good morning, everybody. it's sunday, february 14th. happy valentine's day. i'm liz kreutz. we have a busy show from impeachment to the recall newsome effort. but first a look at the weather with meteorologist lisa argen. good morning, lisa. lisa, a little bit of rain perhaps on the way. >> that's right, liz. just a little bit out there. happy valentine's day to you. here's live doppler 7. you can see the clouds are on the increase from the north bay across the bay area. we widen the view and the system is yet to be visible on this picture, but we widen it and you'll see all the activity is

in extreme northern california. a few sprinkles on the way today, partly sunny here in the south bay. it's 50 downtown, 53 in oakland, 52 in mountain view, 49 in san jose. 48 santa rosa. it is 51 by the delta. for valentine's day, clouds increasing, a weak frontal bend slides to the south and east of us later today into tomorrow. the level 1 system comes into play this evening, and it will take us through monday, presidents' day, with spotty showers. we'll track those nfor you in a few minutes. the call for safety and justice for asian-americans moves across the bay. dozens of community groups are going to hold a rally at civic center in san francisco similar to the one we saw here in oakland yesterday. the obscene violence against the asian community, particularly the elderly, has been front and center into the national

spotlight. senseless attacks caught on camera that are putting our neighbors truly in frozen fear. issues of race and social justice are topics we explore working to build a better bay area. this morning abc7 news reporter matt boone explains why unity may be more complicated. >> reporter: this is what solidarity looks like in oakland during a pandemic. dr. tran helped organize the event saying she was surprised by the turnout. >> it just meant that others are listening. >> reporter: one of those incidents happened on thursday on east 12th street. a woman had just exited the quickly tea shop when a suspect jumped out of a car and stole her purse before speeding away. >> she had her son in the back seat. got in her car, left without a purse and a traumatizing event. >> reporter: that's the owner of the store, chin wen, who said he was frustrated by the slow

police response. >> two days and they haven't responded to us? that's way too long. >> reporter: but the idea of increasing police resources in oakland is at the center of a wider conversation. in the crowd, people held up signs supporting the movement to defund police with slogans like "fund communities not cops." >> oftentimes when the city budget is tight, communities are pitted against each other fighting over crumbs. >> reporter: mike lock came wearing a shirt with the words "asian black unity," calling for a more community-based approach. >> the responsibility of community safety isn't all on the police. >> reporter: in a statement, the mayor said they'll be reinstating a police liaison in chinatown saying the horrific targeting of victims has no place in our diverse sanctuary of oakland. we will restore these officers as so many have demanded and invest nonpolice safety measures as well. >> i'm happy to hear because of

the community concern that's the flag person will be restored. >> reporter: that's city council president nikki fortunato-bass. she says these discussions need to be had in public forum in front of the city council. >> to make sure all our communities are being served. >> reporter: matt boone, abc7 news. >> this morning we're learning more about oakland police chief laurent armstrong's plans to stop the violence against asian-americans. in his first national tv interview, chief armstrong talked about creating a liaison for the community. >> we have to assign people who can communicate with this community. we understand that they have fears and reports of crime. >> the chamber of commerce says there have been 20 violent hate crimes and incidents against the asian community in the last few weeks. many are expressing their frustration with the police response. the chief says he's prioritizing police patrols.

>> i heard they're asking, i'm responding. but i hope they see that this is my offer of partnership, doubling down on my goal of building trust in our community. >> chief armstrong hopes that this shows the community that they can feel comfortable and have resources when they need the help. as the bay area confronts these issues of race and social justice, we are here to help. head to our web site, abc7news.com/takeaction for a complete list of conversations and local resources. let's turn to the coronavirus pandemic. we're seeing steady improvements overall in the state's case rate. california reported 433 deaths on saturday. that number remains high due to a case surge that lasted into the second week of january. but the positivity rate is down to 4.1% for the first time in months, so that's good news. the number of people in hospital is 9,444, dropping more than 50% since the beginning of the year.

