happened after his violent arrest went viral and one city changing its idea of public safety. side show chaos. new video shows what happened when police started moving in. it may seem we've been here a long time, we've seen every type of storm. you really never know. >> that is the truth. tracking tropical storm elsa. making landfall this morning. we'll get you out live for a look at the conditions there. good morning. welcome to wednesday, july 7th. you're watching abc 7 mornings. we'll start with mike. >> good morning. >> morning. >> same old same old this morning. that's about to change. we're going to have heat on the way. until then, look at these winds. a lot to unfold. gusts to 20 at half moon bay. 24 at concord. you see the picture showing the compressed marine layer closer to the ground giving up a lot

of drizzle. making for a little slipperiness out there. by the afternoon with that high pressure moving in, look at temperatures. a lot of mid to upper 80s inland and around morgan hill and santa rosa. 88 to mid90s. nice around the bay. 70s and 58 to 64 along the coast into san francisco. temperatures jump dramatically tomorrow. i'll show you that coming up. breaking news out of chicago. two atf agents and a police officer were shot overnight. the shooting happened outside of a police station just before 6:00 this morning chicago's time. no word on what led up to this attack. the agents and the officer were taken to the hospital. they are all expected to be okay. a suspect vehicle was found but no arrests have been made. happening now, tropical storm elsa is close to making landfall near tampa, florida. >> the storm is bringing heavy rain and high winds to much of the state. here's a live look this

morning. you can see it's wet. but in tampa at least it looks like things are calm right now. more on the conditions. elg ove gulf of elsa is mexico. boats in downtown st. petersburg overnight rocking in the howling wind. the eye is staying off the coast for now. it's unleashing heavy rain and 70 mile-per-hour winds on land. conditions worsened quickly in st. petersburg, tuesday. this time lapse video showing clouds enveloping a bridge in just minutes. >> they say it's going to be close to three foot. do the best we can. >> the storm coming early in hurricane season. in order's west coast has not seen a hurricane make landfall in july in 134 years. elsa is on track to hit just north of tampa where 6 to 10 inches of rain are expected along with up to 5 feet of storm surge. why this is a big deal? >> you have so many buildings.

such a huge population low lying. you've had sea level rise of late. the boulevard we're standing on floods regularly even in a bad thunderstorm. we do anticipate that that will be covered in water in parts of tampa. >> 200 members of florida's national guard are on stand by. tourist attractions in the state are closed and tampa's airport has suspended operations until later this morning. and now a search and rescue operation is underway in the rough waters off key west. the coast guard tweeting these dramatic imagings showing rescuers saving 15 people after a cargo ship spotted the group in the water. it believes nine people still missing overnight. big changes coming to another bay area city when it comes to out police respond to mental health calls for help. officials decided to shift focus from police to mental health professionals and medics. amy hollyfield is joining us live with what this might look

like. >> reporter: hi, good morning. they just voted on it last night. this plan will call for shifting the needs of the community from always calling police to shifting some of them over to the fire department so when there's a mental health call to 911 the city of alameda plans to send a firefighter paramedic and an emt in an unmarked car to the call inside of a police officer. in the hopes of keeping the situation calm. they would not be in uniform and they would not pull up in an -- they would pull up in an unmarked car. you wouldn't hear the sirens. the hope is by doing all of this it would deescalate the situation. >> last year was a time for a lot of introspection by a lot of cities around the state and the country. one thing we have made the mistake doing is cutting our mental health and community responses and assuming the police can pick up the slack and it turns out that having a one size fits all response is

not the best way to meet the community needs. >> reporter: a mental health or social worker would help the person with follow up services. one civil rights attorney who often handles cases of police misconduct calls this a positive step. the new program is expected to launch at the end of this year. live in alameda, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> thank you. we're seeing heart pounding moments captured on alameda county sheriff's office body cameras. this is from a shootout in the hayward hills in april. this video is hard to watch. >> got the gun. >> i got a gun. >> he's got the gun in his hand. >> do not. >> do not [ bleep ] move. >> keep your hands down. >> drop the gun. drop the gun. [ sound of gunfire ] >> alameda county sheriff's deputies say matthew harry was hiding behind a fence after threatening several people with a gun. as deputies were looking for

