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synagogue shooting. authorities have identified all of the 11 killed in saturday's attack. they include two brothers and a married couple in their 80s. investigators say it could take up to a week to process the scene, one of the worst they say they have ever seen. robert bowers told authorities, quote, he wanted all jews to die. he's facing charges that could include the death penalty. >> live at stanford where students are attending a vigil right there on campus. >> reporter: good evening. this vigil was supposed to end at 5:30, but you can see behind me, there's still at least 200 people here. all of them deeply moved by what happened yesterday, coming up to the microphone talking about how
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they feel. rabbi doug greenberg, thank you so much for being with us this evening, can you tell us why you wanted to do this on campus tonight? >> yesterday the jewish community witnessed the deadliest attack on the jewish community in the history of the united states. so the event has shaken the jewish community in the united states and around is world, so we wanted to create a platform so the jewish community can come together and express how they feel and also the wider communities. a lot of people came to express their solidarity and love. that's how great stanford is, even in living memory of the holocau holocaust, we need to remember that the united states is a kind and generous country and so is this great community. >> reporter: there are some songs, there was a group we
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found earlier today wanting to share some positivity in the light of what's going on here. you said you were surprised by the turnout because you usually don't get this amount of student participation? >> normally, students are rather busy with many. there is a feeling over the last years in the country, the divisiveness, the hate tread is there and it seems it's growing in momentum and sometimes students express to me that you have power that emerges from a barrel of a gun, and that seems to be very powerful and today to the noticing that love emerges from the heart in the long run of history and that's more powerful. if we can change how we feel in our hearts and how others feel in their hearts, history is
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changed from what it is stayed. >> thank you very much robert geneberg. there are several events going on across the bay area and we'll be featuring those live at 8:00 tonight. in response to the shooting, the bay area's faith community stood together today against hate during an interfaith vigil. cornel bernard is there with that part of the story. cornel? >> reporter: eric, very emotional day, about 200 people came to temple emanuel in pittsburgh to denounce hate and violence. ♪ >> reporter: music helped soothe the hearts of those who came to temple emanuel to honor the victims and to ask why. the rabbi could not complain the
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anti-semitic violence that took 11 lives a at pennsylvania synagogue. the service included people of all faiths, coming together as one. >> we reject this targeting of our sisters and brothers in the faith, we are reminded that jesus went for us all. >> reporter: the names of the shooting victims were read. mayor london breed called for an end to gun violence. >> we all know we have far too many guns in our country and we have far too many guns in our communities. >> i felt like i was 15 years old again, lying in a pool of my own blood. >> reporter: she told the crowd to be strong and have the courage to make change.
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>> we are all part of this community, and together we can get through anything. and lastly, i'm an american. and i'm a voter. >> reporter: during the service, a san francisco police officer was posted outside the synagogue. and the department says that heightened police presence will continue around local synagogues. in san francisco, cornel bernard, abc 7 news. in tiburon there will be a kol shofar vigil. in vallejo, a vigil reason held at the corner of georgia and santa clara streets. bowers made some of his
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anti-semitic statements on gab. bowers said, quote, can't sit by and watch my people get slaughtered. since the shooting, pay-pal has banned the site from using the payment service. after the shooting it suspended bower's account and immediately called the police. the gab statement, gab unequivocally disa ovows and condemns all acts of terrorism and violence. gab's mission is very simple to defend free expression and individual liberty onliar for all people. on the campaign trail in florida this morning, camilla harris condemned the violence in
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pittsburgh, she called a massacre of violence and hate. >> it was just hate, there's just no room for that in this country, whatever god anyone worships, whatever the language they speak or their grandparents speak, whatever party they are affiliated with, in this country, we cannot tolerate acts of violence. >> before today's game at brooklyn, he told reporters, it's just devastating, i just expect it now and that's the sad thing. we need our leaders to stand up and unite the country with the appropriate words and appropriate actions. we're not getting that right now, it's frustrating. you can share this badge listing all 11 of the lives lost in yesterday's attack. much more to come, including
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a warning for drivers in the east bay. credit card skimmers found at a gas pump and this one is almost impossible for victims to detect. . and a man goes of on a joy road in a delivery truck. and the area of the country that's looking to ban smokeless tobacco products. a cooler weekend, but warmer weather will greet us for first, it continues to pay paramedics while we're on break. second, it ensures the closest ambulance can respond if you call 9-1-1. vote yes on 11.
