and keep the train safer. they a watching out for fare evader which is important to riders today adding must trains we want to see what's happening. follow on twitter, i'll tweeti out my observation. we'll also have live reports on this broadcast as we work to build a better bay area. i'll be hopping on board wit all these people right here. stay with us. i'll share what we saw. report antioch, back to you in the studio, jessica and reggie >> thank you. safe travels. of cou we'll be checking in with amy all morning long and bring you updates as she makes her way into san francisco. >> this is part of our week long series covering the bay area b.a.r. experience. abc 7 news is seeing what it's like to get on b.a.r.t. and what track the transit stell will take next. our coverage continues all day

long. if you're just joining t quick update on weathe traffic. hi, mike. >> hi, everybody. all is quiet on live doppler 7. that w change about 13, 14 hours now once the rain starts rolling into our neighb after the sun sets. so here is a look at my accuwe 12-hour planner. mostlycloudy. 35, 40 to 43 around the bay and coast. anothe chilly morning. this w be our last one for a couple days. we'll hang out around 50 to 53. mainly cloudy at noon and again at 4:00 with some random sprink and there. our best chance of rain as we head to 7:00 will be across the north bay as the storm is going to enter there first. temper around 47 to 53. -of- 1 on the scale for tu hisn. i'll have more on that coming up next. here is alexis. >> good morning, mike. yeah, overall we're looking quiet so far this morning taking a look at the roads in the east bay. walnut creek southbound 680, not seeing delays north of 24. we do have two left lanes

blocke you're continuing south to san jose but they should be wrapping that up before the commute gets rolling this morning. quick check of drive times. overal these are looking good, too. a litt delay out of the centra valley westbound 580, tracy to dublin, 37 minutes to you. southb 680 dub lip to missio boulevard in the green at 15, northbound 105 to cupert in the green at 15 minute gettin reports of a crash in oaklan we'll check that out next. alexis, thank you. develo news in washington where they have ten tifft reache a bill that won't includ shutdown. >> it doesn't exclude $5 billion for the border wall. in washington with the latest. >> rep good morning, jessic good morning, reggie. president trump has long said, no wall, no deal. he even contemplated declaring a nation emergency if he didn't get funding for his wall. and this week we may just see

how far he's willing to go. after third round of talks with negoti stalled. congressional negotiator emerged from a meeting late last night reachi an agreement in princi on border security. >> we had hard negotiations. we're glad to be where we are rate now. congressional source abc 7 it involves a number of contentious issues and will avert a possible shutdown. >> not a single one of us is going to get every single thing we want. >> that may include president trump. accord to sources the deal includ the same nearly $1.4 billio initially offered by democr for border barrier enhanc an extra $1.7 billio to homeland security for more t 40,000 bed for i.c.e., additi customs officers and techno at ports of entries. but none of the $5.7 billion trump demanded for his border

wall. as i was walking up to t stage, they said that progress is being made with this commit just so you know, we're building the wall anyway. they say progress has been made. >> president trump acknowledging the deal at a campaign rally in el pas while half a mile away potent 2020 rival and el paso native beto o'rourke holding his own rally. u.s. cities of the u.s./mexico border are nar safer than cities deeper in the interi of the united states of americ >> now, there is one caveat, presid must agree to this deal in order for it to go throug his signature is required by that friday midnight deadline to avoid another possible govern shutdown. live in washington, abc 7 news.

gavin newsom will give his first state of the state address in san franciscai to criticizes presid of avalues. the speech comes one day after newsom signed an order to withdr hundreds of national guard from the border. previo grmpb jerry brown sent the troops at the request of presid who has cited a, quote, crisis at the border. >> i think this whole border issue is manufactured. the crisis on the border is a manufa crisis. abc 7 news will have covera of the state of the state starting live at 11:00 a.m. as well as online at abc7ne as well as the abc newse accuse of pouring bleach and hydrog peroxide on food sold in grocery stores. he was taken into custody. local and federal investigators say he targeted safe way stores

throug the south bay and in los an county. he's accused of pouring the chemic on different items includ hot rotisserie chicke a newborn found abandon on a rural central valley road will make a full recovery. the baby girl was 10 hours old when her mother left her on the street at 4:00 yesterday mornin a newspaper carrier rescued the baby from freezing conditions. the highway patrol released this photo of the newborn. the newspaper carrier said the mother asked him to take her child, then she left the baby on the road. he called 911 and cradled the newbor until help arrived. author are still searching for the mother who could face child endangermen charges. happening in a vote whether to change marin county school distri critic of dixie say the name isn a reference to savory.

