Millions of americans after hacking the yahoo account. Lets not talk about them like criminals. Reporter the consul general in San Francisco Sergey Petrov would go no further. Not even to say russia would hand over the two intelligence agents if found guilty. He was adamant, though, that russia had no influence in the november u. S. Elections. As far as i know, my government approached the u. S. Government requesting this evidence and we never received anything. Reporter he is cautiously optimistic that under President Trump the relationship between the two countries will improve. He insists that under president obama things deteriorated. Towards the end of his administration, mr. Obama ordered the expulsion of some Russian Diplomats in the united states, including a few from the San Francisco office. I wouldnt use word offended. I would use a word disappointed. Reporter there is a large russianspeaking community in San Francisco concerned about whats happening between the two countrie
Increased, especially into next week. Well talk about how much rain, when you can expect it and yes, its also the beginning of spring. Thats all coming up in a few minutes. Breaking news this morning, crews are cleaning up after a twoalarm fire broke out in San Franciscos chinatown. Firefighters say flames were coming from the third floor of an Apartment Building on Waverly Place between sacramento and clay streets. Firefighters rescued one person who suffered smoke inhalation. Waverly place is shut down right now. Developing news of the east bay, all lanes now opened on southbound i 880 in san leandro after multiple cars were involved in a bad accident. Crash happened around 3 40 this morning near the Marina Boulevard onramp. You can see one of the cars ended up on its roof. Its unclear how many people were hurt but chp tells us those who were injured have minor injuries and are expected to survive. Breaking news out of france this morning, the country remains under a state of emergen
This as the Justice Department makes a special delivery to capitol hill. Fantastic finishes. March madness. That was good. Kicking into high gear. The buzzworthy moments, favorites coming out on top. But which team will be the next bracket buster . Hey, good morning on a saturday with lots of news including a fresh storm moving into the northeast. And speaking of weather, you may notice that we have a familiar face here at the desk. Rob is off. Sam champion pitching in this morning. Welcome. Good morning. Hi. Nice to see you, sir. And weve got brandnew information on tonights winter storm, so we got to get people updated on that. This is the first time youve been on weekend gma. Youre going to have a lot of fun. All right. You may live to regret it. Thank you very much, sam. Were so excited to have you here. And much more on that storm coming up. But were going to start here with the breaking news this morning. Look at the pictures out of paris. Police out in force at the orly airport.
But theyll be few and far between. Temperatures still mild today before big changes for the first week of spring. Lisa, thank you very much. Developing news in San Francisco this morning. Crews are cleaning up after a twoalarm fire broke out in chinatown. Flames were coming from a third floor of an Apartment Building on Waverly Place between sacramento and clay streets. Firefighters rescued one person who suffered smoke inhalation. Waverly place shut down right now as investigators look into what started that fire. All lanes on southbound i880 after multiple cars were involved in a bad accident. The crash happened around 3 40 this morning on the Marina Boulevard onramp. Four lanes were blocked for about an hour and a half. You can see one of the cars ended up on its roof. Its unclear how many people were hurt. Chp said those who were hurt have minor injuries are expected to survive. Breaking news out of france this morning. The country remains under a state of emergency after police sh
Tensions escalate internationally, im kristen. Im dan ashley. The operatives behind the cyber attack are increasing levels of distrust between the two countries. The issue has been deepening. Abc reporter spoke with the consum Russian Federation in San Francisco. She joins us live in the newsroom. Leeann . The consul general called all these allegations of hacking and then, of course, posting things on wikileaks, he called them, quote, ridiculous fantasy. Now, he told me these accusations only make both countries move further apart. Now, russia, he says, doesnt want to go back to the days of the cold war. Until they are Proven Guilty in the court of law. Reporter thats the russian consul general responding that the agency filed criminal charges against two russian intelligence agents and hackers worker for them. They sold private information of millions of americans after hacking the yahoo account. Lets not talk about them like criminals. Reporter the consul general in San Francisco Se