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starts right now >> good evening. thanks for joining us. i'm dan ashley and i'm ama daetz day three of the republican national convention is underway. >> and donald trump arrived just moments ago tonight will be the biggest night yet with newly named running mate jd vance delivering his speech to attendees. >> he'll report donald trump arrived moments ago to listen to tonight's speeches. right now, kimberly guilfoyle is speaking. trump will deliver his speech tomorrow. the major speakers tonight include. trump's son, donald trump jr will also see usha vance, j.d. vance's wife, take the stage. she worked for a san francisco law firm, but resigned monday after vance was picked as trump's running mate. jd vance will be the final speaker this evening, and abc news will have extended live coverage of vance's speech. the convention, starting at 7 p.m. immediately after abc seven news at six and mr. vance spoke
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earlier today. his first official campaign appearance outside of the convention, as donald trump's running mate. vance appeared at a milwaukee science museum fundraiser and used the moment to praise trump. after the weekend's assassination attempt. >> as soon as i knew he was okay, i felt relief. and then i was like, i cannot believe an assassin tried to take down the president of the united states. i was mad about it. was he mad and angry? he called for national unity. he called for calm. he showed leadership >> now to developing news with the attempted assassination of former president trump. today, we learned the shooter, thomas crooks, was identified as a person of interest. at 5:10 p.m. that is, 62 minutes before the shooting took place. law enforcement officials investigating saturday's assassination attempt told lawmakers today in an unclassified briefing that 20 minutes passed between the time u.s. secret service snipers first spotted crooks on the roof
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and the time shots were fired, snipers reportedly spotted him on the roof. at 552, trump took the stage at the pennsylvania rally at 602. the first shot was fired at 612, 11 seconds after that first shot, secret service counter snipers acquired their target, and 15 seconds after that, crooks was shot dead. today, the department of homeland security launched a review of the secret service counter-sniper team. the goal is to study how it prepares for and responds to threats. the secret service's preparations for last saturday's rally are already being examined. today, vice president kamala harris offered her first public comments on the shooting. >> the bottom line is no one should have to fear for the safety of a loved one because they serve in public office. our heart goes out to the family of corey. comparator a true hero who died protecting his family. right? >> and the funeral for the only man killed in the rally, 50 year old firefighter corey comparator
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is on friday. donald trump is not expected to attend. the funeral is private, although there are public visitations. on thursday, the two spectators shot and injured 57 year old david dutch and 74 year old james copenhaver remain hospitalized. >> president biden tested positive today for covid. he was wrapping up a two day visit to las vegas when he started feeling sick. in a tweet, the president wrote i tested positive for covid 19 this afternoon, but i am feeling good and thank everyone for the well wishes. i will be isolating as i recover and during this time i will continue to work to get the job done for the american people. the president boarded air force one immediately afterwards. the white house says president biden will self-isolate and work from delaware. the white house physician says the president's symptoms are mild and he is taking paxlovid. biden told reporters at the airport that despite the diagnosis, he feels good. maybe not about this. in the meantime, california
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representative adam schiff is calling on biden to step aside. the frontrunner in the state's senate race is arguably the most prominent democrat so far. to ask biden to bow out of the race, schiff says, quote, while the choice to withdraw from the campaign is president biden's alone, i believe it is time for him to pass the torch. in audio obtained by abc news, schiff is heard privately telling donors he doesn't think biden can win. meanwhile democratic leadership has supported the delay, has supported to delay a virtual roll call of dnc delegates to nominate president biden for reelection, abc news reports. the process is still moving forward, but it has been pushed back by a week from august 1st through the seventh. multiple sources tell abc news. senate majority leader chuck schumer and house minority leader hakeem jeffries support this delay. 70% of americans think president biden should withdraw from the race. the poll was conducted by the associated press and the
