violent encounter that lasted about half a minute. he admits he stabbed a police officer to death but says he had to save himself. good evening. i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm ama daetz. this case has made international headlines. and with his trial set to start next week, fin elder's parents here in san francisco are breaking their silence in an exclusive interview with the i-team's dan noyes. >> he is here with the story. dan, this story is so compelling. it's the focus of an hour-long abc7 originals documentary you've been working on since last july. >> i made contact with this family shortly after the killing this last summer and have kept in touch the past seven months. after taking so many hits in the italian media, the family says it's time to get their son's side of the story out as he goes on trial. the nightmare began for leah and ethan elder on july 26th of last year with a facetime video call from two italian police investigators. their 19-year-old son finnegan visible in the background

crying. >> he said "mom, it's really, really bad. he said they're saying that i killed a cop" and then the phone just went dead. >> whoa. >> it was really awful. i don't think ethan and i could stand for quite a long time after that. we both sat here on the floor in this room and just cried and cried and cried. >> how did this happen, they wondered? the parents were involved in both their children's lives as they grew up in this san francisco neighborhood a few blocks from the pacific ocean. >> we took family walks. we have sunday family dinners. we were very involved in sports, you know, pta at his middle school. ethan coached soccer, helped to coach baseball. so we have been and are still very close. >> their son fin went to rome on summer vacation after wrapping up his first year at san diego mesa college. he met with his old friend,

gabriel natale. gabe tried to buy cocaine but a pusher gave him italian tylenol instead. off-duty cops broke up the transaction. the young americans ran away, fin grabbing the backpack of the man involved in the deal and the boys later demanded money to return it. the backpack owner arranged to meet gabe and called police. c carabinieri and his partner arrived at the location. the officers were not in uniform, had no service weapons or badges, and there are questions whether they properly identified themselves as police. the elders defend fin's actions at self-defense. >> at 3:00 a.m. he was jumped from behind, thrown to the ground by a man 100 pounds heavier than him. >> he was being strangled. >> he was choking him and pinning him down. finnegan thought he was in mortal danger. >> he feared for his life? >> he thought he was fighting somebody who was trying to kill him. >> and he was not letting up. >> fin pulled out this knife, a u.s. marine-style combat weapon

called a k bar. he told police he slashed at the officer until he let go. rega died 45 minutes later at the hospital, leaving behind a widow he had married just the month before. the carabinieri leaked this photo that fin had on his cell phone of him in san francisco before the trip with what appears to be the same knife. had you ever seen that knife before? >> no. >> no. >> no. >> you can go to big 5, and there is rows and rows of camping knives. >> did it surprise you that he traveled with that? >> yes. >> yes, it did. >> police held a news conference saying the americans were the aggressors, but a source has given me quotes from fin elder's interrogation that day. he said "we didn't know that they were policemen." when the investigator asked, what do you mean, they attacked you? fin answers like walked up close and just grabbed me and threw me to the ground. the bigger guy was on top of me. he started hitting me and started strangling me. i thought i was going to die.

the elders tell me they waited for officer tulela rega to die before visiting in this prison. the international media swarmed. they refused all interview requests until. now describe that moment when you saw fin for the first time in prison. >> my heart was broken. the loss of officer rega, and i walked back in, and it broke again. . >> seeing your boy? >> seeing my boy. we hugged. we kissed. we told each other we loved each other. he was shaking. >> i would feel how much physical contact he needed. so i just touched him the whole time and held his hand. >> his parents tell me fin hasn't had problems with other inmates. some call him california boy. leah and ethan elder are draining their life savings to pay attorneys here in rome. fin's trial on aggravated murder and attempted extortion charges

starts next week, seven months to the day since the officer died. this is not an easy question to answer, but what words do you have for officer rega's wife? >> i'm just so heartbroken. i'm so heartbroken that her husband was here and now he's no longer on this earth, and i feel just an immense amount of pain when i think of her. >> not a day goes by that we don't -- that we don't reflect on him and their lives. everyone who loved him. just as we love our son. it's just a tragedy. >> there is so much more to the story. now that interview is part of an hour-long abc7 originals documentary that airs this sunday at 7:00. it's called "32 seconds: a deadly night in rome." it will be streamed tonight at abc7news.com and on amazon fire tv and the abc7 news bay area youtube channel. now here tomorrow at 6:00, i interview the mother of the

