Precautions necessary to prevent civilian casualties and Collateral Damage as a result of the operation. The militarys currently assessing the damage in afghanistan. This is the same reason why a u. S. Special forces member was killed this past weekend. Thank you for joining us. Im matt keller. Our other top stories, the latest storms moving out, but not done with us yet. Live outside now with the exploratory camera in San Francisco across the bay. Clearing skies, clouds out there as well. A chance of showers and there is another storm just on the horizon. Abc 7 news meteorologist is here with the latest. Starting with our storm impact school, the way to rate them on what to expect. This is light. Scattered showers the rest of the afternoon hours. A trace to possibly tenth inch, no flooding. Gusts 1525. Over san rafael, the bridge, richmond, san pablo. Scattered showers rotating east, but not many developing over the ocean. Looking at the exploratory again, we have a chance of showers through 2 00. The chance fades at 4 00. Its going at 6 00. This evening, cooling into the upper 40s and 50s. Grab a coat if you are hanging out. Matt mentioned theres another storm coming in. Comes in on easter and hangs around monday, tuesday, and wednesday. I have the hour by hour look to adjust easter plans coming up. Track the news app, download it for free and enable push aletters to get weather alerts sent to your phone 24 7. New this morning, the big step taken with a goal of saving lives at the golden gate bridge. Live at the iconic span where a special ceremony took place a short time ago. Local elected leaders and bridge district officials marked the beginning of work to line the sidewalks with suicide barriers following decades of people ending their lives by jumping off the bridge. Families urged the bridge to install a barrier to prevent more tragedies. Where nets are erected would be effective. Thats been proved over the last few bridges over the decade. Only one fatality at one of those installations. Costs 200 million to install the stainless steel netting. The project will be finished in 2021. A dog is dead after a fire broke out in oakland under interstate 880. The trick black smoke caused traffic delays for morning commuters. Abc 7 News Reporter was live at the scene, amy, investigators have an idea on the cause . Reporter yeah, kristin, someone possibly cooking is the cause is what they are looking at anyway. Look at damage done to the overpass. Its blackened. Cal trans will check integrity of the pillar, but the human impact happened down below. The fire was very visible, seeing the huge plume of smoke over interstate 880 in the morning commute. Wha commuters did not see was the not so visible victims who live under the freeway. This fire was burning peoples homes, their tents. Within a matter of seconds, the fire went from in front of this pillar around to the side and fully engulfed their tent, and as you guys know, they lost their dogs, and jumped from their tent to our tent, and it just took out everything. Reporter pictures from oakland photographer show how huge the fire was. It started at 7 30 this morning on east 12th street. Five tents destroyed and a dog died. Everyone else got out okay. Very scary. I panicked. I didnt know what to do. Just worried about, you know, our lives. Workers from the nonprofit Operation Dignity stopped by to offer help, but the victories say they now have a long way to go to getting back on their feet. This was not the best environment to begin with, but its what we had. We were accumulating things, trying to move out of here you know, a little work here and there, as a matter of fact, all my tools, so now its all starting from ground zero again. Reporter Operation Dignity handed out brooms, blankets, bottled water. We noticed, though, that the red cross is not here. I checked in with the agency, and a spokeswoman say they are notified about fires from the Fire Department and were not called by the department to come out to this. I left a message with the Fire Department here in oakland to find out when they decide to call the red cross, when you know when to call into help. We are awaiting answers on that. Reporting live in oakland, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. Thank you. The board of directors is considering a plan to crack down on fare cheats. Losing millions annually because people hop the gates. The staff wants to spend 800,000 for a sevenmember team of inspectors to check tickets on trains and in paid areas of stations. Riders we spoke with today had mixed feelings on the idea. Excessive cost to kind of keep that from happening, but how else you stop it . I believe they should go after the fares. Its not fair were forced to pay and they are not paying. Bart says they project a 2530 million short fall in the coming year. Cracking down on this would help the bottom line. A new Service Public ad by bart is not getting a warm reception from riders. Take a look. Its called avoiding creeps 101. Critics say its victim blaming urging passengers, dont sit by yourself, dont get distracted, and dont ignore your instincts. Riders say put the blame on the victim, not the suspect. Critics took to social media to complain, and the agency said that was never the intention. We posted it, and got feedback people were worried bart implied that perhaps people who are harassed, it was their fault. Thats not the message we wanted to get out. Bart released a second poster labeled, dont be creepy, 101. Any ads reminding passengers to be alert and courteous