reena: what are the best ways to find a car and get a good deal? scott case of scott's cheap flights has tips. first, book your car well before you travel day and keep watching prices to try to get a better rate >> unlike with flights, it is something that lets you cancel your reservation for free. when you book your rental car, if the price goes down in the future, you can cancel it and rebook it at the new, lower rate. reena: you might find better rates from the major car rental companies away from the airport. >> they typically have a location on the airport, but they have locations that are a few miles away, maybe closer to the city. and you might actually see rental rates that are significantly lower at those specific locations rather than at the airport. reena: if you are having trouble finding a car, there are some nontraditional places to look, like turo. reena: think of it as the airbnb for car rentals, where folks have an extra car can rent it to you directly and you might actually see more availability, and sometimes cheaper rates than y

reena: so what are the best ways to find a car and get a good deal?cott case of scott's cheap flights has tips. first, book your car well before your travel day and keep watching prices to try to get a better rate. >> unlike with flights, it is something that lets you cancel your reservation for free. what that means is when you book your rental car, if the price goes down in the future, you can cancel it and rebook it at the new, lower rate. reena: you might find better rates from the major car rental companies away from the airport. >> they typically have a location on the airport, but they usually have locations that are a few miles away, may be closer to the city. and you might actually see rental rates that are significantly lower at those specific locations rather than at the airport. reena: if you are having trouble finding a car, there are some nontraditional places to look, like turo. >> think of it as the airbnb for car rentals where folks have an extra car at their house or something, they can rent it to you directly and you might actually

reena roy, abc news new york. ama: if you would like to help people in ukraine we put together a full list of verified groups and nonprofits sending donations and supplies to refugees. it's on our website abc7news.com/take action. dan: american history may be made this week. the senate just force the nomination of judge brown jackson out of the judiciary committee, putting her on track for final confirmation by weeks end to become the first black woman on the u.s. supreme court. a delayed flight for a california senator nearly put all that in jeopardy. abc seven news reporter alex has more. alex: this afternoon, a moment of levity. after a passengers medical emergency delayed his flight from lax. >> i want to welcome senator alice -- alex padilla. alex: alex padilla arrived in washington. his vote key to democrats confirmation of judge jackson. his vote meant and even spit in the committee, -- even split. allowing chuck schumer to step in and begin the process of forming a nomination out of committee. >> i moved t

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good morning, reena. >> reporter: good morning to you. well, i can tell you there will be no shortage of glitz and glamour monday night. more is definitely more this year and we got a top celebrity makeup artist who will be at the met to spill her secrets finding out how you can get red carpet ready for your next big event. >> this is the met gala, after all. >> gala. >> reporter: it's the annual event to see and be seen. the biggest stars stepping out and dressing up in eye-catching couture. gilded glamour is monday's dress code, part of a two-year theme celebrating all things americana. >> i can't wait. it is going to be so much gilded glamour. >> reporter: charlotte tilbury is ready to work her magic at this year's met gala from kate moss and nicole kidman to penelope cruz. she is no stranger to the red carpet. >> it is one of the most fashionable nights of the year. talk about the importance of it. >> people get to express all their fantasies and creations at the met. >> reporter: she says this year we can expect to see glamorous gold

. >> reena, good morning. it's a delicate consideration for u.s. lawmakers and the biden administration to make, you know how much more involved the u.s. can get because of fears of what russia could do to retaliate. >> ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy said ukraine won't give up its fight against russia in the besieged eastern city of mariupol. it is very important for us not to allow them to stand our ground. that despite the warning from russia to the remaining troops there to surrender or die on cbs face the nation. delaware senator chris said the u.s. shouldn't give up either. the american people cannot turn away from this tragedy in ukraine. senator advocated for more u.s. involvement in ukraine. i think the history of the 21st century turns and how fiercely defend freedom in ukraine and that putin will only stop when we stop an and on capitol hill. more than one u.s. senator has said perhaps u.s. troop involvement in ukraine shouldn't be completely off the table as russia shows. no signs of backing off its attack on ukraine of the pres

