moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc7 news. >> he and i agreed that each of one of us could pick up the phone call directly and would be heard immediately. >> open communication with china. one of the key elements president biden says was discussed and agreed upon during his long meeting today with the in the bay area with china's president xi jinping. good evening. i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley live on the roof of our building at abc seven overlooking the exploratorium and the site of that huge party hosted by president biden. now getting underway. although without president biden at the moment, he is just now probably leaving woodside having concluded a news conference that we brought you just a few minutes ago on abc seven news at five. so he is making his way up now to san francisco guests, however, for this party started arriving at around 430 this afternoon. uh- the event itself started at 5:00. invitees include apec leaders and delegates as well as

local dignitaries and people in the community as well. president biden is expected to address the crowd at 730 tonight. however, that probably will be a little late because he is running late. here's a live look at the arrivals for the party. all the pomp and circumstance of an event of this magnitude and international event like this in the rain not dampening anyone's spirits, but certainly bringing out some umbrellas. as you can see, dignitaries from all 21 member economies are here at this reception. people in the community, important leaders, and also important political figures from around the state as well. now, by 5 p.m. today, protests had gathered at the roadblocks set up along the embarcadero at broadway. all very much expected the number of demonstrations continue to grow here. this is as close as they can get to the exploratorium. this is where the check in location is for party guests. some people were laying down, as you can see, on the sidewalk, refusing to move. others held

signs asking for a ceasefire in the war between israel and hamas. very much. one of the key topics we're hearing from protesters about the last few days as this conference got underway, we've seen at least two protesters get arrested. uh- there is a large number of san francisco police here as well as something like a thousand highway patrol officers that have come in from around the state to help control the situation, make sure everyone is safe. now, as i said, the abc seven news building is located right across the street, literally from the exploratorium , a stone's throw away. here's a live view from our roof camera up here to give you a good vantage point of what is direct behind me. looking across from the embarcadero, i should point out, you can't see it from this picture, but the embarcadere itself, of course, is closed to traffic in this section. and there is a large steel fence that's probably 8 or 10ft high running down to the embarcadero in front of that building to keep people away and because of this event, it is closed between broadway and battery street. here's the map to show you where

for this stretch of the embarcadero is closed. this will reopen tomorrow. this section. but for the moment, it is closed . and let's go now live to abc7 news reporter j.r stone. he also has a very good look at the gala. the proceedings below j.r. >> dan, i was going to talk all about the spectacular views from here on the roof which we do have those views, but we also have a lot of rain. it is very wet outside. on one side of me you can see the financial district of san francisco and then on the other side where those check points were the ones that dan talked about there. that is where i can hear the protesters in the distance and i can hear them chanting now, also down on the street as you look at that security checkpoint, just keep in mind just a little while ago, this line was a very long one and people were coming through there to get into the party. but i think that rain really pushed things ahead. and then you have the front entrance right down here. now, i do want

to go to some of the video because over the course of the last hour, it has been a busy one. when it comes to getting these dignitaries inside this party. now, you almost have the feel of a red carpet event here. but the difference that you have when you have a red carpet event, people often pull right up. they've seen in the lights, they wave to people they might take pictures or talk to reporters. this is a different atmosphere. these dignitaries, these prime ministers and presidents, they come in with numerous chp officers, with private security and they are being pushed into the back area behind a lot of these cargo containers that have been set up. they've set up at least nine cargo container cars for security over the course of the past week. and so those dignitaries come in and they take them right behind those containers. and so you don't even see those individuals make their way in. you just see that large entourage of people making their way into this party tonight. and i will say a lot of people have asked, will the chinese president xi be here? well, which leaders will be

