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major development. wayne? >> reporter: the investigation will be handled bit fbi the sheriff says his department will cooperate. he welcome that's investigation. he also took time to thank the community for keeping protests and memorials peaceful. one ended behind me just hours ago at san gnoma county sheriff's department. in santa rosa, students protesting with the blessings of the parents. >> i don't think it's going to go away >> he was my friend he was my friend. >> reporter: a march protesting the death of andy lopez a sheriff deputy shot him seven times in the chest, hip, after mistaking a toy replica of a pellet gun andy had for the real
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thing.. >> i don't know what should happen to those cops but that was wrong. >> reporter: the demonstration went on the move. a line of mostly angry children stopping traffic, passing stores, their parents and teachers beside and along them. >> this is their friend this, is their family this, is their neighbor. this is their school. >> reporter: within an hour, they arrived only to fin front door closed and locked. deputies looked down from the roof and his parents from the side, the kids took over 200 square foot patch of concrete. rest in peace, andy lopez they wrote, nobody stopped them. not today, in controlled rage. >> it's crazy. i can't believe we started this. >> reporter: in santa rosa
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today, this happened. from abc7 news outside of roseville we have a picture of a man suspected of shooting as many as three officers one person he's suspected of shooting is a federal immigration agent. the agent from ice was shot in the leg. we don't know how badly other two were wounded. or what departments they work for. several law enforcement agencies launched a manhunt. there are reports of gunfire. one man tweeted he he can hear machine gunfire nochlt word they've captured duran. this is a live picture in roseville. you can see law enforcement response here. breaking news continues now on twitter abc7 news bay area. a homeless man is recovering from shrapnel wounds shufred -- suffered when a
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device exploded in a garbage can near jones street in the tender loin district. police found the man in the street. this is being treated as isolated but investigators say they don't know what motive might be. pavilion building is going stay dark because of a fire that sent a maintenance man to the hospital with severe burns as well as a good samaritan that tried to help him. workers are trying to fix the problem now. several restaurants have been forced to close. a menlo park family is grieving over the loss of a husband and wife killed last night while walking their dog. a car struck them from behind the driver is now under arrest for dui. lillian kim is live and spoke with the sing's children.
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lillian? >> reporter: that is right. the children as well as other family members came here to drop off flowers and balloons the children say they're speaking out to bring attention to the dangers of drink asking driving. >> i came home from work around 11:00. they weren't back. we started to worry. >> reporter: the children say they got the news from police, who showed up hours after the accident. two had gone out for a walk when killed by a drunk driver. >> she's never going to be forgiven. we lost our parents because of her. >> reporter: police say they were walking in a bike path when the car struck ask killed them from behind the driver is under arrest for two counts of vehicular manslaughter and two counts of felony dui. according to records she has a long history after rests >> officers were speaking for
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her, she showed objective symptoms of intoxication. >> reporter: the three children are only teenagers. 15, 16, and 18. they say they wanted to let the community know pain they're going through in hopes it will inspire others to avoid drink asking driving. the family has been through a great deal. they never thought they'd lose both parents in such a tragic way. >> they were one of a kind. always helpful. never said no to anybody. always funny and smiling. i mean, they don't deserve this, they don't need gob gone. behind >> today marks a significant
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local anniversary in the occupy movement.police began evicting a large group from frank ogowa plaza a small group has been training today now marching back to the plaza. laura anthony is on the phone tonight. any problems at all? >> no. they have been out here all dayin front of the marriott here. this urban shield conference is going on over california. within last few minutes around 6:00 demonstrators have been outside most of the day. still here headed away from frank ogowa plaza think they're heading to the station up there at 7th and broadway. then, plan is for them
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to come back around. we're not certain of the route. but to come back around and end up at frank ogowa plaza at 6:30 which i believe is din scombrer music. >> good to know there are no problems. thanks very much. you look live, very small protest, different than a couple years ago. they're at 7th and braudzway now. there are no problems and we don't expect any as it's a small group of people. we'll stay on top of this, if anything changes there we'll let you know. chief of staff of san francisco hospital wants to find the person who reported seeing a woman in the stairwell according to the family of lynn smalleding whose body was discovered two and a half weeks after she disappeared. relatives say they got a call from a man who
