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broadcast center, this is abc7 news. >> it was a beautiful day to enjoy the record warmth and a lot of bay area residents got out of the house to do just that. the warm air also offered a reminder to prepare for what is expected to be another long fire season. good evening. i'm eric thomas. the south bay got an early taste today of what's to come this summer when things really heat up. thick under brush provided plenty of fuel for a fire. the news wasn't all bad. leslie brinkly has more. leslie? >> eric, it is a stunningly beautiful night on the streets of san jose. lots of people are out taking it all in. as you mentioned, a one-acre brushfire was an ominous reminder of what's to come. fire season kicked off in a eucalyptus grove in san jose

in sunday afternoon. a homeless encampment might have been the source, but the weather didn't help firefighters. >> there was some wind on it and since it got in the eucalyptus it started torching off and we got a couple of spot fires outside the main perimeter of the fire. >> they couldn't get it to the 200-foot high of the canopy of the trees. they had to take the trees down. traffic on the capitol expressway was shutdown for hour. officials warned there is still a lot of bone dry under brush hidden under all of the greenness around the bay area. folks out enjoying the balmy evening in downtown san jose talk about what they all -- they call -- bipolar weather. >> it is rain and hot weather and then rain and hot weather. >> you have to love california. it rains when it needs to and it clears up when it need to. >> we are walking around and i am wondering why i am wearing the heavy jacket right now.

it is really hot. >> many say vorred the -- savored the summery feel with a cocktail. >> it is delicious. it does president get any better -- it doesn't get any better than this. >> leslie brinkley, abc7 news. >> this is a look at the beach in santa cruz. it was quite the popular place. our meteorologist is here and we saw some records today. people were moving awfully fast. >> they were. a spectacular weekend that did include record highs on your sunday. san francisco with a high of 81 beating the old record of 79. oakland up to 83 and 84 in mountain view beating the old high of 83. salinas is four higher than the record. you can see the majority of the area got well into the 80s and some of the heat will spill into our monday before we track some much needed rain. that's coming up in the full accu-weather forecast.

>> hazardous waves prompted an increase in patrols. rescuers blamed the dangerous rip tides for pulling two teenagers into the ocean. the crews called off the search for them last night. abc7 news reporter cornell bernard has the story from ocean beach. >> national park service lifeguard doug armstrong is patrolling ocean beach with a strong message to the would be swimmers without proper gear like a wetsuit. >> ocean beach is a dangerous place. there is a lot of currents. there is heavy surf advisories. >> the warning came too late for two teenage boys. both 17 from vallejo who decided to brave the heavy surf, but were swept out to sea. there was an extensive five-hour search by the coast guard and the san francisco fire department, but they were never found. five boys wearing only swim trunks locked arms and waded into the cold surf. the rip currents quickly knocked them off their feet, but four made it to safely. >> one of the four boys turned

around and noticed that the fifth boy was still in distress and re-entered the surf line to assist that young man and he ended up being the second victim. >> you are risking your life here. >> he is letting his kid touch the water, but nothing more. >> we are obviously very worried. we will keep a close eye on the kids and hopefully have lifeguards going back and forth and told the kids no higher than the knees. >> there is no escape. they are rolling in really quickly. and there is a rip. so for people who don't have a safety device, you can get sucked in and it is hard to get out. >> saturday's search was the 12th so far this year on ocean beach. in san francisco, cornell bernard, abc7 news. >> developing news tonight in ecuador as the country cleans up from a 7.8 magnitude earthquake. more than 260 people were killed and 2500 more injured. tonight a desperate search is on for survivors. abc7 news reporter lilian kim is live in the newsroom with the latest. >> ecuador has a history of

quakes, but it has been decades since the country experienced one of this magnitude. cell pone video captured the panic. items flying off the shelves and then darkness. by many accounts the 7.8 quake lasted more than a minute and had a depth of nearly 12 miles. >> this was a classic ring of fire earthquake. >> walter mooney from menlo park said ecuador was due for an earthquake of this magnitude. >> there was a very large earthquake in ecuador 110 years ago, 1906. the repeat time for these earthquakes is on the order of about 100 years. >> it toppled buildings and flattened freeway crushing the cars beneath them. the owners and and operators of this food truck it has been a day of worry. they have extended family in ecuador, but they are all okay. >> my mom has extended family and we do too, but shooy has

