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we now know who was the young woman stabbed to death at an oakland b.a.r.t. station last night. police say this 18-year-old student of oakland high school was the victim of a random attack along ewith her sister wo was injured. and their father is speaking out as investigators prepare to release surveillance video to try to find the killer abo. cornell barnard is live with the latest. >> reporter: the search continues for the suspect. just a short time ago, construction workers confirmed that b.a.r.t. please recovered a
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knife from this construction site near the macarthur station possibly represented to the double stabbing sunday which appears to be a random crime. now nia wilson was fatally stabbe in the neck as she exited a b.a.r.t. train. her family shared this picture with us. her sister was also stabbed, but survived. both women attacked by a man they did not know according to b.a.r.t. officials. that man took off running out of the station. they are searching for a suspect described as a white male in his 20s or 30s, heavy build and short hair. the suspect fled from the train and down into the concourse level of the station and left the station.
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and he now gleefing trieving th his daughter. and the daughter who survived is stable this morning at a local hospital. we just got word that b.a.r.t. plans to release images of the suspect caught on surveillance cameras in the station. that will happen at a news conference later this morning or this afternoon. we're live in oakland, cornell barnard. b.a.r.t. sent out this update at c9:30 this morning. they plan to release surveillance images within the next several hours. you can download the abc 7 news app to get those photos, but also now the mayor is saying that the senseless and violent stabbing of two young women on a b.a.r.t. train platform last night has shaken our community.
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every parent who saw the father of nia wilson grieve for his daughter is heartbroken by this horrific act. and once again, we expect to get more once oakland police send out surveillance images and you will want to download the abc 7 news app to get those photos when released. in toronto, police are still searching for a motive behind yesterday's mass shooting on a busy street. two young victims are dead and 13 more injured. in addition to the gunman who also died. jessica castro has the latest now. >> reporter: yes, police still trying to figure out why this gun man went on a rampage shooting 14 innocent bystanders. two young girls are dead, only ages 10 and 18. 12 others are in the hospital and those victims range in age 10 to 59 years old. police are now looking for clues and they have not ruled out terrorism. when they got to the scene late last night, police exchanged
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gunfire with the suspect, eventually shooting and killing the suspect. the mass shooting happened in a popular part of the city, crowded with restaurants and cafes. >> i just saw bodies going down and i got shot to the ground. i was a blur. >> reporter: some witnesses say they heard at least 20 rounds of gunfire. lawmakers in canada already calling for action. the mayor saying the city has a gun problem. [ inaudible ] >> jessica, thank you. there is a reward being offered in a double homicide in west oakland. take a look at this map. two men were found dead inside a home near adeline and 18th streets. police say they don't know what the men were doing in the home or if they were related. there is a $20,000 reward for are information leading to the
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killer's arrest. new information on the country fire burning in milpitas. it started yesterday just after 6:00 p.m. near county club and north park victoria roads. sky map 7 shows where the fire spread near willow road. flames blackened more than 320 acres. the fire is 80% contained. authorities say one structure was destroyed. and now less than ten structures -- or fewer than structures are being threatened. happening now, loved ones are saying final good-byes to a firefighter who died while fighting the ferguson fire near yosemite. the 36-year-old david last saturday while operating a bulldozer near the fire line. today friends and family are saying good-bye at a memorial service. he served for a decade. and leaves behind a wife and two young children. this morning that same fire is proving to be a tough fight for fire crews. the ferguson fire has now burned more than 50 square miles in
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just ten days. four others have been hurt while fight being the flames. the fire is just 6% contained. the duck boat that capsized during a sudden storm last thursday killing 17 people is now out of the water. missouri highway patrol divers raised the body some 80 feet from the bottom of table rock lake. the boat appeared to have holes in its canopy and some minor damage a to its side. the coast guard wouldn't say if the damage was done when the boat sank or during the salvage operation. >> everything on the bottom was photographed by the divers and they conducted a survey on the bottom to assess its condition on the bottom. >> crews towed the boat to a secure storage facility where it will be inspected. 31 people were on board when it capsized. all 14urvirs a out hospital. secretary of state mike pompeo is in the bay area f two day summit with australian
