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michelle/2shotgood rn good sunday morning it is 7:00 the sun is coming up let's take a live look outside san francisco if the good morning and thanks for joining us. yesterday was so buchl, i'm hoping for the same. are weapon going to get it? >> we are. we're definitely going to get it if you're waking up in the south you're going to see a lot of cloud cover. don't let. scare you off, it doesn't mean we're seeing rain, it just means that we're seeing some lingering high clouds and there goes the hazy skies for sure. 52 degrees right now. peninsula on the chillier side at 44 degrees and we did see some dense fog out near peninsula yesterday but this morning very patchy in some areas. tri-valley 46 degrees and san
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francisco beautiful skooiz skies at 50 degrees and north bay 41, east bay 49 and, yes, tonight going to be around -- i don't know because we've had such a great week of 60s and 70s and today we are going to be slightly warmer than what we saw yesterday for some areas. san jose expecting a high of 74 and in the north bay, the napa area is going to be really beautiful. we're warming up to about 76, 77, it's a good day to get away or get away to your backyard. >> my carp thermometer yesterday said 80. i don't thavg was right. >> we didn't hit 80 here. but a lot of times car they're mom metters do tend to up it up a notch. >> a disthe victim of the attack spoke kplus slif to nba bay area from his hospital bed. he suffered a broken nose and a broken leg. on wednesday he says was driving toward the airport when a dirt
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bike and atv riders were diagnosis stunts and slowing down traffic pet tried to merge when he says the riders got angry thinking that he had tried to hit one of them. after punching his car mirror, quinn fanna told group to full over. he says he told them to get out of car when one of the riders broke his passenger window and that's when the attack zblan they were continuing to hit me and the riders were taking off, the original guy that was blocking traffic, he looked back at me straight in the eyes and turned around his motorcycle and ran my leg over. >> quintana says he underwent surgery for the broken leg and will like lie need additional surgery. the chp is investigating but so far no arrests have been made. a woman is lucky to be alive this morning after spending nearly two nights strand the in the wilderness near wood side. nbc bay area was the only news crew there when a rescue team pulled her to safety. they found her in a deep ravine
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off skyline boulevard in san mateo county. she was staying with her family at a nearby airbnb and she went on a hike with her australian shepard. she suffers early onset dementia and type 2 diabetes. turns out it was the dog that helped save the day. >> we heard her yell back and a couple seconds later we heard the dog bark very clearly. so he did his job. he stayed with her the whole time and she had him on the leash and he's just very loyal. he senses trouble and stuff like that, so that was good. >> and that man was her husband. she is recovering at the stanford medical center. she's expected to make a full recovery. he tried to talk to the president but instead he was taken but down by secret service agent. it's the first known security breach at the white house since president trump took office and the intruder is from the south bay.
