use our housing, use our land in the district to be able to house our homeless kids. making sure we have community schools that have a shared governance model. kristen: some parents believe the union has taken it too far. >> i believe they have done in the wrong way. kristen: that up with multiple strikes in the past five years. >> you cannot circumvent the democratic process, cannot hold kids hostage to make progress on these things. reporter: he has two kids in the stricken crossed the picket line to bring his third-grader to school three other four days on strike. says common good goals have no place in the labor agreement. >> the union is advocating for things so many of us believe in around justice and homelessness and equal access to transportation. stuff that matters but dane rkua

community, and in many cases our elected leaders. >> personally believe i believe it is all connected. reporter: they made their own signs to join their teachers on the picket line tuesday they said, good ited to be part of the contract. >> at the same time i feel like the teachers are fighting for all of us in oakland. the common good goals are part of that. they cannot teach well of the kids are hungry. if the kids and i have somewhere to sleep at night. they are fighting the -- for those thing so they can all have a safe place to learn. kristen: the last time oakland teachers went on strike was 2019. that strike lasted a week. we will keep on top of this track for as long as it takes. all the latest on the website easy seven news.com or on the abc 7 bay area app -- abc7news.com, or on the abc 7 app. lithium-ion battery from an e bike is believed to have sparked this fire.

she reports on this growing problem in the people that own these bikes can do to prevent fires from starting. >> it happened again. a fire overnight at an impact - apartment complex is believed to have been started by a lithium battery. >> we see a rise in lithium-ion batteries in san francisco. reporter: according to the lieutenant, the two alarm fire broke out at 1:00 a.m., 70 firefighters responded to evacuate dozens of people. to residents of that in the unit where the fire started had to jump for the second floor balcony to escape. >> in total five individuals were injured from this fire come only three required transportation and all will be ok. reporter: a lucky outcome but probably -- part of a continuing problem. lithium-ion batteries that light on fire. this is the third one we have reported on this year in san francisco. >> the fired apartment said the fire department in this unit -- said the fire in this unit is likely to start from an e bike

left charge, that is an important lesson should never charge it overnight or unattended. >> if you buy one make sure charge in a cool and dry environment. do not charge it in -- reporter: an analyst at tech intelligence firm, saying lithium batteries and you bikes can be 50 times larger's than those in the cell phones. if a battery does have -- fire does happen they can be more dangerous. the reason they are more likely to be catching a fire is quality. people are buying these bikes from less revocable manufacturers. >> you cannot sort by cheapest, the cheapest one will not come of the best batteries. reporter: lieutenant baxter said there is no laws in san francisco on how to store lithium batteries into something the fire department is looking into. his says e bike owners you take extra steps to ensure the public safety. >> if you have an e bike to your

abbcs. air, break, batteries, chains. check the battery to make sure isn't good functioning condition. -- it is in good functioning condition. larry: san francisco board of supervisors's meeting now, expect to devote on a resolution to call for the das office to release video and other evidence in the killing of brown. security guard shot and killed brown two weeks ago. yesterday said the investigation was ongoing a file decision has not been made on whether to file charges, supervisors have yet to take of that resolution. kristen: inal theke volun sety panneighborhood, the first time officers are accompanying safety patrols when they began several years ago. they will happen for a few hours for the first tuesday of the month. the collaboration wasng between chinatown leaders and oakland

mayor sheng thao. one of the safety groups has provided nonstop vigilance. >> yet the process is for a second. a hundred days. rain or shine. being out there walking, and keeping us safe. >> chinatown leaders say the patrols have had a noticeable impact. crime in the community is down year-over-year. larry: in east bay the martinez police are investigating a mercury spell that forced an amtrak -- spill that forced an amtrak station to close. crews were cleaning up the spill until three this morning, returning today do further cleanup and determine the extent of the-custwere fced to get at the ne station, they are advised to stay away from now because of health concerns. >> the concern about mercury is that it evaporates at room temperature. that primary concern from a

health perspective is keeping the community away at this point so that oaks are not exposed --folks are not exposed to the vapors. larry: the departments as if your close or shoes were in contact with the substance, remove the items, back them up and called to help the party for further assistance. santa clara county showing its support for ukraine. larry: the outside the santa clara county government center, raised as the ukrainian national anthem was sung this morning. as part of the solitary event with ukrainian open world delegation. the delegation was welcomed as ukraine continues to fight russian forces to retain its independence. >> the whole world is seeing the example the men, women, and children of ukraine are posing for all of us. >> today's event was hosted by

