probably as bad as i've ever seen it. >> what's the most surprising and the most astounding, to be quite honest, how quickly the storm surge has taken over this town. >> the time to evacuate in coastal areas has come and gone. roofs torn off buildings, streets full of debris, a turbocharged hurricane. michael slams into florida's panhandle. >> and we're going to get through this and we're going to

s yiv look in pensacola. it looks pretty tame right there. inland, wind speeds have come down to about 125 miles an hour, still capable of immense damage. storm surge and flooding major concerns in the region. good afternoon. i'm larry beil. >> and i'm ama daetz. hurricane michael made landfall as one of the most powerful ever to hit the florida panhandle, a category with winds of 155 miles an hour. >> the red cross estimates more than 300,000 people did not evacuate, and they are riding this storm out. abc news reporter elizabeth hur is live. >> reporter: hurricane michael lashing the florida panhandle with 155-mile-per-hour winds. michael, now the worst storm to slam this coastal area in a century. >> i'm -- a transformer blew.

are we on? >> reporter: knocking out power to our affiliate while they were live on the air providing wall-to-wall coverage. hurricane michael flooding streets in apalachicola and sending debris flying as witnessed by our abc teams spread across the region. >> i just saw something i have never seen in real life. i saw an entire home taken off of its foundation and rolled down the street. >> reporter: abc's chief meteorologist seeking shelter inside her hotel in mexico beach where michael made direct landfall. >> my heart is racing. we just watched that happen in real time. i'll tell you right now it makes you shake. >> it's going to go. it's going to go. >> reporter: and david muir's team on the ground in panama city capturing structures collapsing right before their eyes. president trump in washington meeting withndmeencyrida d l resources necessary as

michael roars inland. already leaving a path of destruction. nearly 400,000 florida residents were ordered to evacuate, and those who did not, they're being told to shelter in place because right now, as you can see, it is just too dangerous even for first responders to answer any emergency calls. some of the video where gingerze was, very scary. from space, you can see how big that hurricane was. to forecaster spencer christian with more. larry, this storm is truly of historic intensity. hurricane michael made landfall two miles an hour shy of a category 5. even as it crossed over land, across the entire florida panhandle and up into georgia where it was downgraded to a category 3 and just about a minute ago it dropped to a

category 2. still a devastating and dangerous storm with 100-mile-per-hour sustained winds moving toward the northeast, and it will remain a tropical storm even as it crosses over georgia tomorrow and through the carolinas late tomorrow and then back out into the atlantic ocean on friday still as a tropical storm. you don't see systems maintain that kind of structure and intensity and ranking as they move over land areas. this one is expected to do that. we have a hurricane warning in much of the florida panhandle. warnings for georgia and both carolinas. and rainfall totals through friday could reach as high as 7 or 8 inches in the areas hardest hit from florida, georgia, and we'll keep tracking it for you and update it as the broadcast goes on. right now a c-17 with supplies for hurricane michael is on its way from travis air

force base in fairfield. >> it will pick up more supplies in arizona before heading to mississippi tomorrow. reporter melanie woodrow is live at travis. you had a chance to board that c-17 before it took off. >> reporter: i did. we'll show what you it looked like on the inside in just a moment. first, travis air force base is the largest mobility air force base within the air force according to officials. think of it as the u.p.s. of the air force. here is the video of the c-17 from earlier today. officials say they received word at 11:30 they needed to have a c-17 ready to depart within three hours. you can take a look inside. lots of empty space that will soon b picks up supplies at davis air flying to mississippi. earlier today travis critical care nurse, and respiratory therapist.

