general larson. the command post is calling. >> this is larson, go ahead. >> this is brooks. president has authorized the joint chiefs to give the auto field forces to proceed to target. release quick strike. repeat, you are authorized to give the order to proceed to assigned target. release quick strike. that is all. >> acknowledge. >> roger. >> release quick strike and proceed to target. acknowledged. >> release quick strike. have all alert force aircraft proceed to assigned targets. launch all available missiles. orders, makerget sure you word everyone. i don't want anyone turning back because we couldn't contact them. >> yes, sir. are you ready on the conference call? this is general turner. all units, all quick strike aircraft proceed to assigned targets. i say again, all quick strike aircraft proceed to assigned targets. attention missile sites, fire at will on designated targets. repeat, fire at will on designated targets. >> the offense force has launched a double punch. planes and missiles. all coordinated by the senior control room and his staff under the direction

larson. go ahead. >> sir, would you turn on your screen? a large number of unidentified aircraft have just appeared. >> right. go ahead, air defense. >> this is their defense. large groups of unidentified aircraft have been reported. reports from alaska indicate unusual activity in the northeast siberia. we are considering reclassifying these unidentified aircraft as hostile but of the unusual numbers and tracks. >> air defense, mrs. is general larson. is your commander there? -- this is general larson. is your commander there? how does this look to you? more reports keep coming in all the time. we just talked with our people in alaska and to the canadians. both are picking up tracks. my cruiser are fine -- are on five minute alerts. our antiaircraft missiles are on alert, ready to launch. >> how much time to get our aircraft off the ground? >> our first check indicates you have about two and a half hours for the bases in the northern united states. >> that is close enough. i am getting my pe

what's fascinating learned about brie larson.rming skits on the jay leno show. >> there you go. >> tonight show. >> starting with jay. what? what? >>> making news in america this morning, fired by fox, bill o'reilly booted from his long-running show after a series of allegations against him. his old program already has a new name. >> the trump administration facing serious foreign challenges from iran and north korea. the secretary of state making one thing clear, the u.s. won't be waiting around to take action. details live from washington ahead. >>> new video, the frightening moment as smoke fills a passenger plane. look at that. the jet's pilot with a request that probably didn't make too many people comfortable. >>> a truck's strange cargo on the highway. a car dragged for miles. we'll show you more on that video.

general larson. the command post is calling. >> this is larson, go ahead.

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abc 7 news reporter kate larson is live where hundreds of species are blooming as we speak. hi, kate. >> reporter: reggie, this is a beautiful place to visit no matter what time of year, but if you're going to come just once, april is a great month because of all the heavy rains, the wild flowers and grasses are out in full force right now. like much of california, this is filled with a spectacular wild flower bloom this spring. >> this is a rare time because it's just a one moment every year that we see this beautiful bloom. >> reporter: staying amongst a carpeted yellow tiety tips in gold fields, that will be gone in a a few weeks, replaced by new wild flower species. this restoration ecologist explains just how unique this san francisco park is. >> there are 300 plants, native plants, that grow just here. that's an enormous amount of

larson. when the chilling stops we will wreck -- chewing stops we will recognize the last word. >> i think the chairman for the dignity he brings to these aarings and this is always pleasure as a member of the -- committee to learn from your colleagues on the committee. i rise in strong some -- strong support of mr. pascrell. the gentleman from patterson has been persistent in his goal and his desire to achieve what i think is just your common sense and that americans have the right to know and sometimes on this committee things can get side is accusing the other of being on a witchhunt and the other appears to be saying no, there is a cover-up. justice who said democracy and freedom is that which leaves you not to sure. in this case, there is more than enough evidence on both sides to leave people not to sure. the american people may need a reshuffle and new deal in order to get to the truth. with that, i yield to mr. crawley. >> for the record, another example as to why we need to see these

