the man accused of posing as a ride share driver and raping four women in san francisco pleaded not guilty today in court. thanks for joining he answered to the charges against him this morning in a case that's stirring up the illegal immigration debate. amanda? >> reporter: kristen, and that's the case because i.c.e. has already confirmed lazzo is an

undocumented immigrant from peru. we know it was dna that linked him to four separate rape cases. he pleaded not guilty to charges surrounding four accusations of brazen rape. he was accused of posing as a ride share driver, pick up women from bars and nightclubs around san francisco, getting them alone and raping them. >> rape is one of the most horrific crimes imaginable that we have in our criminal justice system, and in this case we have four victims. >> reporter: attacks that spanned five years, each case growing more aggressive than the next. lazo's wife in the courtroom. she avoided cameras telling the media to ask her husband's lawyer. >> he's pled not guilty, he's maintained his innocence, and the constitution intitles him to presumption of innocence and to his day in court. >> reporter: according to can i

see he's here illegally from peru. we reached out to the ride share company, lyft, who says it's beefing up its security checks after it said lazo fraglntly represented himself. he's being held without bail. we know his next court appearance is august 1st. >> amanda, thank you. new this morning contra costa sheriff's detectives are investigating a shooting that left a 22-year-old man dead. it happened around 10:45 last night near creek side court. investigators say the victim was found lying in a driveway. he was pronounced dead at the scene. detectives are interviewing several people but no arrests have been made yet and the victim has not been identified. berkeley police need your help in identifying the man who attacked a senior citizen and it happened across the street from a police station. you can see a group of men

knocking the 72-year-old to the ground and kicking him. this happened about two weeks ago. police say there was no apparent motive. >> no money was taken, no demands made. the lighting isn't ideal, so we're hoping that somebody will maybe recognize a piece of clothing or perhaps the way the suspects walked. >> police say there may have been up to eight attackers. now, take a closer look at the top right of your screen. the suspects took off in that newer model silver or white minivan. palo alto police need your help identifying this man who peeked into a window. this is freeze frame police took from the surveillance video. investigators say the video shows him entering the backyard through a closed gate and then looking through the window for several minutes before leaving.

k-9 units arrived and tried to track him but they were unable to identilocate him. the robbery happened back in may, but officers are just now releasing this photo to the fubl. police say he has a tattoo on his face. developing news, nearly two dozen soldiers are recovering after an accident. wind from an a helicopter caused a tent to collapse at hunter ligett. most of the 22 injuryerize minor but four soldiers were taken to the hospital. it occurred during a traininging exercise. the san francisco police chief wants to make it clear his department did not end the protest because of the feds.

the arrest of several protesters st week raised concerns that sfpd may have been helping immigration authorities in suppressing free abolished. this shows police officers ordering people to leave. the police chief says the encampment had become a public newsance. one man was heard when a tanker truck carrying liquid oxygen exploded over the yesterday. the fire department says there was potential for another explosion. >> in this building there's outpatient surgery so there's people who are recovering from surgery and people hooked up to ier ivs, some people in beds. >> the explosion caused a small

brush fire and gas leak that was later secured. investigatortill trying to figure out what caused that truck to explode. santa rosa is in financial trouble following the north bay wildfires. today city officials plan to discuss how to close the widest gap in years. the budget passed last month includes as summer break winds down the south bay charity that gives away thousands of backpacks to needy students each year is asking for your help. it's also changing its procedure for those wishing to receive a free backpack and school supplies. matt keller live in san jose with the details. >> reporter: yes, summer is slipping away. students will soon be heading back to class, but they need their school supplies. there's still 300 spots opened up here. but workers want the community

