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i believe -- i believe the way we beat trump is by having the largest voter turnout in the history of this country i think we need someone to head up this ticket that brings people with her instead of shutting them out. you got a government right now that works great from those at the top. works great for giant drug companies, just not people trying to get a prescription filled. donald trump is not the cause of all of our problems. we're making a mistake when we act like he is. he is a sim toymptom of a disea building up in our communities for years and decades. we've automated 4 million manufacturing jobs and shutting stores and malls and amazon, the
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force behind that is paying zero in taxes. >> we need a perspective to leave the politics of the past in the past. >> politics of the past i think were not all that bad. i wrote the -- i managed the $900 billion recovery act. >> 1992. the -- it's mr. trump is saying that. i trust every one of these people a million times more. we have to take mr. trump down on the economy because if you listen to him, he's crowing about it every single day. he's going to beat us unless we can take him down on the economy, stupid. >> it was quite a night in new hampshire. i'm dan ashley. >> i'm ama daetz. democratic candidates hoping to win new hampshire, bet it all tonight. trevor alt sums it up. >> former vice president joe
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biden led the debate with some concessions. snie i took a hit in iowa and i'll probably take a hit here. >> he turned after the aggressive going after bernie sanders. >> bernie says he wrote the damn thing. he doesn't know how much it will cost. it will cost more than the entire, the entire federal budget we spend now. >> what medicare for all will do is save the average american substantial sums of money. >> the affordable care act is now nearly ten points more popular than the president of the united states. why would we talk about blowing it up. >> we can start making health care better for americans from the beginning. we have to agree to do that. >> after a strong performance in iowa, the candidates targeting pete buttigieg for his lack of substantive experience. >> we have a newcomer in the white house. look where it got us.
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>> we need a perspective to leave the politics of the past in the past. turn the page. bring change to washington before it's too late. >> also in the crossfire, a candidate not on the stage, former new york city mayor, michael bloomberg. >> there are millions of people who can desire to run for office. i guess if you're worth $60 billion, you have a slight advantage. >> i don't think anyone ought to be able to buy their way into a nomination or to be president of the united states. >> the new hampshire primary now happening on tuesday and with the delayed iowa caucus results, it could be the first time in the 2020 campaign a candidate can be officially declared a state victor. trevor ault, abc news new hampshire. the iowa caucus were a money the focus shifts to new hamp of the cash strapped candidates are trying to raise money fast. joe biden and elizabeth warren are canceling tv ad buys and
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pleading with donors for money. a new poll shows bernie sanders as the front-runner in new hampshire. but just barely. the poll from wbz boston globe suffolk university has sanders leading by 24%. that's one point above pete buttigieg. joe biden in fourth with 11%. a reminder, the new hampshire primary is next tuesday, february 11th. the nevada caucuses, that's saturday, february 22nd. south carolina's is -- super tuesday in california and 13 other states cast their dalay b. now, we know that you want to be as prepared as you can be to vote in next month's california primary. we want to help with our weekly political series, chasing california. we h with bernie sanders, michael bloomberg and andrew yang. this week we explore the rise in
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unaffiliated voters, which is an interesting phenomenon. you can find full episodes on the abc 7 news app, amazon on fire as well. now to the latest on coronavirus. a second flight of evacuees from china riefd overnight at travis air force base. the cdc says four passengers are showing possible symptoms and at local hospitals. the number dead is well over 600 including the doctor in china who tried to alert officials. mre than 31,000 people have been infected by the virus. a quarantined cruise ship is sitting idle off the coast of japan. 61 people have tested positive for coronavirus. thousands of other psenger have btu inside their cabins for days. we spoke story only on 7. >> we're in a foreign land. we don't have the language. what happened, we just don't know what happened.
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we just -- we so scared. >> julie toy from san francisco video chatted with us from her cruise ship captain where she's been quarantined for two weeks. it's anchored off the coast of japan. the diamond princess -- she and her family are feeling fine but taking precautions. >> people are taking your temperature every day you leave your cabin? >> we take the temperature ourselves. >> but she says everyone is going stir crazy. >> it is really a tough situation because i using in the interior room, which have no window. so the daylight, i don't see the sunlight anymore. so every hour looks the same. when i wake up in the morning, it look exactly like last night. it is really tough. after two days, i almost have anxiety attack. >> at the port of san francisco, new guidelines are coming for cruise ship passengers.
