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now news to build a better bay area from abc 7. and good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm ama da president trump's state of the union address which you saw live. >> he is the second president to give one in the midst of an impeachment trial after bill clinton, but the first to do so while also campaigning. >> we are americans. we are pioneers. we are the path finders. we settle the new world. we built the modern world, and we change history forever by embracing the eternal truth that everyone has made equal by the hand of almighty god. >> the president wrapped up with a note of confidence and he started with a vote of confidence from his fellow
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republicans. as you can hear, a chant of four more years echoed throughout the house chamber after house spearspea speaker nancy pelosi introduced the president. >> the president declined to shake her hand at the podium before tonight's speech, and immediately following the president's speech you saw just there nancy pelosi stood and began tearing up the papers of the president's speech that she had been reading during the address. you felt that one. >> oh, yeah, joining us now is abc 7 news contributor and san francisco chronicle insider phil matier. >> donald trump not shaking her hand, nancy pelosi's hand, definitely made to be seen by the public. her tearing that speech up. >> she never looked at him. could not have expressed it
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better in words, and that's what we're seeing. tonight is theater. the president's state of the union address is actually the kickoff of his campaign, not once did we hear the words impeachment. we never heard anything about ukraine. what we did hear a lot about is the economy, boosts in the economy, especially when it comes to minorities and jobs created by minorities, women, and the disadvantaged, but he also came back to some of the social issues that got him elected in the first place and continue to divide the country. >> the state of our union is stronger than ever before. so long as i am president i will always protect your second amendment right to keep and bear arms. tragically, there are many cities in america where are radical politicians have chosen to provide sanctuary for these
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criminal illegal aliens. >> the president's tactics appear to be twofold. one is to reinforce his base, to get out there and say we are continuing on. the second one is to try to put the democrats in the corner, to try to have them respond to his issues on sanctuary, sort of gut issues for a lot of american public. did you watch the democrats and the republicans try to figure out when do they stand and applaud and when do they sit, and sometimes some did. >> a bit confusing for them. he's praising the military, but then he's praising border guards. back and forth, the trump the master showman played to the audience, not only the audience there but in the audience in the rest of the country as well. other significant imaging, the awarding of the presidential medal to rush limbaugh, very controversial conservative talk show host. you might remember he equated feminists as femi nazis.
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limb p limbaugh was clearly in shock. more theater, more statement being made by the president. >> you've heard a lot of discussion tonight from our network colleagues about the unusual juxtaposition between giving rush limbaugh this high honor and then honoring tuskegee airmen who just turned 100 years old. >> that is what donald trump is trying to do in this upcoming election. he is trying to say i may be this, but i'm also this. we may be this, i may be this, and did you notice in 78 minutes, this is the state of the union, but how many times did he say i? how many times did he say my administration? and he made no bones about saying in the past administration was failures, but my administration, a couple of we's, a couple of ours, but mostly this was his show. he made it very clear. it's going to make for a very interesting election and a democratic response. >> in a lot of ways it was classic trump rhetoric, the i,
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the me, the taking credit. it was a fairly well crafted speech in terms of the strategy used in it. >> exactly, the theater, the body language, all of it wrapped up. >> and he stuck to the script it looked like? >> thank you. >> he did not get off and start -- he didn't tweet once while he was speaking. >> much to the relief of his aides probably. >> phil is a san francisco chronicle's insider. you can read his column every wednesday. the democrats tapped michigan governor gretchen whitmer for the response. she focused object democrats' plan to improve education, health care, and infrastructure. >> all across the country democratic leaders are rebuilding bridges, fixing roads, expanding broadband, and cleaning up drinking water. everyone in this country benefits. when we invest in infrastructure. congressional democrats have presented proposals to keep us moving forward. >> now, as phil just pointed