here? what leaders won't be here? they have kept it pretty tight lipped on who will be here and who won't be here. we do know president biden will be here. and we also know that he just wrapped up talking a little while ago. so it's going to take some time for him to get back to san francisco just because of this weather. dan? yeah, now back to, you know, question gwen stefani will also be here performing tonight for the attendees. >> j.r, have you seen any of the dignitaries on a personal level while you've been watching? >> dan great question. i have not, but i have been talking with people in the community. one woman told me she's from singapore. she's been here 22 years. her and her food truck, they were able to cater the event for the singapore prime minister. prime minister lee, last night. and it was a memory she'll never forget. >> what an honor and a thrill for her. thank you, j.r, very much. well, the top headline at apec today, that huge high stakes and very important meeting between president biden and china's president xi jinping. it took place in woodside at filoli garden. it

was a roughly a four hour meeting, said to be very productive and abc seven news reporter zach fuentes has been covering that part of the story from woodside. he joins us live. zach yeah, we're just up a mile from where the meeting took place. >> it's pretty dark out here now, but there's still a strong law enforcement presence by chp. there were so many people out here earlier, hundreds of people out here either in support or protesting president xi's visit. but people from around the world have been looking to this meeting and what might come out of it. and we finally heard from president biden following that four hour long meeting just at a half hour ago. let's take a listen to what president biden had to say about that meeting he called constructive and productive. >> i welcome the positive steps we've taken today, and it's important for the world to see that we're implementing the approach in the best traditions of american diplomacy. we're talking to our competitors just may blunt with one another. so there's no misunderstanding as a key element to maintaining global stability and delivering

for the american people. and in the months ahead, we're going to continue to preserve and pursue high level diplomacy, the prc and both directions us to keep the lines of communication an open, including between president xi and me. he and i agreed that each of one of us could pick up the phone call directly and would be heard immediately. >> and that was a main goal of president biden going into this meeting. we heard from him yesterday. he said that he would define success as building that better communication, having that military to military communication again, biden said that he and ji got to restart, cooperate to encountering narcos ticks. they got to talk about the fentanyl crisis and the production of those precursors to fentanyl. those precursors, the chemicals that are produced in china. china, he says, is taking action on that. biden also said that following these talks, the us and china will have experts coming together to talk about risks associated with artificial intelligence to determine what's useful, what's dangerous. they also discussed the war in ukraine conflict in gaza and, of course, taiwan.

biden said that he stressed the importance of peace and stability there. right now, though, it appears there is still some tension around that subject. now of course, this meeting lasted for several hours and long before it. and even just under an hour ago, there were hundreds of people, like i said, just up the road from where that meeting took place. some here to welcome president g. a lot of people here to welcome him, but a lot of people also here criticizing this. again, so many people focusing on this meeting. now, the law enforcement presence out here is still strong. chp, we aren't sure if we're going to see the motorcade come behind us at any point right now or not. but again, this meeting was something that president biden is defining as successful and we could expect to see more headlines coming out as a result of this headlines and developments. we will continue to track, of course. but right now, live in san mateo county, zach fuentes, abc seven news. all right, zach, thank you very much. >> as you saw in zach's piece, protesters gathered outside the gardens where biden and ji met today. we've seen protesters all around san francisco on a variety of topics. so far, no

significant problems. they have been largely peaceful. a couple of arrests that we know of now. we have team coverage on this aspect of the story. before we hear from abc7 news. reporter luz pena. let's go to abc7 news reporter suzanne fan with more on the protests we're seeing in san francisco. suzanne >> well, tonight we're here at the embarcadero at the ferry building earlier about an hour earlier before the rain, there were hundreds of people behind me. the rain has stopped, but they have many of them have headed home. now, we can tell you that there short distance away from the exploratorium. and they were hoping that their voices, their message would be heard. they're calling for a cease fire in gaza all over the city today, we saw all sorts of protests gather around, folks esteemed guests of an unusual invitation. the group called climate defenders shared this video with abc seven news today. the climate activists are criticizing citibank and exxonmobil. they held a.

