abc 7 news was at the university of san francisco where house minority leader nancy pelosi and the congressman thompson plan. east bay congressman barbara lee held an open house to talk about the tax plan. he called the event a teach in and she too called the tax plan a tax scam. representative lee said she too thinks it ll hurt the most vulnerable americans. it s definitely going to help the people and also setting the stage for some deep cuts in medicare, medicaid and social security. republicans argue the tax plan will give more money to middle class. it lets wal-mart raising wages and giving bonuses to their employees because of the plan. the president in a tweet is blaming democrats for the collapse of a bipartisan deal that would let immigrant children stay in the u.s. that issue was discussed thursday in the oval office when the president reportedly made derogatory remarks about haiti and africa. reporter: a racial fire storm is engulfing donald trump whil
effectiveness of the flu vaccine is not optimal, the vaccine still have vents millions of illnesses and tens of thousands of hospitalizations in the united states. the san francisco public health department reminds everyone it takes about two weeks for anti-bodies to develop in the body to protect you so they say, don t wait any longer and the flu mist nasal vaccine has not been very effective against the h1n1 vaccine and is not being recommended this season. the flu widespread now across most of the u.s., as you can see on the map from the cdc, it s widespread in almost every state. cdc officials were briefed today on how to reduce the spread and how to help communities where there s a shortage of vaccines or medication. this year s influ wenza seas is proving to be particularly difficult. reporter: the cdc says this year s virus is incredibly difficult to work with, treat and prevent. with a high number of hospitalizations and deaths, 42 adults under the age of 65 i
life-threatening injuries, listed in critical condition at sf general. what a story. lonny, thank you. one person has died after a fiery head on accident at francisco s mcclaren park. police say a car traveling eastbound slammed into a car heading westbound. authorities say one driver died the other is in the hospital with life-threatening injuries. the driver of an empty school bus witnessed the accident and stayed on the the scene to help. this is not a drill, this is an actual tsunami warning, everybody get out of your homes. a frightening wake up call as a 7.9 earthquake hits off the coast of alaska. that triggered a tsunami warning down the coast. the earthquake was centered 170 miles off of alaska s kodiak island. the earthquake did trigger a tsunami watch all the way down to san francisco. the department of tsunami management asked people in low-lying areas to prepare to evacuate. leanne is live in the marina district. reporter: a lot of people here in the sa
installment of a new pipe is put into place. three homes were damaged. six cars towed. one of which was teetering over sinkhole. we go out and there is a car stuck in a hole wp our garage is flooded. our house is just covered in water. but there will be an opportunity for anyone impacted to file a claim and we will do everything in our power to make them whole. p kb e repaired a the work because after gas line in the area. six people injuried in sonoma county when an elderly driver mistook the gas pedal for the brakes. officers say he crashed into the wild flower bakery on bohemian highway earlier this afternoon. customers didn t know what was happening. naturally our first thought was an earthquake. then we got pushed forward and then we noticed it was a car. i was pinned down. it was painful. firefighters today cut away part of the buildinges a wall to get that car out. the building the likely have to undergo an architectural assessment to see if the structure i
katsuyama. reporter: federal immigration and customs say when juan francisco lopez sanchez was arrested in san francisco thursday it wasn t the first time he had been in county jail. police arrested him on homicide charges after wednesday s random shooting on pier 14 after kate stinely who had been out taking a walk with her father. lopez sanchez has seven felony con vic, four involving narcotics and three for felony reentry. i.c.e. agents took him into custody when he was released from prison. they handed him over to san francisco sheriff department for an outstanding police warrant. he was deemed a threat to i.c.e. took custody. the detainer was not honored. the sheriff s legal council says lopez sanchez was released from jail on april 15th. when he came here he came because he had outstanding criminal charges here which were marijuana related possession of possession for sale or possession of marijuana. those charges were dismissed the next day. reporter: san francis