nbc's kristen welker is at the white house with more. kristen?> reporter: lester, national security adviser susan rice appeared exclusively on "meet the press" this morning, her first sunday show appearance since her comments on benghazi in 2012. but the first topic today was ukraine. rice rejected the idea that washington and moscow were nearing a return to cold war-style tensions, saying both the u.s. and russia agree that ukraine should remain unified. but she strongly cautioned russia not to get engaged militarily. >> that would be a grave mistake. it's not in the interest of ukraine or of russia or of europe or the united states to see the country split. it's in nobody's interest to see violence return and the situation escalate. >> reporter: on benghazi, rice said her assertion in the days after the attack that the violence appeared to be a spontaneous response to an anti-muslim video, quote, turned out, in some respects, not to be 100% correct and there was never an intent to mislead the public. but republican senator john mccain called ri

let's go back to kristen welker at the white house. very clear, deeply concerned and deeply destabilizing, strong words for the russian president, i think. >> i think that's the headline. yeah i think that's absolutely the headline, that is sort of the one phrase that was different that we heard from the president. you heard him say that the u.s. is deeply concerned about this situation now, warning russia again not to basically raise the specter of military intervention in ukraine. what he didn't do is threaten any action on the part of the united states. he made it very clear that vice president biden has been in contact with the prime minister of ukraine, commended the new government there on the restraint that it has shown. again, this was a stern warping to russia. it is what we expected president obama to say. it was a brief statement. it was, to some extent, a reiteration of what we have heard, but again that phrase there, ed that you point out, deeply concerned is the headline. it is this white house essentially upping the ante

eric and kristen?> san francisco police are, looking for the shooter who fired outside the westfield mall injuring a young man critically at market and powell. what have you learned, cornell? >> he is 19 years old and we know he is fighting for his life this morning. police are looking if a suspect who fired two shots in front of the westfield mall on market street and the victim stumble down the stairs to the bart station and collapsed at the bottom the escalator. the shooting created chaos with stores closed on the ground level of the mall that caused the powell street bart and muni station to be shut down while police investigating. the gunshot victim is hospitalized with life-threatening injuries and inwiths describe what they saw. >> the people running away from certain spots and i came out to see what was happening and i had to go back in to close my store. >>> police do not know what led up to the shooting. the suspect is still at large. anyone with information encouraged to call the his right a

is kristen stewart writing poetry?s lame. i speak of an ohio woman, is there any other kind, who hate i had her name so much she literally changed it to sexy. she is sexy. sheila crabtree calls her given name the ugliest one out there and told a judge she wanted something fun and free spirited and the change would make her complete. the 41-year-old said if the court didn't allow her request she would kill andy levy. sadly the judge complied. i was just seeing if you were listening. everybody calls her sexy, jedediah. wait a minute. jedediah. that's a funny name. >> should i become sexy beila. >> is this going to change her life at 41? >> it could. look, if she feels like her name defines her and somebody calling her sexy -- you are going to be called sexy all the time. women like to be called sexy. now everybody time somebody talks to her it will be sexy. >> they will never know. they will say, sexy. >> if people aren't calling you sexy after 40 years, give it up. >> it is so true. i am never going to be tall. i am 49.

the theme here, kristen, is fuel efficiency. what kind of proposals can we expect to hear from president obama? >> well, craig, good morning. first, a little bit of context. you recall in his state of the union address, president obama framed this year as a year of action, essentially saying he was going to take a number of executive actions to circumvent congress to get things done, despite the sharply divided congress that exists right now, so this is an example of one of those executive actions. later today, president obama will announce that he's directing the epa to tighten fuel efficiency standards for medium to heavy duty trucks. now, according to a 2010 study, heavy duty trucks accounted for about 4% of the vehicles on the road, but about a fourth of the green house gas emissions. this is the second time that president obama has called for tightened fuel efficiency standards. the first time was back in 2011. this time, these new standards set to take effect in 2016. we also expect the president to call for new public and

kpix5's kristen ayers has the new video and what bart is admitting tonight.risten. >> yeah, police chief telling us today that the officer who tased a man on the train here at san bruno bart station was doing his job. new cell phone video shows it up close. the bart officer warned a man of what he is about to do and then, he tases him. it happened the night of january 29. someone called bart police to complain that this man was drunk and harassing riders when an officer tracks the man down on the train, he repeatedly asks him to get off. the man, who has now been identified as robert, doesn't listen. so he is tased once. and minutes later when he's on the ground, again for five full seconds. >> i saw the video. the officer was extremely patient. >> admitted that the officer who did the tasing is fairly new, but he defended the officer's actions, saying the second tasing seemed reasonable. ingly saw the suspect still kicking. >> we showed the video to don cameron, a former bart police officer who is now a tactical trainer. >> i think both tasings were appropri

