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KGO ABC7 News 600AM February 15, 2018

Northbound 238, a crash to the righthand side. Traffic is slowed through Castro Valley and continues to be slow southbound 880 through hayward. At the live desk, were tracking the developments in south florida following the shooting massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in parkland. 19yearold nikolas cruz was booked into Broward County jail a few hours ago. This was a mugshot released by the Sheriffs Office before the newscast began. Cruz faces 17 counts of premeditated murder. A Law Enforcement official says the gun used by the shooter was an ar15style rifle and was apparently purchased legally by the suspect. At least 17 people were killed in the shooting. More than a dozen others injured. This morning, on good morning america, George Stephanopoulos talks with a students who says her teacher lost his life but saved hers. Im so thankful that he was there to help everybody who did live in that classroom. Because he was in the doorway and the door was still open. The shooter probably didnt know we were in there. Officials say cruz ws a former student at Marjory Stoneman douglas who was expelled from the school. Police, police. Let me see your hands. Put your phones away. Tough to watch. That chilling moment giving you a glimpse of what students and teachers went through in the classroom yesterday. This is showing when you Police Arrived to clear this particular room. Among the chaos, confusion for parents hoping their kids were okay. This video showing you the moment that moms and dads reunited with their children after an agonizing wait not knowing if they were safe. We are seeing strong reaction from state leaders. Lieutenant governor gavin newsom tweeting this. Our children are dying and were doing nothing to stop it. Im running out of words to describe my anger, frustration and sadness. I have one message. If youre unwilling to stand up and get reform, get out of office. President trump tweeted out condolences and his response to them was simple. Quote, then do something about it. In the last few minutes, weve learned that President Trump will address the nation about the Deadly School shooting. That will happen at 8 00 a. M. Our time. Weve learned that mr. Trump ordered the flags on all federal buildings to be lowered to halfstaff until sunset head coach steve kerr has been outspoken. He criticized lawmakers in washington after learning of the tragedy in florida. It doesnt see tmo to our government that children are being shot to death day after day in schools. Focus on the real safety issues, not building some stupid wall for billions of dollars that has nothing to do with our safety. But actually protecting us from what truly is dangerous. Kerrs father malcolm was president of the American University of beirut. Malcolm kerr was shot to death by jihadists in 1984. Of course, this is an example of why regular active shooting training is so necessary at schools. Private vendor teaches staff how to run, hide and fight. Just a few weeks ago, an active Shooter Drill was conducted at napa valley college. They dont wait for a s. W. A. T. Team or the fbi. They go in immediately and if necessary put themselves between the shooter and the actual victim. Sandy hook and column biem and aurora and las vegas and now this shooting at the school district, this has become an unfortunate occurrence thats not going to stop. 100 employees of oakland Public Schools have gone through the training so far will be trained tomorrow we have put together pages of resources about teens, Mental Health and bullying which can be major issues on a school campus. It is all on abc7news. Com on our front page. George stephanopoulos and david muir are in florida this morning. Gma will have more coverage at 7 00 a. M. David muir will anchor world news tonight from parkland this evening. The Mendocino County sheriff is asking for help to find a woman possibly abducted. The black mercedes sedan friday night. The sheriff says they were involved in a physical confrontation. Najee fall hes wanted for a prior Domestic Violence incident involving britton. A court in San Francisco reason reinstated a ban. St. Struck down the law which protects teachers, other school staff and child care providers. It protects children from losing a relationship with a School Employee who moves during the school year. New details about a deadly car crash in los angeles involving Actor Luke Wilson and profession golfer bill haas. A witness calls wilson an hero after the actor pulled a 50yearold woman trapped in her car to safety. She has serious injuries. Haas was a passenger in a ferrari that crashed into the womans car. The ferrari also clipped wilsons car before hitting a pole. The driver of the ferrari was killed. Haas is recovering in his home in south carolina. Wilson was not hurt. A new deadline for people whose homes burned in the north bay fires. How soon debris must be removed from your property. Plus at the live desk. Im tracking a big change coming to your kids happy meals. Check out the latest news from the Drought Monitor. Oh, sorry. Has it on the wrong computer. Well talk about the 12hour day planner. The Drought Monitor is getting worse and ill show you how its creeping up on us from the south. Heres a look at the bay bridge toll plaza at. The press democrat reports Sonoma County and santa rosa are trying to make sure all properties burned in the weill fires are cleaned up by april 9th regardless of who is performing the work. Contractors have cleared 62 of those sites putting the government effort on track to finish in the next two months. Officials say about 1100 burned properties exist where owners opted to manage cleanup by hiring private contractors. Lets talk about the Drought Monitor. Just issued. Want to compare the beginning of the rainy season, october 3rd to now. You can see it has spread dry, abnormally dry. The yellow over more than 80 of the state. Part of that across the north bay and parts of that across the south bay. But the category 4 drought which is the second worst, that orange, is nonexistent. Its starting to spread out from Southern California northward towards us. Thats what we have to keep an eye on. Its dry. 35 in menlo park. Low to mid40s on the peninsula. 