signs of just how seriously to take california's fire risk. we have already seen dry lightning strikes. emma: spencer, you have not seen the radar lit up like today for a while. spencer: we haven't. there are showers offshore. they are moving up along the coastline and some moving inland. these isolated showers are producing some rainfall and some lightning strikes as well, and the concern is that lightning strikes on dry vegetation could trigger fires. as a result of that concern, you can see in the satellite radar image, this counterclockwise circulation is pulling the moisture into our area. also potentially producing enough instability in the atmosphere that we could see thunderstorms. so once again, a high fire danger.

red flag warning in effect until tomorrow for most of the bay area until 2:00 p.m. for solano county. with that, dry fuels, strong and gusty winds over higher elevations and the possibility of fires spreading rapidly. i will give you the complete weather forecasting in a few minutes, dan. dan: spencer, thanks a lot. this is the second day in a row californians have been asked to conserve energy. you probably know how -- don't use big appliances, turn of the thermostat or turn up the thermostat, and turn off anything you are not using. ama: the recall election day is this tuesday. polls were open at 7:00 a.m., but every registered voter is getting a mail-in ballot because of the pandemic. abc. news reporter liz kreutz joins us live. . this close to election day, everything counts. liz: it really does, and we did learn that president biden will come to california on monday,

the day before the recall. he will visit the national weather center in sacramento to furthe -- to survey what fire damage. he is helping governor newsom win central valley voters in this race. liz: the recall election centered in fresno today as both governor newsom and larry elder made their pitch to central valley voters just five days before ballots have to be turned in. [applause] newsom, with lots of pizza in tow joined civil rights activist , dolores huerta at a union hall, where he said republicans have taken over the recall election. >> the recall process has been weaponized. it has been weaponized. it they can't wait quite has been perverted. they can't wait quite literally a few months to go, next june, and go to battle? liz: early in the morning, larry elder made his own appearance in fresno. he attended a breakfast where he promised to solve the water crisis. >> i am not a climate change

denier, contrary to what my opponent's adds say. i am a climate change alarmist denier. droughts are god-made, but shortages are man-made. liz: the central valley has become a battleground, with both democrats and republicans hoping to win over latino voters. a poll from uc merced shows the recall failing in fresno by 14 points. voters said driving issues for them are climate change and the pandemic. >> we want to thank you for keeping us safe in california. because of you, a lot of people are alive today and healthy. liz: still, pro recall groups are hoping to gain ground in the final days. this television ad going after newsom is now airing across the region. >> you remind me of a guy in high school who took my girlfriend, then went on to the next girl. you still think you're better than everyone else. ♪ liz: the group "rescue california" also held an event today in fresno. among the speakers, aela marsden restaurant owner who , a says her business was ne

governor's policies during the pandemic. she is mad at the governor for how much money he spent to defeat the recall. >> he raised $80 million to save his own job. where is the money for the woman he talked about who is living in her car and lost her house? if you can raise so much money, why don't you raise it for us?! liz: despite voters who feel that way, democrats and she newsom say they are feeling confident going into tuesday's election. aides to governor newsom say the fact that they were able to keep a permanent record from running has been helpful. they also say president biden's visit on monday will help turn out voters. amber: we want you to stay with us as we bring in fill material. dan: that's right. phil, governor newsom and his supporters have raised $80 million or so. let's talk about where that money is coming from. phil: one of the biggest donors is reed hastings, netflix co-founder, a big charter school

advocate, backing him to the tune of $3 million. also the california teachers association, prison guards. california teachers association, $1.8 million. health care workers, $2.2 million. prison guards, 1.75, and all that goes. real estate, builders, all good for one million or more. just about anybody who has a business or contract or needs approval before the state is ponying up in part because they support newsom and is a good chance he will be governor. meanwhile, larry elder has $18 million, mostly in small contributions. and john coxe, the businessman whose tv ads feature the bear, about $1 million, mostly his own money. but this money is huge on the newsom site, the kind of money usually used to promote a presidential campaign. it is about what joe biden spent campaigning in the democratic

