>> that's what we needed. literally, that's all we needed. >> buffalo plays its final regular season game at home this sunday. they'll honor the medics cedited with saving hamlin's life. one programming note. watch "gma" and "nightline" on monday for michael strahan's interview with prince harry. we'll see you right back here, same time monday. thanks for staying up with us. good night, america.

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[applause] ama: mccarthy is finally the new speaker of the house. there was high drama and political theatrics tonight including a test a confrontation on the house floor. good evening. dan: we are going to get the weather in a moment because more rain is on the way but what a night in washington. breaking news in d.c. were a wild week of political maneuvering wrapped up late tonight with congressman kevin mccarthy claiming the house speaker ship on the 15th vote. it's the longest process in more than 150 years of voting for house speaker. >> the honorable kevin mccarthy of the state of california, having received a majority of the votes cast, is duly elected speaker of the house of representatives. [applause] dan: at long last. that vote came after a chaotic series of failed votes in the house this week that seemed to

boil over after a wild 14th vote . two key republican holdouts voted present. not a vote for or against mccarthy. that was to lower the tally mccarthy would need to be elected. that wasn't enough. after mccarthy walked to the back of the chamber to confront fellow republican matt gaetz and other holdouts. words were exchanged along with some finger-pointing during a very tense exchange. former president donald trump called another holdout of arizona. you can see how testy it got here. lawmakers moved into a 15th round of voting where bigs changed his vote and the speakership was finally settled. mark to sonja says mccarthy's fight to win the seat isn't a good sign for future negotiations. >> hopefully now that we are past this, things will get better. having said that, our next action will be to accept a rules package that governs us.

happened the last few days, it portends a rocky couple of years. dan: with the new speaker, the house was able to swear in its members that were recently elected and now get on with the rest of its business. nothing could proceed until the speakership was settled. ama: here we go again. another storm expected to hit the bay area over the weekend. dan: that's all we need. spencer christian is here with the forecast. spencer: let's take a look a live doppler 7. moisture is building in the atmosphere right now, especially the north bay. there's not much hitting the ground yet. it's going to be a level two for tomorrow and sunday. more of a moderate sport -- storm. gusty winds.

the storm will start jumping -- dumping rain on us tomorrow morning. it will expand to all parts of the bay area during the middle of the day. especially strong tomorrow night with widespread heavy rainfall and gusty wind. it will be followed by a level 3 early next week. i will get you a closer look at the storm concerns and how many storms will follow in just a few minutes. ama: thank you so much. this latest storm has left behind an incredible amount of damage along the coast, particularly in santa cruz county. we've seen the dramatic pictures from capitola. if you go down the road to aptos, more of the same. we went there today and found widespread damage. reporter: iconic coa destinations across santa cruz county devastated in this week's storm. sea cliff state beach friday still littered with logs and debris. plenty of work and worry ahead. >> there's no beach left.

you worry that there's a free spot -- shot at whatever's left. look at that. that's heavy stuff. reporter: widespread damage between 10 and $15 million. by friday evening, they anticipate that number to more than double. capitola village ravaged. the wharf split by high surf and remains closed. part of the see cliff." . the popular ship damaged and now it a great distance. >> we used to walk out to the end of it and look at the cormorants and pelicans out on the ship. now you can't get anywhere near them. reporter: 21 roads remain closed including a section of aptos beach drive where we found significant flooding. residents are happy to have shock a the's looks.tad. it's crazy. i don't know if there was any way to prepare for it.

>> the waves were 30 feet high. the tide is the furthest i've ever seen it out. i've never seen anything like this here. reporter: residents question how much more rain the area can take. and how long it will take to rebuild. >> i can't predict that at this point. we don't know what will happen after this set that is being protected for sunday and monday. we should be prepared for a tough winter. reporter: the county reminding, there is widespread storm damaged and plenty of people struggling in the storm's aftermath. all of that is a concern with days of rain still ahead. abc7news. ama: the russian river is expected to hit flood stage monday. communities are clearing out of the area ahead of another stormy weekend. residents in greenville and other communities are counting down the hours until the river is likely to crest. rarkno their homes could be

underwater in a matter of days. >> this one look like it's going to be pretty bad. get up pretty high. reporter: are you scared? >> not at all. it's just a pain in the butt. ama: it is deja vu for some of the residence. heavy rain turns the streets into swamps and left cars submerged. people using canoes to get through the area. dan: in the east bay, a collapsed flood control wall in san leandro has residents worried about the next storm. manner wall collapsed behind a number of residential properties. alameda county works agency created a barrier with tarps and sandbags to try to control it for now. residents are concerned about the state of the wall and they are unsure about what's to come when the next round of rain hits. >> it's a fear factor for many of us here. this so-called atmospheric river

