>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. >> we are here with absolute confidence and expectation, you can write that check. take that, what's the old phrase, to the bank. i will be signing this legislation. >> a week after mass -- back to back mass shootings, governor newsom is confident of signing a new bill. dan: this is in direct response to last year's ruling by the supreme court that loosened restrictions to who can get a concealed carry weapons permit. ama: liz kreutz is in the newsroom with more on what this legislation means. liz: this is the second attempt

to pass this bill. it failed in the legislature last year. in light of the recent mass shootings, governor newsom believes there is momentum for it to pass and, if it does, he is prepared to sign it. following up on his calls for more gun reform following the mass shootings and half moon bay and monterey park, governor newsom stood by democratic lawmakers and gun-control advocates to lend his support for sb2, a opposed bill strengthen state restrictions on who can carry -- a proposed bill to strengthen state restrictions on who can carry. >> we have more work to do, and this is part of the effort. liz: the measure would ban anyone from under the age of 21 -- ban anyone under the age of 21 from getting a concealed carry permit. it wouldn't notably -- would notably set limits on where guns could be carried.

>> as examples, playgrounds, amusement parks, bars, preschools, childcare facilities. all forms of public transportation. hospitals and care facilities. public event spaces. parks and athletic areas open to the public, and more. liz: the legislation is a direct response to the supreme court ruling that loosened laws around who can get a concealed carry weapons permit, known as a ccw. that decision by the court has led cities like san francisco to begin processing dozens of new licenses that would never have been processed prior to the ruling. the california attorney general says he is confident sb2 is constitutional. >> this is compliant. it is designed to comply with the supreme court's dictates and direction. >> there are parts of it that may be constitutional, but, overall, i think this is going to get challenged and defeated in the courts. liz: rick

face legal challenges. he believes it unfairly targets law-abiding gun owners, instead of criminals. >> it is targeting a group of people who own firearms that are not the problem, and claiming that it is the problem. liz: he expects a federal judge will overturn california's ban on assault rifles. this will almost certainly be challenged in court. litigation could take years. in the newsroom, liz kreutz, abc 7 news. ama: it's interesting about these sensitive areas lawmakers want to create where guns would be banned. how would it work if someone wanted a gun at one of those sites? liz: let's say a known area didn't want to allow firearms. they would -- tsay a

did want to allow firearms. they would have to post signs. there would have to be a certain size for the sign. dan: a mass shooting in washington. one person is dead and three others injured during the morning commute. a man followed someone off a metro bus, shooting them in the leg. a second person was shot in the leg inside a d.c. metro station. the gunman headed toward the platform and attempted to rob a woman. a mechanic tried to help, but was shot dead. >> our metro transit emp our thoughts and prayers go out to him and his family and the heroic actions that took place here today. dan: a second metro employee did manage to stop the gunman, who is now under arrest. police don't know the motive. the surviving victims all have non-life-threatening injuries. ama: today, friends, family, and supporters of tyre nichols gathered in memphis to celebrate

the sacramento native who died after his violent confrontation with memphis police two weeks ago. >> tyre was a beautiful person, and for this to happen to him is just unimaginable. i -- i probably -- i only thing that's keeping me going is the fact that i choose to lead us on an assignment f god. ama: and mother went on to urge change in the wake of his death. our reporter has the latest. >> a memphis community comes together in mourning. >> we long to not be here in this moment, in this way, for this reason. >> celebrating the life of tyre nichols. >> a good person, a beautiful soul, a son, a father.

>> in attendance, vice-president kamala harris, civil rights leaders, and the families of others who died at the hands of police. >> i'm here to stand in solidarity with the family. >> memphis police officers beat, tased, and pepper sprayed nichols, who died three days later. the encounter, captured on camera. >> this violent>> act was not in pursuit of public safety. >> five former memphis police officers are facing second-degree murder charges in connection with this debt. prosecutors say they are looking -- this death. prosecutors say they are looking at everyone involved. >> we are confident we will prove every one of those offenses proved -- offenses to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt. >> civil rights activists demanding change in the wake of the death of yet another black person at the hands of law enforcement. >> i don't know when, i don't

know how, but we won't stop until we hold you accountable and change this system. >> in memphis, i'm ivan rodriguez. dan: an emotional vigil outside san francisco city hall, where officials took a need to demand justice and mourn tyre nichols. mayor london breed said it's time for an honest conversation about race. >> we have to rise above and focus on what needs to be done to transform this really horrible racist system that has taken far too many lives. dan: the group, wealth and disparities in the black community, organized the event and demanded an end to low-level traffic stops due to racial disparities in those kinds of stops. ama: there will be a special hearing on a reparations payment proposal. the african-american reparations advisory committee laid out the proposal last month.