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newark center for public affairs research. 65% of democrats polled say that biden should withdraw. 57% of americans think former president donald trump should withdraw from the race. the election on november 5th is 110 days away. >> now to a story out of santa cruz. two people who were swept into the ocean by a wave drowned. >> they were on the coast along west cliff drive and david way. abc seven news reporter zach fuentes has the details of the rescuers who tried to save them. >> reports of two subjects who were swept off the cliff by a wave struggling in the water. >> emergency officials first getting calls like that around 615 tuesday evening from bystanders who saw the two victims in the water. the santa cruz fire department said. lifeguards and fire rescue swimmers got there in less than six minutes. tragically, they found those two victims, a man and woman found face down in the water. >> cpr was initiated and continued with advanced life support all the way into the harbor, and at which point they
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received further medical treatment, fortunately, those victims did not survive. >> many community members making their daily walk along the coast. the following day shocked by the news that was horrifying just to learn. i didn't know about it until you just told me that long time resident telling us she can't remember the last time something like this happened. >> these are things i tend to read about more, north or south along the coasts. you know, down near big sur, of course, and even up the coast here, but not in town. >> one local commercial fisherman telling us that his tragic as it is, he sees too many people coming to the area, not fully understanding what to expect. >> people think they're safe. they go down there if they get washed in uh- then they can be in real trouble. we have less sand this year because there's been such big storms. it's washed a lot of the sand away, so then they have no place to climb out. >> and as a community works to process the tragedy that happened. fire officials say they hope it serves as an important reminder. >> you know, it's a tragedy. we really feel for the families involved, our big message that we want to put out to the public
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is know before you go. so that's whether you find that information yourself. going to our website, checking in with a lifeguard. it's really getting that that hands on information. when you get to the beach, before you get in the water, before you go near the water, checking in with somebody who has that information to give you. >> authorities have still not released the identity of the victims, and it's unknown if they're local or tourist. in santa cruz. zach fuentes, abc seven news tonight. >> we're following the story of the alameda man accused of murdering five members of his family in a shooting last week. 54 year-old shane killian will now face an additional murder charge after the death of his one year old son. he was the only surviving victim of the massacre, but died from his injuries. the alameda da's office says that each charge carries a 25 year to life sentence. killian is scheduled to be arraigned to hear the formal charges against him on monday. >> and now, another tragic story. a bay area mother fighting the courts to protect her child. yet the young girl died, and investigators say her
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father is the one who killed her during a court mandated visit. >> it's a tragedy and we wanted to know if the system did its job. in the case of three year-old, ellie lorenzo, abc seven news reporter lou pena spent the day reviewing court documents and is here with the latest on those stories we've been following since ellie was really first reported missing. luis. >> just heartbreaking. it really is to know that now she was found dead and he has court documents going back to 2021. give us a glimpse of the legal battle between the parents of ellie lorenzo. we learned that just last week, ellie's mom had received permission from the courts to move out of california with ellie. then days later, the three year old was killed. devastating case of three year old ellie lorenzo is raising questions over what happened last friday. ellie's mom cried out for anyone to help find ellie. this after the girl's father was found dead by suicide in san francisco following a missed custody exchange and
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ellie was missing. >> ellie, i love you so much. please please know that we're looking for you and we're going to find you. so please just hold on and everything will be okay. >> over the weekend, the body of three year old ellie was found at a recycling facility in san jose. in a statement, the heartbroken mother said the girl's dad hit ellie's body in a bag, placed her in a box and put her in a dumpster. crystal obe said she desperately wanted constant supervision and safety. when ellie had court ordered visits with her father, she said the system continued to grant him partial custody and access. >> they lifted the supervision they gave him unfettered access and that's what he used to murder the child. >> we dug into the court documents accessible online, and found that in october of 2021, the mother filed for the father to have supervised visits and go through drug and mental health testing. in january of 2022, an
