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Force opened fire. Theres about four, five gunshots. I goes, wow, thats a real gunshot because this is first time i ever heard. During the attempted arrest, at least one officer fired his handgun and the subject was struck. Reporter as harris was taken out of the car a realistic looking bb gun fell from his waist. At the time of the deadly confrontation he was wanted by the feds for failing to appear in court after violating his probation in a meth case. Court records show that harris has a history of evading police and has many convictions including assault with a deadly weapon, having ammunition, and dui. At the time of the deadly encounter, we have also learned he was wanted for ramming the car of a female Contra Costa County sheriffs k9 deputy. This shooting is under investigation by Antioch Police and the Contra Costa County d. A. s office. Live in antioch, henry lee, ktvu fox 2 news. Is that k9 and the deputy okay, henry . Reporter yes. She is okay. All right. Thank you, henry lee in antioch. Four men are behind bars and a woman is on the run following two Home Invasion robberies in santa rosa one of which turned deadly. The men in custody range in age from 19 to 27 and are from virginia, new york and mississippi. You see three of them here. The fourth suspect is from santa rosa. Police are still looking for a fifth person, a woman who is known as amber skittles hembra armed and dangerous. The suspects are accused of two separate Home Invasions yesterday. During one they are accused of killing and shooting a 54year old man. The suspects are also accused of shooting an injuring another man although he is expected to survive. Four suspects in custody are held without bail. A female leader of the Metoo Movement is taking an unpaid leave of absence after facing her own Sexual Harassment accusations. Two men have accused Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia of Sexual Harassment and unwanted groping. One of the men is a former staffer for ian calderon who claims garcia grabbed him from behind during a legislative softball game in 2014. A second man a lobbyist says she groped and flirted with him during a fundraiser last year. An investigation into the allegations was launched by the Assembly Last month. We have to be very cautious when people have unchecked power, sometimes abuses happen. The investigation of garcia is being conducted by an independent counsel. In a statement, garcia said she has zero recollection of the events. But that any claims about Sexual Harassment must be taken seriously. Some controversial remarks from President Trump today who praised a former white house aide who is now accused of domestic violence. Staff secretary rob porter resigned earlier this week after news reports that he allegedly abused both of his exwives. Porter had worked closely with President Trump and President Trumps chief of staff john kelly. Kelly reportedly knew about the accusations since last fall and took no action. But the white house says President Trump only learned about the allegations on tuesday. I found out about it recently and i was surprised by it. But we certainly wish him well. Its a obviously, a tough time for him. He did a very good job when he was in the white house. And we hope he has a wonderful career. President trump also stressed that porter told him he is innocent. This afternoon, the New York Times is reporting that john kelly has said he is willing to resign over the handling of the situation if thats what he needs to do. Most people were sleeping, and the u. S. Government shut down briefly until congress voted on a budget bill in the middle of the night. The two Year Agreement will put the u. S. On track now for a 1 trillion deficit something we havent seen since the recession. Fox news Caroline Shively tells us the future of an immigration bill tied to this budget deal is still in doubt. Reporter the federal government shutting down overnight for the second time this year after congress missed a midnight deadline. Lawmakers passed a twoyear budget bill and stopgap measure which funds the government through march 23rd. 67 House Republicans voted against it mostly due to opposition to the 400 billion price tag. Minority leader nancy pelosi and other democrats also no votes. Since the bill lacked a measure to protect dreamers, immigrants brought to the u. S. Illegally as children who are currently shielded by the daca program. Give us a chance to allay the fear that is in the hearts of these dreamers and their families and remove the tears from the eyes of the statue of liberty. Reporter immigration is likely to remain a source of contention Going Forward with daca set to expire on march 5th. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell has promised to allow a vote on the matter. But Democratic House lawmakers say they were not given a concrete promise by Speaker Paul Ryan to address the issue. A commitment to working together on an immigration measure that we can make as a sincere commitment, we will solve this daca problem. Reporter President Trump signed the bill this morning and is calling for americans to elect more republicans in 2018 to avoid similar gridlock in the future. In washington, Caroline Shively, ktvu fox 2 news. Just about 20 minutes ago, the white house announced President Trump will not classify the democratic memo on the russia probe. The president has been weighing options about the memo drafted by democrats. It counters gop statements that the fbi abused u. S. Government surveillance powers