interpreters are the only bodies in the room. sergey lavrov told russia today that's the way the americans wanted it, with no published agenda and no stated objectives, the president told cbs news he's going in with an open mind. >> nothing bad is going to come out of it and maybe some good will come out. i go in with low expectations. >> reporter: on his way to helsinki he tempered expectations tweeting from air force one, no matter how well ado at the summit i will return to criticism it wasn't good enough. >> good afternoon. >> reporter: after the department of justice indicted 12 russian agents last week, democrats called on trump to scrap the meeting, saying they didn't trust trump to confront putin about russia's role in the 2016 alexis. president trump told reporters last week he would ask putin if he meddled in the election, john bolton told abc news that the indictment actually give trump leverage. >> i think the president can put this on the table and say this is a serious matter, we need to talk about it. >> for russia they want to leave here with normalized diplomatic

communications. likely on the table today, ukraine and syria, though when president trump was asked this morning if he had a message for putin, he just said we'll be fine, we'll see. molly hunter, abc news, helsinki. of course, we'll have developments throughout the morning as that meeting is ongoing right now. >> 4:31. just waking up to is, an update on your weather and traffic, we start with drew. >> good morning, guys. a live look top pier 15 this early morning hour and you can see we are shrouded in cloud cover. the skyline chopped in half with the low ceiling early on. hour by hour on future weather, by 9:00 later this morning, you can see san francisco with overcast skies into the east bay. most areas seeing sunshine. by the afternoon we will see the cloud cover pull back to the coast and the wide range in temperatures our warmest spots well into the 90s inland and cool along the coast in the 60s. let's get a check of traffic with alexis. >> good morning. so far so good for the south

bay. looking live at 101 and 880 and no issues for san jose or any of the surrounding areas there. so some light volume so fares this morning. similar we are not light, this should be in the red, westbound 580 tracy to castro valley. 58 minutes. northbound 101, highway 85 to the san jose airport, 12, highway 1 to san francisco at 9 minutes, southbound 101 just south of 280 the solo vehicle crash, coming up next. happening today, a rally to get rid of what has become enemy number one in the environmental fight, the plastic straw. >> the city of san francisco has a proposal now to ditch straws, but now some disability advocates say hold on. abc 7 news reporter holly is live at city hall. >> jessica, yeah, the disabled say flexible plastic straws sometimes are the easiest and safest way for them to eat and

drink. supervisors say they are working on putting an exception into the proposed legislation. here is the picture that inspired this movement. a sea turtle was seen with a straw stuck in its nose and now there is a push around the world for biodegradable or reusable strauss or in san francisco to just flat out ban plastic straws. they do think -- we did talk to people about what they think of this and they think that people will adjust. >> when they first change it you're like i don't like it but once you get used to the change everyone will fall into it and just be fine knowing that it's helping the environment. >> reporter: if this passes in san francisco, the ban would go into effect next year. today, at noon, environmental advocates will hold a rally here to support this ordinance. they will be here on the steps of city hall. that again will be today at noon. reporting live in san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news.

the bar passenger seen on video smoking what appears to be meth on the train is now in jail, but it's not for drug use. bart police identified the man as 42-year-old tracy daniels of oakland. many riders complained of being exposed to dangerous secondhand smoke. officers arrested daniels for an outstanding warrant and found him after getting a call from an oakland resident who reported daniels harassing merchants near the bart station me was wanted for being an accessory to a crime, which is a felony. it's unclear how long he will be in jail. a peninsula man accused of posing as a ride share driver to rape women is held on $4 million bail. 37-year-old orlando latzo was arrested in san mateo. san francisco police say that latzo raped four women over five years and allegedly intercepted random women as they left night clubs and bars in sonoma mistaking his car for the one that they had ordered and the first assault was back in 2013.

