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>repor now at 11:00, he's sidelined from the campaign trail. now some of the most powerful california democrats are sending a president to president biden. plus, they put their lives and freedom on the line to stand up for the rights of other black sailors. >> they stood together and they said kill us, but we're not going to continue to work under these conditions. >> the act of retribution 80 years after a bay area disaster. and sticker shock doesn't even begin to explain how this california restaurant owner felt when he opened a letter from pg&e. >> i mean, how do you pay that
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bill? plus -- the stones roll into the south bay as strong as ever and bring the octane. >> to see them on stage is -- it's the closest thing i can get to doing drugs and getting high. from kpix, this is the late news with sara donchey on cbs news bay area. >> hi, i'm sara donchey. it has been a very interesting night in politics. tonight we've learned that some of the most high profile california democrats are reportedly telling biden his time might be up in his quest for a second term at the white house. at the same time, a covid diagnosis is keeping president biden from the campaign trail. the 81-year-old was late to an event in nevada today when it was suddenly called off. >> how are you feeling? >> mr. president, how do you feel? >> how do you feel? >> how do you feel? >> biden flew to delaware from nevada tonight and the white house doctor says he's
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experiencing congestion and a cough. a new national poll finds seven out of ten adults say biden should withdraw from the race to make room for a new nominee, including 65% of democrats. that is compared to 2% of republican who is say trump should leave the republican ticket. our andrea nakano is here tracking the latest developments. it really has been a whirlwind lately. >> a lot of moving parts in this race. there is a growing number of democrats calling for president biden to step aside. this as he vows to stay in the race to face mr. trump in november. there is a new call for president biden to stop his re-election efforts from california congressman adam schiff. he becomes the most prominent elected democrat to publicly call on the president to drop out of the race. the democrat released a statement saying that he has, quote, serious concerns about whether the president can defeat donald trump in november. and tonight cnn is reporting that former house speaker nancy pelosi privately told president joe
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biden that polling shows he cannot defeat trump. the report went on to say pelosi warned biden that he could destroy the democrats chances of winning the house in november if he continues to seek a second term. earlier we asked about president biden's continued loss of support from within his own party and what it means as we get closer to november. >> this is a big signal. there's now 22 democrats in the house that are calling for joe biden to come off the ticket. we've seen some polling information indicating that the covid boying diagnosis will not help that. >> the dnc plans to nominate president biden in its virtual roll call scheduled for early august. now adam schiff even said that if president biden decides to stay in the race that he will do whatever he can to support him. >> mm-hmm. >> that they have a common goal, and that's to defeat trump in november. >> yeah, i think everyone is
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waiting and watching to see if more and more people will continue to do this, and the people who are doing it privately, if they'll do it publicly. >> there are rumors that president biden is becoming more receptive. we will see what happens here. >> we certainly will. thank you so much. people were confused when they saw president biden post i'm sick on x but two minutes later he posted that he was actually sick of elon musk and his rich buddies trying to buy the election. the republican national convention in milwaukee, ohio senator jd vance accepted the republican nomination for vice president with his wife usha by his side. >> president trump has given everything he has to fight for the people of our country. he didn't need politics, but the country needed him. >> the convention wraps up tomorrow with former president trump's speech as he accepts his party's nomination. well, this was a day 80
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years in the making. a day of justice and redemption for the families of dozens of african american sailors who came to be known as the port chicago 50. during world war ii tsa lors were tried and convicted of mutiny for refusing to work under unsafe and potentially deadly conditions loading ammunitions on to u.s. warships. the sailors died without ever seeing justice for themselves with this long linger stain on their service records. but today on the anniversary of the port chicago explosion that inspired their protest, the navy finally and fully exonerated them of any wrong doing. and as devin fehely reports, their families say the move was long overdue and wish their loved ones had lived to see this day. >> reporter: it has been a long time coming, 80 years to be exact. >> i flew out here because i'm honored to be a part of this historical event. >> reporter: on this day on the very anniversary of the 1944 port chicago disaster -- >> here's a letter from
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secretary today. >> reporter: -- justice for the late freddie makes finally arrived, hand delivered in person on a document delivered to his son darrell. >> the findings of guilty and the sentence are set aside. the charge is dismissed. >> reporter: command master chief keith wilkerson jr. read an order officially signed earlier by the u.s. secretary of the navy, carlos del toro. >> i've always considered them as heroes even without the final legal findings that were discovered as part of our investigation. >> reporter: freddie, affectionately called pops, is finally exonerated. he is now absolved of all wrong doing levelled against him in the aftermath of the devastating explosion at port chicago. >> i always asked pops, what did you do in the war? and he would never tell us. >> reporter: darrell's quest to find out what happened to his father began the day he entered his father's home unannounced. >> he was crying. first time i had ever seen my father cry. and i was probably 23, 24 years
