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out his plan for sweeping supreme court reforms, including term limits for justices and the park fire near chico, continues to grow and firefighters are struggling to get it contained. >> hundreds of thousands of acres already burned in the largest wildfire in the state. so far this year. >> and then we are checking in with our favorite falcons. at least one of them is healing from a fall and being nursed back to health. >> our friends, our friends now. good morning everyone. it is monday, july 29th. >> we're going to start with the check of our forecast with drew. yeah. >> good morning. so is pleasant this weekend may be cooler than average. and that trend continues for another day. today here's a live look. this is our golden gate bridge camera this morning really showing you that thick marine layer overcast skies. you look at current sky conditions around the region. most areas are reporting that cloudy condition and that will keep us on the cooler side throughout the morning and into the afternoon. we'll get some breaks for some sunnier skies. temperatures right now pretty uniform, most of us starting out

in the mid 50s to the low 60s. underneath that cloud cover. so a look at our inland communities first. and just like this past weekend, those temperatures are pleasant. they're comfortable maybe a few degrees below average. we do expect a lot of sunshine in our inland communities into the afternoon. we'll have daytime highs in the low and mid 80s around the bay shoreline this morning. i think you'll keep that extra layer on for much of the morning. sunshine appears closer to 10:11 a.m, so the cloud cover is slow to break down. daytime highs. look at that only in the upper 60s to the lower 70s and then along the coast. it is foggy all day long. we'll see maybe a little bit of sunshine close to 4 p.m, but temperatures in the low and mid 60s. let's check in with sue. see those drive times this morning. >> thank you drew. and we're going to look right now at the san mateo bridge where you've got about a 20 minute drive from the east side hayward across the span up the high rise over towards foster city. uh- no problems getting across at this point. and we'll go to san rafael southbound 101. as you make your way past the northgate

mall and into central san rafael from novato, all the way to the golden gate bridge, about a 17 minute drive. no stalls or accidents. but as drew mentioned, you do have fog on the span and you will need your windshield wipers to pleasanton, we have an accident blocking a lane. the left lane north 680 before burnout. i'm not seeing it slow too much here and we'll pop back up to novato, right near atherton. a stalled pickup truck blocking a lane at at right near atherton, right where the lanes narrow to the construction zone. guys thank you sue. >> breaking news this morning. president biden is calling for major supreme court reforms and a constitutional amendment to strip presidents of immunity. he will be outlining three reforms during a speech today commemorating the 60th anniversary of the civil rights act. now for the supreme court, the president wants term limits. he is proposing justices be limited to 18 years rotating with one newly appointed justice

every two years. he's also calling for a binding ethics code that would require justices to disclose gifts or recuse themselves if they or their spouse may have a conflict of interest. these proposals come after supreme court justices clarence thomas and samuel alito were both accused of ethics violations, and political bias on presidential immunity. the president wants to reverse the july supreme court ruling that presidents cannot be prosecuted for, quote, official acts. in an op ed this morning published in the washington post, the president said, quote, no one is above the law now. it's very unlikely president biden will be able to get any of these proposals passed because of how divided congress is right now. he would need 60 votes in the senate to block a republican filibuster, developing news on the biggest wildfire in the state this year. >> the park fire has now burned more than 360,000 acres and containment is up to 12%. even with the first signs of progress this weekend, federal fire agencies say they didn't expect or don't expect full containment

until at least august 15th. the fire started near chico last week. it's one of more than 20 active wildfires in the state, and 103 across the country. 4200 homes and other buildings are threatened. 100 have been destroyed so far, and nearly 5000 personnel are working to contain the flames. >> you may see some hazy skies or smell smoke from that fire in parts of the bay area this morning. there is an air quality advisory in effect because of smoke that is drifting towards us. abc seven news reporter gloria rodriguez is joining us. and, gloria, fire crews are facing some intense flames and wind. >> they are kumasi and officials say the park fire is being fueled by an abundance of vegetation and one of the hottest and driest summers on record in that area. the park fire has now grown into the biggest fire in the state this year, burning up to 5000 acres per hour. thousands of residents have evacuated. fire officials say they are doing the best they

can to safely get people back home. susan singleton and her husband fled their home just north of chico, taking shelter in their vehicle with their seven dogs. rick martinez is the executive director of the california fire foundation and the nonprofit has given out $150,000 in cash cards to people who have been displaced. >> people need food and sometimes there's food provided the shelters are very good about feeding and sleeping, but there's other things that they may need from diapers to formula to medication or in some cases, gasoline, just to get, you know, to a friend or a relative's home and more amazing stories of people helping out a helicopter pilot, saving the lives of a rottweiler and her four puppies left stranded and sonoma county firefighters making many rescue. >> the man allegedly responsible for the fire heads to court today, accused of pushing a car down a hill while it was on fire, sparking what's now become