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26-year-old jonathan tran was in court yesterday. he's accused of scaling a security fence between the white house and the treasury building friday night. he wasn't stopped until he reached the south ground of the white house very close to the mansion where president trump was spending the night. according to court documents, tran was carrying two cans of mace, a book written by mr. trump, and a letter to the president if the in that letter he mentioned something about russian hackers. tran's neighbors are stuped. >> it's crazy to know that somebody would scale the white house fence and be so close to me. >> officials say tran has no criminal history and was arrested without incident. a va lay hoe officer is on leave following this incident caught on camera. this video was provided to us by indy bay dog. it runs for about a minute. it's not clear if this is the beginning of the confrontation, though. we do know officers were responding to reports of a person under the influence and social media are outrajd calling
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this excessive force and demanding the officer be fired and prosecuted. the officer is on leave pending the results of the investigation. a hayward teacher who allegedly uhumiliated students has been fired. she sent out a letter to parents notifying them that the teacher's last day with the district was on march 9th. a substitute is taking over while a permanent replacement is found. and students who took part in the national protest called a day without immigrants last month say they came back to close only to face ridicule. >> she said the thing they did was stupid and dumb. she was so happy to work a day without any immigrant. and, of course, regot really upset. >> some parents say they see the teacher's termination as a
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victory but they're worried she'll end up at another school. hey word is reminding all students, parents and staff that they're a safe haven for all children regardless of status. .bharara was fired after refusing to resign. he tweeted this i did not resign moments ago i was fired. being the u.s. attorney in southern district new york will forever be the greatest honor my professional life. the well-respected manhattan prosecutor was one of 46 u.s. attorneys who served under the obama administration. all 46 were asked to step down this week. in november he said then president-elect trump asked him to stay in his position during a meeting at the trump tower. he has a strong reputation for being an aggressive attorney for the u.s. he prosecuted the time square bomber back in 2010. demonstrators in san francisco gathered out side the home of field yesterday
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afternoon. field is the cofounder of pay pal and is now an adviser to the president. these are pictures tweeted out by david com possess, a critic of field's stance on immigration and his ties to president donald trump. investigators are trying to find out what sparked a fire at stanford medical school that broke out around 7:00 yesterday morning in the pathology department. the room was full of has order dus materials had my firefighters say it took more than water to knock down the flames. >> when they made entry they did go in with hose lines and tried to put the fire out with the hose line and whatever was on fire reacted negatively to the water, so they backed out, requested fire extinguishers when they then used to fully ex23i7k continuing wish the fire. >> they say the strink letter system kept the flames spreading beyond the one room. there's no dollar amount on the damage and no one was injured. and officials say the fire did not afikt any hospital buildings
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where patients were being treated. much more ahead today in the bay coming up. the push to repeal and replace obamacare kicked into high gear in week. vice president hit the road to gain support for the proposal but not all republican leaders are on board. and wildlife officials have no idea where they are the desperate search for some wild animals in california.
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welcome back it is 7:10. don't forget to change your clocks this morning take a live look outside san jose this is near communications hill. looks like that's the moon, a beautiful morning and it's going to be a great day today. the vice president and other members of the gop are spending this weekend push kt new proposed healthcare plan as nbc steve partyson reports for many it's a hard sell. >> sfwent hundred miles from washington, hold on, hold on. >> congressman darrell issa faces ang grip conskich wants at
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a town hall back home in arizona. >> you deserve good healthcare that doesn't make that coverage cost too much. >> he's just one of the, leaders attempting to ease fears about changes that could affect millions. >> we want him to please protect the aca. >> vice president mike pence took the stage in louisville, kentucky, to make a pitch pumping up the administration's plan by putting down obamacare. >> obamacare has failed the people of kentucky, it's failed the people of america prosecutor and obamacare must go. >> pence is here to win over a state where the number of uninsured fell from 20 foers just 7.5 ners 2015 under obamacare. >> we need every republican in congress and we're counting on kentucky. >> it's a balancing act. pence as salesman in chief is havi having to -- there. >> this week what's going on behind the seems is a charm
