lauren blanchard there in new york, thank you.>>> people say only if you have to go. everybody there says we have to go.>> a buddy of mine lives in new jersey and he goes into new york city rain or shine. >> if your boss expects you there you try to get there. >> that is a tough forecast. hours is easier.>>> this may be a cold rain for some of the coast and then snow farther inland. some of the snow is developing but will continue over the next 12 to 24 hours. another nor'easter for the east coast. for us it is a different pattern. you can see there is cold air up in the northern plains and in the great lakes. that is filtering and as the system deepens just north of atlanta. that will give them fits as well. what is coming together for us is cloud cover. there might be a small bit of rain or likely tonight into tomorrow. temperatures are up because of the cloud cover's. -- coverage. to the north, napa 49 a little cooler in cloverdale. i do not think it will get much cooler. 52 in moderate and 18 in truckee. this is not a system for the sierra. a lot of cloud cover an

i am lauren blanchard at new jersey's newark liberty airport and i will have more coming up. >> and we are looking at the east bay commute off to a wet start all over the bay, actually. roads are wet so give yourself extra time on interstate 80 and all the other freeways. >> the weak system came by. not too bad on the rainfall north of the golden gate but it won't last much longer. we will see what's in store for the rest of the day and what's coming for the weekend. >>> welcome back to mornings on 2 it's 4:11. european union is considering tariffs on american products if president trump goes through with the plan to impose tariffs on imported steel and aluminium. some products the eu mentioned including peanut butter and cranberries. they are deciding whether to put tariffs on bourbon and motorcycles. president trump has threatened to tax european cars if the eu imposes trade barriers. >>> the white house says mexico and canada may be exempted from the president's planned steel and aluminium tariffs. countries and others could fall under national security car bombs. he says the tariff

lauren blanchard has the details. >> reporter: congress facing yet again another government shutdown. a midnight friday deadline putting pressure on lawmakers to pass a $1 trillion spending bill before the end of the week. already, the government has shut down twice this year. but this time, lawmakers expressing optimism they will have enough votes. >> we are in good shape. we've made a lot of progress. there is still a few issues, but most of them are settled. >> reporter: yet, congressional negotiators appear to be struggling on several issues. democrats pushing back against a republican health care plan to stabilize the affordable care act's insurance market. democratic senator patty murray calling it partisan and accusing republicans of taking the bill hostage. meanwhile, immigration policy is also being debated. the president calling for money to start building a border wall and hire more immigration enforcement agents.

lauren blanchard, thank you so much for the live report.ay in another half hour and already very busy out there. >> i should say. >>> and back here in the bay area now, there are numerous rallies planned throughout the day. >> one of the earliest events we will see is happening at washington elementary school. that is in san leandro. students and parents will start making signs a half hour from now and their event starts at 9:00 and march in the streets at 9:45. oakland is also planning for a very big demonstration this morning. right outside of st. louis -- of city hall where organizers were out there very early this morning. >> reporter: good morning. we are here at franco galo plaza. we have been showing you some of the work, the hard work that is going on right now to prepare for today's rally. we have a camera position to show you what is going on here at the plaza right now, which is you have a lot of young people organizing the space and getting ready for the hundreds of people that are expecting here later on today, to take part in

lauren blanchard? >> toys 'r' us. they're closing and selling off all of their u.s.n't believe you, but let's check the tape. as a toys 'r' us? >> toys 'r' us, if you have a gift card, you stop immediately because once the store closes down, that is usually at. toys 'r' us did and former employees yesterday it would be closing all of its nearly 800 stores here in the united state united states. >> tucker: we hear a lot about the blue wave, you are the blue wave. michigan graduate. final question, lab results show that after a year in space, astronaut scott kelly is no longer identical to his identical twin brother mark. there is a major biological difference between the two of them, what is that difference? lauren? speak out their dna is no different. >> tucker: third dna can't be different. >> one of them is 2 inches taller now. speak out nasa scientists found that his dna had been altered when he came back down to earth. his jeans did not turn back to normal following his return to earth two years ago. suggesting that now the identical twins are no longer completel

ktvu's lauren blanchard tells us some politicians say these sanctions are long overdue. >> reporter: are blaming moscow for a nerve agent attack on a spy in the uk. president trump says he too is taking it very seriously. his administration is now slapping sanctions on a number of russians. >> it's a very sad situation. it certainly looks like the russians were behind it, something that should never, ever happen. >> reporter: the white house also disclosed moscow attempted to hack the u.s. energy grid as well as other major cyber attacks. in total, the administration sanctioning 19 individuals and five russian entities. that includes the 13 russians that were found as part of special counsel robert mueller's investigation into election meddling. >> it's overdue. so i'm glad to hear it. >> reporter: the sanctions bars the russians from traveling to the u.s. and freezes assets. congress voted to apply sanctions last summer with a january deadline but the white house has been slow to impose them. >> we voted to implement mandatory sanctions against russia. guess what, america? president

