>> i'm kristen sze and i'm larry beil. thanks for joining us. laffin was visiting the area for the california firefighters summer games. >> as abc seven news reporter lena howland learned his family has deep ties to the firefighting community. >> oakland firefighters honoring a fallen colleague on thursday morning, hanging a relief banner outside fire station three. >> we're all devastated, you know there is no other way to take it. >> oakland fire chief damon covington says 25 year old caden laffin died in what appears to be a drowning incident in san diego. he was there for the california firefighter summer games with several other oakland firefighters. police say they responded to a report of a lost swimmer at pacific beach near crystal pier around two in the morning. they searched the area and about two hours later, caden's body washed up. >> caden was a rising star, very sharp individual. we had big plans for him, for his future. so it's extremely tragic. >> his family is deeply embedded in the oakland fire department. his father was oakland's

assistant fire chief, sean laffin, the 42 year old died of a heart attack in the line of duty back in 2020. >> caden wanted to follow in his footsteps. caden, brothers cooper is in our recruit academy currently and his mother, sabrina is one of our peer support outreach specialists. they've suffered such great loss. you know, it's almost incomprehensible how much loss you can really suffer and still remain standing. >> the oakland firefighters union are keeping their hearts and doors open at their office on 15th street, making peer support. outreach specialists available to any member of the firefighting family. this after many of his colleagues learned of his passing while fighting a warehouse fire overnight. >> we're certainly not going to try and figure it out on our own. we're going to lean on each other the love for caden, echoed by administrators from christian brothers high school in sacramento. >> he graduated there in 2017 and was a star athlete, playing both football and baseball. >> my heart breaks for his amazing family, kristen mccarthy

got to know him while working in admissions at christian brothers. our school motto is enter to learn, leave to serve, and i think if there was ever, you know, a young man who was destined to serve, it's caden. >> meanwhile, chief covington says he will be traveling to san diego to help bring caden home in oakland. lena howland abc seven news. >> stay with abc seven news as we continue to follow this tragic story, we will let you know about plans to honor caden laffin once he is brought home. >> tense moments caught on camera at a south bay bookstore was the site of a drag queen story time that was all set to start until there was a bomb threat. abc seven news south bay reporter zach fuentes has more on what the storytime organizers say they did and will continue to do. persevering against hate. we have to be safe. >> and so if someone calls upon that, it's a no deal. it breaks everything i know, i know.

>> emotional moments caught on camera at books inc. in campbell, wednesday by silicon valley pride, the organization gave abc seven this video that was initially meant to show behind the scenes moments of their annual drag queen story, time. as the pride was hosting the event for a third year when bookstore management received an emailed bomb threat. >> they just got email about a bomb threat. so now we are here waiting to see what we're going to do. hopefully, god willing, everything's going to be fine. but you know, people are crazy. >> as for pride, the bookstore and campbell police made the quick call to not take any chances. you don't have anything tangible to be like, yeah, it's 100% fine. >> so it's your safety is more important than me reading a story this time. >> the threat was found to be not credible, but the event and location have been a target before. two years ago, protesters went to a storytime heckling the host, though sf pride said it partners with others for extra security, it says it can't let hate stop its work. >> we're teaching the kids in terms of promoting how to read and also how to accept

everybody, regardless of their gender identity or gender expression. >> the campbell police department confirmed with abc seven that officers responded to a report of a bomb threat wednesday and evacuated books, inc. and nearby locations. k-9s canvased the area and determined that it was safe for everyone to return. and that's just what they did. >> the show must go on per se, and we were just happy that that we were able to not cancel the event and still promote a drag queen. story time campbell police tell us the details of the threat itself and the incident are still under investigation. >> but in a statement, books inc. said in part, we are incredibly grateful and appreciative of the campbell community and silicon valley pride who enabled us to enjoy a wonderful storytime, complete with sing alongs and sunshine in the face of a threatening email that we have determined was thankfully not credible. as the pride said, this was just one of many events it's proud to host leading up to silicon valley pride in august. we're here to stay in the south bay. zach fuentes, abc seven news, san francisco authorities say there are no known threats ahead of

