live, where you live, this is abc 7 news. >> science isn't separate from politics, it is part and parcel of how a society moves forward. >> supporters of science feeling undersiege taken the streets of several bay area cities. marchers in about 700 cities worldwide stand in solidarity for earth day. i'm eric thomas it's not weird, it's science and it's important. that's a message thousands of people share today and they want people to know it's not a political football.

as we said, marches all over the bay area today. we are live in berkeley where a march is happening right now. cornell. >> reporter: eric, for now there is a rally going on here' this plaza. hundreds of people are here in support of science. right now speakers talking to the crowd about global warming, climate change, and the benefits of medical research. earlier thousands of people took to the streets of san market street packed wall to wall with thousands of marchers out in support of science. becky full lop brought her daughter from oakland. >> i believe that science is not something we should have to be marching for and yet with the current administration it's something tt' threatened. >> many believe trump has shown little respect for the importance of science. >> basic things are under attack, which i don't support. i'm also here because i believe

that science itself and technology regardless of who the president is should be more inclusive. >> the march from the foot of market street made its way toward civic center. some students came with their science classes. >> why are you here today. >> because i won't to save this earth. >> before the march, san francisco supervisor who is hiv-positive told the troud crowd science saved his life. >> we continue to funding the fushlg knowledge of our planet or our universe and cures to save thois of lives. >> science is no myth. >> we want the same thing, a better for our families and lufds ones and community and if we can agree upon that then we can have a reasonable discussion about how to move forward. >> in an earth gueye statement president trump said my administration is betting understand of our environment and better environmental risks.

>> we're back life. this rally for science continues on the cal campus. there are several more speakers expected. later the group will march to civic center park all in the name of science. we're live in berkeley, cornell bernard, abc 7 news. >> thank you very much. abc 7 news was at san jose city hall when scientists and their supporters kick off a march through downtown. wa'turprised by the turnout. >> there's a very strong presence fs science in santa clara valley. practically a whole economy is dependent on science and evidence-based decision making and we lead the nation and the world in innovation. >> i think it's going to be a wonderful start to folks standing up for rand evidence-based policy and science. >> organizers also told us they like to see politicians of all parties support science education and scientific projects across the country. >> let us say yes to science, technology, engineering, arts

and math. >> science supporters held a sear reeves events at the nation's capital in addition to a march, demonstrators took part at a teach-in in the national mall. they included bill ny the science guy, john foley executive director of the academy of sciences in san francisco. president trump did not comment on the marches today. his first 100 days in office are coming to a conclusion. mr. trump had vowed action and accomplishments in his first 100 days but now he's calling the benchmark ridiculous. we have more. >> coast to coast from new york to l.a. and in 60 different countries around the world, the march for science celebrated scientific achievement and protested some of the policies of the trump administration. >> the policies of the administration are so dangerous. >> the president made no menti of the rallies during his first visit to waltereed hospital today. >> i heard about this and i wanted to do it myself.

>> where he awarded the purple heart to sergeant injured in afghanistan. he face a big week as his first 100 days in office winds down. the president still hoping to put points on the board teasing a major announcement ahead. >> we'll be having a big announcement on wednesday having do with tax reform. >> but the tax plan comes during the threat of a government shut down. lawmakers have until midnight friday to pass a spending plan. democrats have signaled they may not vote for a budget that undermines the affordable care actor that includes his famous border wall. >> we're going to have the wall, mexico's going to pay for the wall, we're going to suspend immigration from terror-prone regions. >> during the campaign the president himself laid out what he hoped to accomplish in these first 100 days. >> and the funny thing is donald trump is actually one that has set the bar on this. i think he talked about it 17 or 18 different times about how successful his first 100 days

was going to be. >> all of which raises the pressure now. david wright, abc news, washington. >> a group of east bay activists marked earth day by voigs their fears about how rising sea levels could change had the place where's we live and work. abc 7 news was in local land when members of citizens for east shore parks carried blue banners new jack london square. tey believe ring sea levels could push t shore inland to broadway and second strt. one of the group's leaders says there is still time to act. >> we need to stop pretending that this is some chinese hoax or this is not real or it's not happening. this is no longer theory, it's real, it's happening. second, we need to fund scientific research to sum come up with some of the best solution zblds if sea levels do rise by the levels they expect by 2,100 then mieflz freeway, even the oakland airport could be submerged. take a look at other science marches across the nation.

