have with b.a.r.t. is the cleanl >> and how far responding. >> our focus on quality of life issues is the right focus. tod every line to find out what it's like to be on the bay area's most used transit system from open to close. >> good morning to you, it is tuesda february 12. >> 6:00 a.m. never more than 7 minute away from accuweather foreca here is meteorologist mike nicco. >> start with storm impact scale becaus the storm is almost here. it starts this evening with a 1. light storm, light to moderate rain, heaviest across north bay and becomes breezy around 10:00 this evening. look at that slug of moisture, a prolif pile of precipitation ay starti this evening and get heavie this time tomorrow. tomorr wow, if you have to be anywhe tomorrow, it's going to take you a while to get there. break today, 36 to 42. >> a little frost on my windsh this morning. it wasn't a thick.

it was there. i guarantee the last time for a coupledays. low- tmid-50s becoming cloudy with random sprinkles up until 4:00. 7:00 you can see light ra starts moving in. here is alexis. >> good morning, mike. same thing, a little bit of frost on the windshield this mornin it wasn't nearly as thick as yester a couple of minutes with the heat and on the move. lookin at bay bridge toll plaza right now, one of our only busy spots so far this morning. where you would have metering lights on as of 5:20. lookin pretty typical. all in the green walnut creek to dublin 15 for you. southb 101 santa rosa to san franci still under an hour at 56 r santa cruz highway 1 to los gatos just 24 minutes. abc 7 news is committed to buildi a better bay area. that's why we're devoting this week to issues on b.a.r.t., the bay area's biggest mass transit system hundre of thousands of people use b.a.r.t. every day. rider satisfaction is at one of

its lowest levels. the system is struggling to modern and expand with the growin population. so today we are covering a day on b.a.r.t. riding every line on the system and talking to riders about issues they face as well a the possible solutions. abc 7 news reporter amy hollyf boarded the train at the antioch station. she has been making her way across the bay area. she wa in walnut creek at 5:45 this morning, so just a few minute ago. this is something she posted on twitte saying this the view of the parking lot and there still are spots there left this mornin she also noted she was waiting on the platform at the walnut creek b.a.r.t. station and she could smell marijuana saying someon was taking a hit at 5:45 right before boarding the train. we also have our multi-media journa juan carlos guerrero taking part in our day on b.a.r. and he started in daly city making his way down to san

franci has gotten to the city. . he stopped at civic center statio one of the most challenging statio for b.a.r.t. he said they are at least eight people sleeping on the platform and stairs. meanwh a guard keeps watch of the elevator to make sure the elevat stays clean. juan carlos tracking his day as well. you can see their progress by follow abc 7 news on facebook and twitter. of cou we want to hear from you if you use b.a.r.t. and some of the issues you have seen. reggie there's plenty to follow along with today. sure is. okay, thanks. we are going to continue to talk about b.a.r.t. because there's that early morning commute with the buses. also a change last night. last night was the first time they d single tracking through the transbay tube and this is going to continue for a while. that is when b.a.r.t. operates trains on only one track instead of two. this w take place monday throug friday from 9:00 p.m. to close. that means trains will be

schedu to arrive every 24 minute instead of every 20. b.a.r. says they will make adjust for big crowds during baseball and basketball season some riders that we spoke to last night say they are already worrie about day to day change >> it's already creating a back-u because even on normal commut hours, it's alread hard to get standing space let alone a seat. >> schedule changes are hard but i'm all for fixing up the tunnel >> we always a make contingency plans for special events like giants of cou next year it will be warrio so we will have specia event trains. >> we have a list of all the b.a.r. schedule changes on our websit you can find them going to abc7ne and searching for b.a.r. all this week abc 7 is following bay area b.a.r.t. experience. today we're deploying six kgo riders to ride every line on the system from sunrise to sundown.

