San francisco county jails canceling family visits because of recent violent attacks. The controversial call from sheriffs deputies to help in this dangerous situation. Irans attack on israel, iran unleashing hundreds of missiles and drones. Israels war cabinet, now weighing a response as President Biden is trying to avoid further escalation. Plus a car goes airborne, crashing right into a Southern California home. That car landing on its side, the driver walking away with no serious injuries. Good morning. Welcome to monday, april 15th. Were going to start the check of our forecast with drew. Yeah. Good morning. We have dry weather coming back and we will see warmer weather over the next couple of days. A live look outside from our Golden Gate Bridge camera showing you partly cloudy skies out there. We are dry though, so thats some good news. Live doppler seven this morning. The scan across the region. We are completely quiet after what was a wet weekend at times and often chilly. However, we do have a little bit of residual moisture in the form of thick fog right now. Zero miles currently in petaluma. So were seeing that fog impact part of the north bay right now outside of the north bay. We are dealing with great visibility temperatures in our coldest spots, low 40s, upper 40s to the mid 50s around the bay shoreline. The jacket your best friend right now. You can leave the umbrella at home. You do not need it at all. Today so looking at the forecast for the day ahead, youll find clouds early on, giving way to brighter conditions this afternoon. Temperatures near average. Youll find warmer weather the next couple of days. Well show you that coming up in a few minutes, guys. Thank you. Thank you. Drew. Developing news. The white house is urging israeli leaders to show restraint after irans unprecedented attack on israel over the weekend. Amanda, were learning most of the Ballistic Missiles launched at israel failed to reach their targets. Reggie aqui abc news is confirming overnight at least half of those iranian missiles either failed to launch, failed in flight or crashed before hitting their targets in israel. Israel says 99 of the drones and missiles ended up being intercepted, and those that hit caused minor damage at an israeli air base. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with his war cabinet over the weekend. The war cabinet reportedly supports retaliating against iran, but is divided over the timing and scale. The idf says the Israeli Government will make a decision on how to respond to irans missile strike. As early as today, top officials here at home have made it clear the u. S. Would not be a part of any israeli counterstrike or response. And on capitol hill, lawmakers are now considering a new military aid package for israel. A vote could come as soon as this week. Back to you at the desk. Thanks, amanda. Well continue to keep you posted on whats happening in the middle east and here at home. You can find the latest at abc seven news. Com and download the abc seven bay area app to get breaking news alerts and live stream updates. Developing news is San FranciscoDeputy Sheriffs Union is now calling on the National Guard to step in after a series of attacks at two San Francisco jails. Abc seven News ReporterGloria Rodriguez live in studio and gloria. This incident led to a jail lockdown over the weekend. Thats right. Kumasi, the jails website says visits to inmates are canceled through today. The Sheriffs Office says the jail assaults are under investigation, but says the National Guard is not the answer. Escalating, escalating violence has been reported at San Francisco county jails on seventh street in San Francisco and in san bruno. Ken loma is the president of the San FranciscoDeputy Sheriffs Association that represents deputies many of whom work inside the jails. And he sent a letter to San Francisco sheriff Paul Miyamoto calling for the help of the california National Guard into low Staffing Levels can be addressed, he says. A staffing problem is not new, but that it has never been this low. Its a scary time. I mean, weve had nine attacks in three weeks on deputies, theres been prisoner fights, theres been civilian staff injured. This is a really violent time. The San FranciscoSheriffs Office released a statement on sunday saying, we believe that our current internal Response Strategies will immediately address the increase in assaults on our members. The statement went on to say, we understand that the dsa also ties the recent incidents into low Staffing Levels and has called for immediate staffing, and i believe that we are going to be going to a special report right now. So were going to donald trump just arrived at the courthouse in Lower Manhattan for the start of his criminal trial here in new york city. Trump is charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying Business Records, which include allegedly concealing a hush payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels just days before the 2016 election. He is the first president , past or present , to ever stand trial, and this is the first of four cases for trump and his legal team. Trump is trying to juggle his legal battles at the same time he is running for president. I want to get right to Abcs Aaron Katersky who is outside of the courthouse for us in Lower Manhattan, and aaron of course, weve been talking about how this is unprecedented, but just give us a sense of what youre seeing out there, what youre witnessing on the streets in manhattan, traffic was briefly halted. Lindsay, pedestrian stopped in their tracks on the sidewalk as former President Trumps motorcade pulled up. And he entered this