wedding ceremony at new montgomery market street in san francisco's financial district. activists say both companies prioritize profits over people. they're rallying to demand that both companies stop funding fossil fuels with so many world leaders in san francisco for this week because of the apex summit, protesters say this is a prime opportunity to make sure they're seen and heard. the world is watching you at the chinese consulate. more than 300 people protested. they include people from tibet, hong kong and chinese dissidents. we've gathered here to rise up against xi jinping and send a very loud and clear message that he is not welcome here in the free world. they want china's president, xi jinping, to hear their demands free tibet, free hong kong, free east turkistan. and they want two of the world's most powerful leaders to remember what they believe is most important. >> we're here at apec protesting on the day of the bilateral meeting between joe biden and dictator xi to let them know that human rights must be front and center at any discussion, economic or military. >> a knob. hill more demonstrators frustrated with

chinese president xi, but they're sharing their protests in a different way, holding their signs in silence while practicing falun gong. these people are so peaceful, but they have been, you know, severely persecuted in china. >> we know there are like over 20, 21 countries and the leaders will be here. i want to let them know that. okay. so the persecution is still going on and people really need to know, you know, speak out and again tonight here at the ferry building, there were protesters calling for a cease fire in gaza. >> hundreds of children's shoes are being displayed here along with children's art. organizers say that's a tribute to all those killed in gaza. we're live here in san francisco. suzanne phan abc7 news. all right, suzanne, thanks very much. >> passionate people making their points and their voices heard on so many issues. i want to turn now to abc7 news reporter luz pena for another perspective on this. loose >> that's right. activists have

been protesting in downtown san francisco since 7 a.m. today and you can still see a small group of them waving led lights behind us as well as law enforcement blocking several streets leading up to moscone center. pablo pablo neruda, hundreds of activists take to multiple streets of downtown san francisco, blocking traffic and trying to stop apec attendees from entering the summit, or activists who are prepared to lock down even to get arrested if it comes to that for the objective of delaying the ceo summit as much as possible for four hours, a human chain was created to disrupt one of apec's main entry points where ceos were meeting. >> in that meeting, they plan to cut more free trade deals that will poison the planet and drive wages down and cut jobs from people to no to apec. >> coalition includes about 150 antiwar climate and labor organizations, and it led the

group that protested for multiple causes. >> and we were really successful . we were able to cause disruptions across all of the traffic throughout san francisco, make a statement that we as filipino people, as workers, as youth, as women, really oppose the decisions that are being made and trade deals that are being brokered as well at apec. >> as a motorcade was escorted by chp officers past second street, another group of activists with a new federal state of china movement lined up another apec entry point. >> so we're here to send a message to xi. this is not the place he should be. he's a dictator. okay. so he's a totalitarian dictatorship. and the democ democracy and freedom does not have any room for him. and so we're here just to send him a message that we are absolutely wanted to take him down with the global spotlight on san francisco and more than 500 people dying on these streets from fentanyl so far this year. >> today's meeting between the two world power leaders could be crucial for the us to put

pressure on china to crack down on the facilities, making fentanyl. but these protesters don't trust it. >> i wanted to warn americans because you're dealing with the devil, they never honor any agreement. you just have to look at the history. >> actavis tell us they will continue to protest for the rest of the week, hoping she's and world leaders see and hear them in san francisco, luz pena, abc seven news. okay, lewis, thanks very much. >> first lady jill biden day and gratitude while she attended a fundraiser event in atherton. activists created a human chain of roses, thanking the bidens for their ongoing effort to free the israeli hostages held in gaza. on our website and we're updating it as events unfold. and they are unfolding here. you'll find it all in the front page of our website, abc7, news.com and let me show you another live look now at the arrival entrance to the exploratorium. i should point

out where you see they've put this giant mural in front and it's a mural in front of the building, but to the sides you will see in a wider shot you will see these giant murals as well that say aipac on them, 2023. behind those are giant steel containers, three high that they put in place for security and then covered with the banner to dress it up a bit. luminaries dignitaries, leaders, diplomats and invited special guests all arrive ing for this event that is now underway. we expect the president shortly having left woodside a little while ago. so it's been a very eventful day. first, that all important meeting in woodside between xi jinping and president biden and now this huge gala tonight. and of course, all of the events that happened all day long at the moscone center as well, which is the epicenter of this huge international conference. more coming up a little later, but there is more news to get to. and for that, we'll go downstairs and back to ama. >> all right, dan, thank you so much. and you saw some of our reporters out there covering all the apec events today and