this weekend's pride parade and events. >> chief william scott briefed the media today, telling reporters his department will be a full deployment all weekend. he's urging everyone attending the parade or weekend events, though, to be vigilant. >> we had a lot of incidents in our country over the last few years, a lot of hateful incidents, and this year is no exception. and the best defense against that is vigilance, the best defense against those type of incidents is communication. if you see something, call the police, say something. if you see something. >> he also says event goers should be mindful about their possessions, saying wallets, purses and cell phones are easy targets for thieves. and of course, officials are urging everyone to take public transportation. >> speaking of which, transit agencies are offering extra services on sunday for the parade. bart will open at 8 a.m. and will have trains running through downtown san francisco every five minutes. caltrain will operate special event trains departing san jose's

diridon station starting at 8:10 a.m, and sf bay ferry will also have extra service. the first vallejo ferry departs at 8:15 a.m. the first oakland alameda ferry departs at 8:30 a.m. as san francisco gets ready to roll out the rainbow carpet to the world. >> pride organizers joined lgbtq activists at today's human rights summit. there were celebrations as well as important conversations about pivotal issues facing the community. abc seven news reporter cornell bernard is just back from the summit. he joins us now with more. hey, cornell. >> yeah. hey, kristen, the countdown is on to one of the largest pride celebrations in the nation on the eve of the event, a summit hosted in san francisco about the state of pride and countering anti lgbtq legislation. san francisco is ready to party and show its pride as only this city can. >> i think it's more important than ever. >> san francisco pride executive director suzanne ford says upwards of a million spectators will be at sunday's pride parade. it's a time to celebrate

and remember the fight for rights and equality is far from over. >> a lot of places in the world, we are under fire right now and people are trying to keep what we gained, and i think we've lost a little ground. but i think we're awake now. >> how you want to be seen here. >> the state of pride was the topic of this second annual human rights summit at the commonwealth club. abc seven is the official media sponsor. >> so the state of pride, you know, is very complicated. question and answer. i think we do need to recognize our roots and our history and remember why we do it, but also we can celebrate and part of that celebration is radical joy. >> there was deep conversations about racial justice and the fight against anti-trans legislation. >> everything is under attack right now. our health care, our art forms, our history. >> i can tell you that the same issues that i went through when i was 18, at the same issues that young people are going through today, bamby salcedo says that includes violence nationally, 17 transgender people died this year due to

violence. >> in california. there were 76 hate crime events between 2022 and 2023. >> our theme this year is beacon of love. we see the hate that is being spewed across our nation, and we are going to counter that hate with love. >> suzanne ford is looking forward to pride sunday, a chance to be out and be visible. >> i will find families that have trans flags and they often have trans children, and i'd love to go over to the trans kids and tell them i see them now. >> pride organizers say this year there will be 225 parade entries with 50,000 people taking part. activists and allies say they'll be there on sunday. cornell bernard, abc seven news. >> thank you cornell again. abc seven is the official station for the san francisco pride parade. our coverage kicks off sunday at ten. the parade starts at 1030 and will still be led by dikes on bikes. see it wherever you watch abc7 our. >> new developments now as uc berkeley says it will expand

anti-semitism education for the fall semester. the new requirement will be for all incoming students, leaders of student groups and residential assistants. university officials say the school will fund its anti-semitism education initiative for at least five years, and that change comes as cal faces intense scrutiny for its handling of acts of hostility toward jewish students. since october, when the war between israel and hamas began. >> a high school principal in napa county now faces charges for not reporting alleged sexual misconduct involving a teacher and student. abc seven news reporter suzanne phan has the story. >> at american canyon high school, school is out for the summer. principal andrew goff is on administrative leave. the napa county da's office just announced thursday it's charged the principal with failing to immediately report suspected child abuse involving a staff member, former teacher and track and field coach brad rowell is behind bars at napa county jail in april, raoul was charged with 25 felony counts. according to court documents, those included

lewd acts upon a child, unlawful sexual intercourse, oral copulation of a person under 18, and possession of photos and videos depicting a minor in sexual conduct. raoul pleaded not guilty following a district wide community meeting in april. we heard from concerned parents, this is such a tight knit community. >> we have great parents, we have great students and it just shouldn't have happened. >> as for the principal, as an employee of napa unified school district, principal goff is a mandated reporter. he's required to report any information about suspected sex crimes to law enforcement and child welfare services. the da's office says goff failed as a mandated reporter to report child abuse or neglect. that's considered a misdemeanor if convicted, goff could face up to six months in county jail and or a fine of $1,000. the deputy d.a. released this statement saying, quote, the point of mandated reporter laws is to ensure that the most vulnerable among us who may have difficulty finding the courage or the resources to ask for

