>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. >> breath he was the sweetest person in the world. kumasi: first time since the da declined to file charges in the shooting death of benko brown, we are hearing from his mom. the protests happening today. reggie: billboards across the city trying to raise awareness about drug and overdose problems. kumasi: and? we think we have figured out what this is. a lot of you had some ideas about it. reggie: you already

you were telling us. kumasi: we got to the bottom of it. reggie: it's not tt, which is disappointing. kumasi: we have a lot to catch you up on here with spencer and the forecast. spencer: a great start to the day, but nice in the afternoon. nice right now if you like missed. -- mist drizzle on the coast line that will continue until, there you go, it moves you quickly on its own. temperature readings are mainly in the low to mid 50's across the bay area. clearly a narrow range. this is the mist hovering over the city. a forecast headlines, grey morning skies. patchy drivel -- drizzle on the coast. sue: taking a look at the richmond san rafael bridge, no fog here. traffic is moving well in the westbound direction from the toll plaza to san quentin.

on the eastbound side as you approach the span we have reports of a stall blocking a lane with slow traffic as you leave marin county and head in the reverse commute direction. we will take a look at the fog. look at the golden gate bridge i came across earlier this morning, it was windshield wiper weather. definitely down across the waldo grade. four lanes in your southbound drive. traffic is light. no delays. heads up, never too early to be looking forward to the weekend and this sunday is the beta breakers. not only bart will be adding earlier service for runners but san francisco, the golden gate ferry and caltrain as well. guys? kumasi: thank you. another protest planned in the wake of the district attorney decision not to file charges in the case of benko brown. the man shot and killed by a

security guard at a san francisco walgreens last month. we are also hearing from his mother and his attorney this morning. amanda joins us live in the newsroom with this. amanda: this morning we are hearing from benko brown's mother and attorney in response to the latest case development. john burris says the family plans to sue the security guard, his employer, and walgreens. burris says he will target the company for the policy of having guns. at 10:00 this morning there is a planned rally outside of the d.a.'s office and the group behind it is expected to continue their push for the prosecution of the security guard. burris and his mother are referring to anthony as the aggressor. >> saying my son was the one trying to protect himself. balled up on the ground to cover his body and his face. i just don't understand where the gun came from.

>> he was not the aggressor. that is why it is troubling to me to have this view that the officer claims he was the one in fear when he was the one with the gun, the one that was physically assaulting benko. it's hard to understand how subjective intent can be acknowledged and accepted. in his interview -- amanda: his intvi guard said that he claimed his life was in danger and ground said that he would stab anthony. saying that that is what the fear in his art. back to this morning's planned demonstration, the group will amplify their a quest for the doj to get involved in reviewing the case. there is much more to cover on the case this morning. for now reporting live in the newsroom, amanda dicker still yelled. , amanda del kumasi: you can see more of the

interview with benko brown's mother on "good morning america," coming up at 7 a.m. after the newscast. reggie: east bay penalties have been up to crackdown on and city council unanimously passed the legislation last night. participants could face up to six months in jail or a $1000 fine and it would not penalize people who watch sideshows. city leaders say that sideshows affect the infrastructure of the city and often end in violence. kumasi: also in the east bay, police are asking for your help to find a person who was possibly kidnapped. witnesses saw two men force a woman into the back of a pickup truck. take a look at your screen, a pickup truck with the license plate 8 this happened just before 2 p.m. yesterday near the intersection of e street and 100 1st avenue in oakland. take a look at the truck again.

if you have any information about the incident, you are encouraged to call oakland police. in the north bay, utility bills will be more expensive for the people living in marin. the municipal water district voted to significant he raise rates despite pushback from the community. >> this represents the resist -- resilience that we need in the water system considering the impact of climate change with the action to make it happen. i fully support the proposed fee increases. >> i'm speaking against the regressive nature of your opposed rate. they will hit hardest on those who use the least amount of water. kumasi: some people could see their bill go up by 20% with the first increase coming july 1. the rates will vary depending on each customer's meter size and water usage. the money will go towards upgrading infrastructure. reggie: new billboards calling

