The process does appear to be broken, Republican Leaders are vowing to block the nomination as the president still has 10 months to go in office. Do you think the president is trying to offer somewhat of a compromise with his selection . I think thats exactly what the president is trying to do. He nominated a moderate, someone that is 63 years old. Thats older than most nominees so this person will not be on the court as long as others would be. So the president is really reaching out his hand saying, im trying to meet you halfway, at least give him a hearing, at least a vote. This shystakes politics. The republicans are gambling here. Theyre taking a gamble. It is a big gamble, because if Hillary Clinton wins the white house she certainly will appoint someone that is even more liberal. Keep in mind this november some 24 republican senators are up for election across the country, and it is the senate that has to do the business of holding this hearing and having a vote. If they dont do it, democrats will go after them and say they are not following the constitution. This is a process that could play out for at least 10 months. We could be without that 9th Supreme Court justice the whole time. Do you think he has no chance . I think there is always a chance because i think in that the end everyone will see some reason here. This is a moderate. If they take the gamble, they could lose, they could get a more liberal justice thats on the court much longer. Ross, thank you. Reaction to Merrick Garlands nomination has been swift including from a bay area law professor who has known him for years. Ktvus john sasaki is in San Francisco. You heard very little concern about his qualifications. Reporter many people seem to agree that his credentials are impeck afternoon. While those still on the right, they still oppose this nomination, the people who know him well say he tees perfect choice. Uchastings constitutional law professor couldnt be happier for his friend Merrick Garland. I said for awhile that without a doubt Merrick Garland is the most qualified guy. Theres no skeletons in his closet. Reporter the two men worked together under then attorney general janet reno. He would change the core. When the republicans say this would change the court and settle lots of social issues that important, theyre right. They just dont like the direction that he would go in. Reporter while senate Republican Leaders have said they wont even hold hearings, little says garland may have an ally, one of his best friends, utah senator orrin hatch. I think orrin hatch is not going to be able to say im up any fide with the republicans and i think he shouldnt even get a hearing. I think you are going to see orrin hatch say this guy probably should get a hearing. I think this is a good chance to engage the American Public and say, look, who do you think the next nominee should be . And vote for the president and the senate that you believe will provide that nominee to you. I dont support garland because he clearly believes that you can change the second amendment, and its not the role of the courts to change amendments, whether its the first, the second, or the 27th. I would like the president to have chosen another african american. Reporter london breed approves of the choice. She argues the senate should do its job now that at the present time has done his. There are still court cases that are going to come before the Supreme Court. Theres still business to be done. The business of the people doesnt stop because theres an election. We have to continue with the business of the people, period. Reporter its unclear what will happen now. Professor little says if a democrat wins the presidency the republican control of the senate would immediately vote to confirm garland. Frank, back to you. All right, john, thank you. Developing news now involving bart and an equipment problem that has halted bart service between the North Concord station and pittsburg bay point station. Sky fox took these pictures a short time ago. Bart says the problem has to do with an electrical problem that started this morning. Bart told us within the last hour that the problem actually damaged 24 train cars. Right now theyre using a bus bridge to get passengers between North Concord and pittsburg, and that could continue through tonight. We are working to learn more from bart and will have a live report later this hour. There are now developments in the case of two Young Children hit by a stolen car in Castro Valley last week. The driver took off and had been on the run ever since. Rob roth tells us today the suspect was finally caught. Reporter after searching more than a week california Highway Patrol investigators say they finally have their man. Nine days after this incident occurred, we actually have someone in custody. Reporter officers arrested 29yearold Daniel Morris outside a hayward motel. They say he was at the wheel of a stolen ford fogs when he struck a sixyearold boy pinning him against a utility pole on melville drive. The boy had been walking to school on the sidewalk with his grandmother. The boy is still in the hospital with serious injuries to his leg. His brother had minor injuries. Officers say morris, a resident of Castro Valley, ran away and had been hiding out ever since. There was a lot of information, a lot of evidence within the vehicle, plus eyewitness statements that led us to a definitive conclusion that the person we were looking for was that one Daniel Morris. Authorities say hours before the hitandrun he can be seen on Surveillance Video stealing the car from a livermore auto dealership. They say it was one of five cars stolen off the lot that same night. Authorities arrested morris on hitandrun, auto theft, and possession of stolen property. There are friends and associates that may have had information or may have contributed to him he will lawing Law Enforcement. We are looking into that as a separate investigation. Reporter the family declined the invitation to join todays arrest announcement. Theyre very appreciative of not only Law Enforcement but the media and the community to get to us this stage. Reporter the chp says Daniel Morris is in the Alameda County jail. He faces three felony charges. Rob roth, ktvu fox 2 news. A fairfield man accused of killing an offduty officer last month entered a not guilty plea today. 