help, are given support. in response, the superintendent of napa unified school district said, quote, the napa valley unified school district has a long standing commitment to training staff on and adhering strictly to mandated reporting laws. this is non-negotiable, keeping our students and staff members safe is our priority, principal goff is scheduled to go before a judge to answer to the charge on july 11th in napa county. suzanne phan abc seven news. >> coming up on abc seven news at four. we're just over an hour away from tonight's presidential debate. as you can see from the countdown clock in the lower right hand portion of your screen, what we can expect and the new mute button that will be in effect. >> plus, the nfl ordered to pay billions in its sunday ticket class action lawsuit. >> and we're learning about the details of the public memorial to celebrate giants legend willie mays. details when abc seven news at four continues. >> i'm meteorologist sandhya patel. i hope you're enjoying the temperatures in the comfort zone, because we are about to experience much warmer weather.

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between a sitting president and a former president. but even though these two shared a debate, stage four years ago, they have never done so quite like this. today, president joe biden and former president donald trump are bringing the heat to this late june debate stage in atlanta, the earliest ever in a campaign season. after arriving in atlanta this afternoon, the president greeting crowds of chanting supporters who had gathered pre-debate to prepare. president biden has spent the past several days hunkered down at camp david, holding mock debates with senior advisers. former president trump has held more than a dozen policy sessions with advisers and allies, but publicly downplays his approach. >> i think i've been preparing for it for my whole life. if you want to know the truth, i'm not sure you can lock yourself into a room for two weeks or one week or two days and really learn what you have to know. >> tonight's 90 minute debate will be unlike any other. candidates will stand eight feet apart with no studio audience. the candidates microphones will only be turned on when it's their turn to speak, muted when it's not. cnn today

demonstrating how that will work. >> he's going to interrupt me as i'm speaking and this is what it will sound like. my volume remains constant. while phil's interruption can be difficult to understand, the goal of that microphone silencing is to avoid chaotic shouting matches like this four years ago. >> the question is, the question is justice radical left still up for grabs? >> the opportunity to win over millions of voters who say they don't like their choices? a new fivethirtyeight ipsos poll asked who people would consider voting for, meaning they could choose more than one candidate. >> they don't get above 45, either one of them. i'm struck by the number, though, for bobby kennedy jr, that's almost 1 in 5 voters who say they may consider voting for the third party candidate, even though he's not on the stage tonight. >> polling has been consistent when it comes to the top issues, so topics you can expect them to dive into tonight are the economy, immigration, political extremism and abortion rights. trump has pulled stronger in the top two categories. biden has the edge in the next two. christiane cordero abc news,

atlanta. >> and once again, you can watch the presidential debate right here on abc seven tonight. our coverage starts at five. the cnn presidential debate begins at six. >> the national transportation safety board reprimanded boeing today for releasing details of an ongoing investigation to the media. the agency says it will sanction the company following this tour of its 737 max jet factory in washington this week, boeing revealed that the team that was supposed to reinstall the bolts on the door plug involved in the alaska air blowout in january didn't get the paperwork to actually do the job. the company has apologized, saying it held the briefing to try to take responsibility and to be transparent. >> all right, let's get a check of the forecast. heading into the weekend. looks pretty mild. pretty nice. >> yeah. still a little on the breezy side today i think sandy out for this time of year. yeah. >> it's typical around here to see the breezy conditions larry and kristen, it is going to be beautiful for the weekend. let

me show you a live picture right now from our santa cruz camera, where we are seeing plenty of blue skies and people have hit the beach to enjoy summertime in santa cruz. all right, compared to 24 hours ago, temperatures are running a few degrees higher. six degrees in santa rosa, up five in livermore, up two in san jose. we look at live doppler seven and there are a few high, thin, wispy clouds. but that's about it. we are monitoring an excessive heat watch that is going to be going up for much of the central valley beginning monday morning, running until thursday evening. and that's because we are expecting a heat wave to come our way. no heat wave to speak of right now. just a lovely day from our pier 39 camera. you can see the sun is shining 62 in the city. it's in the upper 60s. oakland, hayward, san jose. you're at 78 and 57 right now in half moon bay from our oakland airport. camera. you can see clear skies at this hour. 87 in santa rosa, 89 in fairfield. but you're in the 70s from petaluma to napa, 88 in concord and 85 in livermore. as we look from our walnut creek camera. nothing but