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emergency hair follicle drug test was requested. in june of 2023, the court presented a private child custody evaluator. so what went wrong? we spoke to george washington university professor joan meyer. she's a leading specialist in the effort to reform family courts responses to cases involving abuse. the mother was doing everything she could to keep her child safe from this father, and the court was insisting that the father have unsupervised access, which led ultimately to the murder. >> so the court did not protect the court system, did not protect this child, even though they had what looks like multiple requests to do so. >> professor meyer's research shows that cases like this are not uncommon, and even proof of imminent danger doesn't change much. >> the problem is that the paradigm in everybody's heads of what a custody battle is, is that it's petty and it's vindictive, and nobody seems to
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understand that some of these custody battles are actually about protecting a child's in danger. >> and according to ellie's mom, the girl's father was also notified that the mom had been granted permission to move out of california with ellie. four days later, the three year old's body was found. the mother said she constantly feared for her daughter's life, but the court kept granting the father permission to see ellie. >> it's just heartbreaking and obviously the mother, she tried, she tried, she tried everything right. >> all right. thanks, lucy. yeah, it really is. >> and stories like this, as we know, can be extremely upsetting. if you need someone to talk to or would like support, check out local resources at abc seven news.com slash. take action now. >> stay here with us. still to come fixing oakland's pothole problems. the city has a five year plan. we're three years into it though, so it's time for a progress check. part of building a better bay area, plus an alternative to driving the new way to connect oakland and
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alameda debuts today, and this could set an example for growing bay area transit. >> i'm meteorologist sandhya patel, the heat is making a return. >> the next couple of days. we'll take a look at the temperatures, plus an advisory coming up when
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of units of affordable housing in the bay area. this initial round of funding from apple will support four housing projects that will create 400 homes throughout the region. apple has partnered with three california groups as part of the bay area
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housing fund initiative. the fund will make targeted favorable loans to kick start housing construction in the bay area. >> there's a new way to travel between oakland and alameda. woodstock the water shuttle took its maiden voyage this morning. abc seven news reporter anser hassan has a look at today's launch and other ways we are expanding commuting via the bay. reporter alameda residents stephanie and todd davis were passengers on the first day of the new oakland, alameda water shuttle. >> it's so convenient. it's just it's going to make going back and forth really easy. so it gives us more options for dining, entertaining, maybe working if you work over there or even here, it'll be great. >> there will be 30 daily trips to and from alameda landing to jack london square in oakland. as the city continues to build more housing and grow. mayor marilyn ezzy ashcraft says they have to find more ways to get people on and off the island. >> we are an island, so we are acutely aware of the impacts of climate change, global warming,
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greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to that. and so that's why we need to offer folks a better way than driving their cars. >> i'm surprised that we don't use them so much because it's cleaner. it's safer. >> professor ellen givental says the us has a history of relying on cars and expanding highways at the cost of developing strong public transportation. she says now is a good time for the bay area to reconsider using its waterways renewable energy, and we're also we're having very high gas prices. >> uh. so that's probably the best time now to rethink this concept. >> in may, san francisco bay ferry shared its 2050 proposal, a blueprint on how to grow the ferry network. >> we're hoping to get to a second golden age of ferries here in the bay area. >> the first phase is to expand from san francisco to berkeley, mission bay, and redwood city. phase two includes cities along the carquinez strait, including martinez, pittsburg, and antioch, and between marin county and the east bay just
