and the terrifying new robot that can open doors. that robot is so chivalrous and so creepy at the same time. >> it is so nice, exactly. all right, well, a good tuesday morning to you all. we'll have more on that coming up but we're starting off with former white house aide rob porter and some new details on how he's explaining a series of domestic violence allegations from his two ex-wives. >> now, sources tell abc news porter denied giving his first wife a black eye telling white house officials that she fell, but she's now coming forward saying she lived in constant fear. in the meantime, after praising porter president trump has yet to utter a word about the accusers. abc's arlette saenz is following the developments from d.c. good morning, arlette. >> reporter: kendis, diane, good morning. the white house wanted the spotlight this week to be on infrastructure. instead they're facing more questions about that former staffer accused of domestic abuse. and now his first ex-wife is calling out two top white house officials. after these images plunged the west wing into chaos, the woman in the photo is taking on the white house. in a "washington post" op-ed colbie holderness, the ex-wife of former staff secretary rob porter, says she was living in constant fear and left the relationship a shell of the person i was when i went into it. holderness says she was dismayed when a white house adviser explained why she's not worried about porter's current girlfriend, white house communications director hope hicks. scrutiny for what he said during a speech to sheriffs around the country. while praising the elected officials at their winter meeting, he described the, quote, here anglo-american heritage of law enforcement, a phrase that some claim is racist while others say it is historically accurate. >> i want to thank every sheriff in america. since our founding the independently elected sheriff has been the people's protector who keeps law enforcement close to and accountable to people through the elective process. the office of sheriff is a critical part of the anglo-american heritage of law enforcement. >> that last part there got a lot of people upset on twitter. while experts say sessions' description is accurate, our legal system is commonly referred to as anglo-american law. the phrase reflects its roots in english common law. s the office of sheriff we're also told originated in england. the justice department spokesman said it's something most students learn in their first week in law school. president trump has unveiled a $4.4 trillion budget that calls for major cuts to domestic programs and a big boost for the military. the propose includes a $200 billion infrastructure plan that democrats say isn't sufficient and the president's also asking for nearly $700 billion in defense spending but he wants to slash billions from programs like housing subsidies and medicaid and he wants to replace what's commonly referred to as food stamps benefits with a box of government picked nonperishable foods supplied each month. the plan would require approval from congress. now to that frightening ordeal for members of the first family. an investigation is under way after donald trump jr.'s wife opened a letter containing an unidentified white powder. virginia necessary virginia trump and two others were taken to the hospital as a precaution. but the substance turned out to be harmless. the package was postmarked in boston and contained an angry letter addressed to don junior. a southwest airlines jet was forced to evacuate after a fire broke out sending smoke into the cabin. the plane had just pulled back from the gate in southern california when a power unit caught fire. emergency chutes deployed and all roughly 140 people on board made it off the plane. though some did report minor injuries. investigators are preparing to move the wreckage of the helicopter that crashed in the grand canyon killing three british tourists. they want to know whether the chopper had a crash resistant fuel system, which is not standard on that model but may have been added later on. now, the chopper burst plus flames when it crashed on tribal land where tourist flights are not as regulated as those in the national park itself. scientists are sounding the alarm about rising sea levels. a new study analyzed more than two decades of satellite data and found that sea levels are rising faster than previously thought. researchers fear the world's oceans could be 26 inches higher by the end of the century largely because of melting in antarctica and greenland posing a major threat to coastal cities. and time now for a look at your weather on this tuesday morning. showers are moving through the los angeles area. flooding is not expected to be a problem but the recent dry weather could lead to some mudslides. in the rockies winter weather advisories are in effect. heavy snow is expected throughout that region. looking at today's highs, it will be mild in the west. the arctic temperatures in the midwest start to lift a little bit and in the south and northeast temperatures are %-p degrees in dallas, 65 in new orleans. still ahead, a major advertiser threatens to pull out of social media. also ahead, the former baseball star arrested with more than 44 pounds of what's believed to be cocaine. hear why his car raised red flags with police. and the new 17-year-old star at the olympics taking home gold and the viral video showing how olympians use the escalator. time to check in with the winter games and total domination by american snowboarder chloe kim. >> after her victory the teenager from california tweeted, i hate crying but i'll give myself a pass for this one. understandly. abc's alex stone has more from south korea. good morning, alex. >> reporter: kendis, diane, good morning again to you. it has been a full day of action here for team usa winning more medals. 