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larry: a survey conducted by the bay area council shows many people are not writing barred because of safety concerns. part ridership -- bart much lower than before the pandemic. we are joined live at daly city with a look at the survey results. >> the afternoon, we've seen ridership return in some capacity to what is in 2020. it is stilopaem. to th surve get an undt sing the delays. a lot of it is safety concerns. reporter: bart ridership continues to struggle on his recovery from the pandemic, and tuesday the bay area council says of ridership does not return to what it was before

2020 the agency could never recover. >> the system is facing a financial hole that is very hard to fill, without it we could lose the entire system. reporter: they are currently averaging between 100000 and 150,000 riders on a weekday. before the pandemic they were averaging 40,000. many starts -- 400,000, many say they stop committing when they from home. with the pandemic of the control part ridership --bart ridership still struggles. 47% say they are choosing not to ride because of safety concerns. 17% say bart is safe. >> people are hesitating to get on board because they have pure about doing so. reporter: they nest changes about the police system, patrolling trains more often, this survey was done after that

announcement and shows people do not feel safe. if bart can make the. system safer people right again. >> if they feel safe and secure you are going to see a lot of people come back onto the system. reporter: bay area council sayse bay area economy. in a time where downtown san francisco is a lot less crowded, if bart regains ridership the entire bay area events. >> if people were more willing to get on bart we would see an improvement there, we think that would build upon itself. reporter: the bay area cou says they see a future where it bart was as popular as it was before the pandemic. in order to achieve that bart has to continue to make safety can -- improvements to make riders feel safer. kristen: thank you so much. the oakland a's have struck a new deal that would help finance a home stadium for the team in las vegas.

nevada independent reports the a's and valleys corporation have an agreement in place for the team to build a 1.5 dollars stadium on the portion of the las vegas tropicana site. this is a different site and deal, this would reduce the amount of public financing needed by the team to build the stadium. the newspaper reports valleys will demolish the tropicana allow the a's to construct a 35,000 seat retractable roof stadium on nine acres. larry: bay area researchers are working to try to learn more about the deaths of 2 gray whales over the weekend. while that continues there is an ongoing effort to protect migrating whales from a particularly deadly threat. dan ashley joining us in studio with that. reporter: that is exactly right. the threat is from collisions with larger ships, transiting the coast and san francisco bay.

a system designed to prevent that collision is expanding both in scope and in sophistication. if whales could s own warnings to passing ships, that is what it might sound like. now, those same voices are being heard through an increasingly sophisticated safety system instead. it is triggering a voluntary vessel speed reduction designed to prevent deadly collisions along a newly expanded stretch of the coastline. >> used to be the centura, now it includes all of monterey bay's and shuri. that is almost 1000 square miles added to the speed reduction zone. >> he is the operations director and the -- he says the effort to protect passing wells from ship strikes involves a combination of both looking and listening. buoys developed by the ocean science

laboratory and deployed with the help of the marine mammal center and other bay area partners. using artificial intelligence and underwater eavesdropping to alert ships and researchers to the presence of whales. >> we have real-time acoustic listening devices on those. what those are doing, is giving us a twitter real-time feed of information of what is going on out there. reporter: he points to the human eyes also trained on what is going on out there. the research vessel, recently flighted to the golden gate carrying a team of noaa researchers. they will establish the migrations migrating off the shore and the ecosystem supporting them. >> they will collect a tenant data and spend months analyzing. they deploy nets and tovar krill. -- tow for krill. grad students cap the samples to figure out what is in their -- counted the samples to figure out what is in their. reporter: she is a project

scientist at uc santa barbara. there team has the acoustic alert systmarine sanctuary at tl islands more than 300 miles south of the golden gate. >> whale community, we all have the same common goal to help protect and keep track of these whales. reporter: they point out the voluntary speed reduction is only effective when ships apply. carver said the program made significant progress since its launch. >> when we started this in 2015 we have cooperation of 20, 20 5%, now the low 60's. >> a trend that could help spare some of the largest most make divisive creatures on the planet -- magnificent creatures on the planet. reporter: one more note, there is a bill working its way through the assembly if successful would expand the marine desha speed reduction zones, it is designed to further protect the whales. >> that is where they are, that makes sense.

