a sea lion preying on a leopard shark and san francisco bay.eci and another person were on a boat near alcatraz on sunday, when they notice something thrashing around in the water. she said they watched in awe as the sea lion thrashed the shark around for about five minutes . experts say sea lions are known to feed on smaller shark species like leopard sharks. >> that is -- >> pretty incredible, i know. it would be scary if you are sitting on a boat and all of a sudden, you see what's bubbling underneath. >>> let's talk about the weather now. khyber is in for chief meteorologist bill martin. beautiful. >> a little breezy, sure. but so much sunshine! it was gorgeous out there, and i'm happy to say we have more of that in our future, just a little hurdle to get to before we get there. let's start coming our way as we head towards the weekend . everyone wants to make their plans and hopefully be outside like you are today, if you get a chance to enjoy the beautiful weather. we have a little rain tracking our way. right now, it is stunning as we ta

pier 39 camera, sea lions are enjoying sunshine right now. san francisco 58, oakland, mountain view, half moon bay, 66 degrees. and mt. tam to sausalito, it is a little hazy. nice looking weather. 12-hour planner for tomorrow. 7:22 sunrise, 30s and 40s, little bit of chill. sun and high clouds noon to 4:00 p.m., coming up a few degrees. download the accuweather app and track the numbers hour by hour, anytime you want. 3:00 p.m. increase in cloud cover. nighttime is sun and clouds. first bundle up, near freezing in lakeport and ukiah. 45 san francisco, 39 in san jose. freeze warning for interior portions of mendocino county and frost advisories for outer portions. dropping. protect the plants and pets. tomorrow, upper 50s to low 60s. friday up into upper 60s to low 70s. saturday even milder inland, and sunday spring-like warmth. accuweather seven-day forecast. filtered sunshine tomorrow. then luck of the irish, nice looking weather. spring in the air monday, then slight chance of showers tuesday but looking more unsettled wednesday with light

beloved blind sea lion died early this morning. the animal had recently been receiving treatment for cancer. in 2010 he was found on a beach. with gunshot wounds. after he was treated at the center, silent night and a younger blind sea lion were sent to the zoo. the zoo called him a true inspiration. that will be missed. >> in five years some drivers will be paying nearly $10 to cross the golden gate bridge. voting today to approve a plan to increase the toll every year for five years. it's expected to raise $100 million to improving and adding bus and ferry service. as well as bridge maintenance. right now drivers pay $7 and others pay 8. starting in july fast track will pay 7.35. if you pay as you go by registering your license plate you'll pay 8.20 in july. if you are mailed an invoice. that will be 8.35 in july. >> whatever you do you'll pay more. pin interest filed for an initial public offering. they intend to list itself on the stock exchange. using pins. they aren't saying how many shares it's selling. it allows people to s

. >> pictures of a sea lion feasting on a leopard shark. it's rare but not unheard of. you will find the story and pictures at ktvu.com. . >>> mark is off tonight, jason is here. the warriors slaughtered them tonight. now we're winding down the season. it's time to get on to the top spot in the west. andrew bogut gets a nice atn fr 2nd quarter from bogut to boogie. nice move with the d. jams it home. warriors up by 6. steph shows off moves. he turns and runs back the other way it will be good. 3-pointer for steph. he had 15 points in the game. off the miss curry will grab the rebound. pass to green. he gets foul. doesn't matter. he lays it in. just before the end of the third. steph, starters didn't have to top spot in west. look who showed up in l.a. for the match up with the kings. >> heros working it around. take that san jose. zero sculpts. >> taking shots. he was pretty good. will farrell in the booth. watch this move. the cross over move. kings score two goal and beat the sharks 4-2 and yes the kiss cam, ron burgundy with his burrito. st.mary's play villanova toug

have started off their weekend at the beach. 58 in the city, it's the low 60s, oakland, even the sea lions at pier 39. 61 in -- 62 in napa. and in livermore, it is 63. count on seeing these temperatures rising, as we head into the weekend. so let's look at your forecast, as we head towards the weekend. it was gorgeous. dry, sunny weather, we're basically looking at eve spring warmth. rain returns next week. live picture, on different levels, we have some wispy cirrus. here's a look at the low 60s, some showers isolated, to 62, you're looking at rain in chicago, los angeles bright and warm, 79 degrees. hour by hour forecast in a moment. but a few clouds tonight. temperatures first thing in the -- just be it's going to be mild in the south bay. 67, excuse me, sunnyvale, cruz, 67 loss al tots. downtown san francisco 60. north bay temperatures, 66 in san rafael. calistoga, napa, just a beautiful day, in the east bay, mid 60s from berkeley to oak lend. 67, castro valley. head inland and it will be another mild day there. 70 in concord, 67 in san in sai spring warmth for sunday, mid 70s in our i