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out, president trump did not mention impeachment during his speech. tomorrow senators will hold a final vote in the trial that seems all but certain to result in an acquittal. no one expects anything different, a look at what to expect in the final stretch of this historic trial. >> reporter: the end is in sight in the senate, the impeachment trial close to a conclusion with closing arguments done and after having to sit silent through the trial, members of the u.s. senate now get up to ten minutes to share their thoughts about the impeachment trial, but when the talking is todone, the fina vote on wednesday is expected to end with the two impeachment articles against president trump being rejected. no republican senator has indicated they would vote to convict trump. during monday's closing arguments, both president trump's defense and the house managers focusing on history and how they feel this impeachment will be remembered. lead democratic manager adam schiff with a warning. >> you can't trust this president to do the right thing,
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not for one minute, not for one election, not for the sake of our country. >> and the president's legal team with a strong rebuke. %-p constitutional standard for impeachable offenses. >> reporter: with the gop votes to reject the articles of impeachment all but locked in, moderate democrat senator joe manchin of west virginia floating a censure of the president as a way to express the senate's disapproval of his actions with ukraine. >> i see no path to the 67 votes required to impeach president trump. however, i do believe a bipartisan majority of this body would vote to censure president trump for his actions in this manner. >> reporter: but there doesn't appear to be any republican support for manchin's proposal to hold the president accountable without seeking his removal and gop senators firm in their belief that the charges don't rise to the level of removing the president from office. >> i cannot vote to convict. the constitution provides for
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impeachment but does not demand it in all instances. >> abc news, capitol hill. after a long delay, we're finally seeing results from last night's iowa caucuses. the iowa democratic party says mayor pete buttigieg is leading with just under 27% of the delegates. senator bernie sanders is in second place in delegates, senator elizabeth warren is third followed by former vice president joe biden, then senator amy klobuchar. the results come almost 24 hours after the caucuses began. party leaders blame the delay on a coding error. >> the bottom line is that we hit a stumbling block on the back end of the reporting of the data, but the one thing i want you to know, we know this data is accurate. >> iowa democratic party officials say there is a paper trail to back up all the results and are promising a full investigation into what went wrong last night. as the presidential candidates await the full results from iowa, the company behind the error ridden caucus reporting
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app has issued an apology on social media despite this, some are calling the situation an absolute disaster. abc 7 news reporter chris nguyen spoke about the fallout. >> reporter: the presidential candidates may have already moved on to new hampshire, but officials in iowa are now dealing with the fallout after a major snafu with reporting the results. >> it does raise all kinds of concerns about the integrity of the entire election process and the concerns about use of technology in that process. >> reporter: the iowa democratic party paid for an app that was supposed to make vote counting easier, but instead caused unprecedented chaos. caucus voters made their voting preferences on paper, the tallies of which were supposed to be transmitted through an app by a precinct volunteer. a coding error was to blame for the delay in releasing the data. >> if you're talking about the reporting apps sending the information, it shouldn't be complicated. it sthouhould be a code that is
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simple, accommodating through different devices and send the information, confirmation, and you're done with it. >> reporter: shadow inc. issued an apology saying in part we will apply the lessons learned in the future and have already corrected the underlying technology issue. however, the damage has been done. officials in nevada have already announced plans to scrap the app which was supposed to be used in its caucuses on february 22nd. some say the winner in iowa may have been someone who wasn't even on the ballot. >> someone like buttigieg who could have gained more, maybe doesn't gain as much as he could have, and it clears the way for a moderate like back-to-schoolbeback-to-schoolo. the other story line will be joe biden's inability to break into the top two here. >> reporter: michael bloomberg has reportedly told his campaign team to double ad spending and expand his field staff as he looks ahead to super tuesday. in the south bay, chris nguyen abc 7 news. >> online right now, you can find chasing california, an abc
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7 original series. the first three episodes focus on bernie sanders, michael bloomberg and andrew yang. you can find all the episodes online, youtube and amazon fire. the global threat of coronavirus continues to grow. it's not at pandemic levels yet. we'll explain why. a bay area company is now testing a drug to treat coronavirus. it may have already worked on this country's first confirmed victim. victim. i'm meteorologist sandh this burger's delicious! victim. i'm meteorologist sandh let's make it more delicious! ♪ menutaur put an extra patty on that! bam! woah! uh-uhhh! my $4.99 triple bonus jack combo! stack it up for an extra buck.