sunshine tomorrow morning. fog. it's warmer afternoon away from the coast. pride weekend. we're expecting our seasonal summertime pattern. and for next week, heat wave is coming. so be prepared, but don't need to worry about a heat wave for the pride parade on sunday, 10:00 in the morning. there will be some fog around temperatures in the low 60s. the sun breaks through at noon time. you're going to notice the numbers coming up into the upper 60s to the low 70s. nice and mild and sunny at 2:00, and it's going to be a breezy afternoon into the mid 60s. so looking good for the pride parade and festivities as we go. hour by hour tonight, as some areas of fog along the coast, you will notice as we head towards tomorrow morning, the fog fills in along the coast and pushes in across the bay a little bit. as we head into the afternoon, there will be a little bit of fog and into the evening, hanging around near the beaches for the rest of you, it's a lot of sun and a nice looking end to the workweek. temperatures will be in the 50s and 60s first thing tomorrow morning. tomorrow afternoon in

the south bay. here's what it's going to look like 83 in san jose, 82 in gilroy, 79 in milpitas on the peninsula, 72 in san mateo, upper 50s to low 60s coast side, downtown san francisco, 67 degrees daly city. you're used to the fog. there will be some around 62 degrees. and in the north bay, 90 in santa rosa, 84 degrees in san rafael, 83 in napa, a nice day in the east bay, 73 oakland 80 castro valley. head inland and it's going to be warm. 89 in concord 91 for you in antioch. the accuweather seven day forecast upper 50s to low 60s along the coast. we'll look at low to mid 90s through the weekend in our inland areas. and as we turn the page over to a new month, we bring in the heat, triple digit heat expected much of next week, which includes the 4th of july. so kristen and larry be ready. but the good thing is, coast remains in the 60s. >> all right. yeah. thank you very much, sandhya. >> all right. the giants are inviting all fans and friends of the late, great willie mays to a

public celebration of life. it will be held on monday, july 8th at 4 p.m. at oracle park. admission is free. no registration is required either. fans will enter through the willie mays plaza gates on third and king. the giants legend passed away on june 18th at the age prescribed by cardiologists. it was proven superior at helping people stay alive and out of the hospital.

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episodes once again, real life chicago restaurants will be heavily featured in the show. >> reporter val warner from our sister station in chicago, shows us some of the local spots previously featured. >> 25 pounds. no, no, no, i ordered 200 chicago restaurants are front and center in the first two seasons of the bear, with 26 local spots featured in the hulu show from rosa's bakery to pequod's pizza to the michelin starred ever restaurant, we're in two two. >> they have two caviar. >> our city's best eateries have key moments in this emmy award winning program. rosa's, chicago's oldest family owned bakery, was featured in a memorable episode in season one. that's the one where the beef employee marcus, visit the bakery and dreams of becoming a pastry chef. >> i was contacted probably about a month before they were going to shoot. they got here at 4 a.m, didn't disrupt business at all. they had a bunch of

special donuts they wanted me to make to put out in the in the window there. i have seen an increase in business, not so much anymore. maybe but at first when the episode came out, that wasn't clean. >> one of the bear's most celebrated episodes was forks in season two. in that episode, the bear manager richie is sent to work at a three star michelin restaurant modeled after the critically acclaimed fulton market eatery. ever evers co-owner and chef curtis duffy was a key advisor for that episode. >> we were featured. the food, of course, was evers, the plating. all of that was done by myself and the team. they got those scenes from us, from emulating us, because the amount of detail that we put into everything every single day, from the moment we get here to the moment we leave, is very much true to what that storyline is. it's really about the details because all those details add up to the big picture of things that what we do at the restaurant every day.