new developments on a strik. accord to marin ij, a judge grante plem nary injunction limiti the noise the camake there. the hospital filed the upset. visito complained they were someti being blocked from enteri the hospital. the labor dispute is over pay and pension benefits. new this morning a florida rom is suing san francisco bay's lime after her daughter suffered a brain injury riding an e scoote ashant jordan was hit by a car while a lime scooter like the one in the studio. the accident happened in decemb now she's in a vegetative state with a fractured skull, a severe brain injury and several broken ribs. her mother plans to sue lime for negligot a dangerous and lime forces riders to ride on city streets instead of

sidewa new and improved adult urgent care center open to the public the clinic at san francisco genera hospital relocated from buildi 80 at 22nd to building 5 off of vermont street. the new clinic has 12 patient rooms, three more old one. mayor london breed will tour the new facility this morning. golden state warriors want to add a hotel and condos next to their soon to be home in san franci accord to the chronicle the team plans to propose a develo and hopes to begin constr by the middle of 2021. it would require s approvals from the city. the warriors president said it could help lessen game day traffi and businesses and reside have expressed a need for the hotel. the chase center is set to open this fall. happening today a be for the giants and their fans. >> crews are set to start taking down at&t park signs at what's now being called oracle park. last monthhe g announced a 20-year naming rights agreem with redwood city-bas

couple of days, well in time for home opener, which is april 5th. a revelation from senator kamala which she admits in a new interview. new at 6:00, the major shake-up to pg&e b direct after the company files for bankruptcy. >> you're never more than 7 minute away from my accuweather foreca rapidl changing conditions as our storm comes in quietly with light rain this evening and just explod up to a 3

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activi planner to prepare your yard today. anythi that looks loose, damage prune it, bring it in, lock it down. some rain and sprinkles today, easies day to be out and about. in fac in the east bay valleys 39 by 9:00, up to 50 by noon. your chance of rain begins at 9:00 with light rain. penins cloudy in the 40s, low 8: a one of the first times you'll start to see organized rain. the south bay we're in the 40s until 10:00. low- tmid-50s the rest of the day and dry through at least 8:00. now our winds are going to pick up at 10:00 this evening through 10:00 thursday morning. 36 hours of gusts in the yellow

in the valleys.45 hour in tbrow. that could cause some damage. here is a look at our flood threat same timeframe, just about all of our neighborhoods once again. rapidl changing conditions this evenin alexis >> okay, mike. a couple of issues on 680 in the tri-va neithe one is a big issue. a two-car collision on the counter-commute 68 avenue off on the left shoulder. that red on the southbound side. that i almost exclusively our typica delay. howeve we may start to see a little from this new issue southb 680 before sunol road. sounds like a crash possi relate to some road rage. that is off on the shoulder so keepin an eye on that one. so far emergency crews have not had to block a lane. 12 across the bay bridge, southb 101 san francisco to sfo in the green at 9 minutes. >> thanks, alexis. new developments on the pg&e shake- the utility says it will replace half of its board in the coming

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buildi a better bay area, we're putting the spotlight on the city and county of santa cruz and the dire homeless crisis there. about 150 people alone live at this homeless encampment. today local government officials will discuss possible locations for additional shelters and more homele services. a new plan under consid would increase by at lea 100. the plan calls for the entire camp along highway 1 and river street to be cleared by march 15th. abc 7 news so with some homeless people who said they would rather live on the streets instea of shelters where there . >> i do believe if they were to shut this place down and they would be back on the streets of sand cruz.

