a little breezier today than yesterday. 70 to 80 for our bay and inland areas at noon. check out the temperatures at 7:00, a cool 58 at the coast, but 73 to 80 for the rest of us. we'll take a look at the weekend forecast coming up. here's alexis. looking great so far for the friday morning commute. it has been friday light so far today. very few incidents on the board, and nothing major. just looking at our usual busy spots filling in, including westbound 580 on the richmond side of the richmond san rafael bridge. no significant delays on the approach today. southbound 680, cruising along at just 6 minutes for your drive time. and the green at another 8 minutes, and westbound 580. tracy intoerriblha>> w wer anngs weekend. >> there have been multiple great white shark sightings in half-moon bay. the sharks have been spotted between pillar point harbor and

the ritz-carlton. >> reporter: good morning, guys, it might be kind of hard to tell with the clouds and the mist but it's supposed to be great weather in the half-moon area this weekend. if you are planning on visiting any of the beaches, know an advisory has been issued. several great white sharks have been spotted off the coast, and people are being told to enter at your own risk. yesterday, the san mateo sheriff's department tweeted great white sharks seen in half-moon bay, multiple pilots flying over san mateo coast have spotted great white sharks in the water, if visiting the area, please use caution. the sharks responded between the ritz-carlton and pillar point in half-moon bay. according to marine biologists, great white sharks are known to swim off the coast of california. they are sensitive to temperature. if you see one along the coast, chances are they are just looking for warmer water. stephanie roberts lives a mile

she says this doesn't happen very often. >> it does make you nervous because they do swim in the ocean every now and then. but it's nature. that's why we love living here. >> and i guess just use common sense. >> use common sense, yeah. >> the great whites aren't just limited to san mateo county. one was spotted off the coast of sonoma county last month. if you plan to come out and surf or swim off the coast of half-moon bay, know that the sheriff's department is urging everyone to use caution. if you do see a great white, you're told to contact local law enforcement. reporting live, abc 7 news. a protest is planned this morning at i.c.e. headquarters in san francisco ahead of planned raids on undocumented immigrants this weekend hundreds rallied in front of the building last night. as reported by "the new york times," the round ups would target around 2,000 undocumented immigrants on deportation lists.

the raids would begin sunday in at least ten major cities, about three weeks after president trump warned that it could happen. it's important that you know your rights and we do have resources to help. go to our web site, abc7news.com/take action for more information. 6:03, on to developing news, california lawmakers have approved a bill requiring president trump to release his tax returns. the bill passed both chambers of the legislature yesterday. it requires the president release his tax returns or be excluded from the 2020 primary ballot. tra democrats say the returns provide voters with important financial information about the candidate. republicans are arguing it is unconstitutional. governor newsom is expected to sign it. a sex offender convicted of assaulting children is back at home in a fairfield neighborhood. james shepherd served time for sexually assaulting nine, ten and 13-year-olds in 1982 and 2006. the 75-year-old was out on parole and living in a house on perry court. he lived in the same house

before his arrest and one neighbor says she is ready to confront him if she sees him on the street. >> if i see him anywhere near those girls that i know, i have no problem. >> we don't want children interacting with him, so the parents and the community do their part making sure they're not around him but also know who he is. >> shepherd declined to speak with abc 7 news. he is required to wear an ankle monitor and stay 250 feet away from schools and parks. >> new developments in the ghost ship trial in the east bay, derek almena has finished his testimony. during thiz final -- his final day on the stand, he said he did not want to blame anyone for the deadly fire, and admitted the plumbing, electrical, and carpentry work were done without permits. happening now, you can see the smoke, a wildfire burning in central maui has destroyed more than 3,000 acres. this has led to the evacuation of thousands of people in parts of the island after it broke out yesterday.

the maui humane society also moved its animals to a nearby high school. oprah owns a lot of property in maui, she's getting a big mahalo for helping out with fire evacuations. she was apparently a step ahead of her hawaiian neighbors after several people tweeting at her asking if she could use her property to get out. and she tweeted back, saying access was given. we have new video from inside the cabin. >> here's a look at walnut creek where it's 56 degrees right now. that's very comfortable. by the time we get to the afternoon hours, we'll be pushing 90. as temperatures today, 4 to 7 degrees above average a