it's a good pick up for richard pequod's pizza also makes an appearance in forks in that episode, their famous deep dish pizza is recreated as a fine dining item at the michelin starred restaurant. >> it was fine dining pequod's i mean, that's great is that aired people got to see it and they just everybody wanted to try it. it has more people started to travel for spring break and stuff. we noticed, oh, i came here because of the bear management for all three eateries, say the bear scenes in the kitchen are accurate if sometimes over the top we're firing 76 beefs, 34 chickens. >> okay, maybe it doesn't represent who we are every single day with the intensity and the craziness that goes on behind the scenes. >> because not every kitchen operates like this. but they do hit the mark and it is across the board. i've been in kitchens like that. i choose to operate completely differently, but in terms of how they get the entire picture of our industry, absolutely. and they do an incredible job of showcasing

chicago as well. you watch that and you live in the city. it makes you proud to be here again. >> the third season of the bear, now streaming on hulu. >> the oakland city council is still trying to finalize the budget before sunday's deadline. >> plus, the nfl is ordered to pay billions in damages for overcharging for the sunday ticket package. the case actually brought forth by a local bay area bar, and the latest ruling from the supreme court, including on emergency abortions

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pass its budget. >> this is the city faces one of the biggest deficits in its history, and it's complicated by

the fact that the pro's proposed budget is based off of the sale of the oakland coliseum, for which there is no sale date. >> abc7 news reporter anser hassan has the latest in order to close our current deficit in may, oakland mayor shengtao submitted a proposed budget which includes more than $100 million from the sale of the oakland coliseum property. >> then on tuesday, the finance department submitted a revised budget proposal that does not include that money. >> it's technically presented as an alternative, but in reality, we know that it is the only option. >> oakland city council member janani ramachandran says it's fiscally irresponsible for the city council to plan a budget to include the deal, with no sale date in sight. >> investors are going to want to take their time and be wise before they put that much money out here. >> that translates to $63 million in potential budget cuts , mostly to the general fund. a lion's share of the general fund goes to oakland police and fire. cuts may include 100 police jobs by freezing positions, closing four fire stations and some

funding reductions to violence prevention programs. >> unfortunately, because of the time crunch, council's power is really being taken away in this situation. so we don't have we don't have time effectively to go through the budget, ask our questions and propose amendments. >> ramachandran says the forecast is that oakland will face a deficit for the next five years. one issue oakland's general fund is heavily reliant on revenue generated by taxes. ramachandran says higher interest rates means home sales have slowed, which in turn means less revenue for the city. but she also points out that the city hasn't been aggressive in collecting business taxes. >> the city of oakland has missed out on over $50 million of uncollected business license taxes. >> uc berkeley professor dan lindheim is the former oakland city administrator. he says oakland's financial health may not be as dire as the numbers suggest. >> oakland has about 400 other funds, and so the other things are not at difficulty. it's only

the general fund. and. >> he says oakland's leadership, dating back several years, should have been more prudent in spending tax revenues that would offset periods of drops in revenues, such as. now, he points to a major reduction in real estate transfer taxes about $50 million. that would have gone to the general fund. all of a sudden they're hit with this major reduction in revenue. >> and it's just really hard t adjust quickly to that major reduction. >> lindheim adds that bonds and parcel taxes aren't solutions either, because that money doesn't go to the general fund. ramachandran says city council will likely ask for an extension to the june 30th budget deadline in oakland, anser hassan. abc seven news. >> new developments in a long legal battle between the nfl and a san francisco sports bar, the establishment known as the mucky duck, is celebrating after winning a class action lawsuit against the league. it accused them of price fixing in the offering of the sunday ticket

package. the suit covered nearly 2.5 million homes and businesses that bought sunday ticket on direct tv. the groups were awarded $4.7 billion in damages from a jury. the nfl says it will appeal a temporary win for the biden administration in a closely watched abortion case in idaho, the supreme court ruled to allow emergency abortions to happen there. >> for now. abc news reporter kim nguyen has more on what justice ketanji brown jackson wrote about the ruling, and what comes next. >> the u.s. supreme court ruled hospitals in idaho must allow emergency abortions when a woman's health is at risk, despite the state's near-total abortion ban. for now, justices dismissed the case, sending it back to the lower courts, giving the biden administration a temporary win. >> when we look at women's health and standard of care, many times that has to do with at that time what is looking at the health of the mother? what is the detriment? what is the care that's needed in order to preserve their life, but also