the school board has previously declin to change the name. it's happening at 5:30 at miller career in san rafael. a winter storm bearing down on much of the country. >> everything from rain to sleet to snow affecting at least 35 states seattl dealing with historic snowfa trees, carports and roofs are collap under the snow's weight parts of washington state, new jersey and ohio have declared states of emergency. >> also made a rare appear in vegas. you can see it blowing in heavy wind there. this w the first snowfall in the city in more than three years. it doesn't look like anything actual stuck to the ground. >> tourists visiting the hawaii islands. they w treated to snow instea snowfa was recorded at the 6200 foot elevation mark in maui. that is the lowest ever. mike. it's pretty impressive, t it? yeah, all those places getting snow. sihie wck

etr's usually a very warm system and going to bring sierra cement to the high country. for us all is quiet, good to the southe and western span. the roads will be dry now. once we get to 8:00, not so much. that's after the commute. mass transit, cooler than averag calmest days on the bay will pick up with the storm. here we are in the east bay in the 40s until 10:00 with cloudy conditions, up to 55 at 4:00. by 8:00, the first chance of rain rolling in. in the north bay a little sooner start off at 38 but stay in the 40s all day today with our first chance of a shower at 4:00 and increasing as we head toward 8:00. for san francisco we're pretty close all day, 48 at 10:00 to 53 at 4:00. by 8:00 to 10:00,re starting to see steadier rain roll in. now, because the rain is going to come down, it's such an

intens rate and such a short durati only 10:00 tonight to 10:00 tomorr morning. we've got a 12-hour -- a 24 to 36-hou window flooding on the roads. landsl rock slides, debris flows, rapid rise in small creeks streams. but also don't be surprised if some of the north bay rivers get close to flood stage in places like lake county and solano county also under flood watch you start at 4:00 tomorrow mornin through 4:00 thursday evenin you've got a long wait -- you'll have a long duration of rain also. it's going to be a mess tomorr today let's find out for alexis how the commute is. >> can't wait. today we're looking good. we're off to an extremely quiet start. we hav one issue on the board. no det southb 880, reports of a crash, sounds like there are not any injuries and chp is arriving on the scene right now. howeve they have just not given us any details. we're not sure if we have lanes

blocke i'm not seeing delays through the stretch. if you want to play it safe, stick to 580. a quick check of mass transit, no b.a.r.t. trains running yet. the service at 5:00 a.m. you can use that bus service. no delays for muni, ace rail off to a good start ace 1 out of centra valley on time. coming up, the investigation into the attack against actor and santa rosas native jussie smolle the item undergoing lab testing san fr fire station. where she is now after getting evicte getting a twist on a tradit wedding cake. the very unique desert you can get at wimpy trash bags? c'mon. hefty! hefty! hefty! hey ladies... buy hefty® ultra strong™ at a low price. dada! i wish... get hefty® ultra strong™

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we're going to take a look at what's going on across the state today. you can see there's a lot of green just off the shore. that's going to come ashore. you can see up in the north first in the form of some rain in the lower eleva then some snow in the higher elevat highway 5 north of chico. we've got hid to upper 60s so cal, mixture of increasing clouds and a little bit of sunshi all right. let's talk about our winter storm watch 10:00 p.m. today. that's going to be upgraded to a warnin 1 to 3 feet of heavy wet sierra

event. snow level at 7,000 feet them drops to 4,000 feet. it will become a little more powder tomorrthursday, friday, man, is it going to get hard new this mornin a hot sauce bottle found in chicago could be eviden of "empire" actor jussie smollett's attack. they a bottle that smelled like bleach near the spot where smolle said he was attacked last month. it has been sent to a lab for testin he sai two men poured bleach on him and put a noose around him after and homoph slurs. it was a full ho commun center for drag queen story hour. >> despite the protest of some who said it was inappropriate for kids. an event sponsored last night by contra libraries. meanwh outside some people

had a boycott of the event. we that's really kind of tearing apart the family and the commun >> i think kids should know there is different people out there and that we should all be respec to them. >> i don't think there should be any controversy about it. i thin if someone doesn't agree wit, don't take your kids. thi appear made but the first to spark protest. a cat that called the san franci fire station facility home for four years now has a new family. >> she started visiting as a feral kitten and provided emotio support to the staff. there' a policy against animals on fire department property. in add it's home to medical suppli and pharmaceuticals. an anonymous complaint led to edna's relocation. she is now with a fire depart employee. since our first story on this ran on sunday, her instagram accoun jumped from 800

follow to nearly 30,000. people really grabbed onto this story. but edna has a family to be with now. that's nice. it ended well. a lot of couple choosi to add nontraditional detail to their wedding. for example, a wedding cake made of cheese. costco is selling this cheese lovers artisan wedding cake. it cost about $440 for 24 pounds of che sourced from around the world. costco says it will serve up to 150 people but you do have to put it together yourself. >> yeah. that's what i was going to say, it just looks like cheese round stacke on top of each other and that's exactly what it is. >> if you walk up to that, you're like, how am i going to get a slice off of that. it's going to be awkward. >> it's hard. >> you'll have to put your hand on it to hold it. >> maybe it's a second state. >> that's the grooms cake. >> it's a no for me.