is a welcomed message. For the first time, hear from the family of the man dragged from a United Airlines flight. Dr. David dao was not there, but the airline and city will face a lawsuit. Seen around the world, forcibly removed from the United Airlines flight is speaking out. Its been a very difficult time for our entire family, especially my dad, and we are truly grateful for your support. Reporter on sunday, kentucky doctor, david dao, refused to give up the seat for united crew members on an overbooked flight. Wednesday, the ceo offered full refunds on board to everyone and apologized to dao. No one should be treated that way. Period. Reporter dao appears to be looking more than just an apology. His high powered personal injury attorneys in chicago are preparing for a potential lawsuit. Filing a petition to preserve evidence from the flight. If youre going to eject a passenger, under no circumstances can it be done with Unreasonable Force other violence. Thats the law. Uniteds stock took a hit and the president commented on it telling wall street journal to say youre randomly getting off the plane is terrible. They are looking at the involuntary bumping of passengers because of overbooking. The man at the center of it all is still recovering from the injuries. We were horrified and shocked and sickened. United airlines released a statement after the News Conference saying they continue to express their sincerest apology, and they say this horrible situation provided a harsh learning experience which which well take immediate concrete action. United airlines will communicate results of the review and actions taken by april 30th. Well, it doesnt look like the practice of overbooking ends any time soon. Airline industry officials call it a valid business process. The practice lets airlines keep fares low while dealing with no shows. Federal law allows airlines to overbook as long as they offer compensation of passengers who give up voluntarily. Developing news in antioch. A police chase created a huge mess. This is water spraying into the air after a suspects car hit a fire hydrant at west 2nd and l street. The car was sheered on a utility pole this morning. They captured the suspect. It began on highway 4. Officers have not said why they tried to stop the driver. Pge hopes to restore power to more than 2 dozen customers in the next hour. Getting back on track after a big time scandal. What volkswagen hopes fuels success after the emissions test trouble. What a study dpoufound aboue connection between your health and racking up miles. Colorado police slamming a woman to the the woman caught on camera body slammed to the ground by a Colorado Police officer says shes humiliated by the encounter. 22yearold College Student says her life changed forever after being taken down by the ft collins officer. The altercation went viral breaking audiotape fight outside the bar involving her, a boyfriend and another man. The family thinks they went too far leaving her with bruises, a concussion, and contusion to her chin. Gotten better, but here when i touch, its numb. Ypt feel, and goes up here, and up here too, and, like, i cant open my mouth to eat. The police say they used a standard arrest control to subdue the suspects. They are investigating the incident and reviewing footage from the cameras. A new state law requires California School children to be vaccinated appears to be working. 96 of this years kindergart r kindergartners received all their vaccinations. The figure is a 3 point increase from last year and the highest since 2001. State lawmakers outlawed all personal belief exceptions for immunizations after the Measles Outbreak there 2015 at disneyland. Today, we have new motivation for you to lace up running sures. Spoken as a runner, right . Hi hitting the pavement may help you live longer. A study from iowa state says running is the most effective exercise to boost life expect tan si. They live three years longer. If they smoke, drink, or overweight, researchers said every hour you run adds seven hours to the life span. It plateaued after four hours a week. No trying to run forever to live forever. See someone running nonstop. You might get to 120 how you run. The south bay and a milestone today. The upgrade complete at the airport. Netflix looking to cash in on fan favorites, and putting shows in a new industry. And a live look outside with our emeryville camera looking across the bay in San Francisco. The rain stopped. Showers are lingering, but more showers are ahead. Well get todays accuweather forecast coming up. Volkswagen ceo vows they will recover from the emissions cheating scandal and promised it happens with the new vehicle. The ceo of volkswagen of america announced plans to roll out a new suv in the u. S. Manufacturing takes place at the factory in chattanooga, tennessee. The factory did not say how many jobs would be created or when its to be released. Netflix is eyeing a potential billiondollar opportunity. This is insider reports. Netflix looks to sell merchandise based on popular shows like everything from coffee mugs to clothing. Netflix is testing the market right now with a small line of Stranger Things merchandise at hot topic stores in malls across america. Now your accuweather forecast with mike. We have pretty awesome video out of the sierra, well, unless youre traveling, then its not awesome, is it . I look at the cal trans cameras there, this is the king bell, this is castle peak, i80. Snow bound. Chains, grab them, you need them everywhere as a winter storm