i don' to say bothering societ but for the most pa underneath doorste hangin >> in houston an unusual discov under unusual circumstances. >> this 1,000 pound tiger in the garage of an abando home y police say the per them about the tig animal when they w for a place to smoke marijuana. >> we questioned t whether they were effects of the dru the ti they saw a tiger i building, this vac that's obviously b for so po someone had feeding the tiger. there were several meat near the cage officers had to tr big cat to get it garage authorities are co wildlife sanctuari tiger new this morning senator kamala calling for

cannab to be legalized at a federalevel. she made the comments on a radio show. she admitted to smoking mariju in college. senato harris said pot's impact on a d should be studie she wants a reliable way to measure driver impair a san francisco district attorn in the year 2010, harris opposed a california ballot measure to legalize the drug. once again on stormwatch today and mike nicco has the detail >> coming in this evening as a 1. it will rapidly intensify to a 3 in a three-hour timeframe. that's how quickly everything will change. hi, everybody, let's take a look. pretty quiet from east bay hills. a patch a dry air. we cou have random sprinkles. by this evening light rain develo especially in the north bay. heavie tomorrow and a dryi trend for the back half of the holiday weekend. the holiday weekend ahead of us. until we get there, look at this tonigh the yellows, oranges, that catche your eye, doesn't it?

just about everywhere but the south bay and east bay valleys. temper mid-40s to low 50s, frost- that is just a huge blanket of moistu coming up from the tropic hawaii brought in some record settin snow. some cold air coming down from thenorth. i woul say it's a perfect storm but a really neat textbook storm we don't see too often here with two colliding air masses over the top of us and atmospheric reason 5:00 light rain in lake and mendoc counties. by the time we get to midnight modera to heavy rain everyw except the south bay and east bay. look how rapidly that changes from 4:00 to 9:00. tomorr morning during the commut the sky just opens up and unloads on us. in fact, here you go. by 4:00 in the morning, .2, an inch in the north bay. by 9:00 almost everybody outside of the south bay is already over an inch on our way to possibly 2

to 4" of rain through thursday. scattered showers through friday and saturday and dry sunday. al >> one new issueabt. this is in the danville area, southb 680 before here, four vehicl involved in a collis that is blocking far left lane. that is all we know so far. we don't know about the severity of the crash, haven't heard detail on injuries. that is backing things up in the walnut creek area so i will keep a close eye on that one. quick check of mass transit. 49 b.a.r.t. service, divorce servic beginning an hour later now at 5:00 a.m. normal service, no delays for muni. we did just run into a little bit of trouble for ace one. they a delayed about 15 minute due to mechanical issues 3, 5, and 7 remain on time. >>thanks, alexis. "good morning amer coming up at 7:00 on abc 7. >> lets bring in ginger zee live with a look at what's on the show. hi, ginger. >> hey, good morning to you, of

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statio facility. where she is now after getting evicte coverage of a day on b.a.r. amy hollyfield, how her commute is going in 15 minutes. >> first thanks for joining us februa 12th. mike has a look at with rain on the way. on the w. kind of quiet. going to show you fog around windso healdsburg, river road, around charles scholls airport in santa rosa. we're down to a mile visibility. that's it for the fog this mornin so let's talk about the storm impact scale. i put one on for today because the is coming in this evenin light to moderate. light in the south bay, moderate in the north bay by the time we get to midnight. it will be breezy around 10:00 also. you can see red sky morning sailor take warning. that's exactly what we're seeing from mount tam. low 50s, scattered sprinkles throug the day. steady rain at 7:00. we'll talk about when the thing rapidl intensifies to a 3.

alexis >> one of our busiest places no surpri bay bridge toll plaza. meteri lights on at 5:20. looks everyone is moving along average there. if you're weighing cash or fasttr you'll have a wait carpoo lanes are okay. most significant, no incidents on the board. gettin into dan villa four-car collis blocking the left lane. that back-up continues to grow to the 24 split in the walnut creek. one vehicle had airbags deployed but no injuries reported there. washin congressional ghoshe say they have reached a tentat agreement on the deal to avoid another government shut down. >> it does not include a border wall. mona in washington with the latest good morning, mona. >> good morning, jessica. good morning, reggie. president trump said no wall, no deal. he con

