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move for three hours and there is is extensive live coverage on these protests and mark has been walking with the protestors and let's start with you, mark. >> we're on market street and about 300 people are now involved in this protest. that is about double the number starting it at 3:00 from justin herman plaza they've been marching around the financial district going from bank of america now down to the wells fargo bank, i'm told we're going to turn jeft on front street off of market. that from organizers that have been trying to keep people on message that has been about bank foreclosures but there have been all sorts of other messages some directed against
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the main stream media and there is organizers trying to get people on message and that, so far has been fairly peaceful protest. we haven't seen anything other than people angry by certainly no bad actors, not here on market street. mark matthews abc 7 news. >> thank you. and sky 7 is over the area right now and you can see it's quite a crowd of people making their way through this downtown area as we speak. abc 7 news is at 555 california, demonstrators gathered today. >> there is a decent sized group gathered here, then moved on down california. 15 or 20 minutes ago. and the evening wears on, and
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the group and crowded about an hour ago. and whatever sells going on today, everyone would converge here for a celebration and a march. it has been peaceful. there is a police presence but it's not overwhelming. we saw some in riot gear and some not less than a dozen motorcycles standing by. and this will have been after a somewhat under whelming day in san francisco. >> there is occupy still alive and growing. people may think the police destroyed the encampment it destroyed occupy. and you can't destroy an idea. >> this corner is dubbed the bankers heart by demonstrators
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because office buildings housed bank of america and now, it also has offices for a number of other major banks. skm there is where it is quiet. it's unclear what the route will be and if they'll return here this evening. >> and there is where you can stheem down market street now. you can see from this point there is traffic disrupted in this area z they wind their way down towards wells fargo. >> and there is today's demonstrations happening across the bay in berkeley. >> things are quiet and there are target banks near the
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station. >> there is a strong command against loaning money for interest. >> the rabbi flanked by members of the occupy jewish contingent is demonstrating against banks he says are responsible for creating loans that force borrowers from homes. >> they sign up for 4% mortgage, suddenly you raise to it 8% or 10%, they can't pay that and lose homes. >> arguments are not new. they started a year ago when occupy first launched it's protest against 1%. movement would lead to multi city protests with the target of their frustration coming down to one thing, big banks. >> rosh hashana is a tim to set intentions for the new year and this is an
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opportunity to encourage others to move their money back into the hands of the 99%. >> i harken to our tro tra decision which is the healing of the world. and to me, that means not foreclosing anyone's home in this country. >> this demonstration was peaceful. and there are no incidents with police. and the leaders who brought prot testors out today say that it was perfect blend of the anniversary of occupy wall street. >> thanks. the movement was born on wall street as you recall and today, protestors hoped to reinvig rate the movement. hundreds of people marched this morning and hoping to form a human wall around the building. and that didn't happen.
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police officers managed to keep entrances open ask arrested 100 people. and for realtime updates on the local demonstrations follow us on twitter on abc 7 news bay area. we're also using hash tag, occupy. >> after less than two years, san jose police chief announced he's retiring from the force. and has overseen a department facing cuts and layoffs at the same time, crime rate there has soared. abc 7 news is live for us tonight. laura? >> when chris moore took over here he says that he expected to be on the job but a lot happened here and he won't blame city politics for the departure, others did. >> this is my decision. i was not forced into it. >> despite challenges and ongoing criticism, the police
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chief told reporters that the decision to step down next year was his alone. >> this is as the department tries to fight a spike in violent crime with a decrease in resource autos clearly our scenario is what we're facing has something to do with it. >> elephant in the room, there is no confidence in city hall. >> chief can d.analysis and there is his decision. >> there was an alarming increase of crime including eight murders in august. and the number of officers has declined and besides laying off 65 officers more have seen 100 more retire, now, the manager has an opening. >> i'm going to cast a net to make sure that this is the
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best fit for the sti with 400 fewer officers, san jose police union worries about a report showing response times for serious crimes has gone up 57%. and there is five minutes or more in case autos this is going to take us another seven to eight minutes to get to that all. >> and the decision comes just weeks after the city council here decided not to persue a sales tax measure on the ballot that would provide more money for police services and just one day before that same city council is set to hold a session on how to eter manage the growing crime problem. in san jose, abc 7 news. >> laura, thank you. >> and when is it okay for a public institution to take a stand on a ballot measure? coming up tonight why the cal state system is coming under