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kristen. >> reporter: yeah, somebody is running around with a winning ticket. they walked into this chevron station right here and bought that winning ticket matching all five numbers plus the power ball for that $400 million jackpot. if you can believe it. lottery officials telling us tonight no one claimed the ticket just yet and we don't know if the ticket sold here is the only winner. there were two other tickets that matched five numbers. one in modesto and those aren't the only winners. the owner of the gas station is looking at a $1 million payday just for selling the ticket. customers we talked to in total disbelief tonight. >> my coworker called me and said did you buy your ticket at the chevron? i'm like no. she said someone hit it there. >> crazy, could have been me. >> could have been me, too, but it was not. we should know the latest tomorrow morning if there were anymore winners. the other agencies still not back to the california lottery tonight to tell them whether there were other winners. we won't know for a while, but this could be a huge win

kristen, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, kate. well, inside philip seymour hoffman's apartment in new york, the police investigation continues. outside, as you can see, the crowd continues to grow. the media and fans, so many shocked by the oscar winner's death. news of philip seymour hoffman's death came as a shock to his many fans. >> it's sad. sad to see somebody like that go so early. they had so much more to contribute. >> reporter: police in new york say the 911 call came around 11:15 sunday morning, an apparent drug overdose. hoffman was found in the bathroom of his west side apartment downtown with drug paraphernalia and as many as eight bags of what's believed to be heroin nearby. the 46-year-old actor had waged a public battle with drug addiction, including a reported stint in rehab last year after more than two decades of sobriety. in 2002, he appeared on "today." >> i think everybody's troubled. i think that's part of what it's like living on the planet. >> reporter: best known for his oscar winning turn in the title r

i'm kristen welker in washington today for andrea mitchell. in just under an hour the clinton presidential library will begin to release 33,000 pages of records that were withheld until last year because of legal provisions. the records are expected to include memos to then president bill clinton from his advisers and perhaps memos from the first lady's office. what will these papers tell us as hillary clinton decides whether or not to run in 2016? joining me now, chris sill list saturd za and susan page, washington bureau chief for usa today. chris, let me start with you. >> sure. >> what don't we know about the clintons that the papers might reveal? >> i feel we don't know what we might know. one thing that's important is to put this in context. we recently had the release of lots of documents rerelated to a close investigation with scott walker in wisconsin. we had a lot of documents and more documents released in addition to chris christie's administration, closing of some lanes in ft. lee, new jersey, these are not documents related to a

kristen and eric? >> thanks, leyla.ext powerball jackpot is an estimated $400 million. >> there were no big winners on saturday but 151,000 in california took home between $3,000 and $6,000. the next drawing is wednesday night. each $2 ticket has 1 in 175ment chance -- 175 million chance of matching. if you want to be happy at work, look to the west coast. a study found california is home of three of the happiest cities to work that include san jose and washington, dc is second and san francisco is third. san diego came in ninth. the top three unhappiest cities to work in? cincinnati, orlando and indianapolis. >> a man happy to be working in san diego is using a unique technology to try to sell houses. jeff grant is using a drone to videotape a view of the properties. he thinks its helps prospective buyers get a better picture of the house but privacy spores worry of who is seeing the video while admitting this is a gray area. >> technology is increasing so rapidly privacy laws cannot keep up with this technology. the c

kristen and eric? >> miley cyrus brings the tour to the bay area but not everyone is working to -- twerking to the beat. >> apples drops in to the battle with a bill in arizona targeting the gays and lesbians with a warning for the governor. >> the great grandparent who accused san diego's mayor of harassment get as settlement but it does not include

nbc's kristen welker has more. >> reporter: lester, good evening, i spent the day in charleston yesterday. and many people told me their lives have been fundamentally changed. the state says the water in west virginia is safe but that is being questioned and creating a lot of confusion and fear. life hasn't been the safe in the goldman house since the chemical, mchm leaked into the water supply from a tank at freedom industries three weeks ago. >> what is frustrating, there is no end in sight. >> reporter: for weeks, this family says the tap water smells like licorice, a scent associated with the chemical. >> we have a new normal now, we have new ways of cooking and washing hands. >> reporter: the goldmans say they have been using bottled water and will continue to especially when tests found the levels of the chemical higher than standard, in six area schools yesterday, including at eldest daughter's ellie's school. >> my big concern will be the health of my kids maybe in ten years. >> reporter: restaurants say