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offensive. >> in the america care act, the gop wants to end medicaid funding before 2020 and repeal the manned date that people must have health coverage. they estimate 15 million americans could lose coverage over the next decade. a back and forth battle now moving from capitol hill to the main streets across the nation. steve patterson, nbc news. >> it is 7:12, much more ahead on today in the bay. coming up there's a newspaper activity during recess at one bay area elementary school. instead of playing students have taken up knitting. >> and a gorgeous shot 21 degrees right there over lake tahoe. but we will be warming up even in lake tahoe. we'll have a look at your sunday day planner plus when you can expect for the workweek ahead. coming up right after the break. stay with us. looking over dubl
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thanks for waking up early
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with us ttd. 7:14 the sun is coming up. it's going to be a great day today. there's concern over california's lone wolf pack. wildlife experts say they haven't spotted the seven gray wolves in months. the wolf pack first discovered in 2015 was the first wolf family in california in nearly a century. they were last seen seen in the wilderness north of redding. experts say they may have gone to an area with more prey but that's unusual behavior for wolf packs which typically don't abandon their breeding grounds. people of all age rsz stepping up chill yg overnight temperatures in san francisco are potentially life threatening for those living on the streets. we learn how several elementary school students are trying to help. >> for most elementary school kids, the best part of the whole school day is recess. but in san francisco's john muir elementary, the hottest recess
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activity these days isn't on the court. >> come on in. >> it's in a classroom. in a weekly club that's pleasantly short on excitement, a dozen students gather each week in this classroom to pursue the very unrecess like pastime of knitting. at the center of this sniting circle, is fifth grader who sewed the seeds of the knitting club. >> she said can we start a club. >> she hung a recruiting poster in the hallway then scoured the playground for potential knitters. >> she asked are you interested, got a list of people and invited them up. >> i learned from yub. youtube. >> she start today as a solution. >> when i'm on the bus i always
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see homeless people on the street and i think to myself they need something to keep them happy. >> and happiness for the down and out she conclude theed was a warm, hand knit scar. >> they don't have no house or blanket or anybody. you can't do a blanket. >> each week the knitting club slowly stitches ahead making scar of for the homeless with only the occasional snag. >> i like when i'm knit ig can know that i'm actually doing it for and some not just tlk to be doing it. >> my hope that we take a big field trip where all the homeless people will sob we can pass out scarves to them. >> so her the most satisfying thing maybe knowing her classmates have closen knitting over playing. >> that made my heart feel. >> >> nbc bay area news. >> great job to all those students that's wonderful. >> what is super sweet, so
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thoughtful at such a young zblaj we have some cold temperatures how are we look. >> okay. thankfully it's warming up but we haven't seen the 30s which were very chilly and cold the past couple weeks during winter but as we say farewell to winter we're lookinga at milder temps. we're still not seeing the sun just yet if is a little bit later and that's because we did spring forward. sunrise expected at 7:24. i think that's the moon use aurg weather underground sky cam so it's looking calm and peaceful and that's what we're looking forward to today. the south bay areas and peninsula are starting to pick up some of that patchy fog like we saw yesterday. although these clouds are expected to kind of make an zrent, the fog will break apart but mostly cloudy right now in the south bay 51, tri-valley 46 degrees. and look every where are else, 49 degrees, clear skies were 50 degrees in san francisco, and
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north bay at fwournt degrees. now do lar radar right now is showing a little bit of that fog offshore and that's going to keep pushing in through the peninsula, but overall not a lot going on on the radar. we haven't seen rain the past couple of days and we are still expected to keep that drying pattern within the next couple of days as well. here's a quick check of your high for today. 74 in morgan hill, san jose 74, east bay also expecting a nice warm up as well. oakland 71, dan ville 75, walnut creek 75, pleasant ton, 76 degrees. and in the peninsula we are still in the 60s and that's because we do still have a nice little sea breeze. half moon bay at 65 degrees were daily city 66, san mateo 68 but still warm to what we've seen. and then up near the north bay in the upper 70s, santa rosa will have about 78, sonoma and
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napa also in those mid to upper 70s. it's definitely going to be a good day to get away. if you're wond brg that pollen and i know that we are coming into spring when theenz those allergies might start acting up the biggest impact is going to be pine, june per, cedar and ash which is tree areas. if you're headed outside make sure to be prepared and pack something extra tissues or whatever it is that you need to calm those allergies. we are seeing that patcha a.m. fog in those clouds already. . tick around through the morning about 58 degrees were 12:0068 degrees and then by 3:00 inland area some could be seeing 70 chait means it's going to feel like 80 out there. and then sfoen clock 64 degrees in the bay, 70, pleasant evening overall. very light wings and about 5, 15 miles per hour coming from the northeast. so it's not going to be wind dip or gusty but a good chance for you to get away.
