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>> after that shooting this morning at a congressional baseball practice in virginia, shaken legislators try to move forward. >> i literally dove into that dugout. it would be like diving into a swimming pool with no water. it seemed like it went forever. they saved all of us out there. >> both sides of the aisle tonight with a message of unity. we have just learned that president trump is visiting congressman scalise. > the u.p.s. shooting happened at the u.p.s. facility. >> the i team has identified the shooter as u.p.s. employee jimmy lamb of san francisco.
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>> the friends of the victim are gathered outside a safe way in diamond heights which is part of his route. >> first we want to begin our team coverage with abc news reporter vick lee with what the police know. vic? >> reporter: we're here at the scene of the shooting at 17th. the shooter, u.p.s. driver jimmy lam went with co-workers to a morning meeting. san francisco police responded to 911 dispatch calls at 8:55 this morning, people were shot at the building at 17th and an bruno. the gunman parked his vehicle at the parking lot to the building. he went on a shooting spree,
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behind him a trail of victims. >> as you guys have probably seen from the aerial footage, there were a couple outside, and some were inside. >> reporter: people fanned out and were looking for him as they evacuated workers. >> the police located the suspect who was still armed with an assault pistol. the suspect put the gun to his head and shot the weapon. >> reporter: but not before he shot five victims. >> two officers are deceased as well as three witnesses. the building has been secured at this point, we believe the incident involves only one suspect. >> reporter: this afternoon, mayor ed lee visited the crime scene, saying the city will provide health and trauma counseling. >> we wanted to make sure that u.p.s., their management, their employees know the city is behind, helping them recover from this incident. >> and this request by the president of northern california u.p.s.
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>> if i could at this time just ask all of you to please keep u.p.s.ers in your prayers. >> reporter: assistant police chief attorney chaplin says that the investigation of this building are completed and csi units are in this building trying to reconstruct the crime scene. and we're also told that police will start letting people back inside the building so they can collect their belongings. >> in a statement from u.p.s. says, the company is saddened and deeply concerned about the affected employees, family members. we're trying to find out more about jimmy lamb and why he went on the shooting rampage. >> police sources tell abc7 the gunman had a history of mental
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health problems and that he was estranged from his wife, investigators are not sure if he targeted any one person or fired at random. >> a shooter at the u.p.s. statement. it sounds like the suspect shot himself. >> reporter: the suspect dead on arrival after being confronted by police and taking his own life, identified in the moments after the gun fire stopped as a u.p.s. employee. >> the suspect is an employee, an asian male. >> reporter: but police would not confirm that jimmy lam was the shooter. >> we just want to make sure that the medical examiner is the one that identifies the person, and after that's done and we know that the next of kin have been notified, then we release the names. >> reporter: but two u.p.s. employees say that jimmy lam was the shooter. one employee tells me that lam was having problems on the job and off and had it out for a
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manager. also today we spotted police at the scene searching a 2012 bmw that came back to jimmy c. lam. this u.p.s. driver worked with him for a decade and describes him as a loaner. >> i never knew anything about him except for when he came from management, he would have friction from management. >> that u.p.s. driver said that he doesn't understand why that driver opened fire, in his view, all the drivers got along. >> kate larsen has been at sf general all day. >> reporter: we know that the victims were taken here, two of them who survived and we're going to talk about more of that in a little bit. but also one of the victims mike la fete who died, we know he was
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loved by his large extended family here in the bay area, but we're also learning that he was loved and respected by his co-workers at u.p.s. and not only that but all the people he services in diamond heights. i also spoke to his general who said that he was actually at the u.p.s. facility and heard the gunshot wounds and went running to his cousin right after that. >> i heard gunshots. >> reporter: mack toya says he heard gunshots this morning when he came there to pick up his cousin from work. >> i stopped the van, i walked up towards the gate, and i saw my cousin sprawled out on the concrete. >> reporter: toya ran to his cousin and said that he loved him and then he tried to resuscitate him. >> to see a family member so
