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49ers quarterback colin kaepernick is creating controversy. he saves he i standing up for civil right biz sitting down during the unanimous anthem. lets get right to lonnie live at the raiders game in oakland. seems like everybody has something to say about the prefusal to stand up during the national anthem. >> reporter: this is definitely a talker. you can see there a lot of black jerseys here, not too many red jerseys but many football fans here and americans who have a lot to say about kaepernick's
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decision not to stan during the national anthem. jennifer chan shared a picture. you can see kaepernick sitting down while the rest of the team is standing before the game. we talked to football began fans about it. >> being a veteran and stuff, when you put that -- i understand his point of vow but that was not the right arena, especially with the unanimous them and that means so much more to other people. >> absolutely he has a right to sit down if he wants to and certainly it's an issue that we have that needs to be addressed in as many ways as possible and our athletes have the venue to broadcast that in a broad sense. >> i'm going to -- major lee baseball player and we cooperate dare do anything like that in the '60s when oncarlos made political statements and took a lot of an individual to make that stand. i'm sure hi'll beat him up but i
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d admire him. >> in an exclusive interview kaepernick said, quote, i'm not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color. he continues, quote to say, to me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other day. there are bodies in the streets and people getting paid leave get away with murder. live at the oakland coliseum this afternoon, chip kelly, the coach of the niners, did issue a statement saying the players have a right to participate or not participate in the national anthem. >> thank you. the protest fueling a lively debate on social media. adrian of the atlanta fallons said the easy thing to do is make fun of kaepernick.
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tiki says, kap is using his platform and brand to make a point which is his right even if met with ire. and former giants slugger tweeted,ing this guy is a joke. get lost you. don't like it in a country that has given you opportunities to succeed, then get out. police in walnut creek are looking for she shooter responsible for the city's first homicide of the year. the victim was shot and killed outside a popular sports bar. cornell bernard is live in walnut creek. you're talking to witnesses? >> reporter: you know, eric, many cannot believe that other shooting happen right here on locust street in downtown walnut creek. police say courtney brown was coming out of the sports bar when a man started shooting. >> just moved over on the street and i could see the flash of the gun. like six shots. >> reporter: the took cover
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inside the bar when gunshotted echoed. >> after that a lot of police here. one guy on the floor. >> reporter: happened at 1:30 al. the victim lay bleeding. >> officers immediately responded to the area, and located courtney brown, suffering from three gunshot wounds to his back. >> reporter: 38-year-old courtney brown has just left the sports bar when he was confronted bay gunman in his 20s. brown died later at a hospital. the gunman rap from the scene. -- ran from the scene. >> all information indicates this was not a random event. >> police are investigating a motive and if brown knew his killer. >> it's pretty cozy. >> reporter: locals say homicide don't happen in walnut creek. >> spliced in such a safe area. nothing like this since i've been here ever happened. so just a little shocking. >> a block away. kind of scary. >> reporter: vince cruz manages the walnut creek yaw club and
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says there's a busy crown on weekends. the city cracked down on late-night bars requiring many to stop serving by 17830 al- >> there is a police presence. >> reporter: managers at the bar have no comment. police say courtney brown leaves behind a daughter and a fiancee. in walnut creek, cornell bernard, abc7 news. >> the search is on for a killer in san jose following a stabbing this morning. police say they received a report of a disturbance just after midnight at bascom avenue and leon dry. the man had at least one stab wound. the police are looking for suspects and are investigating the motive the stabbing. also in san jose, police are asking for your help to fine a man who robbed two banks this month. they released this picture. the first robbery happened last fight at the chase bank on blossom hill road. the second was thursday afternoon at the wells fargo.