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napa valley today 76 and tuesday 70 degrees. right now the 2 warmest days are looking like monday and tuesday. so monday is going to start off nicely into the workweek. lake tahoe also expected to see some nice dmnz monterrey. clear size skies on this sond and monday and tuesday in the upper 60s, almost 70 in monther to rain. monday 69 degrees for san francisco, 68 by tuesday, all in all monday and tuesday right now are looking like the warmest days not just for san francisco but also for inland areas. we have a lot to look forward to. spring is officially march 20th. i'm ready for it, are you? >> absolutely and i love seeing all the sunshine behind. thanks so much. much more ahead on today in the bay coming up. it was something you don't want, it no longer becomes a challenge. >> turning a thrift shop into a way to help very sick children in the east bay. bay area proud is next.
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welcome back it's 7:23. we don't always get our first choice in life which is why making the most of second best is a valuable life skill. one family is doing exactly that for herself and for sick children and their families. today in the bay garvin thomas introduces us to dee gonzalez in this morning bay area proud. >> she is pretty consistent been when he and shn friends wanted to open up a thrift store she had to corner a mayor in a bathroom to make her pitch. she is persistent because she says the cause is worth it. >> look at how cute. >> for the past 12 years she has been running the treasures hospice thrift store selling just about anything. charging close to nothing. >> a whole 50 cents were we can
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get that. >> she's got a whole lot she could share about selling secondhand stuff. >> i'll go get that red scarf for. >> you but she's got something even more valuable to teach the rest of us, like how to turn a second choice in life into something first rate. >> when you find something you love do, it no longer becomes a challenge. >> it all has do, she says, with this place. the george mark children's house, a home away from home for sick and often terminally ill children and their families. dee ears ago wanted to volunteer here so she and a friend took a tour. >> i had to pull off the side of the road because both of us were weeping. this is monot for us. >> thinking of parents lose a child just hit too close to home for dee.
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she, you see, lot st her son to heart disease. but when that one door closed, dee and some friends decided to open this one. >> she's been a good customer. >> every cent they have matd at treasures hospice over the years after paying their bills has gone to george mark and over the years those cents have added up to quite a few dollars. >> approximately 250,000 from dollar items. >> in these little tiny increments what a difference it really made up here. that's a lot of care for our families and children. >> dee gives a lot of credit to her team of volunteers, not just for their hard wook work, but for their companionship over the years and for helping her prove that plan "b" can sometimes turn out to be an "a" plus.
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>> it turns out it's the first of it's kind facility in the united states. others are in the works. garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. >> much more ahead on today in the bay. coming up a somber moment at an east bay high school baseball game. the pregame ceremony moan with a special meeting. plus. >> i didn't realize how bad it is. >> asking for action, the moves being made in washington after our investigation that uncovered the depore tated u.s. military veterans. nope. so let's be clear: clearasil works fast on teen acne, not so much on other teen things.