in its russia probe. The president cited National Security concerns and is now asking for revision. [ closing bell ] it was another wild ride on wall street today. The major indices staged a comeback. Volatility is the name of the game now. This is the sixth straight day that the dow swung more than 500 points from the days high to the days low. The last time we saw that was during the financial crisis back in 2008. The dow finished up 330 points closing above 24,000. The nasdaq was up 97. The s p 500 was up 38. All of the indices are down about 5 for the week. Month after a massive hurricane decimated puerto ricos Infrastructure Community leaders in Silicon Valley are helping puerto rico rebuild. Ann rubin reports from Mountain View where a fundraising effort is under way. Reporter the Silicon Valley Community Foundation wants to raise enough money to get 100 Health Clinics up and running on solar power. Five months after Hurricane Maria many homes and clinics in puerto rico have yet to be rebuilt and power here is intermittent. We are frustrated but at the same time, frustration becomes your source of energy. Reporter the mayor of the town of louisa says residents believe help hasnt come fast enough. We find people [ indiscernible ] i am hungry and they need more more response. Reporter thats what she and others from puerto rico are seeking today, not from the government but from leaders in Silicon Valley. The Silicon Valley Community Foundation has pledged to raise 3 million. Their hope, to equip 100 medical clinics with solar kits so doctors dont rely on an unreliable power grid. Its effective, fast, helps an immediate need. But think about the people right now who have no access to medical care. This will help them. Reporter help them keep the doors of the clinics open at a time when 30 of people on the island still dont have power. This is one of the best defenses that the people have. Reporter so the leaders from puerto rico hope Silicon Valley will listen to their stories and respond. I only going to say what happen in my town and maybe we can found some people that can help us to to build. Reporter the group from puerto rico will also tell their stories this evening at an event at evergreen valley college. It is open to the public. Anyone interested in donating can go to the website for the Silicon Valley Community Foundation. Nice to see people coming together to help. Ann, thank you. The Oakland Coliseum dmv office will remain closed for another week to repair damage due to flooding. Officials say on wednesday, thieves pulled copper piping out of a heating and air conditioning unit on the roof. That sent water leaking into the building which is located on 85th street. The copper was only worth about 50. Its now cost the dmv thousands to repair all the damage. The office will still provide driving tests even though the building is closed. But other scheduled appointments will be honored at other dmv locations. The coliseum office isnt expected to reopen until february 20th. Fighting to make football safer. A new bill that would make tackling illegal until players are a certain age. Plus it turns out this was the deadliest flu week in california and this is the worst flu season since swine flu outbreak nine years ago. Ultimately, there was a parade in philly yesterday and, um, thats where we want to be. Now that they have their quarterback, the 49ers have their sights set on their next super bowl which would be number 6. Coming up next, hear from Jimmy Garoppolo who just became the highest paid player in nfl history. More records today, you knew that was coming. Ill talk about the records, well talk about the weekend, and beyond. Nd. At at t, we believe in access. The opportunity for everyone to explore a digital world. Connecting with the things that matter most. And because nothing keeps us more connected than the internet, weve created access from at t. 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Such an adversarial role with t media. The media was on edge. They didnt like the media. Completely different vibe and its been that way since john lynch. Its great to have Jimmy Garoppolo there. That puts everybody at ease and getting this deal done. But its just a completely different vibe and it started far before his arrival. So they got their key position, quarterback. What would be the next likely strength that they are looking for in order to go for that sixth super bowl win. Defense, they say, always wins super bowl. And i think today as these guys get together and their mindset would be to definitely load Jimmy Garoppolo up with a lot of offensive weapons and defense. You see some of the players on hand. They were all checking things out. And, of course, Jimmy Garoppolos family was also there. Mom and dad kind of in the middle there with a couple of brothers and proud to say the least of the biggest nfl contract ever. He was asked of course what were some of the things that swayed him to make sure it was long term here in the bay area. This is where i want to be honestly. You know, i want to get this deal done as fast as possible. And its only going to help our team Going Forward, you know, going into free agency, and its 75 degrees out here. Its not like chicago. [ laughter ] so we just came from that. So i could speak on that. Its a lot better here. So, you know, its i dont know. There are other factors that go into it. [ laughter ] and so, you know, its just, um, i dont think so, i wanted to be here. I was excited to be here and im happy we got done as fast as we did. All right. And yeah, those