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afternoon. authorities kept american airlines flight parked far away from terminals in new york a caller told port authority police hijackers were carrying explosive as board both jets. both plains just landed and american pilot spent several minutes pleading with air traffic controllers about what was going on. >> and there is reason for this. someone has got to give us the reason you've got 60 seconds. >> there is a planes taxied to the terminal once police determined there was no real threat. >> there is any information coming in he was in. >> i couldn't see out of the window. >> and there is a lot of emotion outside. >> four air marshals happened to be aboard the flight and
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questioning a passenger while everyone waited for a plane to move. >> a controversial letter going to hundreds of thousands warning of dire consequences. critics say that is illegal. and there is a story from sacramento. >> there is high school students applying to a california state university campus may get a washing instead of an early acceptance letter. there may not be room for them if the tax measure fails nchl a draft scheduled to be e mailed csu points out the system is scheduled to get a $250 million cut as proposition 30 mails fails in november, so will wait for the election before accepting students. >> enrollment could have to be reduced because of potential cuts. we're trying to inform students. >> and there are critics say
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vote yes on prop 30 and chances of you getting in to csu increase. >> there is california law clear that taxpayer fubdz cannot be used for political advocacy. they reverence -- reference prop 30, they've crossed the line. >> csu denies motivation saying they're just trying to level with students there is an argument against prop 30 at the bottom. some hopefuls consider the warning letter extortion. >> there is kind of like saying yes, there is a chance we may not have a spot for you others hate to think the college careers are tied to california voter autos that is their ranking to say my future is put on the shoulders of an
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election of this year that may, or may not go out. >> and there is a considering of a 5% tuition hike this week inn.case prop 30 fails. >> there is a girlfriend of thomas kincaid agreed to pay $11,000 a month to remain in the home, contending she's the sole beneficiary. and he died in april of an alcohol and drug overdose, he has been living in his 6,000 square foot home since he died and the family had been and he asked the judge to give her a break because of security guards making sure she doesn't steal anything. >> a south bay family is looking to turn a traj yi into
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decision positive for the neighborhood. and on friday an 8-year-old drove a bike into the street and he was and the neighbors say cars speed along that street. it's not far from capitol expressways. >> there is talking to the district to let us put a sign or a speed bump and if they don't pay for it, our family will pay for it. >> the family says they will use money donated to pay for those speed bump autos and marin county transit officials voted to extend their contract for bus service saying it will save money and jobs. the new deal cuts service by about 25% but it's expected to save marin county about $1 million a year. subcontractors will pick up
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the slack. 30 employees will lose jobs but 130 would have been fire fd marin had not reuped with golden gate. >> suspended san francisco sheriff is trying to turn up the heat on the board of supervisor was a decision on the future loom agent city hall. he attended a noon time rally outside city hall and it was horg nized by supporters from the ire yawnin community. his wife asked supervisors and and who is going to be the next? >> and the board may get the case this week and nine out of 11 san francisco supervisors must agree to remove him from office. >> and there is a great time of the year. >> there is a cool down and
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appropriately there is a cool down in this final week of summer. there is a live view from our camera, there is towards western sky and there is about 18 seconds ago a better view but this is now obscuring our view of the western sky. and there is a more visible view of the fog that is beyond the coastline. there is 79 in antioch. up north and in san jose there is 67 degrees, cooler than average temperatures next couple days and autumn arriving saturday at 7:49 a.m. and there is an upper level
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low and we'll continue to have for next several days keeping our temperatures a little bit below average level for this time of the year. and tonight's conditions with fog pushing across the bay there is low temperatures tonight into the same range. there is where it's getting chilly up there is 50s at the coast and 70s to low to mid-80s inland. mild inland, cool at the coast. there is a look at south bay conditions tomorrow, sunny skies and there are highs 67
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in san mateo there is 59 in half moon bay. 62 degrees downtown san francisco. 59 into the sunset. highs into 70s. 73 santa rosa. we'll see mid to upper 80s in clear lake and open on the east bay, highs 65 in berkeley. 72 union city. highs into upper 70s and walnut creek, danville, pleasanton. low 80s into the remainder of the inland east bay. there is is temperatures rising slowly by saturday, we'll see a sharp drop off. so fall is trying to assert itself there is the fans of
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san francisco fast becoming the mecca of electric vehicles. several took part in the first ever electric vehicle week and this is an opportunity to check out all kinds of models. and green vehicles are certainly very big in san francisco. the nissan leaf generated so much interest, the manufacturer had to open up a keelership in the city. >> nissan didn't have representation here in san francisco at that time and decide that had this is a market we need to be in. >> san francisco is also fast tracking charging stations, more than 100 have been installed and there is legislation to get more operational in-housing units. and public sin vited to test drive these cars. >> no one would have predicted this back in april but tickets are now on sale for the oakland a's.
