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abc seven mornings live now at six. >> the effort to put out a huge fire that destroyed an apartment building near redwood city, still burning, almost 24, still happening almost 24 hours later, smoke still rising from that site as crews work through the night to put out hot spots. we're live with the current conditions and dozens of people
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arrested at san francisco's israeli embassy. >> those protesters demanding more peace in the middle east, and a live look outside right now. >> it's beautiful. but get ready because this is about to be hot. a heat wave is moving into the bay area. drew of course, tracking where we could see triple digits starting today. >> good morning to you. this tuesday, june fourth. >> yes, we're going to start the check of our hot forecast with drew. so we begin with that heat advisory the first of the year. >> so when it's the first heat wave of the season, you want to take it easy. our bodies not quite used to this hot weather quite yet. we have heat advisories and excessive heat warnings that will kick in later this morning. and this will last through thursday afternoon. so we'll take you to our tam cam. it's quite a different morning sky compared to yesterday. we have clear conditions in most areas. the only place half moon bay reporting a mix of sun and clouds this morning. temperatures as we get you going right now it's pretty mild in the 50s, but those numbers will quickly rise over the next
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couple of hours. the coast, certainly the place you want to go if you're trying to get some relief. it's beautiful. we'll have temperatures mainly in the mid 60s with full sunshine later on this afternoon. much warmer as you head around the bay shoreline. we'll find those temperatures warming already into the upper 70s by 11 a.m. and then by 4 p.m. we'll go into the upper 80s, if not the lower 90s, in cities close to the water and then inland, even hotter than that. we'll find those temperatures quite warm this morning in the 80s, and then by 4 p.m, upper 90s to about 100 degrees this afternoon, let's check in with amanda, see how the commute is going on this tuesday. >> good morning drew. yeah, the bay bridge toll plaza, a live look. it is crowded and jammed from the 880 overcrossing. that's something to keep in mind. 19 minutes. it will take you from the toll plaza into the city. and we do want to get to a crash in concord. this is southbound 242 before 680. drivers will note a hit and run crash in the right lane. it's causing delays from concord avenue, and they are trying to get a tow truck out there. back to you, reggie. >> thanks, amanda. our crew is
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still seeing and smelling smoke at the scene of a housing development fire near redwood city this morning. some people are allowed to return to their homes nearby. abc seven news reporter gloria rodriguez joins us live from the scene. so gloria, what are you seeing this morning? >> you know, there's still a fire truck out here, and crews are out here this morning. they're putting out hot spots. the fire is still smoldering, and you could just see the big mess behind me after that fire. now we have some footage from when that fire first broke out. this was yesterday morning. a six story building off middlefield road in redwood city . fire officials say dozens of construction workers were able to safely evacuate. this was a housing project that was a decade in the making. it was slated to have 179 units, a child care center and more. and it was a joint effort by san mateo county and mercy housing during the firefight, crews say that wind was a challenge, and fire officials say finding the cause is not going to be easy.
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>> everything that probably were the origin of that fire was is burned and it's gone. so it's not like a house fire that has, you know, furnishings or walls with sheetrock on it where i can look for, you know, flame travel . >> and fire officials say no injuries were reported, no other structures were damaged. and the total cost of that project was $155 million. and right now, again, fire crews are still out here. this morning, we're seeing more crews arriving here on the scene. so we'll have updates for you throughout the morning. live in redwood city. gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. thank you. >> gloria. this morning, firefighters are monitoring a series of fires, all within miles of each other near livermore and tracy and amanda crews are making good progress with people who live in that area. are still being impacted. >> kumasi dozens of people are still without power in livermore this morning after a small fire on the eastern edge of town. the patterson fire is burning near
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the altamont pass. flames moved fast in the grass there off 580. it has burned 110 acres since it started around 415 yesterday afternoon. containment is up to 75% with no buildings threatened . patterson pass road is still closed, though firefighters are sharing significant progress. also on the corral fire. that fire in tracy is now 85% contained and it has not grown since sunday and all evacuations have been lifted. flames did destroy one home in its first hours on saturday. neighbors told us they rushed to help and stayed until about 3 a.m. sunday to keep the fire from spreading to more homes. >> i took off running up the driveway and i just thought it was a matter of seconds before my house was going to burn. >> so tracking a fire off crossroad in eastern livermore at last check, firefighters said it burned at least ten acres. power lines also came down in the area. we do not yet know how
