carries his own bags, but it's hard to top his surprising words on homosexuality. "if someone is gay and he searches for the lord and has goodwill, who am i to judge?" a federal judge will soon decide the fate of "real housewives of new jersey" star teresa giudice. a 39-count indictment listed tax evasion, hiding assets during a bankruptcy, and lying on loan applications as among the bad behavior. she is pleading not guilty and her attorney said their team will look forward to vindicating her. the real housewife herself put a finer point on it. "i'm committed to my family and intend to maintain our lives in the best way possible." which obviously includes gigantic closets full of stuff. >> i think i'm going to need three suitcases. and here's an embarrassing side effect of the whole fifty shades of grey phenomenon. so many people are dialing for emergency help after getting stuck in handcuffs, authorities

in london have launched a public service twitter campaign. it seems that each incidence of bondage gone awry costs taxpayers hundreds while tying up emergency services. so the london fire brigade wants to remind randy citizens to have an extra set of keys handy before they end up fifty shades of red. and thank you for watching abc news. we hope you check in with our friends at "good morning america." and as always, we are always online at abcnews.com. have a great night.

>> the breaking news is

happening in florida. where a series of powerful explosion have rocked a propane plant in the central part of the state tonight. fire authorities say that several people have been killed. this all started 3 hours ago. >> there were 24 people working at the plant when this began. emergency crew searching for 15 of them. unaccounted for right now. according to the sheriff's department. about an hour and a half after the fire started it then spread to several truck that were also loaded with propane tank. >> neighbors say the blast shook the homes. they describe the fir as a giant fire ball that could be seen up to 5 miles away. the blue rhino propane plenty is in the area located 40 miles north west of orlando. >> people living within a mile of the site have been ordered to evacuate. authorities say they have the fire contained to the plenty property. nobody outside the plant has been injured. we continue to follow this and reporting continues right now on twitter at this site. good evening everyone. i'm in for dan.

>> to our other top story tonight. tropical storm is now a tropical depression. winds fallen below 39 miles per hour but despite the downgrade the storm is still dangerous. heavy rain hitting maui, kauai and power outage report entered parts of the big island and maui. >> flash flooding mud sleight slid possible in the situation. people spent date getting ready for is the storm grabbing supply and protect property. emergency shelter open just in case. waves reached 12 feat and could top 18 feet tonight. >> had quit an impact on travelers. lillian is leif at sfo tonight where at least 12 flights cancelled today. lillian? >> travelers we talked to have been dreaming about the hawaiian vacation for months. you can imagine just how disappointed they were when the flight got cancelled. >> i was ready for warm sunshine. >> travelers flew in hoping to connect to the flight to hawai

hawaii. but as soon as they landed they got the bad news the plate was cancelled. >> this is like open our bucket list so the only time we'll be going so we would like to get there. i hope we still can. >> about a dozen bay area to hawaii flights cancelled so far because of the storm. biggest storm to strike the islands in 20 years this pair from new york now scheduled to play to honolulu late tuesday night. until then stay in san francisco and they are not happy bit. we will lose the money for the hotel there couple nights and book a hotel here. so the weless both ways. >> separationly united plate to the big island made it out of sfo this evening. they are staying with a friend in kona. >> i'm not worried about going to kona because i have been in an actual hurricane there before many years ago. so i'm not we are not concerned. >>reporter: as for everyone else, hawaii will have to wait at least a couple of days. for this family it's more like months. they chose to fly back to their home in memphis >> this is my retirement trip

so i'm really disappointed but i'm hoping that we can reschedule flight in maybe december and get a chance to see the whale watching. so. >> trip of a life time ended before it began. at sfo lillian kim abc 7 news. >> disappointment there. zappedia tracking the storm now and kind of lost some fv strength. >> it has to dump the moisture somewhere. let me show you the done deposit and it weaken to tropical depression. winds gusting sustained to 35 miles an hour. as i take you in a little bit closer here heavy rain has been falling from maui heading into molokai right now live radar sweeping around and the rape is just coming down. biggest threat is the flooding possibilide possibility here are some of the observation. gust at 43 miles an hour and 25 miles an hour gust here and we

are expecting the track of the storm to continue in its west north west path. as a depression. it is a depression once again. weaken just north of maui from a tropical storm so flash flooding. mud slide. you cap track the flight if anything to hawaii on abc 7 news.com. don't forget always check that out. i'll be back with look at local forecast in a few minutes. >> all right sand why thank you. >> the bay area air was so hazy packed with particulate matter it was declared health hazard. we see the orange haze clouding oakland tonight. bay area air quality management direct says it's the result of wildfires burning in oregon and smoke moved from there along the california coast line on shore winds brought it that the bay area. here's a lack at conditions in millbrae in. haze muted the sun here. another look at what drivers on the san mateo bridge saw during the evening commute certainly a lot of haze there as well. particulate level elevated again tomorrow but not expected the reach unhealthy lels.