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gnchts sunday morning. don't forget to change your clocks. if is 7:29. beautiful sunrise there. this is a live look over the skies in dublin. good morning and thanks for joining us i'm michelle rob birts. it's going to be a beautiful day, lots of sunshine. >> yes, it is and also wormer temps so we're warming up quite a bit and we might actually see
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upper 70s. all the windows open yesterday, it was great. >> get that the nice little fresh air in. and look at this gorgeous shot over looking you the outer sunset san francisco 50 degrees right now. a lot of colors in the sky. so if you have any gorgeous sunrise photos make sure to send them to us. and the south bay is seeing mostly cloudy skies at 51 degrees. also lining the peninsula some areas are seeing some patchy fog this morning which means low visibility be careful on the roads. 44 degrees. tri-valley mostly clear at 46 degrees so slightly cooler than what we woke up to yesterday but that's okay because we are going to be slightly warmer than what we saw yesterday. so it will pan out. east bay 49 degrees also seeing beautiful colors in that shot and san francisco 50 degrees. and the north bay 41 degrees. now you're going to notice that by about 11:00 a.m. all of those clouds should be clearing out and so will those hazy skies. april that's because the do lar radar right now is looking exactly how we want it for the last week of winter, no rain in
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sight and that means that we should have a pretty good welcome to march 20 lk spring although it's still far out. but we're showing promising results. >> that's fine we get the spring weather today we'll be just fine i think. thanks. well a driver surrounded and attacked. an exclusive interview from his hospital bed. the driver was attacked by dirt bikers on highway 101 in san francisco on wednesday. a witness captured it on camera and police are still trying to track down the attackers. today in the bay, christi smith talks to the driver as he recovers at sf general. >> of course i was afraid for my life. >> alex quintana had surgery on his broken leg after an encounter with dirt bike riders and atvs doing stunts on 101 in san francisco wednesday turned violent. he says he tried to drive around a rider slowly. >> for some reason he thought i was going to try to run into him. and somehow that got relayed to
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his friends but first he had punched my rear view mirror on the right-hand side. >> he said someone punched the other mirror, he believed there was damage. >> i told him to pull over to the right -- to the right-hand side to the shoulder. >> he soez one rider broke his passenger window and though investigators later told him if there was a next time he shouldn't get out. in the moment he made that decision. >> glass started flying at me and that's whenever i got out of the car. probably wasn't the brightest thing, but i didn't want them to come to the other side and break the window and cause anymore damage, so as i got out, they started kicking and vandal lizing my car. >> the 35-year-old modesto man had just dropped off a passenger and was heading to the airport. >> they were continuing to hit me and as the riders were taking off, the original guy that was blocking traffic, he looked back at me straight in the eyes and
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turned around his motorcycle and ran my leg over. >> he's grateful an off duty firefighter and witnesses came to his aid. now he's helping the cell phone video will bring this to an end. >> these guys need to go to jail. >> christi smith nbc bay area news. an amazing story of survival on the peninsula. rescue crews found a hiker after she went missing on thursday in the mountains near woodside. nbc bay area was the only news crew there as they pulled they're to safety. from a deep ravine off skyline boulevard in san ma ta quo county. today in the bay's laura melbourne has the story. >> reporter: it's a flurry of anxious activity as rescue cruise bul pull her from a deep ravine about 600 yards off a main road near woodside. they load the 56-year-old on to a gurney and whisk her away by ambulance. she was later floin to the hospital. her husband ed is relieved.
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>> this is phenomenal. you go beyond 24 hours you start saying oh, my gork, many might be a lot more serious. >> he says his wife went hiking thursday afternoon with her australian shepard named camaro and that was the last time he saw the two. they were on vacation with their son and had been staying at a nearby airbnb. >> she wanted to go kind of look around and do some hiking and stuff like that. >> she was considered high risk because she sufrsz from early onset dementia and has type 2 diabetes. >> she's gone in the past a few days without insurance sloin we weren't concerned about that but the lack of food and water, that was huge. >> he says his wife became lost and disoriented. >> she only thought she was tlup for a someday. >> mike mckinney was among the group of volunteers who first spotted her and her beloved pet. >> when we called out for her we heard her yell back and a couple seconds later we heard the dog bark. so camaro did his job. she was sitting up, shivering,
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very dehydrated rewanted water. so the first thing we did was put our jackets over her, try to warm her up. >> she says the whole time ka mario never left his wife's side. >> he's a big hero. he's just video loyal. he senses troul and stuff like that, so that was good. >> he tried to talk to the president but instead was taken down by secret service agents. it's the first known security breach at the white house since president trump took office. and the intruder is from the south day, 26-year-old jonathan tran was in court yesterday. he's accused of scaling a security fence between the white house and the treasury building friday night. he wasn't stopped until he reached the south grounds of the white house. very close to the mansion where president trump was spending the night. according to court documents, tran was carrying two cans of mace, a book written by mr. trump, and a letter to the