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hundreds lined up to buy tickets for a possible wild card playoff game. a's have the second best record despite having baseball's second lowest payroll. their loyal fans are prime forward a return to the post season. >> i have been here, win or lose, rain, shine, spring training i'm here for my a's. so so i'm ready to do this. >> and a's on pace to be number one seat for the american league wild card. they're in the hunt to win and are just three games behind texas rangers. >> coming up there is anti-american protests and how one leader risked his wife.
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have you heard of the new dialing procedure for the 408 and 669 area codes? no, what is it? starting october 20, 2012, if you have a 408 or 669 number, you'll need to dial 1 plus the area code plus the phone number for all calls. o.k., but what if i have an 408 number and i'm calling a 408 number? you'll still need to dial 1 plus the area code plus the phone number. so when in doubt, dial it out!
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following breaking news now. hundreds of protestors marking the anniversary of the occupy wall street movement marching through downtown san francisco and clogging those already-busy streets. >> mark matthews is on the ground with them, what's happening where you are? >> taking a look at a live picture here on montgomery between sacramento and california we're in front of the wells fargo bank building. the crowd has swollen to more than twice of the size it was whit started at 3:00 this afternoon. there, you can see police who have been keeping a low profile up until now have showed up in force. they have riot helmets on and
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they're standing in front of two or three deep in front of the building. this crowd escalated so has the police presence. >> and there is a wave of violent protests over a controversial antimuslim movie trailer spreading to new parts of the world tonight. in beirut the shooup group of the shea rebel group made a film to denouns the film telling tens of thousands of u.s. must be held accountable because it was produced here in, pack stab, a crowd was broken up marching on the u.s. consulate. and in indonesia authorities used water cannons to disperse hundreds of demonstrators and
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indonesia is the most poplist muslim nation in the world. >> muslims and christians in southern california are calling for an end to the violence. lead leaders from both groups appeared together in los angeles. each condemned the film as well as violence that followed. >> we cannot allow the action of a few fanatical individuals to define our communities. >> when an ignorant person targets you? say this and leave. these will be the teachings more honoring if you follow to the name of the prophet rather than getting into the frenzy. >> both leaders expressed condolences to families of the four americans killed in libya last week. including ambassador chris stevens who grew up in piedmont. >> and the man behind the film
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lives in cerritos. >> to presidential politics now tonight mitt romney trying to deflect charges he doesn't care about average americans and the president announce aid new action against china. and there is romney in los angeles today, a sid vo showing him telling wealthy donors half believe they're entitled to support. and in los angeles saying the president only reacted after his ad suggest jobs were being lost to china. >> if i knew all it would have taken was running an ad, boy have run one a long time ago. >> the president says romney outsourced to china. >> and and i like to walk the walk.