factors involved a lot of green. He is currently the nfls highest paid quarterback. You have all heard the money statistics about 137 total close to 90 million of it guaranteed. And that jed york was also there, obviously, um, presiding over the ceremony so to speak. And he has had some swings and misses in the past. And asked about that, he too even seems more relaxed and selfeffacing, if you will. You know, i mean, its weird because i rarely make mistakes. [ laughter ] you know . [ laughter ] this isnt the celebration day. This is the beginning of a lot of hard work. And thats what im excited about. Im excited to get back to work and know that, you know, we have a chance to go where we want to go but its only going to get there if we put in the work and all of these guys put in the work. Yeah. I mean, jed york, sense of humor, not evident at all in past years. I like to see that. So much pressure on him. And like i say, yeah, i have never made any mistakes, either. [ laughter ] that was a good moment. Is this a gamble by the 49ers, though . This guy has played in 7 games. He is making more now than tom brady who has been in eight super bowls and won five of them. Right. Well, its always a gamble when you spend that much money in a position thats under attack constantly, right . And you know, i mean, its just a fact. A simple injury could really be decimation for the 49er franchise spending this kind of money and you heard me say like 90 million of it or close to it is guaranteed. So its always a gamble. But you know what . He has a big upside, it seems like. Yeah. And its always about demand and there is huge demand for quarterback talent in the league right now. And they have it. We have been talking about, what were the patriots thinking letting him go for a second round pick . That in itself is a soap opera that would take about a halfhour to talk about. I think the patriots are going to look on this as a terrible moment in their franchise history where they had to have a little more patience, let him sit in the background for a while, but if you believe the stories, evidently tom brady didnt want Jimmy Garoppolo there. Went to the owner, Bill Belichick goes, you know, is told to trade him. And thats how it transpired reportedly. Very quickly, only have a moment, but the 49ers are spending a ton on garoppolo. Will they have any left for other players . Thats a good question. And the good news for 49ers fans is they now still after all this, and after they sign their draft picks next year, they will have approximately 62 million left which is the third most available cap space in the nfl. So they need to load up if they are to be serious play off contenders next year. They definitely need to load up around the quarterback, as well. You look at the elevation of Jimmy Garoppolo from kind of a Small College out of illinois to backup for the patriots for four years and then top of the heap. And the whole vibe is different around that franchise right now. They have just rocketed up as somebody said today, they are now a destination point for free agents. People want to come here now where two, three years ago, no, thank you. There was no shortage of smiles in that press conference today. All right, mark, thank you. Baseball season is right around the corner. San Francisco Giants are set to host their fanfest event tomorrow. Today, the media was invited to catch up with players and discuss whats in store for the team this season. We all know the giants had one of the worst seasons in their history last year. But with the addition of several new players like outfielder Austin Jackson and Andrew Mccutcheon and third baseman evan longoria, the team is optimistic about whats in store for the future. Have to learn from what went on last year and try to make adjustments as you mentioned with mccutcheon, longoria and jackson, they will help our lineup and hopefully improve us on the defensive side of the ball, as well. This is video of last years fanfest. It always serves as the unofficial start to the season and gives fans a chance to get up close and personal with the giants players. The weekend is just about here. So we want to go check in with chief meteorologist bill martin in the weather center. Another Beautiful Day around the bay area. When i worked from 9 to5, the weekend was here by friday for us its just about here. You can see it. For everybody else, its actually here. Back on friday, that was as good friday at noon is game on. Our weekend starts at 11 30 p. M. The weather is cooperating. We have temperatures again in record territory. So how many days in a row is that . Nine days in a row of record warmth in the bay area. Could see record well, it cooled off a little today and will cool off a little tomorrow but again, when youre doing 70s in february, youre going to find a record here or there. There were all the records. I cant remember a time where we had this pattern where we had this many records in a row. Im sure there was a time. But i dont remember it. T. 82 in santa rosa today. 