But expect major delays. Reporting live in fremont, matt keller, abc7 news. Alexis, you have been tracking the problem for an hour now and where do we stand . Things are looking better. We have the train in the clearing stages that was disabled at lake merritt station, and we are not single tracking anymore, which is good news and the backup is going to take a while to shake out and thats where the problems started and had a ripple affect. Did just talk to the coworkers sitting quite sometime between macarthur and 19th, and he arrived in San Francisco 18 minutes later, so the estimate of a 15 to 20minute delay is accurate, and could be a few minutes less or longer. Driving volumes are light and well check in with that next. Lets check in with mike nicco and we have great driving conditions this morning. Lets move on and open the Weather Window from tamalpais and get your day planned. Mid40s to 50s. Around 60 at the coast from noon to 4 00. 57 at 7 00. Mid to upper 60s, bay and inland by noon. A great day to be outside. Low 70s at 4 00, and still mid to upper 60s by 7 00. Going to be breezy in our hills along the bay shore and the coast. Warmer weather coming up for the weekend. Developing news now, a murder suspect in martinez, watch this refusing a policeissued cell phone overnight, and throwing it from his car and authorities are trying to take him into custody. This standoff is going on in its 11th Amy Hollyfield is live. Reporter we have video of him firing the gun out of the passenger side window and then puts his hands up. Nobody was hurt but because he has a gun and did this, the area is still on lockdown. Police used the robot to get water to him, and they also used it to get the cell phones to him, and he has been sitting in his car since 7 30 last night. Hes wanted for the murder of a woman in walnut creek that happened yesterday afternoon. They do think he knew her. No cars are being able to cross howe road here in martinez right off of highway 4, and residents on howe and douglas have been ordered to shelter in place because they are in his line of fire, and Amy Hollyfield, abc7 news. Hundreds of protesters in berkeley were met by dozens of police in full riot gear, and there were seven arrests and the demonstrations were mostly peaceful. Ann coulter never showed. No injuries or Property Damage were reported. Coulter took her message to fox news instead of the cal campus, and he told Tucker Carlson what she would have said. It was going to be a brilliant speech on immigration, but the main point of which was federal written law on the books about immigration developed by generations by democrats and republicans should be enforced. She talked about the threat of violence that uc officials were talking about saying its their job to keep the peace. The police say this man attacked the gas station clerk with a knife cutting his cheek. If he looks familiar call the police. And then a suspect sketch spot on. Officers arrested a 53yearold moreno for indecent exposure. When you look at the sketch and then look at him, pretty good match there. Moreno faces multiple felony charges. A san jose man clearly happy to be back home this morning. He was detained by customs and border protebction and florida for more than a month. He took a vacation to the u. S. Virgin islands. He was taken into custody when he tried to return. He originally left russia in 2014 and came to the u. S. On a tourist visa and then applied for political asylum. He is gay and hiv positive and feared what would happen if he was sent back to russia. Now he is exhausted and relieved. I am thankful to my friends and to everybody who support me. I cry right now and i dont want to do this. I. C. E. And u. S. Customs borders did not comment on the case, and his attorney advised him not to go into detail so its not clear why the detainment happened. I am tracking the popes trip in egypt. He arrived in egypt a few moments ago on a historic trip. The trip is to show christians and muslims can Work Together to prevent violence. He will be attending an International Peace conference and that comes three weeks after twin Palm Sunday Church attacks. New details about the tennessee teacher accused of kidnapping a student. The teachers estranged wife now revealing disturbing details about what happened before he went missing. Testing of munis new est calls. What . Friday morning . I will read anything in the prompter. We are keeping uptodate on weather and traffic throughout weather and traffic throughout the entire break, and just well its a perfect nespresso hold on a second. Orge. Mmm. [mel torme sings comin home baby] hey there. Want a lift . Where are we going . No dont tell me. Let me guess. Have a nice ride. How far would you go for coffee thats a cup above . I brought you nespresso. Nespresso. What else . As you can see, have trains on the move, which is certainly a good thing. We started off this morning with a significant problem. We had a disabled train at lake mrritt station and trains had to single track around that, and thats at the clearing stages at this point and we are in recovery mode. We have a major delay system wide in all directions while they try to bounce back from the disabled train. Not seeing any huge crowds. Hopefully that means its not going to be as quite as bad if it could be any other day of the week. And we are looking at 20minute delays. Lets check in with mike nicco. Commuters are in line to get their car washed, i guess. It will be a long line this weekend. Heres a look at the exploratorium camera at pier 15. Its calm on the bay right now, but north of the bay bridge which is what we are looking at right here. Exercising, cool to warm. Caution if you are going to be on the water. Lets talk temperatures down in the south bay from saratoga from 44 to san jose. 42 in danville, one of the cool spots. 