>> it may not feel like it, but it will get really warm really fast. >> i was looking ahead to mother's day, i do know it is coming. >> it is sunday. kristen: the brunch, the gifts, all that. >> larry nailed it will get warm really fast right now it does not feel like it is warming at all this take a look at what is going on, and look at the satellite radar composite image. as you may recall we had a bit of cloudiness earlier in the day. it swept through the bay area as you see on the radar image right now skies are quite clear and we have very gusty conditions. on the surface 30 when mile per hour gust at sfo, 33 oakland, many locations have 25 to 35 mile per hour gusts. a blue sky after a cloudy start. currently 60 degrees in the city, oakland 63, upper 60's at palo alto, san jose, mountain view, 50 seven half moon bay.

lots of blue sky -- 57 at half moon bay. 73 fairfield, mid upper 60's and the, clock -- concord, livermore. here is the view looking down on the bay. these of the forecasted headlines clouds returned to the coast and bake, to the south bay overnight it will be a much more at the end of this week going into mother's day weekend. by the way we will see temperatures well above average. here is a forecast animation starting at 5:00, notice a few clouds around mainly clear skies, the clearing continues going into the late-night hours. after midnight into the overnight hours clouds returned, especially around the bay on the coast and down into the south bay. back away and give you a better view, mainly sunny skies out of the early morning hours. overnight lows will be the upper 40's to about 50. fairly mild overnight. highs tomorrow not very high for a day going into the second week of may. 57 four half moon bay tomorrow,

59 at san francisco, low 60's generally around the bay shoreline, upper 60's inland. look at the warm up, mid 80's inland, over 70 around the bay shoreline. on saturday the day before mother's day low to mid 90's inland, low 80's and the warmest spots around the bay shoreline, probably 70's or above in some coastal locations. not much change on sunday. a little bit less of the intense heat but still very warm. this is a look at the accuweather 7-day forecast. cooler than average again tomorrow, the warming begins on thursday, there is a big jump in high temperatures on friday. a 10 degrees jump may 80's inland, mid 70's on the bay the warm to hot mother's day weekend, sunny skies, the heat eases a bit on monday but bounces right back on tuesday back up to 90 degrees. this may be a relatively extended period of one mother.

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larry: graduating from high school is a big milestone. abc7news has been highlighting sick san francisco high school seniors taking their first step on the journey to success by given the superintendent's 21st century award, abc7news senior education award -- the last recipient to is rated >>ink, learn, international high school. i am ready to think, learn, grow. reporter: playing basketball is how he found his place at international high school. the only student from myanm

as a newcomer struggled to communicate. no other student at his school speaks burmese. >> i cannot even speak chinese. i look like chinese. allowed people stereotype me as chinese ale speak chinese. i do not sakhi. i sorry about that. i want a better life for my family, and get an education so i can help my family in future. reporter: school's peace club gm a way in. he is a student leader. >> they even practice your english skill. because i do not speaking there's too much. reporter: during the pandemic he made himself resourceful by arriving early at school to help teachers make sure all safety measures were in place. >> i clean all the classroom. i help cleaning to prepare. six feet, make sure six feet. . tape, glass. reporter: he credits his 2

mentors -- 3 mentors at school for lifting and encouraging to never give up. >> we just keep going and going. >> he is like a slow burning fire coal you would not see on the outside because he is so gentle, collaborative, he has warmed everyone, he is determined when he is passionate about something. >> i like laker, and like warrior like stephen curry. in the middl like how, i like his podcast. >> it wasn't international where he discovered his pot -- passion for coding. meeting -- majoring in computer science at uc santa cruz. >> i am proud of myself. >> he proudly showed us a picture of him alongside the uc santa cruz mascot. the banana slug.

