announcer: building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc7news. reggie: now 5:00, rain and wind this morning, a strong atmosphere river sweeping across the bay area overnight. >> evacuations are underway right now. police are going to door as floodwaters forcing homes in the middle the night. reggie: storms leaving behind a mess as it pummeled the region. a large tree leaning on this home and another tree crashing on top of a car, sending one occupant to the hospital. jobina: it will be a very wet

commute for you, live cameras are on the bay area to show you. sue is tracking a number of issues on the road. reggie: we are looking at all of it. thanks for joining us. jobina: how's it going? drew: it's good. some sponsor drying out but in some places we see heavy rain. live doppler 7 is pretty quiet but the east bay is seeing heavier showers from walmart -- from walnut street to any, like to heavy rain falling right now. scattered showers in the south bay, sunnyvale to san jose, a wet commute. several areas under flood advisory and marin county, sonoma county, parts of santa clara, this is for a lot of standing water on area roadways this morning. the more serious issue on the sender into river on december -- santa cruz county, flash flood warning is in effect for the town evacuated because of this reason. the river is at 20.3 feet and is

rising. it is expected to crest in the next hour but already seeing moderate flooding in the region as the river hasded it. on the storm impact scale, level three, four hours until 9:00 a.m., scatter downpour is a big issue with roadways. smaller streams and issues. the river flooding in santa cruz, keeping our eye on this closely. timing at the storm coming up in two minutes be let's check in with sue with traffic. sue: wet and sloppy on the roads. 80 eastbound, a solid stream of headlights. we had an earlier solo spin out, a lot of those chp reporting this morning because of the wet roads so please, speak could be a definite factor this morning. we'll take a look at wet conditions on the san mateo bridge, high winds for your bridges this morning, san mateo, bay bridge, golden gate bridge, all reporting gusty conditions. bart is now reporting delays due to weather, about 10 minutes

onto your travel in caltrans says -- and caltrans says they will be running slow as well as a strain running at slower speeds this morning due to wet tracks. we had a full freeway closure and still do have a full freeway closer on 580, t the oakland area, standing water is the problem, trying to get caltrans to e sigler is te 8s an,0 is in bh directions. reggie: more than half of bay area counties are under a state of emergency. they are highlighted in red on this map, alice, san missed -- santa cruz, and sonoma. this declaration was made before the storm by the governor and helps to mobilize emergency staff. the california national guard has also been activated. in the santa cruz mountains, people living in felton were forced to evacuate because of flooding. lena howland is live this

morning along highway 17. lena: we are liv 17 near the summit of the santa cruz mountains where the rain is absolutely still coming down on us at this hour. only further up the road from where we are in santa cruz county felton is taking the brunt of the storm now. take a look at this video, a look at the cditions we were seeing in felton around midnight when the flooding was so intense in the felton grove community that deputies were going door-to-door doing evacuations for any folks still home. this video was taken along river road, and for background, this runs parallel to the sandra -- san lorenzo river and this was the same neighborhood we showed you that flooded in the beginning of the year because of rising water that came up to six feet of people's homes. we spoke with a neighbor in the felton grove area that told us this was his fourth time being evacuated and he was told by

deputies to leave around midnight or else he would be at risk. >> the cul-de-sac is constantly getting displaced. it's one of the only affordable areas to like live in santa cruz county and it is hard to l here now. [laughter] lena: we saw thi already showing signs of flooding due to heavy rainfall, also on circle drive. we saw heavy downstream waters coming into graham hill road from the felton shopping center. for this community being evacuated now and being asked to move to higher ground, we have posted a link to all those santa cruz county evacuation centers on our website, abc7news.com. and a list of those are also running at the bottom of your screen now. live along highway 17, lena howland, abc7news. jobina: thank you. today the following schools will be closed in santa cruz county

within the her o watsonville infant center and we also have this information scrolling of the bottom of your screen here. district spokes person alicia armenta -- amana says it is related to the storm. this is a live look at pg&e's outage map for the bay area. green is less than 50 customers, yellow is up to 500, orange is up to 5000, and if you see red, that is over 5000 customers. most of that outages are on the peninsula or south bay. pg&e says nearly 7500 customers are without electricity now. reggie: we are eingamage on the peninsula from the storm. this tree landed on a car, nearly crushing two people inside. this happened on skyline boulevard not far from portola valley. chp says one of the people inside the card and suffer a leg

