♪ abc 7 news was at santa clara university where june gow's former students practiced for a benefit in his honor tonight. gow died in may while fishing off the monterey coast. he taught hundreds of young children to play traditional chinese instruments. tonight's benefit will help them as well.

>> now instead of thinking about how sad it is, how sad that the fact that he's gone is, we can think about his happy memories and we're playing our music. he leaves behind a wife and two young children. tonight's benefit starts at 6:30 at the music recitaal hall. a go fund me page has raised $100,000 so far. you can find a link to it at our website at abc7news.com. senator john mccain's 81-year journey ended today at the naval academy in anap lirna maryland. abc news reporter chuck seifertson has a look. >> reporter: pilots flying the missing man formation in honor of their fellow aviator. senator john mccain laid to rest sunday afternoon at his alma mat he u naval a touching tribute b call for a politically divided nation to come together. >> so much of our politics can

seem small. and mean and petty. john called on us to be bigger than that. he called on us to be better than that. >> reporter: mccain's daughter meghan offering a sharp rebuke of president trump. >> the america of john mccain has no need to be made great again because america was always great. >> reporter: the president noticeably absent from the service, uninvited by the mccain family. >> the president of the united states, no matter who that person is, is always in the elephant in the room when they're not there. >> reporter: president trump instead spending the day golfing. a small group of demonstrators outside the white house as he left for his club in virginia holding signs that read you trump are no john mccain. throughout the day the president firing off a dozen tweets attacking the media, the department of justice, the fbi, the russia investigation, as well as the souring negotiations

with canada on the nafta deal. this as the president prepares for a battole capitol hill this week as confirmation hearings begin tuesday for a supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. the heads of several top tech companies will be testifying on capitol hill this week, except for one. >> coming up, opting out. google's ceo takes an alternative to testifying himself as the government continues to investigate russia election meddling. and out service again. the latest reason the water isn't flowing at a popular fountain in the south bay. and i'm meteorologist drew tooma with this live look showing hazy sunshine and the air quality will get worse the next 24 hours.

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google execs will not testify on capitol hill this week over russia's meddling in the 2016 election. they'll attend the hearing with the senate intelligence committee, however, google's ceo declined the invitation. instead, he'll be sending a lawyer. it comes one week after president trump accused google of being biased against conservatives. this labor day weekend is a dry one at a popular fountain in the south bay. abc 7 news was at the fountain at plaza de cesar chav nes san jose. there's no water. our media partner the mercury news reports the fountain was running for a day since being out of commission last winter. a valve malfunction flooding the pumps and electrical system, now a parks spokesperson says a filter isn't working properly. no estimate on when it's going to be repaired. a quirky museum that celebrates bay area tradition comes to an iend

playland not at the beach closes today. it features boardwalk menus and a small circus. he started collecting m memorabilia and people started donating. he opened it back in 2008. since then, rent has gotten too high for him to keep open. the items will be auctioned off september 15th. >> a scare for bono forces u2 to cancel a concert midperformance. also -- >> looks like they're going to crash almost. stand by. still going. >> a woman on the run. this wild chase in texas takes a turn that even surprised veteran officers. and as we head into labor day tomorrow, our temperatures will be on the rise, but our air quality will be declining. i'll have the numbers ahead in the accuweather fore

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released shocking new video from june showing a high-speed chase involving a woman and her baby. here's the chopper video with audio from police. >> all right. extremely high rate of speed. at least 100 miles an hour. oh, went off road. she did not direct. no, we're in oncoming traffic now. still high rate of speed coming up to the creek. hold the air. hold the air. 1050. she's got the baby and we're running. >> female with a baby is running southbound from the crash. >> oh, we're getting in a white nissan xterra. troops in front of it. doors are open. troops trying to get her out now. the bab safe. the baby is safe. >> the spike strip did flatten one of the tires. you can see it as you're watching. the woman had an outstanding warrant. the baby has been given to social services. >> wow. that video is like a movie. u2 suddenly canceled a show midperformance last night after bono lost his voice. take a listen.

♪ >> the lead singer apologized to the crowd in berlin saying he lost his voice and didn't know what to do. some think the smoke machines may have affected his performance. u2 released a statement apologizing to its fans saying it's still unclear what happened to bono's vocal chords but he's being advised by medical professionals. a weekly digital series called "more in common." a powerful story of a navy veteran who lost both of his legs in combat. >> when i surf, i don't want to come back on 'sico on the ocean and kind of weightless and feeling the energy of the ocean. when xhi back on land and i change out, i feel a bit more disabled. but when i'm out on the water, really makes me feel alive and, you know, intense.

>> reporter: you went out with dan and watched surfing with him having fun. we were looking at how she he w actually surfing. we said we're going to be able to help him take his surfing to a whole other level. >> how could we make a custom surfboard that would work to fit my unique center of gravity and unique body shape. >> we've learned so much that's not just helping dan but it's helping every single one of the veterans we serve. >> i think we've really hit the nail on the has with this latest design right here. >> you can watch more in common on facebook watch and see new episodes every week. now your accuweather forecast with drew tuma. >> and an accuweather as we head into the final day of the upcoming holiday weekend, tomorrow the air quality will be worse than it is right now. so a spare the air day has been issued for monday afternoon. live doppler 7 along with satellite right now showing you have cloud cover right along the