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make it easier for people to get around the bay area generally, and to enjoy a different view of what the bay has to offer. there will be obstacles, such as environmental challenges by pilot projects like the oakland alameda shuttle continue to test the waters and demand in alamed, anser hassan abc seven news. >> it's kind of like a floating school bus. >> yeah it is. well, it would have been a nice day for that. yeah. >> that's true. meteorologist sandhya patel is here with the forecast. sandy. >> yeah. and it was a nice day to be out and about. that's for sure. dan. and let me show you a live picture from our sfo camera right now where you see the fog and low clouds are back in the picture. the marine layer never quite cleared the coast and it's making its move. once again, so we are not expecting any hot weather along the coast, but certainly will be felt inland as you will notice, this area of low pressure is moving on out of here and high pressure has already started to build westward, which has allowed temperatures to begin to come up. it is 15 degrees warmer right now in concord compared to
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24 hours ago, up ten degrees in santa rosa, livermore up 11, san jose four degrees warmer. that warming is going to continue. and tomorrow we head into the hot category for our inland areas. so the valleys and the mountains inland will be going under a heat advisory tomorrow at 10 a.m, and it runs until 11 p.m. friday. during this time period, those temperatures rising enough that they bring the risk of heat related illnesses for anyone who is sensitive. so we are talking about moderate heat risk inland going into tomorrow, if you are going to be outside, please take precautions. a live view looking at alcatraz right now, san francisco 64 degrees. this is the view from pier 3969 in oakland. it is in the 70s from hayward to san jose to redwood city. and a beautiful picture from our oakland airport. camera. you can see just blue skies out there. 80 in santa rosa, 68 in petaluma you're in the upper 80s from fairfield to concord, 83 degrees in livermore. so still comfortable. sun shining. golden gate bridge
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next two days heating up inland overnight tonight. fog near the coast and bay and your weekend outlook. the heat eases briefly, but you'll see in the accuweather seven day forecast that it doesn't last very long as we go hour by hour. the fog near the coast at 7:00 50 there, but well inland in the 70s and 80s by 10:00. it's pushing across the bay, but it's not going to be a widespread event as far as the marine layer goes tomorrow morning, waking up to some fog and then by the afternoon warming up into the 90s inland. so yes, it will get hot in our inland areas, but nothing extreme. you kind of expect it in the summertime. your morning temperatures, 50s to 60s. as we look at your afternoon highs, it's going to get hot inland. 95 in morgan hill, 94 in gilroy, 88 in san jose on the peninsula, you're looking at 79 in san mateo, 85 redwood city, mid 60s, right near the coast. you'll have a few patches of fog hanging around 73 downtown san francisco, north bay, temperatures 93. in san rafael,
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upper 90s santa rosa, calistoga. heading into the east bay, it will be 79 in oakland. so nice and warm. 85 castro valley. 83 fremont. inland areas will get hot. 95 walnut creek, 96 in fairfield and 98 in brentwood. your accuweather seven day forecast from the upper 90s inland tomorrow to the low 100 seconds by friday. mid 60s. coast side both days. and then the temperatures do trend lower for the weekend. the breeze picks up. they'll come right back up again. we'll bring in those triple digits once again for monday through wednesday 60s coast side. so we'll have to get ready for that heat again. case we forgot ama and dan we didn't. >> yeah, thank sandhya patel uh. >> well, nominations have been revealed for the 76th emmy awards. shogun earned the most 25 total. the bear received a comedy series record 23 nominations. only murders in the building was next with 21. you can find the full list of nominees on abc seven news.com. the emmy awards are sunday,
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news reporter lauren martinez is live there. >> and lauren, we are getting close to showtime. >> we're getting close. ama and dan a lot of happy and excited fans. the parking lot is filling up behind me. we have heard from fans that have traveled from germany, spain, canada. i've only met one fan so far who said this was her first show. now this is the stones hackney diamonds tour. they've covered 16 cities across the u.s. and canada. this is their final stretch. they have one more show on sunday in missouri. uh- for a lot of fans we heard from, this is their second or third show. seeing just on this tour alone, but if you think about it, this band was founded in 1962. mick jagger turns 81 next week. these fans say seeing him perform is impressive and never disappoints. >> it's a band that's evolved
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and really hasn't changed. they, you know, with even this new album is i you'll hear it, you'll be in there, you'll hear it. and this is a guy that's 80 that hasn't lost a step. >> how many shows have you been to? >> this will be my 26th, and i'm just right behind her, like 24. >> they, you know, they feel my soul. i was telling my husband, this is what recharges me. he goes, what are you going to do if they ever retire? what band are you going to follow? i'm like, don't even say that. that's that's like a knife to the heart. >> we got married two and a half weeks ago, and now we started in vegas and we saw the two l.a. shows with the stones, and we go over there tonight. >> they're the best live band you will ever see on the planet. and i have never taken anyone who has not seen this band to a live show that has not come back for more. >> now, the most we've heard fans pay for their ticket was $1,000. we checked ticketmaster