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you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. temperatures around 60 degrees. the cool spot, 55 in milpitas. 61 in saratoga. temperatures in the mid- to upper 50s, napa at 60. let's take a look at santa cruz where it's going to be 83 with sunshine today, sunny and serene on the bay. a great day to be out there. beaches, a little breezy, but mild. mid- to upper 60s and out and about, short burn time today, about 15 minutes. in the north bay, we're walking up partly cloudy, 55 at 7:00.

we're near 80 at noon, and mid-80s this afternoon. 79 at 7:00. for the east bay, we're in the clouds through 9:00 and sunshine this afternoon will push us into the mid- to upper 70s and san francisco will be dancing with the clouds and a little more sunshine late this afternoon, which helped boost us into the upper 60s. weekend forecast next. here's traffic. good morning, mike. really can't see too much here at golden gate bridge. we are socked in. it did not look like this about an hour ago. the fog has moved in. low visibility for the commute to or from the north bay, i just double checked so far. chp has not issued a dense fog advisory. you can see fog filling in on the our visibility layer on the traffic maps. very few incidents today. slow out of tracy, averaging about 15 miles an hour, 9 miles an hour on eastbound 205 if you're trying to get into tracy. counter commute direction, we have lanes closed until 7:00 today. dozens of people were hurt after being violently slammed

into the ceiling of a jet liner during some unexpected turbulence. this is new video from inside the cabin. the flight made an emergency landing in honolulu. 37 people were hurt, including nine with serious injuries. the sudden loss of altitude sent people flying into luggage compartments and aisles of the airplane. really scary. police have released new surveillance video of this stolen plane taxiing at the watsonville airport the night that it vanished near the santa cruz mountains. investigators believe 64-year-old hugo mar stole the single engine cessna on june 26th before crashing it into the ocean. >> detectives did find hugo mar's car had been abandoned and it was parked in a parking lot near the airport. the parking lot that's commonly used by pilots. mar was an active member of the santa cruz flying club and he was authorized to get into that airport. crews have not found his body or the wreckage. watsonville police are hoping to contact witnesses who may have

spoken with him days before that incident. a south bay father's concerns about something being placed outside his daughter's bedroom window. >> and more than a dozen bir

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what you're seeing here, the coast guard risking lives to stop drug runners in south america. >> he just jumps on to that submarine and pounds on the latch. it eventually opens up. crew members jumped on to that submarine. this was near ecuador last month. they arrested five suspected drug traffickers and seized 17,000 tons of cocaine. value on that, about 230 million bucks. >> this video, though, it looks like something out of a movie. it's crazy. in the south bay, a father is concerne about a device that at&t wants to place right outside of his daughter's bedroom window. at&t wants to put in devices called nodes in neighborhoods, the nodes help boost cell signal

but boosts radiouey. there is a possibility of a link between the radio activity and cancer. many neighbors are worried about the long-term health effects that it could have. >> it's really close to my daughter's bedroom, and we don't know what the health effects are over the long-term. >> they have posted a sign saying no cell tower. many neighbors are agreeing and suggesting that at&t install their devices near businesses instead of homes. another affordable housing development is coming to the peninsula. habitat for humanity will break ground on the project in redwood city today. 20 homes will be built on a lot downtown near jefferson avenue and bradford street. a lawsuit stalled the project for more than a year. developers have been given the green light to move forward with construction. in the east bay, work is expected to wrap up to oakland, to remove an unstable tree and save the young birds that are there. >> on wednesday, a branch broke off near the oakland post officr

ground. 18 were rescued. officials say the tree was home to black herons, and snowy egrets. they returned to savaners, bird knack not fly -- that cannot fly but run from branch to branch and we have nestlings, the tinies, they can't move anywhere but the nest. it's late in the stop sign for that. we're seeing what we're seeing. take them in. >> the birds are being taken to the rescue center in fairfield. >> he calls them the teeny tiny sgls sg . >> i wonder what kind of life they're going to have after that. >> a beautiful life, mike. >> adopt them, let them go free. >> put their hand in a puppet and raise it like it's still in the wild. >> your mind. >> you know what i'm talking about. this is a real thing. they do this with eagles.

