good morning, america. s.c.o.r.p.i.o.n. scrapped. the unit whose members were involved in the brutal beating death of tyre nichols now permanently deactivated. [ crowd chanting ] >> protesters demanding even more action. the new efforts at police reform as we take a closer look at the calls for change, speaking with the naacp president live. the big chill. 17 million americans from minnesota to texas under windchill alerts as low as 50 below zero. plus, the flooding threat in the south. relentless assault. russia stepping up its offensive in eastern ukraine. we're on the ground seeing ukraine's weaponry. >> this is a t-72, a soviet-era

tank. >> as new tanks from the u.s. are on the way. donald trump's return. the former president's first campaign stops since kicking off his bid to get back in the white house. and what about president biden's plans? pharmacy cutbacks. the stores trimming back hours. why they're doing it, and what it means for getting your prescription filled. oscar surprise. andrea riseborough scoring a best actress nod for her performance in "to leslie." >> it's my life. >> did a grassroots campaign by some hollywood heavyweights figure into it, shutting out more popular contenders? sending thanks. bills star damar hamlin speaking out for the first time since his terrifying on-field injury. >> i can't wait to continue to take y'all on this journey with me. >> his shoutouts this morning. ♪ and going for glory.

the four teams gearing up for today's nfl conference championship games. plus, the fan antics just adding to the rocky relationship. ♪ something about seeing rocky with the 49ers cape over it, it just felt good. it felt good. >> i'm going to say you better watch yourself. >> i know. i know. >> eva is wearing her eagles green. >> i got my niners red. the rivalry is intense this morning. >> i wouldn't go against the eagles fans in their own stadium. not a good idea. >> i understand. >> the trash talk started first thing this morning. >> it did. it's intense, and we're going to move along. we'll come back to that later on. good morning, america. it's so great to have you with us on a sunday. we do have a lot to cover this morning. the death of tyre nichols, again, at the top of the headlines. overnight the memphis police department disbanded the special so-called s.c.o.r.p.i.o.n. unit involved in the brutal beating of the 29-year-old following a traffic stop. >> the city's police director

announcing the decision a day after the body camera video was released. that video leading to protests in the streets of memphis and across the country friday, and again last night. >> nichols' death once again igniting debate about police pbrutality in this country. we'll be speaking live with derrick johnson, president of the naacp coming up. we begin with abc's stephanie ramos who is live in memphis again for us. stephanie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, janai. the family of tyre nichols hopes his death is a catalyst for change in this country. just last night, the memphis police announced they were disbanding the street crimes unit known as the s.c.o.r.p.i.o.n. unit. it's a move the family pleaded for. >> it is in the best interest of all to permanently deactivate the s.c.o.r.p.i.o.n. unit. that sounds like a win to me. >> reporter: this morning, the s.c.o.r.p.i.o.n. unit whose members were involved in the brutal beating of tyre nichols has been permanently deactivated. short for street crimes operation to restore peace in

our neighborhoods, the unit launched in november of 2021 to patrol high-crime hot spots. touted by the mayor or its hundreds of felony arrests for violent crime and car thefts within just months of its inception, but has since come under fire in the wake of nichols' death. lawyers for the family alleging s.c.o.r.p.i.o.n. has had previous instances of misconduct. >> this s.c.o.r.p.i.o.n. unit was designed to saturate under the guise of crime-fighting, and what it wound up doing instead was creating a continual pattern and practice of bad behavior. >> reporter: in a statement, the memphis police department says the decision was reached with the input of the current officers, adding, it is imperative that we take proactive steps in the healing process for all impacted. demonstrations as reaction to the body camera footage from the night nichols was pulled over, poured in nationwide. many people saying they don't want what happened to tyre nichols to happen again ever here in memphis or anywhere else across the country. mothers marching with their