the seventh biggest fire in california's history. amanda. >> all right, thank you so much, gloria. now take a look at this. a strike team from the sonoma county fire district rescued two dogs, found inside a home in forest ranch. they transferred the pets to local law enforcement to get them to an emergency animal shelter. crews left a note at the house for the family, letting them know their dogs got a ride in a fire engin. the strike team hopes both human and fur families here will be reunited. farther south, firefighters are struggling to wrangle another large fire. still burning strong after more than two weeks. the burrell fire sparked in the sequoia national forest during a lightning storm earlier this month. on friday, it burned through the historic mining town of havilah. crews are still figuring out how many homes are destroyed. the fire has burned more than 49,000 acres, with no containment, dangerous fire weather conditions are expected into tomorrow, but the fire may start moving into an area that burned

a few years ago. air quality is now always a question. this time of year, you can get those detailed maps with our abc seven california wildfire tracker. it gives you a full picture of the fires and smoke across the state. it's up for you right now on the front page of abc seven news.com this morning, hayward police are asking the public to come forward with information about a drive by shooting that killed a 15 year old girl. it happened yesterday morning, just after 11, near glad tidings church on west tennyson road. police say the girl was taken to the hospital where she died. a 41 year old man was treated for non-life threatening injuries. police say the victims did not know each other and there is no connection to that nearby church. no arrests have been made in the south bay. >> the community is remembering the victims of a deadly shooting at the gilroy garlic festival yesterday marked five years since that tragic incident that left three people dead. 17 other people hurt, police shot and killed a 19 year old gunman. the

festival has never recovered. it was canceled in 2020 because of the pandemic, then moved to a drive through format in 2021 before going to stockton this year. it's moving to the merced county fairgrounds in los banos. the original organizers told our partners that the bay area news group that they hoped to revive the gilroy garlic festival, but insurance will be a challenge next month. the city council will revise the permit process for special events like the festival to help take on issues of gun violence. we have a list of vetted resources, both here locally and nationwide. just visit abc7 news.com/take action. >> 608 this morning and the accuweather forecast. we're keeping a close eye on our air quality as we monitor those fires burning across the state, specifically the park fire, which is one of the largest fires in recorded history, seventh largest. it has just exploded over the past couple of days. right now, our air quality is good. you see a lot of green sensors, but as you take you

closer to the park, fire right here, you can see that air quality does go downhill. but with onshore flow continuing through the next couple of days, that's going to keep a lot of the smoke away from us. you can see the thickest smoke will stay close to where the fire is burning. and for us, that fresh breeze should keep our air quality in the good category over the next couple of days. of course, we'll monitor that if anything changes. here's your day planner today. overcast skies this morning. clearly you can see that from our san jose camera right now. we'll increase that sunshine to very typical july day with brighter conditions in the afternoon. and those temperatures will be slightly cooler for july. your sunrise here shortly at 611. your sunset today at 821. so high of 67. in the city today we'll hit 70 in oakland, 84, in santa rosa, 70 for palo alto, san jose inland, quite comfortable in the low and mid 80s. but as we head deeper into the week and closer to the weekend, amanda, we do have some warmer weather to talk about. we'll show you that coming up in a few minutes. >> all right drew, thank you. still to come, new details in

the attempted assassination of former president donald trump, the local swat team says a lack of planning led to the attack. plus, the theme park, partially owned by dolly parton, dealing with serious flooding in tennessee and good news for commuters. bart appears to be back up and running normally after a weekend near by. delays and closures

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the theme park. the park, co-owned by dolly parton, was closed after workers and pigeon force police had to get guests to safety. dollywood reports one minor injury clean up crews are working to clear walkways and parking lots flooded in the storm. the park says they are assisting guests whose cars were damaged in the rain. new developments in the assassination attempt of former president donald trump, both bystanders who were shot and injured at the rally in pennsylvania have now been released from the hospital. the 74 year old shooting victim was able to go home on friday. the other man was discharged on wednesday. a 50 year old father and former firefighter was killed in the shooting, and that comes as abc news is uncovering new details on the events of that day. text messages show local snipers spotted the suspected gunman outside the former president's rally nearly two hours before the shooting. abc news obtained texts between the secret service snipers