attention to the fentanyl crisis. we were at brandon near 5th street where one of the billboards has gone up. part of a campaign launched by two groups seeking to put an end to the open air drug markets in the city and employ -- implore city leaders to do more about them. it's also quite the critique of what they call failed drug policies including what they said to them is that there are not enough laces to actually treat drug use rather we are focusing too much time on meeting people where they are. these can be found at the south of the market and tenderloin neighborhoods and they are highly controversial. kumasi: elizabeth holmes, founder of their news, denying -- denied her request to remain out of prison pending appeal. after the decision the judge ordered her to pay 450 $2 million in restitution to the of her crimes. a jury convicted her last year in connection with misleading and defrauding investors about her blood testing technology.

the judge will now decide when she will have to report to prison to serve her 11 year sentence. still to come, questions about dianne feinstein's health, or running with reporters reigniting controversy over her ability to do her job. reggie: and why we have to wait a little longer to hear about the seeds in the historic cash review. spencer: it's a misty morning out there but things will change rather significantly this afternoon and in the days to come

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51 in san francisco. 51 in oakland. 52 at half moon bay. still a bit misty over the cityscape. temperature readings right now are in the low 50's in nevada. on we go to a look at afternoon conditions, sunny skies over the bay and in land. high temperatures mainly in the mid 70's along the bay shoreline. along the coast we will see upper 50's because the fog is going to linger. here is the accuweather forecast. cooling continues tomorrow. breezy and cooler tomorrow. the commute continuing into saturday if i can get my words together here. the coolest day will be saturday with high temperatures only in the upper 70's. reggie: still ahead, a plea from one of the biggest ai companies about government regulation. and a girl missing since 2017 found safe thanks in part to a netflix show. here's a live look outside.

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reggie: in canada, tens of thousands are facing evacuation orders and poor air quality as fire crews battle nearly 90 wildfires. smoke turning the sky orange in calgary. i know we are familiar with what this looks like, right? you can kind of see the city skyline if you look really close. the air quality is expected to improve today but we don't know if the smoke is going to entirely move out and it certainly brings back what we saw on september 9 of 2020. i remember it because it was my birthday and i thought that i wake up to the end of the world? it felt like it. along with the marine layer and smoke from the numerous wildfires, turning our sky

orange. the ceo of open ai is urging u.s. lawmakers to regulate artificial intelligence technology. >> i think if this technology goes wrong it can go wrong and we want to be vocal about it. we want to work with the government to prevent that from happening. reggie: sam altman appeared yesterday before the senate judiciary committee. open ai runs chat gpt. the government can regulate the industry by creating a licensing regime for companies working on the systems. the impact on jobs was also addressed. certain jobs will be replaced. experts say ai will mostly transform them. >> i believe the engineering will transform it into a kind of system design concept rather than hard coding itself. small things will be done by the ai, but the large things will be done by the team.

altman told congress government action will be needed but he's optimistic about how great the jobs of the future will be. kumasi: new concerns this morning over the cognitive health of dianne feinstein. a reporter from slate said that she hadn't been away from washington despite the fact that she had been recovering from shingles for two months in san francisco. when the reporter pressed her again she said she had been here and voting. a spokesperson declined to comment. reggie: the transportation commission is set to vote on a feature of highway 37 which could become a tollroad, making it the first tollroad in the entire bay area. currently only bridges charge you every time you go over. if approved, the total price could be seven dollars to eight dollars. similar to what you pay going over other bridges.

they are very concerned about protecting it from sea level rise. kumasi: former san francisco mayor willie brown is set to announce support for a class-action wall -- lawsuit against wells fargo. he will be joined by a civil rights attorney to make the announcement at the san francisco federal building, accusing the bank of denying loans to minority applicants at an unprecedented rate during the pandemic. wells fargo is the largest morgan lender in the nation. saying it has a long-term commitment to closing the minority homeownership gap. reggie: do you tip when you use a self-service kiosk? we are seeing it more and more. kumasi: now a lot of us are really just programmed to tip. experts warn, though, there is no guarantee that the tips collected by a computer will actually make it to the employee.

