bay area. from abc 7. jeffrey epstein, the billionaire accused of sexually abusing young girls has been found dead in his in the federal detention center in manhattan. authorities are calling it a death by suicide. epstein was awaiting trial on charges of conspiracy and sex trafficking. he was facing 45 years if convicted. abc news reporter megan devrezian has the latest. >> reporter: the federal bureau of prisons say epstein was found unresponsive in his cell, dying from an apparent suicide. his death coming a little more than two weeks after the new york financier charged with

conspiracy and sex trafficking was found on the floor of his cell with bruises on his neck. he was temporarily placed on suicide watch after that incident. lawmakers today questioning why that status changed. william barr saying he is appalled and that the death raises serious questions that must be answers. senator ben sasse writing he should have been in a padded room under 24-hour constant surveillance. heads must roll. >> i want this investigation to continue. i don't think this suicide should be used to say this is over now, the bad guy died. i think there were other bad people involved this this. >> reporter: his alleged victims also weighing in, epstein's death comes one day after 2,000 pages of documents were unsealed in federal court,

relating to a 2015 defamation case against an epste epste epse associate. that accuser says she was directed to have sex with many powerful men, including numerous american politicians, powerful business executives, foreign presidents and other world leaders. those allegations not proven. the fbi and inspector general will now investigate the circumstances of jeffrey epstein's death. abc news, new york. congresswoman jackie speier weighed in on the apparent suicide. abc news was in redwood city where the democratic represent testify hosted a town hall titled "a conversation about america, justice for all." >> he was a despicable human being. he has spent his life being able to use money and power to not

play by the rules. and, in the end, when he was finally jailed, he didn't want to play by the rules >> spiers is one of several who have requested a hearing for victims to come forward and tell their stories. san francisco firefighters rescued a man this afternoon stuck halfway down a cliff. someone on the beach spotted two men having trouble getting up the cliff and called for help. one of the two got up on his own before rescue teams arrived. the other happen was strap nope into a harness and pulled to safety. the two men got two adventurous and ignored signs to stay away from the edge. swimmers are urged to use caution after a great white shark was spotted in the half moon bay area, it came about 1:15 about a quarter mile of pillar point harbor.

an image of the man found hiding on campus after a gun scare has been released. joshua castro was arrested after a search that lasted hours. someone reported a man had brandished a gun a few blocks from campus. the campus was put on lockdown and officers searched the spartan complex floor by floor, room by room, eventually finding him hiding in the ceiling ductwork. only on 7, the head of san francisco's school board has ofered a r offered a proposal on a mural. the mural is called life of washington and has been in place for more than 80 years. some activists want it destroyed because of how it portrays african-americans and native-americans. but community leaders have called for keeping the mural. now there's a call for covering the mural with panels. >> there had be a variety of

opinions about what should happen, but if this passes, actually destroying the art won't be on the table. our hope is that this does pass and that this board can get back to the work of making policy on behalf of every young person in the city. >> the school board could vote the mural's future on tuesday. in an effort to build a better bay area, abc news is committed to finding solutions to the challenges of buying a home. tonight we're looking at how some people are buying and living in vans. in this case, they're called glamper vans. we checked out out and liz joins us live. >> reporter: it is illegal to sleep overnight in your car in san francisco, but that isn't stopping people from doing it. a bay area company is finding that people are interested in using the slavans for more than just camping.

he started glam per van as a way to renovate upscale campers, but he's getting calls from people looking for a place to live. >> a woman is spending $5,000 for a two-bedroom apartment and she actually has all the parking spots all throughout the city worked out already, like this one's a thursda and this one's a wednesday. >> reporter: as the cost of living goes up in the bay area so does the number of people looking for alternative housing options. and with that comes the rise of a through market. upscale, livable vans. did you think of it as a housing need at first? or is that something that came after? >> i think it came after. >> reporter: inside these vans, they're outfitted with a queen sized bed, a desk, a refrigerator, and even inside here in some of them, a portable bathroom. >> a fireplace. >> reporter: what? >> oven, fridge, shower, skylight to the roof deck and got a lot of fun features.

