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7 news. good afternoon and thank you for joining us today. i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm larry biel. we are live at oracle arena getting set for the big warriors watch party that will be behind me tonight. they're expecting 12,000 people in here to watch game three of the nba finals. of course you know it's a packed house in cleveland at quicken loans arena. we've got a live shot from the arena. as cavs fans are anxious, oh, so anxious and hoping beyond hope that lebron james can lead the cavs to victory tonight. we will preview game three come up. >> thank you, larry. we have breaking news in alameda county. sky7 hd is live over east
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oakland where the tadrug task force is serving warrants. >> you can see officers outside a house at 84th and holly street. we're told the task force hassor arrested at least 15 people in the past two days, many of the suspects have connections to the sinaloa dlug cartel. we'll have more information on this operation at abc 7 news ats 11:00 and our news app. meantime, an outrageous kidnapping in north oakland today may have uncovered a human trafficking ring. >> someone called police to say a 14-year-old girl was being kidnapped this morning just on the berkeley border. >> abc 7 news reporter laura anthony is live live with the story. >> reporter: hi, dan. the house that was the object of this investigation is just behind my. police have confirmed that there was a kidnapping this morning. they have a victim and a suspect, but what happened before that and whether this is part of a larger human trafficking ring is still unclear. >> by the grace of god, she fought fought fought and got away. >> reporter: the family of a 14-year-old girl abducted this
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morning in north oakland was grateful she was recovered safe live apdz the man who allegedly kidnapped her is in police custody. >> oh, i'm very grateful. very, very grateful because it could have went the wrong way. >> reporter: oakland police say the girl was taken by a man in his 20s near this house. a short time later, shown on sky 7 had hd, police stopped a silver car. one investigator says was involved in the kidnapping. >> we did have a witness that called in of this possible kidnapping and also the victim who is a female teen also confirmed that she was kidnapped. >> reporter: the teen was returned safely to her family. her cousin told us the eighth grader and two of hermissing a days ago. >> they were snatched up and they were stripded and held at gun point basically to try to go prostitute. they was going to put them out to prostitute them. >>s house police was looking at is right there, the one on the
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corner. >> this gentleman not even familiar. she doesn't have family in this area. that's how i know she was held against her will. >> police drew guns and found no more victims or suspected inside in oakland, laura anthony, abc 7 news. >> bf a 12-year-old boy who was stabbed in the back during a san leandro bank robbery is back home today. >> jacob soriano suffered three stabbed wounds. the knife stopped short of pung furring his lung. he is a big warriors fan and is making a speedy recovery but has trouble moving afternoon. >> thank ofly it didn't hit organs or nerves. they did reconstructive surgery on him. >> reached out to me and i want to thank them for everything. >> soriano family has a gofundme page to pay for jacob's medical bills. you can find a link on our website. the woman accused of stabbing jacob iona hammond was in court today, charged with
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attempted murder and roibry. you are looking at workers replacing a window hit by a bullet at city hall. police looked at surveillance video. detectives believe the wrind dough was shot between 1:30 and 2:00 this morning, though no one noticed the damage until later. >> this happened in the wee hours of the night. there are any number of possible explanations that we would like to try to find out. but yes, a bullet shot in city hall is something that we all should be concerned about. you but we're not making any assumptions about what caused it. >> private security guards patrol san jose city hall around the clock. the city also installed more video cameras after an increase in tagging two months ago. san jose police just released new details on the vie license outside last week's donald trump rally. >> these are new pictures of a man police are looking for. they say he's responsible for an assault at that rally thursday outside the mchenry convention center. also new this afternoon, a donald trump supporter held a news conference to say he was
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reemtdedly punched by anti-trum of protesters that rally. he says he has multiple yourries from the attack including a broken nose. >> we're getting sucker punches from all angles. i'm assuming there was three, maybe four i don't know. all i remember is feeling repeated fist after fist. >> san jose police have already arrested four men, three on assault charges. the final numbers in california are in and hillary clinton won all nine bay area counties and 29 others in the state. bernie sanders won 20 counties but lost the popular vote by more than 400,000. >> abc 7 news anchor eric thomas has more on what's next for befrny sanders and his supporters. eric? >> dan and ama, publicly bernie sanders says the race isn't over, but behind the scenes negotiations are getting under way to see what sanders wants and what the clinton campaign is willing to give to have a unified democratic convention.
