>> i'm eric thomas. party leaders met in oakland this weekend for the upcoming midterm elections. >> carlos saucedo is in the newsroom with the political implications. carlos? two democrats are facing off in the general election. one is dianne feinstein. she has served in the senate since 1992 and is seeking her fifth term. for the second time in this campaign she's not getting her party support. >> state senator kevin de leon was greeted like a political rock star in oakland, especially after securing his party's backing for u.s. senate. >> i've inspired a lot of folks to think about what is possible. do we have the change that's needed to actually confront the issues that we're facing today? >> the board passed on incumbent senator dianne feinstein, opting to support de leon with 65% of the vote on saturda. >> we want someone who's going to be in the united states senate standing up for immigrants, standing up for the

lgbt community, people of colors, in a strident and forceful way. >> feinstein asked the party to stay neutral in the race. earlier this year, the candidates failed to get the backing by not capturing 60% of votes needed. feinstein got -- a professor at cal state east bay says this endorsement is part of a wave of support for people of color in politics. >> i think that you're seeing a more diverse, younger and more liberal group of people within the democratic party who are asserting their voices. >> de leon faces an uphill battle to face the incumbent. the feinstein campaign says they're confident they'll win this november. feinstein won by 2.1 million votes. and the endorsement comes with more than just bragging rights. it means the party will be spending more money to promote

de leon in the fall election. in the newsroom, carlos saucedo, abc 7 news. thank you very much. abc 7 news was in newark after an amtrak train hit a mini van at st. isabel avenue and cedar boulevard. the van's driver is in critical condition at a trauma center. the woman drove around the crossing gates as the train approached around 8:45 this morning. amtrak says nobody was hurt on board the san jose, the sacramento bound train. another train picked up 24 passengers after the crash. abc 7 news was in san francisco when they dealt with a hazardous treatment plant. a similar mishap took place on friday. fire crews sprayed cold water on the equipment until it cooled down. nobody was hurt. there was no hazard to the surrounding area, including the san francisco zoo and lake merced. >> new video shows damage by an early morning fire at 7-eleven

store in fremont. flames never spread to the interior of the store, the fire breaking out around 3:30 this morning. investigators believe someone may have set the fire. it took 20 minutes to bring it under control. nobody was hurt. anger on the south side on police footage of a -- the suspect reaching for a gun. richard cantu has details. outrage growing in chicago after a police officer shot and killed a black man on the city's south side. officers on foot patrol noticed a man they believed to be armed, now identified as 37-year-old harith augustus. >> when they approached him, he tried to push their hands away, started flailing and swinging away, trying to make his escape. and as he was making his escape, reached for his weapon. >> investigators did recover a gun at the scene. but witnesses are telling a different story. >> the officer got out of the

car and shot him seven times, end of story. >> the shooting sparking immediate protests that left four officers injured and led to several arrests. in a rare move the chicago police department releasing body cam footage less than 24 hours after the shooting. william callaway, an activist instrumental of getting video released of an unarmed teen, demanding change. >> we're tired and fed up. whether or not it's justified or not, they just don't understand. you're continuously killing us. you're killing us. >> the office of police accountability released a statement, saying they're committed to a thorough, objective and unbiased investigation and ask for the public's patience and koorngs. the officer involved has been placed on desk duty during the investigation. richard cantu, abc news, new york. a couple is describing tonight the moment when they found a woman who had been missing for a week along the monterey county coast.

sheriff's deputies used ropes to free angela hernandez from a cliff along highway 1. hernandez spent a week on the cliff after her car veered off the road. chad and chelsea moore were camping near the crash site. they discovered her jeep before seeing and hearing her. >> we turned around and angela was right there in the rocks, just looked like hell. she was happy at the same time. >> panicked with adrenaline. like, oh, my god, you were in that car we just saw and you're alive. >> hernandez told deputies her jeep went off the road when she swerved to avoid a rabbit. >> on the eve of his meeting with russian vladimir putin u.s. president donald trump called long-time european allies foes. he also said russia is a foe, "in certain respects." the summit is moving forward despite an outcry from the democrats. they want it cancelled after 12 russian military intelligence officers were indicted, accused of hacking in the 2016 election.