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close to you go down like that, and to see that visual is pretty hard. i lost a great brother. everybody lost a great man. >> mike, i used to call him my gentle giant. >> a former u.p.s. co-worker who did not want to be identified said that he and lafete had similar routes. >> we talk a lot about life and there's always we something we learn in every day life. >> la feete separated -- says they come from a very tight knit san francisco family, most of whom were here at san francisco general grieving today. >> he just wasn't the person for this to happen to. i want him back. i want him back. >> reporter: and so many of
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those family members, dozens of them here who were at the hospital were so visibly upset and of course our hearts go out to all of them. now of course we do know that there were two other people that were shot this morning and survived. i'm told by sources here at the hospital that they were treated here at san francisco general and then were released so we believe they are home tonight. we also know that there were five other people who were injured not from gun shot wounds and we're waiting to learn more about their conditions. live from san francisco general, i'm kate larsen, abc7 news. after the shots were fired, people nearby began crowding the streets looking for loved ones, u.p.s. drivers gathered outside their facility, shocked that a fellow driver would open fire on them. one u.p.s. driver said that he is was waiting for the meeting to begin and he heard the shots and instinct took over. >> i heard six or seven shots
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outside. i didn't wait to leook at the guy. >> police say he did the right thing by running from an active shooter. employees were given the option of staying at work or going home for the day. bay area and national officials are speaking out on the u.p.s. shooting. >> it didn't take very long for local and national leaders to react, lieutenant governor gavin newsom tweets, senseless, tragic, too frequent. thinking of those affected by today's san francisco shooting, affection for you always. and gabby giffords calls the shooting a stark indication of the scope of the gun violence epidemic we face as americans. a similar message from peninsula congresswoman spear was killed
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in 1978 while visiting cult leader jim jones. >> the level of gun violence is unacceptable in this country, right now in congress, our hands are tied, because if anything, the interest is in relaxing the laws, not in creating a safer environment. >> and governor jerry brown tweets, our thoughts and prayers are with everyone impacted by senseless violence today in san francisco, and alexandria, referring of course to the mass shooting at a congressional baseball practice outside of d.c. this shooting is just one of several workplace incidents in the bay area in the last 10 years. in november of 2008, a man shot and killed three managers at a santa clara company called si port semiconductor. in 2011, a gunman opened fire on his co-workers at a limestone quarry in cupertino.
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in 2012, juan goh killed seven people at oak hurst university in oakland. he had dropped out and wanted his tuition refunded and targeted an administrator who wasn't present on the day of the gun fire. >> we would like to thank all of the abc7 news viewer who is shared information and pictures with us as we first heard about the incident this morning. >> and we first september out a push alert on the incident at 9:14 this morning, our coverage of the shooting will continue this hour. >> and again, much more ahead on this shooting and a shooting at a congressional baseball
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practice. >> we are united in our shock, we are united in our anguish. a couple finds two new phones on their doorstep, but they never ordered them. michael finney on your side unravels a mystery. i'm spencer christian, sunny and warm will soon give ways to sunny and sizzling hot. i'll have your accu-weather forecast coming up. >> i'm going to get a good night's sleep tonight and be ready. >> just one day until the b
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hours since the dubs won it all. >> and while the fans are getting ready to party tomorrow, the team is already looking forward to next year. >> wayne friedman is live with what they had to say today. >> reporter: you know sometimes when you have a job and you finish it, you have an exit interview with your employer. that's what they did, they had one of those exit interviews. and when they exited the interview, they had another exit interview with a few of the members of the media. >> i'm kind of mad that we should have been doing this last year. >> reporter: he might have found agreement some four floors above the warriors practice facility. >> it's going to be a better summer for sure. >> reporter: in the shadows of previous greats as the warriors prep for tomorrow's parade, they
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brought out several players, a main question for all of them, yes, they say they plan to stay together. as to why? >> we make each other better and it's not about, you know, who gets the credit. it's really just about let's have fun playing ball and let's see how we can win together. >> next question, will they go to the white house? >> we haven't talked about it much, aside from conversations here or there that you don't plan a championship like this. >> if you could take a freeze frame of this whole experience, just one moment, what is it? >> that's a great question, probably when the buzzer sound ed and i saw the whole team just rush on to the court. >> reporter: a predicted million people lining the street, expect a love fest tomorrow.
