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at milwaukee, wisconsin former president donald trump waking up there this morning, the republican national convention set to go ahead as planned. trump urging unity after an assassination attempt during a rally in pennsylvania. >> downright scary. so it's, it's tough to take. you know, it's hard to think that you can
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go somewhere and these things will happen. >> the fbi now trying to figure out how someone could come within just a few hundred yards of the former president with a high powered weapon. president biden and vice president harris expected to receive an updated briefing this morning. >> obviously, something triggered this lad, and he committed this horrible act. >> plus, what we're learning about the 20 year old shooter, the questions about his background and what may have motivated him to carry an attack like we've never seen in america for more than 40 years. good morning. it is monday, july 15th. i have to check on my forecast with lisa. >> all right. good morning to you. we are certainly looking at a cooling trend that got underway a couple of days ago. and robust onshore flow with us, allowing for not only the low clouds and fog, but still clearing. and as we get into that clearing, the sea breeze coming back into play. and so that's going to allow for a really comfortable afternoon. it is 59 in hayward. good morning to you. 60 in hayward 57 at sfo.
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and as we look at the north bay it's cooler. we have the gray sky not yet in our inland valleys. but i do expect the clouds to move into the inland valleys a couple degrees cooler than yesterday. and it was a dramatic cooldown, wasn't it? so today we get to enjoy temperatures where they should be, in fact, a little bit below average by noontime. we're sunny only in the 70s inland 60s around the bay shore and then by later on in the afternoon. it's upper 80s inland, mid 70s around the bay, staying cloudy, cool, breezy at the coast. looks like a pretty nice couple of days to start the workweek, but if you like it a little warmer, we're going to turn it up just a little bit. details on that in a few minutes. good morning frances. >> morning, lisa. morning everyone. we are starting off with a big rig overturned crash. this is in the north bay, but it is way up north past santa rosa, overturned at arata lane and it is blocking the left lane in both directions. minor slowing at the scene. so we'll let you know when this clears up. give yourself extra time if you're
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heading through windsor, but once you make it past that south of santa rosa into san rafael, southbound traffic is on the right here. looks good. all the way down towards the golden gate bridge. there are some slow drive times for you. this morning, and of course it's the usual slow and go westbound 580 tracy to dublin, 48 minutes kumasi. >> thank you francis. this morning we are following the latest developments on the assassination attempt on donald trump. there is still a sense of shock over what the country witnessed and what it now means for the weeks ahead. these images have come to define this weekend and in many ways will come to define the 2024 presidential election. the former president bloodied and defiant in the moments following an attempt on his life, an fbi official tells abc news. evidence points to this being the work of a lone wolf, but investigators will not be comfortable giving a motive until they've dug through the suspect's phone and look deeper into his life. we're now hearing about some fateful moments. the butler county sheriff telling
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abc news. an officer confronted the shooter on the rooftop. seconds before he opened fire. the sheriff says the shooter pointed his rifle at the officer and the officer backed away. it was a secret service sniper who took out the suspect as his bullets hit the rallying crowd, killing one person and injuring the former president. >> the fbi continues to search for a motive in the shooting. all this comes as a republican national convention begins today in milwaukee. that's where abc news reporter perry russom joins us live with more on how former president trump is responding. perry >> hey, reggie, good morning to you. the stage is set here in milwaukee for a busy week, with his speeches set to start in just a few minutes from now. trump talking to the new york post yesterday saying he is supposed to be dead today. day one of the republican national convention in milwaukee. the trump campaign planning to highlight the former president's plan for the economy as the week
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has taken a dark turn. >> i want to speak to you tonight about the need for us to lower the temperature in our politics. >> president biden addressing the nation last night. >> you know, the political record in this country has gotten very heated. it's time to cool it down. we all have a responsibility to do that. >> security, a top concern at the rnc. >> we are confident in the security plans that are in place for this event and we're ready to go. it's been an 18 month process. >> trump arriving in wisconsin yesterday pumping his fist in the air. in a new interview with the new york post, trump says, i want to try to unite our country, but i don't know if that's possible. people are very divided. investigators say the man suspected of trying to assassinate trump is thomas matthew crooks, a 20 year old who worked at a nursing home. pennsylvania governor josh shapiro says corey comparator was killed at the rally. his family posting tributes online. shapiro says the retired firefighter died protecting his family. >> he wouldn't want to be