him, investigators say harry said tell my mom i love her then he shot at deputies. those deputies returned fire, killing harry. a bullet grazed a deputy in the head. this video was released yesterday. multiple side shows pushed vallejo police to the limit on the fourth of july. cars took over numerous r numer intersections. as officers moved in on one of these events they say people in the crowd threw fire crackers. at least one person was arrested for blocking first responders. and gunshots were heard as officers had some of the vehicles towed. oakland is coming together for a rally on saturday following a chaotic fourth of july weekend. police chief armstrong is calling it stand up for a safe oakland. it's supposed to start at noon and will include a march around the lake. other city leaders are expected to attend. during a 15 hour period oakland

saw multiple shooti left at least one person dead. happening today, president joe biden will be holding a meeting to address the string of cyber attacks on u.s. companies. this comes less than a week after the hack of software firm kaseya. the white house says biden will be looking at public-private patter inships and what options the federal government has to prevent these types of attacks. we're also learning that most recent hack was not as severe as first thought. cyber security experts warn the incident is not over. high end heist in san francisco. the now viral video of neiman marcus hit by a veteran team of shoplifters. other stores have a new tactic in response. football back in oakland? the new vote that could lead to s acned nfteam take or see um. the great animal highway. the areas of the bay area becoming wildlife crossings right next to where you hike. speaking of oakland, here's a look from the coliseum. you can see as we look north it

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7:00, even 9:00. then we'll start to see a faster retreat of the clouds inland. that'll lead to mid70s to mid80s. some minor warming from noon to 4:00 there. 65 to 73 around the bay. and mainly upper 50s to near 60 along the coast. we'll take a look at that seven day forecast next. how about the commute? >> good morning. coming up on about 6:11 on your wednesday morning. drive times if you're heading on westbound 580. not too bad. still sluggish areas between tracy and dublin as per usual up and over the altamont. about a 45 minute drive there. at the limit across the golden gate southbound on 101. here is a look at san rafael. it's drizzly out there as mike's been saying and some of the roads are slick. so just a heads up on this early morning. >> thank you, sue. disneyland's big discount. how you can cash in on the special ticket offer just by being a california resident. a targeted mission at

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we're learning more about this high end heist in san francisco. ten people caught on camera stealing handbags from a union square department store. police say these thieves are part of an organized group that plans its heists. this is not a crime of opportunity. the group may be connected to another neiman marcus robbery in may. so far no word on whether the suspects have been identified or if anyone's even be arrested. we've seen similar thefts

around san francisco. mayor london breed say this cannot continue. >> limiting hours is not a solution. we need to look at how do we make is safer. >> we need to take action and we need to take action now. >> the city has set a deadline later this month for the da and the police chief to come up with solutions. happening today, lawyers for theranos founder elizabeth holmes are expected to ask the court to exclude certain evidence from her upcoming fraud trial. according to reuters, attorneys want to suppress evidence of customer complaints about her company's blood tests. the 37-year-old is accused of misleading investors by falsely claiming to have developed a technology to run dozens of tests on a single drop of blood. holmes has pleaded not guilty. the trial has been facing anher step rward sl o es' oaag its share cocil members voted t

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new at 6:00, look at this. slow no video showing a lightning bolt striking near the one world trade center as storms swept through new york city yesterday. anthony quintano documented this mesmerizing lightning display all over skyline. wow. >> that's impressive. >> i like lightning. >> do you? >> i do. until last summer. because i was like remember i was like oh, lightning, i haven't seen a lot of lightning here. in florida we see it all the time. but then fires. >> completely different here. >> yeah. >> and it's negative effects clearly outweigh its positive effects, which creates nitrogen in the air which is a natural fertilizer. we need lightning for that respect. in august and september, not so much. so far we don't see that in our future, which is good. that's why so far our wildfire season hasn't gotten out of control, even though it still is ahead of schedule. more of that is due to the

drought. you can see the marine layer is more compressed than this time yesterday. that squeezing means more drizzle for the morning commute. but it also means faster sunshine inland. a little bit of a warming trend there. for all of us it's going to be our last afternoon with seasonal conditions. that heat wave, really kicks in tomorrow. with it the risk of fire. it's rising along with heat illness. no issues with both of outside of lake medicino county. you can see the high pressure starting to move these lows out of the way that have been bringing us this comfortable on shore breeze if not a little cooler than some of us would like. when you get your electric bill, you should be happy. low to mid70s. we'll have 78 redwood city. nice comfortable afternoon on the peninsula. over at the coast, a little cooler. 58 to 60 degrees.