injury and was taken to the hospital. jobina: a large tree came down on this home on hillside avenue last night. there definitely appears to be damage. we do not know if anyone was home when the tree fell. reggie: there have been no reports of serious flooding or damage in san francisco this morning. yesterday, people were taking no chances. we saw a steady stream of people stocking up on sandbags on kansas and marin streets. one woman tells us her home flooded new year's eve. >> it got into our place about eight inches so we had to replace our furniture and appliances. reggie: in the mission district, 14th street's and others also flooded. there were six to seven inches of water inside of a business and $100,000 in damage. >> we were nine hours pumping water out of here. what we had here was not rainwater. what we has was -- what we had was sewage water. reggie: disgusting.

the city of san francisco put up the temporary flood berries are long -- along the street. drew: flooding was a big issue on roads, streets, and creeks the past when he four hours. here is live doppler 7, look at the rain aimed at central california, rounds of heavy rain locally. also watch how the warm subtropical air just shrinks the snow coverage as warmer air gets introduced into the higher elevations. snow is only falling above about 8000 feet right now. we have rain at southlake, in truckee, and we have temperatures low 40's right now. here's a look at life stop -- live doppler 7. for the north bay, light isolated scattered shower, east bay light to moderate rain, similar story in the south bay. look at the storm reports overnight in the past when he four hours, lots of flooding issues, trees down, and also the threat of smaller streams and

creeks overflowing their banks. on the exclusive storm impact scale, we are on the tail end of the storm and we keep it at level three until 9:00 a.m. this morning. a big issue with water on the roadways, showers and scatter downpours stone the forecast. it is muggy, dew points in some spots in the 50's so you feel the tropical air right now and temperatures are elevated upper 40's to upper 50's. flood watch is in effect and we have issues of water in areas. 7:00 a.m., some showers, but things really quiet down after 9:00 a.m. and we track more rain over the weekend. we will have that in eight minutes. let's check in with sue and check traffic. sue: a lot of standing water in hydroplaning, the major issue with the rain. this is the richman san rafael bridge, pretty quiet, but you can see the sheen on the roads, it is wet, eight minute drive across the span to marin county side of things and all bridges reporting high winds. over to 880 in oakland we see pretty good conditions past the

coliseum. 580 on the other hand is completely closed near 35th avenue due to flooding so folks are being asked to come here to 880 from 580 so you can see the alternate route is clear, at least at this hour. 580 both directions closed at 35th. here's what it looks like, a significant backup both west and east bound so avoid it if you can. there is 880 looking good. we also have delays, 237 with accident there, partially blocking the slow lane. reggie: thank you. it is wet across the bay area that means more snow for this sierra. many officials telling visitors to stay away. plus -- >> the race for the white house is getting more crowded this morning, plus new legal troubles for former president trump. that is ahead. jobina: and -- won't be happening in the near future. we learn how long the national park will be shut down due to weat

jobina: this is a live look at

doppler seven and it is lit up. this is a level three storm on our exclusive abc 7 storm impact scale and it will remain a level three until 9:00 a.m. drew is tracking the forecast -- the storm and we will have a look at the forecast in a few minutes. reggie: today, the teenager accused of a deadly stabbing at montgomery high school in santa rosa is expected to be in work. -- in court. investigators say the stabbing happened last week during a fight in the classroom. a 16-year-old student was killed. the 15-year-old suspect was arrested and has been charged with voluntary manslaughter. the attack prompted a number of student walkouts and demands for improved safety at schools. jobina: if you plan on heading out to the sierra, reconsider. road conditions deteriorated overnight. interstate 80 and highway 50 had changing restrictions from chain requirements to full closures. reggie: this is what it looked like yesterday in the sierra. the sierra. -- uc berkeley snow lab posted this