other suspect. for the first time in public, she talks about her son's role in the killing, such a terrible night, and seven months later going to trial. >> and elder's parents, you can just feel their heartbreak and how drained emotionally and sounds like financially they're draining their accounts too at this point. why did they decide now to speak out? >> all the cards are on the table. it's now or never. the trial is srting on wednesday. they really want to try to stem the tide of these stories that in their minds have been planted by the prosecutors and the police and the italian media. they now want to get their side of the story out. their main defense point saying that fin didn't know that these people were police officers. he was trying to save himself. that's the point they want to get out. >> there is another young man involved facing charges. >> right. >> are those parents talking -- both parents talking with each other about what happened? >> it's really interesting. early on fin elder's mom leah reached out to the other mother who we'll hear from tomorrow.

they had some conversations back and forth, actually planned a meeting, but then the lawyers stepped in. >> i see. >> and they stopped that meeting because this is so sensitive. it's kind of a shame that they're both in the same situation, but they can't really console each other because of the legal case that's moving forward. >> dan, you've done such great reporting on both sides of the atlantic on this. i look forward to the documentary this week. >> thank you. happening now, a meeng for parents following the abrupt closure of mcclymonds high school in oakland because of groundwater contamination. how much damage does this pose as a health ricketts? laura anthony has been on the story and joins us live from oakland. laura? >> well, hi, ama. that meeting just getting under way at the taylor memorial united methodist church. that's for parents and mcclymonds parents and students and for this larger community. i'm sure there will be lots of questions about how we got to this point and about what happens next. teachers and staff at west

oakland's mcclymonds high school were removing plants, animals and their own supplies now that the school is closed, a reality that may last beyond this week due to concerns over a chemical discovered in the groundwater. >> what we're doing is we are exercising extreme caution here because some testing that we did on an unrelated matter that turned up what is call tce, tricholesterol ethylene. it's a chemical used for metal processing. >> the tce in the groundwater was discovered last friday while tests were being conducted near the football on an unrelated matter. the concern is it's vaporizing and creating a health hazard for students and staff. according to local and state officials there are several sites near mcclymonds that could be the source of the tce, but it most likely is an old plating plant, lane metal finishers a few hundred feet away. >> that's a major concern. >> reporter: telani king's daughter is a senior at mcclymonds.

>> missing one day of school, a few hours of school is detrimental to their future. >> the tce incidents just the latest scare for the community in and around mcclymonds. over the years testing has found high levels of led around the school. and in 2017, east bay mud found lead contamination in the drinking water from dated metal fixtures. >> things have happened in the past here. we have had very high profile cases of cancer on this campus. >> those include ramon sanders, a mcclymonds graduate who died of cancer last november, and another mac football player, darryl akins, who died from leukemia in 2017. tierra barker is his mother. what's your reaction on what you just heard? >> very heartbreaking. it's sad and kind of has your mind wondering. could be a possibility it has something to do with his diagnosis. >> now the sign says the school will be closed today and tomorrow. we heard from school officials today that that closure will extend at least at minimum into

next week. local officials urgently trying to get the state department of toxic substances to come here and determine the source of the leak or the contamination because it's clearly not coming from this property. there will be more testing this weekend, and then decisions made about when and whether to open mcclymonds, and whether to have the 350 students from this campus take their classes at another campus within the district. live in oakland, laura anthony, abc7 news. >> laura, thank you for that update. there are a number of developments about coronavirus happening in the bay area. a santa clara county coronavirus patient has been released from home isolation after covering from the mysterious illness. two san benito county patients have been discharged from ucsf after treatment there. meanwhile, a diamond princess cruise ship evacuee has been hospitalized in san francisco, suspected of coming down with the virus. humboldt county is reporting its first case, a close contact of that patient is also showing symptoms.

