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KGO ABC7 News 400PM February 6, 2016

You can see for monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, to friday, this place is more and more crowded every day. It is jam packed in here. Lets whip around the bay area. We already did a little at the top, but i want to show you sky 7 hd in santa clara. Earlier today, as they were getting the lastminute preparations done, and look what we found, lady gaga in shiny red. She was rehearsing the national anthem. If ama daetz could have repelled down from that helicopter, shes a huge fan, she would have been listening to the rehearsal. Marley matalin will be joining her signing the words for the hard of hearing during the anthem. Security, extremely tight around the stadium and all over nfl locations this week. Sky 7 hd caught the tanks and other military vehicles driving into the compound. Well take a closer look at the beefed up security later on during this hour. Sky 7 hd spotted Something Else that was flying around the bay area today, and that is the good year blimp. An iconic staple over some of the most watched sporting events for more than 60 years. And the high rollers, the celebs, oh, yeah, theyre arriving in the bay area in style, of course, for the super bowl. Many of them on their own private jets. Sky 7 hd was over the hayward executive airport, among six local airports which have set aside special Parking Spaces for private jets this week. Thousands of fans are already here in the bay area. It feels like thousands are around me, right in here, getting ready for the big game. Many more are flying in today, as well as tomorrow. And eric thomas joins us live from super bowl city, where its got to be getting more crowded by the minute, eric. Reporter a lot of the people here are making a beeline for the nfl experience, as well super bowl city. You see how busy it is. A lot of security here, as well. People just coming into the city, want to get a flavor of the city, but their focus is still on the big game. The flight streamed from panther country. These fans are firmly behind their panthers. Aim so excited to be here in San Francisco, so excited to be from charlotte. Going to see the super bowl and panthers are bringing home the victory. Reporter this fan says not so past. She has a special reason denver will win. Want to be the truth . Its about to be by 50th birthday. Super bowl 50, im 50, its all coming together, so here i am. Reporter this Detroit Company won their super bowl tickets in a contest and they have divided loyalties. He likes denver. Ive been a Peyton Manning fan, collecting cards, so i would like to see him go. Reporter his wife has a more esoteric reason for preferring charlotte. Its because i like their uniform colors. Reporter nothing wrong with picking the colors for a winner. Again, lots of people behind me, and lots of security. Periodically you see guys on the s. W. A. T. Coming through with their assault rifles making sure everything is okay. And everything is okay, so far so good. Larry, back to you. We are having a little discussion with security right now. So well get that sorted out right here. And dan and ama, back to you. Charm them, larry. Youll see fireworks light up the sky along San Franciscos embarcadero this evening. Tonights macys super bowl Fireworks Show begins at 10 00 p. M. Macys says it is working on additional safeguards to keep debris from landing in the bay. Items resembling fireworks washed up at aquatic park after last saturdays show. If you noticed b. A. R. T. Has been more crowded, youre right, more than 486,000 people road b. A. R. T. Yesterday, the fifth busiest day in history, that followed 471,000 on wednesday. Whether youre going to super bowl 50 or somewhere else, youll pay more to park on cal train stations sunday. They will charge 20 for daily parking passes at all stations. People who use monthly parking passes wont have to pay the 20 fee. Cal train usually charges 5 to park. Find all of your super bowl resources on abc7news. Com sb50. We have pictures, videos and stories that weve covered all week. More super bowl coverage coming up. But breaking news. Rescuers fear hundreds are trapped following an earthquake in southern taiwan. Some buildings collapsed after a 6. 4 magnitude earthquake struck around noon our time early tomorrow morning in taiwan. You can see some of the destruction and video broadcast by taiwanese television. So far 123 people have been rescued, but officials have not said how many are hurt. Rescuers have heard screams coming from one toppled building. In new york city, video captured the moment a crane collapsed in Downtown Manhattan during the morning rush hour. Check that out. The crane was being lowered as a precaution, because of the wind. One person was killed and three injured, two seriously. The crane crushed parked cars in the tribeca neighborhood. The person who was killed was sitting in a parked car. Were instructing right now all 376 cranes to be secured. Whatever is the most secure position for them in a wind condition, theyve all been ordered to be secured immediately. Take a look at this picture. Its part of the crane that went through a window and landed on someones desk in a nearby building. Just terrible. Lets come back now and focus on the weather. A gorgeous sparkling day around the bay area. Just a light breeze coming through. Spencer christian is keeping track of it all. A lovely day as you see on radar. Mainly sunny skies, a few thin, high clouds. A stunning sunset last night. This picture was sent from my son, jason. It was absolutely stunning. Thank you, dude. Heres a look at conditions along the coastline right now. We have some rough search. So we have concern about large swells and breakers and possibility of strong rip currents. But the weather is stunning. Heres the view, looking out into blue skies, 61 degrees in San Francisco. San jose, morgan