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big corporations are making and just got a huge tax break. but the middle class is struggling. prop c is a common-sense plan. the top 1% of businesses pay their fair share to tackle homelessness for all of us. companies with revenue greater than $50 million pay, not small businesses or homeowners. the prop c plan is supported by the democratic party, teachers, and mental-health professionals. vote "yes" on c. big corporations pay for it, not you. proposition 11 "a common sense solution" to protect public safety. it ensures the closest ambulance remains on-call during paid breaks "so that they can respond immediately when needed." vote yes on 11.
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a teenager is hospitalized when a boat hit his high yack. it happened behind homes along fathon drive and marriainer's island. the police department posted these photos on facebook of the tampered gas pumps. they broke the outer all gas pumps have a security sale along the opening of the pump. drivers who see that sale
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missing should report it to the attendant immediately. and police are looking for a man who stole a department of public works pick-up truck. the thief jumped in the truck with the key still in the ignition, the worker had stopped to pick up trash. after a 15-mine joyride, the suspect then abandoned the truck and then ran off with the keys to the truck. banned flavored tobacco products. it's already illegal to buy flavored tobacco and vaping liquids inside san francisco. backers of the law say vaping by teenagers has doubled in marin county in the last two years. up next, taxpayer dollars spent to get jonon-citizens in n francisco to register to vote. and it was a near perfect
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big corporations are making and just got a huge tax break. but the middle class is struggling. prop c is a common-sense plan. the top 1% of businesses pay their fair share to tackle homelessness for all of us. companies with revenue greater than $50 million pay, not small businesses or homeowners. the prop c plan is supported by the democratic party, teachers, and mental-health professionals. vote "yes" on c. big corporations pay for it, not you.
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abc's news shares inspiring stories called more in common. see how the debate on guns sparks an extremely unlikely relationship. >> i'm in favor of gun rights. >> my son bobby was gunned down. now i have gun buyback programs to turn guns into art. >> right this way. voila, m-1216 shotgun. i don't want people to take them away from me now. i think that the right to bear arms was created for a reason. >> it was an attempted robbery. three people showed up to rob my son and it ended in his shooting death. >> how old was your son?
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>> 23. if there's a gun sitting around your house and you don't want it anymore and it's susceptible to theft and being used to kill someone else, why not? i remember i started seeing that hardness fadeaway. after that initial conversation, he's one of our biggest supporters. san francisco spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to register noncitizens to vote but only a few the chronicle reports san francisco paid $310,000 to set up a registration system and urged people to register, but only 49 people took advantage of it. that works out to about $6,300 per voter. and as we head into the last few days of october, warmer weather moves right back in, after a cooler weekend today.
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we're showing you the active scan across the region. we have some thin cirrus clouds above, but we are dry the next 24 hours. from sutro tower, you can see a little bit of fog on the horizon, then those cirrus clouds and then some fog on the whoer rise son. we're cooling off to the 70s. these numbers are anywhere from three to about eight degrees cooler than we were this time yesterday, as a canold front mod through yesterday. so the call from accuweather, limited fog on the coast tonight, a few high clouds, but mainly clear skies for a lot of us. so tonight, cooler in santa rosa an napa, then last night we are at 45 and 48 respectively. we're with about 54 in san jose,
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the overnight low in antioch, 53 degrees. grab the right jacket out the door, but the around looking spectacular, temps a few degrees warmer than yesterday. 73 for monday afternoon, 60s and 70s on the peninsula. 68 for san mateo. 64 for dalai city. in the north, 74 for santa rosa. the east bay tomorrow, lots of sunshine, 60s and 70s. and inland, very comfortable tomorrow in the mid 70s. 73 in san ramon, and 75 the high in livermore. as we head into monday night and early tuesday morning, we're going to see winds kick up. so by 11:00 tomorrow night, winds basically 15 to 35 miles an hour out of the north in the
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north bay and that does continue into tuesday morning as well and those winds will bring in warmer weather as we head into wednesday and thursday. so the accuweather 7-day forecast, windy tuesday morning, especially in our hills with those winds bringing more windy weather. and the upcoming weekend, as daylight-saving time ends, we'll see comfortable temperatures and partly cloudy. game two of three on their east coast road trip. it doesn't matter where steph curry plays, he's just going to set records. fans are all over came to see him play and he did not disappoint. he was the first ever to have five straight threes in straight straight games. he launched that one from way
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out which is just his normal rain. mckinney, 9.5 boards. the warriors were up 16 heading into the fourth quarter, but the nets get back into it. they had 20 threes in the game. so at 1:48 left, durant stopped the four-minute scoring drought. he had 34, curry finished with 35. warriors continued with a 41-14 win. chicago, here they come. one of his best receivers was traded, the raiders' derek carr played his best game of the season, unfortunately, it was all for naught. alley cox played college basketball not football. look at this grab, one-handed. that is just pretty. 26 yards for the score. the colts go up first. but carr answers. he had two touchdown passes in the second quarter.
