanks, alexis. developing now, another day of historic cold weather. 29 states under some kind of cold or snow alert. >> the weather is blamed for at

least eight deaths. including an 18-year-old university of iowa student. he was found outside a building on campus early kwens morning. the windchill in iowa city was 51 degrees below zero at the time. the officials have not released an official cause of death. in chicago, they're reaching out to the homeless. buses turned into rolling warming centers. >> wow. whoo! >> this is new video from morristown, new jersey showing a snow squall. what is that? it's a burst of heavy snow that moves quickly. the snow also blows sideways because of the strong winds. meteorologist mike nicco, what a mess. >> doesn't that chill you to the bone? it is a mess there. hopefully more people stay inside today and not venture out. let me show you what it feels like. this isn't what it feels like. it's 20 below in chicago.

more than likely going to set another record low temperature. they hit 23 below yesterday. their high yesterday was 10 below. here's what it feels like. the winds calmed down a little bit. it's 25 to 30 degrees below zero in chicago, milwaukee. 35 below in fargo. even towards cleveland, it feels like 20 degrees below zero. here's your high for the day. minneapolis, fargo, not escaping the sub zero temperatures. chicago will, right at zero. the high this weekend, though, in the 40s. that's about a 60-degree swing. jessica? >> mike, thanks. new at 6:00, a proposal to improve muni service and tackle the housing crisis. according to the examiner, malcolm heinicke wants to build subsidized housing. it comes two months after a city report found low wages are to blame for a chronic shortage of muni employees.

sfmta has to figure out locations for the housing and how to fund it. they think it's an idea. in december the agency announced it's considering building housing at the potrero bus yard. attorneys will be in san francisco for a hearing on 19 preliminary motions filed in the chapter 11 bankruptcy case. the motions include requests for approval to continue paying employees and suppliers and to borrow $5.5 billion from banks. pg&e officially filed for bankruptcy protection earlier this week. the utility faces billions of dollars in losses from the past two years of wildfires. this morning, protesters will demand victims' families be kpoen stated by pg&e for wildfires caused by the utility. camp fire victims will march at 9:00 a.m. in sacramento in front frt state capitol. a cpuc meeting will also be taking place there at that time.

happening today, state water officials will conduct the second snow survey of the season. here's a live look at heavenly mountain resort where there is lots of snow from the storm since the last survey, which was in early january. sierra snow pack was 67% of normal in the winter's first annual measurement. recent storms have added to the state's water supply. the survey will be held at 11:00 a.m. off highway 50 and sierra at tahoe road. a local school is clear about who it is cheering on. >> quarterbacks are both from the bay area. only one of them went to marin catholic. amy hollyfield is live in kentfield. good morning, amy. >> reporter: good morning, jessica. jared goff is known to return to marin catholic to visit and mentor student athletes. today they'll do something him. he's from novato. he graduated from marin catholic in 2013. he was the star quarterback

here. the football team will get together on sunday to watch the game. goff's former coach from here at marin catholic will be at the super bowl. he says the high school's current players look up to goff and view him as larger than life. >> they look at him, obviously, as a legend. a living legend. you know, he just sort of, after he starts talking, they sort of see like, hey, he sort of comes down to our level with us. he understands where we're at. >> reporter: well, today the school will head out to the football field wearing blue and gold and will spell out an encouraging message for him. it will hav drone flying above it to record it and they will send the video message to him tomorrow. the school is pumped up. everyone here is hoping this is only the beginning for goff. this is just his third year as a pro. they're hoping this is the first of many super bowls for him.

reporting live in kentfield, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. amy, so exciting for the kids. >> he's so young, when he goes back there, his teachers are still there. >> yeah. >> amy, have you seen any signs on the building at all? >> i haven't seen any. i did read that they have a banner for him out on the field. it's dark. kind of foggy right now. hopefully when the sun comes up, we'll get to that see. i read that they have his jersey in a trophy case inside. i'm wondering if, if, if he becomes the super bowl champion, if there's some kind of something from the game that they can put in that trophy cas. they definitely recognize him and remember him here and honor m.hi very cool. thank you, amy. i'm tom brady's age. when i go back to my high school, they're like o?wh don't know you. >> it's the diet everyone is talking about in 2019. intermittent fasting. how aress bay wearing a

we'll talk abouomt what's coming our way tomorrow. look at what's coming tomorrow through monday. 1 to 3 feet of snow. even 4 to 5 feet in the highest peaks. alexis