getting rained on. >> and this is just the first of several days of rain in the bay area. abc's seven news meteorology sandhya patel is tracking that wet weather for us. sandhya. yeah that's right. >> ama and you're going to need to hang on to those umbrellas over the next couple of days as we look right now, we are seeing some pockets of moderate rain on live doppler seven. even briefly heavy right along the east bay alamo, danville street level radar. you will notice where it is coming down. it's a light level one storm that is stalled off the coast of california. and that is what's bringing us some rain across the state and also the snow in the sierra as we go hour by hour, the next couple of hours will be the heaviest. and then it goes to scattered showers on our storm impact scale. it is a one through tonight. rain heavy at times, wet for the commute, gusty winds and a possibility of isolated thunder. i'll be back to let you know how long this is going to last coming up. all right. >> we'll check back. thank you, sandhya. coming up, the paul pelosi attack case is now in the hands of the jury. and whatever they

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on the embarcadero here in san francisco. this is where people are arriving. occasionally we see people come in. but now let's go to a live look in san mateo county, the president is on his way to that party. he was at filoli estate and had a long meeting with chinese with the chinese president. and they made some progress in communicating. so it was a big day for the president. and now he is making his way to this apec party to 8-80 at edgewood, traffic is stopped so the president can

make his way to that party. and we continue to cover all things apec. we continue on air and online on our website, abc7, news.com. we do have other news to cover though. tonight. the fate of the man charged with the attack on paul pelosi. the husband of speaker emerita, nancy pelosi is now in the hands of the jury. abc7 news reporter stephanie sierra has the latest from federal court. >> the jury just left for the day after deliberating for nearly six hours. the trial resumed early this morning with closing arguments. the government again laid out a timeline of each piece of evidence that points to defendant david depapes intent to target speaker emerita. nancy pelosi. they ended with a recording of depape admitting to sfpd he planned to take the former speaker hostage. the defense tried to paint a picture that depape was not motivated by nancy pelosi's official duties as a member of congress by recapping evidence of all the other targets on his so-called hit list. the 43 year old is charged with federal assault and attempted kidnaping of a us

official. and since this is a federal criminal trial, the verdict must be unanimous. in order to avoid a mistrial. as deliberations continue thursday morning in san francisco, stephanie sierra, abc7 news. >> all right, dan, you made it down off the roof. >> i did. it was raining pretty solidly up there. fortunately, i had a bit of a cover, but it was coming down. >> that's right. let's get you abc seven news meteorologist sandhya patel for what more is heading our way. sandhya >> yeah we still have some downpours out there dan and let me show you live doppler seven right now and we're going to get you in right to street level where it is coming down around sears point novato boulevard. novato getting some heavy rain right now. same thing in the east bay around dublin. san ramon danville. so watch out this evening. commute is not very easy. lightning strikes have been reported off the coast of california. that area of low pressure continuing to spin in off the coast. and as long as it does, we're going to keep the instability in the forecast through saturday. sierra is getting a mix of rain and high

elevation snow right now. your temperatures in the 50s and 60s, those winds are gusty, especially along the coast and hills right now. ben loman, 32 miles an hour. a live view from our golden gate bridge camera. you can see how wet it is on our abc seven news exclusive storm impacts scale. it's a light level one storm through tonight. we're looking at rain, heavy at times wet for the commute, gusty winds chance of isolated thunderstorm can't be ruled out. so 7:00 tonight, still all some pretty good rain across the region. by 9 p.m, it becomes more showery in nature. and i'm isolated. then tomorrow afternoon, we track our next round of some scattered showers. friday will still see some showers coming through here going into saturday. some brief downpours as you will notice, right on through saturday morning, early afternoon. rainfall projections through saturday. anywhere from 1307 inch to over an inch of rain is expected. your morning temperatures 40s, 50s. you will need to bundle up tomorrow

morning. tomorrow afternoon. make sure you don't leave home without an umbrella because we will have showers around 60s and 70s on your temperatures. the accuweather seven day forecast. it's a one for tomorrow, friday and saturday periods of rain isolated thunder chance and then the second half of your weekend is a better day for outdoor activities as we dry out heading into early and middle part of next week. just in time for thanksgiving ama and dan. nice. >> all right. thanks, sandhya. >> i can't believe that's next week. yeah. >> how old is it here? all right. >> well, do you remember this day? ten years ago? here's a hint. back kid. how he's doing a decade after taking over san francisco for that one am

