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president trump's first executive actions gets its first day in court, with states challenging his attempt to end birthright citizenship. good afternoon. i'm kristen sze a birthright citizenship battle is brewing. abc news reporter christiane cordero explains a ruling today that blocks that order for now. >> today, the seattle judge considering president trump's executive order to end birthright citizenship slammed it as blatantly unconstitutional, blocking it from taking effect. >> this is step one, but to hear the judge from the bench say that in his 40 years as a judge, he has never seen something so blatantly unconstitutional, sets the tone for the seriousness of this effort. >> the judge, nominated by president ronald reagan, signed the temporary restraining order less than an hour into the hearing. >> obviously, we'll appeal it. they put it before a certain judge in seattle, i guess. right. and there's no surprises with that judge. >> it's the first of what's

expected to be a series of legal proceedings weighing whether the 14th amendment, which guarantees birthright citizenship, applies to children of undocumented immigrants and some lawful temporary residents. >> it is as american as apple pie that if you're born in america, you're an american. >> the trump justice department argues parents who are here illegally are not subject to the jurisdiction of the u.s, as written in the 14th amendment. also today, the first piece of legislation passed in the new administration is on its way to the president's desk. >> this is what the american people demand and deserve. they want accountability. they want us to address the human catastrophe that has come from the broken, wide open border. >> the lake and riley act is named after the 22 year old georgia nursing student killed by an undocumented migrant and requires dhs to detain undocumented migrants arrested or charged with crimes like theft and assaulting a police officer. it passed with 58 democrats joining republicans.

opponents warned detaining someone charged with a crime but not yet convicted violates due process. trump declared a national emergency on the southern border and is deploying 1500 u.s. troops there. some could arrive as early as today. christiane cordero, abc news, washington. >> as president trump pushes his immigration agenda, secretary of state marco rubio will visit central america next week. it will be his first foreign trip since assuming this new role. rubio comes as trump has made a push for the united states to take control of the panama canal. he will visit panama, guatemala, el salvador, costa rica and the dominican republic. plenty of new changes as the new trump administration takes shape. we're keeping track of the first 100 days, and you can as well at abc seven news.com and on the abc seven bay area app. developing news on the southern california wildfires. the area is facing another day of dangerous fire weather. but the good news firefighters do

seem to be getting the upper hand on the two recent fires that broke out in los angeles. one was the sepulveda fire, which sparked last night by interstate 405 near bel air. crews were able to stop forward progress this morning with the fire at about 40 acres. evacuation warnings in bel air and brentwood have been lifted. meantime, about 50,000 people are still under evacuation orders because of another fire. the hughes fire that broke out yesterday is burning near santa clarita and castaic, near the grapevine along interstate five. the fire has burned more than 10,000 acres, but firefighters say the situation is much better than the one they were in two weeks ago, when the massive palisades and eaton fires broke out. >> we have so many resources from northern california, from the western united states, international resources, aircraft resources, the number of helicopters and fixed wing retardant tankers that are available to us really allow us

to attack a fire like this. >> so far, there are no reports of injuries. red flag conditions in la are expected to last through tomorrow, but firefighters are also expecting some rain relief in the days ahead. reporter laura aguirre explains that depending on where it falls and how much it could unleash a whole different kind of problem. >> thousands of firefighters battle worn by weeks on the front lines continue to fight for total containment of multiple fires today, with a weekend forecast that could bring rain relief and a possible new threat. forecasters say more rain could fall across southern california before monday than it's had since last june. the needed rain brings with it the risk of mudslides and possible flooding, prompting cal fire to fill pallets of sandbags for distribution to residents in the fire scarred areas where there's precious few trees, structures and vegetation to handle the rain. a new wildfire erupted wednesday. the hughes, which