and as california expands its vaccine eligibility list, questions are quickly mounting over who is considered highest risk and how much it will be up for doctors decide. abc7 news reporter pain pain er part of our team. she spoke to a disability advocate who says their underlying health condition should be on the list. >> reporter: for nearly a year, the fear of getting covid has isolated hill from the rest of the world. he was diagnosed in 2013 with a chronic disease. >> i live with axial respond low arthritis, an inflammatory condition that affects my whole body, really. >> reporter: only left home for doctors' appointments or when her health has been at risk. >> last year i went to the emergency room three times because of infection that i couldn't fight at home. >> reporter: when california expanded the vaccine eligibility to ages 16 to 64 with underlying

health conditions, she thought they were included, but the expansion only listed those state categorized as the highest risk, which included those with cancer or heart conditions among others. if you keep scrolling down it includes individuals who are likely to develop severe life-threatening illness or death from covid. and the state advises for health care providers to use their clinical judgment. >> my instinct says there may be some discretion at the provider level saying you're not in these listed disease categories but you're high risk. >> reporter: that's the gray area that some california medical doctors are concerned about, wondering how much power will they have in deciding who is at the highest risk. dr. nadine brooks-harris, the leading spokesperson of california's public health matters said the supply is still limited. >> it's really crucial for providers really to exercise a

fair amount of recognition of the scarce supply to ensure that those who are at highest risk are able to get access to the vaccine. >> reporter: a thought that leaves many with underlying health conditions wondering if ultimately the state will prioritize them. do you think you qualify under that section? >> personally, i think i qualify, but there's no direction for how i would prove that i qualify. >> reporter: in san francisco, luz pena, abc7 news. >> we are tracking california's vaccination progress on our website. you can too. you can see where distribution stand and when you might be able to get the shot. that's on abc7news.com. all right. just ahead, lots to talk about -- the impeachment, the senate acquits president trump. senate acquits president trump. we'll be joined looiive so you went to ross to refresh your look for less? and snag top brands for prices

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welcome back. former president donald trump has been acquitted for a second time in an impeachment trial. seven republicans joined the democrats to say trump is guilty of inciting the deadly january 6th insurrection. but that felten votes short to convict. >> reporter: for the second time, former president donald trump was acquitted during an impeachment trial. however, house managers call it the most bipartisan impeachment trial in history. seven republicans joined the democrats to say trump is guilty of inciting the deadly january 6th insurrection. but in the final vote, the house impeachment managers fell short of the two-thirds majority needed for a conviction. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell delivering a blistering rebuke of trump immediately after voting to acquit. >> are president trump's actions preceded the riot or a disgraceful, disgraceful der

election of duty. the people who stormed this building believed they were acting on the wishes and instructions of their president. >> reporter: following the conclusion of the trial, speaker of the house nancy pelosi slammed mitch mcconnell and other senate republicans. >> what we saw in that senate today was a cowardly group of republicans who apparently have no options because they are afraid to defend their job, respect the institution in which they serve. >> reporter: former president donald trump issued a statement in part saying his make america great again movement has only just begun. tia hernandez, abc news, new york. joining me live to break this down is congressman mark dejan saling from the east bay and contributor phil metear. thanks for joining us. >> good morning. >> good morning.

congressman, your reaction to the acquittal. do you think democrats and the impeachment managers effectively made their case? was there anything more they could have done? >> well, i'm not surprised. obviously, it was a very steep hill to climb for us to get a supermajority of the senate with house republicans. i think the house managers did a great job. i have a subjective opinion. many are friends. jamie raskin is a dear friend. they did a terrific job. >> we saw seven republicans vote to convict, but at the end of the day, the headlines are that the president was acquitted for a second time. what message do you think that sends? >> well, it depends on who's going to be spinning it out and who's going to be listening to it, liz. those are the two key ingredients in politics these days. the word acquitted for democrats or anti-trump people will be, well, he got away with it, that the republicans wouldn't stand up and do the right thing. for trump supporters and the president himself, acquitted is acquitted, saying -- and he's

already saying it's the second big witch-hunt. i'll ask the congressman, what do you think? the word acquitted, he has rationale for this? >> no. having been in the capitol on the 6th, having listened to his words, having seen his invitations on social media, he invited, organized, and i think he's completely guilty, incited an insurrection. and he was trying to intimidate members even during the insurrection. and he refused to call people off. so i think he's guilty. i think the word "acquitted" may be unfortunate in this instance. however, the american people can see clearly what happened for those who want to have an open mind. >> congressman, talk about mitch mcconnell then, because we did see him vote to acquit but saw him talk about how he does believe that the former president should be held accountable and that he is guilty. so what do you make of that and what can be done to hold him accountable? >> well, senator mcconnell is trying to have it both ways,