>> of the two, i like brie larson. >> yeah, agree. fate of the furious. >>> this morning on "world news now" -- the overnight terror raids in france. >> police are on the hunt following the deadly attack at one of the busiest tourist destinations in the world. people at caves sent scrambling for cover as gunshots rang out. we'll have the latest on at take claimed by isis. >> the teacher accused of kidnapping his former student, now under arrest after multistate and week's long manhunt. how they were discovered thousands of miles from home. >> and, surveillance video shows the a police officer accidentally shoot and kill a woman at a community training event. the officer firing during a drill posed as a bad guy. why the video is just now being released. >> and it may be a droom to some, but for baristas, the new unicorn frap is a

kate larson, abc 7 news. >> scary stuff.hey catch that guy. >>> a former prostitute convicted in the death of a google executive is fighting to stay in the u.s. alex tichelman served nearly two years in the santa cruz county jail. she was released last week and was immediately taken into custody by immigration agents. she was born in canada. she pled guilty in 2015 to involuntary manslaughter for the death of her client, forest hayes. police say she injected the married father of five with heroin and when he started to overdose, she stepped over his body and left him. >>> many oakland residents are questioning whether the city is doing enough to protect people from unsafe buildings. this question comes after two deadly fires in the last four months. oakland's catch me if you can k is blamed for the ghost ship fire in december. 36 lives lost now the meade fire last week where four perished. mayor libby schaaf says she has a new plan now. she wants to increase the number of fire inspectors from six to 12. she says they will mo

you went from not painting to being a painter. >> larson has been teaching the current crop of youth tier inmates to draw, paint and express themselves through art. he is with a nonprofit called splashes of hope. >> their goal is to uplift and inspire and help heal through art. >> after weeks of preparation larson and inmates are painting a 78 foot mural in the jail. >> we have probably 25% of the wall covered. >> suffolk county sheriff vincent demarco created the youth tier initiative. he says it not only helps young people but has financial benefits. >> inmates are kept in jail out of sight out of mind but it is a very big portion of a county's budget to run a jail. our goal is to make them productive citizens so they don't come back. we reduce the jail population and don't have to build more jails. we don't have to feed as many inmates, and people become productive members of society and contribute to the tax base. >> we talk about that real stuff. >> they are at a very influential age. we think by having officers that want to work with the youth and give them vocational programs,

kate larson, abc7 news. >>> back to our weather coverage. firefighters fear two homes in the oakland hills may need to be red tagged after a mudslide there. tons of dirt and remark threaten other homes on banning drive. people had to be evacuated from 12 homes. >> we don't expect this to worsen as of right now, but it all depends upon the rain and the wind. >> engineers looking at the houses to see what kind of repairs feed to be made. the red cross and insurance companies help the displaced families to find places to stay overnight. developing in the oakland hills a mudslide forced several -- yep, we just talked about this, i believe, right? okay. we're going to move on to another story. >> i want to show you what happened after a tree fell on the car -- this is the wrong video, so let's skip ahead. we're having some issues. i am not sure if this is a house or a car. maybe this is the home. we will figure that out. >>> a large tree -- no, we are going to talk about roads on the bay area being ed reggie. >>> the flooded roads, it's a lot bet

abc 7 news reporter kate larson has the story. >> a contentious election resulting in violence on the streets of paris. as a vote with global impact is under way in france and across the world. here in the bay area, french citizens lined up at the polls in berkeley and san francisco. >> i think they're all decent candidates. doesn't matter who you vote >> she is one of four candidates on the ballot in a dead heat in the second round. president trump told the a.p. that thursday's terrorist attack on the champs did he lease will -- she promises to pull france out of the eu and vows to crackdown on immigration. >> we're about globalization not creating borders. that's not something that we like. we're very international family. >> nicole gar zone got a french passport and is voting in a french election for the first time. she supports a mainstream conservative candidate. >> i think a lot of people are showing up because they don't want the same thing to happen in france that's happening here with trump and in the uk with brexit. >> emanuel is leading the polls ahead of le pen. the 39-yea

reporting in the outer richmonday, kate larson. >>> developing news in stoke home where as many as five people were killed after stolen beer truck barrelled into an upscale department store. sweden's minister says, quote, everything points to terror at 3:00 p.m. local time when the streets were full of people, several injured, oeshs ran in fear. the subway system is shut down and people are told to stay home. leaders from germany, france, and russia all of whom have experienced recent terrorist attacks are expressing responds to sweden. >>> intense reaction from congress and the international community this morning following president trump's decision to launch an air strike on syria. a move in retaliation to a chemical attack on the syria people tuesday. some are praising the move. others say he went back on one of his biggest campaign platforms. >> they felt like president trump broke promise based on nonintervention. he was a response to prauchl as well as president bush. the fact he moved quickly shocked a lot of people. >> that message felt in russia, syria, and capitol hill. we ex