this is in "the wall street journal," federal protection for tip worke don't extend to tips coming from machines. one person called it emotional blackmail and someone else suggested businesses should just pay their employees more. reggie: we need to hear final outcome is. kumasi: i want to know the wall street report. reggie: i just look at it and it is not conclusive. it's like people are worried it is not going to the workers. so workers, telus, are you getting the tips or not? if you are not, what are we doing? spencer: i don't want to not tip because you feel like you're depriving someone of something. reggie: you know what i think i would like better? like a tip jar that is there but is electronic. an electronic tip jar. what i want to see is like boop and i want electronic money to go ding into the thing. like a visual representation. [laughter]

so that they can hear it, you know? sue: why not just use real money? reggie: because i don't carry real money, sue. [laughter] this is my wallet. like, literally this is what i carry around. two cards. spencer: i understand that. sometimes i feel like my whole life is in my phone. kumasi: you sound like that girl on tiktok trying to explain a house phone. there's a girl -- there's a phone in the house and people would call it? [laughter] sue: just use money. i've got change at the bottom of my purse, i'm happy to give it away. you know what i'm saying? reggie: we are big tippers. spencer: highrollers. reggie: let's not get crazy. [laughter] spencer: let's roll over here and show you what's going on with the weather. fairly narrow temperature right now, much like yesterday morning. low to mid 50's. temperatures will remain in that range until we get more sunshine later in the day. near the coast in the bay with a

patchy drizzle as well. some of you if you have been out this morning may have had to use your windshield wipers for a few seconds as the patchy drizzle continues through midday and moves away. right now it is lingering over san francisco as we look back. forecast headlines, grey morning skies near the coast until midday and then we can expect a bright and breezy conditions into the afternoon with a breezy pattern developing this afternoon and continuing into the weekend. high temperatures reaching into the upper 50's on the coast. 64 in san francisco. low to mid 70's on the north bay. in land, east bay, mid to upper 80's will be the warmest today. highs of 80 in san jose and morgan hill. tonight slows under increasingly cloudy conditions mainly in the mid-50's and the accuweather forecast shows temperatures dropping off a couple of degrees each day, bottoming out saturday

before warming up again a little bit later. over to sue with a look at traffic. sue: looking at the bay bridge plaza, metering lights are on since 5:30 this morning and we are stacked up for a 15 minute delay from the back of the line all the way into and through the toll plaza. highway four from hercules, through the backup and into san francisco across the span is 45 minutes or so. we put it in the yellow. here's a look at the stream of headlights headed westbound. across powell street and into the maze, you are moving at a clip but definitely below the speed limit. we'll be right back. reggie: here's more news. reggie:turning now to ginger zee with a look at what's coming up on gma. kumasi: good morning, ginger. ginger: so nice to be with both of you. coming we start with the latest on the debt ceiling showdown.

the clock is ticking down as president biden heads overseas. also an exclusive with a juror from the trial inside the deliberations for the so-called doomsday mom. another exclusive with the parents of a boy seriously injured falling out of a bunkbed at the little league world series. why they are now suing. helping you step up your walking game, getting the most out of every step you take. reggie: are you the kind of person that tracks steps? ginger: know if i did that i would be in so much trouble. yesterday i got five steps in, had to go to d.c. and back. i would not be well-off. [laughter] reggie: but i know you have that treadmill. amy: yes, i have a treadmill. i can do it. but if i tried to tell myself 10,000, data is too strong for me. i'm too obsessed with this thing, my sleep ring. reggie: sleep ring?

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>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. reggie: mayor ilchge the bank a brown case.

the latest reaction from across the city. kumasi: then the latest plan to revitalize parts of the city riddled with empty spaces and vacant stores. reggie: most incredible video of the week so far. a dust devil that came out of nowhere. this poor kid. kumasi: that is so scary. reggie: i was traumatized just playing baseball. i can't imagine if a dust devil hit. kumasi: he still needs support. leaving him alone. reggie: they didn't leave them alone, did they? he grabbed it. kumasi: he grabbed it but look. ill find out. reggie: i see. [laughter] he so confused. kumasi: how did i make it through? reggie: you are right. kumasi: you're good. reggie: gnocchi playing. [laughter] kumasi: good morning, everybody. it's wednesday, may 17. reggie: spencer i've never seen anything like that where a dust