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earlier this afternoon and saw tickets going for as low as $82. i also checked on stubhub. some were going, some resales were going for as low as $56. so quite the steal when you think about how epic and how legendary the rolling stones are. show starts at 730. live at levi's stadium lauren martinez abc seven news. >> lauren, thanks. and after all of these years, it's still so remarkable to see them still out there on tour. thrilling fans. pretty cool. thanks all right. coming up next, a man with a plan. but san francisco mayoral candidate mark farrell says he's in the race for his family. >> plus, we'll go live to milwaukee for the highlights of today. day three of the republican national convention, and we'll hear from speakers with california connections. >> and abc news will have extended live coverage of the republican national convention starting at 7 p.m. as a result, wheel of fortune and jeopardy! will air at ten and 1030 tonight, respectively. they'll be followed by abc seven news at 11. we'll be back
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vance will speak tomorrow. donald trump himself will deliver a speech when he says he has changed dramatically following last weekend's assassination attempt. >> let's take a live look now inside the convention. this is in milwaukee, wisconsin. it is a packed house. as you see there tonight, including donald trump, who is already in attendance this evening. >> kimberly guilfoyle, the former first spouse of san francisco and ex-wife of governor gavin newsom, spoke a short time ago at the rnc. guilfoyle, who is now engaged to donald trump jr. gave her full support to her future father in law. >> this is not just a choice between republicans and democrats. this is a choice between safety or chaos, wealth or poverty, national sovereignty or open borders. >> a roseville gold star family also took the stage a few minutes ago. marine corps
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sergeant nicole guy was one of 13 service members killed in afghanistan during an attack on the kabul airport in 2021. >> donald trump knew all of our children's names. he knew their stories and he spoke to us in a way that made us feel understoo, like he knew our kids. he carried donald trump, carried the weight for a few hours with me. >> very emotional. >> it is very emotional. and tomorrow donald trump will formally accept the republican party's nomination for president and deliver a speech. but tonight, we'll hear from his newly named running mate, j.d. vance. >> reporter liz nagy, from our sister station in chicago is live in milwaukee, wisconsin at the rnc. liz >> all of this is part of the warm up act right now. the big name tonight is jd vance. this will be his big night on stage
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here at the republican national convention. and when he steps on stage in about an hour, introduced by his wife, it will be the biggest moment of his political career so far. former president donald trump walked through the motions this afternoon, preparing to formally accept his party's nomination tomorrow night. but first up, it's his newly named running mate to nominate ohio senator jd vance for the office of vice president, the first millennial to ever hold a spot on a presidential ticket will step into the brightest spotlight so far. in person. it will be a friendly audience. but vance's challenge will be convincing the voters he can't see specifically, the skeptics watching from home across the country to choose a second trump term. speaking at his first vice presidential fundraiser this afternoon, vance accepted the assignment. >> we're going to get out there and try to fire up the crowd tonight and make the case a very easy case to make, but an important case to make that we
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have got to reelect president donald j. trump to the white house, right. >> the 39 year old trump critic, now fully converted to running mate, rose from poor rural rustbelt roots as depicted in his memoir and now streaming series hillbilly elegy. republicans are betting it will play to everyday americans. his story it really is. >> you know, the american dream, isn't it? it really is like just the persona of the american dream. so i'm really looking forward to hearing that. >> current vice president kamala harris isn't waiting to hear from vance. she's already on the offensive against her new opponent. >> trump looked for someone he knew would be a rubber stamp for his extreme agenda. and make no mistake, jd vance will be loyal only to trump. >> tonight's big focus at the convention is foreign policy, specifically, the trump administration's america first policy. when we hear from jd vance, we'll expect to hear him lay out some future policies of what a trump vance administration would look like. we're live in milwaukee tonight.
