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kumasi: the west for they war in ukraine as he pulls russia out of a nuclear arms packed with u.s.. president biden is assessed to make a speech to the world. reggie: no word on what caused a fire to damage the oldest church in the east bay. new details to be unveiled today. kumasi: former american leaders are going to space. the rocket launching presidential hair into orbit. reggie: okay. drew: are we paying for this? kumasi: not the hair. presidential here. jobina: this is a real tease, i haven't seen this story today. i don't even know who's here it is. reggie: we don't want that. good morning, it is february 21. kumasi: and it is mardi gras. drew: you nailed it. reggie: i have heard my french

accent is pretty spot on. jobina: good thing we are not in newlands. we would be direct on the street. reggie: i never remember what it is. jobina: and that means? reggie: let the good times roll. drew: they warm weather yesterday, take that out of your mind. it's a different forecast. prepare for colder air and windy conditions to move in. right now it is not too terrible in the 40's and 50's but things will change as the day goes on. we will likely reach our highest around lunchtime. we are dropping. most of the afternoon, we are in the 40's and the 50's. a wind advisory begins at 1:00 p.m. wind gusts 40 to 60 miles per hour later this afternoon.

we will talk about cold air moving in in the design ahead in the chance of rain. kumasi: president opponent prepared to deliver a major speech celebrating -- major speech remembering russia's invasion of ukraine. jobina: president biden will meet with the president of poland today. his speech is extended to reaffirm america's -- commitment to ukraine. vladimir putin gave his state of the country speech this morning. he says russia is suspending his participation in the new start treaty, that is the last nuclear arms treaty with the u.s. he blames the u.s. for provoking conflict and starting the war with ukraine. this comes it after president biden's visit to ukraine. he arrived after a secret 10 hour train ride from poland. this marks the first time in a

wreck and president in modern times has visited a war zone where the u.s. has no military presence. president lech another $500 million in aid. pres. biden: freedom is priceless. it is worth fighting for as long as it takes. >> it is a very brave move of the american president and we appreciate and value it. jobina: president biden boom each with leaders of nato's eastern flank including poland, the czech republic, and romania. kumasi: addressing the nation and the world this morning. abc news will have a special alert when he speaks. look out for push others when it begins. reggie: the opinion americans are plotting president by the's -- are applauding president biden's visit to ukraine. >> great move by president biden

to show support of the u.s. to ukraine and appreciate what he's doing for my country. reggie: if you would like to help people and ukraine, we put together a list of verified groups and nonprofits on our website, abc7news.com/take the space action. --abc7news.com kumasi: methodist episcopal church was badly damaged. it was built in the 1850's and is said to be one of the oldest black churches. most of the damages to the upper floors and the roof but water damage on the ground floor is an issue. >> it is heartbreaking. >> had not only -- every our church had not only emotional value but dollars value and sentimental value. >> a lot lobster a lot of stu

-- a lot of stuff. the church has helped a lot of people. kumasi: the cause of the fire is still being investigated. oakland mayor released a statement saying in part, open port -- "i visiting fame and it really felt -- a hallmark of history. this is heartbreaking. we will do everything we can to help." reggie: developing news on the ransomware attack on oakland, while the city works to get services back in order, the cost of any attack like this can adequately. look at two notable attacks to u.s. governments. in 2019, new orleans was hit with a hack that ended up costing the city 5.2 minnen dollars. pensacola, florida hotels with a hack that racked up $375,000. pensacola had a lot of their systems backed up but new orleans had to rebuild almost

all of their computer systems. it was a process they say took about time took a long time -- took a long time. >> our best course was to sanitize and data, recover from clean backups and rebuild our environment on clean pieces. reggie: pensacola echoed similar sentiments. >> some of the online bill pay systems we have and are in the services and our website, things like that, we came in and our computers have signs on them that says do not turn on you consult with i.t. reggie: new orleans and pensacola have invested money in preventing cyber attacks from happening again. kumasi: the transit agency trying to discuss how to fix it's issues like crime and budget issues. reggie: san mateo's mayor faces a possible recall. drew: 6:07, winds are wrapping