national emergency get funding for hi and this week we m how far he's willi after third round negotiations stall congressional nego from a meeting lat reaching an agreem principle on borde >> we had hard neg we're glad to be w right >> congressional s abc 7 news the tentative deal resolv a number of contenti issues and would avert a possible governmen >> not a single on going to get every we wan >> that may includ trump. according to sourc includes the same billion initially democrats for bord enhancement, an ex billion to homelan more than 40,000 b

i.c.e., additional officers and techn of ent but none of the $5 trump demanded for wall. >> as i was walkin stage, they said t is being made with commit just so you know, the wall anyway. they say progress >> president trump the deal at a camp el paso while half potential 2020 riv native beto o'rour own ra >> u.s. cities of u.s./mexico border far safer than u deeper in t interior of the un americ >> now, there is o presid must say yes to the agreement in o to go his signature is r that friday midnig avoid another poss partia government shutdown. reggie jessica. >> what is the situation with the president in el paso.

he mentioned it during the state of the last week. he obviously held the rally there last night. yeah, the pr repeat pointing to el paso, texas, to make his ways for a border wall. during the state of the union addres mentioned that el paso used to be one of the most danger cities in the country until they put up a border fence in 2010. but that's simply not true. el pas has never been one of the most dangerous cities in the countr and crime was low well below that fence went up back 2010. again, the president is adamant about getting the wall. we'll see the deadline is three days away. live in washington, abc 7 news. >> mona, thank you. happening gavin newsom will deliver his first state of the state in cement he's expected to criticizes presidtrump. saying the president's state of the union created a vision of americ at odds with california values the speech comes one day after newsom signed an order to

withdr hundreds of national guard troops from the border. previo governor jerry brown sent the troops at the request of president trump who has cited a, quote, crisis a border. >> i think this wh issue the crisis on the manufactured crisi abc 7 news wil coverage of the st state starting liv a.m. as well as on abc7news.com as we 7 news new this morning contra costa county firefighters put out a massive fire in antioch. flames consumed a warehouse on walnut avenue and spread to a nearby shed. there no water in the area so firefighters had to bring their own water to fight the fire. it was extinguished around 1:15 this m before flames could spread to the house next door. one person was injured. a homeless man is in troubl accused of pouring bleach and hydrogen peroxide on food sold in grocery stores. 48-yea man was taken into

custod they say he targeted safe way stores throughout the south bay and los angeles county. he's accused of pouring the chemic on different items includ hot rotisserie chicke bay area bracing for a super soaker. mike has been telling us about that all morning. >> the storm moves in tomorrow but the preparations already beginn today. abc 7 news reporter matt keller is live at anderson reservoir in morgan hill. matt. >> rep good morning, jessic and reggie. i know everyone is talking about the headed our way. it is really cold out here this mornin in morgan hill. the water is coming our way. speaki of water, check this out. this is a dam outlet. it's the bottom of anderson reserv valley water has been doing contro releases since februa 5th to keep it below storag unit of 50%. that's because of the seismic deficiencies. curren lechls at the -- levels at the dam are 37.4%.

this time an atmospheric river headin our way. nation weather service warns of heavy rain. a flash flood watc starts wednes knit through thursday mornin for the entire area. a high wind warning has been issued for upper elevations and wind a for valley starti late tonight through thursd morning. if you need sandbags there are a bunch of locations to get them in santa clara county. we put that information on our websit abc7news.com. report live in morgan hill, matt keller, abc 7 news. >> see the power of that rain there and the power of snow. that's think about, i want to see the snow and spend endles time at 6200 feet, which is how low the snow fell on maui, which was a record. the lowest ever elevation for snow sticking in maui. how about