which he frequently does. i thought the speaker was wonderful at the press conference afterwards because they said they couldn't vote for it because he's no longer president, mr. trump was no longer in office, but he held up the delivery of the impeachment papers from the house. so he was impeached by the house when he was in office. maybe a fine point, i don't know what happens to the republican party. the country is very divided. we spent this past week hours and hours of hearings where the republicans tried to obstruct the covid relief bill. so things are still going to be difficult back there, unfortunately. >> yeah. phil, jump in here. >> well, you know, it will be interesting to see what goes forward on this. we have a republican party that is basically leaderless. you have mitch mcconnell and donald trump. mitch mcconnell isn't going to win any charismatic awards. people are not going to be marching behind him. america continues to be divided on a number of fronts. congressman, meanwhile, what was the thinking?

i want to know what the thinking was of the house going into this, because from the get-go, you knew it was a steep climb, it wasn't going to happen. were you trying to make a constitutional point, a public relations point? which one were you trying to make? >> i think we were trying to do the principle thing to do that the constitution allows us to do. this is a vehicle we have. so for me, back to the lincoln admonition that in an instance of principle, just because the outcome may not be in your favor shouldn't disswald you from doing what you need to do. so we had to do this. hopefully the truth and justice will play out eventually. >> congressman, talk about the decision from your perspective to not bring in witnesses in the end. do you think that was a concession, to be able to move the biden administration forward and get, you know, stimulus package on the table and things like that? was that a concession? >> i don't know. having not had the opportunity to talk to some of the managers and jamie, i don't know what happened. i think they should have gone

ahead. i just believe that it should be open, transparent, and calling members of congress and hearing what the president said to mr. mccarthy while we were under attack, i think again would illuminate the public. having said that, we have a lot of work to do many the congress to help p american people through this covid pandemic. >> you know, congressman, would this be a half-impeachment then? because like you said, it wasn't a full and open, transparent trial. everybody cut it short for various reasons. both sides stood to gain by cutting this short. so did politics play in the decision to cut it short? >> phil, politics playing into anything in the political realm? i would assume so. but i think -- you know, i think we were really focused. i thought the managers were focused. they had this opportunity at the end. i think that they probably wanted to go ahead with it. from what i've read this morning, there was pressure on them from members of both parties in the senate because they wanted to conclude and get on to other work. >> as we talk about politics, i

want to move to another topic more local to california and that is this effort to recall governor newsome. congressman, the group behind the recall says they now have the necessary signatures needed to force the recall. we have seen the governor's favorability slip. what do you think newsome needs to do in order to turn this around? >> i hi he needs to just focus and be himself and i think it will be fine. i seriously doubt that the republicans can actually remove him from office. they need an arnold schwarzenegger-type figure and i don't see that. i don't know what phil thinks. it's an interesting juxtaposition, the recall and how easy that is to use in california, and impeachment, and how hard it is to remove or even admonish a president of the united states. interesting contrast. >> yeah. i mean, phil, we have seen the governor newsome starting to make strategy changes i think in the past week or so, more public appearances around the state, a tiny bit more press access, but

he still won't actually address the recall. what do you make of that? >> well, he doesn't want to acknowledge the recall because he would be shining his light on the opponent. you never do that in politics. you try to ignore the opposition as much as you can. in this case, gavin newsom can't. they're close to getting the signatures. he's been going out this week and i've talked with his advisers, the idea is to get him out in front of the cameras at these various supersites for vaccination. that's what the message is this week. he's surrounded by local officials like the mayor and whoever happens to be a state assembly mesne from that district. but i'm not sure it's going t t work. paint this as a republican move. but this isn't necessarily about politics. we were around for the gray davis recall. they tried to paint that as political. this isn't about politics so much as it's about performance. people aren't getting the vaccine, schools aren't open, and businesses are still

hurting, and gavin newsom went to the french laundry and appears to be floating above it all. congressman, you know, we can talk about the republicans are behind this, and you said gavin should do what he always does, i think he needs a significant change. he needs to start performing rather than politicizing. >> yeah, phil. i didn't say he should do as he always does. i said he should focus. these are tough times. focus. get the vaccines out and make sure people are getting the help they can. in that way, it's fairly simple. but i do think the vaccines will start coming up. by the time it plays out we'll be in a different situation vis-a-vis the pandemic. >> you were around for the gray davis recall. and that took everybody by surprise. at the time, everybody was saying there's no way anybody will run against him. when schwarzenegger said he was in, people across the country said no way californians will elect schwarzenegger as the