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any of these fires started, but we're keeping in touch with fire officials. back to you. >> thanks, amanda. and as we get into fire season, make sure you have the abc seven bay area app. we'll send alerts with the latest information on fires, the weather forecast, where you live and other breaking news as it happens. just make sure you turn on the apps notifications. >> in the east bay, an 18 year old is dead after a shooting in antioch last night. officers responded to reports of shots fired on macaulay street near antioch high school. around 6 p.m. they arrived to find henry granado suffering from at least one gunshot wound. he was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead. the teen was a resident of pittsburg. antioch police say the homicide investigation is being handled by detectives. >> as san francisco's fight against people selling stolen items on city streets is intensifying, there could soon be some new help from the state. yesterday, state senator scott wiener announced a new bill on the steps of city hall that would give police officers the ability to cite anyone selling stolen items. the bill would revoke a 2018 law that
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decriminalized street vending. wiener says the legislation takes a focus surgical approach to the rampant problem in many neighborhoods. we know that these issues are most pronounced in the mission tenderloin, some parts of south of market, a few other areas, but the city will be able to use this law wherever the issue arises. the city also has a plan for permitted vendors who've been impacted by the mission street vending moratorium. it started back in november. there's a pilot program set for later this month that will allow a limited number of vendors who had permits before the moratorium to return to mission street. and if all goes well, that program could eventually expand. >> a jury of six women and six men is scheduled to hear opening arguments today in hunter biden's gun trial. president biden's son is on trial in delaware on three felony charges related to his efforts to obtain a gun in 2018, while allegedly addicted to drugs. the younger biden spent the first day of his
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trial taking notes, reading documents and often turning to catch a glimpse of friends and family there, including first lady jill biden. he pleaded guilty not guilty, i should say, in october. if convicted, hunter biden faces up to 25 years in prison and a $750,000 fine as a first time offender. he is unlikely to get prison time. >> doctor anthony fauci is responding to a combative hearing on capitol hill. republicans grilled him about the origins of covid 19 and the government's response to the pandemic. doctor fauci previously told the committee privately that the government's recommendation for six feet of social distancing, quote, sort of just appeared. but he clarified that yesterday, saying he meant there were no clinical trials done on social distancing . >> it actually came from the cdc. the cdc was responsible for those kinds of guidelines for schools, and you didn't feel an obligation as the lead scientist at the nih to challenge that it is not appropriate to be publicly challenging a sister
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organization. the level of vitriol that we see now, just in the country in general, but actually played out during this hearing, was really quite unfortunate. >> one expert claims yesterday's hearing did little more than damage the reputation of scientists to score political points, building tensions on uc campuses. >> as we enter the last week of classes for the spring quarter, strikes are increasing at three more uc campuses uc san diego and uc santa barbara started yesterday. uc irvine is set to start tomorrow and for a second time, the university of california was blocked from getting a court order to stop the strikes. as a result, teaching assistants aren't doing their usual grading work. it is just a week before final exams. at many of these campuses, grading deadlines are fast approaching and this could jeopardize graduation. this morning, 70 people are facing trespassing charges for a protest at the lobby of san francisco's israeli consulate
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>> pro-palestinian protesters vowed to occupy the building until they removed. this happened yesterday morning. police put up barricades. we saw officers remove several people from the building. officers say they arrested people who refused to leave. they were cited and then released. >> take a look at the pollen index today. the one big change compared to the past couple of days grasses are now at medium levels. that is a bump up from low, so just be aware of that. allergy sufferers i know it seems like the season has been just so long. we'll continue to track that for you right here. let's take you to okay this morning a live look outside. we have full sunshine at the airport right now. the airport reporting a temperature of 54 degrees with clear skies and just a light breeze at this hour, take a look at highs versus average today. and the first column. this is where we will go later on this afternoon.
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and for comparison, daytime highs in early june are typically in the 70s. so many areas are going to be well above average for this time of the year. let's go hour by hour for you. plan your day. it's going to be one of those mornings where if you're trying to get a run in, be outside, do it early, especially inland because temperatures get hot later on this afternoon, 60s and 70s. by 930, as we head towards lunchtime, look at this 80s and low 90s popping up. and then later this afternoon, our hottest spots, especially in solano county, inland, east bay, our valleys of the north bay into the mid 90s. if the low one hundreds look at the bay shoreline, we're going into the 80s and low 90s for daytime highs of 78in the city. today we'll go to 86. in oakland, 91 in san jose, 98 in santa rosa, 100in fairfield. our heat advisory will last through thursday, reggie aqui kumasi. >> still ahead, the bay area man who just got finished climbing mount everest. then airline prices on the rise. what could be to blame for these spiking
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airfares that you might see this summer? and confirmed cases of the bird flu in san francisco. why doctors say the public shouldot be worried.