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from warriors headquarters in oakland, wayne friedman, abc7 news. abc7 news reporter lonny riviera is live now with all the preparations, lonny? >> reporter: you can already see that this area has been closed off, you can hear some music they're testing out. a big party is about to go down here for dub nation. >> reporter: it takes team work to put together a parade and rally for the golden state warriors. umi vaughn is already dressed for the occasion. >> if it's like last time, this is going to be standing room only. >> reporter: the drone view shows the main stage that's almost ready for dub nation to celebrate their 2017 nba champions. fans will watch the festivities
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along broadway in oakland. jimmy's deli is opening at 6:00 a.m. >> five or six sandwiches with the chips and soda. >> reporter: if you plan to attend, plan to use public transportation. >> jackson street, oakland street and broad way will be closed starting at 7:00. >> reporter: here's the map of the impacted areas, we even found signs saying they will start towing tonight. police advised people to stay alert. >> don't be distracted. often times our phone is our biggest distraction. maybe put that away until you get to your destination. >> reporter: organizers expect people to start showing up early. >> when you come to the celebration, you see all different sides of oakland, and some that you don't see as obviously together in the same space. >> reporter: an estimated 1.5 million people are expected to attend the 2017 warriors parade
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and rally. in oakland, lonny riviera, abc7 news. >> the parade will follow the same route as 2015, it will start at broadway and 11th, and then wind its way to the henry j. kaiser convention center. abc7 news will have life coverage of tomorrow's parade, we're calling a dub nation celebration and it's surely that. >> you can catch live at 11:00. talking about a steamy forecast. >> it's great that the parade is happening tomorrow before the heat wave begins. i'm using antioch and the high temperature trend there over the next several days as an example of how high it's going to be in the inland area.
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the average high will be at least 90, maybe a little bit higher. 93 by friday, 100 on saturday, and 104 on sunday, which is father's day. 102 on monday and tuesday and then back up to 104 degrees again on wednesday. let's take a look at live doppler 7 right now, we have sunny skies and mild conditions across the bay area right now. here's the view looking northward, it's 62 degrees in san francisco right now across the bay in oakland, 68. 73 in mountain view, 75 at season jose, 86 at gill roy and a cool 59 at half moon bay. here's some current temperatures reading 81 at santa rosa, 83 in napa, 87 in fairfield. as we take a look at our current sky over the golden state, it's
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blue. these are our forecast features, we'll see summer like warming continuing tomorrow, excessive heat by the weekend, and that's going to last a while. we'll have triple-digit temperature readings inland through the weekend and into the week. we'll have low 50s tonight. we'll have highs from mid 60s to low 70s. inland areas, upper 80s to about 90 tomorrow. and of course, parade weather for the dub nation celebration tomorrow morning, starting at 10:00, it will be mild and sunny, 66 degrees at the beginning of the parade, up to 76 degrees by early afternoon. i mentioned the excessive watch, avoid overexposure to the sun. it will certainly hit 100 inland
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on saturday and on sunday, father's day, 102 in fairfield and concord, 104 in antioch, it's really going to be hot. here's the accuweather 7-day forecast, the big warmup, the sizzle begins on friday, then we'll have that string of triple-digit temperatures, we'll see upper 80s to 90 around the bay. and summer officially begins next tuesday evening at 9:24 pacific daylight time. >> gets here temperature-wise a little early. neil young will no longer be ro
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a bay area standard for the la last -- this is video from the 2001 concert. the bridge school helps children with severe speech and physical impairments. the concert began in 1986 and was held at shoreline amphitheater. he said that he will no longer host the concert for, quote, personal reasons. authorities are meeting to try to resolve a smelly problem in castro valley, in what appears to be an illegal bird
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mill. the backyard contained an estimated 500 exotic birds. neighbors say the smell coming from this home is almost unbearable. >> the birds are in trouble. they're going to lose all those rains, if it should rain next year, and those are still there, it's all soft ground, it's going to wash away. >> authorities suspect this is a for profit operation, they post ads advertising the birds for $6,000 each. the very latest on a shooting at a u.p.s. facility in san francisco, plus -- and we will use this occasion as one that brings us together. >> a call for unity tonight in congress as a gunman opens fire in at a gop baseball practice in virginia. and the
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we'll begin with more breaking news this half hour on the shootings in san francisco. >> a gunman is dead, police say he shot five people at a u.p.s. facility. three of them died. the hospital told us three victims were treated and released. >> when the police con fronted the shooter, the shooter turned the gun on himself. this video shows u.p.s. employees leaving the facility after the shooting. >> there was five of six shots outside. i didn't wait. >> the i team identified the sheeter as jimmy lam. he was guns. >> i looked towards the gate and i looked over and i saw my cousin sprawled out on the concrete. i want him back. i want him back. >> his cousin mike lefete worked
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for u.p.s. for 17 years, he's a father of five who just celebrated his seventh wedding anniversary. >> and we sent out a push alert this morning at 9:14 right after the incident took place, be sure to download the abc7 app for updates on this story and any other. [ gun fire ] . . >> ten minutes of terror this morning after gunshots rang out at a baseball game in alexandria, virginia with republican members of congress. >> five people were hit including congressman steve scalise who's hospitaled tonight. >> you could see steve scalise who dragged himself from near second base about 10 to 15 yards across the field. he was laying motionless out
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there. >> two capitol police officers were shot while trying to catch the -- he was angry at republicans. >> an attack on one of us is an attack on all of us. >> for this person to take this action was so cowardly. so cowardly. >> and just a short time ago, president trump made an unannounced visit to the hospital where congressman scalise is being treated. >> congressman, thank you for coming on, describe what people are saying, what the mood is on capitol hill tonight. shock, obviously. >> shock and glad you're having me on. i'm really sad to hear about the shooting in san francisco.