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thought of as a hero, but that's that's definitely how he should be remembered. and the fbi says crooks was not on their radar. >> and right now they are looking for a possible motive. nothing just yet. they're also looking at a cell phone to see if he was consuming any misinformation. live in milwaukee, perry russom, abc seven news. >> thank you perry. less than an hour ago, the director of the secret service issued a statement saying, in part, secret service service personnel on the ground moved quickly during the incident with our counter-sniper team neutralizing the shooter and our agents implementing protective measures to ensure the safety of former president donald trump. the secret service is working with all federal, state and local agencies to understand what happened, how it happened, and how we can prevent an incident like this from ever taking place again. we understand the importance of the independent review announced by president biden yesterday, and will participate fully. the secret service, as you can imagine, is under scrutiny after the assassination attempt on former
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president donald trump. abc seven news reporter amanda delcastillo joining us live at amanda, many americans want to know exactly what went wrong at the rally saturday. >> yeah, kumasi there is a strong likelihood there may have been a problem in the line of communication. that's the initial assessment from a former secret service agent who is now living in the bay area. corey allen served president obama after he left the white house in response to saturday's attempt on donald trump's life. allen says it is too early to point fingers at where the security lapses were. the secret service says its agents fatally shot the suspect after he opened fire from a roof. the shooter was said to be about 150 yards from the stage. former agent allen says his instinct is there was potentially some kind of misunderstanding where somebody wasn't sure of what to do with the information, without clarity about who was to take action. >> and having dealt with radio failures myself. uh- downpours in miami. you know, when president obama landed and air force one and my radio goes down because the thunderstorm came through and stuff like that happened, have the secret
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service for a reason. >> and, you know, they can correct errors and you just heard from nolan higdon, a professor of history and communication at cal state east bay. >> he cautions against politicizing politics. he or the entire secret service, i should say former secret service agent allen says the secret service costs taxpayer money, adding assets are assigned based on the threat risk of any given event. but he says sometimes the problem could be much more basic. i'm back in 30 minutes to elaborate. i'm in the studio this morning. amanda delcastillo abc seven news. >> thanks, amanda. we're learning new details about the 20 year old shooter, former classmates say he was constantly bullied. abc news reporter alison kosik has more on what investigators have found so far. >> this morning, authorities are piecing together a profile of the man suspected of taking aim at former president trump, 20 year old thomas matthew crooks, as they try to find the motive. >> obviously, something
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triggered this lad and he committed this horrible act, and he may or may not have talked to anybody. >> crooks is from bethel park, pennsylvania, a suburb of pittsburgh. he was a registered republican who would have been eligible to vote for the first time this year. he had no known history of mental illness. crooks worked in a nursing home as a dietary aide and graduated high school in 2022, where students say he was smart, liked computers and was a loner. investigators confirming they believe this image shows him in high school in april 2022. >> he was always bullied uh- every day. he was just an outcast. >> he is starting to appear like he fits. a pretty common pattern here of individuals that apparently he was bullied when he was younger and those types of humiliation experiences, those grievances. when you combine it with an online environment that's going to feed the grievance and suggest that
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violence might solve the problem. uh- often results in these mass attacks. >> while in high school, crooks was rejected from the rifle team, in part for being a bad shot, but did become a member of a local shooting club. records show he had no military experience. his neighbors, stunned that the suspected would be assassin, lived among them. >> how sad for his parents. >> you just never really know somebody at all anymore. and it's kind of shocking. >> the fbi says it's confident crooks acted alone, but they don't know why he acted at all. he wasn't on their radar. he has no criminal record. and what they've seen so far of his digital history offers no useful clues as to why he would do this. alison kosik, abc news new york. >> the saturday shooting is sure to have an impact at the republican national convention all week. abc news is in milwaukee, and we'll have special coverage every night this week. you can watch live at 7 p.m. right here on abc seven. and you can find the latest headlines on the investigation
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on the abc seven bay area apps and at abc seven news.com. we are constantly updating as new details come in. >> all right. we're starting out monday morning with some cloud cover. it is going to increase into our inland valleys. so widespread low clouds and fog. the westerly winds you can see to the north and south of the bay area had a little activity. even some showers in the sierra nevada, lots of lightning strikes and some fires started in yosemite and points south. so the bay area dodging that bullet. but we are looking at temperatures on the cool side back to average here with 55 in sonoma, 59 in fremont. good morning oakland 60 for you. hayward is at 60. and a look outside from our roof camera. it's a cool start this morning. the next few days we will have near average temperatures. we get to about wednesday and the temperatures begin to tick up a little bit. our inland heat is going to return. so look how far the fog is this morning. it pulls back 11 12:00. and then by your early tuesday all the way
