people are answering the call from police to give blood. others are showing up to volunteer and do whatever's asked of them. >> in a situation like this, you just ask yourself, how can i help? >> i'm eric thomas, thanks for joining us. at least 20 people dead, 26 injured. three of the victims are from mexico according to that country's mexico. one suspect is under arrest. this is one of the worst mass shootings in u.s. history. joining us now is abc news reporter megan debreezian. she's been following this for us in new york. >> reporter: good afternoon, eric. abc news just learned the el paso police chief says authorities are examining what he called a manifesto they believe written by the shooter and shows a possible nexus to a hate crime. scene of horror at an el paso walmart.

>> all tack units make it to inside walmart, please. >> reporter: the first call coming in at 10:00 this morning at the mall in el paso. thousands of shoppers inside the walmart when the shooting began. >> he starts pop, pop, pop, pop. he's going. he's trigger finger. he's going, going, going. >> reporter: the alleged shooter identified as 21-year-old patrick crusius of allen, texas, killing at least 18 people. dozens take ton local hospitals, including two chirng one as young as 2 years old. the suspect carrying a rifle targeted his victims one by one, seemly at random. this person trying to get out as first responders rush in. panicked shoppers recording their escapes, posting on social media. >> run, mija, run. >> people were just trying to get out of there, trying to push people out of the way or trying to get them to go with them. >> reporter: the single suspect now in police custody. his motive still unclear. >> all i can say is it happened

without incident, so i can assume the person -- >> reporter: authorities are investigating a home in allen, texas, believed to be connected to the el paso shooting. mexico's president has confirmed three mexican nationals are among the dead in el paso. reporting from new york, abc 7 news. >> megan, thank you very much. we have been sending out alerts about the breaking news in el paso throughout the day with abc 7s mobile app. download it and be sure to enable the push alert feature. this morning's massacre in el paso comes less than a week after the mass shooting in gilr gilroy. people are still arriving at the scene of sunday's tragedy to retrieve their belongings. parts of the venue are still a crime scene. teams of federal, state, and local law enforcement officers are there.

people want to clean up. >> it's takes a lot the tear down the festival and get it to be a park again. >> reporter: the coroner said yesterday the gunman died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. abc 7 news was at fremont for the festival of the arts. security was on the mind of the organizers as well as police. special precautions were taken this year, including the installation of security cameras, a watchtower, barriers to stop speeding cars and officers patrolling venue with higher fire power. organizers say the turnout has not been affected. developing news out of the east bay where firefighters are working to contain brush fires in clayton near marsh creek road and morgan territory road. all fires started overnight. lisa? >> reporter: eric, the marsh complex is now 75% contained.

take a look behind me and you can see crews are still on the scene cutting fire line. behind me is nearly 200 acres of scorched earth. it burned 565 acres. they were originally 12 small fires to merged into three larger fires. more than 400 firefighters fought these fires. right now, the cause is still under investigation, thoh some residents say they heard explosions. >> we have highly trained law enforcement investigators that will go through all the fires to determine their cause. right now it would be pure speculation. it is unusual to have a multiple amount of fires in an area like this, and that's why we are so focused on investigating it. >> reporter: and air quality advisory is in place right now. smokey air has been reported in antioch and pittsburgh.

for a short time, those living in the clayton palms community were forced to evacuate but they were allowed to return home a few hours later. back here live now. full containment is expected in the coming days. live near clayton, abc 7 news. >> lisa, thank you. the fast moving fire has forced several residents to pack up and leave after flames got cornell bernard has that story from clayton. >> reporter: firefighters battled brush fires from the air and from the ground saturday for a time, a dozen separate fires burning throughout clayton and into brentwood. >> there's multiple fire on morgan territory road, marsh creek road. >> reporter: one of fires moving toward homes. a rude awakening for people living here in the clayton palms community. hundreds of them told to evacuate this morning after the fire got that close. >> as soon as i went outside,

opened my door, i could see the flames behind my house. i grabbed the kids and put them in my car seat. >> i grabbed birth certificates, my wedding rings. >> i hear somebody say, fire. you need to evacuate. >> reporter: neighbors heard first responders going door to door waking people at 4:00 a.m. hours later the danger had passed. firefighters stopped the wildfire from burning any homes. >> i'm amazed at their response. >> reporter: for that, neighbors are forever grateful. >> none of us were prepared for this, and so thank you from the bottom of our hearts. you saved us. >> reporter: it's not the first time these folks have come face-to-face with wildfires. they have been evacuated before, but they hope this will be the last time. >> thank you! >> reporter: in clayton, cornell bernard, abc 7 news. >> those fires burning near clayton burning in one of the hottest spots in the bay area today. the latest on conditions.