kristen dahlgren, nbc news, philadelphia. >>> and allow us now to show you the latest adorable animal video gone viral, featuring a 12-week-old polar bear from the toronto zoo playing in snow for the first time. he seemed to be nervous at first but then warmed up to its habitat. zoo officials say these animals's play is not only cute but important for the bear's development. and if you like that, you will like this coming up, trust me. >>> on this super bowl eve, we would like to briefly share something from our friends at late night with jimmy fallon, the super bowl edition of the puppy predictors. and they're off! >> the broncos got the lead there, they're going back, looks like a clear win there, the denver broncos are going to win the super bowl! >> how good are the puppy predictors, they correctly predicted the baltimore ravens to win last year and also correctly picked the boston red sox to win the world series. >>> and if you have not had your fill of cute puppies, the other big game tomorrow, the puppy bowl. our jill rappaport has that report. >> reporter: super bowl sunday, i

i am kristen sze. >> i am eric thomas. we will find out about the weather. mike?there. it is coming down. you can see light rain with the radar showing moderate rain on the peninsula that could be running hot. mostly light-to-moderate rain. we will watch it because it will cause ponding on the roads. it has been raining all night. you can see more rain building over the ocean. mostly the entire commute will be full of steady rain. you can see on the golden gate bridge it is wet. this afternoon, we will be in the 50's with rain scattering down to a shower. leyla gulen? >> good morning, everyone. yes, the rain is affecting the commute. in san jose, this is where we have flooding on the road northbound 280. be careful in that area and stay in the middle lanes. a lot of bonding can happen on the shoulders or the center divider causing hydroplaning. we have seen our fair share of accidents. certainly a spinout on a 80 westbound at live more avenue. we will have more information on that ahead. this will take you to the bay bridge toll plaza. we have traffic funneling in

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i want to swing over to the white house where nbc's kristen welker s kristen, what's interesting hereof our sort of main foreign policy priorities right now hinge on russian cooperation. that could be nuclear deal on iran, it could be some kind of resolution to the situation in syria. and there is a sense, i would love to know your thoughts on this, this white house has been a little more hesitant in and around certain issues because russia is such a major player in so many areas. certainly the white house feels like they have been -- they have to and must comment on this, given the situation over there. but one would expect that they are gonna thread a fairly careful line here, given the other priority at hand. >> well, i think that's absolutely right. and that has been a big criticism of this white house, of this administration, that they haven't been strong enough, that the president hasn't been strong enough on some of these foreign policy issues when you luke at a case like syria, for example, where he sort of walked up to the brink of taking military action and then decided to p

kristen?n see that fog. we'll talk to >>> good morning. from the top of the abc 7 broadcast center, where i cannot see the bay bridge. the fog is getting ever so thicker. quarter mile at sfo. arrival delays and most of the fog is through the bay. warmest today. tomorrow, chance of rain saturday night and sunday. and this february, the crowd favorite meatball marinara is our featured $5 footlong. top it with melty mozzarella, green peppers or any of your favorites, on your choice of freshly baked bread. subway. eat fresh. on your choice of freshly baked bread. so yso you can happily let the grlife get in the way, while planning for tomorrow. so you can finish the great american novel banking for the life you have investing for the life you want chase. so you can >>> if you're on the east coast, you're getting snowed on right now. that's new jersey. coming down hard there. coming down here in new york city, too. look at the roads in raleigh. from our station wtvd. a tough commute ahead for so ma

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kpix5's kristen ayers tells us according to the survey, they have little faith in leadership and feel the people have no faith in them. >> i think it's truly devastating. >> the survey is a 248 page peek into the minds of oakland police officers. >> the working conditions have to be the most difficult in the state of california. >> a high crime rate, a disproportionately low number of officers and as the internal poll obtained by kpix5 shows, low moral. 65% of officers said they don't feel valued by the department. 55% said they don't feel valued by the citizens of oakland. one officer called the department a laughing stock. >> when you hear moral is low, does it surprise you at all? >> no. >> the city has been on an aggressive campaign. as new cops come in, large numbers are leaving for apartments with lower crime and higher pay. then there's the problem of leadership. >> there's no, no indication where we going. >> the department has had four police chiefs and still does not have a permanent chief. now the hiring process is on old. >> i think the oakland police departments have a st

