people know, first of all, that the deputy is okay. >> reporter: we just heard from the napa county sheriff's department explaining that graphic video which if you want to see, we will show you it. it happened in 48 seconds. it's not a video game. all captured by the body camera. she stopped to check on the driver of a car in rural napa late sunday night. the video picks up with her questioning the suspect. >> can i look around to make sure? all right. wait right there. don't move, okay? >> okay. >> roll it down. roll down the window.

roll down the window. >> shots fired, shots fired. >> reporter: distressing. there were 15 different shots fired into the car after the suspect javier hernandez morales turned and fired at the officer with what we're told was a .22 caliber pistol and without warning obviously. you will hear from undersheriff crawford who says it's a clear cut case of attempted murder by the suspect and self-defense by the deputy. >> loss of life is not taken lightly either by this agency or any other. in this case, whoever, hernandez morales made the choice to

attempt to murder deputy direcki and she responded accordingly. we are proud of her incredible poise and composure. in her fight to save her life. >> reporter: as for the suspect javier hernandez morales, the sheriff's department says he did have a criminal history that included weapons violations, a dui, another assault on a police officer. we're still waiting for more details. the department says the deputy is off duty on administrative leave. her grandfather works for the department and retired. her father still works for the department. we asked how did the suspect miss. the undersheriff said divine intervention. live in napa, wayne freedman. >> indeed, wayne. thank you. developing news from oakland where teachers will go on strike in just 13 hours from now.

the teachers union met to continue negotiations and did increase its salary over with a total compensation package of 8.5%. teachers have been asking for a 12% increase. negotiations are expected to resume friday. in the meantime teachers have been cleaning out their classrooms removing personal items. >> this is actually really hard to do. i already see like the lack of life in my classroom. >> the school district is reminding parns all schools will be open with a limited staff. they have 15 recreation centers open for parents who refuse to cross the picket line. >> and the looming strike prompted school principals, nearly half of them, to make an early morning trek to sacramento. >> they want to persuade lawmakers to spend more money on education. >> reporter: in an unprecedented move three dozen oakland school principals took a rare day away

from their campuses. a plea for more state funding for public school districts on the eve of a teachers' strike back home. >> we want to show the teachers and our community how much we support them. now is the time to really let the legislatures know what's going on. >> reporter: an increase in california's per pupil spending, forgiveness of $36 million in debt from a state loan, and the revision of the state's charter law. the principals found a receptive ear in state superintendent of schools tony thurman who spent the day in oakland on tuesday. >> i understand that they don't want to go on strike but they feel they need to or may need to to send the message that we need to do more to fund public education and to support our students. >> reporter: the principals also met with lawmakers including rob bonta. >> that said a lot to me, their act of being here, so many of

them taking the day off from their responsibilities and they came because they care. >> reporter: the oakland principals appreciated the sympathetic reception they received from the capitol but know it's going to take much more than that to solve their district's current crisis. >> with the pressure building on our district and on our teachers to negotiate the time is right now for principals to step up. >> reporte oakland schools will stay open and students can still go to class. if parents don't want to send their kids to school there will be 15 recreation centers. the teachers union will provide volunteers. another option, public libraries. the city is asking that children 7 and younger be with a parent or a caregiver. and keep this in mind. ac transit may reduce service

and close some bus stops during the strike. >> keep up to date through the abc 7 news app. the woman police say shot at undercover sheriff's deputies after carjacking a u.p.s. truck last week made her first courtroom appearance in san jose. vic lee is live with the story. vic? >> reporter: the court appearance was brief. she was arraigned on eight felony counts. the others include carjacking, kidnapping, and hostage taking. 23-year-old joanna rogers appeared in court shielded from cameras by her public defender. the or deal started when undercover deputies approached

their suv park at a light rail station. they entered highway 87. police say macy rogers began firing a shotgun at the deputy's car. the deputy district attorney. >> during the course of the pursuit miss macy rodgers leaned out of the passenger side and fired at sheriff's deputies striking the car at least four times. >> reporter: the two finally abandoned their car. police say they took a u.p.s. truck at gunpoint. dozens of police cars surrounded it. macy rodgers also left the truck surrendering to police. police armored cars stopped it. armed with a shotgun jumped out of the truck. police say an officer shot and killed him as he ran to the public who had gathered at the

scene. the prosecutor says macy rodgers was not a reluctant participant. >> the evidence clearly shows she was a very willing participant. >> reporter: her family left the courthouse declining to speak to reporters. macy rodgers is being held without bail. her next court appearance is in march where she is expected to enter a plea. >> vic, thank you. let's move on to the weather forecast, some rain heading this way. >> we had some sprinkles. it's getting active. not everywhere. we had a thunderstorm develop. there is snow falling. we'll chicago it for you going towards mt. hamilton. 5:27, mt. hamilton. 6:02 into morgan hill. pockets of moderate to heavier

