in san francisco, lisa amin gulezian, abc7 news. >>> 4:34 now. last-minute money from the state sparing b.a.r.t. from making tough decisions. tough decisions. the two options off the table included making seniors pay more for tickets. they are still considering charging 50 cents more for riders that use paper tickets. >> the idea is to raise money through this surcharge and also to encourage people to use clipper cards. it would be done in conjunction with enabling our ticket machines to sell clipper cards as well. as well. >> three out of ten riders -- >>> damage in the massive 6.0 earthquake two years ago, it will have work done to reinforce interior. the restoration is expected to take about nine months. tpae fema is paying for 75% of the repairs. >>> and the palo alto institution will be closing its doors tomorrow. the sport shop and toy world has been serving customers since 1930. palo alto tech focus draws younger workers typically without children so they don't shop as often for toys. the store is drastically the store is drastically all i

lisa amin gulezian, abc7 news. >>> and then expecting a vote to confirm neil gorsuch, and this comes after senate republicans triggered the so-called nuclear opention and that means gorsuch just needs 51 votes instead of just needs 51 votes instead of the customary 60. >>> let's go down into the south bay and into the santa cruz mountains, and boulder creek, you are going to be wet for the next hour or so because of the rain. and then the cool neighborhood in san francisco, most of us about 55 to 56 degrees. we have financial district, if you are heading that way, 57. downtown, 57. santa clara, 52. walnut creek, pleasanton, petaluma and 65 degrees from the coast to 65 degrees from the coast to half moon bay and will get a touch of the spring warmth on sunday. still cold along the coast in san francisco, and sausalito. tonight it's going to be cooler than this morning. the heater may kick on. mid to upper 40s. the clouds up there, not a solid deck and a few light showers possible. if you are traveling around the state the storm is going to continue to nail the sierra, and say, the cen

abc 7 news reporter lisa amin gulezian has the story. >> a human development fundraiser and the keynote speaker knows about courage and loss and struggles. >> his son died in iraq during a suicide bombing. the khans spoke at the democratic national convention denouncing then nominee trump for the travel ban. the khans now travel the globe spreading their message of acceptance, kazir khan triped to stay -- tried to stay newtal when asked about syria and the refugees and the recent missile attacks. >> the united states has always been a humanitarian country and stood with those who have suffering and we should rep our basic values. >> reporter: khan, who rarely speaks publicly had this to say about her fears if the situation in syria escalates. >> [ inaudible ]. >> reporter: while the mission was to raise money to fight poverty in pack tan. community members worry about those in syria and about president trump's decisions. >> it is confusing. our borders are closed for certains sear -- syrians but in their name we are going to fight. >> and staying optimistic is still possible. >> don't f

abc 7 news reporter lisa amin gulezian has the story. >> reporter: a silicon valley fundraiser. the keynote speaker knows about courage, loss, struggles and the capacity to care. >> my son passed away in 2004. >> reporter: his son died in iraq during a suicide bombing. the khans spoke at the democratic national convention last year denouncing then candidate trump for considering a travel ban. the republican nominee fired back in various tweets. the khans now travel the globe spreading their message of acceptance, kazir khan trying to stay neutral when asked about syria, refugees and the recent missile attacks. >> the united states always has been a humanitarian country. always have stood with those who have referring. and we should remember our basic values. >> reporter: his wife who rarely speaks publicly had this to say about her fears if the situation in syria escalates. >> [ inaudible ] it would be much better and to bring peace into this world. >> the mission was to raise money to fight poverty in pakistan, community members worry about those in syria and about president tr

in berkeley, lisa amin gulezian, abc7 news. >>> big question this morning coming into our live desk this morning after another execution in arkansas, some questioning if the execution was botched. the state uses a three-drug cocktail to put inmates to death, and some are asking if the arkansas was hoping to execute eight inmates before one of the drugs exspires on monday. >>> a planned vote on the republican health care plan is on hold this morning. house majority leader says there still is not enough support for president trump's proposed replacement of obamacare. the vote probably won't happen until next week and the house is set to approve a short-term spending bill that will alert a government shut down at midnight. >>> president trump will be speaking at the national rifle association. they endorsed him after he promised to appoint judges that supported the gun rights. mr. trump will be the first president to address the group since ronald reagan 34 years ago. >>> police reviewing department procedures about how it handled a mass grave of dead dogs. a woman discovered a dozen dogs i

abc news reporter lisa amin gulezian has our story on the. >> reporter: at tonight's silicon valley human development fund-raiser the key snoet speaker knows about courage, loss, struggles and the capacity to care. >> captain khan passed away in 2004. >> reporter: khizr khan's son humayun died in iraq during a suicide bombing. the khans spoke at the democratic convention last year denouncing then candidate trump for considering a travel ban. the republican nominee fired back in various tweets. the khans now travel the globe spreading their message of acceptance. khizr khan tried to stay neutral when asked about syria, refugees, and the recent missile attacks. >> united states always has been a humanitarian country, always have stood with those who are suffering. and we should remember our basic values. >> reporter: ghazala khan, who rarely speak publicly, had this to say about her fears as the situation in syria escalates. >> just try to love each other and you will be much better. war will never bring peace in this world. >> reporter: while the mission of tonight's event was to raise mon