primary. so this is one for the record books liz,. ama: what is turnout looking like across the state? where are we seeing the highest and perhaps lowest turnout? liz: 30% of all ballots have been returned, and according to political data inc. ceo paul mitchell, he anticipates we will have 50% turnout overall, pretty good for an off election exist. the highest turnout in the bay area is marine county, 43% of ballots have been returned to their. some of the lowest turnout in the state right now in the counties is l.a. county, only 24% of ballots have been returned in l.a. county. dan: interesting. feel, obviously there will be a flurry of campaigns. -- campaign appearances. what are you watching out for ahead of tuesday? phil: i am turning the buzzer

off my phone, because i'm getting bombarded with text messages saying vote, vote, vote. [laughter] we will see a lot of television ads. it is kind of late for mail but we, will see last-minute pushes, phone calls. they need to up the number, t newsom, in order to counter the republicans and the people who want to recall him. that means turnout. so keep and i on your phone and your tv set. one way or the other, they will get the news to you. ama: and finally, liz, what parallels can we draw with the california 2004 recall with governor gray davis and arnold schwarzenegger? liz: the difference is back then and now, people are angry. you heard that woman, a lot of anger. but there are differences. back then there was a prominent democrat on the ballot, the lieutenant governor rain. democrats weren't as united as

they are now. we are showing archival footage here from 2003. i will use that opportunity to plug that on saturday night, we will be airing our documentary "total recall" that looks back at that race. ama: thank you. dan: moving on now, president joe biden has laid out sweeping new vaccine requirements to slow covid-19 and the spread of the delta variant. >> many of us are frustrated with the nearly 80 million americans who are still not vaccinated, even though the vaccine is safe, effective, and free. dan: vaccines are mandatory for executive branch employees and contractors who do business with the federal government. as many as 100 million americans are affected by these new rules the president announced today. and tonight in b abc 7 news has confirmed some hospitals are

taking inpatient from the sort -- san joaquin areas and other areas where icus or overwhelmed. they tell us the next two months will be critical. reporter: a plea from bay area doctors battling the frontlines of covid-19 inside icus. >> so many people filled with regret at not getting the vaccine, and they are asking, can i get the vaccine now? it is too late. reporter: melissa walker is a critical care physician for sadder health. she explains a hospital system is using its resources to transport patients from the central valley, where icus or overwhelmed, to the bay area. across 1224 hospitals in the area, 90% of patients are unvaccinated and the majority reported to be young. >> really challenging to see these patients with young families at home, face-timing with them and with their children while they are

struggling to breathe on high flow oxygen. reporter: this doctor is the medical director of sutter health in the bay area. he has noticed the long-term outcome of icu patients has only gotten worse in the past month. >> i think some of these patients have been, with the delta variant, have been having more prolonged courses because of the intensity of the acuity of their illness. reporter: abc 7's data analysis shows the number of icu patients reported across the bay area had started to plateau since august 20. hospitalizations on a downward trend. but doctors are bracing for the impact of labor day and a possible winter surge right as flu season will kick in. >> it is a sawtooth pattern right now, and we will have to see if it goes back up again, which i hope it doesn't. reporter: solano county is reporting the highest number of hospitalizations for 100,000 people, with 37.

country county and napa for over 17. less time they were at this point was in late january, during the height of our winter surge. >> i am concerned about bed capacity, which is why it is important we get everybody vaccinated now. reporter: thankfully, icus are not overwhelmed here in the bay area, but as dr. walker pointed out, the projected impacts from both liberty and the winter surge are keeping everyone on high alert. we have also confirmed sadder health, stanford, and ucsf are all preparing to accommodate an influx of patients if need be. . in the newsroom, stephanie sierra, abc 7 news. ama: now to the fraud trial of former theranos ceo elizabeth holmes. it has been delayed after a juror disclosed he may have been exposed to covid-19. attorneys were told that juror number nine could have been exposed during the holiday weekend, but was not experiencing any symptoms. the trial, scheduled to resume tomorrow, is now scheduled to su the parentsho say they

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dan: a school crossing guard who gave his life to save a child is being remembered in lafayette tonight. a memorial continues to grow outside of stanley middle school in honor of 45-year-old ashley dias. >> he was a hero.