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>> we're working closely with the cruise line partners. they're denying boarding to anyone who travel -- anyone who is sick or displaying symptoms on board, they notify the coast guard. >> no ships have visited the impact areas of the coronavirus. as for julie, she's being allowed, get this, to leave her cabin every three days for a walk around the ship. she's running out of prescription medication. she has no toothpaste. the quarantine period for the ship ends february 19th. but she's not sure she'll be able to leave then. in san francisco, cornell barnard, abc 7 news. >> that's a nightmare for them. te world health organization today declared a shortage of m 95 masks and isolation gowns needed so badly in the outbreak, but one bay area nonprofit stepped up to help by donating their stockpile of masks. here's reporter leslie brinkley. >> reporter: 1.8 million
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procedure masks sat boxed and labeled in san leandro warehouse after fires and volcanic eruptions around the world, med share had them ready to donate to the next big disaster. they say that disaster is coronavirus. there are 200,000 yellow plastic isolation gowns badly needed in china. >> so it was originally out of oakland but redirected out of chicago. they have a direct flight into shanghai from chicago. once it reaches shanghai, we have distribution partners who are ready to go to get them in the hands of people who need them. >> these are 95 masks, at good as gold in china. hard to find, ten times the price. despite millions being shipped out, many more of the m-95s are still needed. they're in short supply in many bay area stores. med share has created a coronavirus donation page and will next week start collecting
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for a second shipment of specifically m-95s. >> i'm glad we're able to help people in need and have the stuff that they're asking for here that we can help them out in china for the coronavirus. >> trucks filled with the supplies will leave this weekend and by this time next week, all of it in the hands of health care workers and residents in china. i'm leslie brinkley, abc 7 news. we're constantly updating our website. information comes into the newsroom, it includes the number of cases as well as what actions are being taken to keep the virus from spreading. go to abc7news.com and find the link near the top of the home page. >> potential cause of the crash that killed kobe bryant may have been ruled out. federal investigators said the helicopter showed no signs of engine failure. carlos granda from our sister
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station in los angeles has report. eonginesing to the report, the showtw no signs of catastrophic internal failure. investigators believe that since a tree branch was cut, it appears the engines were working and rotors turning at the time of the i am parkt. the report says after gaining altitude over the freeway, the helicopter started a left turn and then a descent traveling at 184 miles per hou and continued to turn left. >> piece of information that we didn't have before, he had said, he the pilot said he was going to climb to 4,000 feet. that meant he was going to abandon his attempt at getting to the other airport and he got 2300 feet and started a left turn and started back down. that makes no sense for a conscious pilot. >> this is what the ntsb said at the time. >> the descent rate for the helicopter was over 2,000 feet a minute. so we know that this was a high-energy impact. >> a witness also told the ntsb that the helicopter was flying forward and downward through the
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fog before it crashed into the hillside. the witness said he saw the helicopter for one to two seconds before it hit the hill. the pilot could have been we've aviation for a long time. it can take the form of anything from a momentary blanking out or sleep, it can take the form of a stroke. it can be some sort of a seizure. >> the pilot had more than 8200 hours of flight time and was certified to use using only instruments. it included training on inadvertently flying into bad weather conditions. kobe bryant, his 13-year-old daughter gianna and seven others died. they were flying to a basketball tournament at the mamba sports acade academy. err team was coached by bryant and was playing in the tournament. the ntsb says this is a preliminary report terming the cause of the -- determining thes >> i'm carlos granda, abc 7
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news. the trump administration is dlopg an anti-trust probe sbro a deal between california and four big automakers. under this deal, ford, honda, volkswagen and bmw plan to comply with the emissions tougher than federal standards. at the time trump administration officials called it a pr stunt. they said the justice department didn't find any illegal department. the department did not release a statement. jed york is backing a new team, not on the gid iron but in the political field. measure c would change the existing six district city council to a three-district system. both the mayor and a majority of the city council support it. 49ers officials say it's their civic duty to fight to defeat measure c and take steps towards equity and quality by defending
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voting rights. who is going to take home the oscar this weekend? we have inlight next. >> it's like a christmas for beer lovers. this year's batch of -- is finally available. the wait for it pretty epic. was it worth it? we'll find out next. magnificent magnolias. now is the time to look at this majestic tree. i'm sandhya patel, temperatures going down, winds going up prompting an advisory.