to know that they still need some help. volunteers and workers at sacred heart community service in san >> we got here about >> reporter: it provides tutoring, housing services and much more. but at the end of summer something extra is handed out. 3,300 kids received new backpacks and supplies. usually hundreds of parents wait in a long luann line sometimes overnight about a month before the give away just to sign-up. this video is from 2016. but this year a big change. >> we're now able to use technology for families to sign-up online. >> reporter: that's a relief for families in sacred heart. but the long lines often signal to the community the start of the donation drive for the event. as of today they still need about 2,300 backpacks. >> these next three weeks we're

going to do a big push for the items that we need. >> reporter: famomies are not only dealing with the high housing costs ensan jose but going back to school can be a big expense. in 2018 it's now 19 items that adds up to about $120 per student. >> i say on average we have about $160 just for school supplies and in addition there's sports fees and after school programs. >> reporter: sacred heart says internet access is not a big issue for their clients, but if you do need help you can always come here to sacred heart and they'll help you register. you can also make a money donation to them, cash donations. and on their website they have an amazon wish list. reporting live, matt keller, abc

7 news. former first lady michelle obama is back on the political scene. her new project that kicked off today and why some top democrats are not too thrilled. plus the reason why the white house is on damage control duty for the second time this week. and in accuweather this morning had a lot of cloud cover to start off the day but sunshine is

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investigation after an explosion at an army depot. this is happening in chambersberg, pennsylvania. officials there say at least three people are injured, three of them had to be flown to the hospital. a colonel said the explosion had happened in a painting area of a vehicle shop. officials say there's no suspicion of terrorist activity. the white house in cleanup mode for the second time this week. president trump is once again clarifying his stance on vladimir putin and russian election meddling. and he's appearing to contradict his own intelligence agencies. the latest reversal in washington. >> reporter: president trump defending his controversial summit with russian president vladimir putin. tweeting the summit with russia was a great success except with the real enemy of the people, the fake news media. i look forward to our second meeting. this facing criticism he was too weak in the press conference with putin but insisting he was

tough when they met behind closed doors. >> what'd you say to him? >> very strong on the fact we c >> reporter: in public the president doubting u.s. intelligence agencies and then backtracking to cbs news. >> i don't want to get into whether or not he's lying. i i can only say i do have confidence in our intelligence agencies as currently constituted. >> reporter: but the president seemingly continues to contradict his intelligence chiefs. monday his director of national intelligence warning russia is ongoing in pervasive efforts to undermine our democracy. >> you don't believe that to be the case. >> reporter: press secretary sarah sanders trying to clarify. >> i got to chance to speak to the president after his comments. the president said thank you very much and was saying no to answering questions. >> reporter: but the fallout is fierce from within the gop. >> again mistrusts our

intelligence services and believes the word of putin. >> reporter: there's an effort by lawmakers subpoena the u.s. translator, the only other american who was in the room when president trump met with vladimir putin, but this morning house republicans blocked thatm. new this morning and trending online the newest cover of "time." it show s president trump's face and russian president vladimir putin's face morphing back and forth with the caption trump wanted a summit with putin. he got way more than he bargained for. mrs. obama along with celebrities tom hanks, faith hill, tim mcgraw plan to record personal messages urging people to vote. the initiative is strictly nonpartisan something that's

reportedly frustrating some top democrats who would prefer mrs. oba obama focus on campaigning for democratic candidates. comcast says it wants to focus on pursuing the european paid tv operator sky. right now fox owns 39% of sky and has been trying to buy the remaining 61%. that leaves disney as the lone bidder for the 21st century fox assets. disney is a appare disn disney is the parent company of abc 7. it's part of changes proposed to the emergency alert system by senators in hawaii and south dakota. the investigation into january's false missile alert that caused so much panic in the hawaiian islands found shortcomings in

the proposed system. bo man named brady takes another twist. his home is now for sale. how much this beauty will set you back. and in accuweather already has spots in the 70s and 80s, so we're on our

and in accuweather we're seeing that cloud cover pull back to it coastline. later on today a lot of sunshine. it will be a warm day away from the coastline. live doppler satellite you can see the gray contour on your