the most recent was last month. lyft says latzo did drive for them but the company deactivated him. >> al alameda firefighter is expected to have to undergo more surgeries after a dog attacked him at the scene of a fire. a pit bull bit john whiting in the face on saturday. he had helped reses cue two people and 18 dogs from a house fire in unincorporated san leandro. he was talking to one of the victims when her dog bit him. witnesses shared video of the pit bull before the incident. whiting underwent the first of several surgeries yesterday. the sheriff's office is investigating possible animal neglect and cruelty and charges involving that attack. fire crews will try again today to recover the body of a firefighter killed while battling a wildfire near yosemite national park. they think his bulldozer stumbled down a canyon while he

was cutting away vegetation on saturday. officials say varney's body is in steep terrain and conditions are too dangerous for crews to get close. the fire is burning on the park's western edge, scorched six square miles of forest. some rural communities are affected. the chp rescued a hiker. the agency shared this facebook video from a helicopter near the blue ridge trail in napa. another hiker called for help after seeing a woman in severe distress. that person helped paramedics carry the woman to the helicopter, which then transported her to a nearby resort to get treatment. the chp reminding hikers to bring plenty of water and to hydrate before you leave. good morning. time now 4:36 a.m. live doppler 7 and satellite showing you a summer morning at hand on this monday. a lot of cloud cover overhead for the majority of the region. temperature wise widespread 50s

across the board. oakland 57, 59 right now in mountainview, 55 the temperature in santa rosa. your 12-hour planner has clouds around the coast and bay, by midday clearing skies and by 4:00 it will be a warm afternoon around the bay, a lot of low 80s but inland even warmer than that. we're going into the mid 90s. remember, download the app and track the temperatures any time from your smartphone. the bigger picture, california, high pressure firmly in control so a lot of sunshine later on today but it will heat up much of the west. look at this, a lot of triple-digit heat to our east. we're sitting pretty nice, look at that, san francisco bet you never felt luckier to have the sea breeze, 68 degrees, but elsewhere you can see that heat is going to be with us later on today. traveling to phoenix, 104. oh, boy. yeah, it's going to be hot to our east. we're sitting nice with the cool sea breeze in the 60s. how is traffic looking this morning? >> we're doing okay there too. yeah. >> that's good. >> so good 4:37 in the morning,

you know, sometimes you would be surprised. >> that's true. >> one issue to talk about, on south bay 101 south of 280 out of san francisco before silver avenue. solo vehicle crash just after 4:00 this morning. it does sound like we have injuries. haven't gotten a lot of information from chp, but we do have at least one lane blocked and yet just a slight delay there on the southbound side of 101 and that's even improving here as i speak. changing from red back into yellow and should be there and should not be a major incident this morning. southbound 068 good through walnut creek. tonight through wednesday night, some work i believe some electrical work tunnel. we'll look at drive times coming up next. >> thanks. a customer accuses cvs of racism after a confrontation with workers. it started with a dispute over a coupon. >> and elon musk sparks outrage

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a low deck of cloud cover right now. temperature wise pretty in the 50s for the most part. it's a cool start to the day but we will warm up nicely. so later on today, 60s on the coast, warmest spots in the 90s but midweek even warmer air will move in here. reggie, jessica. >> thanks. cvs is apologizing after a store manager called police on a woman trying to use a coupon and she recorded video as part of that encounter. >> african-american. >> black. no, i'm not african-american. i'm black. black isn't a bad word. >> camilla hudson says a manager known on-line as coupon carl challenged her friday in chicago when she tried to use a manufacturers coupon for a free product. hudson claims cvs employees only looked at the coupon and never scanned it to verify it. >> he goes, i can't accept this. i said okay, why can't you accept it? because it looks fraudulent. >> african-american. >> black. >> look at him shaking there.

>> yeah. >> the manager called 191 after tensions escalated and chicago police arrived and ultimately asked hudson to leave the store. in addition to the apology cvs has reassigned the employees involved while the company investigates. a cave diver who helped rescue 12 young soccer players says he may sue elon musk for smearing him. musk had offered a mini sub to help rescue the soccer team that was trapped in a cave and one of the divers called musk's sub a pr stunt and wouldn't have made musk replied on twitter he never saw the diver at the rescue site and then musk referred to him as a pedo, short for pedophile. the diver said he was astonished and angry at the attack. musk has deleted the tweets. california democratic party leaders met in oakland over the weekend and sent a message to dianne feinstein, your services are no longer needed. the party passed up endorsing dianne feinstein in her quest