>> and put it back into the wild. >> you've created a whole fantasy life for these birds. i love it. >> i just want them to be happy. >> we can dream, can't we. 6:17, here's a look at your accuweather forecast. showing a little bit of cloud cover trying to sneak over the hills. the marine layer is compressed compared to yesterday. a little more sunshine today, and mild at the coast, hot inland, and it will be clear inland but patchy fog along the bay and coast, temperatures cool back into the 50s and 60s tonight. that's a reoccurring theme. a comfortable night when temperatures get hot this weekend, and start to taper next week. here's a look at your cloud cover. robust around the bay, the south bay and some coastal valleys in the north bay. all the bay back except the golden gate. by the evening hours, you can see, it's just mainly along the coast. unfortunately you won't be able to see the sunset there. as far as our temperatures in the south bay,out, yeah, look an

hill and gilroy, lowe to mid-90s. mid- to upper 80s for the rest of the south bay, sunshine and 83 in santa cruz this afternoon. we'll have mid- to upper 70s for the top half of the peninsula. san mateo, low 80s for the southern half, mid- to upper 60s along the coast to near 70 in downtown san francisco. 90s from santa rosa northward, mid- to upper 80s in the north bay valleys. berkeley, oakland and hayward, upper 80s and upper 80s to mid-90s for most of the east bay neighborhoods. hot tomorrow, still clean cool air at the coast. same thing sunday. tuesday, wednesday and thursday temperatures are falling back closer to average. a stretch of warm weather. be careful this weekend. taking a look at the roads, overall, looking right. at bay bridge, metering lights at 5:25. even the maze is starting to thin out. a lot of folks maybe making it a four-day workweek or working from home today. a check of our traffic maps.

one minor issue, southbound 101 before the sfo exit, we have a two car crash, that is totally off the on the shoulder. we are not seeing any delays on the approach. i will keep an eye on that, though. quick mass transit update. we have a ten-minute delay from orinda to rock ridge. that is on the antioch line. just got the updates from b.a.r.t. that they did resolve that equipment problem on the track, and normal service is resuming. >> thank you. good morning america coming up at 7:00 right here on abc 7. >> and look who it is, ginger z zee live in new york city gl. >> coming up on gma, we are on the gulf coast where they are bracing for tropical storm barry. it will start to begin tonight into tomorrow. we're looking for up to 2 feet of rain, flash flooding will potentially take lives, certainly do damage and the storm surge and tornadoes, i'm going to track the whole timing and what you can expect from the storm. amazon prime daislmt

sty y wan t we to sw w. what is the magic number of calories you would have to cut every day to be healthier and help your heart. dr. ashton is here with that answer. we're going to do math, to let you know how to eliminate them from your diet. the makeup and clothing that will help you stay cool. i know i have something she puts on my eyes that's like a cool powder. i don't know. there's some tricks coming up and you'll want to see it coming up on gma. >> i'm pretty sure whatever calorie count doesn't include the nuggets and barbecue sauce and honey. that's all i can think about this morning. >> you know what it does include, air sandwiches. >> yum. public pianos, the city that just set up three in the street sg . >> and you'll have to wait a