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a heatwave, it's kinda chilly in here. oh, that's because i'm pre-cooling the house with the ac before 4 pm. then i'll turn our thermostat to a comfortable 78 or higher that way i could stay cool later. ooh, what about me? you're never cool. oh. a slow network is no network for business. that's why more choose comcast business. and now, we're introducing ultimate speed for business
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at results from clinical trials, which examined a new treatment that coupled the drug mdma, along with therapy. now, the push to use those drugs is nothing new, especially here in california. for years, some bay area lawmakers have tried to decriminalize certain psychedelics to help people suffering from ptsd. state senator scott wiener has been at the forefront of that push. his bill died in the state legislature earlier this year, but wiener says he and other lawmakers are looking at ways to possibly revive it. >> for some people who are just categorically opposed to doing anything that could be perceived as normalizing drug use, my response is that people are already using these substances. >> some doctors say for many people who suffer from ptsd, often times traditional treatments don't work. the fda is expected to make a decision about the new treatment by august. reggie, back to you. >> thanks, amanda. the first
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h5n1 bird flu cases have landed in san francisco. two infected chickens were found during an inspection of a live bird market in the bayview last month. the birds were asymptomatic. the health department says they monitored the market employees for ten days. none of them got sick. they also say no members of the public were exposed. happening today a vote on the controversial climate change study aboard the historic uss hornet in alameda. the city council will decide whether to let that experiment restart. scientists want to spray sea salt into the air from the decommissioned aircraft carrier. they're trying to see if those particles can reflect heat back into space, potentially slowing global warming. the city stopped the experiment over concerns it would hurt people's health and the environment. a review by two outside experts found the research poses no risk. >> a climber from the east bay celebrating a huge accomplishment, his team of 19 people successfully climbed mount everest, tahoe tahoe based
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alpenglow expeditions led this group to the summit last week. graham cooper is a 54 year old biotech executive from piedmont. he tells the chronicle on the way back down the mountain, he got dehydrated and had acute renal failure, but his kidneys regained function and he was able to safely continue the descent. cooper has now completed five of the seven summits. the seven summits are the highest points on each continent. >> okay, you can skip me with a renal failure. >> when i read renal failure to you all. >> i'm sorry. i like congratulations i don't. it went away. >> it went away. >> okay, i just don't. is that a detail we needed at six in the morning? >> you know, i needed to know that. >> i needed to know that too, because it's, you know, it's obviously not for me. >> who knew that that was a it's also too crowded up there. >> now, have you seen all of these reports where you see. yeah. like someone takes a picture and it looks like they're the only person in there, but there are 1 million
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people in the line behind them. >> yeah. >> let me just rain all over this parade. >> please, please go ahead. please. i don't know, like, do we need to be doing this? >> it's such an accomplishment, though. like, that takes so much renal failure. >> he made it through. he made it through. but it's like, get there. >> and move. because look at this line behind you. >> got people behind you. and then there's all these stories about all the trash they leave and who's going to clean that up. i'm not acting like you all could climb up this. >> i'm not. oh my god, no. >> fully could not. nope, i would fail. >> i just can't go there because it's trash. >> whatever. no, that it's also renal failure. trash is the least of my worst kumasi. i fully recognize i am trash and i'm bringing my trash to the mountain. >> i will not be going. >> oh, lord. >> all right, let's talk about the complete opposite. hot weather, moderate to major heat risk today. and the areas are really highlighting are these shaded in red. that's the valleys of sonoma county, napa county a big portion of solano county. and then basically highway four as you work your way east through contra costa
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county. those are some of the areas that will likely see the hottest temperatures later this afternoon. so for a lot of us, this is the hottest day so far this year. and that's typically hardest on our bodies. we're not used to this type of heat yet, so take it easy out there today. 80s and 90s in the south bay. stay hydrated. find breaks in the shade. if you have to be outside, it's hot on the peninsula. 89. redwood city 85. mountain view, the coast. that's the place you go to beat the heat will be in the 60s for half moon bay and pacifica, but across the city today it's sunny. it's warm in the sunset. the richmond will be in the mid 70s, upper 70s downtown in the financial district, south city going to 83 degrees, the north bay. it is hot. 80, 90, 98. in santa rosa will go to 95. in napa. sausalito, a warm high of 84. the east bay. it's hot today. 86. in oakland, 87, fremont 88. castro valley and then inland. we're in the 90s, if not 100 for fairfield, brentwood. this is the area we're watching for those major heat risks later on today. so certainly stay hydrated. tips to beat the heat. wear lightweight clothing. you want to take those breaks in the shade. if you can
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just know the signs of heat illness like heat exhaustion and heat stroke and a big one, please don't leave people or pets inside cars the inside of a car. it really heats up fast. so the accuweather seven day forecast. we have that heat alert today with that summerlike sizzle continuing tomorrow. we'll see that heat really relieve us by friday and then the weekend. very comfortable with temperatures closer to average for this time of the year. guys >> thanks, drew. now we're checking in with ginger zee who is live with what's coming up on gma. >> good morning ginger. >> hey reggie kumasi nice to be with you both this morning. so it's a tuesday. we'll start with the latest on president biden expected to sign an executive order on immigration. the details and the reaction to that this morning. also we're going to tell you about the family that says that they were scammed out of their dream cruise vacation, all from a social media post. plus, the points guy is here with what you can do to help save on your summer travel. because believe it or not, a new report predicts that airfare is going to go up again. and then lara is live in france, in normandy, with the incredible stories of some of the brave men