64 to 69 downtown. south san francisco. about the same conditions at oracle as we had last night. at least weather wise. 6:45. 16, dropping down to 56. going to be breezy increasing clouds, maybe mist possible towards the end of the game. upper 50s along the north bay coast. 70 at sausalito. 80s through most of the valleys. a touch of that up. cloverdale, lakeport, mid90s. 70 to 75 for the east bay. 83 to 90 into our valleys. tonight the cloud cover, you can see it's less extensive. fog is becoming more prevalent in our coastal valleys and drizzle will be less even though temperatures will be about the same. for thursday, friday, saturday and sunday, four days of 90s and 100s inland and 80s around the bay. 60s and 70s coast and san francisco. next tuesday, we're back to average. >> thank you. good morning america coming up at 7:00 on abc7. >> ginger zee has a look at what's ahead. >> it's great to be with both of you this morning. tropical storm elsa has passed us but we're still seeing the

push of water into these channels and all the bays and concerns still about flooding because we've seen more than 10 inches of rain, tornado warnings have been popping. we'll be talking about elsa for days to come unfortunately because it doesn't just stop when it makes landfall in the big bend later this morning. it's going to keep moving through georgia, south carolina, north carolina. then eventually new jersey, new york and massachusetts are going to be tortured by this thing by thursday into friday. i'll be tracking all of that and give you the details. also ahead, the delta variant now the dominant strain of covid-19 in our nation. it is making up more than half of all new cases as the white house doubles down on getting people vaccinated. they want to do it all this summer. then the work from home debate. offices reopening now so how you can talk to your employer about what works for you and for them. plus the nba finals tipped off last night. the phoenix suns taking game one beating the milwaukee bucks. this morning, former suns player going to join us live to discuss it all. we'll be here with the waves

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good morning, it's wednesday, july 7th. you're watching abc 7 mornings live on abc7, hulu live and wherever you stream. a lot to get to. >> no fakery here. no masking it. sue's with us this morning. she talked about breezy conditions out there. i wanted to show them to you. benicia bridge has a crosswind around 14 to 21 miles per hour. check out the altamont pass. little bit of a cross wind there. 27 gusting up to 43 miles per hour. that's almost getting dangerous there. we have 35 mile-per-hour wind at fairfield. 16 at oakland. breezy this morning. that's going to hold off the heating for most of us. mid90s lake and mendicino counties. still comfortable around the bay. more on that heat wave coming up. our work in building a better bay area means finding the best ways to take care of our neighbors when they need

our help. another bay area city is reimagining how police respond to mental health crisis calls. amy hollyfield live with how this new pilot program would work. amy. >> reporter: they're going to try a new approach. alameda now won't send a uniformed police officer in a marked car with lights and sirens to a call for mental health services. instead they're going to try sending a firefighter paramedic and an emt who will be in plain clothes. they'll be in an unmarked vehicle. they won't have the lights and sirens blaring. they're hoping will deescalate. >> somebody calls because they saw somebody dancing in the street. make sure those calls are directed to this pilot unit.

