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KGO ABC7 News 500AM February 6, 2017

Steadier and heavier during the evening hours. Alexis . I think maybe a lot of folks stayed up past their bedtime last night. We have a light start on the roads. The only place thats red is westbound 205 to 580 is down to 17 miles closer to altamont pass. Not much current rain. A sprinkle or two. The golden gate bridge, slow down and drive for conditions today. Well see how the bay bridge commute looks in less than ten. Thank you. The spotlight on president trumps immigration order shifted to the bay area. The 9th Circuit Court of appeals in San Francisco. A threejudge panel decided to expected to decide on travel ban. Washington and minnesota challenge the ban and turned the briefs to the court. If the ban on travelers from seven majority muslim countries is restored, it would unleash chaos, they said. Hawaii opposed the immigration order, citing travel restrictions could damage the economy. The Justice Department must file its response by 3 00 our time today. From google to facebook, Tech Companies are taking a stand against the immigration order. Almost 100 companies filed a brief with the court, saying it is discriminatory. Matt keller is live for us at apple headquarters in 97 companies, including apple, say president trumps executive order is bad for business. Now, they filed these briefs late last night. Here are the reasons why that they gave to the 9th Circuit Court of appeals in San Francisco. The travel ban on refugees and travelers from the seven countries would make it more difficult and expensive for companies to recruit, hire and retain some of the worlds best employees. This weekend, the 9th Circuit Court of appeals denied the Trump Administration request to set aside a judges ruling putting a hold on the ban. Companies are not a party in the lawsuit. This friend of the court filing could allow them brief with the intent to influence the courts decision. President trump said he is trying to protect americans. President trump criticized the decision, tweeting, because the ban was lifted by a judge, many bad and dangerous people may be pouring into our country. A terrible decision. You can see the brief and the names of all 97 Tech Companies a are on our website. Matt keller, abc 7 news. Thank you. A young girl from yemen finally reunited with her family who lives here in california. Her parents are both u. S. Citizens. Because of immigration laws, it further co further complicated by president trumps travel ban, she was stranded in yemen for years. Reporter after four years apart, ali waited anxiously for her little sister, i mman, to arrive at sfo on u. S. Soil for the first time. Over here reporter with a grin across her face, the 12yearold walked out of customs and into selmas arms. Imans story began 12 years ago when her mother, a u. S. Citizen, was traveling and gave birth to her in yemen. It wasnt until this past friday, when a federal judge in seattle signed an order to temporarily stop president trumps travel ban, that iman, accompanied by her father, was able to complete her journey home to california. Waited for a long time. Seven years already. After seven years, finally to be home. Reporter seven year it is the length of time it took imans parents to get their daughter a vehicle, to travel to the u. S. , though both parents are u. S. Citizens. The visa came the day before trump signed his executive order, suspendi ining immigrati from seven predominantly mu lly people. Some people are bad. It doesnt make everybody bad. Reporter they were stranded in limbo for a week, unsure if theyd be able to fly back to the u. S. Making imans homecoming that much tweeter. I finally have all my family home. It is the best. Reporter after leaving sfo, reporter after leaving sfo, the family drove reporting in San Francisco international airport, kate larson, abc 7 news. President trump is taking aim at california becoming a sanctuary state during his presuper bowl interview on fox. If we have to, well defund. We give tremendous amounts of money to california. Youre going to defund california, in many ways, is out of control, as you know. Obviously, the voters agree, otherwise, they wouldnt have voted for me. The president threatened to take away federal funding from sanctuary cities and from the entire state if california moves forward with the proposal. Super bowl li, one for the history books. The new England Patriots came out on top thanks to, in part, san mateo native and qb, tom brady. To beat this team, get down 283 and, you know, it was just a lot of mental toughness by our team. Were all going to remember this for the rest of our lives. In case you were asleep by then, they beat the falcons, 3428, in overtime. The first time it ever happened in a super bowl. This is bradys fifth super bowl win, the most by any quarterback in history. He is also the first to play in seven super bowls. He was named the games mvp for he was named the games mvp for the fourth time in his the building lit up with a five, for the five super bowls won by brady and belichick. One man took it a little too far. Climbing the light post after the win. This is on the campus of the university of massachusetts amher amherst. He glides down safety. Fans have seen a bunch of championships recently. Why would you throw things at him . Sometimes things seem like a good idea under those circumstances. Pro athletes and other stars are, of course, congratulating brady. Ive been monitoring social media. Some are even calling him the best qb of all time. Including former 49ers coach and Current University of michigan coach jim harbaugh. Saying, tom brady, the greatest Football Player of all time. End of discussion. You see all the expclamation points. Reggie bush, now plays for the bills, pretty simply, brady equals immortality. Vince wilfork, a tackle for the texans, said, that should shut up all the doubters about who the greatest qb of all time is. Congrats to patriot