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>> chaos on capitol hill. a historic sit in over gun control measures is entering the 15th hour right now. good evening. i'm dan ashley. >> i'm ama daetz. let's take a live look from inside the house of representatives. he is live streaming on periscope. the house just officially adjourned for the day. >> but democrats are still refusing to leave. cornell bernard is here in the newsroom with more on, cornell, a surreal scene. >> it is surreal and historic. the democratic standoff continues. they refuse to leave the house floor until there is a vote on gun control. >> turn the cameras back on. turn the microphones back on. people across america can hear what is happening on this house floor. >> democrats took the house floor hostage. cameras were ordered shut

off. they declared they will sit on the house floor until speaker paul ryan allows a vote on gun control. >> i did not want a terrorist to have access to our gun. how can we protect somebody's civil liberties if you won't come to the table? >> they attempted to call the house back to order. >> the house is currently not in a state of order. >> we will call in on the leadership of the house to bring common sense, gun control legislation to the house floor. give us a vote. >> holding pictures of orlando shooting victims, democrats are pushing for measures that would extent background checks and block gun purchases for those already on a terror watch list. the move coming just dayses after all four gun amendments failed in the senate. east bay representative barbara leigh held a picture of sek teen-year-old reginay jeffreys gunned down in oakland last week. leigh told us she is not going

anywhere. >> people in our country are sick and tired of gun violence. enough is enough. >> i admire barbara leigh for had stand she has taken. >> wall we want is justice for reginay, that's all. >> they could adjourn until july 5th. the minority leader nancy pelosi called republicans cowardly. she said democrats will be on the house floor regardless. cornell bernard, abc7 news. >> amazing to up what. thank you. we will keep streaming the representative's periscope. you can watch it by downloading the news app and on our website, abc7news.com. now to breaking news happening in san francisco where two bicyclists have died in separate hit-and-run incidents. the most recent at seventh and howard streets before 8:30 p.m.

police are investigating and the investigators tell us the driver ran a red light and killed the bicyclist. the driver took off on foot, but was arrested a short time later. traffic is being affected near seventh and howard. >> and two hours earlier a woman on a bicycle was hit and killed in golden gate park. the driver took off after leaving the car. it happened just before 6:30 on jfk at 30th avenue. katie is live for us. katie? >> dan, the seen is clear, but they were here for house investigating. it is not the only scene. the car was found nearby. paramedics work frantically to save a woman's life as she laid in the road and her twisted bicycle nearby. >> i look and i can see the woman cyclist who just passed us on the road fly up and i saw her bike fly the opposite way. >> police say the driver abandoned the car. it was a white honda fit with dealer plates a quarter mile

away. a witness saw two men in the car. he says they were going 50 or 60 miles an hour and passing other cars. >> they clearly went to the opposite direction of traffic and went far enough to run right into that lady head on. police continue to search for the driver and the passenger. they say the car was not reported stolen. live in san francisco, abc7 news. >> thank you, katie. now to the scandal rocking the oakland police department. tonight the residents of oakland are getting an apology. >> on behalf of the oakland police department we are sorry. this has caused embarrassment not only for our department, but for the city of oakland. >> those word from oakland police as the department is rocked by multiple scandals. just within the past two weeks, chief sean went abruptly resigned. they reported two interim chiefs. one was removed in a week and the other stepped down days after that.

the department has been hit with a growing sex scandal involving an underage girl. on top of that, some officerses are under investigation for sending racist texts. and a sergeant is accused of letting his mistress write up some of the police reports. some are calling for the mayor to resign over the mismanagement. they say the federal monitor needs to be held accountable. >> this doesn't start overnight. my question is what did he know and how did he find out about it, and why didn't he fix it? >> oakland police are committed to the community. >> this radio direct the officer to someone who needs help and someone who needs service. we are still here to do that job every day. we will remain doing that job very focused. >> oakland has delayed the police academy to give the city time to revamp the hiring and the recruiting practices in the wake of the scandal. just minutes ago san francisco's police commission