kids. [ crowd chanting ] the body camera footage raising further questions about the officers involved. while five of the officers were fired and charged soon after, others have yet to be publicly identified. >> after the initial encounter with my son, there was a white officer that was tasing my son, and we don't understand how come his name was not put out there or mentioned in this whole fiasco. so yes, i think that there should be quite a few additional charges. >> reporter: tyre nichols was stopped and pulled out of his car on january 7th around 8:30 in the evening on his way home from taking pictures of the sunset. >> get the [muted] out of the car. >> i didn't do anything. >> reporter: this officer, yet to be named, tasing nichols as he ran. officers eventually tackled nichols to the ground, beating

him. police taking more than 20 minutes after the beating ends before attempting any aid on nichols. emts arriving two minutes after that. >> there's more to the story, and i think the citizens of memphis and shelby county deserve to know the whole story. >> reporter: the attorney for one of the fired officers, desmond mills jr., saying in a statement, we are confident that the questions of whether desmond crossed the lines that others crossed and whether he committed the crimes charged will be answered with a resounding no. the community and family stressing change in the police system, now trying to grieve their son. >> as a mother, you want to always be there when your children need you. so when i heard that my son was calling my name and i wasn't there for him, that just hurt my heart. >> reporter: despite that body camera footage, it's still unclear why nichols was pulled over in the first place. police initially said it was for

reckless driving, but the police chief told abc news they have not been able to verify that in any video. whit? >> one of the many questions that remains in this case. stephanie, thank you. there's more on the growing calls for police reform this morning, following the release of that body camera video. abc's elwyn lopez also in memphis for us. elwyn, good morning. >> reporter: whit, good morning. people marching in the rain demanding justice and change, saying that the memphis police department disbanding that specialized unit known as s.c.o.r.p.i.o.n. is another step in the right direction. tyre's family stating that they found that scrapping that unit is both appropriate and proportional to their son's tragic death, but many here ng overall change and accountability. some of them telling me that they believe those who were in the video standing around as tyre nichols was struggling to breathe should also face charges, and a couple of democratic state lawmakers said they intend on filing police reform legislation before

tuesday. folks across the country honoring the 29-year-old, including the skateboarding community, a sport his mother told me her son was incredibly passionate about. another memphian who has spent more than 80 years of his life here told me he's pleased the city took such quick action in firing and charging those officers, but he's pleading for continued transparency over those who took an oath to serve the public. whit? >> elwyn, thank you. tune into "this week" later this morning. martha raddatz will talk to ben crump and discuss the family's reaction to the body camera footage, and the reality. plus, martha speaks exclusively with senator dick durbin with how congress will respond to renewed calls for police reform. eva? now to that major winter storm bearing down on 20 million americans. danielle breezy joins us with more. good morning to you, danielle. >> reporter: and good morning, eva.

we are tracking snow and also dangerous windchills. take a look at this video. this is the snow from yesterday in waterloo, iowa. we were talking about the snow coming down, and you can see this. the snow continues to be heavy at times. now at least half the country under some sort of winter storm alert or even windchill alerts. windchills are going to be really good. in montana, you're waking up to feels like temperatures 36 below zero. frostbite could set in in just ten minutes. it is going to be a cold morning there. the cold is going to continue. next week, monday, tuesday, wednesday, we're looking at temperatures below zero in minneapolis and chicago. back to you janai. >> intimidating numbers. danielle, thank you. we'll check back in with you shortly. turning overseas to the war in ukraine and reports of increasing attacks in the east by russian forces. abc's tom soufi burridge is in ukraine with the latest overnight. tom, good morning. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, janai.