when dispensing advice for any newcomer, he is clear. and concise. >> do not scare, do not be shy, just be yourself. larry: i like his honesty. stefan clay, i like his podcast. we have been reporting on bay area school issues for decades, that is why she is the senior education reporter come if you i didn't touch find her online, twitter, facebook, graham handles or under screen right now. >> happening now the professional business woman of california conference underway, celebrating ringing women together to network, engaged, and address mental health and and outside the workplace. >> to title of my atlantic article was supposed to be why women cannot have it all... yet. what i was trying to say was we still need to make many big structural changes before we can

get to gender equality. >> actress jennifer coolidge and peloton vice-president are this year's key note speakers, the conference is virtual once again abc 7 is a proud founding sponsor. >> today to celebra asian-american and pacific islander heritage month. was one of the performances that graced the board chamfers. -- chambers. they show the contribution of the aapi community to contra costa county, there was dance, music and the unique customs of each community. kristen: a jury reached a verdict in the former president trump's rape and liable trial. the former president attorney

says he would appeal. larry: new advice when it comes to getting mammograms. the guideline that affects 20 million women.

>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. kristen: verdict in the civil lawsuit involving former president trump and rider -- carroll. >> after more of a week of testimony and little under three hours of the ration a new york city jury finding donald trump

liable a battery and connection of claims brought by columnist e jean carroll. finding that trump did not read carol blood sexually abused her. -- sexually abused her. awarding her $2 million and $3 million in liable. >> she told the jury, donald trump rape me and when i wrote about he said it did not happen he lied and shattered my reputation i here to get my life back. the former president refused to take the stand in the federal civil lawsuit where he is accused of sexual assault and defamation. instead jurors watched portions of a videotaped deposition. >> that is my wife. >> the person they just pointed to was jean carroll. >> trump called her a liar and said carol is not his type. >> i take it the three women you have married or all your type. >> yeah.

>> when he spoke publicly about what he had done he had defamed her, on monday both sides given one last chance to sway the jury in their favor, trump's attorney accusing carol of making up a rape story to sell a book, carol testifying trump attacked her nearly 30 years ago where he immediately shut the door and shoved me up against a wall, shove me so hard my head banged, carol never went to the police. telling the jury she was ashamed. she decided to tell her story now because of the #metoo movement, the defense grilling come forrd.it her so l editor-in-chief roberta myers taking the stand calling carol a true teller taking -- speaking to the popularity of her advice column that you lost of going public with her claim. >> the legal team asked for a mistrial that was denied. the jury awarding $1 million in damages and 1.7 million for reputation repair. two and punitive images, morgan

norwood, abc news, new york. >> today at the white house, president biden hosted top house and senate leaders the first group meeting on raising the debt limit. this comes as a treasury secretary warned in action could push the country into default and economic catastrophe. justin finch has the latest. >> meeting face-to-face president biden and a bipartisan group of top leaders in the house and senate gathering at the white house to discuss. raising the debt limit. >> we will get started we will solve all the worlds problems. >> before the meeting house speaker kevin mccarthy saying he wants a long-term solution not a short-term deal. but the white house insisting there will be no negotiating demanding republicans pass a clean debt limit. increase with no preconditions. >> do what you're supposed to do it has been done 78 time since 1960. that is what he is expecting from congress. >> raising the government

allowed the u.s. congress to pay for debt is already occurred, not future spending, house republicans narrowly passed a debt ceiling bill that would/nearly $5 trillion from the biden administration top spending parties including climate change everton student loan debt reduction gop earning support from 43 senate republicans walking to past -- vowing to block the pass of a clean that bill -- debt ceiling bill. in 2011, led s&p global to downgrade the u.s. is aaa credit rating after democrats and republicans struck a deal. other credit agencies were the political game of chicken over the u.s. debt ceiling could cause real damage to the naon's economic health. >> aus duval could have wide reaching impact from -- default

could have wide reaching impact from collapsing the jobs market, no-show security -- n security checks for 8 million seniors. >> they agree with the sense of urgency warning with weak government revenue there is significant and served with federal cash flows running low. kristen: women should start getting mammograms athethe new . preventative services task force. comes as breast cancer diagnoses rise among younger women and mortality rates of black women in particular remain persistently high. i was joined on the 3:00 p.m. show and says the change aligns with the larger push for early detection. >> if you look at all cases of breast cancer. when they are found they are localized to the breast. they have not -- spread to the other parts of the body. the five-year survival, is about 99%.

