ers a lk at the sun and clouds making its way in the east bay valley. temperatures in the low 50s and 60s. 70-75, inland and 7:00, 82. alexis. 75 to 82. we are looking at what you would expect on a holiday. no sign of the metering lights i don't think we will have to flip them on this morning. drive time, at least half or more than that than it typically is westbound to 580. wide open at 15, highway 101 to cupertino coming in at 15

minutes. i want to get back to the breaking news on the east way this morning. a heavy police presence is in the area. we've got -- this is in the dublin area, police are investigating a deadly crash off antone way and fallon. two people were killed when their car hit a light pole. we have a reporter on the scene gathering details. more in the next half hour. thank you. huge crowds expected in washington, d.c. for the fourth of july celebration, the president calling the show of a lifetime. its critics have concerns about its cost and message. live from washington, good morning. >> good morning to you. washington has always had a grade fourth of july celebration. this year, it will be personally planned and produced by president trump not sitting well with critics accused of

politicizing independence day. >> reporter: it will be the show of a lifetime president trump announced on twitter for his extravagant fourth of july celebration. and what he also promised is worth the expense. an array of hardware including tanks already ushered in. the salute to america's spectacle will include multiple military flyover and show topped off with a peach from the commander in chief himself. >> we will have planes going overhead, the best fighter jets in the world and other plane, too. >> reporter: it's sparking backlash from critics, who accuse the president of staging a glorified campaign rally and turning it into a partisan event. it is free but the white house has given vip tickets to republicans and top donors.

steph is calling it un-american. >> it reminds me of the soviet union. it's unununununun mitti millietism is not what america is about. >> reporter: "abc news" has learned the national park service diverted $2.5 million for improvement projects. the fireworks have been donated and the cost very little compare tod what it's worth. the $750,000 worth of fireworks were donated by an ohio company that last month lobbied the president to hold off on new tariffs on china. the president announced he would do so the same day he announced the donation. live in washington, abc7 news. >> thank you, mona. a close call for firefighters in newark. they may have sparked this fire

yesterday. the uth we fac hhe t usual ts that means they will strictly enforced walls. several agencies already released a ton of fireworks after scenes like this in oakland people have fireworks and guns shooting in the air. >> you have fireworks and you can't tell the difference between the two. they are highly dangerous. fireworks are uncontrollable and can cause devastating wildfires. >> oakland station has bins for anyone who wants to safely tir . >> ,.

workers have been packing fireworks onto barges and will move to aquatic park and pier 31 at 9:30 tonight. if you're wondering about an event happening where you live, we have posted an event of happenings. >> an 800 pound camera stolen and then returned. the welcome back event. >> celebrating independence day, where people are up early getting ready for a fourth of july pancake breakfast. >> that was good. >> yes, please. >> hello, i don't care how much it costs. a look at your fireworks contest san francisco and oakland and immediate neighbors cloudy. the farther you are away the more likely

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9 on marshall street. they will start at 7:00 this morning. you have about 50 minutes to get there. proceeds go to charity and once you enjoy it, walk it off heading to the road wood city fourth of july parade, starts at 10 10:30 this morning. lots of big clouds there. mostly 50s on the peninsula. mid to upper 50s everywhere else. save santa rosa, 50 degrees. clouds a little stubborn on the coast today. slightly warmer, grab the sunscreen especially the pool or beach or bay, where it won't be as breezy, no sma advisor. east bay, we saw clouds around 9:00. we top out around 70, a few mid-70s under sunshine, pretty cloudy around 9:00.

confidence, we break free of the clouds at 7:00 and then roll back at 57 let's get a check of whatever alexis is watching. >> not much, mike is hinting at. fourth of july, most have the holiday off. the few that don't, coming to the emoryville stretch, downtown oakland. that's about it. very light volumes this morning. mass transit, pay attention, a lot of changes. trains begin at 8:00 a.m., no service today or tomorrow for ace. muni operating on a sunday schedule, there will be special fireworks service tonight in san francisco. a beloved gift shop in oakland is closing its doors after 50 years because we hear this so often, its owner can't afford the events.

redwood heights potpourri shop is like the post says when everything is sold the store will close for good. that is too bad. >> the early fireworks show that wasn't supposed to happen. a unique h

welcome back. well, take a look. this giant hammer is back but not the original one. this is a new statute being unveiled in sonoma county today nine months after the original one was stolen. it is named "the hammer," it vanished in october. they have no idea who took it. an artist refashioned the metal hammer after the top was found. they will be celebrating it in the plaza. people got an early fireworks show in this plaza this morning. it was not supposed to happen this way. look at this entire storage of fireworks going up in anadpect .