>> we'll check back in with amy in a moment. let's shift gears and share this developing news about tropical storm elsa. it's bearing down on florida this morning making the search for people missing in that condo collapse extremely difficult. here's a live look at the collapse site this morning. first responders have not detected any new signs of life in the rubble lately and they continue this desperate search. they say this is still a search and rescue operation and their primary focus focus is to bring closure to families of the victims. so far they have recovered 36 bodies. the search stalled yesterday because of the tropical storm. the threat. of lightening made it difficult for rescuers who were digging through debris in pummeling rain and wind. the dangerously transmissible delta variant is and thpridt is efcte get more shots into arms. >> we are continuing to wind down the mass vaccination sites

that did so much in the spring to rapidly vaccinate those eager to get their first shot and their second shot for that matter if they needed a second. now we need to go community by community. neighborhood by neighborhood. oftentimes door to door literally knocking on doors to get help to the remaining people protected from it the virus. >> the administration is going to partner with 42,000 local pharmacies across the country to persuade people to get their shot. this new strategy includes enlisting family doctors and pediatricians to encourage vaccinations. this all comes after the president's goal of getting 70% of eligible americans vaccinated by july 4th fell short. san jose has reached a a a vaccination milestone. mayor lacato says 85% of eligible residents ha at least one dose. you may have heard this new study about how kids can be exposed to high levels of

carbon dioxide while wearing a mask. >> this shouldn't be a problem. the journal of the american medical association published results after randomized clinical trial out of germany. this looked at children ages 6 to 17 and found younger kids had high levels of co 2 in their system after just three minutes of wearing a mask. that definitely sounds concerning, but bay area doctors say higher levels of co 2 aren't necessarily dangerous. >> it may be some increase in co2 but that increase is not physiologically significant. >> the wrong thing to do would be to draw conclusion from this small study that these levels of carbon dioxide are causing trouble. >> the study noted the trial was done in a lab setting which could have made some kids nervous and impacted the way they breathe. the cdc does not recommend masks for kids under 2. san francisco's go-to person on the issue of homelessness is stepping down from his role in september.

he told the chronicle he's hit a self-imposed five year limit on working in government. he's returning to the nonprofit sector. he has led the healthy streets operation center since march of last year. previously he led the city's homelessness department which is a part of the hs along with public works and police. the move comes as city leaders debate the use of police to deal with homelessness-related calls. california extended its ban on evictions but thousands of renters still fell through the safety net. between july of 2020 and march of 2021, there are more than 7600 evictions. the state's effort to provide rent relief has also been slow. 6600 households have received $73 million since january. but about 94,000 tenants have asked for more than $775 million. here in the bay area, eviction rates remain low because of strong local eviction protections. in the north bay, cal trans is clearing out a homeless

encampment that's taken over a park and ride lot. dozers rolled in to scoop up buckets of furniture and other items into big dump trucks. the encampment is located under highway 101. cal trans says it's partnered with marin county, the city of san rafael and social service agencies to find homes and get help for people impacted. >> san rafael is one of a kind with all of the local partners that we work with, with the city and all of our outreach we have been able to house over 340 people who have experienced homelessness. >> some of the people living under that overpass moved to a city sanctioned support center about a block away. there's a new initiative to clean up streets and public spaces. governor newsom will kick off a clean california day of action in contra costa county this morning. a $1 billion effort to expand

the state's beautification efforts and provide jobs for people experiencing homelessness, at-risk youth, veterans. an effort to save water during the drought. the city is launching what it calls flip your strip to get people to ditch lawns. you can get up to $2 per square foot for removing curbside strips. other spots can get a dollar per square foot. the maximum rebate is $750. restoring the russian river. a bay area treasure under threat but a new project now hoping to change that. let's take a live look at the big board at the new york stock exchange starting up by about 85 points. another update next. behind the scenes of black widow before it drops on disney plus this week. the beloved star of stranger things now giving his thoughts on sharing the marvel universe with scarlett johansson. right now 6:37. we want to check in with mike. >> can't wait to see both of

those. so excited. here's a look at what's going on right now with tropical storm elsa. 65 to 75 sustained gusts tracking to the north. probably going to come ashore any minute around fish creek in florida there. itra where they're doing the recovery. let's take a look as far as the track. just hugging the east coast up through nova scotia and heading over towards eventually ireland and england bringing them some nasty weather late next week. rainfall amounts some of the heaviest will be right along that coast. you can see some reds there. that's 6 to 8 inches and that's why flooding is going to be an issue more so than the winds with this storm. our winds are calming down a little bit in it san francisco. sunny afternoon for errands. nothing extreme. exercising and yard work, you'll want to do it now before it gets hot starting tomorrow. especially inland. temperatures mainly in the upper 50s and cloudy conditions in the south bay. mid to upper 50s just about

