mile finally stopping at chambe chambers street. the police shot the attacker identified as sayfullo saipov. >> he used a truck in the attack before he began running people down. maggy begins the team coverage with witnesses who described what happened. >> this was an act of terror, and a particularly cowardly acty of terror aimed at civilians. >> reporter: police shutting down manhattan's west side highway in the shadow of the world trade center. >> he was running in the street. >> reporter: initial reports plowing into people and shots fired. people scramble for safety. >> i was walking down the road. i see who women with children,

so they're running. i hear one over the young girls say hee got a gun he's got a gun. at that point i turn around. around 30 seconds to a minute after that i started hearing gun shots. it have probably around five to ten gun shots one after another. very fast. >> reporter: police say the suspect got out of the vehicle with an imitation firearm and shot by police officers. he is now in custody. >> driver of the truck, 29-year-old male exited the vehicle brandishing two handguns. law enforcement shot the suspect in the ab doe meant. >> reporter: police and the fbi are now investigating. authorities have named the suspect as 29-year-old saipov of california. some of the bicycles

involved in the attack are from saddles highlighted in san francisco. abc 7 news checked with blazing saddles, the general manager and told us his thoughts are with the people of new york. let's continue or coverage now with abc christian sze. >> let's similarity with that frightening video of the aftermath. >> you see a few bicyclists. a terror attack, i'm not sure what it is. >> now i want to use google maps to show you where this attack happened in lower man tat hand. here's the bank, the park, 9/11 museum. here's where the attack

happened. right there close to a high school. police say the driver entered around there on the west side highway. children seen in the art area. 15 blocks until it stops right there when it hits a school bus. this you see right there is the bike path that we're talking about. this is where the attack happens, the high school. and this right there is the century beka bridge. of course you saw that in the video, that the the video today of this particular bridge with all the police there. all this a few blocks north of the 9/11 attack. crine sze, abc 7 news. >> this is sadly the latest in a string of attacks where terrorists use vehicles to kill people. you may remember 47 people died in niece, france where people drove a truck during

celebrations. >> about six months ago in london a man drove an suv along the westminster bridge and staffed a police officer -- stabbed a police officer before other officers shot and killed him. it was just this last august when a van plowed through a people in colombia killing a man. >> san francisco police put out a statement hours ago saying they are monitoring new york and that quote, no known threats to san francisco tip. more breaking news, in sunnyvale, police following what led up to a officer shooting. abc 7 news reporter chris wen is live from the scene. >> reporter: and just a few moments ago we learned one man is dead after an officer involved shooting here in sunny vale. sadly a canine officer passed

away due to his injuries earlier today. a look behind me you can see what's left of the crime scene. police have been going door to door canvassing the neighborhood and apartment complex. as we show you some of the video from earlier this started around 1:00 this afternoon where police received report of a stabbing here at the incasa apartment complex east on wood call driver. they made contacts with the stabbing victim, she went to the hospital with non-live threatening injuries. the sunnyvale department of safety telling us the suspect was armed and uncooperative. at one point he stabbed the cay indian officer. a police officers fired at the suspect who was then rushed to the hospital where he later died. back here live, an emotional afternoon as police continue their investigation, residence are returning home from the

evening. not really sure what to make of all of this, at one point we heard one of them ask if this was some sort of elaborate halloween decoration but of course that turned out not to be the police here investigating t crime scene. one person is dead after this officer involved shooting. a canine police officer also passed away. live in sunny vale. i'm chris wen. abc 7 news. a line of parked cars got in the way of a different truck. it went several blocks and stopped by vallejo. vic lee join us live from the scene to show us how this started and ended. >> reporter: deion, you can still see the remnants of the accident

police have towed the dump truck. it rolled down the hill, hit those cars, rolled through the intersection and finally hit a tree. >> very lucky. it was frightening. >> reporter: clara is one of two people injured from the accident. she was a passenger in this uber car which was hit in the intersection here. >> the driver seat came back i think and smushed me and pinned me back. >> reporter: fortunately clara and the driver suffered minor injury. the dump truck was parked a block up the hill. the driver was not in the truck. >> there was a gentleman in the back loading concrete. the dump truck was parked and the wheels were not curved. >> reporter: the truck was half loaded when concrete when it broke away and rolled down the

street. the run away truck kareened into about 8 cars parked on di vis disaster roe then smashed into the uber car. from there the truck hit another car on the other side of the intersection, mike lindsey's car and then a huge tree, which finally stopped its momentum. >> i saw the truck coming down hitting all the cars in front of me. then i tried to pull over, get out of the way and it got of turned and kd of head-on me. >> reporter: police hope this is the last freight on halloween. vic lee, abc 7 news. >> san francisco police say this man was stabbed and seriously injured a safety worker this morning. suspect michael peridot faces a long list of charges including a murder. officers tell us that victim tried to stop peridot from shoplifting when it happened.