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>> and and the state of nevada is considering a swing state in the fall election and tonight a pro-romney group is spending $1 million there an an ad suggesting president obama is against nevada's number one industry. sit your voice and your vote. >> there ad uses the president's own words. >> president obama says... >> don't blow a bunch of cash on vegas. >> saying in nevada tourism means jobs and here is what the president said in this speech from 2010. >> when times are tough you tighten your belts. you don't go go buying a boat when you can barely pay your mortgage. you make stuff choices.
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it's time your government did the same. >> that is the president speaking about the need to reduce the federal deficit. sheer how it playing in the ad. >> under obama, nearly 62,000 fewer nevada jobs and home values, gone. as nevada struggles obama says. >> don't blow a bunch of cash on vegas. >> cross roads gps is launched by karl rove. the organization spending $900,000 on this ad and another $400,000 on a spanish language version of the ad. the gps refuses to disclose don skbrorz already the -- under the law isn't required to do so. >> and our partners have a complete analysis of the ad
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under see it on tv. and there will be fact checking ads. >> and just five days after a huge fire caused a campus to shut down for the rest of the week, parents volunteered to clean things up. the fire destroyed valuable information. >> we lost all of the emergency cards and hoping families will be able to stop by here. >> i feel excited because we missed a lot of days of school. but you know i am just happy to be back. >> and many parents stopped in and filled out forms, it's a pry i vit school since the fire donations have poured in. >> and investigators looking for a retired firefighter that has been missing since friday after a cross country trip.
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his family believes he may have become disoriented. his daughter handed out flyers this morning, there she is. and he planned to travel to canada to meet his son, he was confuse about whereabouts when he lost spoke with amtrak conductors overnight thursday. >> he's a gentle man and deserves to be. >> and he left his medication on the train with his luggage and cell phone. so it's serious situation. >> and we'll be checking back with the occupy protestors in hello?
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want to go back to breaking news, anniversary of the occupy protests and a protest going on in san francisco right now. >> there is a burning papers here, mark matthews is live on the scenes for us and we do have a bit of a delay here, let's check in with mark. >> we're in the middle of the protest here on montgomery street between sacramento and california. people are tear lg tearing up pieces of paper saying this is
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debt paper and they're throwing dollars bills, someone threw a $20 bill into this garbage can which they intend to set on fire. there are police standing behind me. and there are dollar bills and 20s and there is a symbolic gesture towards what they're saying is the bank's takeover. and we're swinging a camera around. this is what's happening. there is between california and sacramento. >> and there is another flound a continuing fight over chain stores and local mom and pop autos a study finds they could have a negative impact on small businesses.
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>> there are just over 1100 stores selling fresh food. most are small independent businesses and this target will sell food and those kinds of big box chain stores make some owners of the groceries that are mom and pop feel threatened. >> coming to san francisco, you can get half of the independence in the city could buy. >> a new study about walmarts in chicago and new york pay a dire forecast. and this is higher than any large chain store selling food opens in a central location within two years, 321 small growers were closed and there is no is no estimate and. >> this can lead to greater
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access to fresh food, it comes at coast of small businesses closures, lost jobs and lowered labor standards. >> the supervisor says it's a balancing act for poorer neighborhoods. >> there is some serious needs that mom and pop stores will not able to provide support for neighbor autos the report presented at city hall suggests the planning department could require analysis each time a large chain store wants to open. the planning commissioner believes that is just another unwanted layer of buick rock crassy. >> we have some control some oversite. >> in san francisco, abc 7 news. >> and stay with us. up next doctors getting surgical training here in the
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tonight's money matters another very good day at apple. stock closed just shy of the p00 markup $8.50 a share and higher in after hours trading. it's because of the unprecedented demand for iphone 5. and people are camping out for the phones release on friday. and and google buying a software company called snap seed, the answer to facebook's billion dollar purchase of instagram. >> this expertise could be soon saving lives around the world part of a program training surgeons in technique
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that are practical as well as advanced. the surgeons crowded into this training suite at the trauma institute and his clinic treats victims injured by everything from car accidents to roadside bomb autos this building for victims and we're receiving mostly more victims. >> today the doctor and 50 other surgeons have around the world are learning advanced techniques foreclosing wounds and ultimately lives. >> to manage these wounds as best as possible and close them, these people need to have what we call flaps. meaning taking tissue from someplace and bring to it cover a problem somewhere else. >> we met a surgeon last year as we're preparing for a series of stories in the west african nation of sierra leon.