>> i think not knowing what we're walking into is part of the excitement, knowing that our training has prepared us for anything that we may encounter whether it's a medical emergency or a military emergency. we're ready. >> it's a point of pride for travis air force base we're able to support our civil authorities for any kind of natural disaster whether it's a fire locally or a hurricane hitting the southeast. >> reporter: officials say what the aircraft here at travis air force base do is shrink the country where they can be just about anywhere in almost 12 hours. they tell us they're not certain exactly what supplies they'll be picking up in ariza, tha ey aravis for base, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >> thank you, melanie, for that. people are posting their hurricane ordeals on social media. >> now some videos people shared. t's sta with the ning and some e

ightening. abnews shared this particuvideo city, florida. take a look at the debris flying in the parking lot whipped up by merciless winds as michael made landfall earlier today. a look at the next one. abc news shared this video. you see the storm right there, the storm surge in particular,destin, florida. it's totally flooding the whole area. the restaurant there, very popular with tourists but now is destroyed with storm damage. this one i want to show you what i call trying to have some fun, people trying to make the best of it. a dad, brother and friends hot tubbing as daytona beach is pounded by wind and rain. she calls them just out of their minds. how about this one, isabella's family, check them out. they're from indiana. they're vacationing in pensacola and testing themselves against

michael's winds. they don't seem to mind they're caught in a hurricane. now i also want to go ahead and show you why that may not be a good idea. when you're out and about debris could fall on you, even a tree. look at that. boom. it could hit you in the head. this is one of the many that fell. a lot of danger. >> nothing to joke around about. we'll continue to monitor hurricane michael throughout the evening and, of course, get updates on the news app and abc7news.com. some new developments, a san francisco judge says she is ready to order a new trial in the jury verdict that awarded $289 million to a man who says the weed killer roundup caused his cancer. that man is dewayne johnson, a groundskeeper for a school district. it came ahead of oral arguments this afternoon. in a ruling the judge wrote johnson failed to show clear and convincing evidence of malice or owe profession by monsanto.

the dow jones plunged more than 400 points. sharp declines in technology stocks led the way. the dow and s&p 500, the benchmark for many funds, lost more than 3%. the nasdaq dropped more than 300 points. president trump who has been critical of the interes rate increases talked about the drop on his way to a rally in pennsylvania. >> i think the fed is making a mistake. they're so tight. i think the fed has gone crazy. >> the president called the drop a correction we've been waiting for for a long time. oakland fire investigators are working to determine what caused an east oakland warehouse fire that leveled a building. >> the property at 72nd avenue and holly street is soon to be the site of 59 affordable housing units. katie utehs with what the project means.

katie? >> reporter: within the last ten minutes pg&e arrived on scene for the second time today. that's because that large backhoe behind me, which is doing cleanup work, making quick work of this demolition struck a gas line. firefighters and deler he the investigation and cleanup doesn't delay their efforts. as sky 7 shows once the warehouse fire got going there was no stopping it. power lines fell on the building at 72nd avenue. paint supplies and a f firefighters worked to protect nearby homes. >> i thought the whole house would be taken away but luckily nothing happened. the firefighters got here on time and it's fine. >> reporter: this woman shot this video as she and her family watched the fire around 6:30 in the morning. but it wasn't the only fire last night. crews responded to a call around 3:00. >> it turned out to be a woman

using some debris to make a warming fire. it was a simple incident. >> there is a lot of homeless people out here, and it's only going to get worse. >> reporter: the nonprofit developer hopes to change that by building 59 affordable housing units on the property. >> this is a small piece we're trying to solve. >> reporter: they've owned the warehouse for years and expect to begin construction next year with t in 2021. >> we're hoping it doesn't slow down the process, though. it's another wrinkle in the complex world of building housing. that is something we'll get through. >> reporter: the housing is meant to be affordable for families who make between $35,000 and $75,000 annually. katie utehs, abc 7 news. another fire in the east bay this one was at a tire shop on

main street. it started just after 2:00 and exploded to a two alarm. there was one close call. the building is near a set of train tracks. the tracks weren't shut down. a train came through narrowly missing firefighters working to put out the fire. new details about the transbay terminal closure. we now have word when fremont street in san francisco will finally reopen. the latest just ahead. up next, four bay areas stripped of their title. the scandal stirring up the wine world. and it is the return of reagan, the new

detour relief won't come this friday as expected tore commuters using fremont street in san francisco. it's been two weeks since cracks were found in a pair of steel beams. the agency that oversees the sales force transit center says the block of fremont that closed until october 17th because of ongoing repair work. we do have a time line highlighting developments during the closure on our website, abc7news kopp. bitter disappointment for a group of newly appointed master somoliers. they were stripped of their titles. the decision was announced in a letter by the organization that administers the exam saying it learned of a breech by a master sommolier. only 274 people worldwide have passed the exam since it was first offered in 1969 and master sommelier david is here with me.

