. >> stephanie francis, thank you. new this morning, two san francisco county jails are locked down because of a series of inmate attacks on deputies and staff. now, the sheriff's office is demanding help from the california national guard. amid these safety concerns and a staffing shortage, the lockdown affects county jail number two here in san francisco and county jail number three in san bruno. that means community and parent child visits are canceled through tomorrow. seven staff members were injured in attacks starting on march 29th. now, the sheriff's office told our media partners that the san francisco standard, in part, quote, we are actively investigating these incidents to ascertain their root causes and any potential correlations between the string of attacks. we're also following new developments in the case of a former sonoma county politician accused of sexual assault. multiple women are moving forward with civil action against former windsor mayor dominic foppoli. that follows a recent decision by cali

francis. good morning. morning stephanie. >> morning, everyone. at live doppler seven light rain falling all around the bay area. it's a level storm. one on our storm impact scale. temperatures right now on the cool side. the rain will continue throughout this afternoon and this evening. >> stephanie francis, thank you and thank you all for joining us. gma >> gio: and we are back now on "gma" live from the nation's capital as the annual cherry blossom parade is about to begin on this saturday morning. i can't tell you how excited everyone is here. we've got the band ready. we've got the flowers ready. so many flowers, guys. >> whit: we're still excited about your wardrobe swap. >> janai: that is a really nice bomber. tommy picked that outfit out, didn't he? >> whit: yeah, you matched the blossoms. >> gio: it actually is tommy's. >> whit: we'll talk soon. take a look at some of the other big stories we're following on this saturday morning. president biden announcing a new round of student loan forgiveness freeing 277,000 borrowers of $7.4 billion

this weekend. >> stephanie francis, thank you. at a shopping center in sydney, australia. multiple people, including a child, are also injured. police say one person stabbed a total of nine people before an officer shot and killed him. crowds of people rushed out of the mall while the incident was happening, trying to get to safety. witnesses in shock describe what they saw. >> and then there was i saw a woman lying on the floor in chanel. >> so what do you mean, the fight, i didn't see him properly . i was running, but, it's just. it was insane. >> i saw people running, like, quite clearly in one direction. and behind them was a man with a knife running towards different people. he was running up to them or, you know, trying to. i don't know what he was doing. >> the motive is unclear. the sydney shopping center is a well-known destination for locals and for tourists. we're also following breaking news in the middle east. iran's state run media is reporting a vessel linked to israel has been seized by revolution guards. initial r

stephanie. >> all right, francis, thank you. today mayor london breed is flying to china for a week long visit. president xi jinping has extended that invitation during last year's apec summit. abc seven news reporter tara campbell asked the mayor what san francisco will get out of it. san francisco mayor london breed making an appearance at the chinatown night market friday ahead of her trip to china this weekend. >> i'm most excited about going to china and bringing back pandas. >> i'm like, fingers crossed, i want to see a panda in person in china too. >> but breed's trip is about a lot more than bringing pandas to the san francisco zoo. >> i'm also excited about what this means about our relationship between san francisco and china, and what the future holds. >> the mayor, hoping to drum up business for the city, traveling with asian business and community leaders to several cities, including beijing and shanghai, making sure that we're making a connection to businesses to make investments in san francisco, we're going to be

stephanie. >> oh, we look forward to that. francis. thank you. new this morning two san francisco county jails are locked down this morning because of a series of inmate attacks on deputies and staff. the sheriff's office is now demanding help from the california national guard. amid these safety concerns and a staffing shortage, the lockdown affects county jail number two here in san francisco and county jail number three in san bruno. that means community and parent child visits are canceled through tomorrow. seven staff members were injured in attack starting on march 29th. the sheriff's office told our media partners at the san francisco standard in part, quote, we are actively investigating these incidents to ascertain their root causes and any potential correlations between the string of attacks. we're also following new developments in the case of a former sonoma county politician accused of sexual assault, multiple women are moving forward with civil action against former windsor mayor dominic foppoli that follows a recent decision by cal

stephanie francis, than ♪ ♪ my hips don't lie ♪ ♪ i'm starting to feel -- >> gio: and welcome back toh a pop-up concert in times square, and last night "the hips don't lie" star surprised another crowd during the first weekend of coachella announcing that she'll be touring starting in november. this will be her first tour since 2017. you can't help but want to dance when you hear shakira. >> whit: right. >> janai: exactly. >> whit: the hips don't lie, gio. >> janai: the hips don't lie, especially the way he says shakira, shakira, thank you, gio. let's take a look at some of the other big stories we're following on this saturday morning. happening right now, terrifying moments in australia at a city shopping mall. authorities say a man began stabbing shoppers killing at least six people, injuring multiple others. according to local officials, a number of those victims are in serious and critical condition. an officer, we're told, shot and killed the suspect now being hailed a hero. police believe the man acted alone and say that there is no ongoing threat. >> whit: also right now, we a

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