>> thank you. that patriot prayer rally is planned from 2:00 to 5:00 at crissy field. several counter protesters are stelged at the same time and location. also a rally at noon at harvey milk plaza in the castro and san francisco civic center at one. we have information about all of these events on our news app and website. >> a park in berkeley will be the site of rally against hate and violence on saturday, aimed at countering the rally at the park. it's organized by racial justice leaders and there's an empathy pop up saturday night and a volunteer sunday at the north richmond farm. >> someone in massachusetts is $758 million richer this morning. a ticket sold at this convenience store in watertown. hit all six numbers to hit last night's jackpot. the largest grand prize won by a single player in history.

one in daly city and another in milpitas matched five of the numbers. the powerball number is 4. >> 4:30. if you're just getting up with us, let's get to meteorologist mike nicco. >> hi, everybody. let's open the weather window and give you an idea of what to expect when you step outside, especially here in san francisco as we look from the exploratorium camera at pier 15. your 12-hour day planner. temperatures running from 56 to 62 with mist in the air. by noon, mostly sunny. 59 at the coast, 71 to 75 around the bay and inland. hazy sunshine and not as warm this afternoon. just a little built of a pull back. 61 at the coast, 81 inland, and a very comfortable evening from 59 at the coast to 68 around the bay to 71 inland by 7:00. we'll look at the heat wave coming in the accuweather 7-day forecast. >> so far so good on the roads. we don't have any major issues to talk about, we don't have any

blocking issues whatsoever. westbound 92, wide open across the san mateo bridge. still in the green, holding on to that for now. tracy to dublin, under a half hour. southbound 680, that ended up being a tough commute later in the morning yesterday. today, hopefully things will be better. and northbound 85 also looks great at 15 minutes. we'll look at mass transit coming up next. right now, we are tracking the desperate search for south lake tahoe sisters missing after the eclipse. i want to show you a picture put out by the police department. they are 18-year-old melissa lee and her 7-year-old sister kalila. they went to an area near bend, oregon, to see the eclipse and have not been heard from since. melissa did use her credit card on tuesday. they're in a black toyota

sequoia suv. >> happening today, california could take a big step toward resuming executions. the state supreme court will issue a ruling on a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of proposition 66. the measure sets a five-year limit on death penalty appeals. right now, they can take decades. opponents say speeding up the process could send innocent people to their deaths. california's last execution was in 2006, and there are about 750 inmates on san quentin's death row right now. >> a san francisco lawyer is now representing the google engineer fired over his controversial memo. army dillon worked for the republican national committee. she represented two groups fighting uc berkeley to get ann coulter to speak on campus earlier this year. google says it fired james damore because he violated the

company's code of conduct. she's reaching out to other workers. >> it's 4:43. the south bay is dealing with the widening debate over historic statues linked to violence and racism. abc 7 news was at san jose city hall where people are upset over a statue of christopher columbus. a group has started an online petition to get the statue relocated. they say a man responsible for the genocide of native americans should not be glorified at city hall. >> happening today, proceeded from the taylor street market will be donated to the oakland firefighters fund. two off-duty firefighters were shot. one victim, jake walter, died. to help the victims' families, they pledge to donate all revenue they will make tonight and next thursday. running over the golden gate bridge is one of the reasons so many people do the san francisco

marathon. now that iconic part of the race is in some question. the bridge's board of directors will consider a proposal to stop closing one side of the bridge to traffic. remember, we saw that this year during the race. organizers of the san francisco marathon and half marathon may have to reroute the course or limit runners on where they can go. one option could be to create a protective barrier to separate the runners from the traffic alongside them. something else i'm tracking here at the live desk this morning, the deadly typhoon in asia. at least 12 people are dead this morning after the typhoon struck the southern coast of china. more than 150 others are injured. the storm flooded streets in hong kong and macao. it's the most powerful typhoon to hit the area in more than half a century. meanwhile, closer to home, a tropical storm gaining strength in the gulf of mexico. it could turn into a hurricane by the time it makes lafrl.