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bernie sanders may not be ready to concede defeat. >> we believe that there is no nominee, that the nominee will not be determined until july 25th. >> reporter: that's when the democratic convention takes place. but sarnd sanders' only supporter in the senate is sichking a different tune. >> once we have a candidate who has a majority of the pledge delegates and a majority of the veeters we have our nominee and we have our nominee now. >> and according to the numbers that nominee is hillary clinton. it's a disappointment for one of sanders' earliest supporters, the california nurses association. but they say it's not over yet. >> the presumptive nominees on both sides may or may not be the nominee. i mean, you've got all the scandal surrounding clinton. you've got trump who is a racist and continues to shoot himself in the foot. >> reporter: she says contested conventions on both sides are not out of the question. even if sanders voters unite behind hillary clinton, demore row says there will have to be concessio
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concessions. >> he wants health care for everyone. he wants free education. he wants for social security to be expanded. he wants jobs in our country. >> while sanders people are taking a wait and see attitude, the clinton campaign is already extending an olive branch. >> well, i'm certainly reaching out. our campaigns are talking to one another. i want to unify the party. >> eric thomas, abc 7 news. in the hotly contested south bay congressional race, honda and qana both secured pot spots on the november ballot even though the yout come of the vote is still in question. less than 200 votes separate them. the race will be eye rematch from two years ago in which honda won. san jose sales tax is increasing measure b called for a quarter cent sales tax hike for 15 years to fund police, fire and medical sevlss. the vote 61% in favor 38% against. election officials say it's going to take days to get the final results. this district covers parts of santa clara and alameda counties.
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election officials say the next step is to count all the mail-in ballot then the provisional ballots. now, we'll alert you as soon as results are time on the abc 7 news app. it's free to downloefd. enable push alerts to get instant updates. to the warriors now. in just a couple hours, oracle arein that will be packed with fans. >> it will be a fun place to be. abc 7 news sports director larry biel is live at oracle. larry, here we go again. >> reporter: yeah, dan. this is fun. it's just like a regular game. they have the dance crew out there working on their moves. the concessions are open. they invite people could come on down. they expect 12,000 tonight. the warriors are up 2-0 and they can take a stranglehold on this series if they win tonight in cleveland. for the kachz to have any realistic chance to capture the series, they absolutely positively have to win game three this evening. let's head out to cleveland and abc 7 sports anchor mike shumann
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there live for us. how you doing? >> reporter: all right, larry, doing great. the anticipation building here at quicken loans arenna. and game three has been kryptonite for the warriors, they're 0-3 he in the postseason. for the cavaliers this is the most must-win in the history of their franchise. game three is the toughest to win with the change of vern ew and the other people's home crowd. a loose gunch of player buzz they know they can pretty much close this series out with a win tonight. we talked to steve kerr after the shootaround. he says he wants his team to play with an edge. >> we understand the opportunity that we have so we will have an edge tonight. we're going to come out and we'll be ready to play and we want to bring our best stuff and if we can get it done tonight, we're in a great spot. we know that. >> we're in a good position, but it can be reversed pretty
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quickly. we've been on the other side of that. so we've got to stay aggressive, got to stay locked in. >> reporter: all right, kevin love will not play for the cavaliers. he is still under concussion protocol. they haven't named who will start. something to look forward to. reporting live from quicken loans arena, mike shumann. back to you dan and ama. >> thank you. just ahead on abc 7 news as 4. first anger now death threats against the judge in the stanford swimmer sex ult assault case. you'll hear why some say the criticism is eun fair. i'm spencer christian. it's turning breezy and cooler. i'll show you what kind of weather is coming our way coming up in just a moment. i'm amy hollyfield live in cleveland at the cavs fanfest. it is loud here. the fans are fired up. but so are the warriors farns who are here. we'll take you right into the middle of the action coming up next on abc 7 news continues.
