it is graphic. two defendants appeared here this afternoon, charged with felony assault with intent to commit harm bail set at per brother. the video shows one attacker punching the first victim who he tries to defend himself. his assailant falls forward from the swing of a punch the second attacker and hits him again. the other appears on video, and he hits him repeatedly. the video pans over to victim one. on his back, consulsing and looking disoriented.

two suspects appeared in court today. they both stood expressionless. witnesses say the victims, who are cousins were in the bathroom line with the two brothers and say the victim nudged the shoulder of amador. telling him there was an open urinal. one witness says he yelled he didn't like getting pushed and without warning gone began throwing punches the second victim attacked by both men when coming to the aid of his cousin. >> this is cause by the a mere tapping of the shoulder to left the defendant know that there is a vacant stall. two individuals were trying to get the line to move. >> the victim was in critical condition, suffering bleeding to the brain. >> he has a stent to relieve some of the pressure and

suffering from paralysis >> the other victim was treated for head wounds and released. a plea hearing was set for this month. >> firefighters in placer county are battling five separate fires east of sacramento. according to the patrol, two witnesses reported seeing several car tires burning along the shoulder of the highway. eastbound i >> the pilot is identified as 62-year-old craig hunt. he was a uc chemistry chem tri instructor that flew as a summer

job. he and his plane were based in the air attack station cal fire is inspected and cleared to once again fight fires. david, did speak to craig hunt's daughter. david? >> craig hunt was a smart man. despite flying in the air he was a former naval aviator who flew over the pacific. we lost someone that cared for peoples' welfare and safety. craig hunt was at home in the cockpit of a plane he flew air tankers over 13 years. before that he was a commander in the navy flying chasers out of moffett field. his daughter said he was interested in science and nature. >> he was just smart.

at the dinner table he would teach me about hemoglobin. everything that had to do with science or birds, or animals >> he responded to aerial attacks and when fire season is over, he taught chemistry at uc santa cruz. sarah says he thrived on helping young people. >> he spent hours making sure they were taught correctly he took part in that. my dad in our living room he would read his organic chemistry, and wanted to teach me. i'd run away but that was what he enjoyed learning. >> hunt knew how to relax, passionate about fly fishing, hiking and suba diving. and there are family barbecues there is time to help a golfing buddy and neighbor >> he would help you if you

needed help or assistance. he help immediate installing closet doors upstairs. >> a father, a teacher, and an outdoors man, a pilot. craig hunt was 62 years old he was my best friend. there for me every day, any time. always there for me. >> in san jose, david louie abc7 news >> flags lowered in craig hunt's honor the director says the death under scores how dangerous wild land firefighting can be under extreme drought >> firefighters base a second day of battling weather but hardest part is facing the loss

of a fallen comrade the procession brought a 62-year-old out of yosemite down to highway 140. >> this pilot died serving the state and community >> the investigation is underway into what caused hunt's air tanker to crash into the side of the hill tuesday night. several people witnessed the moment of impact. just heard a crash. saw planes and everything down the hill. >> officials say they're making progress on the original fire when they had to switch gears because of the crash. >> that established new fire we had to pull everybody out, and off the line. >> the search and rescue team made it to wreckage. and other crews continued to

protect the community. >> the area has they were asked to leave prepared. and that was done, quickly. >> now, evacuees are waiting to see if their homes will be spare that had claimed a life. the cause of the fire is under investigation. >> cal fire grounded 22 remaining air tankers it's an old fleet of planes built in the 1950s for the navy the state took them over in the 70s and converted them to use in fighting fires cal fire says planes are old, engines are not they were upgraded to new turbines over the past 25 years