>> the tail end of this storm. the clouds are opening and we're getting thick fog developing in the rth bay. low to mid-50s. that's pretty much how we should dress everywhere until the north bay with the lack of clouds, you're in the mid to upper 40s. a wet gold eb gate bridge from nearly .6 inches of rain that fell. all the outdoor activities, caution this morning. once the rain ends, it will be damp for several hours. in the afternoon hours, a mixture of clouds and sunshine. maybe a rogue shower at 8:00. i think we're dry the west of the day. temperature down to 57 by 8:00. peninsula, a rogue shower possible at 8:00. a mixture of c60 this afternoon.

the south bay, chance of rain through 8:00 and then we'll see clouds and little bit of sunshine this afternoon. let's check out thepn thendastr. no issues for carpool lanes. police activity in the parking lot. just to side of the toll plaza, we talked to chp. they said there was police activity there, guns were drawn. one person was taken into custody and they're not releasing what the police activity was at this time. so no lanes are blocked. i'm knot seeing much activity at this point. i don't think that will impact your commute much. westbound 580, tracy to dublin. one hour, one minute. the yellow at 25. the yellow at 25. southound 101 ♪

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they're wearing is unfair. others support the chef. a silicon valley power player says fasting for 22 hours daily makes his workday much longer. the trendy diet of intermittent fasting is not only practiced for health reasons but as a productivity hack. he tweeted in part, i do a 22-hour fast daily and recently did a three-day water fast. biggest thing i noticed is how much time slows down. another person we talked to says he has made it a habit over the last two years while working in silicon valley. he doesn't eat between 8:00 p.m. and noon the next day. skipping the most important meal of the day. >> starting my morning and getting into the flow of things and then i'll have to think, what am i going to eat, when am i going to eat my next snack or meal. time usually flies in the morning. by the next thing i know, it's noon. it's time to finally eat. >> the 2017 annual review of nutrition says there's no evidence that it's harmful and

any evidence that it increases productivity. i talk about it all the time. because i'm starving. i do that same thing every day. >> you do it consciously. i do it subconsciousl, i guess. i forget and i don't eat in the morning when we're doing the show. by the time i look up, 12 or 14 hours have gone by. of course, our stomachs are always rumbling. right alexis? >> you guys are crazy. you would have to pick me up off the floor. i would be passed out. there is no way i could do it. i wouldn't want to do it. good for you. >> two years later. that's what i thought. >> you guys are both skinny legends. >> i got all kinds of snacks if you're hungry. come see me. we're looking at the san mateo bridge. no problems. started off with a crash early this morning. it's started to dry out and we're looking at the typical volumes if you're leaving hayward and headed to foster city. highway 4 to the maze coming in, in about 30 minutes.

heavy on the bay bridge as well. westbound 80 into san francisco. about 16 and southbound 101 san francisco to sfo. you're in the green at nine minutes. let's check in with meteorologist mike nicco. the rain is leaving the south bay. nearly a quarter of an inch at mineta san jose international. you can see up there. in the upper left-hand corner of your screen, it's going to be dry this afternoon. you'll need the sunglasses. definitely clouds and sunshine. temperatures above average. let's get ready for tomorrow's storms by planning for heavy rain and gusty winds during the evening hours. the chance of showers will continue through monday with thunderstorms possible as we head towards saturday. 60 to 63. that's where we'll end up this afternoon. our high temperatures pretty nice. tonight is mild. going to be very damp. mid-40s to low 50s. there will be fog. maybe a little bit of mist and drizzle tomorrow morning. you can see the storm moving to the south away from us. the next wall of water, a pine an will pipeline there. that stronger storm is coming in. when it does, behind it, it

brings an unsettled air mass. all of the neighborhoods under the threat of a thunderstorm on saturday. tomorrow morning with all the cloud cover and the dampness hanging in the air, scattered light rain is possible. it becomes steadier at noon, especially across the north bay. once we get to 4:30, that's when everybody is getting rain. look at the yellows and look at 4 to 5 to 6 hours of moderate to heavy rain until it finally starts to move away by saturday morning. by saturday afternoon into the evening hours, we'll transition over to chance of showers and thunderstorms. tomorrow, you can see a few pockets of rain by noon. everybody is going to be wet during the evening hours with sideways rain. if you're heading out, be prepared to get wet. you can't get away from it. saturday and sunday are going to drop down to a 1. even into monday. then we'll dry out with temperatures in the 50s. we'll have to wait until tuesday and wednesday. all right. 1 to 5 feet of snow? the sierra this weekend. let's get it over to alexis for the toyota tahoe report. >> as you said earlier today,