that's coming our way. dan: the san leandro mayor he will meet with the alameda county to discuss repairs. residents may be eligible to file a claim with alameda county if they've been affected by what happened. ama: one sonoma county family is dealing with the unthinkable tonight after their two-year-old son was killed during the storm wednesday when a tree fell into their home. tim johns talked to the family this afternoon about their devastating loss and brings us their story. >> it's been a nightmare. we are living a nightmare. reporter: for this family, the past few days have been unimaginable. during wednesday's storm, four trees fell on top of their house, destroying their home and killing their two-year-old son. >> we called him goldie. so place. reporter: goldie's aunt is

serving as a spokesperson for the family. we spoke to her friday afternoon in the rubble of her brother's home. >> my mom came over pounding on the door. the tree fell. he's gone. he's gone. reporter: goldie wasn't infectiously happy child. a boy who loved to dance and always knew how to put a smile on the faces of his loving family. [laughter] she says the past few days have rocked them to their core but that their faith has given the family strength. >> we believe in god. we are strong in our faith. i saw him walking with jesus into the light the night that he died. he was happy. reporter: the family have also lost their home and pretty much everything they own. the family has set up a gofundme page for anyone who wants to contribute as they try to piece their lives back together. the outpouring of support over the last few days means more to them then people will ever know. >> your prayers, your thoughts,

the contributions, the food, the money. everything. it means so much to our family. reporter: while the material things will one day be replaced, some things will never go back to the way they were. that's why haskins is asking everyone to remember the things that are most important in life for her, her family, and for goldie. >> i want them to be inspired to love more, to give more, to hold their family tighter. i think about the little things. reporter: abc7news. ama: you can track the rain on the abc 7 bay area streaming app anytime. we have the latest forecasts and live doppler 7. the app is available on your roku, apple tv, fire tv, and android tv fight -- devices. dan: let's move on. martin is residents are

complaining about the air smelling like sulfur. the martin is refining company says the heavy rainfall overwhelmed it storm water retention pods. they marsh. it will continue to monitor the air. let's cut right to the chase. no one won tonight's mega millions drawing. the jackpot was about $940 million. it grows to at least 1.1 billion for tuesday's drawing. it could go even higher. right now, this is the third largest jackpot in the history. here are tonight's winning numbers. 3, 20, 36, 59, golden mega is 13. ama: storm after storm in san francisco. it's wettest 10 days in over 150 years. where are we with the drought? it's too soon to say it's over. dan: it may not be over for an

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dan: president biden but spoke -- gave metals to those who defended the capital during the january 6 insurrection. during today's ceremony, the president honored five others who oversaw and defended the 2012 -- 2020 election process despite efforts to overturn the results. gavin newsom took the oath of office today for his second term as governor. newsom was sworn in by the states chief justice with his wife and four children by his side. in his address, he held california as a place where people around the world come to escape political persecution. newsom started his day leading what was labeled a march for democracy to mark the separate anniversary of the insurrection. ama: my kutch incident is declaring victory and filing a lawsuit after the registrar

discovered a mistake in the rank-choice voting process. he's taking legal action to overturn the initial results that declared nick resnick the winner of the oakland school board. elected officials are set to be sworn into office on monday. we contacted the registrar's office for content and haven't heard back. >> we voted to use rank-choice voting. the city has laid out the process that is supposed to be used to calculate that. that has now been corrected to produce these results. ama: they say they both plan to accept the court decision for oakland school board. dan: all the rain has helped with the drought but the latest route map puts things into perspective. it's on the left. what's notable is that there is no longer any part of california in the worst stage of drought. you can see it indicated by that dark red color in the map from last week which is in the middle. compare how things look to last year on the right.

what will it take for the drought to actually end? as tara campbell explains, a lot more. >> heavy rainfall hammering the bay area. pushing rivers to the brink. reservoir levels also on the rise. >> as far as drought conditions go, this is helping and getting local water supply into our reservoirs. reporter: matt keller is the spokesperson for valley water. he says recent storms are providing much-needed relief. >> this has been great for our reservoirs. they have been getting a lot of water. hasn't been the case for the last three years. reporter: hicks planes it's not k

being outstanding for january. we are seeing reservoirs in shasta and orville go up. we must continue to remain vigilant and conserve water. month after month after month help really refill our reservoirs. reporter: back in the bay area, keller agrees. >> we are seeing gains. we have a long way to go in certain areas to make up for what we've lost over the last three years because of the drought. reporter: abc7news. ama: this is a live look from a camera overlooking zephyr cove at lake tahoe. it's quiet tonight but that's going to change. the storm is expected to arrive on monday.