firefighters say it was set off by a fire in the container and able to keep it from spreading to nearby stores but all the fireworks were ignited. no one was hurt. they were hurt. also, it's a really nice finale. >> terrible. >> kudos to the fireworks people? >> that's awful. >> more fireworks than we will see tonight in san >> show it to me. >> it might be. >> it never has. a unique kind of home has hit the market in san francisco. >> these are floating homes, about 20 of them on mission creek. abc got a tour of the three level two bedroom two bathroom home that features a walk-in closet, media room, outdoor tukka rask if you like. the owners say they retired and finally ready for solid ground.

what is the name of the seagull in "the little mermaid"? >> scuttle. >> i just want tod test you. >> give me all the emmy's. >> the home selling for $1.8 million cash only. >> there's no financing available for these. the reason because it's considered personal property and not real property because it's not attach tod the ground. >> in addition to buying the home you have to pay to rent the berth. that's $387 a month on top of that. >> it's beautiful inside. i used to run by there automated time. >> i didn't know it was so fancy inside. >> i didn't. no idea. a great location. dog park right there, volleyball net. >> what do you think it would be like on the water? >> if there was food. >> i was near that fireworks shop over the weekend. >> funny. >> that's a suburb of charlotte in south carolina and fireworks

are legal there. we were eating dinner and down the street from a fireworks. they were shooting fireworks off next to the fireworks trailer. >> this doesn't seem safe. >> it was fun. let's look at what's going on. 6:17 right now. we will look how we can see fireworks and how reggie has mentioned you may not see some or the clouds pretty colors tonight. mt. tam showing clouds that will make a return this evening. they will do away and stick to the close and that will keep us closer than average with our summer spread and sunshine. it will be warmest tomorrow and saturday. it will be warmest with cloud cover. it will take every bit of that time to get back to the coast by noon. look at this heading to 7:00, 8:00, 9:00, san francisco towards oakland. about 83 in morgan hill.

72 in santa cruz this afternoon. the peninsula and redwood city, even warmer at 78. low to mid 60s along coast. 68 downtown san francisco, and most of the north bay, significantly warmer the farther north you go. 78 degrees oakland to hercules and mid 80s heading to the east bay valleys. i want to have you look at barbara, she continues to weaken and made make it to hawaii sunday night put a cluster of thunderstorms. our warmest temperatures cooler than average, 60s and 70s starting sunday. >> this traffic department, as you would expect and hope on the fourth of july. we're looking at san jose, very light volumes, 101, 880 very vey clear here, northbound and south bay lanes very clear.

we have one minor issue in the south bay, just before the 280 split we either have minor collision or debris in the roadway or tire tread and a vehicle is off on the shoulder. no official delays and i'm not seeing slowing. >> highway 4 to walnut correct, 6 minutes. another 8 minutes continuing to westbound 34 and westbound 580, through to dublin. you have to love this in the green, wide open there, 22 minutes. >> "good morning america" coming up at 7:00. >> ginger zee is in new york city with a look at what's ahead. >> hi. nice to be with both of you this morning. coming up on this edition of gma we have heat alerts and advisories. anybody head tod disney world or southeast georgia in the danger

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anti-smoking truth initiative found a 44% increase in smoking in the second season of "stranger things." the network said it will exclude shots of smoking and pg 13 movies except for historical scenes. and they will include smoking information as part of its ratings. at newsstands across america, "mad" magazine is ending a rhetorical spin on life. the mascot and "mad" have been entertaining politics and athletes. starting next week it will only be available in comic bookstores and be publishing bi-monthly vintage editions and you will see end of the year content. this year, those in lake tahoe will have to wear some

clothing. it has been considered clothing optional for decades now all prompted by an encounter deputies had with nude sunbathers on the eastern show sunday. apparently nude men at the cove made inappropriate lude gestures leading to a confrontation. they did a sweep of the beaches and telling those who were nude they needed to cover up. >> okay. coming back with another full 90 minutes of news including an overnight crash that knocked down power lines and this. in dublin, people are investigating a double fatal accident on fowler road. details coming up. and details at the tanforan mall shooting and the intense moment that sent shoppers running in fear. also, fourth of july fun where people are have their

breaking news right now at 6:30, a deadly crash in dublin overnight. our reporter is live with what we need to know. >> the shooting investigation. we will explain what's happening in this new video from police.

