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a public memorial will be held on friday in louisville, kentucky. former president bill clinton will perform the eulogy. here in the bay area people are mourning his pasting. cornell bernard has more from the newsroom. >> my father loved muhammad ali -- >> so did bay area booking champ andre ward. he never met ali but the greatest was a role model in the ring and out. >> just the way he fought for what he believed in. in the midst of the backlash, in the midst of possibly losing a career at that time. >> the price ali paid for opposing the vietnam war. yet the champ prevailed. walk keep lopez -- joaquin lopez is training for his next fight. this 23-year-old is bolt turn pro and thanks the greatest for paving the way. >> the scripted it for
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everybody. he wrote the guidelines. >> how to fight and intimidate your opponent with grace. >> float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. >> when ali fought, the world stopped. >> this trainer says boxing will never be the same. >> the greatest of all-time but no match for father time. it's a sad day. >> reporter: long after his boxing career was over he fought his toughest fight against parkinson's disease. he believes his controversial opposition to the vietnam war ask a leader civil rights made him more than just the heavyweight champion of the world. >> i think that's the inspiring story. if you stand up for your principles and are willing to risk it all to stand up for some great value, ultimately you're going to prevail. >> reporter: ward is dedicating this year's boxing matches to
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ali. >> this is very important to me and i'm very big on paying homage to those who went before me. >> the man who changed the sport and the world. >> spencer christian is on the set. thank you for joining us. and you and the greatest shared some moments on tv ask and you have a friendship. >> i it got to know him in 1980. we spent social time together. one day we were having lunch and he is this big personality. we walked out on the street and the crowd sounded us and followed us -- surrounded us and follow us. he said you ever take your kids to the park to play ball? i said sure. he said take your family to the destinyland and movies? he said i can't do that because everywhere i go, there's a crowd, and he loves people, but he also longs for having the special private moments with his family that he couldn't have because of his worldwide
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celebrity. so anyhow. over the years, this man, who is arguably the greatest heavyweight champion of all time, a worldwide celebrity, would express to me his admiration for me because he liked seeing another person of color doing something meaningful and recognized: so he sent to me as a going away gift on my last broadcast this portrait and he signed it and, he always told the world he was the greatest. on this he protest. to spencer, you're the greatest, best of luck, muhammad ali, and i treasure that. it hangs on a wall in my home. >> what fascinates me about the man there were so many points in his career he could have said, give up. i'll go to vietnam. or i renounce my muslim religion or religion, but -- or whatever but he never did that. >> he had the courage of his convictions. sounds like a cliche but he had it. >> a truly great man.
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a man in castro valley spent most of his life collecting muhammad ali memorabilia. as a tribute to ali on his car. he was crushed when he found out about the death of his hero. >> i broke down and i cried. i was thinking about how i met him, you know. that was close. that man had so much love. he had so much love for people. >> two eagles showed us a photo album from 1984 when he took a train to l.a. and win to ali's home. the champ invited him inside and gave him some photos. the talked and even went out to eat together. ali has more than 5 million posts on twitter
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opinionson posed this picture of ali with prince. and open oprah posted, i've season every fight many times. ali, ali, a true hero, legend, champion, rest in peace. and abc7 news will have a special edition of 20/20 celebrating ali's life. that's here beginning at 8:00'm. the sharks need a big game, down 2 or against the penguins. the good news is they're become on home ice. lisa amin gulezian is live from the tank with more. >> reporter: the game started an hour ago but before that this street behind me was packed, and now thousands are inside the shark tank. they're sure the sharks will pull off a win.
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>> let's go sharks! let go sharks! >> reporter: of course, the vast majority of those here are rooting for the sharks. this is the first time a stanley cup final has been played here at the shark tank, and even though the sharks are down by two games, shark fans aren't worried. >> they're going to pull it off. the coach will get them riled up and the warriors last two games and we lost two games and we'll bring it back and give them a good run for their money. >> we have been waiting for so long. disappointments, but now we're here, and it's a reality, and we got four more games to win. [shouting] >> reporter: this is not an elimination game but if things don't go their way it will be tough to come out ahead and win the series. back here live now. the teams take tomorrow off and then back here at the shark tank
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for another game on monday. lisa amin gulezian, abc7 news. >> still ahead at 6:00. >> he was running. >> witnesses watch as manhunt comes to an end with the suspect in custody. bernie sanders makes a bold statement on the campaign trail here in california. >> i'm abc7 meteorologist drew tuma. some spots running 20 degrees cooler today, and it's cooled down comes with drizzle overnight.