the choices that they want to make? >> however, the highly anticipated decision did not rule on the merits of the case. justice ketanji brown jackson, in a scathing dissent, writing today's decision is not a victory for pregnant patients in idaho. it is delay. it comes after the court erroneously uploaded a document wednesday which appeared to reveal this opinion a day early. >> this is a rare slip up. the court rarely makes an error like this. >> also today, in a54 decision, the court temporarily blocked a biden administration environmental regulation aimed at reducing harmful air pollution that blows downwind from one state to another. the supreme court also struck down a bankruptcy settlement plan that would have protected the sackler family, owners of painkiller maker purdue pharma, from further liability over the opioid epidemic. the decision halts about $6 billion in compensation and funding towards victims and treatments of the opioid crisis. there are still six outstanding cases, and the

one that looms. largest justices must decide whether donald trump can claim absolute immunity from prosecution for official acts taken in office. and when abc news, washington. >> another major ruling that we're waiting on could impact how cities and states deal with the homeless crisis. the justices will decide if it's unconstitutional for a city to prohibit homeless people from sleeping in public when there are no shelters available. this case is based on a law in grants pass, oregon. one more note the court took the extraordinary step today of scheduling an extra opinion day for this monday. court sessions begin in october. usually they end in late june. >> people living near the site of last night's warehouse fire in west oakland are being told to still keep their windows closed. more than 20 hours after the blaze broke out. the fire started just after ten last night inside the building on 24th street. it houses a roofing business called pacific supply company. crews were able to stop the flames from spreading just

after midnight. as of 3:00 this afternoon, officials report the fire is effectively contained, but crews are still on site dousing down hot spots. reports say the building is a total loss. the cause of the fire is still unknown. >> in the east bay, a newark city council member has abruptly resigned, effective today on facebook, mike bucci explained. unfortunately we're just the next people in a long line of folks who've been priced out of town. we tried to buy a home a number of times over the years, but it never happened for us. and now the window is closed and any chance we had to stay in newark is long past. bucci was first elected to the newark city council in november of 2014. tonight, the newark city council will discuss whether to operate as a four member council or appoint somebody to temporarily fill butchie's seat until a special election can be held in november. >> walgreens plans to close a significant number of us stores over the next three years. the announcement came this morning from the company's ceo during a conference call with industry

analysts. tim wentworth says a quarter of the company's 8500 stores are underperforming. the exact number of closures is still being finalized, he says. the pharmacy chain also plans to make changes to the rest of its struggling stores to try to revitalize them. >> still ahead, scientists developing human like skin. we'll tell you why. and a new dinosaur species with loki esque horns. oh, my. the

might find this video disturbing. police in maine are looking for this man who was seen on video picking up know exactly and tossing wild snapping turtles. he carried one of them away and drove off with it. the person who recorded the video sent it to authorities, along with the turtle tosser's license plate number that person did not try to stop the man, and authorities say that that's okay, that they did the right thing. uh- what would you guys have done in this situation? >> amma same. i think someone who would throw turtles. i don't necessarily want to mess with them these days. you have no idea what they might do if they have a gun, that sort of thing. but yeah, if i could get some video, get the license plate, call police. absolutely that was tough to watch. so wrong. >> and can i just say especially turtles, they live such a long time. they have almost a magical, mythical quality about

them. and larry, you know this, like in some cultures, including hawaiian culture, they're very special. >> absolutely. you know, on the big island, you have the chance at the waikoloa resort to swim with the turtles, and it's cool, but they're still there are people that take liberties and do stuff they're not supposed to do. but there's this is just i mean, somebody should take the guy and do the same thing he's doing with the turtles. >> yes. yeah very disturbing for sure. >> and i would definitely record it, but i would not confront the guy. obviously let authorities know. >> right. all right. people be better, do better. okay. university of japan scientists have developed an artificial skin made from human cells. and they have attached this living skin to a robot. they stretch the gooey looking pink gel around the robot. researchers released this video showing the robot's face stretching into a smile, albeit a bit creepy. one this innovation could lead to humanoid robots with skin that looks, feels, and moves like ours. but you guys, there are also other applications like

medical or cosmetic or anti-aging. so it's not just to make creepy robots. >> that's cool. i can do without the creepy robots i'm having trouble with. >> with our video today in the fluorophore. yeah. >> so i mean, obviously they have a ways to go before it looks like an actual human, i'm not sure that i that i want that either. but again, if there's some medical application for this. okay, i'm good. but otherwise i don't know. yeah >> no, i mean imagine it, you know, for a burn victim perhaps, or something like that, right. >> yeah. >> like a graft or something like that. that what we saw there did not look like something that would have a medical application look like an alien. >> yes, yes. yeah, yeah. >> maybe that's what they're really working on. >> they need a better model is what they need. >> yeah, right. for sure. researchers at the natural history museum of utah have announced the discovery of a new dinosaur. the giant horned species is called lucky ceratops . raniformis say it all together