>> an 11-year-old student attacked while walking to school this morning right outside of range middle school. police say the child was thrown to the ground and threatened with a knife the suspect may have had a short graying beard redwood high school on lock down after a student reported seeing a bullet in the bathroom. sky 7 shows police investigating around 1:00. turns out the student did not see a bullet but a piece of a medical device used by another student. >> the patrol is looking for a big rig driver involved in a fatal hit and run. authorities say a 61-year-old man was hit and killed near warm springs road about 1:15 this afternoon. this is video over the scene. on and off ramps closed nearly two hours.

witnesses say the semi truck was carrying two chrome colored tankers at the time. >> a witness told authorities the man was slumped oer the steering wheel of the boat that ran into pier 52. >> uber could be facing a civil lawsuit from a man who says he was hit by a hammer by a driver last month. traditional taxi drivers believe that is just a symbol of what they claim are lax regulations on the on demand ride service. >> it upsets me. >> it's the first time roberto has spoken about the attack that may end up koting him an eye authorities say an uber driver beat the 35-year-old with a hammer last month. fracturing his face and knocking him unconscious after cheekas

and his friends questioned the route he was taking. >> using uber at the end of the night is supposed to be a, responsible, save thing to use to, do that, then to wake up in icu is something i hope nobody has to go through. >> uber says this was a deplorable incident. uber's insurance provider in contact with representatives of the rider ask driver. cheekas attorney says uber has been trying to avoid lie yikt. >> you can't offer this kind of service out into the marketplace and not take responsibility. >> they're protesting internationally today. >> to be fair. >> these cabbies say the drivers act like taxis and should be

regulated like taxis. and at the rally outside of head quarter we asked about the roberto cheekas case. >> background checks are not what taxi drivers have. when something like that happens we don't know if it could have been prevented because there is no oversight. >> uber says safety is a priority. the district attorney says all ride service companies have been put on notice and charged the driver in the attack on roberto chicas. >> still ahead here tonight on abc7 news, new crisis in education. have costs become too high to attract quality teachers to schools? >> a woman prays for legal help and out to steal her lawyer's money. ahead for 7 on your side, the

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recovered. it's been reported in 43 states and has caused one death we know of back east. >> it's no secret the cost of living in san francisco affected many people. this is just one reason why schools will soon have a hard time recruiting teachers. >> frank lara is a single guy, living and teaching in san francisco. buying into the housing market is not a consideration for him. >> i think an apartment is a sharing an apartment now which i'm in that housing situation with roommates is realistically what you can do in san francisco knowing you're in a house. >> lisa is a teacher. she and her daughter moved here and live with an aunt. >> i can't find something with a roommate i have a daughter, and a dog and my husband is in spain

he can't come until we have something we don't have it >> average salary for teachers is $62,000. 72% of teachers live in san francisco. it's getting harder to stay the president of the american federation of teachers flew into san francisco to discuss with the mayor how unions can help financially support more aferdable housing for teachers. >> can we help with mortgage relief? >> affordability crisis is one reason why teachers leave after only a few years. >> our profession is one of the hardest and biggest turn around. >> that is something occurring throughout the country. >> the district says it's not having trouble recruiting new teachers yet but anticipates there will be fewer credentialed teachers in years still to come because budget cuts we've seen

will have a lasting affect in the classroom. iet could have teachers choose other pathways. >> sab san francisco unified is issuing emergency credentials for those that can teach math, science and bilingual educations. in san francisco, abc7 news. >> wild pictures today. high tides off highway 101 today. sky 7 shows vehicles parked in several inches of water. some were damaged yet. the water covered part of highway 101 and shore line highway junction. commuters can expect flooding to continue over the next few days just high tide not even a drop of rain. >> i was going to say. >> spencer is here. no rain but maybe down the road

there is a chance. >> looking at the map. >> yes. there is a slight chance of rain next week. sunny skies across the bay area, low clouds and fog at the coastline. you can see from this view, a layer of low clouds. nice and sunny over the you can see clear beyond that point. 82 keg degrees in santa rosa. napa. 87 in fairfield and concord. 88 in livermore, here is how it looks at the golden gate bridge. evidence of clouds beginning to move over the bay. these forecast features foggy

morning tomorrow, coast, bay. cooler conditions inland tomorrow and friday. we'll have autumn warmth ahead this weekend. going to be nice, almost summer like. satellite shows moisture from what is a tropical depression. rain stays south. we've got that north wind flow that did remain warm. we're looking at this system next week which may bring light rain next week. overnight this night we'll see fog into the bay a little low temperatures mid to upper 50s and 50s in napa. clover dale, lows of 61, 62.