i feel gratitude for him. what led him to be here yesterday in protect those >> this is a tragedy in this street is horrific for dropping kids off, and he is a hero. dan: everyone is torn up about it. police are investigating what happened. no charges have been filed against the driver, who was picking up her grandson from school. just a real tragedy. many parents in chinatown who live in communal housing say their fears around the covid virus have not gone away, especially when it comes to their kids in public school. a recent survey found they would prefer their children to return to online learning, stay-at-home. abc 7 news senior education reporter leon melendez has more on why they are married. lee anne: well san francisco public schools have implemented numerous measures, not every community feels safe.

this was a rally held by members of the chinese community just days before the beginning of the school year, asking that the district allows some of their children to return to online learning. nearly four weeks into the school year, the health department reports that schools are low-risk settings when the proper protocols are followed. still for many, those fears haven't gone away. what are you afraid of? >> afraid that the kids catch the delta. >> want the kids to stay home and get the internet school. lyanne cdc surveyed 300 families living in communal housing and found 70% of them didn't want their kids to return to in-person learning. >> they share a communal for, which means they share the entire bathroom on the floor and the entire kitchen on every

floor. so you can see how parents would be concerned. lyanne: that documentary on the challenges of living in an sro was produced by the chinatown cdc. because of the proximity, the concern, they say, is that every time they interact with other students at school, they are risking the well-being of other children, and others who live in that communal setting. today the school district met with the chinatown cdc to hear their concerns. already, sf unified has expanded its online learning options for those who think learning from home is safer. the chinatown cdc says it will continue to work with the school district to make sure the needs of these families are being addressed. in san francisco, lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. . ama: worsening conditions are forcing evacuation orders for a section of the massive dixie fire. people living near the lassen community of old station got the order to get out today. the fire has grown by 8000 acres

since yesterday, with no gain again containment. it is closing in on last year's august complex as the largest wildfire in state history. that fire burned just over one million acres. crews continue to make gains on the caldor fire. containment has increased to 53%, but now there is concern thunderstorms will produce fast-moving winds and lightning, that could spark more wildfires. >> for the first time sitting in myers today, i felt the wind hit me and it was pushing hard. i could smell fresh smoke which i hadn't in a while either, which tells me conditions are changing. ama: it has prompted a red flag warning for the bay area. we remain in heightened alert, dan. dan: we do, i'm spencer: we have active weather like we haven't seen in a while. here is a live look at doppler seven, there is precipitation. a lot of moisture offshore. we have been talking about that

tropical moisture swinging along the coastline from ourselves, but some of it moved inland. we have had some showers although generally light in the north bay. you see them moving from northern sonoma county into lake county. we have seen reports of lightning associated with these areas of showers. so let's talk about the lightning strike risk. starting at 7:00 this evening, there will be a low risk of lightning strikes in the nighttime and overnight hours primarily in the northbay, east bay hills, diablo range, and into the, sacramento valley from the wee hours of the morning between 2:00 and 4:00 a.m. is when we have this low to moderate risk of lightning strikes. should they occur on the drive vegetation that we have, that could spark some wildfires. thus the increased risk of red flag warning for the northbay, east bay hills and down to the diablo range until 11:00 tomorrow morning and until 2:00 in the afternoon for the

solano county area. on we go to current conditions. it is much cooler than it was this time yesterday across the bay area. 19 degrees cooler in fairfield. five degrees in nevada. we had a sharp cooldown. we have lots of clouds in the sky in the east bay hills, a beautiful view there. 66 in san francisco right now. 82 in morgan hill, 58 in pacifica. another beautiful view from mount tam. 67 degrees in santa rosa. nevada, 73. 80 in fairfield. 80's in concord and livermore. from our rooftop camera, overnight showers and isolated thunderstorms, high fire danger through tomorrow morning. cooler than average days will be with us the next several days. here is a forecast of animation. spotty showers move through the northbay. in the morning hours, everything will be cleared out, giving way to sunny skies in the afternoon.