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in san francisco a four-year-old girl has been rushed to the hospital with critical injuries after being hit by a motorcycle. this crash happened around 4:30 at 25th and folsom streets. the motorcyclists was taken to the hospital under police custody for minor injuries. >> one man is dead, another fighting for his life, and deputies believe they caught the man who shot both of them. investigators said an argument escalated into gunfire outside a bar on 150th after knew san leandro at 2:00 this morning. witnesses reported seeing the suspect fires' into a crowd of people, killing one man. he then chased another man and
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shot him. a man accused of crashing a stolen car and rung around a neighborhood with a gun is headed to jail. we were in south san jose as police arrested the man. the crash happened near tobias and amelia drives at around 1:15 this afternoon. several parked cars were damaged. >> car came swerving from the corner, hit a grown car, and then hilt the black car, and then hit mine. the two front eyes of my car are out. >> he had a gun, and he -- who is looking? he was running. >> officers set up a perimeter to find the man. no one was hurt. up next, hillary clinton's pledge in california today that has environmentalists cheering. we're approaching summer but the temperatures are falling. drew tuma has the forecast. >> warriorswarriors and cavaliey game two tomorrow.
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today presidential candidate bernie sanders says the
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democratic national convention will be contested. he talked to voters at a town hall in los angeles three days ahead of the california primary. he expect to woo enough super delegates away from hillary clinton to earn him the nomination. claiming victory in california on tuesday will help make that happen. >> if the voter turnout is high we will win california and we stand a chance to win it with a big margin. >> hillary clinton also spent the day campaigning in southern california. she told voters in ventura county, climate change could be devastating for the state and now is the time to move away from fossil fuels. >> california has been leading the way but there's still a lot of work to be done. let's make a plan to install a half billion more solar panels by the end of my first term and enough clean north power every home in america by the end of my second term. >> clinton will be in the bay area tomorrow campaigning in vallejo. sanders will stay in southern california. tomorrow morning, on "this
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week" george steph sits down if hillary clinton and well get into campaign issues including the rise of donald trump. meteorologist drew tuma has the forecast. >> the sun was late in break ought today. a really deep marine layer and just indicative of the cooler air that is really pushing in here in the past 24 hours. live doppler 7hd, what we're seeing out there, the high clouds we had for much of our saturday, they're now pushing off to the north. it's that system that brought the cool air, but now we're seeing the temperatures drop into the evening hours. look at this 24-hour temperature change. the big story today. 19 degrees cooler in hayward. 11 in fairfield. 12 in concord. and napa, 16 degrees cooler today than we were this time yesterday. even with that cooldown, inland we're still in the lower 90s.
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that's how warm it was yesterday. we are breaking the 100 degrees in these spots. 92 the brentwood. 90 san ramon, but the marine layer pushing in, san francisco cooling off. san jose, mainly sunny skies, current temperature 80. here's a live picture outside. and you see the fog is regrouping and the forecast will call for the fog spilling into the bay overnight tonight and likely bring drizzle. and this cooling will continue for the next few days. overnight, everyone drops into the 50s under a mixture of stars and clouds, but notice, we have the chance of some drizzle happening. so future weather, hour-by-hour, the first chance of the drizzle pops up tonight. early morning hours, we'll likely see a chance of drizzle expand along the coast.
