phone out of her. ch wu caren reaing aos his wifer anrhand.s to the ground as baer appears to wrestle the phone from her hand. we spoke to two witnesses who saw the commotion at the plaza today. they wouldn't go on camera but they saw the couple fighting. they said they brought coffee around the corner, they began arguing and baer was trying to grab a cellphone from his wife. the witness saw that he grabbed his wife and tipped her other on the chair. the witness added the three men tried to separate baer from his wife. baer provided also a statement to abc7 news saying regrettably today we had a heated argument in public over a family matter. we're deeply embarrassed by the situation and have resolved the issue.

major league baseball also issued its own statement and said major league baseball was aware of the situation and just like any other situation like this will immediately begin to gather the facts. we'll have no further comments until the process is completed. in san francisco, the police say they're aware of the incident and they're investigating the incident. >> thanks so much. so the baers say it was a family matter. from the standpoint of the mlb, what are their standards? >> we know the situation when ballplayers are involved. there's a clear code of conduct and executives do fall under the auspices of that aagreement and iten mor were go veigate.wld sai a possible suspension is

certainly something that larry baer could be looking at. we'll have to see how this plays out. the video, iraic as we've seen in some of the cases with ray rice in tell vater or kareem hunt or anything like that. >> sure. >> whether that constitutes assault, i don't know. i don't know how much the police would be involved. >> we don't know the full context. >> there's so many more questions than answers at this point. we have to wait and see what both police and mlb do and how they want to proceed and maybe the giants invoke some of their own discipline and sanctions. it's unfortunate. we've both known the baers for many years and have been to a lot of events with both of them. it's a sad day for everybody involved. the other top story is the tentative deal that would end the seven-day teachers strike in

oakland. >> leslie brinkley has details. leslie? >> reporter: the teachers i've soken to so far seem to indicate excitement and this might be it. this is what they hand med about ten minutes ago, a tentative agreement, how we won and how it builds our future. our historic strike has resulted in an amazing contract and policy victories. number one on the list, a living wage and an 11% pay bump with a 3% one-time added bonus as well. there were pickets all day outside this school near lake merritt. it appeared that striking teachers successful blocked board members from meeting there at 2:00 like they had planned. they were supposed to vote on cuts to their budge for the next school year totally almost 22 million dollars. the teachers blocked doors and gates. then word of the tentative agreement filtered out and oea leadership staged a press

conference. >> we won an 11% salary increase with a 3% bonus on ratification. we forced the oakland unified school district to invest in our teachers in oakland, which will give our students experienced teachers in our classrooms. we have also made investments for our substitute teachers in oakland, which will help with the teacher attention crisis. >> reporter: and i can tell you some of the reaction from union leadership i spoke to talked about this being true to their core values, what they were fighting for here in oakland. included in the deal from what i could tell from the paperwork, they'll face a reduction in paperwork for counselors, more ps reduction in

payload. so some of the things they were asking for besides a salary bump. it of course, it's a tentative agrem. it all has to be voted on by the union membership. reporting live, i'm leslie brinkley, abc7 news. >> leslie, thank you. in the meantime the school district is holding a news conference right now about that tenlive deal. we're monitoring what's going on there, so if anything developed, we'll bring it to you immediately. now to the latest. evacuation orders were listed. that's a town turned into a virtual island by the rising waters there. >> this is the kind of destruction people are going to find in guerneville. >> the house flooded over the door knob, but it didn't quite hit the dead bolt there. >> we were expecting it bad. total loss, probably weren't expecting that. >> the images showed homes and

businesses covered in mud there. abc 7's wayne freedman has more. wayne? >> reporter: this is what they pulled out of a restaurant after a flood. i've seen beer on ice. uen krills. th have used.ou hau-haul they w as the sign reads welcome to guerneville, today it should add where the russian river has turned paradise into a junk pile. >> i was amazed at what i saw floating by. >> people's fences with their address still on it, a couple of refrigerators? a suitcase full of clothes and you could see a vase of flowers. >> reporter: guerneville still fresh from the flood of '19 they'll call it. >> is there anything reflects a

level of disaster that touches everyone around here. >> how much was the insurance? >> $8,000. >> a year? >> yes. >> would you have bought it now? >> yes, in hindsight. >> reporter: though this became more a day of looking forward assuming they could get the mud out of the way. >> it was definitely shocking, more than what i was expecting? here's what greeted lisa and jason when they returned to their farmland deli. they expected a foot and got >>k >> that's almost to our chests. >> yeah. beyond our chests. >> reporter: mud as thick as expected on this day. >> yeah, yeah. it's my birthday today. yep, yep. >> you'll remember this one.

