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against gun violence. >> yes, the picture surprisingly similar show large crowds of children and adults. the crowd in new york city is estimated at 175,000 people. we are still waiting on attendance numbers from other cities. >> the biggest in the bay area was clearly in san francisco. thousands of people making their way to civic center plaza. >> and we begin our team coverage tonight with abc 7 leslie brinkley who says the crowd was peaceful and passion knit. >> reporter: for all the politician as and lawmakers out there know this, we are coming. our generation mass lived through this all. and soon we will vote. >> inspirational sixth graders took the stage as did the mayor of san francisco. >> enough is enough. >> and senator diane feinstein. >> will you march? will you register? will you see that people vote? >> 17 and 18-year-olds from all across the bay area lined up to rental sister to vote. >> if all of you are register to
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vote we control the election. >> teachers doctors abmedical students all added their voice to the movement to enact gun laws and stop violence in schools. >> 46 children are shot every day. some of those children die every day. >> for older participants a clum bine adviser advised him to drill into retirement accounts to pull money out of gun corporations they're not aware of. >> i am a clum bine who calls and donate religiously and i'm a survivor who until three weeks ago was a partial owner in the very company that makes ar-15 style assault rifles. >> after all the speechls, the crowd with their signs marched down market street. and impressive sight stretching from city hall to the ferry building. >> we want to be safe in school and communities and we want to be protected in america.
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>> reporter: no real opposition, no gun advocate apparent in the crowd today. i asked those who marched what it felt like. they said it felt inspiring. in san francisco i'm leslie brinkley abc 7 news. >> leslie thank you very much. sky 7 was in san jose where a crowd in the hundreds took part in the march for our lives. a rally long the guadalupe river after meeting at city hall. several of the politicians took part. >> to the east bay now where marchers took to the streets of oakland today denouncing on gunman violence and calling and lawmaker to address the school safety. >> sky seven estimated there were about 2,000 people. >> cornell bernard was with them he says the message from the crowd is they want change. >> hey hey, ho ho, the nra has got to go. >> thousands joined calling for an end to gun violence.
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>> i'm walking out here for those i know and don't know. >> many carried signs some spoke for themselves. >> brae trying to do our port. the kids are leading the way. we're behind them. >> we want to get guns off the streets. >> earlier there was a rally at franco plaza. organized in part by students from alameda who say enough is enough. >> our lawmakers have failed us in this whole scope. and really we need them to take action. but who is going to do it? us, the youth. >> let's fight to make our school safer for all. >> these alumni from marjory stoneman douglas high school in parkland florida are part of students advocating for common sense gun reform laws. >> things don't happen necessarily overnight especially with politics in government. we understand that and know that and are prepared to continue. >> congressman eric swalwell says he is fighting for tougher gun laws. >> i've made the mistake in the
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past of giving equivalence to the second amendment. >> amy from alameda wants to save lives in school for her kids. >> kids are finally feeling empowered. that makes me feel empowered >> we spotted warriors coach steve kerr in the crowd he declined to talk with us. others vowing to keech marching for the cause. coronell bernard, abc 7 news. >> march for our lives events were planned for about 800 cities worldwide. >> the main rally took place in washington, d.c. wsh where students from stoneman douglas address add massive crowd. >> reporter kristen holmes has the message. >> we will not stop until every man, woman, every child and every american can live without fear of gun violence to that i say no more. >> no one could comprehend the devastating aftermath or how far
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this would reach or where this would go. for those who still can't comprehend because they refuse to i'll tell you where it went right into the ground, six feet deep. >> thousands of students, parents and teach frers coast to coast, marching for their lives saturday. holding signs, chanting, singing and demanding stricter gun laws. >> it's time for the nation to realize gun violence is more than just a chicago problem or a parking problem but is an american problem. >> the sfunts survivors of the marjory stoneman douglas massacre in parkland, florida are leading this movement. >> we are watching you closely now and we now have a voice and influence in elections. >> but they don't stand alone. >> i think what's different this time is that we have a community of young people who are as equally upset and angry as we are about the lack of action the legislative level. >> and star power showing support as well. >> this is what we can do.