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liz nagy abc seven news. >> all right, liz, thank you once again. live coverage of the republican national convention starts at 7:00 immediately after abc seven news here at six. >> turning to the race for san francisco mayor. all week long, abc seven news will be interviewing the major candidates running to lead the city today. it was a man who was interim mayor for about six months. mark farrell, you left politics for venture capital. >> why do you want to be mayor now? >> you know, i left city hall in 2018 because my children, my wife and i are raising our three children here in san francisco and at the time they were five, ten and 12 years old. so maybe the right time to be home with them, to know me as know that i'm a dad first, and i enjoy coaching sports teams, traveling with our children, and being really engaged in their schools. but i'll tell you, i'm running for mayor here in 2024 because of my children. again, our oldest child is our daughter who just graduated from high school. she's going off to college in about five weeks. >> congratulations. >> thank you. but i want her to be proud to call san francisco home. i think more than anything, i want her to move
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back to san francisco when she graduates. in order for that to happen, we need to have a city that's affordable, that's safe with clean streets and with economic opportunities for everybody in san francisco, those conditions don't exist today. that's why i'm running for mayor. >> our interviews with the san francisco mayoral candidates continue all this week. supervisor asha safai and aaron peskin will be here tomorrow. and friday. and in september, abc7 news and the san francisco standard are joining forces to co-host a live debate with the top candidates. watch it live on september 25th at 6 p.m. >> drivers in oakland know about the city's pothole problems and the plan to fix the roads is behind schedule under a new transportation leader, oakland is hoping to ramp up the work, with particular focus on underserved communities. abc seven news. building a better bay area reporter lyanne melendez explains what's been keeping oakland behind. reporter think about this for a hot second in 2021. >> oakland city council passed a 300,000,005 year plan to fix about 400 miles of roads by
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2027. how's it going? so far? >> ballpark number in the last two years is about 100. >> oakland may not reach its target. josh rowan, the now head of oakland's department of transportation, arrived three months ago from atlanta. >> i feel in some ways this is like karma for me because i was in another major american city saying, at least we're not oakland. and so it has been known nationally, i did, i did say that, and it was a national thing. we knew oakland had the worst streets in america, and so kudos when the decisions were made to go to the voters, to get the money to invest in the infrastructure. now it's our job to deliver, and that's what we intend to do. >> there's still much to do. here's 36th street and marquette back in april. today, the same stretch of road. nothing has improved. last april, we measured a huge pothole near laney college. it's still there. this was park boulevard near highway 13. in april. still the same. rowan says there are challenges in city government
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that need to be addressed. the first is the lack of personnel needed to actually coordinate the work of repaving. >> we're about 30% vacant across most of our departments, so when you're picking up the phone and saying, why is no one answering, it's because no one's there. >> ward logan is a city planner who's now running for city council. last april, while riding his bicycle. this pothole, which is still there today, sent him to the emergency room. he says things would move a lot quicker if the city council would give the transportation department more authority to do the work, without the council having to approve every project. >> we actually have dollars to pave our streets. you and i are paying taxes and measure you to pave our roads, but it does require that your city council gives the authority to the department of transportation to go get a contractor to pave our roads. it's bureaucracy at its finest. >> let's see how the new guy does. in the meantime, the plan has now shifted slightly to focus on neighborhood streets
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nasdaq to its worst day since december of 2022. blue chips fared much better. the dow closed in the green to reach another new record high of 41,198. the nasdaq lost 2.8% of its value, more than 500 points, closing just under 18,000. as for the s&p, it dropped 1.4. this disrupts what had been a record setting week for the market. >> justice decades in the making. today, hundreds of sailors disciplined after the deadly port chicago explosion have been exonerated. the naval facility disaster happened 80 years ago today, killing more than 300 sailors while exposing a racial double standard. abc
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seven news reporter ryan curry has reaction to the navy righting a historic wrong. >> i've had very many moments this morning where i've been crying, where i've been laughing, where i've screamed tough to put into words. >> but this is a day uli padmore has been waiting for. for years. >> massive, monumental day just filled with many emotions for over a decade she has run the port chicago alliance, a group focused on bringing attention to one of the most tragic events in bay area history. >> in 1944, an explosion at the port chicago weapons station killed over 300 sailors. the majority of them were black. in the wake of the deadly blast, 256 black sailors expressed safety concerns and refused to return to work handling dangerous ammunition. the navy responded with threats of disciplinary action. more than 200 would return to work, but the remaining 50 would be court martialed and charged with mutiny. >> there moved to a different location, they were moved to mare island. they were asked to
