>> yes, the community is devastated. ten people have been killed in the shooting spree beyond the police barricade the campus at three-quarters of a mile from where we are. an active crime scene, still. it is hard to imagine what the teachers and parents went through not knowing if they would get out alive. >> multiple gunshots and wounds. >> chaos at umpqua community, i heard screaming after the first gunshot. i looked out sought people running. >> students described running for cover and hiding as the gunman opened fire in roseburg on thursday morning. >> we were hiding in a small place. >> ten fatalities with the help juried rushed to the hospital as of suspect continued the shooting rampage. >> someone is outside a door. >> officers exchanged gun fire with 26-year-old chris harper mercer in a building. he now is dead. the students and officers are

shaken. >> i will not name the shooter. i will not give him the credit he probably sought. >> law enforcement sources say four firearms were recovered, three pistols and an assault-type rifle and he may have left messages. >> what was the motive? what led him to the school? who was the target? >> the victims' families and friends gathered president obama addressed the nation for the 15th time following a mass shooting. >> the united states of america is the one advanced nation on earth in which we do not have sufficient common sense gun safety laws even in the face of repeated mass killings. >> the president announced the

crime veterans becoming way too familiar. the f.b.i. and a.t.f. agents are on the scene going through the campus to make sure there are no explosives that may have been left hype. the campus will remain closed until at least monday and many of the students say they do not know if they will ever be able to return to school. >> thanks. we are learning more of the suspected gunman, born in england but moved with his family to southern california as a young boy. this morning his father is speaking out. our reporter continues our coverage from the newsroom. >> the father of the suspected gunman spoke with reporters at the tarzana home in southern california. ian mercer is shocked and devastated. this is the photo of his son, chris harper mercer, you can see what appears to be a rifle. the 26-year-old lived in oregon with his mother. investigators searched the whom throughout the night. neighbors described the suspect

as kind odd and say they used to see him come asking going with what they thought were gun cases. the suspect said he and his mom would go shooting at a gun range. the suspect's father is headed to oregon now and said he is cooperating with investigators. >> obviously it has been a devastating day. devastating for me and my family, and i ask, i know you are here to do your job, i ask you respect our privacy. >> officers are pouring over threatening posts made at a bulletin board saying in part and i quote, "don't go to school tomorrow if you are in the northwest." thank you. >> the sheriff where the shooting happen has been outspoken against gun control. the sheriff sent an open letter to vice president biden saying gun legislation was not the answer and that he would not enforce any federal legislation in his county. biden renewed the call for

stricter gun laws yesterday, predicting investigators will find a high powered weapon was used in the shooting. all second amendment does not say you can own a bazzooka or f-15 with missiles. the ability of the g to limit the type of limit that is available. >> he told the legislative committee in march requiring background checks would not prevent criminals from getting firearms. >> one of the three heros from sacramento who stopped a terrorist attack in paris attended the umpqua community and alek skarlatos study the law enforcement at umpqua community, the 22-year-old national guard headed up to roseburg saying he wish he could have been there to help after the shooting. we will hear from alek skarlatos at 5:00. >> our reporter, wayne freedman, is in oregon with the reports later today on abc7. follow us at twitter@abc7newsbayarea. you can express condolences to

the victims and the families go to our facebook page to share this badge letting people in oregon know you are with them. >> other news a teen could be arraigned by today in the deaths of the father, step brother and his soon-to-be step mom. police arrested the 16-year-old buchanan yesterday. firefighters found the bodies of the three victims in a burned out cabin in el dorado county last month. he told investigators he stayed hype at the home and spoke with his martial arts instructor after he was told of their deaths. >> he was talking about moving on, moving forward, and talking about the businesses, on his own, that struck me as weird. >> the autopsies revealed all three were shot before the fire started. the prosecutors say they intend to charm buchanan as an adult. >> the center at the center of a gone girl kidnapping case will

be arraigned on monday. 38-year-old mathew muller was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury on one count of kidnapping. he is accused of breaking into a vallejo man tying up the man and holding his girlfriend, denise huskins, for ransom for two days. muller was identified as a suspect after he was arrested in a home invasion robbery in dublin two months later. >> renters want to stop a trend many are dealing with, skyrocketing represents driving out seniors and families. activists put up tent outside city hall calling on the city leaders to adopt represent control to make it more difficult for the landlords to evict tenants. >> because the landlords are a victim if no rope, they do not need a reason in alameda, we have no laws. they do. >> it is a ball town and it has taken pride in the community and it is torn apart by this absolute greed. the greed of the property speculators. >> only a few bay area cities

currently have rent control laws including san francisco, oakland, and berkeley. >> now a check on the weather forecast to see what is going on out there. >> music festival in town. >> strictly bluegrass with a nice weekend on tap starting with a fine finish to the work week today. live doppler hd showing it is quiet. after a couple of days with the showers moving through. today we will be dry with a lot of sunshine. outside, the temperatures long the peninsula, good morning at ats foster city at 51. 66 in oakland, 59 in livermore and 53 in mill valley. 57 in san jose. a lot of sunshine this morning. grab a light jacket. well have the chill with temperatures in the 50s. we were soaked in sunshine throughout the friday afternoon. sunny and warm. temperatures are in the upper 60s to upper 80s.

