blocking the right lane passed treasure island and emergency crews are on scene. we will zoom in and let you see from the 3d camera that traffic is slow on the upper deck building across the span. head's up, may want to take bart unit ill they get this cleared out. >> a look at your forecast. >> take a look and see what's going on. never more than seven minutes away. the cloud cover the gray you're seeing, late arriving. when you walk outside you may notice the temperature a little cooler. even though late arriving it's going to be quicker leaving today. let me get out of the way so you can soak in the gorgeous sunrise from the eastbound hills this morning. mt. diablo in the distance. my 12-hour planner. temperatures mid to upper 50s through 7:00 and 60s at the coast all throughout the day until 7:00. we drop back into the 50s. we'll hang out in the low to mid 70s from noon to 4:00 to 7:00 around the bay and as you move

inland 76 at noon to 85 at 4:00. back down to a nice 79 by 7:00. heat is on the way. i will talk about it coming up. >> now breaking news from the abc 7 live still tracking breaking news in oakland. an early morning fire at a home. there were people trapped inside at one point. i do want to get our first look at the scene throughout and check in with abc 7 news reporter katie utehs. katie, i can see the home behind you it looks destroyed. >> reporter: it is, jessica. i spoke with a woman who first saw this fire who lives in this home. she said she spotted it outside of the home and quickly went to alert her partner and her neighbors. you can see firefighters overhauling this now destroyed home. she says that the -- they had a party in the neighborhood last night but at this point firefighters are not sure what the cause of the fire is. now one woman was taken to the hospital with burns to her face and smoke inhalation. that's a 21-year-old woman. but the rest of the residents

got out unscathed. the fire started around 4:30 at the home on hayes street near seminary avenue. now resident told me again there was a neighborhood block party to celebrate the fourth of july but at this point firefighters do not know if firefighters were the cause. they a on scene investigating. now battalion chief described the victims' injuries for us. >> one 21-year-old female transported to highland with some superficial burns to her face and inhalation issues as well. >> reporter: now back out live, firefighters are trying to pull what they can out of this home to give to the victims. we have found them -- finding shoes and some clothing that was saved for the victims, displaced, red cross has been called for the six people. firefighters had a busy night in oakland and at the same time responding to this fire another fire a few blocks away. so fourth of july always a busy holiday for them. they will be on scene for some time. hayes street is blocked. at this point seminary avenue is

blocked off where the buss are stopped. if you have to get around the area, you want to take that into consideration. live in east oakland, katie utehs, abc 7 news. >> thank you for that report. it was a busy night for san jose firefighters. they responded to dozenses of calls last night. >> one of the fires burned along the guadeloupe river near 237 while fireworks were going off overhead. that's where we find matt keller. >> good morning. reggie and natasha, looks like there was a party here last night. there's empty beer cans here and you have boxes of fireworks here and i know what you're thinking, wondering where the fireworks are. here are all the used fireworks. you can count dozens of them over here. some very big oneshey a in the area and, obviously, a lot of problems for firefighters. check out this video that shows you what was taking place last night near this spot here by the guadeloupe river and highway

237. firefighters called for a tier 1 response for the wildfire. looked like it burned about an acre before firefighters put it out. look at the fireworks going off behind the fire, explosion after explosion. then what appears to be a police helicopter with a spotlight shining down. i looked at all the calls to the san jose fire department that came in after 9:30 last night. 28 different calls reporting fires between then and now. what a wild and busy night for firefighters. no word on what caused the fire by 237 but a lot of fireworks shot off in the area. live in san jose, matt keller, abc 7 news. >> thank you so much. san bruno police arrested more than two dozen people. >> officers arrested 25 for illegal fireworks and seized 300 pounds of illegal fireworks. the department says in total responded to more than 170 fireworks related calls. the i.c.e. building in the financial district will reopen

following a fourth of july protest. this is video showing tents lining the sidewalk. protesters demanding i.c.e. be abolished. the protests are in response to migrant families detained along the u.s./mexico border. some groups are calling for the elimination of all borders. >> what if we create areas of mutual aid where people can come together and build communities and kind of like sustain the damages that capitalism have done to our communities. >> activists believe the protest is preventing the court from functioning. the presence of protesters outside doesn't stop it. we have a lot of protesters, but we continue operating normally. >> the protesters started camping out monday. the building was closed yesterday for the holiday. president trump is not the only top official who has been meeting with potential nominees for the supreme court. it turns out vice president mike pence has been too. the associated press says pence has met with some of the candidates in recent days, but did not confirm who he met with. president trump says he will