melissa rainy has the latest. >> the two were expected to meet alone before allowing other aides to join in on the conversation. a move that has democrats nervous. >> putin, you've got a trained kgb agent who does his homework. my fear is that putin could come in with maps of ukraine and syria and try to cut some deal and frankly take advantage of this president. i really would feel much better if there were other americans in the room making sure that we make the point that the first and top point of this agenda should be no further russian interference in our elections. >> virginia senator mark warner among the top democrats in congress who called for trump to cancel the upcoming visit after the justice department announced the indictment of 12 russian military intelligence agents who are accused of interfering in the 2016 election by hacking democrats' e-mails and computer

networks. >> this is why we've been calling for him to drop the summit, that is because none of us have any expectation that he's going to do anything more than ask putin, in fact he has said he's going to ask putin, we don't need to ask putin whether he did it. we know that he did it. and merely by phrasing it as a question, i think, betrays the confidence the president of the united states ought to have in his own intelligence agencies. >> trump taking to twitter sunday to defend himself, saying no matter how well i do at the summit, if i was given the great city of moscow as retribution for the all the sins committed over the years, i would return to criticism that it wasn't good enough. >> elon musk is taking heat for comments he made about a diver who risked his life to rescue a soccer team in thailand. what musk said that sparked outrage. and two new bay area bobcats sickened and dying. what wildlife officials say you can do to help protect the big cats.

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evenings. number 3 will reopen at 4:00 the next morning each day in time for rush hour. crews will work on tunnels backup emergency lighting system during the closures. elon musk went on the attack today, targeting a diver who helped welcome 12 young soccer players and their coach from a cave in thailand. one of the divers who was there for 17 days inside the cave system called musk's stunt a pr stunt, said it wouldn't have made it the first 50 meters. musk replied on twitter saying he never saw the diver at the rescue site and promised his subwould make it all the way in. musk referred to him as a pedo, short for pedophile. it's been a rough few weeks for musk after he accused employees of sabotage and got into an argument with an artist over the use of an unicorn image. police are urging stopping using rat poison after sick

bobcats were found. this dying mother with her cub was spotted at wilder ranch park. the second a few miles away. both showed signs of manage, often fatal. wildlife emergency services found four bobcats suffering from mange. there are plenty of nontoxic alternatives to rodenticide. a great day for spencer christian is up next with the accuweather forecast. the a's are one of the major's best road teams. they're trying to continue their streak. something has to give. he is a splash brother, but

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10,000 people walked more than six miles through golden gate park for a.i.d.s. walk san francisco. 37th annual. lots of energy out there. abc 7 news has been a proud

sponsor of the event since 1987. participation is free, but the money raised through sponsorships benefits more than 32 bay area hiv a.i.d.s. care and prevention services and advocacy groups. >> fighting against things like stigma and complacency. we're doing everything we can to build awareness. >> it's a good way to support the organization, to come out and see lots of people, meet friends here and get exercise. >> event organizers hope to raise at least $1.8 million this year. ice cream fans in san francisco have a double dipped reason to celebrate today. not only is it national ice cream day. at mitchell's ice cream they're celebrating its 66th anniversary. folks are coming out to enjoy special prices on scoops, free balloons, a photo booth, and an anniversary sundae called the

65. >> not too many businesses last this long. we've been fortunate enough to have a great business in san francisco. and so it's kind of a treat for our customers. >> love it. this is great. >> it's a good excuse to come get ice cream. >> don't need an excuse to get ice cream. the ice cream celebration at mitchell's continues until 1:1:0 tonight. >> now your accuweather forecast with spencer christian. i might start eating ice cream this week. it will be quite warm. right now looking at mainly sunny skies on live doppler 7, fog at the coast, moving out over the bay shortly, and locally inland overnight. breezy out there, wind speeds up to 20 miles per hour. gusts -- fairfield, 28-mile-per-hour gusts, and it's going to be a breezy evening and overnight period.

live view from emeryville. it's 61 in the city, oakland 66, 67 in mountain view. 75 in san jose. gilroy, 82. and 59 at half moon bay. mostly blue skies. 70 degrees in santa rosa. napa, 74. novato, 77. 81, fairfield. livermore and concord, 83 degrees. and here's a beautiful view of the western sky from the east bay hills camera. these are forecast features, breezy overnight with fog near the coast and bay. warmer pattern with us the next two days and it's downright hot and muggy inland. it will be muggy all over the bay area, increase in humidity thursday and friday. 7:00 p.m., the fog surges inland. start of the morning, 5:00 a.m. or so, lots of foggy spots, reduced visibility for morning commuters. the fog will burn back quickly to the coastline before midday. mainly sunny afternoon over the bay and inland. the fog will surge in again during the late night hours.