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president in the that letter he mentioned something about russian hackers. tran's neighbors are stunned by this. >> it's crazy to know that somebody would scale the white house fence and be so close to me. >> officials say tran has no criminal history and was arrested without incident. a teacher who allegedly humiliated students for taking part in an immigration protest has been fired. she sent out a letter to parents notifying them that the teacher's last day with the strict was on march 9th. a substitute is taking over while a permanent replacement is found. students who took part in the national protest called a day without immigrants last month say they came back to class only to face ridicule. >> she said the thing they did was stupid and dumb. she was so happy to work a day without any immigrant. and, of course, we got really
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upset. >> some parents say they will see the teacher's termination as a victory but they're worried she will simply end up at another school. they were unified as a reminder of students, parents and staff that it's a safe haven for all immigrants regardless of legal status. they served their kunlt and were yet deported. the deported u.s. military veterans and now newly proposed lenl slags in washington, d.c. we have a move by local congress twoon let those deported veterans back in. >> after our investigation aired last month we heard from many viewers outraged that the u.s. government policy would result in u.s. veterans who are noncitizens being kicked out of the country after running into trouble with the law. today, several u.s. congressmen, including one congressmen from the east bay, introduced a new
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bill until congress it change that policy. >> our investigation found dozens of families split apart like enreek i can sal lis and stephanie. split apart because of a policy that was first implemented during the bill clinton administration and upheld through three subsequent president sies. >> these men are good enough to serve our country but once they make a mistake, then, you know, they don't -- they don't get any second chances. >> we found hundreds of deported american military veterans, veterans who had served the u.s. as noncitizens who had been honorably discharged from the service but then later deported for committing crimes classified as aggravated felonies. crimes like drug possession, failure to show up in court, or entering the country illegally. >> i didn't realize how bad it is and what a terrible injustice it is. it's really a very poor reflection of the united states that we ask people to do this and then the consequence,
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particularly of of your stories -- >> can gressman of walnut creek saw our investigation and said we had to act. >> okay. we need to fix it. >> tuesday he joined congressman of arizona coauj thorg a bill in congress that would, i the u.s. department of homeland security to establish a veteran's visa program to bring back to the u.s. all those who served and were subsequently deported. >> it's a reflection of congress's inability to deal with immigration in a good way and it's the extreme example that people would serve this country, be here legally, serve the country and then be punished. >> he tells me several members of congress want to change procedure so that when someone signs up to become a member of the military they also automatically become a u.s. citizen. he calls this bill a first step in trying to correct a problem that he says needs to be fixed. i'm stephen stock, nbc bay area
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news. if you have a fip for our investigative unit, give us a call at 888-996-tips or send us an e-mail to the unit at nbcbayarea.com. an east bay high school team made tribe beaut to a former member way bright future cut short. the high school team honored him in a special care moan before yesterday's home opener. he died in october after suffering a life threatening brain injury during the fall. had he just started college at the university of november reno. ryan's brother threw the first pitch. >> my brother was very outgoing, generous, you know, kind of large in life personality and he definitely carried that to the baseball team and he had a big personality and, you know, everybody kind of really enjoyed his presence. >> and as a tribute, ryan's jersey hangs in the dugout
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records in the a -- wiout it was not what a national audience or fans who bought a ticket expected to seep. the teams with the best two records in the nba without their main attractions. to san antonio at the end of a long road trip coach decided to rest steph curry. draymond green and the spurs were without three of their starters as well. this one came down to the bench players and it didn't turn out well for the dubs. the warriors lost to the spurs 107-85. steve kerr had praise for his backup players. >> i was happy with the work they put in and we had to get through this night, that was the main thing. we had to get through this trip and they allowed us to do that and obviously we wanted to win,
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but we didn't do that but we've made it through to this point now we can go home andry charge our batteries and get rolling again. much more athunderhead. electiontry if i occasion project has hit another snag. we'll explain why the state's congressional republicans are asking for millions of dollars of funding to be withheld. the long-awaited cala
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elecificationroject has t a road blo. ngre than a dozenf e state's the long awaited caltrain electrification project has hit a roadblock. more than a dozen of the state's congressional republicans ask that the secretary of transportation to withhold millions of dollars for grants for this project and that's exactly what happened. nbc bay area larry gers seven is here to tell us how this is going to affect cal tran riders and why do we care skbl it's a big deal because more than 65,000 riders take caltrain every week between san jose and france.