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drew: we are keeping a close eye on our winds. they will continue to ramp up as the day goes on. kate ready for a bad hair day vigil on -- get ready for a bad hair day later on. that will affect our temperatures. likely reaching daytime highs around noon because winds begin to increase this afternoon. by 3:00 p.m. we are seeing 40's and 50's and numbers continue to fall throughout the evening

thanks to those winds. today, feeling a lot colder than yesterday. they warm weather is moving out. the winds are moving in under partly cloudy skies. future tracker showing you cold air continues. by wednesday afternoon, per 40's to lower 50's. thursday and friday, we are stuck in the 40's. these could be so the coldest afternoon highs we have seen in years. we are tracking a rare winter storm watch in effect for the santa cruz mountains and the eastern hills of santa clara county. this is like boulder creek, scotts valley, and mount hamilton could see one to three inches of snow. we will talk much more about this storm coming up in nine minutes. let's check in with jobina. jobina: good morning. if you drive through oakland especially northbound on 880, i want to bring you this life picture of packed traffic.

we have three vents blocked on a northbound 880 past 60 6th avenue by the coliseum. you can see it live on our camera. chp has issued a sig alert. it's a crash involving a bigger break and a couple other vehicles. it appears entries are involved. cash injuries are involved. it appears entries are involved. meeting let's came on at 5:48. a look at our drive times because the ride from tracy to dublin has increased. this will be one hour five minutes. reggie: parents raising concerns about books and east bay school libraries. the discussions happening for parents and educators. parents and educators. a consumer alert, the bb formula sometimes, the lows of bipolar depression feel darkest before dawn. with caplyta, there's a chance to let the light shine through. and light tomorrow, with the hope from today.

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reggie: schoolbook bands have been happening more frequently and now they're up for discussion and a db area. -- discussion in the area. the san ramon valley school district, there are some concerns for parents and the process is harder for parents than you might think. lena: that is right. no vote on any puts pressure on any books will be made tonight. according to the east bay times, a lot of parents will be coming to this meeting to voice their concerns about this process, stemming from their concerns on three different books. it starts with "gender queer," a memoir on gender identity. there were unfounded claims made at the january board meeting a student was disciplined for refusing to read the book.

parents are reportedly upset about a book called "push," which was later turned into the book "precious." one complaint says they contain highly sexual content. while the board agenda does not mention any specific books, the board will discuss the process in which a parent can vote -- can suggest a book be banned. it is a multiple step process that involves conversations between parents and administrators before it can be seen before the school board. spokesperson confirmed up until now notebook has ever been banned from the school district and no vote on any books will be held tonight. reggie: regulators are asking tesla to hand over more information on the car involved in the

weekend's crash on i-680. the tesla smashed into a fire truck going through oneness creek. the driver died and four firefighters were hurt. the fire truck was there for a different traffic accident. chp says it is unclear if the tesla had its autopilot feature engaged. kumasi: bart will host its first ever media day is the agency works to address issues from crime to low ridership and budget woes. part has faced a number of challenges since the pandemic. leaders are expected to release new strategies to tackle those issues and the replacement of escalators in downtown san francisco. reggie: the dna of four u.s. presidents are headed into deep space. hair samples from george washington, to dwight d. eisenhower, jfk, and ronald reagan will be on the next enterprise flight.

solicitous burial's were cremated remains are launched into space. this promises loved ones a celestial space journey. the voyage into deep space is more than $12,000. drew: that is actually cheaper than i was expecting. a casket, how much will that cost you? kumasi: a space burial? drew: put it in your will, i want to be ejected into space. for an alien to sometime find you. kumasi: let me rest in peace. reggie: thank you. on earth. as it is and heaven. drew: forgive us this day. reggie: daily bread. kumasi: i am done with y'all.