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hoe gave the tellers a note and stated he had a gun. >> equipment work by crews kept a fire from damaging a strip mall. the fire started around 4:00 this morning at the ramirez market on maple street. these are pictures from the fire department. the fire caused an estimated $300,000 in damage to the market. no other businesses had any significant damage. >> frightening moments in the air when an inning engine mishap force evidence a southwest jetliner to make an emergency landing. passengers heard a loud bang this morning. a part came loose inside the engine of the engine's front facing flew off and the debris punctured the side of the fuselage. that depressurized the cabin, oxygen masks deployed and the pilots quickly landed in pensacola, florida. donald trump is talking -- taking new criticism today after
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a tweet that many say is trying to capitalize on tragedy. devin dui is in washington with the latest on the race for president. >> reporter: donald trump back on the road in the crucial political battleground, iowa. >> african-americans, hispanics, vote for donald trump. i will fix this. >> reporter: the nominee repeating his controversial new appeal to minority voters, specifically african-americans. >> what do you have to lose? >> reporter: also taking heat over a tweet sent this morning about nba star dwayne wade, whose cousin was killed by stray bullet on friday, saying, quote, dwayne dwayne wade's cousin was shot and killed walking her baby in chicago. just what have been saying. african-americans will vote trump. critics accused trump of racism and using a real life tragedy for political gain. that didn't stop the nominee from doubling down during a
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speech in iowa. >> more than 6,000 african-americans are the victims of murder, of murder, every single year. just yesterday, the cousin of nba star dwayne wade, a great guy, dwayne wade, was the victim of a tragic shooting. >> reporter: rival hillary clinton spent saturday morning in her first national security intelligence briefing. the motorcade arrived at the fbi field office in white plains, new york. the democratic not anymore attending alone for more than two hours. the running mate, tim kaine on the trail keeping up the heat against trump. >> just look at this whole pattern of activity, on donald trump's side, and it's not the community of respect he is pitching. it's the division and blame game. >> reporter: election day now 72 days away. abc news, washington. >> ahead, an expansion idea in
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south bay that neighbors say stinks. how residents in one city are trying to stop a land fill from getting bigger. highlights of an event to honor a local journalist and help save countless lives. >> 60s and stens in across the bay today. the marine layer has a large part to do with that. i'll let you know if there's a
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>> abc news was in milpitas where dozens opposed a land fill. the organizes happen it will
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urge city leaders from doubling the land fill size. one man scrubbed the odor. >> rotten egg, that kind of smell. just come out you nose and you have to cover your nose. >> the city of milpitas has sued the land fill prayedor over the smells. happening now. students at uc berkeley are celebrating the roping of bowls hall. cal provided the pictures. undergrad students, grad students and professors moved in last week and participate in weekly dinners and volunteer work. the building first openin' 1929. it's thought to be in the nation's first residential college. target is holding a one-day sale to win back customers the company will discount offering by 10%. it's trying to win back shoppers after a boycott over its restroom policy this year.
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the company allowed customers to use the restroom or fitting room for their current identity. coming up a cafe owner's reaction following a robbery. his heart-warming message the criminal and what is driving his decision to choose kindness over contempt. >> the city reached 69 degrees today. the average high but hasn't reached 70 all week long.
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>> forgive and forget, the message from a cafe owner in new york city after shock broke in and stole cash from the register. people are stopping to read the message. the thief made off with $3,000. the owner says his muslim faith requires him to forgive. >> the way i was raise, always
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forgive and always forget. >> i like the fact he is humble about and it forgiving. >> brings the community together. >> you think you would have done that? >> possibly not. >> he has not reported the crime to police. part of the message urges the thief to get help if they stole the money to get high. abc7 news was at oakland's lake merritt where hundreds of people walked to raise money to help bay area women fighting breast cancer, carolyn tyler helped start friends of faith, honoring her friend and fellow tv journalist who died of breast cancer in 2003. >> she would go into the hospitals or her doctor's office and meet women who had few irresources than she did, that maybe barely could scrape enough money together to get a cab ride to the doctor's office. she wanted to do something about and it asked if we would be willing to form an organization to help underserved women.
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>> faith was amazing. friends of faith has raised millions of dollars over the past 12 years. >> now your accuweather forecast with lisa argen. >> we started off with a marine layer and took awhile to clear back to the coast. right now you can see along the shoreline we're still looking at low clouds and fog from half moon bay, down the coast, and into marin county. so, once again, tiburon, looking at clouds and as we pan out, i want to show you this. this is our area of low pressure. a few troughs have continued to visit us for the month of august. that combined with persistent marine layer we're looking at the cool pattern continuing. here's a live look outside from the east bay hills camera. a little fog out there but a nice afternoon. 65 san francisco, 72 mountain view. at the coast, low sixes in but actually a pretty nice afternoon. at half moon bay. here's the look from mt. tam.
