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live where you live, this is abc 7 news. >> here you see they're lowering someone in a basket. >> hundreds of people escape flood waters in houston as hurricane harvey just becomes aparpt. we begin with developing news out after texas. the tropical storm causing unprecedented city. tonight, houston is a city. crisis. rescue operations continue in the darkness of night. more than 2,000 rescue callses have come in and more rain is expected. >> we got you. don't worry. >> a crew from the abc station in houston stepped in to help as elderly people struggled to get out of their home. you see them lifting a man to

safety from his flooded home. four been reported since harvey hit. lana has the latest from houston tonight. >> reporter: rescues tonight in the dark of night here in houston. >> we get you, don't worry. >> reporter: di secretaried by roads that are now rivers, america's fourth largest city is in crisis. >> we need help in fifth ward. we need people here to evacuate people. get people here now before they die. >> reporter: 911 system over run. 15,000 calls in hours. many can't get through. houston's mayor is asking for patience. >> this is day two. there will be day three, and four, and five. >> first responders and good samaritans are working around the clock to rescue those who

need help. >> memories are taken away. something you don't expect. it's all -- >> reporter: she has no dry clothes or shoes on her feet. she was grateful to be plucked from the water and she says she was left stranded without a place to go. >> they said there would be buses. we were sitting there in the rain. and that's when peter game. >> reporter: you're a good samaritan? >> i have been cooped up in my home watching you guys and i said, i'm able-bodied. i might as well ask if there is anythingky do and i drove down here. >> he is our hero. >> reporter: more than 600 billion gallons of water have been dumped on houston and they are concerned about dam breakage, releases water from two reservoirs.

abc 7 news. >> you may wind up paying more to fill up. several refineries are off line from the storm and that has reduced gasoline supplies nationwide. governor brown activated four additional california urban search and rescue teams to head to texas to help with the search and rescue. and oakland firefighters just got to the scene there. abc's reporter alissa harrington has a look. >> reporter: help is on the way to disaster zone hurricane harvey. the crew spent the day packing for the trip to texas. they specialize in water rescue. they will join other rescuers from all over the nation including task fours four who left oakland saturday night. >> that's what they are looking

forward to do. >> reporter: the task force is bringing boats and enough equipment to last a couple weeks. the last time this team was called out was in the flooding in san jose. the fire cheer says it's the most significant deployment since hurricane katrina. >> they had 66 helicopters come in. it was unbelievable. i'm not sure if they will eclipse that. i hope they do. we are moving people out of the area. >> this is part of fema's response to the disaster. alissa harrington, abc 7 news. if you would like to help the victims of hurricane harvey, we have resources at abc7.com. red cross alone is operated 34 community shelters in texas. and a heat advisory and warning for tomorrow. drew is tracking the temperatures. yeah, we are wrapping up a

week of record-breaking heat today and temperatures right now, mild in a lot of spots away from the coast. 77 right now in concord. 86 in brentwood. 70 in san jose and 73. future weather out the door, the fog very limited and that means we're quickly -- 10:00 in the morning, look at a that, widespread 80s and 90s at that early morning hour. for that fact, the heated a virusry for areas close to the bay. and hotter spots away from the coast. we will talk about how hot we will get and when we will finally get refreshing air in the forecast. thank you very much. and the temperatures in the east bay, almost unbearable for some people. here is more from pleasanton where they are facing another day of triple-digit temperatures.

melanie? >> reporter: yeah, absolutely. aren't 4:00 this afternoon, it was 104 degrees. right now, 84 degrees. a welcomed 0-degree temperature drop. these high school soccer players took extra water breaks today. >> everyone's getting drinks today. >> reporter: splitting the halves into quarters an as they faced off in the heat. >> keep an eye on the players. we should be all right. >> the heat is what it is. unless they want to postpone, the boys are used to it. they know how to keep themselves healthy. >> reporter: family members shielded themselves from the sun with oversized umbrellas. there are plenty of ways to cool off today. >> blue raspberry. >> reporter: keeping you nice and cool? >> yeah. >> it's staggering. it's about 106. and we're just trying to visit places that have air conditioning and stay cool.

