starting on the first train out here in antioch, and i will start riding on the system. we will have crews riding until the very end of the day. we want to see what's going on. a year ago when we did this, we heard a lot of complaints about crowded trains. we heard about fare evaders. not enough parking. we heard about homeless people using the stations to sleep and do drugs. a lot has changed in the last year on b.a.r.t. walnut creek station has a big change. they've opened up a parking structure there. b.a.r.t. has added officers and fare inspectors to check all trains at the embarcadero for proof of payment or those people who didn't pay are getting escorted out of the system. b.a.r.t. at peak commute hours still crowded, still doing well as far as business. but weekends and nights have tapered off. they're not doing as much business at that point. so we'll be talking to people about all of these issues, what do they think, what grade would they give b.a.r.t. this past year, what do they think of the

system? what's working and what needs more attention. if you see me today please come talk to me. i would love to hear your thoughts. please follow me on twitter. i'll be tweeting, sending out updates of what i'm finding on b.a.r.t. should be fun, exciting and an informative day. reporting live from antioch, amy hollyfield. i have to go and catch that first train. kumasi and reggie, back to you. >> thanks, amy. have fun out there. all this week we are dedicating our building a better bay area coverage to b.a.r.t. as amy just shared with us. you can find our stories on abc7news.com. here is an update on your weather and traffic and mike nicco. record high temperatures, that's the big story later on today. starting out right now we've got -- you can see those temperatures hanging out in the 40s and 50s just about everywhere. and as we head into the afternoon hours 70s except for the coast. the good news there is no fog out there this morning. let me show you the visibility

on live doppler 7. you can see absolutely none. how does the day unfold? a look at my accuweather 12-hour planner. 63 to 68. already warmer than average at noon. we'll hang in the 60s at the coast, a few upper 70s inland at 4:00, back down into the 50s and 60s. a comfortable evening on the way. more about the commute, jobina? >> a live look at the golden gate bridge. very empty and that's the story across the bay area for our commute moving to the south bay, a live look showing you 101. clear traffic in the area and then another commuter alert for the express lane construction for the 101 project from 9:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m., meaning it is still in effect right now. you can expect lane closures between 380 and south san francisco and whipple avenue in redwood city. castro valley police are searching for the hit-and-run driver who took the life of a

young girl. >> it happened at crow canyon and manter road. a neighbor shared security camera image of this black ford f-150 truck with large tires. police believe this truck hit the 12-year-old and then took off. the girl was crossing the street with her cyst wher thsister whe happened. chp has obtained videos from home security cameras to help catch the driver. julian glover is on the story and will bring us an update in the next half hour. at the live desk police arrested two suspects accused of running over two people in haight-ashbury. police say the pair rammed their vehicle into a police cruiser in twin peaks around 9:30 last night. officers say the suspects were yelling at a homeless -- excuse me, were yelling at homeless people in the haight, drove onto the sidewalk, hit two people, drove off and then hit a building. the two people hit are expected to be okay. about ten minutes later officers

responded to reports of shots fired in the twin peaks area on crown terrace. >> they spotted a car coming towards them at a high rate of speed. the officers attempted to get out of the way, but the car accelerated and made contact and actually struck the front of their patrol car. >> the two suspects then tried to run away, but officers caught up with them. the driver was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. police have not released any other details about the suspects and none of the other officers involved were hurt. students at mcclymonds are heading back to class but will be at three other schools. ninth graders will go to ralph bunche. mcclymond's has been closed to find out if a cancer causing chemical is inside the school because it was found in the groundwater near campus.