showers around the area. in fair field, cordelia. isolated thunder and hail is possible with the spotty showers. i'll be back with the hour by hour time line coming up. a uc santa cruz student created an app that looked like a game but the feds say it was a front to sell drugs. >> the name of the app was a play on the school's mascot. >> reporter: a young college student with a seemingly bright future turning heads in an unimaginable way. >> i do know people think of certain ways to, i guess, get around things and try to find loopholes into things so, i mean, i'm not surprise that had someone has done this. it is extreme. >> reporter: colin howard is charged with three counts related to the distribution and possession with intent to distribute meth and one count related to cocaine after a joint

sting operation involving uc santa cruz police and homeland security resulted in his arrest last fall. police tipped off after seeing posters advertising the app on campus. the 18-year-old taken into custody on federal charges. prosecutors say howard created an app called banana plug to facilitate the sale and used snapchat to communicate with customers. the word plug often used as a slang term for someone dealing drugs. >> we would have rather seen him do research on cancer or gaming or something else positive in the world. he is no longer a student on our campus. >> reporter: the app went through apple's app store review process. on the surface users tapped tiles that alternated between images of bananas and electrical plug to clear the screen of all bananas. apple hasn't commented.

apps that encourage consumption of tobacco products, illegal drugs or excessive amounts of alcohol are not permitted on the app store. >> a lot of things can go wrong. that's why the monitoring and reporting is very important. >> reporter: howard has pled not guilty and will return to court. breaking news out of chicago, our sister station there is reporting that actor jussie smollett has been charged with felony disorderly conduct for filing a false police report. >> it comes weeks after the star of the show "empire" claimed he was attacked by two men who beat him and tied a noose around his neck. >> police began looking into allegations that smollett orchestrated the attack and paid two brothers to help him. president obama's my

brother's keeper conference wrapping up in oakland tonight. >> the star and dir

right now in oakland invited guests are at day two of the obama foundation's mbk rising event at the scottish rite center. >> mbk stands for my brother's keeper. right now black panther actor michael b. jordan there is on stage along with "black panther" director and oakland native ryan coogler that you just saw in the black blazer talking about the impact of that groundbreaking film and taking audience questions. >> let's listen in and hear what they're saying. >> ryan, michael, thank you for being you. thank you for everything that you all are doing for all of us in this room. and thank you all for everything that you're going to continue to do. >> thank you. >> tease been a powerful couple

of days. this event has been happening all day and it concludes this evening. >> big indeed. >> eric thomas has been there live all day and is joining us now. hey there. >> reporter: hey. so ryan coogler and michael b. jordan began speaking about 4:50. they spent about 20, 25 minutes on stage. yesterday the big attraction was barack obama and steph curry. these two gentlemen have been joined together through a couple movies. the criminal justice system. the program began with uplifting music from a gospel choir to get everyone prepared for the serious topics to follow. the first speaker, lecturer and an author who spent 19 years in

prison, seven in solitary confinement for murder. >> don't accept somebody else's narrative. even though they told me i would be back in prison in six months, eight and a half years later i'm serving my people. salute you all. >> next up sam vonn of the richmond office of neighborhood safety and french of the richmond pd. >> what that success equates to is a 73% reduction in shootings related to injury or death since we've started our program. >> we want to get people on the right path. >> president obama created the program in 2014 as a way to get people involved in helping to close the opportunity gaps for young men of color. victor cruz spoke this morning

about how he's using his old boys and girls club in passer son, new jersey, to mentor and save lives. different ways to view the world. >> despite the odds against us, despite keeping us down, we have to rise to the occasion and there's just so much excellence within each and every one of us. >> reporter: it was very impressive to see all those young people in scottish rite paying rapt attention to the speakers. victor cruz this morning on, of course, ryan coogler and michael b. jordan this afternoon. you mentioned the event is wrapping up. they'll be leaving shortly. the scottish rite center in oakland, eric thomas, abc 7 news. >> wow. when they say you matter, the young people believe it. >> what a great event. an obama era law passed that

granted credit card holders protection from financial institutions. >> a survey found almost half of americans have not ever heard of the act. so 7 on your side's michael finney is here to talk more about that. >> and half of them don't remember when we didn't have it. financial institutions had pretty much a free run on many pocketbook issues close to consumers' hearts and wallets. the card act set rules that interest rates can't be changed in the first year of opening an account. there must be 45-day advanced notice and full disclosure of fees and charges of credit cards. consumer advocates fought hard for this law and here at the ten-year anniversary it's important to point out this didn't just happen by accident.