37 at palo alto. Mid40s in san jose. Low to mid40s inland east bay. 35 in napa for a cool spot. Want to show your commute planner real quick. Its going to be cool this morning and comfy this afternoon. Mass transit staying dry on the roads and around the bay. Its going to be really comfortable. Watch out for that sunshine, though. Frances . Hi, mike. Good morning everyone. I have a couple hotspots for you. Despite the usual traffic. Theres two extra slow spots. Eastbound 80 near Lagoon Valley road. Its an earlier big rig accident. Another accident in the same spot. Traffic eastbound is very slow. Westbound little bit of some brake lights as you approach the scene. But no major problems in the westbound direction. Also an earlier crash, northbound 238 on the shoulder but its slow through Castro Valley, as well as southbound 880 through san leandro into hayward. This live shot here in walnut creek as you make your way towards highway 24. Thanks, frances. Uber is trying to clean up its image but running into trouble. Today is the day. One of the hottest movies of the year is hitting the big screen. Were getting ready for black panther. Were getting ready to head were getting ready to head to olympic downhill skier. As an. You cant let spills slow you down. Thats why i use bounty, the quicker picker upper. vo bounty picks up spills quicker. And is two times more absorbt. Bounty, the quicker picker upper. Of being there for my sons winning shot. That was it for me. Thats why im quitting with nicorette. Only nicorette mini has a patented fast dissolving formula. It starts to relieve sudden cravings fast. Every great why needs a great how. Coming up on 6 15. The San Francisco City Attorney is demanding data relevant to an investigation about whether it and lyft are obeying state and local laws. Last year, Dennis Herrera issued subpoenas to the two companies for information in categories including hours and miles logged by drivers and incentives. Herrera says uber refused to disclose its annual report and has fought the city repeatedly. Lyft is now cooperating with the request for the data. A former top aide to hilts 2016 president ial campaign filed to run for governor of california. 43yearold Amanda Renteria will be relatively unknown in a field wellknown democrats. She has ties to prominent donors and politicians like former president obama and Vice President joe biden. She serves as the chief Operations Director for the justice department. The most anticipated film of the year is much more than a movie. Its sort of a movement. Black panther opens tonight. The fact that a black superhero is at the center of the movie, its poise today break records. Matt keller is live for us at santana row in san jose this morning. Matt. Reporter good morning. Break records and break the bank. Black panther is expected to earn about 150 million in its opening weekend. They just turned on the sign here at santana row. You can see that the First Showing is going to be at 7 00 tonight. But tell me, who is more excited to see this movie than these kids . This is the reaction these students in atlanta had when they learned they had tickets to the movie. It is creating a buzz an social media with hash tags like the black panther challenge, raising more than 250,000 so children of color can see the film for free. It is a superhero film and its dealing with problems, including racism and sexism. Something that was important to the director. Ticket presales are outpacing every other superhero movie made. Its doing well with the critics, as well. Marvel is owned by disney, the Parent Company of abc 7. It starts at 7 00 tonight. Many theaters across the bay area. You better get your tickets now. Im looking online. Im looking at fandango, it shows that if youre going to book reserved seating, youre going to be in the front rows. Back to you in the studio. It might be worth it. Book a massage for after the movie. Youre going to need it if youre in the front row. Lets take a look at what traffic is doing with frances. New crash at southbound 880 at davis and chp is en route to that. A lot of brake lights. Out of tracy to dublin, its a 55minute ride westbound 4. Also stopandgo traffic antioch to concord. 101 southbound looks good from san rafael to San Francisco. But it is very slow through petaluma with an earlier stall on southbound 101. Heres interstate 80 through emeryville. Westbound traffic heavy towards the bay bridge toll plaza. Hi, mike. Hey, frances. Weve got threshold were going to pass this morning. The sun is going to come up at 6 59. So weve taken it down to the 7 00 hour and you can see the early signs of it at san jose at 280 at 17. A few clouds out there which will go away. Were going to be powered by strong sunshine. At least for this time of the year. Above average highs today. A clear sky, slightly cooler tonight. It wont be as breezy as last night. But the breezes come back and bring arctic air with it. Its going to feel like winter, its just not going to rain like winter. 59 degrees in half moon bay. Santa cruz at 65. 