russian forces intensifying their assault in eastern ukraine, trying to steel the initiative before new nato weaponry, including tanks, reach the battlefield, and as we've seen, ukrainian commanders cannot wait for those advanced tanks to arrive. this morning, chaos and devastation. a russian missile slamming into this residential area as russia steps up its offensive in eastern ukraine. three civilians killed in this attack in video circulating online. ukrainian soldier dashing for cover in this video circulating online. a relentless russian artillery assault devastating areas, creating apocalyptic scenes with ukrainian forces under increasing pressure along the

front line. [ speaking in non-english ] overnight, president zelenskyy saying, ukraine needs longer range missiles to hit targets deeper behind the russian lines. so far, the biden administration resisting that request. it comes after the u.s. and germany agreed to supply advanced tanks to ukraine. our team given access to a ukrainian tank division hidden in the trees, doing maintenance work. just back from the front lines. this is a t-72, a soviet-era tank. the advanced western-made tanks, which have been supplied to ukraine, have better armor. they're better protected, have a more powerful cannon, and can be fired more accurately on the move. this tank commander showing us inside. >> is it scary working in a tank? [ speaking in non-english ] >> reporter: those who are scared, he tells us, are the ones who get killed. western officials say russia has moved a lot of its assets further back, out of range of the u.s.-supplied himars rockets, and that's why ukrainians are making the case for longer range missiles ahead of a likely offensive in the coming weeks. whit?

>> tom soufi burridge with that inside look. thank you. now to the investigation into california's fourth mass shooting in a week. this one in a los angeles neighborhood where three people were killed, four others wounded. abc's ike ejiochi is live in l.a. with more on that. ike, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, whit. you said it yourself. this is now the fourth mass shooting with multiple victims here in california in just the past week, and this time, investigators say the shooting happened early saturday morning in front of a short-term rental home in the beverly crest neighborhood, just north of beverly hills. multiple law enforcement sources tell abc news they believe a party was under way at the time of the incident. officers responded to several 911 calls around 2:30 a.m. about a shooting with people down. now once on scene, they found three people dead in a car with four others also wounded. police are saying this was not an active shooter situation. they believe it was targeted, a possible dispute, and they're canvassing the neighborhood for

video. however, the suspect has not been caught yet. guedowple, wom dan llmoeyar three days later, another gunman killed seven people at two farms around half moon bay. that same night in oakland, eight people were shot and one killed at a gas station. as for this most recent shooting, of the four wounded, two remain in critical condition at a local hospital while the other two are in stable condition. eva? >> ike ejiochi for us there. thank you, ike. back home now with presidential politics. former president trump in new hampshire and south carolina this weekend. his debut road trip in the 2024 campaign. while in washington, president biden still has a big decision to make. abc's maryalice parks joins us with more from the white house. good morning, maryalice. >> reporter: eva, good morning. 75 days since former president trump first announced that he was running again for president, we finally saw him out there

campaigning. his events were smaller than those big rallies we're used to seeing, but his tone, his talking points were very familiar. he continued to deny the results of the 2020 election. of course, trump wants to present himself as a front-runner in this race, but he has serious competition in florida governor ron desantis who has not even announced yet, and we do expect to see a crowded gop primary. former vice president mike pence, former south carolina governor nikki haley and others still weighing a run. this is the season when it is very normal to see campaigns getting off the ground. it was in january and february four years ago when we saw so many democrats getting into the race. now president biden's team has said that he would be making a final decision after the holidays. a lot of speculation that announcement could be coming next month, especially because we've seen these big staff shakeups here at the white house. we still don't know yet if other democrats might still decide to challenge president biden even if he does seek a second term. janai?

>> it'll be very interesting to see, maryalice. thank you. now to disgraced ftx founder sam bankman-fried. his defense team fighting back as prosecutors ask a judge to block the one-time billionaire from contacting potential witnesses in his fraud case. abc's mona kosar abdi has more on the allegations of witness tampering he's now facing. good morning, mona. >> reporter: janai, good morning. federal prosecutors are accusing disgraced cryptocurrency executive sam bankman-fried of attempting to influence potential witnesses in his criminal case. the ftx founder was arrested in december in the bahamas and extradited to the united states. he's been out on a $250 million bond, facing fraud and conspiracy charges following the collapse of his $32 billion crypto exchange platform. now prosecutors are asking the judge to modify the condition of bankman-fried's bond alleging, quote, that the defendant has been in direct communication with the current general counsel