80 in antioch. Santa rosa does well on this pattern. I dont know if you notice, same in the north bay in san rafael. Its a downsloping pattern. The air is sinking in the valleys comes off st. Helena and healdsburg and compresses down toward santa rosa and gets warm so santa rosa this type of pattern favors it and they often are in the 80s so you will notice that occasionally. The weather has been inclement across the country. Chicago, detroit, heavy snowfall. The story with that is all the oh. Oh. I had an extra lunch today. [ pause ] thanks, frank. The incredible shrinking weatherman. [ laughter ] what youre seeing is, all this moisture is ending up in the great lakes region. You usually dont get that much moisture here because its dry air off canada but the jet stream is flying up over the top sending the subtropical moisture across the Northern Plains into the chicago, detroit area. They are getting hammered. For us just High Pressure. Stopping the rain and warm temperatures. When i come back well talk about the weekend and beyond. So let the games begin the 2018 Winter Olympics are now under way in south korea. Coming up next, details about the handshake that some are calling a possible diplomatic breakthrough. [ music ] the olympic opening ceremonies today turned into a Major Political moment in south korea. Greg palkot tells us about a historic handshake and the important apology that was issued. Reporter the Winter Olympics in south korea kicking off friday with an official greeting for the north korean delegation ahead of the opening ceremonies. The north sending almost 500 people to the games including officials, athletes, artists and the sister of kim jongun, who made history on friday by shaking south korean president moons hand in public during the opening ceremonies. This is the first time kim jongun or the kim family sent someone to south korea in decades and they are doing it to reemphasize the north korean and south korean relationship. Reporter its a contrast to the military display held yesterday in north korea a move highlighted by Vice President mike pence as he heads the u. S. Delegation to the Opening Ceremony while trying to keep the focus on the military threat posed by the north. One more military parade with soldiers marching in line and Ballistic Missiles being proudly displayed. Reporter domestic politics also in the spotlight in pyeongchang. The head of the making football safer for kids is what two lawmakers are trying to do with a new bill. Under the proposal, no child could play tackle football until they reach high school. Rob roth spoke with a Sports Medicine doctor about the plan and joins us from alameda with more. Reporter supporters say it could protect children from brain injuries but also mean some football fields could go empty. Its called the safe youth football act, Assembly Bill nowed in sacramento thursday banning children from playing organized tackle football until they reach high school. The hope is to reduce brain injuries through repeated trauma. The cumulative traumas and hits over time are what are starting to be where the area of focus and concern is and what makes us nervous. Reporter the doctor is a Sports Medicine doctor. To the extent that that accumulation either is minimized or put off, or to the extent it happens as minimal, thats only a net positive. Reporter scientific studies show chronic traumatic encephalopothy is caused by repetitive impacts to the head and children who play Contact Sports are at a significantly greater risk for neurological problems later in life. This San Francisco man is worried about his nephew. I have a nephew who plays pop warner football and suffered two concussions at 12 years old. I dont agree with it. Reporter Harold Pearson is the director of the Oakland Athletics league. If its happening at the nfl level, and its being taken into account at the college level, i think at the high school and the youth level, its something to look into. Reporter an assemblyman in sacramento who cosponsored the bill said in a statement, quote, no touchdown or interception is worth long term damage to their brains caused by tackle football. The bill is expected to be taken up in the spring and if it passes, california could become the first state in the u. S. To have a minimum age for playing tackle football. Julie . Rob roth in alameda tonight, thank you. And this was our ktvu question of the day. Do you think tackle football should be banned until high school . Right now, 52 of more than 1100 votes say no, they dont think it should be banned. Now, one in 14 children has experienced a head injury. According to a new cdc study, more than 8 of boys and 6 of girls have had a significant head injury. As these children age, their risk for head injury goes up. Most of them come when children and teens take part in sports. Another cause is falls caused by distracted walking. Most children with a concussion improve within two weeks. At this point, its not known if there are longterm effects from these injuries. Uber has agreed to settle a lawsuit that accused uber of stealing selfdriving Car Technology from a subsidiary of google. Waymo is googles Autonomous Vehicle division. Under the agreement uber will pay waymo 245 million. In the lawsuit, waymo claimed a former google employee teamed up with former uber Ceo Travis Kalanick to steal Laser Sensor Technology which helps guide selfdriving cars. Earlier today, we talked with the cnet reporter about the settlement. I think both companies have a lot to gain from this settling. You know, a lot of dirty laundry was being aired about uber and its trying to clean up its act right now. And for waymo, they got what they said they have always wanted, that their trade secrets not be used. Ukraines current ceo acknowledged that mistakes were made in the past and promising that uber will not use any of waymos self driving technology, according to the current ceo of uber. More fallout from the scandal with larry nassar. Michigan State University which once employed him says it is firing nassars former boss, dr. William strample. The