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old. >> reporter: that's when darrell first heard about port chicago, an injustice done to his dad and to hundreds of other black sailors. in 1942 following the attack on pearl harbor, the u.s. navy built a new munitions depot near the small town of port chicago in contra costa county near sisson bay. it quickly became the largest ammunition shipment facility on the west coast. young black sailors who trained for combat roles, including freddie, were sent here. >> his first assignment, only assignment, at -- after training. >> reporter: instead of serving at sea, freddie and the other black sailors were assigned the dangerous duty of loading and unloading munitions on to ships. >> and they were loading 24 hours around the clock. >> reporter: they weren't properly trained or equipped to handle bombs and ammunition, and the racism and segregation only added to the stress. >> the sailors referred to it as slave conditions because
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they were constantly under stress. they were socially isolated from the city, from the white sailors. >> reporter: on july 17, 1944, after 10:00 at night two explosions five seconds apart demolished the ships and heavily damaged the small town of port chicago. 320 sailors, officers, and civilians died instantly, most were african american. >> it was so devastating. >> reporter: the white sailors and civilians were sent home on an extended trauma leave. freddie was among the black sailors sent to retrieve the remains. >> and he said that was most challenging, difficult, hard because so many body parts were blown apart and were all over the to be area. and they had to recover them. >> reporter: in the aftermath, the black sailors were ordered to return to work. freddie was among the 258 who refused, citing a lack of safety and
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training. those in command threatened to execute them on sight. >> and pops said he threatened to have each and ever one of them shot if they refused to go back to work. however, the 50, they stood together and they said kill us, but we're not going to continue to work under these conditions. >> reporter: freddie and 50 others stood their ground. they were arrested and tried for mutiny. then he was sent to federal prison where he served 22 months doing hard labor. >> he always believed, and he shared this with me, he always believed that by doing what the 50 did it would make it better for the other black sailors and black military men across this country. >> reporter: today u.s. secretary of the navy del toro exonerated them all. >> it's just an injustice that, you know, is just wrong. >> if my grandfather had not
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stood up on his principles and didn't demand equality before equality was a law in this land, we wouldn't be where we're at today. >> reporter: it's never too late to do the right thing. >> the port chicago alliance is hoisting port chicago weekend with events all over the east bay highlighting the disaster and the ensuing civil rights battles. tonight we've learned there is a possible bay area connection to a mysterious case across the world involving the poisoning of six people, including two americans. yesterday six bodies were found inside a hotel room in bangkok, thailand. police say they found traces of cyanide inside a teapot, six cups, and in blood samples from the victims. officers say they think one of the people in the group laced the tea in a murder-suicide and that the motive could have been a financial investment gone bad. one of the american victims was identified as 56-year-old shireen chong. we
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checked property records and found that chong is apparently connected to a property in oakland's tuxedo neighborhood near 580. we went there tonight where neighbors told us the house seems to be a rental and they see a lot of people moving in and out. the stones have been rocking out since the '60s, and they can still perform like this . people across the country traveling to the south bay tonight to see their legends in their full glory. and the owner of a small cafe says his pg&e bill isn't just high, it's double his monthly rent. temperatures return to almost exactly normal today, 60s, 70s, and 80s. just the warmest spots in the 90s, but that changes by tomorrow and by the end of the workweek we have another heat advisory in effect for most inland parts of the bay area as temperatures will peak on friday. a look at where we go after that coming up in the first alert forecast. and it is a very, very popular seasoning sold at a popular grocery store, but if
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sleep number smart beds starting at $999. shop now at sleepnumber.com rock royalty came back to the bay area tonight. the rolling stones hit the stage at levi's stadium for their
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hackney diamonds tour. ♪ ♪ >> the band opened up the show the best way they'll they're could with their hit song start me up. front man mick jagger worked the stage with his always impres if dance moves. the rolling stones returned to levi's stadium five years after their last u.s. tour. fans started lining up outside before the gates even opened. one fan told us she's seen them seven times on this tour alone. >> when the stones announce a tour, i look at the city list, decide which cities look the most exciting, and that's how i pick where to go. mick jagger is the greatest front man in the world. to see them on stage is --s the the closest thing i can get to doing drugs and getting high. >> other fans we talked to said they came to see the stones all the way from kentucky. we talked to people from as far as australia. we saw a lot of people getting merch before the show started. there were some fans showing off their love for the stones in their own unique style. >> got my feet done just for
