preparing so they baker rest. his shooting is being investigated. june 1 deadline to raise the debt ceiling. automakers a still not odds over negotiations. jobina: preparing for a rest of the airport starting this morning. reggie: kumasi: is it going to be nice? drew: there is a slower breakdown of the marine layer.

the coast will stay cloudy. number starting in the will keep on that jacket all morning long. by 9:00 a.m., we have a lot of cloud cover over the east bay and parts of the north bay. the coast want see sunshine day long and that will usher in even cooler weather later this afternoon. cooler than yesterday, low to mid 60's. inland, low to mid 70's. we do have a bit of a warm up coming our way. jobina: starting off the commute with the deadly crash on the eastbound 588. you can see the purple line that is lit up. you are watching stop and

traffic. elsewhere, things are looking clear. everything is moving at the limit. we will keep an eye on that deadly crash in livermore. kumasi: millions of americans are expected to travel in the rush starts today. we have a closer look at how busy the airways and roadways are going to be. amanda sfo, everything is running smoothly especially at this hour but it is still pretty early. we know the hectic travel holiday weekend is arriving. today is expected to be the busiest. aaa million passengers are expected to fly over the next few days.

hopper has sought estimation even higher saying that there will be 17 million passengers flying out of airports between now and monday. this memorial day begin could be the busiest since 2005. if you are thinking, great driving instead. there will be 42 point 3 million americans joining you. traveling 50 miles or more this holiday weekend. that's a 7% increase over 2022. the unofficial start of the summer season starts here. it's a mix of lower destinations are back open and competitive pricing. >> you look at the travel numbers for the first four months of 2023, they are higher than they were pre-pandemic. amanda: aaa found that ov

next few days for people are opting for different modes of transportation like buses and trains. these travelers 1.5 million. at 6% more than 2022. in the next half hour, whether they are on the roads or at the airport we are looking at the best travel times in the next few days. we will talk about that at 5:30. reporting live from sfo. reggie: the man and killed by a wild grade security guard after being accused of shoplifting. his family is filing a lawsuit against walgreens in the security company.

against the security guard. his funeral is it first baptist church. kumasi: don carmen testified hands up but dodi hit him with a metal pipe. he accidentally pepper spray it himself. dodi's attorneys says c armeniani spray pepper spray on on housed peoples. reggie: an increase in violent crimes. >>

visual deterrent. reggie: the same day oakland police announced that nine preteens have been arrested in connection to robberies that happened in oakland, piedmont. kumasi: an alternative to funding the police. they suggested a housing invest in housing and the youth. >> we believe you can achieve justice and safety by spending our budget on the police. justice and safety is by investing in our communities. >> we are not going to allow for our presidents and businesses to

feel unsafe in our communities, to walk to the grocery store, to walk to their vehicles. kumasi: the mayor proposed budgets for six police academies which will increase the police force in the next two years to 730. the deadline to reach a deal on the debt limit, there is no sign of a deal as congress prepares to leave washington for a holiday weekend. jobina is tracking the risk to the economy. jobina: this pu rating on watch but the agency says it expects the deal to be reached here. defaulting on the nation's debt would throw the whole economy into chaos. speaker mccarthy said the ceiling standoff was not his

fault. odds over the conditions for raising the limit. republicans demanding cuts as the white house accuses mccarthy of listening to extremists. >> members of the freedom caucus are referring to the full faith and credit as a hostage. >> we spent ever before. jobina: they are not expected to return until tuesday. they have been warned to come back early if a deal is reached. reggidrew: in the city today. get used to the cloud cover, it will hang tough for the morning.

the marine layer is steep and will stay along the entire coastline throughout the entire day. gray skies. 50's to begin your morning. our marine layer is stubborn today. the warming process is slow, 50's and 60's by noon. everybody away from the coast seeing sunshine, a bright afternoon. 60's and 70's by 4:00 p.m.. this area of pressure is not moving, by the out of here. we are stuck in the temperatures are below average. 60's and mid-70's away from the coast. temperatures dip a bit tomorrow.

the holiday weekend will be warmer. we will have those numbers in a few minutes. reggie: remembering an icon, the life and legacy of tina turner and how she inspired bay area artists. kumasi: it's been seven years since the ghost ship fire. how the building is being demolished.