51 right now in San Francisco. Lows tonight will be from about 49 to 55 degrees and breezy in our hills once again, and traveling around the state, 80s in l. A. And palm springs. 40 in tahoe. Weekend testing of new muni light rail cars in San Francisco. According to the examiners, the test will wrap up. The new cars can be tested between the balboa station and randal street. The first car arrived in january. 23 more will arrive through the end of next year. Muni hopes the new cars will be more comfortable than the current fleet. The future of Airport Security is now. Some airports now using your face to get you through those long security lines. 6 11. A live look at the maze right now. And identifying any trouble spots on your morning commute. Spots on your morning commute. We are hoping you have a are you one sneeze away from being voted out of the carpool . Try zyrtec® its starts working hard at hour one and works twice as hard when you take it again the next day. Stick with zyrtec® and muddle no more®. I have been staring at this through the whole commercial break. Sky 7 is live over the bridge. Reveal. Reveal. We certainly live in a beautiful place. The estranged wife of the former tennessee teacher accused of kidnapping a student is talking about receiving her first phone call from him in jail. Authorities tracked the 50yearold and 15yearold Elizabeth Thomas to a remote cabin near the california oregon border after a monthlong manhunt. Cummins wife, jill, admitted he had six se it was hard to hear his voice. After all this time. Not knowing if i was ever going to hear it again, and he told me he was sorry and he loved me, and please forgive him. She filed for divorce now after 31 years of marriage. She said she will not take anymore calls from prison, and he faces ten years to life if convicted and his student is spending time with family and a trauma team. This san mateo preschool teacher took pictures of young girls in sexual poses. He is now in jail. Police found the pictures on his phone. He taught at st. Paw kul day school. We pro actively notified the Police Department and removed the teacher from the school. In ohio this video recorded in the back of a police cruiser. Its the 26yearold repeatedly told officers she intended to mace them when they opened the door. Authorities say she managed to move her handcuffs to the front of her body, she eventually dropped her can. The woman is charged with assault on a police officer. She was originally arrested for drug possession. Uber self driving car boss is stepping aside in a legal fight with googles self driving project according to business insider. The company is accusing him of stealing trade secrets during the legal challenge. He will not be working on the self driving technology. He is going to remain at the company and over see things like operations and safety. Three of europes largest airports going hightech. British airways has started using facial technology. They believe digital face scans will help speed up the boarding process and make sure passengers are boarding the right flight. We have a slight update here for the major problem with b. A. R. T. This morning. It started with the disabled train around lake merritt station. B. A. R. T. Said a few minutes ago they should be back to normal in the next ten to 15 minutes, and we have been hearing the arrival times are between 15 and 20 minutes late. That all means we are slowly, slowly getting back to normal and this problem started around 5 00 this morning. So that disabled train is out of there, and trains no longer single tracking and we are still trying to bounce back. Bay bridge toll plaza is backed up through the maze as usual. We have had the metering lights on for almost an hour. Highway 4 to wall street creek, seven minutes. And then westbound 580 tracy to dublin not bad out of the valley today coming in at 34 minutes. Lets check in with mike nicco to look at the stphe forecast. How warm is it going to get where you live because today is just the beginning. No clouds or delays at sfo. And lets look at the highlights, and what you going to see is sun glass and sun screen weather. It will be breezy along the shoreline north of the bay bridge. The weekend, this is the one you have been looking for for a long time. Live doppler 7, bone dry. Dry air is take over and we are cool this morning and we will warm up nicely this afternoon under total sunshine. And then a little sea breeze on the boardwalk. 