admitting the suspect likely knew where they were positioned. less than an hour after that, another sniper identified the suspect as suspicious. now, in an exclusive interview with abc news, the local beaver county swat team says they didn't have any contact with the secret service on that day until after the assassination attempt. >> we were supposed to get a face to face briefing with the secret service snipers whenever they arrived, and that never happened. so i think that that was probably a pivotal point where i started thinking things were wrong, because that never happened and we had no communication with the secret service. >> the secret service did not respond directly to those comments, saying the agency is committed to understanding what happened. you can watch more of the exclusive interview this morning on gma starting at 7 a.m, right after abc seven mornings. us senate candidate adam schiff tried to shore up support in the aapi community around the bay area over the weekend. the congressman visited

oakland's chinatown for a meet and greet, telling the crowd he plans to support new grants for the aapi community and its organizations. the democrat schiff is polling well ahead of republican steve garvey in the race for late senator dianne feinstein's seat, as vice president kamala harris vies for the white house. >> her longtime pastor in san francisco is launching a nationwide prayer campaign for civility in the race. reverend amos brown kicked off 100 days of prayer at yesterday's service at third baptist church. >> we are gathered here this day, more importantly, to pray that there will be peace, civility, love, common sense, and indeed, respect for the worth and dignity of all people. >> reverend brown says he decided on the campaign after a discussion with the vice president and interfaith leaders. he says the nation faces a, quote, stark choice end

quote, in november, hoping prayer can help avoid what he called, quote, the worst mistakes of the past. >> if your commute involves bart, service is fully back up and running this morning. officials say system wide delays this weekend were caused by an electrical fire near the 12th street oakland city center station saturday night. that station, as well as the 19th street, fruitvale and lake merritt stations, lost power and had to close. about 300 passengers were stuck inside two different train cars for about 30 minutes. they had to be evacuated through a smoky tunnel between the 12th and 19th street stations. >> thankfully, our ventilation system worked as it was supposed to and got the smoke out of the area. we were able to evacuate all of those riders safely, and there were no injuries. >> bart says it still doesn't know what caused the electrical fire. >> one of uc berkeley's newest falcon chicks is recovering from a broken wing. >> veterinarians at uc davis are taking care of knox, who was born in the spring. knox had

surgery earlier this month after being found in distress at the berkeley marina on july third. it's not known at this point. oh knox, knox, we don't know how. they don't know we don't know how knox got hurt. but falcon, expert and friend of the show, doctor sean peterson, says this is just a stage of a young raptors life. and it's a very hard time in the wild. the average mortality rate is about 50% in the first year of its life. doctor peterson says he is grateful to everyone who is taking care of knox. yes, i'm glad they're taking little guy. >> who knew that was so high in their first year? i did not know that. me neither. they made it. wow. >> but truly, if there's anything picture. right? yeah. >> no. right. that's the one. >> i'm gonna make it. i'm gonna make it. not >> but if there's anything to say about how tenacious he might be, just look at his mom. >> totally. yeah. yeah, for sure. danny. oh, we love those updates. this morning. we are tracking a cooler than average

day. it will be very pleasant this afternoon, but we have to deal with a lot of cloud cover this morning. a live look at the bay bridge from our camera this morning. it is quite cloudy out there, so the accuweather headlines will call for morning clouds breaking for sunshine that break in the cloud cover closer to about 10:11 a.m. this morning for most of us. so it will take some time to get rid of our marine layer. midweek, we'll start to see some warmer weather move in here, but by the weekend we'll see full sunshine and those temperatures take off even more. we'll get into the upper seconds in our warmest spots inland. but this morning, not a bad morning for that run. that walk. it's comfortably cool out there with cloudy skies there. you can see closer to nine 10:11 a.m. we start to see more sunshine appear, but we will keep that extra layer on for much of the morning as we're slow to warm. highs in the microclimates starting in the south bay. morning clouds to sun cool for july 77. in san jose, 85 in morgan hill along the peninsula. we'll go to 72. in san mateo today, 74 in los altos, along the coast, it is