choose from a list of 25 candidates and announce his decision monday. his choice has the potential to remake the high court for a generation. new this morning, a shortage of crisis workers to help san francisco police according to a report by the examiner. citing a civil grand jury report only three of the five positions have been filled since the team was created. the crisis intervention specialist team was introduced in 2016 to help police avoid shooting a person who is in crisis. it is the department of public health that's supposed to be doing the hiring. a dph spokeswoman told the examiner that four of the five positions have been hired and a fifth will be filled by september. a beloved restaurant in the east bay is closing its doors for good. not before it helps the community one last time. >> a spectacular sight in the sky postponed. the problem operators are watching out for tonight. >> you're never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. check out the bay this morning.

look how calm it is. if you're going to kayak, get out on the bay, sailing, i'll have that forecast coming up. i think you'll like it. talk overall really quick about our two

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you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. >> this is "abc 7 mornings." >> temperatures on the peninsula, san bruno, 50s. temperatures in hayward and fremont and concord 53 right now. going to the beaches it's going to be brighter in the northern parts of our neighborhoods and then out and about today watch out for the strong sunshine and lighter breesz if you're out on the bay. no small craft advisory. the north bay, temperatures cloudy and 56, hit 72 with sunshine at noon, around 80 most of the afternoon in the east bay, 59, cloudy, 71 at noon and mid 70s for the afternoon hours to about 65 at 8:00. complete accuweather seven-day forecast and the 80s and 90s coming up. >> back to the bay bridge where chp has issued a traffic alert, mid span past treasure island.

they turned the metering lights on about 20 minutes ago we were hoping for a holiday light rest the week off. that's not the case right now as you can see, traffic is filling in due to the metering lights on. very slow conditions on the upper span and they have temporary closed the two right lanes. apparently as a hit and run with injuries involved. i suggest bart and we'll follow this and have an update in a couple minutes. thank you. happening today, community members are hosting a closing party for a beloved richmond restaurant owner. >> she will be officially closing her restaurant salu saluta avita tomorrow. it is known for its charitable activities. it is shutting down after a number of hardships including a landlord/tenant dispute. the owner will offer free meals in exchange for donations. the money will benefit the 40 employees who are left without a job.

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parkside elemeouy fires in napa and yolo spread fire over the bay area, smoke is known to trigger asthma. california doing itself proud when it comes to higher education around the world. >> we're smart and stuff. >> yeah. >> the golden state has two universities in the top five. no surprise, mit, number two stanford. you know, sometimes they call it the harvard of the west. number three is harvard. and another california school at number four is cal tech in pasadena and number five oxford university in england. in case you're wondering for the cal grads you came in at number 27 and at least you beat ucla which came in at number 32. >> we read good. do all the stuff. in southern california check out this epic mid air formation. high above the city of paris in riverside county. 42 sky divers got creative and see a special message, they each held hands to spell out the word

peace. craig o'brian saying the video. they jumped out of three planes to make the formation happen. very impressive. >> that is. the fact that they got the shot at the right time, good for them. a second attempt for the fourth of july drone show at travis air force base that didn't go off last night. >> the high winds forced officials to postpone the show. intel sharing this video ahead of the holiday and the show will feature 500 drones. it's only technically for department of defense card holders and their family, but the drones can be seen up to three miles away. a big show set to happen at 9:00 tonight and so, of course, the big question meteorologist mike nicco, will the winds behave so the drones can go up? >> they will be lighter than yesterday. they will be pretty breezy in the afternoon hours but once we get to about 7:00 they will start to taper and hopefully fingers crossed should get it in. won't be a repeat of last night. noise wise fireworks wise, hopefully fire wise, but warmer weather on the way.