the suspect has a long criminal record. and apparently so does his dog magic. this is the fourth time magic has been in impound. he was deemed vicious if august and should have been muzzled. it was all about the gun today at the kate steinle murder trial. an undocumented person shot k sk steinle on the water front a year ago. abc 7 news reporter lyanne mendes melendez is live tonight. the defense want each juror to hold the gun and pull that trigger to feel that force. the defense thinks this could be a defining moment for the case or in the case. the question is, will the judge allow this.

defense attorney matt gonzalez told reporters he personally has handled the gun used to kill kate steinle and found the trigger pool to be extremely light. he wants each juror to do the same. >> and anybody who believes this gun cannot fire accidentally i have no doubt that will settle it. >> reporter: gonzalez makes the case that even a child could have fired the gun easily. firearm's expert andy smith testified the gun, a 6-hour 2-39 does not have a light single pull. that's when the gun is cocked, the hammer pulled back and its ready to go. smith who works for the san francisco police department also

says there are several internal method to prevent the gun from going off in the event it's dropped to the ground or mishandled. this gun does not have an external safety level. >> they're not safety features in my opinion. a safety feature is something when you pull the trigger the gun cannot fire. >> reporter: the firearm's expert acknowledge there could have been accidental charges within the san francisco police department. officers use a larger version of the 6-hour. in san francisco, lyanne melendez. you can hear how facebook, twitter and google defended their companies when it came to question about russian influence in last year's election. >> i'm christian spender our weather's about to change. the forecast coming up. live in san jose with a look at what it takes and

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well the extent of russian interference in our president election game more clear today as and google were called to testify on capitol hill hill. carolin taylor with the yes, the story. >> people are buying ads on your platform with rub ls. you can't put together rue bells

with a political ad and go like -- >> reporter: minnesota al freezing rain kin is one of of the governors grueling facebook and google. facebook says the miss information reached 126 million users. more than 100,000 tweets linked to the kremlin was found of twitter. >> what is really staggering and hard to fully comprehend is how easily and successfully they turned modern technologies to their advantage. >> reporter: facebook and twitter say the wide ranging meddling during the election cycle primary targeted hillary clinton and included this post on twitter telling people they could vote from home. the russians also apparently went so far as to organize rallies like there one in north carolina, designed to stir up racial tension.

when tech executive called the foreign interference impreesz bl. ws we're taking measures to prevent this from happening absolutely. this activity creates not only a bad user experience but the trust for the platform. >> that's the same for google, we take this seriously. we've played changes and will continue to get better. >> reporter: some lawmakers say that is not enough it's time for regulation. one bill will require the internet companies to identify the funding sources for political ads just like television, radio and newspaper day. in the newsroom, carolin tyler. abc 7 news. $86, that's the average retail group says americans are spending there year on halloween. now abc 7 news reporter david luey live for us in san jose to show us just what they

are spending their money on. i can see behind you. >> reporter: be very afraid deon and dan. this is the example of the elaborate set ups you see here in the bay. people are spending thousands of dollars to create scenes like this. it's just one example of how people have turned halloween spending into billions of dollars. >> trick-or-treat. >> reporter: kids and family really get into halloween, look at these costumes. you are mac n cheese. does that mean your name today instead of miles is mac? preschoolers stool by to trick-or-treat in the morning. the stores and businesses love it but it means their sales in productivity take a hit. franken stein is the manager at

real estate. >> we're to theth not doing anything to do. >> halloween spending set to hit a record high of $9.1 billion this year. that's up 8.3 from last $410 million on greeting cards, and they're spending at the last minute at the pop-up hall between shop. it helps if you can make your kids' cast documents like there mom did. >> i try to use what we had at home. using construction paper, vinyl, the most i spent was the dollar i spent to the laundry >> reporter: colorful decorations and yards seem to be the most money spent. in san jose, david luey, abc 7 news.