you help people study to get their certifications. what does this scandal mean? >> it's absolutely devastating for everyone in the industry, existing masters, people who are in the process and especially the people who had their exam basically disqualified. >> so what is the thought here that the procter gave them the answers to some things? >> i really don't know. i am not on the board o directors and don't speak for the court, but basically it was only the tasting exam was impacted. the board is coming to a plan for a fair resolution to the people to be able to taste again. >> we should talk about the test itself. when i first heard about it, it's probably similar to the s.a.t.s, but it's much more rigid and far fewer people are eligible for this. there's three parts of the test -- theory, practical, and the tasting. maybe walk us through what the tasting exercise is so you can

see how difficult it is or the viewers can understand it better. >> absolutely. there's a movie that profiled this. it profiled the exam called "the hardest exam y've nev heard of." 274 people since 1969 is a pretty low pass rate. the tasting exam is six w six ww 24 minutes. you have to analyze them and identify them by grape, region, subregion, quality level and year of harvest. >> and there's, what, six wines? >> six wines and you need to score 75% or higher. >> totally blind taste test, so maybe they got word on what the wines were? is that the supposition? >> pure conjecture. >> what happens to the they have to take the test again? >> this has never happened again. the board will speak to it directly, but it's just tasting portion and just these people.

>> it's fairly shocking in the wine community. >> it is absolutely devastating. my heart goes out to everyone who took the exam and everyone who is impacted, just the integrity of the exam being compromised. the board is being incredibly transparent and showing empathy to these people and san francisco wine school is offering to help with tasting practice if they need it, building up to game shape, if you will, whenever their retake is going to be. >> and considering how many wines are out there getting in game shape for that kind of a test is probably difficult. >> and it's an investment. we're also building a sub fund out of ourch fund and a charitable event coming up november 3rd that will help some of the people with the proceeds. talk about that a bit. >> november 3rd is our third anniversary of san francisco wine school, and we set up a scholarship fund, and it's to

help needy and worthy industry professionals to help them move their careers ahead and we're doing a sub fund that will help the people with this retake. we did this last year with the north bay fire, having a separate fund within the fund, if you will. >> david, thanks for coming in. spencer requests next time you come in to please bring wine. >> okay, absolutely. fair enough. thank you so much. cheers. >> he asks that of everyone. let's get to spencer for a check on our weather. >> even blind tasting, i'm okay with that, too. liveop i'm looking at this m sunny skies but some areas of low clouds have developed already and will be expanding during the overnight areas. blue skies over san francisco mostly looking from sutro tower. 62 here in the city. 66 across the bay and oakland. mountain view, 69. low 70s at san jose and morgan hill.

this is the view from emeryville. it's 66 up north at santa rosa. vacaville, 76. 71 at concord and livermore. one more view from our rooftop camera looking in this direction to the east/southeast. we see blue skies. low clouds will expand overnight. bright skies but cool again tomorrow and we'll see much warmer weather developing on friday and continuing through the weekend and into next week. overnight look for a widespread low clouds not only at the coast but across the bay and locally inland. overnight lows will be in the low to mid-50s as they have been the last few nights, mid to overnight hours. tomorrow our 12-hour planner looks like this. lots of lingering clouds. so sort of a dreary looking early morning. by noon we'll see mostly sunny skies with clouds pulling back to the coastline by 4:00 tomorrow afternoon, bright and sunny just about everywhere. skies will remain bright and

clear. going into the evening hours, notice not much of a warm-up tomorrow. upper 70s will be the highest we'll see in our inland areas. in fact, another view of the highs tomorrow. 77 at concord and fair field. 74 at vallejo. up north, 77 at santa rosa. 74 the expected high at san rafael. east bay high at oakland. 73, san jose. 62 at half moon bay. 65 the expected high here in san francisco. over to the tropical pacific we showed you hurricane michael earlier in the southeastern u.s. this is tropical storm sergio who is moving away from populated areas but its tensity rough surf into the bay area and as a result of that we have a beach hazard statement in effect from 5:00 a.m. tomorrow to 5:00 p.m. friday. we'll see wave heights elevated a bit. perhaps up to about 10 feet. rip currents and sneaker waves are possible as wave heights grow. the accuweather seven-day