warning comets for the rest of today. You see at the summit, they are trying to clear it because we have gorgeous weather this weekend. If you are headed up that way, that forecast is coming up. Lets go back to here at home. I want to show you the idea of scattered showers. Notice a little sun. Putting that in motion. The sun goes away, the clouds let go, you see the rain showers moving over Treasure Island and emeryville and oakland. A few more throughout the morning hours, then the sun came back out. Thats what were going to have want next few hours. You see from the sutro tower, clean air. You like to take pictures, later on at 4 00, 5 00, the clouds dispate, and you will see forever because of this clean air mass. Showers to sun, cooler highs today, warmer, bright tomorrow through saturday afternoon and more storms, the first one rolls in sunday. Heres a live look at doppler 7. The scattered light showers are out there. Broadening out the picture, a look at the weak cold front coming through and triggering showers moving out at 4 00, and when it does, were going to see clearing conditions and this flow straight from alaska is going to bring us the coldest lows tonight. If you have precious plants, live in a deep valley thats colder than everybody else, protect those tonight. The rest of us, the heaters going to kick on. The highs for today, 58 to 62 degrees. Santa rosa, 57, the cool spot. The game tonight, cold by at t standards, 51 down to 50. Well talk about what happens tonight and temperatures run to the mid to upper 30s in the deepest valleys to low to mid 40s for the rest of us. The rest of the afternoon, you can see much of the showers just ever so slowly disappearing as we head to the 4 00 hour. Yesterday, close to a record for the most snow ever, at least in the northern part of the sierra. Moderate snow today. Theres the bluebird day tomorrow, high clouds saturday and breezy conditions sunday, but the snows coming in in the evening. 8 00 sunday morning, were dry, but look by noon to 2 00, thats when the rain starts to come in, and itll be heaviest at 5 00, then it fades out. Tuesday, we get a break. Wednesday well have light showers. Keeping the temperatures below average except for saturday and with the rain coming in, in the afternoon hours, check out those easter egg hunts okay. Cant shake the rain. We cant. See what happens in may. If this goes in may, we have issues. Skiing in august. Thank you. Happening today, the International Airport celebrates the opening of the expanded arrival facility. Nine National Airlines offer service in san jose, up from three years ago. It was 8. 2 million, and the second baggage carousel and indoor waiting area. Hockey fans say the nhl playoffs are the most exciting in all of professional sports. Yes. You can decide if they are on to something watching how the sharks finished the playoff opener. The goal, scores carlson scoring in sudden death for the 32 win. They trailed 20 before winning it. They lead the series 10. Overtime tension, coming up next is the greatest, must buttclenching part of sports, playoff. Hockey. Overtime. Okay. Warriors are in playoff mode. Thats exciting. After finishing all the regular season with a win. They got a huge lead against the lakers and ended with a 10994 victory. They play sunday at 12 30 p. M. And see the game here on abc 7. We want to see how you sport the warriors throughout the playoff run. Share pictures online and add the dubson7. When you instagram, post to facebook, see your pictures here on abc7. All right. Perfect time for a game night. Yes. Today is National Scrabble day. Up next, a look at the history of the word game, and we reveal coming up at 4 00, with a bundle of joy comes a host of tax deductions. What every savvy parent needs to know before next weeks past deadline. From newspapers to dog bowls and books, how cleaning upkeeps you safe tonight on abc 7 news at 5 00. I know you know this. Its National Scrabble day. Love the game. Whats your word . Mines quiz. Yes, mine is anything with a why, a triple word score. That works out. Its not known who named this National Scrabble day, but it is the birthday of the man who invented the game. He created it in 1938. It became kris cross words and finally scrabble in 1948, sold in 121 countries and 2 the 9 language versions. Heres a fun fact. This is my real favorite word to play. Highest score is 1778, and that word is oxyfafbutezone. Its an you have to know how to spell it, thats the problem. Lets spell rain, but its over . It is at 3 00. Cooler weather, though by 8 00, 9 00. Easter sunday . Will be dry. Cool that morning too. Temperatures in the upper 40s to low 50s. All right. Thanks, mike. Yeah. Thank you. See you later, bye bye welcome to whiz kids week here on who wants to be a millionaire. Weve invited some of the smartest kids we could find to play with us this week, and theyre hoping to make their proud parents even prouder by walking out of here with a big pile of cash. So lets play who wants to be a millionaire. [dramatic musical flourish] hey, everybody, welcome to whiz kids week here on who wants to be a millionaire. [cheers and applause] todays whiz kid was taking apart computers before he even lost his two front teeth. Some may call him the next bill gates. I just like to call him our next millionaire. From athens, alabama, please welcome 13yearold connor higgins. [cheers and applause] welcome back, bud. Welcome. Thank you. Good to have you. So, you love computers, youre taking em apart. How old were you when you started busting up compurs