drivers were on the highway ahead of the busy fourth of july weekend. people on the freway caught completely off guard as the small plane came crashing to the ground. the faa says the aircraft has taken off from john wayne airport. the pilot declared an emergency shortly after he was airborne and trying to return to the airport when the plane crashed. >> the first actions taken was the extinguishment of the fire. >> reporter: firefighters say the two people on board the plane, man and a woman suffered traumatic injury. >> call 911.

traffic on the freeway is severely restricted and expected to be delayed for hours. chaos erupted inside a hospital where a doctor used to work. abc news reporter has more from the scene in the bronx. >> reporter: tense scenes at new york's bronx lebanon hospital. police say a gunman shot and wounded others. forcing an immediate lockdown. >> i saw a doctor. he had like a gunshot wound to his hand. >> reporter: multiple ambulances and police vehicles raced to the scene. a mother inside the hospital tells her son what happened. >> told them anybody go inside the room and they locked the door. >> reporter: another man worried about his wife.

>> she's hiding in the closet somewhere. >> police came in the room and three or four of them with guns drawn to see who we were. they did a head count. the staff here has been great. >> reporter: police escorted staff out of the hospital. more than an hour later after police had swept and secured the scene, they identified the gunman. he is 45-year-old dr. henry bellow. a former employee of hospital. authorities say he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. >> one doctor is dead. there are several doctors who are fighting for their lives now. >> reporter: the doctors here refusing to evacuate insisting on staying behind the treat the wounded and care for critical patients even as the gunman was still on the loose.

firefighters in the north bay are expecting a busy fourth of july weekend and are ready to fight the flames from the air. >> reporter: they already had a busy day. have you ever wondered what it's like to fly them? we interrupt this with radio call. >> time to go to work. time to go to work. >> reporter: at cal fire air attack base they live for these interruptions during summer months. >> more than likely will launch out of here two times.

>> reporter: this force of 51 planes and helicopters that can arrive at any fire within 20 minutes. >> this is the only legal rush time i'm aware of. >> reporter: he's in his 42nd season. that's him. the man with 13,000 fires in his logbook and when he left this morning 16,997 hours in the air. >> we have about three to five minutes to be in the air when the bell rings. >> reporter: who would have known by the time they return, they would have dealt with three. back at the base all the ground crew can do is listen and get ready to reload. the actual flying is quite technical. pilots drop at roughly 150 feet and 120 miles an hour. above all they follow one basic rule. >> you need to avoid the smoke. >> because?

>> you die. >> reporter: so said the season pro now at 16,998 hours and counting. many people will spend part of the long weekend outside whether it's watching fireworks or barbecuing. >> let's take a live look now. it's sawny afternoon but what does the weekend have in store. let's check in with spencer christian. >> here is a teaser taking us into the weekend. you can see we have mostly sunny skies. a little patch of fog there. this is how it looks over the bay from our roof top camera. 61 here. san jose. a lovely view looking down into the bay from our east bay hills camera. we have 84 right now at santa rosa. 82 at concord. overnight this is what's going to happen. the forecast intermission at 9:00. notice a patch of fog at the

coast. it's not going to extend far. the fog pulls back away from the coastline. we can expect a lot of sunshine. i'll have a closer look a little bit later. >> thank you. for just a four time ever skiers and sthnow boarders will hit the slopes. they are staying open for what it calls an endless season. they're holding a freedom fest with three days of live music. there will also be a fireworks show on monday evening. the coast guard hit the bay today the warn boaters about the dangers of alcohol this fourth of july weekend. the crew of the cutter pike staged a boarding drill in preparation for operation dry water. if the coast guard suspects a boater may be intoxicated they

can launch a small boarding craft to intercept the vessel. coast guard sdmel conduct checks similar to a drunk driving stop on the highway. >> if we witness or discover a vessel that looks to be operating under the influence we'll send a boarding team on board. if that member is determined to be not in compliance so they can prosecute and arrest. >> the increased patrols will last throughout the holiday weekend. part of keeping people safe this weekend including cracking down on illegal fireworks. >> deputies tell us they found about 2,000 pounds of fireworks being stored inside a building. many bay area communities banned all fireworks even safe and sane