of ftx who may be a witness at trial. they say bankman-fried sent the message which may constitute as witness tampering through the encrypted messaging app, signal as well as email. bankman-fried's lawyers objected the proposed bond modifications stating that the ftx founder was simply offering his assistance to ftx as a resource. prosecutors are requesting that bankman-fried be barred from contacting current and former employees. the thing is the defense does agree to limiting contact, and they say an overall ban is too much. whit? >> definitely something to watch closely, mona. thank you. to your health now and two major pharmacy chains making plans to cut back service. abc's elizabeth schulze joins us from washington to tell us more about why this is all happening. elizabeth, good morning. >> reporter: hey, whit, good morning. if you have been to your local pharmacy lately, you might have noticed that wait times are longer. now it turns out that thousands of pharmacies across the country are also cutting their store hours. starting in march, cvs will adjust hours at about 6,000 u.s. retail pharmacies.

walmart says about 4,600 pharmacies will close at 7:00 p.m. on weekdays. that's two hours earlier than before. a cvs spokesperson tells abc news, we periodically review operating hours to make sure we're open during peak customer demand. walmart saying in a statement, this change is a direct result of feedback from our pharmacy associates and listening to our customers. these changes come amid a pharmacist shortage that's already forced other big brands like walgreens to reduce the times that they are open. walgreens tells us that they see positive staffing trends for the past several months as they're working to return more stores to normal operating hours. as some retail pharmacies have closed locations altogether, it can be harder to get those prescriptions filled in-person in time especially if you are working unconventional hours. cvs, walmart, and walgreens have all boosted pay recently to try to attract and retain more workers. janai? >> we're hearing about the labor shortages in different aspects and industries and feeling the impacts.

elizabeth, thank you so much. time now for a check of the weather. danielle breezy from our nashville station wkrn representing philly in that eagles green. >> look at that green. >> reporter: hi, guys. >> i got my green on. go eagles. i'm headed to the game after the show. we have to talk about the weather. we have a flood watch for much of the area. this is from east texas to louisiana into southwest mississippi. in this area two to four inches of rain could fall just today. i want to talk about what's happening this morning. we have rain, heavy rain around the houston area, stretching up into nashville this morning. as we head through the afternoon, look at these rain bands getting more widespread, encompassing a bigger area. that rain will continue not only this evening, but into the overnight hours from louisiana to mississippi all the way back to georgia. we're talking about here potentially four inches of rain in that red bull's eye.

we could see two to three inches of rain in a lot of spots. it's going to be >> reporter: guys, you know what today is. it's the latest measurable snow fall record in new york city. looks like you'll set a new record. no snow is in the forecast. back to you. >> first, i want to -- are you really going to the game today? >> i am. yes, i am. >> he's so jealous. >> bring your tissues. >> oh, no. >> i like the subtle eagles green though.

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i'm proud to be a part of this team. >> reporter: this, almost a month after hamlin went into cardiac arrest and collapsed on the field on monday night football. first responders performed cpr and used a defibrillator to resuscitate him on the field as stunned players and fans watched and prayed. the nfl canceled that game, but the bills returned to the field the next week with a touchdown on the opening kickoff. hamlin watching from his hospital bed. >> when the opening kickoff was run back, he jumped up and down, got out of his chair, set i think every alarm off in the icu in the process. >> reporter: hamlin now recovering at home. doctors confident in his continued recovery. >> it's a blessing, you know? like, that just shows the type of kid that he is that he's fought and he's continuing to win. >> reporter: and he says he's just getting started. >> this is just the beginning of the impact that i wanted to have on the world, and i can't wait to continue to take y'all on this journey with me. >> and buffalo bills fans are