forecast. we'll see a warm-up on friday, as i mentioned. it's going to get quite warm and remain quite warm for a while with high temperatures in the mid to upper 80s inland over the weekend. low 80s around the bay up to about 70 on the coast. and it's going to feel summerlike all the way into the middle of next week. >> wow. >> good wine drinking weather. >> all weather is good wine drinking weather. >> for you, that's true. thank you, spencer. all right. photography gives you a look back at the past but one new exhibit does a lot more than that. that's ahead. and check out this amazing lunch bag artwork by one east bay parent. bay parent. how it all came about for these california's public schools rank 44th in the nation. 44th. i'm marshall tuck, i'm in the public schools i led, we got more funding into our classrooms, supported our teachers, and we raised graduation rates by 60%. that's why president obama's education secretary endorses me.

we've done it before. now, let's do it for every public-school student in california. i'm marshall tuck. i'm running for state superintendent.

a new exhibit captures the building of california's boom towns for a new lens. roughly 150 rare photographs of san francisco and los angeles are on display at the california

historical society on mission street in the city. they include early photographic tech feiniques during the goldr captured with cameras flown on kites. those were early day drones. and the building of the two modern cities capture a century when california became one of the most photographed places in the whole world. >> think of 1850 to 1950. so that takes us from these phenomenal panorama plates coming around through with adams, white. we have some photographers no one has ever heard about. >> the exhibit is called boomtowns, how photography shaped los angeles. >> parenting can be tough especially if you're doing i at wtakesil momegroup of people

bonds of frustration and exhaustion. two of the actors told jessica castro that being friends off screen helps their chemistry on screen. >> it's a two-way street. it's awesome. >> very special to this project is my affinity for my co-stars. we got along -- >> i'm your favorite. are you saying i'm your >>e got and off screen chemistry is doing karaoke as often as possible. >> what's your favorite song? >> what mood are you in? >> country. always country. >> okay, country. i like going back. i like a little tricia yearwood, mary chapin carpenter. >> it premieres tonight at 9:30. >> i was waiting for him to sing. >> i know. upcoming, new developments in the deadly limo crash in new york. the new charges the man who runs the company is now facing. plus --

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and here are the stories making headlines. hurricane michael is expected to retain its strength as it moves towards alabama and georgia.

michael made landfall earlier today as a category 4 storm with 155-mile-per-hour winds. there were reports of toppled trees and power lines and flooded roads. dramatic video is proof now of the ferocity of the storm. abc news captured a canopy collapsing in panama city, florida, minutes after michael hit. david muir tweeted the video. a man accused of punching another man after sunday's 49ers game leaving him in critical condition. abc 7 news reporter tweet this had picture of the suspect, david gonzales. we will have reaction coming up at 5:00. a group of neighbors in walnut creek is saying, not in my neighborhood to a planned mental health facility there. abc 7 news reporter laura anthony live with a look at how they're trying toama. this property in question at 2181

tice valley boulevard, a property used for decades by the couple that owned it as a residential care facility for seniors. now the wife died. the husband has put it on the market. what concerns neighbors is how this residential care facility might be used in the future. >> we're concerned about the location. we feel that it's really in the wrong place. >> reporter: residents say they don't want it. not here. it is a proposed residential treatment center in a converted home for people recovering from mental health issues. everything from depression to posttraumatic stress. >> this is a neighborhood full of children, full of elderly. we're concerned about security. >> we're concerned these people and the state of mind they could inflict damage on themselves or others in the community. >> reporter: national psychiatric care and rehabilitation services would house up to 16 patients at a