. >> abc 7 news reporter kate larson is live in union square in san francisco with what she sees there, kate, affecting a lot of people? >> reporter: if you are in downtown san francisco, you are definitely feeling this power outage, whether it means you are stuck in traffic. a lot of cars here where you can't get to work. the lights are out in all intersections that we have seen nearly union square. we are at post and grand about a block off from all of this major shopping. a lot of the stores closed as well. people are not able to get to work. look at this. we've seen san francisco fire trucks zipping up and down the street all morning long. i spoke to an engineer on board, and they were slammed. they say they are getting call after call for people who are actually stuck in elevators because of this outage. we have also seen the crews in the downtown area trying to figure out what's happening here in san francisco with this power outage. of course, trying to get power restored to all of these businesses, and folks who live and work down here. as i said, a lot of folks can't get to wo

kate larson is live in selma next to the tallest building in the west. hey, kate. >> reporter: hey there, reggie. a lot of people worked on the salings force tower for years, construction workers who worked here 24 hours a day trying to get the building complete, and today is a big milestone because it marks the end of these structural phase of the construction. right now, there's a big event going on, so for the ceo here as well as mayor ed lee, but let's go ahead and take a look at this. it's pretty cool. today people are actually signing the final steel beam which will be installed today weather permitting. the tower has been in the works for a decade and under construction for four years. it's not yet complete, but nevertheless, it's been dominating san francisco's skyline for quite some time, and until the tower came along, the pyramid was the tallest structure in the city for 43 years, but now sales force 6 is 1-story building here at 1st and mission took the record. >> the steel's been finished, concrete's finished, the skin of the building is com

let's begin with our team coverage with abc 7 news reporter kate larson live at union square. kate, are stores still in the dark? >> reporter: yes, they are definitely still in the dark. in fact, most of the stores here are in union square and around union square never really had a chance to open today because when employees arrived to work, there was no power. now, when we spoke to you all at 4:00, most of the lights were still out at union square. a little bit of good news. in just the past few minutes we've seen a lot more of the traffic lights go on here between stockton and grant and all the lights that we can see are on. fire fighters rushing from one call to another in downtown san francisco during a power outage to rescue people from many's worst nightmare. >> it was scary to me. as soon as he got on the elevator, lights came on and blink. >> reporter: rene, a building security guard said an employee got stuck inside this elevator 30 minutes. right after the power went out around 9:00 this morning. >> are you all right? yeah, i'm okay. when they finally came and cracke

abc 7 news reporter kate larson has the story. looks like we'll move on to our next story and we'll have more details a little bit later in the newscast. now, cafe ba steel in downtown san francisco is opening at 10:00 to broadcast the results of the french presidential election. the final runoff election between the top two candidates will take place on may 7th. back here at home, in the south bay, investigators are trying to determine the cause of a fire that gutted a home. abc 7 news was at the scene in sunnyvale as fire fighters surrounded the inferno on el cerno court, near highway 85. fire fighters faced dangerous conditions when they went inside. they were treated from the burning home at around 7:30 last night. >> had fire breakthrough the roof itself. it was unsafe because the roof has solar panels on top. we had roof collapse. the roof is compromised because of fire. that adds more weight to the roof to have it quickly collapse. >> thankfully all of the residents were able to escape. one of them was treated for a minor i

i'm kate larson, abc 7 news. >> definitely feeling the effects. thanks, kate. the power outage stranded two window washes next to the saint mary's cathedral. the aerial platform was stuck when the electricity went out. they were stranded several hours suspended above the street. the workers were eventually rescued and are okay. >> a power outage caused problems for drivers all day long. take a look at this. gridlock, sky 7 showing us dozens of intersections across the city where the traffic lights went out and they turned into chaotic four-way stops. we have a look at our live traffic map showing the back up that exists now. you can see the areas in red moving the slowest. the worst traffic is normally on a friday afternoon, getting off and getting on the bay bridge. we have another live look. this is the view from the skyway in downtown san francisco. and you know what, i mean, this is actually a typical view. >> pretty average. >> in fact, it might be slightly better than some friday afternoons. but obviously traffic impacted everywhere around the city. and s