mike, today or early tomorrow is the time to go. if you are traveling to the sierra. things are look very ideal right now. we don't have any major travel restrictions. no chains for 89, 80 or 50. here's our base totals here. squaw alpine, 60 to 116 inches base. north star, 18 to 81 inches. heavenly, 32 to 56 inches for you. in between 3 1/2 to 3 hours 40 minutes if you're leaving at this early hour. quick check of the other resorts. sugar bowl, 65 to 109-inch base. if you're planning on going, leave today, early tomorrow, tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow evening is when things get tough travelwise. back to you guys. "good morning america" coming up at 7:00 on abc 7. a look at what's ahead. good morning and welcome back ginger. i can't believe you didn't bribe someone to let you stay swimming with whales instead of the cold new york city weather. >> i know. you know, i thought about it too

late. it was really something else. because all i would have had to do is wait one day and we'll warm back up. i had to add 100 degrees in 12 hours. that's where a lot of people are going, as far as the temperatures. that crippling cold is moving east at least for the next 24. tens of millions of americans now dealing with sub zero windchills. it's not just dangerous. it's deadly. the death toll climbing to at least eight. we have our team all over the place. the 17 below is in milwaukee. they set all-time records from rockford, illinois to eastern iowa. big stuff ahead. this morning, the latest on the attack on jussie smollett. they're releasing video of persons of interest and now his manager is speaking out. plus an exclusive. the woman who sur vivived a terrifying hippo attack. how she escaped the deadly animal's jaws and swam back to

safety. serena williams is here live. she'll be talking tennis and motherhood and her new campaign for women. it's all coming up only on gma. it's going to be 50 here by monday. i highly doubt anybody knows what they've been dealing with up there. it was 55 below with the windchill in minneapolis. they haven't done that since 1985. >> what made me feel bad, but not that bad. >> almost. >> almost. i almost had that human emotion. didn't go there. >> thanks, ginger. >> next, lost in translation. ariana grande showing off her

here's a look at the storl. heavy rain and damaging winds. a chance of thunderstorms that increases as we head towards saturday. my main concern, this is during the evening hours tomorrow is the hydroplaning from the heavy rain and the flooding on roads. with the winds at 35 to 50 miles per hour, some trees and power lines may come down. we've been warned. thanks, mike. here's why you should check the spelling of a tattoo you want. especially if it's in another language. pop star ariana grande fixed a tattoo that made her the subject of a lot of jokes. grande posted the photo on the left of the ink on her palm. it's supposed to say seven rings

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live doppler 7 showing the rain moving across the bay area right now. mike is tracking what you can expect the rest of the day and the weekend. look at this. minus 17 degrees. that is the current temperature in milwaukee, wisconsin. that means that we are about 70 degrees higher than where they are today. aren't you happy not to be in the midwest? >> oh, yeah. also, a judgeso, a judgeso, outside the court. forget about a gift registry. forget about cash. what millennials say they really want from you on their wedding day. >> i have an idea.

i think i know. >> your presence. >> your hash tag. >> i was going to say for you not to be there. >> maybe that's it. that saves the head count. good morning everyone. january 31st. we have rain in our forecast. we really do. barely. more rain in the forecast tomorrow. but yes, for this morning, here's what's left over from our storm. it's way down in the santa clara valley. you can see it's green. that means it's very light. the strongest storms moving into the central valley with thunderstorms peppering santa barbara right now and heading towards bakersfield. here's a look from the exploratorium camera. near .6 inches of rain. there's a slight chance of a shower through 7:00. look at the temperatures. low to mid-50s. plenty of fog as the air remains very humid. a mixture of clouds and sun at noon. near 60. a mixture of sun and clouds at 4:00. upper 50s to low 60s and clearing this evening briefly. mid to upper 50s. it's still wet on the streets.