>> if we continue to act in the way that we are acting, even if it's more than last year we will not meet the scale of this epidemic and we will continue to see exponential increase in death of people in our state. reggie: a first of its kind hearing at the state capital focused on drug addiction.

lost children to drug overdoses. witness included the state superintendent and public health officials. they spoke on filling in gaps for drug addiction. kumasi: the effort to open self injection sites is moving forward. those are places people can go to use drugs with supervision. with those in this area. the ideas getting >> they could not these programs but it is keeping people alive. kumasi:

are illegal under federal law but city leaders believe the new york model could provide a path forward. reggie: condolences are coming in for tina turner. kumasi: she had such a career in music, it spanned more than 50 years. she was born and mae bullock. she rose to prominence in 1960's. she changed her name to tina turner after marrying mike turner. to this day she has influences in the bay area. >> tina turner was performer. she embraced rock 'n' roll rock 'n' roll music.

>> wanted to grow up and be just like her. for the past six year she honored tina turner by singing her song's and her moves. >> that ability to sing and dance at the same time me, doing tina turner inspiration. >> there are earlier records with ike and tina, her biggest record is private dancer. her voiceher voice is stepping m toxic marriages,

from turmoil and being able to come into her own. that cannot be understated. >> that is what tina turner was known for. we are here for them to keep her legacy going. in the south bay lauren , kgo news. reggie: if you haven't seen the documentary, it's on hbo max. and the broadway show is good. i'm so glad i got to see it. that was one of the last times we saw her in public. it is touring the country right now. if you get the chance, g it. it's a remarkable way to look at her career. kumasi: wasn't it pre-covid that it started?

tina said i don't workout, i don't drink, i don't do drugs. drew: she definitely got a workout. skies across the city. here is a live look showing you the cloud cover over the city. this stubborn today and tomorrow to break down. that keeps us cooler than average for the next two days. by the weekend, we will see som changes. the holiday weekend is looking quite pleasant. by 9:00 a.m., still lots of cloud cover and those clouds are not leaving the coast. highs in our

clouds are slow to clear. cloudy but more sunshine in palo alto. downtown, limited sunshine, very cloudy. 50's and 60's in the north 50's and low 70's on the east bay. you will get sunshine around 10:00 a.m., 60's for land, fremont low to mid 70's. jupiter are still below average for this time of year. tonight is mainly overcast. things improve lot of afternoon sunshine saturday and sunday and get to the low 70's. a cooler afternoon with below average temperatures. the holiday is looking nice with temperatures in the upper 70's

and lynn. starting with a deadly crash in livermore. all lanes are blocked inbound the westbound is also affected. the that as well. tracy did that and you are looking at 59 minutes. your reference. the richmond, san rafael is clear. the biggest issue is coming out of livermore. kumasi: the tina turner musical is here for the entire month of august. go check it out. reggie: memorial day the biggest travel times of the year. here is abc news

>> airports on one of the biggest travel days of the year. so this is where it all happens? >> this is our control center. we have a view of all the g here. >> and with 3.4 one mil americans expected to fly for the holidays, airports are bracing for it all. >> howdy prepare for that many passengers? >> for us to excel. >> and coming up at 7:00 a.m., we have all the tips you need for a hasslefree memorial day weekend. with your gma first look i am gio benitez. kumasi: coming up the seven

