nate thurmond died today at age '4 after fighting leukemia for years he contributed to our "after the game" basketball show alongside larry beil. larry join us now to talk about this friend, nate. i know nate's illness kept hmm from working the find but he wented to do the show despite how sick he was. >> we were all hoping throughout the playoffs that somehow, some way nate would be able to come back. he loved to game so much and we talked basketball. it seemed like all the time we were talking about the warriors and this great season, and i would say with springtime when the diagnosis came in, leukemia, and nate had been faced with a number of serious health challenges in recent years itch thought he would beat it. he kept saying, save my seat for the finals. i'm coming back, and we were all hoping that, okay, well, maybe it might not be the start of the

finals, maybe game six or seven but the combination of unfortunately the leukemia and the chemotherapy left him too weak, and unfortunately we have this outcome that we we knew was coming but i was overwhelmed when i got the nose. he was wonderful man and you had the privilege of hanging out with us on saturday nights and we'd watch games together. anybody that nate met fell in love with him. never a bad word about anybody at any point and everybody just adored him. >> a true gentleman, and his face would just light up when you wanted to talk basketball. spent a lot of time offcamera together as well. tell us a nate thurmond story. >> i'll just give you one story that tells tells you what is ine man's heart and the kind of individual he was. we talk about a week ago and nate was making these phone calls and calling his friends,

basically, saying, thank you, and we were on the phone and he said, you know, map, we had a good run together, and i was like, past tense. what are you talking about just hit me like he was calling to say goodbye. and i immediately broke down and i was -- i couldn't even talk. i was just sobbing, and he said, larry, larry, just hang on a second. listen, okay? i'm 74 years old. i've had a great life. i got a great wife. i can't put marcy through this anymore. okay? i'm not angry. i'm at peace with what is coming. it's okay. don't feel bad for me. and he said, in a few days, i'm going to see god. and i'm just sobbing at this point. can't even have a conversation, and i said i don't want you to see god. want you to see kevin durant with me next season. and he goes, yeah, i wish. i wish i could do that. i just don't think it's going to happen, man. so thank you for everything. and i was just a wreck after

that. but here he is, he is facing -- he is looking death in the face and is trying to comfort me because i'm falling apart, and that is nate thurmond. a prince of a man, and i can't believe he's gone, and i miss him already. i just miss him. i wish there was some way that it worked out differently, but it didn't. >> i know. quite a spirit. as genting offcourt as he was ferocious on the court. thank you for the stories. we'll miss him. >> yeah. thank you, eric. >> the basketball world has responded to his passing on social media. donald foyle posted photos of the two on instagram. he said his heart breaks the won't be watching games together any longer but is grateful he and nate got to share a moment at last year's championship parade. andre iguodala tweeted, r.i.p.

nate thurmond. basketball legend irvin magic johnson also called nate one of the best and offered prayers to his family. the warriors had a series of tweets honoring big nate. this one i the box score from a game in 1965. showing an incredible 18 points and 42 rebounds for number 42, nate thurmond. nba commissioner adam silver issued a statement talking about nate's positivity off the court. he said nate brought the same passion to his community relationsbowl role with the golden state warriors warriors o benefited everyone he encountered. we're deeply saddened by his loss. we have much more on our web site, from fan reactions to a look back at his legacy on and off the court at abc7.com. >> isis called man who killed 84 people in france one of its

soldiers. france's interior minister said the man who drove a truck into a bastille day celebration was radicalized very quickly. also today the nice promenade opened to vehicle and walking traffic for the first time since thursday's attack. some people left flowers, candlessed teddy bears, notes of grief. more than 200 french movie theaters have pulled the action film "bastille day" from theaters out of respect for the victims and their families. the film centers around a terrorist plot to bomb paris. >> in san francisco, vigil for the victims just wrapped up at city hall. sergio quintana is live with the story. >> reporter: about 50 to 60 people came force this event. the newly installed french consul genoas here for a moment of silence and then led the crowd in a singing of the french national anthem. ♪