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worried about driving this weekend because you're going to get out of the heat and have free air-conditioning. you're going to have clean air. spare the air will be moderate to good in all of our neighborhoods. >> thank you. a new study claims cutting a small amount of calories from

your diet could improve your health even if you're at a healthy weight. what is that magic number. researchers say cutting 300 calories per day could significantly benefit your cardiovascular health. abc's dr. jennifer ashton is talking about this on good morning america, and she explains the other health benefits. >> take a look at the list. not just long-term heart health benefits, improve their cholesterol profile, lower their blood pressure numbers and lower their risk of diabetes and all of the markers that we measure in the blood, they all improve. here's my advice to people. read those labels, don't drink your calories with sugary beverages, cut those portion sizes, skip the sauces and add more veggies. >> that sounds fun. what is that, potato chip. >> these are not the foods you should be eating. >> what is that a margarita, all the things she has on there is all i want to eat. dr. ash will have more tips on gma at seven. >> i'm already not eating as much as i want, you want another

300 calories. >> where am i going to cut f c, the botanical garden will be hosting flower garden at sunset with performances by local musicians starting at 6:00 p.m. the fifth annual flower piano music festival opened yesterday. a general admission ticket to the gardens gives you access to grand pianos scattered across the grounds, open to anyone wanting to play a tune and the music festival will end on july 22nd. more music in the east bay, the town of danville has set up three community pianos downtown. anyone can sit and will be out. the galaxy edge has been delayed a little bit, it's called rides of the resistance, supposed to blur the line between fantasy and reality. le beten fst order first open

world in florida in december. the disneyland version opens in january. so we're just going to have to wait a few moreinteraction that may not actually be prooif private. why google says it has people listening to what you're saying in your smart speaker. i.c.e. raids are supposedly happening this weekend and activists say they are getting ready. the story coming up. crimes highlighting the need for more police officers in san francisco. why the ci

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news to build a better bay area, this is abc 7 mornings. >> now at 6:30, activists come together what you need to know. several great white sharks have been spotted off the coast. we have the warning from the sheriff's department. >> skateboarders hit the hill at high speeds, an unsanctioned event that sent at least one person to the hospital. lost and found, a woman drops one of her air pods on subway tracks in new york city, b.a.r.t.'s tip for riders who may experience the same thing here. it is not worth risking your life. i love my air pods too but. good morning on friday july 12.

>> you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. here's meteorologist mike nicco. stay away from it. don't want to go near it. i've got drizzle near bodega bay, highway 1 is wet, 1/100 of i have heard of mist and drizzle around half-moon bay. 101 is going to be damp this morning. the rest of us it's becoming more cloudy, especially from this vantage point, 55 to 60. a little bit cooler this morning. the coast is going to be breezy but milder. low to mid-60s from noon to four. notice 70 to 79 around the bay. 81 to 92. before you leave this morning, if you live inland, maybe set that thermostat to start an hour before you get home and cool that house o you. let's get over to alexis and talk about friday light in most areas. >> one new problem to talk about. we have a sig one, a full closure in northbound and southbound, just north of the double slide tunnel. it sounds like we've got a crash

involving a big rig, possibly a tanker truck involved there, so working on sorting out details, you can see we've got purple in both directions. you're not going to be able to get through the area, and not a lot of detours through the stretch. a quick check of drive times. tracy into dublin. ticking up 40 minutes, southbound 680 dublin to mission boulevard in the green at 16 and no delays northbound 85, highway 101 to cupertino. >> alexis, thank you. developing news regarding the fear of i.c.e. raids in san francisco this weekend. >> another rally is scheduled this morning at i.c.e. headquarters. abc 7 news reporter, amy hollyfield live this morning. good morning. >> reporter: hi, natasha, activists say they are ready to go. they have organized teams of lawyers. they have also been organizing rallies, moral support and protests here at i.c.e. headquarters. today's noprer t morning.