respectively, south bay, 86 in morgan hill. mid to upper 70s low 60s on the coast. and 70 in south san francisco. north bay highs low to mid-60s on bodega bay. 72 oakland home. highs mid to upper 80s. 88 in livermore. here is the accu-weather forecast. and temperatures dropping off, bouncing back to 90s. in fact i will hold through monday inland. temperatures dropping off sharply. wednesday is the best chance of rain. we love it at this point. >> yes. >> thank you. >> okay.

>> just ahead here

february 18th smart phone users might be in for a refund. at and t agreed to settle charges of cramming. that is a practice of adding unwanted charges to the bill.

at and t says it comes from third party customers. cool cal doles $900,000. for a forum go to abc7 news.com and look under 7 on your side. >> wall street after falling, the dow shot back up today the fed is no hurry to raise rates a 274-point rise turned out to be the biggest increase of the year. solar city said it will start offering loans to homeowners so you can buy instead of lease and payments would be based on electricity used. apple sent out invitations which it is expected to unveil it's latest ipad. maybe one with a fingerprint sensor or comes in gold.

>> fleet week got underway in san francisco. dozens of people lined up to be among the first to tour uss america. this morning uss kid arrived at pier 35. visitors will be able to go aboard saturday. tomorrow, blue angels begin practicing over san francisco over the weekend's air show you'll find a schedule at abc7 news.com. >> and that is terrific. >> there is more still to come tonight. just ahead a possible case of ebola where sheriff deputies are showing symptoms how he might contract it. >> bay area executive admits to cooking that went under in the financial crisis. >> after becoming a

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a sheriff's deputy is in the hospital with possible ebola symptoms. he was rushed to a dallas hospital health officials say they made the move out of caution he did not have direct contract with the person who died but did have contact with the family. >> just a scary time we're just trying to get through it. >> boning was also inside of the apartment where he was staying the deputy ordered to go inside to get an order signed there are reports tonight no one who went into the area wore protective gear. >> andy roods has that part of the story.

>> thomas eric duncan, diagnosed with ebola, died wednesday morning. duncan had been in critical condition and ice yoel yated t -- isolated >> we'll stop the ebola virus in its tracks from spreading into our community. >> the federal government is taking new measures to try to keep other infected patients out of the u.s. some airports will start conducting separate screenings for travellers who are coming from west african countries where it is prevalent. these arriving passengers will have temperatures taken beginning this weekend or next week. >> i think our top priority should be protecting the health and safety of americans and if that means during the period of

a wide spread outbreak of ebola shutting down commercial air flights from that region, that should be considered and pursued >> the white house insists the best screening is before landing on u.s. soil. >> preventing individuals who are exhibiting symptoms from boarding a plane is a most-effective measure that has countered the spread of ebola. >> so far, 3800 people have died from the current outbreak. and 8,000 contracted ebola since march. >> we're learning about the man who died according to his brother, he grew up next to a leper colony, forced to flee after years of war only to return to fine it ravaged by ebola. he came to the united states last month to attend a high school graduation of his son and be be reunited with his family.

