. >> reporter: reggie and natasha good morning to you. even though the oscars are over, still an active scene behind me outside the dolby theatre. you can see crews taking down the sets from last night and ripping out the famous red carpet. everyone is still talking about frances mcdormand and her speech last night focusing around the theme of inclusion. take a listen. >> if i may be so honored to have all the female nominees in every category stand with me in this room tonight. >> so much passion. really off the cuffee motion al and raw. that term sparked so much interest that twitter blew up with more than 7,000 tweets on the subject in just about 20 minutes. so the inclusion initiative sent out this tweet. shortly after explaining more. it says for those of you asking about the inclusion rider, it's designed to ensure equitable hiring in supportive roles for women, poc. people of color and lgbt community and people with disabilities. mcdormand elaborated more backstage in an interview after accepting her award. >> the fact that i just

good evening, i'm natasha brown. thank youg us the third straiday folks in some areas are still left in the darkthon bitter cold night. widespread poweric may take ds ov ihabein delaware cou. for almost 48 hours crews have been trying to restore power and cleanup the damage created by the nor'easterhat roug the friday.2,000 hoehol in delawathoute esmate tn wednesday mthursday. >> the widespread perdowned trs in the county to declare a disaster emergency yesterday. to announ theyavhe governor's offie for help. governor's chief of staff and he indicated the governor will provide all resources available. >> by tomorrow's evening commute at the latest state police and possibly national guard personnel are expected to traic at intersections like this one where the traffic signals are out. that system expected to be in place until the power is restored. and again, that could be at let three days from now. >> peco is working hard to address this issue. and their big focus now is larger issues. martins run is an area for sen

let get to natasha's events.'s upstairs with the details on national puppy day. >> i'm in my happy place right now. i'm holding buck wheat. i'm joined by carla with the friends of the alameda animal shelt shelter. who are you holding? >> a.j. >> he's very cute. >> you have something special going onment it's not just about going home with one puppy. it's a two-fehr. >> exactly. in addition to the adorable guys we have here today, we have a special going on for shelter animals who are best friends or siblings who have come attached to each other. we want to make sure they get to stay together. we're offering a twofer. if you adopt one, you get the second one free so you can keep them together. >> it's great. spanky was throwing a little bit of a fit earlier. he's very excited this morning. what can you tell us about buck wheat here. >> spanky and buck wheat and a.j. are siblings. their parents are about twice their size. you can expect them to be twice as big as they grow up. they're four months old and energetic

and natasha bertrand, staff writer with the "atlantic." we'll go ladies first with you natasha. are the odds that any of these cases are going to actually produce tax returns or financial information from the president or his company? >> well it's really unlikely. the person that has the tax returns already of course is robert mueller and it's unclear whether or not those will ever be released. but what we do know is that the decision that trump made not to fully divest himself from his businesses when he took office, is really coming back to bite him. because now we see that we have lawsuits going forward in order to get more information about the kinds of the foreign governments that were paying to stay at his hotel. and that of course is going to be, to produce a lot of exposure. and this is the same problem of course that his son-in-law, jared kushner had when he decided not to fully divest himself of his businesses. it's an example of how it's difficult. the line between government service and private business is difficult to square when you're in public office. >> and chri

. >> natasha good evening. there's so many parts, pick your spot in delaware un thatground zero nor'easter thate through friday it right now the hub of genetoome heat so. neighbors out here and then there are others with no heat, no power tonight and perhaps only be kept out of theness. >> with a sunseting in haverfordested for anoth magnitude.. it's everywhere. >> massive trees c to ground clotheslineing data and power serce glendale and colonial 48 hours after andhinsr maple it toleller'sd he's ccal et t since left le a video from sue lit up in od blue and for miller whose wife is bedridden with no electricity his openings are. >> my wife in the bed withqu ie onecond generator. >> the power went off a we had relative oves looking going awhatless 24 hours wi >> thinkpt -e snordnd he screamed>> long nign havertown i can tell you that much now. again, 7,000 customers believed to le dk to factors they'rethed cancelledbecause treesre so buses could not transport students as they regularly would come tomorrow. >> t

here's natasha. >>> thanks, mike.he former first lady invites you to a dance party, you accept. >> ♪ >> look, michelle obama dancing with 2-year-old parker curry. no relation to steph, by the way. obama invited her to her washington office after seeing viral photos of her staring at obama's portrait. obama tweeted keep on dreaming big for yourself and maybe one day i'll proudly look up at a portrait of you. >>> more money comes to residents after the coyote creek flood. >> preparing students in case of a shooting on campus. >>> a local robotics team gets great news after a thief stole one of their creations. the deadline that students are now up against. >>> trafficwise, we have a collision. a few mo >>> coming up on 6:30 on this wednesday, march 7th. >> jessica is off today. the water is looking calm. it's looking beautiful. >> really calm this morning. everybody has less than 5 miles per hour winds. how often does that happen? things will turn tonight. it's going to be a light storm on the storm impact scale, a 1, i