six other brothers and sisters with generations and generations of family. yeah, we were worried. >> 22 students and two teachers from larkspur's redwood high school were in ecuador during the quake. they were in the coastal town puerto lopez. >> they are really motivated. >> she heard the news through a group text among students of prts pated in similar trips to central and south america. the program is called global student embassy. >> they came to ecuador to help reforest and to spread that change. they are a really brave group of kids. i know and thankfully nothing happened to them and they are all safe. >> she says she will be launching a fundraising effort for victims of the quake and plans to work with other students who have had the same wonderful experience in central and south america. abc7 news. >> thanks, lilian. southern japan is being rocked by hundreds of aftershocks after two powerful earthquakes last week. the number of dead is now up to 42.

the one bright spot, a 9-month-old baby girl rescued from the rubble. the continuing aftershocks are making rescue efforts difficult. san francisco mayor ed leigh released this statement today on the eve as we commemorate our city's own 1906 great earthquake and fire. we extend our thoughts and prayers to those people in japan and ecuador. san francisco stands ready to support any international assistance effort to help the children and families in japan and ecuador. the city will honor the victims of both earthquakes at a ceremony tomorrow morning marking 110 years since the 1906 disaster. >> if you can hear me! abc7 news was at marina middle school as firefighters and nurse volunteerses got ready for the next big disaster. it stands for neighborhood emergency response time. they practiced search and rescue techniques setting up command centers. police in alameda are say

an employee working last knitels abc7 news that the suspect was a known troublemaker suspected of painting graffiti at the store in the past. a co-worker saw him and kicked him out of the store and then followed him outside. >> it was 30 seconds or one minute i had three or four shots. when i walked outside i saw my friend down. >> one of the workers is still in the hospital. the suspect is in the alameda county jail. police plan to release his name tomorrow. in berkeley police are looking for the woman who hit someone with a bat near the bart station. it happened before 2:00 outside a liquor store on adeline street near the bart station. the victim was not seriously injured. george clooney tonight is condemning the money raised at his own sf and l.a. political fund easy rayers.

fundraisers. >> they are right to protest. it is an obscene amount of money. >> and fans with their fingers crossed. is steph's ankle feeling better? a status update in sports. and a tense moment for u.s. coast guard. a man plunged almost a hundred feet down a water fall. and later, see a firefighter take drastic action to avoid a fire tornado heading right for him. but first, a whale watcher's once in a lifetime experience off the california coast. abc7 news at 11:00

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amount of money he helped raise for democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton is obscene. protesters threw dollar bills

at her motorcade near the clooney's home in l.a. tickets started at more than $30,000. a nearby bernie sanders fundraiser cost $27 a ticket. >> they are right to protest. they are absolutely right. it is an obscene amount of money. the overwhelming amount of money we are raising is not going to hillary to run for president. it is going to the down ticket, the congressmen and senators to take back congress. >> protesters were in san francisco last friday where clooney helped another fund easy rayer. the cost per couple to attend was more than $300,000. clinton and sanders are making a final push before tuesday's new york primary. both appeared on abc's this week to discuss the fight for a higher nationwide minimum wage. >> people who are behind the fight for 15 support me and not him. the people who i have worked with to try to raise the visibility about this important issue stand with me. >> we have the support of

millions of working people. i have been on picket lines in wsh wash dc -- in washington, d.c. and out in the street and out in the rain for those people fighting for $15 and the right to organize. >> coming up a little later, we will look at the republican race where donald trump is once again firing away at ted cruz and the republican national committee. a look tonight the a an incredible rescue in washington state. a coast guard aircrew medevaced a crew who plunged down a water fall. a helicopter is able to grab him out of the water and hoist him 200 feet into the air. he is being treated at the university of oregon for a broken back and clearly this could have been much worse. residents in one south bay neighborhood have reason to worry after finding out a fire hydrant outside a burning townhouse failed. abc7 news was in san jose's dove hill neighborhood where you can see the charred damage to the complex. the fire department says the two nearest hydrants just didn't work during yesterday's fire.