touris brochure. back her at home, richmond, richmo side of the richmond san ra bridge you are dry. this time tomorrow you willasoua there. roads dry for now. once the sun sets north bay, rain is on for you. mass transit cooler than average today. on the bay our calmest day, quite blustery and choppy tomorr and thursday. east bay let's go. 12-hou planner. we're stuck in the 40s through 10:00. pretty cloudy all the way throug with low- to mid-50 during that timeframe. for the north bay cloudy up until noon, then you can see scatte sprinkles to light rain as we near 50 at 2:00 and 4:00. steadi rain around 6:00 and gets heavier by 8:00. san fr pretty much cloudy mid to upper 40s 10:00 and low- to mid-50s with scatte rain starting around 6:00 and hanging around at 8:00. in fact, there's too much rain and it comes down too quickly. 10:00 this evening, 10:00 thursd morning, a 36-hour

window heavie rain in spurts of a 12-hou window tonight through tomorr and six-hour window tomorr night. that's have landsl rock slides, debris flows. the ground is so saturated, it can't hold any more water. that's why the flow and create floodi not only there but lake and solano counties. the winds are going to be an issue. look how they come out of the southe they start 10:00 tonight through thursd southe remains for alexis and i we'll be watching the bridges becaus they will be hitting you perpen those bridges will be wet at the same time. we've got to hold on with both hands starting tomorrow. how about today? >> today we have a new issue here in the east bay. look at all this black smoke. this is on our emeryville camera we hav reports of large homele encampment fire around west grand and 880. we are launching sky7 to take a look at that. they do not have fire units on the scene yet. they h assigned. we do have emergency crews on the way. chp getting a lot of calls in saying there's thick, black

smoke. you can't see anything in the area. possib a couple mobile homes on fire for that stretch. defini keeping a close eye on that. an update as soon as we have more information. meanti want to update you on this crash involving four vehicl southb 680 near el contado and danville. no injuries but still working on cleari that. that's blocking the left lane. checki those speeds, down to 12 miles an hour approaching about 3, 4 miles. that will cost you time on your commute. 27 miles an hour southbound 680 has not reached 24 split for the back-u westbo 580, tracy to dublin in the yellow. southb 680, dublin to missio in the yellow at 27. northb top cupertino in the yellow at 15 minutes. new at 6:00, this woman taking her son's love life a little too seriously. why police are now looking for her. you're looking live at th big board at the new york stock exchan we are significantly up this mornin how the markets are doing coming

up next. plus a day on b.a.r.t., our team hitting the rails to see what it's like on b.a.r.t. from sunris to sunset. amy hollyfield with a live update on her experience mornin

school just some random sprink today. starti off chilly with fog in the north bay. 36 to 42. we'll to 52 at 11:00 and low- tmid-50s in the afternoon hours. as you can see mid to upper 60s with sunshine in so cal. the rest in the 50s until you . up in the high country, we've got a winter storm watch for wester slope. it turns into winter storm warnin over tahoe. 1 to 3 feet of sierra cement. 7,000 dropping down to 4,000 as we head from today at 10:00 to 4:00 afternoon. if you're driving, it's going to be breezy today, slippery with wintry mix. tomorr it's all snow and heavy for thursday and friday. it will turn icy also. the snow continues all the way up until it turns to showers sunday all right. let's turn back over to alexis. she's tracking a fire in the east bay. let's look from our emeryv camera. can yo see all the black smoke this is reportedly due to a homele encampment fire around west grand and 880 on that on

ramp there in that same area. so a lot of calls into chp. they a saying it looks like maybe a cplle, rvs someth of that type is burnin in that area. we know that fire crews are on th does look like flashing lights and flames if you look closel in the middle of the screen we are launching sky7 so we should have more information shortl i'll have another update in a few minutes. >> thank you, alexis. abc 7 news is committed to buildi better bay area. part of that effort includes making public transportation better >> so all morning long we've been f a couple of our staff members as they have b going on b.a.r.t. on various lines. our goal today is to go on every line t b.a.r.t. has from the beginn of the commute until late tonight. right now we'll talk to amy hollyf she's been all over the place and now here in downtown san franci at the embarcadero statio amy. hi, amy. hi, good mornin. i'm here in san francisco.