lauren blanchard. >> is it ringo starr of the beatles? >> call him sir ringo. he received it under his real name. paul mccartney was knighted in 1997. >> tucker: correct answer which brings to us sudden death 2 to 2. >> oh, boy.ke >> tucker: peter doocy and lauren blanchard decided by this question number 5. which kind of animal was recently seen walking on two feet at a zoo in philadelphia because it is afraid to get its hands dirty? peter doocy? >> it is -- and i sympathize with this as someone who has purell in his jacket pocket, it's a gorilla. cold and flu season, tucker. it's not to be messed around with. >> tucker: roll the tape. is it a gorilla? >> lewis, a gorilla at the philadelphia zoo, likes to keep it very clean. he is a bachelor. known for walking upright like a human as you see in the video. >> tucker: that was intense. the reign was short. >> i would like to meet a man like this. he won't walk on his hands. he doesn't want to get them dirty.ou could you imagine this? >> tucker: did you know the answer to that. >> i did. >> tucker: but the lightn

lauren blanchard? s >> toys 'r' us. they're closing or selling off all of their u.s. but let's check the tape. is it toys 'r' us? >> toys 'r' us, if you have a gift card, use it immediately because once the store closes down, that is usually it. toys 'r' us informed employees yesterday it would be closingy p all of its nearly 800 stores in the united states. >> tucker: we hear a lot about the blue wave. you are a blue wave. michigan graduate. lab results show after a year in space, astronaut scott kelly is no longer identical to his twin brother,ti mark. there is a major biological difference between the two of them, what is that difference? lauren? >> their dna is now different. it is right. >> tucker: their dna can't be different. >> one of them is 2 inches taller now. >> nasa scientists found that his dna had been altered when he came back down to earth.at >> 7% of scott kelly's genes did not return to normal after returning to earth two years ago. the identical twins are no longer completely identical. speak to give it's any consolation, she would have whipped me.

so no snow day for congress n washington, lauren blanchard, fox news. >> wow. >>> all right.time is 4:17. sal, you won't be able to a sit back and drink your could haveo this morning. we have lots of rain. >> we do. and we are probably going to have more crashs. >> unfortunately. >> yeah. as you know how it goes. let's start off with the gilroy commute and i want to show you the traffic is moving along okay so far despite it being a far away commute and being wet on the roads. you will see the traffic is going to be moving along fine. you can see from the road centers we don't are have -- don't have lot going on right now. traffic continues to look pretty good driving up into the area. we are looking at commutes here that look fine. there have within no major problems on the morgan hill commute. driving to some of the other commutes here, for example, at the bay bridge, will see the traffic here is moving along well. but, it is a little bit wet and that means traffic is going to slow down. so this morning, you are listening at home give yourself extra time. windshield wipers

>> lauren blanchard in the nation's capital tonight. , thank you. >>> president trump made another change to his cabinet today with an announcement on twitter. as expected, veterans affairs secretary david shulkin is out. he is the second cabinet secretary to leave over controversies involving travel expenses. the president said he intends to nominate highly respected admiral ronnie jackson as the next secretary of veterans affairs. dr. jackson served as physician to president obama as well as president trump. >>> jury deliberations began in florida today to decide whether the widow of the pulse nightclub shooter helped her husband plan that deadly attack. 31-year-old noor salman faces life in prison if convicted. holly bristo reports. >> reporter: an infant baby strollerk a pink blanket, a life-sized baby doll inside this box. evidence found inside omar mateen's minivan that the government glossed over until today. suddenly changing their theory saying omar's intended target disney springs, not pulse. and that noor salman thought pulse

i am lauren blanchard at new jersey newark liberty airport. i will have more coming up. >> and right here in the bay area, the commute is actually pretty good. we look at oakland about the only thing that might be a little affected is by the weather would be the commute into the silicone valley from the santa cruz mountains. we will talk about that coming up. >> well, a buddy of mine from caldwell new jersey sent me a picture yesterday with beer in hand and snow blower at about 17 inches of snow. but that system is now moving more into boston, new england and up to maine. with pg&e in the sierras. and i'm an arborist since the onset of the drought, more than 129 million trees have died in california. pg&e prunes and removes over a million trees every year to ensure that hazardous trees can't impact power lines. and since the onset of the drought we've doubled our efforts. i grew up in the forests out in this area and honestly it's heartbreaking to see all these trees dying. what guides me is ensuring that the public is going to be safer and th

of as fox news correspond lauren blanchard reports. the united eemris. >> special counts counsel counsel robert mueller is looking into t. investigators wants to know if there were any attempts of member office uae to buy political favor or influence with the trump campaign through money, george nader was a frequent revolve to the white house in 2017 advised top trump aids on mideast policy ahead of the president's visit to saudi arabia last year and nader has been a sort of advisor. the special counsel is interviewing witnesses about emradi influence and the presidentially son-in-law jared kushner's film business ties to the mideast >> we could not understand why the trump administration was so firmly taking the saudi's side in this dispute between the saudis >> the relative would also suggest the russia probe is moving beyond election meddling. >> my own view is he would deserve his own interest if he drags it out to the point where there was a prior special counsel there for lawrence walsh was there three years plus. it was -- every