. researchers say it's the largest and most ornate dinosaur of its kind ever found. usually ornate. does not go with a dinosaur in a sentence. a fossils of the dinosaur, including a skull and a partial skeleton, were unearthed in northern montana in 2019. lucky ceratops lived in the swamps and flood plains of montana about 78 million years ago, so you're not likely to run into one these days. the museum is one of 12 institutions in five countries documenting this new dinosaur. sandy, do we know what the weather was like in montana 78 million years ago? just wondering what the guy liked. >> larry. i have no idea. i wasn't even alive, so i can't tell you. >> okay, now, if spencer had been here. yes yes. >> but. i like how we can. we can take shots at him even when he's not there, sir. it has nothing to do with it. >> has no idea himself. yeah. >> so, any thoughts about the dinosaur? i thought it looked kind of cute a little bit. >> oh, it's cool.

>> yeah. so we got a new one that maybe, you know, let's take the skeleton and put that, you know, robotic skin. >> exactly. >> exactly the same place. i'm thinking that this is like jurassic park. life finds a way we can make him better. what could go wrong? >> well, it could go wrong. okay. speaking of things, you know, kind of artificial, redwood city based electronic arts is finalizing the list of players who will be in its new ea sports college football 25. according to the athletic, the company let college football players know today if they'll be in the game immortalized more than 14,000 players opted in, but just about 11,000 would have their name, image and likeness featured. officials say players who are in the game will receive a $600 payment next week. they'll also get a code for a deluxe edition of the game just before it's released on july 19th. larry? i guess it's an honor, because $600 i guess to them isn't that much, right?

>> yeah, no, i mean, the money is not going to go that far, obviously. but this is part of the trend towards name, image and likeness. that is the new rule in college football. so it used to be you couldn't get any extra benefits at all, not even $600 or even a plane ticket to go home for thanksgiving. you'd get the school would get slapped with probation in that case. but now everything has kind of loosened up and they don't want the video game companies just making tons of revenue off the backs of these college kids. and so the whole pendulum has swung around here. >> and i guess, you know what, if you're a benchwarmer, that's a lot of money, because i'm thinking of the guys who make $6 million or something like that in endorsement deals. but that's not all the college players, right? >> no, no, i mean, you get a bunch of offensive linemen and defensive tackles and i mean the quarterbacks. >> everybody will know at the big schools. but these other kids, it's great that they're going to get some money to spend, you know, and they're in the game. see yourself in the game. >> sandy, would you like it?

look, ma, i'm in a video game. if this has made it into a video game, i think it's cool. >> kristen i was in a video game. >> choose your fighter. larry beil. thanks. next i'll choose ama. >> not mortal kombat. >> jade i'm jade in mortal kombat. >> not surprised that the ama they should design you into the

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jose mineta international airport expects peak travel there today and tomorrow for the holiday. triple a is projecting nearly 71 million people will travel 50 miles or more from home this year. about 6 million of those people are expected to fly over the next week. however, a majority of americans will be hitting the road. >> road trips give people flexibility so you can leave when you want. you can come back when you want. the only thing you can't control is the traffic. >> and traffic. and more traffic and more traffic. experts say most people are expected to leave this weekend. then return next weekend. they recommend leaving as early as possible to avoid traffic. delays for those flying are advised to bring a carry on instead of a checked bag just in case of cancellations, which seem to be the norm nowadays, or extensive delays. yeah, it's kind of brutal. >> yeah. and they don't even give you a bag of peanuts or

something, right? all right, let's check out the weather. looks pretty nice overall going into the weekend. sandhya >> yeah, it is looking gorgeous. kristen and larry, let's take a look at live doppler seven right now it is pretty quiet. we are expecting the fog to kind of expand from the coast across the bay tomorrow morning. you will start off that way tomorrow afternoon. we'll see warmer weather to. we're looking at upper 80s to low 90s inland 50s coast side with some patchy fog lingering. i mean really take advantage of this nice weather because it's going to change next week. we have a heat wave that starts monday triple digits inland. you will notice tuesday in the mid 100 seconds and even hotter on wednesday. the good news is along the coastline, we're still going to have enough of a marine influence to keep you in the 60s. so here's your accuweather seven day forecast next couple of days. our seasonal summer pattern. beautiful weather for the pride parade. as we go into july, we turn up the heat, bring in those triple digits for several days. you will notice though 80s and 90s around the bay as well, so it's going to be pretty warm