>> following the "charlie hebdo" attacks in january 2015, then the bataclan attacks in november, french men and women in the bay area have comp together to show solidarity withfamelies back home a few different times. the organizer over vigils say it's becoming a familiar exercise but said it's necessary to come together in these tragedies. this week's attack added a new dim negligence the pain inflicted on the country. the consul general said the world's democracies are under attack but must resolve not to let them change our ways of life. >> france and united states will stand together as they have always had allies, partners, as friends. who will never give in to these terrorists. >> reporter: the organizer of the vigil leaves a sizable group of french citizens living in the bay area. they had been planning several bastille events aimed at

celebrating the national holiday but they had to put together this vigil at the last minute so they could give an opportunity for their fellow french men and women to come here and pay their respects and show their solidarity to their families back home. reporting live at san francisco city hall, abc7 news. >> thank you. today a member of the british parliament got a firsthand look at the firearms seize from convict criminals in oakland. it's part of an event to demonstrate the contrast between gun violence in the u.s. and in the united kingdom. >> this gun killed a 15-year-old girl. this was the gun used to kill journalist chancey bailey. >> i don't i've ever seen so many guns even on military display in a museum, and it's just very sobering. >> reporter: guns, guns, and more gun us, turned this member of british parliament as he met with congressman eric swawell and the a a.m. alameda county

d.a. all of this firearms were actually used in murders and shootings in oakland. >> two men get into an argument, both pull out a handgun and start shooting at each other and somebody driving by gets killed. >> people shoot for sports in scotland. but not with automatic assault rifles. >> in a given year more people are shot in oakland than the entire country of scotland. >> we have people who are on the terror watch list who are able to buy a firearm. >> reporter: proposition 63 on the ballot in november would impose mandatory background checks to buy ammunition. some gun owners who chose not to go on camera, say california is punishing law-abiding citizens. >> criminals, terrorists, are not somebody who is going to follow the law, not going to abide by these restrictions on ammo. >> reporter: the guns on display here are back in a vault now, but plenty of others are still out there on the streets of oakland.

abc7 news. >> still ahead at 6:00, why an american is being blamed after the attempted coup in turkey. >> i'm meteorologist drew tuma. off to a cool start. temperatures absolutely below normal and the cooling trend continues not just for one ♪ ♪ get high speed internet from at&t. keep calm, your internet's on.

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their support for the government after last nights attempted coup. the flooded into city squares to cheer democracy. crowds chantedded, our land cannot be divide. the turkish president, erdogan, blaming the coup on a cleric who lives in the u.s. and is demanding the arrest of the man. the u.s. says it will examine the evidence carefully but turkey has to prove wrongdoing. he says he has been out of turkey for 16 years and had nothing to do with the coup. donald trump formally introduced his running made it to. trump called indiana governor mike pence a man of character. however the two differ on social issues. trump has said hi supports an amendment of the 1964 civil rights act to include discrimination based on sexual orientation in contrast, pence has been criticized for signing indiana's religious freedom law which allows businesses to discriminate against gays and

lesbians. the two also disagree on global trade and gun rights. trump hopes pence will bring republicans together. >> one of the reasons is party unity. i have to be honest. so many people have said, party unity. because i'm an outsider. i think it's one of the reason is want in landslides. this wasn't close. >> the republican convention kicks off monday in ohio. pence is expected to speak wednesday and trump on thursday. >> up next at 6:00, a sea of smoke in the north bay. what started this grass fire today. the weekend cooldown continues. see the low clouds and fog there drew tuma is up next. >> coming up in sports, we'll show you if phil mickelson could hang ton in the lead at the british open, and a's rookie

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>> a spark from a lawn mother caused a three and a half acre fire in the north bay. the san rafael fire department shared this video. it started this morning as

someone was cutting dry grass. the gusty winds spread the fire quickly. it's the second near two days caused by mowing. the grass is this only thing that burned. no one was hurt. meteorologist drew tuma has the accuweather forecast. >> we are cool today. going to slowly keep that cooling trend at least through monday before temperatures rebound to more annual level next week. live doppler 7hd showing you it's a quiet picture in terms of precipitation but notice right along the coast, live doppler 7 showing you the gray shading, the coastal clouds, the marine layer fully intact. closer to the background level you notice there's the cloud layer and it's getting exacerbated by a wind pushing in around the bay earlier today compared to yesterday. right now winds gusting to 22 miles-per-hour at novato. 17 at sfo. 18 in oakland. 21 fairfield. we'll keep the breeze with us through the evening and