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tech companies helped lead a rally on wall street today, and traders were encouraged by a gain in china's main stock index after the country took more steps to soften the financial blow of the coronavirus outbreak. the dow surged more than 400 points. the nasdaq added close to 200, and the s&p was up nearly 50. there remain 11 confirmed coronavirus cases in the united states. there are more than 24,000 globally according to today's world health organization report. keep in mind only 159 of those cases are outside china, the epicenter of the outbreak where 490 people have died. off the coast of japan, a princess cruise ship with 3,700 people on board is in quarantine tonight. ten passengers have tested positive for coronavirus. they will be taken off the ship to a hospital in japan. the ship will remain in
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quarantine for 14 days. the oakland unified school district meantime sent out a voice message this afternoon asking all students, staff, and families to follow cdc guidelines if they have recently returned from china. >> in the interest of preserving the health and well being of school communities we are following the cdc directive and asking all students staff and families to remain home for two weeks if they just arrived home from mainland china. if you or your student is feeling sick, we encourage you and them to stay home to get better and prevent the spread of any illness. >> meantime, five health care workers at good samaritan hospital in san jose have been told to quarantine themselves at home after coming into contact with the coronavirus patient who came to the hospital for tree treatment. there remain two patients in santa clara county. there are no new bay area
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coronavirus patients. two other patients are being treated at ucsf health in san francisco as we have reported. four military bases are on standby to house those who need to be screened for coronavirus as they are evacuated from china. one of those bases is in our backyard in fairfield. abc 7 news reporter lesslie brinkley has the story. >> reporter: the west wind inside the travis air force base property will be a new but isolated home for the evacuees headed here from china. the evacuees will be repeatedly screened for coronavirus before they ever land here. according to the pentagon, the cdc is in full charge of their care and security. >> that they have individual bathrooms or at worst jack and jill bathrooms so that individuals can be quarantined. >> you had a briefing with travis or weith cdc? >> cdc. >> what did tell you? >> they are coming. we just don't know when. we don't know for certain how
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many. >> reporter: 14,000 people work at travis air force base. some in town are still concerned. >> yes, there are people out there that have compromised immune systems where this would be, you know, detrimental to them and i'm sure they're very nervous about the fact that this i going to be in our community. >> reporter: are you hearing people talking about being worried about it? >> yeah lots of people in our facebook groups and community groups are terrified, and it's really just a hysteria. >> reporter: the travis air force base facebook statement says travis airmen and personnel will not be directly in contact with the evacuees, and evacuees will not have access to any base location other than their assigned housing. no military personnel will have contact with the evacuees here. it will only be cdc staff that interacts with them. at travis air force base, i'm leslie brinkley, abc 7 news. the effect of coronavirus is spreading to a place that has
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nothing to do with hospitals or a quarantine. talking about sfo. coronavirus isn't just impacting passengers coming through customs. >> for every flight that lands at sfo, airlines pay a landing fee to the airports so you have less flights, there's less landing fees, but also you think about the revenue that's generated inside the airport by passenger activity, the shops, the restaurants. >> there is increased screening of international travelers. some passengers said it took four to six hours to get through customs sunday. officials say they think the process is improving. the world health organization is not calling the coronavirus outbreak a pan tdem. other health experts agree that threshold hasn't been reached. david louie explains why. >> reporter: it's easy for people to jump on a plane and travel anywhere in the world. that's one way the new strain of coronavirus has been able to spread beyond china in a matter of weeks. as the number of deaths increases, the concern is that
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the outbreak could turn into a global pandemic. however, dr. aaron ben david, an infectious disease policy expert doesn't think we've raechd that threshold. >> we're thinking about plagues and cholera and smallpox and diseases that have spread far and wide and have caused tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of deaths, i don't think we're anywhere near that. >> reporter: while there's no vaccine for the novel coronavirus, gilead has provided an experimental drug to treat infected patients in the u.s. and in china. america's first case, a man being treated in seattle had a good response. the new england journal of medicine reports, quote, treatment with intraveen nous remdesivir was initiated on the evening of day 7. on day 8 the patient's clinicar improvement. >> the development of any resistance quite low given the low number of people that are