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this concert, and it took them hours to do. they had to redo them three times just for this concert. >> they had to redo them three times. well, we also saw a man who had painted his clogs with the band's iconic logo and the concert date. we asked fans their favorite songs, one was painted black. juliette goodrich was somewhere in that crowd. she told me she was going to send me video, and the fact that she did not tells me she's having a really good time. >> she's having too good a time to share that video for our purposes here on the air. fortunately, the weather was very cooperative. not seeing the fog that is now swallowing up downtown san francisco. it was warm in the santa clara valley, but the heat didn't arrive yet today. that changes beginning tomorrow. temperatures will take a step up. this next round of hot weather peaks on friday. near 100 degrees for many inland communities by the time friday rolls around. everybody backs
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down temperaturewise as we head into the weekend. so a brief encounter with that heat dome that has been lurking off to our east for the past couple of weeks. let's take a look at downtown san francisco from a different perspective around treasure island, across the bay, there's the fog swallowing up downtown. temperatures from 57 in the city and 58 in santa rosa to 60s elsewhere across the board. but almost everybody will drop down into the 50s by early tomorrow morning. just the very warmest spots staying in the low 60s as we begin the day on thursday. so with those near normal temperatures you wouldn't guess that we are going to warm up so much. it's the influence of the heat dome, which is going to have an impact on how the clouds are going to behave. let's take a look at how that's going to happen with our simulation on the floor map here. this is forecast model data showing the fog spreading across the bay. not making too much progress. this is as far as it goes by early tomorrow morning. really not making much progress into the inland valleys. and what fog there is is not going to take very long at all to
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dissipate, which means inland temperatures are going to be able to warm up even faster than they have the past couple of mornings. so temperatures are going to end up about five to seven degrees above average, which puts us back up to a mix of 80s and 90s inland. upper 80s in san jose, six degrees above normal. the warmest spots far inland and the east bay. mid to upper 90s there. i think the hottest spots will stay below 100 degrees. # 0s for fremont and redwood city. mid-60s along the coast at half moon bay. the onshore influence weakens enough that temperatures in san francisco should climb to above # 0. temperatures returning to the lower half of the 90s in the north bay. 95 degrees for santa rosa. one spot in the triple digits already, up to around 101 degrees around healdsburg by tomorrow afternoon with the hotter weather still yet to come as we hit the end of the workweek on friday. but in terms of dangerous heat, this isn't going to be an extreme heat event like we had earlier in the month on a couple different occasions. look at one of the usual warmest spots.
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antioch, today's heat risk in the middle of the scale. tomorrow it does kind of briefly graze into the high category and then the hottest weather on friday sends it farther into the high category. that's why we're more concerned about the impact of the heat on friday with that heat advisory in effect for most inland parts of the bay area. but even our hottest day temperatures are going to top out a good 5 to 15 degrees below record territory. we'll be closest around san jose, santa rosa, and livermore, but even there about five to seven degrees below those daily records on friday. so let's check out the seven-day forecast. temperatures do retreat to near average levels by saturday and sunday, so warm but normally warm inland for the weekend. and then we climb again back to the mid to upper 90s on a widespread basis by monday, tuesday, and wednesday of next week. a similar trend around the bay but a smoothed out up and down ride. temperatures at their warmest near 80 degrees on friday and then again monday, tuesday, and wednesday of next week. and the warm-up will be almost nonexistent along the coast.
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you journey up upward by a few degrees. more clouds overhead for coastal communities over the weekend. then you break through to a bit more sunshine early next week. but temperatures again only warm up by about three, four degrees. >> paul, thank you. this is something we've been reporting on for a long time, months. people across the bay area and the state have been dealing with sticker shock and, frankly, disgust from very high pg&e bills. tonight one northern california cafe owner says he has had enough after he got hit with a utility bill that is double his monthly rent. it's $21,000 to be exact. and that's just for one month. the owner of yosemite falls cafe in fresno says it just doesn't make sense at all. even during the hottest months of the year. >> i mean, how do you pay that bill? what am i supposed to do? should i raise my hamburgers to $30 so i can pay for that? then i won't have any customers. >> the owner says he can't do anything about it because he can't switch to another utility company. at least check the california public utilities commission did not respond to
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requests for comment about that. back here in the bay area, san jose state football hasn't started official team practices yet, but they've been facing a tough opponent. flocks of geese have been making things very messy, but as kevin ko shows us, the athletic department had to get creative to keep their practice fields clean. >> reporter: they say practice makes perfect, so garrett wolf knows how crucial a practice field is for san jose football. >> we don't want our guys to have to come out here and prepare on that, get tackled on it, both for a sanitary reason and just generally because it's gross. >> reporter: by it he means goose poop. it all came to a head on a recent morning when wolf and some staff spent two hours picking up goose droppings, seven trash bags of it. >> i walked back into the office after practice and said i am never doing that again. >> reporter: that's how wolf found the coyotes. >> no names yet.