>> reporter: to the water park in dublin. summer birchhill named for the season she was born in celebrated her 10th birthday. what were the best parts today? >> the water slides. >> it was supposed to be in the 70s and it turned out to be in the 100s. we were happy about that. >> reporter: not long after the wave closed, 6:30, hot temperatures and more than 40 acre vegetation fire. abc 7 news. heat and high winth helped spread a brush fire today that threatened buildings in petal petaluma. cal fire deployed about eight aircraft. you could see the smoke across the city. the abc accuweather app, download it for free and track

the forecast on the go. a rally that was canceled days ago drew a thousand people to berkeley. and both sides clashed at times. abc 7 reporter william king is live at the park with more. william? >> reporter: things got physical here at civic center park. people from both sides in a fight. >> you don't know! >> reporter: tensions ran high and fights broke out as members of left and right went face to face at civic center park. on hand, hundreds of police officers ready to arrest at first sign of trouble. counterdemonstrators overwhelmed those there for what was supposed to be an anti-marxist party. the objective was supposed to be

peaceful dialogue. >> the trans woman, they are trying to treat her an as a white the supremacy. >> reporter: the woman who planned the rally canceled it. it was reported that she arrived briefly. >> we don't want these people here. even the people that are conservative, they don't these people here. >> reporter: patriot prayer founder joey gibson showed up at the park and left after he was sprayed with piper spray. police say the violence was nowhere near the past. >> we brought in a lot of officers and we brought nthem i early. >> reporter: about 4,000 people attended the counterdemonstration. 13 people were arrested. abc 7 news.

marchers took to protest throughout different parts of thecy. a drum circle and banners that say things like resist and stand against pay. these protesters sat on a prayer mat in the middle of the action. >> we have been invaded as a country by a bunch of white supremacists, haters who are after smashing all kinds of democracy. >> one person not allowed in, activist kyle chapman. he was ordered to stay at least 300 yards away but he did chime in on twitter. berkeley was a set up. the police said they would protect attendees. and uber, a new ceo. you may not recognize the ceo with the company he currently leads. we will check out highlights of this year's san hjose parade

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organization that specialized this under water searches. uber's board of directors has picked the ceo of expedia to take over. dara khosrowshahi will take over. there are multiple reports that khosrowshahi and head of hewitt pack card ned whitman were this the running. former ceo stepped out earlier this summer because of claims of sexism and several lawsuits. thousands in the south bay sprend a message of love, acceptance and tolerance in the silicon valley pride parade. abc 7 news was in double san jose. those who turned out say the event takes on greater

significance after trump's decision to ban transgender troops from military service. thousands turned out for the parade. hundreds of people celebrated the mission of the taylor family foundation in the day at the park found raiser. abc 7 news family joined the run. meteorologist mike niko and cheryl jennings, dan ashley. attendees opened their hearts and wallets and local wineries, breweries and restaurants provided drinks. abc 7 news is a part of the foundation. it sends children with illnesses and conditions to camp. in accuweather, we're going to extend our heat wave one more day tomorrow afternoon before we start to see cooler air arrive.

live doppler seven. a quiet, clear picture throughout. fog is limited at this hour. confined to the coastline. and the camera tonight, it's rare this time of the year to see stars from this vantage point but we have high pressure over head that is bringing the heat and the clear skies tonight. out there right now, it's warm away from the coast. 77, the current new. 70 in san jose. and brentwood still at this hour at 87 degrees. overnight tonight, here's the call. lots of stars out there, littled fog. it will be a wild night away from the coast. you see spots will hold in the mid to upper 60s and that will be a launching bad to get in a hot afternoon. future weather, let's go hour by hour. and the first thing you notice, the fog is extremely limited.