very cloudy with temperatures mainly in the 60s across the city today. we'll keep that fog overhead for all morning. the afternoon close to one two. we'll get a little bit of sunshine, but it's a pretty gray day with temperatures in the 60s in the north bay. we'll hit 79 in novato, 84 in santa rosa. but sausalito cool along the coast at 67 degrees in the east bay. we have those morning clouds breaking for sunshine again, close to about 10:11 a.m. this morning is when that sunshine appears 70 in oakland to 73 in fremont, 75 castro valley and inland. lots of sunshine today. low and mid 80s for daytime. highs overnight. tonight we'll repeat that marine layer turns pretty cloudy with some coastal drizzle and lows in the 50s. and in the 60s. now tomorrow temperatures are very similar to today. we'll notice some warmer weather start to move in here on wednesday. that's when our inland cities go back into the 90s, and we'll increase that heat as we head closer to the weekend. so here's the accuweather seven day forecast. morning clouds today with below average daytime highs. we'll start to warm up a little bit by wednesday and thursday over the

weekend we'll lose the marine layer. it's full sunshine with warmer weather coming our way both saturday and sunday guys. >> all right drew thank you. now let's turn to ginger zee. she's live with a look at what's coming up on gma. >> good morning ginger. >> hey amanda kumasi. it's great to be with you. we will be covering that heat returning to you all and especially in the area of the park fire, because we've got a team out there on the largest wildfire of the year for your state. and of course, still spreading and sparking those new evacuation orders. so mola, lenghi and team are on that. 100 homes and buildings destroyed in just five days. so we're going to tell you more about the man that was arrested on suspected arson. and i am going to track the smoke and red flag warnings for so many other states because it's not just here, but also canada. then we're going to track the latest on the race for the white house. less than 100 days to go with the latest polls show, as vice president, harris searches for her running mate and we have an exclusive with the local swat team during the trump assassination attempt. they were the first to spot the shooter that day, and you're going to hear from them. and then the

husband and wife who survived nearly 40 hours lost at sea. they are sharing their story only on gma. and get ready to meet the fantastic four, an incredibly rare identical quadruplet set. and then lara is in paris covering team usa at the olympics. and you're going to see all of it on gma. >> ginger i am still shook about this lost at sea story. i have never been scuba diving after this. i don't know if i want to go. have you been? >> yeah i've been plenty of times and we've only twice had to use that rope, which is what they were hanging on to when they got swept into the current. and i will say that there were two of the times i've done it, tv included. so i'm hoping somebody would have come to save me because they would have know i was missing. but that it felt so strong that i felt like i could get pulled from that. so yes, i think, yeah, it's something i've done a lot for television. and i will again, if need be, but i don't know that i'm doing it on my free time unless i'm like 20ft. yeah. and just like hang in because that's

the now just go to like the 20 foot area where tiger beach and the bahamas beautiful. so you can super clear you can see everything. they took me to some sort of trench where there was like we were 60ft down, and then it was some depth that goes to the bottom of the core of the earth, or some crazy stuff. i was like, i'm i'm good. >> absolutely not. i can't see the sunshine if it is, i'm adventurous. >> but i'm with you. it was light of day out there, but not down there. and we were also had you know, swarms of sharks, which were like my least of my concerns. >> okay. at that point. hi sharks. oh my goodness. >> well, we heard a little bit from them earlier where they said that they had to like play a game to make sure that they were moving and staying warm. i cannot even imagine that. >> yes, to stay warm or else they would have had hypothermia. that's the other thing. it's freezing. oh, okay. >> so now after that story, i definitely am not going to go. thank you ginger for sharing and i'm glad that you're okay. we can't wait to. >> snorkeling is fun. >> their story because oh my gosh. all right well have a great day. have a great week.

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average start to the week and some morning fog will give way to sun by the time it's all said and done. drew tells us whether you'll need to bring a jacket on your way out the door, and vice president kamala harris raises $200 million in just one week since becoming the presumptive democratic nominee for president. >> what polls say about the new race for president and what we know about j.d. vance's return to the bay area today, then one of the most iconic outfits in film history goes for a high price. >> how much someone paid for princess leia's gold bikini. >> well, good morning everybody. it is monday, july 29th. yeah.

>> first let's start off with a look at our weather. >> yeah. it's going to be a little cooler than average today. very similar to where we ended up over the last weekend. we'll keep those clouds in place for much of the morning. a live look at okay. right now current conditions showing you overcast skies. we're at 60 degrees a west wind right now at 14mph. so we do have onshore flow this morning. look at the forecast today. and it certainly is pleasant when it comes to our temperatures. no intense heat. it's mostly cloudy in san francisco all day. we'll get some sunshine breaking out away from the coast. and our warmest areas in the 70s and in the 80s. underneath the cloud cover. right now a pretty uniform mid 50s low 60s. as we get you going out the door this morning, one of the areas that is not seeing the marine layer are far inland communities where we have clear skies. right now it's very comfortable. this afternoon, low and mid 80s for daytime highs around the bay shoreline. you'll keep that jacket on that extra layer on for much of the mornin. sunshine prevails closer to 10:11 a.m. those temperatures today in the upper 60s to the