governor. that's not going to happen, ridiculous. what is it about politics these days all of california that is triggering this? >> i think people's expectations, their understanding of representative government is not as accurate as i would like it to be. i think social media and 24/7 news has created this environment that's very, very different. people jump to conclusions. and i think we, as politicians, have to be much more focused on our job and have faith in the voters they'll see we're doing the best we can. >> congressman, i was interested in what you said about comparing impeachment to a recall. do you actually think that maybe california should reconsider how easy it is to bring a recall? >> yeah. i do. i think elections are important. that's what the founders believe. california is different. but i think the recall now is getting a little like the initiative system, where if you have money it can be used for

purposes other than its desired effect, according to the supporters. so i think the state would be wise to revisit the threshold, maybe. >> yeah. go ahead, phil. >> yeah. it's interesting to note, you know, when we talk about, you know, big money coming in, this recall initially started out as a very underfunded effort by some people that weren't getting a lot of attention. and it wasn't until -- when gavin newsom went to the friend nch laundry when other people were hurting, that pivoted the whole thing. now it's not taking nearly as much money for this thing to qualify as the democratic consultants had thought. congressman, you know, if you go out and open up these supersites and two days later they say there's not enough vaccine to deliver there, that seems to me like that's the crux of the problem. >> yep. i would agree. phil, you have to remember, the b.a.r.t. station biden administration has been in

office less han e than a month. the trump administration is ripping down the infrastructure as best as they can for four years. that's not an excuse, just a reali reality. my point is in the next few weeks and months it's my belief that vaccines will be produced, delivered, and the pandemic will continue to come down. that's a different environment where people go to vote for the recall than it is right now. >> we'll see what happens. congressman and phil, thank you both for joining us for this insightful conversation. phil will join us later in the show as well when we're joined by the san francisco chamber of commerce president to discuss changes in san francisco amid the pandemic. thank you. >> thank you. to lisa for a check of the weather. great conversation, lisa. it will be a decently nice day as well for folks. >> it is. it's going to be pretty calm compared to what's going on in the rest of the country. 48 degrees in santa cruz. you can see all the clouds around. we have a very weak weather system on the way as we head towards our holiday, presidents'

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welcome back. lisa argen is tracking the forecast. happy valentine's day. >> you and i are celebrating. it should be a nice day but for those wanting snow and rain, we have a minimal impact on that through the rest of the day today. the mountains picking up a little more, built by bit. that is some good news. live doppler 7, our visible imagery showing you the clouds mainly in the north bay, but they're beginning to sink to the south and east. and as this happens, we're going to widen the view and look at what is in the pacific. and this is a system that will favor northern california, and that has been the rule for storm

after storm. another vantage point shows there's snow up around mt mt. chazta. a bit of a break for the sierra nevada and we'll have a winter weather advisory tonight and tomorrow. here is another perspective of the trajectory of that storm track that continues to bring us a tail end of weak system after weak system. as we look at sfo, looks kind of threatening, but it's just some clouds out there and temperatures are in the low 50s in san francisco. 53 in oakland. looking at low 50s in mountain view. 52, half moon bay. looking at our pier 39 camera, plenty of clouds. if you are an early riser, you managed some sun. right now, numbers are pretty mild from the mid-40s in livermore to about 52 in novato. from mt. tam, we could see a chance of showers late in the afternoon, sonoma county, maybe isolated showers over the hills.

but the weak system arrives tomorrow with more widespread rain. cloudy, chance of showers today. lingering showers for the holiday on presidents' day. we rank our storm systems, and this one certainly a weak one, a level 1 with the spotty showers today. more widespread rain with the passage of a weak system tomorrow. and that will provide for slick roadways. so hour by hour tap with spotty showers in the north bay. this is 7:30. it will take a while to see activity, but don't be surprised if you get mist or drizzle tomorrow morning, maybe some wet pavement, but it's towards the later morning hours we see the system sweep through the north bay. could linger in the santa cruz mountains, but we have sunshine on the way for your monday afternoon. a couple hundredths to start out in the afternoon taking us into maybe a tenth as we get through your monday in oakland. winter weather advisory through

4:00 tomorrow. 2 to 4 inches of snow and then the snow levels begin to rise for monday afternoon. six inches maybe in kirk wood. highs today from the upper 50s to near 60s so numbers cooler than wavrge that afternoon chance of showers, level 1 system coming into play tonight into your monday. then we are dry on tuesday. sunny on wednesday. another weak system heads our way by friday. liz? >> thank you. still to come on "abc7 mornings," an increasing number of companies like salesforce will allow employees to work remotely even after the pandemic is over. phil will be back with the president of the my body is truly powerful. i have the power to lower my a1c.