natasha brown. cbs 3. it could be a rough commute at 30th street in the morning as amtrak and septa work to recover from severe service disruptions. rack tram canceled service on the northeast corridor and the keystone until tomorrow due to the hazardous conditions. there are also hazardous delays forcep that. they are suspend ped for most on the regional rail lines. the wind was also a threat for drivers. you see a tree fell on this septa bus this afternoon as it was headed west on the schuylkill expressway. this happened near the gladwyne exit. there were passengers on the bus , but no reports of any injuries. the westbound lanes were closed for an hour until the tree could be cut up and hauled away. american airlines suspended all flights out of philadelphia international tonight. the noreaster hammered the airport with snow and strong winds. officials say more than 400 flights to and two philadelphia were canceled today. some airlines are offering free waivers to change travel plans due to the severe w

good morning, amy. >> reporter: good morning, natasha. largest high school in northern california. they do have a walkout planned for today. we just met with some of the organizers just a few minutes ago. they are wearing orange, which is the color of the movement. they tell us they were worried about the rain today. but they say they will walk out even if it is raining. they are demanding actions from lawmakers. they're saying this is not political. that this is about their safety. >> i look at the pictures of the students who passed away in florida. i see myself. i see everyone in that school. all the seniors who are getting ready to go to college, the freshmen who are just fitting in, figuring out who they are. i see all of this. it's a scary thought. >> this will be happening around the bay area. in oakland, elementary school students practiced yesterday for today's walkout. the shooting in parkland, florida, those happened one month ago today. 17 people were killed. so today, expect to see 17 minutes of silence at some of the walkout

let's start with your kilimnik is who, natasha?is a ukrainian russian dual citizen and worked for manafort and gates for years. he was essentially their translator. he worked for rush bean military intelligence as a translator and got his training there. he left and went to work for another institute in the '90s. he was recruited from that institute by phil griffin, one of manafort's top spokesman in ukraine to do all this translating work. essentially u.s. intelligence officials now believe that he still has those ties to russian military intelligence that he had back when he was training there as linguist. paul manafort and rick greats in touch with someone who had russian military intelligence ties during the campaign there be drawing the most direct line as you said between the campaign and russia that we've seen. >> not just that. a reminder to folks because this character has arisen before. remember when the e-mails come out, paul manafort gets the job on the campaign and sends an e-mail to someone in ukraine and says has thi

the person he's sending those e-mails is this individual, is that right, natasha? >> correct. he went with constantine in may and another time in august they met in person. at least one conversation, they did discuss the presidential campaign. not only did they exchange e-mails they also met face-to-face twice during that year. >> klimnik is on the ground. manafort is is e-mailing him as using it as a means to get made whole with a shady russian oligarch. malcolm, this question of ties to russian intelligence, that terms ties is nonspecific. i never know what to do with it. people would say ties to terrorists and organized crime, ties to intelligence. how should we interpret that here? >> well, first off, klimnik's background as a translator is not just a transer, he was was russia military intelligence. they don't just produce translators to do point to point upon interpretation. he was either a human intelligence officer or from their signals is intelligence side which means he's still out there collecting intelligence on people and that was his background. when he was in th

natasha, last question to you. and it's a question i asked you before sarah huckabee sanders came out. what could michael flynn, what could paul manafort reveal that could potentially worry the white house and initiate potentially the dangling of a presidential pardon? >> a lot. michael flynn, of course, was the president's right hand man during the campaign. paul manafort had a shorter kind of tenure on the campaign, but his deputy rick gates, who we now know was still in touch with someone with ties to russian intelligence during the election stayed on the campaign and in the transition period. even after manafort left. manafort had ties to the campaign, even after he was ousted from it. in terms of what michael flynn could tell the special counsel that would be relevant to this investigation, it really all comes down to the transition talks that he had with the russian ambassador. why did he feel the need to lie about that to the fbi? why did he reashassure the ambassador that the sanctions would be looked at. t

. >> natasha brown joins us from rittenhouse square with the very latest on the conditions there, natasha. >>> well, you know, heavy wet snow blanketed the area earlier today throughout this city but now it is, a couple hours ago but not before leaving behind, a slushy mess. flakes fell fast, steadily, heavily making for scenic views in rittenhouse square and fun snow day for nine year-old dive a and her dad. >> i love making snow and playing in the snow. >> reporter: there were fun moments others found it difficult to get around with waking however carefully, being the best option. >> not too bad, it is warm so not sticking. >> reporter: goggles are helping. >> a little bit. >> slippery, messy, sloppy, yucky day, kind of day to just stay home and binge netflix and do nothing. >> reporter: while some could not find enough works to describe the weather conditions today... the philadelphia parking authority was very busy, clearing cars, out of snow emergency routes. others let their actions speak volumes, using simple acts of kindness to help fellow philadelphians to get around like north c

