here's meteorologist mike nicco. >> it's going to be on and off. scattered showers and it's 1 on the storm impact scale. lightning thunder, hail, brief downpours. brief gusty winds. they're possible with snow hitting the mountains. eden veil towards campbell and los gatos. blossom hill road, wever a light shower from half moon bay across the bay bridge into the east bay. the east bay valley. that's mt. diablo getting snow right now. we have a heavier shower between het petaluma and santa rosa. we're go b. to have puddles. please slow down. maybe blinding rain out of there. it's breezy and chilly. temperatures nearing 50 with scattered showers and thunderstorms throughout the day. >> good morning, mike. we've had a friday light commute. check this out. bay bridge metering lights still not on. we've made it to 6:00 a.m. on a monday through thursday commute, they can turn on

anywhere from 5:15 to 5:25. fridays, yes we get lucky. they don't turn them on later in the morning. we've had an issue in novato. a full closure due to flooding. this is a sig-alert that starts at atherton to 101. you'll be diverted off atherton and take atherton to reconnect with the 101 corridor. that's where we have amy hollyfield for us this morning. amy, how is it looking now? >> reporter: well, i'll let you take a look. see for yourself. weve got some cars here backed up. all getting diverted off of the highway here. you can probably see peeking out behind those cars, the cones blocking people from getting on here at westbound highway 37. we do have a little bit of good news. they're predicting they can reopen this at 8:00 this morning. that's good. it's not raining right now. we're getting a nice break.

as of right now at atherton avenue, no cars allowed on westbound 37 in novato. authorities have said this could happen and they started preparing for it. because a lev was breached in two places from all the rain that we've had in the last week. the water washed out some railroad tracks. those are tracks that are used to haul freight. not people. officials have said that they would try to keep the highway open as long as they could. with the high tide and the runoff and the levee breach, it was too much to handle. there's water on the highway. officials worry about spinouts and cars flooding. getting swept away. for now, westbound 37 is closed until this water recedes and they say they're not going to be repairing that levee breach until the rain stops and this water recedes. reporting live in novato. abc 7 news. amy, thank you. developing news in sausalito. crews will begin clearing debris

today after a mudslide destroyed a woman's home. >> brooks gordon says his 75-year-old mother woke up neck deep in mud after the mudslide yesterday. she was sleeping in her sausalito duplex with her cat peaches when her home went sliding down a hill into another house. >> i got to be honest wurks i didn't realize what the magnitude was of what had happened until i watched the video after i had gotten off the mom with my mom who was in the hospital. >> this is a photo of susan at the hospital. amazingly, just cuts and pruzs. we've seen the community step up for her. her go fund me page raised more than $20,000. this is not the first time a massive mudslide has hit sausalito. reason., a woman was killed andu the slide ripped a home from its foundation and sent it sliding nearly a block away directly emergency officials had to shut down the golden gate bridge at the time because all the mud

dumped on highway 101. today the san jose police chief is planning to talk more about a man shot and killed by police after a dramatic chase. >> he carjacked a ups truck and took the driver hostage. matt keller live for us in san jose. matt? >> reporter: good morning, reggie and jessica. they wrapped up the -- we expect to learn more about what took place here as police chief eddie garcia talks about this deadly shooting. now, this all wrapped up around 7:00 last night. it came to an end. friends are identifying the suspect as mark morasky, a san jose man in his 30s. sheriff's officials told us that a pursuit with morasky and another woman started around 5:00 add chenoweth and pearl in san jose. morasky fired shots with one hitting a patrol. they eventually commandeered a ups truck. the hostage was released at trimble. the man took off running gun in

hand when he was shot by law enforcement. morasky died at the scene. friends say he was afraid of going to prison for life. >> he wanted us to call dispatch and tell them to back off and give him time to make phone calls and be okay with the decision of giving himself up to do life in prison because he's a two-strike he shall. >> reporter: the female suspect bass taken into custody. the hostage was unharmed. morasky shows he was previously arrested for robbery and possession of stolen property. the news conference scheduled for 12:30. matt keller, abc 7 news. thank you, matt. we use the abc 7 news app to let you know about the story as it was happening. you can download it right now and enable push alerts. uk customize the app to get news alerts where you live. auto burglary after being detained by one of his victims. the 22-year-old was caught stealing property from a