it would give $5 million to each eligible person. to qualify, residents would have to be 18 or older, identify as black or african-american on public documents for at least 10 years, and meet two of eight additional criteria. dan: at the inauguration of the newly elected san jose mayor, officially sworn into office at a private ceremony, he was busy right from the start, helping the city deal with the severe winter storms. in addition to his inaugural address, tonight's festivities will include performances by local artists. ama: on the peninsula, a five-year-old boy is back home from the hospital after surviving a mountain lion attack that happened in a rural area of half moon bay, near his family's farm. tonight, authorities are trying to track down the animal. >> department of fish and wildlife wardens spent the day searching for signs of a mountain lion that attacked a young boy. >> we will try to remove it so

it can't threaten anyone else. >> the five-year-old, his mom and grandpa, were out on a hike. just before 7:00 p.m., jack was attacked by a mountain lion, family say. >> jack, being the little ball of energy that he is, got a little bit ahead of his mom and grandparents. and must've fri mountain lion. fortunately, it was a juvenile. >> it was a pretty vicious attack. took him to the ground. as was described, was biting into this young child. the mom lunged at the mountain lion and, just before making physical contact with it, the lion let her son go. >> neighbors say they have seen mountain lions before, but the department of fish and wildlife says it's rare for those animals to attack people. jack's family thinks the mountain lion was probably surprised by the boy. jack was pretty bruised and beaten up overall.

>> he has a lot of lacerations, or bruising all over his body, but especially on his face. he has one fracture near his eye, so his eye is really swollen. he is all stitched up. >> jack's aunt set up a gofundme page to help with the medical bills. she says jack's parents manage an organic farm and everything they produce goes to help people experiencing homelessness. >> i know it takes both of his parents working hard every day to keep the farm running, and that they are going to need some extra support as they focus on his recovery. >> loved ones are grateful that things were not worse for jack >> he is a brave little boy. he is going to come out of it with that spirit intact. dan: coming

approach to san francisco's fentanyl crisis. we are going to introduce you to the man working the streets of the tenderloin armed with compassion and offering help to those who need it the most. why

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dan: as one of our -- part of our effort to build a better bay area, one of our concerns is the fentanyl crisis. we are introducing you to one man who is using compassion rather than criticism to help those who are too addicted to take care of themselves. ama: lyanne melendez walked through the tenderloin, food documents everything -- with jj, who documents everything. >> i love the videos he posts because he is so compassionate. he is not there to criticize anybody. he is just from the heart.

there are some people, of course, who take videos on their phones, to criticize the city. and that's ok. that serves a purpose. that's not jj smith. he wants people on social media to see what those on the streets hooked on fentanyl and other drugs are going through. >you know everybody. >> yeah. >> everybody knows you? >> yeah. >> what do they think of you? >> they like me. >> and so my journey with jj smith began in the embattled tenderloin. what's it going to take for this epidemic, the fentanyl epidemic, to stop, to go away? >> treatment on demand. >> they don't want treatment, a lot of them. you say it in the video. >> you have to get yourself some help. >> i know. i'm sorry.

i'm zoning out and getting worse. >> if it's getting worse, then let me do something about it. >> do you think they should be forced into treatment? >> i don't think they should be forced to get drug treatment, but you don't give up on a person because they say no to it. you just ask them the next day and the next day. >> for jj smith, those next days off turn into weeks and months. he posts many of his interactions with drug users on social media, to show others that compassion can bring understanding. >> what's wrong? which one? this one? he had an abscess inside of his arm. you need to go to the hospital? >> yeah. >> let's go. >> smith keeps an eye on many of them, as if they were his own kids. the suspects -- success stories are few and far between. >> hours of been at the shelter

