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>> five people are dead after a shooting at a sacramento church. how the suspect knew the victims. >> video showing russia launching a rocket in ukraine's second-largest city. >> on capitol hill president biden will deliver his first-ever state of the union address amid domestic and international challenges. >> plus a major change to t mask mandate statewide today. >> it >> we will start start start stt drew. >> yesterday we felt those temperatures.
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we will do it again today. we have a little fog out there today. the bottom is down to-- -- elsewhere we are doing much better. we are at 48 in the city, 46 in fremont. it is cool but it is not too chilly. saro expect rain later. ts morning five are after an apparent murder suicide inside a sacramento church. the suspect killed his own children and another person before turning the gun on
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himself. >> a church employee called 911 after hearing multiple gunshots. police arrived to find five people dead. the father of those three girls shot them, the other man, then turned the gun on himself. the shooter was estranged from the children's mother who had a restraining order against him. >> this was not a random shooting. this was very targeted by the father. >> as a father it twisted my stomach. i do not get that thought process. i do not get anyone's thought process to hurt another person. >> the girls' mother has been
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notified. governor newsom tweeted calling this another senseless act of gun violence. this is a live look at kyi where it is the sixth day of the invasion. this video shows a large projectile hitting the building. officials say six people died. seven others were injured during the attack. ukrainian president zelensky called russia a terrorist state. russian troops are operational near a functioning powerplant but have not entered it yet. president biden has been to give protective status to ukrainians here in the u.s..
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a ukraine's border is getting more y the minute. >> this morning in ukraine in ue mass exodus of heartbreak. children sobbing as they leave their homes and fathers and grandfathers behind. already fled, packing onto trains, cars and buses, stuck in traffic for miles. it is about to get worse. the u.n. estimates 4 million people could flee ukraine in the coming days and weeks like this boy who left his dad behind. >> i i
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crisis for almost 40 years and i have rarely seen such an incredibly fast rising exodus of people. >> for those able to make it across the border into poland, confusion about what is next. volunteers, are waiting with food, but many are left in the freezing cold with nowhere to go. the border traffic is not one way. ukrainian men are making their way back into ukraine, ready to fight the russians. > we have seen a steady stream of people heading into poland, but we have seen many others heading the other direction, heading into poland, saying they are going to fight. >> we have more reports of
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racism with some men from africa and the middle east not being allowed to leave ukraine. >> silicon valley tech leaders are facing pressure to crack down on russian misinformation. ukraine has asked access to the app store in russia. meta announced they are restricting access to russian owned media outlets across the european union. >> each of these companies have the powers of a small mission on their own. >> ukraine things they could be good in terms of motivating young russians to speak up on their own. >--
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can head to the base streaming app. the app is available for rok was on fire or apple tv. >> masks are no longer longer lr in most areas in california. amy joins us with mor mor mor mr guidance and what prompted it. >> the state has decided you can walk into this store without a mask on even if you are not vaccinated. masks are still recommended because there are still people at risk in our community that they are not required because of the data. it does not look like hospitals will get overwhelmed. >> where we were two weeks ago.
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that number continues to drop because of the school context. pediatric hospitalizations have dropped 47%. >> federal mask rules are still in place and masks will still be required on public transportation. this state is requiring masks for long-term care facilities and about is whether you are vaccinated or not. -- and thatis whether you are vaccinated or not. >> the district students. drew: we are taking a live lookk from our tower camera where we
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have calm conditions. we do not get used to these numbers. cooler air will move in for the second half of our week. more than 10 degrees above where we should be this time of year. oakland then to san francisco will feel a cold out, which is still -- a cooldowthere is a cor north. we will call it a mix of sunshine and clouds. that atmospheric river is still aimed at the pacific northwest. highs today, we are in the mid 60's. around the cal cal cal cal cal l and 90's.
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we will time out this rain for you coming up. >> good morning. i want to start with the vta commuter alert. march 4 is when that will all wrap up and the green and lines will. -- >> baseball's opening day. >> and get you to spend more time on the app. >> here is a live look at d.c. >>
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>> from boxers to defenders of democracy, who are the klitschko brothers?