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good morning again, everybody. san francisco's largest employer has declared the 9:00 to 5:00 workday dead. many of the 9,000 salesforce employees can work from home permanently, and this means the massive salesforce tower will be mostly empty. the move is part of a bigger trend, one where tech companies no longer have big headquarters. talent can be found anywhere. and flexibility is a key benefit. the city estimates the pandemic trickered about 63% of companies downsizing their offices. this has a big impact on san francisco. phil matier and rodney fong join us. rodney, let's start with you. what do you make of this news that salesforce is going to work from anywhere? does it concern you for the future of san francisco? >> yeah. it is a concern. san francisco is changing as we

speak. san francisco for centuries has been an ever-changing city. the work-from-home has been happening before the pandemic, though. and people were starting to understand that work-life balance is important. this doesn't surprise us. again, we are starting to see it. how san francisco rebounds from this will be interesting. this is a great opportunity for this great city to bounce back one more time to potentially see renaissance opportunities, new businesses start up. the downtown with other businesses that couldn't afford to be there and frankly have an opportunity to do so now. >> we'll get into some of those specifics in a minute. i want to bring phil in too. phil, i think this decision by salesforce kind of marks a shift in a larger sense in that it shows that perhaps san francisco no longer needs to be the go-to city for tech. do you think it's too extreme to say we're maybe going to watch the beginning of the end of silicon valley? >> i'm not sure we're going to see the beginning of the end of silicon valley or even

san francisco, but what we are seeing and we have seen is that the new silicon valley is elsewhere. in other words, you're going to still see facebook and google, you'll have salesforce, they'll have their corporate headquarters here, but the new jobs being created aren't necessarily going to be in the bay area or possibly even california. the option now is to increase outside, to the austin, texas, of the world, minneapolis, anywhere you want the workers to be. that's not just a change for san francisco. that's change for cities in general. i want to ask rodney fong, you know, san francisco is known for these days as having dirty streets, unsafe, people don't like getting on b.a.r.t. in the past they had to. you had to get on b.a.r.t. and go through the streets, had to have lunch in san francisco because you had to go to the office. now they're saying it's optional. you can come or can't come. what's the city going to do to turn around and attract workers to actually want to go to work in an office? >> phil, that's great question.

that is the million-dollar question. i think there's a genuine need and there will be for people to interact. this online is working very well to some degree. i think in a competitive situation we'll want to collaborate, be creative together in person. you know, you talk about the quality of life in san francisco. san francisco will never truly recover if we don't address the street problems of the quality of life, crime in san francisco, and that's job one for us to help have the city get back on its feet, feel safe and residents who are here. it's an opportunity for the city to step up and shine. >> have you seen any move by the city that signals a change? all i see is the call for more taxes, possibly even more work rules, different things sort of have these companies looking elsewhere. do you see anything coming out of san francisco to actually change what you call the culture on the street or make it more

welcoming for people to want to come into work? >> yeah. we're starting to see some things and some of the propositions like prop 8 that helps small businesses and streamline permanence. you've been here your whole career and know how difficult and expensive it is for a business, big or small, to open up here. we really want to encourage the supervisors to do that. they have taken some steps in the triage of covid-19 and the outdoor seating with the share the streets program. that's a baby step. we have a long way to go, and there's a long stream of events that need to happen to frankly let creativity flow. san francisco, one of our assets, two, natural resources, beauty, second is content and talent. there is tons of talent in the bay area. there still is. even with the exodus, tons of talent. stanford university, u,c, berkeley to the north. i'm bullish on san francisco in

the long term. we need to let that talent unleash. if we harness it too much and government gets in the way too much, that talent won't flow. and san francisco lives and breathes on its culture and its soul of art, music, restaurants, food, all that has to flow. and that's the real reason people are here in san francisco and will return back to san francisco in the future. >> ryan, let's talk about the salesforce building itself. if most of it ends up being empty, it can't just sit there empty. what are some of the ideas to occupy it? do you think housing is a good idea? >> i think that's possible. i think some of those buildings that maybe are not out of the ground yet to look for conversion to housing is a possibility. i do think there are a lot of people saying they can't afford to be in san francisco. there's an opportunity for people to come in to san francisco to set up shop. i also want to point out there are many, many midsized