hill and half moon bay. Check out this view of the western sky, mainly sunny, a few clouds around. Pemts in santa rosa, fairfield, concord, 59 to 61 degrees. And here is how things are shaping up for super bowl. Clear skies, cool conditions. Come on out, all your friends and neighbors will be there. San Francisco Police are being accused of turning in an undocumented man to agents last year in defiance of the citys sanctuary policy. Cornell, new documents have surfaced. Do they explain what happened n in . Reporter these documents appear to show that police blew the whistle on an undocumented man. Moments after he walked out of the Police Station last year. I just want to say, my apologies. Reporter San Francisco supervisor john alvalos delivered an apology. Figueroa, who is not a u. S. Citizen, says he was arrested without cause last december after being contacted by san Francisco Police that his stolen car had been found. When he got to the Police Station, it was discovered he had a warrant for his arrest. A short time later, i. C. E. Agents was turned over to him. Figueroas attorneys provided these documents from the department of Homeland Security, which show san Francisco Police contacted an i. C. E. Duty officer december 3rd to say figueroa was hat the southern Police Station where he was arrested on a deportation warrant from 2005. In the absence of a criminal warrant, they should not be Holding Someone and they should not be communicating with i. C. E. Reporter in the statement, the mayor said he spoke with department of Homeland Security officials recently, expressing his concern that figueroa was being held. I dont believe this is a pattern, but it can be if were not careful about put thing fire wahl between Law Enforcement and immigration. Reporter figueroa has an 8yearold daughter and child on the way. A deportation hearing is scheduled for the future. We just got a statement from police. It says the department has launched an internal Affairs Investigation to determine what happened and the there were any violations of procedures. The chief has told the mayor that figueroa should have never been taken into custody by i. C. E. Agents. All right, cornell, thank you. A Police Tactical center for super bowl 50 was closed off this morning for a medical officer. Traffic on 16th street was shut down while paramedics tended to a san Francisco Police officer who collapsed. The agencies are using the command center to coordinate security for super bowl activities. Pacifica city council will hear a request on monday to spend more money to fix damage caused by el nino powered waves. Crews filled this sink hole with concrete. Engineers are still working to fix the first sinkhole that hope opened up three weeks ago. Stay here with us. Still ahead on abc7 news at 4 00, the new guidelines out today. The warnings to help prevent the spread of the dangerous zika virus. And the celebrities streaming into the bay area today, ahead of sundays big game. Four score and seven years ago, our [train horn blares]th. To the continent. [claps]. A new nation. Announcer dont wait until president s day to get a better nights sleep. During sleep trains president s day sale save up to 300 on beautyrest and posturepedic, get three years interestfree financing on tempurpedic, plus sameday delivery, and sleep trains love your mattress guarantee. Sleep trains president s day sale is on now. Your ticket to a better nights sleep this is abc7 news. More Santa Clara University students received vaccinations against meningitis today. Two of the infected students are still in the hospital. Some students waited up to two hours to get vaccinated inside the basketball arena yesterday. 1500 were vaccinated yesterday. Today, the university brought in 24 health professionals. Double the number from yesterday to vaccinate students against meningitis. New government guidelines were issued on the zika virus. Men who have been to a zika outbreak region should use condoms with their pregnant partners. Zika has a possible link to birth defects. Its mainly spread by mosquitos. The cdc says pregnant women should postpone trips to zika areas. Pregnant women who do travel to those areas should be tested 2 to 12 weeks after returning. In the u. S. , there have been about 50 cases of travelers diagnosed with the virus, including three pregnant women. Our coverage of super bowl 50 continues. Larry beil is live here. I want to till you in what was going on. Nfl security were concerned we were broadcasting on their frequency. They let us know their concerns. Its all good. Everybody is on their own frequency. And we continue with nfl commissioner roger goodell, who held his annual press Conference Today and spoke about a wide range of subjects. But the big focus locally is the stadium situation for the Oakland Raiders as well as the san diego chargers. The commissioner says the goal is to keep the raiders in oakland. My pledge to dean stanos, to mark davis, to the mayor of oakland and mayor of san diego is to do Everything Possible we can to support them, to try to get the right kind of facilities longterm in both markets. Mark davis has a lot of options. The league supports both of these teams. But were working very hard with not only the teams but the communities to try to find a solution that works for everybody. This has to work for the communities and the teams longterm. He also announced the raiders and the texans will be playing monday night football november 21, in mexico city. Its the first game in mexico since 2005, when the 49ers played the cardinals. Talking niners, their wide receiver antoine boldin spoke today. Eli manning and benjamin watson, all three will receive donations to the charity of their choice and the winner announced tomorrow. For me, its an honor to be recognized, but thats not why we do it. We do it because we truly want to see a change being made. And im sure those guys will tell you the