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but this just brings a lot of things home. those people i play on the practice field with, i disagree with, but they're still my friend. >> and after dealing with this tragedy, i mean, what was your reaction when you heard there was this other tragedy here on the west coast in san francisco? >> my real desire is i wish this country, we collectively, and certainly leadership from congressmen and state leaders, just ask the country to take a deep breath and the civil discourse or lack of it right now and just irrational violence, why these things happen and what we can do to so much it. >> talking about violence and risk, there's more talk today of this tragedy in washington where you are, that public officials such as yourself need to be
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better protected? are we entering a new era of danger for elected officials? >> i can remember as a young man coming to d.c., there was very little violence. but clearly things have changed and we have to take precautions against it. i don't like the idea personally, i like to be accessible. i think people like their elected officials to be accessible. however we should be prudent as well. >> congressman, thank you so much for taking time to call in and give us your perspective on all of this, we appreciate it. tragedy in london overnight as fire ripped through a high-rise building. this 24-story building burned for more than 15 hours. firefighters arrived on the scene within six minutes, but were blocked by the heat and falling debris. fast moving flames and thick
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smoke trapped a lot of people inside. >> people jumping out literally and putting sheets down to try to get out of the building, windows exploding, big massive pieces of debris falling to the floor. >> people jumped out because they had no other option. >> how high up? >> top floor. >> neighbors have sprung go action to help victims of the fire, offering food, clothing and shelter. police they say don't know what started is fire. travis air base was locked down today. one exchanged fire outside the bx or base exchange. the report turned out to be unfounded and the lockdown was lifted around 5:00. we continue to follow developing news out of contra costa county where district
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attorney mark peterson resigned today before a criminal hearing over the misuse of campaign funds. >> mark peterson pleaded no contest to one of the 13 felony counts he was facing. katie was in the courtroom for today's hearing. katie? >> reporter: onlookers and reporters packed the courtroom today to capacity. it is such a rare event to see a district attorney become a criminal defendant and people wanted to witness that. mark peterson will be booked into jail and released on probation. >> mr. peterson, any comment on the new charges? >> reporter: here's video of peterson arriving at court this afternoon, we learned hours earlier we had given a written resignation. mark peterson faced 13 felony channels related to his personal use of some $66,000.
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the state attorney general's office brought forth the charges, peterson pleaded no contest to 10 of those charges, as a felony perjury charge. he also faced a civil indictment, however that was dropped with today's plea. this is his attorney. >> nobody is more remorseful for his conduct than mark peterson. >> he's not allowed to hold public office, he has to serve 250 hours of community service and serve some $300 in restitution. one person told me they were disappointed but not surprised. >> in other developing news, special counsel robert mueller is investigating the president
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imagine opening your front door and finding two brand-new iphone 7s just sitting on the porch. it happened to a couple who didn't know where they came from. >> mysterious, for sure, but it soon became an expensive surprise. >> in the beginning, it seemed like a mistake, they never ordered the phones, all they wanted was to give them back. instead, they got a bill for nearly $4,000 and no answers until we got involved. >> came home, there was a package at the door. >> reporter: john kish found the box sitting on the doorstep.