time for two to three weeks. a transitional step the company calls residential social rehabilitation. the company already operates similar care centers in sacramento and san jose. and gets many referrals from kaiser permanente. >> the majority of the individuals we treat actually are suffering from major depression disorder or anxiety disorder. because we are a voluntary program these are patients that would, if they're discharging from a hospital, they have been determined safe. >> there is a high percentage of patients that will go through this successfully, but we are worried about the outliers. >> reporter: they claim no patients with a violent history or substance abusers would be placed here. some could be medicated, and all would be prescreened. now the next step in the process

is a countyeeting before thert ez hemeti, ama and larry, the residents who are opposed to this facility have gathered more than 200 signatures on an online pe tition petition. >> could the county face a legal challenge if they refuse to issue the land use permit for the home? >> reporter: well, that's what the folks who want to put this facility here are saying that potentially the county could run into the federal fair housing act that prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities when it comes to housing. of course one of the issues in this case would be whether a visit of two to three weeks at a care facility would constitute housing under that federal statute. >> all right. laura anthony, thank you. an investigation into a hazmat situation at a san francisco bank.

medics had to take at least seven people to the hospital. police were called to the wells fargo this morning. a report of an assault possibly involving pepper spray or tear gas. seven employees went to the hospital for irritation. you could see the bank posted signs it had to close unexpectedly because of an emergency. life in prison for a man convicted in the cold case murders of a girl and a young woman in san mateo county. 70-year-old rodney halbower was convicted of raping and killing 17-year-old paula baxter and 18-year-old veronica cascio in 1976. investigators believehe '70s as well. dna evidence led to halbower's arrest. he was in prison in oregon at the time for attempted murder. there are new developments in the limo crash that killed 20 people in upstate new york. the man who runs the limo company is now charged with negligent homicide.

new york state police arrested 28-year-old namid hussein. his father owns prestige limousine. they say namid runs the day-to-day operations. the driver in saturday's crash didn't have the proper license, and the limo failed an inspection last month. the suspect's attorney claims the road is dangerous. >> the sole responsibility for that motor vehicle being on the road on saturday rests with hussein. >> could there be fault with prestige? could there be some fault here? absolutely. is it criminal? absolutely not. >> investigators are still trying to figure out why the limo ran that stop sign. all 18 people in the limousine and two pedestrians died in the crash. 27 days until the midterm elections, and president trump is rallying republican supporters at an event in iowa last night. he went after the democrats including california senator howator feinstein? that's abety. lea the documents?

what? no. no, we didn't leak. >> lock her up! lock her up! lock her up! >> the president is referring to the letter from professor dr. christine blasey ford. she was one of the women who accused justice brett kavanaugh of sexual assault. senator feinstein denied that her office leaked blasey ford's letter. she calls the president's remarks about her ridiculous and an embarrassment. former vice president joe biden says he's not planning to run for president in the year 2020, at least not for now. at an event in london there are many democrats including california senator kamala harris who would be able to defeat president trump. the former vice president had said he would decide whether to pursue a presidential bid after the midterm elections.

you can soon see former president reagan again, at least in hologram form. a hologram was revealed at his namesake library. the reagan library says it worked with the same hollywood special effects wizards who brought singers michael jackson back to life on stage. they wanted him to look as he did in the oval office. >> it's amazing how they can do that, with those likenesses. could a bay area company become the next spacex? this week's rocket launch in alaska and what we've learned about it. flu season is here. how to avoid it altogether. >> i'm spencer christian. our sunny skies are about to be overrun by low clouds. the accuweather forecast is

all right. flu season is here and for some that means flu shots. we want to know what else you can do to keep the flu at bay. the chief medical officer for doctor in demand is here with tips. thank you for joining us today. first off, let's talk about how bad the flu is expected to be >> t flu is predicted to a seeuseon. the flu s came early las hospitalizations than any prior year. >> hopefully not as bad? >> we never know. part of the preparation for the flu is thinking what can you do