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the 92nd annual academy awards are less than -- a preview of what is expected to win big sunday. >> the oscars are coming. >> the countdown is on to hollywood's biggest night. some of the biggest names in film facing off this year. >> is that your son? >> brad pitt up against hollywood heavyweight hoping for first-ever acting gold. >> i think he gets it this year. >> i think this goes down as the oscars of brad pitt. >> while the night's topcat gory is unpredictable, the front-runner couldn't be more different. you have everything from 1917, which is a war movie to pa orteeisiragn language film from south korea. >> this year's other award is giving insight into possible winners for other main honors.
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>> joaquin phoenix. >> joaquin phoenix is a favorite to take home best actor for his performance in the joker. >> you will i have -- >> for her role in judy. >> kids need their mother. >> renee zellweger is expected to take home best actress. >> showman i are rooting for cynthia a reeb owe. the only person of color at the awards. >> i think they're wonderful. i wish we are extending our -- to all the other women of color. doing wonderful work. >> many performers set to take the stage. elton john, billie eilish, a part of how the producers plan oscarspack the show with will go on without a host. marci gonzalez, abc news on the
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red carpet in hollywood. don't forget. you can watch the oscars this sunday at 5:00 only on abc 7. it is the beer event of the year in sonoma county. arguably nationwide. today the russian river brewing company released pine i the younger. it's the most desirable beer in the country due to its taste, its scarcity and only available for a limited time. abc 7 news reporter, amy hollyfield shows you what's making the release doubly special. >> the line to taste the pliny the younger beer started yesterday with lindsey waddell once again at the friend. he's l count of how many years he's beosen tthe first in line. >> i got here at 10:30 yesterday morning. >> oh, my gosh. >> well, because i wanted it to be -- they open up at 10:30, i wanted it to be like a full 24-hour -- >> it's worth it? >> oh, yes, it's definitely worth it. >> but a new twist this year attracted new fans. this year they have bottled
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pliny the younger and selling it in the tasting room. that was enough to convince a beer lover from l.a. to come to santa rosa and wait in line. >> they release it down there, it's scarce to try to get. you have to go to different locations to try to get it with raffles. since they bottled it, i'm going to try my shot to get a bottle. >> it's kind of something we said we'd never do. >> the owners decided to bend their rule and bottle the beer this year as a special treat for their customers who spend hours waiting in line. >> we didn't make a lot of bottles. we plan to run out each day and we won't distribute the bottles. they won't be available in our gift shop. just the guests who come o to the pub. >> more than200 people were wa iting for the pliny the younger experience. they release it once a year for two weeks and let you have three ten-ounce pours once inside. >> it's like disneyland for
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adults. >> there's no fast pass, though. >> no fast pass. >> here is the bottle of beer. $10 each, each person can buy two of these a day. in santa rosa, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. people get so excited about t the russian river brewing company has a location in winds windsor. the lines for pliny the younger were just as long there. in case you didn't know, he was an author and imperial magistrate in ancient rome. the san francisco botanical garden is officially in peak bloonl. at least with magnolias. some are indigenous to north america, others are native to lands as far away as china. curators say they all have one thing in common. >> typically,rch. typicallruary isng .bu it ather
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we're getting right now, things are blooming faster. more intensely than normal. >> the garden features 63 different species including extremely rare varieties with some reaching 80 feet tall. >> stunning. makes you think about spring. it was a nice day today >> sandhya patel is here with what's head. >> we'll be seeing the changes dan and ama. i want to show you the high temperatures today. look at how warm it was with the exception of half moon bay. up to 70 in livermore. santa rosa, napa 68 degrees along with san jose. these are the kinds of temperatures you expect to see in spring. not winter. definitely warm by winter standards. 70 in cloverdale and 73 in ukiah. here's a live picture at the sutro tower camera. you will notice there is a little bit of haze hanging around. that is due to high pressure overhead. the air is sinking beneath that area of high pressure. because of that, with no strong
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winds around here, we're seeing that haze just building. that will be changing as we head into the weekend. definitely we'll be seeing the stronger winds mixing out the atmosphere. live doppler 7 right now. you will notice that really the skies are clear with the exception of a little bit of fog forming near half moon bay. a lovely view from the roof camera looking down towards the embarcadero. the ferry building is lit up tonight. 53 degrees in san francisco. in the mid-50s oakland. san jose 51. gilroy, 58 degrees. san jose camera showing you the shark tank. it is a lovely view tonight. 50 in santa rosa. napa down to 49 degrees. from our exploratorium camera, visibility is good in san francisco. it will be changing. fog tomorrow morning, just like this morning. it will be thick in spots. cooler in the afternoon. strong gusty winds develop tomorrow night into monday morning and our dry pattern continues into next week. so fog is going to be problematic in the usual spots.