devil appears so quickly. spencer: usually you see it developing slowly. but hey, climate change. dust devils are changing, too. reggie: devil say away from me. [laughter] spencer: devil made me do it. all right. let's talk about the weather. it's a little devilish out there right now. the fog as lingering a bit. misty and drizzly in some spots, but we will have a nice and sunny afternoon. 51 degrees in san francisco. mid-50's to upper 50's in san jose and mountain view. another look here at the mist hovering over san francisco. 51 to 52, mid-napa, with a little more in the forecast headlines. gray morning skies will be with us for little while. patchy drizzle lingering near the coast until mid-to-late morning. bright and breezy in the afternoon with high temperatures in the 80's in the in land areas with a breezy cooler pattern over the weekend.

looking specifically at the highs today, you can see up to 88, 64 in san francisco. sue, how's the weather looking. traffic? [laughter] sue: foggy at the coast, slowing down because of that fog. it's down on the deck of the golden gate ridge southbound. across the span it's moving at the limit for the light but you will need your windshield wipers for sure. it's very thick fog across the span. headed farther south towards san jose, highway 87 there is an act the north at the 280 interchange. right here this is right before the airport. very light. traffic is moving nicely but be prepared to slow down. 87 north at 280. that is your look for now and we will be back in a couple of minutes. reggie: sue, thank you. this morning we are hearing from the mother and attorney of banko brown after the da announced no criminal charges will be filed.

a security guard shot and killed him at a walgreens in san francisco last month. amanda joins us now with new reaction plus details on the protest planned for today. amanda: on behalf of banko brown's family the attorney says they plan to sue the walgreens security guard, his employer, and walgreens, specifically targeting the company policy of having guns. he and brown's mother spoke out this morning, maintaining the security guard was the aggressor . and on brown's alleged shoplifting, the attorney says security guards can stop the person, no doubt about that, but in this case anthony he says went way beyond what was reasonable and necessary, adding that stopping someone and talking to them is different than stopping them and ultimately killing them. in the interview with police, the security guard said that he claimed his life was in danbrow.

>> my son was the one trying to protect himself. balled up on the ground like an infant to cover his body and his face. i just don't understand where the gun came from. amanda: we have seen prote san francisco with people calling for the district attorney to rethink the decision. there is a planned rally this morning outside her office. the group is expected continue their push for the prosecution of the walgreens security guard in addition to requesting for the doj to get involved and review the case. reporting live this morning, amanda del castillo. kumasi: thank you. the police chief reacting to the decision not to file charges. gloria joins us live in the studio with that part of the story. gloria: the san francisco police chief commended jenkins transparency and called her a great public safety partner for

the city but brown supporters want to see more donend of banko brown gathered at the harvey milk club yesterday, speaking out against the district attorney's decision to not file charges against of the security guard who shot and killed brown over a confrontation of suspected shoplifting. video was released from the store where it happened where the district attorney says the guard acted in self-defense and there is insufficient evidence for criminal case. loved ones disagree and public officials are now weighing in. >> it's a real tragedy but at the end of the day i think the district attorney did everything she could to look at the evidence and make a decision based on what the evidence demonstrated. >> our folks did their jobs. >> more san francisco stores and businesses are hiring private security guards and the chief confirmed there are other armed guards in the city and said

these types of incidents are very rare. the san francisco supervisor introduced a resolution yesterday urging the california attorney general and u.s. department of justice to look at the evidence in the case income to their own conclusion. the mayor says there is nothing wrong with welcoming the attorney general or anyone else to come and review the case and make their own determination. reggie? happening today, 30 -- reggie: thank you. happening today, health care workers coming together to rally across the state as the board of regents is set to meet today on pay raises for senior management. executives average salary reaches nearly $500,000 a year. uc health health care workers rally last month for cost-of-living increases. some of the lowest paid workers in the system say low wages are making it impossible to make ends meet. the rally is scheduled for later today at the parnassus campus. reggie: london breed -- kumasi:

san francisco's mayor is planning on investing $6 millio. riddled with empty spaces and vacant stores. she wants to make it easier to start a business on powell street from gary to market and completely reimagine the corridor. >> street improvements to change the conditions. make the streets, the sidewalks wider, easier to get on the cable cars, more inviting. the other thing it will do is provide support for those who want to start businesses along that area. kumasi: she says the plan is needed to change perceptions in the city. officials agree with sfmta. partnering with her on the plan saying that downtown economic recovery is critical to attracting people from around the world. reggie: more than dry area in the bay area, very good news for businesses impacted by the winter. the san jose bike shop told us that they saw a boost during

pandemic and didn't think it would last forever but they did not think they would have a long and wet winter to do with. >> bike shops are notoriously seasonal to some extent. we live in california where the weather is great all year round for writing. this year was exceedingly rough. the weather was so cold and rainy, people don't want to ride in it. it really affects the business. reggie: shop owners posted to facebook looking for extra business in the call is going out viral. they're hoping that the extra support will combine to pick things up. kumasi: president biden heading to the g7 summit today but is cutting the trip short to continue debt limit talks with top congressional leaders. a bipartisan deal could be made as soon as this week coming after a long standoff between the president's administration in the gop. lawmakers are feeling a sense of urgency with the looming

recession. >> can't default on the debt. having said that, i think we should seize this opportunity to talk about how we can reduce the rate of growth and spending and debt accumulation. kumasi: yellen says that if congress doesn't raise the debt limit, the u.s. could default as soon as june 1 and there is a warning that recession is not far behind if the county defaults. -- country defaults. reggie: still ahead, business decisions from tesla that they have never done before. kumasi: the big stock exchange board is down, update on the markets next. reggie: questions about secret service protocol after the a man was able to enter the home of top security advisor to the country. stay with us for abc 7 at 7:00 on our streaming app, we are talking to toni braxton live and she has an important message about a health condition that

affects so many americans. you can download the app now wherever you stream. ♪ i get so high around you, baby ♪ spencer: we are looking at a rather uniform range of temperatures right now across the bay area. still have lingering low clouds and fog with patchy drizzle near the coastline, as we watch you can see low clouds coming to the coastline by midday with sunny skies everywhere except along the coast. highs in the upper 50's at the coast. losing my voice. around the bay shoreline, excuse me, low to mid 70's is the high. inland will be the warmest, upper 70's and low 80's. about 80, 82 in the south bay. overnight, low clouds and fog returning to push all the way across the land areas and low temperatures will be mainly in the low to mid 50's.

our accuweather forecast looks like this. breezy and cool tomorrow with high temperatures in the low 80's. ling continuing mid-60's on the bay shoreline with a gradual warm-up on sunday and monday. we will be bac

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reggie: nba playoffs continue on abc 7 and you can watch game three on saturday. the nuggets are playing the lakers in l.a. and tip-off is around 5:30. so here is that video again of a little league game that was happening in florida. a dust devil popped up at home plate while this little boy was at bat. the umpire says he was looking at the pitch when suddenly he saw a dust storm. he ran back and helped the catcher out.

everyone was ok and the game just continued. resilience of children i guess, i definitely would have run home. new this morning, an investigation being launched after an unidentified man entered the home of a nationals area advisor, jake sullivan. the spokesperson said that he enter the home through an unlocked door around 3 a.m. two weeks ago. sullivan was home, confronted the intruder in the intruder left minutes later. the security breach brings into question secret service protocol because sullivan is under 24 hour per day protection and agents were at his home at the time. >> the secret service has ordered a comprehensive investigation into what went wrong but from a personnel standpoint and in the terms of technology we are told that changes have been made and depending on the results of the investigation, agents could be held accountable. reggie: this shows after

shows attacks on officials have been up for hundred percent in the last six years. north carolina legislature voting to override the veto of the restrictive abortion law that bans most abortions after 12 weeks. until now the majority of abortions were allowed in the state up to 20 weeks. the new law takes effect in july. a new study that has a warning for parents about kid use of youtube. finding youtube recommendations can expose children to violent videos. researchers set up accounts the behavior of boys in the u.s. who would like videogames in the u.s.. the account was flooded with graphic content of school shootings, gun training videos, and more violence. many of the videos violated their own content guidelines. youtube sent a statement to the ap saying that they offer a number of options for younger viewers designed to create a safer experience for tween's and