they say water district is responsible. the president of the homeowner's association says neighbor repeatedly reported the problem. >> there was a fire right here. here is the fire hydrant right here. look at the fire hydrant. look at this. does that make any sense? >> nobody was hurt, but two pets were lost in the fire. the red cross is helping four people who were burned out of their home. no word on what caused this fire. tomorrow night san mateo city council will vote on whether to demolish an ice skating rink and replace it with stores. abc7 news was at the bridge point shopping center as protesters fought to save the ice chalet. the rink closed three years ago after changing oich -- changing ownership with another possible change later this month it could leave one rink for all of the peninsula miles away in redwood city. >> the skaters, there is not a lot of ice on the other rinks

in the area to continue to skate. some will have to stop skating. >> the property owner wants to pay the city an extra $1 million to convert it to retail, the money they say would benefit under served children. a rare encounter left a whale watcher in a with e when a killer -- in awe when the killer whale attacked the pod of dolphins. >> they got one and now they know. they just got -- oh man. stampeed. that was insane. >> a dream come true for him. a nightmare for those dolphins who had to swim for their lives after encountering eight to 10 killer whales earlier this week. the amazing encounter was captured by sanctuary cruises southwest of moss landing harbor. it is rare to see dolphins. they prefer the warmer ocean water. they started to show up along the monterey coast last year. let's check the forecast now and here is drew. >> we are in store for another

warm day. likely more records will beset. live doppler 7hd and we are rain-free under clear skies and we continue to be very warm as we approach the midnight hour. still in the 60. 68 in hayward. a warm 64 in downtown san francisco. oakland 63. we are still at 70 degrees in the south bay. the coolest spot on our map is nasa at 54 degrees. it will be another mild night. plenty of stars and clear skies. you can see most spots will drop into the midand low 50s. but it will only be a quick low 50 to mid50 temperature reading. the future tracker temperature shows by 8:00 in the morning we are into the low 60s in a lot of spots. by lunchtime you are thinking of going outside and it will be a nice looking day. we are warming up to the low and mid70s. our warmest spot in the low 80s. by the afternoon once again i do theng some spots will get into the upper 80s and close to 90 degrees. highs on your monday, there is

a high of 89 degrees and concord 87. we are going to 80 in richmond and 80 in downtown san francisco. oakland at 83 tomorrow. napa 85. as we take you to oakland for game two, the warriors are taking on the rockets at oracle arena. the temperature is about 73 degrees. the sun goes down at 7:49 and hopefully with another warriors win as you are walking out of the arena, the temperatures are very mild at 65. the records we are watching on our monday look like san jose and oakland with the forecasted highs would likely set new records. san francisco and napa look safe right now. their records are not in jeopardy. a forecasted high of 87 will beat their old record set in 2015. with the dry, warm stretch of weather the pollen will still be a problem especially the next four days. monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday the pollen will be at high levels. the main offender is juniper, oak and pine tree.

it looks like friday though we could get relief from the pollen in the form of rain. we bring back the storm impact scale. we are rating our storms from one to 5. one is light and five is the most severe giving you a chance to know each and every storm. the rain we are tracking by the end of the week is a one. it is a light storm with light showers. it is a 10th to half an inch of rain. future weather will jump into your friday. friday morning the storm approaches the coast and it looks like the first half of the friday will be wet with light showers moving through. it is a quick-moving system and by friday evening it is kicking out of here and that will set the stage for a bright weekend on the way next weekend. more spring-like temperatures. here is is the accu-weather seven-day forecast. tomorrow another warm day around here. we are apartment pating more records to drop. by tuesday a sea breeze kicks in. that means the coast is cool, but it is not strong enough to cool off the entire region. wednesday everybody cools off into the 70s. thur a slight chance of shower as the storm approaches on friday. it is a one on the storm impact scale.

by saturday and sunday we are dry and bright. but we are no where near as warm as we were this week. temperatures in the 60s and 70s. >> thank you very much for that. >> still to come on abc7 news at 11:00, this is not your ordinary clock tower. go in this dream home for sale in