franc frances? >> some in the mid to upper 90s today. we'll take a look at conditions for the marsh complex fire. relative humidity has come up a bit at 24%, so still quite low. wind light northwest from 5 miles per hour. and fortunately the gusts won't be too strong. less than 10 miles per hour for the most part over the next 24 hours. but temperatures will still be high for tomorrow and into monday, although will start the dip midweek as we get an onshore flow. but the air quality alert is in effect. through monday and could be extended. so folks there will be dealing with unhealthy air quality for a while and they'll want to avoid exploe exposure to the particle pollution. new concernsle toing a deadly cliff collapse in california. why scientists are worried even

though part of beach has been re-op re-opened. how one of the country's old ets living veterans is going to be honored in sacramento. draymond green gets his money. the new contract that should keep the core of the warriors together for the next several years.

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an update now on our breaking news. police say 20 people were killed this afternoon at a mall in el paso. 26 others injured. the wounded ranging in age from 2 to 82. police say they have a 22-year-old man in custody and they're reviewing a manifesto linked to the shooter who opened fire apparently with a rifle. we'll have updates on abc news 7.com and the app. in san diego county, geologyists say a cliff that collapsed yesterday and killed three people is unstable and could deteriorate more. officials re-opened parts of the beach north and south of the slide zone but advised visitors of the risk. >> it's a block failure in geo tech terms and it also slabbed off.

slab block failure. when it fell down on the beach it rolls towards the west, towards the water. >> a life guard has been posted near the slide area to keep watch on the unstable cliff side. the los angeles times reports a uc student suspended for two years after stalking and sexual harassment filed a lawsuit. it seeks class status and claims the lawsuit was unfair and did not provide students due process. a cal state-fullerton student filed a similar lawsuit last month. they believe their processes are fair. a sacramento area community is celebrating one of the oldest living veterans in the country who serve in the three wars. retired army sergeant nathan allen jr. turned 100 on august 12th. he serve in the world war ii and korea and vietnam. >> i was a firefighter in the

army. 27 years. if there's a fire, you go to the fire and do your job. >> allen now spends his days with family. he has 18 grandchildren, 40 great grandchildren and ten great great grandchildren. he has also helped his neighbors the last decade by pulling their trash bins from the curb. they wanted to show their appreciation by hosting a early birthday party, celebrating what they call a 100-year-old treasure. congratulations. well, it is just about that time -- students are getting ared to head back to school. we are there as some youngsters get a helping hand. and meteoroogist frances is up next with the act ewe weather forecast. just ahead what's keepin antonio brown from putting his best foot forward? >> a new contract

students are getting ready to go back to school and thanks to some san matteo businesses and community groups they'll have these brand new supply

filled backpacks to take with them. it handed out more than 2,000 backpacks at today's annual event fills with things like markers, paper, rulers, pens and pencils to help kids focus on learning. today we are focused on microclimates. hotter over there, cooler over here. frances is over there with your forecast. >> yeah, eric, and i think the sunshine will be as bright as some of those kids' smiles for tomorrow. at the coast that's where things stayed cool and we had the fog and the cooler temperatures. we also have a strong sea breeze that's bringing gusts up to 28 miles per hour in san francisco. that's why temperature there is stayed in the 60s and it's pushing through parts of the bay right now. you notice the marine layer onshore flow. looking out towards san francisco you see the low clouds. those are going to move in the

bay overnight. temperatures from 60s to 80s right now. safr san francisco, 64 degrees. it's gorgeous in santa cruz where it's currently 77 right now and was 84 this afternoon. temperatures are still in the 90s in fairfield. concord currently 93, but it hit 98 today. so here's what it looks like with the forecast animation. the clouds, beginning all along the coast through the evening. push inning overnight across the bay east baby tomorrow morning. midday it will start to pull back. plenty of sunshine. temperatures will be just a touch cooler maybe by a degree or two by tomorrow, but overall another gorgeous day for the weekend. lows tonight in the mid 50s to low 60s, even in concord and antioch. cloudy at the beaches. half-moon bay, 55 overnight.