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>> i was like did we order this? >> when i saw it was sprint, i knew it wasn't the case. >> reporter: that's because they're not sprint customers. >> my first thought was, this has been a mistake, let's just return them. >> reporter: they called sprint. >> you need to call the order support department. >> reporter: the order department referred them to the fraud department. >> we calledthe sprint store, they said they wouldn't take them back because they hadn't sold them to us. >> reporter: what started as a nuisance turned serious when john received a bill for bill fl john said he never ordered two phones. sprint asked for the password on his account. >> i said i don't have an account, how can i have a password if i don't have an
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account. >> and it just went around and around. >> reporter: we contacted sprint and found out that someone had stolen john's identity. two were delivered here, two to a stranger. >> reporter: sprint tells us, we take the security of our customers very seriously and are constantly working to update our security and detection methods to stay ahead of the latest mets used by fraudsters, and wiped out that $3,900 bill. it is not known how the phones were ordered in another customer's name. sprint said their policy is not to discuss security. call me at 7 on your side. you can also reach me through facebook and of course abc7 news.com. next at 6:00, a key vote for
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construction crews are fixing the oroville dam. there are so many workers on site that they may use dorms for worker housing. contra costa is moving forward with a multimillion dollar repair of the bridge. it takes drivers two hours to negotiate a detour to the small community of canyon. a temporary replacement is just the tip of the iceberg. >> when you look at the cost for just the bridge itself, it's actually a very small piece of the puzzle, there's more to it. we actually have to dig deeper foundations, engineering behind all of this and then of course operating it afterwards. > if the counsel approves the temporary fix, the road could
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open as soon as september. abc7 news was on minor road in 97-year-old bridge. crews are working hard to get the bridge open. >> it's a beautiful evening out there, spencer is back with an update on our foirl. >> the days of two digit temperatures are winding down. we have sunny skyings and mild to warm conditions right now. but we have a heat wave coming our way. but first, clear skies, low temperatures in the mid 50s, it will be sunny and mild to warm. we'll have high temperatures on the coast, upper 70s to low 80s. it will be climbing up to about 90 degrees inland tomorrow, and
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that's just the start of what's to come. graduation time at kipp san jose college. it will be warm in the afternoon and mild in the evening. so great conditions for graduation. now on to the heat wave. starting on saturday and continuing through next wednesday, we'll see inland highs at or above 100 degrees, upper 80s to about 90 around the bay, and upper 60s to low 70s on the coast. it's really going to sizzle. and it's going to be a hot father's day. time to turn to sports. >> big day tomorrow, and there's an old southern expression, dance with the one that brung you. >> it's going to take some money to keep dancing with this group. the warriors, they got ten free agents going into next season. on the eve of the
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it's clear the warriors are intent on keeping their core intact. you may not notice this, but for the last five minutes of the game. the hamptonings fi ings five wan floor. they intentionally got the ball to durant so he could dribble out the last seconds. from everything they said today plus andre's comments last week, they're going to figure out the money and they're going to come back with sean livingston as well. >> i'm going to have that mindset, from the beauty of this team, we're going to get all that we can out of this game, while we still have the legs to do it. but there are no egos when it comes to that side of the equation when it comes to professional athletes. i know i'm blessed to be around
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guys like that. >> it is what it is. i have had experience, i have been on the other side of this thing, if it happens, it happens, it's been a great ride, but at the end of the day, it's about staying in the moment. that's how i've gotten to this place right here, is staying in the moment. >> nothing's for sure, but here i feel like we can work that out and everybody, we'll have a chance to do that again next year. >> like i said, i want to be here, we just won a championship, man, let's see if we can do it again. that's the thing. >> dynasty. the ways the giants are going, we're not talking dynasty, they could become sellers by the trade deadline, and since johnny cueto -- beautiful sunny day, top of the seventh. that is deep and that is gone. this bounces into the water, so not officially a splash down,
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well, close enough. top of the third, a line drive. normally hitters park, but today, look at the reaction from cueto, he's like come on. jason hamel, his first win on the road. giants lose 7-2, they're in colorado tomorrow. a's and marlins in miami. look out, look out. joyce left the game and got three stitches on his chin. a's up 4-0, major league debut, bottom of the second, marcel ozuna, oh, no, that made it 4-1. and then a couple batt eters la, tyler moore. that's deep and that's gone.
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11-6, marlins, the final. here we go, the fight many people have been waiting for announced today, floyd mayweather jr. not sure what the pay-per-view is going to cost, but this is going to be the biggest rip off in pay-per-view history. floyd is going to win this so easily, it's a joke that this fight is even taking place. but i spent $100 on mayweather-pacquiao. people will spend a zillion dollars on it. we're still getting information on the u.p.s. shooting in san francisco. >> tonight on kofi
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