and that means we are quickly warming and noon, the future weather showing you we have a widespread 80s and 90s. and some spots already reaches the century mark. the national weather service continues the heat advisory. the area in orange, and oakland, hayward, free monday and san jose and excessive heat warning continues inland and temperatures in the pink shaded color could reach as high degrees fahrenheit tomorrow afternoon. and highs tomorrow, 105 in antioch. and san francisco, it's a 3450i8d afternoon with a temperature 72 degrees. if you're craving relief this is going to come midweek. temperatures from monday to wednesday will drop by some 14 degrees in the afternoon for concord. 10 degrees in san mateo and

oakland, a temperature drop midweek will feel more like average. tropical tomorrow harvey, still a tropical storm. it is slowly moving to the south and east. what that means, it's going to emerge over open gulf waters. the latest track has harvey going back in the gulf and meanders around houston. this is additional rainfall on what they have already seen. you can see the problems just continue for houston as we are likely going see another foot of rainfall. back here at home, the seven-day forecast are, it's hot tomorrow and a trend through wednesday. we are calling it temporary cooling. thursday and friday, the heat right back before the temperatures go right back down over the weekend. and a roller coaster the next

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developing news in the houston area. officers use boards to rescue pets. they estimate hundreds have been rescuesed and brought to shelters. let's talk about sports. rick is here. >> the astros are supposed to host a series are the rangers tuesday in houston. that could be a rain out, as they say. coming up in, the giants try to salvage their series finale in

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after struggling last week against denver, the 49ers offense led by brian hoyer looked much better tonight against minnesota. hoyer came out tonight firing, completing the first nine passes. this one for a 46-yard touchdown. the first play of the second quarter was a thing of beauty. ohioier rips a ball for a 24-yard score. 14-0 at the half. third quarter now, on third and 23. he is going to follow his

blockers and look out. the purdue product is going to take it all the way, 87 yards for a touchdown. he wasn't done. in the fourth quarter, he will score against. the niner goes in front. but the vikings rally. minnesota decides to go for a two-point conversion and a bin. on the run, will drive and he will score, the vikings with a victory. the miners foul. >> disappointing. and how it ended. and a lot of things to be happy about. we have to go out and look at the tape and learn. >> the few good driving, i'm sure there will be a few missed opportunities. and so it wasn't a relief because i know adds an offense that is's who we were. we didn't have an opportunity to move the ball down the field and

eventually score. >> for arizona times in the inning. france was trying to get his first chase. the ball gets hundley. it's 1-0. her alta gets ejected. and a faces-loaded single, drives in a pair a. arizona gets back-to-back-to-back home runs, possibly mvp. god schmitt got it going with a blast off. martinez follows with his second home run of the contest. and gave all home run to

tomorrow the diego. over at the coliseum, check out this kid who comes up with a foul ball. m matt olson gives the lead. and matt chamman also goes deep. his tenth of the year. inning-ended double play. the a's beat the rangers 8-2 and complete a three-game sweep. this sports report is brought to you by river rock casino. >> thank you very much. get aed in view of tomorrow's demonstration. we will hear from those behind the black masks behind the chaos, that's ahead.

good evening, i'm eric thomas. developing news and neighbors are helping each other escape from homes flooded after hurricane harvey slammed into texas. some people will use anything they floats, kayaks, small boats that navigate the streets that are now streams. >> getting them out, and last count, we had 11 people, six dogs two cats. so noah's ark.