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going to be receiving this and then possible toxicity to the patients, and those tend to be quite low. >> reporter: some hospitals are treating patients with drug cocktails, mixing aintivirals with some success. unlike sars and ebola, there has not been a ground swell of researchers or front line physicians volunteering to go to china to help. he senses china believes it can contain the coronavirus on its own. >> if there was something like this happening in the united states, would we want people from all over the world to come in here? i'm not so sure. >> david louie abc 7 news. some moms to be are wondering if they should be any more concerned than the general public. i wanted to get answers. i consulted a fetal medicine specialist who said she's been getting a rot lot of calls abou this. >> we have no pregnancy specific data about this new coronavirus, so as of february 4 #, there have been no reported cases of a
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pregnant woman who's been affected by this virus. we do know from other respiratory illnesses like the common flu and another coronavirus called sars that pregnant women can get a serious illness because of this virus, and sometimes that requires hospitalization, and sometimes the pregnancies also negatively affected. >> reporter: dr. arani encourages any pregnant woman who thinks she may have the flu or has been exposed to the coronavirus to call their ob immediately. on abc 7 news at 4:00, i spoke with carbon health cofounder about the difference between coronavirus and the flu. >> typically influenza causes death in older patients, and coronavirus we've seen the average age of people who have died roughly about 50, so younger than you would typically expect. and the death rate is higher
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than influenza but much less common. >> i see. >> so in any given cold and flu season, 5 to 10% of the cold flus that people get are coronavir coronaviruses. in 2019 this is a new coronavirus similar to syrias or mers that we saw in years past. >> coronavirus is a constantly changing story, of course, and you can get the latest from our news app, abc 7 news. >> yes, all right, and you can customize the app for the topics and the places you're "associated presinterested in so you can get the news you want and need. >> we have coronavirus material on there for you. it was another chilly start to the day. will the
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all right, so sandhya patel our meteorologist is checking on our weather, the cold weather. >> yeah, at least the wind died down today, sandhya. >> yeah, the lower elevations finally the winds subsided but at the higher elevations definitely the wind was going today. as we take a look from our mount tam cam, a little shaky camera here. the winds mount st. helena 39 miles an hour. earlier 75 miles an hour wind gusts this morning, mount diablo, 30. that's probably why it felt so cold across parts of the bay area this morning where we had low to mid-30s for the coldest spots the live doppler 7 showing you high clouds overhead right now, tomorrow afternoon expect some more of those passing high clouds, but those temperatures are going to come up, so it is
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ging to be a milder afternoon, 61 in san rafael, 64 santa rosa, vallejo, livermore, san jose in the low 60s. 60 in oakland and san mateo, and happen half moon bay. let's check in on the sierra snow pack. statewide average is 66% of average, really, we were 115% a year ago today. so we definitely need more snow. we need the rain. here's what i have for you. accuweather seven-day forecast, sunshine and warmer weather right on through friday before those temperatures drop a few degrees and the winds kick back up sunday night into monday. that's what you have for us? >> i know. >> here's what i have for you. >> so disappointing. >> i have to tell you though, jan noll put a statement out, and this is like 86th, you know, driest season. i mean, he had all these numbers for different parts of the state. this is not the driest february or winter on record, so just
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keep that in mind. >> just starting, we've got march. >> we have time. march and april can be very wet months here in the bay area. >> fingers crossed. thank you, very much. next, the plan to make bay area transit easier to use and more reliable. it's part of building a better bay area. thieves targeting your car,