>> reporter: thank you lauren blanchard live in new york, we will check in with you throughout the morningk in with steve for our forecast in the bay area. steve?>>> i am here. there are some projections coming in of one foot of snow just to the northwest of new york city including philadelphia up to boston. the fine line there is the temperatures but everything is coming together for a good snow event. york is 35, you need 33 or 34 for the snow and 35 and 36 and sometimes it will melt. a developing system will make for a busy northeast day. our system is well to the west. what we are getting is cloud cover dragging across and there will be light rain out of this, probably not this much. there will be light rain over the next couple of days and the focus seems to be towards santa cruz mountains south. cloudy skies and you can see better returns on radar. this doesn't mean we cannot get a little bit. it will go across late tonight which puts the golden gate in a better position. 40s on the temperatures to near 50, 44 ukiah to sacramento's 46. cloudy skies, light rain and better opportunity

in washington lauren blanchard, fox news.fox news alert the hunt for this violent immigrant intensifies. please identify the deportees as mohammed from senegal. he escaped ice custody going to new york on tuesday and sped away in a taxi, 90 minutes looking for him before alerting police. he has been arrested 10 times in the us with charges including objection and sexual abuse. entire family feared that after their suv plummets off a cliff in california. the parents visited by child protective services days earlier after one of their children - the sheriff does not believe the crash was intentional. police have recovered the bodies of jennifer and sarah heart and three of their six adopted children with one of those missing children you may recognize made headlines for this photo showing him how to police sgt. at a protest in ferguson, missouri. new overnight, north and south korea leaders setting a date for a historic summit. between 2 sides will be april 27th for the first time, as brand-new photos show what it is like a boa

lauren blanchard, fox news.nald trump promising to take out the savage ms 13 game since the beginning. >> we are going to destroy the criminal cartel ms 13. to any member of ms 13 listening i have a message for you. we will find you, we will arrest you, we will jail you. rob: this got so much talk on the campaign trail but despite efforts to eradicate this violent gang members are finding safe havens in liberal cities that have adopted sanctuary policies and become hostile towards immigration and custom enforcement. here to weigh in on this is former lieutenant with the las vegas metro police, thank you for joining us, you're an important person to talk to because we just had a number of arrests in las vegas for murders happening there as it appears this game is trying to settle into your city. should people in cities like las vegas where the gang is showing up should they be worried and how worried should they be? >> this is a valuable lesson because unfortunately every major city has a gang unit because every

lauren blanchard is in washington with more on this, and actions by u.s. allies as well. >> reporter: despite president trump's recent kind words for russian president vladimir putin, his administration is kicking out 60 russian spies and diplomats in new york and washington. >> when we need them as a partner and ally to defeat isis or terrorism, he works with them. but when they do things like they did in england with the poisoning of that individual, we sanction it. we stand up against them when we need to. >> reporter: the trump administration coming down hard on russia and its embassy in the u.s., in retaliation for a nerve agent, attacking england, that critically injured a former russian spy and his daughter earlier this month. the u.s. is one of more than 20 countries expelling more than 100 russian diplomats and suspected spies. >> it is part of a path to increasing russian behavior, but also represents a dangerous phase in russian hostile activity against europe. >> reporter: the u.s. called for russia to close it consulate in seattle by next mond

. >> reporter lauren blanchard has the details. >> kids will experiment, and they will potentially getir hands on them and it's poison. >> reporter: from prescription painkillers to heroin and methadone, children heading to the hospital due to opioid overdose is nearly doubling in the last decade. that's according to a new shocking survey published in the journal pediatrics. >> they explore their environment. if they find something, they don't understand the danger sometimes. and you know, can get into one of these medications. >> reporter: an estimated 2.4 million americans have an opioid addiction. and the number of children going to the emergency room for opioid overdose is increased from just over 800 over a decade ago, to more than 1500 today. teens are the hardest hit, experimenting after discovering their parents medications. >> you don't want to get overwhelmed with your emotion, because then it is harder to focus and take care of the patient to do your job. >> reporter: the advice from medical professionals? if you'd discover your child suffered an overdose, call first respond

lauren blanchard from north carolina, thank you so much for that.will happen today, for the reverend billy graham, that will be special. >>> coming up at 7:00, how they are improving a program that's meant to help people who have been detained by ice, to have legal defense. >>> up next, we are in arizona for spring training with the giants and the a's. you will hear what billy beane has to say about questionable spending . >>> a man has a few drinks and wakes up with a $1600 bill. >>> traffic is moving well along the san mateo bridge. >>> the weather is better than yesterday, but already a showery kind of rainbolt, hale kind of day moving in. we need to be ready for my name's scott strenfel and r i'm a meteorologist at pg&e. we make sure that our crews as well as our customers are prepared to how weather may impact their energy. so every single day we're monitoring the weather, and when storm events arise our forecast get crews out ahead of the storm to minimize any outages. during storm season we want our customers to be ready and stay safe. learn