thank you, reena and a check of the roads this morning. we've got our bay bridge camera here showing us a nice ride so far. >> on the westbound, 80, no slowdown at the toll gate and no problems on the spanish ahead into san francisco from here. let's jump over to the san mateo bridge where, again, the ride is moving without any problems. no issues reported by the chp. so it's an easy commute or across highway. 92 to the north of richmond. sandra fell bridge. if you're commuting from richmond out towards the north bay, it's a pretty good ride for you here on west bound 5.80, really no reports on any stretch of 5.80, from the altamonte pass all the way up here to the richmond. sandra fell bridge and we have one final stop for the golden gate bridge. one. 0 one. southbound. the ride from marin county into san francisco's moving without any incident so far. so good as you're heading out this morning. for 31 is the time and happening today. the 2 people that have been formally charged with the kidnapping of 3 month-old brandon. we'll be back in

reena barai, really good to talk to you, thank you forjoining us on bbc news.ug smuggling and money laundering in the us. the premier of the british overseas terriroty, andrew fahie, was detained in miami by us agents posing as cocaine traffickers from a mexican drug cartel. his charges say he agreed a £560,000 payment to allow traffickers to use the islands�* ports. the headlines on bbc news... reports that two british volunteers providing aid in ukraine have been captured by russian forces. a new hormone replacement therapy tsar is appointed as more than a million women are affected by supply issues. former tennis star boris becker could be jailed later today as he faces bankruptcy sentencing. black children are disadvantaged in schools because they are viewed as "less innocent" and more adult—like, according to a new report. the commission on young lives in england says this process, known as "adultification", means black children feel over—policed and has a negative impact on their lives. here's our community affairs correspondent, adina campbell. black gir

at reena: where there are ongoing supply-side pressures, there is that high commodity prices, throughnd other factors, supply chain disruptions feeding through to ongoing high inflation and fuel costs. but we are also still waiting for the demand-side pressures to pick up. we still have the subdued wage growth. i think the rba is reluctant to move until they see the stronger wage growth come through. haidi: i want to throw up a chart that shows the past year both when it comes to consumers, and businesses. if you add onto that high of gas prices, higher energy prices and higher costs overall, is that psychological fear that the fed governor is talking about, could that event the wage growth? katrina: that is the key thing we are watching as well. inflation expectations are important to watch as well, because if consumers start to believe that inflation will pick up in the rba will not act on subduing that information, that could cause a fear spiral. that is a huge concern. the rba is in a difficult spot to catch the right time to actually start normalizing rates. shery: it's not just

reena: this is a real tweet today, mark.ghter] you learn musk is teasing the twitter community following these announcements. mark: you couldn't make it up, could you? if you did, people would say it is too far-fetched. catalina: just to be clear, here is the real donald trump account on twitter, and we can confirm it remains suspended. so for the twitter users who fear donald trump's return, they can breathe a sigh of relief the use of the trump image on each of those accounts was -- dead center, which i think is a sign that it is fake i. wouldn't be surprised if it was the same person behind each of those accounts -- just speculation, but there is a concerted effort there to fake everybody. let's turn our attention on johnny depp, the actor, and his erstwhile partner amber heard. it is a defamation trial. depp appealing against what was handed down to him in london. catalina: the defamation trial between the two archers has generated hundreds of headlines, that this week, heard's choice of makeup during her marriage became

impetus came through one of my friends and fellow combat veterans and trainer -- adrian and his wife reena is ukrainian. they had contacts within lviv city council, who identified this need. they had a group of civilians ready and eager to learn how to do basic urban combat skills and training. they just needed some people willing to fly out there and teach them. so along with a third shiner benjamin, the three of us went, and spent two full weeks with these 50 or 60 regular ukrainians. they really just came from an entire slot of lviv society and we got to know them very well. they give us their time and commitments. we tried to make every second work for them. >> talk about, that because when you train the civilians, you say that you have found leaders that you did not expect. like how a geography teacher skills translated into war training. >> yeah, petro, he was incredible. it doesn't look like a soldier, maybe a little bigger. he had these very thick glasses, but at one point we were teaching a math class just very basic stuff trying to familiarize these folks with how to look at a ma