abc news reporter janay norman has the latest on the preparations in texas. >> good morning. there are a lot of empty store shelves in texas this morning as people are gearing up ahead of the storm. meanwhile, others are preparing to leave home as evacuations begin later today. south texas is bracing for a beating. the coastline is in the sights of tropical storm harvey, expected to make landfall this weekend. forecasters say harvey could develop into a weak hurricane by the time it slams the south. bringing with it a 4 to 6-foot storm surge along the coast, but even more worrisome, harvey is expected to unload up to 20 inches of rain and not just a burst of showers and flash flooding but a long duration event, possibly up to 72 hours of heavy rain and high tides. >> we need people to be aware. >> people who live in low-lying areas are urged to get to higher ground. evacuations begin today, but many people started stocking up last night. water, food, and batteries now

in short supply in many stores. and along the coastline, people are stockpiling sandbags getting ready for the storm surge. >> with predictions up to 20 inches of rain in the area, that could be a problem for us going into the weekend. >> the governor in texas has already declared a state of emergency in 30 counties ahead of the storm making landfall. janay norman. abc news, august. >> go back about 12 hours ago and it was just a tropical depression with winds around 35 miles per hour and it's accelerating the northwest. so that means it's over that warm ocean water. see how organized it got while we were sleeping? now, 45-mile-per-hour winds heading to the north at 10 miles per hour. here's the latest, you can see it slamming right around corpus christi saturday morning with 85-mile-per-hour winds. so that's even faster than the models were predicting last night when we went to bed. inland flooding, absolutely the biggest threat with this storm as it's going to sit and spin

over texas for several days. all right, back here at hoar, we've got temperatures from 58 in los altos hills to 57 in los gatos. mountain view and santa teresa, 63. here's a look from south beach, you can see the mist hanging in the air as we look at the western span of the bay bridge. small craft advisory on the bay. on the roads, a misty morning, and mass transit is going to be cool to warm today. quick look at the peninsula. 8:00, 61. by noon, 66. we'll barely get into the 60s by 4:00. back in the low 60s by 8:00. the areas we expect to be hot, east bay valleys, not really. 60 this morning, 75 at noon. low to mid 80s in the afternoon hours and back in the 60s by 8:00. we'll take a look at the weekend heat wave coming up. here's alexis. >> taking a look at the roads, a minor issue that we did have blocking one lane, but just got the all clear from chp. northbound 880 in the hayward stretch there, just before you

get to a street, disabled vehicle, they couldn't get that into gear. they were able to push it off to the shoulder. no delays in the area. i don't think it will turn into a slowdown this morning. mass transit looking great. 25 b.a.r.t. trains already in service. no delays. ace one out on time, and we haven't gotten word of any issue with caltrain. we'll check on the central valley in less than ten mi comi desk, we have just gotten some information on the search for the missing on the "uss mccain." i'll have the latest next. >> an oakland block party turns into a double murder scene. the appeal police are making to the public a year after the crime. >> a man ends up on b.a.r.t.'s >> a man ends up on b.a.r.t.'s tracks in s

whatcha' been doing braydon? reading let's see pictures, pictures,pictures there's a boy riding on his bicycle you can read too grandpa! ♪yea it's always better when we're together♪ welcome back. we have new details coming in this morning on the search for ten missing sailors from the "uss john s. mccain." medical examiners now say one body found by malaysian forces is not one of the missing sailors. more marine corps divers joined the search near singapore this morning. three crews also combing the seas. divers recovered remains in the flooded parts of the ship, but so far, relatives have named five of the missing sailors. the u.s. navy's seventh fleet

collided with an oil tanker earlier in the week. the cause of the crash still under investigation this morning. the white house is moving forward with president trump's ban on transgender members of the military. the "wall street journal" reports a white house memo directs the pentagon to deny admitting transgender people and it orders an end to spending on medical treatment for those currently spending. the report says the new policy will give james matting discretion on whether to kick a transgender person out. 4:43 now. oakland detect frbs are asking for the public's health in solving a double murder. shots rang out at a block party just over a year ago. terrance mccraryjure and craig fisher cooks both died. fletcher cooks was defending his girlfriend when he was attacked and shot. mcqueary was hit by a stray dullt. there were about 300 people at the party and police believe