drew: let's talk about weather. major changes today and the rest of the week. you can forget about the warm weather. we are descending into some of the coldest temperatures. a cold front, this line of cloud cover moving through northern california will cross us today, kick up our winds, bring us those gusts and drag in some cold air. these highs will likely reach -- we will likely reach them by new today. to the afternoon, temperatures are going to drop. much of the afternoon will be in the 40's and the 50's. tonight, frost advisory in effect at the coastline for frosty conditions. keep your pets warm and protects those -- and protect those plans and pipes. lows in the 30's and 40's. winds will continue in the overnight hours and then tomorrow through friday we have

the chance of scattered showers. on the storm impact scale, isn't level one a letter storm we have for the rest of the week. it will bring cold gusty winds and we are watching friday morning. snow levels could drop between 500 feet and 1500 feet, bringing a dusting of snow to sentences. hour-by-hour, we are finding we have partly cloudy skies today. there is no real defined line of rain with the storm system. it is one of the systems where we see any isolated showers here, some sunshine here throughout the day. 1:30 thursday morning in mount hamilton, we could see a dusting of snow. rainfall with this from system, as we total it up from wednesday into friday, likely anywhere from half an inch to one inch of rain for the rest of the week. a winter storm what it go into effect for the sierra. our highest peaks could see up to four feet of snow. what we are watching for the

litter portion of the weeks, snow levels could drop to 1000 feet. that is a slow snow level. heavy snow is expected in the sierra. here is the seven-day forecast, get ready for the cool today, gusty winds, and the wintry mix. tensions of dusting of snow on her heels and cold temperatures, 40's by friday afternoon. kumasi: now we are checking in with ginger zee who is alive with what is up on "gma." reggie: good morning, ginger. >> good morning. we begin with president biden's trip to europe to mark one year since russia invaded ukraine. we are burning details about the secret trip into kyiv and what vladimir putin is saying. through was just talking about your part in it, but those alerts go down into the mexico border entity twin cities where they could have one of the most historic storms on record. we will talk about the impact

there and february all-time heat in the southeast. our new series, "sugar fix." how redefining your relationship to sugar could help you live longer and healthier. we are celebrating 10 years since robin returned to the desk after her bone marrow transplant. this is to help find more matches for life-saving transplants and you can be part of it today. reggie: ginger, you were there, right? you have been there longer than 10 years. >> i have been here 11 years. i can just after on the weekday. i was on the weekends at that time. but within a couple of months. reggie: we are so glad. we are to this story with robin earlier this morning and seeing her -- she was really choked up talking about it. who can blame her? >> and the last she lives she saved. it is not just about her.

i can think about number of people who will go and register today and that is rapid. a science can be there but you have to let people know. the communication of our science and making people not afraid is probably the most important part. reggie: choose to her and all the people who continue to help others. we will see you and robin at 7:00.

kumasi: the mayor of san mateo is the latest public official to face a recall. he -- she is facing backlash after months on the job. one organizer the development of the city is one of the driving forces behind the campaign. >> i think her motivations and

behaviors, she is not showing honesty. she is not shown contrition or willingness to work with all of us. >> we need to focus on pandemic recovery, stormwater infrastructure, emergency preparedness. kumasi: in order to qualify for the belted, organizers need 8000 signatures by may. don lemon returned to his show on cnn following sexist comments made about nikki haley last week. vizio said he has received formal training following a frank and meaningful conversation. he apologized to colleagues interviewers. an alert for viewers, some formula is being recalled due to bacterial contamination. it is the plant-based formula manufactured between august 2022 and september 2022. there have been no

reported. this is the same victoria -- send bacteria at the center of the recall last year that the abbott plant. we have a link on our website, abc7news.com. the race to replace senator dianne feinstein has gotten more crowded. the announcement from a barbara lee moments ago. the patient who is one of the few people in the world to be short of hiv. we are taking a live look outside at 627 time.

