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the customer at sfo that he was going on vacation there. but when agents interviewed augusti augustine's family members, they learned he had no family in tunisia or education or job opportunities. augustine had watched isis propaganda videos, sent messages praising the terror group and exchanged messages on how to safely join isis. he was sentenced to two years and now that his term is over, he's been expelled and turned over to u.s. authorities. augustine is charged with providing material support to isis facing a maximum of 20 years if convicted. extra police officers will be patrolling a high school over the next few days following the discovery of graffiti indicating a specific threat there. administrators at analy
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received saw the graffiti there, they called police and classes were cancelled for the day. a hazardous materials warning was in place in pittsburgh. that leak began at a railroad yard around 2:15. that chemical is identified as sodium sulfide. i want to show you some live pictures over the scene right now. it appears that fluid was left over inside at least two rail cars after they had been unloaded 69. two people are under arrest in connection with a deadly shooting on the peninsula. these two men are accused of shooting two people. vic lee has the story.
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>> reporter: family members and friends of michael garcia freedman gathered at the street side memorial for the couple. they said offcamera that police told them thered th ed thathere arrests but few details. the brother of the other shooting victim, vanessa, said he was happy and relieved that the police had arrested the two suspects. >> i hope the maximum is put for those people because people like this can't be let out on the street, they can't be around society. >> reporter: the two people arrested last night are devin lung, the suspected shooter, and dorian drew gorda dsdo, and pol said there may have been a female that was involved. >> there was an altercation before the shooting that we're aware of and she was with the two males when that occurred. >> reporter: police have talked to the female that was in the car with the two suspects, she
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was not arrested. she said that a verbal altercation occurred outside the market between the victims and the suspects, an altercation that led to the shootings. a third victim is being treated for his injuries at san francisco general hospital. meantime hillary says he can't believe what happened that night. >> nothing should ever be solved with a gunshot or a weapon of any sort. i just, you know, i want justice for my sister. >> reporter: the path to justice may start tomorrow, the arraignments of the two suspects. turning now to the weather, taking a live look outside, this is from our east bay hills camera. you can see there, quite a different scene from yesterday, clear now, but get ready for some rain. >> it's been a little cold too, spencer christian. >> it's been a bit brisk out there, if you enjoy calm, clear weather enjoy the remainder of today's weather, because we have some storms at the end of the week. clear right now, it will get
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even chillier late tonight as temperatures drop into the middle 30s, upper 30s right afternoon the bay. stormy weather dropping tomorrow. at 1:00 tomorrow afternoon, we'll see some widely scattered showers, and by late tomorrow night, we'll see rain spreading to all parts of the bay area. those areas of orange indicate pockets of heavy rainfall. our storm impact scale ranks this storm has a 1. that will be followed by a more intense storm. actually the same storm will intensify overnight wednesday into thursday to a 2 on the storm impact scale. we may see wind gusts up to 40-mile-per-hour or stronger. more details on our stormy we can aheweek ahead in just a few minutes. people woke up to this
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sight, look at all that snow. just as spencer told us, rain is now in the forecast. abc7 news reporter cornel bernard shows us how one city in the north bay is preparing for the downpours. >> reporter: no this isn't lake tahoe, would you believe livermore wine country? snow started falling in the area of mines road. instant winter wonder land. >> it's unusual, but it's beautiful. >> reporter: the snow hung around for a while sticking to the trees and cars. >> it's great to see it. hopefully it will stay for three or four days. >> reporter: take a look at views from sky 7, the peaks at the south bay, and mt. hamilton. crews are making emergency repairs on this section of reibli road, it's been crumbling since the wildfires last year, crews hope to beat the storm and
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finish up by wednesday. the road is ready to keep -- >> the next rain we're hearing anywhere from an inch to two inches possibly. >> reporter: dozens of storm drains that were melted in the fire were repaired. >> we're going to be testing our storm drain again. >> reporter: the community is ready for the rains. >> a huge thanks to all of you who sent us pictures of yesterday's rain and hail. when you see rain or hail or stormy weather where you live, take photos like you ski here and share it with us on social media, abc7news.com. a fact-finding mission today. >> their goal to improve their