and make sure 10 to able push alerts on the app to get the alerts on your mobile device. the search is on for a gunman who injured one man in a shooting in san jose. police sponld to the scene around 3-clirt this morning. the two wounded victims are expected to survive. an east bay man is in jail tonight on sfoint $5 million bail on charges of murder and molestation. sheriff deputies arrested richard bethel yesterday. they began investigating him last month after a girl said he assaulted her then tried to kill her. detectives believe there may be additional victims from he previously lived or spent time in santa clara county, keen counties. a judge sentenced a man to 931 years in prison on c molestation charges. ron generality toe was also ordered to pay 1 mnl million dollars in restitution to each

of the 15 victims. he taught at making waves academy and founded a youth program where he molested boys. he was arrested in 2014 while he was working at an elementary school in richmond. a frightening start on saturday morning to people in vallejo. an underground electrical box sent flames into the air. firefighters used dry chemical extinguishers to control the fire until pg&e bot gott there. a close call today for a san francisco firefighter on the scene of a vacant school fire. in is video the department posted on social media. fire department tells us the flame scorched a firefighter's protective gear which worked to protect him from suffering burns. no word yet on what started that fire. a passenger said he just had enough after seeing a flights attendant's treatment of a sobbing mother.

>> no one's hurt a baib baby. >> tonight we're getting the airline's side of the story about a stroller incident at sfo. plus an act of kindness by local dentists that's giving people a reason to smile. >> and good evening i'm abc 7 news meteorologist mike mikko. let's open the window on emeryville, you can see the clouds are significantly cooler this day. what i'm looking at are sprinkles

fothere's a seriousy boomers virus out there that's been almost forgotten. it's hepatitis c. one in 30 boomers has hep c, yet most don't even know it. because it can hide in your body for years without symptoms, and it's not tested for in routine blood work.

the cdc recommends all baby boomers get tested. if you have hep c, it can be cured. for us it's time to get tested. ask your healthcare provider for the simple blood test. it's the only way to know for sure. you're looking at the view many drivers saw while today he's march for science moved along market street in san francisco. fy city officials blocked several streets and traffic

crawled through market and in the financial districts. >> you do that to me and i'll knock you flat. >> you stay thought of. >> new details tonight about this confrontation on a plan from san francisco ton dallas. passengers say american airlines flight attendant nearly whacked a baby with the stroller. this was taken moments after. they say a mother tried to bring a double-wide stroller down the aisle which was not going to fit. the airline says when the flight attendant tried to tell her to check it she began to cry and another passenger got involved. the flight aand it tend ant is now on paid administrative leave while the airline investigates. they say what we see on this video does not reflect our values or how we care for our customers. a free dental clinic served about 1,000 people today and volunteer dentists plan to be back tomorrow. they were in san mateo when they transformed an exhibital into a

giant dentist office. had he helped folk, many of whom have a hard time paying for dental work. >> it's just as rewarding for the volunteers as it is for the patients. i can't even stress enough how heart-warming it is when patients come up to you in tears thanking you, you know, thanking us for giving back their smile and their dignity. >> the free dental clinic will reopen at 5:30 tomorrow morning. a pair of popular bay area birds adds to its brewed. that's next. also whether astronauts on the international space station have green thumz. >> i have more on the way for tomorrow, but if you want some warm w