final results are expected at the end of the week. oakland's former police chief is telling possible replacements think twice and don't come for her old job because they won't have it for long. anne kirkpatrick sat down with reporter laura anthony days after she was fired by the city's police commission. the former chief says she will ask the u.s. department of justice to investigate, and she's considering legal action against the city. abc 7 news has learned the basis for her legal claim may be alleged brutalation. >> you will know and i do know and in a course of time that's not going to be far in distance and time i will be sharing the significant information that will be forthcoming. >> we did not reach commissioner harris but did hear back from the commission chair. she said any allegation was retaliation for refusal to do favors and is unfounded and untrue. developing in the race to

stop the spread of coronavirus this morning topping more than 80,000 cases globally. president trump is requesting emergency funding as the outbreak just led to the worst day for the dow in two years. abc news reporter serena marshall is live in washington with more on this. good morning, serena. >> reporter: the house speaker has responded to the $2.5 billion funding request calling it long overdue and completely inadequate putting forward their own spending package to combat the virus. from the empty streets of italy to the shuttered schools of iran the impact of the coronavirus moving beyond to china and taking hold across the globe. on pennsylvania avenue a $2.5 bllion request sent to congress to help combat the deadly virus. >> it is time to prepare. it is time to do everything you would do in preparing for a pandemic. >> reporter: fears sent the dow plunging. investors concerned over economic production and supply

with china producing nearly a quarter of the world's manufactured goods. >> there is some fear creeping into the markets now. >> reporter: outside china the covid-19 virus spreading person to person. americans told to avoid all nonessential travel to south korea as cases surge. in milan, mod lels walking the runway to an empty room. >> this is the police line. beyond here are the 12 towns on lockdown. and take a look on google maps. you can see every way in is shut down. >> reporter: here at home the number of coronavirus cases rising to 53. people will be heading to capitol hill to give a classified or partly classified briefing to a bipartisan group of lawmakers. serena marshall, abc 7 news. >> thank you. stanford finally installs a plaque with the words of sexual assault survivor chanel miller. supporters say it has taken way

too long. the kincade fire cost hundreds of millions. the city blames pg&e and is taking action to get its money back. and why drive when you can fly? meet some enterprising students working on a vehicle that could change your commute. >> this is exciting. >> i like that. >> especially when we have a nice, warm day like today. >> absolutely. a lot of convertibles out, motorcycles. t-tops, sun roofs, all those things. >> a good day for that. >> have some sunscreen on just in case. we have to start cool this morning, though. you still need the jacket this morning. temperatures running, look at that, 41 right now, and sheltered areas from the breezes like san ramon, dublin, pleasanton, livermore. mid-to upper 40s danville, walnut creek, pleasanton, lafayette. look at pittsburg, already 58 to 62 degrees. only a couple degrees shy of some average highs for this time of the year. we have 56 in san carlos. los gatos, 60. 42 in mountain view is the cool

spot. the rest of us in the mid to upper 40s. a look at your commute this morning, everything is good. there's no fog. it's cool this morning. it will be warm this afternoon for mass transit and it is kind of breezy. most of us will stay out of those. look at the north bay from 49 at 7:00 to already 70 at noon and pushing the upper 70s to near 80 for a couple hours this afternoon. it's 7:00, 61. for the east bay we're starting off at 46 this morning. 66 as we head to 11:00. that means near 70 at noon. 61 at 7:00. and here is your san francisco forecast, upper 60s to near 70 degrees with total sunshine after starting around 50 this morning. jobina? >> thank you, mike. good morning, everyone. checking in on our traffic everything is looking good right now. san rafael, 101, a live look, no issues there. moving over now to san jose 280. a beautiful ride this morning. no problems.

the road construction isn't causing any slowdowns that we've been seeing. so i will leave you with the drive times now. walnut creek to dublin, 13 minutes. santa rosa to san francisco, a 47 minute ride. highway 1 try to win by attacking, now, we know the trump strategy- distorting, dividing. mr. president: it. won't. work. newspapers report bloomberg is the democrat trump fears most. as president, universal healthcare that lets people keep their coverage if they like it. a record on job creation. a doable plan to combat climate change. i led a complex, diverse city through 9-11 and i have common sense plans to move america away from chaos to progress! i'm mike bloomberg and i approve this message.