video and said at the time, "coming down hard out there." the snow might be the least of the problems for people in the tahoe area. stephanie sierra is in south lake tahoe where there are concerns about flooding. stephanie: the city of south lake tahoe on high alert as the atmospheric river is bringing the base a double threat, flooding atop near record snowfall. >> this is historic, remarkable. there are areas that have massive mounds of snow. stephanie: the south lake tahoe fire marshal says her crews are worried heavy rain could collapse roofs and threatened -- threaten structures. >> some of these neighborhoods have 8-10 feet in the city and county areas more so. with the snow load and amount of weight on the roofs, we have significant concern with roof snow load with the rain. stephanie: kathy to bought is already packing up sandbags and bracing for the worst. >> i've been wanting to get out of town for a while. it is scary. we had a long winter as it was. [lr]ough, clau

stephanie: enough is enough. a new reality setting in for ashley. >> we moved here in october, this is our first winter here. stephanie: first winter? what a welcome. >> i know. stephanie: her first winter and her roof is leaking. >> our master bedroom is on the back upper side, want to have it back there in case the water gets too high. in little overwhelmed. stephanie: overwhelmed is a common theme as snow totals reached levels not seen since the 1950's and 1970's. >> we keep digging out, but we feel like at some something has point to give. people who have been here for a long time have said this is more snow than they have ever seen. they've lived here for 20 years. it is more than they have ever seen. stephanie: the community rallying together from shoveling shirtless to perhaps for severe flooding. >> we activated our emergency operation center so we are ed and rooin witner agencies, lal, state, federal mak

sure are aeofienspond to anythig that occurs. stephanie: a winter storm warning in effect for sierras, -- the sierras, bringing two to eight feet of snow for the mountains, five of which accumulated more than 600 inches of snow so far this season. if someone wanted to come out and ski, would you tell them? >> this is not the weekend, we are in a state of disaster. it's not going to be the ideal. stephanie: you heard the chief, not ideal or safe. the snow is prompting several ski resort closures, including heavenly here in south lake tahoe as well as kirkwood and northstar. we are told from the city several other closures are coming. we will keep a close eye on that list. stephanie sierra, abc7news. reggie: a lot of serious concerns there but also the man, shirtless, shoveling, shout out to him. drew: talk about burying the lead, come on. i was just talking to the weather service and they say the snow level 8000 feet, that is really high, so everything below that is all rain.

you can see that on live doppler 7, a lot of green and not much pinks or whites indicating a lot of rain is falling. rain is currently falling on southlake, truckee, tahoe city, can you see a question market is heavy rain. that was the concern is the rain would fall on all the heavy snow. at home, we are on the tail end of this atmospheric river. scattered isolated showers in the north and peninsula, more steadier rain in the east bay and south day right now so take you to the south bay, light to moderate showers from san jose to morgan hill. mount hamilton is all rain, even in the hills of the bay area. it is a warm storm. we have a flood advisory in effect around gilroy so areas around 101, 150 2, 25 right now, be aware we have water on our roads. we will keep it at a three, strong level 3 storm on the exclusive abc 7 storm impact scale until 9:00 a.m. so we are wrapping up the storm over the next four hours but there are issues of water on roads and smaller streams and creeks.

after 9:00 a.m., watch out future weather turns quiet. the second half of friday, maybe isolated showers but not tracking any heavy rain. through the reek end -- weekend, saturday morning, more scattered showers to get there and that is a similar story sunday, sunday morning likely we have downpours moving through. wind visor in effect but winds are backing off as we speak read we are past the worst part of our strongest winds. here is a winter storm warning but the storm is so warm it is elevations above 8000 feet that are seeing the heavy snow. for a lot of people, it is heavy rain. here is the seven-day forecast, morning rain, keep it until 9:00 a.m. level 1's over the weekend and we watched tuesday closely next week. we could have heavy rain once again with temperatures upper 50's to low 60's. jobina: thank you. coming up, the seven things to know. reggie: plus a final look at the movies up for best picture at the oscars.