there were four gunmen. >> a lot of times people have information, they're scared to come forward for one reason or another. >> somebody saw something, somebody knows something. all we ask is that you just come forward. >> there is a $25,000 reward for information leading to the killers. >> good samaritans are credited for helping save a man from an oncoming b.a.r.t. train. you'll look at surveillance video that captured a man in the path of an oncoming train at the civic station yesterday. other passengers immediately tried to help. one man ran toward the train waving his arms and other people started waving too. it looks like the driver of the train saw it in time and stopped. the man was then rescued. we have made a special video where you can relive that extraordinary show of humanity on abcnews.com. >> a prominent uc berkeley professor is stepping down and

take a look, in his resignation letter to the president, there's a not so subtle message if you take the first letter of every paragraph and put them together, it spells impeach. >> i can't speak for what his motivations are, but whether it's not getting it or whether it's having an agenda that is anti-science, anti-environment, anti-incluseivity, his actions speak pretty loudly on that. >> he said the president's comments on charlottesville threatens the core values of the united states. he also says stepping back from the paris climate accord was a mistake. >> how this road was supposed to open in may, then late august. now, abc7 has learned the road that runs from near castro valley to near niles canyon is not going to open until late last month at the earliest. just up the road, another road is worked on and it won't open

until october. the cost of both projects combined,uct $2.5 million. >> this new video from the department of water resources shows crews installing steel beams on the upper walls. the demolition of the spillway is complete and re-enforced concrete is a quarter way to being finished. last year's storms ripped a huge role in the structure. crews are now working to have enough of the spillway rebuilt in time for this winter's storms. >> mike, how is carl the fog doing this morning? >> seems to be quite cozy over most of our neighborhoods. here's a look at san rafael where it's 57. you can see the cloud cover right there. let's look at what's going to happen with your accuweather highlights. a morning mist out there, definitely. afternoon, some hazy sunshine. cloudy tonight, spotty drizzle, then the heat is going to build through the weekend and spill into next week. here's a look at the cloud cover. you can see by noon, we still have a pretty thick deck from the san mateo bridge all the way

up to the richmond san rafael bridge. it will thin out a little bit but never completely go away. same thing with the clouds at the coast, they look stubborn, but inland will have plenty of sunshine. temperatures today, let's start in the south bay. 75 in milpitas to san jose at 79. a little warmer in los gatos, morgan hill 84 and 67 there. 68 in millbrae, and 71 to 76 is our spread on the peninsula. 62 to 64 along the peninsula coast. only 65 in downtown san francisco. 79 in san rafael and petaluma to low 80s for most of the north bay. lake portal a little warmer at 92. 69 at richmond. the rest of us about sfebt to 75 degrees, and our last stop is our inland east bay neighborhoods. mid 80s to barely 92 in brentwood. let me lay out the next seven days for you in my seven-day

forecast. tomorrow, about the same, then you can see the heat beginning saturday. peaking, we have pushed it back a day, sunday into monday. it starts to ease tuesday, and back to average if not a little below by wednesday. it's definitely going to be a weekend of heat away from the coast. even at the coast, temperatures in the upper 60s to near 70. i brought alexis in. she's joining me at the desk. what are you watching this morning? >> not much. crickets on the roads so far today. we're off to a great start. i don't have any blocking issues to report right now, and kind of in the sweet spot where all of our overnight construction proj, are wrapping up. here's a live look outside at san jose, 280 and 17. you can see some fog hanging around, cloud cover, and i had mist on my drive in. overall, we're looking at really light volumes, as usual, the only red we're seeing on the traffic maps is out of tracy. westbound 205 to 580, 24 miles per hour, 19 miles per hour,

that drive time still in the green. that's pretty fast for that stretch of roadway. coming up in less than ten minutes, a closer look at the south bay. >> thanks. happening today, amazon opening its first brick and mortar book store in the bay area. a grand opening for the store at santana road this morning. its soft opening was tuesday. today is the first official day of business. the store will be similar to the first amazon store opened in seattle last year, which has drawn some big crowds. the san jose store will feature 3500 titles. amazon blans to open another book store in walnut creek. >> 4:49 now. hundreds of kids in oakland are sporting brand-new sneakers thanks to klay thompson. listen to the crowd. going wild when the warriors star hit the first official shot at the klay thompson court yesterday. in addition to a brand-new basketball court, 600 students got new sneakers just like the