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leaders. this comes as tension is u.s. a president trump making threats on twitter. matt keller is live on the stanford campus with more. >> reporter: yeah, this is an annual event that is being held this year here at the hoover institution at stanford university. obviously a lot to talk about as you have tensions between iran and the u.s. on the rise. this morning a photo-op, the two were not taking questions here at the hoover institution. secretary of state mike pompeo and australian minister of fully affairs julie bishop posed for cameras. they will address tariff and trade with china, north korea, national security and iran. president trump washed irrned i consequences. this was this response to comments made by president rouhani's comments that america must understand that peace with iran is the mother of all peace
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and war with iran is the mother of all warns. secretary pompeo spoke yesterday about iran. >> the bitter irony is that the regime uses this same time to line its own pockets while its people cry out for jobs. and reform. and for opportunity. the iranian economy is going great but only if you are a politically connected member of the elite. >> trump and pompeo both were yesterday ratcheting up the tension against iran in a very dangerous world. and it is in-dum consucumbent u stand against that. >> no more treason! >> reporter: a small group of protesters rallied outside. james mattis and m m defense will join them tomorrow and are expected to take
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questions from the press. matt keller, abc 7. happening today, london breed will announce her plan to help those struggling with homelessness. some of the homeless from a camp have moved in to navigation centers. the department of homelessness tells abc 7 that they are no longer encampments in the city with 20 or more tents. so the bigger encampments we're a grandmother shot at the hands of her own grandson all this before the encounter in trader joe's. what set him off. and the new evidence that president trump is using to prove that the russia probe is politically motivated. and i'm tracking a heat wave that is taking over about two thirds of our state. check out this map. notice it does not include us, but parts of our neighborhoods will see the mid to upper 90
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at ross. yes for less. the attorney representing hundreds of people who were impacted by last year's deadly las vegas shooting massacre called the lawsuit filed by mgm against the victims insensitive. and mgm wants a federal court to rule that it can't be held li l liable for the mass shooting that left 58 dead and more than 500 wounded in october of last year. the company owns the shooter usd
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one of the rooms to fire from the 32nd floor. mgm claims it was an act of terrorism, therefore the company is protected under the safety act of 2002. >> you start suing the victims, it just -- it just -- it is not american, it is not what we do. you don't sue the victims. >> the attorney says he expects mgm to lose their legal battle saying it is the first time that the safety act has been used to indemnify a company. the suspect in a deadly standoff at trader joe's is scheduled to be in court today. 28-year-old gene atkins shot his grandmother several times during an argument saturday. he then forced his girlfriend into a car and led police on a chase that ended at the trader joe's. the store's manager was killed during a shoot-out. the standoff lasted several hours. atkins event event event event t
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and after a week of criticism, president trump is now using a newly revealed fbi document to insist that the russia investigation has been politically motivated. tara palmeri explains why the city is once again calling it a big hoax. >> reporter: president trump claiming the fbi was wrong to surveil his former campaign adviser carter page a month before the election. tweeting, quote, looking more and more like the trump campaign was illegally spied upon. a redacted fisa warrant released this weekend shows that the fbi spe suspected page was being recruited by the russians. >> i've never been a an agent of a foreign power by any stretch of the imagination. >> reporter: but trump says the fbi operation was politically motivated because the warrant
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references the doss area paid for in part by the clinton campaign. the fbi documents outline additional evidence to support the government's motion and disclose that they suspected the steele dossier document was politically motivated. >> if you read actually the documents themselves, it becomes clear exactly why they wanted this. remember, this is an application saying this is why we need more information. >> reporter: three other judges also approved different fbi requests to monitor page. this comes as the president dodges backlash over his praise of vladimir putin at a press conference in helsinki. >> these are serious matters and i think there is no ignoring the fact that for whatever reason, this president acts like is he compromised. >> reporter: president trump is still defending his performance saying remember i gave up nothing, we merely talked about future benefits for both countries. tara palmeri, abc news, washington. the people of ohio still
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aren't really over the news that lebron james is heading west. what one dmv is doing to make sure some customers never for t forget. and i'm mike nicco. let's open up the weather window. we have poor conditions at the beaches and a little bit of caution if you will be out on the bay. we'll talk about the
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as we head into the new week, our summer spread will get bigger and bigger. the inland neighborhoods will heat up, but most of the coast still with the sea breeze. you see where the clouds are.