even if it spreads farther, to inland note, the number is high, read 80 to 90%, this is all contingent on finding it early. kristen: recent evidence shows more women in their 40's are getting breast cancer, with a number of newly diagnosed women increasing 2% each year. larry: if the advisors are considering whether to allow the nation's first over-the-counter birth control pill. it is called o support essays about breaking down barriers to access birth control, many other countries already offer these over-the-counter birth control methods. >> we have to give people all the tools they can to protect themselves. to protect their help. this -- health. this is one great option i hope is pushed forward. larry: last week the fda expressed concerns about o pill

worried if teenagers would follow instructions and take the pills properly. they are concerned about how effective the pill is on women who may be obese or overweight. >> a move by amazon to be the beginning of the end of free shipping. >> the switch has the giant paying its

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larry: time now for the 4 at 4.

a high-rises sold for 75% its previous estimated value. san francisco business times reports in 2019 three could was estimated to be worth $300 million. the building sold for about 60 million. t b majori os poinis e. h--ba -- vacancyatit has to be scary forf peop t i do not know how it will turn out. maybe you could convert some of it the housing. that would be the best case scenario. that would take a lot of money. >> that is one of the options that will probably happen. it will take a lot of money. is hard to look at the bright side, top news of the people that previous the on the building. keep in mind just like in our regular lives, buying things at a discount, it ends up being a good investment for us.

the people that bought that building will have more capital to invest in it. perhaps more flexibility because they did not overpay or pay close to market value. things will come back. sometimes these cycles, this one is particular bad. things will rebound in a certain way and change. the fact that they bought this building is such a discount, bad news for the previous owner. it does provide opportunity for things to come from. >> that is a great analysis she should be on cnbc. one of those finance networks. >> send me your stockport folios. kristen: i would think the same thing, wouldn't it be great to have 60 million and picked that up in a bargain. in a few years it would realize the value attribute -- triple. >> is like buying a house at 15%, you get more capital. kristen: amazon is offering to pay you to pick up your own package. the company sent emails to prime

customers to offer them to pick up orders of $25 or more of -- allocations of calls or whole foods. one way to cut cost on home deliveries and returns. amazon is reconsidering free shipping. has started charging $10 for grocery -- $10 for grocery orders less than $150. even though i'd not like i do not blame them. they try to stop people like me that by a lot of things and returning other things. i do not mean to. there are things yet to look at and say it is not for me. i feel terrible every time of my hope in the environment. this might be a good idea. >> that is what fueled its growth and success. the flexibility you enjoyed in all of us did, the buy things that did not work right return it. it did make amazon successful. >> it is good kristen comes out and takes blame for the situation. she is the one responsible for this. >> that is exactly what i was thinking. you said it first. larry: that means i will be

attacked first. the other side of it, if i were to deliver her goods, do i get $10 for every item she has to return? this could be my side hustle. >> make some serious money. larry: it could be lucrative will will talk later. despite a rough game the loss of a lakers and energetic group of older warriors gain -- fans are keeping the city pumped up. they are the hardwood classics. the warriors dance team comprised of members 55 and older perform at the watch party outside of chase center. too much applause and admiration. landing one of the two dozen or so spots on the team is really really competitive. thousands apply, many do not make the cut. the dancers say they appreciate camaraderie the most. >> i never thought i could get so attached to people so fast. it was like an instant

comradeship between us all. it was just amazing, just amazing. >> many of the dancers are retired, they are grandparents or a senior in their careers if you will. they come from all over california dance at the home games. not just the bay area.it is a js agility and devotion and the admiration of christian -- kristen who was a judge. kristen: i have the pleasure and honor to do it this year, it was so great, the gentleman we all loved him. is about enthusiasm, the moves, energy, the big smiles. some of them have come some were professional dancers, one was a raiders cheerleader when she was younger. others are professionals, a tech worker, managers, they love doing this. they love the warriors. >> is great deal of the warriors, the camaraderie is great exercise, fun to have a passion or a hobby to get better at and participate in and be a part of.