i think natasha is exactly right. it's extremely difficult as a lawyer to have a client who refuses to listen to your legal advice, which is reported to have happened. and who thinks he knows better and it's really -- acting as his own attorney more or less and really causing problems including the tweets he tweeted about, the special counsel that's doing nothing but harming his case. as a lawyer, i could not imagine having a client who refused to listen to me. i wouldn't want that job, either. i think you're going to continue to see that. i think whoever comes onboard is going to have to be prepared to deal with that because the president, everything we've seen from his administration from top to bottom, is indicating that he is listening more to himself than advisers. >> all right. >> so this is going to be also the case with his legal team. and i think anyone who comes onboard should be prepared as an attorney for a rocky ride with a client who's not going to listen to you. >> kevin, what is happening, as i move on

butler joins us live now from paris so natasha this formal investigation what does that mean what is this process going to look like as far as we know. well three french judges placed nicolas sarkozy the former french president under formal investigation now they chose to do that charging him with corruption the misuse of libyan money and illegal presidential campaign funding it is illegal in france to use foreign money for a presidential campaign now nicolas sarkozy was questioned by police just outside of paris in a police station in for twenty four hours as police tried to find out exactly whether or not sarkozy had any direct links to this libyan money that was used allegedly in his two thousand and seven presidential campaign now what so cozy can do now is he has six months in order to try and challenge and appeal these charges but in the meantime magistrates will continue with the investigation they'll continue to try and gather evidence and documents to see whether or not there is a case to put nicholas sarkozy on trial in the future i guess or take us back why were more marke

. >> reporter: good morning to you natasha and reggie. they're breaking down the red carpet here in hollywood. if you're looking for another envelope mistake, last night that didn't happen. there were some surprises in the show and celebrities continued with the political tone set at other awards shows. >> it shaped up to be a great night for "the shape of water." the romantic monster fable winning oscar gold for best picture. presenters, warren baeatty and faye dunaway get the do-over after the infamous envelope flub. >>> this year's awards a celebration of 90 years of moviemaking. >> we can't let bad behavior slide anymore. the world is watching us. >> a chance for hollywood to tackle deeper problems like diversity and gender equality. >> the changes we're witnessing are driven by the powerful sound of new voices joining together in a mighty chorus finally saying, time's up. >> jimmy kimmel hosting for the second year in a row. >> our plan is to shie a light on a group of outstanding and inspiring films each and every one of which was c

i want to get right to it with natasha bertrand who has studied this significantly. natasha, the backdrop for this is a president who as we reported last night has more lawyers working to silence women than he has working on the criminal russia probe. and the fbi's deputy director was removed in that bizarre friday night firing and we haven't heart anything from the doj to substantiate or support the allegations there. what does this say to you about these democrats being this concerned tonight. >> it makes me wonder, what do they know? we also saw that tom tillis, a republican and chris coons came out with a statement today, asking to allow special counsel mueller to continue his investigation. the fact that those two are coming out today, really raises questions about what they've been hearing about the president's altitude right now. he tweeted a few weeks ago, naming mueller directly in his tweets for the first time and expressing that he wants the mueller investigation to be completed. and the firing of andy mccabe, the deputy fbi director, kind of emboldened th

natasha brown i power outages. we begin this evening with more. thanks so much guys,he continues toall. especially if you look at the street lights we have the accumulating snow and slush. roadways are wet at this time but you still see a white on the ground with the snow continuing to fall and ctinuin sideways ma. the no has wrapped up mostly for a lot of us across the delaware valley but we still still have this one concentrated snow ban. we'll show you it's positioned right over philadelphia right now stretching northward p up into portions of bucks and montgomery county. this one lingering snow shower that doesn't want to let up right now. washington township still seeing the flakes flying, lower providence still seeing some snow and snowfall totals, oh, my goodness, in the poconos, monroe county, 22.5 chlmfeet of snow, . hammonton over three inches of internl and philadelphi inches of snow. and yes, of course we had those intense, insane winds today. cape may gusting to 71 miles per hour. for reference hurricane force is 74 miles per hour. wa

i'm natasha butler in paris where we're watching live pictures from the memorial for i don't know the french police officer killed in an attack on friday. and why is a barbarian schoolteachers threatening to storm the president's office. welcome to the program north korea's leader has met china's president on his first foreign trip since taking power seven years ago kim jong un's secretive meeting for the first time with pain was revealed after it had happened chinese state media reports that kim is saying he's open to giving up his nuclear program his all china correspondent adrian brown with the latest from beijing. and so he was here after all chinese state controlled media waited until kim jong un was back home before confirming what officials had tried so hard to deny just a day earlier in the great hall of the people kim jong un and his wife were welcomed like old friends by president xi jinping a brief greeting in korean was the only time kim's voice was heard. appearance is important at times like this kim looked like an old style communist leader where is she opted for a busi