teens. updating a story that we are closely following in san francisco, plans to dramatically change the historic castro theater are up in the air. they delayed a vote yesterday that would extend landmark status to include the inside of the building, the seats. another plan for entertainment was to remove them and put in a movable floor with seating. the vote is now expected to happen june 6. a swedish company opening an office in the bay area hoping to lead the way in electrifying fairies. we took a ride on an electric boat and they are in the process of building a fully electric ferry that can hold up to 30 people. right now it takes about 30 minutes with an electric boat that would be cut in half. >> it's basically about the flies above the waves and uses 80% less energy. the mission is really to help accelerate that transition to fossil fuel free waterways.

reggie: but will it still have a bar? kumasi: that's the question. reggie: priorities, here. there's plans to test the ferry later this year and they hope to bring the boats to the bay area. the agency that provides the service was recently awarded a $14 million grant from the state to help electrify ferry terminals. kumasi: irs launching a pilot program to help file taxes for free. they have spent months finding out if people want to see this free online system. now they are testing the option starting next year. big tax prep companies are of course resistant to the idea. critics worry the irs could be in a conflict of interest as tax collector and tax preparer. supporters are hopeful it will make the process more equitable and acceptable for taxpayers. reggie: a new strategy for

tesla, they will start advertising for the first time. elon musk told shareholders that the new plan, he will see how it goes. he suggested for years that there was no need because demand outweighed supply. but the electric vehicle industry is shifting as other automakers are competing with tesla and ads have been proven to drive up sales. i guess that's just a generality? taking a live look as the stock exchange gets ready this morning, up 113 points. kumasi: taco bell asking regulators to lift the trademark on taco tuesdays and liberate the phrase for all. in a petition they said taco tuesday is critical to everyone's tuesday. calling to end the from other chains who hold the reins on the phrase. they said they are not seeking a trademark of their own but rather commonsense usage of the term. legal experts say this could be settled by what is called

genericicide. >> when something becomes so generic it cannot be trademarked. kumasi: ok. taco bell has filed two requests. one against taco john's and a second new jersey where a different chain has a trademark on taco tuesday. reggie: i didn't understand taco john's until i went to minnesota. kumasi: did you like it? i shouldn't ask you these questions. [laughter] let's talk about beyoncé. reggie: rallying again this morning. kumasi: she just posted a photo teasing a new haircare project. in it she celebrates her hair journey. there is a throwb her getting her hair braided as a child in the salon. this haircare line along with her other projects include her record label in her own clothing

line. right now she is on her ninth concert tour for renaissance. look at those braids. cute. reggie: they are cute. kumasi: those are some of my favorite memories, getting my hair braided as a child. my mom used to braid my hair all the time. i used to be like i want designs. i want beads. sue: how do you sleep with beads in your hair? get used to it? kumasi: they were on the bottom. not appear, like down here. reggie: that's sweet. spencer: my hair was never braided. [laughter] kumasi: not once? spencer: i never had enough. kumasi: long enough for a few cornrows right now. [laughter] spencer: we'll see. reggie: i would love to see that. spencer: [laughter] it could happen. [laughter] maybe a career saving move. [laughter] reggie: don't knock it until you

try it. [laughter] spencer: looking along the embarcadero from the rooftop camera, current temperature readings are in the low 50's in san francisco and oakland. out toward san jose, 52 degrees at half moon bay are you looking back at the cityscape on the oratorio camera, we have missed up north. mid-50's at napa. shifting eastward, these are the forecast headlines. gray morning skies are still with us with patchy drizzle on the coast, giving way to bright and breezy conditions this afternoon. that will continue into the weekend. this afternoon look for high temperatures of 58 in half moon bay. around the bay shoreline, mainly mid 70's. cooler than that in oakland. in land and east bay will be the sa, look 80. highs in the upper 86 at morgan hill. tonight we will of course he a return of low clouds and fog

pushing in land with lows on the milder side, mainly low to mid 50's. and then the accuweather 7-day forecast looks like this. cooling continuing tomorrow and into saturday when the trend continues, saturday being the coolest day in the forecast with in land highs only in the 70's and a gradual warm up sunday taking us into early next weekend. now we have a look at the traffic. sue: on the bay bridge the metering lights are turned on. traffic is stacked up beyond the over crossings now. all the way from hercules into san francisco, pretty stacked up there. we you about last time. there might be two separate with an accident near 280 and one near kirchner. maybe one in the same. mike separate. the damageasit very slow.