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reported someone wearing on a stairwell the report made october 4thth. family says the man rushed away and has not been identified. state lawmakers revealed they're holding a hearing to examine worker safety at bart. sky seven is showing you the area where a bart ex-employee and contractor died after being hit by a train saturday the train being traited by bart managers during a strike by train operators the labor committee is the latest group to question the policies the hearing taking place on november 7th. tolls on the golden gate bridge have not gone up in five years but that is about to change. they began the process of raising tolls and it could happen by april the bridge faces a 13 tdz -- $13 million uch grade >> we had to raise on dollar increments or tried to. if you
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have to make change on the $0.50 or whatever. so with electronic tolling we can change the tolls to $0.20 or $0.40, etc. >> the board being urged to eliminate the fast track discount. >> the awork is taking shape now. it's a massive undertaking and necessary for safety. for an inside look on abc7 news, we are live in the presidio tonight. so far, so good. right? >> reporter: yes. on schedule, on budget, we're told. it's been a year and a half since that massive two-day demolition of the old structure here at the east end. there has been work going on since then, but just now, much of the work becoming visible from temporary roadway and from inside of the fence
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line. native soils excavated or piled on spare corners of the project. being saved for use later. landscape sag huge part of the pro secretary. -- project. so native soils are on site. they'll be reused when covering the tunnels up. >> reporter: engineers concentrating on twin tunnels hoping to get as much work done as possible before rainy season. this is what will be southbound tunnel adjacent to the presidio main post. construction happens in phases, first, excavation poll followed by stable sayings of the so soil. >> it mix was natural soil to give you this mix. stabilizes the area. >> reporter: then, concrete followed by water proofing. those wheat sheets are water
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proofing membrane. more steel rebar ask concrete builds, followed by rebar rising up as a first step in building tunnel walls when done, tunnels will be covered up again and landscaped providing a uninterrupted view to the bay. this block will extend. you'll go over the roadway, then dropping out, so you can walk from the main post to chrissy march. >> reporter: follow the bright light flying over doyle drive showing transformation. as surface roads are replaced with tunnels, cars disappear underground. >> cover cars, hide them, it's quieter. have you additional parkland. >> reporter: at the other end, the piles of columns are going in for what will be another bridge side by side to the new one already in use. it, too, will connect into a tunnel. work is also underway. the completed
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new doyle drive scheduled to open in 2016. abc7 news. still head here tonight on abc7 news neighborhood alert. what is being done to eradicate a destructive pest that has been discovered in the south bay. >> also, markable courage of a 92-year-old world war ii veteran, the victim of a brutal home invasion holdup. >> we brought you warmth and beautiful weather. i'll let you know if this is
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a major effort under way in the south bay to stop oriental fruit flies from breeding the pest threatens crops as well as backyard gardens. discovery of just two of them led to an eradication effort in that neighborhood. david louie is live at wilson park with what they're going to be doing here. david? >> well, this is ground 0 the oriental fruit fly thrives in a mild to hot climate. there are plenty of trees and vegetable gardens in cupertino for the flute fly to lay eggs. let's show you what the oriental fruit fly looks like. the female is on the left. the male is on the right. there is little time for the crews to waste. the oriental fruit fly are fast
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breeders the plan of attack involves these bait boxes. inside of a sticky substance with two active ingredients. an attractant, and a minute amount of insecticide to kill them the stations are placed high enough not to affect the public >> female is not picky about where to lay eggs she'll lay in 230 different kinds of fruits and vegetables living for three months laying about a thousand eggs so maggots are the problem, you can imagine going to tomato garden and they're just infected with naggots >> it's expected someone brought knit from south asia or it was shipped in. the target zone is a 10-square mile area of cupertino. residents can expect to see trucks in the neighborhood several weeks. >> it's very big problem, need
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to do that. yes. >> reporter: you don't want them eating your tomatoes? >> i don't want them to eat anything in my garden. >> reporter: the stations have to be replaced every two weeks. it resumes breeding with warmer temperatures. so heed rad indication might extend into the new year. the goal is one every 200 feet over the ten square mile area. in cupertino abc7 news a man diagnosed as a violent sex predator committing as many as 15 rapes in the bay area scheduled to be released. the 62-year-old will be released in high desert city of palmdale unless the public can convince the judge otherwise he admitted to 40 assaults beginning in 1979. this shows pro testers in claremont protesting a placement there los angeles county officials are