here's what it looked like at i.c.e. headquarters when hundreds of people gathered to protest the reported i.c.e. raids that are set to start this sunday in at least ten major cities. although there are reports that some arrests may have started. david chu says the california legislature is doing everything possible to protect immigrant communities. >> the son of immigrants, someone who represents a city that's a sanctuary city in a state that's a sanctuary state. we're always going to stand by our immigrant families. >> reporter: according to "the new york times," the round up is going to target 2,000 undocumented immigrants on deportation lists. i.c.e. officials will not confirm the raids. the rally is set to start here this morning at 11:30. live in san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. amy, thank you. you do have rights and we have resources for you. go to our web site. abc7news.com/take action to find

them and find your ally. president trump says he is abandoning his effort to include a citizenship question on the 2020 census. instead he'll be directing federal agencies to attempt to compile that information using existing databases. the president's plans had been unclear since the supreme court blocked the question last month. and this morning, governor newsom will sign legislation overhauling how the state pays for wildfire damages. it creates a new $21 billion fund to compensate the victimsment pavictims. part of the money will come from utility shareholders, half will come from the rate payer, a $2.50 fee is on your utility bill and it will be extended 15 years. it was supposed to expire next year. the plan would also require utility companies to get annual safety certifications. critics say the bill is a sweetheart deal for the ulosn tn bay, acted driis as tt

2-ar girl. this happened -- according to the press democrat, the girl was getting into her grandmother's vehicle when she suddenly ran into the street and got hit. the girl has major injuries. we're told she is expected to survive. an officer recognized the white van seen leaving the area. police tracked it down to an apartment complex two blocks away, and that's when they arrested 47-year-old hector larios for felony hit-and-run and felony dui. police say he was involved in another hit-and-run accident just last week. he has multiple past dui convictions. our commitment to building a better bay area focuses on the issues that matter to you and affecting your community. >> this week car burglaries in san francisco are only highlighting the need for more police officers. last night a thief targeted tourists again, and this time near fisherman's wharf. a rental car was broken into hours before a family was headed home to singapore.

on tuesday, two auto burglaries ran over a tourist at the legion of honor. yesterday, city leaders admitted agaithe police department is under staffed. >> we haven't grown as quickly as we would like to. it's a constant challenge and it's a very tough market right now for hiring. >> chief scott says a robust economy is one of the culprits when it comes to hiring more officers. the fbi is searching for the person who broke into an agent's car wednesday in oakland and stole a rifle and other items. this is the wrong video, we apologize. there is a stolen cold m 4, semiautomatic rifle, the thief got away with a magazine loaded with .45 caliber ammunition, and an fbi raid jacket. that break-in happened at 8:40 p.m. in the parking lot of the h hegenberger shopping center in oakland. at least one person was taken to the hospital after a flash mob of skaters took over

delores park in san francisco last night. the hill bomb contest is an unsanctioned event on the delores street. it's happened every july for the past few years. dozens of skateboarders hit the hill at very high speeds and not many of them are wearing helmets. in the east bay, oakland community leaders are celebrating the city's bike plan, it's focussed on increasing bike safety across the city with an emphasis on neighborhoods in need. the oakland department of transportation now joining forces with public libraries to open repair sheds and host bicycle workshops with community groups. the budget approved includes funds for pothole repairs and painting more like lanes. more shaking in curr county. an earthquake rattled the town of ridgecrest nus just a few minutes ago. there have been many in the last 24 hours. so far no reports of damage or injuries but ridgecrest has felt thousands of after shocks since the two big earthquakes hit last

week. several people still living in tents because they just don't feel it's safe to go back into their homes that are damaged. also overnight, a pair of earthquakes strike the west coast, this time in washington. you can see the shaking in this surveillance video. both earthquakes struck near the puget sound area, according to the pacific northwest seismic network, the first quake hit before 3:00 a.m. it was measured at a magnitude 4.6 and then a 3.5 magnitude after shock struck three minutes later. no reports of damage or injuries. ford and volkswagen teaming up: what the companies plan to invest billions in. you're looking live at the big board at the new york stock exchange up about 80 points this morning. another update on how the markets are doing up next. >> and megan rapinoe, and alex morgan visit jimmy kimmel, and he gives them something they weren't expectig. the gift behind the curtain. mike, we made it to the weekend. >> we did. and looking forward to some pool and beach weather to stay cool.