lauren blanchard fox news. >>> president trump poked fun at himself last night at the gridiron dinner. mr. trump said quote, it has been another calm week at the white house we have it running like a fine tuned machine.>>> president trump comments were raising eyebrows. president trump thinks it is great that china's president could hold office for life. he said maybe the u.s. could do it the same. >>> a self -- south bay democratic blasted the transom but -- president. i have refrained from being anti-trump, talking about something un- american. george washington would roll over in his grave. >>> a new ad campaign keeping the daca front and center. hundreds of thousands of dreamers is still in limbo. it was scheduled to end tomorrow. two federal courts block that from happening. they rejected president trumps administration to bypass to go to straight to the spring -- sprays -- supreme court. >>> in a rare weekend session the florida senate rejected a proposal to ban assault weapons . the senate debated dozens of amendments before finally approving the legislation for a vinyl -- fina

lauren blanchard you are in newark new jersey with more to show us what it's like there and other parts of the east. good morning. >> reporter: yeah. good morning pam and dave. we are at newark liberty airport where the runways have reopened. however, across the northeast, there are hundreds of flights canceled today. this winter storm still impacting travel. >> i came in here ready for my flight and i find out that it's been canceled. >> reporter: the late winter storm causing a travel nightmare for thousands. and it could be days before airlines will be able to get schedules back on track after massive storms days apart. >> i was supposed to catch a flight to washington today and the flight got canceled. so i came here real early this morning to book the ticket, the train ticket to washington. >> reporter: the winter weather continuing to pound some parts of the northeast while in its path, residents are left to dig out from as much as 2 feet of snow. eventually dry out from coastal flooding, and for hundreds of thousands, wait out a massive power outage. >> we have kerosine heaters a

in washington, lauren blanchard, fox news. >>> the president took to twitter today to argue that amazon doesn't pay enough in taxes. amazon has been a frequent target of the president. he has tweeted about amazon more than a dozen times since late 2015. today's tweet said that amazon pays little or no taxes to state and local governments and is putting thousands of retailers out of business. president trump has also said that he wants the u.s. postal service to charge amazon more for deliveries. amazon's stock initially fell 3% today but rallied to close up more than 1%. >>> one state says it's now coming up with a new law to require sites like facebook to take steps to protect its users' data. it comes after data from 50 million users made it into the hands of a political consulting group. facebook says it's rolling out changes to protect users and will allow them to more easily control privacy settings but new york's attorney general wants to ensure social media sites are held accountable for data leaks. >> when the data breach happens, personal information, social security numbers, c

. >> lauren blanchard reports more than 24 hours after the disaster crews are still working to rescue those stuck in the rubble. >> still more questions than answers, the day after a massive pedestrian bridge collapse onto a busy highway. officials here said that they don't believe there are any more living victims left under the debris. they are now working on getting the bodies out. moving strategically to make sure that the unstable structure does not threaten investigators or rescue workers. >> primary focus is to remove the cars and victims. in a dignified manner. and not to compromise the investigation in the process. >> folks in sweetwater are still shaken by the incident. the bridge connected the city to florida international university. officials confirm at least one student died in the collapse. community leaders are now ramping up their effort to provide counseling and other resources to friends and families of the victims. >> the students. it is horrific. this is supposed to be a safety net for them to cross because we have lost lives crossing the tree before. it to see a

lauren blanchard has the details. >> kids are willing to experiment and they will potentially get theirit's poison. >> reporter: from prescription painkillers to heroin and methadone, children heading to the hospital due to opioid overdoses nearly doubling in the last decade. that's according to a new shocking survey published in the journal pediatrics. >> they explore their environment. if they find something, they don't understand the danger sometimes. and you know, can get into one of these medications. >> reporter: an estimated 2.4 million americans have an opioid addiction. and the number of children going to the emergency room for opioid overdose has increased from just over 800 over a decade ago, to more than 1500 today. teens are the hardest hit, experimenting after discovering their parents' medications. >> you don't want to get overwhelmed with your emotion, because then it is harder to focus and take care of the patient to do your job. >> reporter: the advice from medical professionals -- if you discover your child suffered an overdose, call first responders right away. docto

reporter lauren blanchard joins us from new york with a look at the weather and what's ahead. lauren. >> reporter: good morning pam, dave, in new jersey it may be snowing but in new york it is going between a wintry mix and just raining. so really, nasty day here. we are told to expect the really heavy snowfall about 1 p.m. local time. this area of the northeast has been preparing for this second major winter storm event in just a matter of days. the nor'easter over the weekendknocked out power to more than 2 million people. >> we are announcing a state of emergency statewide. >> reporter: new jersey just one of several states gearing up for the wentry blast. heavy snow rain and wind making a cross country journey. destination, the northeast. >> we ask you to stay whom so crowed crews -- road crews whether they are state, county or local, can attend to their duties. >> reporter: residents are on edge as the store impacts a region that is working to recover from last week's deadly wintry weather. >> we are nervous but nothing we can do. you know. it's mother nature and we are ke