never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. we're looking at san jose, 280 at 17, cloudy in the south bay, contrast that with a little less cloud cover in walnut creek in the east bay valleys. we're going to have the warmest weather here with our mostly sunny day unfolds. dangerous surf. heading to the coast to get away from the heat don't turn your bck on the water. back to average next week. let's start with san francisco, or start off cloudy this morning, 56. we'll see sunshine, little breezy this afternoon. from near 60 at the coast to near 70 on the bayside. now along the eastbound shore, a little more homogenized temperatures, start cloudy and end up sunny with mid to upper 70s. for the peninsula, cloudy this morning also, 57 degrees. i just checked sfo no flight or arrival delays. that's good news. temperatures in the 70s throughout the afternoon hours with high clouds at 7:00. could reach 80 in redwood city for the warm spot. low to mid 60s along the coast. 57 at 7:00, down in the south bay, by noon we're seeing

sunshine and during the afternoon hours we're hitting the upper 70s in milpitas and sunnyvale. north bay, cudy at 53, jumping mid 80s this afternoon and our last stop getting close to air conditioning weather in our inland neighborhoods. 56 this morning but look at the mid 80s to low 90s this afternoon. my accuweather seven-day forecast shows after lows in the low 50s to nearly mid 60s by antioch, we're going to have highs tomorrow two to four degrees warmer, couple degrees warmer saturday and sunday and monday, still warmer than average and tuesday and wednesday back in the 60s, 70s, 80s. >> good morning. we have better news for the bay bridge that traffic alert has just been lifted. you can see they turned the metering lights on. they had this accident westbound temporarily blocking the two right lanes. chp has said they've cleared that off to the other side of the span. you can see as we zoom in we still have some slow traffic on the upper deck and behind the tolls as well. and coming off of the bay bridge

in the san francisco side, apparently we've got an accident involving three vehicles at fifth street. westbound 80 at fifth. we will come back and check on that in our next report. guys? ha you. rkity with a look at what's . ahead. great to see you, ginger. >> good morning, natasha and reggie. great to be with all of you. coming up on "gma" the latest on the boys trapped in the cave. brand new images this morning shows the conditions that they're facing as researchers and rescuers get closer to making a decisin of how they're going to get them out and will they escape at once or is it going to happen in stages? we will answer that. also ahead, an abc news exclusive, the young woman badly injured, she was up in the parasail for 45 minutes when her rope broke free. she's now telling her story this morning. plus, who could use more sleep? is anyone saying no? i want to know you. sleep boot camp, getting great tips, how long should your nap

be? what you should wear to bed. apparently all makes a huge difference get. we love dwyane johnson, he has a newr "skyscraper" joining us live from hong kong. coming up only on "gma." >> don't ask about sleep it is a topic that -- >> i know. >> we will never stop talking about. >> it will send you on a spiral. >> it doesn't apply to anybody that we're talking about here. >> not at all. >> we're not going to be able to do it. >> ginger, thank you. diversity has long been a problem in hollywood and not just about race or gender. the controversial role involving scarlet johansson. >> we celebrated our nation's birthday, a new survey finds how many americans

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want to give you more information on the hazards that are lurking at the beach. it started at 5:00 this morning and goes through 5:00 saturday evening. especially the south facing beaches of marine and santa cruz counties. that's where you'll find rip currents and sneaker waves. incredible video from houston where a lot of the streets were flooded, but the wheels kept turning on a public bus, despite a street being covered in water. you can even see water getting in through the door but judging by the video people were still expecting the bus to pick them up regardless of what the weather was like. the bus stopped as you can see there and picked up a passenger.

actress scarlet johansson is the target of an angry twitter storm this morning because she's accepted a film role to play a transgender man. >> so the film is based on the true story of a trans massage parlor owner. by overwhelming consensus twitter users are saying transgender characters should be considered and played by transgender actors. last year you may remember johansson played a japanese manga character in another role. a new california law makes it easier for people to cancel subscriptions over the internet. it covers any business that makes an automatic renewal service offer. so that means this is for newspapers, magazines, streaming services and more. and here's maybe the best part. if you make that subscription on-line, the law requires companies to allow you to cancel it on-line too. in other words, they can't force you to call a customer service hotline. if you sign up for something at a promotional or discount price