>> yeah, for sure. >> reporter: and if you watched us about an hour ago, you saw how they celebrated jason's birthday, by putting candles in a pizza pie. this is what they pulled out of the restaurant today. an entire truck full of wet stuff. the good news, at least they have a lot of friends working in the parking lot. you should all have friends like these. >> wayne, i know you talked with a lot of people up there today. did anybody say they're leaving the area because of the flooding or the fear this could happen again? se'reorter: i'll tell you what. ou here, we ee never coming back. the opposite. oh, no, we love the place. one guy said, oh, no. it floods only a few weeks at the worst. we're seeing the worst snow they love their community. thank you so much. satellite images show you before and after images of the

flooded russian river in guerneville. you can see the enormous difference between those two images. and as people there return home, officials have warnings and advise for the residents. a b kbc news. >> what happens now that the water has reseeded? a lot of it is getting power back on. you see the pg&e trucks back there. its going to be a busy weekend trying to figure out just how bad the damage is. now that flood victims are being allowed back in. sonoma county's sheriff is advising residents to watch out for potential hazards like nails and debris and warning strangers to stay out. >> please do not come to the flooded areas unless you absolutely have to. please be respectful that many of our friends, familying and >> 2 depies ay time witheap.

patrolling to keep people safe. meantime assessment officers are moving in to check out the status of 2,600 homes. >> they're determine if a facility, house or business, is famous to be re-entered. this is where you see the famous green, yellow, and red tags. >> reporter: he said they'll have to determine the damage and to what extent before financial aid comes in. the mall was flooded. today business owners were able to clean up and feg out how soon they'll be able toreopen. >> there's a four-foot waterline. everything is pretty much damaged. >> reporter: another storm system is bearing down on the region, but they're hoping it won't be a repeat. >> we do not expect the river to rise. we do not expect to see it comes

out of its banks. >> reporter: fingers are crossed. the other day my colleague was viuall ery business in there received some floodwater. you see the red tape there. nobody bus the business owners are being allowed in currently. it ooh's mess and a mess in several different areas. new body cam video reveals a dramatic rescue. pull yourself up. >> i barely -- >> come on. >> intense. the endriven lynn was pumping as officers fought to save a man. he was trapped in icy cold waters in lake michigan in chicago. also ahead. i can only hope i can qualify for one of those

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amazing wonders of technology, i want to mention that drivers eligible for that $1,000 or $10,000 had the option of taking the consider or purchasing lyft stock, gary, what do you plan to do? >> i plan to purchase lyft stock. there are other companies going company this year. uber could be valued up to $120 billion filed to go pub look in december but has yet to take the next step. pip terrorist, 12$12.3 billion. postmates $1.9 billion and slack valued at more than $7.1 billion is planning to go public in the coming months. airbnb with a $31 billion expected to file later this year. now for dramatic new video from the chicago police didn't.

it shoes officers rescuing a frigid man in freezing water trying to save his dog. >> reporter: intense body camera footage shows chicago police trying to help a man who fell into ice. he fell in trying to save his dog. he got stuck between large crashing waves and large blocks of ice too slippery to crawl over. after a 911 call from a woman on the beach at least fivego police officers >> a lot of wave action, windy, the temperature zwluft above freezing. >> with the man yelling his hands were starting to go the officers didn't hesitate lying down to form a human chain using a dog leash to try to pull him out.