spacex today celebrated earth today with this image of the world. they say this image was taken during the ses 10. this that is a communication satellite that became part of history which it was launched on march 30th from a rocket. it was the first time a rocket was reused if the astronauts received several tons of supplies aboard the international space station today. >> and peggy we copy and concur good capture, great flooit fly-in we are good for saving. >> you are showing them on earth help a transport ship dock at the station. one of them will test for anticancer drugs, another say habitat for testing weightless conditions. a pair of well known bald eagles have added to their nests. they report an eaglet was born two or three weeks ago at an

elementary school in milpitas. you know i've lost a little weight, maybe we should talk about the elephant in the room which would be me, not drew. it's 5:16 on a saturday evening not a monday or tuesday morning and we're goi to get you throw the next three minutes talking about e next seven days. we've got a little bit of roller coaster. temperatures cooler today thanks to cloud cover. it's going to stay like this the next hour. we've got 60 in san ma ta toe area mid to upper 60s throughout the bay shore and the south bay. 70s hanging around antioch. santa rosa 68. live doppler 7 perched up 70. picking up mid-level moisture has as the sun goes do you we will see a few sprinkles in the north bay. wouldn't take an umbrella. this is the last push of the cold front that brought us the cooler weather today. we'll see a little bit of

clearing behind this once the sun sets may even uplight some of those high clouds and make for a gorgeous sunset so if you take a picture hash tag it at abc 7 now if you're going put it on social media. let me show you what's going open as far as san jose. still looking at those great green hills off in the distance. brighter, slightly cooler tomorrow, chances of rain early next week but next wooekds trending even warmer than this weekend. so here's a look at the next few hours. 6:00 those sprinkles possible. fist at the coast, mid 60s elsewhere. the clock 8 be in the mid fefts at 10:00 and even flirting with about 50 if you're heading out late tonight or heading home at midnight. in fact we'll drop down to about 40 snichl santa rosa, pal alto, 48, the rest of us around 50 to 53 degrees. tomorrow we're look at temperatures of 66 in sunniville, san jose 78, gilroy 70, 67 pam low alto. low 60s along the coast, 63 in

downtown san francisco. north bay napa near 70. along the eve bay shore, 64 to 66 degrees with oakland at 65. inland about 67 to 69. possibly evenset in antioch. livermore about 68 degrees if you're heading to that wine country. we've got the four game set wrapping up tomorrow at the coliseum it's 1:05 first pitch 62 up to 63 with more sunshine tomorrow, make sure you have that sun screen. now i want to jufrp ahead to 7:00 tomorrow morning you see a few clouds out there the, maybe a stray shoe shower in menna seen know county. sunday's going to be dry. so monday our next storm starts to move in during the morning hours you can see the cloud cover increase by noon there's a chance of some hours across the north day and during the even commute that's when we can get showers everywhere but not everybody is covered in green. they're going to be highly scattered. if fact, look at the rainfall amounts it's not until noon when weapon get some of the

measurable rain up in the north bay and as we head to the evening commute there's not much going on out there. the seven-day forecast is cooler temperatures tomorrow, rebound a little bit tuesday. both of those storms wille a one on the stormmpact scale and back to normal through tuesday and then warmer than after wage for saturday. >> mike shoe man is life in port wland a preview of the warriors playoff game against the blazers. >> that's right, eric, and we have some adjust mepts to be not only the

♪ the sun'll come out for people witheart failure, tomorrow is not a given. but entresto is a medicine that helps make more tomorrows possible. ♪ tomorrow, tomorrow... ♪ i love ya, tomorrow in the largest heart failure study ever, entresto helped more people stay alive and out of the hospital than a leading heart failure medicine.

women who are pregnant must not take entresto. it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. don't take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren. if you've had angioedema while taking an ace or arb medicine, don't take entresto. the most serious side effects are angioedema, low blood pressure... ...kidney problems, or high potassium in your blood. ♪ tomorrow, tomorrow i love ya, tomorrow ♪ ask your heart doctor about entresto. and help make tomorrow possible. ♪ you're only a day away.