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is now involved with this sergeant officer reportedly fired his gun in the police department elevator. and tried to cover it up. the chief was put on leave last week for how he handled disciplining the sergeant and has been fighting now to get his job back. alright lisa arjun! good morning to you. let's go check outside already seen some showers in the south bay. here's a look at live doppler seven where we have a one on our exclusive abc seven. storm impact scale the clouds overcoming the bay area today, temperatures will be cool. there's a look at mountain breezy highs only near 50. today was spotty. light rain. all right, lisa. thank you. thanks for joining us. the news continues right now, with good morning. america have a great day.

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castillo, laquan mcdonald, now the police beating of tyre nichols has renewed calls for reform. >> the world is watching us and we need to show the world what lessons we can learn from this tragedy. >> reporter: but the lessons are hardly new. for the two decades since 9/11, some say police have trained to be the american homeland's frontline, like an army unit focused on weapons and tactics. you can see the emphasis on this memphis police recruiting video. >> when you look at the tools that a police department has in their toolbox, quite often, you know, that tool is, let's put specialized teams together. let's put a focus on it from an enforcement standpoint, and that becomes -- that becomes their approach and the problem is there's not a lot of reassessment after the initial approach. >> reporter: experts say there's too little attention paid to communication, decision-making, and critical thinking. >> the federal standards must be raised and it has to happen

through the country, this unified standard that all police officers adhere to. >> reporter: the house passed a bill on de-escalation training on alternatives to the use of force. critics say training is not the only problem. >> there's a culture, not just the training. when they decide to do this, they believe that in their department within their ranks that there is some acceptance of this. they have to -- in order for this number of officers to be involved in this kind of incident. >> reporter: many times, though, when crime surges, those soft tactics give way to a more aggressive approach, like the memphis police s.c.o.r.p.i.o.n. unit whose five officers are now charged with beating nichols to death. police were quick to fire the officers, condemn their actions and release video of the beating. it's a new approach for these cases that tyre nichols' family said should become the new norm. whit? >> aaron katersky, thank you. here to talk more about this is derrick johnson, the president of the naacp. mr. johnson, great to be with you.

it's good to have you. i would like to get your reaction to that news overnight that the memphis police department will permanently disband the so-called s.c.o.r.p.i.o.n. unit involved in nichols death. is that the right move here? >> good morning. i just want to say, first, the audio is coming through quite choppy. i want to say this is the time to have police reform. after the george floyd case, there was a federal call to do something. the house of representatives actually passed legislation that would have addressed much of what we're seeing has taken place in memphis. the senate actually failed to do their job. the president signed an executive order, but executive orders cannot reach local police agencies and unfortunately, because of congress unable to do their job, we're seeing yet another incident of a young man being killed as a result of police misconduct. >> so i want to mention -- talk more about that because the number of cities have seen an increase in crime. many people in those communities have called for a stronger police presence.

when it comes to protecting public safety and our individual rights, how do you strike that balance? >> well, you know, you see an increase in crime at the same time that we have had no police reform. we have had no new training. we have not established a federal database of police misconduct so officers are moved from one agency to the next. there's no credentialing and so we have to do something different. even this unit, this special tactical unit was put in place to slow down crime, and it has not slowed down crime. you know, in law school they had this saying that in england, that pickpocketing was so bad they wanted to stop it by public hangings. and when they would gather for the public hangings, they would increase the number of pickpocketers because you had people in the same area to pick the pockets. getting tough on crime oftentimes is being smarter on crime, and we have yet to get smart on crime. >> you mention police reform.

i want to go back to this president biden did sign an executive order on police reform last year. it was supposed to increase accountability, ban chokeholds, restrict those no-knock entries and so on. you say you've been calling for these national standards. where have those changes fallen short? >> the extent of an executive order from the minutes is only for federal law enforcement agencies. it's not for local agencies. in order for us to impact local agencies, congress must enact legislation, and that's what was important. what the administration can do is put more requirements around the funding of police -- of these police agencies. many agencies depend on federal funding through the department of justice. we have to call on the department of justice to put hie heightening on scrutinies, reporting on credentials to bring more agencies in line.

