for a motive. good afternoon. thanks for joining us. >> i'm larry beil and i'm kristen z. we are tracking three big stories surrounding donald trump. we have new details about what the suspect told his family in the hours before the assassination attempt. and a federal judge delivers a big win for the former president, dismissing his classified documents. criminal case. but we begin with the running mate news at the republican national convention. >> now the running mate is jd vance, a senior or senator from ohio, i should say is a strong bay area connection lived in san francisco for several years after graduating from yale law school back in 2013, vance worked for a venture capital firm owned by peter thiel, who's a co-founder of paypal and was an early facebook investor. vance also helped trump dip into silicon valley money. vance introduced the former president to venture capitalist david sachs, who held a fundraiser for trump in san francisco last month. >> we have team coverage from the convention floor to the

reactions from bay area republicans. abc seven news reporter suzanne phan leads us off. suzanne. >> so, chris and larry, the golden state has 166 delegates at the republican national convention in wisconsin. they say they're excited about donald trump accepting the nomination, and they believe trump's vp pick will truly turn things around for the country. the republican national convention is underway, and delegates say they are pumped. >> the energy is just absolutely palpable. >> john dennis, the chairman of the san francisco republican party, was there for one of the biggest announcements of the convention. >> donald trump just announced jd vance, the junior senator for ohio, as his running mate in 2024. >> dennis says delegates are excited about jd vance. he's currently a us senator from ohio, but he once lived in san francisco, worked as a venture capitalist and was mocked by opponents as a san francisco elitist. >> a guy who came up from, you know, from the from nothing and

built himself into a successful, entrepreneur and, and silicon valley investor. >> vance's wife, usha vance, who appeared at his side during his introduction in milwaukee, worked at a law firm in san francisco but left on monday following her husband's nomination. dennis beliz vance is a promising choice in my mind. >> he's the best on foreign policy. he's very skeptical of, you know, getting into conflicts. >> former napa vice-mayor doris gentry is also a delegate after saturday's shooting at the republican rally. >> the mood is elevated times 1 million after what happened to trump. after that horrific incident, you know, everybody was really pumped and excited to go to the convention. >> gentry backs trump's choice for vp. >> i think j.d. vance is a is a worthy opponent for the for this, election. >> conservative political

commentator and activist journalist richie greenberg says j.d. vance is an interesting choice. >> clearly, trump wanted to bring in someone who didn't have much baggage and someone that he didn't personally attack during the primaries. >> as for san francisco, jd vance and actually any anyone that trump would come up with as his running mate is not necessarily going to change the minds of local san franciscans. >> there are a enormous amount, an enormous amount of democrats and never trumpers here. there's that saying of vote blue no matter who. and this may not really change anyone's mind. >> republican delegates, including john dennis from san francisco, say j.d. vance has a commendable voting record. the vice presidential candidate is expected to speak wednesday night live in the studio. suzanne fawn, abc seven news. >> suzanne, thank you. looking live out at milwaukee now at the

convention center as the eventful day, day one of the convention continues. reporter liz nagy, with our sister station in chicago, shows us the celebration on the convention floor over jd vance's selection. >> former president trump is now officially the republican nominee for president. but late this afternoon, it was his much anticipated running mate who joined a raucous crowd here on the floor at the republican national convention. it will be senator jd vance for vice president in this post by a senior campaign official. vance's name appears to be added to the trump plane. former president trump pushed his support for his newly named second in command as republicans coalesce at their convention. it was eric trump who cast the final delegate vote from his new home state of florida to solidify his father's place at the top of the republican presidential ticket. with that, the floor of the fiserv forum erupted in cheers. house speaker mike johnson stepped up to rev up the republican faithful. the

convention kicked off with a fresh boost from the judicial branch. trump appointed judge aileen cannon dismissed the case against the former president, charging him with confiscating and concealing classified documents. >> i think it was a political move, to get, you know, just a kind of to rub them in the dirt. so i think it kind of vindicates him a little bit. >> but where there's politics, there are protests, a coalition of causes, pro-palestinian pro reproductive rights and labor leaders marched through the milwaukee streets contesting the republican party platform. >> i would rather have someone who is out to ensure that every single american and person in this country has access to equal rights. >> but inside their bubble, republicans still reeling after the former president survived an assassination attempt say they are unified around donald trump. >> the homeland security