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he says the model of bringing the surgeons to a central location amp ply fis affects of the teaching. >> a lot of attendees here are the equivalent of university professors back home. so they have students of their own and colleagues. then, and there is a multiplyer in effect. they go back home and they teach what they have learned. >> this class of 62 surgeons from 17 countries is the largest in the project's history. instructors have several california hospitals volunteered to help with the courses. >> we're limited by space at this point. and i think that what we tried to change each year is the program itself to make it what they can take back and use in the country. >> that often means treating victims of car accidents chr becoming an epidemic. in his own country he says the toll is often higher than infectious disease autos a lot
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of people died from our area z from a lot of injuries. and almost equal. >> the course runs three days. most surgeons will be returning home this wednesday. bringing new skills to area that's need them. >> this gives us great pleasure to teach them things they can bring back and use, immediately. >> there is a program officially known as institute for global orthopedics started by uscf and trained hundreds in that time. >> what a powerful exchange of ideas and technology and technique. impressive. let's go back to talk about the forecast. this is the last week of summer. >> and state wide tomorrow we'll have summer like weather. 95 in fresno. 104, palm springs but here in the bay area, temperatures below average. there is a summer spread. high temperatures 58 in pacifica. on the coast up to 67 in oakland and up to 83, 84 in
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brentwood. summer spread narrower now and there are highs from coast to inland. there is a bigger picture, up 50s to about 60s on the coast. low 80s into warmest locations and here is the accu-weather forecast. and on wednesday, temperatures bounce back, up a couple degrees thursday and friday and warmer saturday. it's the first day of fall. but we cool down to more autumn like levels on sunday there. is a roller coaster ride in
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hope you can join me tonight we're going take you to the male makeup capitol of the world to find out why beauty productses for men are all the rage. >> then at 11:00 we'll continue coverage as occupy prot testors gather outside of a wells fargo branch coming up this evening. >> and so there is a lot of
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football to talk about. >> two games into the season so you don't want to get too carried away. niners look so impressive. and they look like the best team in the nfl now. alex smith seemed unflapable hitting vernon davis, and completed 20 of 31 for 226. there is one of the best tackling teams you'll see. when there is a shot at you. you have a date with a ground. right now. there are getting ready to visit minnesota next. >> going back to the way our guys play. you know? toughness and finish. there is blocking and tackling those things that you need and
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we're able to get it done. and you know... we come in our plan. you've got to be ready to adjust. and... i thought our guys, though they were good for detroit were able to get it shut down, too. >> taking a look at laiders and wonder who are they going to beat? maybe jaksonville? there is no problem was long snapping yesterday. talking about niners and look at the raiders here. there is reggie bush with four tackles looks like an old usd tape. there is 11 carries for 22 yards in a 25-13 loss. and coach allen keeping players in today for a extra long session. >> not a fun meeting. you know you don't want to have too many thick things like that with the team
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watching an ugly film. you've got to do that in order to get better. >> and there is what we're going to do, learn from this one, move on and get ready for pittsburgh. >> i'm confident but you know, listen. it's a work in progress. and that is what it s we're going to keep working. >> and there is a lot of work to do. >> college football, stanford zoomed up after shocking usc and there is no luck involved and andrew or otherwise. the offense outgained sc in total yards and there bullies from biology class, cardinals this week. seth curry took time today to talk about the heightened expectations heading into the new season. one of the best shooters in the game has been plague by injuries. warriors need him healthy.
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and we'll hear from seth later on. but they do need him healthy and hopefully the ankle will hold up. >> thank you. >> appreciate it. >> and that is this edition of abc 7 news. >> and for larry beil and all of us here at abc 7 news hope you have a terrific evening. >> thanks for watching. we'll see you at 9:00 and 11:00. >> good night for now, everyone. ♪
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