abc news reporter reena roy breaks on what this means. >> mask confusionasewulions ppip leaving americans with a lot of questions. >> do you think it will cause a lot more confusion? >> absolutely. >> tsa no longerks lanes and they are no longer required another mass transit. >> asks will be optional this evening for all crew and passengers. >> travel all the time for work and i do not have to worry about this anymore. >> they said that the cdc exceeded its authority. >> this is a disappointing decision. the cdc continues to recommend wearing a mask on public transit. >> getting from point a to point b will get -- become look at it. bound to face a variety of roles in their journey. policies to bedding a state, city, and mode of transportation. for example, on monday city of philadelphia reinstating the mast mandate. this still holds in some parts of the airport. if you're in a tsa line, they will not enforce it and in-flight it is up to each airline. united, american, southwest, jetblue, and alaska airlines all dropping their mask requirements. when it comes to buses, subways, and trains

in may, 2019, 8500 grad students and their families packed the universities huge reena.n mccloskey should have been here to, receiving a degree in cap and gown, as happy as her classmates. except, she wasn't. the story of what happened, and why is as sad as it is eye-opening. >> this was in one of those things where it was out of her with his control. it wasn't a natural disaster. >> how many times do women have to call for help before the university of utah realizes that, you know what, we have to step this up. >> what do you thinking at that point? >> i couldn't really fathom what had happened. neither of us slept at all. >> it's a story that could so easily have ended differently if just one person it stepped up. if one more phone call had been made, one dot connected. instead, the repercussions of a preventable murder would continue for years to come. lauren grew up in poland, washington. her parents both professors. from early on lauren was a girl in motion. her mom, jill -- >> she could climb trees and she was two years old >> as lauren growth, she excelled at the

reena roy has the story. >> as the world struggles with rising energy prices in the u.s.releasing the largest oil reserves in history, the latest united nations report on climate change has issued a stark warning. >> we are on the best way to global warming. but i'm meeting governments and corporations are not just turning a blind eye, they are adding fuel to the flames. >> to mitigate the impacts of climate change, u.n. represents -- recommends reducing emissions by phasing out and replacing all fossil fuel infrastructure with renewable energy. >> having a new fossil fuel infrastructure is moral and economic. in most cases renewables are already far cheaper. >> the report says in order to limit global warming to one point five degrees celsius, the world must reach heat greenhouse gas emissions by 2025, but current emission pledges by countries and current fossil fuel infrastructure puts the world on pace to far exceed 1.5 degrees warming. >> inflation is rising in the war in ukraine is causing food and energy prices to skyrocket. that increasing fossil fuel production wi

reena 7, 0, one. let's get back to the breaking news this morning. new york police are naming this man, frank james, as a suspect in the attack on the subway train in brooklyn yesterday. and you can see some of the video that came out yesterday. a massive manhunt under way right now to find him. >> dozens were hurt. thankfully, nobody hurt. nobody killed when he started opening fire. jay dow has the latest. >> kenneth foot smith vividly remembers the moment he's tuesday morning commute on board. the n train went from routine to terrifying. he was in the lead car. his usual spot when he says he saw white smoke begin to fill the next car and only see the people faces pressed against the door. >> banging on it like screaming. >> police say those panicked riders were under attack from a man who boarded the train wearing what looked like a transit worker uniform. witnesses say the man then set off smoke canisters and in the chaos pulled out a pistol and began firing some 30 shots in all near the 36th street station along 4th avenue in sunset park, brookly

thank you, reena. happening now the state has dropped covid restrictions. this is the new norm. that means as we return to normal events at places like the chase center, things are going to be little different as you head inside. so we are now are people ready for it covers camila barco is live covering at san francisco high camilla. >> good morning, guys. yeah, it's kind of like we're going to pre pandemic times. it's i guess we're going back to the old normal. you would say, showing your vaccination card or a negative covid test is going to be a thing of the past starting today. the state is dropping its vaccine requirements for indoor mega events. and those are offense with 1000 or more people. and instead the state is now strongly recommending vaccination verification or proof of negative covid test for attendees. however, it is up to county leaders to decide whether they want to align with the state guidance or keep the mandate counties like san francisco, santa clara are in have told us that they will align with the state guidance and he's changing re