more importantly, we lack a question here around mental health and de-escalation. agencies must be trained around the art of de-escalating, and also to beef up the funding for mental health support. >> while i have you, one last question. we just have time for this here. the memphis police department moved quickly to fire those police officers involved, charged soon after. then the video was released. should this be a model for law enforcement agencies when it comes to transparency going forward? >> i commend the memphis police department, the district attorney, and the city administration. they acted swiftly. they acted with a level of clarity. they made sure that there was transparency. that's important. it did not take a year or nine months or however long to release the video. that's important. i think that is why the harm in the community was de-escalated because some of the things that was done was done appropriately. we want to see this done not just when it's black officers, but when it's white officers committing offenses in a black community. this should be a universal

standard of transparency to ensure the necessary justices being handled for the families of these victims. >> derrick johnson, thank you for your time this morning. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >> an important conversation on transparency we will continue to have. but in the time being, we're going to switch up gears and get a check of the weather with danielle breezy from our nashville station, wkrn. bundled up out there, danielle. >> reporter: we have been talking about the cold all morning and the cold continues as we head into next week. take a look at this. windchill values monday morning, really cold in some locations. one below zero in kansas city. three below zero in chicago. if you want to fall out, you need to head to florida. temperatures in the 80s monday, tuesday, wednesday. we could be near record highs in tampa,myers.

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♪ get out my way (move), get out my way (woo) ♪ ♪ ♪ (well) ♪ ♪ i need my space ♪ welcome back to "gma." as we look at the actress who scored a surprise oscar nomination for her role in the movie "to leslie" following a grassroots social media campaign. the academy is conducting a review of campaign procedures, though they don't mention the film or her specifically. abc's phil lipof is here to explain it.

phil, we should be congratulating her, but there are questions. >> reporter: mixed reactions. critics say this 41-year-old actress gives a great performance. however, both the film and the actress were missing from most of the award buzz until a grassroots campaign, as janai mentioned, when some of hollywood's "a" listers got it and her on the map. >> it's my life. >> reporter: "to leslie" is based on the real life story of a west texas single mom struggling to survive. the film released in october, grossing less than $28,000 in theaters, moving quickly to video on demand. >> we were supposed to have a good life. i don't want this for you. >> i had a good life until you showed up. >> reporter: this morning, cheers and some raised eyebrows after andrea riseborough, the movie's star, received her first lead actress oscar nomination. >> andrea riseborough in "to leslie." >> reporter: shut out of

nominations two highly acclaimed performances, viola davis and danielle. some saying a grassroots campaign with a long line of hollywood "a" listers could have tipped the scale in her favor. >> all came to bat for her which is something that we would see, but not at that mass of a level. >> reporter: the academy releasing a statement friday, not releasing any film by name, but saying they'll be conducting a review of the campaign procedures around this year's nominees to make sure no guidelines were violated. the week before oscar nominations published reports began appearing about the "a" list hollywood actors praising the film on social media. gwyneth paltrow on instagram posting that riseborough deserves to win every award there is. cate blanchett even shouting her out while accepting the award

for lead actress at the critics awards. >> andrea riseborough. >> what seems to be the issue and the gray area is the academy's rule, specifically number ten about lobbying. what constitutes lobbying? what doesn't? the academy doesn't outright define it. >> reporter: as for the british-born riseborough, despite this controversy, the moment is a dream come true. telling "deadline," i'm astounded. it was so hard to believe it might ever happen. we've reached out to andrea riseborough, but have had no reply yet. the oscars has a meeting of their board of governors on tuesday, and it was previously scheduled, but "variety" tells us this controversy will be on the agenda. if they find rules were broken, her nomination could be rescinded and guys, that's only happened nine times in the history of the oscars. >> wow. we'll be watching. phil, thank you. still coming up here on "good morning america," the final teams vying for a chance to head to the super bowl. ha ha ha. >> what was that? >> the rivalries coming to a head.