73 to 76 in the south bay. 69 in millbrae, and everybody else 70 to 72 degrees on the peninsula. Slightly warmer at the coast today with low to mid60s. We will flirt with not 90s, but with the 70s in San Francisco. 74 to 77 in the north bay. And even bodega bay warmer than normal. 72 there. And east bay shore, castro valley, fremont, 74. We have 74 to 76 degrees in our inland east bay neighborhoods. I almost said beast mode neighborhoods. Raiders on the mind. Look at that, 70s at the coast tuesday and wednesday, and 80s around the bay and near 90 inland. You are always in beast mode, mike nicco. I like it. A dramatic car crash caught on dashcam video in alabama. Its on the righthand side of your screen there. A white jeep rolling over several times. Police say the driver was not wearing his seat belt. You see him tumbling out of the jeep as the suv lands on its side. The person that took the video said he saw a speeding mustang right before the jeep flew by. Two people hurt in that crash, and they are expected to be okay. Look at him pb ststanding . I dont know how that happened. And then inspecting oakland departments for lead and mold. They found oakland neighborhoods had some of the highest childhood lead levels in the country. The code inspection programs would address Health Issues like lead poisoning and as ma. The highest rates are believed to be in the smaller a good Credit Report is key to financial success. And this morning Michael Finney has boostips on how to boost th score. Score. We are sweet cinnamonsugar on the outside, crazy on the inside. Crave those crazy squares. Sweet cinnamonsugar on the outside, crazy on the inside. Crave those crazy squares. Good morning. Welcome back. We have got a full closure of great high school. You can see a lot of sand blew over the roadway overnight and they had to shut the lanes down about 2 00 this morning. Joggers taking advantage of that going down the middle of the street. That closure is between lincoln way and slope boulevard. Has a pink hoodie on and living her best live. Yeah. We had a lot of bad news for b. A. R. T. Riders, but this is good. The new station in milpitas and in san jose on track to open six months ahead of schedule. Test trains beginning to run by this summer, and two stations expanding b. A. R. T. Service into silicon valley. The lexus suv apple is using to test selfdriving technology. The images were provided by somebody that saw this suv in the south bay. Can you see the sensors, the Radar Technology and the cameras on the top of the suv. Apple secured permission to test its Autonomous Car two weekends ago. Ahow do you boost your credit . Hey, ramona. Let me give you the most important thing first, pay all your bills and pay them on time. Next, watch your credit utilization. Its how much of your credit you use at anyone given time. If you have 1,000 credit limit on your credit card and you keep your balance below 300, thats a 30 utilization and that gives you the best score. Now dont apply for too much credit all at once either. That drops your credit score. Finally, keep your very first credit card open, the longer your credit history, the better. Good luck and thanks for the question. If you have a question for Michael Finney record it on your smartphone or tablet and share on social media with askfinney. And then part of the east bay could be underwater by the year 2100. It has been a tough morning for b. A. R. T. Riders today all due to a disabled train near lake merritt station. Should be back to normal service any minute now and the delays reported around 15 to 20 minutes and apparently, people think im too perky. So now im not being perky, telling you that drivers that switch to progressive save an average of 548 whoo i mean, whoo. Good morning, bay area. Lets get up and get going. This is abc7 mornings. A commuter alert is making a mess of this friday morning for many b. A. R. T. Riders. A stalled train triggered delays on several line. Matt keller is live at the fremont station. Reporter good morning, reggie and natasha. Yeah, seems the message is getting out. We are here at the fremont b. A. R. T. Station and seems like its light traffic here, a lot less people than we are used to at the fremont b. A. R. T. Station at 6 30 in the morning. Heres good news. I just went and talked to the station agent and he said they have the disabled train off the tracks now so they are starting to work through those delays and he did say right now there are still 20minute delays for passengers who are taking b. A. R. T. This morning. Of course it has been a big headache all morning long, and its friday, and well send it back to you in the studio. Thanks, matt. Yeah, obviously we have been tracking this for quite sometime. They are seeing delays system wide. And the delays really more about 15 to 20 minutes, and obviously great information there, great news that we have that disabled train totally off the tracks at this point. Looks like normal service has resumed here at this point and we should start to really pick up some speed here and start to recover. If you are just about to head out the door, you can expect those delays. Not too bad if you want to drive instead. The maze about 20 