let's talk to alexis about it. >> want to take you back to solano county. a long-term crash. it seems like things are slowly getting better before parish road. a three-car collision has been there for about 45 minutes. daye believe everybody is off on the shoulder now. as you can see, things are backed up into cordelia. that's a five-mile slowdown. plan on significant delays there. westbound 80 through emeryville, nothing is blocking here. an early start to the slowdown due to a vehicle that ran out of gas early this morning. that's had a tough time bouncing back. slight delays if you're coming in from highway 4 to get to the maze. our storm watch continues with a closer look at conditions in the south bay. reporter matt keller is live on highway 87 in san jose. hi, matt. >> reporter: hi, alexis. since i last saw you the rain has stopped here in san jose. we're near 87 and the 85 interchange. i also got a warm cup of tea, which has been very nice on this

cold morning. as you can see, we're here on 87 and heading northbound into downtown san jose. you can see traffic is backed up. but it is not raining. the road is still wet, though, from that rain overnight. yeah. check out some video, though from earlier this morning in morgan hill. it was soaking the ground. some spots seeing heavy downpours at times. in san jose, big downpours overnight as well. there were a lot of spots of localized flooding. big puddles out there earlier. on highway 17, a tough ride overnight. cars and trucks trying to navigate that winding road. santa cruz mountains seeing heavy downpours making it slick and dangerous. the heavy rain moved out. i checked the website, things are going well here in san jose. i checked the pg&e outage map as well. it looks like there's a handful of outages throughout the bay area. none here in san jose. i'm convincing my photographer to make a smart move into the

carpool lane and back to you in the studio. >> enjoy that tea, matt. you can always track the rain and check weather conditions with the push app to get the latest news as it happens. tourism is key in the bay area. but for some who live near the hot tourist spots, it can ruin their day-to-day lives. >> abc 7 news is committed to building a better bay area. which means we dig into the issues where you live. according to the san francisco travel association, more than 25 million visitors came to san francisco in 2017 to spend more than $9 billion. last year, more than 26 million people were projected to visit and spend nearly $9.5 billion. tourists can put pressure on the people living near the must-see attractions, which is why the world famous lombard street is one step closer to a new reservation and ticket system. abc 7 news was at a meeting where there was feedback given about the proposal. the san francisco transportation authority has o two of them. both would require all cars

driving down lombard to make a reservation and then either charge $5 all the time or increase the price to $10 on the weekends. >> i watch every weekend cars catch on fire. i have a taurus take down a lamp pole last summer. >> tourists are the happiest i've ever seen. i drive down the street every day. i have no problems getting down. the more the city is kept out of this, the better off we are. >> doing nothing is not an option in my opinion. we have to find a way to deal with the traffic congestion. >> san francisco residents would not have to pay for a reservation. the legislature has to approve the charge and if it does go throught could be in place by summer of 2020. you could be part of a better bay area. share your thoughts on facebook, twitter and instagram. you can point out problems and solutions. in the east bay, a richmond man is in jail this morning on $2.5 million bail. he's accused of trying to sexually assault two young girls.

he wiel cerrito police arrested man last week. investigators say he attacked an 8-year-old and 9-year-old on the b.a.r.t. path. he approached the girls and grabbed one child's arm. she broke free. then the suspect grabbed the other girl and pinned her to the ground and choked her. he ran when one girl's father became aware of the attack. the suspect was going to sexually assault one or both of the children. a federal judge berated pg&e saying the company puts profits ahead of safety. u.s. district court judge william alsup says the utility made excuse toss avoid turning off electricity during times of high fire danger. a deadly gas pipeline explosion in san bruno in 2010. our reporter, dan noyes, tried to get a response from pg&e's interim ceo after a court hearing yesterday. take a listen. >> to the consumers who worry about the wildfires for this

coming season. mr. simon, the judge is clearly worried about this. >> in court, pg&e said it was not able to complete tree trimmings near electrical lines because of a lack of qualified tree professionals. the hearing came a day after pg&e filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy. the clock is ticking for 17 bipartisan legislators to reach a deal to keep the government open past february 15th. the demand for a border wall remains the toughest obstacle. he made clear in a tweet, if there's no wall, there's no deal. in a new interview with the daily caller president trump blames former house speaker paul ryan for reneging on a promise to give him the wall saying, quote, i was going to veto the omnibus bill and paul told me in the strongest of language, please don't do that, we'll get you the wall. and he went lame duck. house members won't return until tuesday, the same day as the president's state of the union and president trump told the daily caller part of the speech