that is valid for a certain amount of time, the company has to get your consent before they then charge you the normal rate. a new study knows most americans believe our country is the greatest in the world. according to the pew research center 85% of those surveyed say the u.s. stands above all countries, but only about half that country says the american political system is the best. 70% say america is less respected abroad than in the past. most people say they've achieved the american dream or are on their way, but one in five feel it is out of reach for them. coming up, in case you missed it, the spectacular sight in the sky in san francisco last night. >> the cost of housing in the bay area getting even worse. >> another check here of our coming up next.eportre a fire and we also have a sig alert just lifted from the bay bridge. metering lights were turned on a little later this morning at 5:51 but due to the sig alert,

they had to continue with the metering lights and now you can see it's stacked up there. it is improving on the upper deck and when we come back we'll have an update. >> another look at the bay bridge from the other side of the bay. as we take you to break here's abc and i am a senior public safety my namspecialist for pg&e. my job is to help educate our first responders on how to deal with natural gas and electric emergencies. everyday when we go to work we want everyone to work safely and come home safely.

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. from abc 7 news live brand new -- breaking news. >> crews rushing in to evacuate everyone inside, we will take you live to the scene next. >> firefighters slowly making progress on the county fire. some evacuations have been lifted but there's still a long way to go. >> if you can't seem to get a good night's sleep maybe a sleep boot camp can help. >> we could all use that. >> no kidding. >> i'm intrigued. >> mean we can sleep more, i'm in. >> thursday july 5th, sue hall in for alexis today and it was like easy going and we've had problems recently. first we're going to talk to mike nicco. >> summer warmth coming back into the forecast. we got lucky yesterday, gorgeous weather, nothing too hot. but that will change starting later today. hi, everybody. our winds, notice they're much slower, 15 in five-day forecast a -- fairfield. the gray taking over all of our neighborhoods. my accuweather 12-hour planner, mid to upper 50s through 7:00.

low 60s at the coast. we'll go from 70 to 57 around the bay, that's close to average, and 70s this evening away from the coast where we will be in the 50s. sue, tell us more. >> well, the good news is there was an earlier accident on the bay bridge. they issued a sig alert that's been cleared, sig alert lifted, all lanes lifted. traffic is filled in. they had to turn the metering lights on which was much later this morning at about 6:50 -- pardon me, 5:51 this morning and the traffic is stacked up behind the toll plaza. take a look at our road sensors improving on the span but still very slow on the upper deck until you reach treasure island and traffic flows nicely into san francisco. you're looking at a 10 to 15 minute delay on the span itself and see the sensors flipping from red to yellow there. improving as we watch. take bart just to avoid this and we will check back in a few.

>> breaking news from the abc 7 live desk. >> breaking news in oakland after a house went up in flames overnight. several people had to be rescued from inside and abc 7 news reporter katie utehs is there. she's been talking to those victims and katie, how are they doing? >> jessica, they are shaken and eager to visit the 21-year-old woman taken to the hospital. she suffered some burns to her face and from smoke inhalation, but they say she is expected to be okay. i want to show you the scene where firefighters are now doing an intense overhaul of this badly damaged home. they've pulled out a few items, shoes, clothing for the victims, but there are six people displaced. i spoke with a woman who lives in the home and she first saw the fire and says it started in front of the house. she woke up her partner and everyone in the duplex so that they could get out. the fire started around 4:30s this morning at the home that is on hayes street near seminary.

it is a duplex. we asked battalion chief about the cause of the fire. >> i mean, it was the fourth of july so we won't rule anything out. like i said the investigation unit is here and they're going to interview everybody that was in the house, try to narrow it down and see if we can find a cause. >> reporter: residents who i spoke with said there was a fourth of july celebration, but she's unsure what caused the fire. the red cross has been called in to help the victims that are displaced. i spoke with one woman and she's not sure where she's going to stay at this point. hayes is blocked off and seminary has also been blocked at different points. a lot of fire apparatus in the area, fire trucks, so if you need to commute take that into consideration. firefighters will likely be on scene for some time cleaning up. live in oakland, katie utehs, abc 7 news. thank you, katie. now to walnut creek where crews overnight responded to a house fire there. you can see flames shooting out of the house on first avenue near hall lane. at the time of the fire,