in new york, lauren blanchard, fox news. >>> all right. chief meteorologist bill martin joins us. i guess if you are heading to the east coast, check your airlines, right? you may not make it when you want to go. >> especially new york and that area and boston, real bad right now. and then we're seeing reports of like 12 inches of snow in boston and some areas like that. a foot of snow in the city. some of those bigger cities are not geared up for it. the nor'easters work up the east coast and move towards the northeast. just like that. you can see that one particular storm, that's generally the past they follow. the reason they are so potent is they often times get the very warm or the relatively warmer moist water off the atlantic and that merges with this very cold continental air mass. and it explodes where they meet typically along the coast in the line. the nor'easter yet another one out there. for us, our story, which is sort of a drag, i mentioned it last night this plume of moisture, see how it detaches? here's the storm, trying to be a storm. it's very weak. this moistur

fox' lauren blanchard is in washington with more. >> reporter: march 5th was supposed to be deadlinesupreme court stepped in. giving them a reprieve while the legal battle over the program plays out. in september of last year, president trump moved to end daca and the nation is still waiting for congress to figure the situation out. the president tweeting today, it's march 5th and the democrats are nowhere to be found on daca. gave them six months, they just don't care. where are they? we are ready to make deal ! >> the sad part is that, um, both republicans and democrats don't disagree on most of the merits of this legislation. the fact that they can't actually come together and get something done is pathetic and now they're using the courts as an excuse they need to come to work and actually do what they were elected to do. >> reporter: dreamers young people brought to the u.s. illegally by their parents as children are shielded from deportation by the obama era program. some gathering outside trump tower in new york to call for action. while others marched and held a rally here in

lauren blanchard is at the billy graham library with more on how he is being remembered. >>> reporter: billy graham laid to rest friday in the billy graham friday in north carolina. >> he was reminded when i heard that my brother died of the song that the choirs used to sing, heaven came down and filled my soul with glory. >> reporter: president trump and the first lady and vice president mike pence and mrs. pence joining more than 2,000 people under a tent honoring the legacy of graham's canvas cathedral starting his ministry in los angeles in 1949 and preaching for more than 60 years around the world. the message focused on faith, family and teaching. >> he was faithful. he was available. and he was teachable. i want each one of to remember that. faithful, available and teachable. may we all be that way. >> reporter: graham buried in the prayer garden of the library beside his wife, ruth. his grave marker will read, billy graham, preacher of the gospel of the lord jesus christ. >> i can only imagine what it was like for my father to step into heaven and there was the lord jesus chri

at the billy graham library in north carolina, lauren blanchard, fox news.rancisco firefighter arrested on the job and is behind bars tonight. details on the threat and the illegal guns that he had in his home. good evening, everyone. i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. that firefighter was accused of stockpiling high-powered weapons and making criminal threats. rob malcolm joins us now from san francisco county jail with the details. >>> reporter: the details of the 14 page complaint are alarming. over 14 pages all of it detailing the potential for danger. >>> reporter: this san francisco firefighter who has been arrested is facing serious charges. >> printly we have the member on unpaid leave. they are very serious charges we are keeping an eye on. >> reporter: the san francisco fire chief wouldn't name him by name but these court documents obtained by ktvu news claim more than 2 dozen guns including assault rifles were allegedly found in the home of san francisco firefighter rock plichcik. the 59-year-old is now facing 14 counts, 12 of those fo

in washington, lauren blanchard, fox news. >>> a pastry chef has gotten a big assignment. the upcoming cake for the royal wedding between prince harry and meghan markle. she joined us a couple of years ago promoting her book, the violet bakery cookbook, and after her bakery in london. she has been asked to create a lemon elderflower cake that incorporates the flavors of spring for the may wedding. according to kensington palace, the cake will be covered with buttercream and fresh flowers. >>> spring showers on this first day of the season. tonight, another storm bringing several inches of rain to the bay area. >> all that rain means a wet commute and minor flooding on the roads, like here at alameda point. >> and, those wet roads also creating problems like are in the mountains where we found accidents, including this one where the chp says a chevy pickup with bald tires was going too fast and crashed into the wet hillside. you are going to want to keep the umbrella handy this week. it's going to be a wet one. good evening, i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. th

lauren blanchard, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> alex savidge is live at the airport right now. >> reporter: good morning, mike. this disaster drill at san jose airport just got started here. we will show you the scene on the tarmac. as part of the scenario that is unfolding here, a regional jet coming in for a landing struck a bird and the flaps are not working properly and it does not have working tires or a blown tire and the jet makes a crash landing. you can see here there are a number of passengers injured in this scenario. all of the folks here are volunteers from the red cross. [audio difficulties] >> what they would do is put a large blanket of foam to smother the fuel so it can't light off. then we will try to do the most good for the most amount of people. we will do what we call triage and find out who we can help. and then it's just a tiered response from there. and a lot of people here, hopefully helping quickly. >> reporter: and, again, we come back out live to the picture on the tarmac at san jose international airport. the response from the san jose fire department right now they