ignited north of santa clarita wednesday and so far has burned over 10,000 acres. at one point, over 50,000 people were under evacuation orders or warnings. >> as long as there is active flame, we will constantly be reassessing on where the evacuation warnings and orders need to be. >> with the hughes fire. location helps. >> we're fortunate because we can dip right out of castaic lake, so we've got a lot of water up there. >> a water access and wind advantage over the firefighters to the south. >> it's nowhere near what we saw over in the palisades and eaton fire with 80 to 100 mile an hour gusts. >> those two blazes are the most deadly and destructive of the fires this month are both over 70% contained this hour. and recovering residents there are waiting to see what the weekend of rain ahead will bring. i'm laura aguirre for abc seven news. >> if you want to help the wildfire recovery effort, scan the qr code on your screen right now that will take you to a list of verified and vetted organizations that are helping

survivors. california and 14 other states announcing a major settlement today in connection to the opioid crisis. it's a $7.4 billion agreement with purdue pharma and family that owns it, the family that owns it. the company makes the painkiller oxycontin. >> purdue pharma and the sackler family, under the guise of a mission to develop healthier communities, deceptively marketed opioids, and played a major role in contributing to our nationwide opioid epidemic. their marketing and sales practices misled health care providers and patients about the addictive nature of opioids, and has led to overprescribing and serious addiction. >> the settlement will direct funding for addiction treatment, prevention, and recovery programs. we've been following the story of the oakland roots, giving up on plans to build a temporary stadium. the men's soccer team now wants to continue playing at the coliseum beyond the 2025 season, and until they find a permanent home. prior to this season, the

roots were playing games at cal state east bay. the team had been planning to build a temporary stadium near the coliseum. they did not elaborate on the decision to abandon that plan. a new grocery outlet store is coming to san francisco. it will be in the north point center near fisherman's wharf. a safeway grocery store that used to be there closed in 2023. supervisor danny sartor announced today the lease agreement has been signed to open the grocery outlet store next year. it's known for offering food and everyday essentials at discount prices. this will be grocery outlets sixth store in san francisco. one of the city's biggest health care conventions will return to san francisco next year. that announcement about the j.p. morgan healthcare conference, made by mayor daniel lurie on social media today. the conference just wrapped up a week ago at the westin saint francis hotel in san francisco's union square. it attracts global industry leaders, investors and tech creators. city leaders say the event generates more than

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cancer increases in young people. basically all the health news you need to know today, ucsf infectious diseases specialist doctor peter chin-hong. doctor chin-hong, nice to see you. >> thanks for having me on, christine. >> what do you think about these executive orders? which ones do you think will be most impactful and in what ways? >> so i think for the most part, they are kind of like reading tea leaves. they haven't been enacted into law as yet. some of them will take a while, if at all, to pass. for example, repealing the affordable care act and decreasing insurance for uninsured people. but some of them are more immediate. for example, pausing the health communications right now from health agencies like the cdc. it's kind of like disabling your fire alarm or your smoke detector. we really rely on the cdc to issue health alerts. uh, you know, respiratory viruses, bird flu that can change a lot before this pause is expected to

be lifted in february. >> okay. look, a lot of the impact, like you said, will be seen down the line. one thing i think that a lot of people are wondering about is the us withdrawing from the w.h.o, which is the united nations agency that looks at global public health. today, former new york city mayor michael bloomberg committed to giving the money that the u.s. will no longer give to the w.h.o. does that make up for it? does that mean everything is okay? >> not at all. you know, we focus on the fact that we are one of the biggest contributors to the w.h.o, but it goes both ways. the w.h.o. also in return gives us data, gives us samples from what's happening around the world so we can protect american health. so if we withdraw from the w.h.o, for example, knowing the genetic code of covid uh, that will no longer be a given if we have another pandemic. >> what does it take for all these orders to actually be implemented? i assume they're going to be some legal battles

or other types of battles over them. >> yeah. so for example, the w.h.o, the rules are you have to give notice a year before you still have to pay dues. so that can happen. the second, and you know, many of the ones you mentioned need legislation. for example, any of the laws around the affordable care act, changes to medicare. i think that pausing or, you know, erasing some of the plans for pilot programs to reduce drug prices, that probably doesn't need a lot of laws being passed because they were in its early stages. so it comes with a mixed bag, but there are a whole lot of them at risk. >> okay. all right, doctor, we're going to leave that one there for now and address some of the other health issues, beginning with all these viruses that are going around. we heard a lot about the quad. demick. right. we're talking about flu,