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think steph curry should get near the court for game two against houston at oracle, but the warriors are leaving the door open. he tweaked it on this play on saturday afternoon. he pretty much sat the second half. he didn't participate in warriors practice today. getting plenty of rest and treatment. the warriors are 2-1 this season without curry including a win in houston. steve kerr said curry will not play if he can make the injury worse. >> it is really just day by day and we will see how he is feeling. we will assess if there is risk of reinjuring did. if there is we won't play him. if it is stable and he can go and there is not any risk involved, then he will probably play. >> giants trying to take five of seven against the dodgers in the first two weeks of the season. after tonight the long-time rivals do not meet again for two months. nice day for a dodger dog at dodger stadium. top three score less and not

anymore. the second of the season and into the right field stands. giants go up 1-0. he pitched well, but one mistake to doc peterson. he hits that one to the rose bowl. the lead is 2-1 and they would add another. the giants couldn't do much else at the plate. the tieing run to the plate in the 9th, but he has been struggling. grounds out to end it and 3-1 the final. giants are back home to start a set with the d-back tomorrow night. little league day at the coliseum. future stars there. royals in town. kc takes the lead. belts the line drive and the fourth of the year. a high pop into shallow left. he will lose it in the sun, but watch this. there is a veteran player. what a catch. bottom of four. two on and two out. he misses a streak three. he misses a strike three. he beats the throw to first and cocoa scores. they score two more to win it

3-2 and taking two out of three from the world champions. up two games to none and the shark return home for their first round playoff series imens the kings on -- series against the kings. it lass -- it has been a house of horrors. after winning in l.a. two goals in three games. san jose has the best record in hockey on the road, but the home record is the worst among any of the playoff teams. they were the third worst in the western conference overall. head coach looks at it differently. >> i think we improved at home and i think the most important thing is we play well at home against good teams. i think if we drop the ball somewhere it is the teams in the bottom half of the standings. >> this abc7 sports report is brought to you by riverwalk casino. we'll take a tour of today's nba action and tee it up later in the newscast. stick around. >> shu, thanks a lot. after countless close

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broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> i'm eric thomas. in tonight's headlines, firefighters in san jose battled a small brushfire in a eucalyptus grove south of los-lagos. warm weather tomorrow means the fire danger will be high again around the bay area. park service lifeguards stepped up patrols at ocean beach and san francisco after two teen inning a boys were --

two teenage boys were swept away. after five hours of searching yesterday, the vallejo teens were not found. the lifeguards told people who didn't have flippers or a wetsuit on to stay out of the water because of the dangerous rip tides. tomorrow police in alameda will release more information on a shooting at a convenience store. last night a man shot and wounded two worker at the am/pm on park street. police arrested the suspect who is accused of painting graffiti at the store in the past. now to the outbreak overseas. 260 deaths have been reported in ecuador after a 7.8 page gnaw tude earthquake. rescue teams in both ecuador and quake-ravaged japan are now looking for survivors. >> the third massive quake is the strongest yet. leaving shoppers screaming. this man is using his hand to dig into a mountain of brick. he tell us three are alive and

the girl is dead. tonight experts are warning that the united states is also in danger. >> we are all on the ring of fire and this is an active part of the earth. it is a reminder that this is a hazard that we face. >> across the pacific a spasm of earthquakes killing dozens. rescuers gently delivering this nine-month-old baby girl from death's grip. that rescue, the one bright spot amid the task of recovery. then we found these rescuers and then a man approached us. he said he was the baby's grandfather and her name, baby miku. >> rescued. >> he then tells us we can meet her hoping in the only possession he has left. and she was right there when we walked up to the shelter. all cheeks and completely

unscathed. >> they told me they lost everything in the quake, but also that they found the most important thing, their family. meantime recovery here has been hampered by hundred of aftershocks and the fear another massive one could come at anytime. abc news, japan. now to shocking video out of canada. a fire tornado at a river neared money ton fors one -- neared smon ton forces a firefighter to take drastic action. you can see as he tried to escape the inferno. the person filming the video stopped before the man jumped in. he escaped unharmed and it is the most dangerous situation he has come across in his nine years as a firefighter. the flames began after a campfire got out of hand. for the first time we are getting word of a possible drone colliding with a passenger jet. british airways revealing the dough tails today. the plane struck approaching the airport. there were a number of close calls before this.