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past the delta again. so that certainly will bring us that afternoon sea breeze and sunshine to look forward to 70in oakland today. look for upper 70s in fremont, low 80s santa rosa and our warm spots. not even hot. we'll say upper 80s for you in our inland valleys. the accuweather seven day forecast. we're looking at pretty nice weather, in fact a little bit cooler than average tomorrow. and then you'll notice inland gets kind of hot on wednesday, thursday even into friday. reggie kumasi. >> thanks, lisa. promising new data, focusing on public safety in san francisco. coming up, we dig into the report and find the driving reason behind some big drops in crime. >> new and controversial changes on trails in tahoe. what you might notice if you have a trip planned to the area this fall. >> we're about unity in the community for real. >> it's more than just basketball. it's a way to offer young people hope. the story behind a day on the court that's designed to have a big impact on
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on today. donald trump preparing for day one of that convention. trump considered delaying the start of the convention until wednesday in the wake of the attempted assassination, but eventually said he wouldn't let that force the schedule to change. we learned in the last few hours, king charles sent a private letter to trump yesterday. buckingham palace did not reveal the details of the letter. meanwhile, the prime minister of the uk said he is appalled by the incident. in a post on x, he wrote we send him and his family our best wishes. >> breaking overnight in the east bay, at least one person has died after a crash on southbound interstate 680 and concord. chp says it happened just before 11 p.m. near the concord avenue exit, near the buchanan fields golf course. there were five vehicles involved. one person was taken to the hospital. their condition isn't known. at one point, officials had to shut down this freeway to clear the vehicles, and as of 3 a.m, all lanes are reopened this morning.
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>> the community is trying to make sense of the death of a three year old girl, ella. lorenzo was found dead in san jose saturday. police are now investigating her death as a homicide. ella was reported missing friday after her father failed to show up for a custody swap. he was found dead in san francisco. ellie's mom released a statement calling her daughter the most charming, funny, smart girl. if you'd like to donate to memorial services, her family has set up a gofundme page. >> today, scott peterson's effort to get a new trial will be back in the san mateo county court. attorneys are making arguments over dna testing on a single piece of duct tape. peterson's legal team considers it a key piece of evidence in proving someone else killed his wife, laci, and their unborn son in 2002. a final ruling isn't expected until tomorrow. peterson is still serving, currently serving life in prison without the possibility of parole for the murders. >> if you bank with dublin based patelco credit union. finally, some relief. the bank says
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starting today you'll have access to online and mobile banking again. those services have been down since june 29th, when hackers hit patelco with a ransomware attack. the bank says customers money is safe. the ceo says its members still don't have access to mobile deposit or electronic statements, but they will have visibility into transaction history. >> if you have plans to take a hike on some of the many trails around lake tahoe this fall, you may need to watch out for more than wildlife. federal officials have approved a controversial plan to allow some electric bikes on trails. so under this plan, 106 miles of trails will be opened in the u.s. forest service's 154,000 acre lake tahoe basin management union. the plan includes building 45 miles of new trails, the forest service is finalizing the environmental assessment document that's expected to be released next month. the rule could. the rule change could take effect as soon as september. now, e-bikes are currently not allowed on tahoe
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trails because they're motorized. >> happening now across california, crews are fighting multiple fires sparked by lightning. this weekend. firefighters in yosemite are putting out nine new fires, all started by lightning. fortunately these are small firefighters in the tahoe national forest counted 126 lightning strikes saturday into yesterday, and that started four fires. containment is improving on all of them. you can see the red on this cal fire map. that's where fires are actively burning. fortunately, the lightning sparked. fires haven't exploded in size as we have seen in the past. cal fire says lightning caused four of our state's most destructive wildfires. we keep an eye on every wildfire across the state thanks to our abc seven news data team. you can use the same interactive tool by heading to our website. it also gives you an idea of fire warnings and air quality. it's on the front page of abc seven news.com. >> good monday morning to you. yes, the lightning was all around the bay area. and we
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actually have some good news. we're going to have a weak system, several weak systems to the north. and west of us that will keep that steady onshore flow that typical summertime pattern, the low clouds and fog in the morning, retreating to the coast, increasing the relative humidity and keeping temperatures in check for the first half of the week. then it looks like we will certainly get warmer as we get into the latter part of the week. it's 60 in oakland right now, 56 in santa rosa with low 60s in palo alto. so all of the numbers certainly have cooled down. we are looking at the trend, though, to reverse itself as we get into that second half of the week. so as we see the numbers in the low to mid 80s inland, that is a little bit below average and then beginning to come up, you see the trend thursday and friday could even see about 100 degrees in our inland spots. so we are looking at that high that visited us for so long in early july, kind of wobbling back into the bay by the middle to the end of the week. 82 today in san