witnesses heard fireworks in the area, but we don't know what caused this fire. there are no reports of any injuries ahts tell us that home is abandoned. even with warnings about police cracking down on illegal fireworks take a look, people still shot them off for hours. this view is from our tower camera showing you what happened in san francisco's mission district right after sunset. you can see these aren't just small sparklers or bottle rockets. they're almost professional grade pyrotechnics. >> to the county fire in napa and yolo counties, rugged terrain is making it difficult for firefighters to get a handle on it. the charred area in red. cal fire says it's spreading into the north into places crews can't get to. the yolo county sheriff's office has lifted some evacuations, though a stretch of highway 121 is still closed. as of this morning the fire is up to 86,000 acres, cup tainment now at 27%. firefighters remain confident they will have it fully contained by tuesday. the pawnee fire in lake

county is now 90% contained. so far the fire has burned 15,000 acres and destroyed 22 structures. officials are expecting that to be contained this weekend. the rash of summer fires is taking its toll on firefighters in marin county and there may be a second round ahead. >> senior fire captain bill says the sporadic rains we had late into the season helped fuel the growth of grass. that is acting as a fast fire starter. he says the threat could change in the fall depending on our weather. >> grasses are your light flashing fuels. we have to worry about later in the season is when the chaparral and the trees or the larger fuels dry out. >> marin county fire is recommendi recommending homeowners take the opportunity to cut back grass and shrubbery. maybe last night here, one of the tens of thousands who came out to see the fireworks along the embarcadero.

>> this year the fog actually stayed away and, of course, spectators loved that. they probably didn't love finding a parking space if they drove down. as you can see police closed the embarcadero near pier 39 as a security measure and those large city trucks created a road block to prevent anyone from getting past. some drivers circled around for an hour and trying to leave was a problem with traffic backed up from the embarcadero to the bay bridge. the homeless man charged in connection with 17 brush fires in the north bay will be in court today. the fires happened over a two-day period last month. this is along the santa rosa creek trail and west county trail in grayton. police arrested domingo bautista-bautista on monday. a man from san leandro faces charges following a discovery by bart police. they released this photo showing a gun. officers say they found it on him yesterday. a .9 mill meet weapon with an illegal high capacity mass zone and police say he is barred from

possessing any firearm due to his criminal history. the sister of a security guard shot and killed in san francisco is thanking police for arresting a suspect less than 24 hours after the crime. security guard rolando romero was face timing his wife in the philippines at his job at fitzgerald avenue and walker drive. this was monday morning. suddenly he realized he had been shot. romero died at the hospital. on tuesday officers took 24-year-old cardell coleman into custody and booked him on homicide. >> these who does these things? i hope he do have a conscience. you know, to think that he -- no one he killed is a person not to have that kind of death. he doesn't deserve that. >> lynn romero cruz is thanking officers for their quick work. new this morning, rents keep rising in the bay area, but there may be an end in sight.

oakland led the region in june with the median increasing by 2.5% from the same time last year. san jose increased by 1.7%. san francisco by 1%. this according to apartment list. there is however a measure on the november ballot to allow cities to apply rent control to new apartment buildings. you are never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. temperatures down in the south bay, los gatos and morgan hill at 51, san jose 60. everybody else in the mid to upper 50s. as are the rest of our neighborhoods until you get around napa at about 50, bodega bay 52. a look at what's going on at the airport, we have flight and arrival delays. call ahead. the cloud cover has taken over once again. clouds this morning but sunshine this afternoon. if you're driving, ferry ride, no small craft advisory so limited chop and breezes. cool this morning but warmer this afternoon. if you're taking mass transit. a look at san francisco, we have 55, cloudy, still clouds at

10:00 at 58 and then a little more sunshine on the bayside in low to mid 60s. how about our east bay valleys. we're getting close to air conditioning weather when we hit the low to mid 80s this afternoon. starting off comfortable this morning. mostly cloudy and 60. 78 at 8:00. a look at the peninsula, 62 with mostly cloudy conditions. and then we're going to have about 70 by noon and we'll have mid 70s as we head into the afternoon hours. high clouds will be rolling in as we head towards the evening hours. gorgeous sunshine gorgeous sunset, hash tag, abc 7 now, we would love to see it. we brought sue in today. thanks for being here. >> sure. >> you have hot spots here and there. >> we had a problem on the bay bridge that's been cleared thankfully but now we've got a little residual delay on the bay bridge. i thought we would check out the san mateo bridge and see if there's been any increase in volume due to the earlier accident on the bay bridge. looks pretty normal getting