to prevent it? one is vaccine. every year we re-engineer the flu or the cdc -- i can't take credit for their work. we try to make sure we prepare the public for the flu season. last year i think we were about 40% to 45% accurate or effective in prevention through the vaccine. >> people would say it's not that effective so why should i even bother? >> it's lowering your risk. that's how i see it. it's true that we don't know but we do base each year's flu vaccine on prior years. we look at the strains and try to predict the best we can and administer the vaccine we think will be most effective. it's true it's not 100%. most people would take the 45% to 50%. if i can give you a 50% chance of avoiding it, it's worth it. >> what else can we do to increase our chances to not get it? >> you can avoid going to places

people are sick with the flu are. wash your hand. making sure you're going to be exposed to people sick, wash your hands frequently. so i would recommend people pick up those things in the drugstore that can help them keep their hands sanitized. also i would pick up things for symptom relief, your sore throat sprays, those types of things. the flu vaccine is really where it starts and we should get our flu vaccine done before the end of the month if we can. the last thing i'll say and it's self-serving but given what we saw last year and the fact that people who get the flu should be treated within the first 48 hours i think people should download an app where they can get connected to a doctor and be seen right away. our app allows them to do that. they can download it for free. if they get symptoms, if they get sick, they can be with the doctor in minutes and be treated within that 48-hour window.

>> when you work somewhere with shared equipment, i wipe down with wipes. does that help? >> that's another thing you can i have meure i is s ase thosedi. in the wilredu your cnces of contracting the flu. also buy a mask. your co-workers might look at you funny but if there are sick workers on b.a.r.t., on the bus, no need to breathe in the air. the flu is spread by respiratory droplets. it's in the air. you can get it if you're in close proximity. >> i would argue my co-workers look at me funny anyway. thank you for coming in. we appreciate your insight. hopefully people don't get the flu. >> that's right. thanks. i lowered my risk today. wipe down your desk and don't touch me. andernigh we'll see forming be

far more low clouds pushing not only over the bay but locally inland. low temperatures will be in the low to mid-50s. much cooler in the north bay valleys where lows will drop into the 40s tonight. tomorrow some clouds will linger but a bright day. temperatures from low 60s at the coast to mainly about 70 or just above 70 degrees around the bay shoreline. inland areas tomorrow mainly mid to upper 70s. another relatively cool day. a look at hurricane michael which came on shore as almost a category 5 hurricane. it has maintained strength and structure moving over land areas pushing into southwestern georgia as a category 2 hurricane. it's expected to georgia tomorrow down grading to a tropical storm and c across both carolinas and parts of virginia as a storm over the next two days and finally pushing out into sea in the atlantic ocean on friday still as a tropical storm.

remarkable it will maintain structure over so much of a land area. the accuweather seven-day forecast for the bay area. after tomorrow's mix of clouds and sun and relatively cool day, a big warm-up coming our way. the next six days will bring us sunny skies with high temperatures in the mid to upper 80s inland on saturday, sunday and monday. low 80s around the bay and about 70 on the coastline. it will be really warm here. >> all right. thanks, spencer. an alameda-based startup is set for its first official rocket launch. government filings say it will launch a rocket on friday from the pacific complex on kodiak as roct belongintohe private space company was outside. they say they cct a tesnm is not saying if it is the company behind friday's launch, but officials who operate the space port would not identify the company either. they did say it was the same that launched in july. what it comes to groceries, you get what you pay for.

michael finney with a look up next. plus, a bay area company

you've heard the old saying you get what you paid for. do you really? >> 7 on your side's michael

finney talks it over with kevin grassler. >> we have a whole team of undercover shopers that hunts around for prices. we collect prices undercover from companies every day. and then compare the results to quality of service, ratings they get from customers or other ways we can evaluate these companies. we find huge differences among companies from plumers to roofers to dentists to vets and everyone says you get what you pay for. the fact is you really don't. you department predict a company that charges really high prices does so because they do great work and a company that charges low prices does so because they do lousy work. that's just not the case. there's no relationship between quality and price. and so your job is to make sure among equally qualified contractors oau

at y're not being some charge really high prices and you get the same work. >> now how do you know if collect feedback from customers. you can look at complaint counts and make sure that for certain things like home inspectors that they have certifications that others might not have. it's hard to do that homework, too. once you settled on a group of contractors or businesses that you think do good work, you'll find big, big price differences among them, and you can't just assume that the one that has a low price is going to do worse work. that's a mistake a lot of consumers make, a lot of intelligence consumers i speak to say, well, yeah, i'll get three prices but i choose the one in the middle. or i don't trust the low price. you shouldn't -- you should assume too good to be true price may be too good to be true, but you shouldn't assume a low price