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already known on the world stan as fighters, now leading the world in railing behind their home country ky -- rallying behind their home city kyiv. vladimira enlisted in the army reserves just big -- vladimir enlisted in the army resor reserves just before the invasion began. with your gma first look, i'm andrew dymburt. >> celebrity chef jose and is making sure ukrainian refugees do not go hungry. world central kitchen is handing
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out food and tea in poland and moldova, and romania. world central kitchen says it served -- plans to meals today. >> president biden will deliver his first state of the union speech tonight. a big focus will be on the economy. em nguyen is can expect tonight. >> the conflict in ukraine looms large over tonight's speech by president biden. this is making president biden strike i different tone than what was expected. president biden addresses a joint session of congress tonight in his first state of day union tonight.
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the president is expected to highlight his administration's steps to support ukraine and punish russia while touting the unified response from the west. >> economy here at home will take center stage as gas prices and high inflation hampers the president's popularity. the president is expected to shift away from his build back better plan and focus on ways to improve the economy, strengthen supply chains and lower costs for families. >> what people will also hear from president biden is his belief in the resilience of the american people. em: the president also aims to
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address they coronavirus pandemic. masks are now optional in the capital. security around the capital is tight. fencing is back up ahead of tonight's speech. national guardsmen are at the ready. following president biden's speech, iowa governor kim reynolds will deliver the republican response. reggie: abc's state of the union coverage begins tonight. that is -- the abc app is available on roku, i was on fire, and apple -- amazon fire, and apple tv. >> tiktok is officially more of
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a time suck. they are trying to compete with youtube. reggie: i'm still off it. drew: good for you. >> there are some funny things on tiktok. reggie: you will eventually see them. >> late! drew: we will talk about the weather because the past two months far san francisco and san jose was the driest two month period on record. we aretoday and tomorrow, our ar quality is mainly in the good category. most of us are waking up to the 30's and 40's. we are cooler in the north bay
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valleys. today is another warm day. it is a warm start to march. our warmest i spots are away from the coast. numbers very similar to where we are right now. let's talk about that rain coming our way on thursday. on a storm impact scale, it turns easy to gusty. it looks like this front is going slower than we thought yesterday. by 4:30 in the morning we have rain. by 1:00 it is working through the south bay. thursday a good estimate is a quarter of an inch of rain where we see those downpours set up
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could see more than that. thursday looks to be wet and windy. warm today ahhhh!
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>> here are these launched a missile in ukraine's second largest city, hitting an administrative building. six people died and seven others were injured during this attack. >> metta is restricting access to russian media in the eu. >> five people are dead, including three kids after an apparent met -- apparent murder suicide inside a church in sacramento.
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>> starting starting people are no longer required to wear a mask in most indoor places in the state. this comes as covid hospitalizations continued to drop drew:. -- continue to drop. >> you are going to be a little slow on the bay bridge, but no metering lights on now. kumasi: target is raising raisii wages for hourly workers. reggie: the has extended its deadline for a decision to 5:00 tonight. if a deal can be reached tonight
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opening day can go on as planned at the end of the month. kumasi: mardi gras is back. the big easy is once again and bracing fat tuesday. this is a live look at new orleans where festivities will be held throughout the day. reggie: do you see the garbage at the bottom of the screen? kumasi: that just means they had a good time! this is the deal required in indoor public spaces and the parade routes will be shorter than usual because they do not have enough police for the standard ones. that marty means -- mardi gras means fat tuesday in french. san francisco is celebrating fat tuesday.
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reggie: one others overseas. a live look outside -- drew is tracking a mild start to the month of march. good morning to you on this fat tuesday, march 1. drew: we have to be skeptical of any mention of rain. we are doing a ok. right now we are waking up to temperatures in the 40's.
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we are at 46 in valeo. there is a live look. in the background the day is shaping up. like yesterday our warmest spots are going back into the 70's. we will talk more about that rain on thursday. kumasi: we are expecting to find out more about a car chase that ended in a two car crash in antioch. the crash happened around 2:00 this morning. we are told medics took two people to the hospital. animal services rescued a dog from one of these vehicles. it appears to be scared but otherwise ok. reggie: things may be taking a turn for the worse for ukraine.