. >> hey, good morning to you natasha and reggie. up next on gma, we'll continue your coverage in austin. authorities warning this fourth blast may have been triggered by a trip wire. we'll speak with the austin police chief and the mayor to tell us what they know at this hour. then the bizarre disappearance that some call the real life gone girl. accused by police of carrying out a hoax. they're now speaking out exclusively to abc news. we'll tell you what they had to say as they shared their story with me for the first time. >>> wendy williams returning to her chair this morning after taking a surprise three-week break. what she's calling the perfect storm that led to her hiatus and a message to share with her fans about their own lives. that's all coming up on a monday on gma. >> glad she's back. >> how you doing? >> she said that to me. >> did she say that to you? >> it's a phrase of honor, i think. >> amy, thank you. see you at 7:00. >>> sure. >>> new details about what life is like for the kids rescued after being held captive

joining us now paul butler, natasha bertrand, and sam stein is with us. paul butler, i want to go to this scene in the oval office where you hear the president of the united states talking to don mcgahn about a story that's emerged in the "new york times" a about what don mcgahn has told the special prosecutor. and there we see in that moment the president trying to get don mcgahn to change his story. >> yeah. so the impression is that the president is trying to coach witnesses to relay the president's version of events. even if the president's version of events is a lie. so there's a crime called witness tamperring. what we've heard so far probably doesn't rise to that level because witness tampers requires some kind of threat or intimidation. what the president did though is more evidence of obstruction of justice. like he tried to -- or did fire james comey, if he's trying to get witnesses to come around to his version, that counts as trying to impede a investigation, trying to derail the investigation, and it also creates the impression that the presi

jonathan swan and staff writer for the atlantic natasha bertrand. thank you all for being here tonight. i hardly know where to begin from the events that have unfolded over this past week. but, pete williams, can you layout for us what exactly is going on behind the scenes at the fbi? there's so much noise, so many accusations flying. but cut through it. what are the most important things that we should be focused on here? >> well, i think the most important things are the work that chris wray is trying to do to sort of reshape the fbi. now, the whole thing with andrew mccabe, remember, was sort of set in motion before chris wray became director. and what we saw as the maturation of that in late friday. it all began with -- in october of 2016 when andrew mccabe did an interview with a reporter for the "wall street journal" who was asking about, he was trying to check out what he had heard which was that the fbi was slow rolling an investigation of the clinton foundation. so, he called the fbi and said, is this true? mccabe authorized talking to him

alycia. >> reporter: natasha almost 24 hours after the nor'easter passed through here, many people inugh go at it. you'll notice this tree just behind me, it's completely dark. unless there's a generator not a single house has lights and that's because the power is still out here. now, a third of the county, that's tens of thousands of people, woke up this morning with no power. the power outages throughout the region and the county trees that were knocked down. this storm, a lot of cleanup happened today here in havertown though we still saw so many trees in the streets. some even still knocked onto power lines. no all these trees uprooted by the heavy winds in yesterday's storm didn't nearly knock out power but caused serious damage to homes and properties. joe holden got a picture with one tree that completely crushed a car near here. for a lot of people adding to the stress of no, sir power and property damage is the struggle to find a warm place to sleep tonight. >> all the hotels are absolutely booked and the ones like the reasonable hotels are booked and the others prices are s

and national security for the atlantic. >> thank you. >> natasha, great to see you.et me just ask you straight up off the top, forget about mark zuckerberg for a moment. let's think about steve bannon and cambridge analytica. it has been the case throughout this russia story for the last year basically, that there's been a presumption that essentially bannon uniquely among people who were at the uppermost levels of donald trump's presidency and his campaign, that bannon was somehow clean on the question of russia. does this, the cambridge analytica story, start to put steve bannon right in the middle of the data -- the data story and then eventually the russia story? >> it places bannon at the very beginning of the entire story. i mean, it's almost as if bannon and the mercers and alexander knicks got together to create a model for exactly the kind of campaign they wanted to run, not only in the midterms in 2014, but also in 2016 and the presidential election. i mean, bannon had this plan for information warfare. he wanted to create his populist power base and he was

joining me is natasha bertrand from "atlantic." shelby holiday. >> it's significant that andrew mccabe has hired him. what recourse do we have? what will we see from andrew mccabe in the coming days and weeks? >> perhaps a book deal. they're coming out swinging in order to preserve andrew mccabe's reputation. he says he was unfairly targeted, does not believe he deserved to be fired before he reached his retirement. whether or not that's true remains to be seen. we have to await the inspector general report. but it is clear he had a full pr operation ready for when this was going to happen, whether or not he was forced out or whether or not he would retire early. it's obvious that he believes he has evidence that could incriminate the president along with james comey and he thinks that's the reason why now the president is trying to undermine him. >> shelby, an amazing, pr onslaught. statements from friends and colleagues of his as well. let's talk about his broader point in that statement, he's one component part of a larger attac