gloria has the increasing danger in the sky. tonight a collision on approach. >> the pilot called in that he may have been hit by a drone. >> the flight with 132 people on board landing safely. the airline saying in a statement safety and security are the first priority and we will give the police every assistance with their investigation. it is the first known drone collision with a commercial aircraft. >> for your information we have had two reports of a drone at 900 feet on the left hand side of the approach. >> i can see it above the village. >> you can see three drones. >> with the growing popularity of unmanned aircraft there is a serious potential for disaster. >> sooner or later we will lose an airplane to a drone

due to a collision. >> while it hit the front of the plane, the simulation from the virginia tech crash lab shows how it could destroy a jetliner's engine in seconds. >> despite the fight within five miles of the airport, the f.a.a. reports an average of 25 drone incidents every month and there is no reason to think that number will decline. >> abc news, washington. >> now on to the republican presidential race where 9 tiff delegates are -- where 95 delegates are up for grabs. donald trump campaigned in staten island. the republican front runner continued to fire away on the republican national committee calling the delegate selection process corrupt. >> we didn't play there. we didn't play in wyoming. the game was rigged. i don't want to go six or seven months before because that's what you have to do. take them on trips and go to hotel rooms. i don't want to play that game. i am winning with the voters.

>> ted cruz picked up 14 delegates in wyoming over the weekend. tonight a new way to crackdown on drivers who text behind the wheel. a device that lets police scan the driver's phone to see if they were texting moments before the accident. as eva explains it is already sparking controversy. >> it is a temptation for so many driver. texting behind the wheel. a third of drivers admit to doing it. >> it is going on all day, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. >> but police may soon have a new tool in the fight against distracted driving. lawmakers will consider giving police texalyzers. it could reveal if you were texting at the time of the accident. >> you would plug that cell phone into the texalyzer and it will give you information to let you know if the operator was using the phone. >> it was in memory of evan who was killed in a head on crash by a driver who was

texting. his dad fought for the cell phone law. >> it was a gut wrenching back and forth. it took me six months to get the phone records. >> but they worry the law could lead police to seize phones without justification. >> i think that there is much that needs to be done and that can be done both to address the problem and to respect the privacy rights of drivers. >> the company says they won't be able to read your text, but they will be able to see when you touch your phone. drivers could lose their license if they refuse to turn it over. abc news, new york. still ahead, make way for philip. the little duckling has a whole new waddle thanks to technology. >> and make way for more heat. the record heat will spill into monday and then we will track a storm that well bring us beneficial rain. all of the numbers

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jose and all of the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> a woman with no where left to turn takes a chance on a teacher and his 3-d printer. an account act of kindness gave a be love pet a chance. here is philip's story. >> like an ugly duckling into a swan, a fairy tale ending for philip.

left a lame duck after getting frostbite on his feet wisconsin an million lover vic -- vicky robin harrison stepped in. >> i said i would come and get him. >> after rescuing philip she couldn't find anyone to help him. it may be better, she thought, to put him out of his misery. >> i made a call to put him down because he wouldn't live well at my home. >> then by chance she learned a middle school teacher had a new 3-d printer in the classroom. they e-mailed describing the sitting duck's situation. >> the initial e-mail i was like, is this for real? >> he finished the feet in time. >> i said vicky i am working on it. the foot is printing and we will make it work. >> using ninja flex and then after six woox of trial and error he printed the perfect pair. philip took to his new webbed prosthetics like, yes, a duck to water. >> it worked. >> tonight he is settling into his new home at an animal

sanctuary thanks to a community coming together to give one lucky duck his waddle back. >> it is so exciting to see him with his feet. he has a new life. >> marcy gonzalez, abc news. >> all right. time now to check the weather forecast. drew, is it getting warmer tomorrow? we will see more records fall. you can see it is still mild. we are at 70 in san jose. 64 san francisco and 54 napa and antioch. moving west at 55. your monday planner will show you there is nothing but sunshine from start to finish. we start off mild and by the afternoon 4:00. you can see our warmest locations in the midto upper 80s and even the coast is warm once again. we will be in the mid70s. we will have a slow cool down throughout the week and it will culminate in rain coming on friday. when we bring it back and track our storms we rate them 1 to 5 to give you an idea what to better expect. there is a light storm with

light showers and a 10th to a half an inch of rain. light showers move on shore in the morning. likely the first half of friday will be a little wet. the accu-weather seven-day forecast shows you we had the warm day tomorrow. gradually cooling off into the chance of rain on friday. and then the weekend is sunny and very spring-like. not like this past weekend. >> thank you very much. we have a heated question tomorrow. will steph curry play? >> steve kerr won't tell anyone until game time. he doesn't want the opponents to know. right tan kill update on deck -- right ankle update on deck. first game against memphis and they will be a force in the western conference playoff. complete nba action next in sports. >> when it happens where you live -- >> we have developing news in the east bay. a major water line break. >> the abc7 news team covers your neighborhood. >> concord. >> morgan hill. >> live at at&t park. >> lafayette.