in washington, lauren blanchard, fox news. >>> donald trump, jr., and his wife are separating after 12couple released a statement saying they have, quote, decided to go their separate ways. the couple's statement went on to say that their five children will remain their top priority. the statement did not mention divorce and the white house declined to comment. >>> coming up here, startling new video of last month's school shooting in florida that shows an on-campus deputy walking away. >> a new development in package explosions in texas as authorities respond to hundreds of reports of more suspicious packages. >> even it's scary to go out at night in your own yard. you never know what you'll find. trusyou and lantus. you go together, so stay together. ♪ stay together with a $0 copay, you've got zero reasons to leave, and every reason to stay. lantus is used to control high blood sugar in people with diabetes. do not use lantus to treat diabetic ketoacidosis, during episodes of low blood sugar, or if you're allergic to insulin. get medical help right away if you have a serious allergic

lauren blanchard in washington with the latest. >> reporter: it wasn't clear if the president would sign this spending bill passed by congress for much of the day. in a tweet he threatened to veto the deal. but it was one issue that changed his mind. >> therefore, as a matter of national security, i have signed this omnibus budget bill. >> reporter: the president calling an impromptu press conference announcing he has agreed to sign the $1.3 trillion spending bill approved by congress. >> i say to congress, i will never sign another bill like this again. i'm not going to do it again. nobody read it. it's only hours old. >> reporter: the president saying he considered vetoing the bill since it didn't provide enough funding for his wall or a solution for young immigrants brought into the country as children under the daca program. >> i do want the hispanic community to know and daca recipients to know that republicans are much more on your side than the democrats, who are using you for their own purposes. >> reporter: but ultimately, what is in the bill convinced the president to sign it,

lauren blanchard in florida. thank you. >>> we're learning this morning that all seven american service members on board a helicopter that crashed in iraq were killed. it crashed yesterday after hitting a power line. it was in transit from one location to another when it went down in western iraq. it is used by the air force for combat search and rescue. the modesto couple charged in the stabbing death of a woman left to die on a rural road in livermore is due back in court this morning. gross and leonardo will enter a plea in the charges of the murder murder. the woman was able to identify her killers before she died. shortly after the young woman's death, gross, one of the defendants, said he snapped and never meant to kill her. >>> new bike lanes are being installed along valencia. the examiner reports the san francisco municipal transportation agency decided it install them after getting complaints that ride share drivers were using the lanes to pick up passengers. >>> we want to check on the roads this morni

lauren blanchard joins us with the latest on the story. >> reporter: hi, mike, thispedestrian bridge was installed on saturday and yesterday it came crashing down. now investigators are saying this claimed multiple fatalities and are worried as they go through the rubble they may find more. >> this is a tragedy that we don't want to reacur anywhere in the united states. >> reporter: the rescue mission has turned into a recovery mission. authorities saying they don't believe there is anyone left alive under the mass of amount of debris. and now they are focusing on maintaining the structural integrity of what's left of the bridge as they work together evidence. >> the structure is fragile. and it could be very dangerous to rescue personnel that are still there. >> reporter: police here tell us there's a very high possibility more bodies are still trapped under the rubble. but they can see parts of the cars right now so it's impossible to say how many. the ntsb is now investigating how the collapse happened and officials at florida internatio

in washington, lauren blanchard, fox news. >> they will try to get that done to get out of there. >> i know. >> as well. >>> let's go to sal. our weather is bad in the bay area. lots of crashes, sal. >> that's right. we have had a lot of crashes. flooding reported in many areas. we are looking at the far away commutes like gilroy and northbound 101 looks okay. from gilroy into morgan hill and san jose, it has not been a tough commute. some commutes are congested but it's not slow and go yet. this is a look now at the carquinez bridge approach where i wart to -- want to see traffic backing up approaching carquinez bridge to remove a crash west of the bridge. 680 southbound a lot of crashes on 680 from concord to walnut creek. one at 242 and one near treat and traffic is backing up in that area. and westbound 24, approachingthis area slow traffic approaching the car on the shoulder that got into trouble. so slow it down out there. that is look at westbound 24 in lafayette. you can see this traffic is moving along okayp -- okay so far. this is the bay bridge. locks like it's raining the

lauren blanchard live from newark airport. how is it looking out there?porter: 400 flights canceled around the country on top of 27,000 flights canceled or scrapped yesterday around the us leading thousands of travelers stuck. >> and certifying out of new york and chanting it with airports i'm taking the train to baltimore and flying out of baltimore, you have to be proactive and do what you can do to get back home. >> reporter: new york city fuzz to philly experiencing thunderstorm, as much as two feet of snow. in new jersey, 200,000 people without power this morning and police responded to hundreds of crashes through the northeast urging people to take it slow as crews cleared the road and for those hoping to travel today to places like newark liberty airport are urging people to check their airlines and check the status of their flights before they head out. heather: good idea to do that regardless but especially under these circumstances. united airlines has had some run ins with quality customer service. >> look what you did to him. heather: the airl

lauren blanchard on the platter with details. >> reporter: the nasty wintery mix is falling in new yorkanticipated later bringing as many as 28 inches of snow to the city but it could bring 18 inches to other areas up and down the northeast. this massive coastal winter storm because of that governors in new jersey and pennsylvania declaring a state of emergency to make sure they have plows and crews ready to handle this weather and the government telling people to stay off the roads. places like this, massachusetts hit by a nor'easter last weekend still trying to recover from that storm. this morning, hundreds of thousands on the northeast without power and the new storm could bring more trouble. what we have heard is up and down flightaware, heavy, wet snow bringing two files to three inches an hour, 1900 flights have been delayed, 2600 have been delayed. heather: we will continue to monitor it throughout the day. foxbusiness alerts, gary cohen stepping down from the white house. how the markets are reacting. >> reporter: looking at futures we are seeing red across the board, dow futur