sutro tower showing beautiful downtown san francisco. here is the three day forecast. today we have a butch up in temperatures, sunny and warm, by saturday, we will see a windy day, so that means cooler temperatures because of the wind and a slight chance early on sunday we could see light showers moving through the area. we will time that out at had:40 a.m. but right now the traffic with leyla. >> good morning, everyone, on friday. westbound highway 4 from an toxic to hercules is 28 minutes. along i-80 from highway four to the maze is 17 minutes. 87 in the south bay heading into downtown san jose, northbound side, only eight minutes from highway 85. not bad. a great start in the north bay. if you travel 101 southbound side approaching mill valley heading through the robin williams tunnel and over the golden gate bridge, traffic is very light. we do have one stalled big rig an empty tractor trailer

blocking the slow lane northbound 680. it has been there for a little while but they are having a difficult time to get it started. it is blowing fuses. it will be there for a little while longer. southbound side, it, too, is clear. there is construction in the area so there is yellow approaching the dublin entrepreneur. you are used to it holding into castro valley, though, where it is clear and accident free. mass transit, bart, 23 trains on time with no delays on ace or muni. >> thank you, leyla. next, hurricane joaquin changes direction and what that means for millions living along the east coast. >> t-mobile hacked. the private information exposed the private information exposed for millions of

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supporters say it is needed to teach teens about healthy sexual boundaries and relationships before college and the workforce. the new law is in effect january 1 but it will take longer for officials to revise the guidelines. they need the money to pay for it, as well. parents are allowed to excuse the child from sex education courses. 4:43. new details this morning on hurricane joaquin brewing in the caribbean. look at latest satellite image showing where the category four storm is right now. meteorologists are saying it will not affect the east coast other than giving them large waves. the latest now from stehpanie. >> hurricane joaquin challenged from theers for days and now the future in the atlantic looks clearer. >> the category four storm is sitting on the bahamas with winds gusting to 150 miles per

hour. >> hurricane joaquin is here. >> rain glad homes, extreme winds. >> hopefully it will nature hit us. >> path is shifting east away from the united states. in 24 hours of severe weather residents up and down the east coast prepared for the worst. >> new york city is ready. we have a very strong emergency preparation apparatus. north carolina, south carolina, virginia, maryland and new jersey declaring a state of emergency fearing it could hit anywhere. in new jersey, residents future use lesses so learned during super storm sandy. >> already shelters are set up, all mapped where last time we started lend how to do that while it was happening. >> whether it hits the united states or not there could be heavy rains causing flooding and power outages. forecasters confidence hurricane joaquin will still clearest united states. >> hurricane conditions are

expected to continue over the bahamas, finally moving out by friday afternoon, while coastal residents continue to keep a close eye on this storm. this morning, the united states military is investigating the cause of a plane crash in afghanistan that killed at least 14 people including six united states service member. a defense official is saying that the c-130 military plane went down at the airport at midnight local time. all 11 people on board were killed. at least three afghan locals were killed on the ground. >> you have heard about hurricane joaquin, but there is another weather system dumping rain on the east coast. >> stalled front along the coast bringing soaking showers the past 48 hours but a sigh of relief over hurricane joaquin and hopefully that trend will continue pushing out to sea. live doppler 7 hd is showing the past two days we the showers.

we are in the 50s, san car hose at veteran. mountain view is vine. san jose at 57. the same in concord and napa and santa rosa and our cool spot this morning is waking up to temperatures at 51 degrees. outside, a look from the camera at the studios, it is quiet. put away the umbrellas, and today what you need are the sunglasses. the forecast calls for a fine friday, nothing but sunshine, for start saturday, though, another bright day and we are tracking another area of low pressure this could bring us a slight chance of showers early in the morning. it is when most of us are sleeping. midday today, we will see sun soaked skies and temperatures in the 60s around the media bay and remain wither by lunch in the mid-70s and warming in antioch in the low-to-mid 80s and oakland at 70 and san francisco is 65 and san jose is comfortable at 79 later this afternoon. the satellite shows the system that brought us light showers year, and high pressure moving in to bring us the sunshine and

warmer temperatures and bringing us the wind and a chance of a light shower. wind forecast for saturday, and it will be breezy on the saturday afternoon, and winds are sustained between 20 and 30 miles per hour along the coast and weaker inland. that is ahead of what could be light showers. sunday morning, look at this, 3:00 in the only, it is not impressive but the chance we could see an isolated shower while most of us are sleeping but on sunday, a lost suspect shine and temperatures rebounding nicely. here is the seven-day forecast, looking nice with a lot of sunshine, warm, sunny, from finish to the work week. saturday we are windy and cooler because of the area of energy in the north. a chance of an early morning shower on sunday but do not cancel the outdoor plans. monday we are sunny. by tuesday, wednesday, and thursday, fine fall days and weather change. leyla? >> we are mostly accident free but a stalled big rig on 680 in