>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. reggie: those dealing with the massive earthquake in turkey. another quake has rocked the area. kumasi: a carnival ride that malfunctioned and made some --

and left some riders upside down. reggie: the local grammy-winning band inspiring children with their latest project. kumasi: good morning. it is fat tuesday, february 21. reggie: we are going to get a check in forecast. drew: a lot colder and when you today. here is a look at temperatures, in the mid-40's to lower 50's. we see a lot of changes over 24 hours. we will be charted to my early today -- we will reach our daytime high earlier today. winds increase dramatically and that will knock temperatures into the 40's and 50's by 4:00 p.m. a winter advisory will begin at 1:00 p.m. for winds investing 45 to 60 miles per hour. those winds are dragging in cold air in the days ahead. we will take a closer look in the coming minutes. kumasi: president biden's in

poland making a speech to reassure ukraine and its allies of its unwavering support in the war against russia. vladimir putin gave his own speech today. he said it is impossible to defeat pressure on the ttlefi a t wt ial ct into a phase of global nfthis comes one day after president biden made a trip to ukraine. he spent five hours on the ground in kyiv. after weeks of secret planning, he gave the green light last week. pres. biden: i thought it was critical of their not be any doubt about u.s. support for ukraine and their war against the brutal attack from russia. kumasi: president biden will outline what is at stake in the fight in a speech today as he urges allies to continue support. abc will have a special report when that happens around 8:30 this morning.

reggie: another strong blow to those in southern turkey. a 6.3 magnitude earthquake is blamed for entering three people -- killing three people and injuring many more. the quick also injured buildings hit by the previous earthquake. the aftershock comes a week after the massive earthquake killed more than 46,000 people in turkey and syria. recovery efforts are still underway. kumasi: social media will be a visitor if two cases before the supreme court. the cases involve when social media companies can be sued by content posted by third parties. family members of victims of terrorist attacks what school" or held accountable for terrorist content on their platforms. social media companies are currently immune to content. the decisions could reshape the internet.

rulings in these cases are expected by the end of june. developing news in the firing of oakland's police chief armstrong is planning to appeal. several communityemrs arecaing g during a rally yesterday. supporters of the chief gathered , some waving placards in support. >> bring him back. >> bring him back. >> we will stand up. it is time to bring our chief back. kumasi: the mayor fired without cause last month all due to a report of his handling of misconduct charges of one of his sergeants. the mayor had no comments about the rally. there are more than 40 black leaders who issued a joint statement supporting oakland

mayor's decision to part ways with chief armstrong. that statement says in part, "no accountability is essential to working together and moving oakland past the legacy of mismanagement and corruption that has plagued our city's police department generations." reggie: an end is accused -- a man accused of shooting a gun inside a synagogue is back ada court. he is expected unemployment or hearing about the charges against him. he pled not guilty during his arraignment hearing. he is egregious to receive mental health services and is being held without bail. kumasi: a federal judge could rule to overturn the ban on assault weapons this week. that decision from judge roger benitez who is known for building against the state's gun-control laws is said to be in it -- is said to be eminent.

if you overrule sleep and, it does not mean those guns will all be legal all of a sudden. >> nothing is going to change for the foreseeable future. when i say that, i mean for years. kumasi: travis says the decision could be appealed to the ninth circuit superior court and from there potentially to the supreme court. reggie: new developments of a shooting at a mardi gras parade and an ordinance. a teenage boy was killed and four others were hurt. those range from four to 24. all were released from the hospital. officers arrested a suspect. >> the officers quickly responded to those gunshots. when they arrived on the scene, they saw approximately four to five victims of this shooting. unfortunately, a male between 15 and 18 years old we have not

identified expired at the hospital. reggie: investigators are working to determine emotive for the shooting. kumasi: more than 1000 michigan state students rallied at the capital demanding reform. it comes weeks after the shooting on campus that left three dead and five hertz. david he founded marge for our lives after the shooting in lakeland, florida >>. >> i'm tired of these things. i was here months ago in lansing with students that ended up going through the shooting at msu. kumasi: state senate democrats have released several gun reform poses. reggie: suspect accused of killing a long serving los angeles area bishop is in custody.