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he is questionable for game two against houston at oracle with a bum right ankle. he did not practice today after he tweaked his ankle yesterday on this play against houston. he left the game after score twog 4 points in the first half and only played 23 minutes the rest of the way. of course he got treatment and will again tomorrow and if he can go without hurting himself further the warriors have a tough decision to make. >> it changes things. there is not much of a coaching staff when steph goes out. we don't know why. we have a lot of guy who can play. i think steph missed three or four games this year. we did find -- >> well, we had a couple of games without him. and there are a couple times when we played well and we locked in on a game plan. that was against houston. we will be prepared, or should be prepared if he is not

available. >> he is bangy up -- banged up. you know steph wants to play every game he can, but i think we are in a position where we will be smart. >> let's see what happens. you never know. steph may play tomorrow. >> spurs with their playoff opener against memphis. kawhi leonard forces the turnover. patty mills gets it back to leonard for the dunk. spurs by 8 and leonard with 20. tony fouls and hits the floater. third quarter and tim duncun gets the ball away from zach randolph and gets it to parker and spots the opening and scores easily, 15 for parker. spurs out score memphis by 19 in the third. they win it 106-74 taking a 1-0 series lead. clippers hosting the blazers. warriors get the winner of this series. damion lillard's pass away and gets it to jordan. blazers are hanging around thanks to who else? oakland. damion lillard had a team high 21. second quarter and lillard

finds plumley for the dunk. on the break and to blake griffin for the jam. a double-double, 19-12. third quarter and 11 assists and like that one to jordan 6789. he finished with 19 of 12. lebron's cavs top seed in the east hosting detroit. the first trip since 2009. lebron behind the pass to smith. 22 points and 11 assists for the king. detroit made 15, three's. 10 minutes to go and the cavs roar back. lebron to kevin love and he had 28 points and 13 rebounds. kyrie irving's 31 points and first playoff game since his injury last year against the dubs. cavs take the lead with the 106-101 victory. second quarter and dwyane wade against jeremy lin and no

contest. heat by 18. wade slices to the hoop. heat by 17 and a breakaway with 16. joe johnson throws it up. white side responds. he lead the heat with 21 and people me roll 123-91. they will take a 1-0 lead on charlotte. warriors' assistant luke walton' will be the name in every nba head coaching search. his dad bill has publicly said the warriors are a once in a lifetime team and he should enjoy it as long as possible. walton' has told the nicks he is not interested -- knicks he is not interested right now. he went 1-4 as the interim head coach when steve kerr was out. he played for phil jackson and won two rings. espn confirms that jackson and walton' have talked about the knicks head coaching job, but latest reports say he is not interested in leaving for now. peyton manning checking out the food city 500 in bristol, tennessee. the defending sprint cup champ

kyle busch wrecked on lap 259. the quest for a third straight win vanished. carl edwards who won the pole information lead it and wins the first time this season. the fourth time here on the half hoe van at bristol -- the half oval in bristol and does the back flip off the car. the pga tour. 27 years old and birdied four of his first six holes. luke had a leal for the third time. he didn't win the first two. bogey gave grace the lead. he bogeyed 12 and 13 here and took a three-shot lead on donald. good read. grace fires a final round five under 66 to win by two strokes. another first time winner on tour. $1 million for his efforts and a two-year eke swremmion -- exemption on tour for the 27-year-old. this sports report is brought to you by riverwalk casino. see you tomorrow night at

oracle for game two against the rockets. if i am the head coach of the team i do not play him tomorrow night. give him four days of rest for game 3 against houston. >> and he agrees with you. >> that's it for tonight. i'm eric thomas. abc7 news continues at 4:30, for drew and shu, thank you for joining us. have a great sunday evening. bye-bye.

(mc news special repor. reporting live from washington--reed wallace. we have unconfirmed reports that shots were fired outside president fitzgerald grant's birthday gala this evening. and early reports suggest-- what? where is the president? why is he-- i've just been told that the president has gone to james madison hospital. why has he--