across from hayward towards foster city. westbound on 92 across the causeway towards the high rise. you're looking at about a 22 minute drive from 880 to 101. bay bridge, the earlier accident near treasure island, a sig alert issued for about a 20 minute span and they did start the metering lights later this morning but they're still on. you can see traffic is backed now towards the mcarthur maze. earlier problem on the span has now been cleared. but traffic is moving much, much better. still slow offer the altamont. we'll come back and check in just a few minutes. >> thank you. happening now, secretary of state mike pompeo is traveling to north korea looking for answers about its nuclear plans, this is pompeo's third trip. he will try to get answers about kim jong-un's intentions after new intelligence suggested his country has continued to ramp up its nuclear capabilities. agreed to the denuclearization

of the korean peninsula in the summit in june but no guide post or framework was established to achieve the goal. california's net neutrality bill expected to take a big step forward. lawmakers will likely announce an agreement at the capital. the measure has been hotly contested and there's been weeks of negotiations about this bill. no details have been released about changes but democratic leaders are calling it the strongest net neutrality protections in the nation. it bans internet providers from slowing down or speeding up certain web traffic, was repealed nationwide last month. a woman who nearly died from injuries in a parasailing crash is talking with "gma." >> katy malone was in mexico for her birthday and decided to go parasailing. the tether connecting her to the boat broke leaving her flying uncontrollably for 45 minutes. >> when i was going down fast i started spinning in circles and

got sick. i started saying a prayer before i crashed and passed out. >> she crash landed at an airport nearly two miles away next to an alligator, fracturing her skull and pelvis, breaking ribs and collapsing a lung. she spent 26 days in the hospital fighting for her life. a gofundme page set up to pay for her medical bills has reached $51,000. looking ahead to the holidays, there's a new way to check out the toys, the catalog you will find in the grocery store. >> looking live at the big board at the new york stock exchange. in the green up 132 points. 24,307. another update on how the markets are doing coming up next. >> are you getting seven hours of sleep every night? oh. oh. i

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this is "abc 7 mornings." >> all right. a look at what's going on with the fire conditions. temperature 54. about as cool as it's going to get. the winds about as slow as they're going to get, 4 miles per hour right now. they pick up through the evening hours around 10 to 20 miles per hour and keep blowing the smoke away from us. in the central valley, the san joaquin part we have the health advisory through the rest of the day. 113 in palm springs, 68 monterey, monterey, 9 in sacramento. a chance of thunderstorms tomorrow and then mid 80s and drier saturday through

wednesday. it was a busy night for san jose firefighters. they responded to dozens of calls last night. >> one of the fires they put out burned along the guadeloupe river near 237. that's while fireworks were going off overhead. reporter matt keller is live for us. matt? >> good morning. reggie and natasha, since i last saw you 45 minutes ago i received word from the san jose police department a spokesperson told me that they had not heard of any major incidents overnight but they are checking to see how many calls and arrests they made and they will get back with me. i want to show you what's taking place here. look at this, all the discarded fireworks, used fireworks, dozens of them, here and i want to show you where we're at because it shows you how dangerous and just how dry the conditions are here. look at this. this grass, just ready to go up in flames if any flame would get in contact with that. very dangerous area. nearby, that's exactly what happened here in san jose. check out this video from near here. you can see the hillside of 237

and the guadeloupe river was burning. firefighters called for a tier 1 response. looked like it burned about an acre before firefighters put it out. this video is incredible. look at the fireworks going off behind the fire. explosion after explosion. what appears to be a police helicopter with the spotlight shining down. i looked at the calls from san jose fire that came in after 9:30, 28 calls reporting fires between then and now. no word on what caused the fire here but, obviously, a lot of fireworks going off in the area. reporting live in san jose, matt keller, abc 7 news. >> thank you. president trump is lashing out at opec this morning blaming the oil cartel for rising gas prices and demanding they come down. prices are high. especially in the bay area. san francisco drivers pay an average of $3.81 a gallon. across california the average is $3.66 a gallon. 80 krenz higher than the national average. the president tweeted opec is doing little to help rises gas prices and reminded the cartel

the u.s. is defending many members and said it must be a two-way street. officials say president trump was only thinking out loud when he questioned advisors about the possibility of invading venezuela. a senior administration official says the president suggested a, quote, military option to remove president maduro from power last august. advisors told mr. trump an invasion could back fire. corruption, and human rights abuses are rampant in venezuela. a protest who climbed the base of the statute of liberty during the fourth of july celebrations will appear before a federal judge this morning. >> police were quick to respond yesterday afternoon. >> unauthorized person climbing the statute of liberty at this time. >> the nypd closed liberty island to deal with the demonstrators protesting president trump's immigration policies. it took more than two hours to get her down. a group that dropped a banner that said abolish i.c.e. acknowledges she was with them but say her actions were not part of the planned protests.