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out towards the delta and parts of bay, near the coastline tomorrow, if you have 7:00 a.m. plans to 8:30, allow the extra time to get where you need to go for activities or events because it will slow you down. by 11:00 a.m., the fog is pulling away. temperatures first thing in the morning in the 30s, 40s. low visibility for parts of the bay area. then in the afternoon, you're looking at mild sunshine but not as warm as today. 63 in san jose. 64 gilroy in the south bay. 62 sunny veil. 63 cupertino. on the peninsula, low 60s from san mateo to redwood city to mountain view. downtown san francisco, 58 degrees, daly city 56. north bay, the sun is shining. a pleasant day. just not as warm as it was today. 61 in vallejo. 62 san rafael. 65 in voint rosa. oakland, hayward -- inland areas blue skies, 62 concord and livermore. want to fast forward to tomorrow night. that's when the wind advisory
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begins. it runs until monday morning for parts of the bay area. the winds out of the northeast at 50 to 60 miles an hour. winds could knock down some of the power lines and trees which means be prepared for possible power outages. so tomorrow night, the winds increasing near the coast. it's late tomorrow night that you start to see the winds picking up in the north bay first. up to 41 miles an hour sunday morning in fairfield. pretty strong winds. secure any loose objects that you have in your backyard or patio because they could get blown away. cooler afternoon, on oscar the winds continue before we see the winds subside. the temperatures fall on tuesday in the morning. mild in the afternoon. as of right now, no rain through most of the workweek. it could change. >> thanks, sandhya. the environment is a big topic in politics. >> it is. one bay area woman is making a
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ziefrnt protecting the environment is part of the effort to build a better bay area. >> instead of getting tossed and turned into a pile of waste, plastic toys are a local artist's new canvas. >> here's abc 7 news kate larsen. they've popped up all over the bay area like in san francisco. a simple solution for families inundated with stuff. >> repurposing things for your
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kid was interested in for a month or a week. things they outgrew. they didn't like what you bought on accident. >> these are the toys dropped off this weekend. just organize them by at is also interested in your pruour ref tuesday. >> i like the toys to have conversations. >> bernadette bohan has spent three years recycling toys in her studio. >> i want people to see the visual impact of how much we're throwing away. >> the global dependence on plastic has created one of the biggest environmental threats to our planet. bohan, who has super glued thousands of plastic pieces wants to find a san francisco space large enough to display her 30-panel series which has only been publicly shown a few pieces at a time. >> having this all together is an impactful statement and a message on how we're caring for things and overproducing and overconsuming. where do they go? it's a throw-away society.