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happening now, one of the biggest events of apec is underway. certainly the most glamorous. here's the view from our rooftop president biden is hosting a welcome reception for dignitaries. it's located right across the street from our building here at abc7 at the exploratorium. and here's a live view at the arrival area where dignitaries are passing through since about 430 when the doors opened. and it's few and far between at this point. most people are inside, but they are are greeted with that giant mural of the golden gate bridge and those that folks in the receiving line making a very festive reception and dignified reception for them. >> and tonight's party comes hours after the president met with china's president xi. it took place at filoli gardens in

woodside, less than an hour ago, president biden spoke about the meeting and efforts to improve relations between the two nations. >> we're in a competitive relationship. china and the united states, but my responsibility is to make it make this rational manageable so it so it doesn't result in conflict. that's what i'm all about. that's what this is about . >> and today was day one of the ceo summit at apec. speakers included condoleezza rice, gavin newsom, uber ceo, as well as presidents and prime ministers from apec member economies. >> now, tomorrow is the second and final day of the apec ceo summit. president biden is set to speak. there's also a panel featuring salesforce ceo marc benioff and tesla's elon musk. there will be an event at the legion of honor, which will mean new street closures. but only for one day. bay bridge lane and ramp closures will remain in effect. apex last day is on friday. >> and while san francisco will

benefit tremendously from this week's events, many small businesses is for them. apec hasn't done enough. >> they're a little disappointed. actually. many workers have stayed home this week to avoid traffic, of course, and that is severely affecting those mom and pop operations. that's right. >> and abc seven news reporter lyanne melendez spent the morning near the embarcadero. you were out there walking around. what did you find? >> well, it's amazing. you know, when you talk to people, what you learn about the issues and what's important to them. so when we set out to do this story, we really didn't have an objective or any expectation nations. we just thought it would be a good idea to give these small businesses a voice. so here we are in san francisco, perhaps the cleanest downtown in the entire country, at least for this week. >> i noticed that whenever there's a major event, especially this event, all of a sudden those who are unhoused, those who have mental health issues, they seem to disappear. they seem to be pushed out of the way or hidden away.

>> so what's going to happen after apec? >> i think what's going to oh, what's going to happen after apec? they'll be back. >> i run every day to embarcadero center and they're repainting re posting re steam cleaning everywhere. >> hey, no one is complaining but keeping these streets tidy for a week is of no consolation to small businesses here on drum street on the embarcadero. this walgreens used to be here. it closed. and i remember this 7-eleven store right here, but it was robbed. so many times that they finally gave up, gone. and then you have the oasis grill, which at lunch time was so popular that there was always a line around the block. so when the pandemic hit, they were devastated. and then people came back to work to maybe three times a week, if that. and this week, many people were encouraged to work from home to

avoid the traffic and the madness near apec, much to the detriment of local eateries, we were expecting all our customers last week. >> they were going to be busy. you're going to be crazy, but nothing. so yesterday we expected to get busy very day on monday, slow. today we don't know. sell only like few orders, but nothing. >> it's the same song and dance at foccacia market and bakery and the mexican restaurant hotel. next door. this is like a week of lost revenue, like an extreme loss of revenue. >> really? yeah i'm the only one working. >> so put your mayor hat on for a second. you're the mayor. what would you do to improve this area? to bring businesses back? >> i would host an event or bring more attractions to us. they took away the sky skiing thing or the skating rink during holidays that took a lot of loss last year. we used to be open from six in the morning to eight at night. we can't even do the evening because there's nobody