we wer five minutes late. the train operator did announce we wer going through orinda becaus track issues. he was very soft-spoken so i only caught every other word. someth about a track issue we went slower. so five minutes late. here is some video of my journe it does pay to travel early, that my mine-of-main issue i learne this morning, even at 4:48 in antioch this morning the trains were full. all th seats were full. there room, though, for standi room only. obviou the closer we got to the city, the more crowded it got but it was still manageable. now, b.a.r.t. started a new schedu just yesterday. they a starting an hour late, their services, every day for the next few years because of earthq retrofit. i asked a man on board about the crowds he sai that is definitely making a difference. >> went through the schedule change hopefu they will get more trains

>> one thing that b.a.r.t. riders frequently mention when they a asked about customer satisfaction, that is safety. they want to see more officers. i have to say throughout my travel i didn't see any b.a.r. police officers. i just saw my first fare evader at the embarcadero station. he just pushed the turnstiles the side and walked through. i did capture it on the video so make sure to check out my twitte page for that. we made it. it's an experience. a lot of people say it's the most convenient way to get around and that's why they take it. back to you. obviously pe the bus because they have to get the bu earlier than what b.a.r. is servicing trains. we tweeted outlet early this mornin that there was a bus leavin totally empty because no one wanted to take it. they wanted to wait a little longer for the train. that's an interesting

develo >> rep catch, that reggie. who tweet thad out? i'd like to circle back and see that. >> it was juan carlos. >> rep i never took the bus, no. i focused on trains today. >> okay. you were out there yesterday and you saw some people taking that early bird bus. that w utilized, right? >> there was a lot of confusion yester yeah. the buses yesterday, people were hoppin on them. there confusion. we've got one right behind us actual want to pan over there, see that one arriving. that's a gray line. sorry, we got excited. planes trains, automobiles, we've seen them all. >> amy hollyfield live from the embarc station. >> amy made it safe and sound to san francisco. this is part of a week long series covering bay area b.a.r. experience. abc 7 news seeing firsthand what it's like to ride b.a.r.t. and

what track the transit system will take next. we hav much more today on abc7news.com. new this morning, someone enteri the race, not presid one this time but mark kelly in arizona. he is going after the seat that used to be held by john mccain. the democrat released this video this m announcing his candid for the 2020 race. if kelly is nominated, he'll run agains prp martha mcsally who was appointed to mccain's seat last year. the election will decide who finish the last two years of mccain's term. kelly married to former arizona congre gabriele giffords. new this morning, a hot sauce bottle found in chicago could evidence of jussie smolle attack. report from the "new york post" found a bottle that smelle like bleach near the spot where somalia said he was attack last month. it has been sent t testin he said two men po

him and put a noos after yelling raci homophobic slurs. a cat that once called the san francisco fire poem for four years -- there she is, edna -- has a new home this mornin >> she started vis feral kitten and p emotional support there's a policy a on fire department in addition it's h supplies and pharm someon don't know who, called in a complaint and that led to edna's relocation. she is now with a department employe who adopted her since our first st ran on sunday, her account jumped fro followers to nearl now your morning money report if you've already filed your taxes, you may have noticed that you go a smaller refund, or maybe you actually owed money. compla people are posting to

social media about lower than antici refund checks. the average refund is down about $170 compared to last year. why? change to the tax code includ rates, the loss of deductions and new tax breaks you got $40 extra in your payche each week. that w be about $1,000 more over the course of a year instea of seeing it in the refundcheck, you got it in the payche but you might not have notice it along the way. the t news reports on reductions and refund are misleading and refund are only down slightly initia sample from only a few l- days of data. this morning screaming fans losing their minds over a favori k pop group. >> black pink is performing "good morning amer ♪ ♪