>> there are nice people out here there. they are helping. they are bringing people here to the front. you really can't drive back there. >> helicopters are helps people to higher ground. two search and rescue crews are also coming through. and a kansas man stocks upcks up pork, 900 pounds on it. he plans on barbecuing it for the people affected by texas. and he has done it for a time to cook food for people in disaster zones for a half dozen years. air traffic is delayed because of flooding by harvey. a hub for united airlines, for passengers headed to and from latin america. houston hobby airport will remain closed until at least wednesday.

president trump plans to visit texas on tuesday to get a firsthand look at relief efforts. this somes as the president is facing criticism for hints to announcing a pardon arpaio. and biden said that he terrorized a latin community. >> the think the president is pretty clear on it -- >> this is someone who talked about healing, healing, healing and ever one of his actions have been the of is sit. >> the president plans to announce what happens to young immigrants that are brought to the u.s. illegally as children. the usa is wrapping up military exercises ordered after president trump's comments a a possible action against the venezuela nation. and the president says his country will not be threatened.

friday the national security adviser backtracked on the comment says no american military is anticipated in the future. as we showed you earlier, violent clashes and heated exchanges as demonstrators face off in berkeley today. police made 13 arrests. a range of emotions in the confrontations and he says he won't forget someone from the left standing up for a trump supporter in trouble. police had a firm hold. and sean hanes had gone through security and put on his mask. >> we are coming to cause trouble. >> i can neither confirm or deny it. >> the calm before the gave me a chance to speak. >> i look like i'm ready to play. >> he says he is not there for violence. >> i am coming here from

nonvie vent stance. >> i had took over the park. police retreated. one point, dozens of people in masks chanted the name of the young woman killed in charlottesville. i was struck by the sheer number dressed in black, more than a hundred as they marched to the park. and the trump supporters sticking with me. last month, this man was attacked with a broken bottle in a bar. he has been through so much and in berkeley today, he was vastly outnumbered. and same for trump supporter erin smith. and this young man in his red hat. he wore a mouth guard for conta contact. and one man, a white guy with a shaved head pushed back, i spoke with his after, he's a liberal but in that moment for him, all the issues quickly faded.

he told me no young guy deserves to be treated that way. >> you look for the good in events like this. the crazy events and that moment really stuck with me. it could have been 100, perhaps 200 people. i saw one boy who would have been more than 13. you wonder how he got there, where his parents are and what he's up to. a different topic now. warnings now to stay out of the american river, swimmers could face health risks because of high lefs of e.coli. the sacramento bee reports there are no reports of anyone gets sick from the river. it's due in part to human waste by homeless camps. they will spending money to clean up the air. a man's personal struggle has become an international crusade. why a growing number are trying

to make sure an immigrant violin player doesn't have to go back to russia. and religious leaders come together in the name of love. another day means we're seeing excessive heat warnings tomorrow as the heat hangs on for the next 24 hour

hundreds of people packed a church in san francisco to celebrate peace. ♪ abc 7 news was inside the church for today's service. speakers included leaders from several faiths. they shared a message a that violence does not solve problems. >> we want to demonstrate that hate will never, ever, ever enter into our city. because love, we're about love, we're about peace, we're about

nonviolence. >> the clergy told us that today's service was inspired by a series of violent clashes by people of the of sid sends of the political spectrum. the lgbt community is helping out a violinist who may not return home after coming out. and people want to help the man stay in the u.s. ♪ >> reporter: the music is beautiful. the artist's talents there for all to see. but for the 160 people who filled the auditorium coming out to watch him play the violin was as much as the music as supporting him. he moved to canada to study music 7 years ago. he was recently married.

his mother's reaction to the news her son is gay made him post this video. a country that is still homophob homophobic. >> my church is homophobic because they don't know anyone who is gay. if i can be that person, they will listen a bit to me. >> the minute i saw it, i was honestly moved to tears. i went home, showed my husband, and we said, what can we do to help. >> reporter: he will be moves to california next week. it is there he hopes to continue his career as a violinist. it was hot today. it's going to be just as hot tomorrow. that's the good news. >> that's good news, okay, tomorrow's your day. we will get relief midweek from