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and women who helped us win world war two. as we mark 80 years since d-day, we went behind the scenes with selena gomez, steve martin and martin short all about the new season of only murders in the building. deborah roberts got that one and we'll have a lot more right here on gma. >> i still haven't seen it. i'm like the i know i'm the only person. wait, have you seen it? >> no i haven't seen you haven't. >> we can watch it together. >> i watched the first season but i haven't like caught up. so i have to do that. >> i need to get into it. i also love the bear and i'm really excited about that new season. and please, please let us know in advance when those cast members are coming in because i adore them, i will. >> i'll have to make sure to look it up before they get here. you could take a quick flight. >> also, i feel like i feel bad for making you talk even. >> that's what i'm saying. i'm going to wrap this up now so you can go like get your t friend and whatever you need to do. >> what's happening? honestly, i don't know. i thought it was an allergy attack on sunday and now it's all in my head. and i woke
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up in the middle of the night because i took sudafed, thought i was having a stroke. no. it's good, everything's fine. >> everything is just fine. >> doesn't even hurt. it's just like, oh, good. it's like coming out of my head the way you're supposed to sing. i don't know, got it? >> whoa. yeah, i don't know. i'm doing a vocal exercise. >> ginger, i hope that your voe recovers. by the time we see for my copd, i had bad days. [cough] flare-ups that could permanently damage my lungs. with breztri, things changed for me. breztri gave me better breathing. starting within 5 minutes, i noticed my lung function improved. it helped improve my symptoms, and breztri was even proven to reduce flare-ups, including those that could send me to the hospital. so now i look forward to more good days. breztri won't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden breathing problems. it is not for asthma. tell your doctor if you have a heart condition or high blood pressure before taking it. don't take breztri more than prescribed.
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international air transport association says we should expect to see airline ticket prices go up. here's a live look at sfo. the group issued the warning at their annual meeting this week, and they're blaming a few things for this impending price hike. they say inflation and high fuel prices are partly to blame. another factor limited supply of sustainable aviation fuel. there's also still a backlog of planes orders from the pandemic, which has prevented some airlines from expanding routes. now globally, airline revenue is expected to reach record highs this year. the most expensive cow in the world is making its mark in south america. hopefully it will change the future of brazilian beef production. so this white cow is worth $4.3 million, according to the guinness book of world records. she is
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monitored 24 hours a day by security cameras, as a vet and an armed guard. she's considered the prototype for a meatier cow that ranchers hope to clone in order to increase beef production. in brazil. all right . that was a lot. we celebrating pride here at abc seven. and if you want to celebrate with us, here are some local bay area events. you can check out this weekend. saturday, june 7th. get ready for the sf pride kickoff party starts at 6 p.m. at the tenderloin museum. the tickets are $25. then on sunday, hundreds of people will gather on twin peaks to participate in the pink triangle commemoration ceremony. and then next week, on june 15th, the giants are hosting pride day at oracle park. first pitch against the angels is at 105, and of course it is not pride in san francisco
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without the official pride flag raising at city hall. mayor london breed, state senator scott wiener and others were there for this annual event. it was yesterday morning, the pride flag raising at the mayor's balcony has been a city hall tradition since 1988, and this month, this month marks san francisco's 54th annual pride celebration. now, here at abc seven, we have pride every day of the year, but especially during the month of june. our coverage continues all month long. it culminates with the 54th annual san francisco pride parade, which is sunday, june 30th. you can watch it wherever you stream live on abc seven next at 630. the potential breakthrough in the fight against skin cancer. two companies say their vaccine improves survival rates for melanoma patients. then vindication for the man caught driving during his zoom court date last week. what the court
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now at 630. heat advisory. get ready for those hotter temperatures across the bay area today. some areas could see record highs. druze. of course, tracking those conditions where you live. >> then president biden set to
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unveil a new border plan today. republicans are already criticizing its timing and the bear, who put on quite a show for those at a safari park, not the pole. >> oh, work. >> i mean, it is pride month. what? let this bear live. >> good morning everybody. it is tuesday, june 4th. >> oh, man. >> you know, i do know you know what? they're working smarter, not harder, you know. thank you that it's to scratch and they did it this morning. it's all about the heat this afternoon. here's our heat alerts the first heat advisory of the year. so we do have some hot temperatures coming our way. and you know, the first heat wave of the year it's always the hardest on our bodies. not quite used to this type of heat quite yet, but we will need to take it easy with lots of water and finding ways to get in that cooler weather over the next couple of days. live. look from our sutro tower camera. we have clear skies across the entire region. you can see it's quite different compared to the cloudy start we had yesterday. so temperatures