. >>> we showed you the sea lions at pier 39. to be fair, it's time for seals. a diver caught this romantic moment. they appear to be snuggling in the seaweed and at one point even appear to seal their relationship with a kiss. isn't that sweet? drew tuma? >> yeah! >> they say in showbiz you should never follow kids or animals. >> even warmer air will move in tomorrow. live doppler has been tracking rain for how much of the month. today it is dry and will remain dry over the next 24 hours. high atop the north bay hills, great weather out there. and now with some drier weather in the forecast right now, a lot of folks want to know when can i wash my car? if you haven't washed it today, you can do it tomorrow. we have the planner on your sunday, dry skies, comfortable temperatures, a lot of spots into the afternoon will go into the 60s. and our warmest spots will head into the 70s. but rain is in the forecast as we look at the next four days. tomorrow we're dry, but monday and especially tuesday we're tracki tracking rain's return. get the car washed today or tomo

look at the sea lions just baskingna t basking in the sunshine. if you do have plans to be out later this evening, no weather issues. you look at the forecast, perhaps taking the dog for a walk. a lot of sunshine early on. temperatures in the 60s. as the sun goes down we'll continue to have clear skies and temperatures gradually falling into the 50s. take the light jacket as you're out and about this evening. keep the umbrella at home. that's fo that's good news. temperatures in the 60s and 70s in the warmest spots. 68 in santa rosa. 67 in san jose. and right now, san mateo checking in with a comfortable temperature of 64 degrees. overnight we'll keep the clear skies. there could be a little patchy fog along the north bay coastline. other than that, plenty of stars, and numbers over the next 12 hours gradually dropping into the 40s. that's where we'll settle overnight tonight. tons of sunshine from start to finish. temperatures starting out in the 40s, and the sun really efficient at warming us up. midday we're already into the 60s, if not touchin

pier 39 pretty slick out there, and you can see the sea lions hoping for some sun.ey like that, but not in the forecast today. 52 in mountain view and morgan hill with 53. san francisco, half moon bay, oakland at 55. sfo looking at delays of about 50 minutes here. there's fog in the east bay, along the coast. and with numbers in the low 50s, we are all fairly uniform and the fog just sitting there dense in those lower valley locations. quarter-mile visibility in livermore, six miles in mountain view. that's about the best, unless you go out to the delta or san jose. two miles in oakland and santa rsa. the golden gate bridge, lots of cloud cover. a few scattered showers throughout the day today. dry tomorrow. good way to start the workweek, then heavier rain arrives late tuesday into wednesday. today it's a one on our storm impact scale for scattered light showers. less than 0.2. afternoon, it will be tapering and we'll get into partly cloudy skies tonight. but notice a couple areas of moisture that stand out to the then throughout the day, just very spotty, isolated

. >>> the sea lions on the beach may look adorable but boat owners in newport beach say they thesa nuisance, boats, damaging them, even sinking a few. and the boat owners are trying to keep the blubbery beefs away, turning chairs you want down, even putting up fake owls and dummies. sometimes they call in the hashob patrol to help. but there's really not much else they can do. >> they're cute. >> go to pier 39 if you want to see what happens. >> and keep your distance. sometimes they can get pyl issur drive to work tomorrow. you can see what's going on on the radar here. ment of rain coming in from the southeast. in the south bay, fremont, san jose, you're on the front lines of this. it's gotten more impressive since then. let's stop the radar. union city to fremont, the heart of san jose. that's the kind of rain you notice. not terrible downpours. but certainly the kind that is gonna get the roads nice and wet already. each though it looks impressive over here, that's not where i want to draw your attention. i want to you look out here. this is where tomorrow morning's commute weather is c

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silent night an adult male sea lion has died.e came to the zoo in 2011 from the marine mammal center. he could not go back to the ocean because of blindness caused by a gunshot wound to his head. more recently silent night had been receiving treatment for cancer. he passed away overnight. in >>> another day of record busters and the sharks in desperate need of a win. sports car next. >>> something you don't see very often, bags of marijuana on the highway. the highway patrol says they cited the driver after they fell from the back of the truck on iad no:. roses are red, violets are blue, your weed is green and we have a citation just for you. >> the 11 digit clock news continues in a minute. ♪ [baby crib musical mobile] millions are still exposed to the dangers of secondhand smoke. and some of them can't do anything about it. but you can. protect your family. visit tobaccofreeca.com. will will >>> we're actually not starting with march madness. buthe pucks. it's hard to live on ice that's what they are doing. as they approach the

at pier 39, the sea lions are soaking it is up. people are enjoying. 51 in santa rosa. 53 fair eld confuse. 50 in livermore right now. the wind is making it feel colder than it is. the highs today low to upper 50s but it has been chilled sunshine. novato gusting to 28 miles an hour. here's a look at what's in store for your weekend. and it does feature some changes. let's talk about those. chilly overnight with isolated showers. morning downpours. more showers through saturday night into sunday. da. don't forget, set your clocks forward one hour. the time changes sunday morning. here's a live look. a beautiful one from our emory ville camera. the camera is shaking because of the breeze as we look back towards the city. live doppler 7 showing you a quiet picture now. that will change tomorrow. western weather advisory is in effect for the sierra until 10:00 p.m. even. three to six inches chgs up to ten inches for the peaks. no chain controls right now. if you want to head up this is your opportunity. but carry the chains because the