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response whenever the next big one hits whenever this may be. >> reporter: in the sonoma county supervisors chamber it was chaos, considering what they spent hour after hour analyzing. >> all of my life i have taken advice from the professionals. and i'm horribly us the appointed. >> that was the councilwoman talking about how the wildfires devastated not only her district but her region. there was a lack of coordination, the man who runs that system in the county, frustra frustrated. >> reporter: if this happened today would the county be ready to respond? >> i don't think so. >> there's fire in so many places. >> reporter: there are reports that 911 operators and first responders did not have the
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information they needed because there wasn't a central pratt form for processing information nor were officials able to use an amber alert style warnings. the sheriff's department did send reverse 911 calls and now the county is talking about adding fire cameras, and upgrading the system. >> just because we're in the same middle of the class with 40 or 50 other counties, doesn't make it any better. >> reporter: in a county this big, is there any excuse for what happened? >> i think there is no excuse. >> reporter: not on this day, anyway. >> sonoma county had asked the state offices of emergency services to write the report, having received that objective judgment they will be making some subjective decisions. a berkeley man is taking
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tonight to mark the ninth anniversary of the tragic accident that killed his son. family members gathered at warring and derby street holding an emotional message, drive like your son died here. little zachary was hit by a truck while crossing the street. >> it's hard to get out of bed on this day, so there was energy around this year doing something of significance to really raise awareness. i think that this is an important way to honor zachary, to make his death matter. >> what a powerful message. >> zachary's death hit the berkeley police officers pretty hard as well. they marked today's anniversary to -- urging them to adopt vision zero, that's an international campaign to end pedestrian fatalities. if you're driving across the richmond-san rafael bridge
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you'll notice some new sights. they're being tested as the metropolitan transportation commission experiments with lowering from three lanes to two. this morning drivers were warned of the testing by the sign. you see there it has a misspelling, it actually reads sings under test. former giants star tim lincecum, what he isn't saying, but after taking off last season to work on his hip. word is he has agreed to a temporary position with the texas rangers. he's also considering an offer from the l.a. dodgers. this season will be lincecum's second try coming back, the two-time cy young award winner struggled playing with the angels when he last played with the bigs in 2015. parents right here in the
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the workforce. you have seen it all, done it all and survived it all. you were a lawyer in san francisco and you decide you want to become a journalist. please explain. >> do we have four minutes? it would take me about an hour to tell you that. i was a lawyer, then i moved to china, tian'anmen square happened, came back practiced law again here for two more years. then the hurricane hit, the earthquake hit when we were here and i witnessed all of that, so i said you know what? i should go back and do journalism again, so we did. changed direction. >> you did journalism in a big way and your life changed dramatically in iraq, an ied goes off, you were seriously injured, you're lucky to be alive. aside from the physical, how lucky are you to be alive? >> having been hit by an ied, we
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realized that a lot more needs to be done to help the veterans that are going through the same. we have now raised more than $45 million to help all these other organized organizations that help veterans so we're the ones trying to take a role, to find out the most efficient way to help veterans who have been injured in these wars. >> veterans in a new american workforce. what challenges do these guys face? >> we're concentrating on trying to deal with this transition, 250,000 are leaving the military every year. those come in and those come out. they go back into the civilian world. how can they get back into the workforce, to go from the military where they were so