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this one 25 yards to jared cook, the raiders take a four point lead. he passed hall of famer morton anderson who has 2,547. carr picked up the first touchdown of his career, then he's going to shake the tackle to find brandon himself. carr passed for 244 yards, three touchdown, no interceptions. but the fourth quarter, ug, the raiders are doing it again, the colts outscored the silver and black 21-0. then the raiders needed to answer, and doug martin fumbled the ball away, that led to a marilyn mack touchdown. colts win, 42-28. the raiders fall to 1 and 6. >> i'm not going to give up, period. and i just hope raiders fans out
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there know we're doing everything we can. and i know it gets ugly at times, but in a lot of ways i'm excited about the future. >> coach devereaux always told me, you are where you are in this league, we're 1 and 6. elvis in the house to see the 1 and 6 cardinals and 1 and 6 niners. josh rosen with an intentional grounding in the end zone, that's a safety. 5-3 at the half. 49ers one touchdown came in them third quarter. becker had 391 yards passing. finds a veteran, larry fitzgerald so the cardinals now down by just five. and with 36 seconds left, the
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49ers blow a 12-point lead. >> the guys are really hurting in there. and they should b if they weren't, something's wrong with them, this is our job, this is what we do, this is our livelihood, we're not happy at all with where this season has gone, and there's still half a season to play. >> obviously you don't like the results, but you got to be happy with how our guys fought and stayed disciplined the whole game. >> short week for the and
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big corporations are making and just got a huge tax break. but the middle class is struggling. prop c is a common-sense plan. the top 1% of businesses pay their fair share to tackle homelessness for all of us. companies with revenue greater than $50 million pay, not small businesses or homeowners. the prop c plan is supported by the democratic party, teachers, and mental-health professionals. vote "yes" on c. big corporations pay for it, not you.
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tonight on abc7 news at 11:00, the bay area remembers the victims of the pittsburgh shooting at the temple synagogue. it's being called the sports equin equinox, the rare event that's going on in san diego that's never happened anywhere else. the first ever modern wish's confluence. >> abc news was in san francisco for the event held in golden gate park, where they celebrated the witches new year also known
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as halloween. vendors shared their talent and wears. which included a broom making workshop as well as different presentations on healing. >> was that of interest to you? >> broom making? i would like to have a little kittage. >> it's more like sweeping up, maybe? >> supersonic. we'll see you back here at we'll see you back here at 11:00. proposition 11 solves two issues. first, it continues to pay paramedics while we're on break. second, it ensures the closest ambulance can respond if you call 9-1-1. vote yes on 11.
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>> as soon as i get out onstage, i'm free, i'm happy, i'm dancing. i'm doing the one thing in the world that i've always wanted to do and that i hope to continue to do for the rest of my life. >> being in the air, i feel like i'm free. that's what tramp wall is all about to me. it's just finding my freedom. >> just being able to, like, do music for a living is my freedom, you know what i mean? yeah. super cool. >> it's just "finding your free," being free, being who you are. >> i think, for me, it's to let go of all masks and ways of hiding yourself and accept it's just me and that i'm showing myself as i am in front of 3,000 people. i think, for me, that's "finding my free." >> ♪ something has changed within me ♪ ♪ ♪ nothing will ever be the sa-a-me ♪ ♪ and i'm sending you a sign
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