reporting live in berkeley, kate larson, abc 7 news. >> kate, thank you. if you heard gunshots and sirens in berkeley today, it wasn't an actual crime taking place. instead you heard police practicing for how they respond to an active shooter incident. >> let me see your hands. keep going. keep going. >> abc 7 was there as they played various roles of gunshot victims. the muslim liberal arts school invited police to use the campus. >> usually when we do get opportunities on this it's on a weekend. the college was so willing to participate in this, participation in the event was compulsory for all students and faculty. we're not going to get that level of reality without support from the community. >> officers carried weapons that fired blanks instead of real guns. medical teams took part in the drill. >> a homeowner faces a repair job after a tree fell on a house in sonoma county. that tree caused major damage to a home in guerneville. fire fighters tell us no one was hurt and the home was unoccupied when the tree toppled this morning. the tree also knocke

larson is a few blocks away. kate, you're on a scene in a search related to this case. >> reporter: that's right. it's possible there was a suspect vehicle in the area. right now walnut creek had a heavy presence right here on lyndsay lane. we are a few blocks south on gwen a vista avenue. a woman this afternoon was shot and killed there in the street just a few moments ago. we saw armed police officers walking down the block. we know this is a cul-de-sac. we know they have it taped off and are investigating. around 1:30 this afternoon, multiple people called walnut creek police saying someone had been shot. when police arrived, they did find a woman with multiple gunshot wounds in the street. and they do know that the suspect fled in a car, some sort of vehicle, southbound on buena vista. and i did speak to the lieutenant investigating here in walnut creek. he said this is highly, highly unusual for walnut creek. >> it is very unusual. this is a very safe city and we do not see these things happening in our city

brie larson talking about her new role and what s >>> we've done it before and now we're at it again love it. >> so do you know a guy, your husband, father, brother, in desperate need of a makeover? go now to goodmorningamerica.com and tell us. and they could end up getting the ultimate "gma" makeover. [ cheers and applause ] >>> back here on "good morning america," you know we love a good pun and a little play on words. sabrina is from charlotte and she has this great purse. does it hold things? >> yes, business card, word of mouth. >> isn't that good? that's funny. we love that, sabrina. guess what, we have some other friends with news. the gammy award paramour is back. "hard types." the first single from their upcoming album called "after >>> good morning. i'm abc7 news meteorologist mike nicco. no need for the umbrella in the daylight hours. partly cloudy conditions, temperatures in the upper 50s at the coast. upper 60s for the rest of us. rain comes in tonight through tomorrowerer >>> that weather brought to you by mercedes-benz and i've got flat squat from grafton. not flat sta

judge jeffrey langton of the 21st judicial district, judge joan larson o of the fourth judicial district. state senator retired judge from the sixth judicial district hasa endorsed judge gorsuch. the montana nra members, the montana grain growers association, the men, will growers association, the montano stock association. our attorney general in montana, our auditor in montana. our speaker of the house. this is a very mainstream group of montanans, leaders back home, who were in support of judge gorsuch. yet my colleagues are rejecting the will of the american people, rejecting the will of montanans and filibustering this nomination, not even allowing for an up or down vote.rt the american people deserve a supreme court justice who upholds the rule of law and will follow the constitution jerk the american people deserve a supreme court justice who doesn't legislate from thee bench. the american people deserve judge neil gorsuch to serve onth the united states supreme court. thank you, mr. president. >> and earlier on the floor of the senate confirming elena duke as deputy secretary of

in oakland, kate larson, abc 7 news. >> now, kate just talked with cal trans spokesperson. he tells us the policy on murals has been the same since 2003. however, last year cal trans started asking artists to sign a form clarifying the agreement. kate will explain why that is causing confusion on abc 7 news at 6:00. >> a group of more than 800 tech start ups is urging the federal communications commission chairman not to go forward with his plan to dismantle netanyahu tralt. chairman wants to throw out the rules which prohibit internet service providers from favoring or discriminating against web traffic to certain sites. in a letter, start ups seen on the screen hearsay netanyahu tralt is needed to help new companies compete online. a vote to begin the possible change of the process is scheduled for may 18. >>> six national monuments here in california could be changed as a result of a new executive order. the order signed by president trump today calls for widespread review of more than two dozen national monuments proclaimed by the last three presidents. that includes se