fireworks. many people open their windows when the temperatures go up. trauma centers have treated four small children. they all fell from second or third story windows. one child remains in serious condition. here is some tips to keep your children safe. you can install window guards, window stops can help. they can prevent opening a window more than four inches and keeping a close eye on children can help prevent falls. they vanished. abc 7 news reporter jonathan bloom is live in that area with the new clue discovered on that beach. jonathan. >> reporter: volunteers were out here today and law enforcement will be out here tomorrow. this time with boats that are equipped with sonar so they can search this the water.

now they have something of his that washed up on the. >> richard has been gone 30 days now. >> reporter: this day is different. >> judy. >> i'm greg. thanks for showing up. >> reporter: there's dozens of volunteers and a flurry of activity searching for 22-year-old richard moss who vanished without a trace until now. >> a local residents found his aaa card washed up on the beach. now we have definite evidence we can look for and start to search for a more specific area. >> reporter: according to those who have seen video, he came to this mcdonald's driver through after he left home and appeared to order the same breakfast he gets every morning and he got right back on the road. friends of the family say he was headed to a job site where he was working as an electrician's apprentice. cameras captured his car leaving

the tunnel but when the same line of cars drove by a chevron station a mile and a half later his was missing. >> how can somebody just disappear like that. i just don't get it. >> reporter: looking for answers, friends and family are scouring the shoreline where his car might have gone off the cliff into a water. >> our father lives in hawaii and he's been flying in every five days. he's just moving heaven and earth to find his kid. >> just finding him and bringing him home and having closure, positive or negative. >> anyone who has kids knows they would never stop looking. >> reporter: abc 7 news. health officials are warning members of a 24 hour fitness to get tested for tuberculosis. someone with tb may have exposed others to the disease. health officials sent an e-mail

to e lettalert gym members. moe didn't know about it. >> it's scary. that can affect my family and my kids. if i get it, my kids get it. we can die from it. >> the county says there's no risk of infection at the gym now. people can only be infected after having close contact with an infected person for a long time. next, giving food to the homeless in san jose could get you in big trouble if you don't have a permit. why a crackdown is happying now. : we' we're getting a look at a new resident. 17 cats this crates found by the side of the road. this amp thfternoon they are lo for new homes. it's get away friday. we're taking a look at the traffic on the sky way that is very slow on the left hand side. those cars are trying to get on to the lower deck.

in san jose there's concern about plans to cite community groups that feed the homeless. we have the story. >> reporter: at st. james park in san jose, a potential crackdown that some say is unnecessary. >> have we really come to a society to shun those who are in a less fortunate state than we are. it has broken my heart.

>> reporter: faith and community leaders are upset over the possibility of being cited by police for handing out food to the homeless saying it criminalizes those that want to help the needy. >> it puts the churches in the cross fire. we have our religious duty to serve the poor. >> reporter: an ordinance banning the distribution of food without a permit at city parks has been on the books since 2005 but rarely enforced. homeless advocates were told enforcements would begin the august after an up tick in complaints from neighbors nearby. >> there are a total of eight kitchens for breakfast, lunch and dinner for the homeless people in the downtown area with four of those kitchens within walking distance of st. james park. >> reporter: this comes as a new report that shows homelessness is up by 13% over the past two years. although the county has made

progress in reducing homeless veterans and disabled people the number did go up for families. housing costs and evictions were among the leading causes. >> it's hard. anybody could be homeless. >> reporter: just another example of the poor struggling to survive in silicon in workers in san francisco could see their paychecks get a little bigger when the local minimum wage goes up. employers must pay workers $14 per hour >> increasing minimum wage is a one of many ways but a very solid way to help with income inequality. >> many other laws will change