overnight temperatures in the upper 50's to around 60. highs in the low 60's in the cost, low 70's around the bay, mid-80's inland. here is that i can -- the accuweather seven-day forecast. a warm-up into next week, and then cooling again, dan. dan: spencer, thanks very much. you remember this? the day without the sun? hard to forget it was exactly. . day and th

ama: who can forget this you? is been a year since people that are better with photos of the apocalyptic view, that orange sky. it was caused by the smoke from last year's historic wildfires. abc news reporter wayne freedman takes us back. wayne: when dealing with trauma, time can be an effective ointment. case in point, it was just a few had clouds above us. but a vivid memory from the same day one year ago -- >> arrange. i do remember that day. it was bizarre. wayne: an experience so out of the room that even now we don't have any words to describe the silhouette world of orange and black that would have made

halloween proud. this was the golden gate bridge at noon, and alcatraz. like an apocalyptic novel coming to life. [shouting] >> we are in the final days of the dinosaurs! wake [beep] up, people. wayne: it woke us up, all right. the cause -- wildfires across the state. heavy smoke blown to the bay area by an offshore breeze. what caused those fires? do you remember the august lightning siege? tens of thousands of lightning strikes started an outbreak of fires. tonight we face a similar threat as dry lightning moves into broad areas of california. >> listen, if this is a normal, rainy year? we wouldn't be too concerned. it is just that we have such a parched landscape. that is a game changer this time around, any lightning strike could start a fire very quickly. wayne: year ago, it took days for the lightning strikes to smolder and weeks to put the fires out. this time they will probably

start faster, which leads to the obvious connection and question -- could we see a repeat of one year ago today? or is today's lightning forecast on this date just a strange coincidence? >> something is going to happen or it's not. worrying about it is not going to make it not happen or happen. wayne: which sounds about right when talking about dawn, yielding to night. in san francisco, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. ama: that was so weird, dan: it was the strangest day. i woke up and looked at my window and it was like we were living on mars. so weird to see those shots with airplanes landing, wonder how they did that. ama: incredible, and not in a good way. dan: we will likely have it happen again, but let's not hope. you do the crime, you do the time, right? maybe not. we are digging into the numbers to see who gets caught when it comes to asian hate crimes in san francisco. also had --

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dan: remembering a hero. today people placed flowers here in chinatown. ong was a flight attendant on the first plane to hit the twin towers our 9/11. the san francisco native reported the hijacking, calling to the ground on a crew telephone. the community center was named for her in 2012. ama: saturday will be 20 years since the deadly attacks of september 11. for the anniversary, families of passengers will gather in the field in shanksville, pennsylvania. one of them will be jack, whose wife, lauren, died in the crash. dan: abc reporter david louis, who covered the pentagon crash on 9/11, sat down with him as he said he begins a new chapter in life, ensuring that people know that his late wife took a heroic stand against terrorism that

day. reporter: the events of 9/11 shattered the quiet neighborhood were lauren and jack lived. jack was asleep when lauren called from flight 93 and left a message. >> she said she was fine. she said she was comfortable and that there was a little problem with the flight. reporter: we know that the plane crashed into a field in pennsylvania. jack knows in his heart that lauren, a tree and first responder and daughter of a football coach, sprang into action with other passengers to stop the terrorists on board. >> they certainly weren't going to allow this, plane on their watch to be used as a missile to kill more people on the ground. reporter: jack is newly remarried to sarah hopkins and living now in pebble beach. he acknowledges he has gone through multiple stages of grief, the most painful in the first few months after 9/11. >> it was excruciating, especially going through the first father's day without being a father that i expected to be, or having a wife there. reporter: lauren was three months into her pregnancy. jack was writing a book about dealing with grief.

it would be dedicated to his unborn son or when life goes on, he believes future generations need to know how lauren and others on flight 93 changed history. >> flight 93 was the first victory against hate. reporter: their efforts likely prevented a crash into the white house or the capitol. >> there is video of the dramatic crashing of the tower, dramatic videos of the pentagon on fire. and then there is this nondramatic hole in the ground where the real drama happened in the sky, which vented one more dramatic image for us to witness a after year after year. reporter: jack draws inspiration from that last message from lauren, "we are having a little problem on the plane. i am totally fine. i just love you more than anything. just know that. i am ok, for now." today this diamond ring represents something special as jack and sarah moves forward. it belonged to lauren, that