>> black pink makes their u.s. mornin tv debut on "gma" perfor their hit song "do do do." the fans are called blinks. they waited in the cold all night long to see the girl group. black pink says it's the first time in new york city and they love it. they a kicking off their tour in april with a stop in los angele no bay area stops scheduled yet. you can watch their performance on "gm 7:00. i have a feeling it will get stuck in my head. >> i was this many days old until it got stuck in my head. 100 years old. it's got that nice beat that the kids all like. >> i'd say i'm still a millen i think. i'm not. on t. police at a maryland univer trying to get a mom to sta off campus. >> apparently the problem is she's been trying to get someone to date her son.

this is happening at the univer police are asking students and staff to be on the lookout for her. studen say the match making mom has been following them around campus, showing them a photo on her cell phone asking if they are interested in her son. oh, no. >> she's not facing criminal charge univer officials simply want her to cut it out. that doesn' embarr than that, does it? >> no, it doesn't. >> a little uncomfortable. the, there' tinder leave me alone. d his picture. >> good to be nice. >> good intentions. >> connection, that's where my mom went to college. >> okay. >> never involved in that activi >> as far as you know. let's take a look and show you what's going on. moms work behind the sends in myster ways, reggie. 280 and 17, look at that sky

explod with color this mornin man. increa clouds, evening light rain. we'v got heaviest rains and winds tomorrow and thursday, and a drying trend for the back half of the holiday weekend. the lows tonight, mid-40s to low 50s. no more frost. yellow and oranges and how widesp catches your attent that's how rapidly things are going to change. here we go. radar returns. we've got ginormous spot betweeb 14,000 and 15,000 feet. maybe a sprinkle gets through, scatte light shower. once the sun sets at 5:45, that's when the north bay will get that steady rain. notice it's yellow during the overni hours even up to midnig i should say and during the overnight hours. the heaviest of the rains will fall tonight in the north bay. during the morning commute tomorr watch the explosion of rain across all of our neighb the later into the commute tomorr more likely you'll deal with concerns that range from high to very high, from

downed trees, urban and street floodi the 3 down to 2 thursday and 1, light, for friday and saturday. alexis >> i want to take you to sky7. they a over that fire that was report around a homeless encamp in the east bay. on ramp, 280 underneath that overpa it looks like they have arrived on the scene here. you can see flashing lights due to emergency response. i'm not seeing any more flames and seeing that smoke thin out as well. i can't get a good look at what was on fire. severa calls into chp said we had rvs in the area

it's 6:58. whethe you're just joining us or heading out the door, seven things to know before you go. a chance of rain, random sprink this evening moderate rain into the north bay. the storm a 1 for today and explod a 3, strong overni it continues all day tomorrow with damaging winds and flooding rains. number two, check out anders reservoir in morgan hill with more rain headed our way. santa water district making controlled releases to reduce chance of reservoir reachi its limits. number three a day on b.a.r. abc 7 news. our team is riding b.a.r.t.

lines from sunrise to sunset docume their concern and discussing possibl solutions to build a better bay area. >> number four congressional negoti have reached a tentat deal to avoid another govern shutdown. source are telling abc news it includ $1 billion for physical barrie at the border. five, governor gavin newsom gives the state of the state. he's expected to up his rhetoric on president trump one day after pullin national guard troops from t border. sky7 over the scene of a large homeless fire. crews are investigating. we hav reports from chp a couple of rvs caught fire. number seven, the top dogs compet to be best in show. judgin from the westminster dog show in new york city under way. the top prize will be awarded tonigh >> mayhe bes wi they a all so cute profit especi the beagle.

the beagle wins. thanks for watching today. "gma" right now. good morning, america. new warnings this morning as those major winter storms hit. more than 110 million from california to chicago, new york and maine on alert. flights already canceled. and schools shut down from the west to the northeast. the new alert for your morning commute. our team is spread out across the storm zone with the timing and the track. breaking right now. three parachutists rushed to the hospital this morning, injured at an air force base, trying one of those high-altitude halo jumps made famous in the "mission: impossible" movies. breaking overnight. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle strike a possible deal to avoid a government shutdown but