17-year-old chloe kim delivered at her first olympics winning the gold medal in the women's snowboard halfpipe. kim set the bar extremely high on her first run scoring 93.75 giving herself a huge lead over the rest of the field. on her final run with the gold medal already secure, kim went for a victory lap landing back-to-back 1080s. the effort was awarded with the highest score of the day, a near perfect 98.25. china's liu jiayu took the silver edging out arielle gold who earned the bronze medal after nailing her third run to knock teamplate kelly clark off the podium. clark, a three-time olympian, was hoping to come home from korea with another medal. shaun white made his 2018 olympic debut in the qualifying rounds for the halfpipe hoping for a comeback. white did not disappoint. the olympic champion had a sterling 98.50 score on his second qualifying run. that was best in field. tonight he goes for gold. maame biney has already made history as the first black woman to make a speedskatispeedskatisi olympic team now hoping to qualify for the women's 500-meter final. in women's hockey the preliminary games continue. the u.s. which beat finland 3-1 on monday will face the olympic athletes from russia today before taking on their biggest rival, canada, later in the week. the u.s. has been dominating here in snowboarding. now the focus will turn toward alpine skiing. the women's alpine skiing events begin tonight u.s. time. kendis, diane. >> our thanks, alex, and ook forward to that as we check our medal count here at the games. >> norway is leading in overall medals with nine. team usa has six. germany has the most gold medals with four. we're tied for second place there. >> the u.s. women's hockey team will get to keep the statue of liberty on their goalie mask. >> an earlier report said the international olympic committee asked for it to be removed claiming it violates a policy banning political symbols from uniforms. but the olympic committee has just released a statement saying it was all a misunderstanding and they are no longer asking for the symbol to be removed. >> but lucille ball on the left is okay. here's a viral video of the winter games so far. this is how swiss skier fabian bosh rides an escalator. >> oh, is that how it's done? >> kind of hung on riding all the way to the top actually. he doesn't compete until sunday so has plenty of time to hang around. video on his instagram page viewed some 300 times already. 300,000 times. >> couldn't figure out how these work. am i doing it right? >> he's only 126 pounds. >> still impressive. when we come back, the major beauty store accused of selling used could cosmetics. a woman admits from abducting a baby from the hospital and raising her to adulthood. why she could get a lighter sentence than expected. and there's no way to run from this machine. the robot that can open doors. doors. yea, so, mom's got this cold #stuffynose #nosleep i got it... #mouthbreather yep, we've got a mouth breather. well just put on a breathe right strip and... 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some former employees say the company limits how many returned items can be thrown away. ulta denies the allegations and the company's stock price dropped more than 4% monday. and one of the world's largest advertisers is threatening to pull its ads offer sites like facebook and google because of what it calls toxic content. unilever says fake news, racism, messages of extremism as well are a big concern on social media and other digital platforms particularly when seen by children and talks are under way with several of those companies to reduce that kind of content. unilever which includes brands like dove soap and lipton tea spent $2.5 billion on digital ads last year. strangers are helping to bail out a florida couple's dream. the pair sold almost everything they owned to pay for a round the world cruise and their boat sank on the second day. well, now they have no place to live and they have to pay thousands to have the wreckage of the boat salvaged but thanks to the generosity of strangers the gofundme page is now coming to the rescue. it's already raised $14,000, 4,000 more than their goal. a former major league all-star pitcher is in custody in southern california on drug charges. esteban loaiza played for eight teams during his 14-year career in the big leagues. now, police say they found sophisticated compartments in his car during a traffic stop which led to a search of the house that he was renting and officers say they found 44 pounds of white powder believed to be cocaine. >> any time you have somebody who has been a big leaguer for that long of a time that's involved with something like this, as much as it takes to surprise us in what we do, even that was a little bit surprising. >> loaiza made more than $43 million during his baseball career. evers the american league starter in the 2003 all-star game and is due in court tomorrow. pitchers and catchers for most major league baseball teams are due at spring training today. >> yes, spring is almost here. but now it's time for some hoops highlights. we