minutes from highway 4. San francisco to sfo, you are in the green at nine minutes. Lets check in with meteorologist, mike nicco. You are starting off with a pretty start there. I like to put those sunrises on on social media. But today i am getting trumped. I will borrow sky 7s shot and put it on, and look at that gorgeous shot. 44 to 54, a little cool this morning. And then breezy along the bay shore, north of the bay bridge and the coast, and 57 to 67 at 7 00. Lets just end with that shot, guys. Back to you. Beautiful. We are track developing news. Police standoff with a murder suspect nearing its 12th hour in martinez and all of this yesterday afternoon, and the suspect shot a woman in larkey park. Amy hollyfield is live at the scene. Amy. Reporter reggie, right now we are watching the s. W. A. T. Team try to get him out of the car and get him to surrender. Look at the video taken just within the last few minutes. You can see the police robot roll over to the suspects car and carry a bottle of water to him, which he accepts. They also sent him cell phones so they can commute indicate with him. They have been here so long the batteries keep dying. This man is parked on howe road and martinez just off of highway 4. He is wanted for a murder that happened yesterday in walnut creek. Take a look at the live picture now. Another unit from the s. W. A. T. Team pull into the chevron, so they are moving more people in as they work on the negotiation. No cars are allowed through here. Residents on douglas and on howe have been ordered to shelter in place because they are in his line of fire and he has fired one shot out of his passenger window and at times pointed the gun to his head. Amy hollyfield. In the aftermath of protests at uc berkeley, a total of seven people got arrested and two of them on campus and all of this centering around ann coulter saying she was forced to cancel a speaking event. The expected free speech showdown never materialized. Police from several jurisdictions flooded the city of berkeley, two sides with two different viewpoints stood on opposite sides of the street and many expected major problems. Were you attacked . No, not today. The police did a really good job of keeping everybody separate. I am glad that the police, you know, decided to step in between, which is great, especially since we are outnumbered. Police reported no injuries and no Property Damage. Happening today a special School Board Meeting will be held in alameda to update worried parents about the possibility their Childrens School could close prior to the year. The soil under Lum Elementary School is not seismically safe. They are trying to figure out if substandard foundation or loose soil to spell danger in the event of a powerful quake. Its shocking but i know they are going to take care of it and deal with it okay. We just, as a community, want to know that every possibility was looked at. The school said its looking at other options including retrofitting or building another school. And then consumers not the scams. Google and facebook were the victims of a 100 million scam. According to fortune magazine, two companies were targeted by the lithuanian man. The 48yearold tricked google and facebook into paying for Computer Supplies and he impersonated a large asianbased manufacturer. He is denying the allegations. A man from san carlos is missing. He has not been seen since last week. He was supposed to fly to orlando on monday to meet his wife and theres no evidence he boarded a flight. Investigators think he drove somewhere in this black 2005 black hyundai accent, california license plate the handling happened of a mass grave of dead dogs. A woman and the police found no evidence of animal cruelty and left a message on an offduty officers phone to dispose of the remain, and that officer said he never got the message and a month later the woman contacted the Animal Rescue group and got animal control to dispose of the animal remains. Vetting cant catch everything. He made the remarks this morning in reference to the trump transition teams vetting of former National Security adviser michael flynn. Flynn is not part of my team. He was part of the white house adviser on the National Security issues. Are you comfortable with the level of vetting that was done . Well, i am comfortable they are working hard to do vetting, but its often times you dont catch everything and there might be a problem. Flynn, who was fired early in his tenure by President Trump is under scrutiny for his dealings with russia, including weather he violated the law by accepting payments from foreign governments. California officials are keeping a new report into the troubled orville dam a secret for now. The department of Water Resources filed a report with the federal Energy Regulatory commission yesterday and sealed it from the public. According to the sacramensacra be bee, its the fourth report sealed or heavily redacted because of National Security. There were threats of a failure prompted the evacuation of almost 200,000 people in february. Turns out doing your part to help california go green could be as easy as driving on the state roads and