the chairs are out. the fourth of july parade stepping off in a few hours. good morning. happy july fourth. >> there is a pancake breakfast in a half an hour in redded wood city. i want that right now. redwood city. >> can you deliver? >> it's for a good cause. >> $8? why not? sounds great. >> and you can walk to the parade. might as well jump into the weather, what a lot of people want to know on this holiday. we have a lighter sea breeze and cloud cover out there. it will make it to the coast and back to the east valley as we look from diablo to the peak there. we have mid-50s in most neighborhoods and low 50s and 60s this afternoon. 70-75 at noon and 82 this afternoon. nothing extraordinarily hot. what happens once the sun sets? i will let you know coming up.

here's alexis with the commute. >> not much of a commute today. very rarely do we get through the morning commute without metering lights. sometimes on holidays like today we get lucky and get that extremely light volumes and the same for the drive time. in the green, 7 minutes. 13 minute drive across the san mateo bridge and 8 minutes across the dumbarton bridge. we had an overnight crash on the east bay on surface streets in the dublin area. we want to get to our reporter on that. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, alexis. dublin police confirmed they're investigating a fatal crash between the driver and passenger and roads still closed in both directions.

dublin police say it happened around 1:45 a.m. the driver hit a light pole driving southbound on fallon. we're told the driver and passenger both died on scene. the deputies are still on scene and the coroner left a short time ago. victims have not been identified and the cause is still under investigation. reporting live, abc7 news. >> police gave a driver a field sobriety test after a car smashed into a pole and it went down an embankment. the pole fell and power lines came down around 1:30 this morning. police have not said if a they arrested that driver. firefighters work to free a driver in an infinity in a crash in san jose. it overturned after hitting two other cars and a cree.

right on the campbell border. they took at least one person to the hospital and trying to figure out who is at fault. they haven't said whether drugs and alcohol played a role in this crash. in san joakim counties, firefighters are making slow but good progress. it shut down at tesla road and crossroad. so far, 283 acres have burned and the fire 50% contained, the cause now under investigation. it is 6:34, san bruno police releasing this dramatic surveillance video seeing people running the moment shots are fired at tanforan. dion lim takes us through the chaos step-by-step. >> reporter: it's 3:55 in the afternoon. on the second floor you can see a suspected shooter with the gun

and see him point the gun as he falls out of frame and then someone falls down and people start running. the top of your screen, they focus on a second person with a gun who stops at the elevator and fires serial shots and people run for cover. two teenage boys were shot and both expected to make full recoveries. and police are still sorting through the massive evidence. they're being recognized for their efforts to help the victims, as shots rang out two men ran towards the victims. staff sergeant isaiah locklear took off his shirt to apply pressure to a gunshot wound and helped with the stretcher. >> and michael locklear. >> i saw the gunshot wound and

applied pressure. thankfully the police department was quick to respond. >> i rolled him over and noticed the gunshot wound went through the stomach and came out the back. >> a 30 person inside the recruitment office is mairial young. she was instructed to hide but decided to come out and use her emt training to help. when more news breaks we will also send updates and enable the push alert feature on the app. abc7 news was in almeida where they're getting ready for the parade. using a share to reserve a viewing spot has become a holiday tradition. it's a big deal. >> it's crazy, people are either watching the parade or in thehe?

i'm ready. >> i just want to watch that guy. i would turn my chair away from the parade and watch him smoke a cigarette, drag on that. >> with earbuds, ready. >> it is expect tod draw more than 60 thousands people today. it starts this morning at 10:00 with more than 160 floats. other happenings, pleasant hill's starts at 9:30, martinez, redwood city, concord, at ten:00, novato, fremont, sausalito and rose, white and blue parade. you can find more on our website, abcnews.com. >> either fourth of july tradition, the famous hot dog eating contest and trying to defend his championship title. baby babble or something more? the heart-warming moment that made this little girl's dad cry. first, you're never more

than 7 minutes away from your accuweather forecast. joey chestnut says he still enjoys a good hot dog even on normal days. >> does he take the time to savor it? >> i think so. >> i watch the and half of it on espn, he is doing jaw exercises and weights hanging from his mouth. >> he does cleanses. >> he puts too much air in his stomach to make it stretch. >> you should see reggie's face right now. >> any way for me to know less about this, go back in time. the best part was mac-n-cheese. >> i don't, i really don't. >> low to mid 50s in south bay, 49 novato and fairfield and bruno. where is everybody? alexis is here. we have a little bit of mist in