>> reporter: sam austin is a glamper van employee who lives in his van. >> it's great. i used to commute two hours to work, now i'm five feet from my office. >> reporter: at the moment, most people who he talks to are like damian rasmussen who are seriously considering moving out of his apartment into one of these vans but has yet to hak the jump. >> i don't know how sustainable it is in san francisco. at least you're making an ever to or the to have something cleaner. if you cut your tie with your apartment you can't get your parking permit. those are your tradeoffs. >> reporter: totally. one woman mentioned she was choosing different parking spots each night so she keeps moving around. another reservation could be the cost. the vans range from $50,000 to $90,000. could you argue that is less than buying an apartment in san

francisco. a abc7 news. >> one of the issues that affects all of us is the bay area housing crisis. that's why we dedicated a week to the topic, from issues to home opene homeowners and solutions to the future. you can find it online, abc 7 news.com/better area. join our better bay area group on facebook. troubling results into the dmv's motor voter program. and a dramatic rescue way out in the pacific ocean as a ship begins sinking. and several democrats are weighing in on gun control after last weekend's shootings. what they say they would do about it. and i'm meteorologist drew tuma. temperatures wi temperatures were slow to warm, but we made it into the

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the u.s. coast guard is sharing dramatic images of a dramatic rescue. they were boarding a fishing vessel more than 900 moiles off the mexico coast when it began to tip. the crew rescued all 25 crew members and 12 coast guardsmen. the ship eventually capsized and sank. democratic candidates are calling for tougher gun laws. trevor alt has more. >> reporter: in the wake of those deadly mass shootings in el paso and dayton, gun safety advocates coming together at a

forum in des moines as many democratic presidential candidates are in iowa campaigning at the state fair. >> activists hilike you are to it these issues will not be ignored. >> reporter: 18 candidates participating in the forum. >> we need reasonable gun safety laws in our country, including universal background checks. >> reporter: with many suggesting the shooting in dayton affirms the need for an assault weapons ban. >> these weapons are designed to kill lots of people, very, very quickly. and we saw it in dayton, within 30 seconds, nine people are dead and almost 30 people are injured. >> those police officers got there in one minute, but it still wasn't good enough because of the kind of weapon he had. >> reporter: and under growing pressure on friday, the president seeming to approve

stricter background checks. >> there's no president that feels more strongly about the second amendment than i do, hou however, we need meaningful background checks so that sick people don't get guns. >> reporter: but some democrats say that's not enough. >> this is a challenge to mitch mcconnell in the senate and to every politician out there to tanned up against t stand up against the nra. >> reporter: in washington, new signs republican leadership may be reconsidering long stances on gun control. >> background checks and red flags would lead to discussion. those are two items that for sure had be front and center. >> reporter: the house passed two background check bills in february, but so far mcconnell has refused to bring them up for a vote. the dmv's motor voter program has reportedly produced many flaws. there were nearly 84,000

duplicate records and some with political mistakes. it highl communication. it has implemented changes proposed bit audit. up next, wild weather in europe. a tornado rips through two small communities. a driver caught in the middle of it took these pictures. >> well, it is much calmer around here. it is cool to start out the weekend by august

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this video, new, is in from luxembourg where a rare tornado ripped through two communities. it carved a path of destruction that damaged or destroyed 100 homes. this individuvideo was captured

resident parked by the side of the road when the storm hit. and parked by the side of the road during a tornado is probably not the place you want to be. >> you know what we're finding is no severe weather, we're going to find warmer temperatures beginning tomorrow and the warming trend will continue for the next couple days. live doppler 7 along with satellite showing cloud cover banked up right along the coastline, even a few sprinkles north and east of ukiah in northern california as an area of hlow pressure scoots by to te north. outside we go, a live look from emeryville showing you a lot of sunshine. but we've got that forecast. that fog along the coastline will begin to spell right back in overnight tonight. we'll take a look at your accuweather highlights, what we can expect in the near term. we're tracking that very traditional fog along the coastline, even drizzle along the coast lean and patchy fog around the bay shore line. warmer tomorrow and it feels

less humid tomorrow. it foleels muggy out there righ now. we'll show the numbers in just one second. right now, it's pretty comfortable. 60s and 70s for the most part. 68 in san francisco. 76 in santa rosa. 77 in san jose. in brentwood right now, a little bit warmer than that, but not too bad, krptsly at 81 degrees. this is the amount of moisture in the atmosphere. and when the numbers approach 60, that's when you start to feel the mugginess, slightly humid, especially in the south bay right now. and the reason why on the bigger picture. you can see the count ter clockwise spin on the border of california and oregon, supplying showers, even thundershowers close to redding where there's a red flag warning in effect for one of the lightning strikes potentially starting a fire. you saw the moisture. it's going to push to the east over the next 24 hours and we'll