businesses that are still in san francisco. you've never heard of them. they're stealthy. they want to remain stealthy for competitive reasons. those are the ones to watch, to invest in, for us to grow with. they are going to be the next orr cal, the next air b next b. so, maintaining that. but downtown needs to be occupied by residents of san francisco. for the last ten years, downtown was primarily filled with out of city commuters and office workers and tourists. it's notice nl rigable right no driving around the city how quiet downtown is. people are not commuting in and tourists are not here. tourism won't come back for a little while. hopefully it will and local tourism will flow back in. but if you look at the neighborhoods of san francisco, they are hopping and tlooihrivi right now. they're thriving with locals,

san fran sis cans. >> enjoy your positive at today, but i'm going to flip the coin. >> all right. >> all right? offices. maybe we expand a bit, but again, it's on the option that you can come in one day or two days versus five or six days a week. right? that changes the fundamental number of people in this downtown area, which i think we both agree has been a ghost town. so what is the effect if only let's say two-thirds of the workforce comes back regularly or on any given day we only have half the workforce here because they're shifting in and out? what is the economic impact of that going forward? >> the rule of thumb is that downtown represent 70% of the city's economy. that is huge. no question that the downtown of san francisco needs to thrive. there's no question that it will

be different. there's no question that san francisco people need to use the downtown like any other neighborhood of san francisco. that draws upon the creativity of restaurants, open space, shared space, alleyways turning into restaurant corridors like bedden lane. all of these opportunities are in front of us to fill in these spaces. i do think people will come to san francisco from afar. it's a beautiful city. and i don't mean to be overoptimistic, but it's just a beautiful city. this is not our first rodeo that san francisco has been known for boom and bust opportunities and times. so i think we are in another down period and we will come back up. it's been proven before. and again with the natural resources, natural beauty and talent we have here, san francisco will succeed. >> in the meantime, though, i mean, we're seeing crime. i know people are leaving the city because they're scared, frankly. and that's only going to make this worse. it's a ripple effect, right?

more businesses are going to close downtown. we saw uniquelo close. you say we're in a downtown period. when do we get back? >> our political will needs to change dramatically in san francisco. there's no other time like now for everyone to engage and change that political dialogue. i think we maybe haven't seen the worst of it yet. crime, i think, as i mentioned earlier, the street conditions and street life will be paramount to our recover. so that is important and incumbent on all of us in san francisco voters to make sure that we are voting in the right folks, make sure we are supporting the right initiatives, to clean up san francisco. we have the resources to do it. we're sitting on last year $13.8 billion as a budget, larger than seven other states in the united states. gigantic budget. we have the resources to do it. the political will has to be there to do it as well. >> phil matier and rodney fong,

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and may worsen kidney problems. i have it within me to lower my a1c. ask your doctor about trulicity. welcome back. lisa argen is monitoring some rain potentially. >> yes. we're looking at a little system coming in later tonight into tomorrow. it won't be our only opportunity for rain this week, but it's not looking great. as we look at live doppler 7 right now, you notice the cloud cover, it has been advancing all morning long. but we're not talk about the rain yet. as we widen the view, still more cloud cover, but the activity is well to the north. we've had snow in extreme

northern california and the rain from northern california, points north. for the bay area, not much is going on. we're on the tail end of the system and we have to moisten up the atmosphere and we need a little trigger, and there's going to happen tomorrow as more widespread showers move in throughout the morning hours. bigger picture shows that all in the pacific northwest, but really we are not seeing much at all. we've had some wind, some dry conditions, and now we're looking at possibility of getting dry as we head towards tuesday and wednesday, behind that system. so that's not what we want to hear. sap center in the south bay seeing some sunshine throughout the morning hours. 53 in oakland, 49 here, 50 in morgan hill, 52 on the coast and our exploratorium camera looks good with some clouds around. temperatures mainly in the low 50s for you up in the north bay, 48 in santa rosa, and cool spot is in livermore at 46 degrees. we have a break in the snow.