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they are out toward the coast. and as we take a look at your accuweather highlights, that is where they will stay. while it will be sunny around the bay and inland and a slight bit of warming today, most of the heat will take place inland the next few days answer thd th highs will expire towards the weekend. here is the way it looks in the atmosphere. you see the curl right here, that is an area of low pressure that is bringing up for now a wind, the sea breeze that will keep all the heat in the central valley and over the high desert across southern california. but because of the strong southerly component, we have a southwest wind. and it is blowing over the water. so small craft advisory from 1:00 this afternoon until about 10:00 this evening. so could be choppy at times. at the coast, there is a southerly swell. the wave heights not a big deal, about 7 to 9 foot breakers. not too bad. but it is the rip currents and sneaker waves that are really
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going to be troublesome now all the way through 11:00 in the morning wednesday. so nearly about 48 hours. soon if you are going to venture in the water. one of the rip currents could get you. don't want that to happen. 80 in milpitas, that is the cool spot. some 90s you see on the periphery, on the edges that is where the heat is building today. moran lil ahill and gilroy. 95, 98. santa cruz will be at 75. until peninsula, a lot of low to mid-80s. you drop down into the 70s toward millbrae .not nearly as much sunshine at the coast as we had yesterday. upper 60s and low 70s, pretty close to average for san francisco. low to mid-80s, so breezes will keep most of the north bay valleys cool, but then look at that cloverdale, lake port, no breeze, low to upper 90s. east bay shore, mid to upper 80s.
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and away from the breeze in hercules down toward union city and also fremont. 89 in pleasanton. you can see some of the heat starting to creep in with the low to mid-90s here. as we take a look at the next 12 hours, a sunny san jose. 84 inland at noon, 71 around the bay and at the coast 62. so you can see the summer spread developing. by the time we get to 12:00, clouds will start rolling in and temperatures will start to get more homogenized. you see cloudy at the coast until 7:00, 8:00. and you see them covering most of the neighborhoods by the time we get into the commute tomorrow where temperatures will be in the mid-50s around san francisco to upper 60s around antioch. here is the accuweather 7 day forecast. notice the temperatures hold pretty steady at the coast and around the bay, but it is inland where we'll start to see the warming really hit as we'll hit the mid-90s, maybe upper 90s around antioch, brentwood.
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but friday, saturday, sunday, back down where we should be. >> thank you, mike. and you will like this one. one way to wipe the smiles off of faces of folks in ohio. one branch of the dmv put a photo of lebron james wearing the l.a. lakers jersey to make sure people are not going to be smiling in their driver's license photos. >> frowning? >> yeah. so when you see this, you won't be smile which in smiling, whic want. some say it is a cruel joke, but seems to be working to get people to strike a serious pose and definitely not flash those pearly whites. >> i didn't know they were that serious about not smiling. >> but now they are getting frowns i >> the viral has many all in their feelings. we're hearing from the dancing dentist about the footage that made him the latest internet sensation.
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now to the dentist that many of you are talking about this morning. you may not recognize his name, but his dance moves may ring a bell. here is the south carolina dentist accepting the in my feeling challenge thursday. it has taken over the internet and sending drake's in my feelings song to the top of the charts. this rendition garnered more than 40 million facebook views in just four days and more than 150,000 comments. >> i've had a few people in greenville, south carolina might see it, i had no idea that it would take off. >> well, it took off all right. receiving comments from admirers from around the country like this, i wonder if i can punch myself in the mouth, loosen a tooth and get an emergency visit. so that is actually what it takes apparently to get great yelp reviews. >> is that a it? you see how he hashtaged in my fillings instead of feelings.
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>> love the play on words. >> he did a good job. >> another reason to visit the dentist. you are always so tense in the
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