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i want people to think about that and also have fun. >> so i decided to test out the fun factor. >> i brought this toy, it's my daughter's, one of her first toys. it still plays music but a little broken. i thought it would be perfect for your pieces. it can go right here. i think it will still play. it does. so sort of a second life for my daughter's toy. >> if you have an idea about a big play space or would like to contribute to her toy collection, we have contact info on abc7news.com. in san francisco, kate larsen, abc 7 news. and we'd like to hear your ideas about building a better bay area. share them by joining our group on facebook. still ahead, recapping what may have been the most important presidential debate so far. plus, where is michael bloomberg? a look at how he's spending his time and money since he was not on tonight's stage. joe biden opens up about a personal
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right now. twoe we have to be colonel vindman was thrown out the white house, walked out. i think -- at the same time, he should be pinning a medal on vindman and not on rush limbaugh. and i think we should be -- i think we should stand and give colonel vindman of how much we supported him. stand up and clap for vindman. get up there.
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that's who we are. we are not -- democratic candidates had strong words today for president trump on the debate stage. joe biden getting a whole crowd to clap for a lieutenant colonel fired today who was critical of president trump during his impeachment trial testimony. reporter mary maloney has more on the other big moments from tonight. >> seven familiar faces took familiar places at the new hampshire democratic debate. but after the disastrous iowa caucuses. >> i took a hit in iowa, i'll probly t hit here. >> we need to re-establish the rule of law in this country. >> pete buttigieg and bernie sanders claimed victory in iowa leaving the polls in new hampshire and feeling the front-runner fire. >> mayor buttigieg is a great guy. he's a mayor of a small city who has been done some good things, but has not demonstrated his
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ability. >> others hoping for a memorable moment. >> bernie and i work together all the time. but i think we are not going to be able to out-divider the divider in chief. >> restoring the credibility of this country. >> the democratic candidates touching on topics that matter most to people in new hampshire. like health care. >> if we do what joe wants, we'll be spending some $50 trillion on health care over the next ten years. that's the status quo, joe. >> climate change. >> maybe we pool our resources and fight our common enemy, which is climate change. >> and the economy. >> we're going to have to take mr. trump down on the economy. he's going to beat us unless we take him down on the economy, stupid. >> what we need to do is get the markets working to improve our family's way of life. >> with the new hampshire primary on tuesday, the time for candidates to stand out to voters is quickly running out. in manchester, new hampshire, i'm mary maloney. michael bloomberg was not on
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the stage tonight because he failed to qualify for the debate under the rules. but the billionaire is verysy. today came word that he wants to pay social media influencers, a $150 fee to say why they like mike on instagam and twitter. as devin dwyer explains, he's making good on his claim to capitalize on the chaos in iowa by doubling the ad campaign. >> billionaire candidate michael bloomberg is sitting out the caucuses entirely, charting his own path in the race for 2020. >> thank you for having us in your city. >> he's taking an -- skipping the first four primary contests. instead, he's visited every super tuesday state weeks before the voters head to the polls. zeroing in on delegate rich targets like california and texas. >> i am going to go and deal with the other states. nobody is going there except two people, myself and donald trump. >> outside of iowa, bloomberg's
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campaign bankroll is swelling. he put his money where his heart is. helping to create a movement. >> he's spent more than $200 million on ads. >> i heard mike bloomberg speak. he's been in this fight for so long. >> i'm spending a lot of money but my investment is to keep donald trump from being president. you want me to spend less, i don't think so. >> the former new york city mayor is self-funding his 2020 bid. but without the help of donatio donations, he's disqualified from participating in the bl oomberg doesn't think he's missing an opportunity to reach voters. >> i suppose it's good theater. they're not really debates. they're pre-canned sound bites. everybody wants to say something that doesn't get them in trouble or does start a controversy that's pre scripted. >> the former republican turned independent now democrat is honing in on swing states trump won four years ago. if the gamble is a bust,
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pledges his vast resources to help whoever is running. biden's story is inspiring others who face stuttering. >> he likes to draw and basketball. and now he shares a personal connection with joe biden. >> i feel a close vibe between us. he had like the same thing going on. >> a braden's father took his son to watch biden in new hampshire knowing, he too, grappled with stuttering. >> we wanted to show him that stuttering is not a limit in life and it didn't stand in the way for joe biden and it hasn't stood in the way for him. >> in a krn town hall, the about his struggle as a message he gives to kids. >> i still occasionally find myself really tired, catch myself saying something like
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that. it has nothing to do with your intelligence quo tent, nothing to do with your intellectual makeup. it's important not to judge themselves by their speech. not let that define them. >> it's a moment that highlights one of biden's key attributes as he runs for president. empathy. he often mentions his stutter on the campaign trail and in some interviews, including a sit down with the atlantic. biden says he personally keeps in touch with more than a dozen people who stutter. some even approaching him at campaign events to mention that .ndbo myself. >> by the way, you know i used toob a bad stutterer. >> i've spoken a lot about it. i'm involved in the national organization as well. it does not define you. it cannot. >> braden haring on had that chance too when he met biden after his speech this week. >> it's shocking to shake somebody's hand who, like, has the same trait as me.