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right now is get you going. we're in the 50s so it's mild out there. but these temperatures will rapidly rise over the next couple of hours. so the coast of course the place to get some heat relief will have a lot of sunshine, mild temperatures in the mid 60s. it's a lot warmer around the bay shoreline. full sunshine warms us into the 70s by 11 a.m, and then by 4 p.m. this afternoon, we'll go into the upper 80s and lower 90s, even hotter inland, where we do have a moderate to major heat risk this afternoon with highs in the upper 90s. i think a few areas inland will see their first 100 degree days of the year. that's a look at the forecast. let's see how the roads are doing with amanda. good morning. >> good morning drew. we're going to start off with a live look from our richmond cam. you can see that it is slow moving for people trying to make their way onto the richmond-san rafael bridge. expect brake lights from a richmond parkway and then we want to keep our eyes on this hit and run crash in concord. it is in the right lane and is causing delays from concord avenue with speeds down to 16mph. reggie we are updating breaking news that we've been tracking out of vallejo. >> firefighters have been
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working to put out this two alarm house fire. flames broke out on alameda street earlier this morning. the vallejo fire department shared these photos of the home just before 5 a.m. it's unclear what caused the fire or if anyone here was hurt this morning. >> we're still seeing smoke at the site of a large fire at an affordable housing site near redwood city, and at one point, this was an eight alarm fire. abc seven news reporter gloria rodriguez joining us there live. and, gloria, what's going on with people who live in that area? >> you know, thankfully, the folks who live in the nearby area who were evacuated from their homes yesterday were able to return home yesterday. so that is the good news. this morning. here we are still smelling the smoke there also fire crews out here putting out hot spots. you can see behind me just the aftermath of that fire and that blaze. the fire still smoldering. right now it is out. but again, they're continuing to put out those hot spots this morning. now the affordable housing project went up in
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flames yesterday morning. fire officials say dozens of construction workers safely evacuated the six story building off middlefield road in redwood city. this project was a decade in the making, slated to have 179 units, a child care center and more. it was a joint effort by the san mateo county, also mercy housing, when residents saw the fire from his backyard, renee salas and his family had to evacuate from surrounding homes. he waited all day to return in and it was blowing towards the houses where we lived. >> and then my heart really started pounding. i mean, i my heartbeat was very, very fast. i've been hanging out here for since ten inches the morning >> our neighbors were allowed back home last night. fire officials say no injuries were reported and no other structures were damaged. and back here live, you can see one of the fire trucks back here this
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morning. we have seen fire crews going through that building. what's left of it, through the debris and putting out those hot spots today. and we're hoping to get more information about what might have been the cause of the fire. so we will hopefully be in touch with fire officials today about that. live in redwood city. gloria rodriguez abc seven news. thanks, gloria. >> efforts are underway to reduce fire risk as we head into summer p-g-and-e's looking at fresh data from the wind event over the weekend and interactive map shows the moment the corral fire started in tracy. winds were strong saturday, and they quickly fanned the flames. >> it took the first fire guard perimeter that started and ran a simulation from there, and you can then see in time as we animate through the time steps where we were, you know, an hour from there, two hours from there . >> p-g-and-e's sends that data to crews that help preserve power lines during a fire. despite the strong wind p-g-and-e's did not issue a public safety power shut off. they say it needs to be an unusual wind event for that to
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happen, and the weekend conditions did not meet that criteria. >> as california struggles with the ongoing effects of wildfires, researchers at stanford are working to understand long term threats, including those to our health. a multiyear study out of stanford looked at soils in forest areas that have been slow to recover from recent wildfires. although early research has pointed to drought, experts found toxic concentrations of chemicals in the soil, they say this could be slowing regrowth. now, the team is working to learn how far the toxic particles may be able to travel. >> as an example, the canadian wildfire were bringing smoke down into new york, into washington, d.c. and throughout the eastern seaboard. our current modeling shows that those would all have been bringing these same toxic metals into those populations a thousand miles or more away. >> the researchers will be working through the current wildfire season, trying to develop threat models. all of this is an effort to keep everyone safer from toxic
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exposure. in this era of climate change and increasingly intense wildfires. >> new details about a hit and run that seriously hurt a mother and daughter setting up for the sunday farmers market in walnut creek. a 33 year old man from vallejo has been arrested. officers say they found the suspect in a damaged vehicle after making a traffic stop nearby on buskirk avenue. he is facing charges for dui and the hit and run vendors and business owners are really upset about this. >> it was bad and it's just, i hope that it doesn't impact the farmers market as far as whether it stays or goes, the foot traffic, the vibe. >> awesome. it gets a lot of activity. >> this morning, both the mother and the daughter are in critical condition. as for the farmers market, we don't know if it will be open this weekend. just terrible. >> this morning, president biden is expected to announce a new plan to secure the border. we first told you about this yesterday on abc seven mornings.