find brighter, warmer skies. overnight tonight, fog along the coastline. mid and upper 50s it will drop to over the next 12 hours. we'll time-out that fog for you. first thing tomorrow, 7:30 in the morning, coastal drizzle very likely. as far south as san jose. and it looks like tomorrow the cloud cover will be much quicker to bra to break down. we'll hit 70 in the city, 77 in oakla oakland. if you are headed to golden gate park for the final day of outside lands, tomorrow it will feel warmer in the mark. sunshine, by 4:00, touching 70. so the accuweather forecast,

less humid, summer is back on monday, getting to the upper 90s. we'll stay that way midweek before we gradually find cooler and breezier conditions. >> thank you very much. it's august. of course that means football. what? wait? here's chris alvarez. >> you're talking about summer, and we're already thinking about the boys of fall. if the giants are going to naek a run into the fall or october, if tcalifornia phones offersaek free specialized phones... like cordless phones. - ( phone ringing ) - big button, and volume-enhanced phones. get details on this state program. visit right now or call during business hours.

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giants four games back of the second wildcard spot. san francisco a chance to move up the crowded wildcard standings in philly. dan fouts taking this one in. still looks good. he'll probably throw a football these days. he used play football now plays baseball. that was the only hit the shark gave up until the eighth. that ball is long gone. his first homer back from the injured list. 2-1 giants. that will make bruce bochy smile. so will this one. his second home run in as many days. check out the fan right there, just made his life getting that baseball. samardzija goes eight strong of five, four, three, double play, 103 pitches, just two hits.

top nine, bryce harper representing the tying run. hit the two home runs yesterday, giants win, 3-1. antonio brown has made a lot of noise since joining the raiders. the hot air balloon ride, he's missed the beginning of camp due to frost bite on his feet due to cryotherapy and threatening to retire if he can't wear his old helmet. oakland's ones got a bulk of their work in earlier this week during joint practices against the l.a. rams. >> better than a preseason game, because we get to get blitz work. we get to get third down work. different situation work all over the place, and we get to see a different defense. i'd rather do this any day. this is good work. >> you're not going to see some of the starters. you're just not going to see them. they took about 120 reps. we're going to take a look at

some young players. >> 49ers also open up the preseason against the cowboys at levis. san francisco hit hard by the injury bug this preseason. they are easing the quarterback back into the swing of things. that would be number ten, jimmy garoppalo not playing tonight. but he looks good, feels good in practice. hasn't played since week three of last year. >> whatever they're willing to let me play. i always want to be out there with the guys. whatever the training staff come up with, i've trusted their plan so far. >> i've got a pretty good idea, nothing's mapped out and set in stone yet, we kind of take it day by day with that. it's something you're always thinking about and definitely going and playing on two and three. >> reporter: there we go. check this out.

hey, 8-year-old tommy morrissey goes b one-arm golfer on social mdia. earlier this spring he hit, i mean, this guy is motivational, look at the swing and the transition of throwing that ball. he is quite impressive. maybe we'll see him in the big leagues one day. it's not impossible. and he's proven you can do anything if you put your mind to it and have a little bit of talent to back it up. good work there from tommy. >> those of a certain age remember when tom abbott pitched. >> yeah. throw a no-hitter or perfect game? >> he threw a no-hitter and just trying to get the ball back up the middle past him, that's what he was daring you to do. next,

new on abc 7 news at 6:00, classes canceled for a popular spin class. why political reasons are behind people protesting soul cycle. plus, getting around the bay could get a little tricky. changes from muni and b.a.r.t. there are always a lot of good reasons to go to the beach, right? here's another, thousands of tourists flocked to the beach in spain for horse racing on the sand. local children take your bet and pay you in sweets, popcorn or bangles. how about filthy luker?

what happened to cash? >> we'll see you back here at 6:00. tonight, breaking news as we come on. death by suicide. accused sex trafficker jeffery epstein found dead in a manhattan jail cell. how could this happen? the attorney general, quote, appalled. the fbi now investigating. epstein's accusers furious. what it all means for the future of that criminal case and possible accomplices. new threats. following the massacres in el paso and dayton, a las vegas man with ties to white supremacist groups arrested over threats to blow up synagogues and gay bars. plus the social media post causing concern fm is man about a walmart and an ar-15. guns and voters. tonight we take you to the campaign trail where democratic candidates are hammering the presidenov