now sports sfrr abc 7 news. >> the warriors will try to take a kmangd three games to none lead in their playoff series with the blazers but they'll have to do it without head coach steve kerr. mike, what's the story on coach kerr. >> reporter: coach kerr will not be with the team tonight he's under the weather so mike brown will take over as head coach. he has eight years experience so no big deal. but also k.d., shaun livingston and matt barnes also a question mark tonight. at the shootaround none of them did much they were hanging around limited in the shootd around and their game time decisions we should know after 6:00. but the duffs were 0-4 in game threes last year and 2 and 6 in the postseason. draymond green would like to

change that around tonight in the silence. >> as a competitor you live for these road games, it's just you against the world. everybody has one against you. there's no better feeling than going into an opposing arena and quieting their crowd seeing the look on their faces when you're walk out. >> every game you're going to get the best shot and just a matter of can impact the game more over 48 minutes. so they're going to have a lot of energy and play with a lot of adrenalin coming into tonight, that's natural being in front of their home fans. but we can still, you know, implement our game plan and do what we do. >> reporter: all right. well we'll find out after 6:00 who is going to play and who's not of the three i just mentioned. if i had to guess, i'd say they sit them all three tonight. should be interesting, though, portland's got to win game three their first one here at home or this series is over. reporting live from portland, mike shumann, abc 7 sports.

rick. >> okay, thanks a lot. we'll hear from you again tonight at 6:00. well after a tough overtime loss to edmonton on thursday, the sharks are facing a tough one tonight. tey will be on ice where they hope to repeat their 7-0 victory in game 4. history is not on san jose's side it's just one in ten all time when trailing a series 3-2. they know they have to play way sense of urgency. >> we've been here before we know how to handle it and we're confident we're going to show up with a real good game here tonight. >> it's two good games they're a good team we're a good team and i think everyone expected the series to be tight from the get-go and it has been. >> we have guys in the lineup like jumbo and patty that have been here and been through this before they come out and play the game that we have to play to be successful, i think we watch those guys >> the "a" easy took on seattle. oakland was going for its fifth

straight win. we have in the first ar adam row sal less does just that with this shot ove the field sign, row zal less with his trademark sprint around the bases. after a jet laurie single, ryan healey takes aerial miranda deep for his third homer of the season, that made it 3-1 "a"s. seattle had the tying run on second but ryan madison strikes out kevin mat ker to end the contest. the "a" easy win 4-3 they'll go for the sweep tomorrow afternoon. the struggling giants are playing at colorado tonight that game just under way. matt more moore is on the monday for san francisco. the warriors going tonightwe'll see if they can win without steve kerr. >> all right. chp going on a wild goose chase. no kidding. how officers dealt

are you one sneeze away from being voted out of the carpool? try zyrtec® it's starts working hard at hour one and works twice as hard when you take it again the next day. stick th zyrtec® and muddle no more®.

on abc 7 news at 6:00 remember a man gunned down at random on one of his first days working for pg&e. plus. >> channel 7, the force is with you always. >> quite a day for selfies in the south bay. what you miss the at silicone valley today, what you could see tomorrow. you know, sometimes families need help when they get stranded on the freeaway and sometimes they can't just drive a way or fly away for that matter. you're looking at a family of canadian geese being escorted

off 101. the gos lings rode in a cage. animal control officers helping the geese find a safer place. chp had a hand in that too. thanks forever joining us at tonight, the clash inside an airplane involving a mother and her children. the run-in with an american airlines flight attendant over a stroller. the incident nearly leading to a fistfight in the cabin. inside the hideout. how that teacher accused of abducting a student hid from police. that teenage girl now back with her family. tonight, her brother speaking with abc news. on the march. tens of thousands rallying in the name of science and against the polices of president trump. this, as the president announces plans for a massive tax cut and faces a budget deadline. state of emergency. homes destroyed, thousands evacuating, mo