highways. California leaders approved a project to place quartersized devices on the roads that can be like generators inside of watches. A former state Assembly Member that proposed this Technology Six years ago said he is finally its glad getting a test run. Doesnt change the feel of the road or the miles per gallon, but the roads vibrate as the roads and trucks drive over it, and these Things Energy that causes. Happening today in the south bay, in less than two hours a springtime ritual under way. The banding of the falcon chicks. What we dont know is if they are little boys or girls. We will find out when a biologist from uc santa cruz repels down to the nest, and it looks like this. It looks like tom cruise going down there, and he will place bands on the legs and determine if they are boys or girls. Mama is going to be like, what is happening here . We are slowly improving from our major b. A. R. T. Issue this morning, and that disabled train that started all the trouble here this morning right around lake merritt station fully removed from the tracks, and thats no longer an issue. We are dealing with the residual delays and all the feedback we are getting, sounds like passengers are about 15 to 20 minutes later arriving at their destinations and that had a ripple affect across the entire system and impacted just about everybody today riding b. A. R. T. The roads have been fairly quiet this morning. Its friday light so we will take that. One of the heaviest spots through the maze and a the toll plaza. Theres the gridlock as we get through the toll booths and then it starts to open up. Nothing out of the ordinary there, just a normal weekday commute and even lighter than normal since its friday. What . You know, i think its lighter volumes because its nice out today, too. Those people have a lot more patience than i have. I couldnt do it every day. Amazing. Dont you wish you were sky 7 and you could fly right over there, and maybe they could pick you up and drop you off at work. A gorgeous shot. You just stay with it as it pans to the west and the southwest across the port of oakland and San Francisco. If you are on the bay, breezy on the north bay bridge. 47 in ocean beach. Lake march said, everybody else around 50 in San Francisco. We have mid40s to low 50s for most of the neighborhoods. Santa cruz, getting ready for a busy weekend. Moderate free and grass pollen, and mold spores low. And then at the game, at t park, dropping down to 60. Two deputies were attacked inside of an illinois jail. How they fought to survive. A commuter warning this morning. Hundreds of thousands of Toyota Pickups could be dangerous to drive. What you need to know before hitting the road. I want to jump in here at the live desk getting word of an Emergency Landing on a plane headed to the United States from china. I am getting all the details and i will have that next. Tonight at 11 00, the abc7 iteam takes you deep into the Emerald Triangle to uncover a dark secret among the marijuana fields, and Law Enforcement and counselors tell us women are sexually assaulted by pot farm sexually assaulted by pot farm workers, and why its so new at 6 00 a. M. , check out the jail video from illinois, and two officers attacked and hurt by prisoners at the jail. It happened in the maximum Security Section as the sheriffs officer tried to secure a door. The attack did appear to be premeditat premeditated. A flight from china headed to the United States had to make an emergency stop. It turned around shortly after takeoff all because of a possible bird strike. They may have hit some bird and then reported engine trouble. This tweet is a chinese news outlet. You can look closely on the screens and you see flashes. The flight was headed to beijing to detroit this morning and they reported engine trouble so they had to turn around. The flight was taking off from beijing making its way to detroit, michigan. Its now back on its way. Back to you. Thank you. New this morning, three San FranciscoPolice Officers recovering after a car crash in the mission. This happened near valencia and 15th street last night. The officers were hospitalized but are expected to be okay. Two patrol cars crashed. One of the cars hit a fire hydrant and a building. Initial reports say both patrol cars had their lights and sirens on. Police are still investigating, and drivers are asked to avoid that area. And then a lot of bay area would be underwater by the year 2100. This is from the National Oceanic and atmospheric administration. Now they are updating result. Most of the east bay as well would be underwater, including Oakland Airport and most of alameda. Lets take you to the peninsula and the south bay, just as bad there. The scenario would put all of foster city. Its held each year to get rid of unwanted prescription drugs. Police agencies will have collection sights. If you want to find the closest one to you, the House Majority leader mccarthy said theres not enough support for the vote on the Affordable Care act. The house is said it will avert a Government Shutdown at midnight. Now to your morning monday report. Big lots paying a fine for illegally getting rid of Hazardous