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not happy about the impending release. >> we're doing everything we can, the county of los angeles would be much more comfortable if mr. hubbard were in a secure facility . that is our wish. >> the public can weigh in in a hearing december 4th engineer santa clara county. authorities sate public's opinion often reverses a junl's decision. >> three massive tall ship arc gloria sailed into san francisco today pulling into pier 17 open for tours. admission is free. it's manned by a 160 member crew learning to work as a team to raise the ship's 23 sails and navigate open seas with, and without electronics. the visit lasts until tuesday, next port of call is san diego >> it's nice >> yes. all i want is a tall ship and a star to steer itted on. >> what a beautiful sunset we're enjoying now. >> yes. great weather for
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sailing. >> we'll go on your vote. >> yes. i have a huge one. let me show you doppler seven hd. does anyone have a boat? it's going to be great-looking weather. high clouds across some parts of the bay area and north bay. and as you look at the view from our south beach camera, it's gorgeous as we're watching the sun going down down. san francisco, 62 degrees, temperatures coming up today by the way across the bay area. 64 san jose. 55 half moon bachlt east bay hills camera looking towards mount diablo, you can see color there temperatures mid-60s in santa rosa and napa. if you're getting ready to step out, you may want to take that jacket with you. from our mount tamalpais camera, just stunning, sunny, mild weekend. and dry weather for
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trick or treaters. this is a system just bringing us high clouds. moisture lacking there. it's going to stay off shore, and moving south and east. here is a look at the forecast. high clouds thin out. as the system starts to move south, we end up with a nice, clear start for the most part, then, tomorrow afternoon, it's warmer than today. so today we got you into upper 70s inland. upper 50s coast side. this is a system bringing showers in sierra nevada. and sh some extra cloud cover monday. it's going to be different on monday compared to weekend. morning lows, low 40s to 50s. you'll need to bundle up. clear skies for early plans
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then afternoon, it's beautiful. santa cruz great day. 72 on the peninsula. 75 pal yes alto. half moon bay, 67 degrees. 70 downtown san francisco. mid-60s and north bay you're going to see upper 50s along the coast. santa rosa, mild, sunny, 74 oakland. 80 in fairfield. 80 degrees in livermore the accu-weather forecast lasts throughout the weekend and then, get ready for a chill again. temperatures back up to tuesday and 70s inland. dry on halloween . that is the message here. >> yes. thanks sandhya. >> coming up a 50-year-old
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about to defy his church and preside over the wedding two of gay men in alabama tomorrow a cording to our media partner, he will be the most prominent clergy member to defy the ban on same-sex marriage. he acknowledges it will draw complaints and possibly divide his church. he says the goal is to address what he calls hypocrisy in a denomination that includes dozens of gay parishioners and pastors. they could be defrocked for performing same-sex wedding ceremonies. 200 students toured a tesla production factory in fremont. the tour meant to show students what they can do with the stem career, one focussing on sighen, technology, engineering and math. >> kids don't realize that they
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can do these jobs and b, that science and engineering is one of the greatest jobs in the world to make the world a better place through invention and innovation >> it's amazing and cool to see what you can do with your own hands. >> google was there showing off itself driving cars students learned how cars moved on the nae laser technology and internal camera. >> ringo starr meet richard schwartz of sonoma. his photo sitting in a car in 1964. he's in the back seat there. on wednesday, starannounced he wanted to find who the kids were. they were classmates from new jersey cutting school to see the band's arrival at la guardia airport. >> cool shot >> yes >> pop history >> yes >> coming up next breaking news from a sacramento area. police have a snekt a shooting of three officers surrounded
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breaking developments in a shooting of an officer in roseville. >> police say they're taking it slowly because they believe he's armed with an assault rifle. a federal immigration officer was shot in the leg and two other roseville officers hit with bullet fragments or shrapnel and are all said to be doing okay chlth. >> they've been searching for one gunman we understand they're convinced there is only one suspect. they
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do have that one person surrounded in a building as we speak. our breaking news coverage continues here, of course, and on twitter. a tsunami warning force aid brief evacuation order in japan the 7.3 quake struck off the east coast in the morning japan time centered 170 miles from the area devastated from the area of the quake that killed thousands of people. power officials say radiation level dz not change the quake caused no damage, or injuries. the national transportation safety board rescheduled hearings into the asiana airlines crash at sfo in july the hearings delayed by the government shut down. they have now been rescheduled for december 10thth and 11th.