nation. Hashtag tommieboy. Other pro athletes congratulating brady, including basketball stars kobe bryant and lebron james. Theyre speaking out. Everyone talking about the big game last night. Reggie, back to you. Thank you, jessica. Music producer golden donna released a new album with all the proceeds benefitting fire relief funds after the ghost ship fire in oakland. It is a stage name for joel shanahan. He was scheduled to headline the 100 silk label concert the night of the fire in december. According to the online magazine pitch fork, golden donna worked on the album as therapy. The ghost ship fire killed 36 people. Police are investigating robberies that took place within a threehour period. They all happened saturday at the locations you see on the map. Officials say the first robbery occurred near russell and fulton at 6 00 p. M. And the final was dwight way and benvenue avenue. Officials are looking into the possibility that theyre all connected. Happening today, parking is going up at several bart stations. 50 cent increase for daily parking in concord, north concord, hayward, west oakland and the coliseum. Fee increases pay for maintenance. Prices are set according to supply and demand. Of the stations where the cost is going up, west oakland is most expensive. 9. 00 a day. Announcer now your accuweather forecast with mike nicco. You can see theres instability in the atmosphere. Try saying that with a cough drop in your mouth. Instability in the atmosphere will lead us to showers continuing today. 101 and 880. You can see it is a little wet. Youll find dampness from the random showers of nig s pleasant pleasanton, 52. 58 in oakland. San jose, 59. San francisco, 57. Napa, 58. Temperatures today will go up a couple degrees. Make it to 60 in some areas even with the rain. Well have a southerly wind. You can see now, san mateo bridge looks like it is getting drier as more people start to drive on it. There will be slick spots not only this morning but also during the evening commute. Then if youre going to be out and about, youll be dodging drops. Itll be breezy if youre going to be on the water, especially this afternoon. You see the greens, yellows and oranges coming in tonight. Thath wh temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. Well have the hour by hour look of the rain next. Looki ining at the bay brid toll plaza, no metering lights yet. Everyone cruising through. From my personal drive, as you get on the bay bridge, the wind dried conditions out. It is wet in areas and drive for conditions. Overall, were looking dry here to kick off the monday morning commute. I got a word of a bart delay. Problem on the track near glen park. San franciscos stations have a tenminute delay. Sfo, millbrae, daly city and east bray directions. New crash in the south bay. Well check on that coming up. One bay area county putting a program in motion to make Public Transit a bigger priority. San Francisco Airbnb San Francisco airbnb spending millions to about tempurpedic mattresses. Is that they contour to your body. It keeps us comfortable and asleep at night. Save up to 500 on a new tempurpedic. Now through february 26. Get your tempurpedic today the most highly recommended bed in america. Anything with a screen is a tv. Stream 130 live channels, plus 40,000 on demand tv shows and movies, all on the go. You can even download from your x1 dvr and watch it offline. Only xfinity gives you more to stream to any screen. Download the xfinity tv app today. Announcer abc 7 storm impact stale scale. Todays storm is level 1. Light rain. Keep an umbrella handy and drive safely. Track todays storm on the abc 7 news app. Download it now. 5 14. Theres a live look right now at the Richmond San Rafael bridge. Things flowing nicely. The pavement is wet. Were going to hear from meteorologist mike nicco, forecasting scattered showers this morning. It appears to be the beginning. Weather and traffic in a few. In todays gma first look, an arrest has been made in the case of the murder jogger in new york. A jogger was strangled to death after going for a run in her neighborhood. Reporter in this mornings gma first look, a longawaited break in the case of murdered new york city lewis arrested and arraigned on Second Degree murder. The demon must get his justice. Oh, yeah. We will see to it. Reporter police saying lewis admitted he attacked the 30yearold fitness enthusiast, punching her on the face and head before he allegedly sexually assaulted and strangled the victim around the neck. It appears to be a chance encounter. Reporter she disappeared after 5 00 p. M. Last august. A camera capturing her jogging in the queens park moments before the brutal attack. Well have more on the arrest at 7 00 a. M. With your gma first look, abc news, new york. 5 15 now. Violence broke out during an after Party Following a College Dance competition. Police posted photos on facebook. Officers received reports of gunshots by the event center around 1 00 a. M. Sunday. Police contained the crowd and didnt find anyone hurt. The event center was hosting an afterparty for a dance competition in davis for students from a number of universities. Transit district received 3. 