sea lions soak it up. the bright skies. clear and chilly. windy tomorrow with a few passing clouds and a spring-like warm-up is expected later this week. a dry cold front comes through overnight going into tomorrow. and that will bring us a few more clouds. but as of right now, the only change-up it's going to bring is the clouds and the wind. so let's track that for you hour-by-hour. a little breezy tomorrow morning at 5:00 a.m. the winds will continue to forecast as we head into the afternoon. close to 40 miles an hour along the coast. and then topping that tomorrow night. so even though it is going to be comfortable out there in terms of temperatures, the wind won't make it feel so comfortable tomorrow. today we haven't had much wind. tomorrow morning chilly start with maybe a few patches of fog. mid 30s to upper 40s. you can download the app. windy day. numbers in the mid-50s to the low 60s. mix of sun and high clouds. here is look at the accuweather seven-day forecast. and the gusty winds will relax a bit as we head towards the end of t

maybe a trip to pier 39 to see these sea lions.isa returns to tell us more about the rain on the way. >>> happening today in san francisco, it's the first to have two sunday streets in the ex exselsior district. you can walk, bike or hang out along the mile long route. it runs from 11:00 to 4:00 this afternoon. l lisa, maybe you don't fleed a need a jacket out there. >>> no p. rain first. then snow in the mountains. a couple of systems to talk about next with my accuweather seven-day forecast. >>> you know it's a good night. we have the highlights from the a's win over the angels has been making folks feel right at home, with meals like homestyle country fried steak, grandma's sampler, and our signature chicken n' dumplins. so, come on home to what you love. come on home to cracker barrel. so, come on home to what you love. i'm an ice cruncher. so i was excited about all-new colgate total. it has sensitivity relief, so i don't have to give up doing what i love. aren't we lucky. new colgate total. do more for your whole mouth. no ma

basic officious and you take out the hearing and leave a big hole in the there is nothing for the sea lionso eat. so what we're seeing in prince william sound is the delayed recovery. only eight species have recovered so far and we are talking like 20 years later. so in cordova we say it will recover when the hearing recovers. what's happened here is the result of the ecosystem studies that there was the new understanding of science, and that new understanding -- this is going to be one of those moments for most of you. but in the 1970's a lot of the science was done in the lab. sterile conditions, experiments, beakers, single species, usually adult animals focused on the different fraction of oil, not the polycyclic. so of course scientists thought there would only be short-term harm. what do you think with your only looking for four days. and what we have is a shiftless of the ecosystem studies looking at animals in relation to the habitat, generation, young cold, and this gave a much more realistic image to the effect of oil and as a result of this scientists understand that it's toxic a

there is nothing for the sea lions and the birds to eat.what we're seeing in prince william sound is the delayed recovery. only eight species have recovered so far, and we are talking like almost 20 years later. in cordova we say prince william sound will recover when the herring recover. what has happened as a result of these ecosystem studies is that there was a new understanding of science, and that understanding -- this is going to be one of those well duh moments for most of you but a lot of the science was done in the lab. four-dayonditions, experiments beakers, single , species, usually adult animals focused on a different fraction of oil, not the polycyclic. so of course scientists thought there would only be short-term harm from oil. what do you think they are looking with at only four days? we had a shift with ecosystem studies to see animals in habitats,o food webs, generation, young, old, and this gave a much more realistic image of the effects of oil. and as a result of this, scientists now understand that oil is toxic around 1

the sea lions certainly are loving it with all the onlookers as well. this is a live picture from our camera on pier 39 in san francisco. abc 7 weather anchor spencer christian joins us now with a look at the forecast. you said it best, spring has sprung. >> it may not feel like spring over the next couple of days because a cooldown is coming our way and some showers. we have clear skies at the moment, mainly. clouds are moving in as you can see from this storm that's approaching. it's going to be here by late tomorrow night. it ranks one on the storm impact scale. it will arrive on the first day of bring cooling things down and of course making things wet. i'll have a look at the complete accuweather seven-day forecast in a few minutes. >>> spencer, thank you. >>> a u.s. marine's wereseakla hair style is out of her life savings. >> there are a record number of these romance scams across the country, and the i-team has been investigating an extreme example. >> a record number of people fell victim to these romance scams last year according to the federa

you can see the sea lions are there. it will be a busy day at the pier. we return at 9:00.n. and because redfin.com is america's #1 brokerage site our agents get more eyes on your home so you sell for thousands more than the one next door. don't get stuck in the past. sell with a redfin agent. >>> good morning, america. joe biden responding to allegations of inappropriate touching. this morning, the former vice president's accuser speaking out, describing what she says happened at a campaign rally five years ago. >> the vice president of the united states of america is touching me and kissing me and smelling my hair. >> the allegations coming as biden considers a possible run for president. democratic candidates putting the pressure. what biden is saying about the accusations. >>> battle over the border. president trump increasing the pressure, cutting aid to three central american nations. threatening to close the border in just days. democrats responding this morning. >>> student murder arrest. a suspect accused of kidnapping