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a convoy of russian troops 40 miles long is advancing towards kyiv. that is about the distance between san francisco and sunnyvale. >> a new round of bombs hit kyiv overnight. human rights organizations iqs russian forces of using cluster bombs. many countries have and the weapon because the bombs open midair above their target and then rain down hundreds of smaller music -- munitions on their target. zelensky has application to join the european union, a largely symbolic move because the process could take
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years. he has requested a no-fly zone over ukraine, but the u.s. has dismissed that idea because they do not want ukraine shooting down planes because that could be kumasi: the ukrainian flag went up over the park. in richmond, a ukrainian flag raised over aen news reporterand be. -- >> important and valuable that is how nova ukraine describing this gesture.
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>> this helps ukrainians to be stronger. >> the city made the change monday night. >> board with the idea that this was an important enough moment in history to show that we stand with the people of ukraine. >> the show of lights a to the ukrainians who live in silicon valley. >> companies like intel and nvidia have already stopped sending ships to russia. >> >> it is symbolic in nature as we not have a very active sister city relationship with russia. >> shesays ending san jose
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she says ending san jose's formal diplomatic relationship with her sister city is a valuable gesture. >> san jose is not the only in the area with a russian sister city. oakland and santa clara county have oversees -- counterparts as well. kumasi: our livestream will have all of the abc seven special reports. we have a lot of videos you can watch on demand. search abc 7 -- reggie: unvaccinated people can take their masks off indoors.
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>> up until this point unvaccinated people had to wear masks indoors. not anymore. the state says it is time to drop the mask mandate for everyone. they say the number of people in the hospital has plummeted so they feel it is ok to drop that mask mandate right now. they do not believe hospitals will become overwhelmed. they are recommending masks. >> we are coming out of what was one of the most devastating surges that we experienced as a state where health care are still reeling. they are not quite 100% back to their baseline. it will take a long road. there are a lot of members of our community at risk.
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>> you are still required to wear a mask on public transportation, in a health care setting or a homeless shelter no matter what your vaccination status is. reggie: in about guidelines will ease -- masking requirements will ease for schools as well. each school district has the option to go rule go with state guidance or to make their own rules. >> theresa solow is a parent of five who says when it comes to
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masks in schools, they have to go and they will be going as the state of california lifts the school mask mandate starting march 12. >> why can't they be out of masks now? what is the point of waiting? >> not everybody thinks it's down. while the city of san francisco's public health guidance will align with the state, the school district is keeping universal masking past march 11. after jean noble voiced her displeasure with that decision. >> i think san francisco unified 's decision is disappointing. >> while manyhose w ske with online or irith the sk mane
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areinl is high-risk. she says she will keep her mask on even if she is allowed to take it off. >> i feel uncomfortable with that happening. >> many school districts may wait to see where their county health guidance stands. marylandmarylandmarylandmaryland san francisco unified said earlier saying they would still require masks indoors. oakley unified has lifted their outdoor mask mandate that they plan to wait for further guidance before masking inside classrooms. the department of health says they will allow school districts
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to make their own choice. kumasi: a study showed that shoe covid vaccine ls effective in children ages five to 11. the vaccine still against severe disease. reggie: the mayor wants to en the booster requirement. the convention center are citing the decline in covid -- kumasi: refugees fleeing ukraine. how you can help in this international crisis. reggie: the high-tech bartender taking drink orders and why you may not even have to tell it what you want. drew: it is quiet over the
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airport. today the month of march begins. at this time of year we should be in the 60's so we are more than 10 degrees above average. we will settle in the 60's later this afternoon. 65 in the city. along the coast, mid 60's to mid 70's from half moon bay to santa cruz. tomorrow we are dry as well. by thursday rain chances ramp-up . thursday morning we will likely find wet weather moving through. the front looks close to us but it will take its time moving in, not until thursday. it is not going to be raining
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the entire day. we will find scatter downpours in the morning. we will go hour-by-hour and to you this front coming up in eight minutes. jobina: we have a nice redline coming out of tracy. tracy to dublin is going to be -- things are starting to fill in on 680. the only blocking issue we have is on the bay bridge. someone's battery died so a rough start for them this morning. nowadays, mediocre wifi just won't cut it.
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because of the invasion in ukraine. disney cited not only the invasion that the humanitarian crisis it has unleashed in europe. warner bros. and sony are making similar moves. the bay area band green day will not play an upcoming concert in moscow. the band said this much bigger than stadium rock shows. kumasi: so many have been turning out for emmons duration's for ukraine. there were so much more you can do. >> h h fled ukraine. " there is usually up people in this particular wagon. we were told we have to fit 135.