secretary says former president trump's secret service protection has now increased. alejandro mayorkas says the change is based on his shift from presumptive nominee to nominee and the evolving nature, obviously, of threats against him. so here are some new details we're learning today about the investigation into how we actually got to this moment with bullets flying at a former president. the fbi says it's finally gained access to the suspect's phone, and that is a critical step in understanding his motive. a source tells abc news. on the day of the shooting, the suspect told his dad he just wanted to go out to the gun range and his father let him use his ar 15 style rifle. the source says. the suspect recently purchased ammo online as well as in person. investigators have interviewed nearly 100 law enforcement officials, rally attendees and other witnesses as they try to figure out how the suspect actually got so close to the former president here in the bay area, congress member nancy pelosi and speaker emeritus spoke about the assassination attempt during an event at the golden gate bridge.

>> as one whose family has been the victim of political violence, i know firsthand that political violence of any kind has no place in our society. i thank god that former president trump is safe. our thoughts are with her in her comments, pelosi referred to the 2022 attack inside her san francisco home. >> an intruder who was looking for her broke in and hit her husband, paul pelosi, in the head with a hammer. speaker pelosi condemned political violence and offered prayers for those injured and killed in the shooting, and that includes cory comparator, a former fire chief at the buffalo township volunteer fire department. flags were flown at half staff there in his honor. comparator died shielding his family from the bullets. two other rally attendees were also injured. both men are now in stable condition. >> the violence over the weekend is driving calls now for unity and finding better ways to disagree with one another. abc news reporter rhiannon ally

looks at the calls to shift this bitter political climate that we've been dealing with the last few years. >> violence has never been the answer, whether it's with members of congress, of both parties being targeted in the shot or a violent mob attacking the capitol on january 6th, president biden last night called on americans to turn down the political temperature, the president referencing several frightening incidents since the january 6th attack on the capitol, including the plot to kidnap michigan governor gretchen whitmer and the attack on former house speaker nancy pelosi's husband. >> over the past ten years, we've seen nearly a doubling in threats to public officials at all levels of government. >> elizabeth newman worked in the homeland security department. she says inflammatory rhetoric is helping fuel the violence. >> we really need to get back to reasserting norms that embrace peaceful dialog, respectful dialog and also not be afraid to disagree. >> since saturday's attack,

disturbing examples of divisive political speech quickly surfaced online. mississippi congressman bennie thompson terminated a staffer after she posted on facebook that the gunman at the trump rally needed some shooting lessons. earlier this year, thompson introduced a bill that would have terminated secret service protections for felons. it did not pass. >> we are an angry, divided nation, and that anger and division has become intertwined in our political discourse. >> there are indications saturday's tragedy could be a turning point. former first lady melania trump thanking those who have reached out beyond the political divide to send their family support. others are looking to the past as they hope for a better future. it's going to take strong leadership to turn this this ship of vitriol around. >> i remember back when i was in high school, america was in a very bad state, and then along came ronald reagan, and everyone thought he was going to start

world war three, and he turned out to be a great leader for all americans. and we need that again, right now. >> rhiannon ally, abc news, new york. >> live coverage of the republican national convention kicks off tonight at 7:00, right here on abc seven. >> we're tracking scott peterson's push to get a new trial in his wife and unborn child's killing. the dna debate still up in the air. we're getting a sense of the impact of one life saving change to the golden gate bridge. plus turning a problem into a solution. how? one community is giving empty offices a powerful new purpose. >> i'm meteorologist sandhya patel. temperatures in the comfort zone today. i'll let you know how long this will continu big yellow and i made. yeah, is there any way that i can make it up to you? actually, you could help me promote my new $6 big deal meal. you think i could be bought, you son of a— hello. this is only showing in japan, right? hey, flex. considering there's

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ellie. it wouldn't be right for ellie's family for us to try to make that determination until we have conclusive evidence to say so. what i can say to reassure the public is that we don't believe there is a public safety threat. we do believe that we have an idea of what occurred and that this is an isolated incident. >> police say investigators are still working to determine a motive. >> we're following the story as convicted killer scott peterson fights for his freedom. he appeared in court today via zoom in his bid for a new trial over the murder of his wife, laci, and their unborn child. abc seven news reporter melanie woodrow was in court today as attorneys argued over new dna testing. >> scott peterson fighting to clear his name of murder. a judge hearing arguments today about evidence gathered during the original murder investigation. peterson was convicted in 2004 of killing his pregnant wife, laci peterson, and their unborn son, connor. a new team of lawyers with the la innocence project took up peterson's case. a judge previously agreed a piece of duct tape found on laci peterson's pants could be tested