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along san lorenzo river. reggie: number three, there is also flooding highway 12 had to be close overnight in the santa rosa area near stony point road. it is back open. jobina: number four, here is the pg&e outage map, thousands are without electricity this morning. earlier this week, pg&e said they deployed cruised to areas to help. sue: we are following a soggy friday morning drive. maps may look deceivingly clear and it is quiet but does not tell the story of the water on the roads. we have a full freeway closure 580 through oakland. both directions due to flooding their 35th. take 880. reggie: number six, we are tracking the situation in lake tahoe tahoe, at half dozen resorts closed today because of conditions we have the fullest at abc7news.com. jobina: number seven, yosemite national park is extending its closure and will remain closed until at least march 16 due to the impacts from recent storms. and the final preparations are

underway in hollywood for the oscars now two days away. abc news reporter will ganss has a breakdown of the films up for the top prize of best picture this sunday. >> don't think you can watch all best picture knobs before sunday? buckle up. top gun maverick is available now on amazon and on paramount plus but if you are looking for something more grounded, women talking is about a group of mennonite women deciding if they should leave their secluded colony. >> we could ask the men to leave. >> it is only 104 minutes long, the shortest nominee this year and available on amazon or youtube. from mennonites to the well little -- to the wealthy on a megayacht -- >> this is really bad. >> triangle of sadness instrument on hulu. and all quiet on the western front's streaming on netflix, the second adaptation of the novel by the same name to be up for best picture.

the first all quiet one that honor at the oscars in 1930. but flashing back to the future -- >> what was your fable part -- favorite part? >> the fablemans is available to purchase on apple tv, youtube, and amazon. and austin butler's how this is streaming on hbo max. around the same length and also dealing with a musical mastermind, tars with cate blanchett is on amazon and apple tv for rent or purchase in streaming on peacock. the slow burning end visually gorgeous banshees of venice sharon is streaming on hbo max. avatar, the way of water still in theaters and is this year's longest best picture nominee at three hours 12 minutes. if you only have time for one flick before sunday night, watch everything everywhere all at once, the most nominative film of the year end front runner for

-- and front runner for best picture. it is available to rent or buy on prime video. will ganss, abc news, new york. jobina: abc 7 is your home for the oscars. coverage begins sunday at 10:00 i am with on the red carpet, the champagne carpet of course. then 3:30, it is count onto the oscars and the show gets underway at five a copy of dion lim will be there covering hollywood's biggest night. so look for her reports starting today. reggie: at 5:30, the useful tool in the south bay helping to connect residents with city officials to keep the streets from following -- from flooding. jobina: an 80-year-old man -- an 81-year-old man has been found alive after he was stranded in his car for three days in the snow. what he did to keep him safe. a live picture outside at five tony for time. we will be back.

announcer: building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc7news. reggie: now in 5:30, a powerful storm slams the bay area, bringing more flooding. we hear from people living in felton, forced to evacuate overnight. jobina: powerful winds brought down a tree onto a car, nearly crushing to two people inside. -- the two people inside. in the north bay, tree is resting on someone's home. a look at the damage left behind from the storm. reggie: a lot of green and yellow doppler seven showing

precipitation for most of the bay area and beyond. jobina: commuters can expect slick roads. we will time it out. good morning, everyone. we are waking up here with you at 5:30. it is friday, march 10. reggie: we have live team coverage of the storm and its impact across the bay area. we start with meteorologist drew tuma. drew: we still have rain out there. the worst rain moved through on the tail end of this he he for . here's live doppler 7 e av rain that moved through. for the north bay, we are through the worst event, an isolated light shower but we have showers in the east bay and south bay this morning. a lot of flood advisories for marin, sonoma county, parts of santa clara county, santa cruz county, because this rain overnight has created issues with water on roads and even smaller streams and creeks overflowing. the bigger issue on the san lorenzo river and santa cruz

mountains, a flash flood warning is in effect in the town of felton has been evacuated because the river created moderate flooding, 23 and expected to rise at six or call game creating the moderate flooding conditions. we will keep our eyes on that. the exclusive storm impact scale, a level three until 9:00 a.m. so we are almost done with this storm but a lot of water on our roads and issues with smaller streams and creeks overflowing their banks. a flood watch is not only in effect for this morning it will last for the weekend as we expect more rain saturday and sunday. this morning at 7:00 a.m., showers and east bay and things really quiet down by lunchtime. we are drying with mostly cloudy skies will take a closer look at the weekend rainfall coming up in a few minutes and let's check in with sue on traffic. sue: standing water is the big issue. we showed you the bay bridge a few minutes ago, no metering