victim's suv in san mateo on bucknell drive late wednesday night. the victim confronted him as the crime was in progress and then held him until police arrived. officers searched his car and found evidence connecting him to several other thefts on the peninsula earlier that night. recent storms have blanketed the sierra with several feet of snow. nasa released this side by side comparison. the image on the left is what it looked like this time last year, brown and dry. compare that to the new image on the right taken monday. you can see the mountain range is covered in snow. at least 11 feet of snow dropped on mammoth mountain this months so far. it's the snowiest ski resort in the u.s. the recent storms have made a difference in the drought. in the past week, the entire bay area has gotten enough rain to come out of the drought completely. the current map is on the left. last week is in the middle and the drought map from the start of the year on the right. you can see what a difference the last several weeks of wet

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rohnert park expressway. we've got a moderate shower, also in pen grove along old redwood highway. heads up in the mountains and the north bay. down to 2500 feet. look at all of that white, including it's fall on our radar right now. that's pretty cool. here's a look at the other sowers that are around moving through the heart of the the bay and through the southern part of the santa clara valley. we had rain over sfo. so far, no delays. keep our fingers crossed. if you're going to be out and about today, sunglasses, umbrella and dress warmer. thunderstorms are possible if you're going to be out exercising. remember the 30/30 rule. wait 30 seconds after you hear that last clap of thunder. if you're on the bay, a small craft advisory for the breezy conditions. east bay valley, 46.

notice temperatures top out in the low to mid-50s. same thing in the south bay. we'll barely get to 50. dress for temperatures in the 40s with a bit of windchill. >> the tri-valley, we have a couplish ubs. westbound 580, just past livermore avenue. it sound like a pothole has opened up in the right lane. we have not gotten an update from chp. they're heading to the scene. at least one vehicle hit that and possibly lost control and hit the retaining wall on the right side. be on the lookout for that. i would stick to the left side of the roadway. i would definitely not take southbound vasco road if you're trying to get to 580 just past the county line. we've got a rollover crash. i don't think anyone has moved in the last 20 minutes or so. waze is reporting about a 55-minute delay. i'm checking some of the comments from drivers stuck in that. they're saying this is terrible. we vbt moved. what's going on? it is a rollover crash with injuries. we're seeing major backups due to that. >> thank you so much, alexis. improvements to affordable

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village with units. walnut creek approved a project to include a total replace. of existing parking. we've received more e-mails about our b.a.r.t. -- thank you for your suggestions about how b.a.r.t. could be better and your comments. go to abc7news.com, click on the building a better bay area b.a.r.t. week link. scroll to the bottom of the page and submit your comments. we may read them on tv. new at 6:00, chuck e. cheese's is responding to a conspiracy theory that it serves customers recycled pizza. this conspiracy first popped up in a viral youtube video claiming employees collected uneaten slices and put them back together to make a complete pizza. this conspiracy then spread on red dit with pizza that looked like the slices were of different sizes. chuck e. cheese issued a statement saying the claims are

false, no conspiracies here. our pizza are made to order and we prepare our dough fresh in restaurants. now i'll admit, i am biased when it comes to this. i'm a former employee of charles entertainment cheese. >> we know. >> i'll say that at least at my store those pizzas were always made fresh. wh were they cut right every time? probably not. but pasquale, jasper t. giles did their best to provide you great entertainment and fresh food on a daily basis. alexis? >> jasper t. jowls? >> you got it. he's the dog playing the banjo. pasquale was in the kitchen. to be honest, he needed to stay back there. had a big mustache. >> so many things i'm learning here this morning. i do want to take you to a new crash we have on the east bay. we turned our emeryville camera around so you can see the flashing lights in the middle of your screen.