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this form of transit is essential to keeping cars off the peninsula's crowded highways. yet it's outdated and very costly to operate. so the electrification project would replace the commuter lines, the aging diesel engines, that is, with modern electricity fueled engines. if constructed the new system would allow more trains because of more efficient engines and in return it would enable -- be able to carry more passengers while experiencing lower fuel costs. >> it sounds like a smart investment to have people leave their cars at home, take public transit. why do you think there's this hesitation by the trump administration. >> it's california's republican delegation. the republican delegation to congress opposes federal funds for the state's high speed rail program which they see as an irresponsible use of taxpayer dollars. they believe that by denying the federal grant california will have to think twice about pursuing the high speed rail project. now the electrification plant is
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connected to the high speed rail project to the extent that the new system would make it easier for the peninsula to accommodate high speed rail trains. but advocates also see it as a necessary stand-alone effort. >> do you think caltrain might just take this project on on its own? >> that would be nice but it really gets down to the old fashion thing, dollars and cents. the estimated cost of the project is just under $2 billion and without the $647 million federal grant, the commuter line will be unable to operate this effort. >> it's no secret that california's at odds with the trump administration over a handful of issues. do you think this is in some way punishment? >> some people would like to think that es special fli california. >> not a conspiracy. >> i don't think so. there's really no evidence, no strong evidence of any kind that the trump administration seeks to punish california by denying the grant. thaif got better things to do. in fact, if anything the
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election contribute if i occasion project is virtually shovel ready and that means the kind of infrastructure program proposed by president trump and maybe for that reason it's possible at least that federal spending may come down the road. >> is there any way for the state to show congressional republicans that this is very important and needs to be done? >> well, that's the missing piece, right. to be sure, the irony is that for years california's high-tech interest in silicon valley have conducted fundraisers for bakersfield base kevin mccarthy. he's the republican majority leader second only to speaker paul ryan. but those dollars that they've spent cultivating ryan may turn out to be a bad investment unless state leaders can convince california republican delegation to change their mind or find a new funding source, the electrification effort may never come to fruition. in a strange way, it's just another unfortunate sign of the incredible polar rye zation
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between the states, democrats, and republicans serving in congress which really kind of mirrors the polarization we see in the country. >> another issue that comes down to money. much more ahead in the bay coming up. it's not quite st. patrick's day yet but that didn't stop people from starting the party early. we will show that you next. >> and i hope you're ready for another day of sun shin, look that the shot overlooking walnut creek. beautiful sunrise, 46 degrees right now expecting to warm up yet again across the bay area. we're still seeing that high pressure dominating. i'll let you know how long the sunshine will be sticking around and a look at your workweek forecast coming up after the break. we're now five days ay om
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saint patrick's da good morning it is 7:53 and it is sunday. we have a great day ahead in terms of the weather and i hope you get a chance to enjoy the outdoors. half moon bay right now looking gorgeous with the sunrise although it say little bit chilly along the coastline at 45 degrees. here's a shot overlooking mount hamilton. we are seeing hazy skies along the peninsula and also in the south bay as well. here it is, you can actually see hazy skies and what looks like i'm not sure what that corner is, i don't think that's the sun but it is 51 degrees were 44 along the peninsula, try valley 46 and 50 degrees in san francisco, 41 in the north bay and then the do lar radar right now is looking pretty good because we're not tracking any major weather changes. we're tracking that high