at midnight. you can go do abc7news.com to find out what will be different in your community. a new study finds unmitigated climate change will make the united states poor and unequal. this map illustrates the economic impact. they have the most to lose. those states tend to be hotter and more economically challenged already. they are highlighted in red. colder and wealthier counties along the northern borders could benefit the most. we're getting a look today of a new residents in a south bay creek. check it out. that's video of a beaver taken away within the last couple of weeks. here is further evidence what looks like teeth marks on a law

near the creek. beavers have been seen. this is the first reported sighting in this area. people are advised to keep their distance from the animals and their habitat. the humane society of the north bay is facing a feline frenzy. on wednesday the facilities manager found several large area carriers by the side of road all packed with adult cat. 17 of them. most of them will more than ten years old and in various states of health from thin and sickly to obese. officials are worried they will have trouble finding homes for the cats since older animals are more difficult to place. if you can help go do abc7news.c abc7news.com. we have a link to the humane society. older animals make good pets too. >> they're all trained. i know a lot of people are thinking we're not in the triple digits so no worry about the pets being in cars but it will be quite warm. >> especially in our inland areas. we'll see highs over the

weekend. it's still pretty toasty out there. we have a lovely four days ahead going into this four day fourth of july weekend. sunny skies right now. a little breezy along the coastal areas. breezy in other spots as well. we have winds up to 26 miles an hour which is far inland and gusts on the coast. 31 miles an hour at sfo. current temperatures range from upper 50s at the coast to mainly 60s around the bay and generally 70s and low 80s in our inland areas at this moment. skies are clear. no fog there yet. we're not likely to have a lot of overnight. forecast features will see a minor cooldown tomorrow. returning warmer again on sunday and monday and temperatures will taper off again a little bit on the fourth of july which is tuesday. forecast animation overnight shows little fog along the coast. maybe a patch or two out over the bay. we might have early morning spotty drizzle. the fog pulls back away from

much of the coastline and away from the bay and inland areas. we're going to have a sunny saturday going into this four-day weekend. overnight, a little patch of fog. we'll reach locally across the bay and maybe spotty drizzle. you'll see mainly mid-70s. it will be breezy at the coast with highs in the upper 50s to right around 60 degrees. it will be breezy tomorrow as well with downtown san francisco likely to have a high of 64 degrees. up in the north bay bright and sunny and mild but not very warm. highs in the low to mid-80s up to 85. highs mainly in the mid-80s.

moving along here is look at the accuweather seven-day forecast. follow day by day and pick the day that suits you best for out door activity. mainly all four of them. the two warmest days in the four-day period will be sunday and mobds. we'll see upper 70s around the bay on sunday and up to about 60 degrees on the coast. that's not going to change much. for the remainder of the week temperatures will remain in the same range as we find them on the fourth of july. next at 4:00, would you pay more than $100,000 for the actual jersey steph curry wore in an nba finals game? >> stay with us. much more after the break. mplg it's

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freeway and burst into flames. man and woman went to the hospital with traumatic injuries. no one on the ground was hurt. the pilot had just taken off from the airport and reported engine trouble. he was trying to return there when he crashed. wane f wayne -- -- -- -- -- -- -- fourth of july weekend forecast hitting low 90s inland. he'll join us with the full seven-day forecast this just a few minutes. politicians in washington are headed home for the holiday recess as the debate over health care remains unfinished. president trump is proposig a new tactic. repeal and replace obamacare later. emily is in washington with the latest. >> reporter: the white house still hopeful the senate will get something done soon on health care. >> we're still fully committed to pushing through with the

senate, but we're looking at every possible option of repealing and replacing obamacare. >> reporter: after a week of closed door negotiations, no revised bill for senators to consider as they head home but a few new proposals are appealing to some gop health care hold outs. now on the table for moderates a possible sweetener of up to $45 million to fight the opioid opi especial epidemic. on the other end of the spectrum some conservatives are pushing a pro powe sal to allow insurances to offer cheaper plans that do not cover essential health benefits. >> it's a big complicated subject. we have a lot of discussions going on. >> reporter: the president tweeting another idea friday morning suggesting senators immediately repeal obamacare then come up with a replacement at later date. senators rand paul and ben sass tweeting back their support of that idea but republican

congressman of illinois appearing on cnn said that's not the way to go. >> no. i think it's repeal and replace. i think we have to have a good system for the american people to come in. >> reporter: the congressional budget office came without a new score of the gop health bill. it shows by 2036 medicaid would see reductions of 35%. with the bill unpopular, many are bracing for push back from their con stit constituents. president trump hosted president moon at the white house today. president trump added quote, and frankly the paishs is over. president trump called on countries around the world.