lights but slick roads, high winds. we have a couple problems on the span and westbound direction there is a saw blocking the 5th street offramp on the san francisco side. eastbound on the bay bridge we have the stall blocking a lane of traffic as well so that is leaving san francisco to the oakland side. to walnut creek, you can see emergency lights to where the top of your screen that says southbound 680 past north main street erie looks to be moving at a good clip. it is about an eight minute drive from concord toward the 24 interchange. tony for looks good through the tunnel. where we have a major closer, 580 both directions near 30 for the avenue in oakland, this is flooding and has been there overnight, caltrans is working furiously to get the drains reopened. for now, you cannot use 580, they are diverting traffic near 30 for the onto high street and 880 is your great alternate and it is looking clear so far. jobina: the storm is making for

slick roads much everywhere. you heard sue talk about and joining us live is chp officer david laraque. good morning, david. i heard you got a report of a mudslide so what is happening there? >> we did. state route 84, the spun lane took a mudslide approximately two miles west of this boulevard. we have cruise on scene and we do not have an estimated time of one the roadway will be opening but we will have one-way traffic control momentarily. jobina: can you talk about general conditions right now, what you are seeing, what you want to warn people of and need to come outside? >> it is just gonna be those potential hazards, the high winds brought a lot of branches and debris from above and with the heavy soaking rains, potential potholes and freestanding water, we advised everyone to drive with caution this morning, give extra time to get to where they need to go and if they do not need to go anywhere, just advise them to stay home. jobina: sure.

are there any areas you all specifically are looking at for a problem spot? we know skyline boulevard is kind of a repeat through that area that usually sees issues. >> absolutely. from 101, a lot of our on ramps can get slick with tight cloverleaf's. 280, the speed is always an issue when it is wide open with light traffic fortunately we found a house for last week with standing water that we were able to diverge from coming off of the roadway. have not seen any issues there since and from our coastal commuters, 92, 84, highway 1, being aware of any debris that might have fallen from trees or rock and mudslides. jobina: sure. what does the next few hours look like for you and your team? what will you all be doing? >> our morning shift is out and already set on the road and looking for putting ourselves in

high places of visual or traffic to be aware we are out there and we want them to be mindful of their speed and the always be proceeding with caution while we are fighting the storm. jobina: sounds good. officer, anything you want people to know this morning? >> it's always good practice to turn your lights on. a lot of people have automated lights but they need to make sure they are on when they are traveling in inclement weather. if you have some type of automation on your car or cruise control, not use it in the rain. jobina: that actually is a good tip. why is that, could you elaborate for people? >> so vehicles do not adjust when they hydroplane. if they are any -- on any automation or cruise control and the sudden loss of traction and overcorrection from a driver not prepared for it, it is in evitable that some disaster will

happen, whether a spin out where forcefully it would just be there vehicle or unfortunately if another vehicle is involved due to someone being unaware of their vehicle is doing without them knowing. jobina: thank you. really good advice, especially in an area where you live. and people that commute far away, that is are commonly used feature. thank you for joining us. . >> thank you have a good one. . jobina: you too. reggie: one of the santa cruz mountains, one of the hardest it areas several areas evacuated because of flood concerns. lena howland is live along highway 17. lena: good morning. we are live along highway 17 near the summit of the santa cruz mountains where the rain is still coming down on us. we are experiencing light showers at this moment but it was a slow-moving drive just coming up the hill here to where we are along highway 17. further up the road from here in felton, we found that community

took the brunt of the storm overnight. take a look at some video taken overnight around midnight. this flooding was so intense in the felton grove community deputies were going door-to-door doing evacuations for any folks still home around midnight. this video was taken along river road and, for background, this road runs parallel to the san lorenzo river, and this was the same neighborhood we showed you that flooded in the beginning of the year because of rising water i came up to six feet on people's homes. we spoke with one neighbor in the felton grove area overnight who did not want to show his face on camera but did tell us this was his fourth time being evacuated and he was told by deputies to leave around midnight or else he would get risk despite many homes raised up along the river. he worries about the ones stuck out ground level. >> the river comes a super far up, there are a couple houses in the neighborhood that are not even raised so they will go completely underwater. lena: we saw this community