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dread locks along with a fake beard. witnesses say the robber has also wore tan colored make juch. he struck twice once in san francisco in april and san mateo in may. a palo alto judge is now receiving death threats as rage grows over the six month sentence he gave a former stanford swimmer convicted of sexual assault. abc 7 news reporter david louie is live at the courthouse where security, david, has been beefed up because of this. >> reporter: it has, dan. and those threats are unnerving but the courts have been operating normally all day today. now, criticism continues to grow over the sentence and over stanford's handling of the assault. graduating seenor yores this sunday at commencement at stanford are planning a protest. >> he has received threats, and his family has received threats. >> reporter: as a veteran public defender, he is in the judge's courtroom every day. that gave former stanford swimmer brock turner a six month
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sentence for sexual assault. a recall campaign is under way. >> he as a kind nan. he's a well measured man. ''s an excellent jurist. he follows the rules. he follows the statute. he follows the process. the process worked here. >> reporter: supporters pount point out the judge is a former prosecutor of sexual assault cases in santa clara county with the understanding of the impact on victims. >> ke go back and look at what he experience over the years. he's bb on the bench and as a prosecutor. and i think that helps him make the proper decision in each and every case. >> reporter: however, his status as an elected judge makes him vulnerable for criticism regarding unpopular decisions. he is running unopposed this year. >> on the one hand you want them to be independent. on the other hand, that comes at a cost, which is full accountability. >> reporter: an intoxicated brock -- he still can't shake what he witnessed. >> i mean, pretty hard to see
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something like that for a long time. hard to think about. >> campuses across the country are seeing more victims stepping forward to report rape. among the top ten in 2014 were brown and uconn with 43 cases, 42 at dartmouth, 37 at west leon, 33 at harvard and 26 is the stanford. according to data analyzed by "the washington post." in palo alto, david louie, abc 7 news. now, much more of this case is ahead on an early edition of abc 7's "world news tonight with david hur." see the picture of brock turner that prosecutors say proves he partied and used drugs well before his stan fords days. that's right after this newscast at 4:30 here on abc 7. california's right to die law talk icks effect tomorrow. the law allows terminally ill patients diagnosed with six months or less to live to receive prescriptions for a medication to end their lives. also tomorrow, people have to be 21 to buy cigarettes or tobacco in al cal. to the warriors, we're fast
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approaching tip-off to game three- >> larry biel is at oracle where thousands of fans are expected to cheer on their dubs from afar tonight, hi larry. >> reporter: yeah, this is going to be fun, ama. i'm waiting for everybody to come on in. the doors are going to be opening up and they're expecting 12,000 people. now, game three of the finals will get under way tonight at 6:00 p.m. here on abc 7. the warriors game in cleveland not too far away from another big sporting event that's taking event tomorrow, abc 7 news reporter amy hllyfield joins us live in cleveland with the story of some bay area fans who are certainly making the most of their east coast trip. had hi, amy. >> reporter: i've got to show uf these cavs fans. they're very serious about their cavs and they do not like the golden state warriors at all. we're having a costume change here. we've got a golden state warriors dunk tank here outside the arena. ouch. but seriously, we are the luckiest fans in the world
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because not only do we have the war years here in cleveland but we have the start just a couple of hours away playing in the stanley cup final. an opportunity some fans were talking about. these sharks fans were in pittsburgh when it hit them. the warriors were just down the road. >> within days of each other. it's pretty spectacular. just the luck of it all. >> reporter: so they jumped in a rental car and headed to cleveland and shelled out a lot of money. >> $900 for two games. >> reporter: are you married? >> married, yes. >> reporter: is she speaking to you? >> she's not too happy. but she understands. >> reporter: the warriors are in the mood to spend some money, too. she dined at this very nice steak and seafood restaurant last night as a team. blue market closed its curtains on these enormous windows and took down their cavs banners so the team could relax and enjoy this moment. their fans are also taking it all in, even though they're the unwanted visitors right now.