same thing. We didnt start seeking attention. I think it has to be in your heart to want to do things like this. Its time consuming. Its money being spent out of your pocket. But its all well worth it. I tell you what, hes a monster on the field and hes impactful off the field. Back to dan and ama. Many celebrities in town for the super bowl are sharing their experiences on social media. Kristen sze is a look at how theyre enjoying the bay area through their own pictures and tweets. Reporter judging from their tweets and pictures, celebs are leaving their hearts in San Francisco. Check out these pictures just posted by bruno mars. This one confirms the rumors yes, he will be playing in the halftime show with beyonce. So you heard it here first. Other celebs you can see, former green bay quarterback brett favre tweeting a picture of himself, and Alyssa Milano here greeting fans. If you want to see celebs, go to super bowl city. We spotted jamie foxx, and Donnie Wahlberg behind the mike. He comes along and he properly introduced himself and says mr. So and so and locked in. Today we saw adriana lima from victorias secret. But the celebs showing you the most love for San Francisco, one republic. The band tweeted about their crazy good dinner last night. And they admire the beautiful painted ladies. One republic headlines tonight in super bowl city. Dan and ama . So much fun. Thank you, kristen. The weather is showing them some love with everybody coming into town in droves now. Spencer is here with whats ahead for the weekend. Yes, the weather is showing us some love. We have bright, sunny skies, just a few, thin, high clouds around and getting milder as we head into the super bowl weekend. Temperature readings in the low to mid 60s around the bay. So going to be milder in the days ahead. Here is a live view from golden gate bridge. Traffic is flowing nicely. This warm pattern continues into next week. Theres springlike weather expected sunday for the super bowl and a chance for record highs next week in several bay area locations. For some, sunshine in the early morning. Sun soaked sky in the afternoon. Temperatures in the low to mid 60s in San Francisco tomorrow. Clear skies in the evening. I was talking about the possibility of record highs. Highs around 75 or higher in san jose on monday and tuesday. If temperatures hit that level, those will be record highs for those dates in san jose. Looking ahead to super bowl sunday conditions, kickoff time is 3 30. Sunny and warm, temperature of 73 degrees. And lets get back to the record high. As i mentioned san jose, on monday, if its 77 in san jose, as were projecting now, that will be a new record. 72 for monday, that would be a new record high. Wednesday, temperatures moderating a bit and things will gradually cool off into the week. Overnight, clear skies, cool conditions. Chilly in the inland valleys where lows drop into the upper 30s. Tomorrow, highs in the upper 60s to near 70, and heres the accuweather sevenday forecast. Check this out. Monday, tuesday, wednesday, highs inland and around the bay, low to mid 70s. Temperatures up to about 70 on the coast. Those two days as well. So beachlike weather. As we get into the end of the week, a few clouds move into the picture on thursday. Friday, partly cloudy and a slight chance of rain. Rain, whats that . Havent heard that in a while. Hope we hear it again soon. Thank you very much. Up next, the day after. What happens the monday after the super bowl and why its so bad for the american workforce. For the first time, apple is accepting banged up iphones as tradeins for people who want to upgrade. The new policy only applies to iphone 5 and later models. Until now, credit was offered only if it was working with an in tact screen. Apple pays up to 350 for uncracked screens, depending on the model. This is a huge weekend across the country. A lot of fun, but Super Bowl Fever could sideline some on monday. Jane king has todays wellness report. Good news for those in the high bmi crowd. A new study found some 54 million americans who are labeled as obese or overweight are actually healthy. The findings published in the journal of obesity could saddle people with high Health Insurance cost based on a flawed measure. Half of those considered overnight as measured by the body mass index were actually healthy from a metabolic stand point. A new study, more than a fifth of licensed employed lawyers drink at a level consistent with problem drinking. Also, an Economist Says the cdcs latest guidance on drinking and pregnancy is crazy. The cdc recently suggested that sexually active women of child bearing age should not drink at all, ever. It argues that alcohol can damage an unborn child even before the mother knows shes pregnant. But some are saying its unrealistic, and unnecessarily restrictive. An estimated 16 million American Workers will miss work the day after super bowl. About 10 million have already requested the day off. Others will say have a bout of the super bowl flu. From the nasdaq, im jane king. Still ahead as abc7 news at 4 00 continues, the effort to put an end to human trafficking. Youll hear from one woman able to escape a life of prostitution. Plus im Marci Gonzalez in New Hampshire, with how all of this snow is impacting the campaigns today. That story coming up. And im larry beil at the nfl experience. Well talk security and i can attest it is very impressive at this venue. Well talk about that and lastminute preparations as we live from the kgo tv broadcast center, this is abc7 news. Here are the headlines now at 4 30. Police in new york city want to know what caused part of a construction crane to fall this morning, killing a man. The man was just walking along the sidewalk in lower manhattan. Three others were injured. New warnings about the zika virus. The centers for Disease Control says men with pregnant

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