30yearold robert vega is accused of fatally shooting officer gus vega at the officers home. Today he pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. Vega was dating the officers daughter. The two have a sixyearold boy together. Police say vega kidnapped the boy right after the shooting but the boy was safely recovered. Vega is due back in court on april 13th. In Berkeley Police say the shooting of a man and woman early today does not appear to be random. Both victims were in a car that was parked about a block from the ash bea bart station near prince street. Gunfire was reported just after 1 00 this morning. Both of the vick terms now fighting for their lives. Their names havent been released yet. Police are hoping they will be able to provide some leads to the shooter. That evidence would come from eyewitness accounts. Any information may be from the victims themselves, but at this point it doesnt appear the shooting was random. Police say the car they were in had uber and lyft stickers in the window but at this point police dont know if that had anything to do with the shooting. Uc berkeley is now reviewing the actions of the mens head basketball coach. The university wants to know if head coach martin acted within the schools policy when dealing with Sexual Harassment allegations against an assistant coach. Ktvus Cristina Rendon live in berkeley with reaction to all. This cristina. Reporter julie, the head coach did not talk to the media today. Instead, he is focusing on the team as they travel to spokane for the start of the ncaa. In fact, their charter bus left about 45 minutes ago and the Athletics Department is telling us their head coach is not under investigation. Days after cals assistant mens basketball coach was fired for allegations of sexual half rasement, questions are surfacing about how much head coach martin knew before the allegations were investigated. A University Report shows claims against him were referred to investigators six weeks after a woman first told an official she was sexually harassed. Its really surreal. You never know about things until people come out and say things. Reporter the report says the Sexual Harassment lasted from november 2014 to may 2015 with the woman receiving sexually harassing texts from him on a biweekly basis. It also includes an email she sent on july 5th claiming he trapped her in his garage and pressured her for sex. Some students on campus are disappointed. I honestly feel like its unfortunate because the team itself like the players, they dont ever really know whats going on. Reporter in a Statement Released wednesday afternoon the cal Athletics Department said the university is reviewing whether anyone had reason to believe he was in violation of the Sexual Harassment policy prior to july 5th. Coach martin is included among this group but is not the target of an investigation. A sigh of relief to fans as the team heads off to the ncaa tournament. Those guys were focused. They look real good. They look great. The chemistry was great. All four or five of the big name guys were showing up, even the role players, so i feel like theyll stay focused. I hope they do investigate is it as much as possible and do not have any type of leeway for the person. Reporter and the athletics spokesperson says the team is dealing with this as a family. He also says the team and the coach are focused on this weeks game against hawaii. Cristina, thank you. New crime numbers in from San Francisco. At 5 30, the one crime that was up 31 and how police say you can protect yourself. It spread rapidly, causing birth defects and fear. Now scientists announce a major breakthrip the effort to find a zika vaccine. Coming up next, months of bad headlines including the beating death of an inmate has led to changes at Santa Clara County jail. Today the sheriff turned in her plans for reform. And a very springlike day out there today. Temperatures got up into the 70s. It is going to be warmer tomorrow. San jose residents have a chance to voice their opinions about the future of medical marijuana dispensaries in the city. Members of the city council say they are trying to stay ahead of the game in case california one day legalizes Recreational Marijuana use. Some of the issues about regulating medical marijuana dispensaries will be up for discussion tonight. They include regulating how dispensaries grow and manufacture medical marijuana and whether they can grow it in san jose. We have directed our staff to analyze allowing for greenhouse flees as well, because its very inefficient to grow inside a building. Takes a lot of energy and water. And we didnt want to necessarily be growing out tin open but the greenhouse still allows for security but allows for it to be grown more efficiently. San jose