>> kristen, this break in the action we are getting is giving people time to assess the damage from the first storm, recover from it. we found people very busy working on that. we also found the fairfax woman would found something positive in one of the side effects. >> as the rain came down from storm one, some cars flipped and trees came down. >> we heard a "snap." we felt the tree fall. >> this tree took power lines down with it on fairfax. >> mill valley also lot of trees. >> we had six reports of trees downed blocking the roads because of the winds last night. >> c.h.p. responded to spinouts on highway 101. this driver's truck flipped upside down. he hit a puddle and lost control. other drives say they can relate. >> if you don't take care of color car, you can get out of bounds and it is really dangerous. >> we are in between storms. officials say this is a good time to prepare. mill valley has restocked the sandbag supplies and is clearing creeks and monitoring the conditions. >> you come to my office you see a chart with the high tide highlights and well start watching the doppl

and kristen welker is going to tell us how it came about. how did it, kristen? >> well, this is a big event before the oscars, and this came about because it combines two things that the administration has within focused on education and nutrition. and this is aimed for connected to aimed to get high speed internet installed in all classrooms across the country. and so the white house asked students for short films to detail how technology has plaedd a role in the education. they got 2,500 submissions, and of those the white house narrowed it down to the 16 best submissions. and so that is what they are going to be celebrating, those submission, and they are going to be watching and screening today the students here at the white house, and certainly an exciting day, and the president is go g ing to announce that hes secured $4 million for the connected program totalling a billion dollars, and this is important, because 30% of the u.s. classrooms have high speed internet and compared to south korea where 100% of the classrooms have high speed classrooms. i will g

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. >> now what happens next, kristen? is there a plan to fix the two housing units? >> you know, tim jones, the man who you saw apologizing, he is the one ahead of the housing authority. leapted to reallocate some grant money. i wanted to ask him, but he is refusing to answer any questions from the media. liz. >> all right, kristen, thank you. >>> what else could be wrong with the new bay bridge? that's what local officials are demanding from caltrans. the agency knew the bridge was leaking water for nearly two months before word got out. we got a good look at some of the leaky portions last week, it is unclear where the water is getting into the bridge. the metropolitan transportation commission concerned about caltrans sitting on information. once the basic instruction is done, state funding dries up, it false upon toll, paying drivers to cover any future maintenance costs. >>> well, it's a long shot, but it could happen. a bay area tech investor wants to split california into sex separate states. cuts along existing county lines and make silicon valley its own sta

kristen and eric? >> it is 4:50. >> for the oscars more trays is more familiar than "the envelope, please." >> company that makes the envelopes is releasing details. they cost $200 each! they require 110 hours to make, by hand, and each weighs a quarter pound made of gold paper and include a red and gold seal of authenticity. only the winners keep the envelopes and cards and the others are destroyed so they are not on ebay. >> and the winner is ... oscar sunday is this sunday here. you can watch the oscars on smartphone or tablet with our watch abc app or watch the red carpet moments back stage. >>> starting friday, abc7 news reporter katie marzullo will be in los angeles covering the oscars. >>> for the first time in 20 years nutrition hails -- labels get a makeover. >> after a year away, the blue angels are returning to the bay area. it will be a special homecoming for one >> there are puddles. there are cute kids. we want your pictures. send us storm-related pictures or video. this was sent titled "

eric and kristen? >> the oscars are not for another five days but hollywood is preparing not biggest night. >> crews are hard at work transforming hollywood boulevard into the red carpet runway for the 86th annual ceremony with streets closed. crews have put up bleachers, tentses and still a lot of work to go before the star-studded broadcast which on sunday is only on abc7 for the first time you can watch on the smartphone or tablet with the watch abc app and back stage to see the red carpet moments thatten will be talking about. you can get more information on how to download 9 watch abc app@ on friday, katie marzullo will be in los angeles covering the oscars right here. >> group selfies are the rage but why you may not want to get too close when you snap the photos. >> regarded as the safest drugs for pregnant women to take and now a study suggests a popular pain reliever may expose unborn babies to future health risk. >> how to behave on bart [dad] [u [boy] mom!ughs] [mom] yes? [boy] whoa,whoa,who