>> now of the 3 wildfires burning in southern other again causing the haze 100 homes evacuated with hundreds more threatened. >> search on tonight for vandal believed to have caused the collapse of radio communication tower in the east bay. sky 7 h dch shows us the tower of the park near danville. police said appears somebody cut 6 lines to the tower overnight caution it to crash to the ground. officials say this is not affecting radio communication because other towers are being used but the damage is estimated to be more than 1 million dollars. >> time is running out in the effort to secure new contract for bart union employee. if no deal is reached the strike could be called as soon as next mopped. allen is live in downtown oakland where negotiations have wrapped up any progresss to report allen. >>. >> some but not a lot. the union in bart say they are working hard to avoid a strike which could happen in 6 days.

but other transit agency like ac transit and the ferry preparing to handle the brunt of the strichblingt they are meeting tomorrow to discuss a contingency plan. mane while as i mention, some progress is being made. >> at the supplemental table we did make some increment progress today. >> but there was no progress on the major issues of salary pension and health care and tension is only getting worse. today union members interrupted bart general manager while she was addressing the american transportation association in san francisco. this video shot by yawn member. >> she stopped her talk. stepped down off offered to go outside and speak with the union. they refused. and she wept back to the podium to continue her speech. >>reporter: mean while the district chief negotiator thomas hawk came back to the bargaining table after taking time off which angered the union. >> he was at the table this afternoon and there was limited movement. >> pretty much happy with the

fact they have a joychbility just 6 days before another possible strike and even those who support the union are beginning to lose patience. >> if it goes longer than 3 or 4 daisy it will affect the way i feel in about it. >> we will once again give the public 72 hour notice. >> however if progress the union say they will tip to work past the august 4th dead lane. just if case the decision to striking again is being discussed. in oakland, abc 7 news. >> bart said today it would need to raise fare 18 percent over the next three years if it ghivs to union demand for pay raise requested. union leader is skeptical of particle cue las vegas. >> not sure when the new bay bridge will actually open but we know it won't be labor day weechbd the discovery of there broken bolt delayed completion of the bridge until at least december. but few week ago panel of expert said the bridge could open to traffic while crew complete fix for the bad

bolt. cal-trans left that decision up to the federal highway administration which is expected to decide in a few week but spokesman concerns to us tonight labor day opening is quote off the table. >> new at 11:00 december peckable crime somebody is stealing items off graves at santa cruz cemetery. the thieves hit at least 500 grave site at oak wood memorial cemetery taking 1,000 dollars in items including 10 pound angel stt you, american flag, flowers, lights even framed pictures. the santa cruz sentinel reports that victims believe more than 1 person is involved because so many items have been stolen. >> breaking news out of florida tonight with multiple explosion at pro pain gas plant. update on that next. >> plus major fbi sting video only on 7 news. arrest and

>>. >> we have breaking news update for you on the propane plant fire explosion in florida. they have just held news conference there and told us that 15 people who were missing are now all accounted for. that's according to the sheriff's department and there are no fatalities to report at this time. there are 200 emergency personnel on the scene. witness say they could see the fire ex completion for miles away. all started 8:00 o'clock our time at plant here 40 miles north west of orlando. authorities did tell us the fire is contained and while they work to put it out there's evacuation order for homes and businesses up to a mile away. >> fbi conducted what it described as its biggest prostitution sweep ever today. 150 people arrested in 76 cities. 105 of them were children. vick lee was with

the task force during the sweep with video that you will see only on abc 7. >> in all the task force arrested 62 adults during the 3 day sweep. they also rescued 12 children. >> deep breath. hold it. exhale. >> this 13-year-old girl called susan so scared she began hyper ventilating. officer tried calming her down with breathing exercise assuring her she would be helped. we told susan ran away from a group home. patrick which is an advocate group that helps girls electric susan. >> foster homes and group homes and they are leaving these places as fast as they are sent to them. the 15-year-old was also scared. she asked if she could call her mother. 17-year-old was third juvenile officers rescued that night. she told them she was from gul