natasha, can you shed more light on what's going on here?it's interesting this is coming out after we know rick gates is cooperating with the special counsel. he was an aide to the trump campaign, a deputy to then campaign chairman paul manafort. what we know now is mueller is probing these ves very significant campaign events. what happened at that event at the an mayflower hotel where sessions met with sergey kislyak? what happened and led up to this change in the republican platform in which an amendment that called for providing lethal defense weapons to ukraine in order to defend themselves against russian aggression was taken out and actually watered down and changed to provide appropriate assistance to. so these are questions that -- and we actually saw that carter page who was on the campaign, he congratulated the campaign staff for their success in changing that platform. so all of these clues are coming together. they are going to be of interest to mueller because he of course, is investigating whether the trump campaign was trying

here's natasha. >>> thanks, mike. stanford is asking for human volunteers to test a new medical treatment for some forms of cancer. it's part of a new wave of therapies that uses your body to fight the disease without chemo. it uses two drugs to stimulate the body's immune system into attacking tumors. it's worked in 97% of mice in initial tests. researchers emphasize that it's not a cancer vaccine, per se. it's not effective for all forms of cancer. stanford is planning to run two trials with a total of 35 test patients. >>> the mall in cupertino may be the first property to use a controversial new state law to speed up housing development. it calls for 2400 residential units at that mall, along with an office and retail complex. our media partner, the san jose mercury news reports val coe's owner submitted an application under a housing law passed last year. it fast tracks some that include a larger percentage of affordable housing. it could force them to approve the development. >>> children with cancer can become

natasha zubetz. >> wayne freedman? >> reporter: one of the most beautiful regions in the country. if you look over my shoulder, you can see the main campus of that building. a place in distress all day long, the veterans home. the yountville veterans home maybe half a mile away at highway 29. though people tend to exit there and usually turn the other direction into yountville proper. that is yountville, the mental angui anguish. michelin. to eat, drink, and forget their troubles. that going on with this over here, many not even aware of the national drama playing out less than a mile away. >> we don't see much evidence. >> about a mile away. >> we didn't have that news. hopefully everybody just ends up safe and sound and able to get it under control sooner than later. >> i think there's crime everywhere and people everywhere. you know? suffer from things. >> rarely is it so close and so unplanned but then when is crime planned at all? when we told them more, naturally saddened but not surprised. planning relaxing weekends and then wound up right next door to this. the veterans ho

natasha chen explains how her defense teamclaims they 'knew' she'd be found not guilty.n of noor salman: we knew from day one she was innocentafter a two- week trial, noor salman was found ánot guiltyá of providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization and obstruction of justice.jurors found she did not mislead law enforcement - nor did she help her husband kill 49 people and injure more than 50 others - when he opened fire at the orlando pulse nightclub in june of 2016.susan adieh, cousin of noor salman: i feel so bad for them. and i lost a child, i know how that feels. so no matter what happens between noor being guilty and not guilty, it's not going to bring them back. but at the same time, we cannot commit another innocent person as well, part of all this.her family says they've always considered salman to be the first victim of her husband - omar mateen.al salman, uncle of noor salman: i don't know how we're going to make up for the last two years.almost two years of investigators and the public reviewing video of her in the weeks before the shooting

>> reporter: good morning, reggie and natasha am i'm not into making predictions. i predict an awful commute in the santa cruz mountains. not only is it really wet, but there's fog making visibility a major issue for drivers this morning. check out this video we shot in the past half hour from the summit. it was coming down real steady soaking rain. i felt bad for my photographer, ian. he was getting hammered getting this video. sometimes you feel like the water is coming up from the ground. at that time it certainly felt that way. down a little bit in scotts valley, the rain looks pretty in the light. it was a steady rain there. it's going to be soggy in the mountains. just be prepared like we saw in the past half hour. the rain can really be intense, especially up in the higher elevations. driving conditions are terrible. just be extra careful this morning. reporting live in the santa cruz mountains. matt keller. abc 7 news. >>> matt, thank you. police are braced for more of this today. four people were injured in an accident in antioch last night. a vehicle slid

. >> reggie and natasha, you're talented singers. did you ever consider trying out?> first of all, i'm like twice the age of anyone on the show. don't you have to be 25. >> i think there is an age limit. >> natasha. >> we do -- pretty limited ra e range. seriously. >> you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. >> is there a disney song about fog? >> there's not. >> not yet. >> it's coming. let's talk about what's going on. hi everybody. here's a look at one area you don't have to worry about the fog so far this morning. this is walnut creek looking south. on 24, ahead to the west, you'll start to run into that fog. in fact, this is the way it looks in emeryville this morning. let me throw out the accuweather highlights. partly sunny and mild this afternoon. the weekend rain is trending more south, which is good if you have plans to be outside and better chances for rain next week. here's a look at our temperatures today. 61 at half moon bay. 62 in san francisco. the rest of us 64 to 70 degrees in san jose. fairfield also. tonight, fog a