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bay area from abc 7. >> building a better transit system is part of building a better bay area. california state assemblyman david chew says the system is unreliable, fragmented and inequitable. >> harsh words, but now he has a new proposal streamline the process. >> reporter: empty buses leaving the new sales force transit center suggest that the bay area public transportation system isn't working. >> this is supposed to be san francisco's grand central station? it's not. it's -- i mean, there's no one here. >> reporter: seth andrews says he uses b.a.r.t. and muni every day. he's frustrated with the daily delays. >> the predictions, the schedules, i don't trust that at all. >> david c c c c c c c transportation inefficient and unreliable, but he says better integration could fix the problem. >> reporter: after investing
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billions of dollars in transportation in recent decades, only 3% of all bay area trips are made with transit. >> reporter: he says one issue, the different prices in schedules on the different systems. that makes using public transportation confusing. for example, a single adult fare for marin transit is $2. $2.25 on samtrans, while smfta charge $2.50. his solution assembly bill 2057. . some of the key objectives are setting up a universal bus fare, same discount fares for bus riders and realtime data. a task force will also be set up to drop the new policies. >> we believe it's time for state legislation to sort of move this conversation forward whose time is overdue. >> reporter: part of the problem is coordinating with the 27 transit agencies operatesi ing the nine bay area counties. jake mackenzie points to the success of the clipper card. he says that was hard work. he hopes the state mandate forces better cooperation.
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>> i think the legislation and the language in the legislation will speak to that. i mean, that's what i hope. >> reporter: i did reach out to several public transportation agencies. they say they like the idea of streamlines the process but want to wait to see what specific policies are put in place before issuing comment. >> we want to hear your ideas about building a better bay area. share them by joining our better bay area group on facebook. tesla says safety at its fremont factory is improving. in fact, calling 2019 one of its safest years yet. tesla announced its industry rate is below the average. it says the rate of injury of vehicle produced went down 50% from to 2018 to 2019. last year the i-team dan noys investigated safety and found injury rates were worse than
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traditional automakers. they suffered back, hand and am strains, punctures, fractures and burns. more than 15,000 people work at the factory. two prolific car burglary suspects were caught in the act. devin carter and jarrid wilson were under surveillance when the two drove to the golden gate bring welcome center. in a matter of seconds, the two suspects broke into three vehicles before leaving. officers followed them to the parking lot a at stones town galleria in san francisco and arrested them. police say they found more than 40 pieces of stolen property, and there were at least 18 victims in the break-ins. you've heard about thieves breaking into cars. now there's been a recent rise in catalytic converter thefts f. one victim told abc 7 news this is costing him thousands. >> reporter: it's the sound of workers at this toyota shop are growing accustomed to, vehicles coming in without catalytic
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converters. >> how many of these are you seeing come into your shop? >> probably three to four if not more. >> reporter: one of the latest victims of this theft is dave chambers. >> how much is this going to cost you? >> well, the thieves get $500 for the catalytic converters. it's going to cost us $600 to replace it. >> reporter: at the time we were at this shop, mechanics were looking at at least three vehicles where catalytic converters were stolen this week. >> when did you notice a spike? >> reporter: probably within the last 30 days, talking to the insurance companies, aaa, state farm, they're saying the majority of their day is inspecting these cars. >> reporter: according to the service manager, the vehicle part is cut off in less than 20 minutes, all for a very coveted metal. >> there's platinum inside here. >> reporter: the solution a sacramento car expert invented is this. >> this is the solution, cat shield or the cat security. >> reporter: san francisco police confirmed they have received reports of stolen
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catalytic converters, but cannot give specifics on how many. in berkeley police released this map showing a trend of this theft, reporting over two dozen thefts of this type since the beginning of 2020. the metal cover will cost a car owner approximately $400, and some are saying it's worth it for some peace of mind. >> that's part of the cost of living in the city. >> reporter: this is where the catalytic converter is located. we all know a parking spot in san francisco is almost a luxury. in san francisco. a federal judge approved a settlement moving pg&e closer to getting out of bankruptcy. the deal will allow the utility to refinance billions of dollars in debt to pay off its bondholders. pg&e is positioned to get out of bankruptcy by june 30th. governor newsome has demanded they make major changes including replacing its entire board of directors including the ceo bill johnson.