and, god bless the young, cannot always be about youth. it is fun to see some older folks enjoying life and thriving at this age. >> they bring youthful energy and enthusiasm to what they do, you think of them being younger and i am sure they feel younger because they can do that. >> i see them all the time of the court before the games. they light up. the smiles are intestate. kristen: larry: i am almost old enough to try to new guys are all not to try out. >> just not agile enough. >> i could have tried out 20 years ago. kristen: 55 and up. a lazy float on a river turn into a terrifying encounter for a group of women in florida. and alligator perched on a log getting too close for comfort. she kicks the log to get further away from the. woman recording this as the alligator was hissing at her friend, she says she thinks the gator was protecting its nest. >> we cannot relate here, but i

worked for years in south carolina and that part of the country. some of the alligator stories, you do see them out and about and it is for strange -- it is strange the first time. they are fairly common. i have a couple of funny alligator stories involving friends. my one tip if you have to run they are very fast yet the zigzag. they do not cut very easily. larry: i do not have to be faster than the alligator, just faster than you. >> that is pretty good. larry: you are either a gator or gator bait. >> not gatorade. larry: not bringing you drinks. kristen: that was more exciting than jungle crews and jungle cruise is pretty exciting. larry: that is it

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larry: developing news senator dianne feinstein echo the job in washington dc. return to capital -- job in washington dc, she was recovering from shingles in san francisco. joining me now, jackie. it is unusual to see democrats publicly battling against each other, there are some of the par that say, senator feinstein at age 89 should step aside, how do you see this playing out? >> they have been

certainly ro khanna, and alexandria garcia cortez. i would say for most members they recognize it she had the right to recover and then returned to washington. i wish her well. i think she is once again showing how steely she has. is a great word for her, takes you back to 1978 when she brought the city back from poor -- horrors from the assassination of george moscone he and on the heels of the diana massacre. let's wish her well that she can do her job. larry: do you expect that she will complete her term? >> she will do what she needs to do. i cannot speak to her health condition. she is coming back. she took a private. plane today back to washington dc. >> moving onto the verdict in the trump case we reported on

the few minutes ago. this is a civil case no jail time is a possibility. do you think this case will impact mr. trump's campaigning anyway? >> i hope it impacts his campaign. it speaks of volume about how he looks at women. i think, e jean carroll outstanding job of pushing forward on what her experience was. not letting the old myth be associated, why didn't you scream? why -- what we wearing? she made it clear he sexually assaulted her. he boasted about that on the access hollywood tape. he did not pay a price. now he will pay $5 million. for women in this country that have been sexually assaulted or sexually harassed, it is going to have an impact. larry: let's get to the ceiling we could probably do

hours on the debt ceiling. it was enacted back in 1917 to make it easier to supply government borrowing. it has become a political tool for one party to get the changes they want implemented. people may not realize this all of congress agreed on this budget months ago. this is round two, the budget renegotiation. you can question why the whole process even exists right now, what happens next? >> there have been efforts in congress to get away with a congressional action on raising the debt limit. the debt limit is in fact bills you already have. it is like going to your critic our company after you have made all these purchases and say, i want you to discount why i -- what i owe. i want you to reduce my cost. we owe this money and we want to pay it, during the trump there was raised about raising the debt

ceiling. this is used by mccarthy in particular to try and extract some pound of flesh from the president. mind you if we do, 18 across the budget, we do not want to cut the military, we do not want to cut homeland security, we do not want to cut veterans health benefits. than it is 50% cuts research, transportation, the justice department. it is ciccone not semi-levels it does not cancel out. -- draconian on so many levels and it does not cancel out. larry: thank you for your time.

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kristen: $1 million is up for grabs on celebrity wheel of fortune, george pennacchio shows how it will be tv history in the making. >> vanna white takes a spin at the world's most famous wheel for the first time ever. >> i have never been in this position for. reporter: withhe, stoddart magge handles the big board, she is competing a celebrity wheel of fortune against jeopardy hosts. who both think vanna has the upper hand. >> i think she has the advantage. >> do you? >> techniques, i have zero technique. >> your probably seen more

of wheel of fortune than anyone on the planet. >> that is correct. >> over 7500 games. >> you are a hustler, you are a shark. >> i will not excel at the speedy get it real quick. >> i have been researching wheel of fortune since i was a kid, my peak years of wheel skill was ages eight to 11, i may have aged out of my prime. >> no one loses here, the game benefits charity, bragging rights are on the line and everyone wants that when. -- win. >> yes. >> yes. >> say yes, i am a pretty competitive person i want to win. >> i put my money on vanna. celebrity wheel of fortune airs tomorrow night at 9:00, right here on abc 7. that is it for abc7news at the abc7news at 5:00 is coming up next.

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