everywhere. we do have 51 at bodega bay. you can see about 52 degrees. as we head through the morning, temperatures going to remain about the same through 9:00. watch the cloud cover peel back faster today. so 50s and 60s san francisco and the bay. 70s inland at noon. bay first.an th is ading to the rest of our neighborhoods. i'll have that coming up next in the seven day forecast. morning, everyone. and then there was this. metering lights turned on at 6:13 this morning at the bay bridge and stacking up rather quickly back to beyond the overcrossings there. the 880 overcrossing and significant delay getting into the bridge, into the toll plaza and then slowing towards the tunnel on your drive into san francisco for about a 15 minute drive from the back of the line to the toll plaza. as we pop down to san jose, we have a problem north 280 on the transition to highway 87. partially that ramp is partially blocked with an

accident. here you're looking at both directions of 87 right past the sap center and traffic is very light flowing through there. elsewhere we're pretty much flowing nicely with a few exceptions as always and we do have some roadwork to remind you of. it starts today at noon. various lanes both directions of 37 between lakeville highway and petaluma river bridge. it's a repaving job that's going to take about a month. you'll have one lane going and they'll try to do this in the off commute hours. we'll be back with more news,

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well. she's still in the hospital. there are a lot of questions but we know this comes amid political instability in haiti. we'll stay on top of this breaking news and bring you more information as soon as we get it. new details in a fourth of july shooting plot in it chicago. a man from iowa is -- laid out on the window sill of his twelfth floor hotel room. the window was overlooking a busy tourist area. the man has been charged with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon. the fbi's joint terrorism task force investigating. it's been six months since the desurrection at the u.s. capitol. the justice department along with the fbi released several new videos in an effort to find more suspects. one of these videos shows about a dozen people harassing guards and making them back up until this group could break into the senate chamber. another video shows at least 11 people wanted for the violent clash outside the capitol with police. now today more than 500 people

have been arrested. at least 20 of them from california, including a woman from gilroy. police have issued a report about a possible mountain lion sighting. someone told police they saw a mountain lion jump a fence in the area. if you see it, please give police a call. now for your morning money report. if you think gas prices can't go higher in the bay area, wait until you hear this. aaa says gas prices are expected to increase another 10 to 20-cent as gallon through august. look at this, our camera spotted prices $4.50 or higher. unis pewes lastce across the now supermarkets doing the same. many groceries are setting aside frozen meat, sugar and other products. they say it's to protect

shoppers from sticker shock. campbells, general mills, the jm smokier company are raising prices because of supply chain issues. other companies may follow suit. >> people are buying more and then the restaurants are buying more. it's caused this demand that we haven't seen in the past. >> experts say to shop at multiple stores to get your best deals. if you find something at a good price, maybe buy a few extra to keep in the pantry. more ways to save coming up at 7:00 on gma. taking a live look at the new york stock exchange right now. you can see that we're up about 83 points. nintendo released details of its new switch console. a brand new switch model with a larger 7-inch display is going to be released in the fall. some other features include an adjustable stand, double the built in storage and improved audio. it goes on sale in october for $350. all right.

check this out. this is the world's tallest sand castle. the castle built in denmark is nearly 70 feet tall. that is 11 feet higher than the last guinness world record. now this took nearly 5000 tons of sand but here's the thing. it's mixed with a bit of clay and some glue so that it'll last. and the sculpture is expected to stay up and last until winter. >> until winter? >> this is detailed. >> whoa. nice. sonoma county launching a new effort to restore the russian river. the county along with the coalition of 22 organizations plans to get local businesses and residents involved. their goal is to improve the river's health which has deteriorated. happening today, free fun for the whole family plus vaccines. california department of public health is holding a fan fest before tonight's soccer match in san jose. the event will include live music and entertainment, family friendly activities and a pop