for dna. with both sides making arguments today for how the testing will be done and by whom, peterson's defense also arguing today that he is entitled to all of the prosecution's evidence, even if it wasn't presented during the original murder trial. in court, prosecutors read a victim impact statement from laci peterson's mother, in part saying when will this end? while talking about the pain of their loss and scott peterson's quote, relentless pursuit to leave prison, prosecutors argued the defense has not met their burden, saying just because they want it does not mean they get it in redwood city. melanie woodrow abc seven news. >> a special commemoration was held today for the golden gate bridge. a new suicide deterrent. nats. the project is the culmination of years of advocacy and millions of dollars by people from around the bay area. abc seven news reporter tim johns was at the event for us this morning and brings us the story. >> with the shadow of the iconic golden gate bridge in the background, dozens gathered monday for a special commemoration. after years of

work. the bridge's suicide deterrent safety net is finally a reality, thanks in no small part to kimberly renee gamboa, whose son died by jumping off the bridge in 2013. >> super outgoing kid, a captain of his basketball team, played all the sports, went to a small school from kindergarten all the way through 12th grade and he had just started his senior year in high school. >> following her son's passing, gamboa and her husband, who are from the sacramento area, made it their mission to attend every single bridge district board meeting. their goal was to stop others from experiencing what they were going through. >> we told them, we're not going away until you do something. i, you know, my number one goal at that time because i didn't know if they were going to do anything, is you're going to discuss this at every meeting. >> gamboa's advocacy, along with that of many others, finally led to the district agreeing to install the net. an important step for the entire bay area, says district spokesperson paulo schwartz. >> it provides people a second chance, so if someone does fall into the net, we're able to rescue them. they're able to

come back and really take advantage of a second chance in life. >> speaker emerita nancy pelosi says the deterrence construction is about more than just the obvious, though. during a speech, she told the crowd it's also a reminder about the importance of talking about mental health. >> this is a sense of community and community has the word unity in it. we came together to make a difference, to do so in a way that saves lives. >> every year, around 30 people die by suicide, by jumping off of the golden gate bridge, and advocates say if they can prevent just one more death from happening, all of their work will be worth it. >> this is a lifelong, heartbreak and grief. it never goes away. you i mean, you're always thinking, you know what would have been if my son was still alive in san francisco? >> tim jonze, abc seven news. >> help is available 24 over seven for people struggling with mental health. if you need someone to talk to or would like, support, check out local resources at abc7 news, dot com

slash. take action. >> big update today. in a story that we've been following for years, one of two bay area men convicted of killing an italian police officer will be released from prison, an italian court has approved. house arrest for 23 year old gabriel natale yort, who's been in prison in italy since the 2019 killing but will now be allowed to serve out the rest of his 11 year sentence at his grandmother's home near rome. natale and his friend, 24, year-old finnegan elder, were on vacation when they were confronted by plainclothes police after a failed drug deal, and both initially received life sentences, but the sentences were reduced because the officers failed to properly identify themselves. >> chatgpt whistleblowers are asking a federal government agency to investigate non-disclosure agreements by openai. the whistleblower sent a letter to the securities and exchange commission asking it to enforce rules against non-disclosure agreements. they say these agreements prevent employees from raising concerns about artificial intelligence

with regulators, and limit the federal government's ability to fully monitor artificial intelligence technology. a lot of attention is put on san francisco's high office vacancy rate, but the city is not the only area that's struggling. >> a report by the real estate firm kidder mathews found that office vacancy rates in san mateo county are three times higher than they were before the pandemic, and it just keeps growing. vacancy rates for the first quarter of this year are at 17. that's up from nearly 14% a year ago. there is one bit of good news demand is higher in smaller office spaces. now. here at abc7, we're all about solutions, helping us build a better bay area. leaders in contra costa county are taking the problem of empty offices and turning that into a solution. they're filling up empty office space with much needed apartments focused on helping the unhoused people who happen to have disabilities. the county celebrated the grand opening this weekend for el portal place on el portal drive, near san pablo avenue. the former office building now has 54 apartments