lower 70s, and then along the coast today we have drizzle. we have fog. right now it's a pretty cloudy day and those daytime highs in the low and mid 60s. let's check in with sue. see those drive times this morning. >> good morning. and we do have a beautiful look outside at the san jose. this is highway 87 on the right. those uh- cars and trucks headed in the northbound direction north 87 as they head towards the san jose airport. very light conditions through san jose this morning. we'll pop over to 280 at highway 17. again. no delays. traffic is moving at a nice clip. we had some earlier problems with a stall. this was northbound 101 near atherton. that's been cleared out of lanes. a little slowing through the construction zone to be expected, and we had it last night, a fatal accident. the hesperian off-ramp, due to that ongoing investigation, does remain closed onto westbound 92. and you can see slow traffic west 92 from 880 headed towards the san mateo bridge. toll

plaza. and a look at some of your drive times. if you're heading out this morning, it's now 633. >> all right. thank you so much, sue. your voice, your vote. we are now less than 100 days until election day. >> vice president kamala harris and former president donald trump spent the weekend on the campaign trail. abc news reporter christiane cordero is live in washington with more on each candidate's message to voters. good morning. >> amanda kumasi, good morning to you both. both vice president kamala harris and former president donald trump have sharpened their attacks on each other this morning, despite the party's support and record breaking donations, more than $200 million raised since entering the race. likely democratic presidential nominee vice president kamala harris considers herself an underdog. we're the underdogs in this rac, but this is a people powered campaign and we have momentum. the vp rallied support from donors in massachusetts over the weekend. in minnesota, former president donald trump continued

his attacks on president biden before turning to his new opponent. >> they took him out of the fight and they put a new fighter. we have a new victim now, kamala, but these remarks from trump got the most attention. you got to get out and vote in four years. you don't have to vote again. we'll have it fixed. so good. you're not going to have to vote. >> democrats claim that comment was a threat to democracy. congressional republicans also sharpening their attacks on harris. >> there is no liberal horse that she has chosen not to ride. she sponsored the green new deal and medicare for all while claiming harris is soft on crime policies. >> but the biden administration, now touting its record on crime, claiming record declines over the first half of this year, including in homicides and vehicle thefts across more than 40 cities trying to make people think that crime is up when crime is down under, joe biden and crime was up under donald trump. >> now, i don't know how often that gets reported on this network. so if you're watching this at home, do yourself a

favor and look up the data. >> a new abc news ipsos poll shows a jump in favorability for harris, now at 43%, compared to 35% one week ago. and among independents, harris is at 44%, compared to 28% a week ago. we're live in washington, christiane cordero, amanda and kumasi, back to you. >> thank you. christiane, there are new questions this morning about the power of ai, potentially misleading people ahead of the election. now, over the weekend, elon musk shared a manipulated video of vice president kamala harris. we're not showing you the video, but it used images from a real ad with a fake voice that sounded like her voice. the original video was labeled as a parody, but musk did not explicitly say that when he reposted it, governor newsom responded on x, saying, quote, manipulating a voice in an ad like this one should be illegal. he says he will be signing a bill in a matter of weeks to make sure that it is. >> happening today, republican vice presidential candidate j.d.

vance is turning to a silicon valley connections for campaign cash. he's scheduled to headline a fundraising reception in palo alto. the washington post and bloomberg report the evening is being hosted by mike belshe. he's the ceo of the crypto company bitgo. vance is no stranger to the silicon valley campaign piggy bank. earlier, last month, he helped organize donald trump's san francisco visit and campaign event at the tech investor david saxe. house tickets for today's palo alto dinner are starting at $3,300 per person. >> developing news this morning on the park fire that's burning near chico. cal fire says flames have now burned more than 368,000 acres. that is up from 360,000 overnight. so that makes it now the sixth largest fire in california history. containment is still at 12%, and this fire has destroyed at least 100 structures, including homes. the man accused of starting the explosive park fire is expected