Waste. Hazardous waste. It was sued by an investigation found the stores got rid of their Hazardous Waste in ordinary dumpsters. If you own a Toyota Tacoma truck, you want to hear this. 2016 and 2017 tacomas are being recalled because the tires can lock up, and mid june owners will be notified by mail. And then mcdonalds could be and then mcdonalds could be days away from facing out hic drink. It will only be available at mcdonalds locations. My father will be very upset. Orange, his favorite flavor. He likes that orange drink. He does. If you are obsessed with the game of thrones, this is something you may want to check out this summer. The man that created the two languages for the show will be teaching a language peterson is a berkeley alarm and he created the languages for game of thrones. He said students will not be learning those languages, all you mothers of dragons out there. Hey, alexis. I can barely speak english some mornings so i dont know if i want to attempt the other languages there. We have this downgraded here in the last couple of minutes, and a 20minute delay system wide on b. A. R. T. , so the disabled train that caused the trouble at 5 00 this morning, fully removed from the tracks and some riders getting in 10 to 15 minutes late. Normal service has resumed and we are still seeing some of the residual delays but its improving. One new issue popped up here on the roads. Northbound 880, and just before we get to marina boulevard, a vehicle sitting in the right lanes, and chp on the way to assist with that. We have a beautiful morning and beautiful weekend on tap. Yeah, look at this from sky 7. Dont you wish we could tip them a dollar or two for the beautiful shots. Panning out and doing all the work. Work. Isnt that absolutely gorgeous . If you like warm weather and you want to go to the coast, this weekend and into next week. Brighter sky and building warmth today. Clear and breezy in the hills along the coast tonight. And you can see the storm track migrating to the north and thats 69 today in downtown San Francisco. Coolest in the sunset at 65. 70 in richmond to 74 in fremont. As we head to the south bay we have 70 in santa cruz to 74 in san jose. East bay, you may need the airconditioner next week, and enjoy the comfort while you have it. And on the peninsula today we will have in san mateo. And north bay, 71 to alexis will be at fort great morning for marching for babies, healthy babies, that is. There are your temperatures, read them and wilt. Love it. Thank you, mike. Drinking italianstyle coffee could cut the chance of prostate cancer. Men that drank three cups of italianstyle coffee every day were at a 53 lower risk of developing prostate cancer. Coffee in italy is made with High Pressure and a High Temperature of water and no filters. Researchers think that leads to higher concentrations of biosubstances. Some high school in oakland could get a free prom dress this weekend thanks to the wife of david west. She has been giving away prom dresses for 13 years in whatever city west is playing in. Any High School Student in oakland is eligible to get a dress, and all you have to do is register on a website. Natasha, will you go to the prom with me . I need a bigger promposal than that. Wow, we are back in 90 seconds. Lets take you high above the city. The Morning Light just bathing our beautiful skyline there on the bay bridge. We want to give you a better we want to give you a better start to your day so we will these are the seven things you need to know and well start with alexis. Our major issue all morning was the significant b. A. R. T. Problem and we are improving. The disabled train has been removed from the tracks, and we are down to a 20minute delay system wide and normal Service Resumed and some of the residual delays hanging around and hopefully that will be gone in the next half hour. And then a live look at martin martinez. Police negotiating with an armed myrurder hours. A plan vote on the Republican Health care plan probably will not hospital until next week. House majority leader says theres not enough support for the replacement for the Affordable Care act for a vote. And then the trump report card slowing the slowest growth and that is being blamed on consumer spending. And then after being detained for more than a month he was taken into custody by Border Agents in the Virgin Islands but has not said why. If you are getting the kids ready, temperatures 44 to 54 at the bus stop. 72 inland and 60 at the coast, and this is just the beginning. The warriors will find out tonight when they will open the second round of the playoffs. If utah wins the warriors host the jazz on sunday afternoon, and then if that doesnt happen they will open next week. The rest of us sit up here. I will go to prom with you. Thank you. Gma is next. Welcome to maxx you. You are whimsical, vibrant, statement making. We see what makes you unique. So we have something for everyone, at a price thats just right for you. Maxx you. Maxx life. T. J. Maxx. To those of us who stumble. Celebrate the fearless who fumble. At clorox, we salute those who fight the good fight. 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