when provoked, he can transform into any animal: an enraged sloth, a lumbering sea lion, whatever this along with his sidekick, mitch mcconnell. he will seek vengeance against the haters. and losers. this spring, donald trump is "manimal." tuesdays, right after "the trumps of hazard." only cbs. >> it's "the late show with stephen colbert." tonight, health don't care. plus, stephen welcomes charles barkley and tig naturo featuring jon batiste and stay human. and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: hello! ( cheers ) >> stephen:hey! how are you? good to see you, jon. what's up? >> jon: what's happening. >> stephen: good. you good, chris? please, have a seat, everybody. thank you much. thanks, everybody. in here, out there, all around the world. welcome to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. ( cheers and applause ) donald trump has been living it up since the barr report on the mueller report totally cleared him of half the charges. and that is a huge boost, and you can see it in his approva

. >>> the san francisco zoo is mourning the loss of a sea lion who survived after being shot.ut the zoo tells us silent night has lost his battle with cancer. he was found shot in the head on a beach near sausalito years ago. he was so badly hurt, he could never go back in the wild. the zoo took him in and the zoo's ceo calls him an example of resilience that has touched so many lives. >>> here is the first nasa space walk of 2019. you can see the astronauts replacing batteries on the international space station's solar arrays. the first for both tronauts. hope they know what they're doing. >> it's not windy at all, unlike down here. >> shall we head out there, janelle? >> what, you don't like my weather forecast? >> we're going to go out in space with the astronauts. >> we do have more of the rain moving in tonight and then eventually we get some sunshine as we head throughout this weekend. let's go ahead and bring you into the microclimate forecast tonight. the home of the giants is soggy this evening. go slow, take your time tonight as we have rainfall that's going to conti

the california neighborhood fighting off a sea lion invasion. >>> we are looking live outside, this timet the richmond-san rafael bridge. you can see it is a wet commute for so many people out there. be careful heading out the door this morning. give yourself extra time. we will be right back. >>> grab your umbrella heading out the door. grab your rain jacket. it is raining all across the bay area. martinez, it is pouring right over your. heavy downpour stretching from concord, as well as walnut creek and berkeley. right across the bay bridge, san rafael into san francisco and for the golden gate. we are checking rainfall rates looking at almost an inch per hour. intense rainfall this morning. i will let you know how long this will last and we will see our next weather system moving in coming up. >>> we have flooding causing problems in san francisco. check out this live shot. this is the 101 as it connects to the central freeway as you head into san francisco. that completely shut down the connector road. there are clogged drains and flooding so that will be there quite some time. give

sea lions are just soak it all up. 58 in san francisco. low 60s oakland.ountain view right now. and a few sfroew view from the tam, it appears a fire might be there. 66 in concord. one other live picture from our sutro tower camera. a bit hazy as the clouds are coming through. sunny and even warmer tomorrow. spring-like warmth is coming your way this weekend. and there is the possibility of showers the middle of next week, if you're missing that rain. a look at your 12-hour planner for tomorrow. the sun comes up at 7:20. temperatures 30s, 40s. yes. that's your only sign of winter tomorrow morning. it's going to be a little chilly out there. in the afternoon hours, it's going to be a warmer day with the temperatures dropping once the sun goes down. speaking of dropping, tomorrow morning upper 30s to the mid-40s. out the door tomorrow afternoon. enjoy the mild weather in the south bay. 67 degrees in santa clara. near 70 in san jose. 66, santa cruz. a good day for the beach on the peninsula. 67 mountain view, palo alto. mids 60s around san mateo, millbrae. do

. >> reporter: with an elusive sea lion gliding along. a fast flowing fall river.rom the american to the sacramento river. >> like a little freeway. >> reporter: that is where we find fishing guide james. >> it is a mini mississippi river. >> reporter: along the sacramento delta for years. with a few days left in the off- season, preparing to get back out. >> as soon as i post pictures of catching 20 or 30 fish a day, my phone starts ringing and i am busy until september. >> reporter: looking forward to a business boom from healthy runoff. >> in the drought there wasn't good fishing. we were all stuck in the delta. you would find a school of fish and pretty soon there would be 50 boats on top of you. now with so much water, the boats are spread out and it makes my job easier. >> reporter: although improving, the fish population is nowhere near ideal. >> we have definite problems with the fish populations, particularly with several of the salmon runs. it did not recover as fast from the drought is everyone hoped. >> especially salmon. >> this is one of the areas we

including the sea lions out there. >>> well, in sports, the warriors are in san antonio preparing forght's game against the spurs. last night the dubs faced the thunder in oklahoma city without kevin durant, who sat out again because of his injured ankle. andrew flores has highlights in morning sports. >> good morning, everyone. the warriors officially got their checkmark. i'm talking playoffs, not twitter. the dubs punching their ticket to the postseason for the seventh year in a row. steph was full of energy against okc, even taking a midgame bike ride. now, he became just the fifth player in warriors franchise history to score 16,000 career points, 14 for him in the first space and hits the stepback three. dubs up 18 at half. frustrating game for russell westbrook. he runs right into klay and earned his 16th technical foul. he'll be out for next game. third quarter, klay thompson finished up strong. he had 23, another big game for boogie cousins. watch this now. boogie gets bumped, blocked, stays with it, and will beat the shot clock. he had a dozen points, eight rebounds and six a