to face a judge today. abc seven news reporter gloria rodriguez is joining us live. and gloria, the suspect, is being held now without bail. >> he is kumasi and the man accused of starting the park fire heads to court today, accused of pushing a car down a hill while it was on fire, sparking what's now become the sixth biggest fire in california's history. >> firefighters are dealing with whipping winds as they battled the park. fire officials say the park fire is being fueled by an abundance of vegetation, and one of the hottest and driest summers on record in that area. it has grown into the biggest fire in the state this year, burning up to 5000 acres per hour. thousands of residents have evacuated susan singleton and her husband fled their home just north of chico, taking shelter in their vehicle with their seven dogs. sonoma county firefighters making amazing rescues. >> they saved several structures throughout the night. and at one of the one of the residents, they were able to save two, dogs, they loaded those into

their fire engine and, transported them down to a sheriff's department personnel that, immediately took them to an animal shelter, a helicopter pilot also saving the lives of a rottweiler and her four puppies left stranded. >> the california fire foundation has given out $150,000 in cash cards to people who have been displaced, and you may notice hazy skies or smell smoke. this morning, the bay area air quality management district says an advisory is in effect today because of smoke drifting into the region from the park fire. amanda. >> all right. thank you so much, gloria. and this morning, san francisco police officers are remembering one of their own. the department announced one of its officers, who was on the force for nearly a decade, died unexpectedly. they shared this photo of officer luciano ortega. he most recently worked out of the mission station in a video he made for the department's social media. he said being a police officer was the only job

he's ever wanted, mayor london breed said officer ortega demonstrated a deep commitment to public service and that he will be greatly missed. no other information about his death has been released. new blood tests are showing major promise in catching alzheimer's disease. earlier, a new study out of sweden found one blood test has a 90% accuracy rate. it is a big deal since right now doctors rely on spinal taps for a diagnosis. blood tests are cheaper and less invasive, which experts say could allow significantly more people to get screened. >> the major benefit of using blood tests for routine diagnosis of alzheimer disease is that it's likely to bring an earlier and more accurate diagnosis to a much larger number of people, but we're still a long way from these tests becoming widely available. >> the fda hasn't formally approved any blood tests for alzheimer's, and insurance coverage is limited. nearly 7 million americans have

alzheimer's disease. well, still to come. a week after announcing it would keep its $5 meal on the menu, mcdonald's gets bad news about lagging profits, and you are looking live right now at the big board at the new york stock exchange down right now by almost 100 points. >> another update on the markets next. >> then preventing salmonella, the new limits aimed at keeping poultry safe for customers. but first here's drew. >> hey good morning. 640 on our monday temperatures today will continue the theme from this past weekend. we'll keep it slightly below average in most cities. look at the forecast highs in the first column compared to our typical daytime highs in the middle column, where a few degrees below average. so it feels comfortable. this afternoon in the 70s and in the 80s. here's live doppler seven, along with satellite. the story we're tracking. you see this dip in the jet stream this is a trough, and that is bringing in some cooler air from the north. that trough will sit over us over the next couple of days and keep us comfortable. by the end of the week, we'll start to feel warmer weather move in here as another

round of high pressure controls the forecast. but today it's a lot of sunshine inland. very pleasant. later on in the low and mid 80s for daytime, highs around the bay shoreline. it's pretty cloudy through 9 a.m. that sunshine appears closer to 10:11 a.m. and into the afternoon. we'll find partly cloudy skies and highs in the low 70s. now along the coast today it's pretty foggy all day long. we have some coastal drizzle this morning. later on this afternoon we'll keep those temperatures in the lower 60s. so highs today a few degrees below average in most areas. pretty cloudy over san francisco for much of the day today. 67 there a brighter weather in oakland at 7077 in san jose, 84 in santa rosa. low and mid 80s from concord to antioch. it does get warmer. as we head towards the weekend. we'll show

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native dominican republic in a traffic crash yesterday. moronta pitched for the giants, most recently in 2021. he made his debut with the team in 2017. he also played for the dodgers, angels and diamondbacks. he last played in the mexican league this season. he was just 31 years old >> developing news this morning venezuela is seeing political unrest as one of the country's most critical elections in decades ends with both candidates claiming victory. socialist and authoritarian president nicolas maduro was declared the winner by his electoral council, and now the country's opposition is also claiming it won. independent exit polling suggested opposition candidate edmundo gonzalez had more than double maduro's votes. us secretary of state antony blinken says the us has serious concerns about maduro's claim of reelection, and called for a transparency in

the vote count. we are seeing an overwhelming call to action in cities across the country following the recent shooting death of sonia kumasi by a sheriff's deputy sunday, more than 20 rallies were held in different u.s. cities, from chicago to brooklyn to sacramento. video from july 6th shows a deputy shooting and killing kumasi in her home in illinois. the deputy responded there after the 36 year old mother called 911 to report a possible intruder. local gatherings last night in oakland and in san jose brought the tragedy closer to home. lou dimes is with black outreach san jose, a nonprofit formed after george floyd and breonna taylor were killed by police. >> we need an opportunity to commune with each other and talk about next steps. you know, obviously this happened outside of our state, but this same issue happens here locally, quite frequently.

