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live where you live this is abc 7 news. >> today's afternoon uncredibly important date today. today is the day that we move beyond politics. the day we move beyond protests. >> the 49ers going from taking a kneel to taking a seat at the table with law enforcement. today they're joining forces to try and improve part of the 49ers effort with police unions involves a gun control measure, specifically cracking down on bump stocks like those used in the las vegas massacre. abc 7 news reporter matt kellan joins us with more on the signing that is about to begin.
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matt? >> reporter: reggie, we're about 45 minutes away from this signing, the protest on the field was a divisive issue, all across the nation. but today for the first time, police unions and the 49ers are sitting down and signing this pledge. this is not the usual team bus arriving at levi's stadium. instead of football players, it is filled with union representatives from across the bay area and country including san jose, oakland, los angeles and new york. they say 49ers ceo jed york reached out to them to meet about creating a more understanding and safer america. >> it is time to have some concrete goals, and concrete answers and that's what today is about. >> reporter: the 49ers and many police officers have been at odds ever since several players including colin kaepernick started taking a knee last season during the national anthem to protest police brutality. union representatives say more action is needed. >> i stand for the national
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anthem. and those who are kneeling should come sit at the table, just like jed york is going to do and his team. >> i don't think they should take a knee anymore. they should take a seat at the table and start meaningful conversation. i want to move towards proactive engagement versus symbolic gestures. >> reporter: this includes several issues including advocating for mental health services and improving police and community relations. but the las vegas shooting spurred some action on bump stocks, the mechanism that turned some automatic weapons into automatic weapons. >> there is absolutely no reason that anybody should have a rifle or a gun that they can manipulate and make it a machine gun or a fully auto. there is no citizen that needs that, no police officer that needs that. >> reporter: jed york is donating $500,000 to the campaign as they try to get other police unions and nfl teams to sign this pledge. reporting live in santa clara, matt keller, abc 7 news. new developments out of
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berkeley, janet napolitano announced the university will establish the national center for free speech and civic engagement in washington, d.c. the issue of free speech has invoked protests and violence at uc berkeley and other campuses across the country. napolitano said that this will help move the conversation to thoughtful dialogue and meaningful action. get ready for another hot one today. it is still feeling like summer. a live look from our east bay hills camera shows sunshine heading over san francisco bay as we look west toward the city. some places will be near a record high today, but meteorologist mike nicco tells us change is coming. >> hi, everybody. going to take a couple of days but it is coming. look at san francisco, 15 days at or above 80 degrees since september 1st. that is fifth all time. and if you look at the place like san jose, 19 and that includes today, out of the 26 days so far this month, warmer than average. here is a look at san jose, 280
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and 17, you're my best bet for tying the record high. haywa hayward, one degree shy. concord, 88, about two degrees shy. san francisco is 83 today. here is a look from emeryville. see the haze, that's one of the differences today compared to yesterday. look at tomorrow. we start to see some changes in san francisco. and then they start to spread saturday with 60s, 70s and 80s and no more 90s. >> as soon as it gets cooler, i'll complain about how cold it is. be prepared for that. yes. new security rules go into effect for air passengers today that could mean you have to get to the airport a whole lot earlier. abc 7 news reporter amy holeyfield live with who is is going to affect. >> reporter: well, international travelers is who it will affect. those coming into the united states. those we spoke with today were pretty underwhelmed by the new regulations, telling us they
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didn't really notice any changes. some airlines like delta is recommending that people traveling into the u.s. get to the airport three hours before their flight. travelers we spoke with today said it didn't look like that was necessary. >> these travelers are among the first, first to travel to the united states under new security guidelines. many of them told us it felt like a normal day. >> i didn't know if there was any difference, no. >> reporter: did they ask you any questions about your bags? who packed them, where you were going? >> no. >> reporter: the new guidelines encouraged the airlines to ask more questions about who packed their bag, where they are travelitravel ing to. it is based on the israeli model to see if anybody is nervous or uncomfortable. this traveler said it wasn't new to him. ask you any questions they don't usually ask about your luggage or where you're going? the u.s. regulations leave it up
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to the airlines to decide how to implement the new plan. a traveler arriving from hong kong did notice the difference today. >> little bit tighter. more questioning through the entire process, a little bit more scrutiny, a lot more questions, yeah, than usual. i travel a lot. >> reporter: what did you think of it? >> well, i just came back from israel, so there is nothing compared to israeli security. but it is okay. i feel good, safe. >> reporter: this was originally a ban on laptop computers for middle eastern airlines, with the trump administration scrapped that idea, put this one in place instead, which can include a scan of your personal electronic devices. reporting live at sfo, amy holeyfield, abc 7 news. the police need your help identifying a robbery suspect. look at these surveillance captures from a local jewelry store. officers say this woman entered
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the business, asked to try on a ring and ran out the front door. she's described as hispanic or asian, 35 to 40 years old, 5'5", weighing 140 pounds. the suspect also has the word love tattooed across her right knuckles. and playing cards tattooed across the top of her left hand. >> reporter: new th the chp investigating a four car crash involving a tow truck in red wood city. this is southbound 101 near wood side. the tow truck and one of the cars caught fire. one person was rushed to the hospital with major injuries, the chp says one person was also taken into custody, but did not give a reason for that arrest. in the east bay now, police are investigating a hit and run crash in pleasant hill. the victim is an 80-year-old man, police found him bleeding from the head near the intersection of gregory lane and contra costa boulevard. shortly before 11:00 last night. he was taken to the hospital with serious injuries, right now police are trying to figure out what kind of car hit the victim.
