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>> announcer: live where you live, this is "abc 7 news." in the caribbean tonight, category five irma bears down on its next target after flattening and entire island. tonight thousands if florida are trying to get out before one of the most powerful hurricanes ever seen in the at lan

times-union heads north toward them. i'm dan ashley. >> i'm ama daetz. hurricane irma is pummelling puerto rico. nearly 950,000 are without power. >> also dealing with flash flooding. the national weather service warns of a high threat to life and property. irma is blamed for at least three deaths so far in the caribbean. >> it december mapted the island of barbuda, damaging or destroying every building. maggie rulli has the latest. >> reporter: hurricane irma is tearing through the cribbual with 180-mile an hour wind. >> it is really ripping right now. >> i've covered hurricanes for more than 25 years. this is unlike anything i have ever seen. >> reporter: the streets of tourist hot spot st. martin under water. the airport reportedly destroyed. >> we're here outside, shaking the doors. >> reporter: on the small island of barbuda, seen in the center of irma's eye, the prime

minister says some 90% of the islands' buildings are destroyed. in puerto rico, potentially the worst storm to hit the island in a century. now florida is gearing up for a direct hit. >> never had a cat five. never experienced it and it is just scary. >> reporter: the florida keys are under a full-scale evacuation. >> this is what interstate 75 looks like right now. >> reporter: at the airports, it is a mag crush to get out. so far more than 1,000 flights have been cancelled to and from miami this weekend. the lines for water wrap around the block. more than 25% of gas stations in miami dade county are already out of fuel. >> gas is running out everywhere right now. >> florida's governor says he is working to get more fuel, and president trump has already called a state of emergency for florida, puerto rico and the u.s. virgin islands. the latest path has irma approaching florida saturday and hitting miami as a category four hurricane. maggie rulli, abc new also,

new york meteorologist sandhya patel is tracking irma and where she is right now. >> this is one powerful storm, one of the strongest in the atlantic. live doppler 7 showing you where it is located. it passed to the north of san juan, puerto rico. look at the eye on this storm. it is a monster. it is going to pass north of hispanola, currently packing 185 per hour maximum winds. storm surge will be a problem along with flooding. expect to hit the turks and caicos as a cat five, weakening agency it crosses the bahamas saturday. by sunday possibly making landfall across florida sunday evening and continuing to weaken to a category two by monday evening. this is one of the most dangerous, but hurricane jose not far behind, threatening the leeward islands and hurricane

katia in the gulf is expect to make landfall in vera cruz. all three hurricanes bears watching. dan, ama. >> thank you, sandhya. >> as people evacuate florida tonight, help from the bay area is on its way. >> the urban search and rescue task force four barely made it out of texas helping with harvey damage when they got a new >> indicakatie utehs. >> reporter: dan and ama, they're already on the road and more than 50 will b flying out tomorrow. as hurricane irma marches to the main land, bay area crews are going to meet her. nearly 30 people are already on the road, having left houston monday. we caught oakland chief james bower as the crew fuelled. >> we headed towards home and things changed and we turned around. we made it to new mexico and we

got a phone call late last night. >> the four rescue boats and two zodiacs never made it back to the oakland warehouse. the shelves are already empty because the equipment has been sent out. >> it is definitely uncommon to have this quick of a turn around. >> reporter: more than 50 other task force members fly out tomorrow. they will stage in alabama until receiving mission order, enfazed by receiving back-to-back deployments. >> there's a sense of honor and we're honored to be able to help people. >> reporter: firefighters come from 18 different agencies and there are civilian members. >> one of the great things about having that many agencies involved is that the impact on any one agency is minimal. >> reporter: pg&e is sending 100 people tomorrow morning to help restore power in florida. the coast guard's 129th rescue wing also will deploy like they did during harvey. katie utehs reporting, "abc 7 news" and just about 45 minutes

ago thereafteris air force's air mobility wing tweeted its team will fly to st. croix within 12 hours to support relief effort there. >> look closely at the screen shot from flight radar 24. delta flight 302 was the last airplane to leave san juan's airport before it shut down. what a flight it must have been, flying in between bands of a devastating hurricane. delta says the flight was completely safe, with the pilots working in tandem with dispatchers and airline meteorologists to chart the flight plan. remember, you can download the "abc 7 news" app and enable push alerts for up to the minute information on hurricane irma the recent record-setting hot weather in san francisco is being blamed for three deaths now. the medical examiner's office says the victims all were in their 80s and 90s and found alone inside their homes. no 911 calls were made by them asking for help. san francisco hit 106 degrees last friday, setting an all-time record high. during the heat wave, the

city's 911 system received more than 2400 calls for help, doubling the average volume. that overwhelmed city ambulances and slowed response times to more than 10 minutes for life-threatening call also and 17-minutes for non-life-threatening call also. mutual aid was called in from sacramento. >> jerry downs was struck by his own vehicle in farng lot of ingrid b. lacy middle school where downs was the band director. "abc 7 news" reporter lilian kim is live in pacifica with this story. lilian. >> reporter: ama, the accident happened in this parking lot during school hours. paramedics tried to revive mr. downs but he was ultimately pronounced dead at the hospital. there are now flowers at the parking lot where teacher jerry downs was hit by his own vehicle. pacifica police say it somehow roll away before it struck and killed him. school staff was shocked when they heard what happened.