. >>> coming up new on ktvu news at six, this time a sea lion caught on camera attacking a shark in san francisco bay. >>> high school students from san francisco headed to africa as part of a program with the police department . what they will be doing in ghana the operation genesis. the redwoods to the redheads. i leave these things to my heirs, all 39 million of you, on one condition. that you do everything in your power to preserve and protect them. with love, california. ♪ new wok fired shrimp, another american chinese creation from panda express. >>> march madness is about to start at the shark tank in san jose. >> scott reiss is outside the sap center with the march tradition will kick off tomorrow. scott? >> reporter: today, in fact, kicks off four days of wall-to- wall college basketball. fans everywhere are feverishly following their brackets, checking up on their picks. in san jose you have to follow the games on paper or even on tv. you can would live and in person. eight teams will play in inside sap center tomorrow. they got their practice time in today, and the fan showed

here's a lovely live picture of the sea lions at pier 39 and the visitors just enjoying the sun. here's a look at your evening forecast. temperatures 50s, 60s. a nice evening tonight. clear and breezy, a star i night with the temperatures falling. crisp by 10:00 p.m. nothing but sunshine in the shark tank. sunny and above average. spring-like conditions into monday. rain is making a return on tuesday. tomorrow morning, 30s, 40s. clear start to your saturday plans. tomorrow afternoon, mid-60s to the low 70s. mild to warm for your saturday. 71 degrees in san jose. palo alto, fremont, santa rosa. 66 san rafael. 67 oakland. concord, 72 degrees. 69 in santa cruz. if you think that's nice, look at sunday. it's spring-like. temperatures in the mid 70s in placing like san jose. concord. we head into monday. this is when the warmth will peak. mid to upper 70s in locations. tuesday, we will see the cooler weather and some showers coming back into the picture. just when you get used to that idea. we're going to change it up. you can download the app and track the temperatures hour by hour a

take a live look at the sea lions at san francisco's pier 39. they're content on this friday night. abc 7 news weather anchor spencer christian is here. >> our in betweenness is about to end. we have green on the radar screen right now. it's moisture in the atmosphere. we don't have reports of actual rainfall. the approaching storm ranks 2 on the storm impact scale. expect light to moderate rainfall, and here's our forecast animation, the rain will begin to arrive in steady fashion later tonight. a little bit after midnight, we'll see heavy downpours moving through the bay area. it's going to be quite wet across a wide path. the rain seems to be tapering off in the early morning hours. i'll have the complete accuweather seven-day forecast in a few minutes. >>> thank you, spencer. in the north bay flood waters continue to recede following the storms. drying out is the first step. >> then comes assessing all that damage. you'll hear from the people ♪ [baby crib musical mobile] millions are still exposed to the dangers of secondhand smoke. and some of them can't do anything about it. b

can't see many sea lions but with the nice weather it should be a busy day at the pier. just how warm will it get? we'll get the accuweather forecast coming up. >>> a week ago governor newsom went to lake county and announced immediate action to reduce the dangers of wildfire in california. when he said immediate, he meant it. the state isn't wasting any time getting to work. abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman went to ukiah in mendocino county for the story. >> reporter: for anybody who treasures living close to nature, terrace drive in ukiah might be one version of heaven, unless a person knows better. >> i was terrified to sleep there last summer, couldn't sleep at all. it's terribly overgrown. >> reporter: just like much of california, which is one reason why 1.9 million acres burned last year, a golden state turned orange and black and costly much too often, which led to last week's proclamation of a fire emergency in advance by governor newsom. >> we've got to step up our game. dare i say it, get our act together. >> reporter: the governor and cal fire promised imme

we're waking up with this live shot from pier 39 where you can see, yeah, not many sea lions out thereth the nice weather it should be a busy day at the pier. we'll get a check of the full accuweather forecast from meteorologist lisa argen coming up. >>> in sports tonight the sharks will try to snap their season-high seven game losing streak. the men in teal battle the golden knights at sap center. the puck drops at 6:00 p.m. the giants will try to get their first win against the padres. the first pitch is at 5:40. and the a's face the angels at the oakland coliseum at 6:07 p.m. the warriors return home tomorrow night against the hornets. last night was one of their most frustrating losses of the season. anthony flores has the details in this morning's sports. >>> good morning, everyone. the warriors are leaving minnesota disappointed and frustrated after a couple of questionable calls at the end of an overtime thriller. the dubs trailed by 11 with 1:40 to go in o.t. game over, right? not so fast. not when you have this guy, curry. second three of the overtime, it's a three-point ball