already showing signs of flooding due to heavy rainfall and circle drive and we also saw heavy downstream waters coming into grand hill road from the felton shopping centers. so if you do get evacuated like this community in felton, we have a list of santa cruz county evacuation centers running at the bottom of your screen now. a full list of those has been stated on our website, abc7news.com. live along highway 17, lena howland, abc7news. jobina: a lot of rain came down overnight in the north bay causing flooding and mudslides. gloria rodriguez is live in sonoma county. what are you seeing there? gloria: you highway in occidental and you can see behind me the road closed signs because they closed down this portion of bohemian highway because of a mudslide.

so we cannot get closer because of this closure but chp says there is about 50 feet of mud flight here and half a dozen trees down so they call for a plow and chainsaw so they can clear the road. right now, all lanes are blocked. if you take the highway here in occidental, take another route. this takes you down to the town of freestone and one of the good things we see this morning, not much rain now so hopefully that helps the conditions out here. live in occidental, gloria rodriguez, abc7news. jobina: thank you. here's a quick look at the impact the storm is having in the bay area. mayor was disclosed today and might not reopen until this weekend or might not reopen this weekend at all. the oakland zoo decided it would not reopen today in the observatory atop mount hamilton is shut down because of record snowfall in that area. we are learning yosemite national park will remain closed throughout this -- at least

until the 16th. this closure could extend beyond that as snow melts in the area and creates more runoff and flooding conditions there. crews are working to move ice away from drainage areas to prevent water from building up and damaging the parks infrastructure. reggie: an 81 your old man is safe after spending nearly a week stuck in his car trapped by heavy snow. jerry was rescued when a helicopter spotted his car sitting in the snow bank. he said he became stranded while trying to approach a storm. so he managed to keep himself somewhat warm with a windbreaker, quilt, and towel. he survived on snacks he kept in the car, candy, croissants, and biscotti. jobina: important to keep something in the car while you're traveling, also water. the presidential race continued's to take shape -- continues to take shape. coming outcome of the candidate growing the republican field -- joining the growing republican field. reggie: and robert roberts and

why she was in the area. drew: she is everything. we just got soaked with this atmospheric river, we are on the backend of the storm exiting in the next four hours. we saw a lot of rain over the last 25 hours. ben lomond in the center cruise mountain more than five inches, more than two inches oakland, over an inch in san francisco, four inches santa rosa, close to that richmond and palo alto, more than any inch of rain. here is live doppler 7, scattered showers for a lot of us, steady rain in the south a, inland and east bay, numerous storm reports from the system, flooding on roads, trees coming down, it has been a very impactful last week. still i level through this morning until 9:00 am until -- on the exclusive abc 7 impact scale, issue standing water on roadways, you saw gloria rodriguez at a mudslide so we are still seeing concern even after the fact the worst of the storm has moved out. a flood watch in effect to the

weekend, we are tracking more rain over the weekend. here is future weather, watch what happens after 9:00 a.m., it is really quiet. mostly cloudy skies today, temperatures into the mid and upper 50's and will feel muggy later on this afternoon. more rain is coming this weekend on the exclusive abc 7 storm impact scale. it is a level one light storm with showers, the highest rainfall found in the north bay. we will take a closer look at that storm in eight minutes but let's say hi to sue and see how traffic is doing on this morning. sue: a lot of standing water. good morning, everyone. this is san jose highway 101, rain on the lands, hydroplaning, quick changes are a dangerous thing and if you can give yourself enough space between the other person on the road, we are getting reports of solo spinouts and flooding is the big issue. winds on the golden gate bridge are pretty high, same with the bay bridge, san mateo bridge, all reporting high winds.

delays on bart due to weather, they are running slower trains, and east train out of the central valley is running slower because of the weather. as we heard the chp officer, we have mudslides and rock slides and flooding on 580 through oakland, completely shut down both directions since last night near 35th. this is standing water in the roadway, they are diverting traffic off and suggesting you take 880 instead. 880 looks clear and smooth. we will be back with more of all of the storm damage and weather-related issues com