ones he wears. they also heard from their hero. >> you have to realize they go hand in hand. if you want to be on the court, you have to have the grades. that was easy for me because i loved basketball. >> you have to have the grades if you're going to play. the kids gave klay a t-shirt. he donated the money to refurbish the court and the school's rec room. >> a taylor swift fan storm about to hit social media. you know the fan storms. >> is that a meteorological term? >> neither one of us can talk right now. >> anyway, she has a new album coming out. >> that's true. >> activists are taking a stand for former 49er colin kaepernick, the demand they're making of the nfl. >> it may not be fashionable, but it does the job. the suit spacex astronauts will be wearing. >> in today's tech bites, the experts are weighing in on the hottest new phone, the samsung

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the naacp wants to meet with the national football league about former 49ers quarterback colin kaepernick. organizers call this protest outside the league's headquarters in new york yesterday a united we stand rally. kaepernick ignited a national debate when he refused to stand for the national anthem before games last year. so far, none of the nfl's teams have signed kaepernick. several rights leaders are accusing the league of avoiding him because of his opinions on race. >> we're getting the first glimpse of a space suit that may be used by future spacex

astronauts. elon musk posted this picture on insta. he said it has been tested for vacuum pressure. he's trying to balance aesthetics and function. they are in a race against boeing to become the first private company to launch people into space. their first manned missions could come next year. >> if you're on facebook and like college football, this one's for you. facebook has struck a deal for exclusive rights to live stream 15 college games this season beginning next week. it gives the menlo park based company the rights to six mountain west games and nine conference usa games that will not be televised. the first game will march marshall against miami of ohio on september 2nd. taylor swift fans, the wait is over. she's releasing the first single from her new album tonight. this is the cover art for reputation. swift says the album is going to be released on november 10th.

will you be waiting up for that? >> no. >> good morning, everybody. here's a look at what's going on with our small craft advisory. 1:00 this afternoon, 9:00 this evening. same area it's been all week. out at the coast, going to continue through at least 3:00 saturday morning. so expect it to be breezy the next several days if you're heading to our beaches. lows tonight will be around 53 in santa rosa to around 58 in san jose and antioch. look for cloud cover once again. maybe not quite as much mist that we're dealing with this morning. except for at the coast. here's alexis. >> not too much happening on the roads so far today. a live look outside at walnut creek, so southbound 680, yeah, we started to see these volumes increasing earlier and earlier with a lot of kids heading back to school over the last couple weeks. so far, looking okay. and then a quick check at drive times as well. southbound 101, santa rosa to petaluma, 13 minutes. westbound 580 also looks great at 13. if we were going to have slow

spots, it would be here, northbound 101, looking great. wide open at 11 minutes. next traffic update at 5:00. >> thanks. >> a lot of people pitched in to help a dog who was accidentally locked inside a car. you're looking at pictures the sant cruz county sheriff shared. you can see folks pitching in. it all paid off. he made it out safely and was happily reunited with his owner. >> next at 5:00 a.m., we're hearing more from the man behind this weekend's rally at crissy field. his feelings on the controversy and why he believes it goes beyond politics. >> here at the live desk, only moments ago we heard defense secretary jim mattis ruffling some feathers overseas, defending ukraine against russia. i'll have the full story next. plus, the new action by san plus, the new action by san jose state unive

almost at friday, which means it is almost the weekend. welcome to thursday, august 24th. >> yes, we have been promising we'll see a warmup in the next few days. that still happening? >> i think so, especially this weekend. we're all here. powerball, no. but you may be a winner if you can dodge the mist this morning. excuse me. it's pretty thick over the bay bridge and the golden gate bridge, and watch out for that, even maybe the san mateo bridge and richmond-san rafael bridge. you can see the increase in clouds while we were sleeping. here's a look at san jose. 280 at 17, you can see the cloud cover pretty thick there. temperatures kind of cool, 56 to 62 degrees. the mist and drizzle will dry up by about 9:00, and then noon, we're mostly sunny. sunny at 4:00, our