lion air flight 610 had been in the air just 12 minutes before plunging into the java sea at 6:32 a.m. on october 29th, 2018, killing all 189 people on board. the 346 men, women and children lost in these tragic crashes came from 35 different countries, ranged in age from the elderly to the unborn, and had professions as diverse as their backgrounds, but they did have one thing in common. they were all traveling on a brand new plane, a boeing 737 m max. it is truly unfortunate that today's hearing is necessary and i wish we didn't have to be here today. but our first priority in aviation must always be the safety of the flying public. the fact of the matter is that these crashes and subsequent reports on how the 737 max was approved have badly shaken consumer confidence. in aviation, as in other industries where a small mistake can have catastrophic consequences, trust is the currency of the realm. trust of the flying public in the safety of the aircraft they step on to. trust of our international partners in the diligence and thoroughness of our regulatory bodies. and increasingly, t

they're saying there áare clear similarities to the lion air plane that careened into the sea off thecoast of indonesia less than six months ago. all 189 people on board that lion air 7-3-7 max 8 jet died. the apparent reason: a faulty sensor... prompted the plane's computer to override the pilot controls and send t uncontrollable dive. the technology, installed only in the latest 737 model, was approved not by the government, but by boeing engineers themselves. in captain sullenberg's words, "there simply are not nearly enough f=a=a employees to do this important work in-house." boeing says it has a fix for the software glitch, and hopes to have the planes back in the air by the end of next month. but that plan is already running into some turbulence. the wall street journal reports that a federal prosecutor has launched a criminal investigation. a grand jury in washington state has issued a subpoena to at least one involved in the plane's transportation secretary elaine chao has asked for a formal audit of the certification process for the max planes. and a senate committee schedule

they're saying there áare clear similarities to the lion air plane that careened into the sea off thedonesia less than six months ago. all 189 people on board that lion air 7-3-7 max 8 jet died. the apparent reason: a faulty sensor... prompted the plane's computer to override the pilot controls and send the plane into an uncontrollable dive. the technology, installed only in the latest 737 model, was approved not by the government, but by boeing engineers themselves. in captain sullenberg's words, "there simply are not nearly enough f=a=a employees to do this important work in-house." boeing says it has a fix for the software glitch, and hopes to have the planes back in the air by the end of next month. but that plan is already running into some turbulence. the wall street journal reports that a federal prosecutor has launched a criminal investigation. a grand jury in washington state has issued a subpoena to at least one person involved in the plane's development. transportation secretary elaine chao has asked for a formal audit of the certification process for the max planes. and a

. >> reporter: in october a max 8 operated by indonesia's lion air crashed into the java sea. >> makes you think about it. >> reporter: might switch. would you want to get on a different plane? >> possible. >> reporter: pay a change fee? >> probably not. >> american airlines, southwest and united. confidence in the jets and not offering waivers. but senator dianne feinstein called on them to ground entire fleet. >> it's going to cause problems but not disastrous. >> reporter: editor of the travel skills blog. >> 737 max 8 has completed hundreds of thousands of flight without incident. i think would be safe to get on but would be of course nervous about it. >> reporter: now the faa did require a series of design changes to the entire max 8 fleet. and late tonight boeing announced they will be deploying software enhancements in the coming weeks. kate larson, abc7 news. >> deadly plane c ethiopiaivesng in california. worked in nairobi for tech soup, the company's global regional lead for the company, company says ann was proud of her country kenya and worked tirelessly to improve the qual

and identical lion air jet planted into the sea off the coast of indonesia last october shortly after taking off from jakarta killing all a hundred and eighty nine people on board boeing is being sued by some of the passengers relatives who died and pilots have accused the american manufacturer of failing to warn them how to operate a new automated stalls prevention system. questions of being asked about how to aircrafts. from the same buoying seven three seven family could crush just within months of each other monday has been declared a national day of mourning in ethiopia and investigations into the crash have started a lot of people are anxious to know what could have gone wrong with e.t. flight three zero two but many relatives say they just want to grieve catherine soy al jazeera nairobi. we're told curtis is a former airline safety engineer at boeing he says the seven three seven max is a highly popular model this one purchased by airlines all over the world. the backlog is so he says boeing had no further orders for the aircraft it would take mostly eight years to work through

t indonesia's lion air crashed into the sea.t multiple similarities between the two. here with the latest is nbc's morgan radford. >> reporter: thousands line the streets. 17 empty caskets the focus of a nation in mourning. remains of the victims of the doomed ethiopian airlines flight won't be recovered for months. but news that the black boxes pulled from the field where the plane crashed are already yielding information for investigators. the transport minister says preliminary results show clear similarities with an earlier disaster. a lion air flight that went down just months ago in indonesia. in that case the boeing plane crashed when an automated system meant to keep the 737 max 8 aircraft from stalling actually caused the plane to crash into the sea. >> this data is going to be carefully analyzed. it will tell the tale of what happened. >> reporter: the faa saying the u.s. government has not yet validated the data. a preliminary report is expected to be released within 30 days. morgan radford, nbc news. at the end of a