officials arrested carlos madia -- grossman nina after discovering the body. yet been shot once in the chest. >> detectives were told they were concerned because medina was acting strange, irrational, and made comments about the bishop owing him money. reggie: medina's wife with the bishop's housekeeper and medina had done work at the bishop's home. the bishop was a beloved figure in the diocese known for his work with the poor and being a peacemaker between street gangs. kumasi: headcount -- a health clinic is opening up in ohio for those affected by the toxic trained irrelevant. jobina has more on how much people might be getting from the company. lena: people -- jobina: people living in certain zip codes could be getting a $1000 check.

this comes as the company's finances are in the spotlight. they posted an income of $1.8 billion last year reducing its workforce. the ohio health department is turning this church into a health clinic. nurses and toxicologists will be there to evaluate people. pete buttigieg is on "gma to talk about the incident. >> i have seen the power that multibillion-dollar railroad companies build and they fight relations tooth and nail. that has got to change. the future cannot be like the past. jobina: schools will be closed on east palestine because of tight security. former president donald trump plans to visit the area. reggie: a 50-year-old man in

germany has been cured of hiv. he is the fifth confirmed case of an hiv cure. details of his treatment were announced in 2019 but they could not confirm he had officially been cured at that time. he has no detectable virus and his body, even after stopping hiv medication four years ago. researchers hope that this is a sign there can be more patient secured in the future. barbara lee has entered -- entered the race to replace dianne feinstein. >> even though there are no african-american women in the u.s. senate, we won't let that stop us. when you stand on the side of justice, you don't quit. reggie: she shared this video on our social media accounts minutes ago. she filed paperwork street, the third democrat to announce a sentence rather. adam schiff and katie porter have announced their kdc -- their candidacy.

coming up, the best majors if you wanted to get paid big time after graduation. kumasi: you are looking at the big board at the new york stock exchange. we are down almost 300 points. reggie: the effort in one local school that could potentially be lifesaving. stay with us here on our abc7 bay area streaming app for abc7@7. we are live every weekday from 7:00 to 8:00 a.m. you can download the app and watches for every stream. drew: we have a high surf advisory coming and if they do today at 4:00 p.m. we will likely see large breakers 20 to 20 feet high thanks to gusty winds. a wind advisory in effect this afternoon. this is 3:00 p.m., windsor gusting 40 to 60 miles per hour. that will create a call today. get ready to say goodbye to that warm weather. highs today likely reach around

lunchtime. once those winds kick in, temperatures are going to drop. by 3:00 or 4:00 p.m., upper 40's to mid-50's. gusty winds, particle disguise, that is the call for your day today. tomorrow, future tracker temperatures showing you it gets colder from there. tomorrow, afternoon highs in the upper 40's to lower 50's. thursday and especially friday, temperatures are stuck in the 40's. friday afternoon, this could be some of the coldest air not only for this season but the coldest afternoon we have seen in years. we have some snow to talk about. a winter storm watch tomorrow through thursday for the santa cruz mountains and the eastern hills of santa clara county. you can see what to three inches of snow in places like boulder creek and scotts valley. we will take a closer look in nine minutes. jobina: if you were with us

moments ago, you saw how packed it was due to that sig alert in oakland. that is cleared. we have a new issue in walnut creek. this is a live picture of 680. the crash will be on southbound 680 past gary wrote. traffic is beginning to crawl. we have one a landlocked in this area. -- one landlocked in this area -- one lane locked in this area. no issues issued by the chp and for our super commuters, tracy to dublin, one hour eight minutes there. a very different story from the holiday travel yesterday. antioch to