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seven things to know this morning. fema services for banko will be held today. he died after being shot at oh walgreens after allegedly shoplifting. reggie: fitch's put american credit on watch for a possible downgrade raising the stakes in the debt ceiling negotiations. they are at an impasse as they prepare to leave for a holiday weekend. kumasi: florida governor has launched his 2024 campaign. he made that announcement on twitter. next, he will hit the trail to iowa, new hampshire. reggie: more than 42 million are planning to drive or fly for the holiday. if you hit the road today, go before 1:00 p.m. or tomorrow before noon. drew: we have overcast skies

this morning. the class will be slow to clear, slower than yesterday. away from the coast we will have sunshine with cooler temperatures in the 60's and 70's. larry: on eastbound 5 kumasi: governor newsom with san francisco leaders, they discuss solutions to the drug prices, rebuilding downtown and the financial situation facing san francisco. abc 7 is celebrating asian american and pacific islanders heritage. reggie: family would commute from san jose to sonoma to compete and go cart races.

j.r. stone has more on the trail blazer you will see here on seven. >> you have this feeling you are going to crash, but you are not. that feeling close to the gives me so much adrenaline. jr: her passi driving is seen here in this video. she may history as the first filipina to win an f1 race. she makes you smile in conversations but don't let that fool you. she is a race car driver and she is fast. has been since her early go-cart days that started it at age three. >> i was going may hour.

for me, i was driving so fast and i fell in love with the speed. >> >> bustamante is proud to represent the people living in the philippines and filipinos around the world. she is also well aware of the challenges her families faced both in the philippines and in the united states, specifically in the bay area. >> just to get money for my racing, put food on the table. because of this, i rarely saw him. that is why it meant so much that i one. jr: while will never forget this big win at eight years old.

>> that was my very first international when and after winning that, racing the filipino flag, and being the only girl. it was the most pivotal point in my career. jr: looked up to danica patrick. she is not shy to talk about racing, a field dominated by men. >> i could be doing a make up routine or an outfit check, doing normal things that a young girl would be doing. it can be so daunting many people normally take. if it was easy everybody would be doing it. hat an other gls

tono masi: it is the outfit for the dedication. reggie: it was balancing the ping-pong on one leg. more businesses shutting down including another retailer leaving the mall. kumasi: the sentence handed down to t

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las vegas final. what that means for the team moving forward. kumasi: in staying safe on the water, the reminder from the coast guard ahead of this holiday weekend. reggie: good morning to you around town. drew: it is going to be today. we have lots of clouds, overcast skies. no dense fog right now. there is drizzle along the coast and everyone is waking up to temperatures in the low to mid 50's. take the jacket with you because the cloud cover is stubborn. it's in the 50's and by 10:00 a.m. we will see peaks of sunshine but stuck in the upper 50's.

morning clouds are s clear. they will stay immediately along the coast the entire day. away from the coast, we will get sunshine but temperatures are colder. preek we do have one update which is that they have open one lane on this deadly crash scene. this was reported at 3:30 and all lanes were blocked on eastbound 580 at spring town boulevard. the westbound direction we are looking at a lot of slowing due to onlookers and speeds are at 10 miles per hour. it is beginning to fill westbound towards the maze. reggie: a drug

offices and stores closing. the challenge to revitalize san francisco. gloria rodríguez joins us live with the meeting that just happened in sacramento. gloria: that meeting was not open to the public or the media but they spoke about the governor's message. he hosted san francisco business and city leaders with negative attention totop iss crisis and e city's downtown. >> san franciscans being victims. you can turn this into a self-fulfilling prophecy and we need to take action. he realizes that we could do better and was frustrated by what he saw. >> you can allow these

conditions on the street. people need to feel safe and comfortable. gl break up fentanyl rings in the city, london breed also agreed to tackle this item contentious meeting. despite the real problems that san francisco is facing, it's important to remember there are a lot of good things going on here inghe noon r nehbhoods areriving. neighbore owners of a house that exploded in the sunset district earlier this year. the owners ignored in the garage. he was making hash oil when the house blew up.