up vaccine clinic. first 155 fans who get vaccinate willed receive two free tickets to the game. now you don't need a game ticket to go to the fest. all of this starts at 3:30 this afternoon. one of the most unique jobs in america is up for grabs. it's off point san pablo in richmond. the owners are looking for new innkeepers who will run the operation. volunteers have installed a temporary fix to an underwater electrical cable that supplies power to the island. the job may sound glamorous, but take note, it's a lot of work. and you also need to coast guard captain's license. that's not all. >> you need be able cook on a gourmet level because a four course gourmet meal dinner, breakfast, champagne and appetizers are part of the guest experience. the days off the keepers need to take the laundry to shore,

take the garbage to shore, the recycling, get that taken care of. shop for the next weekend meals worth of food. >> okay, well i'm out. now the last time this job was up for grabs 10,000 people applied and a lot of them weren't qualified. so the light station folks are saying, you know, be serious. if you're interests. >> i talked to her and like she loveslying there though. it's a lot of work but if it's for you, it could be really cool. >> yeah. it's very specific. >> uh-huh. >> all right. let's talk about this. social media influencers sometimes edit their appearance; right? sometimes maybe look one or 20 years younger than they actually are. >> give or take. >> but if you do that in one country you could go to jail? >> yes. norway just passed a law that requires influencers and celebrities to disclose if their photos have been retouched if that photo is an

advertisement. this applies to posts on instagram, facebook, tiktok, twitter and snapwhich the. if you violate the law it could result in a fine or a prison sentence. editing photos plays into insecurity and low self-esteem. >> you see these people now who don't even look like they're human. >> uh-huh. >> i know. >> right? >> but then people don't know it's not real and they feel they're supposed to look like that. >> i mean jail seems extreme. i don't know if it we need that. >> does it? does it? no. [ laughter ] >> i don't know. you think of those dating apps. could be like bait and switch. >> that's a whole other. that needs to go to jail for real. >> that is jail. yeah. that's electric chair. i'm just kidding. i'm kidding. please do not text, write, e- mail, slide into my dms. none of it. >> all righty. what a start.

how do i follow that up? let's talk about some aggressive drizzle out there. spring valley up to tilden park, two-hundredths. around the oakland zoo, one- hundredth. rocky ridge, nearly a tenth of an inch of drizzle. that's going to go away with the heat wave coming in. it's misty over the san mateo bridge. here's a look from mount tam. some minor warming after our drizzle turns to sunshine. fewer clouds tonight. patchy fog and drizzle still possible. just not as widespread the drizzle. the fog will be more widespread, especially our coastal valleys. a heat risk that'll be moderate to high starting tomorrow through the weekend. today we have los gatos, morgan hill and gilroy, 81 to 85. most of us in the low -- okay. we're going to wrap. here we go with our our our forecast. thursday, friday, saturday,

sunday. 80s around the bay and 60s at the coast, we want to get back to our top story this morning. another bay area city reimagining how police respond to mental health calls. amy hollyfield back live in alameda with how this new pilot program would work. hi, amy. >> reporter: good morning. the city council voted on it last night. alameda going to try sending firefighter paramedics and emts to a scene, a call for mental health. instead of police officers. so they're going to try to deescalate the situation. instead of sending police to a call if that involves a mental health issue, they will send that emt or a paramedic to the scene in plain clothes. they plan to send them in an unmarked car. they won't have the lights and sirens blaring. they're hoping these tactics will deescalate a situation and help it end calmly. alameda pointed to the example of molly watkins. watkins was arrested for dancing in the street in may of

