>> announcer: live, where you live, this is abc 7 news. >> she was known as the queen of soul and stood as a cultural icon all around the globe. the world is mourning the loss of singer aretha franklin and tributes are pouring in. there is nothing but r e is p e respect for aretha franklin. she died of cancer at age 76. she had battled health issues r retirg touring.nng and just this week we learned

she was in hospice care surround by family and friends. we have more on franklin's life and legacy. >> aretha franklin didn't just sing notes, she belted them she first wowed the congregation at her father's baptist church in detroit. by the time she was 14 she already recorded her first gospel album. before long she was rock-n-roll royalty. over the next five decades, franklin solidified herself as soul sister number and 20then there was that famou tune about a pink cadillac. ♪ >> ultimately, her signature tune for life was the song where she spelled it all out. rer s-per c-t. >> respect held the top spot on the pop charts for a record too

months, but her gospel roots often pulled her back into the pulpit. as quickly as she made records, she broke her album amazing grace became one of the best selling gospel albums of all time. her soulful voice earned her multiple awards, including more than 20 grammys. she was the first woman ever induct the into the rock-n-roll hall of fame and had the ear of presidents. in '05, she was honored with the medal of freedom from president bush. on january 20ththththththth performed at president barack obama's inauguration ceremony. the emotion and power of her voice earned her the self-named title the queen of soul.

and no one ever challenged it. her passion, intensity and ability to move her listeners simply wouldn't allow it. lindsey davis, abc . and now let's take a look at her star on the hollywood walk of fame in los angeles. you can see fans have already begun placing flowers there. there's also a krourn. the queen of soul was indicted into the walk of fame august 29th, 1979. president trump is offering his condolences this morning to aretha franklin's family. >> well, i want to begin today by expressing my condolences to the family of a person i knew well. she worked for me on numerous occasions. she was terrific, aretha franklin on her passing. she's brought joy to millions of lives and her extraordinary legacy will thrive and inspire many generations to come. she was given a great gift from

god, her voice. and she used it well. people loved aretha. she's a specia woman. so i just want to pass on my warmest best wishes and sympathies to her family. >> and, of course, not just the president. plenty of other politicians, celebrities, and artists are posting to social media about the queen of soul's passing. abc 7 news reporter is joining me live in studio with some of those new tributes on line. i had, amanda. >> it's just easy to see the outpouring of the support for her this morning. hugh jackman, ricky martin, even tim cook. but we want to first start off with paul mccartney. he said let's all take a moment to give thanks for the beautiful life of aretha franklin, the queen of our soul who inspired us all for many, many years. she will be missed but the memory of her greatness as a musician ands a fine human being will live with us forever. love paul. and then shania twain posted

this photo to instagram. just so much talent in one picture. she writes aretha forever, the goddess of soul. and then carol king, what a life, what a legacy, so much life, respect, and gratitude. r.i.p. aretha franklin. this came across our feed just a few minutes ago, it's barack obama, mr. barack obama, he tweets out aretha helped define the american experience. in her voice we could feel our history, all of it, and in every shade our power and our pain, our darkness and our light, our quest for redemption and our hard-won respect. mate queen of soul left in eternal peace. so as you can see, plenty of people doing much more than paying just a little respect. back to yu, jessica. >> thank you. . and of course you can remember aretha franklin on the abc 7 news facebook page. that's where we've posted this

badge where you can post your thoughts to the queen of soul. a bus careened into a ditch happened just before 8:00 on 101 near san ma toy e te'o. the driver says he was driving and the bus veered to the right. he said he tried to regain control but the bus went into a ditch. there were 45 people on board and no one was hurt. what a frustrating morning for b.a.r.t. passengers. three issues led to a cracked track led to a major delay system wide. matt cellar joins us live from the fremont b.a.r.t. station with a reaction from riders. matt. >> reporter: i have some good news. i just talked to the b.a.r.t. spokesperson and she told me there are no more residual delays on b.a.r.t. but that's a little too late for those trying to get to work earlier. b.a.r.t. riders didn't have much of a chance this morning. >> there's no wait. reget up in the morning we think our train's going to be on time and we get here and it's not. >> reporter: three issues combined caused major delays for

b.a.r.t. the biggest started at 4:00 a.m. a cracked track on the hayward lane forpsed a single track until about 6:30. >> it's going to make me late to work. >> reporter: then in downtown oakland around 5:00 a.m., what they call a false occupancy, that means computers report there are trains on the tracks when there are not causing trains to stop. that took about an hour to clear up. and in san francisco debris on the track between civic center and 16th street stations. >> i saw major b.a.r.t. delay i was like oh, my gosh. >> a rough morning but riders left with few options. >> nothing you really can do. if i was mad the train's not going to comeny faster. so we just have to do what we can, we just have to wait. >> reporter: b.a.r.t. told me that cracked track was caused by a micro crack at a bolt hole. they replaced that rail. reporting live here in fremont, matt cellar, abc 7 news.