down here in five years. >> where do you see this area going headed? i pray that it goes up. >> i don't see it going up, but i pray that it goes up. we'll be here. i know that we strive every day to move forward and we give all that we can. we haven't raised our prices just to keep people coming back and right next to those business is of course, embarcadero center. >> in june, it was announced that there were plans to convert two vacant retail spaces into child care facility. one of those conversion projects that we keep hearing about, well, that's not going to bring back the nightlife, but it may encourage some employees to come to work downtown in person. more often. if there is a child care facility right there and, you know, she was right. she has a point about the skating rink not being there, that justin herman plaza, the one on union square, is of course, still there. but a lot of families used to come. and you're a big skater.

>> skater my whole life. it brings families. you come out, have a nice day, maybe go get something to eat and do a little holiday shopping while you're there. it's just one less thing to attract people to that area. i can see the problem. all right. thanks, liane. >> all right. there is still a large crowd of protesters at the ferry building in san francisco. we take a live look now. you can see that group there. this is just down the street from the big apec party. that is happening at the exploratorium. so let's take a look at the explorator aureum just down the road. this is actually a look at the arrivals area where the president, he's on his way, will be coming. he's expected to speak around 730. dignity is coming in. but it started people started arriving around 430. so we haven't seen a whole lot of people coming through just waiting on the president. >> and work continues on trade and cooperation at the apec conference in san francisco, abc seven news anchor kristen sze has more on today's happenings at moscone center. >> the biden meeting was absolutely the talk of the ceo summit, which kicked off today. it was really a who's who list

of speakers, presidents, prime ministers, ceos and entrepreneurs. while the theme is sustainability and inclusivity, the undercurrent is that china must become a partner. and they were counting on the biden xi meeting to lay the groundwork. look, as governor newsom made the rounds promoting california's technology, stopping at the exhibit of mountain view based autonomous air taxi maker wisk aero, he told reporters that there are opportunities for both economies is through collaboration. echoing a president biden today, divorce is not an option. >> we're going to have to define terms of our future, and particularly as it comes to the issues that unite me. and i think unite our two countries on low carbon green growth. and you've got a g20, you've got a g7, and then there's ag2. it's the united states and china. >> many of the speakers at the ceo summit were looking to invest or do business in china. and some acknowledge that's been more difficult the past few years as tensions rose south. bay assembly member evan low pointed out the to do $166

billion in trade with each other annually. so not engaging is not an option. >> it's in the bay area for the consist of close to 40% asian pacific islander. we know that there are cultural and economic ties. we must be partners in this. >> chinese media outlets are also reporting on the biden xi meeting closely with optimistic headlines like this one in the china daily efforts to get ties on track, pay dividends. here's chinese news anchor liu xing there is a thousand reason to build this relationship, to make this relationship work. >> and there is no reason for this relationship not to work because we are the two largest economies. and how many jobs for both sides that this can create. the us and china agree to resume a working group on climate cooperation and pledged a major ramp up of renewable energy. >> so we'll see if more detail climate initiatives come out of tomorrow. so the ultimate culmination of the apec summit kristen sze at the moscone center. back to you. thanks kristen, very much.

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not commit. he was exonerated thanks to legal help from the northern california innocence project. >> abc7 news reporter dustin dawsey explains how he's celebrating his new rightfully deserved freedom. >> i'm feeling extremely happy that i'm finally a free man. you know, i'm a big fan of the dodgers, you know. freddie freeman. and i'm a free man and exonerated after 25 long years. thanks to the dream team. sarah allen and page, tears of joy with words of appreciation. >> once facing a life in prison without the possibility of parole. 44 year old miguel solorio now gets a life in society. he's back to enjoying the little things like a steak dinner. >> delicious. >> after spending more than half