>> president obama visited the pentagon and reiterated u.s. military sent to west africa is providing infrom structure support. the saying including setting up equipment. >> given the current role we presume our militaries will stay in low-risk categories. >> u.s. military doctors and technicians will not treat the patients directly along with 4,000 personnel, the u.s. deployed 130 doctors and health care experts to west africa. you can get latest on the crisis with abc7 news app. it's a free download. >> san francisco police officers inviting the public to a town

hall meeting to discuss an incident near at and t park. it began when police spotted three men breaking into an suv four block rz from the ballpark. police say one man had a gun refusing orders to drop it the suspect has been identified as a 26-year-old from oakland. a second suspect was arrested. >> i don't know if they're intent on doing some other crimes. >> there is a town hall meeting tomorrow at 6:00 p.m on federal street. >> a former bank executive pled guilty to a conspiracy charge, confessing to cooking the books of united commercial bank. the bank was taken over by the

government five years ago after losing a billion dollars in the financial crisis. admitting preparing misleading properties ask down playing bank troubles while receiving federal bail out funds. >> a conartist saying you won a sweeps stakes or have been chosen to be a secret shopper. >> now, a new scam is affecting attorneys. it's an old concoming back. >> right. bad guys just never sleep. they do not sleep. they're always thinking up new ways to get you. we've seen it. with online dating and now, a phony lawsuit. it nearly cost a local attorney a lot of money. >> i received an e mail from a person. >> he figured this is just a plea for legal help >> she had a japanese divorce

decree. >> the e mailer says her ex-husband owes her $933,000 and only paid half. she's in japan, her ex-is over here in berkeley. >> so she wanted to know if she can retain my services to enforce this judgment. >> seemed logical when she said here are the japanese court documents a divorce decree. . >> i looked at the documents and e mail. i e mailed her back said thank you very much. >> he sent her a retainer and told her he had owe speak with her by phone. >> enforcement of a foreign divorce deky is not simple. >> she says she was travelling and couldn't find time to talk by phone. however, her ex-husband had just agreed to cooperate and pay. >> she said i'd like to arrange to have him send you the money, to hold in your trust account.

>> he insisted they speak on phone but the elusive client replied her daughter had fallen sxil needed money right away. >> i received a federal express envelope. inside was a cashiers >> the note told him to deposit the check, subtract fees and wire the rest. >> several flags went off. someone who had never spoken to me sends me a check for 497,000? >> he took the check to police, it was a phony. if he had deposited the worthless check it would have been his own cash going directly to the scammers. an internet search shows dozens of lawyers received the same phony plea for help from the

phony person. >> i could have stood to lose a lot of money. i think the public needs to be made aware. >> he is a sharp guy and wasn't going to fall for it. if you receive a check in the mail you didn't expect, and you're asked to wire some of it back. it's a scam. if it's not, i'll be shocked. please show me when it is not a scam. only thing that changes is the story. the conartist tells you, to set you up. this time it was a phony legal case. you can read more by going to abc7 news.com. >> if you're the attorney, it sounded perfect. >> yes. >> that is how good they are.

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a scientist will receive this year's nobel prize in chemistry. william rerner won the prize for developing a wave used by light molecules. >> i knew it was fundamental sis yens, looking and this opens up an area. >> he helped launch the field of research in diseases. >> yesterday sh a man returned to his team to than

>> he's working on putting founder's discovery into your home. >> this is the face of success. shuji nakamura is winner of the 2014 nobel physics prize. >> the world thanks you forgiving us more energy efficient light solution. >> the co-founder showed a story about meeting the japanese born scientist more than 20 years ago. their shared idea >> it's works like this. the blue l.e.d.allows white light to be created in a way that is energy efficient and soft enough to be pleasing to the eye. he says the l.e.d.bulbs are lowering costs of lighting world

wide they also contained no mercury. he laughed about the 2:00 a.m call from the committee. >> they called to my cell phone. i don't know how they found the number. i don't know. >> for more than 30 years, scientists have been trying to create the blue diode. oo the work considered to be trance fore magsal. >> this is a, i have received many awards. this is the highest award for my work. >> he will split a prize of $1.1 million with other winners for physics. >> what a great moment for them. >> yes. certainly >> another great moment did you see the eclipse? >> yes. it's something else coming up next you're going to see it from vantage and the doctor saw a blemish on my cheek. he told me it was skin cancer. i was in shock. i wasn't