>> we want to thank all of you viewers who shared your pictures with us. you've posted pictures and videos using the hash tag abc 7. >> great pictures that we are getting. i'm a little offended deon hadn't said one word about my costume. >> oh are you -- >> that is frank isn't it spencer? >> looking pretty good. we've got exciting weather on the way, rain is coming. rain chances, next two days no chance of rain at all but on friday 80% rain. weekend, both days 70% chances. finally we get some rain weather in the rainy season. here's a look at live doppler 7, not raining right now. we have dry conditions and mainly clear skies. this is the view under clear skies from central tower looking out over san francisco.

currently 57 degrees in the city in the bay. oakland 59. 55 at half moon bay. this is the view of the post-sunset sky from emoryville. santa rosa 60 degrees. and one more live view from our rooftop camera here at abc 7. here's a look at our forecast features. dry and pleasant tomorrow. drizzle possible thursday night leading into a string of wet days. wet and chilly weather friday through monday. what's left of halloween for you later evening trick-or-treaters is clear sky with chilly conditions. temperatures will drop quickly in the low to mid-50s into the evening. you may want to wear a thermal sheet. temperatures in the upper 40s in the north bay valleys. lows in the upper 30s.

tomorrow another relatively pleasant mild today, mainly skies low patch form near the coastline. highs will range upper 50s near the coast. the rain is coming with storm systems, several of them, small ones. ranking one on the stolen impact scale. friday continuing through monday looking at light to moderate rainfall. half inch to an inch of rain in most of the lower elevations. forecast animation starting friday morning, 11:00. we'll see rather widespread rain. it will be wet out but not heavy. that will continue into friday night. snow will fall over in the sierra, this is a cold system moving through. the rain will continue into midday saturday and wind down. we get a break saturday night into sunday. by midday sunday, we'll see the next wave of rain coming in and that will produce more snow in

the sierra. that rain will continue on into the beginning of next week. the rain for friday through monday, we're looking at the possibility from anywhere to about a third of an inch up to 3 3.25 of an inch. one to 3 feet of show in the higher peeks. once again two more dry days and a string of days that will produce some periods of rain, friday through tuesday. don't forget to fall back to standard time over the weekend. >> spencer thank you. 49ers new quarterback arrived in

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the 49ers hope they have found the quark of the future. >> the new guy was introduced today in santa clara and sports anchor mike shumann joins us live with more. the timing of this thing threw people by surprise didn't it? >> reporter: well i was surprised myself, because it's rare when a quarterback gets traded in mid-season because hee got to learn an entire offense before he can get on the field and be effect tifr. with garoppolo they're willing to take that chance.

he has a skill set that head coach kyle shanahan loved when le come out of eastern illinois four years ago. he has sblsz to pick up the offense mid season. as you can imagine, jimmy's chopping at the bit to get in the classroom and get his career going. >> i'm excited to learn it, get the verbiage down and everything. it's going to be a great experience i'm looking forward to it. >> we brought him here because we wanted him to be the quarterback of the future. that's up to jimmy and how it works out here. we're beginning to look at every opportunity and this opportunity came up. >> reporter: he won't play sunday against the cardinal but he has a seven-game try out to see if he is the quarterback of the future because he's a free agent out to the season. i think he has all the tools to be just that. larry beal will have a lot more

coming up in sports. reporting in santa clara, mike shumann. we have good news coming out of the north bay. >> that fuse isn't just about the fire fight but ab memory lost and found. plus -- >> we have a winner in the contest to

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it was a normal day, just out of nowhere i see people running and screaming. >> out of nowhere, terrorism in new york, at least 8 people killed in the deadliest terror attack in new york since 9/11. the suspect came from uzbekistan in 2010. >> he's been identified as sayfullo saipov. he drove a truck down a bike path in manhattan for 20 blocks. one witness describes it as mowing down people. >> it ended when he crashed into a school bus. he got out wavered around a pellet and paint gun yelling alieu akbar. he was shot and placed under

arrest. >> it was two women and children running towards me. that's when i heard one over the girls yelling there was a plan with a gun. >> investigators say they found a note near his truck that indicated an allegiance to isis. they do believe he was a lone wolf tacker. 11 people and the suspect being treated for their wounds. >> we sent out multiple push alerts with updates and pictures as soon as this news broke. you can find out what's going on but downloading the abc 7 app it's free. new now, guilty of mz, that's in the trial of vega. he was accused of killing police officer gus vega. the officer was killed as he tried to intervene in a domestic dispute involving his daughter. it's official, cal fire says all the fires in napa and