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jose. that's pretty nice out there. sunnyvale about 80 mid 70s from palo alto to mountain view, low 70s in millbrae starting out. cloudy here. and that clouds the clouds holding on to the shoreline, keeping the city partly to mostly cloudy. mid 60s, maybe some afternoon sun there. low 60s in the sunset district up to the north bay. that breeze helping you out from san rafael in the 70s. you get up towards santa rosa low 80s here. sonoma 82 and on the east bay, temperatures all into the 70s with low to mid 70s for you and oakland and san leandro 79 in fremont today. that's more like it, right? you head inland and still some warmth out there, but only in the mid 80s. so that's a nice day in pleasanton, 90 in brentwood, the accuweather seven day forecast. so we're cool but pleasant the next couple of days. the heat turning up inland come thursday, friday. and it looks like at this point nothing too extreme but above average. and getting set to maybe sweat a little bit inland reggie aqui kumasi. >> thank you lisa. coming up,
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wisconsin this morning for the beginning of the republican national convention. he says he wants to unite the country. saturday, he was injured in an assassination attempt during a rally in pennsylvania. >> number two friends and family say the man killed saturday was a former fire chief who spent his final moments shielding his family from the bullets. cory carpenter was among the three victims. two others survived. they are still in the hospital. >> number three, the shooter has been identified as 20 year old matthew crooks. the fbi says he acted alone, but they don't know his motive. he had no criminal history and no known history of mental illness. >> number four live. look at washington, d.c. this morning. president biden and vice president harris will receive an updated briefing on the investigation this morning. last night, the president condemned the violence. he ordered an independent security review of saturday's event. >> number five, after a cloudy start, we have a sunny afternoon
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on the way with temperatures near average. >> and number six, if you take a look at the traffic maps, it's looking green except for the usual slowdown coming out through the altamont pass. but there is an overturned big rig in windsor. it's blocking each lane of northbound and southbound 101 and causing slowing in the southbound direction. >> number seven at&t is reportedly paid a hacker $370,000 to delete stolen customer data. the hack from 2022 was revealed last week. at&t said the hacker had obtained call and text logs of nearly every customer. >> suddenly we have a lot of tough news to deal with this morning, but we know it's important that we also highlight some positive news for you too. and new data from san francisco police may just be that for you today, new data from the san francisco police department shows crime in the city is now below pre-pandemic levels. property crime dropped 34% compared to the first six months
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of 2023. homicides are down 39% so far this year. larceny thefts like car break ins and retail thefts are down 40, and nearly 8000 fewer crimes have happened. this year compared to this point in 2019. >> i mean, we're really focused. we believe on the right people. uh- some of those people have been caught and apprehended and are facing criminal consequences for that. and i think that's driving a lot of the reductions. so the crews that are hitting or have been hitting, a lot of them have been arrested. >> criminologist told our partners at the san francisco standard. targeted enforcement may play a role. however, overall crime is dropping across the nation and they say economic shifts and research shows that young people are less likely to commit crimes. >> a san francisco community leader is using basketball and a big money prize to help bring peace to his hometown. the hope for peace three on three basketball tournament was held over the weekend at india basin
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shoreline park. it was held for 14 to 18 year olds from the city's bayview hunters point neighborhood, and it included a $5,000 prize. >> but it's not about the money, man. it's about the peace. it's about the unity. it's about us showing that we're willing to invest in these young people, man, that we haven't given up on them. and they have someone that really believes in them. and that's going to be a champion for them, you know, and just encourage them to step up themselves because we need the next generation to flourish, because the way it's looking now, it could get ugly. >> damian posey is the founder of us for us bay area. he says his group aims to push peace by uplifting people through community action and violence prevention in the east bay. you know, this is my favorite. this ain't their first rodeo. the bill pickett invitational rodeo came to the bay area over the weekend to celebrate its 40th anniversary, and honors black cowboys and cowgirls at all they have done to build the west. they brought their riding skills and wrangling skills to royal ranch rodeo grounds in castro
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valley. the show will head to la next weekend. >> coming up at 530. remembering pop culture icons doctor ruth, richard simmons, shannen doherty they all passed away over the weekend. the tributes to people who left a big impact on our culture, and a live look outside. right now it's 526. >> this is abc 724 >> in san francisco, levi's stadium in san jose, live in oakland. >> yeah, you're watching abc seven news live anytime, anywhere. >> we are we are we are we are, we are, we are where you are. >> never miss a moment of the news that matters to you. download our abc seven bay area streaming app. join us and start watching