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at this time they say they have no witnesses, no video evidence either. we're learning new details about the investigation of the mysterious -- of sharyl propini. she said two women kidnapped her and dropped her off along interstate 5 on thanksgiving. investigators say propini had been texting a male acquaintance from michigan about meeting just days prior to her disappearance. he was cleared. and is now considered a suspect. this morning on gma, dan abrams said investigators likely think there is more to this story. >> i think it is really important to read between the lines here in terms of what they're saying, to say to yourself, huh, we have the information, but we think there is more here. >> yesterday investigators released the sketch of the two women propini says abducted her.
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breaking her silence, actress ashley judd opens up exclusively to abc news about the sex scandal surrounding harvey weinstein. what she is sharing about years of living in fear and why she's coming forward now. plus, life after charles manson, diane lake, a church going mom, describes how she escaped the
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those bombshell accusations against harvey weinstein. she opens up to diane sawyer talking about her own struggles with taking action, despite her fear. >> reporter: for first time since accusing movie mogul half i have wine ze harvey weinstein, ashley judd speaks exclusively with diane sawyer, reliving the day in her late 20s when she says she showed up for a business appointment with weinstein and was directed up to his hotel room. >> i was, like, kidding meng >> reporter: of the more than 60 women who have come forward, many described a similar pattern. weinstein offering a massage, promising to help make their career, suggesting one or both of them get naked. >> i fought with this volley of noes, he ignored, he heard them as maybe, maybe he heard them as yses, maybe they turned him on.
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>> reporter: judd said she was hesitant to come forward, afraid no one would believe her and the other women, or no one would care. w weinstein rejects all accusations and gave a statement to the new york times and others saying he did not retaliate against anyone and that any sex was always consensual. he shows a photo of himself with judd at the time of her accusations, saying it proves the two were friends. judd says that's ridiculous. >> no, that's deny, attack, reverse the order of offender and victim. >> reporter: but when asked what she would say to weinstein today -- >> i love you and i understand that you are sick and suffering. and there is help for a guy like you too. it is entirely up to you to get that help. >> reporter: judd also says that we're now living in a moment where as a society we could create real change. it is going to take both men and women. maggie ruly, abc news, new york.
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>> that conversation continues on world news tonight with david muir at 5:30 after abc 7 news at 5:00. new this morning, inside the manson family. the youngest member of that notorious cult says she was just 14 years old when she first met charles manson. i spoke to diane late this morning about her personal relationship with that convicted mass murderer. she met manson nearly 50 years ago, but only is telling her story now. she said she fell in love with him and believed he was the second coming of christ. she's now 64 years old. she wrote a book, called member of the family. lake talks about her years with manson and how she said she became so manipulated by the former cult leader. >> i took a good amount of responsibility for what happened to me. because as a 14-year-old, you think that you're an adult. and so i made these choices and got involved and got brainwashed
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by the grace of god i came out the other side. >> this all happened in two years when she was between 14 and 16. lake said when members of the family returned home in 1969 after butchering seven people, including actress sharon tate, they told her all the gory details, confessed. lake later testified against the people including manson. he's now serving life in prison. a blockbuster price hike. one movie chain plans to charge more for hit movies. are you willing to pay the extra? and a live look at walnut creek, one of the hot spots today. mike miko tracking near record
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accused of obstructing justice to theat the fbinuclear war, and of violating the constitution by taking money from foreign governments and threatening to shut down news organizations that report the truth. if that isn't a case for impeaching and removing a dangerous president, then what has our government become? i'm tom steyer, and like you, i'm a citizen who knows it's up to us to do something. it's why i'm funding this effort to raise our voices together and demand that elected officials take a stand on impeachment. a republican congress once impeached a president for far less. yet today people in congress and his own administration know that this president is a clear and present danger who's mentally unstable and armed with nuclear weapons. and they do nothing. join us and tell your member of congress
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let's jump right in with the current temperatures outside, most 60s and 70s, delightful feel outside as you head out for possibly lunch or run some errands. a look at the golden gate bridge, just a little bit of haze, great day to walk across there with the light breezes. sunny and warm, few records today, fewer than yesterday, i believe. transition to fall this weekend, the chill is coming. and watching that next storm, next weekend. look at the winds now, light and variable, high pressure still on top of us, the air is compressing, it is drying, it is taking away the marine layer, any fog, anything that could bring us some relief. so we'll jump back up to near record levels, 89 in san jose. 85 there in milpitas. 82, millborn. mid-80s to 90 through most of the north bay. along the east bay, 83 to 87
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degrees, from berkeley into castro valley. as you go into the valleys, 87 to 91 is our spread there. you see some of the haze out there. and that's all it is. i wish it was marine layer clouds for those of you that want cooler weather. we'll be in the mid to upper 70s at noon. 72 at the coast, sea breeze there. local. look, it doesn't come to the bay, so records possible. still at 8:00, 62 at the coast, 69 around the bay, 73 inland. and we'll cool down a little bit more with no signs of fog coming, 58 to 65 by midnight. now, there is a few clouds that could develop as we head towards tomorrow morning, along the coast. more likely just pretty hazy there. temperatures again like this morning, a little cooler. low to upper 50s, except in san francisco, we'll have low 60s. let's jump ahead to next friday. not tomorrow, a week from tomorrow, we jump into november 3rd. this is one computer model, has the rain coming in quick, coming in friday morning, staying all day friday. and then leaving saturday morning. moving into the high country.