was in the shop when she died. >> jack headed safe and he took it out and said to me, would you consider wearing this ring as a token of my heart moving from lauren to you and bringing all the love with it? i thought it would make me sad or remind me of lauren. but actually feel, when it sparkles, i feel like her smile is sparkling on me. reporter: while memorials bear the names of lauren and an unborn child etched in stone, her place in history and those of the other flight 93 passengers will forever be part of the legacy of 9/11. david louis, abc 7 dan: now on saturday, abc news will air a special program "911:20 years later america remembers." from 5:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. right here on abc 7. ama: california attorney general rob branton joined the san francisco mayor on combating hit crimes. reporter melanie woodrow is digging in to see how many of

these crimes are being persecuted. melanie: not far from where our great-grandmother was brutally attacked in visitation valley and later died, california attorney general and san francisco city leaders gathered. >> there is no room for hate here and not ever. melanie: it comes after chinatown night out in portsmouth square an event aimed at better connectin the community with the police department. mayor breed said suspects in attacks on asian americans have been caught. >> almost every single incident, those folks have been arrested, awaiting trial so they are behind bars, and we are hopeful they will be held accountable. melanie: today we asked police and prosecutors about the numbers -- just how many people have been arrested, and how many people are being charged? >> in 2021 we have had 83 reported hate crimes. let me say this, that doesn't tell the whole story. melanie: san francisco police chief scott says that is because not every hate crime is

reported. he says 59% of those hate crimes were on people from the aapi community. >> 30 of those were committed by one person who is now. melanie: the san francisco district attorney says in 2021 they filed criminal charges in 70% of these cases including a get derek barreto the individual chief scott sai is linked to at least 30 hate against the aapi community. as for the other hate crimes that make up the total number reported this year? >> we solve many of them, we don't solve all of them. melanie: that is where he says residents,. he encourages people to report all crimes. >> there is no place for this in our city and our state. we want to hold those accountable who commit those types of acts. melanie: in san francisco, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. ama: you can be an ally to the aapi community here in the bay area. go to abc7news.com/takeaction to

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to be addressed. >> everything in the package was ok. there was a whole about the size of a silver dollar torn through the package. it was a soft envelope package. it was a whole that may have come from the landing. michael: if the items in the package had been more delicate, who knows? i would just in mind those making deliveries, it is pretty easy to be caught on camera's these days, keep that in dan: cameras are everywhere, they are even here. [laughter] thank you, michael. ama: coming up next, a look at the fire danger in our forecast and how conditions will improve for the weekend. in the programming note, " because of president biden speech, today's general ho california! all of our homes share power. but heat waves can stretch our supply to its limits. flex alerts remind us when to use less energy from 4-9pm. so we can all stay up and running. sign up today.

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ama: and it could affect future forecasts. spencer christian is here with details. spencer: it has not only influenced the weather, but something else as well. juvenile wet sharks. >> right now we have seen what appears to be juvenile or white sharks in the area. spencer: for swimmers and surfers in parts of southern california, juvenile white sharks are becoming almost familiar companions. sometimes spotted in large groups among beaches that are part of the warm water nursery habitat stretching from mexico. >> from spring into the late fall, it is every single day. they could be aggregating at a very busy public beach, and they just don't seem to care. spencer: chris directs the shark lab at cal state university long beach, where he has monitored the juvenile nurseries for years. now much of his focus is shifting north, after a study led by the monterey bay aquarium, and released earlier this year. in eight, he and his colleagues documented a stunning migration,

increasing numbers of juvenile white sharks now populating areas as far north as monterey bay. >> that particular part of monterey bay is known to be the warmest part. and that is probably acting as a thermal refuge. it is one of the things that is driving them their. >> they presume it is related to climate change. and it is easy to make that relationship because there is an elevated sea surface temperature. spencer: john, of the california academy of sciences in san francisco, believes water temperature may only be part of the equation. but for the past several years, it has been the most intriguing part. >> this great difference is going to be felt more and more commonly at shark alley, and the places that surfers like to serve. long is the shift likely to last , and might greater numbers of juvenile great white sharks move even closer to the bay area? the answer may hinge on a specific type of weather event, masses of warm water which can