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milwaukee republicans are preparing to kick off their national convention today. donald trump says he is ready to speak two days after surviving an assassination attempt. >> we have the secret service for a reason and despite their faults, are critical to our democracy. >> questions this morning about the security lapses that could have allowed a person to fire a gun at the former president. a former secret service agent explains the protocols and new. this morning we're hearing from homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas about the investigation. we decry the violence that took place and we mourn the loss of life. >> plus, the reaction from here in the bay area, many on both sides of the aisle coming together to condemn acts of political violence. >> good morning everyone. it is monday, july 15th. >> we start with your weather. hi, lisa. >> good morning to you. and starting out with some cool temperatures and clouds around
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the bay area 59 in fremont. it's 57 in danville. so we have clear skies inland that will change as that marine layer expands. and temperatures in the 50s here, mainly in marin, napa. but notice well to the north, still some heat there holding on in clear lake at 71. so 24 hours ago we were even a little milder. we're cooler. fairfield that southwest wind up to 30 miles an hour. so that's certainly the source of the cooling today. and our inland valleys bringing the temperatures way down. as we look at the next couple of hours, you can see the clouds extend through the san ramon valley. 8:00 then they retreat by about 11:00. we're sunny. we're in the mid 70s inland to near 80. so very pleasant. the sea breeze kicks up, keeping clouds at the coast. here mainly in the 60s, low 60s and then by the afternoon mid, maybe upper 80s inland with lots of 70s around the bay. looks like we're going to keep this forecast into play for the next several days. minor tweaks here and there and then a warm up. we'll talk about
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it coming up. frances. >> morning, lisa. morning everyone. a couple of accidents to look out for this morning as we show you the traffic maps. so there's a new one southbound, 680 sunol. and it is involving several vehicles blocking lane. you can see traffic is slowing southbound 680 approaching 84. in fact, 84 is also slow as you make your way towards 680. and the other accident we've been following this morning is in the north bay and windsor. it's an overturned big rig blocking one lane each in the northbound and southbound direction at arata lane, so traffic is a bit slow in the southbound direction then fine once you get past santa rosa down to the golden gate bridge. here's a live shot of the bay bridge toll plaza, where it's still pretty quiet, and the drive time highway four to san francisco on westbound 80. a little bit more crowded now at 34 minutes kumasi. >> thank you. francis. new this morning. homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas says the donald trump rally will be reviewed independently. he appeared on gma to talk about reports that his department rebuffed multiple requests from
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trump's security detail to increase protective measures. >> the president, the former president, are commonly consistently under threat. we take every single threat seriously. we make security adjustments as are warranted. we had enhanced security for the former president, beginning at least in june. we have not received any requests for additional security measures that were rebuffed. that assertion is unequivocally false >> you can watch his full interview on gma. coming up at seven. >> today is day one of the republican national convention, and there are questions, of course, about security there and about how a shooter made it so close to former president trump over the weekend. here's what we're learning about the suspect. the 20 year old was a registered republican. records show he had once donated to a progressive group. he worked at a nursing home south of
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pittsburgh, pennsylvania. the director of the facility says there were no concerns about his work. he did pass a background check. the fbi is still trying to uncover his motive as president biden is calling for patience and unity. here's abc news reporter jay o'brien with more on the president's message. >> my fellow americans, president biden addressing the nation from the oval office, just one day after a suspected gunman attempted to assassinate his rival, former president donald trump. i want to speak to you tonight about the need for us to lower the temperature in our politics and to remember, while we may disagree, we are not enemies. we must stand together. >> the president calling for unity. >> but in america, we resolve our differences at the battle box. you know that's how we do it. at the battle box. not with bullets. the power to change america should always rest in the hands of the people, not in the hands of would be assassin biden. >> speaking with the former president saturday evening, just hours after a gunman opened fire
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at a trump rally in butler, pennsylvania. that suspect, identified as 20 year old thomas matthew crooks of bethel, pennsylvania, sources tell abc news that a short time before the former president took to the podium, local authorities were alerted to suspicious activity on the outside of the perimeter and were in the process of looking for a suspect. i am aware that law enforcement had responded to a number of reports of suspicious activity. investigators are now trying to figure out how that gunman made it up onto the roof. as republicans get set to gather for this week's convention in milwaukee, former president trump arriving, preparing to formally accept his party's nomination. the convention going ahead as planned. but security at the fiserv forum is tight. >> we are confident in the security plans that are in place for this event, and we're ready to go. >> in a post on social media, former president trump said he considered pushing this convention back two days, but then said he didn't want to have a potential assassin force a