california are fully contained, that includes the tubs, none and pocket fires. 100% contained. >> do you believe in miracles because a family in santa rosa does tonight. >> all the pictures that -- >> here's abc 7 news reporter wayne freedmon. >> reporter: 3635 mocha drive. looks like hell drove through here doesn't it? not to the owners who sees it as a blessing. >> i really believe god saying the ashes >> reporter: crystal weir's house did not burn. >> this picture is here looking there. >> reporter: among them, this

photograph of a couple holding their newborn baby. she picked up the picture, put it on facebook, figured it must belong to someone. >> i knew it had come from a house that burned to the ground. >> reporter: that picture made its way around the world, then maryland and returned in the form of a message from that now grown up, she's christine and fred's daughter. these photos came back too, they were all in one box on the second floor of their house. they landed all over the neighborhood. now people have returned them. the burn marks add to the story. >> because you can see the picture around the singe and tooem that's unique and special. >> good thing can come out of bad thing. >> reporter: it's loud, clear and my rack lus. >> why you? >> i have no idea. happening now, a big

halloween party in santa rosa. abc 7 news was there last flying for another free community event. tonight it's the old courthouse square hosting this party. if you're looking for another spot to trick-or-treat, a women who lives in austin subdivision in rincon valley says her neighborhood is open for business. harvey mill was the first openly gay people elected. he is one day closer to getting the memorial people say he deserves. today, abc 7 news reporter jonathan bloom was there as the winner was announced. >> reporter: at the corner of market and castro activists gather signature as his holiness offers halloween blessings. >> for decades and decades this has been the place where communities come together to celebrate, mourn and protest. >> reporter: it's where harry

mill began his campaign for supervisor. and years later supporters mourned his assassination. now that process can begin. >> i heard or managing principal screaming and hollering. >> perkins east monowon the contest to redesign the harry mills klum. >> he touched a lot of people's lives. >> reporter: though they competed with teams all over the world, being in san francisco has been their advantage. >> you had to come and visit in order to develop a proposal that could be implimted. >> reporter: the new design rises up out of the ground. >> everyone over here gather around. >> reporter: immortalized in th movie "milk." >> we wanted to create a soap

box where people could speak. >> we hope this site will allow a large number of people to gather effectively, to mobilize effectively and make change effectively. >> reporter: with a community down blow and sweeping broom up above there's led lights. >> there is a place that's not just a park or museum it's a living memorial. >> reporter: a memorial that will cost millions so now the search for donors begins. well, do you like using atm but hate the self-check out at the grocery story? >> you're not alone. the future is changing. there's a new cause that phase up

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to be honest with you. if there's a mistake it's better to deal with a person than a machine. >> i like it because it's quicker and takes less time. >> reporter: according to a consumer survey only 20% of us like automatic check outs. where 50% strongly prefer interactions with the clerk. >> some say it may not be people wanting to -- >> half the time maybe a third of the time something goes wrong with your check out, it says wait for the assistant, have to wait for the assistant. most the kings and wrinkles are out most people development. >> but some local operated stores are betting on people interaction. >> that's what keeps us alive. service is the name of the game. i don't want to go through a grocery store and go through automated systems and try and

write down codes or weigh it on the pound system. i don't want to do that. >> reporter: target updated software in the self-check out line and they say guest satisfaction scores spiked up. at amazon go in seattle you pick up items and you're charged via smart phone apps as you exit the store, no check out lines no registers. >> here the efficiency is you walk in take what you want and walk out. >> no carts to load, unload and reload, no self-scanning. that's an add venue cure. spender back zsh spencer back with our forecast. >> and a look outside. a gorgeous evening for your halloween. here's a quick programming note. general hospital did not air because of abc's coverage of the truck attack in new york city. today's general hospital will

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her .01%. after one year that money will earn miranda $1. now kayla comes to me she want to borrow money. so i'm going to loan her that same 10 dillards, but i'm going to charge her 6.77%. so, the difference betwee the dollar i paid out and the % interest she's paying me is $369. banks make on average 5% for every dollar you deposit. the low interest depositors earn troubles yesenia garcia. >> instead of watching my money grow it's really just a -- i keep funneling money into it and i don't see the fruits of my labor. >> a new company called beam says it'll pay you anywhere from 2 to 4% interest. beam has no physical branchs, a minimal numbers of employees and doesn't advertise. >> lot of those costs can be saved and be able to pass to