kristen ayers tells us backlash is growing, but others say it's not a big deal. >> it was supposed tobration of black history month in concord. >> i think they know it wasn't to hurt anyone, but it was just a little too far. >> the school's black student union planned watermelon, fried chicken, and corn bread. the reaction was swift. >> they put everything we accomplished into a menu. >> the school nixed the lunch and issued an apology. but tonight, there's a bit of a backlash against the backlash. one black leader in the east bay community asked. >> what's the big deal? >> elizabeth williams is a national member of the naacp and serves on equal employment opportunity commission. she doesn't mind the menu. >> historically and even now, we like our chicken and i'm not going to stop eating my fried chicken and corn bread nor my watermelon. >> i talked to her about the history of the watermelon stereotype, how it was used in stomach churning images to portray african americans as simple, content with slavery, one um imagine sarcastically reads, you can see how miserable i am. >> why have

. >> kristen welker is at her job at the white house. kristen, with a hey to you.h today. what else are both sides saying? >> reporter: absolutely. i think you heard a robust defense from white house chief of staff dennis mcdonagh of the president's strategy to use his executive orders to pass some of these initiatives like increasing the minimum wage for federal workers, like setting up a requirement account for some workers. the education program that you just mentioned. david gregory, asking him if the president was playing small ball. dennis mcdonagh not surprisingly pushed back against that. he said look, these are important initiatives. important policies that the president wants to get accomplished. but the white house doesn't deny the fact that there is an acknowledgement, that there's only so much this president can get accomplished with this harply divided congress. the republican led house. here's a little bit more of the debate. take a listen. >> what the president does is spend a lot of time looking at what families across the country want. they want c

kristen welker, washington. >>> and elsewhere around the world tonight, efforts to bring relief to a syrian city that has seen some of the worst suffering in that almost three-year-old civil war had to be halted today, sadly, that's after a cease-fire collapsed and a convoy delivering aid came under heavy fire. we get the latest on the situation in the besieged city of homs tonight from nbc's bill neely. >> reporter: they have come with food for the starving. they were met with mortar fire and gunshots. u.n. officials and aid workers running for their lives in the back streets of homs, the city and its people have been under siege for two years, and today those who came to help them came under fire. several were injured. this was meant to be the day thousands of trapped civilians finally got food and medicine. but the trucks carrying the aid pulled back. there was meant to be a cease fire. it did not sound that way. it all started well, dozens of old and sick people finally allowed to leave the besieged old city, after a deal struck to help the warring sides. many were too ill to wal

to neighbors, we are talking to any possible witnesses to find out what happened. >> in oakland, kristen ayers, kpix5. >> the community is in mourning after a football player died suddenly today. 21-year-old, ted agu was a defensive end on the team. he was taking part in a workout when the medical staff noticed he couldn't finish a run. they took him back to the medical facility at the stadium where he then collapsed. >> he is just somebody that had a passion for life. i love to learn, love to laugh. had a great sense of humor. >> it's pretty surreal. i want to say when i first heard about it, i didn't believe it. it's just like such a devastating thing to happen to such an amazing person. >> a team doctor said agu had no previous medical issues, his cause of death is under investigation. >>> a funeral held for the oakland teenager shot and killed by her brother all over an argument over laundry. kpix5's andrea tells us how the suspect was able to attend. >> outside the oakland senior center, a sea in honor of justice tolliver. processing grief and heart ache few can imagine. a daughter

the next big thing. >> kristen stewart is in an interesting place.e "snow white and the huntsman," and that did really well. and then the sort of scandal broke. >> reporter: she had an affair with the director and r-pats dumped her. and everyone took his side. >> you have to be likeable offscreen as well. >> not necessarily. i think you just have to be not aggressively unlikeable. >> reporter: okay. so let's take a look at j-law, who is the next big thing. she is "the hunger games." last year's earnings, second only to angelina. and then there's this. >> you guys are just standing up because you feel bad that i fell. and that's really embarrassing. >> she's a sweetheart. she's just a goofy girl. >> i'm sorry. i did a shot before i -- >> from the sort of internet's perspective she's a sort of human gif machine. >> reporter: here she is photo-bombing taylor swift. >> i was going to come in and push down the stairs. >> reporter: carey bardon cast her in her first movie role in "winter's bone" after one audition. >> i don't think i can anymore. >> when s