courthouse to both cheers and boos from a small group of protesters gathered outside. Helicopters flying overhead, he is, after all, a former president and the republican nominee in 2024. So the security is extra. Everything about this is extra. On one hand, a criminal defendant going inside this courthouse to stand trial is nothing new. This courthouse has seen all manner of mobsters and murderers, but the country has never seen anything like this. A former american president on trial as a criminal defendant, trump is now headed up to the 15th floor of the courthouse, where hes going to enter a rather drab, dreary room. And thats where hes going to be spending most of his time, potentially for the next couple of months, seeking the white house from the 15th floor of this courthouse that he has used to his political advantage. Although the consequences here are certainly potentially dire because, lindsay, these charges, if hes convicted of them and he denies them, could land him in prison for up to four years. And of course, we just saw moments ago him leaving trump tower before making that trek downtown to the courthouse. I know youve talked about before, prospective jurors are even brought in today. The judge may start with a brief hearing. What would that be about . This would be about the potential for former President Trump decides to testify. If that happens. And he said hes thinking about it, the prosecutors would want to ask him all manner of potentially embarrassing questions about his sex life, about civil cases where hes been held liable for Sexual Assault and defamation, of eugene carol of civil business fraud. And the defense wants the judge to set limits on what prosecutors could ask. This is called a sandoval hearing. Its common in new York State Court when a defendant is thinking of taking the stand in his own defense, and it may proceed the start of jury selection. But once that gets underway, prospective jurors carrying their jury summons who have been through security are going to walk into that courtroom, see the former president and wonder whether theyll be picked to sit in judgment of him. And aaron, before we let you go, jury selection expected to last. How long . Could be up to two weeks if necessary. The potential jurors are being asked 42 questions to weed out any potential bias. The lawyers here know everybody in that room has heard of donald trump. The question is whether their view of him can get in the way or not, of being fair and impartial. Lindsay Aaron Katersky for us want to now bring in our Trial Attorney and abc legal contributor, mr. Brian buchmeyer. Brian, give us a sense of how difficult its going to be to select a jury in this case, extremely difficult, but the judge has created some parameters to try to make that easier. Ultimately, were going to find someone who doesnt have a bias, one way or another, but they may know about the president , about this case, but theyre willing to put that aside, to listen to only the evidence and information that both sides present, to ultimately give a verdict, whether it be guilty, not guilty, or, worst case scenario, potentially a hung jury. So many people will be watching brian buchmeyer, we appreciate your expertise here. And our coverage continues on abc news live and abc news. Com. Well have complete details on world news tonight with david muir. For now im linsey davis in new york. Have a good day. This has been a special report from abc. I mean it is historic. Its the first criminal trial of a former president ever happened. Yes. And this is the first of four trials that his legal team is working on. This one in particular, in reference to falsified documents and connection to hush money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels. So this is just really the beginning of it. Jury selection could take up to two weeks. There are 500 potential jurors that were talking about. Theyre going through a series of questions to kind of determine who will potentially sit on that jury, and he has to be there every day, and theyre going to be meeting four days a week, which means that he cant be campaigning while this is happening. So well see what effect, if deadline to get your taxes filed with the irs. Amanda is at the live desk with some tips for those who might be a bit behind this morning. Amanda. Yeah, kumasi. If youve procrastinated on filing this year, dont worry, you still have time to file your 2023 taxes. In fact, you have until midnight tonight to either file your taxes or file an extension. Payments are still due today. Filing an extension is just buying more time to get the paperwork in, not additional time to pay what you might owe. Penalties and interest still apply to late payments if you owed last year, and your income and your tax situation is basically the same, you owe this year. So heres what you do. Go to irs. Gov. Make a payment, whatever payment it was last year, the irs will issue most refunds within 21 days or less. If you file a laconically with direct deposit, you can check the status of your refund on irs. Gov with the wheres my refund tool. This year, the irs says taxpayers who needed help this year got it quicker with wait times over the phone. Cut to just three minutes. The average refund is about 3,000, up about 123 from last year. Two important new credits you might be able to claim this year. Impact used electric electric Vehicle Buyers and expanded home energy savings. We have information about both credits on our website abc seven news. Com. Back to you at the desk kumasi. Thanks, amanda. Today is the last day Verizon Wireless users can sign up for money from a settlement. The funds are for customers who