>> basically he -- his car crushed him or his van ran him over, something. he was trying to stop it or something. >> reporter: downs was the band director at ingrid b. lacy middle school and ocean shore elementary, a position he held for 15 years. >> i was like, i want to be that guy or something. >> reporter: students looked up to him and parents admired him for his passion for music and devotion to the students. >> he spent so much time after school with the kids. he did competition, marching band, concert band, he did drum line. he spent an awful lot of his personal time. >> reporter: and if students didn't have the money, downs would never hesitate to help. >> whatever they needed, you know, for marching band, whatever instruments, he would buy instruments, he would buy uniforms, he would buy shoes. he was a generous guy. >> reporter: a formal announcement of downs' death will be made to the students during home room. extra counsellors will be brought in. in pacific, lilian kim, "abc 7 news." authorities are searching for two inmates who walked away

from a federal prison camp in dublin. officials say anna armstrong and irene mitchell left the minimum security facility at 7:15 monday evening. both were serving time on federal drug charges. >> they don't have a history of violence, but anybody that escapes from a prison institution we consider to be dangerous because they're on the run and they're considered fugitives. >> earlier today, mitchell was spotted in rural livermore. according to the alameda county sheriff's office. they tweeted this photograph of her covering her face when someone tried taking a shot of her. >> well, we have much more ahead on "abc 7 news at 11:00." hundreds gathered on the peninsula tonight for a vigil in support of the dreamers. plus -- >> just be happy to see my brother. because i couldn't see him. >> martellus bennett tonight ready to give his brother a big hug as he gets emotional thinking about what if. and -- >> did you hear these mystery

jets in the east bay this afternoon? >> we'll have that story. all of that coming up. first, here is a look at what is ahead on "jimmy kimmel live" after "abc 7 news at 11:00." >> jimmy: thank you, dan and ama. enjoy this sample of tonight's show. it is gluten free. there are three hurricanes in the ocean, wahhabism ah, katia and jose, and grown right here in california, with absolutely no antibiotics ever. a better way to grow, a better way to eat.

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hundreds of people gathered on the peninsula tonight. they came together for a prayer vigil for daca recipients, vowing to fight for those young people brought to the united states illegally by their parents. "abc 7 news" reporter katie marzullo has the story from redwood city.

>> reporter: at the hall of justice in redwood city hundreds of people came together to condemn the repeal of the daca program. >> i always like to say that i am more than a daca recipient. i shine light to my mother's story. >> reporter: gabriella garcia cruz was three years old when her mother brought her to the united states illegally. she has always known daca was not a long-term solution for immigrants. >> if there's anything that powerful that came out of this is the opportunity to unite as a community, the opportunity to say it is not just 800,000, it is actually 11 million undocumented people including my mom. >> reporter: she felt the support of the community at the vigil. >> not going to sundend them ba somewhere else. most are educated and employed. they add so much to our country. >> because we respect the dignity of every human person and they have the right to be part of this great country. >> reporter: 15 states and the district of columbia filed a lawsuit to stop president trump's plan to end daca. san jose and santa clara county are planning litigation. a santa clara university law

professor said they could cite prejudice. >> people challenging daca might point to statements by the president in the past about how he views mexicans or immigrants generally. >> reporter: california's attorney general has announced he will sue separately of the other states. in redwood city, katie marzullo, "abc 7 news" tonight nfl commissioner roger goodell has words of support for the seattle sea hawks player seeing police. michael bennet hired attorney against his case against las vegas police. goodell released a statement saying he represents the best of the nfl. his brother got emotional about the incident. >> i think, what if. two seconds this way, that way, the whole thing is different. so -- so for me it is just -- i'll be happy to see my brother because there was a chance i couldn't see him. >> bennet says an officer held a

gun to his head and threatened his life. this video is from tmz sports. police say they thought he may have been involved in a shooting. >> there is still no word on why a pair of fighter jets was spotted over contra costa county this afternoon. video tweeted shows the naval f-16 fighting falcons over danville. people in walnut creek, concord, alamo and other parts of the county saw them and certainly heard them. the jets are based at naval air station fallon in nevada. all right. time to check on our weather. >> yeah, meteorologist sandhya patel keeping track of our temperatures of course and hurricane irma. >> yeah, dan and ama, it will be a dicey situation with hurricane irma. here in the bay area, a different story. as you take a look at live doppler 7 right now, you will notice that our marine influence is back. we have the low clouds. we have some high level clouds as you check out the moisture coming in from what was once tropical storm lidia. we've been seeing numerous thunderstorms in the sierra