-- how has it been at the shelter? >> it's been all right. it's a place to stay. >> he will be transitioning to a program. >> he assures me that most of them are not from san francisco. what brings them here? >> well, some of them came here during the pandemic, because they knew it was free access to drugs. san francisco gives out a lot of assistance. >> then there are a lot of those like 19-year-old noah, who have been lost to fentanyl for a while. he posted the time he sat down to clean noah's face while he's nodding off. you tear up. >> i've been working with noah for so long. >> is only 19. >> no kid who is 19 should be on drugs as much as he is. >> your approach is man-to-man defense. is that practical? could i do it? could other people do it?

could the supervisor of this district and his staff knew it? -- do it? >> they could do it. it's easy. >> why don't they? >> let's keep everything here as it is. they just don't care. >> i think he's right. they are, for the most part, concentrated in one area. and if you live in another neighborhood, they are out of sight and out of mind. they are the city's problem, not ours. of the four young men you saw there, only one is from san francisco. i'm talking about kentucky, idaho, but he takes care of them. it doesn't matter. one more thing i want to say, all of this reminds me of when the former mayor of san francisco, ed lee, told a group of journalists a while back, when we were talking to him about the homeless situation in san francisco, he reminded all of us that this is the city named after saint francis. dan: good point.

fundamental point. >> jj smith is really doing the work. dan: what a nice man. ama: you can see how much he connects with them. >> it was so nice to meet him finally. ama: thank you. dan: all right. man-to-man work. great news from the sierra during today's second snow survey. what it means going forward into (vo) wells fargo lets you know where you stand with your fico credit score.

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incredible start, and it's exactly what california needs to really help break from our ongoing drought. ama: the sierra supplies about 30% of the state's water needs. it is surpassing the 1982 to 1983 record, which was the wettest season to date. dan: that's encouraging to see. it seems like it's cold enough to snow around here. ama: it really does feel that way. sandhya: but it's getting better. this morning, we had upper 20's to low 30's. the chill will be in the air inlet only, not quite as cold -- inland only, not quite as cold. the sierra snowpack is 205% of average. this is a live view from our zephyr cove cam. there is more snow coming with two systems on the way this week, which will be great. but we can storm system is going to bring lower snow levels -- the weekend storm system is

going to bring lower snow levels. we are seeing high clouds ahead of this system, that's going to help to insulate us tonight. as we look at a live picture, we are looking across the bay. you will notice the clouds in the sky, dimming the sun. 53 in oakland. upper 50's palo alto, san jose. a beautiful view from our oakland airport camera. just a few wispy clouds. low to mid 50's from santa rosa to napa. currently 53 in concord and 50 in livermore. winds are not an issue from our roof camera. mostly cloudy skies tomorrow afternoon. rain arrives early friday and more wet weather is coming your way this weekend. tomorrow morning, 30's and 40's. but you will notice very few locations will be down to freezing or near freezing. like fairfield, concorde, santa rosa, livermore. a lot of cloud cover tomorrow

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it doesn't get as much attention as it should, but it is great. we have much more news ahead. ama: let's go to karina nova. karina: today, santa clara county announced they are closing mass vaccination and testing sites for covid-19 by the end of the month. dr. patel joins us to explain how we move forward with covid-19 and what happens once the public health emergency expires on may 11. plus, a conversation about the tragic death of tyre nichols. we hear from experts and community leaders about police accountability and how we all move forward. join us at 5:30 on abc 7 bay streaming tv -- bay area streaming tv. dan: download the app. ama: if you are watching us on tv, world news tonight is next. for all of us here, thank you for watching. dan: we appreciate your time.

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tonight, 45 million americans under alerts. the ice storm and now the dangerous cold. multiple states. the death toll mounting. and then the brutal cold moving into the northeast. wind chills up to 50 below zero. also tonight, the search of president biden's home and rehoboth beach. and the funeral of tyre nichols. first tonight, that deadly ice storm. the grip on several states continues. hundreds of thousands now without power. roads again turned into sheets of glass. 45 million americans on alert for ice, snow, and brutal cold. from texas all the way up to the northeast. mireya villarreal in dallas. rob marciano on the cold coming to the northeast. the fbi search of president biden's delaware beach house. 3 1/2 hours, it took. the president's attorneys cooperating.