worldwide more than 76,000 people have been sickened. the death toll stands at more than 2200. one of the biggest challenges to building a better bay area is housing, as you know. the high prices have contributed to the homeless crisis, which is all governor gavin newsom talked about in his state of the state speech yesterday, his focus. today action is being taken in the bay area to make it better. abc7 news anchor eric thomas is live to explain. eric? >> and dan, affordable housing is a crisis here in berkeley. the mayor, a millennial says he doubts he'll ever be able to make enough money to buy a house. that's why he's proposing an ordinance that he hopes will lead to more affordable housing in the city. >> we need to do more to protect existing tenants and keep housing permanently affordable. >> topa -- >> when this apartment building went up for sale late last year, tenants decided not to just accept it. they bought the building as an investment in affordable housing. the northern california land trust and city of berkeley

combined forces to help the tnants make the purchase. now the mayor, who knows something about the cost of renting himself, wants to make it law. >> and i rely on rent control, and i rely on having roommates to be able to afford to live here in the city of berkeley. >> he is sponsoring an ordinance, the tenant opportunity to purchase act, or topa. it would give tenants the right to make the first offer and right of first refusal if the landlord puts the building up for sale. it would be the first ordinance of its kind in the state. >> you look around, think it's a white thing, a black thing, a chicano thing, no it's not. it's a money thing. >> since 1970, berkeley has lost more than half of its african american population. so there is an emphasis on helping minorities, and help is what drew dominique walker here. you may remember her as one of the moms for housing who took over a vacant home in oakland and forced a court battle. >> that's so special to me for folks to organize, because we know when we organize, we win. >> meantime, state senator nancy

skinner of berkeley has introduced a bill in sacramento that could target vacant homes for affordable housing. she mentioned it in this tweet. it reads proud today to reduce the number of vacant homes in california and give tenants the right of first refusal to buy foreclosed properties. so skinner's bill would give local cities and counties the power to take vacant homes that have been vacant for an extended period of time and turn that into affordable housing, would also give tenants right of first refusal to make a bid on those homes if they've been vacant for a long time, and they would give cities and counties the opportunity to find corporations who own those homes and keep them vacant. by the way, oakland is now considering as well an ordinance similar to the one propose heard in berkeley about giving tenants the right to buy the building they live in if the owner decides to sell it. live in berkeley, eric thomas, abc7 news. >> eric, thank you. the bay area's housing crisis affects all of us, and it's why

we dedicated a week of coverage to that topic. from issues for renters to homeowners to solutions for the future, you can find all of these stories online at abc7news.com/better bay area. well, starting next week, we are dedicating our building a bay area coverage to bart. we did it last year. you'll see what's changed and what hasn't since then. our coverage begins on monday. presidential hopefuls are getting a lot of attention leading up to california's primary, which is less than two weeks away. >> but don't forget about local politics. next, the battle over prop c in the south bay. i'm spencer christian. it looks like our dry pattern will continue with the slight possibility of some light sprinkles. tomtrump on the economy.ald his people over profits plan

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voters in santa clara face important decision on the ballot whether to cut the number of city council districts in half. some argue it could increase the number of minorities elected, while others believe it will make it more difficult. abc7 news reporter david louie looks at both sides of a controversial proposal. >> raj shahal is the first minority ever elected to the council which is a major victory after a judge two years ago ordered the city to switch from at-large elections to six council districts. measure c would reduce the six districts to three after a citizen's group studied the issue. mayor elisa gilmore told abc7 news it was written by a group of diverse group of santa clarans for santa clarans. it's being opposed by the 49ers who want to control the city council. >> they had experts that came in and talk to them. and one said there is the possibility you might actually get more diversity by having the

three districts with multiple members in each. >> asian american, african american, hispanic and other groups opposed measure c because they believe it will make it difficult for minorities to get elected. about half of santa clara's 127,000 residents are minorities. >> diversity is often a catalyst for new solutions and innovation. everyone loses when we are represented by a monolithic leadership. >> the city is appealing the court order to have six districts it's creating more friction. the team has pumped about $300,000 into the campaign to defeat measure c. a team spokesman said measure c threatens to disenfranchise minority communities and strip them of equal representation in our local government while simultaneously ignoring a court order. secretary of state alex padilla has joined past and current leaders in opposing state c. >> the restrictions are going from at-large elections to district elections, it's for the purpose of allowing historically

to disenfranchised committee to have their proper say what who their representatives are. >> voters will decide at the ballot box. david louie, abc7 news. hart to believe, yes less than two weeks away from the california primary on march 3rd. in our latest episode of our abc7 news originals, chasing california, we go one-on-one with pete buttigieg. here is a sneak peek of that episode with abc7 news reporter liz kreutz. >> sanders has a huge staff. bloomberg has a ton of money. can you compete? >> so i don't have the personal fortune of a billionaire or the email list you'd have if you had run for president before, and yet we've been able to go from nothing over the course of the last year to now being able to succeed in the first two states. and believe we can do the same here in california. >> buttigieg is fighting to win over the moderate vote, but so are several other candidates. chronicle insider phil matier says he may stand a chance. >> the fact that he is in the final six is big.