the twitter feud continues between the president and a pair of cable news hosts. the anchors of "morning joe" responded to president trump's tweets yesterday that sparked outrage on both sides of the aisle. >> it's been fascinating and frightening and really sad for our country. >> reporter: mika brzezinski delaying her vacation to respond to president trump's tweets thursday rid cuting he inine ii ridiculing her intellect and appearance. >> it does worry me about the country. >> reporter: she criticized the president, mocking him. low i.q. crazy mika along with psycho joe came to mar

she denied she was bleeding. >> we got a call that the national enquirer will run a negative story against you. if you call the president up and you apologize for your coverage then he will pick up the phone and spike the story. >> reporter: president trump taking to twitter to respond. he called me to stop a national enquirer article. i said no. bad show. his white house staff still not backing down. >> i endorsed the president's right to fight back when he's being attacked and when the air waves are filled with raw sewage about him and his office. >> reporter: responding, standing by its story and saying it has no knowledge or involvement in any discussions between the white house and joe and mika.

take a look at the last images of the hot shot as they prepare to battle the fire that killed then. it started with plaques and has each man's biography. >> after we lost him there were times i would say to my husband can you just put a fire on. i just need to smell andrew for a minute. >> this afternoon a bell will toll for each of the 19 firefighters. a bell will toll at the exact time they died four years ago. germany is ready to embrace

same-sex marriage. they voted on a measure legalizing it. this measure is expected to face legal challenges but open the door for gay couples to adopt which she says she supports. for a generation van amburg was the face and voice of abc 7 news. we're sad to report he passed away last week. we look back at his work here at kgo. >> the bay area's most wanted television news team. the channel 7 news gang. van the kid amberg. >> he started at kgo tv in the early 1970s. he went on by his last name van amberg for most of his career. he was an institution leading each newscast with his trademark

opening. he was who people turned to when news broke. he reported on some of the bay area's most notable news events. >> patricia hearst will not go free tonight. days later he broke the news of the san francisco mayor and supervisor harvey milk. >> it's been seven hours since that.38 caliber pistol went off nine times. i traveled to china with van amberg. we were among the first western journalist to report from inside

the communityist country when relations were fiejly normalized. van amberg left abc 7 in 1986. >> i'm expected to say good-bye but i'm not going to say good-bye. i won't be saying hello to you from here anymore. he was 86 y

disney is making a change to its pirates of the caribbean ride. it will be removing a scene on the blocks for them to buy as a wife. the auction will be auction, surrender your loot. the woman on the auction block will become a pirate. the changes will be made at the paris park in july and in anaheim next year. it's the most recent of several updat updates. disney is the farnts company of abc 7 news. a big surprise for residents in a small town from outside madison, wisconsin. an elephant got loose and took a stroll through a residential neighborhood. a trainer quickly caught up with the elephant about a half hour later. that doesn't sound quick enough for me and escorted him back. no one was injured. the long fourth of july weekend is just getting under way. many people are living downright

now. a live look from our mcarthur mays camera. you can see a lot of cars out there. abc 7 news reporter tiffany wilson has more on the big travel numbers expected this weekend. >> reporter: fourth of july travelers you're in good company. aaa predicts 44.2 million americans will go 50 miles from home. that's up almost 3% from last year. >> our kids wanted to go on vacation. going to hawaii for the first time. >> how do you feel about it? >> terrified. >> reporter: she's scared of lanes but doesn't mind the crowds. >> i'm excited to get away for a while. >> reporter: they are road tripping to portland. >> i'm going to drive up there pretty much all day. >> reporter: happy fourth of july. others are opting out of holiday