the heat. temperatures in the fog, limited first thing in the morning. future weather, you see really patchy along the coast, and midday, you already have temperatures in the 80s and 90s or hitting the century mark. the heat advisory on the bay waters. the orange on the screen, excessive heat warning for the hottest spots. the pink color, as hot as 108 degrees. 96 in san jose, and 105 in conco concord, 83 in oakland, 72 the high in san francisco. 96 in napa. 103 in lake port. i want to talk about a new tropical tront off the east coast. the area of low pressure off jacksonville, winds 35 miles per hour. but the national hurricane center does forecast it to be a tropical tomorrow. winds 30 miles per hours.% we have tropical storm watches up for south carolina and north carolina coast. it does look like a quick mover

and it's kirked out to sea thursday morning. the forecast, tomorrow's hot. not as hot tuesday and we're cools down by wednesday. right back up thursday and friday. and the weekend will come back to reality for september. believe it or not, labor day weekend. >> i was just trying to be optimistic. about 106 temperatures. rick's going to check sports for us. the offense doesn't look bad. >> the niners, vikings, pretty god. coming up in sports, brian hoyer tries to show he's ready for prime time. and matt chapman was double

with one game left in the preseason, it appears the 49ers

offense is starting to click under new head coach kyle shanahan. tonight against minnesota, brian hoyer completed the first nine passes, this one to good win for a 46-yard touchdown. on the first play of the second quarter, he connects again. this time a perfect strike for a 24-yard score. it was 14-0 at halftime. third quarter now, on third and 23, dumps off a screen pass and he's going to follow his blockers and look out. the purdue product is going to take it all the way, 87 yards for a touchdown. he doesn't done. and he scores again as the niner goes in front, and the vikings rally and he gets the lead to just one. minnesota decides to go for the two-point conversion and the win. quarterback hinky on the run will dive for the pylon and score. the vikings pull it out.

the niners close out the preseason thursday against the los angeles chargers. after two close losses in arizona, the giants got blown out this afternoon as a bullpen was ripped for nine runs in the fifth inning. san francisco suffered a chris stratton strikes out fuentes. chris herman scores, 1-0 d backs. and ten batters over six innings and peralta goes down swinging. he got ejected. the dild backs would have the final dap as they broke it open and a bases-loaded single drives in a pair. arizona will get back-to-back-to-back home runs. possible mvp paul goldschmidt with this blast and martinez with his second homer of the

game. arizona wins 11-0. the giants scored just four runs in the three-game series. miami's giancarlo became the first player to hit 50 runs in the national league since prince fielder. he needs to hit 23 to tie barry bonds' single season home run record. a the coliseum, a good day for the a's as they completed a sweep over texas. not a bad day for that kid either. and matt olsen gives oakland lead over a.j. griffen. matt chapman also goes yard match his tebth of the year. the a's clinging to a lead, the rangers have the bases loaded and mike napoli line drive and

into a double play. and that's worth one more look. the a's win it 8-3. tomorrow they will be in anaheim. the little league world series championship, pence homers to give his team a 1-0 lead and japan would rally. a pair of home runs put japan on top in the fourth. in the fifth inning, a single to make it 12-2. because of the ten-run rule that would be the final. japan wins 12-2. this is the fourth time in the last six years a team that tokyo has taken home the title. the earthquakes beat the galaxy. and san jose a 1-0 lead. second half now, a perfect pass to marco who had gotten behind the defense. his fourth goal of the year and the quakes win 3-0.

at the northern open in new york, it cams down to a battle between jordan spieth and dustin johnson. on 17, spieth makes this birdie to pull within a tie for the lead. on 18, johnson to force a playoff and watch this, he goes in through the back-door. johnson puts himself in birdie range with this nice approach. and he would go on to sink the puck for the victory. johnson with a 66. this is the first leg of the fedex cup playoff. the win was worth more than a million and a half dollars. eric. >> i should have taken up golf. >> i tell you. >> a million and a half dollars. >> not bad. >> that's it tonight. abc 7 news continues tomorrow morning at 4:0030. have a great evening. a better morning.

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