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high-flying interference. firefighters say it's a growing problem across the state. drones delaying aerial assaults on wildfires. hello, i'm katie marzullo. a drone delay according to fire officials now say several amateur drones flying in the area slowed the response time to this wildfire and certainly not the first time. we're live in the in newsroom. you spoke with morgan hill firefighters. >> the interference could cost lives. bottom line, if drones are
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flying over a wildfire firefighting planes cannot. >> for 26 minutes firefighting planes were grind friday according to fire officials when they should have been putting out this fast-moving wildfire that crossed over a southern california freeway. in the air instead five drones according to the u.s. forcest service. ground crews tracked down the drone operators and forced the drowns down. >> it's very serious. >> fire prevention specialist says there's no way to know exactly how many structures or vehicles were lost because of the delay. she says grounding operations when a drone is overhead is not negotiable. >> you could have a mid-air disaster forks firefighters on the ground. >> their efforts to educate drone enthusiast including this psa by the fire center, warning
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of drop dangers. >> bus this is has become a new threat and people don't know about it the with a we educate the public is doing this, speaking to you. >> reporter: southern california u.s. congressman paul cook introduced legislation banning drones over wildfires. the billmakes it's federal offense to launch a drone that interferes with firefighting on federal land. defense and technology firms are in a race to develop counter-drone technology. the technology would likely electronically capture guidance signals and bring the drones down safely. abc7 news. >> to the latest now on the wildfire in the cajon pass area that scorched nearly six square miles. it's five percent contained. flames jumped on enter state 15, temporarily trapping hundreds of people amid smoke, flames and ash. the fire burned a total of 64 vehicles and three homes. no one was seriously hurt though. in other developing news a second nearby wildfire has forced more than 300 campers to
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leave, including 90 girl scouts. the hire burned 200 acres. it's five percent contained. lightning strikes forces fire crews to stop working, the fire was moving toward the town of wrightwood but shifted overnight. >> man walking his dog in gilroy took this picture during a close encounter with a mountain lion. i happened on thursday. the man says the mountain lyon jumped down from a tree and stood five feet away, then briefly followed the man as he slowly walked away. two other mountain lion sightings were report this week. new details in the aftermath of the shooting rampage in tennessee. one of the men critically wounded the attack has died. this as investigators look into any ties the shooter may have had with terror just -- terrorist groups. >> he fought for days but saturday morning navy petty officer second class randall
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smith became the fifth victim of the shooting rampage in tennessee. >> he loved the navy. couldn't ask for a better young man. >> reporter: smith survived the initial attack when a gunman opened fire at naval reserve center and a nearby recruiting office on thursday. emergency crews rushed the injured sailor to the hospital with moment bell gunshot wounds, but the damage was too much. his name now joins four other fallen heroes killed in the chaos. 21-year-old, skip wells, who had only recently joined the marines. >> he died with his boots on. he died doing what he loved. >> reporter: gunnery sergeant thomas sullivan, who served two tours of duty in iraq. 27-year-old carson holmquist, who served two tours in afghanistan, and david wyatt, remembered as a loving father and husband. >> those who died are all
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cornerstones of america. i'm sorry. >> investigators say new details are also emerging about the bob killed them. abdulazeez. officials tell abc news last year he spent seven months in the middle east still friends saw nothing out of the ordinary. >> i just saw him maybe two weeks ago, completely 100% normal. >> this memorial at the strip mall where abdulazeez first opened fire continues to grow today and so do the crowds. so many of them coming to pay their respects. abc news. republican presidential candidate donald trump ignite aid new firestorm by questioning whether senator john mccain who spend more than five years as paper during the vietnam war is a war hero. >> he is a war hero. he is a war hero because he was captured. i like people that weren't captured. i hate to say it. >> trump said he was only reacting to an insult by
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mccain. it was a few weeks ago mccain referred to a large group of trump supporters as phoenix event as crazies. trump said he raised a million dollars for mccain's presidential bid didn't like him after he lost. >> a plan to strip trees in the east bay was melt by protest whore shelled their clothes. abc7 news was at uc berkeley. they believe a federal plan to cut down thousands of trees to reduce fire risk will have the opposite effect. >> you're turning living forest canopy, which is fire resistant despite the species edition speed the claims about eucalyptus trees being dangerous will become dead wood on the ground. >> fema says remove thing forestry is the best way to reduce fire risk in 1991 a fire in the oakland and berkeley hills killed 25 people and destroyed more than 35 been homes. mild weather? sonoma county this summer is
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posing problems for the vineyardses. some farmers spotted mildew on grape cropped. more than normal. the scientist say the temperatures in the 90s can stop the growth of grape and the coast is at a higher risk because of the widespread marine layer. 12 years are under the severe stress category for powdery mildew the county's grape crop is worth $600 million. >> a wild summer storm caution problem inside stone california, bringing rain and lightning forcing the closure of beaches and causing scares for airline passengers. lightning hate a flight leaving l.a. today and a second from oakland. no one was hurt. the same storm system is heading our way, drew tuma has a look at what to expect. >> that extort system going to hold off until the second half of the weekend. today, gorgeous stuff. a live look showing you a great
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in northern california. here's the items. they have an expiration date of july 29th: this is video from the petaluma company's youtube channel. no complaints have been reported but clover says if you have the milk, return it to the store. hairs a big jump in the number of ultrasounds pregnant women are receiving and there's concern that sharing on social media may be factor. in 2014 the common ultrasound procedure averaged five per delivery. that up 92% from 2005 according to "the wall street journal." the images have become a fixture on social media. but ultrasounds have not been shown to be harmful. medical expects say that frequent scans are not medically justified in low risk pregnancies. england reside queen elizabeth says she feels betrayed after a tabloid newspaper published a picture of her giving a mock nazi salute.