5 million to install a traffic signal priority system. Itll extend green lights for busses or shorten the time they wait between the daly city bart and palo alto stations. It could be operational by 2020. Transit officials believe this will result in a 10 increase in on time performance. President trump said americans may have to wait until next year for his health care plan. He tells fox news oreilly it could take until 2018 to replace obamacare. He said some of the elements could be in place this year though. It is a slower time than the president and other republicans promised. He also said americans can expect tax cuts this year. Bmw recalling 230,000 vehicles in the u. S. Because of takata air bags. The recall affects some bmw3 series cars produced between 2000 and 2002, along with the 5series between 2001 and 2003. It is impacting suvs between 2001 and 2003. Auto makers had to recall millions of cars because of these potentially defective takata air bags that can explode and spray shrapnel. Theyve been linked to 11 deaths in the u. S. 5 17 now. Among the most talked about super bowl ad, San Francisco airbnb highlighting diversity. People of different ethnicities, with the hashtag we accept. Last week, airbnb offered free housing for those who couldnt get into the u. S. When president trumps executive order was in effect. It stars all airbnb employees. A fiveyear goal was announced to make sure 100,000 people around the world have housing when they need it. People who love space love sports, too. Astronauts at the International Space station joined in the super bowl fun and set up the longest hail mary pass ever. They threw a pass the length of the interior cabin. Look at the spin. Wow. The crew claimed it traveled more than 564,000 yards. True. You have to take into account the ball was traveling 8800 yards per second. Advanced quphysics youre throwing at me. The game took place in houston, where Mission Control is. It all comes together. Hello, mike. Hi, guys. Lets talk about what most of you will need, an umbrella. Alexis will need a hazmat suit for sharing the computer with me. Shes wiping everything down. Richmond and san rafael. There is a little rain on the richmond side right now. Scattered, light showers today. Moderate showers tonight. Rain possible through at least friday. Heres a look down the road. Kensington, albany, grizzly peak boulevard, those areas getting a light shower. It stretches down to 24, 980, 880, through the heart of oakland, piedmont, mcarthur boulevard. We have wet weather edenville. The storm will get heavier tonight. We have the possibility of downed power lines through 6 00. The areas in yellow, everybody but the north bay valley. 7 00, you can see theyre scattered and a little downpour. Little yellow through 9 00 and into noon. Nothing like were going to deal with. The wide spread nature at 9 00. It keeps doing it all the way through tomorrows morning commute. Tomorrows morning commute will be the toughest of all of them. Theyll be standing water waiting for you. Breezy conditions, especially on the bridges, running perpendicular to you. Well have a chance of light rain wednesday, thursday and friday. You look good in what youre wearing now, the hazmat suit. Yeah. Stocking up on the clorox wipes and hand sanitizer. I have one new issue in the south bay. It is not causing much of a back up. 280 to southeabound 101, vehicl has damage to it. Not sure what happened. The driver isnt with the vehicle. It is a blocking situation. Use caution if you are goin to be using that ramp. Ill let you know as soon as we get crews on the scene. Northbound 101 past morgan hill, cleared 15 minutes ago and the speeds are improving. 65 Miles Per Hour there. Also looking good through walnut creek. 680 highway 4 to walnut creek, six minutes. The Biggest Issue so far, a bart delay. Well talk about that next. Thank you. Practice round for the pebble beach proam Golf Tournament starts today. The chevron shoosot ou champions versus champions. Giants pitcher matt cain and Green Bay Packers qb Aaron Rodgers are set to compete in the challenge. It is set for tomorrow at 1 00. Up next, the seven things to owe as you start your day. One of the most incredible performances in super bowl history. The halftime, of course. If youre falling behind on if youre falling behind on ta the best moment to be happy. Is the one happening right now. Life. Enjoy all of it. 5 24. Here are the seven things to know today. Number one, three San Francisco judges expected to decide quickly on president trumps immigration order, which is on hold right now. Washington and minnesota both challenged the ban. And turn in their briefs to the court. The Justice Department has to respond by 3 00 this afternoon. The senate is expected to vote on whether to confirm betsy devos. The person picked to lead the department of education. In between strong storms but theres still a chance of scattered showers this morning. Its from the leftover moisture from yesterday. Use caution if youre out and about this morning. Ponding at least early. Breezy over the bridges. Number four, traffic looking good so far this morning. We have a mass transit issue. Tenminute bart delay at sfo, millbrae, daly city and east bay directions. Number five from the live desk, a Community College in flint, michigan, is shut down because of an active shooter threat right now. Ca classes are cancelled at 100 campuses in michigan. Youll have three extra days to pay your taxes. Usually, of course, theyre due april 15th. The new deadline is april 18th. It is because of a federal holiday. Number seven, the pats big win yesterday could mean a down year for the stock market. According to the super bowl indicator, which is unscientific but fun predictor, stocks will fall if an afc team the indicator has been right 80 of the time. Sounds like Punxsutawney Phil talk to me. People were talking about the halftime show. People were gagging over gaga. This land was made for you and me me that jump. Mmhmm. You were, like, is she okay . Where did she go . 2. 2 million tweets about lady gaga during her performance. That jump included fans talking about it before and after the show. To compare, the trifecta of bruno mars, beyonce and cold play last year racked 3. 9 million tweets. Gaga did well. Post your thoughts on her performance on social media with the hashtag abc 7 get up. Absolutely. Were coming back with 90 minutes of news, including the proposal unveiled this morning aimed at changing the laws that discriminate against People Living with hiv. Also the investigation also the Investigation Underway after a police also the Investigation Underway after a police well help you invest to protect it for the future. Financial guidance while youre mastering life. Fro

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