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san francisco mayor london breed is expressing her support of a citywide investigation. san francisco city attorney and controller have launched a joint investigation into the allegations made against nuru. the fbi arrested him last month accusing him of taking part in bribery, kick backs and side tea deals. a local restauranteur was also arrested. nothing matters more than restoring the public trust in our government. our residents deserve it, and the hardworking men and women of our city deserve it. a bid for a big auction site, the owner of the new york stock exchange has made an offer to buy san jose based ebay. that's according to t"the wall street journal". the offer values ebay at $30 billion. ebay's stock today rose more than 8% on the news. shares in abc 7's parent company, disney were up more than 2% today following the first fiscal quarter earnings
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report. profits were better than wall street expected, but not revenue. san francisco based twitter announced it will begin to label and remove doctored or manipulated photos, audio and videos that are designed to mislead people deciding what falls into that category is a little difficult to define. in a blog post, twitter acknowledged it may make some errors along the way. a florida dad has gone viral for what he says is just a silly thing he did for his son who's in the nicu. it went far beyond just silly. it touched people's hearts all over the world. reporter michelle meredith has the story. >> there's the three of us. >> for your children, you'll do anything, move heaven and earth, so it should come as no surprise, this is what one father is doing for his newborn baby. chris asku does this crazy little dance and posts it on social media for all the world to see. >> i did it just a silly thing just to do it, just to see what
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happened, and i woke up the next morning, i had 500,000 views on it. >> he does it for his fourth son, baby dylan. dylan was born in mid-january two months premature only weighed a little over four pounds. he's in the fight for his life. >> unless you've been through it, you can't put in words how hard it is. >> reporter: so chris, a firefighter for seminole county and a self-admitted adit of tick tock -- self-admitted adibt dicf tick tock, he posted a video every day until his baby boy is strong enough to get out of a neonatal unit. he shot his first in the laundry room at the ronald mcdonald house. his wife looks thrilled. shot one with the nurses in the nicu unit, his fellow
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firefighters, ucf's mascot, nitro, the magic dancers, and well, the list goes on and on, and the outpouring of love for baby dylan goes on and on and in sharing his story, others have shared their stories and their pain. >> i almost have more worry for these people that i've been talking to that have been in there for 190 days, 200 days, have lost their kids in the nicu and telling me they're smiling for the first time in weeks, and they're thanking me. i'm like what? >> reporter: baby dylan doing well, and hopes to get out of the nicu in three weeks. here's looking at you dylan, proud to add one more to the list, with photographer melissa henderson, michelle meredith. >> really sweet. maybe three more weeks and out of the nicu. >> hopefully. and raise awareness too, about so many parents facing this. >> yes, definitely. coming up next, a blast from oscar's past. >> i'm the kick of the world!
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have made much more. >> abc news reporter sandy kennon looks at that and what it could mean for sunday's oscars. >> reporter: one of the biggest hits of last year scored the most oscar nominations, a total of 11, and the guy who starred as the joker is the favorite to win best actor. >> there's something really exciting about being in a movie that requires the audience to participate with the character and what i like about this movie is it's really up to interpretation. >> check out this guy. >> reporter: the hope is the many fans of joaquin phoenix will tune in to see if he goes home with the gold. >> i'm the king of the world! >> when james cameron won an oscar for directing "titanic" and his movie was called the best picture, more than 55 million people were watching, and the oscar showed scored the highest ratings in its history.