plus on site resources, and the county says it's their first facility built specifically for people who are chronically homeless. residents are set to move in later this summer. >> all right, speaking of summer, it feels a little less summer like today. definitely a little cooler. >> we survived triple digits and now what awaits us? sandhya patel. >> hey, really nice weather. >> larry and kristen. yeah, we deserve this break. as you take a look at the temperature change compared to 24 hours ago, pretty much most areas other than san francisco, oakland and half moon bay running lower than where they were by nine degrees in livermore, seven degrees cooler in concord, down four in novato, and 1 degrees cooler in san jose. this is all because we've got a healthy marine layer. it's 2000ft deep and the sea breeze is with us. hayward right now gusting to 25 out towards the delta. fairfield is at 24 miles an hour looking at live doppler seven right now. all is quiet here locally, but not the case

in northern california and in the sierra, where we are seeing thunderstorms developing this area of low pressure spinning off the coast, helping to provide the lift to that moisture that is bringing some thunderstorm activity there. fortunately, there is rain accompanying it, so hopefully it stays that way from our mount tam cam seeing a beautiful view as we look out towards san francisco where here in the city it is 64 degrees. oakland is at 7071. in hayward, san jose, you're at 77 and half moon bay 63 degrees from our exploratorium camera. nothing but blue skies right now and low to mid 70s. i mean, this is really comfortable. from petaluma to santa rosa, mild by summer standards. fairfield 85 degrees and it's 80. in concord and livermore. livermore, walnut creek sun is shining overnight tonight. low clouds will spread inland tomorrow. sunny and near average temperatures. and as we head towards the end of the workweek, you knew couldn't last forever. hot weather returns to our inland areas for the time being. the sea breeze will keep going and cool us off later on this evening at 8:00. still a

little breezy out towards the delta. winds subside and then they pick back up again as we head into the afternoon and evening hours. tomorrow. once again you see the direction of the wind. it's coming on shore, so we go hour by hour this evening. 80 at 520 inland 50s coast side, the low clouds will begin to spread and by 1020, already pushing into some of our east bay valleys tomorrow morning, starting off gray a lot like today, 50s and 60s. and then later in the afternoon you will notice those temperatures will come up into the 80s for the warmest spots. that's not too warm by for this time of year. so it's actually pleasant tomorrow morning. mostly cloudy along the coast, partly cloudy elsewhere. we're looking at 40s to 60s. tomorrow afternoon it is 85. in livermore, 84, concord, 80, in san jose, san rafael, 78. in santa rosa, 70 degrees in oakland, 67 in the city and 61 in half moon bay. we're going to see breezy conditions once again. the accuweather seven day forecast does feature pretty nice looking weather. tomorrow, temperatures will begin to come

up beginning on wednesday. that warming trend continues thursday, and by friday we're talking upper 90s inland. some models are even hinting at low one hundreds mid 60s coast side. the heat will moderate for a day, but then a bump up in temperatures once again for sunday. by monday we're talking triple digits. christine and larry back in the forecast. so like just enjoy full cycle. >> yes thank you sandhya. >> thank you. >> they brought a massive rave to the streets of san francisco and now they're trying again. the huge surprise dance party heading to a new spot. a stunning sight off the coast as some new visitors

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on civility in our country. former president trump is now officially the republican nominee. two days after a shooter tried to kill him, trump told abc news correspondent jonathan karl the close call had an impact on him and that he hopes the bandage will be off by the time he gives his convention speech on thursday. all eyes, meantime, are on milwaukee today as the secret service increases protection for the former president. certainly a difficult few days, unimaginable few days for our country. >> absolutely. abc seven news insider phil matier is joining us now. we watched history unfold this weekend. the question is, what's the impact for the 2024 campaign as well as the country? and i know a lot of people, you know, looked at this and obviously it just happened fresh in everybody's mind. and people are saying this election is over already. it's over. it's done. do you believe that? >> i don't think the election is over and done until people vote, because we're seeing polls, we're seeing pundits and hearing pundits, and we're hearing

having for notifications about what it says about the state of the country. but let's be honest here, larry, there is no indication right now that this shooting was politically motivated at this point. and you can say there was a temperature in the country. you can say that it might lead to it, or you can say that this was a person that we've seen in schoolyards or in other around the country. somebody decides to make a name for themselves. and it's kind of interesting. if you look back at the shooters or assassins of political figures, whether it was hinckley and ronald reagan or bremer on on george wallace or even lee harvey oswald, it's not like it's a political force. it is these lone gunmen. and the question is, how did you get that close? but aside from that, it's going to influence the rhetoric going forward. that's the big question. is it really going to change? is it going to lower the temperature? are both sides going to follow that rule? that remains to be seen. and we'll see the first indication of that at the republican convention. but the democrats as well, are they going to lower