use verizon services. Between january of 2016 and november of last year, they can get up to 100 by signing up online or through the mail. The lawsuit alleges verizon deceptively charged fees, which the company denies. People who accept the payouts lose any right to sue verizon over the issue in the future. A major challenge for teachers here in the bay area is a struggle to find affordable housing. Some teachers have to work three jobs to afford to live near the schools where they work. Even the cost of commuting is something most teachers and staff cant afford. I thought, you know, by this point in my career, id be a little bit more financially stable. The salaries didnt really keep up with with the cost of living. Nearly 80 of schools nationwide struggle to fill teaching positions this year. Low salaries are said to be the key issue. One solution for bay area teachers is housing thats financed with government assistance, specifically for educators and school staff. A 135 Unit Development is being built right now in San Francisco. Sfusd hopes that this housing will help the district retain more teachers. The applications are now open for alameda countys program, helping first time homebuyers afford their down payments. Its giving up to 210,000 loans to people who live or work in the county, or those whove been displaced from homes. Their applicants must be making 120 of the area Median Income to qualify. Recipients will be selected through a lottery with priority given to educators and first responders. You can apply online until may 15th at uc berkeley law student is sharing more details about an encounter with a professor that has gone viral. It happened at a private dinner party last tuesday around the world. Fast, not only from not your house. Not only it is my house, okay . You dont have to get aggressive. Please leave our house. You are guests at our house. So you can see the moments in this video. When the professor tries to take the microphone from a student voicing support for people in gaza. The incident happened at the home of the Law School Dean and his wife, who was the professor that you can see in the video. And we were able to catch up with the student in the video, malacofauna were trying to bring this back to the larger claim of why i was there. I was there because uc should divest from apartheid, more than 2 million of our tuition money goes to up in arms manufacturers. And this is much bigger than myself and much bigger than any students here. This is about stopping a genocide, and thats important to remember. The dean says the event was supposed to celebrate graduating students and theyre saddened. Protesting students disrupted it for political purposes School Leaders in oakland are under pressure because of budget problems and strike threats. They are taking a step to solve those issues, but it could mean consolidating and even closing schools. The Oakland Unified School board voted to set up metrics to help figure out which schools to shut down. The guidelines are supposed to make sure closures dont hurt vulnerable students. The district is in negotiations with several unions and wants to give raises. They cant do that without budget cuts and consolidating schools could free up money. There is a lack of teachers across the district, so our principals are having to do 2 to 3 times the amount of work to get to keep our schools running and keep our keep our students learning. Oyewusi is not expected to share a list of potential campus closures until the fall. The pricey Public Toilet for San Franciscos noe valley opens next weekend. The plan for the toilet generated a lot of pushback, with a price tag of 1. 7 million. Well, then vendors agreed to donate the restroom, bringing that price down dramatically. Noe valley will hold a grand Opening Celebration for the toilet next tuesday. It is a leap for all robot kind. The robot is built to jump in low gravity conditions. A group of researchers in switzerland are designing a robot suited for moon or asteroid exploration, where there isnt enough gravity to drive wheeled systems along the surface. Space hopper, with its three legs, is designed for jumping in low gravity and moving in any direction, so the team tested space hopper in zero gravity during a parabolic flight with the European Space agency. How is this even weirder than when it has full gravity . Yeah, its even scarier. It is. I dont theres something about this i dont like. Yeah, like the swing and the lunge to me is just. But imagine how it would have helped our friend who went to the moon recently and like, fell on the side. Oh, yeah. It didnt have anything to turn it upright. Right. Thats a good point. But still, still scary. Still creepy. But i can see it being helpful or hurtful or. This morning we are looking cloudy in a lot of areas, some dense fog in the north bay, but we will have brighter conditions throughout the afternoon in a warming trend getting underway here. A live look from our sutro tower camera a little bit of fog pushing through the golden gate this morning. Most locations reporting partly to mostly cloudy skies at this hour. So well go from clouds to sunshine into the afternoon. Dry weather is back after a wet weekend. Cold temperatures. Now were going to warm up. This warming trend arrives here throughout the next couple of days. It will peak wednesday and thursday as our warmest days on the seven day forecast, but this weekend we have no concerns. Any wet weather, were dry, were mild, and were sunny both saturday and sunday looking at your weather wellness, air quality is good today. Tree pollen is still high. Your uv index is a six that is high as well. Live doppler seven