the san ramon valley. we have construction all over the place. but this position is where it is causing the most delay, southbound nimitz freeway between 9th avenue and davis street it will be picked up in the next 15 minutes but enough to cause delays if you want to use international that is a way around it. be careful to slow through the cone zone, as always. we will take you into san jose with a drive on 280, it is onlity both in the northbound and southbound direction in the back ground, that is 880 merging with highway 17. speaking of highway 17, and the rest of the south bay, we are all green on the map and we have wonderful conditions in the south way if you are headed between 101 to the mineta san jose international airport, 280, looking clear as you saw, 85, came brain park to mountain view all at top speeds. to the south, along highway 17, through the santa cruz mountains to los gatos from one is 23 minutes. southbound side of walnut creek

to dublin is 14 minutes and 101 in the north bay, santa rosa to san francisco is 52 minute commute. >> millions of americans are again vulnerable to hackers after another major data beach. here is the tech bytes. >> today's tech byte, another high profile data breach, and this is affecting 15 million t-mobile wireless customers and potential customers. >> hackers got the information from the company that t-mobile used to check their contract. everyone should sign up for credit monitoring. amazon has announced they are banning the sale of two streaming video devices because they are not cot pammible with amazon prime. skype wants to help you chat with your friends an the world. skype translator gives users real time translation with a choice of six spoken languages and, then, 50 written lanks. pretty cool. available for windows and will be rolling out to skype's mobile

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ruptured dick. it is believed he injured it during game 5 at the nba finals. the gm is hopeful he will return in time for the regular season opener october 27. >> i would not put a timeline on it. the hope is "soon." but it will be when he is better. when he is ready. having surgery can be a drain. he was trying to push through and we realized this is not the final to do it. we are not even in the regular season, let alone the post-season. >> the assistant coach will take over as interim head coach. >> the wait is over for bluegrass fans, the strictly blue grandson festival is underway this morning at 10:00 a.m. in golden gate park and 100 artists will perform on seven stages over the weekend including indigo girls and emmy lieu harris, free but finding parking could be tough. 750,000 people are expected to

attend running friday through sunday. >> it looks like you ordered up nice weather for the festival. >> what? >> moi? >> you delivered, drew tuma. >> here we go, bart station temperature locations, good morning, at 59 in oakland, and if you take mass transit this morning, it is like a chill, 55 in dublin/pleasanton and 56 in deals, and downtown san francisco is 58 and fremont is checking in at 56 degrees. a look from the east bay hills camera showing no clouds or coastal fog, a starry early morning sky with clear skies through friday. the sun is here at 7:36. by noon, we are sun soaked and temperatures are comfortable. nothing but sun in afternoon and warm on the coast in the upper 60s, around the immediate bay in the 70s and inland locations are warm and comfortable in the my 80s. the sun is down at 6:51 a.m. at

at&t park this evening, the giants take on the rockies, after 7:00, and a hoodie or light jacket is all that is needed. 64 degrees at first pitch and the 9th inning, around 61 degrees. here is the latest hurricane joaquin, a major category four storm with weapons at 130 miles per hour. the gusts are going as high as 160 miles per hour and the storm is a slow mover at three miles per hour around the bahamas. they are seeing soaking rain and gusty wind. the latest guidance is great news for the east coast. it stays well to the sea and it weakens into a category one storm by tuesday and as it hits the cooler both, but right now, the east coast can breathes a sigh of relief. now leyla has traffic. >> such weather on the east coast and it is mild here. traffic is mild, too. you can see it is thinned out at the bay bridge toll plaza and we

had quite a few cars waiting to pay cash at 30 minutes ago. right now it looks like things have manufactured into san francisco and a few other cars are trickling in from the east bay. we do have construction in the east bay that really is hampering the commute southbound side of the nimitz between 98th and davis they are picking up cones and hopefully we will see the traffic thinning out, too. you herder risk talking about bluegrass festival today influence sunday so expect heavy traffic in and around the area and, also, 19th avenue cutting through golden gate park, so use mass transit, for the best way an it. >> heads up to if you take bart through 12th street station, bart will clean and renovate the sell separates at the busy station. crews will tear owe the old floors and installing new diamond plate flooring which will not absorb odors or liquids. bart is making over 127 elevators in all, and the entire

roth is expected to be finished by the end of next year. >> if you are planning black fridayshipping forget about hitting a major retailer early, staples will not open before 6:00 a.m. that morning. black friday morning. yes, the last two years they have joined a trend of open on that that day but day peoples want customers and, withers to celebrate at home with family and friends. staples will have on-line only democrats on thanksgiving day. >> 17 years after being paired as flower girl and ring bearer a couple walked down the aisle together, the two met in church when they were in grade school and walked in their parents' friend wed when they were five. in while they dated and last in, they got married at the same church where they first walked together. >> that falls into the too cute category. >> we are learning more about

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