it looks to me like he is getting personal, however, natasha. he wants to destroy. tell me about this. >> it really makes no sense. the white house kind of had a victory when it managed to get mueller's team to submit written questions or at least topics to the white house about a possible sit-down interview with the president. >> interview. where does that word come from? help me with that word. questioning, interrogation. why it is an interview? i'm curious. everybody is using that word, everybody. what does it mean? the president of the united states is a witness in this case, probably a defendant. why can't they say question the guy and show up at this date or you're under subpoena. and if you break the surngs we' subpoena, we'll told you in contempt. they're talk about written questions. what, are you kidding me? take-home exams? >> and you mentioned the subpoena. listen, they only have -- this is typical laurg. clinton's lawyers did it too. >> but they're leaking all that stuff to the press. why do you guys buy the fact that they have a choice. don't they have

natasha. >> mike, thank you. the oakland unified school board is addressing high levels of school water tap. our media partner the east bay times reports the clean drinking water policy requires the district to test all of its schools in early childhood centers for potential contaminants including lead. the results will be posted publicly. water taps that contain levels higher than 5 parts per billion will need to be fixed or replaced. >>> happening today, former arizona congresswoman gabby giffords will speak in san francisco to support a scholarship near and dear to her. it's named for aide gabe zimmerman, one of the six people killed in an assassination attempt of giffords in 2011. giffords will be joined by a group of speakers, including her husband, astronaut mark kelly, and u krfrmt president janet napolitano. they plan to talk about the importance of encouraging younger americans taking part in public service. will be at chronicle books on second street at 4:00 p.m. >>> people living thousands of miles apa

good evening, i'm natasha brown. the outages are affecting customers all across the region, delaware county, though, was so hard hit, officials have now declared disaster emergency. alicia went to find out what that means, alicia? >> reporter: well, natasha, a desperation of disaster emergency essentially allows the county to ask for help, way of the county saying that the disaster and the damage after the storm may be too much to handle on its own. roughly 24 hours after a nor'easter rips through the region, this is what part of delaware county still look like. we found this car crushed near drexel hill, and this home with a toppled tree on it in havertown. the nor'easter, that ripped through this region yesterday, delaware county, hit there particularly hard. >> we felt like it would be just real quick flurry and that's about it, and apparently not. >> this home with toppled tree on it in havertown is hope's home. her bedroom is crushed in and her power is out. she is unable to sleep here tonight. >> i'll be sleepi

chen i'm natasha in washington, i'm natasha chen reporting.lawrence bay area weather) (gary sports tease) on monday warriors all- star kevin durant recorded a national podcast with bill simmons... as they were talking durant didn't hesitate to speak his mind about potential critics...""can i make a psa real quick? all your blog boys and your fanboys that's gonna use everything i say and create an article -- watch a basketball game. how about you write that. i just want to say that, because all these guys are gonna write articles and get real mad about what i said tonight ... they're gonna put their emotions into it. it's not about you. watch a basketball game. enjoy the game. stop worrying about me so much. i just wanted to say that." if we can read if we can read durants mind....he is thinking...i am one of the bestb players in the world...i give millions to help people in need and some guy sitting on his coach who i've never met is ripping me???i get it but durant has to remember these social media tough guys are the same peopl

staff writer for the "atlantic" and nbc contributor natasha bertrand.w york times" jeremy peters and chief national correspondent for the "new york times" magazine mark leibovich. you know, mike barnicle, while we have richard haass off the set we can talk baseball since he's not going to talk about the yankees. red sox looking good this year. >> red sox are a very good team. they can use maybe one more pitcher but they'll come out of the starting blocks on thursday in tampa looking good. but it's only april. >> we're looking forward to that. eddie, on to serious news that happened yesterday, our children live in a culture where the reality tv stars are relegated to hero status, but a real hero passed away yesterday. linda brown from topeka, kansas, had a father who said, wait a second. you mean my daughter can't go to school with white kids? i don't think so. and he and his daughter together changed the arc of history and i loved her quote talking about lynn draw bro linda brown said "i looked at those steps and they were such big steps and i had such

natasha? >>> a celebration of life was held in wine country last night for the three women who dedicated their lives to helping veterans. >> it aired live here on abc and we heard many people paying tribute. >> we all loved christine and jennifer and jen. this is their gift. and it's their legacy we keep this going. >> more than 1,000 relatives, friends, and colleagues of christine loeber, dr. jennifer gonzales shushereba, and dr. jennifer golick gathered to celebrate their lives. the three worked at pathway home, a treatment center for vets with ptsd, and their lives were cut short by a veteran removed from the program weeks before the shooting more than a week ago. >> thank you, jen, christine, and jennifer for giving everything in the service of veterans. >> at the end of the ceremony relatives were presented with american flags. and you can find video of the emotional moments from last night's celebration of life on our website, abc7news.com. >>> 6:39 now. san francisco fire investigators

natasha. >> mike, thank you. just days after the deadly shooting at a youptville veterans facility, the entrance is wide open. a former patient, albert wong, killed three staffers on friday. wong was also found dead. veterans who live there are asking cal vet, the agency that runs the home, to do more. >> with no security, no gate guard, no fencing, anyone can come in here 24/7 and do some pretty nasty things if they really wanted to. >> cal vet issued this statement to us. the safety and well-being of residents and staff is cal vet's highest priority and security will continue to be part of our ongoing discussions. >> happening today, seven men face arraignment in a string of violent burglaries in the north bay. all seven suspects are from north carolina or virginia. authorities arrested three of them at sfo. the sonoma county sheriff says the suspect broke into three homes in petaluma early monday morning looking for cannabis. none of the victims was involved in growing or selling cannabis. .suspects are headed