right now, san francisco, we're about 4 to 5 degrees cooler than we were this time yesterday. we were in the upper 50s to near 60. we're around 52 to about 55 in lake merced and sunny, 60 in palo alto, satellite and radar t toe -- saratoga. we have thick fog along petaluma, bringing the drizzle to bodega bay is moving in through the valleys, around for the rest of the morning commute. a little around half-moon bay. you can see it sitting on top of the golden gate bridge. mass the bay, we've got calmer breezes, let's take a look at some neighborhoods and what sticks out as we jump 30 degrees in the east bay from 61 this morning to 91 this afternoon around 3:00 and holding through 5:00. peninsula, we're in the clouds through 9:00 in the 60s and hang

out with total sunshine in the upper 70s this afternoon. the south bay is going to be warmer with the sun coming out between nine and ten and the 80s coming out starting at noon, and hanging around through 6:00. some areas could even hit the 90s around morgan hill. we'll take a look at the warm forecast coming up next. we'll bring alexis in here, overall pretty good, you have a few hot spots. >> in particular, we have a sig alert for state route 1. just north of devil's slide tunnel. a few more details in from chp on this crash that has triggered the sig alert. it sounds like a sewage truck and a pickup were involved in this. the pickup flipped on its side. no injuries according to chp. hopefully that means they'll be able to get this cleared shortly. for now, you're going to have to find another way around. here's a look at 101 and 880, northbound traffic moving along okay. drive times looking okay. westbound 80, highway 4 to the

maze, 19 minutes, 12 across the bay bridge. metering lights are on, not too much backup at the toll plaza,

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20 inches of rain, and there are fears more rain could send water spilling over the 20 foot high levees that protect new we're not going to have a duplicate of katrina. however, if you have a storm that has elevations much higher than those flood walls, you're going to get water in the city. >> once barry makes landfall, it's expected to go north, that would drench much of louisiana and hit parts of texas and mississippi. mike, i know they're saying it's not going to be as bad as katrina, but anything that's even remotely close to it is not what new orleans needs. >> i don't think maybe it will be necessarily as bad as katrina was for new orleans but the rest of louisiana and mississippi, it's going to be much worse than katrina was, and we've spent several billions of dollars getting those levees and they still might not be enough. that's just mind boggling. overnight, while we were sleeping, it's up to 50 miles per hour. let me show you, i'm starting to see some of that convection if

it wraps around this thing. that's when it's going to develop rapidly later on this morning to the afternoon hours, and become a tropical storm. it looks like limited time before it hits land, about 1:00 in the morning. that's why we're going to see the likelihood of this becoming a hurricane. the window is starting to close thankfully, but it's not really the winds that we have been worried about. it's the fresh water flooding from the right quadrant there. you can see all of that heavy rain. let me show you where it goes specifically right up through baton rouge. that's an area where the mississippi, as you mentioned, is at flood stage. if you throw another foot and a half to 2 feet of rain from m morgan city, baton rouge to wilson, that's where you're going to have major flooding all the way into mississippi. it's going to be bad news for these folks. i feel so bad for them. >> absolutely. mike, thank you. we want to bring you this breaking news just into the newsroom in the last couple of minutes. the labor secretary alex acosta is stepping down. the presen announcing his

resignation just a few moments ago at the white house. acosta as you know has been under pressure to resign for his links to billionaire jeffrey epstein. he was arrested earlier this month on sex trafficking charges. we will bring you more as we get it. right now, a warning if you have plans to hit the beach this weekend, there have been multiple great white shark sightings in half-moon bay. we're talking at the area between pillar point harbor and the ritz-carlton. abc 7 reporter, live at frances beach this morning. hunter. >> yeah, reggie, good morning, anybody planning on visiting the beaches here at half-moon bay are being advised to enter at your own risk. the san mateo county sheriff's department tweeted about it. they said pilots flying overhead saw some sharks from up above. the sheriff's department wrote if visiting the area, please use caution. the sharks were seen between the ritz-carlton and pillar point. now, according to some marine biologists, great white sharks are known to swim off the coast