>> thank you. new this morning, the man accuse of driving recklessness or interstate 80 has posted bail. here's a new mug shot we received earlier of walker. he was scheduled for a 1:30 court appearance this afternoon in salon know county. but abc news confirmed he has posted bail. they say he hit chp officer kirk gris and manuel in fairfield last friday. they both died. here is video of that crash. excuse me, that's not video of the crash but i can tell you that salon know county officials say walker wares driving recklessly at a high speed. here's that crash. they also say that they do have evidence that walker was distracted by his phone at the time of the crash. >> we want the message to be sent that your actions have consequences. that answering a phone or send organize answering a text can result in the tragic consequences that we've witnessed this last week and

that lives can be inalterably changed because of those actions. >> he could face nearly eight years in prison if convicted. >> san mateo police are warning of a ride share paz jer. here's a sketch from police. investigators say the driver picked up the woman in san mateo around highway 92 tuesday night. the victim was found near fashion island boulevard. she told police the man drove her to a secluded area then call theed her. investigators say the attacker was driving a gray four-door car. it's not clear if he had a ride share decal on it. >> we've had obviously investigators working around the clock because we know that, you know, time is very sensitive in this and where he want to make sure there's someone out there that's dangerous, we want to make sure that we get this person before they victimize anyone else. >> and here's another look at the suspect.

he is in his late 30s. police are reminding people double-check your ride share app to ensure the license plate, make, model and color of the car is the actual car assigned to you. and now for an update to the wildfires. the ranch fire is now 69% contained and has burned more than 317,000 acres. the river fire is 100% contained and has burned nearly 49,000 acres. and take a look here that the map showing the updates on the carr firing burning in shasta and trinity counties. it's 71% contained and has burned more than 214,000 acres. the fire, the car fire also killed eight people including firefighter jeremy stoke. a new report says he died after getting trapped in a fire tornado. cal fire says stoke made an emergency call the evening of july 26th saying he was getting burned over and needed a water drop. then the car abruptly stopped.

cal fire says a swirling monster wall of flames and ash swept down on stoke in just seconds. and this video you can see that inferno. search teams did not find stoke's body until the next morning. he was a redding fire inspector. so an experienced firefighter and we've talked a little bit about those fire made nados. >> yes. they burn so intensely hot they can create their own weather patterns. part of reason you see that firenado is because they get up to a thousand degrees fahrenheit. they create a vacuum. what you're seeing in than i tense video is that vacuum getting swirld into an intense tornado. and those winds can run in excess of 100 miles per hour. in fact, the national weather service, they actually went out after this video came out and they estimate that those winds were around 143 miles per hour. that's about equivalent to an

ef-3 tornado or the speed a commercial air liner takes off. we had our own laura anthony, she was on the ground after of that footage came out and look at this. those winds they are so strong that they can uproot trees directly and fall right down on homes nearby. so these tornadoes are very similar to what you would see somewhere in the midwest in the plains with severe weather. but because these fires can move so quickly, those winds can go anywhere from 0 to 60 miles per hour in just a matter of minutes. and that is very scary for firefighters who are on the front lines with that erratic fire behavior. very scary ae in>>hosu don't as uprooting trees, but there you have it. drew, thank you. putting mini vans to the test. see how three popular models fared in head-on crash tests. and also some new twists in the case of of a pregnant

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and within just the last hour we have also learned investigators have, indeed, found the body of 34-year-old shanann watts, the pregnant colorado woman reported missing earlier this week. police also believe they do know where the bodies of her two children are located. those children are 4-year-old bella and 3-year-old celeste. an investigation is now underway. we'll bring you any updates as soon as they come in. developing news now, deliberations underway this morning in the fraud trial of former trump campaign chairman paul manafort. prosecutors say he hid millions of dollars from the ira in foreign income that he earned from advising politicians in ukraine. defense lawyers rested their case without presenting a single witness. manafort was charged in question with robert mueller's ongoing investigation into russian interference in the 2016 campaign. fighting illegal dumping in localland. the new initiative that was just rolled out this morning.