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away from abc news coverage of this year's first presidential debate. >> that's right. and abc seven news insider phil matier is here with us now with more on what we can expect. and a very interesting governor of ours who will also be there in atlanta with a big job. >> that's right. that's right. what we're talking about is the first debate, and this one is also one of probably one of the most unusual to presidential debates we've ever had for starters, it's a former president facing off against the current president. and also speaking of off the mikes will be turned off unless it's their turn to speak, which is sort of a commentary on the last debates where they were all shouting over each other. not a great statement about people competing for the top job in the nation. the other thing is no notes, no audience, and strict adherence to how long you can speak. if you go over your time, they're going to cut him off again. so it's going to be a very interesting moment politically for the both sides, because this is a debate where people we say watch debates. this is literally what america is going to be

doing. and that's what both sides say. they're not going to necessarily be listening. it's not going to be a question about who's got the best plan for inflation or for immigration, or about the war in gaza or reproductive rights. it's going to be on how the candidates comport themselves. and to put it bluntly, whether biden gets across the line. >> all right, what does gavin newsom doing there? >> what does gavin newsom doing? he is a quote unquote surrogate that the biden campaign asked to fly into atlanta and hang out with reporters and be available for talk shows and basically shill and cheer for joe biden in the after and before programs. he was selected over just about any other politician. they really like his style. he's been out front, although it has earned him some criticism here in california. now, people are starting to feel that he's spending more time on the national front than on the home front as, exhibited by his release of a videotape of the state of the state address rather than actually giving it in public. >> okay, but but how should we read this? is it just because

the democratic elders think he's good at this? because he's done this with ron desantis, he's really been on the national stage talking about all this, you know, progressive values and california. or is it because it's a subtle pat on the back, you know, you're the anointed one for 2028 maybe. look, it's it can be all the above. >> the fact of the matter is they also there is a move within the democratic party to say, listen to get through this debate, start sending surrogates out there, start having other people campaign for you. and gavin newsom is getting that that he's been out front for them for a long time. and yes, this is a reward for that. and we're going to probably see more of it. he's going to be more actively campaigning, whether it's for and with the i for 2028. yes. come on. let's let's just put it that on the table right now. it's not going to be 2024. it's too late to switch candidates there. >> all right. that's what i was going to ask you. but as we take a look at the polls, obviously biden and trump are pretty close. but the interesting thing here, this is showing the battleground states where mr.

trump leads and biden is ahead in wisconsin by a narrow margin. but we haven't seen a third party candidate like kennedy, 18% in some places. >> yes. okay. so every vote is going to count. every moment is going to count. and it's we haven't seen that before. he's not on the debate stage, but these candidates are going to be vying for his votes. it's also i asked one democratic consultant who's in on this, this whole play, why? why are you doing this? trump isn't even the official nominee yet. i mean, they haven't had their conventions. usually the debate follows the conventions. and he said, look, the thing is, with everything that's hit trump, he hasn't dropped. biden hasn't gained. we've got to change the game plan here. we have got to get the question of age off the table. it's got to happen tonight. >> interesting. all right. so there's the strategy. >> all right. thank you phil. appreciate it. we'll be watching. >> yeah. up next our coverage of tonight's presidential debate, which begins at five. that's

followed by prime with linsey davis to continue with live post-debate coverage and analysis. and then we'll have wheel of fortune and jeopardy at nine and 930. and then stay with us for a special edition of abc seven news at ten. and then abc seven news at 11. >> all right. it should be an interesting watch. by the way, the san francisco standard has a fun bingo card game. we're watching for that. >> yes. >> so i invite you to check it out. will we see these unhinged moments tonight? you can circle that if you think so. >> yes. >> all right. stick around for the coverage, which begins next. thanks for joining us. all right. have a good night. >> enjoy the debate. ...my munchies under $4— the items you crave like tiny tacos or french toast sticks for less than four bucks! but i will do something explosive. [fireworks and car alarms] at jack, every bite's a big deal! welcome to jack in the box!

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