school says it is in the process of revoking his tenure and wont cover his legal expenses. Several of nassars victims have sued stramp am claiming he knew about the abuse and did nothing to stop it. State Health Officials said today another 36 californians under the age of 65 died from the flu last week. That brings the total number of deaths in california to 163 this flu season. And as part of their weekly report, the centers for Disease Control said today that nationwide, this flu season is considered the worst since the swine flu outbreak about a decade ago. Although the cdc says the flu is still widespread throughout california, numbers showcases of the flu peaked several weeks ago and that fewer people are now getting sick. But there is still the possibility of a second outbreak. Nationwide, the outbreak is still getting worse and hasnt peaked yet. Reporter the centers for Disease Control released their update and the numbers of the flu are alarming. One out of every 10 deaths in the u. S. Last week was from the flu including at least 10 children. Almost 8 of all hospital visits also flurelated with 48 states now experiencing severe flu activity. All in all, we have as high a level of flulike illness activity as we saw during the peak week of the 2009 h1n1 pandemic. Reporter the cdc says this outbreak is now at or above epidemic level and it hasnt peaked yet meaning it will get worse before it gets better. There are now multiple reports of people getting the flu twice this season after being exposed to different strains of the virus at different times. There are multiple different kinds of influenza viruses circulating. Thats why this year sometimes you have heard of someone getting more than one illness with influenza. Reporter but fighting the outbreak wont be easy with pharmacist across the country still reporting shortages of tamiflu and the flu vaccine and supplies that are left are largely being rationed to children and the elderly. We have called the Insurance Company and explained to them that generic is not available, will you pay for the brand name. Sometimes they do sometimes they dont. We do anticipate in the next couple of days that theres going to be a lot of panic. Reporter cdc Officials Say they expect this increased flu activity to continue for an additional four to five weeks before eventually beginning to taper off. In atlanta, jonathan sierrary, fox news. The prime minister. Canada wrapped up his business to the bay area this morning after meeting with the governor and Lieutenant Governor at the fairmont in San Francisco. They discussed climate change, developing technology for cars and how to expand trade between california and canada. Yesterday trudeau pitched Tech Companies on investing in canada. He is set to give a speech at the Ronald Reagan library in simi valley within the hour. Its elephant seal pupping season. How many rescues the Marine Mammal center has already had to make. A living light show on the coast. This is what people in big sur saw this week. Gorgeous. Tiny glowing phytoplankton lighting up the waves. They can be seen glowing because of a bioluminescence of plankton. It happens at night. The organisms are always there but cant be seen unless the conditions are right. In this case, calm weather, a calm sea and nutrients near the surface. Hm. Well, just a few weeks ago the california Marine Mammal center was in dire need of volunteers who help with seals and sea lions. Ktvus tom vacar spent the day at the center seeing how this winter compared that last year and tells us why elephant seals seem to be at most risk. Reporter unlike last years continuously stormy winter, this years dry, almost stormless winter, has been generally good to seal and sea lion pupping colonies. They are able to stay with their moms as long as is biologically important for them so they are going to receive the best care. Reporter but says this vet, elephant seal pups have reached the most critical time of their young lives. They are generally born in january and they nurse for a month and them moms leave. So if they didnt get enough nutrition during the first month, they probably wont survive. Reporter this afternoon at drakes beach the point reyes colony of elephant seals is at the very end of the pup weaning period. Any pups left behind now will likely end up in the care of the Marine Mammal centers expert rescue crews. The Marine Mammal center steps in, captures the animals and brings them to the sausalito hospital for whatever therapy is needed. The center is currently caring for two elephant seal pups still bearing their infant black coats who weigh a third of the 250 to 350 pounds they should weigh. Most of the rehab will be done by a small army of volunteers such as longtime volunteer Jennifer Weller who says the work is always gratifying. We work with the young pups that come in when theyre really babies and we nurse them back to health and teach them how to eat fish. We really get them to be big strong animals and to see them go back to the wild is the most rewarding thing for us. So without our volunteers, we would be very crippled in the number of animals that we could look after. Because we have so many volunteers, so much of the work is done by volunteers that the funds that we raise can go directly to our mission. Reporter it is a mission of life. And who knows. Those two elephant seal pups here that are currently battling for their lives may now have a chance to grow up big and strong and be the giants they can be and battle each other for control of their colonies. Tom vacar, ktvu fox 2 news. They do such good work there there. Coming up, a bay area woman trying to create safer Beauty Products. The oh, sorry. The ingredients she using and celebrities helping out. From montana through the midwest, 25 million americans are under Winter Weather alerts. If you have travel plans this weekend, youre going to want to check your flight before heading to the airport. [ music ] yeah, big flight delays in chicago today. We talked about that last night. 