airlines reporting delays and cancellations. abc s erielle reshef leading us off. reporter: tonight, driving conditions deteriorating for millions. vehicles off the road amid a whiteout in minnesota. this semi jack-knifing in the colorado rockies. and across the northeast, a messy morning commute. in maryland, state police responding to more than 60 crashes. including this fatal collision on the beltway outside washington, d.c. so if this is your normal commute, you want to stay way clear of this. reporter: in the west, residents assessing the damage after record-breaking rains inundated communities north of san francisco. our will carr is in guerneville. reporter: the water here is starting to go down fast, but you still have homes and businesses like this putt-putt course that are swamped. the damage is significant with more rain on the way this weekend. reporter: those rains part of a major coast-to-coast storm, now marching east. tom, tonight ice and snow wreaking havoc h
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receive top secret clearance ngheou until monday to turn over all documents related to kushner s security status. here s abc s chief justice correspondent pierre thomas. reporter: congressional democrats today putting the white house on notice, setting a monday deadline to hand over documents related to jared kushner s top secret security clearance. the documents were requested five weeks ago. now in a sternly-worded letter, house oversight committee chairman elijah cummings says he is asking for the final time. it comes after the new york times reported president trump ordered former white house chief of staff john kelly to give his son-in-law the clearance last year over the objections of the cia and the white house counsel. in january trump said he had nothing to do with any of it. did you tell general kelly or anyone else at the white house to overrule security officials? no. i don t think i have the authority to do that. i m not sure i do. but i wouldn t i wouldn t do it
right now a rally is getting underway to protest a police confrontation that left a man dead. it comes hours after the five deputies involved were cleared of criminal wrong doing. seven days and done, tonight we are live with the deal that could bring the oakland teachers strike to an end. i m spencer christian, just as our recent flood waters begin to recede, another storm is on the way. i ll have the forecast coming up. live where you live, this is abc 7 news. good evening, thanks for joining us. i m ama daetz. we begin with developments of a case of a man tased and killed by san mateo deputy. the five deputies involved will not face criminal charges. we want to get right to abc 7 news reporter, amanda del castillo and a planned rally is just bnity activists
telling abc news the same just weeks ago. the president had no involvement pertaining to my clearance or my husband s clearance, zero. reporter: today, the white house refusing to confirm or deny the new york times report, but are saying this i will tell you the president has the absolute right to do what was described. pierre thomas joins us from washington. once again, let s be clear. congress is giving the white house until monday to turn over any documents related to jared kushner s top security clearance? reporter: that s exactly right, tom. monday is the deadline. there s a not so subtle threat. if the request is ignored, expect a subpoena. tom? pierre thomas for us tonight. pierre, thank you. next tonight disturbing images made public showing san francisco giants ceo in a physical altercation with his wife. the two tussling in a public park as she screams for help. here s abc s marci gonzalez. reporter: tonight police say they are investigating this fight