covid, rsv, norovirus. has that subsided or is that still very much a thing? >> so it hasn't subsided? probably the one that's subsiding or peaking right now is rsv. that's probably on its way down. but flu is raging right now. more than 50% of the cases of people having sniffles in the bay area is probably due to flu right now, and that's still going up. many states or most states are in high respiratory virus season. california is still moderate. we are kind of lagging, but it's expected to probably peak this month and february and have a long tail going all the way to april. norovirus highest amounts in ten years, but not driving a lot of people to the hospital. the main problem with that is wash your hands with soap and water and not with hand sanitizer, because that is a very hardy bug. >> okay, also, we got some cancer news that we should talk about and rates are up,

especially in a particular group of young people. talk about what we're seeing here. >> so we've made a lot of progress against cancer in the united states. that's down. but it's still the number two killer after heart disease. what's troubling in the most recent analysis is that rates of cancer in younger women, that is, those under 50, are increasing, particularly in the colon, breast, uterus and cervix. so lot of that is due to some of the things that you could reverse smoking, obesity, diet, but some of them could be really reversed right now like screening for cervical cancer. i was really surprised to see those rates actually going up recently, probably speaking to disruptions over the last few years. >> right, right. you're right. i mean, we need to be doing more screening. i want to talk about what else can we do with regard to urban wildfire, which, as we've reported, could have a serious health impact. right. but maybe even more than we

realize. >> yes. i think we focus on wildfires as immediate effects, like people getting asthma exacerbations or burns, but they can have longer effects because these very small particles can get into the bloodstream. and we know from research that it can affect the brain as in cognition, you know, two, five years, ten years down the line for young children and academic performance for older adults. in terms of alzheimer's, parkinson's, lung cancer, heart disease. so i think it's no small feat to just focus on the immediate. but the long term impacts are bigger. and we know that since 1990, wildfires have been doubling every decade, and they're more dangerous than regular air pollution because they include some weird hydrocarbons and heavy metals. >> right. so since we might get more of those because of climate change, i assume we keep that

n95 right mask around that we still have from covid. real quickly, before i let you go, i just want to touch on in the 30s we have the use of a common dye. red number three has been banned in food and drugs. how important is that? >> well, i think it's always been seen or has been seen for a while in rat experiments. it's kind of the lowest hanging fruit. it's going to start in 2027. it's in maraschino cherries and cocktails, for example. a lot of candy. and i think you will probably see more dyes being addressed after 2027, when this rule is to set it going to be put into place. >> i never like those cherries anyway, so that's fine. doctor peter chin-hong, thank you so much for the wealth of information. take care. >> bye, kristen. >> bye. all right, let's take you outside. live. feels like spring. looks like spring. will this warmer weather last?

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can this look at the accuweather forecast? going outside, we are enjoying a warm up. abc seven news meteorologist drew tuma lets us know how long it's going to last. >> low pressure arrives over the weekend, and what we know for sure is that it is going to give us some much cooler air. it's going to be pretty chilly saturday and sunday with temperatures basically stuck in the 50s. we could either have an isolated shower on saturday or some gusty winds. we'll show you those outcomes in one second. but after the weekend next week, we are confident we stay dry and sunny through the end of january. so here's one solution we are looking at over the weekend. this would have an area of low pressure. diving in from the north. in the center would track it right over us, and that would bring us some light showers on saturday. this is just one solution. we're looking at. the majority of our guidance is actually pointing at this area of low pressure to our east over fresno, the central valley, and what that would do for us on saturday. it would bring us dry conditions and some gusty winds. in fact, future tracker showing you those winds on saturday strongest in the north bay

mountains first thing over the weekend. i wouldn't be surprised if we do get some sort of wind advisory out of this. and then heading into sunday. it's just a breezy end everywhere to the weekend, with those winds gusting 20 to 30mph at times, i would give this outcome the better chance of happening. the latest information keeps trending us drier and drier on saturday and windier and windier, so it's likely we're going to end up with some gusty winds first thing over the weekend. today it's all about those warm temperatures. we're going into the 60s across the board this afternoon, even some low 70s and our warmest areas this evening. we'll keep those skies clear. and by 10:00 pm we're mainly in the 40s and the low 50s. so today is the warmest day of the week, mid 60s to the lower 70s. 72 in san jose, 65. half moon bay, 65 in napa, 67 in oakland, about 70, in santa rosa. overnight tonight, a little bit of cloud cover will make all the difference. i don't think we're going to see any frost advisories overnight tonight. we'll see temperatures in the upper 30s to the mid 40s. here is your accuweather seven day forecast. warm today cloudy