people should be prepared for flooding. the concern is that this could be a warm storm and dump a couple inches of rain on top of melting snow. that's why we need to watch our weather closely. dan: spencer christian is doing exactly that. this pattern is remarkable. 6 it certainly -- spencer: it certainly is. let me sho -inm warning. the concern about warm air is legitimate. the snow levels will start out rather low at about 4000 feet but they will rise to 7000 feet as warmer air moves in. some of the snow is going to change over to rain on top of the snow and we expect one to three feet of snowfall. back here at home, this is what we have in terms of forecast. level two storm this weekend. elevated flood threat. level 3 storm comes in on monday and tuesday. a series of lighter storms will follow. right now, moisture beginning to

push out over the north bay. the next storm is building offshore there. on the exclusive abc 7 storm impact scale, the storm is a level two, moderate. expect moderate rain and some downpours. gusty winds saturd evening. flood threat will be with us and trees may blow down as well. saturated soil. overnight hours. by 9:00 tomorrow morning, the storm will be surging on floor -- on shore. waves of heavy downpours and gusty wind moving through during the day. it gets concentrated tomorrow evening into a steadier flow of stormy weather that will pound us and drench us during the late night hours tomorrow and into early sunday morning. it tapers off by midday on sunday. rainfall estimates anywhere from one and a third inches to over three inches in some locations. this will be a soaking storm followed by a level three stronger storm on monday and

tuesday that will produce moderate rainfall and increase the flood threat. possible wind damage as well. flood watch in effect from tomorrow through tuesday because of the storm after storm after storm coming our way. overnight lows mainly in the upper 40's to about 50. tomorrow's highs mainly in the mid to upper 50's. here's the accuweather 7-day forecast. level two storm for saturday and sunday. level three on monday which will weaken to a level two on tuesday but that is still pretty significant. wednesday, thursday, friday, level 1 storms. every day in the seven-day forecast, we get some rain. some of those days, heavy. dan:

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ama: the warriors heading back to the white house. they won the 2020. dan: this is video from their

last visit in 2016. they haven't been back since despite winning three more championships. president donald trump with through the invitation after steph curry said he would not attend. dan: it's been an incredible recovery for damar hamlin. the nfl player who almost died monday night. dan: it's really encouraging. larry beil is here. larry: the last thing the bills expected today was seeing their teammate in a meeting. damar hamlin zoomed in and brought some much-

larry: from fighting for his life to a zoom call with teammates. the recovery by damar hamlin is beyond what anybody could've hoped for given the scary scene on monday night. his heart stopped at he had to be resuscitated twice. doctors removed his breathing tube so now he can talk in that town -- turned ot surprise. he made a zoom call into the

buffalo team meeting. >> he stood up and clapped for him. he yelled some things to him. it was a pretty cool exchange. the thing that makes me laugh is that he did this to the guys right away. flexed on them. he made the heart symbol more than anything. he said, i love you. i think that got the guys. larry: the 49ers host arizona sunday in the final regular season game. if philly loses to the giants, the niners could grab that seed in the nfc. they are writing a nine game win streak. he will make his share of rookie mistakes and then we will hear about them from coach shanahan. >> honesty from a coach. when a coach is real with me about the game or any games i've played in, i appreciate that more than telling me i'm good and i don't need to work on anything.

larry: kevin lamet with the blast. in front. sharks go up 4-3 but the chronic problem they can't hold a lead. they end up going to overtime. good night. game over drive. college tubes in berkeley. it the cardinal dominated at the half and got buried by threes. the triple here. the file. 18 points. 16 of 22 from downtown. the route is on. cal rolls to only their third win of the year. 92-70. the 49ers held their annual offense lineman dinner tonight. tstaunt oer1987 pndnody fiss up

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ama: you can watch all of our newscasts through the abc 7 bay area connected tv app. start streaming. what a week leave had. thank you so much for watching. dan: another week to come. i'm dan ashley. for all of us, we appreciate your time. hope you have a terrific weekend. dan: have a great night.

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and you'll see buildings that he had built both for the gods and for himself. you know, on the walls, there are images and hieroglyphic texts that talk about the wonder of ramses. i was so excited when i learned of the objects in this exhibition. it was organized by an outside group, world heritage exhibitions. and when i saw what they were able to bring from egypt, i was absolutely dumbfounded. i know it's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for people to see these objects. and so i jumped at the chance to bring it here. ♪ there is something for everybody. you have sculptures that show ramses as the great pharaoh, colossal sculptures, and as well as small,

very much more religious cultic examples of him as the leader of the people and a leader of the religion of ancient egypt. the exhibition has the gold of the pharaohs. the gold of the pharaohs are from other royal tombs, and you'll see necklaces and earrings and bracelets made out of pure gold. gold was everywhere. and, you know, the exhibition just glitters and gleams as you walk through it. ♪ you can't believe the quality and the beauty of the objects, but also to learn something about ancient egypt. i mean, we're haunted about ancient egypt. we love the concept. we love the idea. these are people who somehow found a way into the next world, and that world was going to be the best of anything they experienced in this lifetime. so there's something

very haunting about learning about egyptian culture. i'm very excited to be able to present a wide variety of multimedia opportunities in this exhibition. and the reason that we're doing this, it's a wonderful experiment to see how it enriches and expands the public's understanding of what is in the exhibition and giving a context to it and making it more accessible. videos. photo blowups. virtual reality. interactive experiences. i think, for an exhibition like this one, it really adds to the appreciation of the art on view. ♪ this is a dream come true, and what i really wanted to happen was for people to get a feeling, a sense of almost a trip to egypt as they walk through this exhibition.