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successful and then come back and find companies that can appreciate that. these are high, high levels. in this part of the country, you're talking about tech, these guys coming out of the military to work here in the san francisco area. >> and what are your foundation's overall goals? >> right now we're trying to put together all the forces that are doing something for these veterans, of course in the very beginning when there's so many physical words and like mine, since i was hit by an ied, to have visual wounds, or those who have gone through ptsd, post-traumatic stress disorder, we were helping them. but now it's more bringing them back to the lives that were normal before all this happened. we're just seeing in the workforce, these are the ones that qualify. they served our country, and companies want to bring them in in this transition into the civilian world. >> beyond tonight, you have another big event that you're planning? >> so tonight we're going to
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talk about all of this, bringing in some very big names, dem is going to be here, david crane from google, and george schultz who was secretary of state from three different presidents. our next event is going to be a big fundraising here in san francisco at the masonic on that 17. so you're going to see the best talent, you're going to see comedy and music there. the tickets are not on sale yet, but you'll have a chance to do this all with our foundation. >> and a chance to help the veterans. >> you have been to north korea several times, so it's basically you, dennis rodman -- >> we're representing our country. >> so what can you tell the rest of us so we can understand the rhetoric that we see from both countries? >> there's the rhetoric and then there's the facts that you know about north korea. the problem is not many people
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have access to inside north korea. journalists have been there eight times, while we're there, we're followed around by minders, we cannot just wander around without the minders watching us. so every trip over to north korea, we can see something that's never been seen before, a story that's never been seen before, but we're not getting any kind of access to kim jong-un to interview him. but it's a country that's changing pretty quickly. and they were using a great deal of propaganda to be involved now in the olympics in south korea. >> will you go back? >> i would love to go back there, we have to try and get them convinced that it would be fine for me to go back there. i have done so many stories, we had a huge "20/20" hour hour
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past year. but we'll see what they think in terms of me coming back. but we'll go whoever we can. >> good luck in your event tonight. the cool thing about having facebook technology is that we have marcie, one of our executives, she's got a facebook live stream running, we're going to hand you off to dan >> i love coming here to san francisco. not another earthquake like the last time i was here. >> now we can go to spencer. >> what a treat to have bob woodruff here in our studio. it's kind of a treat to have larry too. we have mainly sunny skies, but that picture is going to change rapidly over the next 24 hours. look at this view, beautiul from mt. tam looking down to the bay, 52 degrees in san francisco, oakland 54, upper 50s
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at mountain view, gilroy and half moon bay. this is the look out at emeryville, it's 60 degrees in santa rosa, upper 50s at napa, novato and fairfield. these are our forecast features, rain will arrive late tomorrow, and that will intensify into a stronger storm on thursday. the approaching storm ranks 1 on the storm impact scale, this is the one that arrives tomorrow, isolated downpours, turning breezy as the storm intensifies, and the 12-hour planner shows we'll start the day with fairly bright skies, there will be a few clouds around, it increasingly bright as the afternoon wears on. starting tomorrow night, we'll
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see wind gusting from 20 to about 30 miles an hour in most locations and the wind gusts will get even stronger as that storm intensifies into thursday, and then it will rank 2 on our storm impact scale. with a chance of moderate to heavy rain on thursday afternoon. it's just going to be a mess for morning commuters on thursday morning. this yellow and orange indicates where we're going to have heavier, steadier rain. the rain will be pooling and puddling on spots in the roadways and it can be accompanied by strong, gusty winds. that pattern continues into friday where we get a little bit of a break ahead of our rainfall coming in on friday. on friday night, we may get an inch and a half to nearly two inches in the wetter locations or even more in some spots.
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in the sierra neva. a lot of snow, three to five feet of snow will fall in most locations, up to 7 feet in areas that are hit most heavily and winds will be up to 50 miles an hour. here's your accuweather 7-day forecast, a string of stormy days as we get into the end of the week and saturday, saturday and sunday's storms will likely promote a mix of freezing rain and snow in the higher elevations, and then partly cloudy skies on sunday. after all the stormy weather this week, we'll be quite ready for a milder pattern. >> good job with bob woodruff. great conversation. >> it's easy asking questions, he's like a legend. it's nice to have a current network star among us. i'm just messing with him. >> well done. nicely done.