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the low cloud deck is ready to mo in. the wind dusting to over 25 miles-per-hour. 74 and 73, livermore and concord no, 80s today. and finally, from emeryville, you're looking kind of hazy out there due to a southwest wind and that will keep sunday on the hazy side. clouds making a comeback across the bay. the mild pattern continues. we'll have warmer temperatures briefly by the end over week. overnight lows mild, 60, san jose, so here's the plan for the next several hours. notice the fog in the north bay from marin to sonoma, across the bay. down along the peninsula, san jose, and then by tomorrow, the marine layer come pressing just a little built so we should see mostly sunny skies by 11:00. partly sunny conditions at the beach, and speaking of the beach, accept -- santa cruz,
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nice and 72 for monday and by tuesday, still going to be nice along the coast, but we'll see some changes, more fall-like changes. 65, mild afternoon. half moon bay. partly sunny. same deal in san francisco, across the bay, cooler than, 70 in oakland should be 72. 82 in walnut creek, and inland still pleasant. 84 by the delta. so monday, limit evidence warmth, mid-80s here, and then on tuesday, below average, extra cloud cover, we'll see a trough that could produce showers in mountains and then by wednesday, slightly warmer on the back side of the system will boost temperatures by the end of the week. 79 in san jose, look at temperatures along the peninsula tomorrow, low to mid-70s. so comfortable, very little change. 65 san francisco, north bay, more mid-70s.
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east bay, 72 hayward, 74 fremont, and inland, low a 80s from livermore, 87 in brentwood. the accuweather forecast, 60 along the shoreline, a coolest day is tuesday and then breezy wind'sen wednesday at the coast. there's the slight bumpup on friday. >> mike shumann hayes the night off. rick quan is here with a look at sports. >> a brand new set and brand new football season. we'll hear from davis web on his winning debut, and colin kaepernick's decision not to stand up for the national anthem is not the only reason he may find him sitting on the bench.
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>> colin kaepernick's decision not to stand up for the national anthem may not help hi popularity among 49ers fans and neither will last night's performance against the packers. camper nick looked rusty, completing just two of six passes for 14 yards and three passes were deflected. perhaps his best play is when he scrambled for ten yards but came up short of a first down. after the contest was asked if he is still in the running to start the season opener. >> you know, that's really up to chip and the coaching staff, about in new mind i can win just feels good to be back on the field. exciting to be out there. wish i was out the a little bit more but it was good to get out there and get my feet wet.
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>> never going to mange decisions walking off the field. we have to be better. we played better in houston. didn't play well on offend at all in any position so we have to clean that up. >> cowboys quarterback tony romo might be out for a while with a broken bone in his back. he got hurt in this play on thursday against the seahawks. coach jason garrett says it is not a season-ending injury but would not put a timetable on his return. imromo can't play dak prescott would start. the cal bears are feel golden gate about their season opener. yesterday they beat hawai'i by 20 in australia. among those making the trip to sydney, marshawn lynch. the new bears quarterback david webb had a great debut, the lieu for more than 440 yards and four touchdowns. two of those tds went to chad hansen, who had 14 catches, for
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160 yards. cal went on to win 51-31. davis and hansen have developed a strong connection. >> last night i had -- we fell one short. i felt like that -- had a chance and had a big day, and stepped up. >> just happy to be out there with our team, in sydney, australia, being out here with our brothers and just getting a win is a way to start the season. >> such a great opportunity to experience something that is so different, and special. so, yeah, would anticipate this becoming an annual event. >> no thank you baseball. the giants began the day one game back of the dodgers, san francisco plays atlanta in half hour. albert segura will start for jake peavy. the dodgers take on the cubs today, clayton kershaw getting closer to making his return.
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corey seger ties the contest with one in the first, 23rd 23rd homer of the year is a franchise record for a shortstop. julio had a strong outing and tied a career high by striking out eight over six innings. trailing 3-1 in the seventh, in the cubs cut the lead to one on this jason hayward rbi sing but would get no closer, dodgers win 3-2, and their lead in the west is a game and a half. the a's are playing in st. louis now. the in the fourth, oakland trails 2-0. that's a look at sports for now. >> tony romo, the hard luck guy. >> hays body has taken so many blows. maybe time to hang it up. >> might be. ahead, chance encounter that led to the opportunity of a lifetime. ♪ >> in perfect harmony. how this social media post led to a big hi, i'm dominique wilkins. when you have type 2 diabetes, like me,
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>> to two strangers taking part in a spontaneous duet will keep on singing. ♪ >> she captured this moment at a hospital near houston. he husband decided to play a piano and was joined by a woman who was passing by. they've become a web sensation, getting more than four million views. now they plan to record song together.
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that's it for abc7 news at a 2:00. test test testyour time. welcome to "w tonight." breaking news. the midair scare at 30,000 feet. a southwest flight bound for orlando making an emergency landing. the cabin losing pressure. one of the plane's two engines torn away. the hunt for the suspects who killed a young mother walking with her daughter on the streets of chicago. the victim, the cousin of an nba star. dwyane wade's message tonight. donald trump under fire for his response to that tragedy from the very voters he's desperately trying to win over. >> it can't get any worse. what do you have to lose? >> now hillary clinton under fire too. tonight an abc news exclusive, the new e-mails. did

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