you may have seen the signs we'll buy your house for cash followed by a phone number. these schemes have continued to grow since the housing crash. investors sometimes use deceptive ads to scam homeowners into selling way below market value. the national association of realtors is saying you should always seek a second opinion from a licensed realtor when putting your house on the market. a new york startup is helping sort out practical matters of a messy breakup. on ward is an on demand concierge service that eases the transition from an old relationship to newly single life afrg plans provide short term help. the packages start at $99 and will be rolling out in san francisco within the next year. >> interesting. >> thanks, michael. >> let's turn our attention to the weather forecast and that

rain we're expecting. >> not done with it yet. >> it is just getting interesting thmt is a cold system. we have been tracking showers, a thunderstorm developed. we are seeing those snow showers mixing in with some rain showers. they are heading towards morgan hill, not the snow but the rain as we take a look at street level radar. you will notice some moderate pockets of rain falling. if you get a brief downpour, we are tracking some moderate to heavy showers in milpitas so at 5:39 it will be over milpitas, east san jose as those showers continue to progress southward. radar showing you some very light returns right now. we will continue to see that moisture limited but that cold system continuing to push southward.

it is limited in moisture. we're not going to see a whole lot but we're feeling it. today you're in 50s, even 40s. 48 degrees in brentwood and gilr gilroy. it is a beautiful view as the clouds are coming through. isolated thunder and small hail cannot be ruled out and snow over our highest peaks. that trend will carry over. we're still seeing showers at 7:00 p.m. at 8:30 still seeing the wintry mix. a live picture, the sun is shining, it's a beautiful view. clearing and colder tomorrow

morning and trending dry for the weekend no. there's a winter werd advisory until 10:00 p.m. tonight above 4,000 feet. 3 to 7 inches is expected. it is going to be cold. numbers in the 30s. 50s, bright skies at noon and breezy in the afternoon. and then getting chilly again. numbers first thing in the morning in the 20s to the 40s. bunding up, the cold air will be with us. a breezy but bright day, temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. now trending dryer so partly cloudy in san francisco. at 9:00 p.m. it will be chilly enough to require that jacket. have a good time. bright and breezy for your friday. oscar sunday looking like a mix of sun and clouds.

a level one for monday and for tuesday. there's never a dull moment in the weather department. >> especially this winter. >> active. >> thank you. a 7-year-old boy is selling hot chocolate to help f even if no one in your home smokes, secondhand smoke can be closer than you think. secondhand smoke from a neighbor's apartment can enter your home through air vents, through light fixtures and even through cracks in the walls and the floors. secondhand smoke is toxic. especially to children. protect your family. visit tobaccofreeca.com.

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the soda taxes passing in communities around the bay area could soon be california state law. state democrats are introducing a package of measures they claim will cut consumption. lawmakers cite studies that show the average american consumes about 50 gallons per year. which equates to 39 pounds of excess processed sugar annually. they include labels with warnings of diabetes.

>> the cost of this industry as they profit they're preying on the most vulnerable in our communities, our poorest, communities of color. >> it would be the third time it's been proposed. the rate has not been set. >> 50 gallon as year. a 7-year-old boy's hot chocolate stand is causing a stir. he is selling hot chocolate to raise money for president trump's border wall. he got the idea after watching the state of the union address. his parents are supportive but he's also received a fair share of criticism mostly on the internet. people are mad and calling me little hitler. >> we're parents. we're supposed to be instilling our values. everybody doesn't agree. that's fine. >> they admit he probably picks up on conversations on tv news programs but they did not politically persuade him. he's raised $1,400 in two days.

>> if you watch "jeopardy" tonight you'll notice it looks different. six teams will compete. one of the contestants is larisa kelly. ken jennings holds the record for the longest winning streak on "jeopardy." starting tonight at 7:00 right after abc 7 news at 6:00. >> stay here with us. up next special delivery. >> how more than two dozen

i'm ama daetz, coming up at 6:00, a teachers strike in oakland is imminent. live team coverage on the looming walkout and the athletes caught in the crossfire. also -- >> we received this bill. i said what is waiting time?

>> an ambulance company bills a woman $1,800 for something called waiting time after she had a heart attack. michael finney investigates what that is all coming up in a half hour. a maryland couple waiting to adopt a baby received the surprise of a lifetime when 30 firefighters showed up with their newborn son. >> michael and karen feherty described it as the best feeling in the world. he and his wife never expected his colleagues at the anne arundel fire department to show up like this. the couple had been waiting for final word whether the birth parents had chosen them. >> i looked, i know these people. >> the baby's arrival was not the only surprise. they filled the back of an ambulance with diapers and other

gifts which will all be needed. >> what do they say, it takes a village, right? >> at least a fire station. we appreciate your time. tonight, several breaking stories as we come on the air. chicago police a short time ago officially calling actor jussie smollett a suspect tonight in what they're now calling a criminal investigation. and this new video tonight of those brothers and what authorities say it shows. also breaking tonight, was a major attack thwarted? a u.s. coast guard lieutenant accused of plotting an attack. they're calling him a domestic terrorist tonight, after allegedly stockpiling weapons. authorities say he was going to target innocent civilians, and that he had a hit list with prominent names. the dangerous and deadly winter storm tonight. the massive pileups. thousands of cancellations. passenger jets taking off in the snow. and now tonight, a new storm. woon