tomorrow, gorgeous, plenty of sunshine. low 90s dthrough morgan hill. you can look forward to really comfortable highs in san matteo. sunset district, 64 degrees. downtown san francisco, 68. you'll get more sunshine in the midday lots of mid 80s through petaluma, that pam nice and comfortable in the east bay from 73 in derekly to 83 mid 90s in areas like here's the accuweather 7-day forecast. mid 90s in the inland places. around the bay, plenty of sunshine. hitting the low 80s, but mid 70s as well. at the coast it's going to stay

in the 60s all week long. thursday will be the coolest day and then things start to warm up again for next weekend. now sports from abc 7 news. the warriors aren't waiting for next season. they're locking up the third core member of their dynasty now. they have agreed to a multiyear extension with draymond green, a four-year max contract extension according to espn. the new deal brings the total length and value of green's contract to five years and 118 million bucks. now, green could have gotten more money if he waited until after the season for a new deal. green is a three-time champion and has been on the nba's all defensive first or second team for five straight seasons. get this -- the warriors will be paying $129 million to just four players -- green, steph curry, klay thompson and deangelo russell after next season.

if you ever had blisters on your feet then you know how tough it is to run. that's the problem keeping antonio brown from practicing during training camp. this is the picture a.b. posted on instagram. his feet are blistering and peeling. it didn't say how it happened. it's believed it will not be long-term. he was scheduled to see a foot specialist today. he was limit in the practice last tuesday and was not seen on the field later in the week. quarterback derek carr is anxious to get brown on the practice field to start building chemistry for the regular season. >> we wish, you know, the healing process of whatever's going on will be fast, right? we want it to be fast, but at the same time you can't, you know, rush things for training camp when you know you have a season, hopefully a playoff run to think about, right? the trainers know way more than

any of the players know. we just know when he does show up, we can't wait to welcome him with open arms. hopely ready and hit a run in. and who says you can't learn from a rookie? 49ers veteran left tackle joe staley and nick bosa has been doing bonding at training camp. they're going head-to-head. staley wins some of the defensive drills while the rookie wins others. the two are pushing each other to get better. the nineers are impressed the old veteran staley is picking up new tricks. >> he's one of the best tackles in football because he's always doing his homework, always finding ways to get better. if you just look at a rookie and say, he can't teach me anything -- we can learn anything from anybody. i learn stuff from my kids every day and he's 8. you should always be looking for

knowledge. doesn't matter who you're getting the knowledge from. if somebody has something important to share with you, you could always learn. to the links. pga in north carolina for the wyndham championship. he's going for his first ever pga tour victory. he's been around the leader board all week. on 14, 50-foot birdie putt. the longest made putt on the pga tour this season. get in there! 66 today. wins by one over webb simpson. in tampa, new ray eric soguard hits a foul ball. watch the fan going for it. somehow doesn't see the huge tarp. here's the worst part. doesn't get the foul ball. watch the security guy. get off the tarp. better luck next time. the giants lead the rockies 4-1 and the a's are taking on the

cardinals at the coliseum. highlights tonight on the news at 11:00. getting back to antonio brown, he's a professional athlete. he's got take better care of his feet. he can't catch the football if he can't run and get open. >> those feet are worth millions of dollars. >> yeah, and the raiders are waiting for him to get back. >> if the fan had a glove on, that would be called concentration. thanks a lot. well, ping-pong rally is on. we are there as a big tournament gets under way in the bay area.

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plus, a roach robot. how a cockroach inspired robot will help explore the wreckage of natural disasters. players, paddles and ping-pong took over portsmouth square in san francisco today. abc news was at the park for the annual ping-pong festal extra. dozens of ping-pong enthusiasts compote in the tournament and do so every year. it's sponsored by the mayor's office as well as local businesses and groups. massive failure at that sport. that's it for abc 7 gnaw at

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