live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> thank you very much. god bless america. >> pope francis greeted thousands of americans after delivering a historic speech. the message and what is next after the visit to the united states. >> i am kristen sze. >> i am cheryl jennings. >> the first pope to speak at a egypt meeting does not shy away from political topics. apeople are still gathered hoping to get another glimpse. he went to joint base andrews on

the way to new york. >> the pope stopped for handshakes and hugs before hopping and the fiat with a brief meeting with the house of representatives speaker boehner and other congressional leaders and he became the first pontiff to make this historic walk down the house chamber center aisle. >> i am most grateful for the invitation to address this joint session of congress. in the land of free and the home of the brave. >> an estimated 50,000 washed on monitors outside the capitol talking about climate, the death penalty, marriage and family and appealed for compassion and hope for refugees. he received a standing ovation on the way out. the pope flies to new york city next where a high school band will welcome him with "new york, new york." >> one lucky teen got close

enough to shake hands with the pope. he posted this video to instagram and the maryland native was part of the large crowd waiting where the pope was in washington, hoping to see him as he left no the capitol. >> and our news producer captured video on the other side as he left the capitol. watch as the pope passes by, waving, motorcade and all. he is in district of columbia with ama daetz bringing up close coverage of the trip. >> south bay catholic high school opened the doors early so students could watch the pope's speech with friends and teachers. our news anchor has the story. >> what could possibly have had the schoolgirls up and grinning like, well, schoolgirls? well before the school bell? >> i am really excited because this is like a first time in my lifetime the pope will come and address congress. >> it was hope francis and a

flow bagel and doughnut breakfast that brought the students from all girl's presentation high school. pope francis is not their parent's pope and that is part of the draw. >> i have been watching the news with my mom and he has interesting views and i am curious what he will say. >> including view of issues like climate change, immigration, and the death penalty. with the pope, when he was speaking faithful got what they were searching for. >> it was engaging moment for american catholics and for mens, watching him talk about the march to selma with john lewis present was surreal. >> he talked of the people and the community and we should work for each other. >> he is a different pope where he actually knows what is happening in real life and he will try to address that. >> it is an event these kids will never forget. >> abc reporter matt keller has fun while covering the event if

san jose this morning. he snapped this selfie with the pontiff. looks good, but it is not the real pope francis, it is a car board cut out society out for the high school students. >> a we are sharing our coverage of the visit with ama daetz in washington, dc, updating all and you can follow along on twitter or on facebook on ama daetz abc7 page. >> president obama will welcome another world leader, russian president vladimir putin will meet with the president on monday the first face-to-face encounter in a year with troubled relations between the two. vladimir putin will speak at u.n. general assembly that day. the meeting was scheduled at vladimir putin's request. >> a three-year-old girl is safe after she was the focus of an amber alert this morning. the highway patrol said the girl was in her mother's minivan

before 6:00 and the vehicle was stolen. her mom had gone back inside to get another child while the engine was warming up. he found the van abandoned, with the girl inside, and the maintenance worker found her inside and unharmed and strapped in her seat. >> we were in fremont as the motorcyclist came across a smelly surprise, a dead whale rotting near the dumbarton bridge. the whale was discovered a if you days ago floating in the water and has now washed up near the coyote hills wildlife refuge. experts plan to leave the whale so it can serve as a food resource for other wildlife. the biologist will determine if an autopsy on the whale can be done on site. >> popular library is closed after the discovery of bedbugs. the library is where the pests turned up but the impact goes beyond this one library.

janet o is there with the story. >> kristen, people are finding out this morning about the skip-scrawling situation out here, the library remains closed until sunday so a pest control company can come here and take care of the problem. signs have been posted all over letting people know of the closure here at mitchell park library. we are doled that a library patron alerted staff when they somehow discovered the very small bedbug on two chairs located on the first floor. bedbugs are nope to be human pair sighs that cluster around beds or around chairs as in this case. the area where they were found has been cordoned off as clean up begins. a semi spokesperson said it is not uncommon to find them at library because the books are circulated. >> this can be different ways that bedbugs could come into the library but all of our other branches are open and we will be

doing -- we will have the dogs dough in and sniff for bed begs. it is a clean facility and i am happy, i come here three time as week at least. >> as you just heard a lot people were actually surprised to hear about the bedbug situation because the library is clean, a top notch facility. this is a limited pop-up library set up for people to go to and in about a week the past control company will return to the election and make sure the problem is solved and they will be bringing out the special dogs that can sniff out the bedbugs at this location and fore other branches. again, this is just an extra precaution. an extra step, to make sure that everything is good to go. >> a small item save add woman's life this morning as fire destroyed this home in alamo,

firefighters stopped flames pause it could have race the up the hills. our reporter joins us from the scene on quest avenue. amy? yes, the take away here is check your smoke detectors. today. the woman inside this bumping home was alone and sound asleep. >> the woman living in this home had to escape this. at 1:30 in the morning, a fire undetected for s hours -- several hours. she was wearing a robe, and escaped out of the back of the home. if she tried to go through the front she may not have made it. that move and work smoke detectors saved her life. >> she said she was awakened by the sound of the smoke detector and smelled smoke and exited. >> firefighters saved the garage and the cars but not much else. they knew when they arrived the whom was about born and they were able to keep the fire from spreading. >> when they saw the property in

the daylight they realized what a major disaster they could have had. look at that dry hillside behind the home, dense with trees and brush, if it everyone a windy night this could have had a different outcome. >> it could have gone up the hill, through a valley and gotten into or threatened the community. >> the winds were calm. the life-changing destruction was limited to this home. and this victim. who, once the fire was out went inside to see what was last. she could not even find her purse. the fire did spare one special trinket. >> we saw her retrieve the wedding rings. >> look at this sign on the front yard "coming soon," they were about to list the home and are meeting with the insurance company to decide the next step. >> firefighters are looking for the cause. a this point they think it started at the front maybe on a deck but at this point the cause is "undetermined."