overnight tonight, temperatures in the mid to upper 50s, mild in most locations and tomorrow sunny in the south bay, highs in the mid to upper 80s. 93 in morgan hill. low 80s from mountain view from palo alto to edward city. mainly mid-60s tomorrow on the coast tomorrow. north bay, highs, 85 at napa. east bay highs, 78 in newark. 91 at walnut creek, 92 at concord. 94 at livermore. accuweather seven-day forecast, and we won't see much change in the high temperature range through friday, except an increase on friday as humidity increases. it will be hot and humid inland. it will feel almost like east coast mugginess. the heat will hold on saturday and sunday. but the humidity will taper off a bit by then. this abc 7 sports report is sponsored by stanford health

care. home or away, it doesn't matter. the a's have the best record in baseball over the last month. and today, oakland handed the giants their first home series loss since early april as they took two of three in this weekend's bay bridge series. before the game, kevin mitchell, '89 giants, were honored. before starter andy the mound. the a's also lead the majors with home runs hit on the road. in the top of the sixth, scotty made it 85 on the season for the team. he crushed that one. in the bottom of the inning, chase darno, a's starter sean manaya to the garden in center. look at marcana, close to making a great grab. best relievers in the majors

gets the double play. a's bull pen is hot right now. against brandon kr crawford gets to strike out. the team has four days off before they start up again in oakland. >> first night didn't go so well. to show the resilience, to come back and win the next two, something we've been showing the last couple months. didn't bother anybody that first night. tough team that plays well at home and have been playing well. to come back and win two is rewarding going into the break. >> consistent with putting runs on the board. stalled again today. and the other guy did a pretty good job on us. he shut down the heart of our order. but we've got to probably drive the ball a little bit more. >> the fire round of the american century celebrity golf tournament and a bet between

stephen curry and his dad came down to this. if steph holds out, he had to take a jump in the lake. look how close. curry knows he's getting wet, and his dad is so relieved. so yes, stephen curry is, indeed, a splash brother. that looks refreshing. sharks captain, joe pavelski led after the first two rounds. he needed this birdie after a chance to win today. he finished third. the winner, tony romo, the former cowboy quarterback knocked off mark moulder, picked up $125,000 prize, tied for the best round of the day with a 68. but curry's a winner in life. >> coming off the finals win, all of my kids birthdays are in july. come here to tahoe, my anniversary is end of the month. good time with the family. we love to be out here and enjoy the fans and the atmosphere and

play golf. >> wimbledon men's djokovic, broke the serve. he needed 29 minutes. just as efficient in the second set. look at djokovic. out of the reach of anderson, perfectly placed. he fought off five set points to get to championship points, unforced error gave him his fourth wimbledon title and first major in two years. he wins in straight sets, 6-2-7-6. world cup, france and croatia, tied at one. now, the ball goes out, but the french are hollering for a handball review. it was inadvertent. but the referees said the player did alter the shot. it put france ahead and they

never trailed. 4-2, first world cup title in 20 years. this is sponsoredfy stanford health care. and still talking about that world cup final game. the croatian coach wasn't on board with that penalty kick. he went to score two more. >> so it didn't matter. >> put them up and it was a game changer. croatia still had a great run. >> important lessons to learn about sports. first one, don't bet against your dad. number one. >> stephen learned that last year. dell was sweating a little bit. >> the rock is back again for his third action thriller just this year. this time around, the stunts weren't enough to

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hotel transd -- >> the latest film, summer vacation, brings back adam sandler and the rest of the star studded cast. >> it earned $34 million this weekend, blowing away expectations. on the-man and the wasp came in second with $28 million. edging out skyscraper, which earned $25 million. and sorry to bother you expanded to 800 theaters this weekend, earning $4.2 million. coming in seventh. that's it for abc news at 6:00. see you back here at 9:00 and 11:00.

>> hi, everyone! i'm lizzie bermudez. welcome to "bay area life," the place where lifestyle, interests, food, and entertainment all come together. there's so much to explore. on today's show, we're checking out the latest in kitchen remodels. >> if you put a dollar into your home, if you do it right, you'll be able to get $4 out of it. >> then, exploring the charming and beautiful capay valley. >> once they stop in, they take a look around, they're waiting for a sandwich. they'll go, "oh, my gosh! we didn't know all this was out here. >> plus, discovering marine wildlife along the monterey bay. >> lately, we've been actually having a lot of really cool activity. >> and healing right at home. >> the credibility was there, it was real, and it was a lot easier. >> all of this fun driven by your northern california honda dealers.