. >> reporter: hi, natasha. it sure is. it's a sign that they were optimistic. this is a brand new toys "r" us store in a new shopping center here in concord on diamond boulevard. yet, it sounds like things have gone from bad to worse for this company. sources told bloomberg news, the company is preparing for liquidation. the emeryville store is one of several in the bay area that are closing. the san rafael, pittsburg and a couple of in san jose are also on the list. they had filed for bankruptcy in september and got a loan to work on turning things around. then here we have this new store in concord. but the holidays were not kind to toys "r" us and the company has not been able to be find a buyer or restructure its debt with it lenders. toys "r" us is not commenting on this development. this has a domino effect for the toy industry. it could be a rough day for stock prices for toy makers. mattel and hasbro started dropping in late trading. so it will be interesting to see what happens when the market opens this morning. reporting live in concord, amy hollyfie

natasha?>> the little girl who was at the center of the supreme court case that ended segregation in schools has died. linda brown was 9 years old when her father tried to enroll her in topeka, kansas. the school was all white at the time. brown's father sued the board of education when sumner blocked her from enrolling. the high court would rule in 1954 that separate facilities are not equal, which led to the desegregation of u.s. schools. brown died in topeka on sunday. she was 75 years old. >>> cisco is taking a big step to try and end homelessness in santa clara county donating $50 until to the county program destination home over the next five years. this is the largest donation of its kind. cisco's ceo says the problem is at crisis levels. he wants other companies to make similar efforts and says homelessness cost county more than half a billion every year. >>> california license plates will soon be a lot pinker thanks to work from local activists. the new pink ribbon license plates have

natasha. >>> thank you, mike. 6:23 now. california has no plans to hit the brakes on self-driving cars despite the deadly accident in arizona. the dmv will begin to issue permits to allow driverless car tests in the golden state. officials are aware a driverless uber car struck and killed a woman in tempe. they knee no need to alter permit plans. they had a backup operator in the car at the time. uber is likely not at fault. the driver may still face charges. as for the fallout, toyota will temporarily stop all testing of autonomous driving system called chauffeur on u.s. roads. officials added, the amount of vehicles they're testing is small and did not say how long the suspension would last. >>> walmart is testing the use of robots in stores to help with a job that right now is done by humans. not replacing the greeters. don't worry about that. they're going to lend a hand for more mundane tasks. this robot in milpitas, its job to scan items for out of stock. the real-time data is passed along to human employees who stock

>> reporter: good morning, natasha and reggie. response network says at least seven people were arrested here in san jose during the most recent i.c.e. operation. >> it breaks up families and what we want to do is avoid any type of incidents where children are left behind. group siren held a preparedness workshop last night. they arrested 232 people in a four-day operation in northern california with 115 having prior felony convictions. i.c.e. said local law enforcement's lack of cooperation is hurting its operations in california. the rapid response network sends volunteers to observe i.c.e. action when it's reported. they're holding a community rally tonight at story and king roads here in san jose. they're hoping to get a lot of support out there. reporting live in san jose, matt keller, abc 7 news. >>> matt, thank you. it's quarter to 7:00. more fallout from the larry nassar sexual abuse scandal. olympic gymnast aly raisman is announcing a lawsuit against the olympic committee and the usa gymnasti gymnastics. she's calling for

it's in their blood. >> natasha zouves, abc 7 news. >> very impressive.have more tips from the side hustlers. savannah reveals what kinds of clothes never sell for her on posh mark while mark shows us the one day of the year where you can make should crazy cash on door dash. we posted it all on our website, abc7news.com. >>> getting to the weather now. boy, soupy outside. >> it is going to be really soupy all week long starting tomorrow. so be prepared. wet pavement. and get the umbrellas handy. the rain gear, all that stuff. right now it's dry, as you ca see on live doppler 7. we've got just a few high clouds moving through the area. some low clouds building along the coastline. a little fog developing there. not much, though. here's a clear view from our sutro tower camera. thin fog moving across the street right now. 63 in san jose, 54 gilroy and 50 degrees at half moon bay. this is the view from our east bay hills camera looking out over the bay, appears to be mainly clear right now but we have a few thin high clouds. temperatures right now in the low