>> not even talking to each other, we kind of fell into place. he went first, i went next to him, everyone behind us grabbed onto our belts. >> pull yourself up. >> i barely -- >> come on. >> you've got >> pull, pull, pull. you're good. you're good, you're good. >> thank you so much, you're good. >> the man the officers saved has chose on the remain anonymous since the rescue but remains forever grateful for their heroic action. he wrote them a letter which partly reads they absolutely saved my life and i will be forever grateful. i have no doubt that i would have died lap. >> i'm a police officer absolutely but you're a person first. when someone's in distress, i'd like to think most people given the opportunity would try to help. you feel good. the accolades are great but you

feel good you saved his life. >> oh, my god. oh, my god. >> brian young, chicago. >> you could feel the intensity of that rescue. those guys worked quickly. >> we should mention those officers don't train for water rescues, but they knew they couldn't wait around. >> they say they were pretty nervous about what they were about to do but they did it. >> yeah. >> scary. >> good for them. >> reporter: our weather is not icy. we have snore that rain is going to be nowhere near the atmospheric weatwe're tingee so moisture in the north bay mostly in the form le t all of this is actually hitting the ground. this is mostly up in the higher levels of the atmosphere. i want to show you. this one is going to be tracking mostly into southern california.

we're going to get rain out of it, no doubt about it. the temperatures in the 40s, the 50s. now we're going to take look at what's ahead. rain arrives late tonight. early in the morning. we expect downpours and a shower is expected into the middle of next week. let me show yu a picture. yo clouds are pretty stacked up. hope you had a chance to see a little bit of sun out there this afternoon or this morning. here ooh is the way it's looking for tomorrow. rain and showers for saturday. a little breezy. temperatures to low to mid-50s. if you're getting out of town moly sunny.o honolulu, look how los angeles looking at some rain. 64 degrees. staying here, it's going to be wet. tomorrow morning is when the heaviest part of the storm will k at t mainly inhe 50s with scattered late showers. this is now a moderate strength

storm. a level two. light to moderate rain. the reason why we're going with the 2 now is the ground is saturated. any rain that falls on top of it could cause minor issues. breezy at times. still take it easy. 8:00 p.m. tonight.f earea. we head into the midnight. we start to see pockets of rain in the north bay and some pockets beginning to develop elsewhere. in the wee hours of the morning we get the brief downpours around 5:30. it's going to pass pretty quickly. then it turns to scattered light showers at 10:30 in the morning. keep that handy if you have outdoor plans. in terms of the sierra, good idea to get out now if you were thinking about going to the mountains. 12 to 18 inches of snow expected. a look at the seven-day forecast, morning rain turning

to afternoon showers. level 2 tomorrow. sunday, level 1. dry monday and then rain's back with a level 1 on tuesday and thursday. wednesday is the moderate strength storm. that's the atmospheric river that's going to be heading in toward the central and southern part of the state. so the focus will be a little bit different, but still have to keep any on that atmospheric river coming up. >> thank you, [music playing] (sashimi) psst. hey, you! the one with the designer dog collar. wondering how i upgraded to this sweet pad? a 1,200-square-foot bathroom, and my very own spa. all i had to do was give my humaapplication,.and simpler e getting into my dream home was easier than ever. get your human to visit wellsfargo.com/woof. what would she do without me?

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now the cathedral hotel and now. >> it's on van ness. this is a time lapsed video of the hospital. the facility opens tomorrow. it will specialize in ma the easternty, pediatric, merge, and cardiac. the mayor says it can provide one other service. >> we talk about constantly as a city we should be prepared for any natural disaster including the next big one. when the next major earthquake hits we canro critical care to the people of san francisco for at least four days.

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extreme winter weather hitting from coast to coast. a blast of snow striking the northeast tonight as a new major storm takes aim at the west, ready to sweep across the country. ginger zee standing by with the weekend track. the deadly high-rise crash. a plane slamming into the 16th floor of an apartment building before crashing on to a pool deck filled with construction workers. the stinging message tonight for president trump from the parents of otto warmbier, who died after being held hostage in north korea. why they're speaking out about kim jong-un now and how the president responded late today. the big league baseball executive caught on camera