gulf. small town in sacramento county. >> what did you come here with the intention of doing? >> conversation. >>reporter: in addition to the 3 juveniles the task force arrested 6 female adults and 2 pimp at the hotel in hayward friday night. there were simultaneous open rigs in other hotel on the streets of city across the bay year. at the hayward hotel the fbi set up a command post in one room. one person monitored camera. set up in each of the rooms where police decoy waited for hooker. >> 98,000 from the bay area. >>reporter: others contacted escort service through the ads on craigslist and red book. site commonly used by beth prs substitutes and john. they set up upon thement thrust the evening. >> once a woman set a price for sex act of centers another room would get the go ahead to arrest her. prostitution is a lucrative business for the pim pimp. david johnson heads the fbi office in san francisco.

>> they may running 3 to 5 girls at if i one time. making about 500 to,000 dollars per girl night tax-free. >> fbi agents told thus man arrested for pimping actually lived in the hotel with his hooker and 4-year-old child. officers meticulously searched their room. they looked for drug. weapons. other evidenc evidence. new those arrested face possible state federal charges related to hawm app trafficking and prostitution. one footnote. the youngest juvenile rescued in the nationwide sweep was nine years old. vick lee, abc 7 news. >> you mit in the relevantize this but some retail remembers using the smart phone to track your movement around their stores. now u.s. senator shirm of new york wants you to be able to stoyt. he says they use smart phone i.d. numbers to follow customers through the isles without permission. the purpose is to see how shoppers and a half gate the store which product they look at and for how long but schumer says that

is going too far. calling on the federal trade commission to require retail investigators let customers opt out of being followed. >> new burn at peninsula hospital the first baby to survive a diagnosis that doctor previously considered fatal. congresswoman hererra butler of washington state gave birth to ab i game. potter syndrome, absence of amnio fluid in the womb condition results in term natured pregnant. butler underwent remember treatment where doctors inject saline in the wound. abigail born on july 15 with first baby with potter sin dream to breathe on her own. she underwent surgery at packard children hospital and doctors say optimistic about the future. >> lets get a check on the forecast rate now. >> we are going to say well below ample this time of year for few more day before we start to see a turn around in the temperatures. we show you low clouds just over the coast and bay as well. already

places like places like concord and early this afternoon if you notice there was smoke around the bay area health advisory was issued early this afternoon as fire burning intersouth west other again. smoke traveled from the fire due to the wind and brought it right across the bay area tomorrow air quality expected to be on the moderate side. sirnl proof from today. from our roof cam are you can see pretty good visibility out to the bay bridge. gray sky tomorrow morning. 56 in san francisco. 58 in oakland. currently in the 60's around san jose. mountain view half moon bay 57 degrees with over cast conditions from our exploring camera see coyote tower, telegraph hill, 54 degrees in santa rosa. novato. it's currently 57 in concord and 58 in livermore. view from our emeryville camera this is what you face tomorrow morning. it's the gray sky drizzle at times. area of clouds fog for the over tonight hours. koom cool to mild tomorrow afternoon

and it's a warmer pattern by the end of the work week. so we have a few days to good. we remain below average as we have a dip in the jet stream this trough keeping us in the coole coolerp average mode. things will start to change as i said by the end of the work week into the weekend. tomorrow morning watch out for some dance spots due to the drizzle. temperatures in the 50's and wide spread over cast to start off your tuesday morning. a lot like this morning. tomorrow afternoon 78 in the south bay sap jose. 82 could los gatos. 70 degrees if santa cruz. on the peninsula looking at mostly sunny sky mid 70's palo alto menlo park. 58 on the coast pacifica fog linger well in the afternoon near the sun set district, 64 downtown san francisco, and temperatures will continue to run good 3 to 10 degrees below normal for your tuesday. 73 in santa ros rosa. vallejo 71 san rafael out to the east bay breezy at times cooler than average 69 in oakland. 73 in newark. inland

spots far cry from the enter heat. 82 in livermore. 78 san are phone. 88 fairfield. check out accu-weather 7 day forecast. temperature really staying in the low mid 80's inland the next three days. upper 50's to low 60's coast side. warming up to normal levels friday through the weekend as we get you up into the upper 80's inland low 60's coast. >> sounds great thanks. >> mention cooler than average. we describe mike that way. >> that's how we describe himself is he. >> thanks. a continue to swing the heavy lumber. tonight at the coliseum and assessment come out of the slumber. 7 rbi in the past 2 games. let's lack at the fast feet next in sports. >> hi everybody. this is the abc 7 morning news traffic reporter. commute be smart reporter. commute be smart enjoy the drive.

