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drifting through the bay area right now. more is coming. let s check in with lisa argen and live doppler 7. we re in between systems now. lot of moisture still out there. we re seeing mist, drizzle, light showers scattered around the bay area. in the north bay by clear lake and upper lake, we have some showers. down along san rafael 101, scattered showers in the city. los gatos, highway 17. just three miles of visibility in concord and santa rosa. southerly winds up to 28 miles an hour. we saw highs today of 70 in san jose. our next system is a 1 on our storm impact scale. we ll be timing it out for you tonight when the showers become a little more numerous as we head towards the morning commute. as we go through the 9:00 hour, some pretty good downpours from the north bay, spreading south through san francisco. we ll talk about the timing for the rest of the day, the weekend and the stronger system headed our way early next week. dan? lisa, thank you very much. our ....
he s facing massive backlash over the profane and racial comments he said at the white house. today the president is trying to backtrack from what he said. on a day he s under fire for racially explosive comments the president signed a proclamation honoring martin luther king jr. even joined by a member of the king family but couldn t avoid the blunt question, are you a racist. did you refer to african internationa nations mr. president are a racist. the president attempted damage control over the vulgar insult he used tweeting this but nowhere did the president explicitly deny directing that profane insults at african countries. he said these hate filled things repeatedly. senator was in that meeting. he said haitians? do we need more haitians? and he went on to describe the immigration from africa when he used these vial and vulgar comments calling the nations they come from [ bleep ], the exact word used by the president not just once but repeatedly ....
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 trum ....
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 o ....
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 ....