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nearly 5 million people affected by that, and that's about it as far as around the state, anything that's adverse. look at all the sunshine, temperatures in the mid to upper 70s. eureka the cool spot. 59. nearing 70 in monterey. 80 in l.a. and palm springs. 65, breezy in yosemite. 51 in tahoe. here is a look, an update at the chance of snow. it is going to be light but at least there's a chance and it's sunday which, of course, is march 1st. we're following breaking news from the live desk. egy egypt's state tv says the former president, hosni mubarak, died at the age of 91. he ruled with an iron fist before his famous ousting kicked off the uprising. mubarak was in power nearly three decades but forced to resign in 2011. it came after 18 days of unprecedented protests that led to the regime changes across the middle east. mubarak was sentenced to life in prison shortly after his ousting, but he was later acquitted on charges of ordering

anti-government killings. reggie? thanks, jobina. stanford has finally installed a plaque with a quote from sexual assault vic chanel miller, attacked by former student brock turner. the plaque was scrubbed. it's at the site where turner assaulted miller and the plaque culminates a four-year battle. >> she wrote, you took my time, my privacy, my energy, and so forth. and, of course, the you referred to brock turner. at this point i think the you refers not only to mr. turner but also to stanford. >> the quotation is from miller's victim's statement. stanford originally rejected it but then reversed the decision in november. happening today santa rosa leaders will vote on which legal team it wants to represent the city's claims against pg&e for the disastrous kincade fire. according to the press democrat santa rosa is hoping to recover hundreds of thousands of dollars lost in defending the city last

year. the night the fire started pg&e had cut power for much of the region but had deactivated high-voltage lines near the fire's origin. the official cal fire investigation is ongoing. self-driving cars are already in the works so the next step could be something that we could only fantasize about, a personal flying vehicle. a group of students is working to make it happen as they proep for a competition in the bay area. repo . >> reporter: why ride a bike when you could fly one instead. >> we take what is best and we put them in one package. >> reporter: ivan is part of a group of 35 students here from the netherlands. >> our aircraft sits on its tail. >> reporter: they spent the past two years designing and building the s-1 aircraft from scratch. >> the exciting thing is you draw something on paper and then you start building it and then it comes out and looks like this. it already looks very sleek in

my opinion. >> reporter: the s-1 was tethered as the group continued practice drills. they're here for the go fly global competition to be held later this week. they're the only student group to qualify. >> we did most of the inventing all ourselves. >> reporter: the s-1 can take off from just about anywhere designed to reach speeds up to 70 miles an hour powered by green technology. >> first of all, we are using batteries so that's electric, and we are pushing towards moving from gas. >> imagine never having -- never being stuck in traffic again. >> reporter: flying vehicles are likely more than a decade away from being available to the public, but these students say this is the future. anser hassan, abc 7 news. we know you're not getting on. >> i'm impressed but, like i said, i will wait for the first generation, the second, and possibly the tenth. >> for it to only be a decade away for the public to be able

to step into one of these is soon in my mind. >> i think the government will have something to say about that, the regulations and everything. >> they should. >> i'm waiting for the jetsons version. >> then i'm in. it'll be fun. >> jane, his wife. ♪ >> all right. they're learning about science, let's learn about science here over the next minute or so and talk about high and low pressure, not only how it makes things fly but how it affects our weather. a look at sutro tower this morning. laissez les bons, let the good times roll. it is mardi gras. records possible through friday. we'll have really nice weather and we have a cooler weekend with a chance of showers sunday. prompter, please. as far as what's going on we have a storm track, nothing remotely close to us as the high pressure continues to dominate. now it has a friend. yesterday it was one, now two. they're pushing everything to the north going up into canada, diving down with that cold air.

look at all the snow developing in the upper midwest heading down to places like st. louis and over to chicago over the next 24 hours or so. if you're heading that way, could be some delays. definitely have to dress differently than what we have here. 70 in san francisco. richmond, fremont, 75. san jose, 76 along with livermore. antioch, 78. the same thing at napa. near 80 in santa rosa today. tonight still going to be cool out there. a lot of mid to upper 40s. tulle fog off the coast. for the most part with an offshore breeze that fog is not coming back anytime soon. saturday at 2:00 in the afternoon, a small area of low pressure just like yesterday. this is the only medium range model that says we could have a chance of wet weatherunday morning. the other model says absolutely nothing. if we do get something it will be, of course, march 1st which means we'll go completely dry for february and less than .05 of an inch of rain. the 70s come back. jobina? good morning, everyone.