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sources say his new executive order would set a limit on the number of migrants allowed to cross every day. amanda is at the live desk with the support and the opposition. amanda kumasi. >> president biden is expected to announce that new immigration policy, similar to the bipartisan deal that has been stuck in congressional gridlock. now, sources say the executive order would set a limit of 2500 daily migrant encounters at u.s. ports of entry before turning away asylum seekers. now, the move would have an immediate effect, since migrant crossings right now average 3500 per day. but the president faces criticism on the timing of this executive action. five months ahead of the presidential election, some democrats accused the administration of giving in to republican pressure, and some republicans call it, quote, too little, too late. >> this is a very desperate man, trying to, divert, i guess what is in my mind an irredeemable
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problem. and that is that he created a crisis at the border. >> congressional republicans, at the direction of former president trump, have repeatedly blocked a bipartisan border security deal endorsed by the border patrol union. and a former trump era immigration executive. order is still held up in the courts, a source tells abc news. the executive order will include an exception for children. back to you, reggie. >> thanks, amanda. many gathered in san francisco last night to mark 35 years since a bloody day in china's history. on the night of june 3rd, 1989, china's military began a brutal military crackdown on pro-democracy protests in beijing's tiananmen square. groups held a candlelight vigil in chinatown's portsmouth square to honor the hundreds, or perhaps even thousands, who were killed. we still don't know an exact number, attendees told us. it was an emotional night, remembering the results of that dark chapter, the walls we can have today, and even the freedom we have today is, you know, on their course. >> so i'm here to memorize them.
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also, cherish my own, you know, liberty. >> speaker emerita nancy pelosi shared a statement on the anniversary and called out china's continued human rights abuses. she says in part, quote, beijing's tanks and troops may have crushed the demonstration 35 years ago, but they could not silence the demands for dignity and democracy that have echoed ever since. today and every day, we pay tribute to the heroes of the tiananmen square protests, and we will never allow their dreams of a fairer, freer china to be forgotten. this morning we have a big update on a video that went viral last week. you probably remember it. it's the michigan man who was driving when he appeared on zoom for a court hearing. >> so at the time, the judge thought that his license was suspended. >> mr. harris, are you driving? >> i'm ashley, i'm pulling into my doctor's office, actually. so so i'll just give me one second. >> okay, so maybe i don't understand something. this is a driving license. suspended.
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>> that is correct, your honor, and he was just driving and he didn't have a license. >> well, it turns out there was a reason why mr. harris was so shocked by what happened. he really had no idea his license was suspended because it shouldn't have been. according to usa today, a judge had rescinded the suspension in 2022, and a clerical error meant the order never made its way through the whole court system. so that's why the judge in this latest case thought that his license was still suspended. and get this, mr. harris had to spend two days in jail before everything got cleared up. well, do we as a nation need to apologize, need to give this man an apology? because the way i think so the way we treated him and laughed at him, i mean, i even saw a t shirt made. there
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was a t shirt. >> i saw a t shirt made. >> collectively, we should apologize. should we apologize in three seconds? >> three. two. one. i'm sorry, mr. harris. we're sorry to you. >> and i'm sorry you had to spend two days in jail. >> that seems really wrong. it's one thing to be humiliated in front of the country. it's another thing to actually be in jail. >> looking at people, laughing at you. >> still to come, the soda brand that just passed pepsi as the second most popular in america, and a look at the big board live right now at the new york stock exchange down right now by about 50 points. >> another update on the markets next, then a near fatal mix up. >> a woman is sent to a funeral home. she starts breathing. how it all happened. first, here's drew. >> let's say hello to san jose at 642 this morning. it is sunny out there right now. we have full sunshine across the entire bay area. temperature in san jose at 58 degrees with a pretty
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light breeze right now. taking a look at highs versus average today in the first column. this is where we will go this afternoon. the second column we typically stay in the 70s for daytime highs. we're well above that today by about 10 to 20 degrees in most areas. and some cities like livermore, santa rosa likely approaching 100 later on this afternoon. so today's forecast inland it's full sunshine. we are going to warm very rapidly mid 90s already by lunchtime and then upper 90s to 100 degrees by 5 p.m. around the bay shoreline. get ready for a warm to hot day well into the 80s if not low 90s. and along the coast, that's the place. get a little bit of heat relief. we'll stay in the 60s, but we will have full sunshine down there. so a heat advisory kicks in. today will last through thursday. we'll hit 100 in fairfield, 99, in antioch , 86, in oakland. today it's hot in san jose at 91. it's warm in the city at 7898. in santa rosa, napa, up to 95 degrees. your weather, wellness, both air quality and pollen levels are
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moderate. your uv index a ten out of 11 that is very high.