will be border-related. a sting led to more than 300 arrests. investigators say 93 law enforcement agencies, including several in northern california took part in the sting. they rescued nearly 50 victims and more than a dozen of those were children. it is unclear how many people were arrested or rescued from the bay area specifically. in the north bay, nearly 100 marin general hospital workers plan to go on strike tomorrow. union organizers say 20 engineers and 65 imaging technicians will protest the green beret hospital's demand that employees pay hundreds of dollars more a month to keep their health plans or accept a lesser plan. the engineers' contract expires today. the imaging technicians have been working without a contract since october. let's look at what's going on with the system. the radar returns continue to dwindle. clouds across the north bay and fog in its spot. a couple of hundred feet visibility in santa rosa and

napa. we've got fog also in the east bay valleys. here's a look at the temperatures. very mild. other than los gatos at 47. we're in the low to mid-50s in the south bay. pretty much everywhere else except the north bay, where we're in the mid to upper 40s. dress for a mild morning. but it's still pretty damp. even though we had a tenth of an inch, there's a little bit of fog here also. your commute planner. all the caution is for the morning hours. it will be clearer and drier for the evening commute. a rogue shower possible at 8:00. some may be drizzle and fog. low to mid-60s from noon to 6:00. 57 at 8:00. as far as the north bay, we've got that fog through at least 9:00. then a mixture of clouds and sunshine. look at mid-60s. 2:00 to 4:00. 54 at 8:00. in san francisco, a little mist and drizzle through 8:00. and it will be partly sunny. we around 61 degrees. each mild here in the city. big storm tomorrow.

heavy rain, damaging winds. we'll talk about that next first one. bring alexis in and talk about the commute. >> take a look at the roads. we don't have a ton of issues out there. we're looking at the bay bridge toll plaza. if you were with us earlier today, we had police activity next to the toll plaza. looks like that has cleared out. no major problems out of the ordinary there. moving down to the south bay, we're working on cleaning up a crash on highway 17 past hamilton avenue. some think we had two separate crashes in the same area. we've cleared a couple of the vehicles from the scene. but they need a tow truck for one more. at least one lane is still blocked. a quick check of drive times as well. westbound 580, richmond-san rafael bridge, in the dwreen at eight minutes. 23-minute drive across the san mateo bridge. if you want to use the dumbarton bridge, in the green at 11 minutes. this is not what you expect on a highway. that's a huge elephant seal. sheriff's deputies had to coax

the animal across highway 1 in san simeon. deputies flapped their arms to grab the animal's attention and the elephant seal eventually made it back to the beach. >> the guy on the left. >> he's so animated like he knew what he was doing. >> oh, yeah. he can put that on his resume. >> he might be able to. professional seal coaxer. good for them. if you want free shipping from amazon, there's a deadline you have to know about. let's take a live look at the big board at the stock exchange. we're down 157 points right now. we'll have another up

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going to track this morning's storm and watch ahead for so cal. low to mid-60s with a chance of heavy showers and thunderstorms out to palm springs. 69. increasing sunshine. mid to upper 60s through the central valleyment monterey, 61. at 4:00 tomorrow evening through 4:00 monday, the entire weekend full of snow, blowing snow. 1 to 3 feet above 5,000 feet. up to 5 feet at the highest peaks. if you have to travel, do it tomorrow morning. by tomorrow evening, it will be slippery and saturday and sunday it will be snow-covered with nearly whiteout conditions. the snow will last through at least monday when the

temperatures drops to 29. then a bluebird ski day on tuesday. following breaking news out of new jersey. a dozen cars caught fire at newark airport this morning. this is video from 4:30 a.m. the fire broke out in a parking garage on the top deck of the terminal c lot. it's not clear how it started and no one has been reported to get hurt. just an odd situation there in newark. 150 firefighters battled an 8-alarm fire in frigid temperatures. the roof of a paper plant in elmwood park collapsed. flames consumed paper rolls and spread to propane tanks and other explosive materials. none of the employees working at the plant was injured. in four years, there will be a bed for every homeless person in san francisco. at least that's mayor london breed's goal. we were in the mission district where the mayor gave her state of the city address yesterday. breed says cleaning up streets and increasing housing supply are her top priorities.