approved a new use of rules for officers. one had more community input and the other supported by the police officers sews -- association. it was introduced today and it will require de escalation techniques and ban the chokehold called the corodid restraint. today they filed lawsuits after a teacher was accused of soliciting nude photos. high school science teacher douglas lay posed as a girl on-line and asked hundreds of boys for explicit photos and sent often graphic texts. they arrested him in april on suspicion of child endangerment. today gloria allred said the school district first found out about his text in october of 2014, but allowed him to continue teaching. >> but for the negligence and

the failures of the school district these children would not have to suffer what they are suffering today. >> the district said it took the strongest course of action it could against lay after the 2014 incident. >> hundreds of men strutted in high heels to bring attention to sexual assault. the walk a mile in her shoes event came on the same day the brock turner case made headlines again. lilian kim has the story. >> reporter: it is not easy walking in a woman's shoe which is why some veteran marchers chose wisely. >> one has a wider heel than i had last year. two they were cute. >> this is a 15th annual walk a mile in her shoes event. the goal is to raise $100,000. it is also to bring awareness to sexual assault. it is due to brock turner's six-month jail sentence. the stanford swimmer was

accused of attacking an unconscious woman under the pseudonym, emily doe. today santa clara county district attorney says he is pushing for legislation that would require a prison sentence in cases like turner's. >> let's send a legacy that will send the next brock turner to prison. >> a newly released poll says two-thirds want to recall persky. the majority believe it is a sign that persky is not a fair judge. all of which seems to be resonating with the men in the crowd today including this young man who will be attending stanford in the fall. >> recognizing the privilege we have and also making sure to contribute to a safe environment. >> a sign that some men are man enough to walk in her shoes. in san jose, lilian kim, abc7 knew. >> in marin county firefighters expect to contain

a small fire by tomorrow morning. the half acre fire started after 4:00 this afternoon in cascade canyon. the firefighters made several airdrops in that steep terrain. there is the helicopter doing that work. there were no injuries and no structures were threatened. the crews with i will stay overnight to watch -- the crews will stay overnight to watch for hotspots. >> still ahead at 11:00, danger in the sky. the f-16's that were scrambled to keep the california bound plane safe. >> and a key vote is getting underway right now across the pond. >> when did you realize you were really good at this? >> when only one person could beat me. >> meet the bay area arm wrestler who is trying to become the best in the world. >> it was a cooler afternoon, but don't get used to it. the temperatures will surge soon. i'll tell you when in the accu-weather forecast. >> first a look at what is coming up on "jimmy kimmel

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a pair of f-16's escorted a bound to tucson. they say it was after a passenger made a threat to the fleet crew. 80 passengers were on board were rescreened and reboarded the plane to los angeles. right now british voterses are disieting if -- deciding if the nation will leave the european union. voting began minutes ago and this is a live look at a polling station in london right now. british conservatives are behind the vote. they have called the eu elitist and job destroying because of the regulation. the london school of economics said leaving the eu would devastate the economy. voters are going to the polls now. >> interesting to see how that turns out. if you live in the east bay a warning after sikh home burglaries in the past 24

hours. four robbery attempts. in two incidents they say the suspect ran off when they heard someone was home. police are investigating two residential burglaries. one happened on wild plum way. both interrupted by the homeowner. some kids dream of being a professional basketball player, but one man had a different dream. he wanted to be a professional arm wrestler. >> luke is vying for a world title this weekend in a sport that requires serious training >> luke kent has been repairing for this for a longtime. >> this is the biggest tournament i have ever been to. >> he will be on the world stage in the world where he grew up. luke is a mechanic and he always liked working on cars.

as a teenager he found another use -- another use for the right arm. >> when did you realize you were good at this if. >> when only one other people could beat me. >> he made it all the way to the final. and he beat a legendary champion. victory comes in hard work. 100 pound one-harm -- one-arm curl. there is a size difference from right to left. >> arm wrestling is a game of strength and a game of speed. that's how luke got his nickname , lightning luke. >> what is the quickest way to lose a match? >> ready go. i got my nickname because of how fast i am. >> he is not pushing my arm to the table. he is pulling it. >> there is no pushing. that's how you break your arm. >> it is a game of angles and