this is eastbound 80 right at the 580 split on the berkeley curve. looks like there's a semi involved and one other vehicle. initially calls were saying all lanes were blocked but they quickly pushed it to the shoulder. it looks like the shoulder is blocked, but it could be the right lane. i'll keep an eye on that. that's the counter commute direction. it's not looking terrible. a quick update on the tri-valley situation. sounding like it might not be a big deal. we had one vehicle call to report to say they hit that. lost control. chp cleared the scene. i have not seen any backup. let's check in with meteorologist mike nicco. >> here's a look at 280 and 17. you can see a sheen on the road from the -- let me get out of the 1 2/3 inches of rain fell. scattered showers and thunderstorms today through sunday. april winter chill. temperatures below average. cooler than average next week.

it's still snowing on mt. diablo. it's been snowing for a half hour, 45 minutes. coming through the altamont pass, 2 or -- 680 or 580 getti wet right now. an smat yoe bridge, the bayview, bay shore, 101. you can see all of that area getting wet. there's got to be ponding developing. you notice we have a lot of snow snt mountains as well. snow levels down low enough, you can see more over hamilton today. maybe even a little bit of a wintry mix in the santa cruz mountains. definitely up in the north bay mountains. low to mid-50s. 52 to 55. that's about all we can get today. we should be in the low 60s. 30s in inland valleys in the north bay and east bay. low to mid-40s. that's the chill i'm talking about day and night. we'll go through this. we've got a nice impulse to come through the next hour or so. scattered showers and no yellows in these as the storms come out of west. got a cold front tonight.

there could be an uptick and a chance of a thunderstorm. notice we don't see as many yellows tomorrow or sunday. the storms won't be quite as heavy. we've got a winter storm warning. man they've got so much snow and an avalanche warning for tahoe as well. there's too much snow. this goes through 4:00 sunday morning. another 3 feet of snow possible down to 3500 feet. oh, wow. that's a lot. all right. so friday, saturday and sunday we'll keep a 1 on the storm impact scale. next week, sunshine and temperatures in the low to upper 50s. let's talk more about the snow. here's alexis with the toyota tahoe report. >> mike, a lot of folks trying to get to the sierra. it's ski week i'm told as well. unfortunately, we have some pretty tough driving conditions to go along with that. we have chain controls in effect for state route 89. interstate 80 remains closed. that closed last night due to white-out conditions and chains are required for 50. but that is open. so that has all these drive times up well over four hours.

if you're planning to make the trek. of course, a lot of the resorts, if you can't take 80, take the long way around. that will add significant time. sugar bowl, those are certainly good. as mike said, we've just been getting a ton of snow. 110 inches to 168-inch base. but about a four-hour and 39 minute drive time. that's because 80 is closed. 88 is also closed. so you have to take the long way around if you're trying to get to kirkwood. back to you guys. a health alert for anyone who likes diet medical conditio linked to. a live look outside at 6:21. what are we seeing? the embarcadero this morning as people are getting their day going. we'll be right back.

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comcast business. beyond fast. never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. let me talk about storm concerns today through sunday with the scattered showers, the pulse of heavier rain and gusty winds that will come out of it. there's nowhere for the water to go. it will pond on our roadways. there's a moderate chance that because the ground is so saturated we could have more trees down and more mudslides and debris flows. i think the creeks and rivers will stay within their banks. fremont is one step closer to turning an old fire station into retail and housing. some people want to preserve fire station number 6 on fremont

boulevard. last night the planning commission approved a proposal to demolish it. this is part of a larger development project in the historic centerville district. the city council will have the final say on the fire station's fate. a new effort to ban gun shows at the cow palace could mean the arena is demolished for housing. state senator scott wiener and phil ting introduced a bill t ban gun and ammunition sales and transfer the property. right now the state owns the a reason on the border of san francisco and daly city. a joint powers authority could take control. the arena could potentially be demolished and the land redeveloped. bad news if you're into diet soda. >> drinking two or more of any kind of artificially sweetened drinks per day is linked to a greater risk of heart attacks, strokes and early death in women over 50. that's according to a study from the american heart association and american stroke association. they say the risks are higher for women with no history of heart disease. as well as for women who are