4:48 right now. we are taking a live look in walnut creek showing you 680. our commute overall has been wonderful. if you're thinking about heading out the door early, why not? it will be pretty clear out on the roads now. san jose, 87, even lighter traffic in the south bay right now. and we have our drive times for you tracy to dublin, 39 minutes for that drive time. antioch to concord 13 minutes. san rafael to san francisco a 15-minute ride. >> thank you, jobina. sony is out with details on its newest smartphone and has a few tricks up its sleeve. >> apple fan warren buffett has an iphone. a new flagship smartphone from sony. >> it has 5g technology and a head phone jack because sony says it delivers the best sound quality. no word on the price but it's scheduled to be released this spring. and apple is reportedly releasing new headphones but this time they're not ear buds. >> target workers noticed a new

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and that's why i'm endorsing tom steyer. because when big oil tried to stop our clean air laws, he led us to victory. same with the keystone pipeline. when tom says we can save the world and do it together believe him. i'm tom steyer and i approve this message. welcome back. still, unfortunately, painting february yellow, and that means dry. today is the 25th day of the month and it's the 25th day of dry weather. if you go back to january, welcome to our 28th consecutive day without rain. we jump from 13th on the list to tied for 9th on the list of longest mid-winter dry spells. >> wow. >> thanks, mike. "the wall street journal" says walmart and target are adding more self-check-out machines as it remodels stores. the stores are experimenting

with video cameras to battle theft by people who try to get around those weight sensors. target says about a third use self-check-out machines where they're installed. shoppers are becoming more used to the technology as customers use automated check-out. imagine taking a math or science class while on skates together with the san jose sharks. that's a lot. more than 150 students from the union, gilroy and oak grove school districts are getting the field trip of a lifetime today. they will head to the s.a.p. center to learn how science, technology, engineering and math come into play. at the end of the on ice lessons students will get to go on a tour of the sharks locker room. actress lucy liu will be the key speaker today. this is her first u.s. museum exhibition of paintings and sculpture. her work was recently on display

at the national museum of singapo singapore. today's will have an original painting by liu. >> i had no idea that she did that. amazing. hi, mike. >> let me give you an idea what to expect. the heat peaks and will drop down a degree or two. we're in the upper 60s to the upper 70s. thursday, more 80s roam around our neighborhoods. as we head into friday we'll see a little bit of a change at the coast. the sea breeze kicks in. upper 60s to upper 70s. a break from what could be nearly four con second it have days with record high temperatures. jobina? >> thank you, mike. a look at our map. the red line on our screen, everything else green and green is good. moving over now to live cameras

so we can show you what the conditions are. the headlights making their way south this morning. the brake lights more than usual. i'll check in on that. no major slowing. too early for metering lights on right now and i'll leave you with our last batch of drive times until 5:00. albany to the maze. reggie and kumasi? >> a halftime show in san jose hit all the right notes with fans. ♪ the wall of song project during a basketball game last night. the flash singalong combined with people taking part online to create a huge chorus. an art lecture at the school. >> real power in our singing so we wanted to harness people's voices to honor girls and women

in sports day. >> and the voices included the school's marching band, choir and athletes. you can add your voice by going to wall of song project.com. they want you. they want you and they're going to blend it. >> they're going to blend it all together. >> next at 5:00, where you can go to get free breakfast all day today. also this morning a racially charged attack. it is difficult to watch. an older asian man collecting cans in san francisco when he was robbed and assaulted. what we know about this video that was posted on instagram. and the new push to make sure you can sit by your kids on planes without paying more for your assigned seats.

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he stopped, he looked back, and then took off. a tragedy in the east bay. a 12-year-old girl hit and killed in a cross walk. this is the truck police think is involved. the search is on for the person behind the wheel. >> we'll get to that story in a moment. first you're never more than seven minutes away from the accuweather forecast. here is mike. absolutely nothing is going on. it's breezy but winds are blowing offshore. there's none to be found now. the clear sky as it looks back to san francisco. the embarcadero center and a lot of stars. 43 to