she wants to use $185 million of extra property tax revenue to reach her goal. >> there is, as president clinton said, nothing wrong with san francisco that can't be fixed with what's right about san francisco. >> breed also announced a new position. it's the director of mental health reform. it's to better coordinate the mental health services. a local school is showing love today for rams quarterback jared goff. >> he went to marin catholic in kentfield and amy hollyfield is there with what the students and faculty have planned. hi, amy. >> reporter: good morning, reggie. the students have a surprise. they'll be making a good luck video for jared goff. their super bowl star. they'll make that today and send it to him tomorrow. goff was the star quarterack here at marin catholic. he graduated in 2013. he grew up in novato. after high school, he went on to

play quarterback at cal. now he's headed for his first super bowl. his high school is not only excited but also very proud. >> he is one of the nicest kids that's gone through our school. he's got this quiet confidence about him. but he's also kind of silly and he's a good friend. he's a good teammate. he's just a good person. he's the kind of kid that you root for. that's really been fun rooting for him through cal and >> reporter: goff is known to come back and visit and mentor athletes. they plan to do something for him. they'll head to the football field this morning. they're going to spell out a word of encouragement for him. they're going to have a drone fly over it, video. they're going to put that together in a video message with good luck messages for him and they plan to send that to him. that little piece of love will be arriving to him and they're

sending love in person. his high school coach will be at the game on sunday. reporting live from kentfield. amy hollyfield. >> thank you. now we have to talk about the other local grad who made it big. san mateo native and sara high school grad, tom brady. also in the super bowl for the ninth time. >> today, his parents are heading to atlanta. abc 7 news sports anchor mindi bach sat down with his parents at their home. their den is stuffed with memorabilia from their son's career. he's 5-3 in super bowls and the patriots quarterback wants to play football until he's 45 years old, so four more years. the bradys say it's fine with them. >> it's getting to be a semiannual ritual or an annual ritual. it never gets old going back to the super bowl. it's spectacular. that's what we all hope for. >> you still get nervous for the game? >> i'm already getting the

shakes. >> yeah. when we finish, we'll go have a drink. >> the entire brady family, including the grandkids, have traveled to each of tom's super bowls. they'll meet in atlanta. maybe they'll have a drink on the plane as they head there. if you're planning to head to a super bowl party this sunday, aaa wants to make sure you don't drink and drive. there's free rides and tows for 12 hours. the first ten miles of towing are free. rides are only for drivers going home or to their hotel. you can use the service starting sunday at 6:00 p.m. through monday at 6:00 a.m. now your morning money report. if you're planning a summer trip, frontier airlines is offering a deal to allow kids to fly free. >> for every adult ticket you buy, one child under the age of 14 can fly free of charge. there is fine print, of course. adults have to pay to join the airline's discount den travel club. the tickets are only available for certain dates and those

tickets must be purchased by february 12th. t read all the details and how frontier compares to other airlines, head over to abc7news.com. heads up for amazon shoppers. the free shipping offer ends at midnight. amazon started offering free shipping in november during the busy holiday shong shopping season. usually you have to spend 25 bucks to ship them. do it fast. a live look at the stock exchange. we're down 153 points right now. at about 24,859. the dow actually crossed the 25,000 mark for the first time this year yesterday after the feds signalled it would hold off on more interest rate hikes. it is below that mark right now. for the first time disney is going to hold a pride parade in a theme park. disneyland paris will hold the magical pride party at the beginning of the month in june. others have taken place for --

the first gay day was held orlando. disney is the parent company of abc 7. we should note that abc 7 and other members of the disney family are part of the pride parade in san francisco foo. it's pretty cool. a new survey finds trader joe's is the top grocery store chain in the country. >> they found that t.j.'s was the best at balancing price and quality. 7,000 households were surveyed to determine the largest grocery stores and costco ranked second behind trader joe's. amazon, not owned by amazon was third. sam's club was 7 and sprouts farmer markets came in 8th. our resident grocery shopper, alexis, she loves grocery stores. >> it's weird. >> it's a hobby of hers. >> i'm okay with tj's. i think they have the best snacks. and they're cheap. >> yeah. >> great prices.