of his life in a southern california prison for a murder that he never committed, the 25 years of experience, it was devastating. >> and you got to have perseverance. you know, you always got to have hope. hope that the truth would eventually set him free. >> in 1998, solorio became a suspect in a fatal drive by shooting in whittier after his nickname was linked to the shooting by witnesses. however solorio lawyers say his face was not picked out of a lineup of six suspect pictures. at first, the way our brains work, if they had actually seen miguel at the crime scene, they would have been able to pick him out immediately from that first lineup. >> but police didn't stop there. they showed witnesses, more lineups until they got someone to identify him. and all of that evidence was presented at trial when really it never should have been the northern california innocence project at santa clara university found this evidence was mishandled and there was false testimony in the trial. >> the los angeles county district attorney set solorio

free on november 10th. >> we are so glad that that justice has has finally come to fruition to turn the wheels of justice, no matter how slowly or quickly at the end was the best experience of my life, solorio says. >> an adjustment period is under way from life. in 1998 to 2023, but he's excited for the promise of the future and the gift of freedom. >> this is the best christmas present ever. after 25 years. how amazing. and i'm just so happy. and it's like surreal. like this is even happening and i'm thankful that i'm finally going to spend it with my family and my loved ones. >> dustin dawsey, abc, abc7 news . >> wow, i love his joy. yeah, absolutely. all right. it is raining tonight and there is more rain in the forecast. sandy is going to show you what to expect where you live as we take a live look at the exploratorium, that apec event happening tonight. and now we're taking a live look at the ferry building where there were protests, a couple hundred people earlier. we're down to maybe a couple dozen at this

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be his fourth time emceeing the awards. the only people to host more are johnny carson, billy crystal and bob hope. the 96th oscars will be held at dolby theater in los angeles on sunday, march 10th. you'll be able to watch it live right here on abc seven. and he always does a great job. well the celebrities in the bay area tonight are going to the apc party at the exploratory room. here's a live look at the arrivals area. president biden is on his way here after leaving woodside after that big meeting with chinese president xi jinping. he left about half an hour ago. >> so, yeah, a bit of a rainy ride up to the city. >> yeah, it was really pouring for a while. meteorology sandhya patel is here with the latest on the weather. >> sandra yeah, and dan and ama, it's been briefly heavy, but it has been coming down. let me show you live. doppler seven now things are starting to quiet down, but we're not done yet. look at what's offshore. i'll show you that in just a moment. we're going to start first with where it is raining right now, as you will notice, some moderate to heavy rain right around black hawk. tassajara clayton area, bay point,

pittsburg getting some downpour hours at this hour as we take a look at some of the rainfall rates, you'll notice it's about a third of an inch per hour in oakley. so don't be surprised if you get caught under one of these downpours in the napa area, dry creek road getting some steady rain as we go to street level radar. we're going to widen out here and show you what's happening off the coastline. you will notice this, that here is some more moisture here. and that's all in association with the storm that's been sitting off the coast. so it is heading in the direction of san francisco at 739 tonight, 743 into san rafael . all right. for the apec summit, the forecast for tomorrow calls for scattered showers, mainly the second half of the day, mid 60s friday, we'll see another round of the rain and it's going to be mainly in the evening with the possibility of thunder. live views from our tower cameras. the laser light down market street, hard not to notice from sutro tower. certainly a beautiful view from our roof camera and golden gate bridge is wet. san jose's been getting rain as well. it's snowing in

the mountains at the highest elevation. snow levels will remain around 8000ft before they lower a little bit. that light level one storm off the coastline will finally start to shift, getting closer to us as we head into the next couple of days. so 7:00 tonight, scattered showers becoming very isolated late tonight. and then you get a little bit of a breather before that next round comes in tomorrow afternoon, evening, and then we'll see another round coming through here on friday afternoon. going into saturday as we head into saturday morning. still some showers continuing to move through. so rainfall projections have been all over the board, but generally speaking, about a half an inch to just over an inch. wetter spots will be picking up more than that. perhaps an inch and a half or more. this is through saturday. your morning temperatures, 40s and 50s for the afternoon. make sure you have your umbrellas as temperatures will range from the 60s to the 70s and there is a possibility of an isolated thunderstorm or two. that possibility remains in the forecast for friday as well. as