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he has like the same thing going on. >> i met him. i could tell when i met him, you see the face, you can see the anxiety in their faces. >> biden then invited braden backsta backstage, even explaining how he prepares for his speeches. >> he showed me how he put like diagonal lines through the words to pause, take little breaths and pause to like chill out a little bit. >> the former vice president discussing that technique in his cnn town hall. >> so what i do if i say the democratic presidential town hall is tonight on cnn. the presidential town hall slash is on cnn tonight, slash. it's going to have the following people. slash. anderson cooper is going to speak. slash. it forces me to think in terms of not rushing. >> biden ultimately asks for braden's number telling him he'll check in from time to time to talk over their mutual challenge in life. >> he took the time to say i
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want you to go back. i know this isn't easy to talk right now. i want to take time you and me, one-on-one. that's a really kind act. >> it's kind of cool to shake a dude's hand and have, like, having him call me, like, and other kids. >> that's impactful. >> it is. >> that was arlette science reporting. in hollywood. >> why one says oscar campaigns are like political campaigns. many say it would make sense if
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the oscars are a couple days
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away. tonight we have two reports on the countdown from reporter sandy kenyon. it's all about the politics of oscar and the hollywood studios are pushing hard for a win. >> and the oscar goes to -- >> the oscar has always been the most prestigious award in all of show business. now it's also the most valuable. >> it's become, in effect, a way to market movies. >> joe pickrel owe is a movie producer and the former dean of undergraduate film studies at tisch school of the arts. he's an expert at the many ways studios try to lobby for their movies. >> oscar campaigns have been, in effect, become picitoltudialos higher oscar -- hire oscar consultants like campaigns hire political consultants. >> one of the tools of the trade, the hollywood trade papers. this time of year, the trade papers are filled with ads asking you to consider various
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films. this is aimed at oscar voters. >> there are fewer than 8500 members of the motion picture academy eligible to vote. earlier awards showct a political primaries to narrow the field of contenders. >> the oscar campaigns can't directly ask you to vote. the cad may has tried to put some rules. one of the ways around that, they invite you to q and as. >> netflix has two ways to win for best picture with marriage story and the irishman. the company has been as aggressive at these characters. >> unfortunately, it's not just the strength of the movie. but there's also this effort to position a movie and how do you get people to jump on -- >> iny kenyon, abc 7 news. the oscars -- look at the
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role of streaming services in the awards. >> los gatos-based -- marriage story and the irishman. netflix is lobbying the academy hard to get noticed. >> all voting members of the academy nominated the following films for best picture. >> it's an irony of our age. >> a streaming service nex,li o nominations and yet the oscars show with an audience of almost 30 million people, proves that traditional broadcast tv is alive and well. carrie burke is the head of abc entertainment. >> i really spent some time thinking about what this broadcast does better than anybody else. it is in live programming. >> the oscar goes to the result -- >> the results anticipated by so many people around the world are determined by fewer than 8500 voters. members of the academy who thiss
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year have been lobbied hard by netflix. >> it was great to be. i would have liked it to be shot for another six months. >> netflix financed this studio when the studios balked. it's a bid for hollywood cred says the producer. >> it should be taken as seriously as warner brothers, paramount and disney. part of that strategy is to win a best picture award. >> last year, roma fell short while winning three oscars. the irishman is nominated for best picture and marriage story. >> to affirm that they're real. that they're not some tv entity that's trying to cut their way into the film business. >> sandy kenyon, abc 7 news. all right. still ahead, your oscars forecast. it looks like a perfect night to be inside watching the