of california. this isn't unusual, they say if you see one, it's lukely they e very often. >> it does make you nervous because they do swim in the ocean every now and then. but it's nature. that's why we love living here. >> and you have to just, i guess, use common sense. >> use common sense, yeah. >> reporter: the great whites aren't just limited to san mateo countime county. one was spotted off the coast of sonoma county as well. if you're planning to surf or swim at half-moon bay, the sheriff's department advising to use caution and report any shark sighting to local law enforcement. reporting live, abc 7 news. a 4 foot long alligator is drawing crowds at a chicago lagoon at a city park on the west side. >> thousands voted to give it a name, so chance the snapper was the winner, of course it's a play on that local artist, chance the rapper, right, right,

yeah, no? >> it's clever. >> the i hboldt park in theagn.its w ine fan base. >> i think they named it chance the snapper, so coming out here to see chance. >> wow, authorities believe that chance was a pet alligator that someone dumped into this lagoon. >> that's not good. >> never smile at a crocodile. >> don't. now your morning money report. amazon getting ready to spend $700 million to retrain its own workers. >> this is in response to a shortage of engineering and technical workers. about a third of its workers will undergo training in the next six years. a live look at the new york stock exchange as trading gets underway at 6:47. we'll get that at a later time. nike says it is moving forward with a plan to open a new facility, despite the american

knee k nike, former 49ers quarterback requested that nike pull the shoe from release. he and others considered the flag an offensive symbol due to its connection to when slavery was legal in this country. we should mention that several conservative organizations have also adopted that flag as a symbol. volkswagen and ford are september to announce a major partnership, the company plans to invest billions in electric and self-driving cars. the auto makers will share intellectual property and hardware. the joint venture first announced a year ago. google defending its practice of having workers listen in on google assistant conversations after one thousand voice clips were linked to a belgian news outlet. you know what, let's get to a special report. >> good morning, i'm paula farris with this special report, and we do have breaking news. we have just learned that labor secretary alex acosta has resigned from his position.

of course top democrats had been calling for his resignation of late for his involvement in the early 2000 non-prosecution of billionaire jeffrey epstein who just this week was arrested for child sex trafficking charges. he faces up to 45 years in prison. tom yamas who has been speaking with victims and who has been on the story from the very beginning joins us on the phone, and tom, let me ask you, because earlier this week, alex acosta held a press conference and here we're seeing it, and he really said he enjoyed the full support of the president. he didn't offer an apology to these victims. so what changed in the last couple of days. >> paula, this is a stunning turn of events, as you mentioned secretary acosta was adamant, he stood his ground, he fiercely defended the way he acted as u.s. attorney in the southern district of florida eleven years ago when jeffrey epstein agreed to a non-prosecution agreement, he served 13 months in county

jail, six days a week he was able to go to work, even though there were 40 women who had come forward. there was a 52-page indictment. this is back eleven years ago, and acosta says the best they could do was to get him jail time and get him registered as a sex offender. he refused to apologize, initially the signals we were getting from the white house were that they thought he had done a fine job, and was going to keep his job. then today, a change of events and he has resigned. the story has not gone away. really the white house hasn't been able to rustle back the news cycle and more and more information is coming out every single day, and this morning on good morning america, we reported more victims are coming forward. nearly a dozen victims have come forward. prosecutors in new york made a public plea asking any women out there if they had an experience with jeffrey epstein, if they were sexually assaulted and now we are learning more women have come forward, that may have played a role in this, but a stunning turn of events, paula. >> let's go to john carl our

chief white house correspondent on the phone. i hear that presumptiident trum talking right now about acosta. recently he said he felt badly for him but seemed to support him, of course the white house couldn't get away from the story and his involvement in this. what can you tell us about the white house reaction and trump's reaction in particular? >> reporter: the president is insisting that this was entirely alex acosta's decision. in fact, in standing with acosta, talking about this in the white house south lawn, he said that acosta wasn't just a good secretary of labor, he was a great secretary of labor, but he called him and wanted to do this. for his part, acosta saying it would have been selfish for him to stay on the job while all of these aelllegations were swirli. i have to tell you, that aside, this is an abrupt turn around for alex acosta and for this white house. he was expressing both publicly and privately a desire to fight