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>> exactly, nicely loan. . >> i'm going to move on like the responsible adult i am. hey, take a look, this is the abc7 news app, download it and get the updated news for the places you are interested in. you can see what the weather will be like up to seven days ahead. a frightening new report about young teens and sexting, what young teens need to know. plus -- i'm truly god smacked and
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work. >> when will the lesson be learned? >> garry oldman spent 3 1/2 hours in the makeup chair every day to transform himself into winston churchill. he studied the way he spoke and moved. >> you know what it is? it's home work, obviously there's a bit of talent. but it's hard work. i worked very hard on it. >> you cannot reason with a tiger when your head is in its mouth. >> gary said the churchill family has embraced the film and his portrayal. this will be his second time to the oscars as a nominee. he was first up for best actor for the 2011 film, tinker taylor soldier spy, this time oldman was a heavy favorite. this time he may have to take
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the oscar stage and the world will be watching. >> i do get anxiety and nerves being up there as myself. but i am truly gob humbled. it's a moment in the sun. >> and now after so many months of being in that glare, gary is ready for the next chapter of his career. >> he's good company, but maybe i'm ready to put him to rest and move on and do something else. >> that is a remarkable transformation. now don't forget you can catch the oscars only on abc this sunday. i will be going to hollywood. >> i don't get to go? >> no sparkly dress for you. the live coverage for the oscars begins lighter s right here ons
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at 7:00. in its fifth annual study on diversity in the entertainment industry, ralph bunch sr. found that the minority accounted for the majority of the money made by box offices. films with more than a 26% more minority do better than a racially or ethically homogenous cast. plus -- >> tired of people telling them that this is hard. >> students from parkland ♪ your heart doesn't only belong to you. bye grandpa. and if you have heart failure, entrusting your heart to entresto may help.
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freed mariman was at the san francisco board of supervisors meeting analyzing the wildfire response. in other news, in brooklyn, firefighters freed a construction worker that had been trapped und unde unde und r classes are set to begin tomorrow at marjorie stoneman douglas high school in florida. students continue to push for gun reform, but there has been a debate on capitol hill. serena marshall is live in washington with this story. >> reporter: it seems that even in the wake of this month's massacre in florida, congress is prepared to move on without moving on to any real gun legislation.
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students of stoneman douglas arriving on capitol hill. hoping to push congress on universal background checks, a bump stock ban and an increase in the minimum age. but so far congress is stalled. >> washington has handled gun crises in very predictable way, this is playing out true to form, the one wild card is the president. >> improving the national background checks system is being stymied by congressman lee. unlike the last two findings, this time the department of justice could ban them without congress. when it comes to raising the age to buy long guns, the nra opposes that. >> the president still supports raising the age limit to 21 for
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the purchase of certain firearms. >> reporter: so far the president has left it to capitol hill, but inside, the debate predictably partisan. >> sure we want to listen to these kids, but we also want to protect legal and constitutional rights. >> reporter: a bipartisan group of liberals h h h h h h will host a group of bipartisan senators at the white house to discuss gun legislation. >> serena, we do have this question, while congress is deadlocked, some states do seem to be making some movement here. >> reporter: yeah, that's right, it really seems this effort is goc to be pushed by the states at the local level, here in california, they have up to 10 restrictive gun legislation bills on the floor in florida. while they didn't move on that ban on assault weapons, they
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have moved forward on a bill that would raise the minimum age for purchasing a firearm and they are talking about giving more money to schools for safety issues. nba star dwyane wade says he really can't put into words what he felt when he learned one of the students who was killed in the florida school massacre wanted to be buried in wade's jersey. joaquin oliver became a fan of wade's when his family moved to the united states at the age of 3. wade said his decision by his parents to bury him in a wade jersey made him pride with what i have done in this state and what i have meant for the youth so i appreciate it. >> in a tribute, oliver wade said he will continue to speak
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up even though other athletes are telling him to stick to sports. hope hick declined to answer questions from reporters about her appearance. hicks is a key eyewitness to trump's actions over the past several years, including the 2016 presidential campaign. and meantime sources tell abc news that senior white house advisor and the president's son-in-law jared kushner has been stripped of his top secret security clearance. this means that jared kushner will no longer have access to the nation's most closely guarded secrets this comes after mueller's 18 month -- in a 5-4 vote the justices ruled that immigrants detained
