Through the day look how warm. Noontime, 70s. 70s at the beaches today. Its a warmer afternoon for everyone. Ens la inner east bay. Youre very hot, in the 90s. But more hot weather to talk about the seven day outlining. Abc 7 is committed to building a better bay area. We focus on transportation. Like b. A. R. T. One of the biggest issues is fare he evasion. B. A. R. T. Tried several gates with mixed results. Next week the b. A. R. T. Board of directors will vote on gate designs. Luz pena spoke to riders for reaction. Some use the clipper card others jump the gate. Fare evasions are part of the reason the they will vote. I believe we had 89 percent of the people surveyed believed it was important to reduce fare evasion. Board director doesh allen is referring to a Online Survey conducted with riders the biggest concern. Too many people cheating the system. We walked around the embarcadero b. A. R. T. Station and asked what they thought about the options. I dont like any of them. As lon
Paul stepped up to speak and did not stop. Here is abc News Reporter tarra palmery. Despite the best effort to kobl together a bipartisan budget deal, the price tag was too high for spending hawks. The Government Shutdown at midnight process. The man behind it rand paul held up the vote for hours. He took to the senate floor to voice objections to the growing deficit. I think the country is worth a debate until three in the morning frankly. Not all colleagues agree. The senator by objecting to the consent request will shut down the federal government for no real reason. Its one of the biggest spending bills since the economic stimulus in 2009. The deal includes billions for opioid treatment Disaster Relief and infrastructure opinion. And a boost to defense spending by 30 oh 0 billion over two years. Anticipating the showdown, the white house told federal agencies to prepare for a shutdown. Before midnight the minority whip told them to expect a vote between 3 00 a. M. And 6 a but that
Media. Good evening. Thank you for joining us im dan ashley. Ama daetz is off. Another Horrific School shooting backup 17 dead at Stoneman Douglas high school with school of 3,000 students not far from miami, florida. By the end of the rampage 19yearold nikolas cruz killed 12199the school and others outside. Two others died at the hospital. Maggie reule is in parkland, florida. Students here say they just trained what to do in an active shooter situation last month never thinking back then they would have to put the training to use. Eye. The sound of gunshots. Oh, my god. Ringing out at a south florida high school. Just after two. Students preparing to leave for the day when a shooter now identified as nikolas cruz using a single ar5 with countless magazines wear a gas mask armed with smoke grenades opened fire. We were running i didnt know what was happening. S. W. A. T. Teams moved in searching for the shooter and clearing out the school of more than 3,000. And the s. W. A. T. Team t
Commander in chief amid pomp and chaos. From coast to coast, the nations stark divide is on full display. Good evening and thank you for joining us, im ama dietz. Im eric thomas. And im dan ashley, live in washington, d. C. A lot is happening right here in this city on President Trumps first day. Let me catch you up on some of the latest headlines here in washington. In just the past couple of hours we got our first look at donald trump inside the oval office. He signed his First Executive order as president. An order for federal agencies to ease the burden of president obamas sweeping health care law. Were working to get more details on what that order actually means. It comes after congress voted for a full repeal act. Stay tuned for that. President trumps two cabinet nominees were sworn in, james mattis, and general kelly as Homeland Security secretary. Earlier today, the Senate Confirmed both nominations earlier in this day. A busy, busy day in washington. The parade is now over, t
A busy, busy day in washington. The parade is now over, there are three inaugural balls happening in washington, d. C. You are looking live at one of them. Two are open to the public and will be attended by thousands of people. The other is by invitation only. The president and Vice President and their wives will attend all three events making appearances at all of them. It has been a day filled with celebration after taking the oath and giving his inaugural speech. President trump joined lawmakers from both sides of the aisle for the traditional inaugural lunch. House minority Speaker Nancy Pelosi congratulated and spoke to the president. These are words and actions that will face the judgment of history and are part of a long heritage of our democracy. Reporter now, it has been a day of celebration but as you have seen here in washington and around the country also a day of protest. But a lot of people came from the bay area to be a part of this inauguration. And we had a chance to s