eric and kristen? >> thank you, leyla gulen at 4:39.building in the south bay claps and -- collapses and what it took for firefighters to figure out if anyone was trapped. >> and armed sabotage on a local power station. >> parents, childhood injuries are rising. the surprising reason doctors say is behind >>> covering santa rosa, berkeley, san jose, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >>> good tuesday morning, a look from the camera toward san francisco, the bay bridge in the background. >>> this morning, san jose fire officials are confident no one was inside a vacant building when the roof collapsed. crews were called to the building at 5:00 yesterday and found a large says of the roof partly caved in. firefighters brought in search dogs to make sure there was no one buried under the debris. investigators believe the weight of water from the weekend inform could be to blame. a structural engineer was called to determine the integrity of the entire building. >> california health insurance exchange says they are hiring 400 addition

matt and kristen? >> lights are on for homes and businesses that last power in the richmond district. 6,600 customs lost electricity at 10:00 because of a downed power line. the utility says 500 people are still in the dark but they should have their power back on by 8:00 this morning. >> bart passengers could be on edge this morning after a derailment had repair crews working through the weekend. trains through concord and beyond starting running again yesterday. crews spent the weekend making repairing after an empty train jumped the tracks on friday evening. one passenger who took the train yesterday said it made a slower than usual run through the newly repaired section of track. >> they let everyone know on the train that it would be slower, we apologize, but it was an uneasy feeling on the trains. bart has to repair the switch where it took place. the cause is "under investigation." >> dalai lama wrapped up the visit to the bay area this evening with a talk at santa clara university taking time y

kristen and eric? >> we have developing news from the east by, police are investigating a shooting that left two people injured in pittsburg before 11:00 last night. no word on suspects or motive. amy hollyfield is at the scene and will join us at 6:30. >> new developments in the delegate of a three-year-old napa girl. the mother and the mother's boyfriend could be championed in the murder. katie marzullo has new information. >> the results of autopsy are fought released but it is reported that kayleigh slusher's body will be released to her father's parents today. her marry is in prison. her mother, sara krueger and the mother's boyfriend will appear in court for murder and child abuse. there were alert citizens, including a woman at the ihop was on social media and saw pictures of the couple and recognized them in the restaurant. the manager recognized them from tv. at that time the miss got several calls and put the word out to law enforcement. birth police found the pair at at the bart station. tha

i am eric thomas. >> i am kristen sze. it is crystal clear. up to the roof and mike nicco. >> what kind of crystal do you refer? >> the most expensive! >> we have a priceless sunrise. check out the colors, even without the clouds we have a lot of oranges and blues and purples and winds are light, that is the big difference with no wind chill unhike yesterday the temperatures are the same with reports of fog in the north bay not hitting our reporting stations. the day planner, breaking out temperatures in the 30's to mid-40's under sun and bright are all day today with low-to-mid 60's at noon and low-to-upper 60's at 4:00 and no worries headed out this evening, temperatures are immediate again, no rain, just a lot of stars and mid-to-upper 50's. we will see if friday lite can dominate the commute. >> it was getting busy and we have a lost congestion with a up of problems in the east bay livermore. it was first reported at airway boulevard but it sounds like it is more westbound 80 with a crash slowing traffic down. it eases up and then there is

kristen? >> without pay $1,100 for an iphone? the pricey markup facing apple 19s would want the damage it. >> an olympic breakdown and had bodie miller reduced to tears after winning the sixth medal. >> valentine's day one of the besis that millia is that millions of people will qualify for financial assistance. it's important to remember that the lower your annual income, the greater financial assistance you will receive. enroll today at coveredca.com. >>> covering walnut creek, burlingame, campbell and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> good morning on president's day. as we look toward the east and west...that should be the sun rising. we break it down for you and figure this out. first, though, we have these stories. >>> a man is dead after a fight at a wal-mart store that led to a deadly shooting yesterday in a phoenix suburb. it started in the store before the gunman opened fire. no word this morning on what led to the dispute. >> olympic skier bodie miller had an emotional intervie

kristen. >> yeah, tonight, neighbors told me that until tonight, there were cars without license plates constantly parked all up and down this block. they would disappear behind the door to that warehouse where a group of people may have been running a chop shop. >> police search warrants were coming in. >> andrew franco and 22 other people who were inside this east oakland warehouse were on the ground. >> zip ties around their arms and really, really tight. >> franco, who says he works at the warehouse was released, but 11 other people were arrested and expected to face charges for running an auto theft ring here. >> stolen property, stolen engines, stolen vehicles. >> there were also guns, construction equipment, even a large generator being guarded by a pack of pit bulls. >> cars are coming in. people are coming in. animals are coming in. >> this is a known area for vehicle theft. we have had issues here in the past. >> he's not kidding. we checked the stats. there have been 85 car thefts within a mile of here since december. >> it's about time they get these people out of here. >> b