has 16 medical marijuana dispensaries. Changing the existing rules about where dispensaries can operate is not on tonights agenda. That meeting starts at 6 30 at city hall. The Santa Clara County sheriffs today submitted her plan to reform the countys jails. The proposal comes after high profile incidents including the beating death vin mate Michael Tyree last year. Jesse gary outside the main jail with the plan. Jesse, some people are already criticizing the sheriff. They say shes only talking change after the death of that inmate. Reporter frank, thats right. The sheriff will quickly counter that many of the plans that shes trying to change and put forth in this proposal right here have been on the drawing board going back to 2011 when the Sheriffs Department took control. Still, she counters the tyree case served as a catalyst pushing the pace of change to full throttle. There are things like the civilian oversight that really is as a result of mr. Tyrees death. Reporter sheriff laurie smith proposed a bakers dozen worth of changes to the committee v. The 13 suggestions to overhaul the jails, smith wants a civilian Oversight Commission to make tinner workings of custody operations more transparent, improving access to and the quality of healthcare. The focus here would be on inmates with Mental Health issues. Last, increase the minimum qualifications to work as a corrections officer. Currently only a High School Diploma or equivalent is needed. We need to make sure that we hire deputies into this job that belong in Law Enforcement. We cant have bad people. Reporter three deputies charged with criminal wrongdoing after inmate Michael Tyree was beaten to death last year. The sheriff has elect to make kneejerk unilateral decisions. Reporter Julio Alvarez is act president of the correctional peace officers association. He says his union is working with a Blue Ribbon Committee on jail reforms. What we want and what clearly the Blue Ribbon Commission has been striving for is to make jail conditions safe for everyone. Reporter can you do that with the sheriff and the commission . We can but we need to be included in these discussions. Reporter and the report is now in the hands of the committee and will go to the full board of supervisors next tuesday. It will take some time. Some of the committee would like to combine the sheriffs recommendations with whatever the Blue Ribbon Commission comes up with. Of course, the board of supervisors is going to have to figure out a way to pay for all of this. Jesse gary, ktvu fox 2 news. A Beautiful Day around the bay area and only getting nicer. Lets go to chief meteorologist bill martin with a look at the conditions outside. Stunning today. Temperatures into the 70s. Check out some of these rain totals for the year and percent of average. San francisco is at 106 of average rainfall. For an el nino year, thats light. I would expect us to be 130 . If february had come through we would be maybe 130, maybe 150 . But were lucky after a dry february to be at 98 of arching concord. There are rain showers in the fiveday forecast. I want to show you this. Mark tamayo put this together for us. Lake oroville up 200 feet. 200 feet. Thats one of the things i always talk about, the top of the reservoir flares out so its harder to grab those feet as you get higher up at the top of the reservoir. Still, almost 200 feet. The rain continues to move into the pacific northwest. It will revisit us as we head towards the end of the weekend, early next week. Thats what we talked about yesterday. Winds were slightly northeast today. Theyre going to go more north northeast tomorrow. That allows temperatures to jump up in the afternoon. Theyll start coming out of the northwest. By friday well see more northwesterly winds and well notice temperatures warmer than these. 7 pin fremont right now. Its 72 in santa rosa and in novato. Overnight lows getting down there. Upper 30s, low 40s. But noticeably cool because weve had some pretty warm with those el nino storms the lows were in the 50s. Some cases we were seeing daytime highs in the 60 during the rain. So a cooler night. As we head into your thursday morning in San Francisco youre at 50 degrees. 70 degrees for a daytime high in San Francisco. Lots of blue sky. Its going to be a Beautiful Day on thursday, the warmest day of the week. And then after that temperatures trend down as our weather system tries to gint here. I will show that you next time you see me. Well go to the models and go long range. Ill show you when things start to change around. These are the forecast highs. 75 in vacaville, 76 in brentwood. How about down towards the south bay. Gilroy 78. Its not going to be hard to maybe find an 80degree reading down here. What are you going to notice . Youre using the air conditioner in the afternoon. Basically all around the basement you will also notice the tree pollen. Ive got a couple of trees out front that ive been monitoring and in the neighborhood, and it is amazing. It is amazing, and im not a botonist, but it is amazing how quickly they go, no leaves, leaves. I have a maple, and i looked at in three days ago, and i bet you in two days its going to be in full bloom. I saw a lot of trees that were in bloom and the rain came through and blew everything out. Thats really something about Lake Oroville. How much more does it have to go . Frank, i should know. That i want to say 75, 78 of average. Ill get that next hit. But the thing thats so important, oroville and shoes tax thats the game. For surface reservoirs in the state, its how Lake Orovil