the other candidates are strong presence because everyone is tuned into this race. people are paying attention. it's not like any race we've seen before. >> you can find all the full episodes of chasing california at abc7news.com. it is also available on the abc7 news app, amazon fire tv and our youtube channel as well. i think you'll find them very informative. >> absolutely. all right. spencer also very informative. but any rain to inform us about? >> i'll inform you of what's coming our way. outdoors from our rooftop camera across the embarcadero under high clouds, but bright skies. 61 degrees here in the city. 66 in oakland, redwood city. gilroy, 64. half moon bay, 54. now look at what's left of the sunset. looking from the east bay hills, what a stunning view that is. currently 62 degrees. petaluma 59. napa and fairfield also 59 degrees, and 63 at concord with 60 degrees at livermore.

and here is a view of mainly blue sky, getting a little darker over the golden gate with high clouds there. these are our forecast features. we'll have hazy sunshine again tomorrow with a very warm afternoon for this time of the year. isolated showers are possible saturday morning, mainly in the south bay. and our dry mild pattern will resume next week. overnight with more high clouds passing through, may see a spot or two of lower level clouds as well. overnight lows will be mainly in the mid- to upper 40s. and then tomorrow we'll have another day of high clouds, as i mentioned, with very mild conditions. look for highs tomorrow 76 at santa rosa. numerous low to mid-90s across the north bay as well as into the east bay. around the bay shoreline, low to mid-70s. 73 at oakland and fremont, and down in the south bay 74. morgan hill with a high of 68 on the coast at half moon bay. starting at 5:00 tomorrow afternoon, notice the increase in clouds as the weak system southern california and the

central coast, bringing light rain up towards monterey. and some of it early saturday morning, rather, may move into the east bay hills and the south bay. really light sprinkles, though. then by 9:00 saturday morning, it will be winding down, and that system will dissipate and move on up. it may leave the bay area with up to about .01 of an inch of rain in some of the wet areas. here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. that's about our only chance for rain in the next seven days. look at the warmth next week. monday through next thursday, high temperatures in the low to mid-70s. so the dry mild pattern starts all over again. >> oh, boy. >> thank you, spencer. ladies, if you have coiled, kinky, or afro textured hair, there is now a place for you. i'm dion lim in san

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new business launching in san francisco calls itself a place where black and brown women can take care of all of their protective styling needs. >> yes. we're talking about hair. abc7 news anchor dion lim introduces us to naza, which already has a legion of fans and a well-known backer. >> there is a lot to cheer about inside this former laundromat in san francisco's mission district, which has been transformed into an inclusive place. >> we specialize in coily, kinky, afro-textured hair. >> this is naza. there is no cutting, no color, just protective styling, and a callback to black hair history,

where guests gather, linger, and feel like they long. >> we are reimagining the end to end beauty experience for black and brown women. >> i've been in situations where i've been charged extra because of the texture of my hair. so it's great to finally have a place where i can go and know like i'm taken care of. no questions asked. >> reporter: natania is one of only a handful of black women founders to receive an investment of a million dollars. one of those investors alexis oh h han. >> a very special founder tackling an industry that frankly has been overlooked for far too long. >> naza couldn't come at a more opportune time. most recently at the oscars. and with california's law known as the crown act, banning discrimination against black people wearing their natural hair styles. >> for me, it was very much a stigma to have braids or to have my natural hair, especially

thinking about promotions. >> naza hopes to eventually expand nationwide. in san francisco, dion lim, abc7 news. >> exciting. good stuff. finally, a break in the search for a palo alto couple missing for almost a week in the north bay. >> new information is shifting the type of search efforts that are under way, but no one is giving up hopes of finding them. the 7 on your side investigation into a lack of standards for dog trainers inspires a new bill announced in the assembly today.