you look at the accuweather seven day forecast, it's a level one thursday, friday, saturday and then we dry out and that dry milder weather will carry us into the middle of next week. so ama and dan, we've got a few more days of this to go. all right, thanks, andy. >> all right. you're waiting to hear about this draymond green, what was going to happen? >> what did you guys think? i thought 2 or 3 games would have been appropriate. >> yeah, sure. >> i mean, yeah, no, no, repeat offender. >> the nba begs to differ. the appropriate suspension for draymond green after last night's fight. the nba says is it's five games and as almost suggested, green's history definitely a factor. that's

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good evening. the nba is suspending warriors forward draymond green five games following fight night at chase so he's going to miss two games with okc along with them the rockets suns and spurs draymond's history just going too far certainly did not help his case with the adjudication things erupted last night and the first two minutes there was no score. t-wolves and warriors jaden mcdaniels and klay thompson get tied up. rudy gobert jumps in, grabs klay from behind. draymond, then puts rudy in a headlock or some say, chokehold, and would not let him go, which is the problem here. like at some point you have to release him. klay dre and mcdaniels were all ejected, fined $25,000 apiece. gobert by the way no fan of draymond's they have history he thinks

actually green wanted to get tossed. >> it's kind of funny because before the game i was i was telling myself that steph is not playing so i know draymond is going to get going to try to get ejected. i'm proud of myself for you know, being the bigger man again and again. i did whatever whatever i could to keep my cool and show that i wasn't making the situation worse unless i really felt like i was in danger, which i didn't feel like. >> so he thought without steph that draymond didn't want to play. steph's not going to play. i mean, he missed last night because of a sore knee. he's not going to play tomorrow night against okc. the good news is the mri showed no structural damage, so steph's going to be reevaluated later this week. 49 ers, they are getting set for sunday's game with tampa bay. you'll recall brock purdy got his first nfl start against the buccaneers last season, beat tom brady. but before we look ahead, a lot was made of kyle shanahan saying purdy's first touchdown toss last sunday to brandon aiyuk was his worst decision as a 40 niner. but the second was a gem, a 66 yard pass to george

kittle really impressed. the coach, ended up being the longest td of purdy's career. >> i don't totally know. i just look at the coverage and then i have an idea where the ball should go based off that. and i see kittle's release and i look back to the pocket and i can't see anybody and it looks like someone's throwing a grenade out of a bunker. and i'm just watching it and hoping it lands in kittle's hands. and once it does, i felt pretty good about it. i knew i didn't have to look what was behind me. so, i mean, he was all that was left. i'm not trying to look cool. it's a stressed out, tight reaction of exhale. so i didn't have to look and make sure he didn't trip over the goal line. i was counting on him not to. >> yeah, on the sideline, kyle actually just. he wasn't even watching kittle run into the end zone. he was like, yeah, we got this. but grenade out of a bunker is the first time i've heard that expression used for a touchdown pass. >> all right. thanks, larry. yeah. >> all right. before we leave you a final check on the apec party tonight, here's a live view of the arrivals area. we're expecting president biden to get here about 715. we understand he

is now in soma on his way to this location at the exploratory gym along the embarcadero. >> and so police are already moving onto the streets. let's take a live look of the embarcadero. yes, large police presence there. and we saw biden's motorcade leave woodside around 615. again, he is in soma now. >> all right. a large crowd at the ferry building of protesters dwindled. only a few left after a few hundred were there earlier. it was peaceful. they were loud and had their signs and their chants and making their voices heard. but there were no problems. but they have since moved off. that's right. >> so we continue our coverage of apec as we take another live look from our building, because we are right across the street, literally. >> and i'll point out again see the apec signs on both sides. 23. those are actually that wasn't structure before. those were contain honors, big container cargo holders that they put up and then put the banner in front to decorate it, but put there for security and privacy. >> we got to see it all from our window as they did that. that's true. all right. thanks for joining us. i'm ama daetz.

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