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space improvements project. it comes after a family of four was killed in a crash in march at yolo street and lennox way. some residents in the area want the city to revise the intersection because they say it can be confusing for drivers. a group of other residents and merchants have opposed the plan, worry it will hurt business. the 78 year old driver in that crash is not facing charges right now. >> some promising news in the fight against skin cancer, a new study finds moderna and merck's vaccine combined with cancer therapy keytruda, will improve survival, researchers say. melanoma patients who got the combination had a survival rate of 96, compared with 90% with keytruda alone. researchers say. the next step is to refine who gets what immunotherapy before surgery, because some people will need that combo and others will not. >> an investigation underway this morning into a strange and upsetting mistake that ended up sending a 74 year old woman to a funeral home, authorities in
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lincoln, nebraska, say yesterday morning the woman was mistaken, declared dead at a nursing home, a doctor signed her death certificate and she was sent to a funeral home. about two hours later, workers discovered she was still breathing. >> i've been doing this 31 years and nothing like this has ever gotten to this point before. i'm sure they'll look at, see if new protocols need to be made, or if they were all followed. >> i just you got to feel for this family. i mean, and the woman, of course, as of yesterday afternoon, she was still alive because she was in hospice care and her death is anticipated. no criminal charges are expected to be filed. >> new at six a popular soda brand, poppy, is facing a class action lawsuit. poppy markets is drinks as good for your markets as drinks as good for your health, your gut health. but a lawsuit filed last week by a san francisco woman claims there are not enough prebiotic in the drink to really make a
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difference. the company calls a lawsuit baseless and says it will vigorously defend against these allegations. >> now it's your morning money report. coke or pepsi? there's a new top soda in the ranks. doctor pepper has surpassed pepsi and is now the second most popular soda in the us. whoa. coca cola is still king, but pepsi has been kicked out from that runner up slot to third place, according to beverage digest. doctor pepper sales have recently climbed, while pepsi's have dropped. doctor pepper debuted in 1885, by the way, before coke and pepsi. so here comes, you know, uncle watch this. taking a live look at the new york stock exchange. as trading gets underway this morning, you can see that we are slightly up by about 15 points. the oakland ballers are hosting their first ever home opener tonight. >> the ballers will call raymond park home. and fans have been volunteering to help clean it up and get ready for today. the
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team is part of the pioneer baseball league, which is affiliated with the mlb. first pitch 635. >> some kids got a kick out of seeing a bear doing some serious scratching at a wildlife park. he says it wiget. >> hey, hey, that bear said, oh, i wanted my bag. >> maybe he's doing a dance. >> he's waving. >> there. mom shared this video saying her kids thought the bear was dancing. and we can't say that it's not dancing. they spotted the animal rubbing its back against a pole. this is at bear country usa and rapid city, south dakota. she said her family got quite the laugh. she shared the video on tiktok, saying work it sis, now work it sis. >> well, honestly work it sis. >> i mean, for real. i mean, have you ever. i mean, i've been guilty of this. like backing into the corner of a table to like, get that scratch you just can't reach. >> sir, you haven't? no, sir. this is a grocery store. >> listen, i had i had a i had an itch to scratch. i couldn't,
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you know, couldn't reach it. >> i just the visual in my head of you doing this in public really sending me. >> i mean, where was this, this is at home. this is the. >> okay. okay, okay. >> this is the kitchen table. but i was like, i need an edge. and i was like, oh, here we go. >> as long as it wasn't like a mcdonald's playland, you know? because then honestly, call the police at the edge of the slide. >> i'm like, yeah, but that sharp plastic is really it's really doing it, getting me going. >> here's for 39 this morning. hello sea lions, you are awake as they jump into the bay water. it is going to be a day where we have hot temperatures. our first heat advisories of the year are kicking in. we do have a moderate to major risk of heat today. the moderate risk is all these areas shaded in orange. now the major heat risk is those shaded in red. that's a huge portion of solano county, basically highway four, as you work your way through contra costa county, the valleys of sonoma and napa county, these are the areas that will not only get into the 90s, probably