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and taking money for services never completed. dog owners say they've had enough. >> she is busy eating a bone. >> jane tries to get the attention of her bichon poodle dolly. the dog is unable to speak after being attacked by another dog while under a dog trainer's care nearly 20 months ago. jane's other dog kinsey died in the same attack. the dog trainer said the incident was an accident and promised to pay jane's vet bills totalling more than $25,000. jane says she hasn't received a dime. although numerous organizations license dog trainers, no license is required. we could find no license for smith. >> a lot of people love their animals, and they will spend money on their animals. and for us to have a basic thing of a dog trainer with no regulation has really been outrageous. >> assembly member rebecca bauer

kahan in the tri-valley today introduced legislation that for the first time would provide some oversight of the dog training industry. >> it will require certain disclosures to ensure if you're hiring a trainer with a harmful past, you'll know it. and it will assure that your dog is well taken care of. you know whether they use negative reinforcement. >> the bill does not include a requirement for licensing, but it does require that dogs be given adequate food, space, air, and light. >> and we set those basic standards of care that was really a priority for us. and creating an entire license and scheme is a lot of bureaucracy. >> jane still supports licensing, but sees the bill as an important first step. >> people stop me and say i saw you on television about your dog kinsey. it's horrible, and dolly. and i think that your station is really helping to make more people aware. >> i want to thank michael finney and 7 on your side for bringing this issue us to. it's critical protection of animals in california. >> fines under the bill range

from $250 to $10,000 with a possibility of the trainer's right to train dogs being taken away for up to one year. >> really? good work. thanks, michael. >> sure. a palo alto couple has been missing for almost a week. they checked into an airbnb in inverness, but didn't check out as scheduled last saturday. abc7 news reporter anser hassan has been on this story all week. the search and rescue has now turned into a search and recovery. >> a coast guard helicopter flew over tomales bay on day five in the search for carol kiparsky and ian irwin. marin county sheriff's office says they may finally have a break in the case. in a press release, marin county sheriff's office says during our searches with multiple k-9 teams, we received four independent alerts from cadaver k-9 teams in the area of shell beach. shell beach is close to the airbnb cottage where the couple was staying. the sheriff's office says with this new information, their

search-and-rescue effort is now a search and recovery mission. we believe that our extensive search efforts with every resource that's been available to us would have located carol and ian if they were responsive or in an area accessible by foot on land. the couple, who are from palo alto, were reported missing on saturday when they didn't check out of their airbnb rental in inverness. since sunday, search teams have been searching by land, air, and in the water in the area near point reyes national seashore. >> it's so bizarre, yeah. because it's such a small area that if they went hiking and got lost, we would have found them by now. >> michael bennet was out on tomales bay this morning. he says there is a small trail from the cottage to shell beach. he thinks it's a good idea to stay focused on that area. >> sometimes the tide comes in and people get trapped on the smaller beaches when they walk the shoreline. >> the sheriff's office says over the next few days their efforts will be focused in the area near shell beach. in marin beach, anser hassan, abc7 news. well, today fire officials

in central california gave an update on what led to two firefighters losing their lives in a burning library in porterville yesterday -- or on tuesday, i should say. fire captain raymond figueroa and firefighter patrick jones died trying to make sure others were safe. officials say the two were part of the first crew to arrive at the scene and went into that burning library to confirm that everyone was out. not long after, a mayday call went out over the radio, then silence. >> the two firefighters, captain figueroa and firefighter patrick are consummate professionals. that's what i can say to you right now and keep it together. >> the two 13-year-old boys have been arrested on arson charges related to this fire. roger stone, a long-time friend of president trump was sentenced today to 40 months in prison. stone was convicted last fall of lying to congress and threatening a witness while working on trump's campaign.

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usc is about to get more affordable. starting this fall incoming students from families with an annual income of $80,000 or less will attend tuition-free. owning a home will not be used to determine a student's financial need. usc hopes it will benefit low and middle income students. college students are consistently on the go and have demanding schedules. >> but this the south bay, one university is preparing its student athletes for success both on and off the field through course work in the kitchen. >> abc7 news reporter chris

nguyen has the story you'll see only on 7. >> at san jose state university, these members of the football team are gathering for a special course. >> you get to hang out with all your boys and cook a bunch of food. >> this is the first session of chop, which stands for cooking healthy for optimal performance. >> this is something we never really got into. i personally never really learned anything about cooking. it's all been self-taught. >> that's where the sjsu nutrition department comes into play. they've been working to create a curriculum that is educational and applicable. >> our intention is to start with a football program. to be able to offer this out to the other athletic programs at san jose state and tailor it to meet the needs of each team. >> the program was created after coaches saw a need for emphasizing the importance of nutrition education and eating right for their student athletes. >> you're not going to get the benefits from your workout if you don't fuel them with the