rep and gun merchant goes sideways the result is a shoot-out with larson's justine trying to save it.he's the one trying to keep everything okay, as calm as she is and not going to be a mess. this is not like cool action hero moves. that's what i like about it. >> reporter: larson has been in high demand since 2016 after winning the oscar and will join "captain marvel." she feels she's only as good as her next picture, she says. >> for most of my life if i wasn't on set i was going on three or four auditions every day and if you're not working you're sitting home with anxiety because you think i'll never get another audition. i'll never make it. >> reporter: you shared with us a dream a year ago where you were talking to your 7-year-old self and you said, keep at this but it's going to be 20 years before you get any recognition for it. what is it like now to have that recognition for you? >> i feel the same. it hasn't changed how i feel still question if i'm a good actor. i still question if i'm doing enough -- >> you have a statue in some room in your house. >> it's kind of random, i

brie larson talking about her new role and what she >> rachael: today we are getting our parmesan. >> parm? oh, vanessa: i got hurt and was given painkillers. by the time the drugs ran out, i was addicted. it happened so fast. i ended up on the streets, where the drugs are cheaper and easier to get. i was a full blown heroin addict, selling my soul to get high. when i realized i needed help i didn't know where to go. but i got help and you can too. you're not alone. help is within reach. this is governor chris christie. call 844 reach nj or visit reachnj.gov. >>> we've done it before and now we're at it again with makeover my man. >> i love it. i love it. >> so do you know a guy, your husband, father, brother, in desperate need of a makeover? go now to goodmorningamerica.com and tell us. and they could end up getting [cheers and applause] >> back here on "good morning america." you know we love good fun arc little play on word. sabrina is from. >> charlotte. >> you got this great purse and i asked does it hold things. >> yes, word of mouth. thesaurus. thank you for being with us. we'v

but cillian murphy, brie larson, sharlto copley, armie hammer, a really terrific cast, and every singlely rising to the challenge of this, thinking it's a great script. it's beautifully mapped out. i know nobody ever comes out of the cinema and says this, but the editing is amazing. i think you sold that quite well. good! the best of the week is get out. this is out in cinemas at the moment. have you seen this yet? no, i haven't see it yet. ok, you really should. it's described by its director as a social thriller, and it's very much influenced by rosemary's ba by and the stepford wives. but it also alludes to other horror movies like red state and green room and films like tales from the hood and to sleep with anger. it's a sort of horrifying satire about racism in post—racial america, about liberal, rich white people, with this broiling undercurrent of racism. i saw it in a packed cinema and it really played to the crowd. it's done terrifically well and i think it's great. briefly, edge of 17 is your dvd. a coming—of—age drama that appears to be written and directed by someone who lik

kate larson is in napa where we expect to get an update in just a little bit. >> reporter: there mayave been an argument between the suspect and a neighbor when the shooting happened yesterday around 2:00, 2:30 in the afternoon, and they are investigating. let's look at video from the scene in this neighborhood. a quiet neighborhood. we were there earlier this morning and the shooting happened near bueno street and linda vista avenue. the suspect's car, silver, just riddled with bullet holes. multiple people called 911 saying somebody was open firing in the neighborhood and when they got there, they saw the suspect backing out of the driveway in the silver car, and the suspect allegedly fired at the officers and that's when the officers and the deputies fired back triggering the shoot-out. >> we heard a bunch of gunfire, and it sounded like there was two shots that came from a different firearm, and all of a different firearm, and all of a sudden we heard, >> after the shoot-out the suspect drove his car into a tree and he was killed, and nobody else was seriously injured in the neig