overnight hours. right now we're down to 58 in san francisco, with mainly cloudy skies. more in the way in sunshine in concord, 81. 90 in antioch. santa rosa, 69. overnight tonight, the call everybody will drop into the 50s with that cloud cover pushing in, and around the bay. once again. and as a weak ripple of energy slides by to the north. future weather showing there's likely the chance of drizzle along the coast first thing on sunday. don't be surprised if you city a few drops on your windshield tomorrow morning along the coast. mid-morning and early afternoon the clouds pull back to the coast but once again, like today, a lot of fog along the ocean water with more sunshine if yo headed to the aids walk in san francisco tomorrow morning, 7:00, overcast skies, cool, and drizzle out there. so probably want the wind

breaker, perhaps a poncho. break's sunshine in the afternoon and temperatures in the upper 50s to lower 60s. highs on sunday, 84 in concord. 80 san jose. a cool 63 in san francisco. 80 in santa rosa. and napa, up to 70. live look outside from our santa cruz camera right now showing you the beach, not such a popular spot today with gray skies. first thing once again on our sunday, along the coast, have a fair amount of cloud cover. we'll call it afternoon breaks of sunshine but still a cool day. santa cruz, up to 69-degree. future tracker temperatures, next week, on your monday, look at this. this is cool for july. a lot of 60s around the immediate bay waters and a lot of our inland spots are really going to struggle to even get out of the 70s as we head back towork on monday. after that, temperatures are going to slowly start to recover. here's the accuweather

forecast. breezy afternoon monday. there's that cool day for july and then as we head into tuesday and wednesday, we are warming back up. thursday, we'll lose the marine layer, lots of sunshine around the bay, and the call friday and saturday, temperatures above normal for this time of the year. >> thank you for the info. >> rick quan has sports, and we are in mourning today for really classy guy. >> real sad day in sports here. as we reported earlier, former warrior great nate thurmond has died after a short battle with leukemia after he retired he work for the team as a good will ambassador. the third overall pick in the 1963 draft. the 6'11" thurmond played 11 seasons for golden state, averaging 15-points and 15 rebounds a contest and holds the franchise record for rebounds. a hall of famer, thurmond was name one of the 50 best players in nba history. he was 74 years old.

the british open has pretty mump come down do duel between phil mickelson and henrik stenson. let's go to scotland. these guys were looking for harry potter. mickelson worked his magic to give him a two-stroke lead. and then stenson pulls even and then mickelson regains the lead. and would give it up on 17. tee shot goes too far to the left and winds up in the rough. mickelson has to settle for a bogey. that resulted in a two-stroke schwin as stenson birdies the hole. with a 68 eleads by one at 12-under par. so this is your third-round leaderboard. stenson up by one over mickelson, then comes bill haws, six off the pace, followed by andrew johnston, lefty was okay with shooting a 70 today. >> today could have got away from me.

instead i shot under par and kept myself in it so i'm proud of that and love to employ the final round the way i did the first two and give myself a shot. >> won't be enough -- i know he's not going to back down, and certainly going to try to not back down, either should be an exciting afternoon. >> the a's won't likely may thick playoffs so their starting to take a look at youngsters. among them, ryon healy who was just culled up a yesterday. today against tort he got his first hit, three-run homer off r. a. dickey. the points to his family and an emotional moment for the healy clan hitches oakland teammates teased him by giving him the silent treatment before letting him know how they really feel. sonny gray wasn't great but got the win. three runs on six hits over six innings. in the third, encarnacion takes him deep but the a's got pair of home runs from chris davis.

he has three in two days. a's win 5-4, after the contest healy was treated to a pie in the face and a gatorade bath. welcome to the big leagues. >> the giants justin samardzija got the start. after walking the first two batters, janikowski i takes off. and it's or padres. the next batter, bloop to right center. that brings hole will miers and it's 2-0. now in the second. san diego still leads 2-0. stage 14 of the tour de france. a 130-mile race, germany's cotel had the lead heading to the finish but mark cavendish sprints past item win. it's his fourth statement win -- fourth stage win this year and 30th of his career. and this sports report has been

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for kids. tickets are $5 for adults and it's free if you're ten years old or younger. and that is it for abc7 news at 6:00. we'll see you at 9:00 and 11:00. and next on abc 67 news. some more pleasant stories around the bay area. we'll leave you with this wonderful shot of sfo, planes taking off and landing. take it easy.

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