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change of his campaign schedule. now, security is tight here in milwaukee, but the secret service says there is no credible threat to this convention. you're watching jay o'brien, abc. >> so what happened? how did someone get a gun that close to a former president this morning? >> kumasi certainly, americans are demanding answers for what went wrong. now that people have had time to dissect video recorded on saturday, many americans are focusing on what they believe are faults within the secret service's actions. we connected with corey allen, a former secret service agent who lives in the bay area now. allen served president obama after he left the white house. he says it is too early to point fingers at where the security lapses were responding to saturday's attempt on donald trump's life. initial reports from the secret service claim the shooter was about 150
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yards from the stage. they say its agents fatally shot the suspect after he opened fire from a roof. >> my instinct is there's potentially some kind of misunderstanding or somebody wasn't sure what to do with the information or who was to act on it, it tends to just end up engendering a lot of cynicism about these individuals. >> and these organizations that, despite their faults, are critical to our democracy. so i think it's irresponsible to sort of blame the entire organization for whatever faults may have occurred. >> nolan higdon, a professor of history and communication at cal state east bay, who you just heard from, also adding, we have the secret service for a reason. they can correct errors. former agent allen spoke from experience about that communication. he says he's dealt with radio failures himself. one example he gave his radio went down during a thunderstorm in miami when president obama landed on air force one. and while he isn't saying that was the case on saturday, he is saying stuff like that happens on live in the studio this morning. amanda
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delcastillo abc seven news. >> friends and family are honoring the acts of the man killed at the rally. corey cooper was the former fire chief at a volunteer fire department. a little more than ten miles away from where the shooting happened. he spent his final moments, according to his family, shielding his loved ones from the bullets. his fellow firefighters remember his commitment to protecting his community and his love for his family. >> it's just one of them guys in the morning greeting at church would be the guy. he went from one side of the church to the other, greeting people. one of them smiles that lit up a room uh- he he was a family man for sure. loved his wife and his daughters dearly. >> two other victims are still in the hospital. pennsylvania state police identified them as 57 year old david dutch and 74 year old james copenhaver. their conditions have not been released. both are said to be stable. the trump campaign started a gofundme page to raise money for the victims. it
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quickly surpassed its $1 million goal. as you can see, it's now at more than $3.5 million. >> raised here in the bay area, there were prayers for healing and unity at sunday church services. abc seven news reporter cornell bernard spoke with local clergy members as well as trump supporters. before the board of a time for prayer and reflection at san francisco's grace cathedral, reverend anna rossi paused for a moment of silence for the welfare of the nation. >> following saturday's assassination attempt on former president trump and the death of a campaign supporter, we decry the violence that took place and we mourn the loss of life. church leaders calling for healing and unity. >> violence of any kind, but most especially political violence, is not a way to heal a society. and we're a society that desperately needs healing. >> it's very sad that this
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happened yesterday. >> congregation members condemning the violence, sending trump good wishes. >> i will pray for his well-being today here at grace cathedral, and i hope that everything works out well for him. >> christopher ogbonnaya came to church with the hope gun violence across the nation will stop here. >> now, you know next president's being shot and so you know that lawlessness just needs to stop horrific beyond in the east bay, trump supporters were out early sunday morning in lafayette waving flags on this highway 24 overpass. >> so we're out here in support of president trump. obviously. what a tragedy that anyone would want to take another person's life. nobody needs to bring violence into a political decision. >> those trump supporters calling their candidates strong and resilient after yesterday's shooting. meantime, hopes and prayers for unity and healing
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continue. cornell, bernard abc seven news. >> we're hearing more from donald trump supporters who attended saturday's rally in pennsylvania, including an emergency room doctor who put his expertise to work trying to help others. here's abc news reporter rhiannon ally in this morning's gma first look. >> an emergency room doctor at that fateful trump rally speaking out today. >> i am, i'm angry and i'm sad. >> springing into action after the attempted assassination of former president donald trump at a campaign rally in pennsylvani, i heard a woman screaming out, he's been shot, james sweetland, not taking a second thought before performing cpr on corey carpenter, who later died from his injuries in this morning. he's telling his story to gma. >> i heard this voice in my head saying, go, go, go. i had people helping me and i could not have acted in the way i did to try to save his life without help from the crowd, from americans that