for a fifth term in theep u.s.o implications. >> reporter: months away from the november elections and the race for u.s. senate is heating up. the california democratic party opted to endorse kevin deleon over dianne feinstein. >> the vast majority of californian without question know the senior senator because she's been the incumbent over a quarter of a century. we have a real opportunity to contrast our values, our accomplishments and vision for the state of california. >> reporter: the board ended up backing deleon with 65% of the vote after meeting saturday in oakland. >> we want someone who is going to be in the united states senate standing up for immigrants, standing up for the lbgt community, standing up for people of color. very strident and forceful way. >> reporter: both candidates failed to secure the party's backing ahead of the primary by not capturing the 60% of votes needed. deleon faces an uphill battle to unseat feinstein. the statement by the feinstein

camp reads, senator feinstein won by 2.1 million earned 70% of the democratic votes if the primary election carrying every county by double digits over her opponent. we're confident a large majorit wi re-elect senator feinstein in november. the party will spend more money to promote deleon in the fall election. in the newsroom, abc 7 news. >> happening today, the shark tank will be transformed into a bike build for underserved children in the bay area and more than 100 volunteers will make 350 bikes for the sharks healthy living giving campaign that promoting physical fitness and outdoor activity. ten local non-profits will pick up the bikes to be given to kids who need them to get to school. some of the bikes will go to families during the holiday season. super sweet. good day for a bike ride. >> awesome. yeah. >> yeah. >> later today it's going to be hot in the 90s. get your exercise in ely today if you're in our hottest

spots. outside, san jose, live look from the south bay, we have the canopy of cloud cover overhead so a lot of us starting out with gray skies. live doppler 7 along with satellite showing you wead typical sumr morning. there's san jose so we have that cloudy start for a lot of us. wind wise really light across much of the region. right now the only exception fairfield gusting to 26 miles an hour and we do expect these winds to kind of pick up later on this afternoon. so future tracker wind gust, 4:00, 5:00 later today, the winds likely gusting onshore 10 to 25 miles an hour. extra hair spray not a bad idea as the winds pick up today. highs today, the typical summer spread, cool along the coast, 65 half moon bay, about 68, and san francisco run the bay shoreline, sunshine, 74 in oakland, 86 san jose, hot spots inland, 92 concord, 94 in antioch, napa at 85 degrees. here's the accuweather seven-day

forecast, a warm afternoon on your monday. typical pattern on wednesday, and then on thursday it turns more humid with high clouds, hot inland and cooler for the upcoming weekend. that's the weather. a check of the roads, good morning, alexis. >> good morning, drew. looking good so far today. one busy spot is the cash lanes lanes for the bay bridge toll plaza. starting to see that stack up here on either side if you are planning to cross the bay bridge. no metering lights yet, though. we should have about 45 minutes, maybe a little less than that, until those are turned on. fasttrack users cruising through. quick check of drive times, tracy to dublin, only one in the red this morning, coming in at 59 minutes. westbound 4 antioch to concord, 14, southbound san rafael to san francisco 16 minutes. the tower in san francisco getting a high-tech make-over. the chronicle reports 6 new antennas will be added to the top of the tower and that should make it easier for tv viewers to

pick up local tv stations over the air with an antenna that includes abc 7. one in five bay area tv viewers receive their signals over the air. super popular to cut the cord. makes sense. >> amazon prime day. how can you make the shopping extravaganza work for you. >> a palestine in the works for a 3d printer jet pack? today's tech bites, amazon prime day today. the on-line shopping event starts this afternoon and runs for 36 hours. >> experts say do research to determine if the deal you're interested in is a good deal and say you should check out other retail sites offering sales. nexus underwater jet pack the work of a college student in britain. >> created using a 3d printer and the designer testing it in swimming pools hoping to have the first production models ready in under a year. d life for the segway. >> reports say the company behind the scooter will offer

new kit that will change your segway into a go-cart with brakes, a steering wheel and run flat tires. it's said to be adjustable. the kit could be launched next week. looks cool. >> have a great day. >> that looks fun. >> okay. 10,000 people walked more than six miles through golden gate park this weekend for the 32nd annual aids walk san francisco. >> high five. thank you. >> and that looks like fine to. abc 7 has been a sponsor of the event since 1987. members of our abc 7 family were proud to take part in yesterday's event. money raised through sponsorships benefits more than 32 bay area hiv/aids service and advocacy groups. >> asking your friends and family to donate you're building awareness around hiv and aids. aids is not over. we have 40,000 new infections across the country every year. >> the sheer volume of people