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hitting close to 100 later on this afternoon. so you want to take it easy out there. the first really hot day of the year is pretty tough on our bodies. 80s and 90s in the south bay for daytime highs, going to 91 in san jose along the peninsula will hit 89 in redwood city, 86 in los altos, 88 the high in san mateo across the city today, it is warm. it is also sunny 78in the financial district. still warm as you head towards the sunset and richmond districts. in the mid 70s, 83 though for south san francisco in the north bay it is hot today. 98 santa rosa 92, in novato, 96, in vallejo, napa up to 95 san rafael. it's hot today at 90 degrees the east bay. it is a hot one as well. 86 for oakland. we'll go to 88. in orinda, 87 the high in fremont and then inland. this is one of the areas that has the major heat risk. this afternoon, 97 in concord. we'll go to 100 in brentwood, the same in fairfield. those would be the first 100 degree afternoons of the year. so ways to beat the heat. i know they're not always in the back of your head, but just think about these things throughout the next
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couple of days. make sure you're hydrated, take breaks in the shade if you have to be outside and never leave. people or pets inside cars. the inside of a car heats up very fast. overnight it's going to be mild. we're staying in the 50s and 60s heading into wednesday. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast heat alert today. with that summerlike sizzle continuing tomorrow, relief really arrives here on friday and that will lead to a comfortable weekend on the way as our fog returns saturday morning for brighter skies on sunday, guys. >> thank you jude. doctor martin luther king junior's dream of equality and acceptance lives on in a new mural unveiled in richmond, his great niece, celeste beale, attended the unveiling yesterday alongside graduating sixth grade students at doctor martin luther king junior elementary school. beale is a nonviolence trainer at the king center in atlanta, and shared inspiring words with students. >> your dreams are what is needed in the future. i want to continue to see all this energy, all these beautiful, smiling faces that we have that brings
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joy, that brings light into the world. >> this new mural was funded by a grant from the city of richmond and created by deontay allen, a third generation king elementary alumnus. >> this morning on gma, a very special trip to commemorate the 80th anniversary of d-day. gma is going along as a group of brave men and women from world war two travel to normandy. one of them is from pinole. she is one of the 6 million women called rosie the riveter. she left nursing school to become a welder in a shipyard to help the war effort. >> as far as uh- coming here, i found that when i went to pearl harbor, i understood things that i never understood before. and i think perhaps that will happen here. >> what an opportunity. lara spencer will have much more with these heroes. live from normandy, coming up on good morning america, beginning at 7 a.m. >> up next is seven things you
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our heat advisory kicks in today. this will last through thursday. we are tracking our first heat wave of the year. it is sunny out there from our east bay hills. camera. we have a mild morning out there but we are going to warm very fast. our heat advisory is with us this afternoon. you can see temperatures inland approaching 100 degrees 80s low 90s around the bay shoreline. the coast. the place to beat the heat will stay in the 60s for most of our coastal communities. so highs about 10 to 20 degrees above average. later on this afternoon . >> number two, we are still seeing smoke from a massive eight alarm fire on the peninsula. it broke out almost 24 hours ago, destroying an affordable housing complex under construction in north fair oaks, near redwood city. >> number three firefighters have made significant progress on the corral fire in tracy. it's burned more than 14,000 acres. it is now 85% contained. it hasn't grown since sunday and all evacuations have been lifted
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. >> number four this morning, president biden expected to announce a new plan to secure the border. sources say his new executive order would set a limit on the number of migrants allowed to cross every day. >> number five tonight, the oakland ballers host their first ever home opener, first pitch at 635 at raymond field, and number six, a crash to tell you about in fairfield. >> this is westbound 80. before 680, a big rig crash is blocking the right lane. chp is on scene and traffic is backed up to travis boulevard. >> number seven, if you like pickles drew you might like the new flavor of goldfish. so the company is coming out with spicy. you also like spicy french spicy dill pickles, saying it's the perfect balance of tangy dill pickle with the spicy kick of red chili peppers, you can get it for a limited time starting this month. >> okay, i kind of wish it was just the dill pickle. >> yeah, it's too much. >> i don't think i need a spice.
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spicy. do you ever have that, like, pickle flavored popcorn? >> i haven't had that. >> that's good. get into it. pickle chips. >> pickle chips, pickle chips. >> delicious. >> you know, i'm getting into this flavor profile. >> i love this for you. >> vinegar. you like salt and vinegar? >> salt and vinegar. but i want to try. i love a good goldfish. >> same. i'll try this. >> okay, well, have a good day, everyone. >> stay cool >> michael: good morning america for our viewers in the west. president biden set to take action on the border. the president set to take his most aggressive action on immigration after donald trump urged republicans to kill a bipartisan deal. it would give biden the power to shut down the border for asylum seekers. and the reaction to the key elti

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