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reggie: a very award-winning group is back in the oakland area with a project to inspire kids. kyiv that rockers put on a short at berkeley's hall of science -- the abc rockers put on a show at berkeley's hall of science. the group took home a last month for the best children's album. as part of the show, the alphabet rockers released a series called "tough people." focuses on -- it focuses on math, engineering, and says concepts. kumasi: i love myself. reggie: is that what they said? kumasi: i love myself. [laughter] a study shows what majors y want if you want to make a lot of money after college. these are the

who earn the most money, chemical engineering is the top spot. computer engineering, computer science, aerospace engineering, and electrical engineering. reggie: amazon corporate workers are facing lower pay than expected after the company's stock plummeted. according to the wall street journal, corporate workers get partial pay with stock shares. since amazon stock prices dropped, their pay is going to drop with it. some corporate workers will see 50% pay cut. speaking of stocks, looking at the new york stock exchange where we are down 307 points. today, the san ramon velvet school district will give parents more information on the process to get books removed from school libraries. there is reportedly a group of people voicing concern about three particular books available in some campus libraries. in howland's life -- lean a lot

-- lena howland is live with this process is going to take place. lena: while a no vote is going to pick -- is going to take place tonight, a lot of parents are expected to be here as tonight's school board meeting voicing their concerns about the process to ban books incentive school libraries. this stems from their concerns about three specific books. it starts with "a gender we are: a memoir" which is supposed to serve as a resource for kids on a gender identity. there were unverified claims made that a student was disciplined for refusing to read the book. a student at doherty valley high school where the principal rejected an attempt to ban the book told of the east bay times parents are doing this because they are scared of the change between their generation and hours. according to the east bay times, "gender queer" is still

available at other libraries, including high schools within the oakland, berkeley, and fremont unified school districts. parents are upset about a book called "push" which was later turned into the movie "precious," and a book called "lawn boy." parents allege they contain highly explicit sexual content. the portable process a parent can take to request a book be banned. it is a multistep process that involves several layers of administrators before it can be seen before the board of education. a spokesman for the school district confirms until now, no book has ever been banned from this school district. kumasi: today marks much 10 years since robin

roberts returned to good morning america after receiving a bone marrow transplant. abc 7 news and abc stations have teamed up with "good morning america" for a nationwide effort to register more donors. st. mary's college held a drive on campus. gloria rodriguez spoke with people who participated about the impact a simple donation can have. >> with each of these swabs swab the inciter-in-chief for 10 seconds. reporter: dylan helps recruit bone marrow transplant recipients -- donors at his college. he was diagnosed with acute leukemia in 2017. >> it definitely was a shock when we got the news. cancer was the last thing we expected for me to have. it all happened so suddenly. reporter: he found out he needed to marrow transplant. >> i tried to give a positive attitude. when i was waiting for my match, i was busted with chemo and went

into remission. while i was waiting for my match, i was able to do immunotherapy. reporter: he found a match and his transplant was a success. at the same drive, drumming bennett helps students administer their swaps to sign up for the registry. she is married to the coach of the high ranked st. mary's basketball team. every time she volunteers, she makes about her little brother. he was three years old when he was diagnosed with leukemia. he needed a bone marrow transplant. >> i was a match. he had to be put into remission before the transplant would happen. he didn't survive. reporter: he passed away at the age of six. >> it is tough. he was undergoing treatments. can't the life any kid should have -- not the life any kid should have. reporter: she hopes she can help save someone else's life.

devon is the ambassador for his campus's be the match club and it was a good five years of being cancer free in june. he hopes to me to the donor who saved his life. >> having the opportunity to meet him is something i think about. he gave the gift of life. there is no way we can thank him enough. reporter: registered 100 people at the three-day bd match drive at st. mary -- three-day bd match drive accent -- be the match drive at st. mary's college. kumasi: -- and sitting hundred holloway avenue and the drive starts tomorrow and goes through thursday 10:00 to 1:00 p.m. everyday. if you cannot make it, you can text this number for a link to register online.mefyinmos r

peoplet e flor fair. a carnival ride malfunctioned and this is what happened. some of those cars were for think about out-of-control. people on the right started to get sick suddenly stopped the right -- stopped the ride. as you can see some of can see, some of those carriages slipped on site down -- slipped upside down. riders that right has no seatbelts. reggie: that right has n seatbelts, famously. if you were upset out, you would hit the ceiling. kumasi: nobody got hurt. reggie: you see people get sick, fine, just lower it. let it go back to where it starts.