proper food. a lot of them know how to go to the fast food place and get as much food as they can, but they don't know what they're putting in their bodies. >> today's menu was all about breakfast. next time they'll tackle lunch, and then dinner after that. >> we did an egg casserole, and we got to put some bell peppers and ham. it's just better ingredients, you know than i usually do. >> these classes offering student athletes the chance to mix, bake, and sate hearty and healthy recipes to fuel their workouts and recovery. >> we're so used to protein being a big thing for us, learning about antioxidants and different type of vitamins that we need in our body that will help us recover faster and keep us healthy. >> this group coming together to learn new skills for success both on and off the field. in san jose, chris nguyen, abc7 news. >> great. look likes they're having a good time. >> important life skills. >> absolutely. well, tomorrow is friday. >> oh, is it? >> yes. >> spencer has the

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a dublin dad is back home today and back with his family. navy lieutenant darrin nelson has been deployed overseas for a year. >> can you imagine? his three young children were in for a big surprise at school this afternoon. it was great.

>> abc7 news photojournalist rachel moseley was there to capture the moment. >> this has been probably one of the most anxious i've been in the last year. >> piece of my heart was in africa for 324 days. >> love you. >> love you. >> my wife, she just took care of the family the whole time i was gone. >> it was such a challenge. it was hard. he is the best dad in the world, and i know people say that, but his life is his boys. >> this has been quite a journey for all of us. and now we get to be whole again. >> i went to the airport and picked him up. i had my sign, and it said welcome home, lieutenant nelson. i've been waiting a heck of a long time for a kiss. it's been a long journey. but i'm very excited. they're going to be -- they're going to flip. >> i'm going invite you to quietly join me on the stage. would you come join me up on the

stage. i'm wondering if it would be amazing if you were to see him right now. would that be cool? >> hey, boys. >> daddy! >> daddy? daddy! >> look, look, look. i'm here. >> are you excited? >> i don't have to go anywhere else, okay? you guys excited? >> those are always the best moments. >> gets you every time. >> the kids are so excited. >> so happy. all together again. that's nice. and just in time for the weekend, and we hope nice weather. >> yes. spencer christian is here with what's ahead. >> it depends on what you call nice. live doppler 7 dry conditions right now. it's been a nice day and a pleasant evening. during the overnight hours, we'll see high clouds and a few mid and low level clouds. mid- to upper 40s mainly. and tomorrow, hazy sunshine. it's going to be warm, downright warm for this time of the year. mid- to upper 70s inland.

mid-70s around the bay shoreline. upper 60s to mid 70 along the coast. the forecast animation starting late tomorrow afternoon, going into saturday morning. notice a surge of some light rain from our south, up to about monterey by midnight tomorrow night. and then by 4:00 a.m. saturday, we'll be looking at maybe light sprinkles over the east bay hills and parts of the south bay. and by 9:00 saturday morning, we'll see it tapering off and pushing back southward to monterey and dissipating. we don't expect to get much of out of this. maybe a couple hundreds of rain as our forecast model projects here. .01 of mountain view and san jose, maybe redwood city. and in the sierra, we have such a statewide snow deficiency. the snowpack is down to 51% of average. so we can certainly use some snow over there. so back to the by area where we're looking at our only chance of rain in the next seven days, that little sprinkle on saturday morning. and then all of next week looks sunny and dry and mild to warm once again. beautiful weather, nice and

spring-like, but bone-dry once again. >> goodness. >> need some rain. running out of time too. >> yeah we. >> thanks, spencer. on to sports. a lot going on. >> larry is here. >> we'll talk some baseball. the giants had a special guest speaker. we'll tell you who that was today. plus, you heard the phrase "snitches get stitches." i remind them that every night. a former major leagues star not happy with the a's. economically powerfully influenced my values. bernie sanders he's fighting to raise wages. and guarantee health care for all. now, our country is at a turning point. hard working people, betrayed by trump, struggling to survive.