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another team went to the fa sill any new jersey where the plane was manufactured and re-examined wreckage in storage. national transportation safety board says the plane has been moved but the agency did not say where. three teenagers were killed as a result of the crash. 180 others, injured when flight 214 came in just short of the runway at sfo. in washington a panel recommended approval of a promising new treatment for hepatitis c. it's a pill developed in foster city. taken daily, it can cure up to 90% of patients a common form of hepatitis c in just weeks the fda rarely goes against it's panel's advice. nomination of janet yellen hilt a snag today rand paul of kentucky says he will put a hold on the
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nomination unless the senate votes on his bill to audit the fed policy decisions. yellen is a former head of the fed bank in san francisco the senate can override that but takes 60 votes and could delay the confirmation several weeks. foster farms says it's working to restore chicken exports to mexico. the mexican government banned prot ducts from three processing plants where salmonella was detected. foster farmses cleaned up the plants and says it put 23 new procedures in noo place company wide the company's sales in mexico are limited foster farms issued a statement saying it's working to fully resolve concerns and demonstrate the safety of the products and handled and cooked. by the way don't be alarmed if you can see the code numbers associated with the condition tam nated chicken in the stores. they identify processing plants
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and not a particular batch of chicken. veterans rally together aid of a 92-year-old soldier beaten and robbed in fresno this week. volunteers came to the man's house to repair damage done when robbers broke in and ransacked the place the victim asked us only to use his first name spoke to our fresno affiliate. >> i didn't raise my hand. >> reporter: this 92-year-old has seen a lot of action. >> 1941,ry graduated i went into the service a volunteer. >> the army veteran drove an army tank fighting in four major battles overseas but says nudge coulding have prepared him for what happened inside of his home wednesday morning. >> i was sound asleep 1:00 in the morning. lights were on. this guy shook me with a gun in your face. say what is going on?
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shut up. he slapped me. >> the suspect held him, three others ransacked his house taking $200 in cash and jewelry, including his high school bring. >> they were in there almost a half hour, they had time to search. >> reporter: joseph says one suspect put a gun in his mouth and threatened to kill him. being ordered into the closet he was hit with a handgun, causing him to fall to the floor. >> when i started crawling from over there, to that door, i crawled, i couldn't get up. it's cold. and then, finally i dialled 911 in the kitchen. >> it left neighbors in the area scared. >> nerve wracking. it seems to be getting worse. when i moved here this was a lovely neighborhood. never heard of hiking going bad
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now, it's changed quite a bit. >> this veteran hoping the suspects are caught before they can strike again. >> they stole about $200, god bless, i hope they buy something good for $200. you know? >> she says another home was hit thoshths trying to determine whether the two incidents are related >> just makes you sick. >> awful. >> still to come tonight, a crazy event staged by local techies >> why san francisco
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cal fire said the rim fire is finally 100% contained iet has not spread, it's still burning after two months, but now fully surrounded >> it threatened the hetch hetchy reservoir storing water for two and a half million customers we drove up to see the damage. >> this was the scene of the hetch hetchy reservoir. nearby,
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hundreds of thousands of acres burned, threatening to contaminate the largest water system in the country. today the scope is clear >> nothing bad happened to the water. the water supply maintained throughout. >> while clean water that we depend on is safe, other parts of the water system ask power system bear scars of the third largest wildfire in state history. only abc7 news was on hand, water officials toured some of the worst damage caused by the rim fire. the blaze started august 17thth continuing to burn today. the threat to life and property has now passed. the fire caused millions in damage to the surrounding infrom a structure, boying two buildings. >> talking based on our assessment so far, roughly $35 million range. >> that includes damage to one
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of the in the area, employees were evacuated before the roof of this one caught fire. it's been repaird and now operating. hundreds jumped in >> once passing through you couldn't keep them out of the field they were out there looking for things to fix and problems to solve working 12, 13 hour days. >> we have work to do. >> 500 power poles will need to be replaced and 20 miles of power lines need to be cut down keep them from blocking roads. >> we're no stranger to fire. it happens here every year. there
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is something. extent of this was incredible. >> the commissioner and former general manager of the san francisco public utilities commission >> i think the winter season cups if we have rains and snow, just keeping roads open is going to be challenging. >> landslides are common making roads impassible and slowing work that needs to be done. crews shoring up areas they expect may be a problem. there is work still to be done there is a collective sense sense of relief that things will return to normal >> we're fortunate. it's hard to say that when you see the degree of devastation. >> looks like a moon escape it >> it does. >> the fire destroyed 11 homes and 98 out buildings cal fire declared it 100% contained. >> coming up next a tech crawl to anoint san francisco as
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>> yes. we'll keep the warm up going. clouds starting to move out of the picture. no rain but weekend looking fantastic. today's warm up carrying over into saturday. 80 degrees tomorrow in fairfield, antioch and livermore. 74 oakland. 76 san jose. san francisco, 70 degrees. 67 half moon bay. if you're head together raiders game, the weather looks terrific. mid to upper 60s. all you need is a sun screen and good game face. it's going to be cooler monday you'll need sweaters. clearing it out tuesday, wednesday, and halloween, milder weather every day >> sun screen tomorrow, sweater monday? >> right. that is right >> thank you very much.