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A winter storm is moving across the great lakes creating treacherous driving conditions and hundreds of canceled flights. Matt piven reports from chicago. Reporter more than 25 million americans under Winter Weather alerts as a front pushes from montana through the midwest. The storm grounding more than 1200 flights friday leaving thousands of passengers stranded. I checked before i came. My flight is canceled but i came anyways hoping that Something Else would open up. Im just if i can get to toronto, at least i can get my connection. Reporter about 280 heavy snow Equipment Operators working around the clock at chicagos Ohare Airport as airlines try to push out at least some flights. I have to push my flight back first and then the bus was late. [ laughter ] because of the snow. But its okay. Because we were running late, as well. My car was stuck in the driveway and then we got here, and my flight has been delayed about a hour. Reporter heavy snow and strong winds already pounding chicago and detroit, with at least one inch of snow per hour. Top priority, peoples safety, whether thats on the streets, and making sure the streets are plowed and passable to whether thats, um, homeless folks and making sure that they are from the Family Services and our warming centers. Reporter here in chicago at least six inches of snow are already on the ground and it continues to fall making it the worst snowstorm in chicago in three years. And the city expects a onetwo punch with more snow on sunday. In chicago, matt finn, fox news. It reminds me of when i lived in minneapolis and the snow never stopped. Here we are, just like in short sleeves and sunny like spring. Day number 9 of record warmth in february which i cant remember a run like this. Look at that. Live picture. Oh, my gosh. Theres a little bit of a change coming. The winds have shifted a bit. Thats why those clouds look a little bit like something might happen. Pretty colors though. That sounds so funny. Here they are just getting inundated in the midwest. Well, you know, there is a change coming. Look at the clouds. [ laughter ] see that real pretty cloud . [ laughter ] yeah. Pretty colors. Its dropping a few degrees. You might have to wear a light little layer tomorrow. [ laughter ] i know. I know. When you go to weather guy conventions, not that i care, but the other weather guys make fun of us. They got the tornadoes. Now, and all their stuff. [ laughter ] you could have put your forecast on repeat, repeat, repeat. Yeah. Yeah. Its not true, but they do. They kind of give us a hard time. You dont have hurricanes or tornadoes. We have earthquakes. Yeah and drought and we have fires. We have real stuff, too. But yeah, they make fun of us. Hm. February is a warm start. Nine days straight of record warmth in the bay region and there they are right there all lined up for you and its going to stay very warm tomorrow. But not quite as warm. Look at the records. 80 and 82, thats significant. Im sort of stunned. Mark put these together. I hadnt seen the whole list yet but 76 in San Francisco . These are big numbers. San francisco record which you see here, those records, thats a tough one to break. Thats a tough one to break because records go back to like 1850s basically. So when you see a record at sfo and oakland, they are relatively new baselines 50s and 60s but when you go back into the 1800s and youre breaking records, thats significant. I just went right over that because theres nothing to talk except the big High Pressure ridge. Post that on your thing, julie. Ill do it now. They want you in the picture. Theres the High Pressure. Scott was talking. We had our director [ crosstalk ] put it on twitter or something. I could. But julie was there. Saturday some gusty winds but dont sweat it. It will just be breezy if anything. And, um, i dont know. Youre right about what you said. People, you know, they are theyre clinging to just anything warm east of the rockies. You know . In the north part of the country in the plains, north plains and in the great lakes and northeast and we are out here looking at 80s. 75 in San Francisco in february. Thats unreal. Yeah. No, it is. And you forget, this is the month thats cold. This is the month that snows. This is the month thats wet. This is the month when we get flooding. We havent seen any of that. All these years, here we are looking at some of the best weather, best weather minus, um, air quality issues and freezes. The best weather i have seen in the bay area in years in terms of just air quality is good, right . We should just feel lucky. Yeah. All right. Bill, thank you. The apple home pod arrived at apple stores today and so far reviews say it makes sense for music lovers because the sound and apple addict but the 350 Smart Speaker is three years late and the echo is available for 100 and googles home is 150. Amazon plans to get into the delivery business. The wall street journal reports that amazon is rolling out shipping with amazon in l. A. Before going nationwide. Amazon already has its own warehouses, trucks and planes and i network of couriers. Amazon has not denied the report. Shares of fedex and u. P. S. Are down on the news. Coming up, organic food, juices and even clothing material. Now one bay area woman hopes she has hit on the next big thing. Coming up, the Beauty Products she says are safer. There are two types of people in the world. Those who fear the future. And those who embrace it. The future is for the unafraid. Wildlife experts are warning about huge invasive rodents discovered in stanislaus county. Officials say the rodents need to be eradicated as soon as possible they are called knew tria. They are 2. 