on, insisting that he did absolutely nothing wrong whatsoever. the other thing that i can tell you is even as the president is praising him, there's been a pattern with president trump that we have seen from the first weeks of his administration, even as somebody is either forced to resign or fired, the president often says words of praise as they are going out the door, and the one thing that this president does not tolerate is those on his team making problems for him. he will never back down. he will fight, he will refuse to apologize for anything involving himself but when somebody on his team has problems that then start to ricochet and become issues for him, he has very little tolerance. >> and one real quick question for you, john, the president is saying that this was acosta's decision solely. jou ju you just said that. do you have full confidence that

it was his decision? >> i have no doubt that it was acosta who called and said i'm going to resign. the thing is in situations like this, the president always has the ability or almost always has the ability to pull somebody back in, and what seems to me and we'll report this over the coming hours and days, paula, but i sense no serious effort from this white house to get acosta to stay on the job in terms of whether or not he was forced out, explicitly, i see no signs to ha signs of that, but as i said, this is a president that does not like to see members of his -- people that work for him, members of his team creating problems that ricochet and affect him. >> john carl, our chief white house correspondent and tom yamas.

alex acosta has resigned from his position as labor secretary. we're going to have much more coverage on abc news.com, and for those of you on the west coast, we'll return to our regular programming, which is good morning america, i'm paula farris, have a good morning. this has been a special report from abc news. all right, and we appreciate paula farris for that special report. labor secretary alex acosta is out and we will provide you more information as it comes down: we want to get with mike nicco with a look the at how your weather looks on this friday. that gorgeous view of the clouds rolling over the hills. it's going to be mild at the coast, hot inland, and all the way through the weekend. good news, it will be comfy at night, and the temperatures will slowly taper back to average early next week. upper 60s in half-moon bay, 70 at san francisco, 77 to 82 around the bay. you can see some 80s and 90s inland. the good news, we're back in the 50s and 60s during the overnight hours. here's my accuweather seven-day forecast, hour hottest three days, today, tomorrow and

sunday. all right, let's get over to alexis. i've got an update on our sig alert in the pacifica area. state route 1, a full closure, northbound and southbound, north of devil's slide tunnel. it sounds like a sewage tanker truck and a pickup truck involved in a collision, however, they have moved the vehicles over to one side of the roadway, and i believe the northbound lanes will be opening up shortly. they are still closed for the moment, and that is still a sig alert, i'll follow up in new. and westbound 80 past west texas street, we have a crash

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the sheriff's office says there have been multiple sightings of great whites in half-moon bay. beware of mist and drizzle on highway 1 this morning while the rest of us are cloudy, 55 to 60. a little bit cooler but we'll be much warmer rgs 8, 80s and 90s afternoon. we have a sig alert, state route 1 south of pacifica, a full closure north of the devil's side tunnel due to a crash. sounds like the north side of the roadway is open, one away traffic control is in effect. and number seven, b.a.r.t. warning you don't go after items you drop on the tracks, a woman in new york went viral after retrieving her air pod with a broom and duct tape. b.a.r.t. says, and let me make this very clear, never ever ever ever ever ever, never ever go down to the tracks to retrieve an item you dropped. agents do have grabber tools if you need help. that should be rebranded.

grabber tools. but i think they understand the point. >> item retrieval technology. >> thank you, natasha. that's a much nicer thing. good morni good morning, america. we have a hurricane warning this morning as the gulf coast hunkers down for what could be a dangerous storm. bracing for impact, tropical storm barry picks up speed overnight, set to lash the coast dumping as much as two feet. water rising in new orleans. thousands already forced from their homes. a state of emergency declared in louisiana. our team on the ground tracking it all. breaking overnight, embattled singer r. kelly arrested on sex crime charges by federal homeland security agents while walking his dog on the streets of chicago. high seas takedown. dramatic video of the coast guard chasing down suspected drug smugglers. the submarine filled with 17,000