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>> every day thousands of tech workers board buss headed to work in silicon valley. >> lately, something else is happening. silicon valley is creeping north, towards san francisco. >> reporter: 11:00 in the morning and a gaggel of young techies and entrepreneurs making their way up market street. led by a guy in an astronaut suit. no one seems to mind they're drinking beer in the middle of a workday walking had this office and make friends. despite outfit, miles doesn't work for in asa. he runs sf new tech. a gathering like speed dating for start ups but this is different. it's new tech crawl. >> it's the theme of a pub crawl. >> this is development. all working together here. >> reporter: from one start up to another, these coders and entrepreneurs are witnessing a trend new companies sprouting up in san francisco. >> number of companies funded in
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the rest of silicon valley is going down. and the number of start ups funded in san francisco is going up. >> reporter: after 30 years on silicon valley's sand hill road, sigma west packed up and moved to san francisco. >> more than half of the deals are down in san francisco. you can say san francisco is moving into silicon valley >> everybody in the valley wants to be in the city. it's freaking boring. you can almost hear a sucking noise of people leaving the valley coming up to san francisco. >> report of the -- part of the trend are shared work spaces where start ups work with other start ups. >> we want to be where people can get together. >> reporter: play ping pong, maybe meet a new co-founder. >> with these great people and things happening we have an
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hasn't been for a few years now. warriors are banking on him staying that way. one curry on the roster that, will be his stef. on to football and 49ers head coach jim harbaugh big fan of winston church hill. today, niners practiced at the home of the undefeated first place of the rugby league. capacity is ten there, far cry from 90,000 that will pack wimbledon stadium. >> going to go to marble arch, park lane, buckingham palace,
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parliament square and trafalger square. are we hitting right spots? >> i think you've got them. >> sunday, rookie matt mccan will start. steelers coming to town at 2 and 4, looking to build on momentum. terrell pryer, pleasant surprise. raiders coach dennis allen asked to compare pryer with a steelers quarterback >> i think they're two different quarterbacks in my mind. you know? just from experience factor alone. you know? been doing this for a long time and a high level. >> yes, and won a couple super bowls >> cardinals with hopes of playing for national championship but a november 7thth meeting with third ranked oregon still looms.
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first, stanford takes on ducks arch rivals oregon state tomorrow. it's not for a season opening stumble against eastern washington beavers would be undefeated now. stanford took down ucla at home last week. david shaw ready for a difficult road challenge. >> it's going to be wild and electric environment. they know when to cheer. they're going to try to make it hard on us they're going to be two good football teams playing in prime time. >> jared goff will get starting quarterback. the freshman pulled in favor of zach klein in the bears loss at the hands of oregon state last week. he committed three turnovers and does rank seventh in passing yard. coach talked about the quarterback in this video. >> they both practiced well this week. i thought zach picked it up latter half of the week. i
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thought he was sharp today, thought he was sharp yesterday, you know? we'll see >> here is our line up tomorrow, got good names. 12:30 nc state taking on famous jamos. number two, penn state at undefeated ohio state. then highlights around 8:30 p.m . this abc7 sports report taught to you by orchard supply hardware. interesting to pay him now in the hopes he stays healthy. because if he has a big year and they let him go, the sky would be the limit we'll see. >> yes. >> join me tonight at 9:00. the california beach city starved for sand and the help from the other side of the planet. >> then at 11:00 a push to fan fund raising car washes in one
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city. why it's about an effort to clean up the city. >> and prime time tonight here on abc7, last man standing and neighbors followed by shark tank, then 2020. all abc programming is available online and on demand with watch abc app. >> that does it for this edition of abc7 news >> from larry, sandhya, spencer and all of us
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this is "jeopardy!" let's meet today's contestants -- a graduate student of computer science, originally from auburn, alabama... a technical editor from lancaster, pennsylvania... and our returning champion, an actuary from denver, colorado... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! thank you, johnny. hi, everyone. yeah, i'm keeping my fingers crossed, hoping that the final jeopardy! today is not too difficult because on some of our recent shows, the final jeopardy! clue has been so tough, all three players miss it, and as a result, we get a new winner
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or a returning champion earning very little money -- $3,401 for mike as a result of yesterday's victory. but, melanie and james and mike, work hard today and maybe we'll get an easy final and you'll win lots of money. but we start with the jeopardy! round, and today we begin with this category... each response will be two words, but one has an extra letter. mike, start. one extra letter, $200. melanie. what is batter and battery? correct. i'll take "c" in american history for $200, please.
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