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were there with me. >> and coming up at 7 a.m, we'll have full team coverage of the shooting live from pennsylvania with your gma first look, i'm rhiannon ally. abc news, new york abc news is covering every angle of the assassination attempt on donald trump and the republican national convention this week. >> you can watch live coverage from milwaukee every night, starting at 7 p.m. right here on abc seven. our continuing coverage doesn't stop here along. you can follow along any time with live updates on our website. there. refreshing right now on abc seven news.com and on your abc seven bay area app. >> all right. we have a traffic alert. the metering lights at the bay bridge toll plaza have just been turned on. so we're going to start to see the backup grow. right now the drive time, though, from highway four to san francisco is slowing down a bit more crowded at 38 minutes. there's also an accident really tying things up in the east bay southbound 680 and sunol at highway 84. multiple vehicles involved. you can see it's slowing on southbound 680. it's
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also slow on westbound 84 vallecitos road. as you approach 680 and the drive time stretch tracy to dublin on westbound 580. almost an hour now reggie. >> thank you francis. still ahead a rare appearance. the event that got the princess of wales out in public for just a second time since her cancer diagnosis. but first, a check on the weather with meteorologist lisa argen. >> hi. all right. good morning to you. a pretty good well-established marine layer allowing for low clouds and fog not quite inland yet. they will probably push inland. the view from mount tam. it's 56 downtown, 60, in oakland and hayward with upper 50s half moon bay. so with the low clouds over 1000ft here, it'll take some time to peel back and look at san bruno. can't even see the mountain there with the low cloud deck at the airport. 56 santa rosa, as well as napa with upper 50s concord in livermore. so we felt the cool down the past couple of days. the sea breeze that delta breeze already up to about 30 miles an hour, that continues into your monday. your tuesday temperatures at or
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below average. but as we skip ahead to wednesday, low 90s coming back into play, that's kind of typical summertime in our inland valleys. but then by thursday and friday, mid 90s to 100, we'll still have the cool numbers at the shoreline. but it does warm up to about 80 degrees around oakland. and we're back to 90 in san jose. so today enjoy the cool down mid 70s on the peninsula from san mateo to palo alto, 82 in san jose and the accuweather seven day forecast, a couple of comfortable seasonal days, maybe a bit below average, and then getting warm the second half of the workweek. we'll
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therapist doctor ruth. they all passed over the weekend. abc news reporter dana new has a look at their lives and their impact on our culture. >> hello. you're on the air. >> over the weekend, we lost three icons who, especially in the 1980s, inspired and educated millions with their unique infusions of positivity and warmth. >> you have changed sex for america, i do. you have changed sex. >> starting in 1980 with her radio program and then eventual syndicated tv show doctor ruth, westheimer started a dialog about the bedroom that usually was too uncomfortable to have, but she had nothing to lose. >> i would like to see even more men and more women to be what i call sexually literate. >> her children announced that she passed away peacefully at her home in new york city, just a month after celebrating her 96th birthday. >> they can do some nice exercise. then they can have some good sex. >> i think that the people who enjoy a very good sexual activity after 55, or those that have had some respect for their body. >> and while doctor ruth made it okay to talk about certain physical activities, richard simmons was there to help you
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try many more. and in sequence now you're back. you're back in the 1980s. the image of this louisiana native's curly red hair, short shorts and endless energy helped millions of people strive for healthier lives after his experience as a 250 pound teenager in new orleans, the man once called the clown prince of fitness had a mission to help others who also wanted to lose weight like he once did. >> you know, i was so different, it seemed, from everybody else. >> let's sweat. >> well, with videotapes of sweatin to the oldies flying off the shelves, countless infomercials and sure, that's the golden rule and memorable talk show appearances. simmons achieved that dream, even eventually. speaking to congress in 2008 about children's physical education. >> i do not want any child in america to have my childhood. >> just the day after his 76th birthday, simmons died at his los angeles home on saturday, a spokesperson for the local police department said it appeared to be from natural causes, transitioning now from one advocate to an actress who became known as one later in
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life. shannen doherty was 53 years old. if it's all right. after first appearing to audiences with roles in little house on the prairie and our house, guess who? she then stole scenes in a red scrunchie as heather duke in the 1989 coming of age dark comedy heathers. but it was a year later when beverly hills, 901 premiered, that doherty became a household name. amazon. a few years later, doherty once again scored a hit with charmed. her health struggles began in 2015, when she was diagnosed with breast cancer that had spread to her lymph nodes and then eventually to her brain and her bones. in the coming years, you and i always talk about the fact that, like, we just need to squeeze out another 3 to 5 years. in late 2023, she launched a podcast letting folks in on her private fight and frequently bringing on medical guests to educate her listeners in december, she appeared on good morning america to discuss that project, talking about how she would not let this diagnosis take away her joy and laughter is always the best medicine, and as of this broadcast, doherty's