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be out and shining. a look at the forecast for giant fan fest. the temperature will be up to 58 degrees in the afternoon. definitely grab a jacket if you're going and enjoy. accuweather seven-day forecast, a cooler one for your upcoming saturday. strong winds saturday night into sunday on oscar sunday. it will start off gusting monday, but then later on the winds will subside, the temperatures will rise near 70 again in inland. tuesday, wednesday, 60s, cooling it off towards the end of the workweek by friday. and that's when it will be noticeable. we'll be watching for potential for weekend rain next weekend. >> next weekend. >> all right. the warriors shuffle tonight. >> larry is here with sports. lot going on. >> yeah. my biorhythm is all off. i'm not used to doing this at 8:00. >> i know. >> this is usually a lounging
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including deangelo russell. plus draft picks in a move to avoid the luxury tax and reload for next year. not sure if wiggins makes it tomorrow. that's a primetime game against the lakers on abc 7. when the warriors signed russell, there were questions about how a pick and roll guard would fit wiin tit isie to figure out. they needed to make a move now as opposed to waiting to the summertime. raising the obvious question, why did you sign russell in the first place? >> the vision would have been steph, klay and deangelo. what that looks like. three 25-point a night guys. that's enticing. >> for most players, this league is about the right fit. you know, some guys who are going to fit no matter what. the very best players in the game, they can go to any team in the league and they'll fit.
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but for the vast majority of nba players, the fit is everything. >> now the timberwolves wanted --sle last summer. summer. now they can pair him with karl-anthony towns to bring hope to a minnesota team that's been bad. russell thrilled with a team that wantst fe ho wa. >> i'm where my feet are. whatever team i would have been on showed that they wanted me, i would have been happy to go there. >> andre iguodala waited for memphis to trade him of the he was getting paid to i will like to get paid not to sportscast. actually -- anyway -- >> he's been working out on his own and working with tech execs. he was acquired in a deal. he'll be at chase center on monday. >> i surprised myself. taking the time off and seeing how bouncy my legs got to be.
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once the body started recovering. now i'm just about, in nba game shape, it was hard to practice that. shouldn't take too much time. >> reunited and feels so good. hunter pence back with the giants holding fan fest tomorrow at oracle park. pence a key part of the championship team in 2012 and '14. production fell off. 18 homers last year for texas. giants need out fielders. he joins a rebuilding team with gabe kappeler. >> if we can get a small uptick from the veteran players, brandon, buster, johnny, watt i, our group of veteran players, just a little bit better. one of the better years they've had in the last couple years. we get consistent development from the players, our coaching staff does what we all say we're going to do, which is invest heavily in our players. the result will be positive.
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i think we can get excited about those things. >> phil mickelson won five times in the pebble beach national pro-am. he's the defending champ and put himself in place to be champ in round two. that's a live look at our sports department. >> very relaxed. wayne gretzky, the great one. he can do everything well. golf, sure. tied for 16th. five back of the amateur leader, mary meeker, a venture capital list playing with chris baker. three-way tie for first including steve young, 49ers hall of famer. phil mickelson, shot a 7 under 64 on the monterey peninsula course. eagle on 16. he's in third at 11 under. jason day at pebble. so scenic. 8 under 64 in second place. two shots behind the leader, nickyl 14 under. birdie on 18.
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we check in one more time with the abc 7 sports department. i did say before we started, this was lounging hour. not a surprise. >> very disruptive to your schedule. >> yeah. can't do this a lot. >> thanks, larry. join us tonight for abc 7 news at le11:00. four suspects broke into this east bay home to be chased out by the family. caught on tape. reaction from the family and their advice clok. five people quarantined at travis air force base have shown sympms of coronavirus. what we know about their conditions. coming up next on abc 7, jeopardy and wheel of fortune. then at 10:00, it's nightline followed by abc 7 news at 11:00. we will be back with you. larry will get a nap in between. >> hopefully. we don't want him cranky. >> i can't promise that. that's our report. we appreciate your time. i'm dan ashley. >> i'm ama daetz. for all of us here, thank you for joining us. >> my natural state.
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