obese or african american. in-n-out has free hot chocolate. the freebie is part of the secret menu at in-n-out. it's the perk is for kids 12 years old and under and only good on rainy days. which has been every day this week. for everyone else, a cup costs you about $2. plenty of opportunity in the future and today and the weekend. >> you're right. sadly. next at 6:30, the storm coverage continues. flooding concerns as more rain falls across the bay area where evacuations have already been ordered. the breaking news in the north bay. part of

breaking news. part of highway 37 alexis is tracking the alternate routes for you. >> where vac wags have been ordered. a new video where there's a lot of water standing on the roadways. mike has our hour-by-hour

forecast and what you can expect for the weekend. good morning to you. it's friday, february 15th. >> yes. i just keep hearing friday and it is a relief for all of us. been a long one. >> yeah. still going to be long if you get caught under ashower. they're scattered. it's not the atmospheric river. that's over. let me show you live doppler 7. hi everybody. we have san philippe road, santa teresa boulevard, wild creek drive, some of the areas getting wet in the south bay. we've got a nice shower moving through burlingame, crystal springs road, california drive. look at what's going on in the north bay. look at all of that snow. 2500 feet pick tushs. hash tag your pictures to abc 7 now. that's going to look pretty with the green and the white. storm impact scale today. pretty much you can put this for saturday and sunday. we've got scattered showers, isolated thunderstorms. that means lightning and hail and the snow that will drop from 4,000 feet to around 2500 feet.

we're still a little breezy oit there. in fact, the temperatures in the 40s, little bit of a windchill. feels up to 20 degrees cooler. scattered showers every single day part of that forecast. alexis? >> good morning, mike. feels too good to be true. check out the bay bridge toll plaza. everyone was scared away from the terrible commutes we had. nobody is on the roads today. we don't have any metering lights still and we've made it to 6:30. enjoy that here while it lasts. we have one significant issue in novato as we've been telling you. westbound route 37 is closed at atherton due to flooding. this is a sig-alert. all traffic diverted off. then you have to take atherton back to 101. this is the first time i'm seeing a backup. if you are going to take an alternate and hur headed north, you can use -- or the richmond-san rafael bridge could be a better choice. lets get to reporter amy hollyfield. amy, this is the first time i've

seen it. we've got a two machine mile backup on the approach to where you are. >> reporter: is it two miles? oh, wow. they're moving at a snail's pace behind me. look at them. i feel bad for these drivers. they can't be too happy on this friday morning. i do have good news. it won't impact these people. but maybe people who are just waking up. they are thinking they'll be reopening this at 8:00 this morning. so that's a bit of a break. not getting any rain right now. they are thinking that the water is going to recede enough in time for them to reopen it for 8:00 in the morning. that's good for some commuters. not these people though. we're talking about westbound 37 in novato at atherton. floodwater. the levee was breached in two places because of all the rain this week. authorities say a little bit of water can be dangerous so they have to be precautious. >> if we have water coming across, it doesn't take much of moving water on a roadway to impact a car.

we can have flooded vehicles, vehicles swept away. it's a safety concern at that point. >> reporter: not just the highway impacted. the water washed waisome railroad tracks. those are tracks that are used to haul freight. not people. but still, an issue. authorities have said yesterday that this might happen, that they had said they would keep the highway open as long as they could. they made it until 3:00 this morning when the water forced their hand and they had to shut it down. reporting live in novato, aim ai -- amy hollyfield. abc 7 news. we have been updating the road conditions on our app. you can customize it to get breaking news alerts as they happen. it's an anxious morning for many people near the russian river. >> that river flooded in some parts and more rain is coming. >> i'm getting everything up as high as i can. so it doesn't happen again. >> anyone living inside this rv park in guerneville had to