here is your morning money report. a new place to findist to for the holidays, amazon is planning to send out a catalog this year. >> bloomberg reporting that on-line retailer will mail them to homes and hand them out at whole foods stores. amazon bought the store chain last year. no word on when the catalogs will be coming out. free messages platform whatsapp is offering $50,000 grants to find a way to stop fake news coming from the app. the forwarding of fake news is a rising problem, including in india, where more than 200 million users send billions of messages each day on whatsapp. a costly mistake by the u.s. postal service. take a look at your screen. these two images of the statute of liberty. well the real one is on the right, the one outside of las vegas's new york, new york hotel is on the left. apparently usps put an image of the las vegas one on a stamp instead of the original so the sculpture creator sued for copy rite infringement and will

receive $3.5 million. the image appeared on a forever stamp design released in 2011. >> the stock market now looks like we are up on this day after the fourth of july. about 121 points, as trading gets under way. the strong start is confusing analysts who forecasted a slow day since u.s. tariffs on chinese products are set to go into effect tomorrow. about a third of americans are not getting the sleep they need according to the centers for disease control and prevention. >> only a third. two thirds are getting enough sleep? >> i don't know who they are. >> what is your life? experts say there are a number of things that can cause you not to get enough rest. what you wear can be a problem. pjs can cause overheating, for example. if you like to nap, it can throw you off apparently you shouldn't nap more than 20 minutes. >> what? >> at least 6 to 7 hours before you go to bed. >> okay. >> don't eat a big meal right before you sleep. there is one thing you should do, though, no matter what.

>> it's important to have a routine schedule because your brain has a routine schedule and all of the cells in your body have a 24-hour cycle. >> if your mind is racing in full of thoughts, experts recommend writing them down and find some solutions. a couple of hours before you climb into bed. >> oh. >> i have to nap and i nap for like hours. >> i know. is it a nap if you're sleeping for four hours. >> i think that's just splitting your sleep. >> yeah. >> i'm doing absolutely every one of those things wrong. >> it's okay, reggie. wraerp going to be okay. >> are we? >> i don't know. >> no. >> i might. >> get to be my age and look like this from lack of sleep. >> you look great. >> i worked for drew saturday night and got home at like 1:15 in the morning. we get up like 1:45, 2:00, my body clock re-set. i couldn't get back to slp. tot >> until 3:00 or 4:00 in the morning. >> that's when you go to the club. >> should have. should have called reggie, hey, what are you doing? >> take advantage of it.

>> a lot of that stuff is true. we say the whole biological clock thing, it's there. hi, everybody, never more than seven minutes away. 6:51. east bay hills, isn't that gorgeous. doesn't that look like a nice soft pillow you could lay down on right now, maybe throw yourself in there like -- anyway, get away from the sleep thing. let's get up. warmer conditions and mostly sunny conditions are waiting for us this afternoon. mostly sunny, cloudy, cool, to mild tonight and then summer heat inland starting through the extended. this area is dragging up the warm air from the south and taking away the marine layer much faster. back to the coast and pockets of sunshine developing for you. what it does to our temperatures, look at that, 93 in kill roy today, near 90 in morgan hill, los gatos, upper 70s to mid 80s for the south bay. 71 in millbrae to 80 in redwood city. your spread on the peninsula. low to mid 60s along the coast to 68 in downtown and near 70 in