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the images showing the seven-year-old performing the salute with his mother uncle and sister in 1933. the year adolph hitler came to power. a military historian told the son the royals were joking. >> the clear position to reveal what is a documentary piece of footage and historical significance. >> i read thousands and thousands of her letters written then 1920s, which 1930s 1940s, and i would say there us not a scintilla of evidence that she wrote anything ever or felt anything ever that was pro-nazi. >> police are searching for the person who copied the clip from the restricted royal archives and released it to the paper. ahead, a look at major transformation today in richmond. >> we told them to buy a lottery ticket because he is the luckiest person around. >> a california man's life is spared by inches and seconds.
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a matter of seconds made the difference between life and death for a meat factory worker in california. take a look. a man caught his sleeve in an industrial sized meat grinder. the grinder broke his arm once then twice and was pulling him in when another employee came in and shot the machine off just in time. >> when he arrived he was well off the platform, feet straight in the air, all the way to his waist is in piece of machinery.
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>> the man is expected to fully recover. and says he is thankful to be alive. the long-time eye sore in the east bay is a great place to go on a beautiful saturday afternoon. we were in richmond for the opening of santa fe union park at south second street and main avenue. there's a brand new basketball court and place to play soccer. the nonprofit group 4 richmond the business and council worked for a year to make the park a reality and the neighbors are thrilled. >> the last few years we have nod hat a park. it's trashy over here. great to take him to the park and to our cousins. >> to celebrate the new digs there was a big party with free food and giveaways. and maybe the best day of the weekend to get out and enjoy a new park. over to drew now. a check of the forecast. and what is this i here soggy sunday? >> we could have some rain rare july rain. we'll talk about wine in just a second.
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right now it's quiet and beautiful. live doppler 7hd showing you just a quiet scan. outside we go. a live look from sutro tower camera showing you downtown san francisco, oakland in the east bay. in the background, nothing but include skies, soaked in sunshine. i you're out on the town looking great, lots of sunshine early on. the sun goings down around 8:30 a nice neat. by 11:00, plenty a stop are ands and temperatures between 60 and 72. right now it's 83 in concord. not seeing too much intense heat. 71 oakland. 69. san francisco novato 81. the humidity is rather comfortable right now. dew point, which measure the amount of moisture in the atmosphere, everyone is in the 50s and that's pleasant air. tomorrow we'll see an increase in moisture and the numbers will go into the low 60s and it will feel slightly muggy. the reason why, live doppler 7hd, along with satellite, you see all of this
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moisture in southern california in los angeles, and 1/2 da, even to arizona. the reason why you look to the south-here what was a tropical storm pushing moisture into southern california. now continuing to move north some of the moisture will move into the bay area best the time tomorrow. so future weather has you covered early on today. we're dry, low clouds along the coast. early sunday morning, bin 9:00, most spots are basking in sign but by the afternoon, as we start to see he moisture move in, it turns muggy. notice some showers are popping up right around the south bay and continuing into the evening hours. i know future weather has this confined to the south bay, but i think tomorrow, anyone is fair game in the afternoon to see a shower or downpour develop. if you are heading to aide walk san francisco tomorrow morning it will be dry first thing perhaps some clouds. otherwise by 11:00 it's 69,
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muggy, sunshine by the afternoon, 73. by 3:00, sun and clouds and a temperature of 74. so, overnight tonight, clouds rights along the coast. otherwise plenty of stars inland. a mild night. mid-50s to mid-60s across the bay area, and then highs for sunday, it will be muggy and then track the chance of an isolated shower popping up in the afternoon. we go to 079 -- 90 in concord. 87 in san jose, napa 90. here's you accuweather seven-day forecast,top tomorrow tracking the afternoon chance of a shower, it's humid, and the humidity continues into monday. monday is also unsettled so he have chance of another pop-up shower otherwise not so humid on tuesday and then the cooler drier and more dry pattern for the second half over the seven-day forecast. this year's a.i.d.s. walk san francisco, visit sf.usda
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walk.net. >> a great turnout despite the weather. >> looks dry for much of the race. >> thank you, drew. over to colin resch for sports. sounds like some drama on the links. >> the weather over there. you should be over there right now. >> it's really tough over there. >> in your wheelhouse. >> tons of rain. >> it's hard enough to hit a golf ball when it's stationary. when it's moving forget about it. heavy winds reeking havoc at st. andrews and pushed back play by an entire round and an entire day. sportses next. look at that shot.