the east bay hills. breezy spots, no small craft advisory. you can see the temperatures when the fireworks are going up and top out at 65 by 9:00. for the peninsula, mid-70s this afternoon. 64 with increasing clouds at 9:00. topping out in the upper 70s to low 80s and 64 at 9:00. speaking of alexis, there she is. what's going on on the road? >> not much. a little tough to find something. i will take you to the south bay, we had very minor issues, tread in the roadway, possibly a minor collision. before the 280 split, that is gone. maybe a little on the shoulder. it is all green. enjoy that. mass transit, a lot of agencies are going with a lighter

schedule for the hold. bart will begin running at 8:00 a.m. no service for ace rail and muni operating on a sunday schedule but they will be running extra it'it's crepe dayday for a family traditiony's. we started about 22 minutes ago and now we can continue that tradition at home with free denny's delivery. see you at dennys.com >>o takeouown they've got sauso

go with the pancakes in redwood city. you're looking live at the people about to serve yummy scrumptious food. firefighters and their families are hosting a pancake breakfast happening at station 9 on marshall street, they will start serving. you have to wait about 18 minutes. looks good. the proceeds go to charity. enjoy pancakes and walk on down for the parade in redwood city, 10:00 o'clock this morning. a new event in jack london square celebrating diversity and what makes all of us americans. pretty cool. a little breezy by 6:00. let's talk about what's going on around the state.

low to mid 60s with more clouds along the coast. san diego and las vegas. 73 degrees, 79 tomorrow, clouds will take a little bit of that warmth away, 73 by sunday. >> boeing says it will give $100 million to crash victims of the 737 max airplane. a boeing spokesman said people who accepted payment will not give up the right to sue. 356 people have died when a plane flown by an american, ethiopian and another airline have crashed and since grounded 736 max planes. the makers of round-up will not have to pay the full amount awarded. a judge will cut the amount awarded to edward hard win. a jury says it's likely round-up

caused his cancer and he used it for decades on his property. the bay area is appealing another ruling last year, a man from vallejo in a similar case, reduced from $289 million to $78 million. police need your help finding a man suspected of groping a woman. she says he's in his 20s. she claims he jumped out of his car on june 24th and grabbed several parts of her body. he drove away heading westbound inn audi a4 or a6. trying to catch the crooks who robbed a guard from an armored truck. they robbed the guard from loomis shopping center,

delivering a large amount of cash. loomis is offering a $10,000 reward on top of $10,000 offered by oakland police. building a better bay area is part of finding a way to protect yourself and belongings. criminals are doing the same thing, police warning about high-tech car burglaries, intercepting bluetooth signals for cars and electronics inside them. a woman said she lost her laptop despite a sun >> i don't turn anything off. it has wifi and it clearly was putting out the signal. >> experts say the best solution is power down your devices to keep crooks from getting access via bluetooth and never leave it in the car and take it with you.

during safety week, part of our efforts to the better bay area, all stories posted on our website. scroll down, click on "building a better bay area." te social media apocalypse is over. >> people were really stressed, we will rebuild. yesterday, people flooded twitter with complaints, facebook and instagram was not loading images properly. facebook had its own problems. facebook, which owns instagram said the issue was triggered doing routine maintenance. twitter didn't explain the source of its problem but apologized for the inconvenience. people were losing their minds. >> slide into all the dms today. that is your

>> estimating people will spend $6.7 billion on food and preparation. it a lot of money but down when they spent $6.9 billion on the fourth. only about 8 in 10 will celebrate here in the west. hillary duff facing baby backlash after posting a photo with her daughter. this photo of her 8-month-old daughter, banks, in an instagram and saidshy has enou she has enr a ponytail and pierced her ears. calling it unnecessary and child abuse and others came to her defense saying it wasn't a big deal. duff hasn't commented on this. the moment a baby can't wait for, the time a baby says her

first words. >> it may not have been dada but it brought tears to his eyes when she said, i love you. >> i love you. >> i love you. >> that's adorable. >> the dad says he woke up to his daughter talking up a storm and she ended up mimicking him. he said the moment led to him having one of the happiest cries of his life. the video has more than 2.5 million views on twitter. she's just a darling kid. >> it keeps your wife happy because her first words are dada. if it's i love you, everybody wins! ? this is true. the blanket statement. keep it general. >> i like that. i love you. >> let's talk about the weather, shall we. big day for that. here's a look at walnut creek, one of the areas that will definitely be clear tonight. the farther inland the more likely to not have cloudimpeng .