natasha. >>> 5:53 now. it is national dress blue day. people urged to wear navy, cobalt, periwinkle, any color of blue to raise awareness for colon cancer. san francisco city hall and san francisco international will be -- they'll be lit up in blue tonight. colon cancer is the second leading cause of death among those in the u.s. >>> guy fieri served up grub and gratitude for law enforcement following the north bay wildfires. the chp rohnert park office posted these photos to facebook after the diners, drive-ins and dives surprised them with pizzas. this is his way of saying thank you to the brave men and women on the frontlines during the devastating fires. >>> attention, black panther fans. may want to drive around oakland for a little while to see this. projections of wakanda forever on landmarks the past few days. it's the rally crying from the movie technologically advanced homeland in africa. the fix shonl nation has a connection to oakland where character is born and where the writer, director of the movie grew up. >>> taking a lo

with me now, carrie johnson and natasha bertrand, staff writer for the atlantic. eli, let me start with you. we'll dig into those tariffs. first, let's talk about the chaos. how different was this week from ones we've seen thus far? >> that is a tough question to answer. every week sort of feels like the most insane week. then the next week comes. this was interesting and, i think, notable largely because of the isolation, things that are driving the president to lash out, to perhaps create new trade policy out of spite, the fact that he is increasingly isolated and feeling increasi increasingly vulnerable as a result of mueller probe get iti awfully close to him now with jared kushner seemingly in the special counsel's crosshairs. you have increasingly isolated, frustrated, nervous president. that is leading to a lot of the chaos. but chaos has been, you know, an element of this presidency from day one. so, to the extent that we believe this idea that john kelly and hope hicks and others around him have been able to restrain this president at all, which the evide

on the one hand, natasha, shows the trump administration -- what would u.s. foreign policy be right now if trump didn't so brazenly, stupidly remove the fbi director, leading to the appointment of mueller, that leads to the left hand side of the screen i just showed. >> these sanctions are a good step in the right direction because they show that the trump administration is in some way taking russia's election interference seriously. but they also don't go nearly far enough because like seth said, they don't sanction the oligarchs, they don't really hit putin where it hurts which is in his pocket and the oligarchs are basically his -- so the russians say this is basically a carbon copy of what mueller's already put out there, let's see if they go a little bit further andlet see if the president himself can actually come out and condemn the russians and issue a statement of support for these sanctions. whi we don't know whether or not whether the trump administration -- >> so we started big, seth, i want to end small. if you're a person working at the trump ad

the fifty states line up when it comes to women's rights and artie's natasha spikes week has the latest startling numbers of the opioid crisis speak to washington folks. it's been almost fifty years since we've had human beings on the surface of another planetary body and i hope that we could actually put together an international lunar exploration initiative much like we have the international space station consortium and together the countries of the world cooperating with the private sector could afford to get back into real space exploration and i think that would that would create a real a lot of excitement. and . everybody and stephen both to ask how did would guy the suspect. proud american first of all interests george bush and r.v. to say this is my buddy max famous financial guru and we're just a little bit different. no no no not with all the drama happening in our country i'm shooting the good that's fine every day americans. look to the store to bridge the gap this is the great american people which. is what you. would you could you listen to what i just noticed i noticed w

four people were killed in the attacks natasha butler joins us now from. london how people are feeling there and attention. well the people in this community are really just trying to absorb the events of friday when that gunman shot dead four people taking hostages in a supermarket and then pledge his allegiance to i saw you know people here have seen attacks similar to this across france over the last few years but no one would have imagined that such a thing such violence could happen on their own doorstep and of course that sense of sadness as well with the news that i want to this forty four year old police officer friend has now died of his injuries now he was the police officer who went into the supermarket very bravely swapped himself with a female hostage he left his mobile phone open inside the supermarket and that allowed police officers outside to follow events inside and he was one of the last people to leave but very sadly as we have heard he has died of his injuries the french president a short while ago put out in fact a statement paying ho

. >> natasha me llamÓ y me dijo: papi, creo que hay un tiroteo.ha estaba en sus clases de cocina. >> tratamos de llamarla y no recogiÓ el telÉfono. >>en el momento que ellos salieron para afuera, comenzaron a oÍr el tiroteo. en ese momento la maestra tocÓ la puerta. reportera: todos entendieron que era un momento de inconveniencia. >> le dijimos hasta que usarÁn cuchillo para defenderse. reportera: luego del tiroteo le siguiÓ un horrible silencio. >> tocaron a la puerta. reportera: esta no era la primera vez que la tragedia tocaba a la puerta, el 27 de septiembre de 2006, su hija chelsea quedÓ atrapada durante cuatro horas en su escuela en colorado. >> un seÑor entrÓ con un arma semiautomÁtica. agarrÓ como a seis muchachas. reportera: en ese momento chelsea se encontraba en un salÓn de clase. [habla en inglÉs] " el profesor nos llevÓ hacia la pared de que estaba mÁs cerca de las puertas, si alguien se acercaba a mirar por la ventana del salÓn y no pudiera vernos. nos escondimos bajo los pupitres". reportera: momentos despuÉs llegÓ el grupo de fuer