nevada and it has been going on all afternoon and evening. obviously a fire danger heading towards tomorrow and we see more of that, but that tropical moisture is keeping us on the muggy side. humid in some areas. you will notice the dew points are in the low 60s from oakland to san jose right now. but that tropical moisture did provide a treat in the sky from our emeryville camera. look at the sunset. is that spectacular or what? you see the high level cloeds, the fog down below. we are just going to keep you entertained with some beautiful sunsets because this one was equally gorgeous from our south bay camera here. sun went down at 7:31 and there was a nice burst of color as the sun was setting. the clouds were rolling in. it was a cooler day today. we're going to keep the cooling trend going as we head towards tomorrow, and that tropical moisture may actually bring us more than just clouds tomorrow. here is a look at the amount of moisture we might see in oakland. light showers are possible. could see up to a couple hundreds of an inch of rain. yeah, you heard right.

from that tropical storm lidia, that was once tropical storm lidia. a live look from emeryville camera. the marine layer is back but humidity not down yet so it doesn't feel cooler. temperatures are mild to warm, really in the 60s and 70s across the bay area. a live look from the south bay camera, visibility is good. chance of showers and thunder in the morning, losing the humidity on friday and it will be a warmer pattern this weekend. here is your morning commute planner. if you are driving, use caution. there will be some slippery spots if those showers materialize. muggy and cloudy if taking the ferry across the bay. a few drops are possible. if you're walking, take the umbrella with you to be on the safe side. 11:00 tonight we have the cloud cover around. head into about 4:00 a.m., could see a few spotty, light showers developing. light at 5:00 a.m. commute time you will notice around 7:00 a.m., can't rule out a few showers around here. 8:00 a.m. could be slippery taking your kids off to school or taking yourself to work. that threat remains around 11:00

a.m. as we head towards the lunch hour things start to diminish. by 4:00 p.m. you are just looking at a few clouds hanging around and the mugginess will begin to subside, but not tomorrow morning. it is going to be another night of uncomfortable weather in terms of sleeping, not great sleeping weather. temperature also tomorrow morning in the low to mid 60s. tomorrow afternoon humid, mid 60s to low 80 ps. a mild day. plenty of cloud cover into the afternoon. download the accuweather app. accuweather seven day four cast. a chance of morning showers and thunder. temperatures begin to come up heading to the weekend. your warming begins and it will be hot sunday and monday inland. we will call it september heat with near 100s inland, low 70s at beach else. temperatures come down on tuesdays and wednesday, but the 98s look comfortable compared to what we were dealing with with the heat wave last time around, dan and ama. >> thanks, sandhya.

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a barking dog got attention of police in pleasanton. officers found this poor girl. if you look closely you see that lucy has her head stuck in a house vent. her body was trapped inside the house. now, this actually happened during our heat wave. a neighbor grew concerned after hearing constant barking and contact police. firefighters were able to open the wall enough just to get lucy out. >> oh, poor thing. >> i know. >> lulsy is okay though. >> yeah. >> on to sports. >> larry beil. >> all right. two giant records were set tonight as genuine panic set in in colorado. it was a great thi

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0 for last 38, the longest hitless streak. conversely, joe panik hot. panic a franchise record, 12 of 15, most by any giant in any three-game series ever. and the giants roll, finally won in colorado 11-3. a's and angels, a little matinee action, a little sun, a little beer. there's a game going on, whatever. no score in the fourth. they call khris davis crush and this is why crushed for the 39th time this year. one more, he will have back to back 40 home run season. angels thought the a's were stealing signs. the ump ee corrects chapman. don't look at the eclipse, don't look at the sun! chad pinder scores. the ball dropped in. a's win 3-1, snapping their eight-game skid. steve kerr, checking out roger federer.

federer serving, far court. del potro, back handled. the forehand that whizes by the head of fed. match points here. del potro serving and delivers the winner to take out fiderror in four sets. this was an epic match and he will face rafael nidal in the open semifinals. raiders open the season on sunday in tennessee. two of the best young quarterback in the game. both fractured their fibulas on the same day last year, december 24. both healthy now and carr is actually a big mariota fan. >> i love the way he plays. i love his came. i really think that he's a great leader. he's very poised, very accurate, very mobile. makes great decisions obviously, especially in the red zone. and, you know, situational football, you know, him being able to do that at such yaung age, it is only going to get easier for him always he gets older. >> it was magee day in flint, michigan and he brought good friend larry with him.

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that's our report. we appreciate your time. i'm dan ashley. >> i'm ama daetz. for larry, sandhya, thanks for joining us.

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