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we'll take a look back at chilling 15 seconds in october, 1989 when a 6.9 earthquake left behind chaos, death, and incredible moments of heroism. the mayor remembers the world was watching. >> we saw san franciscoins as diverse and kooky as we can be pulling together like all americans i'll never forget interviewing mayor agnos. we're going to look to see how the ernl quake taught us to be prepared for what is next here in the bay area. 25 years later the loma prieta earthquake. saturday at 9:30 p.m . >> fog may have obscured the

view, but where it's clear, the eclipse was spectacular. it is also known as a blood moon. here it is in chicago at 3:30 this morning our time. and here is a shot from the griffith observatory. nasa got this shot with likes of l.a. in the background where, as they are another lunar >> clear skies now. interior parts of the state,

mild to warm for the bay area, highs mid to upper 80s and 70s around the bay. low 60s on the coast fleet week kicks off. sunny skies, into afternoon so those three days with high temperatures into mid-70s in san francisco by saturday. so looks like great weather for fleet week. here is the accu-weather forecast. coolest day of the forecast period warming up over the weekend. high temperatures inland into low 90s and through monday. 80s the rest of the week. >> nicely done. larry beil is here with sports. >> all the way through from the world series giants savoring their series-clinching win we'll hear from hunter

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good evening, giants on another magical roll. it's amazing when you consider neither matt cane nor tim lincecum threw a pitch in the series. giants managed to scratch and claw their way without a run scoring hit. they scored on a walk up and find a way grind out victories in october. >> does that experience pay off? >> i think it does. it's hard to quantify. i think guys, i don't know if you're accustomed to being in situations but try to use past experiences to help draw on them, hopefully, they help you. >> you want to do all you can do to prevent and play for a step

closer. and this is a great bunch here to share the moment with. >> giants' party lasted well into the night. one moment came with the spectacular catch by hunter pentz here. people looked at their expressions of awe. >> bringing up the picture is awesome i'm like i wonder if people get to see this picture. you know? that is sharing a moment. i think my favorite part about what i saw was fan reaction. you know? and that is special. i'm grateful to be a part of it. >> giants held a light work out today.

they'll travel to st. louis tomorrow >> probably a lot of what i was saying we've god had a good bull pen and steep line up. and just keep fighting. >> yes. >> sharks opening up in l.a. and kind of a cruel tweak from the fed you'll maker. this is to see l.a. >> we have to play. now we might as well in l.a.

might as well win. so i'm more than excited to with part of this. >> and roger gell talking about speculation the raiders might be the team that moves. >> there is an alternative that makes sense. until we do that, i couldn't make projections about weather we're closer or not. >> and >> tonight, the dog with nine lives how this animal survived despite odds stacked against him including being euthanized twice. >> do san francisco ambulances take too long to arrive?

a routine call that may be a red flag. >> yes. see you then. >> that is it for this edition of abc7 news. >> from all of us here, we'll see you later tonight. >> have a great evening. we'll see you at 9:00 and 11:00.

this is "jeopardy!" let's meet today's contestants -- a customer-service representative from quincy, illinois... today's contestants -- from quincy, illinois... a bakery owner from knoxville, tennessee... and our returning champion, a social-media editor from new york, new york... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! thank you, johnny. hi, folks. terri performed brilliantly yesterday -- got into final jeopardy!, couldn't be caught, so the game was a runaway for her. what will happen today, though, with these new challengers, emily and jason?

let's start finding out. here we go. good luck. the categories are... terri. journalism, $200, please. [ beep ] "shrouded in mystery." back to you, terri. song lyrics, $200. terri. what is "don't go chasing waterfalls"? or what is "waterfalls"? that's it. okay. song, $400.