their rhetoric because up till now their biggest push was to attack trump as the enemy of democracy. >> so does this take away their ability to attack him, or does it just require a different tactic? what do you think is going to happen? >> both. it's kind of does take away their ability to blatantly go after it for about 48 hours. and then after that we, you know, it's like a rubber band. we go back to our original shape and let's be honest, we've had this discussion before about civility in the united states, and it's lasted a couple of day. what's going to be interesting right now is that it's not just this week. it was the week before. we've never had a situation where members of their own party are questioning the mental competence of the president who's sitting in office. you put that all together. you can say strength versus weakness, this, that, all these images of what we're doing right now. but behind the scenes, what's going now is some very extensive polling in the battleground states to see how joe biden is doing, and it will be up to him in the next two weeks before his convention to decide whether he stays on or

not. all right. >> let's touch more on that, because obviously, the last week, all we were talking about was the president's fitness. do they change the messaging? do they i mean, some people would say, well, given the events of this past weekend, there's no way you can change candidates now. it's really too late. and others would say, no. now is the time when you really have to change is the discussion that's going on right now, quietly. >> nobody wants to put their heads up right now. but while the republicans are in milwaukee and all the media is in milwaukee, you know, these others are going on, how do we do we change the message or do we change the candidate? what message is there? i'll tell you, one of the bottom things that came out of both the president's question of his mental state and the assassination attempt is the elevation now of the vice presidential candidates anymore in effect? you are looking at possible presidents going forward. this isn't theoretical. it's very much for real. >> well, all right, now, let's take a closer look at jd vance then. only 39 years old. if we're talking about, you know,

tamping down the temperature, he doesn't seem to be one who would do that based on, you know, what he said in the past. but tell us more about him because he does have a lot of ties here, but a lot of people here don't actually know what that's about. >> well, he passed through here. he is the child of poor parents in southern ohio. he's a self-described hillbilly. his mother was addicted to drugs in the opiate crisis. he comes from a poor family. he went to yale and after yale, he came to san francisco and worked in venture capital as a matter of fact, he was one of the co-hosts or the of the recent trump fundraiser in pacific heights. but he doesn't didn't really put an imprint on his time here in san francisco. that was when he went back to his native ohio. so he's somebody that has silicon valley connections? yes. is that going to help in this campaign? you better believe it, because those people are money. that's right. and they are tech. and so it donald trump, you could say he made a smart pick with this. he got somebody who comes from the log cabin but who is very

comfortable in the penthouse as well. >> interesting. interesting choice. we'll learn more about vance tonight. thank you phil. thank you. the critical question remains, how was a gunman able to get so close to a former president? homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas announced an independent review of the shooting today. he called the security at saturday's rally a failure, telling good morning news gma that this morning the suspect never should have even gotten close enough to have a clear shot. >> a direct line of sight like that to the former president should not occur. that is precisely why president biden directed that an independent review of the incident occur. >> the suspect, fired from outside the secret service perimeter about 150 yards from where former president trump was speaking, two law enforcement officials told abc news. the building where the suspect fired from was the staging area for the local police team assigned

to watch over the crowd. now, it's not clear at this point where those officers were, whether they were inside the building or, you know, precisely their location as the suspect was on the roof getting ready to take his shot, sources previously told abc news that law enforcement had swept that building. but they're not sure whether access to the roof was actually locked down. >> trump's running mate, jd vance, blamed president biden's rhetoric saturday for inciting the assassination attempt, tweeting that the premise that trump is a fascist who must be stopped at all costs, fueled this incident. we spoke with former democratic presidential candidate and founder of the forward party, andrew yang, today on our 3 p.m. show, he said. the selection of vance by trump was likely in the works for some time. >> it's a pick that some saw coming. jd is a very, very talented figure. i will say that jd uh- in a time when a lot of people were trying to reduce the temperature in the wake of trump's shooting, came out and put the responsibility on

democratic rhetoric and the biden campaign, which i think is something of a traditional attack dog role that a running mate might take. but it's something that, in my mind, was really counterproductive to the moment the country is in right now. it's not someone who tries to draw in moderates the way a glenn youngkin or even a nikki haley might have. it's not someone who brings with them a swing state population, though. jd vance is from ohio, which has some overlap with michigan, wisconsin, pennsylvania in terms of the nature of the issues. >> so do you think also that the assassination attempt changed the presidential politics dynamics, the race, everything? how much did it change? >> well, i think the jd vance pick was in the works for a while because that stuff tends to be days in the making. so it's not like it affected that particular decision. but people believe, including in democratic circles, that it's going to strengthen trump's hand because there's a natural rally around the flag uh- type impulse. when you have an event like this, only time will tell.