evacuate after water rushed in forcing everyone to pack up and get out. it forced four school districts and more than 30 roads in the county to close yesterday. one man told us about the difficulty of driving around because there were so many nooded roads. >> the messed up thing, it's flooded between here, my truck is on a little mountain and it's flooded behind it. so i can't get in or out of it. >> water is not expected to recede for days. all of those folks evacuated from the rv park don't expect to go home until sunday at the earliest. in the east bay, an ac transit passenger took video her bus sloshed through an interstate. water seeped through the doors and flooded the floor of the bus. a spokesperson said the driver broke the rules by driving through standing water. it wasn't just the ac transit driver who would try to get through the standing water. a driver of a bmw also got stuck at that same intersection. a big rig came to his rescue to push the stalled car out of the

water. we got a pg&e power outage update. a few minutes ago -- this map is giving you an idea where the outages are. the biggest cluster is centered on the peninsula with 3200 customers still in the dark. a similar number impacted in the north bay. blizzard-like conditions in the sierra made driving along 80 and highway 50 challenging. traffic is being held along 80 between placer county and the nevada state line because of whiteout conditions. chain controls are in effect between placerville and meyers. the storm is causing problems in southern california. abc 7 news reporter cornell barnard recorded this video of palm springs. he said the area is designed to funnel water through the town. he's never seen it like this. >> you can track the rain and check the weather conditions using our abc 7 news app. get the most up to date forecasts and check out live doppler 7. enable push alerts to get

notifications about new weather warnings or hazards. president trump is expected to formally declare a national emergency over border security. he will likely sign a bipartisan bill to avert a government shutdown tonight. the measure would fund a border fence but with only a fraction of the $5.7 billion the president demanded. so the president plans to declare a national emergency. by passing congress to build his long promised wall. house speaker nancy pelosi calls this move a lawless act. >> that the president can declare an emergency on something that he has created as an emergency, an illusion that he wants to convey, just think of what a president with different values can present to the american people. >> house democrats are ready to challenge the president's deck layers, the beginning of a legal battle that could last for months or even years. president trump will sign the spending bill in just a few minutes at 7:00 a.m. abc news will have a special

report when that happens at the top of the hour. that's right after abc 7 mornings. all right. never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. and what you're going to see when live doppler 7 comes up is snow across the north bay. there you go. i wanted to see how heavily the snow is falling. about an inch an hour. that's pretty impressive. so we're going to get a dusting across the north bay. wate ratios may change. kind of a rule is a tenth of an inch of liquid precipitation equals about an inch of snow. it all depends how cold it is. i won't get into that with you right now. i just wanted you to know that's what's going on up there. let's take a look at the drought monitor. because there is no more drought. it is gone. thanks to this very wet january and february. we started off the rain year steeped in a severe drought in some parts of the north bay. you can see it on your right there. completely gone. we'll have more scattered showers for today. you can see it is bumping into

hamilton creating snow there. that little dot there, that's snow on mt. diablo and the snow across the north bay. they will lower down to 2500 feet through the weekend as we're on the cold side of this system. so let's talk about your commute. dodging showers. not only today but tomorrow and also for sunday. mass transit, dress warmer. the winter chill is here. with 30s and 40s in the morning. chilly breezes on the bay today. look at the temperatures up to 17 degrees colder than yesterday. we're still pretty mild in san francisco and noe valley at -- we have 40 in heeldsburg. coastal flooding. if your bay shoreline parking garage flooded yesterday like ours did, that makes alexis happy to walk through the water to her car. from 10:00 this morning until

9:00 saturday, we have a high surf advisory. breakers up to 25 feet. thunderous breakers at the beach. sorry about your car. >> i drew the short straw. i have a spot that floods every time. >> for some reason mine -- >> if you come in one morning, i'm in your spot. you know what happened. >> got it. >> taking a look at the roads, we had an issue eastbound 80 at the berkeley curve. counter commute direction. that cleared. no more flashing lights. we had a semi and sedan on the right-hand side. never was a major blocking issue. didn't cause much of a backup. wanted to give you that update. taking a look at the traffic maps and vasco road. this is not gone. we haven't gotten many updates. vasco road past the county line, we had a rollover crash. one vehicle involved. they did tell us it was minor injuries. i think, one slain getting by at this point. at our worst time, we're up to a