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>> reporter: these plastic coyotes play defense for san jose state football's practice field against geese on their bathroom breaks. so far, so good says wide receiver nick nash. >> i love coyotes now. i used to not like them because i'm from irvine and we have a lot of coyotes. and now i love them, because they protect us from the geese. >> reporter: nash led the spartans in touchdowns, yards, and receptions last year. >> nick nash reaches, has it. that's a catch. >> you know, i'm fine with getting grass in my mouth and stuff, but one time i got geese poop in my mouth and it was no fun. i had to go straight to the trainer, grab some water, wash my mouth out. had to grab my toothbrush. >> reporter: for now, those are memories of the past. the plastic coyotes are working so well you can find some on the soccer field too. >> innovation is part of what we try to do, and the super effective, cost effective measure to try and help out and protect our fields. >> reporter: jeff is the university's athletic director. he says there's been
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a noticeable uptick in goose droppings on campus this year until the recent drop. now it's hard to find a goose near the fields. from the tail looks pretty authentic. i'd be fooled too from a distance. >> you'll see a few here now and then, as you saw by the remnants there now. but they've pretty much disappeared. >> reporter: the wolf and his coyotes have scared off the geese for now. just in time for groundskeepers to get the fields ready for the first official practice in two weeks. >> the coyotes might be a little too popular. wolf says two coyotes mysteriously went missing recently. virn? >> straight ahead in sports, guess who was perfect in nba summer league play? and caitlin clark has another feat in the w's record books. >> thank you. i am excited to be meeting taylor tomlinson this weekend. i'm doing a one-on-one with
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her. that follows us every weeknight at 12 #:30 a.m. and for a lucky viewer out there, we're giving away two tickets to her show this friday at 9:45 p.m. taylor's trying out new material that you might want to see. to enter just go to kpix.com/contest, and you'll see the link.
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looking ready to put on a show at these olympic games. steph curry's engine ran especially hot today in abu dabi where three-time mvp jokic was waiting in a serbian uni. tied at 4-4 in the second quarter. the bump foul, hit it anyway. scored 18 in the first half. note to serbian team, put a body on number 4. curry had six threes, scored 24. usa led by as much as 31 in a 1015-9 route. they have two more exhibitions before their first olympic game july 28th. in vegas, brandon left, trace jackson davis the summer game out against cleveland. third quarter, plowden. made a grown man move. one-time hammer. he signed a two-day deal with golden state on tuesday. led the dubs with 16.
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warriors win the game 96-85. unbeaten in summer league. golf, the final major, the 152nd open is underway in scotland. tiger woods will tee off 6:30 pacific time thursday morning. a long shot to win his fourth career win. here's a player who thinks woods has no business in the field that. is colin montgomerie. he suggested it was time for woods to call it quits, and then tiger's claws came out. soccer, earthquakes hosted houston down at paypal park. what happened? scoreless in the 86th minute. nice pass set up daniel for the game-winning goal. san jose has lost eight of the last nine matches and
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have the worst record in major league soccer. and indiana's caitlin clark in dallas, what a performance. the rookie set a wnba record with 19 assists. she leads the league with 213. 31 more than the next highest player. it was in a loss to the wing, yet she keeps dazzling in front of sellout crowds. wnba all star voting last year's leading vote getter aja wilson got 95,000. how many did caitlin clark tally? over 700,000. >> oh. >> she does draw attention. >> yes, she does. for good reason. >> lesson learned tonight, never go out and scream at a fundraiser giving out raffle prizes and then come back and do the 11:00. woo. my voice is hurting. >> i know, but you know what, you're getting through it. and you're still pretty loud. just like me. people go wild for this seasoning, but if you fly overseas, you have to leave it at home. why
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okay, we all know what we should not be brining on a flight, right, no liquids, no produce, no sharp objects. >> batteries. >> no illegal drugs. >> batteries. this is a new one, though, no trader joe's everything but the bagel seasoning in some cases. the seasoning has gotten quite the
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following online. i've tried it, it's very good. >> it's bomb. it's great. >> it's bomb. >> it is. >> but one of its ingredients is banned in certain countries. and when you hear it, it makes a little bit of sense, sort of. poppy seeds a compound in the seeds make them considered a narcotic substance in several countries from south korea to saudi arabia, uae. the compound can be found in codeine and morphine, as well as drugs like heroin, even though experts say it is nearly impossible to eat enough poppy seeds to get high. >> nearly. >> paul loves a challenge. travelers have been asked to give up their seasoning mixes. which, okay, even if you have like this a lot, but -- >> i can't see making an issue out of that if they tell you to throw away like -- >> i'm saying you're planning a trip to taiwan, the first thing is everything but the bagel? anyway. >> yeah, eat the local food.
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