>> of course, how vance will influence this moment in political history and influence voters at the polls later. all right. >> let's turn to the race locally, san francisco mayor, all week long, we're interviewing the major candidates who are running to lead the city. and today, daniel lowry joined us on abc seven news at three, sharing his vision for a safer city. >> we need a fully staffed police department, a sheriff's department and a 911 dispatch office. we also need to make sure that we get our police out of the business of being our homeless outreach workers and our mental health counselors. i want a trained clinicians going out onto the street and working with people that are in mental health crisis or in the throes of addiction, bringing those people into 24 over seven crisis centers and making sure that we get them the help that they nee. >> we'll have interviews with the candidates for san francisco mayor all week long here on abc seven news at 3 p.m, specifically, mayor london breed joins us tomorrow and wednesday. it's mark farrell, supervisor

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world, those defining images of former president trump in the moments following the assassination attempt are on the front pages of newspapers across the globe. world leaders both allies and rivals, condemned the violence at saturday's rally. you know, i don't even know where to start, but certainly it is something that has a lot of our foreign countries asking, what is happening in america right now. not like there hasn't been assassinations and assassination attempts before, but this one somehow feels different given the times. tim. >> yeah, i agree, i like you, kristen. i have a lot of friends who who are abroad, and i think people look to the us as we are the most important country in the international system. right. and people look to us for an example. and when we're so at each other's throats and it culminates in something like saturday, people kind of wonder, you know, what's going on over there? >> yeah, yeah, i know when i've

traveled abroad recently, the past few years, the question i get all the time is, what are you guys doing over there? what are you doing? so there's a lot of questions on this side and other sides of the pond. sandy, the question i'm most curious about is because obviously this, you know, never should have happened in the first place. but do you think it's already decided the election or we've you know, we've got a lot of time to go here before we actually cast our ballots. >> i think if people were voting right about now, it really could have swayed the decision. but i think months later people are probably forget some of this stuff. i mean, not this incident, but they may not be as persuaded, i think. >> and also another event could happen that you can't foresee. >> well, yeah. i mean, who knows. absolutely. all right. moving on. restaurants pushing back against no show diners. and many are now requiring a credit card just to book your own reservation. some are charging cancellation fees. reservation

service. rezai found 17% of restaurants now charge for no shows or late cancellations. owners say they base their staffing and supplies on scheduled reservations, so it really does affect their bottom line. i know you know, sometimes we get into these holiday situations. you may make several reservations and then go, well, which one? i always make the personal attempt to call them, let them know we don't need it anymore. but i could see why a lot of restaurants would be forced into a position where they're like, we got to charge you. we can't just have a bunch of empty seats, especially when people are struggling. >> you know, restaurants don't have the same staff that they used to have. i do the same thing, larry. if we're not going to show up, something came up and we can't make it, i call them. >> yeah, i don't do that when i come into work. but, just restaurants, you know? >> what's interesting is i travel to asia and they're like, i booked a bunch of things like escape rooms and whatever, and i'm thinking or cooking lessons, thinking i would need to pay. and then they always invariably say, no, no need to pay. i guess

people don't really know. show tim? yeah. >> i mean, i think here, well, one speaks to cultural differences, right? but two, i think, sandy, you're saying staffing also prices, right. since before covid, the cost of everything labor, food, ingredients has gone so through the roof, a lot of the restaurants we've talked to and over the past couple of years and months say it really does impact them to larry's point. so you know, they don't want to lose money. >> before we move on, is there any video of you in the safe room trying to get out? because i will pay. i will pay hard earned cash for that video to lock me up in the escape room. >> all right, well, would you ever know what you get out or try to ever. all right, well, maybe someday. would you ever clone your own dog if given the chance? well, one company is making it possible at a price via gene pets, and aquiline is or equine, i should say, is able to crush, genetically preserve a pet's cells and then generate a new pet. the company primarily clones cats, dogs, and horses,