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continue doing that work, and they stood up for their civil rights. >> for 80 years, those records stood that changed wednesday. navy secretary carlos del toro said there were significant legal errors, including the sailors being denied rightful counsel. congressman mark desaulnier has been pushing the navy to exonerate the men for years. >> i always think that america is a great enough country and its people are great enough that we can admit uh- to our historical shortcomings, and this helps with that. >> one of the signees of the exoneration letter is thurgood marshall jr, seen on the left. he is the son of the former supreme court justice who helped defend the sailors. >> it makes us realize that there was greatness in this as much as there was sadness and racism. there were also people like him thurgood marshall, uh- george miller, who overcame that, recognized it, and weren't afraid of confronting it. >> all of the convicted sailors are now deceased, and while yulee is thrilled to see them exonerated, she says it's still important to tell their stories. >> this is also a part of our culture and learning. what what
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did these heroes what did what did these courageous war heroes, what did they do to bring us where we are today? >> a major wrong righted, but one that shouldn't be forgotten in the east bay? ryan curry, abc seven news. >> we are getting warmer as we head into the weekend. see sandhya. the seven day forecast next plus and we really make it as hands on as we can. >> they become teachers themselves. >> these are high school students making the most of summer internships. stay with us
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turnaround for the company that has allowed work from home since the start of the pandemic. the company recently announced it will require most of its employees to return to the office for at least three days, but up to five days a week. it's welcome news to restaurants that rely on foot traffic around the salesforce office building in downtown san francisco. >> friday was our best day before the pandemic. now there's one of the, you know, not the
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same. >> the push to return to the office comes as salesforce cut about 300 jobs earlier this month, on top of 700 layoffs earlier this year. the new return to office changes for select employees will take effect october 1st. >> hundreds of high school students are getting incredible hands on career experience this summer. abc seven news reporter suzanne phan spoke with students, wrapping up their internships at ucsf's kanbar center. >> so you said your pain is where in your chest. >> it's not every day that you can help save a life. code blue. >> room 258. code blue to room 258. >> these high school students in san francisco are getting a one of a kind experience. >> what's going on? he's coding. >> thanks to an internship they're wearing scrubs and practicing lifesaving skills that they learned on sim man, a talking mannequin at ucsf kanbar center for simulation. jared garcia, angela cid, and alison
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valencia are wrapping up their six week internship. they've learned some remarkable skills. garcia is going to be a senior at june jordan high school, so i learned how to give chest compressions effective breaths, how to function in aed, how to do all that with with infants, adults. angela cid, a high school senior, hopes to work in the medical field one day doing ultrasounds. for now, she's getting a lot of practice with different skills. >> i just drew blood. just getting it to second try was really fast, so that was really easy and cool. >> these particular interns get trained on cpr skills for about a week and a half. then they turn around and teach other students practice. >> practice is a really key point, right now. >> allison valencia is a junior in high school, one day she hopes to deliver babies. >> i'm teaching infant cpr, so yeah, babies, airway, compressing and all of that. >> sfusd has about 700 high school students doing
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internships every summer in all sorts of fields. they get real world experience, they get paid, and some of them even get college credit because they've come here after their experience, they want to pursue careers in healthcare, which is incredible because oftentimes they may not have considered it otherwise. the six week summer internships for sfusd students and this friday. but the lessons are sure to leave a lasting impression. >> he's back. >> he's back in san francisco, suzanne phan abc7 news. >> they are pretty impressive. >> very impressive. all right. the weather is impressive for now. i'm not going to be very impressed in the next couple of days. no it's going to change rather dramatically. >> again, the wrong direction. meteorologist sandhya patel is here with more heat. sandy. >> yeah, i know you both don't like that heat, but i will tell you this much. it's not going to be extreme. it's not going to last as long like the last round. all right. so here you go. let's take a look at the heat advisory for parts of the inland areas of the bay area