50-minute delay. zooming back, 8 miles an hour, 7 miles an hour. i'm reading the comments on wa d folk a happy. they have been sitting there long time. avoid southbound vasco road if you can. quick check of drive times. highway 4 to walnut creek, seven minutes. looking good in the green at nine minutes walnut creek to highway 13. westbound 580, in the yellow, tracy to dublin. 32 minutes. thanks, alexis. could payless be done for good? new details about the company's future. this is live at the big board. another update on how the markets are doing up next. new at 6:00, toy story 4 teaser. a new look at

all right. let's head out the front door and see what the kids will encounter this morning. dress warmer. temperatures in the 40s. not the 50s and 60s like yesterday. be ready for rain at any time and temperatures that will barely be 50 during the afternoon hours. check this out. last year at this time, 21% of average our sierra snow pack. 135% as of yesterday's measureme measurement. that's 102% of average for the year. everything we get from today is a bonus. it's going to snow a lot in the sierra. we have the winter storm warning until 4:00 sunday morning. look at that snow level. down to 3500 feet.

another 1 to 3 feet of snow, guys. >> mike, thank you. the san jose police chief is planning to talk more about a man who was shot and killed after a dramatic chase. >> police say he carjacked a u.p.s. truck and took the driver hostage. reporter matt keller is live in san jose. matt? >> reporter: hi, jessica. yes. the crime scene tape is gone. the investigation is over. later today we're expecting to learn more about the deadly shooting from the san jose police chief, eddie garcia. this ended just before 7:00 last night here in san jose. friends are identifying the suspect as mark morasky. a san jose man in his 30s. officials told abc news a pursuit started around 5:00 at chenoweth and pearl in san jose. the suspect fired shots with one bullet hitting a patrol car. they took a ups driver hostage. they ended off in a standoff. sheriff's officials say the man took off running gun in hand

when he was shot by law enforcement. morasky died at the scene. friends say he was afraid of going to prison for life. >> he wanted us to call dispatch and tell them to back off and give him time to make his phone calls and be okay with the decision of giving himself up to do life in prison because he's a two-striker. >> reporter: the female suspect was taken into custody. the hostage was unharmed. morasky's record shows he was previously arrested for robbery and possession of stolen property. today's news conference with chief garcia is scheduled for 12:30. reporting live in san jose, matt keller. abc 7 news. >> thank you, matt. new developments in the attack of empire actor jussie smollett. chicago police say earlier reports that the attack was staged are unconfirmed. >> multiple sources said detectives were investigating whether the attack was a hoax. those sources say it was planned because the openly gay actor was being written off the show.

the police say that uninformed and inaccurate. smollett doubled down on his claims to abc news. >> i respect too much the people who i am now one of those people who vn attacked in any way. you do such a disservice when you lie about things like this. >> smollett said the men yelled homophobic and racial slurs as they attacked him during a late night walk home in chicago. bachelor and former nfl player colton underwood says he left a charity event early after he was touched inappropriately. he posted what happened on his instagram story and he says he was taking photos with fans in san diego wednesday when someone crossed the line. he says, quote, i didn't sign up to be a piece of meat or a zoo animal. then he apologized to fans who didn't get to meet him. you can watch the bachelor on mondays at 8:00 on abc 7. we're now hearing from the lyft driver who says his fatherly instincts kicked into

gear when he saw a toddler wandering by herself barefoot on a cold rainy night in santa rosa earlier this week. the scene in this facebook video posted by santa rosa police has gone viral. dell hendrick found the toddler between 18 to 24 months old alone in an apartment complex parking lot at 10:30 as he was dropping off a passenger. >> barefoot, you know, soaking wet onesie, soaking wet hair, full diaper. it was heartbreaking. >> i knocked on a few of the doors and nobody even recognized the baby. i cranked up the heat in the car and tried to warm her up and calm her down and yeah, we sat in the car until santa rosa pd showed up. >> but police tell us this case involving the little girl was not neglect and she most likely wandered out of an unlocked door. now you're morning money report. payless shoe source may be getting ready to close more than 2,000 stores. reuters reports that the