entirely. >> i'm going to stay home and do nothing and avoid the rush hour traffic. >> you say that with a smile. >> because everyone will be out there and i'll be at home relaxing. >> reporter: she's got a point. they analyze fourth of july traffic pattern and the worth time to drive is today. you can avoid it or. >> the way i see it just got to get through it. >> reporter: many of us will just have to suffer through the traffic. one quick reminder, we have seen a lot of people ticketed by chp officers. even though traffic may frustrate you, drive safely. tiffany wilson, abc 7 news. we have sunny skies. our days will be sunny for the next four days ahead.

tonight's lows will be mainly in the mid-50s. tomorrow look for sunny skies not only over the bay and inland but much of the coastline. highs will range from 60 at the coast to upper 60s. take a look at events going on this weekend. marin county fair will continue through the fourth of july. 11:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. tomorrow up in marin county you'll see sunny skies. high temperatures in the upper 70s in the area of the fair and drop down to san francisco where this weekend we have the filmore jazz festival. sunny both days. high temperatures will climb into the mid-60s. great weather for some street music and great jazz. here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. we have mainly sunny skies all the way through the seven-day forecast. the warmest days over the next four, over the weekend will be sunday and monday. high temperatures get up to 90

degrees or higher. notice the fourth of july temperatures drop a few degrees. l it will still be nice and pleasant. every day is the fourth of july. >> it's good. better than those really hot temperatures for a while. >> i agree. next at 4:00, summer is tick season. this time health officials say one test may not be enough to know if your zu're suffering fr lyme disease. if your kids play with fidget spinners, i have a warning about a popular toy. there's been several fires. i work ovi need when i my blood sugar to stay in control. so i asked about tresiba®. ♪ tresiba® ready ♪ tresiba® is a once-daily,

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there was a close call for a bride who lost her wedding dress just days before the big bay the thank goodness for facebook. they traveled from new york to ohio for their wedding last week. when they arrived, she realized her custom made dress was missing. she posted about the lost dress

on facebook and it went viral. two days later a friend messages her with good news. >> one of her friends was driving to work and sees a wedding dress. it was hanging at the end of a dro driveway on a fence and said i just saw her post on facebook somebody lost a wedding dress. >> she says she may have left the dress on top of her car when she pulled away. oh, goodness. someone found it. they hung it outside in hopes the owner would claim it. the dress was shipped to ohio with plenty of time to spare. the couple will be married next friday. a magician in minnesota said he needed more inspiration so he spent the past year building his own magic tree house. take a look inside. 480 square foot house has two floors and electricity. it's furnished with a couch, bed and other decor. he built this in his backyard so he would have a new place to

practice new tricks. he said his dream tree house isn't finished yet. he plans to add a zip line soon. now to a health alert. this summer is expected to be one of the worst tick seasons ever. doctors are bracing for more cases of lyme disease. the cdc is warning one test may not be enough to diagnose it. >> reporter: they are small and dangerous but wild tick ks be hard to spot. so can the lyme disease they carry. jill knows this first hand. >> i happen to catch a glimpse in an angled mirror in a pulls eye rash on the back of my right arm. i didn't know what it was but i took a picture of it and soon after we got home i contacted the doctor. >> reporter: roughly 300,000 people are diagnosed with this disease every year and that number is on the rise. >> i was so weak i couldn't walk. i couldn't chew my food. i couldn't dress myself some of

the time. i had problem finding words. the lyme test came back positive. know the cdc says researchers are trying to develop a new test to better diagnose the infection early on. >> lyme disease testing can be negative in the front month following infection. this is because we're watsing for the human immune response to amount in response to the infection. >> it can cause debit at a timing defects from severe tloits to short term memory loss. >> if the patient is having symptoms and test come back negative it's very, very important that they mun indicate with their health care provider.