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and so i'm here to do it. one of my best friends was killed in gun violence right around here. so it's important to me. >> reporter: the boift russ army of demonstrators out to send a message and prevent the next school or shooting. the battle cry is never again. ? washington, i'm kristen holmes reporting. >> the nra used facebook to respond to today's marches process it posted a message saying gun hating billionaires and hollywood elites are behind the event. the messaged they are mibting and exploiting children as part of their plan to destroy the second amendment. we have gathered local resources to help parents, kids and educators navigate some of the biggest challenges in our communities, including school safety. go to abc 7 news.com/take action and click on better schools. together we can all help make
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bay area schools better. well just ahead up in flames, what we have learned about some rvs that caught fire at a east bay shopping mall. >> and new details on the facebook cambridge analytica scandal, the raid carried out in connection with the investigation. >> and a close call for an elderly man after he fall noose a well in the east by. new images we just received on the rescue. >> and i'm meteorologist drew tomba tracking scattered showers the next 24 hours. but behind this storm system much warmer air is about to move in. the numbers ahead in the
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we are getting a closer look at what challenges fremont the firefighters face the when they rescue a 929-year-old man from a well this morning. firefighters shared the picture with us showing the well where the man fell and landed about 25 feet below the ground. the farmer had been working in the shed at the top of the well. firefighters had to demolish part of that shed and set up pulleys using the aerial ladder truck. the man suffer a cut on his head. >> sky 7 was over the rvs when they caught fire here at the mall parking lot. they were being used by a carnival setting up shop in the
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light. the firefighters had the fire out in minutes. the cause of the fire isn't known but no one was hurt. video from the u.s. coast guard, a cutter that's based in alameda arrived in san diego this week to i don't have load more than a half billion dars in seized cocaine. video from the guard shows the crew members intercepting one drug boat and arresting the traffickers. 36,000 pounds of narcotics confiscated during the 77 day deployment in the east pacific. the it was specifically deployed to fight drug trafficking. british investigators are going through evidence seized from the london offers of cambridge analytica, the firm accuselandle improperly obtaining data from fischer use tors manipulate elections. a warrant was issued overnight to carry out a raid at the offices. investigators spent 7 hours there leaving with boxes of evidence. the company is under investigation in the uk and the u.s. both cambridge analytica and facebook deny wrong doing. the president pan his wife
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melania are at mar-a-lago tonight. many closely watching the first couple ahead of tomorrow's 60 minutes interview with stormy daniels. >> she is breaking her silence about the alleged affair with the president more than a decade ago. here is our reporter with the latest. >> reporter: at the enof another tumultuous woke in the white house president trump threatened to veto the spending bill forcing a shut down. he signed the bill but tweeted he wouldn't sign forelike it again. he announced a ban on transgender service personnel it says those requiring surgery can't serve but it does give the pentagon some discretion in the matter. however this latest policy is still subject to an existing can court order that blocks earlier attempts to ban transgender troops. the first family traveled to mar-a-lago for the weekend. but the president returns to washington on sunday night, the same time the 60 minutes interview with stormy daniels is scheduled to air. the former porn star is expected
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to reveal details and evidence of her alleged 2006 affair with trump. >> i think what we're seeing come out of this is one we'll see the evidence what evidence there, but two it puts unbelievable stress and time constraints on the cht of the united states. >> the first lady will not be returning to d.c. tomorrow. instead she will be 1,000 miles away from her husband during the interview staying in palm beach wherefore barron's spring break. new york. a little help goes a long way. . the especially event for mothers today in the bay area. and drew tuma up next in the icwa accuweather forecast. hello mike shumann warrior injury updates come up. and a familiar name back on the list while another familiar name back at the tang. the
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you know being a mom is already a difficult job. ask my wife. with you imagine being a mom who is also struggling to make ends meet. >> bay area charity aims to help those moms out through diaper donations. the group called help a mother out held a benefit tea at the fair month hotel in san francisco today to raise money to send diapers to shelters and
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charities. >> abc 7 news anchor kristen sze emseed the service diapers aren't covered by social services and mothers take food off the table to buy diapers. they want to change that through diaper donations so they have one now the accuweather forecast with drew tuma. in accuweather tracking light showers dotting the landscape the next 24 hours. but once the storm system is out of here we stee a rapid warm-up in the week ahead. we have action on the screen on the live doppler 7. it's focused currently in the north bay. from santa rosa, pen grove approaching novato light showers. if you get in the higher portions of the hills a wintery mix to the east or west of midland town right now. and the whites and pinks and purples on the screen a couple of snow flakes flying. but the picture you can see the spin in the atmosphere off the northern california coast.
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a bowling ball of energy that will sink south and try and initiate a couple of showers over the next 24 hours. but ahead of it it's certainly breezy out there. the winds right now gusting over 20-mile-per-hour at times. and the wind will stick with us overnight tonight. it's bringing in cooler air right now. so certainly a chill in the atmosphere, well below normal for this time of the year. stuck in the 50s currently. 53 in san francisco and oakland. 54 in san jose and santa rosa coming in with 50 degrees. the call from accuweather, overnight we hang onto cold air. the coldest spots will dop into the 30s with the lie showers. moving through overnight. so the storm impact scale -- this is a level one system. a light system moving through the next 24 hours. so scattered showers on the menu. a dusting of snow possible in the hill tops. probably above 2,000 feet. but rainfall is minimal. less than a quarter inch of rain across the entire region. so future weather with we watch that line move through by 7:30. it falls apart.