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a few spots around the bay that have the fog could have patchy drizzle. by 10:00, the sunshine burning off the fog. a sunnier sunday for most. the only exception is along the coast. the marine layer hanging on. so highs for sunday, 86 san jose, 84 for sunnyvale. along the peninsula, 82, palo alto, but cooler in millbrae, 74. san francisco, afternoon sunshine, 66. 59 for daly city. staying in the clouds. 80 petaluma. 82 napa. 77 vallejo. 82 santa rosa. east bay tomorrow, 73 oakland, afternoon sunshine. 82 for fremont. 70 for hercules and inland, slowly cooling up a from today and yesterday. 88 concord tomorrow. 92 brentwood. 93 for pleasanton. if you're headed for the coast, some clouds lingering.
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and game two of the nba finals -- you can only see that right here on abc7 -- 72 at 5:00. by 8:00, after another win, 64. coastal clouds tomorrow. the cooling continues, and look at this. by wednesday we're back to average, and on thursday, actually going below average this time of the year. that cooling is short lived. we head into next weekend, the numbers will be on the rise once again. >> all right, drew, thank you very much. >> game 2 of the nba finals tomorrow, here's shu. >> the slash brothers, steph and klay, looking forward to game 2 against cleveland as they only combinedded for 20 points in game one, but lebron has never lost a game 2 after losing game 1. so something has to give. the warriorses bench came to the rescue, outscoring the cavs' bench 25-10. andre iguodala held king james
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from one assist short of a triple-double. >> game one, shots went in for me. game two, i may not get the same amount of shots or smooth not go in. but i still have to find a way to impact the game be aggressive. >> i just need to play better to help my team. i don't know what that means statistically, but we're at our complete best as a team, i usually am playing a pretty good game. doesn't matter if you hold steph under 10 or iguodala and those guys play great. you cannot give up 25 points off turnovers on the road. >> with muhammad ali passing away, most of these nba players were too young to remember what he did for the african-american throw it in all of sports. he opened doors shut for decades. stood up for what he believed in at a cost that no other polite would step aside for today. he was global before social
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media ever existed. >> the greatest of all time because of what he did outside of the ring. obviously we knew how great of a boxer he was, but i think that was only 20% of what made him as great as he was. >> ali was the example of how you use your platform and speak what you believe no matter what people say. he gives -- look at him as a sense of confidence in that regard. >> giants in st. louis, will be without hunter pence the next few months. having surgery on his right knee as the hamstring tendon tore off the bone behind the knee. he can return faster with surgery than rehab. panik is thrown out trying to advance to third. 1 or giants. top two, samardzija, helping his
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own cause, driving home brandon crawford. g-men 2-0. bottom third, mar -- some sam mar gentleman on the mound. now 4-1 giants in the fifth. nobody is going to catch this one. the strike for the game-tying three-run home are off samardzija, and they hit imup for two more. cards lead right now 6-4 in the seventh. a's in houston. enjoying time in enemy territory. in the third, rasmus gets away ahead of the offering, chris davis weres he was taller. astros with the lead. top nine. former astro jed lowrie crushes the pitch from luke gregerson. we tired. now bottom 12. man on third, correia wins with
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the walk are off hit. women's final at the french open, sir reyna williams looking for a 22nd major tight but spaniard garbine maguruza had other ideas. beating serena at the french. this year claimed the title with a lob on the baseline, winning her first major title in straight sets. sharks hosting the penguins at the tank. game three, down 02, -- down 0-2, must win. getting ready to start the second period. this sports report brought to you by orchard supply hardware. i'll have my muhammad ali story tonight at 9:00 and 11:00. >> next, fun in the sun in san francisco. the big event expected to draw tens of thousands this
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join us tonight on kofy tv 20. a fascinating piece of history is going up for auction. a former president's love letter written to mistress. >> then here, remembering
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muhammad ali. how his civil rights activism helped a journalist during his detainment in iran. one of san francisco's busiest streets is discount for a great party. more than 100,000 people are expected to taped the union street festival this year. there's live music, good food. tents, fashion, health, craft exhibits and beer and wipe tasing for the 21 and older crowd. the festival round tomorrow from 10:00 in the morning to 6:00 p.m. that's it for abc7 chap at 6:00. we'll see you again at 9:00 and 11:00. for updates on any major story anytime, download or abc7 news app and enable push alerts for immediate notifications. have a great evening.
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