it killed his wife and damaged several homes. that lawsuit accuses the landlords of negligent saying they ignored conditions of the house and allowed price to continue his dangerous activities. >> the kind of activity here is egregious. these types of drug labs are incredibly dangerous. the landlords had a duty clients to at least be aware of what was going on and take further steps to stop that from happening. >> they say prices not in the lawsuit because it is part of the legal strategy. reggie: there are new plans for the site of the ghost ship disaster. it was demolished earlier this month. they also report that a known as the spanish speaking

unity counsel has purchased the lot. no official decision has been made. kumasi: local officials have reached tentative build the new baseball stadium. they have asked for 500 million to fund a one point 5 billion stadium that has a retractable roof. a new ballpark in vegas would be the fourth home for the team. a new ballpark could open by 2027. reggie: a michelin resta announced a closure after a violent break in. hi felicia opened in the owner hopes to open a wine

bar in the same location soon. kumasi: banana republic has closed its doors and this is just weeks after nord stream announced they would close their doors. westfield said it had 170 tenants and now it only has 80 listed on the website. coal hardware is set to close. the pandemic struck a severe blow to his business. reggie: millions of americans will board a plane or hit the road but when you go could make all the difference. what do you need to know before you hit the road? amanda: this weekend is marking the unofficial start to the summer travel season. here at sfo, there were not a lot of people but travelers are beginning to arrive in heading out.

if you are getting away here's a way to lessen the stress. write down the worst and best times to travel. between 3:00 and will be the window for the worst travel time. leave before 1:00 p.m.. tomorrow, leave before noon. saturday and sunday, there is expected to be minimal tropical impacts and your return, noon -3:00 p.m. is the worst time, instead travel before 10:00 a.m.. for those on extended holiday tuesday before 2:00 and after 6:00 p.m.. for the millions with the flights booked, the busiest days are today and tomorrow. best airport

sunday will have the least flights but by that time your weekend is limited. those airports will be busiest in the mornings the evenings. pete buttigieg says the faa is looking to hire more traffic -- air traffic controllers. >> they need to establish more realistic schedules. there is a question whether airlines are properly aligning their schedules that they are promising with resources and staffing that they bring to the table including enough buffer to deal with situations that make bob. amanda: you can slight delay can cause a huge headache. airlines are being held accountable for staffing shortages and failing to prepare for inclement weather events. in the next half hour we will break down how many people will be on planes, trains and automobiles beginning today

through tuesday. reporting life it sfo. kumasi: memorial day weekend is the beginning of boating season and the coast guard wants to make sure you are safe. coast guard officers francisco fire department want to remind everybody to be aware of the weather and tides when you are out on the water before you go boating and of course, where life jackets. >> it comes down to planning, making sure you have the equipment necessary to respond to any situation you might run into. whether that's a working radio to call the coast guard over channel 60, if you have your phone to call 911 if you're in a kayak. taking those steps can make all the difference in the world. kumasi: more than 10% of american households owned some type of boat.

ron desantis has officially entered the race for president but there was a bumpy launch to his announcement. reggie: it turns out we see bees more often. the reason why we are also seeing more swarm attacks. drew: for the holiday weekend i know a lot of people will go to the reservoir to take in the sunshine. they will look a lot different to last season. our two biggest reservoirs shasta in lake orville a capacity. trinity lake is half full, getting a lot of snow melt. new malone uses that 72% if you are hitting the reservoirs, it is a lot deeper than you probably saw last summer. back here at home,

stubborn today. that's a big take away for your morning. we will see limited sunshine. this afternoon we will s sunshine away from the coast but those clouds will stay along the coastline. by 10:00 a.m., look at the cloud they clinging to the coastline that creates a cooler afternoon compared to yesterday. temperatures in the 60's and 70's. even cooler tomorrow before we bounce back for the holiday weekend. those numbers warm even more

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new wave of covid-19 in china. they expect infections to peak in june. the search is com after the chinese government mostly dismantled its infrastructure for dealing with covid. the u.s. state department is discussing cases with valets and other partners. here in the u.s., new york's broadway is making a comeback. the number of seats has reached pre-pandemic levels. more than 12 million people attended performances for nearly $1.6 billion. all theaters close for more than a year. this season there are 40 new productions. reggie: to campaign by florida governor ron desantis. it was delayed by technical glitches. he announced his bid life on

twitter along elon musk. it did not go very well. jobina: the plagued by technical issues, crashing, for 21 minutes the feed included silence and crackling and elon musk could be heard saying, so many people were logged in, twitter's were melting. desantis' policy and culture war he did not mention donald trump. he did take direct shots at president biden. >> biden has inflationary policies that have her working people. we will build an economy where working americans can achieve living.