first it was hover boards and cell phones. now the fidget spinner is the latest gadget to catch fire. >> two moms reported that the toy burst into flames while charging. >> i'm just filled with good news. all these fun toys. it seems harmless enough. you twirl it with your finger so where's the fire risk? some come with a bluetooth connection when listening to music. when you charge that, these two moms say watch out. >> burst it flames and she started screaming. >> reporter: she said the family was minutes from leaving the alabama home when her son saw it started. >> i was downstairs and all i heard was fire, fire. the it went smoking, it was this flames the. >> reporter: her son was charging the spinner that lets you lay music. about 45 minutes later, it burst into flames. the boy threw the toy into a

sink, dousing it in water. it has scorched the carpet but kimberly says it could have been a lot worse. >> we were about five or ten minutes from leaving the house for the day before this happened. it was nothing but god that held us back. >> reporter: another mom in michigan reported her spinner caught fire while charging. in upstate new york a jazz fest said he was going to give them out. the spinner packaging didn't name the manufacturer, just made in chie that. >> any time you have anything that needs to be charged, start paying attention to the manufacturers of these and doing the research. >> the safety commission says never leave a spinner or any gadget on a charger while you are asleep or away from the home. they have already warned about a choking hazard. now it's looking into these fires. i want to hear from you.

my hot line is open monday through friday. you know the number. you can reach me through my facebook page. thank you. next up, it may be two years until this south bay mall will be fully finished. shoppers can experience the story now. the coyote problem in san francisco. their encounters with pets are increasing. park trails are being closed and the stand off is intensifying. a close call between a boat and a whale. they make sure it doesn't happen again. tackling tobacco. the new program to clean up the butts before they end up in the ocean.

police in florida are urging pet owners to microchip their pets. it helped officers reunit this family with their lost dog after

she wound up 200 miles from home. she disappeared in january. she was found five months later in pembroke pines. police used a microchip reader to identify her owner. count on silicon valley to imagine a new way to imagine what a major mall expansion will be like. >> soon will be letter shoppers take a virtual reality tour. we got a sneak preview. david louie takes us into the future. >> reporter: the mall is undergoing a major transformation adding over 150 stores in 11 sit down restaurants. it's a little difficult to imagine how it will look. >> we're going to give this beautiful center. we want to show them that now so they understand why we're doing what we're doing. >> reporter: they are turning to virtual reality. this is no game. it's a way to immerse you into the renovated and new additions

to the mall, allowing you to walk around and see shops. one thing medium are noticing is the massive skylights. >> people are looking up and commenting how beautiful these skylights are. people don't notice what's above them. >> reporter: shoppers will get a chance to do the virtual reality tour at the end of the july. this shopper got a sneak prix view. >> i'm on the outside part of it. it's interesting to see the different areas. there's a lot of restaurants and lots of trees which i love. >> reporter: the fair is adding large space and make technology more fun. the virtual reality experience is giving the shoppers a treat for enduring some of the inconvenience caused during the process. >> it wasn't excited because i didn't know how exceptional this would be. it makes me look forward to the end. >> all right.

thank you for joining us at 4:00. we took it to a truck scale and weighed it. it's about 260,000 pounds worth of fireworks. >> they are all illegal. they are being manufactured in the middle of a neighborhood. abc 7 news is there when crews are called to fight a fire from the air. the one rule they all follow. we see the city's tracking program for the first time. >> the den is back in the vegetation way back in there. the swat team is called out to a home in alameda county. fireworks are seized and arrests are made. good evening and thanks for

joining us. >> the sheriff eets office says it's approximately 5,000 pounds of illegal fireworks seized within the last few days and that's more than what was seized than all of last year. >> reporter: this is what thousands ts of pounds of illegal fireworks looks like. take a listen to some of these names. jumbo morning glory. this one is called taking care of business. how about this one, super magnum. they are so dangerous deputies have asked us not to reveal our exact location. they say once the shipping container is full they will get rid of them. >> there's a lot of gun powder in this package.