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final podcast episode posted was last monday, catching up with her former charmed costar holly marie combs in new york for abc news i'm danny, new. >> the princess of wales made a rare public appearance over the weekend, the second time since her cancer diagnosis earlier this year. princess kate middleton attended the men's singles final at wimbledon yesterday. you can see her present the trophy to carlos alcaraz, who took home the title for the 2024 men's wimbledon final. the princess is royal patron of all england lawn tennis and croquet clubs. >> there was a bit of crowd chaos at last night's copa america final in miami gardens. the final game was delayed for more than an hour after thousands of fans without tickets tried to rush into the stadium. security had to fight to push them back in several areas, but other images show damage to gates and stadium escalators. both argentina and colombia teams were taken off the field. officials were able
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to secure the area without reports of major injuries. i will say that around the mission last night there were multiple places where there was screaming. i mean good screaming coming from bars as people were watching these matches. yeah, it's exciting. >> shakira. shakira. see her? yeah she was cute. all right, well, we're all looking at some pretty nice weather here. settling into the workweek. in fact, you probably felt the cooling in the past couple of days. we had lightning to the south and north of us, but no chance of that here with our stable atmosphere, the low clouds, the fog dictating our weather the next several days like it usually does right this time of year 56, downtown 60, oakland and hayward with low 60s in san jose and the visibility not much of an issue. the airport here, lots of gray sky. and once this clears, 11:00, maybe 12:00, we'll get into that sea breeze and temperatures mainly in the 70s on the peninsula. 56 santa rosa. it is 59, in concord, so we're just
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about into our inland valleys, but not quite livermore. some clouds there, they peel back right at the coast. don't expect any sun there. and then the sea breeze kicks in. but look how far the fog. look how extensive it is. it expands into our inland valleys for your tuesday. but clearing back may be more sun at the shoreline on tuesday in the south bay. 80 in sunnyvale and milpitas. that's a switch with the warm numbers from los gatos to morgan hill. mid 80s there. 72 menlo park. look for upper 70s in redwood city with about 7576 san mateo mid 60s downtown. partly cloudy skies up in the north bay. we're in the low 80s for sonoma right by vallejo mid 70s. so that's a comfortable afternoon. 70 oakland and berkeley with 77 for you in union city you head inland. we've got 80s just mid to upper 80s. for some of you by the afternoon. so the accuweather seven day forecast a few degrees cooler below average
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perhaps on tuesday a little warmer wednesday and thursday. and then the heat really arrives into friday. but looks like it could back off by next weekend. back to you. >> thanks, lisa. new at six, the most expensive house in san francisco who bought it? how much they paid. >> first, though, a setback for beachside yoga instructors, teachers lose the first legal battle over an ordinance restricting classes in san diego's publ (woman) oh, come on! come on! (vo) fargo lets you do this: (woman) fargo, turn off my debit card. i found it! i found my card! (vo) and also, this: (woman) fargo, turn on my debit card! (vo) do you fargo? you can, with wells fargo.
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are still dealing with unreliable food and water sources. and on top of that, extreme heat. >> tomorrow, the start of amazon's prime day deal event. it runs for two days. it's only open to prime members, some personal finance experts say, to be careful not to give in to misleading marketing or impulsive buying. other retailers have started their own july savings events to compete, including walmart, target and kohl's. even newcomers like tiktok shop and timo have launched summer promos. >> home depot will have to pay three quarters of $1 million in damages after four california counties found the company was not abiding by state law regarding gift cards. sonoma county's da was one of the plaintiffs that jointly punished home depot. the enforcement action alleged home depot did not honor a state law that allows customers to cash out a gift card when the balance falls below ten bucks. prosecutors also said home depot put expiration dates on gift cards, which is another violation if you are planning a trip to san
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diego and maybe you want to take a yoga class on the beach, you may find it a bit harder to book that there's a legal battle happening between the city and some yoga teachers. >> right now, this is over a new city code that restricts where yoga classes can be held. it also requires permits for classes in public areas with more than four people. instructors have been forced to make changes to their classes. two teachers sued, hoping for an injunction allowing them to hold classes, but a judge denied their request. >> this is what they're governing. this is what they're making laws against. things that are positive, that give back to the community, that support physical health, mental clarity, emotional balance. >> a spokesperson from the city of san diego says the codes, the new codes are for ensuring that public spaces remain safe and accessible to all users at all times. there is a plan to appeal the injunction ruling as this lawsuit continues. new at six how the mayor of milwaukee is
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