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good morning. 4:52 a.m. your 12-hour planner later today. clouds around the coast and bay, we'll have clearing skies. by 4:00 it will be a warm afternoon. most spots away from the coast in the 80s and in the 90s. jessica? >> drew, thanks. celebrations turned violent in paris as some fans threw flairs at police after france took home its second world cup title. thousands partied in the street after games yesterday and dozens of police officers showed up in riot gear. polices even used water cannons on fans. it is unclear if there were any arrests or it was a lot different earlier in the afternoon, though, as the roar of excited soccer fans filled the streets of paris as the sun set, the arc was lit up in french colors.

the crowd roared as fireworks filled the skies and images of the player were projected on les.r eap the escape happened saturday at the auto bon zoo. a 3-year-old jaguar went on a deadly rampage. five alpaca, two foxes and one emu were killed. and an injured fox continues to be monitored. it's unclear how the jaguar escaped. zoo officials say inspections found the roof was compromised but human error was not a factor. speaking about animals, a whale swimming free after getting snagged in shark netting off australia's gold coast. i want to show you this, video of the harrowing ordeal as marine animal release teams tried to set the animal free. they say the whale broke through and swam about a quarter of a mile before it got tangled and could no longer swim. you can see it here in the video turning over and over again trying to break free.

it just made matters worse, though. crews say it took them about four hours to cut the netting away and free this animal. craftsmanship and creativity join forces in palo alto. abc news at the art center on newell road for the clay and glass artist of california festival. organizers say it is one of the most prestigious festivals of its kind. hands on pottery making sessions and throwing demonstrations. >> one of the biggest things of interest is the diversity of work. glass work is exploding and new designs, there are sculptures utilizing glass, sculptures utilizing clay. >> the festival featured the work of 130 artists. remember the scene from "ghost," drew? >> who doesn't. is that what's happening? ⌞> i don't know. i'm sure they wouldn't do something as basic as that. >> i'm sure that's clay fest. hour-by-hour forecast, 8:00

later this morning, we'll have the fog over san francisco and in and around the east bay but by midday the typical pattern, the fog pulling back to the coast and into the afternoon a wide range of temperaures, 50s and 60s along the coast. around the bay a lot of 70s to low 80s. inland our warmest spots into the 80s and 90s under sunny skies. that's the weather. a check of the roads with alexis. >> hey, yeah, so far so good this morning. we don't have major issues. the volumes starting to fill in. the san mateo bridge, westbound 92, leaving hayward over to foster city, not having any trouble and same thing coming eastbound as well. we expect that to remain lighter most of the morning. muni, the m ocean view improvement project over the weekend should be wrapping up any minute now scheduled to wrap up at 5:00. northbound lanes of 19th between winston and eucalyptus and bus lines m 28 and 29 should resume normal service as well. this morning, people can't get over how adorable prince

louie is. kensington palace tweeted royal family photos after the prince's christening last week. some of the portraits were taken at clearance house in london. the duke and duchess of cambridge hired matt holiok to take the photos. prince louie was baptized at saint james' on monday and born on april 23rd. >> look at the smile. almost about three months old. >> yeah. i don't know him. you know. >> that's true. you don't know him, haven't met him yet. >> i haven't met him. >> you will soon. >> some like looking at pictures of babies they don't know. >> i guess. >> i don't get it, drew. >> that's me. add me to that group. very cute. i think they have a sweet family. are you tired of waiting for hours at the dmv. next, a major change happening to bring relief for your frustration. >> and this man seen smoking meth on bart now under arrest but it wasn't for doing this. >> new testing starts today at the radioactive hunter's

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good morning, bay area. let's get up and get going. >> this is "abc 7 mornings." >> within the last hour president trump and russian president vladimir putin coming together in front of the press. >> we'll catch you up on what we know about their meeting that's under way right now. >> good morning. 5:00 a.m. on monday, july 16th. jessica is in for natasha. >> and never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. meteorologist drew tuma is in for mike nicco. >> hi, good morning, guys. a really quiet pattern setting up the next 24 hours. right now live doppler 7 along with satellite showing you a fair amount of cloud cover overhead. that's the gray shading you see on your screen. the camera showing you across san francisco it is gray

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