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a bike lane on valencia in the mission. many businesses say it eliminated parking spots and hurt their bottom line. so now the san francisco municipal transportation agency is trying out a new traffic design in the inner sunset. it's called a knock down, and it's located on kirkham street between ninth and 10th avenues. already some neighbors hate it. our media partner, the san francisco standard, has a new article out. the headline forget the valencia bikeway. the new neck downs is driving motorists crazy. joining us live now, max harris

caldwell, the san francisco standards express desk reporter who wrote the article. max, thanks for joining us. >> thank you kristin. >> so what is a neck down? and is this the first one in san francisco? >> a neck down is a traffic calming measure made of two traffic islands. that narrow is a two way road into a single lane, forcing eastbound traffic in this case to yield to westbound traffic. there are three of these in the presidio already, but this is the first one in san francisco jurisdiction. >> okay. i think we have some video of that, in fact. so let's go ahead and take a look at that video as you can maybe tell us who came up with this and what was the rationale given for why it was needed. >> sure. so this is an sfmta project that they conceived after neighbors on kirkham said they wanted to see traffic mitigation. kirkham was a slow street for two years, but in 2022 that status was reversed. lots of people said, even if it's not a slow street, we want to see something making cars go slower. >> okay. so it's really like forcing that little section to

become a one lane road instead of two lanes, you know, one in each direction. okay. wait, how long has this been up? >> so it was actually completed october 30th. >> okay. so it's been a while. what are neighbors saying about it so far? >> yeah, there's a real diversity of opinions. i went out last week to talk to folks. some people said it's straightforward. it makes sense. it's doing the job. it's making drivers pay attention. but other people are concerned. they're worried about the potential for a head on collision. and even while i was out there, i saw a car swerve into the bike lane to avoid the neck down. so there's concern for the safety of cyclists as well. >> i wonder if people know how to use it. if you know, awareness is part of the issue? >> yeah. so if you're approaching it heading east, you'll see a sign that says yield to oncoming traffic. at that point, you're supposed to wait for any westbound cars to pass through the neck down and then proceed yourself. >> okay, look, what is the mta saying? you said that there are some people with concerns, right? thinking that this could cause accidents. i'm sure they

voiced this. what are they saying in response? >> yeah, mta said they're going to be rolling out new messaging discouraging drivers from swerving into the bike lane when they approach this thing. this is also a trial program, and they're evaluating whether or not it works. and then we'll make a decision on whether or not to keep it. come summer, okay. >> whether it's this or something else, explain to our viewers who may not live in the city, why slower streets or safer streets, anyhow, is such a pressing concern. >> yeah, i think following the slow streets program in the early pandemic, many residents want to see safer streets for people on bikes and on foot, and especially on kirkham, which is a major thoroughfare in the sunset that people use to get to 19th avenue. there's concern about cars speeding, running stop signs, especially for people in the neighborhood with children. they want to be assured that their streets are safe. >> all right, well, this is a pilot, so we'll see. you know how it turns out whether it will continue. max, thank you so much

for your reporting. >> thank you. >> and you can check out more of max's reporting in the san francisco standard's other stories, original stories on their website, sf standard, dot com and abc seven will continue to bring you more segments featuring the standard's city focused journalism every tuesday right here on abc seven news at 3 p.m. sometimes we move it to thursdays like today, but you can catch them weekly. thank you so much for joining us. world news tonight with david muir starts right now. and i'll see you back here for abc seven news at four. bye bye. tonight, breaking news. a judge blocking president trump's executive order on birthright citizenship. trump responds tonigh