>> the deputy who shot and killed kumasi shaun grayson, has been fired and recently pleaded not guilty to three counts of first degree murder, among other charges. >> israeli officials plan to retaliate after a rocket hit an israeli controlled area in lebanon, killing 12 children and teens. israel says hezbollah is responsible, but the militant group is denying being involved in the attack. prime minister benjamin netanyahu says hezbollah will, quote, pay a heavy price, end quote. he is cutting his trip to the us short by several hours. he will meet with the secretary of cabinet, security, cabinet, i should say, after he gets back to israel. >> new this morning, an effort to cut down on salmonella sickness. poultry products will have to undergo more testing before they can hit store shelves. a new proposal would require poultry companies to keep salmonella levels under a certain limit. they will also have to test for the presence of six forms of the bacteria, three found in turkey and three in chicken. the usda says the

poultry industry has made progress in reducing the amount of salmonella over the past three decades. the cdc estimates salmonella is responsible for about 168,000 sicknesses every year. >> now for your morning money report, fewer people are eating at the golden arches this morning. mcdonald's is reporting its first sales drop since the early days of the pandemic. as customers pull back spending the burger giant rolled out $5 value meals last month to lure customers. still, mcdonald's posted weak sales in the second quarter. same store sales falling nearly 1%. now the company saw fewer customers, but says those who did stop by spent more because of price increases. and we do want to take a live look at the new york stock exchange now as trading gets underway. this morning, you can see we're down about 56 points. >> a costume worn by princess leia in return of the jedi in the star wars franchise just sold at an auction for big mone. somebody paid $175,000 for this

bikini style outfit. it was made famous when actress carrie fisher wore it at the start of the 1983 film. when princess leia was captured by jabba the hutt. the auction says the costume is one of the most memorable in the star wars movies. and of course, disney, the parent company of lucasfilm and abc seven. >> now, if you bought it, do you try it on? yep. >> you'd have to if you had that kind of body, though, right? that's a good point. >> you find something to go to, somewhere to go. you walk down the street. >> summer's not over yet. it's warm in some places. >> it is blistering. >> well, then, good for them. >> uh- this morning. not that type of weather, right now. no. >> okay. >> not today. yeah, it's quite chilly out there, a lot of cloud cover. a live look from the exploratorium camera. we have a lot of fog to start out the morning. we'll go for morning clouds, the afternoon sunshine. but it will stay cool for july this afternoon with the accuweather headlines. now midweek, we'll start to see some

warmer weather move in here. no heat advisories expected through the next seven days, but for the weekend outlook, we keep it sunny and the heat cranks up a little bit more in our inland communities. never too early to look at the weekend. will actually lose the marine layer over the weekend. so for saturday and sunday we will see full sunshine. you can see our warmest areas starting to the mid 90s on saturday, then the upper 90s on sunday as high pressure begins to move in here. but right now we have low pressure, a trough giving us those cooler temperatures this afternoon, the morning marine layer giving way to sunshine in the south bay. uh- 74, in santa clara today 77, in san jose, we'll hit about 84. in gilroy, along the peninsula, quite comfortable. 72 in san mateo, 74 in los altos, but foggy along the coast all day long with low 60s for half moon bay. it's a similar story across san francisco. it will stay cloudy all morning long. just a little bit of sunshine around 1:02 p.m. downtown stays cloudy all day along the ocean. we'll keep those temperatures in the 60s.

in the north bay. it is warm. 79 in novato, but 84 in santa rosa. we'll go to 82 in vallejo, 77 in napa. morning clouds to sun in the east bay. that sunshine appears after 10 a.m. today. 70 in oakland, 73, in fremont and inland. we'll have those pleasant temperatures in the low and mid 80s with full sunshine later on tonight, we'll kind of repeat that forecast with our marine layer growing once again, will turn overcast, some coastal drizzle and lows in the 50s and low 60s. tomorrow. pretty similar temperature wise. you'll notice some warmer weather start to move in here by wednesday. that's when our inland cities start to go back into the 90s, then the mid 90s. on thursday with even warmer weather over the weekend. so here's the accuweather seven day forecast. morning clouds below average for temperatures today. we'll slightly warm over the next several days. again, by the weekend we'll lose that marine layer and we'll increase our daytime high saturday and sunday amanda all right thanks so much drew in san jose. >> sacred heart community service is asking for your help to support local youth in need. volunteers filled bags with