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and bringing a nice dumping of snow there. the other medium range model has it late friday into saturday and raining all day saturday. so we'll have to keep an eye on the timing, plus give out a quarter to an inch of rain out of this system and this model is the lower of the two models. so looks like a good healthy storm once we flip the calendar to november. until then, we'll take the 90s out of the forecast for saturday. we'll take the 80s out for good sunday. and then for halloween, looks really nice, 60s at the coast, 70 to 76. that's the high. if you're going out trick-or-treating, temperatures in the mid to upper 60s once the sunsets. >> okay, that's a range of costumes that we can wear. i like that. >> depending on the time you can go through a wardrobe change a couple of times as the temperature changes. >> i love a wardrobe change. thank you, mike. now to today's morning money report, a big change could be coming to your movie theater. regal cinemas is testing out a new pricing strategy where you pay more for hits. and less for flops. jessica castro from abc mornings
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is here to explain this one. >> 4 billion theater seats go empty every single year. regal hopes they can change that. whether you went to a theater to watch wonder woman, or box office flop like baywatch, you probably paid the same price for admission. but this morning a movie theater giant is trying to change that to help an industry struggling to fill seats. regal cinemas is partnering with app company atom tickets to test demand based pricing in 2018. that means you could pay more to see popular movies like despicable me 3. or save a few bucks and see less successful films like mother. >> why don't you want kids? >> excuse me. >> reporter: they believe moviegoers will see movies more often when presented with some financial flexibility.
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these everyday critics are giving the idea mixed reviews. >> cheap price for a bad movie, i don't know. >> costs less to go to a movie, i would go. >> keep it simple, charge your admission, let me decide if i want to see it or not. >> so how does this pricing skill work? well, we don't know, both regal and atom have not released details on the pricing quite yet. we should note that abc 7's parent company disney is an investor with atom tickets. jessica castro, abc 7 news. >> if it doesn't sell, they'll stop it, that's pretty interesting. jessica, thank you. new at 11:00, the am jen tour of california announced its host cities for the cycling race. san jose is one of them. a time trial will be held there as part of the seven day race from long beach to sacramento. that starts on may 13th. the women's race begins may 17th. there are no stages here in the bay area. a special halloween treat for some preemies and their families. coming up next, the volunteer
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and you want the gunk gone, but pressure washers can be helpful and hazardous. the story tonight on abc 7 news at 5:00. some tiny babies in boston are still too little to leave the hospital, but thanks to volunteers, these preemies and families will be able to celebrate their first halloween in a special way. parents with a nonprofit project sweet peas took the time to make all these costumes for babies in the nick you at beth israel hospital. >> couldn't think of a more fitting costume, not just for the personalities, but everything they have gone through. >> these two wonder women are baby willow and sienna. volunteers took pictures to document the first halloween. i like the little bumblebee. that's adorable. sweet thing to do for those kids. >> mm-hmm. >> so, it is going to get a little cooler. >> yes, starting saturday. but you'll really notice it sunday and monday. >> okay. i guess i can wait.
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it really is like a greenhouse in so many other places right now. >> san francisco is the area that cools down the least. you'll be in the 60s while the rest of us are in the 50s. >> okay, all right. i'm holding on for that, mike. from all of us at abc 7 news, have a great afternoon. "who wants to be a millionaire" is coming up next.
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>> get ready, because you're about to watch some folks play a game for the kind of life-changing money that most of us just dream about. this is "who wants to be a millionaire." [dramatic music] ♪ [cheers and applause] hey, everybody, welcome to the show. are you guys ready to play "millionaire" today? [cheers and applause] i am too, and so is she. our first contestant wants to create an otter habitat in her home? anyway, we'll get to the bottom of that. from sunnyside, new york, please welcome liz farley. >> thank you. [applause] >> that is "otterly" ridiculous. but welcome to "millionaire" anyway. >> thank you very much. >> let me tell you what stands between you and that otter habitat. 14 questions, money values growing from $500 all the way up to that $1 million. >> okay. [cheers and applause] >> three lifelines.
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