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a major improvement compared to conditions a year ago when the vast majority of the state ranked with severe drought or worse. here's doppler seven, lit up and this is what it will be like for most of the morning. this is a level three storm on our storm impact scale. drew is tracking the storm and we will have another look at the forecast in a few minutes. jobina: new developments in the next presidential election. abc news sources say florida santos -- say ron desantis made a decision about running. here's lindsay watts. >> president biden is unveiling a blueprint for his reelection campaign as the republican field is getting more crowded. lindsay: this morning, ron desantis has reportedly made up his mind about running for president. sources to abc news desantis is privately telling allies he intends to launch a 2024 bid for the white house. the news comes as his top public -- top republican rival faces

new legal trouble. he's been invited to testify before a grand jury in new york which is investigating trump's role of the alleged hush money payment to stormy daniels before the 2016 presidential election. in a lengthy statement, trump denied having an affair with daniels and called the case a political witchhunt. ♪ president biden, meanwhile, outlining his $6.8 trillion budget plan at a rally in philadelphia. pres. biden: my plan will reduce the deficit by $3 trillion over 10 years. lindsay: the plan calls for new spending on things like family leave and universal pre-k. it would also shore up medicare and aim to lower prescription drug costs. pres. biden: we have ask the wealthiest and biggest corporations to pay their fair share. lindsay: the president is using it to lay the groundwork for an expected reelection bid. also making headlines this morning, presidential hopeful nikki haley. in iowa, she said she wants to change the retirement age for americans currently in their 20's and limit social security

and medicare benefits for the wealthy. lindsay watts, abc news, washington. reggie: we had such a great time yesterday with "good morning, america" anchor robin roberts who swung by the bay area a visit. jobina: she made multiple stops. roberts was a featured leader at the university of san francisco's silk speaker series. the event is an open discussion covering everything from business and culture to global affairs. robertson became emotional when -- roberts became emotional when discussing her role on gma and receiving the news about meeting bone marrow. >> this is why we are supposed to enjoy the journey, not the destination. because i didn't know what the next year or two was going to be like. but it made me really truly appreciate that. but yes i'm going to set goals and not to have an expectation on how that will make me feel. jobina: great words there. a former stanford basketball star and olympic gold medalist

was there and moderated the discussion. roberts also as you could clearly see here was onset during midday live and had a lot of fun with her and we got to hang out with her too. >> good morning, america. >> good morning, bay area. [applause] jobina: ahh! drew: we sure did that. reggie: and a lot more. [laughter] jobina: you did. i felt happy she was talking to us as much as we were talking to her because i was like i don't want to talk or air off but then we got into the wedding discussion, i was just -- i am so thrilled for her. the fact she asked her -- asked us for help. reggie: she is an engaged woman. drew: she is. jobina: then i asked my husband last night for advice and he gave excellent advice. i'm like why did i say that? drew: like where were you 12 hours ago? jobina: he said we have a ritual

every sunday we both say something that we did really well as a couple that week and both say something that we could do better. better doesn't mean bad but better like we forgot the reusable bags at the grocery store and the carson that we are walking like crazy people with paper bags and ripping in the streets of oakland. drew: i love that. jobina: so we could have done a better. reggie: that's cute. drew: so a peak in a pick. jobina: it is basically that. if you know about keeping the kardashian's about that. reggie: here's me like what could we have done better, i have notes. [laughter] drew: he's like where do i start? this novel. reggie: page 4 -- drew: in the footnote you will notice the sources. reggie: subset three.

[laughter] jobina: that's how i feel like, we are on page one of this storm? it is too much. drew: we are on the final chapter of this one. reggie: of this one? drew: i have to clarify because we likely have another 16 -- another one week. live doppler 7 will take you to tahoe, the sierra, it is a warm storm. these snow levels are above 8000 feet. i just left the, tahoe canyon tahoe city, southlake, all reporting rain in a small area seeing snow right now. we will take you to live doppler 7 locally if my computer lets me. we love when my computer does this early in the morning. it is currently frozen like your computer at home can get sometimes. let's see if it will advance. let's step off stage and see if we can force it to go. sometimes when we have live doppler 7 it does not play all the time.