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this year, more than half of the nominees in oscars tom category are hits, films like the favorite to win, "1917" and "once upon a time in hollywood". >> the fact that this year we have a lot of films in the best picture category that have been successful not just in the united states but worldwide increases the opportunity and potential for the number of people watching the show to go up. >> i heard you paint houses? >> yes, yes, sir, i do. >> reporter: "the irishman" was seen by 22 million people in its first week. so many netflix abandoned its policy of not revealing any ratings. in hollywood, sandy kennon, abc 7 news. >> you can watch the 90 secon d this weekend. coverage starts at 5:00. >> you can catch a special oscars edition of "live with
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waterway. there are only 12 guest rooms, six floating cabins with great views of the northern lights during the winter months. wildlife cameras in a remote area near gilroy are capturing behaviors and relationships we haven't seen before. it's part of a study to better understand how wildlife interacts with major roadways. lauren martinez shows us which critters come out when we're sleeping. >> reporter: animals enjoy the night life like this coyote and badger, this unlikely duo seems to be on the hunt together. >> we have these two species using a human made structure to cross under the highway together. from what we know that could be the first known observation of its kind. >> neil sharma is the lead program manager of a three-year study that looks into how bay area roadways impact wildlife. >> the badger will start digging very proficiently, and you know, flushing out ground squirrels. maybe the badger gets one. maybe another one exits from
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another hole. the coyote's waiting there and gets it. >> reporter: over 50 sensor cameras are deployed near the southern tip of the santa cruz mountains. >> in addition to understanding the landscapes the road kill hot spots, we're also getting an inventory, the who's who is out here. >> reporter: so far the who's who includes a buck safely moving along an undercrossing, a mountain lion going through a culvert, a skunk by a shrub, and a raccoon hanging around. >> there is evidence out there of these, you know, scent marking sites that even across species they're leaving signs for each other. here's my calling card, this is who came before me. maybe i want to stay away from them. maybe i want to follow them. >> reporter: these videos capture night life coexisting, which sharma hopes people will see and understand the importance of conservation. >> i want to see us protecting the areas working for animals so they can live freely and coexist with us as we are trying to live freely as well. >> free and working together like this pair, in palo alto,
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lauren martinez abc 7 news. >> and off they go into the dark. that's kind of neat. >> we're into the dark now. it's nighttime outside, quite chilly. >> meteorologist sandhya patel back with our forecast. >> definitely feeling like winter outside. i want to show you a live picture from our kgo roof camera looking at coit tower tonight, and it is crystal clear. those temperatures are falling, 39 in half moon bay, san jose 47, san francisco you're at 50 degrees. here's a view from our golden gate bridge camera. as we take a look at those temperatures in the low 40s from santa rosa to napa, livermore you're currently at 44, concord 47 degrees. been too cold for you lately? well, take a look at the temperature trend for walnut creek. tomorrow afternoon a little bit milder, 62 degrees. you're coming up into the mid and upper 60s thursday, friday, so we get a chance to thaw out after the morning chill tomorrow. then temperatures will come down as we head into the weekend. right now i want to show you
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live doppler 7 because we do have some high clouds, other than that the skies are clear, no fog to speak of, and here is a gorgeous view from our emeryville, another cold morning is ahead, warmer the next few afternoons and a dry pattern into early next week. first thing tomorrow morning definitely bundle up. it is going to be cold as you head out the door, anywhere from the upper 20s to the mid-40s. a few high clouds is it. so we're not going to see a thick veil of clouds to insulate us. that's why it's going to be so cloud. tomorrow afternoon, a nice sunny day, 61 in the south bay. 61 gilroy, on the pinz you'60 i menlo park. a crisp one near the coast but definitely not as cold as it was today. 57 in the sunset district, 59 doubt fran. north bay 61. vallejo mid-60s. clnt a f hi clouds.