kristen dahlgren, nbc news, new york. >>> in florida tonight, that state's stand your ground law is in the news once again at a murder trial involving a white man, who shot and killed a black teenager. the trial resumes tomorrow. our report tonight from nbc's mark potter. >> reporter: 47-year-old michael dunn is accused of murdering 17-year-old jordan davis and trying to kill three of his friends during an argument over loud music in this jacksonville store parking lot. the sounds of gunfire caught on camera. >> oh, my gosh! somebody's shooting. somebody's shooting out their car. i swear to god. he's shooting. >> reporter: prosecutors say dunn ordered the teens to lower their music in their suv after complaining to his fiancee. >> and what did the defendant say? >> i hate that thug music. >> reporter: but authorities say when the teens refused and davis cursed him, dunn fired ten shots. >> pointed that pistol at the car full of unarmed teenagers and continued to pull the trigger. >> reporter: the defense argues davis threatened dunn with a weapon, dunn telling police he acted in self-d

kristen? >> reporter: that's right. police say elia miranski did make it across the southbound lanes. he got to the middle. there were cars stopped there at the turning lane. but the school bus had the green light. this man escaped death over and over until now. that's the voice of elia miranski, telling his story as a holocaust survivor. he's pictured here with his wife at the hebrew house in rockville in 2008 where he lived. >> i have such great respect for them. that they had lived through the worst that mankind can do to each other. and still some beauty in life. >> reporter: u.s. holocaust memorial museum volunteer gail schwartz interviewed elia miranski in may eight months before he was hit by a howard county school bus and killed while crossing the street, a shocking way to-die-for a man who lived a life we only read about in history books. >> he was able to escape and jumped out of a window. i was devastated to think this man who had survived brushes with death so many times in his young life ended his life -- h

i am kristen sze. >> i am eric thomas. yes, you are facing sprinkles. that is nothing compared to tonight. >> and yesterday was a good appetizer, giving you an idea of what it will be like. it is for like what will happen as we head through the 48-pour respond of this next. this morning, we have sprinkles. mid-to-upper 40's in the north bay through fairfield and antioch and los gatos and hayward and everyone else around 50 to 52. the warm spot half moon bay at 54. live doppler 7 hd shows scattered sprinkles, and you can see the moist flow coming in from the west and that will bring us a chance of light rain today. today is a lull between the two storms but it will be wet but light. now the friday morning commute. >> we have friday lite so far. it is polar opposite from yesterday. as we look from our app we can see san jose is uneventful at 101 with top speeds moving up to sunnyvale and 280 is accident free. along the peninsula and we look at dumbarton and san mateo bridge, traffic is running smoothly. now, away from hayward to foster city you can see th

kristen dahlgren has more on his promising life suddenly cut short. >> police in new york say the 911 call came around 11:15 sunday morning, an apparent drug overdose. hoffman found in the bathroom of his apartment with drug pa paraphernalia. waged a public battle with drug addiction, including a reported stint in rehab last year after more than two decades of sobriety. in 2002, hoffman appeared on "today." >> i think everybody's troubled. that's part of what it's like living on this planet. >> i -- >> best known for his oscar winning turn as the title role, he was a versatile character actor, famous for disappearing into his roles. >> you cannot make friends with the rock stars. >> from "almost famous," to the "big labowski" and "the master," a role for which he was nominated for an oscar and golden globe. he won young fans of the "hunger games." a role he was reprizing in the final films. in a statement his family said we are devastated by the loss of our beloved phil. this is a tragic and sudden loss and ask you respect our privacy. please keep phil in your thoughts and prayers. >>

nbc's kristen dahlgren has more on his promising life that was suddenly cut short. >> reporter: police in new york say the 911 call came around 11:15 sunday morning. an apparent drug overdose. hoffman was found in the bathroom of his west side apartment downtown, with drug paraphernalia and as many as eight bags of what is believed to be heroin nearby. the 46-year-old actor had wathd a public battle with drug addiction, and a reported stint in rehab last year after nearly two decades of sobriety. in 2002, hoffman appeared on "today." >> i think everybody struggles. i think that's part of what it is like on this planet. >> reporter: best known for his oscar winning turn as the title role in "capote," hoffman was a versatile character actor, famous for disappearing into his roles. >> you cannot make friends with the rock stars. >> reporter: from "almost famous". >> the helsinki job was mine. >> reporter: to charlie wilson's war, the big lebowski, and the mast, a role for which he was nominated for an oscar, a golden globe and bastia last year. he won young fans at the hunger games in "ca