>> i'm out. i think of the nas it may cause and you have to kiss people. no thanks. all right. let's move on and talk about what's going on. a nice italian cream cake. that e kissing each other. >>anybody. >> a lot of making out. anybod. hello. it's looking pretty clear here. let's talk about highlights. cloudy storm arrives this evenin heavy rain, gusty winds overni a chance of rain throug friday. here is a look at low temper mid to upper 40s in the north bay, east bay valleys and 50s everyw else. frosty conditions, they are out of here. look at this huge, massive shield of deep moisture. the two areas below are going to conver on top of us. milder and humid and long durati rain out of this. let's start at 5:00 tonight. you can see already some

steadi light rain into the north bay. some snow in lake county. that w slowly turn over to rain as the warmer air starts to come in. here we are at 9:30, turns to modera ours, modera rain. south north bay will contin to get pounded. by the end of the morning commut it's just everywhere. look at this, just continues 11:00 as we head into the aftern and evening hours, it will start to taper just a little bit. there' another wave that's suppos to move in tomorrow night and into thursday morning. that's why that st is a 2 for valentday. then we'll have scattered shower for friday and saturday. it looks like sunday and holiday monday are going to be our driest after today. alexis >> all right. good morning, mike. yes, enjoying dry paveme for now and weaver off to a quiet start. i really don't have any incide to talk about so far this morning. we're looking at fairly empty

bay bridge toll plaza. no stackup in the cash lanes today. carpoo layups will be opening shortl and no metering lights yet. that typically happens closer to 5:20. 880 four minutes. fremon san jose in the green at 14, northbound 280101 to cupertino you're coming in at 11 minutes, also in the green. >> thanks, alexis. amazon is requiring a san francisco-paced startup. >> critics say it's a move to contro just about every consum related activity in your home. here is this morning's tech bytes. >> today in tech bytes amazon making its company bigger. >> buying a company that makes equipm providing better home wi-fi coverage. critic say it's amazon's latest attemp to customize apps the next big thing in video games. >> ele art says it has 25 millio players a week of a its

launch it's a battle royale like fortni it could bring in $100 million for ea this year. a new map detailing top valentine's day go by state. pennsylvania, new yo seekin out edible, poetry rules in oklahoma, arizona concerned with venereal disease. montan how to cook lobster tail. all important things. those are your tech bytes. hav arrangement. >> i actually have. >> me, too, once. it was kind of exc still ahead on abc 7 mornin man versus machine. ibm shows off technology it's buildi dogs compete on best in show. what it takes to win the westmi dog show.

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we're back. let's talk about the wind. lock idown, bring it in before you go to bed tonight, starting tonigh until thursday morning, southe winds 25 to 35 in the lower elevations where you see in the yellow gusts up to 45. we can have gusts up to 65 to 70. even the strongest trees from our previous storms are going to have a harder time staying uprigh trees down, power outages possib starting at 10:00 tonigh mike, thank you. african-american leaders in san franci are demanding action

to help save two landmarks in the city. revere amos brown with the third baptist church said the buildi are falling victim to gentri hitting histor black neighb among the casualties the 55-yea bryant mortuary which is facing closure because of financial problems. revere brown says neighborhoods like additi philmore need to get more help from banks and lender he's calling on city officials to step in. >> to come together and make sure that we make this a city where there is liberty and justic for all. and in that all should be african-american. reverend brog the city to help develop a financ plan to acquire fillmo heritage to ensure surviv an extraordinary piece of techno ibm spent six years

buildi took center stage in san francisco. ibm project debater is the first ever super computer that can debate human, and it is not a puppy. she wa put to the test against a world champion of the bay. pe secure the social welfare of the people we sho subsidize preschools. thanks for your attention. >> such a soothing voice. that's project debater arguing the issue of preschool funding. each debater learned of the topic just 15ments before debate time. by the way, the human won the debate so alexis, robots haven't taken over yet. so glad. victor for the humans. that is certainly a relief to hear. the machine was a little bit creepy there, huh? taking a look at the roads, we've only had one incident pop up on the board and it's right here and gone, southbound 880 at

23rd avenue. we had a crash in oakland. detailsuriesnd mystery. like we won't get one either. quick check of san mateo, westbo 22 to foster city fillin but that's about it so far this morning. let's check in with meteor mike nicco. thank you. hello, everybody. let's talk about rain for 2" in the south bay to 3 to 4" through thursd even 5 up in the north bay. so i've kind of readjusted and put some new parameters on my storm concerns. urban and street flooding, parkin lots, streets, highways, bridge very hot. small flooding. a high likelihood in the north bay that some of the streams in there in your neighborhoods will overfl the bank. high probability downed trees. mudsli debris flows and river flooding rounded out with modera to low. tomorr morning commute is going to get increasingly harder

with heavy rain increasing and the winds during the commute. >> mike, thank you. happening tonight the top ow. judging for westminster do show in new york is already under way. the top prize will be awarded tonigh more t 2800 dogs of 203 breeds took part this year. dog owners spent hours primping and priming their pets for the compet >> you even get to the dog show, it's probably about three hours, drying and scisso and getting them all ready to be prepared to get to the dog show. >> yesterday the dogs were evalua on their agility, obedie and showmanship. the best in show award goes to the best dog overall. but you probably figured that out. the westminster dog show is the world' most prestigious dog show. i would have such a harde being a judge. i woul say, but he's cute and he's cute. they all win. that's why they professionals. >> at 5:00 a.m., new and

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