southbound at castle loop, slow due to an accident blocking the lane there. stacked up back to the pleasanton interchange. kumasi, reggie? kumasi: thank you. in the east bay if you walk the streets you might see some colorful pops of chalk art. hundreds of students helping to beautify the streets around their school near telegraph and 19th yesterday. it has been called a kind of art activism. the idea is to let students express feelings outside the classroom and state -- staff are hoping to create an environment of positivity and security. >> i now have a security guard accompanying every pe class and what they witness on the streets is not something i want young people exposed to. if people know it is a school zone, crime is less likely to happen in the immediate area. kumasi: they plan to eventually create a mixed-use community space with a soccer field and

performance amphitheater with basketball courts. [louder kumasi: this elephant calf at the pittsburgh zoo is really feeling bathtime. this video shows the calf just splashing around. warning that zookeepers were concerned about how low the weight of the baby was but that it is now thriving at 900 pounds. reggie: i like her. i think it is rude they named her tsunami. do you want to be named after a natural disaster? kumasi: a force of nature is what i see. reggie: going to name your daughter hurri? hurricane? kumasi: that's not the same. reggie: qua? earthquake? kumasi:o,riend. no.

reggie: tor? tornado? kumasi: no. up next, seven things you need to know. reggie: remember when they would name the bears after forest fires? that was also rude. it would be like claimy. -- flamey. come on. yes, we are on demand on the bay area tv app, connected through roku. download the app and you can start screaming. kumasi: taking a live look outside right now and it is beautiful

you trying to ice me out of the bed? baby, only on game nights. you know you are retired right? am i? ya! save 50% on the sleep number limited edition smart bed. plus, special financing. only at sleep number. kumasi: if you are just joining us, seven things to know this morning. number one, another protest is planned for this morning in san francisco to encourage the district attorney to change her decision not to charge a security guard who shot and killed benko brown.

they want the california attorney general and department of justice to review the case. reggie: the city of oakland approving new penalties for those who open eyes -- organize sideshows, including six months in jail or a $1000 fine. kumasi: number three, president biden heading to japan for the g7 summit today but he will be cutting the trip short to continue negotiations over raising the debt limit. reggie: number four, officials in marin have approved a significant water rate hike. the first increase is coming july 1. spencer: number five, the morning mist lingering at the coast with high temperatures around sunny skies and mid 80's in land. sue: number six, pardo drivetime but there it is. fog on the bridge, chp has just issued a thick fog advisory. kumasi: for the first number seven, the oscar meyer

weiner mobile has a new name. it's now called the frank mobile. [laughter] they said they wanted to pay tribute to their 100% beef hot dogs and a new recipe. reggie: look where that picture is, it's amazing. sue: looks like the bay area. reggie: it is, that's monterey. i don't accept this but fine. weiner mobile, come on now. that's classic. it's also you know, funny, makes you laugh every time you say it. sue: frank mobile doesn't have the same ring to it. reggie: it doesn't, it's not silly. reggie: surely, you can't be serious and don't call me shirley. [laughter] alright, i'm reading here that they are being coy about it. they are seeing they want to see if it cuts the mustard. [laughter] spencer: no my god. reggie: you better catch up.

[laughter] >> good morning america for our viewers in the west. as time runs out to reach a deal on the debt ceiling, some signs of progress. glimmers of hope. president biden meeting with speaker mccarthy with just over two weeks until a potentially catastrophic default. the president cutting his foreign trip short. now what both sides are saying about the progress, and what a default could mean for jobs, mortgages and your 401k. urgent questions about how an intruder was able to get inside the home of president biden's national security adviser at 3 a.m. a purple swing state imposes new limits on abortion. new details on the deadly

shooting rampage in new mexico.