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now abc7 sports with larry beil. >> good evening. as the giants get set for the start of cactus league play, they had a guest speaker. herm edwards, famous for his catchphrase, "you play to win the game." was invited in for a pep talk. with more on the giants, here is abc7 news's chris alvarez in scottsdale. >> the giants took the field on thursday, days away from their cactus league opener. and they have plenty of urgency heading into 2020. >> players understand that there is a lot on the line every time they perform in front of their teammates, and in front of our coaching staff, and our front office to some degree. that's just part of being a high level athlete is you're always being analyzed. >> there is always a sense of urgency, all the time throughout the season. so right now just about us coming together as a team and really figuring out what we have. >> san francisco hasn't made the play-offs since the 2016 season, but there is still plenty of championship experience from a core of giants who won three

titles in five seasons. >> i think some of it comes natural. but some of it is experience. you can tell yourself, you know, i've played in bigger situations than this, or i've been in this situation before, and i don't need to do more than i usually do. it's still the same game. >> we got a shot at here. we got a chance to make something happen. and having all those guys here is pretty important. >> it's huge. as far as having guys in clubhouses that have rings, have multiple rings, it's a big help. these guys have seen it all the way to the end. >> there is only one way to get that kind of experience. it's by playing in those high stress environments when the lights are their brightest and everything is on the line. >> the giants host the dodgers here at scottsdale stadium on saturday for the cactus league opener, and five weeks from today, they'll be at dodger stadium for opening day on march 26th. with the giants, chris alvarez, ab sports. >> thank you, chris. former red sox star david ortiz just threw another log on

the astros sign stealing inferno, calling current pitcher mike fiers a snitch for revealing the cheating years after it happened. he feels that fiers should have called attention to this while he was pitching for houston. here is big papi. >> i'm mad at this guy, the pitcher that came out talking about it. let me tell you why. after you make your money, after you get your ring, you decide to talk about it? why don't you talk about it in the season when it was going on? why you didn't say i don't want to be no part of. now you look like a snitch. you know what i mean? why you got to talk about it after? that's my problem, you know. why nobody say anything while it was going on? >> he did say stuff while it was going on. warriors made it official. klay thompson is not going to play this season. he is rehabbing from the torn acl from last june. the expectation all along was klay would probably sit out all year. the warriors back in action

tonight. they're hosting the houston rockets. nfl owners want a 17-game regular season and expanded play-offs. the question now is whether they can sweeten the pot enough to get the players union to agree. 32 owners met in new york. they agreed on a new collective bargaining agreement that they'll send to players. under this plan, the regular season would expand from 16 to 17 games, and one more team would qualify for the play-offs in each conference. so we go from six to seven teams. most players are not thrilled with the idea of adding more games, but more money, and other incentives are in the proposal for the union to consider. sharks starting a four-game road trip in new jersey. first period, tim heed at the point here and will fire it in. and his first goal of the season, and it's 1-0 team teal. martin jones has struggled this season, but our producer scott says right there, off nikita. stick save and a beauty. to the third period, we're tied at one. devils on the power play to pk

subban, waiting patiently, flips and scores and the devils beat the sharks, 2-1. a new season of "westle wor world" is coming up. look who is in the trailer, marshawn lynch. former nfl star the pride of oakland is in the show. we're not sure if beast mode actually has any speaking lines, or he is just there to look intimidating, which he is really good at. but we will find out soon. "westworld." a great show. >> it's intense. it's violent but intense. >> yeah, i was a little taken aback. >> robots that are like humans. they're in a kind of fantasy theme park. and then they get out. and then they're coming for us. >> "jurassic park" but with people. >> yeah. >> thanks, larry. join us tonight for abc7 news at 11:00. >> an emergency meeting of concerned parents after a west oakland high school shuts down

because of a possible chemical contamination in the groundwater. that story coming up at 11:00. the coronavirus outbreak is causing a shortage of surgical masks worldwide. abc7 news gets an exclusive look inside the 3m plant that's ramped up production to handle the outbreak. >> that's coming up later. that is this edition of abc7 news. look for breaking news whenever you wish on the abc7 news news app. we appreciate your time. >> i'm ama daetz. for all of us here, thanks for joining us. >> see you at 11:00. i am an investigative reporter in san francisco and rarely travel overseas, but this was different.

>> the two americans confess to stealing a backpack in an alleged drug deal gone wrong. >> officer rega suffered 11 wounds. >> i couldn't process it. >> i'm sure you wish you had extended another day. >> i do. i do. he said they're saying that i killed a cop, and then the phone just went dead. >> we look forward to the truth coming out and to our son coming home.

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