. >> a break out. 19 runs in the past 2 games. 9 of those tonight as they silence the blue jail. issues in the 1st inning hear. t base hit and in comes cocoa ceps 1 nothing oak land. next batter. down the left field line. eric scores. triple and start of big tonight for the home run derby. griffin spotted 3 nothing lead.

a took a lead into the fifth. hi heat. griffin no hitter going. but minute litter over. adam opposite field solo homer. griffin major league lead still get the win. test ot coming for oakland. josh 2 run double bottom of the fifth. the lead forth a and derby power. down the lane and gone. not for the final 4 straight win forth a. oakland american league best 20 games over 500. cleveland gist on hit almost half of the 4 36 contrary home runs. tonight he became the oldest player in major league history to hit a one off home run. from years of age. solo shot. beat the white sox. 9th career walk off shot. giants start 3 game series in philadelphia tomorrow but off day uneventful. defending world champion second visit to the white house. past 3 years.

president obama graciously accepted gift and struggled to read. >> i got a world series ball and bat and you should know that i can't read any of their signatures. but it's greatly appreciated. thank you soil. pen manship a lost art. although making note of the kid of may ins attendance. buster meeting the president. he was injured when the team visit entered 2001. all right. stanford. david shaw joined new coach here greeting local media today in san francisco from san jose state. rose bowl champion and potential pre-season top 5 team. bears well they have 3 guy vying for the starting quarterback job. as for the spartans new regem for character. take over for mike who bolted for colonel republican and democrat o. morgan hill native came over from the university of san diego. making this his program. >> believe me i know. i followed big shoes before. usc coach harbaugh. i need to be

true to myself and i believe my belief and philosophy. i'm in it for the listening hall. this will get you short-term distance e.and as sports report brought to you by riff rock casino college football just around the corner. >> thank you. >> up next. thousands of propane tank explode in florid

pass. >> breaking news up take it on property pain plant explosion in florida. sheriff's department just wrapped up a briefing and now says all 15 people who were reported missing have been accounted fo for. he says there have been no fatalities but 7 people were taken to the hospital. >> fire explosion happen 40 miles north west of orlando. firefighters continue try to put out the fire in. evacuation order in place for up to a mile surrounding the plant. now reporting continues

on 20th he. follow us at this web site. >> check on the wake up weather writ now with sandhya. >> tomorrow morning wide spread low clouds fog. patchy drizzle breezy especially along the delta. temperatures will remain in the 50's to low 60's. mike hear 4:30 to 7:00 a.m. >> thank you. >> we encourage to you try the watch abc live extreme now available here in the bay area. this is new way to experience abc 7 programming any time anywhere you can enjoy the newscast. tv show. on the smart phone. tablet or computer. watch them both live and on demand. >> all brought to you by comcast at&t charter communication at no extra cost. here's what you need to do go to our web site here and enter the cable tv provider account information then go to the watch abc live stream or you can search watch abc to down led the app. >> this will do it for our report tonight. sitting in for dan i'm larry. >> i'm carolyn. next newscast

begins tomorrow morning at 4:30. thanks for joining us. we are our reporting does continue on twitter at 7 news continue on twitter at 7 news bay area. >> have a good night

remembered as an eagle. the team will retire his jersey in september. >> i grew up a giants' fan. when it came to eagles and redskins, there was no love, but you know what? i always admired donovan mcnabb. what a player. >> philadelphia loves this man. everything come to a stop when he is in town. he essentially is the giant of the game there for them. young people know him.

obviously people, veterans watching the game for a long time. learn to love him. through out the years. though he was, did not really retire an eagle he well always be an eagle in the eyes of philadelphia. >> without a doubt. all right. coming up, we'll introduce you to an amazing jungian just. she's just 4 years old. >> we'll be right back. you are watching "world news now."