lauren blanchard is live with more details. hi, lauren. >> hi, eric.pecial counsel robert mueller is now looking into ties between a lebanese american businessman, united arab emirates and the 2016 trump campaign. according to the time sources to investigators want to know if there were any attempts by members of the uae to buy a political favor or influence with the trump campaign to campaign money. the businessmen george nader the times report was a frequent visitor to the trump white house in 2017. advise top trump aids on middle east policy ahead of the president's visit to saudi arabia last year and nader had been invited to one of the leaders of the uae. the special counsel is interviewing witnesses about hammurabi influences in the president and monica mitchard kushner's family business ties to the middle east and why the white house has broken secretary of state position on policies related to persian gulf nations. >> we could not understand why the trump administration was so firmly taking the saudi side in this dispute between the saudi and t

lauren blanchard has the latest. >> reporter: there were three explosive packages, two people dead, nowovernor is offering a $15,000 reward to anyone with information that could lead to an arrest. the explosions happening in 10 days killing a teenager and a 39-year-old man and seriously injuring a 75-year-old woman. in each case the box was sitting outside the victim's house, exploded when it was picked up or opened. >> a loud, loud boom. next thing i knew i thought avalanche with my neighbor on it. >> reporter: wasn't until the two latest explosions yesterday police began investigating a connection along with the fbi and atf. none of the packages were delivered through a mail service. the recipients were or are either black or hispanic. the motive is unknown. the devices are sophisticated, whoever is creating them is no amateur. >> it takes a certain level of skill to build a device like this and deploy it to your intended target without having it explode in the process. a certain skill goes along with what these individuals are doing. >> reporter: this week is austin at sxsw festival

lauren bran charred is in -- blanchard is in washington. >> reporter: yet another school shooting, this time 60 miles outside the nation's capital where gun reform has remained a tough issue in congress. >> talk, moments of silence, ringing our hands, is not enough. it is time for action. >> reporter: house minority whip -- represents the district where today's shooting took place. democrats holding a previously planned forum on school safety just hours after a shooting at a maryland school where two students were injured and the 17-year-old gunman died. >> we know how immediate the threat is. >> reporter: the gun debate was reignited last month after the parkland, florida shooting that killed 17. the governor won't call for an assault rifle ban. students walked out of school in protest on the one-year vary. the shooting in maryland just days before a massive rally planned in washington, d.c. on saturday called march for our lives. >> it just shows that the youth are tired of being the generation where we're locked in closets and waiting for police to come in case of a sooter. and we're

in washington, lauren blanchard, fox news. >>> temperatures soaring for this to last thursday of marchquite a few records. santa rosa, 86 degrees. san jose 82 and a string of anyone's -- anyone -- 81. it was a very warm thursday. that is all because of this big circulation in the pacific. the storm track is going up and over is. we did notice a few high clouds this afternoon. some of those offshore clouds will move on chore for tomorrow. still a fairly nice friday forecast. it is still mild. right now it is 71 degrees in concorde. san jose 66. here is our live camera looking toward oakland. they are in the clear for this evening. just a few high clouds overhead. for tomorrow morning, fair skies and temperatures will be in the 40s to 50s. tomorrow will be a bit cooler but still very warm. lots of 70s and a few low 80s. the minor cooling trend begins tomorrow. that could impact the weekend forecast. we will have more on that in a few minutes.>>> music fans may have figured out one of the headliners at san francisco's outside lands music festival. the festival tweeted a clue tonight. it w

we get more now from reporter, lauren blanchard, on capitol hill in washington, with details on what is at stake here. lauren? forced >> reporter: are you a u.s. citizen? that is the question the trump administration wants to add to the 2020 census. now california is suing, saying it would intimidate minorities. >> given the way that this administration has attacked immigrants, you could understand why immigrant families would be afraid to fill out the census questionnaire. >> reporter: the state of california is suing the federal government to block plans to ask respondents in the 2020 census if they are citizens. other states like new york and massachusetts say they hope to go to court as well. >> this is something that has been part of the census for decades, and something that the department of commerce felt strongly needed to be included. >> reporter: democrats believe that will scare away immigrants, illegal, and legal, from answering, leading to an undercount. but the trump administration says the move will help all minorities, that in order to enforce the voting rights act and

reporter lauren blanchard is joining us live with more on the conditions. lauren? >> hello guys, this area is already blanketed under heavy wet snow and it is only expected to get worse. it is the same for many areas along the east coast from maine to the carolinas. >> reporter: the forecast keeps getting worse for what is expected to be the biggest snowstorm of the year along much of the east coast. this is the second nor'easter in a week. north of here in westchester county, new york, crews are trying to get the power back on after the last storm. in the new snow could see more people left in the dark. >> there will be new customer outages as a result of the nor'easter, particularly because many trees are in a weakened condition. >> reporter: forecasters say new england, new york and parts of maryland are looking at a foot of snow or more. some people are gearing with multiple trips to the grocery store and hardware store and others are playing it safe and staying indoors. >> we went out to the property to prepare the walks for the residents. >> coffee in bed, a