and in accuweather we are on our way to a warmer afternoon. already have spots in the 70s and 80s before noon. i'm tracking even warmer

now your accuweather forecast withdrew tuma. >> and an uk cue weather we're taking that live dopplar 7 along with satellite. we've seen that cloud cover quickly erode this morning. it's well back to the coast. a lot us are seeing sunshine. . a live look from the exploratorium camera pointed at the bay bridge. baby blue skies out there, not a cloud to be seen from this vantage point. down south, san jose kind of a similar story but a bit of haze

is in our atmosphere once again. we've been talking about smoke particles from all the fires around us to our north and that just continues to kind of filter in in a bit of a haze on our skyline right now. temperaturewise inland in the 70s and 80s. brentwood 80 degrees. 75 concord. it's mild in san francisco, 62 degrees. 65 oakland, near 70 in san jose. santa rosa checking in in the mid-60s. later on today we've got that sunshine out there early so really effective warming us up quickly, so 83 the high in san jose today. 70 eight for cupertino, 77 71 san mateo, the low to mid-60s along the coastline. pacifica a little bit cooler in the upper 50s. 54 for downtown san francisco. 85 for santa rosa. 86 in valeo had the 70 eight for san rafael. and sausalito 78.

or rained about 80 degrees and inland we're warming today than we were yesterday, mid-80s to low 90s. 92 the high in brentwood. 85 in santa roan. 88 the high in livermore. across the state today it's going to be warm to our east and the central valley will exceed 100 degrees. fresno similar story and palm springs. socal low to mid-80s. evening planner, lots of sunshine the next couple hours. it will be a warm afternoon but by 8b:00 that sun will be setting at exactly 8:00 p.m. later on this evening. it is that time of the year we are losing daylight as we approach fall. so tonight that sunset at 8:00. the end of the month it will happen at 7:40 and by the end of september that sun is setting before 7:00 in the evening. the next time the sun will set after 8:00 p.m., may 1st of next year. so the daylight hours are getting shorter. overnight here's the call from being cue weather, the fog not as thick as previous nights.

mid to upper 50s and as we take a look at the 7-day forecast it's a warmer day today compared to yesterday and that warmth will continue to increase. on friday it is turning hot inland. saturday to start off the weekend it is summer heat away from the coast. 80s and 90s widespread. mild to hot to finish off the weekend. and by monday, tuesday, wednesday, temperatures do moderate a bit but that's near average for this time of year. saturday you're certainly going to feel the warmth away from the coast. >> okay. summer is still here. >> it's hanging on. >> i like the sun when it stays out late. >> i know. a lot of people were boo-hooing me on twitter. but it's that time of the year. daylight getting shorter. >> got to wait till may. thank you. new this morning, chp is investigating a dplash kuiper teeny involving a prius and a caltrans bulldozer. happened around 12:30 this morning. new video shows the driver of the prius does appear to be okay. the front driver's side of his car had major damage after it hit a bulldozer on northbound

85. safety is key when picking out a minivan for your family. the insurance institute for highway safety put three popular vehicles to the test with a head-on crash. the honda odd did isy scored the best earning good ratings in most of all categories. the chrysler pacifica did not score as high but a good rating over all. and the toyota see &a scored an acceptable rating. they said the passenger side air bags can be improved the. libby shaft just announced details of a new program to combat illegal dumping. oakland res debts will have three opportunities to legally dispose of large, unwanted items at no charge. the bulky block parties will be held in the coming weeks, two weeks apart. it's part of an effort to educate residents about the existing bulky waste pickup service that allows people to schedule a free curbside pick up. stay with us because right after this break we are honoring two queens and a king.

welcome back. a reminder we are on app and abcnews.com. and today we posted information

on the late great aretha franklin, including her biggest songs, a look at her life as well as a facebook badge. if you're logging on from your phon bews alerts. we lost the queen of soul today and 41 years ago today as well we lost the king of rock-n-roll. a candlelight vigil continued into this morning in graceland in memphis, tennessee, elvis press presley's home. from i king back to the queen, congratulations are in order, congratulations to the pop madonna. she turns 60 today. she posted this tweet saying the queen in case somebody forgot. >> she looks like she's having fun. >> she does, doesn't she? >> for 60 she looks amazeding. >> favorite madonna

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