67 in san jose. Concord at 65. Oakland 63. San francisco 62. Nap at 66. Most of us in the low to mid60s today. Tonight, temperatures fall back into the mid to upper 30s inland. One or two areas get to out to the coast and San Francisco, the mild hes at 47 degrees. Heres a look at tahoe this morning. I put together a fourday forecast to show you its about 40 degrees today. So its a little bit below average. It starts to get warm again friday and saturday with sunshine and then that arctic cold front i talked about which usually you dont usually doesnt carry much moisture is going to blow in sunday with snow showers and windy conditions. Not going to be a great day to be there. As far as our sevenday forecast, look at that. Well be near 70 saturday and then the front comes in and changes our weather sharply back into the mid to upper 50s with a blustery day monday and some freezing cold temperatures possible tuesday and wednesday mrning. We saw the snow frances. Tell us about the conditions. Yeah, mike. Its going to look good heading up there on the drive today. With your tahoe, toyota tahoe report. Let me tell you what you need. You wont need any chains. It is delayfree out to squaw valley. Interstate 80 through north star, thats looking good. But there is a sigalert. Highway 50, no chains, a pretty good base there. 3 hours and 20 minutes is the drive time. A lot of folks will be heading to tahoe today, especially for the San Francisco Public Schools which are closed tomorrow. So theyll be making their way up this afternoon. Sugar bowl also delayfree and interstate 80. Highway 50 seierra tahoe, no chains required. Chains required. Kirkwood, a good base, 25 to 30 inches. Brand new at our live desk. Mcdonalds promising to make happy meals healthier. They announced the plan this morning. By 2022 at least 50 of happy meals will be 600 calories or less. Other changes include cheeseburgers will only be available on request. Reducing the size of fries that come with chicken mcnuggets and cutting the added sugar in chocolate milk. Mcdonalds made similar efforts in recent years, offering water and fruit as options. Still, just about 28 of happy meals currently meet the new requirements. Jess, i didnt realize that most were more than 600 calories. They are. All right. Big changes. Thank you. A warning go about two popular cell phone brands. Why u. S. Officials say you shouldnt buy them. Smaller affordable Living Spaces in public transit. The incentive that could lead to an increase in tiny apartments. Heres rob marciano with a look ahead on good morning america. Coming up today, continuing your coverage on the Horrific School shooting in florida that killed at least 17. Well speak live with survivors this morning as we learn new details about the 19yearold shooter. Plus, the emerging stories of hero teachers would risked their lives to protect students. Well have full team coverage. George will be anchoring live from the school in the winter of 77. Uring i first met james in 5th grade. We got married after college. And had twin boys. But then one night, a truck didnt stop. But thanks to our forester, neither did our story. And thats why well always drive a subaru. All right. Its tomorrow and the sun will come out and warm us about 2 to 5 degrees above average into the low to upper 60s with warmer weather ahead before that arctic chill blasts into my accuweather sevenday forecast. Ill show you the details coming up. Natas natasha. A u. S. Senator is urging tinder to resolve Security Issues immediately after the report revealed vulnerables. They were able to take control of profile pictures the user sees and swap them for advertising. He wants them to swipe right on user privacy and to make fixes as soon as possible. U. S. Intelligence chiefs are warning america to stay away from using phones from chinas leading two tech companies. Way way and zte may be compromised. They investigated both companies and theyre influenced by the chinese government. Both brands are trying to make inroads in the u. S. And sold by best buy and walmart. Next, many of us got an income tax break but President Trump is signaling he might be okay increasing another tax. The deadly shooting rampage in florida, the hero coach who likely gave his own life to protect the students during the attack. Here at the live desk, im tracking new details emerging overnight about the alleged shooter. Plus, were live in florida with the very latest on the investigation. 6 26 in the morning. A live look from the south beach camera. You can see a little bit of color in the sky as the sun comes up behind the bay bridge. 6 30. Welcome to thursday, february 15th. It is 6 29. We have a lot to get to, including updates on the shoot not guilty flori shooting in florida. Heres meteorologist mike nicco with the forecast. One of your least concerns today. A nice day out there. Its going to be a pleasant day. How about that. Hi everybody. A look at live doppler 7. It is dry out there. I know we desperately need the rain. Its not coming. Heres my 12hour planner. Microclimates this morning from 35 inland to 42 at the coast. Homogenized air mass by noon. 58 to 59. Check out the temperatures after the 4 00. 56 for you at the coast. The rest of us around 63. A pretty nice evening. 49 at the coast. 52 to 55 for the rest of us. Take a look at your weekend forecast. Big changes coming u well see you then. Heres frances. How is it going . Theres a big rig accident. Eastbound 80 approaching lagoon vall valley road. It was causing slowing in the westbound direction earlier. Right now traffic is flowing well. Lots of brake lights westbound 58 o 0 from 205 out of tracy. Its been cleared and a little slow through the altamont pass. We had a couple earlier accidents in the east bay. Northbound 230 is still slow. Southbound 880 at davis, the off ramp might be blocked. But traffic is flowing through san leandro. Its slow into fremont. Its also crowded on the westbound 80 ride through emeryville with the bay bridge plaza towards the foot of the maze. 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