max eight model, after two fatal crashes, first in october last year when indonesia's lion air crashed into the seathat same plane model operated by ethiopian airlines killed everyone on board. boeing said it will start to include safety feature features that planes had not —— airlines had not paid for in their future planes. these planes have been grounded worldwide. the fbi has recently joined ina worldwide. the fbi has recently joined in a criminal investigation of certification processes for these jets. has these had any impact on the share price of boeing at all? the last that i checked, boeing was a chilly having some trouble in terms of its shares. it's been really struggling with these crashes, but also this public relations battle that it has. now that the us investigation is going, it could not possibly bounce back any time soon. thank you. let's have any time soon. thank you. let's have a quick look at the markets. a strong showing from asian shares, tech stocks boosting wall street last night. highs on friday after upbeat optimism in the tech sector. in europe, a little bit more mixed.

disaster within five months involving the boeing seven three seven max an identical lion air jet plunged into the sea off the coast of indonesia last october shortly after takeoff from jakarta killing all one hundred eighty nine people on board. boeing is being sued by some of the relatives of passengers who died and pilots have accused the american manufacturer of failing to warn them how to operate a new automated stall prevention system. safety questions again are being asked about why two planes from the seven three seven family which have had a good safety record for decades should crash within just a few months of each other and why so many lives have been lost again rob matheson al-jazeera. well if european airlines says the plane's pilot had reported difficulties asked to return taps and so is monitoring things from nairobi that's a worrying sign if that is the case and very similar to what we heard in that previous crash in indonesia. yes absolutely and he spoke about this pilot and he did. seem to have noticed that there was some problems with the flight asked to turn back was given that go

disaster within five months involving the boeing seven three seven max an identical lion air jet plunged into the sea off the coast of indonesia last october shortly after takeoff from jakarta killing of one hundred eighty nine people on board. boeing is being sued by some of the relatives of passengers who died and pilots have accused the american manufacturer of failing to warn them how to operate a new automated stall prevention system. safety questions again or being asked about why two planes from the seven three seven family would have had a good safety record for decades should crash within just a few months of each other and why so many lives have been lost again rob matheson al-jazeera so yes that flight heading to nairobi and from there kenya's transport minister said an emergency team had been deployed to help the passengers families we have initiated the airports. emergency response is to basically take care of the relatives and friends who may be affected in the who. want to receive the passages upon arrival tonight on please. the freight was expected to arrive you know be it about ten t

and identical lion air jet plans to into the sea off the coast of indonesia last october shortly after taking off from jakarta killing all a hundred and eighty nine people on board boeing is being sued by some of the passengers relatives who died and pilots have accused the american manufacturer of failing to warn them how to operate a new automated stalls prevention system. questions are being asked about how to aircrafts. from the same buoying seven three seven family could crush just within months of each other monday has been declared a national day of mourning in ethiopia and investigations into the crash have started a lot of people on just to know what could have gone wrong with e.t. flight three zero two but many relatives say they just want to grieve catherine soy al jazeera nairobi where todd curtis is a former airline safety engineer at boeing and the founder of s.a.'s dot com he says the boeing seven three seven max is a highly popular model that's been purchased by airlines all over the worlds. the backlog is so he says boeing had no further orders for the aircraft to take

and identical lion air jet planted into the sea off the coast of indonesia last october shortly after taking off from jakarta killing all a hundred and eighty nine people on board boeing is being sued by some of the passengers relatives who died and pilots have accused the american manufacturer of failing to warn them how to operate a new automated stalls prevention system. questions are being asked about how to aircrafts. from the same boring seven three seven family could crush just within months of each other monday has been declared a national day of mourning in ethiopia and investigations into the crash have started a lot of people are anxious to know what could have gone wrong with e.t. flight three zero two but many relatives say they just want to grief katherine soy al jazeera nairobi. are told curtis is a former airline safety engineer at boeing he says the seven three seven max is a popular model bought by airlines all over the world. the backlog is so he says boeing had no further orders for the aircraft to take mostly eight years to work through the backlog so yes this air

and identical lion air jet planted into the sea off the coast of indonesia last october shortly after taking off from jakarta killing all a hundred eighty nine people on board boeing is being sued by some of the passengers relatives who died and pilots have accused the american manufacturer of failing to warn them how to operate a new automated stalls prevention system. questions are being asked about how to aircrafts. from the same boring seven three seven family could cross just within months of each other monday has been declared a national day of mourning in ethiopia and investigations into the crisis have started a lot of people are anxious to know what could have gone wrong e.-t. flight three zero two but many relatives say they just want to grieve cathy zoi al-jazeera nairobi. one of the women charged with the murder of kim jong un's half brother has been freed by a malaysian court in a surprise move the charge against indonesian city r.c.a. was dropped a vietnamese woman remains on trial algerian state television says president abdelaziz bouteflika has arrived back home after