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>> i had to come to the one game i can make it out to. so i'm here representing. >> reporter: here's another look at that golden state warriors dunk tank going on right now in cleveland outside the arena. there she goes. ouch! i talked to the manager of that restaurant. he said, our warriors were very relaxed at dinner last night. hopefully they will be here. they can tune out all of this noise from the fans and bring us home another victory right here in cleveland on their home turf. reporting live in cleveland, amy hollyfield, back to the studio. >> that's what we're hoping for. amy, larry, it thank you. dub nation whether you're watching the game at oracle or at home, we want to see your warriors pride. just post on social media with the hash tag dubs on 7 and you could see your photos on air ow at abc 7 news.com. let's move you along now to the weather. still lovely around the bay area, breeze still up it seems to be. >> spencer christian is here with our accuweather forecast. hi, spencer. >> yes, it is breezy, pleasantly
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so, though. here's live doppler 7 hd. a few high clouds and even cloe low clouds moving toward the coastline as is usually the pattern this time of year. right now we have gusts to 25 miles per hour at sfo, 22 miles per hour at hayward. just breezy over the remainder of the bay area, current temperature readings raings from low 60s at the coast to mainly 60s and low 70s around the bay. we have a few upper 70s inland. as we look other a partly cloudy kai, these are the forecast features, morning low clouds and perhaps some spotty or isolated drizzle tomorrow morning, breezy and cooler the next couple of days and a warming trend begins over the weekend. here's the follow fog cast forecast starting at 7:00, much like last night, we'll see low clouds and fog pushing well across the bay and inland kwloefr night. 5:00 tomorrow morning as the morning commute begins, they'll be reduced visibility and maybe wet spots as isolated drizzle is expected. but the low clouds and fog will pull back to the coastline around midday and we'll have mainly sunny skies inland.
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overnight lows will be mostly in the low to mid fw50s. relatively mild. bear in mind there could be spotty drizzle not only near the coast but around the bay as well. and by afternoon tomorrow, we'll see high temperatures ranging from a breezy and cool 60 or 61 degrees along the coast to upper 60s and low 70s around the bay and then mid to upper 70s in the inland areas, maybe up to about 80 in a couple of spots. don't forget this evening the big watch party at oracle arena for game three of the nba finals. warriors of course in cleveland taking on the cavaliers. if you're traveling out to the arena, i know thousands will be, you'll arrive under partly sunny and breezy conditions and you'll depart under partly cloud your and cool conditions. here's the accuweather seven day forecast. there will be more cooling tomorrow and friday, but temperatures will bounce back over the weekend. it will get nice and warm inland on sunday and monday with highs in the upper 80s inland upper 70s around the bay and low to mid 60s on the coast. and then we'll start to cool down again with another little
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those plaques warning people not to dump garbage in storm drains maybe you've seen them are getting a makeover. abc 7 news was in san francisco's mission bay area as the public utilities commission unveiled these new sidewalk murals. they show all the litter that typically ends up in the bay and can then harm wild life. the puc plans to place more of these signs along ocean beech and lake merced. nothing like spending a warm spring day in the pool even if you're a bear. that's a bear relaxing at a home about 14 miles from downtown los angeles. the bear sat calmly for a little while, then took off after getting spooked. he's like, i'm out of here. private time, come on. there's a chopper spying on him? >> it's a nice day. >> just relaxing. >> i assume the bear had sunscreen on. we don't note abc 7 news at 4 continues. this are new animals at the san francisco zoo.
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the doors open in just a couple of minutes. we're expecting thousands of people behind me to enjoy game three between the warriors and the cavs. our coverage is going to continue at 5:00. the big man adonal foyle will join me and we're going to enjoy this set. i tell you this is a beautiful setup right here as well as mike shumann and amy hollyfield who will be live in cleveland to join us to set game three for you. big change for the cavs, in their starting lineup. we'll tell you about that all coming up when we see you for the pregame show at 5:00. >> it does look good. even better when the fans are there. >> that's right. full hoons will not be the same again at the san francisco zoo. >> no. a mariachi band celebrated the opening of a new wolf exhibit. three mexican gray wolves will live there. >> the xibtd has automatic feeders and surveillance video. the mexican gray wolf is endangered. only 100 exist in the wild. these three brothers will be used in a breeding program. an early edition of "world news tonight with david muir" is next. then at 5:00 our abc 7 news
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pregame show from cleveland and oracle arena. >> that is all for now. i'm dan tonight, the deadly terror attack. the horror inside. running for cover. gunmen opening fire at a popular shopping center. several dead. many more wounded, as police take down the shooters. also tonight, making history. >> oh, my gosh. >> the only team with hillary clinton before her big speech. the first woman to be nominated by a major party. and the moment she sees that crowd. tonight, we ask about donald trump, about the fbi investigation into her e-mail. can she assure voters nothing is coming? and what she revealed about the debates this fall against trump. the abc news exclusive. the swimmer convicted of sex assault. and the image now uncovered by our team. the stunning surveillance. the child kidnapped right in front of the mother. and now, the hero.
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