kumasi: president biden tweeted the caption. jobina: this link works. the national committee wrote, and true ron desantis fashion, his presidential launch was quite literally not ready for prime time. desantis is voicing optimists sing the amount of listeners shows enthusiasm around the campaign. the super pac is hiring staff across 18 states. reggie: can we talk about bees now because we are in the midst of swarming season and be attacks are on the rise. people and animals have been stung. in arizona, one man this dog when they were swearing by hundreds of bees. when emergency crews got there, they got attacked before finally spraying them down. >> there were literally

thousands. they were all over my arms, all over my face, back. reggie: he got stung times, his dog pippen got stung 50 times. experts say the weather is playing a role in the attacks. >> throughout the state of california we had a lot of rain and increased rainfall can lead to a boon in the bee run away as fast as you can and as far as you can. reggie: lots of time we tell people not to run away from animals. in this case, you are supposed to run away. cover your face and ears and find any kind of shelter. kumasi: that has to be the most terrible thing. i have a meltdown when i see one. reggie: i

last time i got stung. jobina: i stepped on the hive as kid. it was horrible. not as many as this you are not supposed to jump into water. you have the potential of drowning. sorry to make that grin. you know how they are spraying him down, the water will repel the bees. but if you see a swimming pool, don't jump in because there can be so many bees and if you come up for air the bees can be waiting for you. this is accurate information. drew: is this the hunger games? reggie: negative about beyoncé, that's a different kind of hive. drew:

it is good advice, life advice. don't jump in pools and comfort beyoncé. it is a may be a again. average, but it will hit us for the holiday weekend. this drop in pressure over eastern oregon is supplying the marine layer and cooler than average temperatures. look at the cloud cover? hanging tough through 9:30 this morning. by 2:30, we sunshine. the temperature is similar to yesterday. 60's for a lot of us along the peninsula. downtown today, we will get sunshine around lunchtime.

the north bay, i average. 60's and 70's, in the east sunshine right around noon. those are hollow slow the clouds are to appear. cloudy conditions with numbers in the 40's and 50's. we will have cooler weather but then, we will rebound for the holiday weekend. les cloud cover, more sunshine. looking pleasant for memorial day. jobina: follow that deadly crash in livermore. eastbound 580, you do have one lane open. this

is starting to fill in as well. you are looking at o eight minutes from tracy to dublin. antioch to concorde is any minutes. we will wrap live picture in oakland where everything is moving so smoothly. reggie: i am still thinking about those bees. the big honor coming legendary jack queen -- queen we for likes or followers. their path isn't for the casually curious.

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on nancy pelosi's desk has been sentenced to prison. a judge ordered richard barnett to serve time in prison for his part in the attack. he spent 10 minutes in her office and wrote a vulgar note to the former house speaker. he plans to appeal his case. kumasi: a new aim plant could the answer to treating paralysis. one dutch man is walking for the first time in decades. he was in a cycling accident is now able to walk after electronic implants. they transmit his thoughts to his spine and then to his legs. he was able to control his hips from his thoughts after 10 minutes with the implants. researchers who developed the technology say his body produced new nerve connections. >> get back hope to the people

with spinal cord injuries and they will be able to walk again thanks to this digital bridge. kumasi: experts believe it could be years before the research is available to the public. but you can see what is possible. reggie: will let you change lanes by using your side eye. it unveiled its new five series sedan highlighting the cars optional highway assistance program that allows drivers to go long distances without touching the steering wheel or puddles. you can change lanes by looking at one of the outside mirrors. this system relies on camera behind the steering wheel to monitor the driver's gaze. it will be available in october.

starting price is $67,000 for that electric vehicle. drew: it constantly changing lanes. my side eye is so strong. here's a look at the dog walking forecast. we get sunshine around 10:00 a.m..

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