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down south. it's excessive heat watches where they're going to be seeing temperatures soaring as well. so live doppler seven showing you some fog along the coast. it's going to hang around tomorrow afternoon. your weather is going to be pretty mild at the coast, but inland areas mid to upper 90s. so yeah, it's going to get hot. friday is even hotter. inland areas will get up into the triple digits, but quickly backing off on saturday and sunday. those temperatures do come down. and here's a look at the accuweather seven day forecast. we're going to go with hotter weather inland next two days, you do get a little bit of a break over the weekend and then yes, the sizzle is going to come back again monday through wednesday with those triple digits inland 60s coast side. i know not impressive weather for ama. make the sizzle fizzle, can we believe. yeah i was going to say i wish i could at least over the weekend a little bit. >> lisa won't last as long as last time. yeah. thanks, sandhya. all right. >> sports director larry beil is here with olympic basketball. fo
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shizzle. >> oh, i will stop there. >> yeah, that should have been your line. stop. sort of. i felt compelled to do the snoop thing. uh- team usa is starting to gel, and it definitely helps when steph curry gets hot like he did today against serbia in an olympic tune up. that's next in
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ago made up for that today rapidly and in a big way against serbia. steph and company taking on the joker. the nuggets first possession here it's curry from deep splash. the three point line in the international game is closer. so steph gets a look like this. that's a layup. let's see. it's just too easy for him. welcome to the steph show. curry fadeaway. steph scored the first nine points for team usa. all right we're tied at 40 in the second quarter steph three and the foul chef curry was cooking. end of the second quarter team usa on the break anthony edwards alone for the jam a 19 five run for the u.s. third quarter. jrue holiday from the world champion celtics. he knocks down the three from the wing. he had eight points i'm steve kerr's got so many guys to play. it's just not fair for the
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opposition. fourth quarter usa up 27 with authority lebron monster one hand jam. he had 11 points. he was very high up in the air. and one more curry three just for good measure here steph led all scorers with 24 points including six threes. team usa dominant in a 105 79 win. the 49 ers championship window is right now. this year while they still have brock purdy on his rookie contract. and that means the niners have zero interest in trading brandon aiyuk who's holding out and wants a big new deal. nfl insider michael lombardi talked about the situation today on the pat mcafee show. >> you could say all the demands you want, but the 40 niners aren't trading brandon aiyuk. alignment creates the belief that the noise on the outside will never affect us. this is what we're doing. this is how we have to approach it. this is what we believe in. and i think the 40 niners are perfectly aligned to handle that situation. look here's the real rub. they they don't want to trade aiyuk and they want to pay aiyuk. the difference here is simply this. he has a certain
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level of value and they have a certain level of what they perceive as value. it's called a negotiation. >> yeah. and they've got to do some work on that. the all star game, quite the showcase for a's closer mason miller. he threw the fastest pitch in all star game history last night. just under 104mph. that is bringing it. miller pitched one inning, struck out two, including shohei ohtani, who's arguably like the best hitter in the game at this point. last night was definitely miller time. the whole time. >> yeah, hard to uh- hard to not enjoy that, you know, with this crowd and these players here. yeah this is what you dream of. >> tell me about specifically the matchup against shohei ohtani leading to that nasty slider. i wasn't giving him one up, that's for sure. >> i think i got the second strike. i think that might one might have been down a little bit, but got that and then got to the back foot slider. so good stuff right there. >> sports on abc seven sponsored by smart and final. back in the day, you'd have like nolan ryan
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would be the one guy that would touch 100. now a lot of guys can do it. and mason miller is just nearly 104, 104. circling back to team usa, a funny moment because steve kerr warriors fans always get upset when steve, you know, he has a rotation that he's going to follow. and even if steph is on fire, he takes him out and puts him on the bench, which is exactly what he did in this game. and people are like, steph is lighting them up. why would you possibly sit him down? and so steve was like, yeah, this is how i do it. and that's sorry. yeah. no, i'm going to stick to my minutes. and he's, he's got to interrupt the show. exactly. he's got too many guys to play. right. and they're all nba all stars. so it's a good problem to have. but yeah welcome to warriors world. yeah thanks very much. all right. >> coming up next live coverage of the republican national convention at eight. it's who wants to be a millionaire? followed by claim to fame at ten, wheel of fortune, followed by jeopardy! then stay with us for abc seven news at 11. that is it for this edition of abc seven news. thank you for joining us. i'm ama daetz and i'm dan ashley for sandyha patel, larry beil, all of us.
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>> we appreciate your time. have a great evening. we'll see you again tonight at 11.
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tonight, the republican national convention here in milwaukee. several breaking headlines this evening. donald trump's pick for running

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