get them from espn. >> good morning, good morning people. he's stan. i'm neil this. is one of our favorite things to do. >> especially when we have great highlights like these. nine-game winning streak. they had already beaten san antonio twice earlier this season and won their last three against san antonio if you go back a little further. donovan mitchell comes up with a steal. goes the other way for the layup. jazz up one. spurs blew a 13-point lead in the fourth quarter. that doesn't happen often. mitchell giving them the lead. seven seconds later, jazz up two. kyle anderson, just going to lose control of it. trying to create some space to get a shot off. manu ginobili nearly threw that in. but he didn't. mitchell with 25 points. ten in a row for utah, 101-99. warriors are good. phoenix is not. warriors just a half game better than houston in the west. learned that at the meeting. zaza pachulia to kevin durant right there and 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has some parents outraged. >> we're talking about sixth graders at kingsville elementary who have been told they can't turn down a dance request during their valentine's day dance. now, the school district says the rule was made to promote inclusion and kindness but parents say it sends the wrong message. and we have new video of the latest robot from that company, of course, boston dynamics. >> well, it's a little creepy. i'll just come out and say it. the company's latest robot can open doors, no problem. got a little arm, just pops right up, turns the knob, pries the door open. >> the only question. >> lets a friend through. very chivalrous. >> yeah. look at that. what a gentleman. the only question, is this the rise of the machines or was there someone that was actually controlling the robot? >> oh, no. finally the gigantic beast spreading across the internet. >> video posted on facebook shows a massive wild boar on its hind legs rummaging through the dumpster. thankfully this was 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don't think so. i don't think that's how it works. >> i did it last night. >> that's nice. >> because my wife works today and tomorrow and we won't see each other. >> mike, on top of it. >> happy fat tuesday, also. let's talk about what's going on weatherwise. you can see the gusty winds we talked about across the north bay in fairfield and napa and to a lesser extent petaluma, sfo and 17 at half moon bay. that's about as fast as they're going to get. they'll taper throughout the day. a look at your temperatures. most of us in the 40s. most of us in thou have ukiah o. san mateo on the other. we'll take a look at the rest of the forecast coming up with my 12-hour planner. how is the commute? we had some activity overnight. we're looking at emeryville, a nice stream of traffic, but it is not slow. it is moving at the limit. checking on a first look at the san mateo bridge, light conditions here as well in the flat section heading to foster city. yeah, the activity we had was in hercules eastbound 80. it's been cleared from lanes but we'll have an update for you about what happened in just a few minutes. an update from our live desk this morning. right now authorities in contra costa county are investigating an incident overnight. the fire department was dispatched to a medical call on clayton road in concord about 9:15 last night. you can see here heavy police presence around this apartment complex. unclear exactly what happened. we do have calls into the police department right now. we're trying to get better details for you. as soon as we get those, i'll check back in. jessica, thank you. the man acquitted of murdering kate steinle is expected to enter a plea in federal court. jose ines garcia zarate faces two federal charges for possessing a gun as a felon and for being an undocumented immigrant in possession of a firearm. he could get up to ten years in federal prison. "the examiner" reports he is expected to plead not guilty. he is scheduled to appear in federal court at 10:30 this morning in san francisco. caltrain says services is back to normal following a collision between a train and vehicle at the crossing at charleston road in palo alto. the crash sparked a fire, which you can see in the middle of the photo. everyone in the vehicle got out okay. no one on the train was hurt. several trains did have to hold during the cleanup which delayed service. it is 4:29. a quick update on weather and traffic starting with meteorologist mike nicco. hey there, mike. good morning. it's a dry morning, too. look at this on live doppler 7. you may notice it, your hands may be dry, your lips may be dry, your voice may be coarse this morning. the air is only going to get drier the next 12 to 24 hours. temperatures starting by 7:00 in the mid-30s inland. total sunshine today and the breeze is relaxing. it will be comfortable in the upper 50s. a nice day to be outside at 4:00, sunny and mild. 59 to 62. and at 7:00 still comfortable, 49 at the coast. the rest of us around 52 to 55. if you are celebrating whatever it is this evening, take a light jacket. here's sue. we're taking a look at the golden gate bridge which is a beautiful ride this morning. no problems whatsoever. hardly a car in sight. you can see there's no fog out there, so it's a smooth ride. right now three lanes in both directions, north and southbound. they will be reconfiguring that for your morning commute. here is

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