this is zephyr dmoef reno looking at the winter weather advisory for more snow into your sunday night and mainly into monday, maybe 6 inches at best. then we'll see higher snow levels. right now there's break out there. the winds will pick up into monday as well for presidents' day in the mountains. cloudy skies, chance of showers today, just very isolated. the system sweeps through tomorrow morning, a level 1 system. looking at spotty showers, couple hundredths to maybe 2 tenth . the rest of the day, not much activity, stopping at 8:00 tomorrow. we'll see more widespread rain throughout the east bay, the peninsula, as it pushes through. we have sun on the way for your presidents' day afternoon and rainfall amounts throughout the morning hours into the afternoon will just be a couple hundredths, maybe some sprinkles if you see anything at all. as i add in what happens tomorrow, we're up to about a tenth, maybe 0.2 at best.

so certainly a minimal impact here with a couple of inches headed your way into the mountains. above 6,000 feet for the west slopes, the sierra nevada, higher snee levels above 7,000 feet, so maybe just 2 inches of that heavy, wet snow. and by kirkwood, you could see maybe a half a foot. highs today from the upper 50s to near 60 in fremont. a little bit below average. the rain increasing slowly overnight. that level 1 system through your holiday monday, and then drier conditions monday afternoon, kind of brisk on tuesday, dry on wednesday. the end of the week could be wet once again, though, nothing substantial for friday if we see any rain. liz? >> thank you. viral controversy this morning for our mainstay of reality television. chris harrison is temporarily stepping aside. harrison faced backlash after defending a woman contestant on the current season which for the first time ever has a black bachelor. images surfaced that apear to show the woman at an antebellum

plantation-themed party in 2018. harrison called for grace for the woman and criticized the, quote, police. in a new statement, harrison apologized and says he is dedicated to getting educated. "the bachelor" airs monday nights at 8:00 on abc7. all eyes are back on the undiscovered talents. the return of "american idol." we saw two bay area singers make it to the final votes last year. tonight another local surprise is in store. the new season premiere will be dramatically different from any season before. reporter sandy kenyan with our sister station in new york city is here with the high-profile contestants that will catch your eye. >> we want an "american idol." >> "american idol" has already caused a sensation on social media and the season hasn't even started yet. >> are you nervous? i'm very excited. >> 16-year-old claudia conway is the daughter of former trump adviser kellyanne conway.

she has more than 1.5 million followers on tiktok but insists this is no publicity stunt. and she's just one of a record number of applicants this season. >> all you had to do was click to your dreams. >> reporter: with "idol" hope hopefuls now able to apply online. >> we hop it may motivate somebody to try out that may have not necessarily tried out on a normal year. >> reporter: last season, due to the coronavirus, the hosts ended up in different locations. >> the next "american idol" for 2020, just sam. congratulations. >> reporter: but this time they're bringing the team back all in one place. >> we've all been through so much, and we're wanting normalcy. we want some of those things that we're used to. at "american idol," it's a showcase show for talent and you're going to see that this season. >> reporter: producers are following very strict pandemic safety protocols and that's been the biggest challenge, facing

one of the country's most competitive talent shows. i'm sandy kenyan, abc news. >> tonight's season premiere of "american idol" is here on abc7 at 8:00 p.m. then "the rookie" at 10:00. next, a valentine's day anyone would be jealous of. see the wedding ceremony one couple won for free and wye they're so deserving. ♪ ♪ we have the power to harness california's abundant solar and wind energy,

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welcome back. new this morning, this valentine's day is extra special for one couple from new york. jorge and christina got married yesterday and, boy, it was worth the wait. jorge is a frontline hospital worker, and christine is a special education teacher. the newlyweds got engaged three years ago at the empire state building, and that is where they had an all-expenses-paid ceremony after winning a contest for a valentine's wedding weekend. amazing views there for those wedding photos.

and what a celebration. although she certainly looks cold. we are so excited and congrats to the happy couple. what a great venue. >> yeah. you know what, much of the nation is really being gripped by very cold weather. winter storms all the way down through texas, but for us, we just have a very weak system on the way, a level 1 system arriving later on tonight with about a tenth of an inch of rain. it will take us through presidents' day. how about seven days of rain? we can only manage about a tenth, maybe 2 tenth tn o0.2 ou. we'll see milder weather for middle of the week and maybe another chance the end of the week. liz? >> thank you. thank you all for joining us here on "abc7 mornings." i'm liz kreutz with lisa argen. the news continues at 5:00 p.m. today. this is the beautiful san francisco skyline. happy valentine's day.

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