screen. that is the fog, the cloud cover. and you can see in the past couple of hours it is shrinking going right back to the coast. earlier today we had visibility issues especially along the north bay and along the coast. that is changing. visibility is improving. sunnier skies are prevailing. one caveat with the golden gate bridge right now. we do expect the golden gate bridge to be rathery foggy for most of the day. we are warming up pretty quickly in the south bay this hour. san jose right now 77 degrees. 73 saratoga, mountain view already at 67 degrees. so the wider picture where you have that had sunshine for much of the morning you're already warm and brentwood already at 82 degrees. 79 currently in danville. look at clear lake right now, already in the 90s. san francisco a bit more fog right now.

we're still cool sitting at about 62 degrees. live doppler 7 along with satellite what we are seeing, there's a weak ripple of energy that's moving off the coastline of southern california. it sparked an isolated thundershower off the coast of los angeles yesterday. that's now pushing out. but what it is doing if you notice there are a few high clouds that are streaming in from the south. zoom in a bit closer to our neck of the woods and you can see through monterey right now some high thin sirius clouds are moving off the coast. we do remain dry for our thursday. look towards our east is there is a chance of a thundershower popping up. in the green that is your chance east of fresno along the spine of the sierra. once again we see dry skies today. san jose later on today and 84 for santa clara and bit more in

the way of cloud cover, so pacifica only 61 degrees. downtown san francisco near 70. into the north bay a wide 101 enlake port. in the east bay today 75 later on in oakland, castro valley going to 78 degrees. and inland it is hot again. still 96 in brentwood, 91 in san ramon. livermore up to a hot 97 degrees. today it's all about that warm day after that morning fog. tomorrow you're going to notice it feels a little bit humid. there is a slight chance of a shower popping up. nothing widespread. but the bigger picture over the weekend, we're dry and cooling off with temperatures near average over the weekend. i think that fog is going to be pretty much limited to the coastline for saturday and

sunday. >> still a lot of warm days ahead. look at this. here's the story of the lovely lady, that's how it starts. but this is a lovely house. it's a ofe for just under $1.9 million. agents say 30 to 50 people still come to visit the house every day. the inside is completely different than what you'll remember from the show which is probably the way you want it. >> no wood panelling? >> it's been modernized. last night many fans went to the convention center a special preview. some of it highlights expected this year a first look at upcoming movies like aqua man and the predator. do you love dogs, don't move

a muscle. we'll let you know about the good cause behind this steamy and kind of cute photo.

a reminder we're on 24/7 on the abc 7 news app and abc7.com. today we posted the story behind this video, a naked man rolling around down san jose on a bike. it's not really that safe, is it? road burn. if kwur logging on from your phone be sure to download the abc 7 news app to get breaking news and alerts and tune in right here for our next newscast, abc 7 news at 4:00. cute puppies, chiselled firefighters, do we have your attention? a group of firefighters in galveston, texas, decided to use their fit baud aeds fodies for cause. it's called heroes and hounds. these are behind the scenes photos from the shoot. last year the department raised $20,000. go to abc7.com for a look at or to preorder this calendar.

it's $20. >> wow. >> we meteorologist one. >> we'll see how it goes. >> from all of us here thanks for joining us. who wants tee boo a millionaire is next. have a great day.

>> get ready, because you're about to watch some folks play a game for the kind of life-changing money that most of us just dream about. this is "who wants to be a millionaire." [dramatic music] ♪ [cheers and applause] hey, everybody, welcome to the show. are you guys ready to play "millionaire" today? [cheers and applause] i am too, and so is she. our first contestant wants to create an otter habitat in her home? anyway, we'll get to the bottom of that. from sunnyside, new york, please welcome liz farley. >> thank you. [applause] >> that is "otterly" ridiculous. but welcome to "millionaire" anyway. >> thank you very much. >> let me tell you what stands between you and that otter habitat. 14 questions, money values growing from $500