south san francisco and sausalito. most of our north bay valleys may get up into the upper 80s around ukiah. mid to upper 70s along the east bay shore. into the inland east bay neighborhoods mid 80s to about 90 degrees. tonight it's going to be warmer on highway 4 from concord to antioch. the rest of us in the low to upper 50s. san jose may reach 60. my accuweather seven-day forecast what you're looking at are temperatures above average friday, saturday, sunday and then fall back close to average tuesday and wednesday. hi, sue. >> good morning. we're checking out the commute at the mcarthur maze, approaches to the bay bridge. we did have an earlier sig alert on the span, that's been cleared now for about a half hour. and looks like your approaches are looking good, especially the 80 approach. 580 and 880 into the toll plaza looking good. the metering lights are on so expect delays past the metering lights on to the upper deck the span is relatively clear now. at least a lot or better than

earlier. so bart is telling us that they've got a couple cancellations an shorter trains due to the holiday light conditions. 56 trains out there, all on time and no delays for caltrain or ace train number three out of the central valley. >> thank you. happening today a whimsical event combining music with the serenitity and beauty of flowers. the start of the san francisco botanical gardens flower piano event at golden gate park. 12 pianos are scattered throughout the grounds and anyone can play. there are also some scheduled professional performances. now this goes through july 16th, so you want to get there soon. >> a bay area summer camp making a difference in the lives with videos with developmental disabilities run by the older brother of a well-known actor. >> joey travolta, brother of john, in charge of the futures explore film camp at st. mary's college. 53 campers with autism, down

syndrome, spend two weeks making short films. travolta says the social and life skills that go into film making go into everyday life. >> it's a camera, take lighting, writing, acting, sound, editing. >> i kind of like it when we're just hanging out and filming and show us the like editing, film editing. >> after the camp is over all of the students' work will be shoe shown at a red carpet event in livermore at the vine cinema. a big congratulations the curry family. steph and ayesha introducing their baby boy, cannon w. jack curry. mom and dad posting photos. baby cannon born on monday. ayesha captioning, my heart is full, god has been too good to us. the couple has two daughters, 5-year-old reilly, 2-year-old ryan. for the record cannon will be eligible for the draft in 2036 if you're counting. >> that's a beautiful black and white photo. love that. coming up next, seven things you need to know.

>> first a live look outside. >> first a live look outside. keep on top of weather and

6:57, here are the seven things to know before you go. number one is breaking news,

we've been tracking throughout the morning, the oakland fire department is on scene of a fire. a live look at the cleanup under way. a woman has burns to her face but she is expected to be okay. we also unfortunately just got word a dog died in the fire. meanwhile the red cross is helping the six people displaced. number two, a busy fourth of july for san jose firefighters. this grass fire was near the guadeloupe river and highway 237. you can see the fireworks going off in the background. firefighters received more than two dozen calls of fires. number three, plenty of illegal fireworks set off last night. our tower camera catching a few in san francisco's mission district. just one of many instances throughout the bay area. in san bruno police made 25 arrests for illegal fireworks. number four, firefighters in walnut creek went to work putting out this fire overnight that destroyed a vacant home. you can see flames shooting out of the house on first avenue near hall lane. no one was hurt and no word on a

cause. number five, following your morning commute this ad an accident earlier on the bay bridge. that has since been cleared. now you can see the backup to the crossings and your drive time from highway 4, hercules into the city. number six, talk about the clouds that are out there this morning, temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. faster sunshine and the return back to average temperatures. low 60s at the coast. mid 70s around the bay. mid 80s inland. warmer weather coming tomorrow. and number seven, travis air force base plans to put on its fourth of july drone show tonight. it was meant to replace an actual fireworks show but high winds forced officials to postpone it last night. the public can't actually get on to the base but we're told the drones can be seen up to three miles away. seems like this is the future. >> yeah. >> that's cool. >> no fire danger. yeah, exactly. it's beautiful. >> and no loud noises that keep up the morning crew all night long. i can buy into that.

a live look at sfo this morning on this july 5th. thanks for joining us. >> "good morning america" starts right now. good morning, america. the new alert as blistering heat spreads coast to coast. temperatures soaring past 100 degrees out west, as thousands of firefighters battle more than 60 dangerous wildfires. and a record rainfall flooding houston, a family of five trapped in this car rescued. and entire neighborhoods underwater. brand-new images. the treacherous conditions inside that cave where the soccer team is trapped. two of the young boys celebrating their birthdays inside, as rescuers race to drill holes to stop the flooding. the new plan to get them free. statue of liberty standoff. this protester evading police, scaling lady liberty's leg, shutting down the pop