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a wicked day of windy weather at st. andrews means the third round never got underway. rain friday morning gave way to winds on saturday morning. wanted a glass of water? not happening. low angle view of the wet sand, players trying to have fun with it. the fans bundled up in what looks like 'giant beanbags. trying to get the second round finished. 39 players including dustin johnson, trying to mark his ball and there it goes. spieth gave himself a birdie putt opportunity on the same hole. think he was trusted? tiger woods his score card goes flying. the worst of it happened when the 2010. which of champ, louis oosthuizen off it goes, and then blows away again. goss from a two-footer to a
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five-footer; then there was prepare dan todd, for par on 18 to make the cut. here's his exterior. >> frustrated knowing that teeing off 18 three-putted 16 and 17 in 40-miles-an-hour winds and then they're going to call play. why did we even start playing in the first place finish evidence awe my car but a little frustrated. >> i guess. after a ten-hour delay play would finally resume and oosthuizen left with his five-footer for par and knocked it in. dustin johnson able to get one back with a bird on 18. once again he has the outright lead. as for tiger woods, drives the grown on 18, long eagle putt. slided by. he finished 7 over. the cut line was even. a look at the leaderboard johnson, shot up on englishman danny willet, because of the delay, third round is tomorrow, fourth and final round moved to monday. celebrity golf, second round of the american century
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championship in tahoe. charles barkley, one handed, shank. minus 62 sounds good but they used a stable for a scoring system. most points win. surgery on the horizon for sir charles. giants and diamondbacks just underway in arizona. let's go back to the ending last night. a game that lasted five hours 11 minutes, finally decided in the 12th inning. angel pagan grounded into what should have been the final but the throw gets away, crawford scored. vogelsong record the save, giants win. tonight's contest, zeros in the first. team u.s.a. playing to win the gold cup quarter finals. a mismatch. the chip over the keeper. u.s.a. into the semis by a rout.
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6-nil. stage 14 of the tour tour de france. britain's steven cummings takes until four hours and 23 minutes. riders have complained about the proximity to the fans during certain stages. today was a great example. race leader kris froome saying someone threw a small cup of europe at him and calling him a doper. he was able to stepped his lead. froome won the 2013 tour and he has never failed a doping test but it's getting pretty bad over there. riders kind of fearful for what could happen to them on the race course. >> unbelievable. thank you, colin. up next a pay area police department that created a sweet and sour social media sensation.
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coming up at 6:00, why health officials are warning americans not to get too close to their pet chickens. and business is booming for whale-watching tours. what makes this season stand out from the rest. join it at 6:00. a refreshing social media campaign launched by palo alto police has become a nationwide sensation. take a look two members of the department began posting photos of every lemonade stand they visit. it's a hit. the hash tag cops love lemonade stands, has spread to 11 states and includes 25 law enforcement agencies. officers say requests are now pouring in for them to visit stands. thanks for watching. see you at 6:00.
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welcome to "world news tonight." a political free-for-all. donald trump at it again, this time going after vietnam p.o.w. john mccain. >> he's not a war hero. >> tonight republicans firing back. did he go too far. the rush hour highway inferno, forcing drivers to run for their lives. dozens of cars and trucks torched. now firefighters blaming drones for delaying their response. tonight from new york to chicago armed guards on alert at military recruiting centers. across the country governors authorizing the national guard to take up arms to protect themselves from attacks like the one in chattanooga. the teen at home alone when two men break in. her desperate call for help. >> she heard two male voices.
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