reena john, thank you for that. all right.you're taken bar and we do have a bar delay to tell you about 20 minute delay. >> this is on the sfo line in the richmond, antioch, millbrae directions because of some police activity that was taking place there. so still a 20 minute delay. looks like they're working on that right now. 20 minutes traveling into the city may so that fremont street exit. so no major issues along the bay bridge. we had a really slow traffic throughout the morning. all of that starting to improve high winds are still along the san mateo bridge always want to take your time. and that's happening. 13 minutes know to make it from 80 across towards one o one in the south bay. 85 in menlo park. a 31 minute drive to 18. 82 also driving pretty much at the limit right now. crockett down towards the maze. 60 minutes for you as you're traveling and here in pleasant hill accident, we've been keeping a close eye on not causing too much of a delay that southbound 6.80, north of concord avenue darya. james, back to you.

reena 7.31. and today the golden state warriors will try to finish off polish off the nuggets.a playoffs. yeah. the big question, though, is going to be will steph curry start? he's been coming off the bench because they're working his ankle slowly back in the game play but looks like it looks like he might be good enough to do it. coach kerr says that there's no longer any sort of minutes restriction for him. so there's a chance we could see him. >> a start, you know, we did, you kno-, but it's fine for the now, are the warriors lost a game for which which kerr says wasn't of a good thing, but there was some good to come out of it yet. >> i think there are a lot of lessons from that you know, you never want to lose. you don't, you know, want to make you know, the a lesson for what we need to do better. and good. good for us to feel that kind of pressure on the road. good for us to feel that, you know what happens when we get away from the game plan only kind of get outside ourselves a little bit. >> well, tipoff for tonight's game is at 7 o'clock. it will be in front of the ho

thank you, reena. it's night 17 right now and an early release program for prisoners is getting some push back following the mass shooting in sacramento. the program allows people in prison to earn credits based on good behavior and that could allow them to shorten their prison time. the program started during the pandemic and now the california department of corrections is considering making it permanent. but democratic assemblyman jim cooper says he thinks the program should end because the suspects in the sacramento mass shooting, they were turns out out on released early good behavior and he says this whole thing should happened. >> region right now what is considered a nonviolent crime in california to fill the bus nonviolent sot a deadly weapon and foot corporal injury a child domestic violence, rape of an unconscious person, human trafficking of a child crimes. those are considered nonviolent crimes. and if you go to prison, these are these are. crimes go prison for you get released early, which

reena. thank you for that, john.eye on your roadways because they're slick. thankfully, no major traffic collisions because of that right now. so 90 minute drive. >> 37 to the tolls across the golden gate bridge for you on this thursday morning. the bay bridge traffic is picking up their meter. lights are on. i told you at an earlier accident there now about 19 minutes to make it from the maze to that u.s. tx people are driving slower. the meter lights are on and it's very slick. san mateo bridge, 40 minutes for your drive. 80 to one. 0 one. as you're crossing there and the south bay, if you're taking 1 one, you can see pretty much at the limit all the way across. 85 into miller park 30 minutes. 2, 88 82 also moving along nicely now, some slower highways like here, crockett down towards the maze. 22 minutes starting to pick up as you're traveling to berkeley and emeryville. let's check on highway 4. that's also starting to pick up in terms of drive times. 31 minutes traveling from antioch in to conquer and we'll chec

reena barai, a pharmacist and board memberfor the national pharmacist association has welcomed the new product until their prescribed product is available again — prescribed product is available again i— prescribed product is available again. i wish i could ring up my local_ again. i wish i could ring up my local pharmacies and say have you -ot local pharmacies and say have you got any? _ local pharmacies and say have you got any? if— local pharmacies and say have you got any? if so, can i have some from you? _ got any? if so, can i have some from you? we _ got any? if so, can i have some from you? we don't— got any? if so, can i have some from you? we don't have that ability at the moment. ourteams are undeservedly bearing the brunt of these _ undeservedly bearing the brunt of these pharmacy shortages. it's not our fault _ these pharmacy shortages. it's not our fault that these things are happening. a big ask for the new task force — happening. a big ask for the new task force would be really to improve _ task force would be really to improve the communication to patients— improve the