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walkways are packed, people everywhere." bethany frankel's nonprofit nont $10 million worth of aid. >> we will have 10 border of ukraine and poland to meet people's needs. >> donated to be strong in the past few days alone. 100,000 -- anyone interested in opening up their own home to refugees can learn more online. the group has teams on the ground in ukraine providing emergency medical services and supplying mass casualty kits and
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preparedness training for local hospitals. rosum donations to support civilian and military soldiers from ukraine. >> our goal is to get tactical medical supplies to where it is needed. >> there is also the red cross and kyiv independent, which is soliciting donations to keep ukraine's media going. reggie: a new bee bartender is at work in barcelona -- it is a robot! this one is working at the mobile world conference congress right now. it can recommend specials and remember a returning customer's order.
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there you have it on on on on already have it on cruise ships. kumasi: do you like those? reggie: i do not like the way this one looks. kumasi: you don't like that it has eyes. reggie: stop trying to bs -- to be us! good for that robot. drew: we are finding that mild weather continues for a second day out there. a welcome change to the forecast. a little fog out there. we had a little fog along the coast but we have dense fog. that is the loan problem spot. it is still mild -- that is the
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lone problem spot. this is 10 degrees above average. tonight is a blend of stars and clouds. as we head into thursday, we bring back the storm impact scale. we could see a few scatter downpours pop up during the morning commute. hour-by-hour -- this is 8:00 p.m. on your wednesday. we see some light showers first in the north bay, then this front gets its act together. they're moving through parts of the south bay. i think a good estimate is a quarter of an inch of rain. this is a light, quick moving system but it is nice to see
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rain back in the forecast. they gradually lower to -- we are not talking about a light of snow, but six inches in most spots, maybe a foot in higher elevations. it is gusty. an isolated shower on friday, then we brighten up over the weekend. reggie: uc berkeley's beloved peregrine falcon annie has flown the coop. >> she may be somewhere recovering from an illness. reggie: annie and her mate has been a -- have been a fixture. it is unclear where she is. as for grenell, he seems to be
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healthy while being cautious of the new females flying around the tower. kumasi: she hasn't even been gone a weekend they come around! no respect. reggie: that tuesday gets. taken to flavor town -- fat tuesday gets taken to flavor town. kumasi: if you need work, you may want to consider target. reggie: we will be right back.
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t having to enter the store.and they can also reggie: target is now p -- target is boosting its wages to attract more employees. the company will now pay $24 our relay depending on the position. kumasi: alexa will soon be able to call a doctor. that will activate a callback for a doctor who works for a tele-health company.
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if you do not have insurance that calls cost $75. the california public utilities commission issued permits to to autonomous car companies with the understanding that -- to autonomous car company is with the understanding that a driver must be resident in the vehicle. drew: i think we need david asau weeone of. pr him. he is a nationarethere is a con the border of california and oregon right now and that front will eventually give us wet weather on thursday. right now high-pressure is keeping it well away from us.
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seattle and portland are getting blasted with rain. as this front moves south it will weekend but it will bring us some rain in the forecast. -- wil bring us some rain in the forecast. on thursday here is that rain moving into the forecast. it is not only wet but it is windy. you are going to feel that sharply cooler air move in. we will drop 15 grays from wednesday to thursday. on a storm impact scale, -- 15 degrees from wednesday to thursday. on a storm impact scale, we could see a quarter of an inch of rain. take their rain gear by thursday
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morning then we will track drier conditions for the weekend. kumasi: a ukrainian couple married on the day of invasion now staying back to fight. reggie: multiple people shot and killed, now police are putting together what happened. kumasi: and a san francisco weather mark we have not seen since the gold rush. ♪ windows open, i'm yelling unity ♪ ♪ side by side with my community ♪
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reggie: good morning. welcome to tuesday, march 1. drew: we have temperatures well into the 70's. you're basically waking up in the 40's. we are currently fe. a live look from the camera. it beginning to see the sunrise get up here. partly cloudy skies. temperatures in the 60's by noon . later on this afternoon we are going back into the 70's from the coast your we do welcome some rain on thursday. we will talk more on that coming up. reggie: five people are dead including three children after a apparent murder suicide. it happened inside a church. police say the suspect killed his own children and another person before turning a gun on himself. kumasi:

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