5 feet long with a 12 tail and weigh about 20 pounds. They live in or near water. The problem is those rodents are incredibly destructive they burrow in dikes and levees and roadbeds so they weaken infrastructure, problem for Flood Control systems. The rodents are originally from south america. More than 20 of them have been spotted or trapped in the San Joaquin Valley since last year. Wildlife experts say they can give birth to up to 200 offspring every year. A bay Area Business is trying to shake up the makeup industry. A woman from marin county is replacing toxic chemicals with organic juice. Pam cook reports. You have to be crazy to start a Beauty Company and compete against all those Huge Companies that everyone knows. Reporter she did and right in the heart of marin county. After specializing in health and wellness for 20 years, karen knew she had to get into the beauty business. I had never read a product label until i had my babies. I said, this cant be how Beauty Products are formulated where you fill the majority of it with butaline or propylene glycols Petroleum Waste products. Reporter medical Research Finds these synthetic products penetrate the skin and can be linked to cancer and other health issues. Theres formaldehyde releasing chemicals in a lot of Beauty Products. Theres mettle butyl and propyl par bins which are found in breast tumor tissue. Reporter she worked with Breast Cancer prevention partners a local science based nonprofit organization. Their studies show Alarming Health concerns tied to thousands of chemicals found in Beauty Products. It leads to cancer. Reporter that was the catalyst for juice beauty. My concept was what if we fill with organic botanical juices which are already jammed with vitamins and minerals and antioxidants, and then we add powerful ingredients on top of that so that every organic drop feeds your skin. Reporter it took her a while to find chemists willing to experiment with juice. The challenge was to get these bright colors and to get beautifully high performing products that performed as well or better than conventional chemicals. Reporter she attracted the attention of Gwyneth Paltrow who was also looking for high performing makeup that could stand up to the red carpet but was also chemicalfree. She put down a very high end conventional chemical brand benchmark for everything we did and said we need to make it better than that. And so, um, i cant even tell you how it is. We went back and forth with that chemist a million times and i thought she was going to drop me out of my own house. Reporter now, juice beauty has a team of chemists in house and they are all women. I happened to land an internship in the makeup industry fell in love with it and knew thats what i was going to do after i graduated because were using organic ingredients. Every production batch is different because like in nature, no two apples are the exact same shade. So we have to adjust for that. This is shade gwyneth and we are getting these beautiful, beautiful pigments from crushed roses and we use, um, the deep purple from purple carrot and we use blacks from the argon husks and aubergine and daisies and pigments from plants. Reporter using organic ingredients and making clean Beauty Products here in the bay area is more expensive but karen says the benefits far outweigh the cost. Its normal out here, you know . So its reinforce and and consumers embrace it. Reporter pam cook, ktvu fox 2 news. [ music ] scandal at the white house tonight President Trump defending his former staff secretary accused of spousal abuse by two exwives. He says he is innocent. And i think you have to remember that. We certainly wish him well. Its a obviously tough time for him. He did a very good job when he was in the white house. All this as we learn chief of staff john kelly has offered to resign. Good evening, im julie haener. Im frank somerville. Late reports say john kelly told officials at the west wing that he is willing to step down over his handling of the allegations against rob porter, who resigned this week. We get live coverage tonight from reporter lauren blanchard. She is on capitol hill in washington with how all this could another shadow another shakeup at the white house. Reporter President Trump praising his former aide accused of dragging one ex wife from the shower and punching another in the face. The president saying rob porter was a good worker and he wishes him well. Hopefully he will have a great career ahead of him. But, um, it was very sad when we heard about it. Reporter rob porter might be gone but his presence is still very much felt at the white house. The staff secretary resigning this week as allegations of spousal abuse went public. Before he left, he worked with President Trump and chief of staff john kelly and now there are questions about how long officials knew about the accusations. Theres no question they could have handled it better. It seems like the proces