though it's also done pigs, cows, and sheep for $50,000. the new animal would be, well, i mean, dna wise, identical, right? yeah. i mean, who knows if their personality will be exact or their lifespan because typically, you know, when you do this, don't don't the cloned animals live shorter lives? >> i'm not sure if that's still the case, but $50,000? okay >> that's. >> would you want such a pet? >> well, no. >> but if you made it 5000, absolutely. >> you would. oh, i'd bring the same. i think it's weird. i think it's strange, too. yeah. it's strange. it's not you. >> you think it's strange that i would want it, or you think it's. >> yes. say it. >> i mean, think of how many escape rooms we could do with that. >> 50 grand. >> a good point, yeah. >> i don't. you love your pets? >> i guess not, i love them, but i think there's also a time to let them go. and, you know. >> well, you let one go and you're bringing the other one. that's. but the other 1st may

not have the same personality. he has to have the same dna. oh, come on, never mind. >> all right, let's just go, we're in the dog days of summer. no pun intended. there. but home depots are ready for spooky season. halloween decorations go on sale starting on thursday. as in july 18th. that's more than three months before halloween. the viral giant animated skeleton known as skelly will be back again this year. look for him with some other supersized animatronic decorations expected. who's ready for halloween in july? raise your hand. >> nope. too soon. heard this on the radio this morning. i don't like this at all. give me my summer back. >> we'll give it earlier and earlier and earlier on. all this stuff. >> and it has to start feeling cool outside in like october, you know, i don't know. >> yeah. the only thing i'm good with right now is back to school shopping. that's it. don't give me anything else. yeah. delete delete, delete the stores wouldn't be doing this though if it wasn't profitable for them. >> at least some profit, don't

you think? i mean, because we keep backing up and backing up and backing up. i mean, i don't know, they wouldn't do it unless they thought it was going to be effective, right? yeah. >> i mean, christmas decorations, you see out way early as well. so maybe there is. yeah >> you know reason are they out early or do people not put them away. yeah. >> is that are you confessing something. >> i see some of these people and i'm like i'm skeptical. >> all right, that'll do it for the four at four with three non pet lovers and me. >> that's not true. well no that's not what i heard. >> genetically recreated abominations that aren't really your pet. not larry. >> i heard. >>

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criminals took an important transport vehicle from the shelters secured lot in east oakland. >> abc7 news anchor amanda delcastillo has details about how the latest issue, which follows a string of recent crimes at that location, really has the spca looking to the community for help. >> reporter a major setback during what should be a monumental 150th year for the east bay spca in oakland. surveillance footage captured early sunday morning shows the moment a blue hatchback rammed into the back gate, taking it off the track, bringing it down and giving way for someone to hotwire the agency's largest transport vehicle for the big

critical piece of work that we do getting animals from overcrowded municipal organizations that don't have the ability to care for them, to get them here, where we can provide them the medical and behavioral support they need. >> that's our one van for that. >> carolyn. erin, now, the shelter's vp of operations, explains, this isn't the first time criminals took the 2010 ford econoline. and over the last six months alone, the facility has been the target of various crimes. >> our large transport van has now been stolen twice. we have had our gate damaged and rammed in two times, so we've had to repair that. we also are frequently, victims of graffiti where people come and paint all over our buildings. and then we need to spend funds to repair that paint job without factoring in the cost of the stainless steel extra galvanized gate, which was only installed in november for more than $54,000. >> erin now says the van alone is about a $90,000 loss. painting over the graffiti, she

mentioned $15,000. it's all money. the independent nonprofit says should instead go to benefiting the animals and the community seeking shelter services. >> so all of that adds up and takes away from the important work we're able to do for the community. >> it's no secret the surrounding community along the hegenberger corridor has been met with challenges. >> we are in an area that we feel very committed to. we are in east oakland. this is a bit of a resource desert, so we want to be here for the people and pets that need us and need our services. also, we know that this can be a difficult area to do business in, and we're seeing businesses leave, but not enough to shutter shelter business. >> still, officials here are hoping the community will come through and assist monetarily so the shelter can reach additional monumental anniversaries in the future. in oakland, i'm amanda delcastillo, abc seven news. >> hopefully they'll get some help. all right. we're counting down to a special event with a big impact. >> how

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