fantastic cast, brie larson, cillian murphy, armie hammer. just a terrific piece of cinema.han you would expect from the subject matter. 0k. i will have to take your word on that one. dvd, for anyone who wants to stay in? moana, which is proper classic modern disney. it‘s the story about a young polynesian adventurer, who sets out into the ocean in order to save her homeland. wonderful songs, absolutelyjust jaw—dropping animation. beautiful storytelling. a film made with real love and affection, that you can watch at any age at all. from nine to 90. it is a real winner. is it aimed at children, but actually it is one of those that adults can watch? i think like all the best kids movies, it‘s aimed at all of us. if you think of inside out, or mary poppins. films that anyone of any age can sit down and just be overwhelmed by. i will probably discover now that my nieces have already seen it ten times. oh yeah! they are always ahead of us. thank you very much, mark. a quick reminder that you can find all the film news and reviews from across the bbc online. film news and reviews

abc 7 news reporter kate larson has more. >> for more than a year, dirt bike and atv riders have been terrorizing area roadways. this cell phone video shows bikers popping willies on the bay bridge a few weeks ago and this video from march shows a dozen or so men zigzagging across highway 101, to surround this car and viciously beat the lift driver inside. >> you can see violations are being done. but at the same time, you know, sometimes when you're in on a motorcycle it's hard to stop these highly mobile riders who have no regard for the law. >> they're making progress in their fight against the groups. on sunday officers arrested 28-year-old, and impounded his stolen dirt bike, after he and a group allegedly violated multiple laws as they rode through the area. several others made possible in large part because of chp planks like this one, equipped with a camera which can safely follow groups of bikers. >> it contains some really clear video of all the violations that took place and they noted one rider, one gentleman who happened to be extra reckless, if you will, really speeding,

but cillian murphy, brie larson, sharlto copley, armie hammer, a really terrific cast, and every singleing to the challenge of this, thinking it's a great script. it's beautifully mapped out. i know nobody ever comes out of the cinema and says this, but the editing is amazing. laughter. i think you sold that quite well. good! the best of the week is get out. this is out in cinemas at the moment. have you seen this yet? no, i haven't see it yet. ok, you really should. it's described by its director as a social thriller, and it's very much influenced by rosemary's ba by and the stepford wives. but it also alludes to other horror movies like red state and green room and also to films like tales from the hood and to sleep with anger. it's a sort of horrifying satire about racism in post—racial america, about liberal, rich white people, with this broiling undercurrent of racism. i saw it in a packed cinema and it really played to the crowd. it's done terrifically well and i think it's great. briefly, edge of 17 is your dvd. a coming—of—age drama that appears to be written and directed by som

reporting in san francisco, kate larson, abc 7 news. >>> try to navigating an underground b.a.r.t. station in the dark. this is what it looked like inside the montgomery station during the outage. b.a.r.t. closed the station until power was restored. today's power outage affected a huge swath of san francisco that included the financial district where it was threatening to do serious damage to the evening commute. here reporter jonathan bloom. >> i have a pasta salad. >> it was supposed to be for a potluck. >> only one problem. no power. >> in a part of town that's typically all business. >> you know, there's so many people outside and they're all talking to each other, which is kind of awesome. >> reporter: with meetings canceled and the sun shining. >> have a picnic. >> reporter: passing the time but not helping will the bottom line. >> today is a big day for us, friday. we lost breakfast, lunch. >> and something else. >> all this got to go. a fridge and freezer full of food, none cold enough to keep. >> absolutely nothing. the only thing we can offer is ice water. >> a bummer fo

kate larson has been watching this all morning long and is at 23rd and anza. kate?n francisco fire department says hoarding conditions in this yellow house where the fire started contributed to how big and hot and intense those flames got. let's go ahead and take a look at the cell phone video and pictures from neighbors. there are three units in the house itself and another in the back. three people injured in this fire that spread to the two neighboring apartment buildings. it started at about 1:45 this morning. almost 100 firefighters on scene. three injured and two taken to the hospital and at least ten more people don't have a place to stay right now, or at least they can't go home. i did speak to the supervisor who lives in the neighborhood and she came out to check on the fire victims and says that fires are a real concern in the richmond district because of how old the houses are. >> so the richmond district has many of these homes, wood-framed, very old and a lot of them have the original wiring and also the homes are very close to each other here in the ri