>> cal fire now has 85 percent contain must the valley fire and peg opened three customer help centers for evacuees in middletown, hidden valley lake. at 5 o'clock today, evacuation orders are expected to be lifted for people in anderson springs. an hour her at 6:00, lake county emergency officials will hold a community meeting to update him owners at the middletown high school football field and schools in middletown will re-open on monday. >> acdc is ready to rock san francisco for the first time in 36 years. >> that is the "back in black," the australian band is playing at at&t park tomorrow with 50,000 diehard fans are expected so that means a lost traffic into the city and a late night for neighbors. gates open at 6:00. >> if that want enough, critical mass bicyclists will hold their positively ride through san

francisco at 6:00 and drivers are being urged to avoid using the bay bridge between 4:00 and 8:00 tomorrow. public transit is the way to go. muni will be running extra trains. >> what a school leader wants to do with special education children sparking plans for a roast. >> a deadly sam peed in saudi arabia and -- stampede in saudi arabia and what may have caused the stampede. >> look at the bay bridge, an interesting looking cloud. meteorologist mike nicco will

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>> we are learning more why 717 pilgrims lost their lives in a stampede in saudi arabia can, the crib of two waves of pilgrims at an intersection in mecca was to blame. another 800 were injured, the deadliest incident in two diked as the ill -- pilgrimage. >> parents of special education children will protest over placing their kids in regular classroom. the school superintendent said the plan is an investment in a special ed students to challenge them. opponents say it will be impossible to mike the needs of each student in large classes. the school district is planning

to make the changes in all schools in a couple of years. >> meteorologist mike nicco is ahead with the forecast. >> september is live up to our warmest months in the bay area. right now the temperatures are 13 degrees warmer than yesterday. however, we will go in sent of the autumn breeze some of you want in the seven-day outlook. >> you think your kids spend too much time in front of the screens? 9 experts weigh in. >> from disneyland to the bay area inside the one-of-a-kind art exhibit coming to redwood

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>> santa clara, san francisco, east and all the bay area, this is abc7 east bay, and all the by area, this is abc7 news. >> half of all moms and dads thing their kids spend too much time if front of screens. among kids eight and older between 1999 and 2009, screen time increased by an hour to more than seven hour as day. there are no current studies of screen exposure for kids under eight. >> cautionary tale, think about the down side because we do not know it. it is not bad if it is part of their day. if it is not all day. >> that sundays like a lot, seven hour as day? have to double check that. another recent study found kids using tablets are phones before bed affect their ability to sleep. it can lead to aggressive behavior. >> ever told to stop fidgeting? it can extend your life.

it can reduce the risk of health problems that come with sitting for a long period of time, women wrote fidgeted had a lower of risk problems live obesity and heart decease compared to women would state though sat very very still. the study is published in the american journal of preventive medicine. >> our lovely producer double checked that producer and, yes, seven hour as day. >> thank you is really bad. >> heading outside, and we will check on the weather. go outside and play. >> good morning, ladies, you follow me open twitter and facebook, right? as i do both of you, and in case you don't, i will show you this anyway, this is what you missed if you are sleeping if you do not follow me, the sunrise was so colorful this morning. this it is. watch. it gets very impressive illuminating the clouds and

changes the colors and washes across. the clouds now are starting to thin and the clouds are just beautiful. what a picture-esque chamber of commerce day, going to the marin headlands or walking across the golden gate bridge with the negligible breeze makes for wonderful sightseeing today. the high clouds continue and afternoon will continue to get warmer like it did yesterday. it feels pore like fall next week but that transition is going to be dry with no sign of rain in the next seven days. we are anywhere from three degrees below yesterday and that is antioch and everyone else is three to telephone degrees warmer. if you step out right now, shorts everywhere and you are close to 66 and vallejo is 69, and everyone else is in the 70s and 80s already. one of the reasons why this is

no marine layer and the pole of cold air is behind the cold front at bay, so having heat like this is not out of the norm and here is increasing sunshine with more clouds rolling in as the cold front draws near. today, the sun and lack of wind, mid-to-upper 80s through the south bay and morgan hill and gilroy, low-to-mid 90s and in the 80s on the peninsula today, from 88 at millbrae to redwood city at 88 and low-to-mid 70s along the coast and we will flirt with 80 downtown, and south san francisco and sausalito and 85 in vallejo and otherwise, upper 80s to low 90 through north bay and low-to-mid 80s through most of the east by shore line and oakland is 84 and castro valley 88 and uncomfortable inland, low-to-mid 90s and here is a quick look at all of the sunshine and warm temperatures, 12:35 first pitch at 76 and warming to young. another warm day tomorrow and we will ease off the heat just a little bit open saturday and the autumn winds bring our

temperatures back to average if not below average monday and tuesday. a gorgeous day if you are spending time, the sun is strong, grab the sunscreen. >> thank you, mike. >> the fall is officially here and you can ring it in this week at oktoberfest. >> our reporter has the details on that event and more so you can shore where you live. >> time to dust off the there is plenty of beer and tasting eats. >> two day summit and festival will take over the center for arts addressing racial and economic inclusion followed by a day of dance, music and film. >> you have seen his work at disney and, now, redwood city. a special art presentation will light up the san mateo county history museum and "day of the

dead," is the 3-d projection display celebrating the mexican holiday and ball season next tuesday. check out abc7news.com for more information on these events. >> steph curry serves up the win and his wife senators up dinner. a look at the two of them inside "rachel ray," just

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