raise water temperatures along our coast by at least several degrees fahrenheit, now popularly named blobs, after a major ocean heat event in 2013 and 2014. now noaa actually describes , these blobs as marine heat waves, believed to be caused by deviations in wind circulation, ocean currents, and sea surface temperatures. one recent blob actually raised west coast sea surface temperatures by nearly five degrees fahrenheit. and several recent encounters with surfers and divers may preview the challenges of a northward migration, if the marine heat waves, or rising auction temperatures continue. -- rising ocean temperatures do create a lasting path. experts believe those of us in northern california may have to adjust to living in closer quarters with juvenile sharks. >> if water temperatures continue to warm the way they are, we may expect to see these nurseries get pushed further and further north. and white sharks showing up in places where people haven't historically seen them, mainly

because the habitat is conducive. spencer: how conducive remains to be seen and could depend on global factors experts are still struggling to fully understand. now, there have been some indications pointing to another possible blob event in the northern pacific. researchers we spoke with say the jury is still out on what it will ultimately do. but what is really key is understanding whether these marine heat waves are now becoming the new normal, and if we need to keep monitoring them in the way that we do cycles like el nino. so that's it for the blobs for now. we will take a look at current weather conditions. as you can see, we have a blob of moisture on shore. the mass of moisture is poised to move on shore. what is the lightning strike risk with this instability and moisture? it is low, but if it happens, it will have high impacts. in the overnight hours, moderate to low risk of

lightning strikes in the north bay, down in the east bay hills and the diablo range. that possibility will be at its peak during the overnight and early morning hours just as we get into the morning commute, and then it should be virtually no risk at all going into the midday hours tomorrow. nevertheless, if red flag warning is an event until tomorrow for the east bay hills and inter-diablo range. and until 2:00 p.m. tomorrow for solano county. overnight lows will be in the upper 50's to around 60, highs and increasingly sunny skies, low 60's at the coast, low 70's near the bay. mid-to-upper 80's inland. we have two cooler than average days coming our way but sunnier on saturday. it starts warming up again sunday. monday, mid-90's inland. we get a greasy and cooler

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river casino. larry: good evening. the a's have been in freefall the last couple of weeks, but there is still three weeks to make a playoff wildcard push. they just took 2-3 out of first-place white sox. they are dancing like everybody is watching, but we are always watching. always. down the left-field line, billy hamilton to jed lowrie and scores. and up with an rb a triple, 1-0 a's. jose abreu runs to center. . cesar hernandez scores. 1-1 game. to the third, jose martelly havoc. the ball gets away. marte. got to fight for your right to marte hamilton pops it up. a basket catch in foul territory. he is going to get it. let him get it for the final out. smart fan. oakland is willing 3-1.

they are 2.5 games back in the second wildcard chase. after a stretch of 16 games in 16 days, the giants have a well-deserved day they will start a three-game series with the cubs in chicago tomorrow. homecoming for kris bryant. they are the only team in baseball to richard 90 wins, a record of 90-50, something almost nobody expected. the goal right now -- finish strong. >> we are in a really good spot and we worked really hard to get here. we have worked really hard as a team and as a unit. i used -- it is great reflecting on the things that we have done well recently, and i have done enough of that. go ahead and turn the page and get ready for chicago. >> nobody outside of our clubhouse expected that this year. we still have twentysomething games to go. the next benchmark would be 100. so we are going to keep pushing for that and try to run every

game. larry: dodgers and cardinals this afternoon. tyler only becoming the giants' best friend, homered last night to give st. louis a win, and does it again. cesar jr, a great attempt at the wall but could not keep it in the yard. cardinals do the giants another favor and win 2-1. the giants now lead over los angeles by 2.5 games. we are counting down to the season opener for the diners. sunday at detroit, marks the return of nick bosa who something is poised to win defensive player of the year and possibly come back year of -- comeback player of the year as well. he tore his acl last year. . 's knee appears to be fine. no restriction on how many plays he will be on. he is happy to be back on the field. >> i got to watch a lot of football last year. it really is, as they said to me on my first day, it is like riding a bike.

really no pitch count for me. i am just going to go. fully confident to play as many snaps as i need to. larry: he is a big factor for the pass rush. sports-mad abc 7 sponsored by river rock casino. in case people think tom brady is too old at age 44, bucs and cowboys, 21-16 heading into halftime. brady, only three touchdowns in the first half. only three. dan: he may play to age 60. [laughter] ama: coming up at 8:00, holy moly, followed by when nature calls with helen m that is iti for this additional abc 7 news. thanks forrren. dan:

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