retailer plans to file bnkruptcy later it month. going out of business sales could start next week. they've been trying to finds a buyer. a group of creditors saved them the last time they filed for bankruptcy in 2017. over the social network's privacy lapses. the "washington post" said it would be the largest fine ever imposed on a tech company. there's no word on the exact amount of the fine. facebook has had several privacy issued in the last few years, including the cambridge analytica scandal. let's take a live look at the new york stock exchange. we're up 286 points right now. investors are reacting positively to a report that trade talks with china will resume next week. i was just reading that. if this continues today, this will be the 8th week that the dow will be up. good news for investors. new at 6:00, a closer look at toy story 4. >> an exclusive clip released on

gma this morning, it appears that woody and little bo peep are teaming up for mischief. >> lost toy, side yard. >> raise the blinds. >> they have names? >> you never told me that. >> you never asked. >> annie potts who plays bo peep is one. few returning cast members. her son convinced her to take on the iconic role more than 20 years ago. >> annie they're interested in you doing the first completely computer animated full-length movie. none of that was interesting to me. not any part of that sentence. they said, well they've sent you some shorts. they'd like to you take a look. i came home from work one day and my 3-year-old had torn open the box they sent. he grabbed my hand and he said mommy, mommy, come look. so i went in. he could by that time put the disincome himself. i sat down and watched about two of the -- mommy will be right

back. i have to make a call. >> coming up at 7:00, potts reveals what it was like to work alongside tom hanks and the rest of the crew. >> i think that picture was taken during the last recording session for toy story 4. >> can't wait for that. it's going to be so fun. >> goes back so far in the memories that are tied to it for my family are fantastic. we usually watched it approximate when the kids were strapped into the back of the minivan driving to the beach or somewhere for vacation. >> now they're all grown up. >> i heard toy story and toy story 2 before i watched the movie. knew every line before it came. let's talk about what's going on. know what the forecast is going to be hopefully before it happens too. let's look at tamalpais. the breezes make their way to our neighborhoods. expect a breezy day today with showers, isolated thunderstorms. not only today but through the weekend. snow in our mountains. it will be dry next week. but it's going to be cooler than average. here's a look at hamilton.

it's snowing there now. weave got light to moderate rain from about san bruno down 101 and 280. and down through san mateo and beach park boulevard there all the way to san carlos, alameda. probably puddles on there. there's just more developing. with this west wind, we're going to have scattered showers all day today with temperatures well below average. low to mid-50s and a slight windchill because of that breeze. tonight, another chilly one. 30s in the valleys, low to mid-40s elsewhere. snow down to 2500 feet tonight. here's a look at 7:00. notice everything is coming out of the west. there's a lot of yellow within these showers at noon and also into the afternoon. cold front comes through, now that switches the direction and overnight we'll have moderate showers still. but notice by tomorrow morning, and tomorrow afternoon, the yellows not as prevalent nor are the showers. not as much tomorrow. any time you see a dark cloud coming, pull up our app and see what's going on and where it's

going. it will give you a time frame on how long the rain will last. that's the beauty of the app if boo we're not on tv. if we're on, we'll tell you. reset the clock, we'll get about up to a third of an inch of rain today. about another third of an inch to half an inch tomorrow. there's still going to be pretty good soakings out of the storms. they'll be more isolated. a 1 saturday and sunday on the storm impact scale. next week at least four days of dry weather but only in the 50s. alexis. good morning, mike. i want to take you back live to the situation in novato. this is from amy hollyfield and our crew on state route 37 at atherton this morning. that's where we have westbound lanes closed between atherton and 101 due to flooding. that, of course, due to that levee that breached yesterday. we've got high water. they're being extra careful. eastbound side of the roadway is open. but as i flip over to my traffic maps here, things have filled in for sure. we're seeing a delay on the approach.