consumers so you can keep more money in your pocket. >> beam is not a bank, it collects deposits for a small region bank which it has yet to decision close but is the federally ensured. not knowing which bank makes laquita uncomfortable. >> i think most people like to know who it is they're doing business with. >> yesenia says that doesn't bother her and other millennials. >> millennials are someone that would be receptive to it buzz we are willing to take risks for the promise of change. >> right now 33,000 are on beam's waiting list. the company will allow a limited number of those to make deposits beginning november 15th. the maximum deposit allowed, $50,000. i want to hear from you, my 7 on your side hot line open monday through friday from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.you can reach me

through facebook and on abc7news.com. we are getting into the halloween spirit here at abc tweed l dee and tweed ldom also known as jessica and reggie from abc 7 morning. they passed out treats today. >> this costume is appropriate right, look at abc sales team dressed up as the abc 7 storm impact scale. >> that's very clever. nowhere near that type of storm impact scale for us. >> it's going to dry for a while but there is rain coming our way. not quite of that three, four and five intensity. we have dry conditions right now and will remain over night with low skies in the 40s.

some clouds will come up to the coastline, highs will range from upper 60s near the coast, 50s the bay and upper 60s and 70 in the valley. friday through monday this scale will be in use, the weak system coming through will produce light to moderate rainfall. we expect half an inch to an inch in the bay. friday through tuesday looks like each day will get some rainfall. mostly light to moderate, there could be brief/heavy down poors and don't forget to set your clocks back saturday night or sunday morning. big flews in the 49ers camp. >> larry beal joining us with the big announcement. >> i think we should have guest humans coming in as the storm impact scale. viewers you would have rised, you could be number three or one or whatever you are. the 49ers introducing they're

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good evening the 49ers introduce their quarterback for the future. they inquired jimmy garoppol he's been tom's under under the past 12 years. he's ready to go right from the start of the news conference. >> i'd like to start off thanking everyone from this organization. >> the great quality of taking charge i thought i was the star. >> jimmy g, no reason to wait right. the patriots said, no deal, not interested. apparently that changed. garoppolo's contract ends after there season so the pat's were at the risk of losing lim and getting no return. the 9ers considered a long-term deal with garoppolo. if they can't work it out they can always use the long-time tag

on him. >> got in this morning, i couldn't be happier. but, we got to take it week by week right now. i got a whole play book to learn, the terminology it's going to be like learning a different language. i'm looking forward to the challenge and i enjoy the process. >> we had an opportunity right now, we've thought about it for about 10 minutes, said this is too good an opportunity to take advantage of. so we jumped at it. >> our goal is we didn't just bring jimmy here to help us for right now this is more about the big picture too. once we did have an opportunity and you believe in someone like we do with jimmy, it's something i would never hesitate on, never look back or never question the times or what if's. >> today the 49ers traded rashad

robinson. he was one of the selections to be sent packing by the new regime.ourth round pick but he has been getting roasted in man-to-man coverage and had trouble avoiding penalties. houbtd for -- they did not get the paperwork in fast enough and the league refused to approve the trade. that is why you are the cleveland browns. to college football, stanford running back brice brie love. the quarterback job, that's apparently a question mark. the staff has been wondering why jk costello did not come in for chris last week as they barely got a win for oregon state.

we know head coach david shaw is loyal. so david who is the star as quarterback? >> it's big college football. if you don't perform you're back in competition. everybody understanding that, i think they're comfortable with it and we'll push this week to see how it goes. first edition of the college play off rankings is georgia, followed by notre dame, alabama and oklahoma on the outside looking in. astros leading the dodgers 1-0 in the fifth with game six. >> join us tonight at 9:00 on coffey t.v. channel 13. what was pge's role in the wild fire. answers in their report. reaction to the new york terror attack, should police be allowed to fire at a suspect in

a moving vehicle? >> that's coming up later tonight. looking for breaking news on abc 7 news bay area. i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm deon lim for christian, have a great night. >> we'll see you again at 9:00 and 11:00. it all started when sophia stopped into marshalls and found a mug for surprisingly little green. she paired that with some succulents. and suddenly something clicked. that surprise led to a stylish wood mirror, soothing lavender oils, a party llama... or is that an alpaca? super soft towels, and an enchanting vase that magically tied it all together. she arranged it all into the greatest guest bathroom ever. did sophia expect to get so much bang for so few bucks? no. but great things happen when you choose surprise. marshalls. your surprise is waiting.

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