leverage. not a single match will be easy. >> abc7 news. >> who knew? do you want to lose me again? >> let's talk about the weather forecast. >> drew has the latest. drew? >> and dan and ama, going to feel similar to how it did today in the afternoon. then over the weekend we will warm up across the region. live doppler 7hd. you can see a little cloud cover at this hour. 59 in oakland with a little cloud cover on half moon bay. 59 mountain view and 60 san jose. brentwood is still holding on to mild air. we'll show you the picture outside. a live look from the exploratorium camera. a beautiful and almost full moon. you notice we have mainly

clear skies from the vantage point and it has called for the near average temperatures. we'll have the warm up over the weekend, but into early next week the heat will get intense, especially on tuesday. we want to get you prepared for the heat moving in on tuesday. it won't only be inland. it will be on the bay and the coast. there is a little cloud cover on the coast. everyone will drop into the 50s. these will be your starting temperatures for your thursday. future weather. watch the cloud cover regroup first thing on your thursday morning. there will be breaks in the cloud cover along the coast. we will call it a blend of sunshine. away from the coast it will be total sunshine it is indicative of the breeze and it will keep temperatures in check. 67 the high in san francisco. 76 in oakland and about 84 in san jose and 87 in napa and 88 in concord and antioch. we'll call it warm, a temperature of 91 tomorrow. if you are heading to the

beaches it will booy a nice afternoon. we start off with cloud cover and afternoon sunshine. 61 half moon bay. if you are going to the beach, just note that the rip currents will be rather strong tomorrow. even strong swimmers can get pulled under the strong rip current this time of year. on friday you will have partly cloudy skies, but it will burn off. saturday and sunday total sunshine and pretty comfortable temperatures in the lower 70s. they will take you into monday. the coast on monday not too bad. i want you to be prepared on tuesday. we don't have the on shore breeze keeping us cool along the coast. lower 90s in the south bay. even inland we are in the lower 100's. accu-weather seven-day forecast. average temps tomorrow and a slight breeze on friday. into the weekend there is a lot of

sunshine, but you notice the temperatures are warmer. it is hot on monday along the bay and in the coast will then from there we'll do the downward trend late next week. >> thank you, drew. >> still ahead on abc7 news at 11:00, to the victor go the spoils. >> senator barbara boxer pays

well, a deal is a deal and a bet is a bet. barbara boxer paid off her nba finals bed with an nba lawmaker. she put on a lebron james jersey and put on the 21st amendment bruise to senator brown. >> boxer said she almost included a warrior towel because brown will be sweating the next time the two teams meet, that's for sure. >> she has that right. on to sports. larry is off. >> that's right. we have rick quan in tonight. >> hi, uma. coming up in sports we know would will play in the copa america final. and the giants close out another victory in style of the

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bruce fans are looking for bruce bochy. he connected with two on and it was 6-1 pirates. buster posey's flyball bounceses into the stand for a ground rule r.b.i double. the giants added three runs in the 6th. he slices it and it goes off his glove for a two-run double. 245 gave san francisco a 7-6 lead. in the 9th, the pirates had the tieing run and a strike em out, throw em out double play ends the game. 7-6 what is -- 7-6 was the final. the a's were trying to make it two straight over the brewers. in the fourth oakland took a 1-0 lead. cocoa crisp with a little pop in his bat. the a's rookie struck out nine beaters in six innings.

but milwaukee got to him for three runs in the fifth to the wall, but he runs out of room. the a's had a man on for billy butler who hits this ball high and deep to left, but not deep enough. that is your ballgame. the a's lose it 4-2. oakland goes on the word to take on the angels. the right to play argentina in the copa finals was played. it was played at chicago's soldier field. in the seventh minute off a bad defensive header the goal makes it 1-0chile. the defending champs scored again in the 11th minute. it is the easy tap in. rain and lightning caused the game to be delayed. chile goes on to win it 2-0. on sunday they will have a

rematch. the u.s. plays columbia for third place on saturday. and this abc7 sports report has been brought to you by riverwalk casino. copa has been a lot of fun. >> thank you, rick. >> well, before we go we want to give you another live look at washington, d.c. the capitol building where the house democrats are still staging that sit in. >> they are refusing to leave the floor until a gun control vote is taken. house republicans will call tomorrow's session to order any minute now and they could try to adjourn the house until after july 4th. >> democrats say they don't plan to leave the floor tonight or anytime soon. we are streaming this historic event on our website, abc7news.com. much more on the morning news at 4:30 a.m. s