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by immigration are not entitled to a bond hearing. the government must show why they must remain locked up. an effort to stop the construction of a along mexico was stopped by environmental groups who are trying to stop the law. they argue it violates federal environmental standards. the trump administration says it has not violated it's legal authority in pursuing that project. think about this one, how much would it take for you to leave your significant other. you might be surprised to hear what millennials are saying. tesexting and your teen, wh every parent needs to know about. a beautiful western sky, but clouds are on the way, and a lot clouds are on the way, and a lot of rain, i'll at at&t, we believe in access. clouds are on the way, and a lot of rain, i'll the opportunity for everyone to explore a digital world. connecting with the things that matter most. and because nothing keeps us more connected than the internet,
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just ask you, straight up, hey, send me something nude. >> these girls say they don't share explicit photos but know kids who do, the study says 27% of kids under 18 receive messages known as sexting. nearly 15% of teens that send them. >> there are some teens that don't really recognize the cause and effect nature of sexting and that once you press that send button, there is a possibility that those pictures will be distributed. >> reporter: bethany was in high school when she sent a revealing shot of herself to a boy she was dating, it ended up in the wrong hands. >> i just wanted to be alone. i felt horrible. >> reporter: then bethany says for years she got threatening messages from anonymous number demanding she send more explicit
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photos. >> i got a text that said i have some photos of you, if you don't do what i say, you're going to regret it. >> a former high school classmate convicted of sending her those threats remains behind bars. >> parents need to have conversations about healthy dating and peer relationships and sexuality with their teens. >> sometimes those pictures could be considered pornography. this new report also found that 12% of teens forward ed sexts without permission. starting with the live doppler 7, we have sunny skies across the bay area, but they'll get cloudier tomorrow. once again the inland valleys will see mid 30s, upper 30s, and we'll have a storm that will
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rank 1 on the storm impact scale, scattered showers and isolated downpours. here's some animation taking you into the midday tomorrow, you see those showers stathing in the east bay and move iing inla. it's going to intensify tomorrow and thursday, it will rank a 2 on the storm impact scale by saturday. chance of heavy thunderstorms and gusty winds gusting over 40 miles an hour at times. and friday, we get another storm ranking 2 on the storm impact scale, a colder one that could produce some mixed precipitation in the higher elevations. that pattern will continue into saturday as it weakens. and finally on oscar sunday we have some dry and calm weather followed by a milder pattern on monday and tuesday. parents turning to something new to protect their kids in school. >> i guess that's just the harsh
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the images of students fleeing marjorie stoneman douglas high shool in florida are terrifying and a reminder of the havoc that a gunman with wreak on canvas. are bulletproof backpacks the answer? >> reporter: parents are still reeling from the terrifying scene in florida, a lone gunman, 14 dead, 17 wounded, thousands of young lives tapted by terror. bulletproof backpacks have been selling out afternoon the country. parents are snapping them up. >> that's just the harsh reality of the world we live in today. >> reporter: nick pabartlett wanted one but they were told out. at this shop in houston, they usually sell one or two bulletproof bags a month. the bullet blocker looks like
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any other backpack, but the back panel is made of kevlar, it weighs about 10 pounds and sells for $200. the national institute of justice said it it sustained shots from eight feet from a 9 millimeter gun without penetration. jeremy kimmel is a firearms instructor. he tested the backpack. first a 9 millimeter glock, common ammunition. >> reporter: like an ar-15 rival, the weapon used earlier this month in the parkland shooting, those bullets went right through the backpack. >> this is not rifle rated. >> reporter: a closer examination of the plate shows the difference 09 of damage. the armor necessary to stop a rifle would need to be much
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thicker and heavier. >> swathe offers tend to have a plate that's 6 to 8 inches by 6 to 8 inches. i don't think a child would need that large of a trauma plate. but the question is where are they going to hold that backpack if they're trying to protect themselves. >> reporter: there's no down side to bulletproof backpacks even if it doesn't guarantee physical safety. >> right now students are afraid and you want them to have something that's going to allow them to protect themselves new mexico policer their parents come to pick them up and at least they don't feel so vulnerable. >> you definitely can't put a price on your child's life. >> no, you cannot. the manufacturer of the bullet blocker back back has one location in southern california but plans to sell online and is