means lousy work. it's often not the case. >> every marketing manager will tell you you need to get three prices because some have to have the best no matter what. >> we say it againn. get three prices, maybe five for home improvement work. the only way to know whether you're paying a fair price or not is tos no way to know wheth you're paying a good price or not unless you've done that. we find that a lot of consumers think they were charged a fair price when they weren't. they didn't shop around. if you don't shop around you have no way of knowing whether you're being gouged or not. >> back to you guys. >> thank you, mike. good info. waze wants to help more people catch a ride. the navigation app announced it's expanding its car-pool service. they've been testing for more than a year and is launching all across the country. drivers can sign up to offer

rides using the regular waze app. now if you want to get a ride download the car-pooling app and you pay the driver a fee and ze i you can only use it twice a day. tomorrow is international day of the girl. piideo ids os cled dream b the women who inspire th filmma berkeley student who interviewed "good morning america's" robin roberts. >> what did you learn? >> as a documentary filmmaker i'm always making films about other people. you emphasize the power of a personal story. when you're candid about your health journey, i realize what seemed like a valley with my personal experience with my mom's battle with cancer. >> disney will share the films on various social media platforms. donations will be accepted through november 20th. >> a special treat for two kids thanks to their artistic father.

>> having that inspiration for just what they do and how much fun they bring and the joy of just playing basketball and having fun with it. >> how he was able to team up with the harlem globetrotters and the treat for a whole east bay school today. and dan is here with what's ahead at 5:00. dan? an alarming discovery at san francisco school drinking water. plus -- >> the doctors tell you they think she has this but they don't know what exactly. >> unlocking medical mysteries. the work being done right now at stanford to find the answer to unknown illnesses. and a man who is hospitalized after an attack after last weekend's 49ers game. what investigators say provoked it. those stories and

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tonight on abc 7 at 8:00, catch "the goldbergs," "american housewife," "modern family. "and stay with us. october is national bullying prevention month and world famous harlem globetrotters went to pleasant hill today to promote their program, the abc's of bullying prevention. >> as you're about to see they got a little help from an east bay dad who keeps his kids happy and safe. the globetrotters are known for clowning around but they came to valley view middle school to deliver a serious message about

the abc's of bullying prevention. >> the a stands for -- the b stands for? >> these middle schoolers were all in on the message of action, bravery, and compassion. their school was chosen thanks to the artwork of valley view dad lionel sham presida gave to him on instagram for the inspirational pictures he draws on the lunch bags his kids take to school every day. the trotters reached out to lionel, and he jumped at the chance to join the campaign. >> you have no idea how social media can treat your kids or what's going on. we just want to make sure they're aware of all the things that can possibly happen. >> the globetrotters deliver their message to more than 100 schools every year. it's an easy one to get across. >> when you're 6'8", 7'8" with your hair straight, they have no choice.

>> another important message according to moose weeks, be like lionel and take an active role in the life of your kids. >> i think it's awesome not just to prepare food for your kids every day for lunch but to send them with a little piece of you that they can, in turn, share with others to help them keep going and motivated. that's awesome. i'm going to probably steal a page from his book. >> that is awesome. >> very cool. for more information on the globetrotters abc's of bullying program go to abc7news.com. and a reminder the globetrotters will be playing in the bay area in january. tickets are available. >> they were in studio a enhanced live features and push alerts to get the news delivered to your phone. allig joining us. i'm ama daetz. abc 7 news at 5:00 starts now. we test the water main to

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course, downed power lines. >> so far the storm is blamed for one confirmed death in the florida panhandle where a tree fell and hit a man. >> hurricane michae is huge. here's some perspective. if michael were coming ashore in california, for example, its effects would touch virtually the entire state from redding down to l.a >> meteorologist drew ttuma. >> we'll start patel. that storm has weakened. watch boxes are upnt