kate larson takes us to the presidio where hundreds of species are blooming right now. >> reporter: likeh of pres filled with a spectacular wildflower bloom this spring. >> this is a rare time, a one moment every year we see this beautiful bloom. >> reporter: standing amongst yellow carpeted gold fields gone in a few weeks replaced by new wildflower species. a restoration for the presidio trust explains how unique this san francisco park is. >> there are 300 native plants that grow just in the presidio. that's an biodiversity. >> reporter: poppys, bulbs, thriving among tall grasses this year's rain sent into overdrive. >> we see an incredible bloom in wet years of competing annual grasses that have come from europe and other places. in really wet years we actually sometimes see a reduction in wildflowers on the coast. >> now is a great time to come see the wildflowers here at the presidio since the corn bloom actually peaked last week. if you missed it, not to worry. the endanger eed flower will blm and there are only two spots in the entire world you can see this beautiful magenta flowe

brie larson, cillian murphy... just a terrific piece of cinema. much funnier than you'd expect from the subject matter. 0k. i'll have to take your word on that one. dvd, for anyone who wants to stay in. moana, proper, classic, modern disney. it's a story about a young polynesian adventurer, who sets out into the ocean in order to save her homeland. wonderful songs, absolutely, justjaw—dropping animation. beautiful storytelling lines. a film made with real love and affection that you could watch at any age at all, from nine to 90. it's a real winner. i was going to say, is it aimed at children but actually it's one of those adults can watch? i think like all the best kids movies, it's aimed at all of us. if you think of something like inside out or mary poppins, films that anyone of any age can sit down and just be overwhelmed by. 0k. i will probably discover now my nieces have seen it ten times. yeah. thank you very much, mark, see you again soon. thank you very much. a quick reminder, you can find all the film news and reviews from across the bbc

abc 7 news reporter kate larson has the details. >> reporter: this man, 22-year-old benjamin gorky was arrested for child endangerment in petaluma where parents trusted him to watch their children at a boys and girls club after school program. >> lots of kids use that program. there are a lot of full-time working parents at our school and a lot of my son's friends are in that program. >> reporter: he allegedly took a photo on his cell phone of a 6-year-old girl and posted it to an internet chat room that homeland security happened to be monitoring. >> the chat room was involved child pornography and, so, they had started doing a preliminary found is that the image came from an address here in ron ert park. >> reporter: ron ert park police commander eric johnson said that's when their detectives got involved. gorky who neighbors confirm live in this ron ert park apartment complex allegedly did this. >> logged in remotely to the boys and girls club system to get all of her personal information so her address and ways to contact her. he then subsequently posted that information into this

abc 7 news reporter kate larson has the story. >> reporter: a contentious election resulting in violence on the streets of paris. as the vote with global impact is upped way in france and across the world, here in the bay area french citizens lined up at the polls in berkeley and san francisco. >> i think they're decent candidates. doesn't matter who you vote for as long as you vote against. >> reporter: islamist ideology cannot be spread in france. she is one of four candidates in france locked in a dead heat for a second round. president trump told the a.p. thursday's terrorist attack would probably help the far-right candidate whose campaign has been compared to trump's as she promises to pull france out of the e.u. and vows to crackdown on immigration. >> we're all about globalization and not creating borders and barriers and i feel like she's going to do the same so that's not something that we like. we are a very international family. >> reporter: she recently got a french passport and is voting in the french election the first time. she supports francois fillon, a main strem candi

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abc 7 news reporter kate larson has a closer look. >> reporter: after the 2014 napa earthquake governor brown declared a state of emergency. the quake injured 200 people and caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage. >> preparedness is absolutely essential. >> reporter: the salvation army's captain responded to napa hours after the quake. >> we were preparing meals actually in solano county transporting those across into napa. and so that preparedness meant that we were ready to go. we had the equipment in place, we had the volunteers in place. we were ready to support them as they needed it. >> reporter: this week he and other emergency response experts are meeting at fort mason for the epicenter conference so ensure they are ready to help bay area residents. the 1989 loma prieta was near santa cruz. thousands were were injured. according to the usgs there is a 63% chance a magnitude 6.7 earth quick will occur on one of the fault lines in the next 30 years. and a 99% chance for california overall. >> the disaster always teaches the first responder is likely to be your neighbor,