ground. you are going to experience this as we lower it to the ground so we don't have to rescue you. kumasi: -- drew: is the spinning of the individual carts that i am like, no thank you reggie: we were talking about why did the carnival always put us through it. did you ever go on the gra vitron? drew: it looks like a spaceship and it's been like this. kumasi: i loved it. and the spaceship that goes like this. drew: i don't like that. reggie: it is a way to teach children about fear and loss of innocence. drew: we are going to lose the warm weather. cold air moving in, winds are increasing. gusts 22 to 36 miles per hour.

it is going to be a gusty day and feel a lot colder. say goodbye to the warm weather. highs today reach of these around the middle part of our day. the afternoon, we are stuck in the 40's and 50's. we have a frost advisory along the coast into the bay shoreline for some patchy frost developing in the overnight hours. tonight, we drove into the 30's and 40's with that wind continuing through through thursday. we will see a level one a light storm that will bring scattered showers, cold gusty winds, and we are watching friday morning closely because the freezing level will drop to 500 feet which will give a lot of us a chance of seeing some snowflakes to finish out the wheat. -- finish out the week. tomorrow we see scattered showers and a form of rain. we will get some snow in sierra. thursday night into friday

morning, this area of low pressure is going to get close to us and that is going to drop the snow levels below to 500 feet. we will see a dusting of snow on mount hamilton and his image greens mountain's -- and the santa cruz mountains. wendy and a big cooldown today -- it is windy and a big cooldown today. we are try over the weekend but temperatures stay below average -- dry over the weekend but temperatures stay below average. kumasi: next, the seventh exited to know. reggie: and we reviewed the called. you can watch our newscast live through the bay area tv app. is available through, zogg fire,

kumasi: it is 6:37. here -- 6:57.

barbara lee has entered the race to replace senator dianne feinstein. she shared the video you see here on her social media accounts. she is that there democrats to announce a run. reggie: president biden is unopposed and prepared to deliver a major speech walking the first anniversary of russia's invasion of ukraine. it comes as president putin's own speech blaming the west for starting the war. you can see president biden's speech alive when it happens here on abc7 and wherever you stream. kumasi: fired oakland police chief armstrong is looking to appeal the decision and call for his and straight -- call for his restatement. city leaders have also called for him to be restated. reggie: more information is expected to be released about a fire that damaged a historic oakland church. stickers have been reviewing witness statements and surveillance video. drew: strong gusty winds today. we are about to get a lot

colder. partly cloudy skies, temperatures in the afternoon in the 40's and 50's reggie: thanks to those strong winds -- and 50's thanks to those strong winds. wind gusts up to 65 miles per hour. jobina: bringing you a live picture from walnut creek showing two 680. traffic is recovering in the southbound direction following a crash erotic ewing road. just a heads up -- a crash around ewing road. paul vance will be opened. kumasi: today is mardi gras. we are slope rating overindulging on rich and fatty foods ahead of lent. festivities are happening in new orleans. there is also a celebration with film and in mission. drew: i hope at 7:00 we do the camera live. reggie: we are talking to somebody live about mardi gras in new orleans. jobina: they are in new orleans? reggie: sure.

have you ever been to a -- jobina: yes. reggie: you survived? jobina: good morning, america, for our viewers in the west. president biden's new mission, putin's new message. the president sends a powerful message that the united states stands with ukraine, one year into the war, as vladimir putin addresses russia with his troops in a fight for a key city and what we're learning about the president's unprecedented secret trip into ukraine. search and rescue overnight after another powerful earthquake, following the catastrophe that killed tens of thousands in turkey and syria, the panic on the ground. winter whiplash. the massive winter storm on the move. more than 100 million americans on alert for blizzard conditions, ice and strong winds, plus, the record heat in the east.

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