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in the east bay it's going to be a nice day. oakland 60 degrees, head inland and we'll be seeing 62 in concord, the temperature will rise to 61 in livermore, 60 degrees in pleasanton. i want to show you the rainfall potential for the next ten days. yes, southern california is going to be seeing some wet weather beginning sunday going into monday and certainly some rainfall around bishop, 22/100 of an inch, redding 1/100 of an inch. this model european not showing any measurable rain next ten days. i will tell you the other computer model is bringing something in on the 13th and 14th here in the bay area. we'll see. certainly a shower chance for the oscars and los angeles this sunday 67 degrees, hopefully not too wet on the red carpet. the accuweather seven-day forecast, a chilly morning followed by a milder afternoon wednesday, warming it up thursday, friday, mid to upper 60s for the inland areas, upper 50s to low 60s coastside, and then those temperatures go down.
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there's no reason for golden tate to trade him now, so minnesota is getting creative. there are reports that they're trying to engineer a four team trade in order to get the warriors to say yes to this deal. the other two teams involved are the houston rockets and the atlanta hawks. russell has already been traded twice in his five-year career, so he's used to the talk, even if he doesn't really like it. he does say the bright side is it means teams think he's worth having. >> i'm comfortable with being uncomfortable right now in my profession, this time of my career, a lot of teams are -- you know, they want a point guard and i'm bouncing around, why not put me in the talks and try to get me. i understand the business side of what's going it's not nothing new. i obviously see it. i'm here right now, no telling where i'll be in the next few. wherever i go, my feet will be there and i'll just embrace it and make the best out of it.
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>> d' angelo russell comfortable with being uncomfortable. spring training is about to start pitchers and catchers for the a's and the giants to arizona a week from today on february 11th. opening day less than two months away. today the giants reportedly signed infielder wilmer flores to a multi-year deal. the 28-year-old spent last year with arizona after six seasons with the mets. like most of the giants recent signings, the key to flores is his versatility. he has started at least 100 games at all four infield positions in his career. funny moment last night, the spurs ya cube purt l checks in the game, right? but he forgot his jersey. >> what? the spurs had to put in another player so he could go back to the locker room to grab it. the bench obviously had a pretty good laugh. even head coach gregg popovich got a good chuckle out of this, probably going to be the last time he forgets his jersey after getting a good ribbing.
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at least he had a shirt on. just no number. >> be sure to join us tonight for abc 7 news at 11:00. >> i'm kate larson in the icu at san francisco general where they have air isolation units ready to go in case someone shows one coronavirus or another infectious disease. at 11:00 we take you inside. and remembering kobe bryant, sports illustrated reveals a special honor for the basketball super star that we just lost. and coming up next on abc 7, you can watch the conners. that will be followed by "bless this mess." at 10:00 catch "jeopardy" and "wheel of fortune". >> jimmy kimmel live comes on at 11:35. >> that is it for this edition of abc 7 news. look for news anytime on the abc news app. >> for sandhya patel, the entire abc 7 news team, we appreciate your time, and we'll see you
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♪ hey! hey, dad. hey, dad. you coming with us to visit becky at the hospital? no, i can't. i'm on a break from work, but i got something for becky, if you'd give it to her. the store sells this really great lanolin cocoa butter for stretch marks. wow, that's sweet. after all she's been through, it's nice to remind her she's all stretched out. i looked in our baby section. it was either that or something for cracked nipples. they crack? i gotta go. my manager's in a terrible mood. he tanked his sats. mark: bye. if becky's getting something, we should bring something for lil bev. like a stuffed animal. mm-hmm. i don't know. it's a preemie. a beanie baby that's bigger than your kid -- that's gonna be depressing. [ cellphone rings ] darlene, it's your phone. [ gasps ] it's mark's school. wow!
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