lauren blanchard, ktvu fox 2 news . >>> president trump is heading to southern california tomorrow. the president is said to visit san diego first to see prototypes for the proposed border wall. he is scheduled to attend a fundraiser in beverly hills. jerry brown's office released a letter that says, we are focusing on riches, not walls. he invited the president to the central valley. >>> state attorney general javier says he hopes the president visit will hope -- help influence some of his policies going forward. >> we hope that when the president finally visits and then goes back to washington, dc, he will take the ideas that demonstrate why california has become number one in the economy for this country and number six in the world. and he'll use that to inform his policy moving forward so that what we can do is continue to get the best out of people not try to kick them out. >> president trump's visit comes days after jeff sessions was in sacramento, where he filed a lawsuit against the state of california over its sanctuary cities policies. >>> there are some pretty big changes

. >> lauren blanchard has more on the farewell for the man known as america's pastor. ng, lauren. >> reporter: good morning, pam and dave. hello from a blustery north carolina. we're live at the billy graham library. we will tap or a week's worth of events honoring billy graham. he is known to many for spreading christianity to millions around the world. >> everywhere he went, reverend graham delivered the same beautiful message, god loves you. >> reporter: president trump will join some 2300 people to remember how graham's ministry launched during a 1949 crusade in downtown l.a. >> i do not believe that any man, that any man can solve the problems of life without jesus christ. >> reporter: graham died at his home in north carolina last week at the age of 99. >> we lost one of the best men ever known. >> good man gone. >> there's never been a man so -- that loved god as much as billy graham. >> reporter: he lied in honor in the capitol rotunda on wednesday. graham just the fourth private citizen given that distinction. he spent decades traveling the world spreading his

in washington, lauren blanchard, fox news. >>> new details about marijuana convictions here in california. someone county da's office is working step to begin clearing nearly 3000 cannabis related convictions. state relations allow prior convictions to be changed or erased following the legalization of recreational adults -- adult use of marijuana. >>> now we turn to the latest on the surrender of former 49ers and raiders linebacker aldon smith after a warrant was issued for his arrest yesterday . this all stems from an alleged domestic violence incident that happened over the weekend in san francisco. tmz reports the family of smith's fiancee helped him check into rehab and the attorney plans to arrange a date and time for smith to surrender to please. we understand that is all taking place today. as we first reported yesterday, smith has been released by the raiders. he had been on suspension since 2015 shortly after he signed with the team. smith was first drafted by the 49ers back in 2011 but then cut by the team after his third dui arrest in august 2015. his fiancee tells tmz she hop

in washington, lauren blanchard, ktvu news. >>> republicans in pennsylvania asking for a recount following the special election. conor lamb lees republican rick saccone by 627 votes. there are still about 375 uncounted provisional military and overseas ballots. conor lamb has artie claimed victory but rick saccone has not conceded. >>> dozens of people crowded a bookstore yesterday to get a glimpse of chelsea clinton and an autographed copy of her new book. in the book she introduces readers to a group of women who shaped history around the globe. >> i think that she is a great example for young girls. i know she has written this book for young girls about persistent. i think it would be great for them to meet her as an example. >> united airlines says it is looking into how the airline mistakenly flew a family's thought to japan instead of kansas city. the woman went to pick up her german shepherd, instead found a great dane. the great dane was supposed to be on the flight to japan. those dogs were apparently mixed up. the airline says it is flying the dogs back to their respective cities

we get more now from reporter, lauren blanchard, on capitol hill in washington, with details on what ake here. lauren? forced >> reporter: are you a u.s. citizen? that is the question the trump administration wants to add to the 2020 census. now california is suing, saying it would intimidate minorities. >> given the way that this administration has attacked immigrants, you could understand why immigrant families would be afraid to fill out the census questionnaire. >> reporter: the state of california is suing the federal government to block plans to ask respondents in the 2020 census if they are citizens. other states like new york and massachusetts say they hope to go to court as well.

lauren blanchard has more. >> afternoon, anthony.bert mueller now looking in to ties between a lebanese american businessman, united arab emirates and 2016 trump campaign. according to the services come investigators want to know if there were any attempts by the members of the uae to buy political favor to a campaign money. the businessman at the time was a frequent visitor to the trump white house in 2017 advising top trumpets on policy ahead of the visit to saudi arabia last year and neither has been a sort of adviser to one of the leaders of the uae. special counsel is interviewing witnesses that an iraqi influence on the president son-in-law, jared kushner's family ties to the middle east and why the white house is broken with his secretary of state position on policies related to persian gulf nations. >> we cannot understand why the trump administration was so firmly taking the saudi side in this dispute between the saudi's and underwriters and qataris. the reason they put u.s. troops at risk from qatar was to protect the finan