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back now on "gma" with back now on "gma" with today's games, deciding who will make it to the super bowl, and some fans really going for it. we're going to show you this. some people would call this sacrilege? some fans put a 49ers jersey on the rocky statue in philadelphia. watch out for those philly fans, whit. we've got a lot of showdowns happening today. this morning, four cities, four teams gearing up for today's nfl conference championship games. the rivalry between kansas city and cincinnati coming to a head tonight with joe burrow and thet ie

qution on everyone's mind, will p m >> what injury? patrick mahomes isn't even listed on the injury report. not only did he practice this wek, but he was a full participant. >> reporter: and in philly, a clash between two quarterbacks who've spent the season defying the odds. the eagles' jalen hurts, a leading candidate for this year's mvp. >> i think every moment is teachable and valuable. you know, i think this is a new moment. >> reporter: also in his element for this moment, niners qb brock purdy. >> i've never seen somebody with the last pick in the draft, mr. irrelevant himself, be as relevant as brock purdy has been and make the kind of mark that he has this season. >> okay. so hypothetically, hypothetically, brock purdy would be the first rookie qb to start in an nfl super bowl. we know that's not going to happen because the eagles are going to fly today. >> i got nothing against the

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♪ we are ♪ we are back now with our "play of the day." a professor who's gone viral on tiktok with more than 100,000 views, florida a&m university's jamal brown teaching a lesson on diabetes and turning the class into a musical performance for his students. check this out. ♪ ♪ >> so brown says it pays homage to his mother jacqueline who died in 2019 of complications from type 2 diabetes. >> my mom was the first diabetic i knew.

she was my first teacher about insulin and about blood sugars. >> his students say his song definitely helps them memorize their lessons. learning with music. well, thanks for watching abc news. we are always online at goodmorningamerica.com. we'll have much more later this morning on "this week." >> good luck to your team. >> to all the teams out there. >> oh, look at you trying to be nice. look at you trying to be nice. building a better bay area moving forward finding solutions . this is abc. seven news. good morning, everyone. i'm liz kreutz, a man who drove his car off a cliff in san mateo county earlier this month, has officially been arrested. 41 year old garmisch patel was released taken into custody on friday on suspicion of attempted murder. investigators say patel

intentionally plunged his tesla over a cliff at devil's slide with his seven year old daughter , four year old son and wife inside. he is currently being held without bail and could be in court tomorrow. a man who drove his car off a cliff in santo mateo county, as we mentioned earlier this week has been arrested, and we're gonna get a check of the forecast now with meteorologist lisa arjun. hey lisa. alright liz. good morning to you. we are checking out live doppler seven where we have rain. in fact, exclusive to abc seven. our storm impact scale, which shows you the shower activity from the coast here at pescadero we've seen about 7 1/100 run la honda, ben lomond and loma pria. to san jose, picking up some showers as well as sfo. look at that dramatic view from our exploratorium camera 47 downtown 48 in palo alto. now these numbers are actually the milder part of the day. emeryville talk about dramatic, right 30, santa rosa, freezing to the north, and temperatures are just going to drop throughout the later

morning hours, already quite gusty from the city to oakland, the peninsula upper elevations near 40 miles an hour. and we will get into a wind advisory in the north bay for the second half of the day. here's a look at how much rain you can expect not very much a couple hundreds than the freezing cold tonight. we're dropping off to below freezing in the north bay for us advisory san francisco the peninsula highs today. barely in the fifties was spotty light rain and cnd cold mornings, liz right on through the next several days. all right, lisa, thank you. thank you for joining us. the news continues right now , with thi

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