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light showers here or there. nothing widespread. tomorrow morning a at 6:00 in the morning you can see a better chance of seeing a couple of drops where you live. but into the afternoon it's not a washout of a second half of a weekend. but showers are still in the forecast for the afternoon. i wouldn't cancel the outdoors plans. but be prepared for a shower through your neighborhood quickly tomorrow. highs once again tomorrow under the cold storm holding in the 50s tomorrow afternoon. there will be that breeze too gusting over 20-mile-per-hour at times look at tahoe right now, a live look the flakes flying at this hour. we have a winter weather advisory in effect. this through tomorrow morning 9:00 in the morning. about two to five inches of snow likely. 9 inches possible in the highest peaks. travel is difficult the next 12 who hours. reduced visibility and slippery roads. look what happens. the storm system gets out later in the week, warm air really moves in. and with it takes over for melania trump the seven-day forecast. so the storm door closes temp
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aerial and sunshine and warm temperatures return. to the accuweather seven-day forecast sun and showers on sunday. one system that storm is out. sunshine is with us. dry out monday. then the temperatures take off, especially thursday and friday, widespread 70s if not close to 80 degrees and the warmth continues into early parts of next weekend. >> announcer: now abc 7 sports with mike shumann. steph curry returned against atlanta last night after missing six games with a right aiken ankle sprain. then he injured the left nigh after javale mcgee fell on it he left and did not return. his ply determined a grade 2 pran of the mcl ligament and he'll be reevaluated in three weeks when the playoffs begin. this is almost the identical injury kevin durant had last season also a grade 2 sprain and he missed almost six weeks. >> it's been a struggle lately without all of our guys. without all of our main scorers. but our main stretch without steph when we had everybody else
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healthy with we went nine and two had the best defense in the league. and we did really well. so we know we can be very successful. well the bay area injury bug hit the jints as madison bumgarner fractured the pinky finger on his throwing hand. he had surgery this morning in arizona. adding three opinions to stabilize the fifth mete carpal. he is out four to six weeks before removing opinions. huge loss for the giants who already placed one of their other starters on the dlp sharks for the manhattan knee hosting calgary with an old friend jonathan cheechoo in the house oberlely retiring from hockey. the 3-year-old has a team record with 56 goals in a season back in 2005 and 6. becoming the only shark to win the maurice rocket rash ard award. the kid from moose factory being canada was the favorite as the
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cheechoo trainee dropped dropped ceremonial first putback. >> i got to bring my son out there he was i was playing before he was born. he got to see the crowd's reaction to me and just not on video. >> onto the game first period sharks with nice passing. a gordy howe hat trick abfwoel assist and a fight. 1-0 men in teal. the franchise single assist railroaded by defenseman, to jannik hansen. 2-0 sharks. 2 -. chris tierney with the putback what's the defense doing in blowing by evander kane for the easy gel. martin jones the first star of the game. 37 saves on 3 shots including the pad save there. kane had 4 goals last time the teams met up added two more today off the skate on the double deflecten. sharks win 5-1 extending the
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streak to games. >> our lines contributed in a capacity for us to win. and that's been huge on the winning streak obviously. it's been a a real team effort. it's. >> a good step forward we have seven more games here. and we're trying to get ready for playoffs here with solid games. >> this was our sloppiest of the 7 but we found a way to win and the goelter was great. we'll clean it up but you never complaint too much about winning. >> pga tour the dell technology match play set up like the na down to the ian polter knocked off in the evaluate 8. he will face alex moren the sweden who took kir of cameron smith with putts like this. he advances 4-. bubba watson, he is playing as well as in a couple of years. bubba being bubba. shaping shots like this. en he win there is. bubba faces justin thomas
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winning three straight on the back nine. if if thomas reaches the finals he takes over number one in the world. cinderella is still alive. loyala knock of we'll have the highlights for you at urk 9:00 and 11:00. that's the seem with sister jean. >> i was about to say that. >> unbelievable story. that's the beauty of march madness. >> i like that ones tns in thomas reaches the final he takes over number one in the world. nobody said that to me before thank you, mike. >> just ahead it's going to be lights out tonight in the bay area. >> the reason
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tonight on abc 7 news at 9:00, over on coffey tv 20 new developments in a terror attack in frans. the actions by a police officer that have him being hailed as a hero for making the ultimate sacrifice. and at 11:00 on abc 7 a plea for calm from apple ceo tim cook was prompted his words of advice during a business conference today in china. large attention all over the world going dark today. >> this was the scene earlier in new deli indiana where the isaac being war memorial turned on of lights for earth hour. >> they turn off the lights for one hour to call attention to climate change. the bay area is supposed to observe it at 8:30 tonights.
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