for "today," kristen dahlgren, nbc news, new york. >>> today is the first day of black history month, an annual celebration of the many contributions african-americans have made to this country. >> and many of the leading figures in the black community graduated from washington, d.c.'s dunbar high school. over the past few decades, though, the school's sterling reputation has taken a hit, and now the current principal is determined to bring it back to what it once was. >> friends, i want to talk to you about the opening school at dunbar high school. >> reporter: for generations, washington, d.c.'s paul laurence dunbar high school was a magnet for america's black elite. >> so much was expected of you because you attended dunbar. >> reporter: founded in 1870 as the nation's first public high school for african-americans, it drew students from across the country. among its distinguished alumni, dr. charles drew, who helped create the modern blood bank, and jazz great billy taylor. >> i'm looking right in front of me. there's a civil rights attorney, there is a chief judge, there is a con

eric and kristen? >> the western span of the bay bridge will be recristened today in honor of former san francisco mayor willie brown. there are signs on the debs showing the span's new name unveiled at a ceremony on treasure island who will draw a who's who of 500 from politics, sports, entertainment and high society. governor brown has opposed renaming the span, and most public buildings has not scheduled to attend. >> a young 49er faithful harassed on tv by seattle seahawks fan is getting a new start because of a story on abc7 news and the power of crowd funding. katie marzullo is in the newsroom with the story. katie? >> the 49ers losing changed the homeless teen's life for the better the we are hearing from him this morning. look at the page set up to help 15-year-old ronnie andrews. strangers have a college fund now at $27,000 and better, he could be in a home with foster parents by the end of the week. the plight was public when the video and pictures of him went viral, attending a seahawks vict

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matt and kristen? >>> the company behind a widely used internet browser is getting into the internet business. >> topping america's money a $25 smart 15 is being shown off, northwest so powerful at high end but intent and app capable and only available in developing countries. >>> markets opened this morning with traders in a positive mood, stocks have recovered from a rough patch but experts say the market could getrm rocky again because bull markets like this are volatile as time goes on. >>> lego movie is still on top pulling in $31 million and "three days to kill" trailed with $12 million. >>> that is america's money. >>> facebook and instagram are in talks with gun criminal advocates to ban firearm sales on the sole networking site. two groups have pressured facebook and instagram including mayors against illegal guns launched by former new york city mayor bloomberg and private selling and trading is widespread on social media and it is unregulated. other sites including ebay and craigslist and go

i am kristen sze. >> i am katie marzullo.check of the weather with meteorologist, mike niccos on the roof. >> i am watching downtown which is harder to see and more haze because of the fog developing rapidly. look at emeryville we can barely see 80 this morning as we look straight down on top of it. definitely changeable conditions developing right now. we will look at live doppler 7 hd and i will show you how we are down to a mile in oakland and two in san carlos. we will have flight arrival delays in sfo. we down to five in san jose. we are looking at fog that is thick on 280. first, i will show you how thick the fog is getting in san francisco. as you look at bay bridge, low-to-mid spirit and sprinkles in the not bay and cooler at the coast near 60. leyla, what do you have? >> track is loading up at the central freeway. if you are taking bart this morning we have an early delay that is cleared. at sfo it is all gone. everything now is on time and 43 bart trains, muni all on time. look at the green: no accidents to report t

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i am kristen sze. >> i am eric thomas. it was great all around because we got a lot of rain. >> little spring cleaning, taxes, you can wear the pajamas and just sit around without feeling guilty or watching the radar or the activity going on to the north where the storm lived up to its billing. good news on live doppler 7 hd, a drying trend with the rain. it is damp outside, fog is forming, still drizzle following up and the commute is wet. you can see how reduced the visibility is to the maze. we talked about this with drizzle which was drying by noon and then the clouds open up with clouds this afternoon and we have a lot of upper 50's to low 60's so we will still stay mild. leyla gulen? >> good morning, everyone, at 5:01 we have a couple of accidents. we have slick road loss we don't see too much rain falling, certainly nothing like this weekend. as we look at san jose northbound along highway 85, solo spinout and another car hit it and now they are blocking the lane into martinez westbound highway four. another crash o