coast. typical sunny pattern away from the coast right now. but the picture outside from our emeryville camera, very faint silhouette of the san francisco skyline right now. we have a lot of pollutants in our atmosphere and that will continue to rise over the next 24 hours. so you take a look at air quality for monday. a spare the air day has been issued and right now the poorest air quality will be in the santa clara valley. if you have respiratory issues, limit your time outside the next 24 hours. and you want to do your best to limit pollutants. if you can, carpooling is the best way to cut down on ozone in our atmosphere the next 24 hours. 24-hour temperature change most spots a few degrees warmer than we were this time yesterday. and that trend will continue as well tomorrow afternoon. we'll be a few degrees warmer tomorrow than we are right now. it's 88 currently in concord. cooler 63 in san francisco. you can see ukiah one of the warmest spots right now. a hot 100 degrees. only 79 in san jose. and a cool 59 in half moon bay

with foggy skies. so the call from accuweather overnight tonight. a similar night shaping up to last night, very patchy coastal fog. that's about it for cloud cover. a marine layer is very shallow right now. so a lot of stars for a majorities of the region. mid to upper 50s for the most part in the overnight hours. we'll break down your labor day itself. a very similar sky to what we have out there. early morning fog on the coast. otherwise, by the afternoon, you'll have that sunshine. you'll also have that haze in the atmosphere. the spare the air day is in effect. comfortable in the 70s. inland, warmer in the low 90s. high monday. microclimate in the east way. 81 for san jose. 78 cupertino. 83 for morgan hill. 74 for palo alto. 73 redwood city. downtown san frncisco afternoon sunshine, 66. got about 62 in daley city. 83 sonoma. 81 in vallejo.

east bay, 70s with the hazy afternoon sunshine. 72 for oakland. 79 fremont. and inland, warm. upper 80s to lower 90s with the poor air quality. 91 in brentswood. 89 in livermore. the accuweather seven-day forecast. tomorrow all about the spare the air day, that hazy sunshine. take a slight dip in temperatures as you head into wednesday. but really we're staying close to average even through the upcoming weekend. which will start breezy on saturday. >> all right. good timing for the holiday, drew. thank you. >> sure. we're still talking about khalil mack. >> everyone is still talking about khalil mack. even harder today because he showed up in his bears uniform. all right. khalil mack called the raiders a great organization as he was introduced as a chicago bear. i know that won't make raider nation feel any better but what the star defensive

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now sports from abc 7 news. >> khalil mack's record-breaking contract is signed, and the star defensive end is itching to get back to work though mack says he's as surprised as anyone to learn he's be working for the bears. he appeared in front of the chicago media. he'll wear his customary 52 following behind singleitary and butkus. perhaps the biggest revelation is mack answered questions that he found out shortly before everyone else that he was no longer with the oakland raiders. >> definitely shocked but you can't even have -- you don't have time to be shocked for long. it's kind of like, oh, word! okay. what time the flight tonight? all right. what? uh, i guess i ain't got time to

really think about it, coming from where i came from, which is a great, great organization. but coming into aeaic based organization. it's especially for the defensive side of the ball, it's going to be exciting. and it's new, but i'm looking forward to it. >> the a's are scuffling a bit and they need a win today not only to secure a series split with the mariners but they need to extend their lead. there's a big difference between a 5 1/2-game or 3 1/2-game cushion. they prefer the former. a's fans in attendance today. 21,000 strong to see edwin jackson on the mound. mariners get on the board first. nelson cruz sends this up the middle. a run would score. a's couldn't break through. felix hernandez. until the fifth. swinging low for that one but knocks it high and out. yeah, got to love that one. ties it up 1at 1-1.

marcus simeon. a base hit brings in chad pinder from third and matt joyce goes through that stop sign and he is safe, but just barely. yep, put injoyc getsocked there. two batters later, jed lowery knocks in simeon and the a's are leading 5-2 in the eighth. the rubber match between the giants and mets. it's a great day at the ballpark an in the cove. second inning, michael conforto, a two-run shot. puts the mets on top. the only runs allowed by stratton in six innings pitched. alan hanson had a career day today. six assists for hanson. he was all over the field, literally. gets that one from behind second. he also scored the giants only run. thor on the mound for new york. his earthly name is noah sinegar. one run on two hits. struck out 11.

giants fall, 4-1, the final. all right. a father and daughter on a road trip of a lifetime visiting a season. their last stop, at&t. emily thompson and her dad danny are from los angeles but the giants are their favorite team. we'll have a nice story on them coming up tonight at 11:00. what a great thing to do. and drew, we're kind of disappointed you didn't get the orange memo today. >> do i have orange on my socks? i do. >> we'll show them if we can in

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some breaking news coming in. take a look at this. we're at the santa teresa vta station where rescue crews have just responded. it appears a person was stuck underneath a train. so far no word on that person's condition. service was, though, briefly halted through the area. vta says they're kunccurrently running trains on a single track. kfc has a new offer. >> nothing to do with a combo meal. >> they're offing $11,000 towards college tuition for the first baby born on september 9th to be named harland. >> harland is the first name of colonel harland sanders. kfc's founder september 9th was his birthday. this is brilliant marketing. >> $11,000. 11 herbs and spices. i think i'm onto something. >> i love that you know it's 11 herbs and spices, the secret recipe. >> it's kfc.

>> he's eaten a lot of kfc in his day. >> hey. thanks for your tonight, breaking news. severe storms and the flash flood watch this holiday weekend. the massive storm clouds churning over the middle of the country. fierce winds, dangerous lightning, and hazards on the roads. flooded rivers still on the rise. and now, the new tropical threat. digging in. as senator john mccain is laid to rest, president trump and his campaign are lashing out, after veiled criticism at his funeral. the political divide still looming tonight, as the hearing for the supreme court nominee is set to begin. the summer boating horror. the head-on collision of two pleasure boats. more then a dozen people injured, four still missing. caught on camera. the police body cam showing armed officers confronting 11-year-old boys.