lion air went down in the java sea 2 minutes into flight. a preliminary investigation found the on board sensors may have fed bad data indicating the plane was going to stall. the computers then mistakenly pushed the nose of the plane down to pick up speed. the pilots struggled to pull the nose up not realizing they were fighting a new automated anti-stall system that boeing never told pilots about but boeing says the pilots should have known how to disengage the system. >> so what i do immediately turn over the switches and cut the motor out. and as you can see it stopped the trim. >> reporter: now investigators in africa will examine the plane's black boxes for any sign the ethiopian crew faced the same issues. if so, more countries including the u.s. could ground the plane. today 354 737 maxes are flying around the world with more on the way. in north america, flown by american, southwest, united and air canada. while no problems in the u.s., many airlines and pilots say they didn't know about the anti-stall system until the indonesian cr

they're saying there áare clear similarities to the lion air plane that careened into the sea off thecoast of indonesia less than six months ago. all 189 people on board that lion air 7-3-7 max 8 jet died. the apparent reason: a faulty sensor... prompted the plane's computer to override the pilot controls and send the plane into an uncontrollable dive. the technology, installed only in the latest 737 model, was approved not by the government, but by boeing engineers themselves. in captain sullenberg's words, "there simply are not nearly enough f=a=a employees to do this important work in-house." boeing says it has a fix for the software glitch, and hopes to have the planes back in the air by the end of next month. but that plan is already running into some turbulence. the wall street journal reports that a federal prosecutor has launched a criminal investigation. a grand jury in washington state has issued a subpoena to at least one person involved in the plane's development. transportation secretary elaine chao has asked for a formal audit of the certification process for the max pla

and identical lion air jet planted into the sea off the coast of indonesia last october shortly after taking off from jakarta killing all a hundred eighty nine people on board boeing is being sued by some of the passengers relatives who died and pilots have accused the american manufacturer of failing to warn them how to operate a new automated stalls prevention system. questions of being asked about how to aircrafts. from the same boring seven three seven family could cross just within months of each other monday has been declared a national day of mourning in ethiopia and investigations into the crash have started a lot of people are anxious to know what could have gone braun with e.t. flight three zero two but many relatives say they just want to grieve catherine soy al-jazeera nairobi. and as we said aviation authorities in china have decided to ground all of their seven three seven max planes for now adrian blount adrian brown is in beijing for us so adrian what more do we know about the extent of the shutdown there and what it's going to involve. well we got a short statement on

disaster within five months involving the boeing seven three seven max an identical lion air jet plunged into the seaoff the coast of indonesia last october shortly after takeoff from jakarta killing all one hundred eighty nine people on board. boeing is being sued by some of the relatives of passengers who died and pilots have accused the american manufacturer of failing to warn them how to operate a new automated stall prevention system. safety questions again are being asked about why two planes from the seven three seven family would have had a good safety record for decades should crash within just a few months of each other and why so many lives have been lost again rob matheson al-jazeera. canyon's transport minister has an emergency team at nairobi airport as helping the passengers family. we have initiated the airport's. emergency response is to basically take care. all that dave's and friends. who may be affected in the who. want to receive the passage us upon arrival tonight will be. the freight was expected to arrive you know be at about ten thirty five this morning. this teach what you'v

in october, a max 8 operated by lion air crashed into the java sea also minutes after takeoff. and that crash the pilots failed to disengage the autopilot. boeing is developing a software fix in the wake of that crash but right now officials say there's no indication that issue was involved in this crash in ethiopia. >> absolutely critical that the black boxes that were recovered get read immediately so we can figure out whether this was a problem with the airplane that affects the fleet worldwide. >> reporter: 72 planes of that model are flown by u.s. carriers. all three airlines, american, southwest and united, have expressed confidence in the jet and the faa says there's no evidence that would require grounding the aircraft. but the two crashes have many passengers concerned asking whether the flight they're taking involves a max 8. >> i would be a little leery about flying that boeing plane. >> the union for flight attendants at american airlines told its members if they don't feel safe, they will not be forced to fly on a max 8. >>> breaking overnight the state department

an identical lion air jet plunged into the sea off the coast of indonesia last october shortly after taking off from jakarta killing all a hundred eighty nine people on board boeing is being sued by some of the passengers relatives who died and pilots have accused the american manufacturer of failing to warn them how to operate a new automated stalls prevention system. questions are being asked about how to aircrafts. from the same boring seven three seven family could crush just within months of each other monday has been declared a national day of mourning in ethiopia and investigations into the crash have started a lot of people are anxious to know what could have gone wrong with e.t. flight three zero two but many relatives say they just want to grieve catherine soy al-jazeera nairobi. now the u.s. strikes syria democratic forces have launched a full scale assault against i.c.l. in the last syrian enclave the village of backhoes the s.d.f. has been poised to advance into the endplay for weeks but has repeatedly held back to allow for the evacuation of civilians they say no civili