here we go. jobina look at you helping me out. come on live doppler 7, let's see if it will play today. i just got the spinning wheel of death right now so we will see if this once to come back to live in a second. if not, i will just tell you what ill happened. we have the rain out now, it is a level three strong storm that we have, we are on the tail end and we will keep it at a level three until 9:00 a.m. this morning. after 9:00 a.m., things are really going to calm down, a break in the action, then we find light showers will occur over the weekend. live doppler 7 locally, we will see if we can do that but nonetheless you will get a break later. over the weekend, scattered showers out there, light in nature, and not anything heavy like we had over the past 24 hours but likely next tuesday, keep that day in the back of your minds. could have another atmospheric river move in here and another round of heavy rain and high

snow in parts of tahoe. we will see if my computer wants to wake up in the next hour but i will send it back to you and we will talk more about the rain coming up. i was about to bang on it. [laughter] come on. it has been working overtime. reggie: have you tried turning it off and turn it back on? drew: i wish i could but the computer itself is somewhere in the building and i have no idea where it is. reggie: that's all i know. from my nonexistent id training. jobina: it really is so frozen over there. reggie: it is like elsa frozen? jobina: yes, it is actually blue. reggie: got it. more real work in store for caltrans what you need to know before getting around. jobina: plus hollywood is helping -- looking to set trends

jobina: caltrain is suspending weekend service between san francisco and millbrae due to construction and testing. there will be a bus bridge service connecting the stations but plan for delays of at least 45 minutes. caltrain is working on an electrification project to provide passengers with greener, faster, and more frequent service by 20 to any four. we are just two days away from the 90 for thoughts occurs and this year organizers are planning to mix it up. reggie: as we showed you yesterday, there is no more red carpet, it is they claim the color of champagne. you can decide for yourself if that is the color of champagne. [laughter] a reporter shows us how organizers are working to attract gen z. >> social and center during oscar season, which is why giu giu green was

among those saying "good morning, america" when the nominations were announced. >> i've been calling this the year of the comeback, earned in fraser being the front runner for best actor. >> talking about movie flt -- gd him 3 million followers on tiktok and many have moved to there to meet young fans. >> we want to be in constant dialogue with film lovers, film fans around the world, social media is the place to do it. >> academy ceo bill kramer knows he needs to reach teenagers for the oscars to stay relevant. >> and we are going to react. >> teenagers like these two sisters from england. >> our entire age group are on social media constantly. >> helen he and beret recommending books to their 290,000 followers and they see commenting on movies as a natural extension of their brand. >> when we began tiktok, our way

of doing it was by visualizing books, making them into movie trailers. >> a movie that is an oscar front runner is one of her favorites. >> everything everywhere all at once is absolutely bonkers and you can understand why it's got 11 nominations. >> but that does not mean the sisters like all of this year's nominees. >> if i had to describe this movie into words, it would be hard work. >> posts like this have been liked a total of 8 million times and the comments indicate fans appreciate their honesty. >> i think he can turn into something a lot bigger. >> i'm sandy kenyon, abc7news. reggie: abc7news your home for the oscars are in our coverage begins at 10:00 and with on the red carpet, or on the champagne carpet whatever you want to call it. at 3:30 it is countdown to the oscars and 5:00 p.m. is show star. jobina: dion lim will be there covering hollywood's biggest nights.

look for our reports starting later today. reggie: who would you want to meet? jobina: angela bassett for sure. reggie: angela bassett. bina: absolutely.high up for me. reggie: i like her. jobina: i would also throw in there, not that she is nominated, but tracee ellis ross. i would just love -- reggie: that will be the most fun interview of the day. jobina: that's what i'm saying. yes. reggie: and we got it. we are not there. jobina: but in my mind -- reggie: it is really good. jobina: new at 6:00, one bay area county facing a lawsuit over destroying inmates mail. reggie: and the 49ers front office not safe from layoffs. how many employees are no longer with the team. jobina: here's a lie like outside showing you -- not outside of live doppler 7. rain is coming down in parts of the bay area and our life team coverage continues with drew, sue, and the rest of the team across the bay area. be

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>> building a better bay area. moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. jobi evacuations in santa cruz county. officials going door-to-door to get residents to safety. reggie: close call on the peninsula. a treetop one on top of the car.