2020 and he was injured during the arrest. >> let's say somebody calls because they saw somebody dancing in the street, make sure those calls are directed to this pilot unit. >> reporter: the city of alameda is facing a lawsuit for the death of mario gonzalez who died in police custody in april. this pilot program will not only send the plain clotheds firefighter or emt, but a social worker would help the person with follow up services. this program is expected to launch at the end of this year. reporting live in alameda, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> thank you. track star sha'carri richardson will not be competing in the tokyo olympics after all. >> the u.s. olympic track and field team left her off the roster. richardson had secured her spot at the olympics with a victory at the trials but was then violatg tidoping rstill eligibl

for the women's 100-meter relay. we've learned she wasn't selected. celebrities, politicians and other athletes standing behind her. >> at least in my opinion there's no good reason that anyone should be suspended susp using cannabis. >> usa track and field supports reforming the rules on thc. it says we are sympathetic towards sha'carri richardson's extenuating circumstances. we must also maintain fairness for all of the athletes. the star of stranger things making his marvel debut. it's been two years since a marvel super hero movie was released in theaters. fans are counting down to friday when black widow comes out. e of e rning we're hearing from viouth >> this thing s be for other a year. it's finally, finally here.

>> yeah. i'm, i'm very tired of keeping secrets. i'm very tired of talking but not talking about it. i'm really excited for people to see the movie. >> did you get in super hero shape for this? >> i guess you haven't seen the movie yet, t.j. super hero shape for the red guardian is about 280 pounds sitting on the couch a lot and eating plenty of donuts. >> that sounds perfect. yeah. the conversation with david harbour continues on gma at 7:00. black widow hits theaters friday. it's also going to disney plus. marvel is owned by disney which is the parent company of abc7. animal lovers you know how you get excited when you see a new puppy? this dog felt >> your friend. >> this puppy is cute. >> so cute. >> this dog right here. >> you like the big dog.

3-year-old, this 3-year-old mountain dog was excited to meet his new friend. sarah clark shared the video saying every dog needs a puppy. it shows how excited her dog got when the puppy got close. the smaller dog named benny, i think he likes him too. >> look at that. >> they are so precious. >> i really do love them. you can have the big dog and i'll come and visit it. >> yes. yes. will you walk it sometimes? >> yeah, i'll walk it. well i think it'll walk me. right? you go where that dog wants to go pretty much. >> and that's fine. up next the seven things you need to know today. >> reminder you can watch all of our newscasts any time you want by using our connected tv app. download it from apple tv, android tv, amazon fire tv and roku. just get that app and start streaming. >> as we head to break, let's take a live look outside this morning. take a nice deep breath. get ready for our day looking at

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rld leaders are condemning the assassination of haitian president jovenel moise. a group of people reportedly attacked him at his home in the middle of the night. the first lady was also shot and is in the hospital. number two, alameda takes action and votes to deprioritize their police department's response to mental health. this means if there's a mental health call to 911 the city will send a firefighter, paramedic and emt in an unmarked car to that call instead of a police officer. more bodies found in surfside, florida. first responders found ten more victims overnight bringing the death toll there to at least 46. number four, tropical storm elsa bearing down on florida right now with heavy rain and high winds. it's expected to make landfall soon. number five, enjoy one of our last average to below average days as temperatures will hang out in the 60s, 70s and 80s. our most extreme heat is going

to be in lake, mendocino and solano counties. they're back. the metering lights on at 6:13 this morning. backing up past the overcrossings for about a ten minute delay. also sluggish on the upper deck into san francisco. number seven, working four day as week can be just as good as working five. researchers in iceland found a four day workweek actually improved productivity and well being. what would you do with your extra day? >> sleep. >> that's true. i think i need one day to not do anything. >> recovery. >> on this schedule we need a recovery day and then you can have your weekend. >> then you can live. >> right now one of the days is a recovery day and the other day is a day before you go back to work. >> very true. >> super short. you get up late, you go to bed early. >> that's it. >> it's crazy. >> then we're back here serving you the people, our friends. people we're very grateful to

see five days a week. >> sacrifices good morning, america. happening now, florida under a state of emergency as elsa closes in. bracing for impact. overnight, elsa lashes florida bringing flooding, storm surge and dangerous high winds. ginger and our weather team are there tracking it all as tropical storm warnings extend to georgia and south carolina. also this morning, the search for survivors in the surfside condo collapse as we head into day 14. officials saying they're not seeing any positive signs as we get our closest look yet at the site. the latest at this hour. dominant strain. the delta variant now accounting for more than half of all new covid cases across the country. president biden with an urgent new warning as the white house ramps up vaccination efforts.