>> they have huge chunks of chocolate. >> they do. they have huge chunks of chocolate. i like the almond biscotti. >> that sounds wonderful. >> then you get to the checkout lane and you're not like, how much did i spend? i'm okay with it. i like it. >> no sticker shock. >> that's nice. that's why i let my wife do the grocery shopping. it's expensive. >> he lets her. >> i usually go with her. anyway, that's our quality time. isn't that exciting. been married as long as we are. you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. this is looking south from detroit. that is canada on the left there. windsor, canada. that is the detroit river. it's frozen. that's amazing. that's how cold it is up there right now. i think detroit is at least about 10 below this morning. they had a windchill of 40 below yesterday. let's look at what's going on back here at home. our exploratorium showing a lot of moisture in the air.

that's why we have fog and just a general dampness that's going to be around for the rest of the morning as the rain starts to pull away. clouds and sun for the afternoon hours. mild highs once again. tonight, mild, foggy. it will be wet for sure tomorrow through monday. 60 to 63. 60 in half moon bay. richmond and san rafael, highs now tonight, since it's going to be damp and mild, temperatures in the mid-40s to low 50s. here's a look at the next system. look at that. that's quite a plume of moisture coming our way. that's why this next storm is going to be formidable. it has enough energy when we get into saturday, we have a chances of thunderstorms. a better chance. here's what to expect tomorrow. during the afternoon and into the evening hours, waves of heavy rain and damaging winds up to 2.5 inches of rain in the north bay to an inch in the south bay. we could have damage from the

winds. it could get around 35 to 50 miles per hour from inland to the coast. that would be tomorrow during the evening hours. showers and a the snow level down to 3500 feet here at home. here's alexis. >> thanks, mike. things have gotten busy in walnut creek. looking at heavy volume southbound 680. sort of a sea of brake lights there approaching highway 24. the roads are starting to dry out. i'm not seeing a huge downpour on any of our traffic cameras at this point. 56 b.a.r.t. trains and service, no delays. the 5:00 a.m. service begins on february 11th. so about a week and a half away from that. ac transit, couple minor delays for you this morning. ace 1 still delayed about 20 to 25 minute. that's due to earlier mechanical issues. thanks, alexis. new at 6:00, forget bringing a boxed gift, gift cards or to a wedding. >> they want you to vein mow them instead. that's according to the new york post. many say it's easy and convenient and mainstream for

the tech savvy generation. those against it say this loses the magic of making an actual gift special. wedding experts expect the trend to continue as more and more people start using cash sharing apps. they can decide what to do with the money, right? >> it seems plaque at this c-- to me. >> i like

6:58. if you're just headed out the door, here are the seven things to know before you go. number one is weather. >> good news. looking at live doppler 7. the steadier rain is moving. fog in the inland valleys becoming more dominant and lingering through the morning commute. we'll have a mixture of sunshine and clouds and temperatures in the low 60s this afternoon. number 2, as mike said, the rain pushing out of here. really the south bay was the last area to get rain this morning. as you can see, not looking too bad at 280 and 17. i'm even seeing sunshine. only ten incidents on the board right now. number 3, eight people have died from the cold weather across the country. that includes an 18-year-old student found on the university of iowa campus.

the protesters will be demanding victims be kpoen stated by pg&e. there will be a march at 9:00 a.m. sacramento in front of the state capitol. new from new jersey, a huge fire torched at least five cars at newark airport. it's not clear how the fires started but no one was hurt. number 6, students at marin catholic in kentfield will be bourquing on a good luck message for jared goff. he was a star quarterback at the hts six years ago before going to cal. on sunday, he'll start opposite sara high school's tom brady in super bowl liii. sheriff's deputies had to coax theleaneak th wert e beacthe. he eventuay made it across the rote and into the water. >> he's huge. >> he moved pretty well too. they move fast.

>> i'm not messing with an elephant seal. thanks for watching today. gma starts right now. good morning, america. the new warning this morning as that deadly arctic air moves east. tens of millions of americans waking up to subzero windchills and ice. a college student dying in the freezing cold and snow squalls striking in an instant causing massive pileups. thousands of flights canceled. now, 29 states from the dakotas to florida and maine on alert. oh, my god. >> overnight, a seven-alarm fire erupts in that bitter cold. more than 150 firefighters battle it for hours. the blaze so massive it looked like this from the sky. also overnight, a break in the case? police releasing these new images of persons of interest as they search for suspects in that vicious attack reported by "empire" star jussie smollett.