kate larson is live along the judah line. kate? >> reporter: one of the assaults took place on the n judah which picks up across the street at dubose park. but the man is known to assault other women. more people continue to come forward who say they recognize this man who victims, witnesses and police say is sexually assaulting women on san francisco muni lines. one assault took place last thursday on the outbound n judah. the victim tells us she recognized the man rubbing up against her as the same man she saw inappropriately touching another woman several weeks ago, also on muni. . >> i felt somebody banging against me as i was sitting down when i looked up and saw other people looking at me very strangely. i had turned over and i saw the same man. >> it appears that the -- there's some type of groping or the suspect inappropriately touched the victim for some type of gratification, it's still unclear what the circumstances are. this investigation is being investigated as sexual battery. >> reporter: sfpd says they are actively

i'm kate larson. we have developing news out of vallejo.stigate ag shooting at a house party where nine minors were injured, four by gunshots. all were taken to the hospital. police say someone in a c car across the street from the party opened fire shortly after midnight, and by the time officers arrived, the suspect vehicle, described only as a four-door car, was gone. >>> right now we'll get a look at our easter morning weather with frances dinglasan. good morning, frances. >> good morning. a system moving in. you see the clouds from the coast. temperatures mainly in the 50s, and also this afternoon it will be on the cool side with the rain heaviest between noon to 3:00. light to moderate showers during the afternoon. kate? >>> so let me get this straight. you're a rabbit? im vern, the orange money retirement rabbit, from voya. riiight. and that means...? i'm the money you save for retirement. i help you get organized so your money could multiply. see? got it. who's he? he's green money for spending today. you know, paying bills, maybe a

. >> restoration contractor christian larson says the tree pierced through roof into the ceiling in the home's top floor. a rarity. >> it's very rare you see a tree come completely through the house. >> what you see in this bethesda neighborhood is more common just minor root damage after a tree toppled down. >> at the same time frame you have a number of car crashes and wrecks and number of roads closed and obviously trees and branches bringing wires down and some of them major roadways such as connecticut avenue are affected and road and things of that na nature. again, good things is no injuries. >> and just to echo that sentiment thankfully tonight there's no injuries because you can see it for yourself through the branches the tree remains down. my photo journalist heard crackle when we stepped outside of the car and the tree applying pressure to the home. for our own safe tut crew here asked us not to move beyond this point. they're busy at work here in the cheverly chase neighborhood and long night lies auto head. tisha lewis, "fox5 local news" storm knocked down trees and power

reporting live in san francisco, kate larson, abc 7 news. >> thank you. drives home the point the time to prepare for an earthquake is now. we want to make it easy for you. go to abc7news.com and look for the prepare norcal section for the best guidelines for stocking a survival kit, how to develop an emergency plan for your family. >>> prepare for changes to our weather this week. rain is coming back. now's the time to enjoy the sun and warm temperatures, perhaps, apt the beach. look how beautiful it is in santa cruz right now. mike is tracking the afternoon forecast and helping us prepare for the storm that's coming. mike? >> hi, everybody. good morning. we'll start by opening the weather window with an idea what to expect today. hazy out there. one where temperatures, because of the lid on the atmosphere, about 4-7 degrees warmer than average. all right, the entire pattern begins to change thursday with our first storm. it's a live storm. it gets us going. it's an advertiser, if you will. light to moderate showers into the evening hours, becoming breez

michael larson, both executives here. let me start with you. what are you observing so far in "the first 100 days" as someone who helped to run this business, what's change? has anything changed? >> i would say optimism. excitement, more so than ever before. we are seeing more people looking towards manufacturing with inside the country than outside of the country. that excitement and that optimism started to grow. and i think over the past eight years, we didn't see that as much. some of the trade deficit started to dwindle down. were starting to see the fruit of that labor. >> martha: when you go back and we watch now president trump on the campaign trail, talked about ppp and that sound bite. the fact that he canceled that early on, does not have any real impact on this company? >> as you know, we ship a lot to shore. and i do feel that were going to continue to do that very strong. to say it had a big impact on this company, i really couldn't say. at the end of the day, we've always shipped offshore. it's too early to say whether were going