this is a sig-alert approaching the closure. down to 6 miles per hour. that goes for around two miles. you can take either lakeville highway or 121 north to 116 to reconnect to 101. or you can use the richmond-san rafael bridge if you're headed south. southbound 85 before blossom hill road. multicar crash reported. sounds like that's in the two left lanes. they're working to clear that. just slight delays. thanks, alexis. warriors head coach steve kerr has to pay a $25,000 fine. he was fined for his outburst in the warriors loss to portland. kerr exploded after a flagrant foul was called on draymond green. in fact, kevin durant had to go out and usher the coach off the court. so here's a calmer kerr after the game. >> i was head scratching that could be called a flagrant foul. te guy is going in for a dunk s dunk it. so i told kenny that i begged to

differ. >> the clipboard spike? >> i forgot about that part. there might have been a couple of other words in there, too. i just thought it's a good hard foul. i guess i was wrong. >> steph curry, kevin durant and klay thompson playing in sunday's all-star game in charlotte. steph and his brother seth curry taking part in the three-point contest on saturday in their hometown. abc 7 news sports director larry beil is on his way to charlotte with live reports all weekend long. an unopened copy of the original super mario bros. video game set a world record. >> it sold for a whopping $1 $100 -- $100,150. they released the game in 1985. this copy is the only known sticker sealed copy. they certified it and it's in near mint condition. a group of collectors pooled their money to buy it.

heritage auction said the game set a world record for the most expensive copy of a graded game. >> ♪ >> still triggers good memories. up next, the seven things to know before you go. instagram picture of the day. if you haven't already, follow us at abc 7 news bay they say you should always listen to your heart. and where better to do that, than the island of ireland? after all, your heart is the best compass there is. so get out there and fill your heart with the stuff that keeps it beating. fill your heart with ireland.

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if pur just headed out the door, here are the seven things to know before you go. >> number one is weather. live doppler 7, we've got mountain snow and showers and some are moderate and the possibility of thunderstorms as we head throughout the day. temperatures are going to be chilly with 40s this morning and barely 50 this afternoon. watch out for rainbows. we'll have those too. all right. number 2, taking a live look at things in novato. this is westbound state route 37 where things are closed at atherton to 101. these are folks taking the detour. about 20-minute delay approaching the scene. they hope to open lanes by 8:00 this morning. number 3, crews will begin clearing debris on sausalito boulevard after a mudslide destroyed a woman's home. the community is stepping up to help her. go fund me raised more than $20,000. number 4, san jose police chief will hold a news

conference this afternoon to talk about a police shooting that left a suspect dead. a ups truck was carjacked. friends are identifying the suspect as mark morasky. president trump will sign a bipartisan bill to avert a government shutdown. he's also expected to declare a national emergency over the border. abc news there have live coverage. that's expected closer to 7:30 our time. chicago police clearing up rumors they say reports that empire actor jussie smollett staged his own attack are unconfirmed. the actor said two men yelled homophobic and racial slurs before attacking him last month. number 7, valentine's day is over. mcdonald's moving on to st. patrick's day with the shamrock shake. it's made of vanilla soft serve blended with shamrock shake syrup and topped with whipped o viewers says it debuted in the 1970s. is that right? >> that's what he said. >> i got corrected. i thought it was ten years ago

when i had one. that was one it debuted for me. >> something good in your life. i convinced my mom to let me good morning, america. breaking news, president trump set to declare a national emergency this morning over the border wall. bypassing congress in an unprecedented move. now even republicans lashing out over the president's plan. we're live in washington with the latest. also this morning, a major new twist in the jussie smollett case. the two men seen in this surveillance footage brought in for questioning. their homes raided. and now both chicago police and the studio behind "empire" responding to those new reports that it was all a hoax. that monster storm on the move. heavy rain slamming california, sparking mudslides, sweeping away this home as rescue crews race to save those trapped. and now the storm is heading east. also this morning, nine

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