school supplies for the annual pack a bag program over the weekend, but sacred heart still needs 1000 backpacks and $30,000 in donations to achieve their goal. >> our learning center will turn into a backpack store, wonderland with school backpacks that are appropriate for kids, kindergarten all the way up to 12th grade, and they get to come in and select the backpack that fits their unique personality and gets them excited for the school year. >> backpacks can be dropped off today until thursday between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. at sacred heart's donation station on south first street. pre-registered families will pick up their free backpacks tomorrow and thursday in the east bay. >> a new monthly market made its debut in hayward. attendees enjoyed food from more than 30 local vendors and entertainment. the new market is held at the south hayward bart station from noon to four. it runs on the last sunday of the month, and it goes from now through october. >> also in the east bay, a new art exhibit is calling attention

to west oakland's cultural legacy. neighborhood artists brought this showing together, titled west oakland matters, the event had live panels discussing how art and culture contribute to economic revitalization. >> you may live in a particular community or a particular set of limitations, but if your mind can expand and perceive beyond it, it's usually the first step to getting past that space. so you've got to be able to cultivate the creativity within any community so that it's the soul of it doesn't die. >> very important. it's always been bought down here. it's always been art down here. >> long time residents brought their own photos and records of the area over time. it featured a collection of paintings, photography, film, fashion and performance pieces. >> more than 30,000 runners were up early yesterday to take part in the 47th annual san francisco marathon. organizers posted this video of runners starting the 26.2 mile course in front of the ferry building. very cool. 29 year old charlie lawrence of

boulder, colorado, won the men's division with a time of two hours and 22 minutes. the fastest women's finisher who you see there was 24 year old jenna wolfram of barrington, illinois, with a time of two hours and 52 minutes. runners also had the option of participating in two separate half marathons, or ten k and five k races. >> maybe one day friend. >> yeah, i mean, i have to imagine that the cool weather also helped people along because if it was hot, right, that would have been so uncomfortable. >> up next, the seven things you need to know today. >> and of course, you can watch all our newscasts live and on demand through the abc seven bay area connected tv app. it's available for apple tv, google tv, amazon fire tv and roku. just download the app now and start streaming. >> as we head to break, we're taking a live look outside at 655. >> we'll be right back. >> this is abc 724 over seven.

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explosive pak fire in northern california has grown into the biggest wildfire in the state this year, scorching more than 368,000 acres since it broke out on wednesday. the man accused of starting it is expected to be in court today. >> number two, president biden is calling for supreme court reforms, including term limits for justices, a code of conduct and ethics rules. he's also supporting a constitutional amendment to strip presidents of immunity from prosecution. >> number three, republican vice presidential candidate j.d. vance is set to headline a fund

raiser in palo alto tonight. the washington post and bloomberg report the event is being hosted by crypto company ceo mike belshe. >> number four bart service is normal for your morning commute today. there were major service disruptions in several stations were closed over the weekend after a fire in an electrical room at number five in the accuweather forecast. >> we have a lot of fog this morning, slowly breaking for sunshine here. daytime highs on the board certainly a bit below average for this time of year. very similar to how it felt over the weekend with our warmest areas into the 70s and 80s. a high of 67 in the city today, about 70 in oakland, 77 in san jose, 84 in santa rosa, 83. that high in concord. the three day forecast shows you we keep it cool today. slight warming over the next couple of days, but by the end of the week and into the upcoming weekend, we'll find those temperatures bouncing above average for this time of the year. >> and number six, following your monday morning commute metering lights were on at the bay bridge at 530 this morning.

we had just a minute ago, an earlier stall in the right side of the toll plaza, just cleared. you've got about an 11 minute backup and it's pretty jammed at the richmond, san rafael bridge toll plaza, backed up past the richmond parkway. >> and number seven, a massive win for deadpool and wolverine. marvel's newest movie, shattered box office expectations, bringing in $205 million in the u.s. this weekend. and that is the highest debut of 2024. and the biggest debut for an r-rated film ever. disney, of course, the parent company of marvel and of abc seven doing so well. >> did you see it? anybody? no, i have not yet. >> robin: good morning america. the new wild fire evacuation orders, dangerous smoke and the air quality alert right now. out of control.