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pressure that continues to dominate sitting over the bay area and that's what's keeping this nice dry weather pattern and is also going warm us up. here's a quick check of your day planner. by 9:00 a.m. we should be keeping the upper 50s in the forecast. we will still see those patchy morning clouds as well by 12:00 start seeing a little bit more sunshine in those hazy areas. 73 degrees inland by 3:00 wereset 2 for the bay, 78 in the inland. 64 degrees by 7:00 so we don't cool down too much so if you have a late night dinner you're not going to need a super heavy jacket. upper 70s, palo alto 70 twor, san jose high of 70 four, san francisco high of 66 and if you're not planning to stay in the bay area, maybe you're trying to get away for this vund are here's a check of that temperature trend in napa. by 12:0071 and if we fast forward through the 3:00 hour, look at this, 78 degrees so you're going to be wine tasting maybe enjoy a nice cheese
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platter outside wear your sun screen. and tahoe we still have plenty of snow after some serious snowfall the past week, but it's going to be a great day to head out there. definitely much better driving conditions and here's a look at what you can expect. starting off in the 30s and then by 11:00, 12:00 warming up to 53 degrees. by 3:00 a high of about 58 in lake tahoe. and if lake tahoe is not your thing, maybe tant santa cruz. it's going to be stunning by about 11:00 a.m. 62 degrees were 2:0066, and 3:00 upper middle 70s will be expect the not just here at home but also beach areas, mountain areas and of course in the weinerries. now, over the next seven days we have a lot of good news coming up. monday and tuesday expecting to be the warmest days of the week. 69 degrees into tomorrow by tuesday 68 and then on wednesday we do have a bit of a system that might cool us down just a
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bit into those lower 60s but we're still keeping up sunshine in the forecast not just for san francisco but also inland areas. a high of about 74 as he head into the start of your wooek workweek. so your early morning commute is going to be very dry and probably 40s and 50s again so make sure to bring on a light sweater then you'll be able to shed that coat. tuesday 76 degrees were wednesday 71 and then on thursday and fry we do see that weaker system that's going to cool us off just a bit into the lower 70s, but have no fear, march fwentth official start of spring is upon us and the weather is certainly working in our favor this last week of winter has really felt more like an early start to spring for me. what about you? >> i talked to my mom in chicago, she said it was 16 degrees the last couple of days. >> so you waved at her with a sunny smile from out here, right. >> exactly. so we don't have much to explain about. thanks. well, we have five days go before st. patrick's day but some people have already started
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the party. yesterday was the city's annual st. patrick's day parade. it's one of the largest st. paddy's day celebrations west of the mississippi. >> this is the day where we kind of reclaim back the streets. the theme of this year's parade is passing on tradition and i think that's a particularly important one. >> this is a 166th year of the parade and nearly 100,000 people come out to enjoy it every year. i went to the parade a couple years ago trr was a blast. it's so much fun. >> i have to make it a point go out next year. >> moeflly it will be as good as the weather. >> i agree conspiracy don't forget to turn all your clocks back and thanks for waking up early with us. thanks so much for making us part of your morning we'll have more local news tonight at 4:30, 6:00 and 11:00. have a great day.
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and if me driving a that truck means that somebody gets to go home safer, then i'll drive it every day of the week. together, we're building a better california. this sunday, repeal, replace and revolt. the republican health care plan. >> this is the closest we will ever get. >> supported by president trump. >> we must act now to save americans from the imploding obamacare disaster. >> but attacked on one side by conservatives. >> this is just obamacare with a different label. >> on other side, by republican moderates. >> pulling the rug out from these vulnerable populations is not really the direction we want to go. >> and on all sides by democrats. >> robinhood in reverse. >> this morning i'll talk to hhs secretary tom price who oversees the overhaul, kathleen sebelius, the former hhs secretary who oversaw obamacare

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