i mean that all the way we can this time of year, mid-60s at the co valleys. cooler than average sunday. a quick turnaround. a look at our temperatures, mid to upper 60s at half moon bay, better than yesterday. we have low to mid 80s in the south bay j same thing in the east bay, and we have a lot of festiv festivaling going on. starting at 9:00. bring the sunglasses and then when they come to the booming ending. we will top out at 82 degrees for the alameda fair. first responders free today. 60 by 9:00. going to the game after a late night and loss in extra

innings. 1:07 first pitch, 68, warming up to 71. san francisco, oakland, haywood, san mateo, clear tonight inland and temperatures, grab a blanket to warm up, upper 60s to low 50s. 60s to 70's for sunday and monday. >> good morning. not too much has changed. not a lot to talk about over here. we are looking at walnut creek and very light volume north of the split if you're continuing to san jose or heading on the east bay. you have to love it, especially central drivers, 41 miles an hour on 205 and 73 miles an hour on 580, folks taking advantage.

17 minutes. 8 across the bay bridge, no metering lights and san francisco to sfo looking good with 9 minutes. an additional parking lot will open for uber and lyft drivers. this extra lot will double the space to wait for passengers. tso has been dealing with a lot ofta traffic on the avenue because of ride share pickup. we have ride share realities week. watch them on our website, abcnews.com, look for the building a better area. cleaning the streets is part of a better bay area and

waste stations. there is a better way to clean up dog waste. yesterday, telling us he secured funding for a dog waste station. each includes baggies. >> we really want you to use it. grab a bag, pick up the poop, throw it away. when you see someone not using it, give them a side eye. it's gross not to have i i have it everywhere. >> share your ideas for building a better idea on facebook. the marine center in the bay area is taking care of two sea lions. someone called about the ocean beach pup after seeing it on the shore. vets determined it needed to come in for treatment before being released.

>> they made a demeanor nation it was out of habat. et social animals and body condition suggested it may have been come pla has been busy the past six month picking up sea lions of owl species. if you see one, call to get help. "the little mermaid" finally found its lead. singer halle bailey is the lead and she is one-half of a group and she calls it a dream. it will feature the original and new work. filming expected to begin sometime in 2020 and we wanted to mention, ntheyn, nbtheyn, n c company of us. >> why do you get the mermaid story and i have to do joey

chestnut. >> he has 20 hot dogs in his mouth and try to defend his title at the annual contest. he weighed in at 220 pounds poud yesterday and expect tod gain a lot more. he gained 24 pounds at last year's competition when he downed 24 hot dogs. he has won 11 of 12 competitions dating back to 1916. sadly, natasha during our last commercial break, went through the whole history how he prepares. i can't stand it. >> you don't like this at all. >> i don't like force-feeding. >> you can't appreciate the athlete he is. >> athlete he is, he's sticking hot dogs and buns and water in his mouth.

>> i'm impressed, i guess. i don't know. >> the

6:57. seven things to know. breaking news in dublin. a deadly two person fatal crash when their car hit a light pole, identities not released. police releasing dramatic new surveillance video showing what happened when shots were fired at tanforan. the two shooting victims are expect tod recover and suspects not found. president trump will speak to the nation during his salute to america. critics accuse him of turning our country's birthday into a political spectacle. >> hi. our weather will be like summer and rolls back to the coast and will be more stubborn. in the low 60s and the rest of us, low 80s. >> number 5, my fourth of july gift to you, very light very lit morning. we made it with no metering

lights on for the bay bridge and don't think we will see them. we are still three hours away from alameda's july fourth parade. they expect 60,000 people and you will find that on our app on abcnews.com. and early accidental fireworks show in south carolina this morning, this dangerous display started when a fire is night a fireworks fan. a good reminder why you probably want to leave fireworks to the professionals on this fourth of july. >> glad no one was hurt. could have been so much worse. >> it was an amazing finale and know it will happen anyway. there's nothing i can do to stop it. i will hear fireworks all throughout my neighborhood. happy fourth of july outside my window. and those we won't be able to see in the bay area. >> absolutely. oakland, just tall enough clouds

to shoot some right underneath good morning, america.eath a summer scorcher and storms as we kick off the fourth of july. holiday heat alert. tens of millions from the midwest to the north and southeast facing soaring temperatures. the heat index topping 100 degrees and where severe storms are moving in. at least six reported twisters touching down. ginger tracking it all. also this morning, president trump feeling the heat over the cost of his "salute to america" celebration. and now the census chaos as the president tries to add a citizenship question even though the supreme court blocked it. miracle rescue. the newborn found alive. >> yes, there's a baby in the garbage. >> the dramatic 911 ca revealed and the new images that moment the baby is handed over to a surprised and overjoyed