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doing so currently to all parts of the country, we have posted a link in the article on our website abc7news.com. a federal judge has blocked california from requiring the popular weed killer round up to have a warning label about its main ingredient. >> michael finney joins us on this one. >> the main ingredient, the state has put it on its list of chemicals known to cause cancer. round up was going to be required to carry a label stating it's known to cause cancer. but a judge says that warning is false and misleading because almost all regulators have concluded there's no evidence a chemical does cause cancer. it's been widely used since 1974 and is not restricted by the environmental protection agency. and augmented reality shopping tool is now available on both android and apple devices. the ar view first launched in november. it allows you to visualize how an item will look in your home
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before you buy it, using the camera feature of the amazon app. amazon is just the latest company to offer this technology, ikea and target do as well. >> scott's whisky is making a name in gender equality. starting next month, the striding pose of johnnie walker will be replaced with jane walker for a limited run, it will be the first time that the logo has been depicted as a woman. the latest change following using reba mcentire as colonel sanders. you can reach me on my facebook page and through abc7news.com. sometimes realtors need to get a little creative in order to sell a house, definitely the
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case here with one agent in texas. agent ellis young has not been able to unload this place in a houston suburb. it's been up for sale for more than a month. he hoped to change that by hanging a not haunted sign under the for sale sign. >> i guess it would make sense if it was a joke during the halloween, october time frame, but here we are in the spring, that's just odd. >> creativity has always been a great thing, so, i think it's great. >> the agent took the complaints about the sign to heart, he took it down, replacing it with another one that says gluten free home. >> that's pretty good. >> all right, i want you to think about this, how much of a raise in your salary would it take to break up with your partner? the financial group comet asked 364 single employed
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without children what they would do for more money. they said they would end a relationship if they got a $30,000 raise. men said it would take a $46,000 increase to break up with their partner, women said it would onl take $27,000. >> a lot of guys in danger out there based on that study. with all the development in san francisco, krconstruction workers are in high demand. >> construction is growing at a 12% rate. >> how the city is helping to train people from under served communities to take those jobs. and kristen's joining us now with what's coming up on abc7 news at 5:00. >> new at 5:00, the personal becomes politicl, how a car break in turns into a minitwitter war with the mayor of san francisco. and find out the too much ten cars for 2018 and there's some surprises. also the local football coach who showed up on the bachelor and is now lighting up social media. those
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filling those jobs. abc7 news reporter leanne melendez attended their graduation ceremony today. >> reporter: it wasn't that long ago that construction jobs in the bay area were hard to find, today they can't find enough workers to get the job done. >> it construction is growing at a 12% rate. >> reporter: the city says it has a moral obligation to spread the wealth to people who live in areas like the bay view and sunnyvale housing projects. >> we want to lift everybody up, we want to make sure that everybody feels the success of our city. >> reporter: he enrolled in the construction training program. eight weeks later, he's a trained laborer apprentice, he'll earn nearly $20 an hour with benefits. >> i'm not currently in school,
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i have a daughter, so i'm just trying to make a better living for my family right now. >> reporter: from here they can be hired by city employers lik s public works. >> using these jobs for public housing residents, colleen who grew up in sunny dale. >> reporter: we found colleen, she too was graduating today. >> i had to push myself to get in there, because at first i doubted myself like i wasn't going to do it. buzz when i did it and got a little feel in it, look at me now. >> the training begins on monday. >> reporter: gre . >> great program. you can get the latest news from the abc7 news app, it has personalized push alerts to get more of the news you want delivered to your phone in real time. >> i have feeling we're going to see some of your content from
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the oscars on sunday from that app. >> i think we're going to be facebook live pretty much the whole time. abc7 news at 5:00 starts now. >> it's not about blame, it's not about stigma timat tismat mz o boil elementary school, now the target of a police investigation, did a teacher go too far? and emotions run high in san mateo county, friends honor two shooting victims as police make arrests. >> this is the central california man in the middle of a terror plot. he's now under arrest for trying to help terrorists overseas. >> we are told bernard augustine
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planned to enter libya through tunisia. >> augustine is from the small town of keys outside of modesto. >> a search of lap tops and cell phones reveal augustine had watched isis propaganda videos and did internet training for the group. >> now he faces 20 years in an american prison for providing material support to isis. >> jonathan bloom went to augustine's hometown to get reaction. >> i'm in shock, just like you guys, i'm in shock. >> reporter: neighbors were surprised to hear that the next man suspected of terrorist activity was living on their street. >> i don't know anything of this family. >> reporter: they tell us bernard augustine attended pittman high school. >> i thought he was going
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