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russia make it to america. what some of them told us when they finally got to the ground destination. reggie: in new york, parts of the east coast blanketed by an. and dangerous orange haze. the air quality so poor, the mayor is giving out masks. kumasi: the trend of parents trying to make a difference in their kids careers. drew: oh no. [inaudible] me, too. [laughter] kumasi: will get to it. reggie: everyone, grow up. drew: good advice, good morning. nice day, later on today. partly cloudy skies with temperatures right now for the most part waking up to the mid to upper 50's as you get out the door on this thursday. light layers are needed but you can get rid of them pretty fast this morning. it's a pleasant picture from the sutro tower this morning.

a light look outside with sunshine across the region and partly cloudy conditions throughout the day. 70's by lunchtime. we have good air quality as well and we will find those numbers mainly in the 70's away from the coast. by see how the traffic is doing. lena: -- jobina: coming back the bay bridge toll plaza, metering lights came in at 5:39. we are starting to see heavy traffic except for one other area i will point out on the maps. here's the thing, if you are traveling through the east bay right now we have road construction on westbound 80 exiting at gilman. speeds down to 12 miles per hour as you move through albany. reggie: breaking news this

morning, religious broadcaster pat robertson has died. he led the christian coalition and ran for president in 1980 eight, founding the christian broadcasting network and was well known for hosting the talk show the 700 club for 55 years and continue to make appearances on that show over the last couple of years. he was 93. kumasi: passengers stranded in russia on an air india flight are finally on american soil this morning, landing just after midnight at sfo. amanda is there live this morning. i can imagine there were a lot of feelings. amanda: to see the emotion captured on camera? i can't imagine. the days long detour, they were supposed to see each other days ago. all of that time spent waiting. certainly a lot of relief for passengers and their families. happy to report that the flight made it to its final destination here just after midnight.

all of this is coming after that emergency landing at a russian airport over engine trouble. air india flight 173 took off from delhi and was scheduled to win the same day. the emergency landing put the passengers in a remote location of the country and rot up a lot of concern. then we started to see social media filled with passenger photos and videos of sleeping arrangements and accommodations they're showing varying degrees of discomfort. some travelers described to being treated well by air india and russian authorities but others had some complaints. one thing is certain, everyone is relieved to have arrived safely, passengers speaking shortly after landing and connecting with loved ones. >> there was a school russians were nice, giving us food.

definitely we were traumatized. we were not sure how long it would take and it is russia, so we were worried about that. the thing is, now we are here and we have reached safety. amanda: we are told many of the 316 passengers were helping each other as they waited for the air india flight to reach them and complete the trip. we heard from the passengers who said that through the entire experience it felt like they really formed a family with one another. everyone on flight 173, that's what they are talking about. reporting live, amanda del castillo io. reggie: thank you. new details about the case accused -- of the man accused of killing jasper wu on a freeway. pamela price has dropped the special circumstances from the

murder charges. but the suspects still lengthy lifetime prison sentences as they are accused of trying to shoot someone in another car when they instead struck jasper as he rode in the backseat of his families car on 880 in november of 2021. if convicted, bevins bases 206 to five years to life. green faces 175 years to life. dropping special circumstances meaning -- means that they would not face the death penalty of california resumed executions. kumasi: yesterday contra costa county prosecutors moved to dismiss a case saying that it was tainted by the officers involved. they faced charges mutilation in the connection to a death of a 25-year-old. her body was found burned on the trail last october.

prosecutors say the case relied heavily on the investigative work of the officers associated with the communications. they said they reviewed the roles of the case and that they no longer had confidence in the integrity of the prosecution. the case could be one of the first felony cases to be dropped because of the texting scandal as experts say thousands of cases need to be reviewed and those will likely be the largest ever in u.s. history. the chief public defender ellen mcdonald tells abc news that they are hiring more staff to it and -- review any case that involves any officers linked to the scandal in the process could take several years with a review going back to the beginning of each officer's career in the county. >> some of them did not just work at antioch. before that they worked at other police agencies. we will be doing a thorough review of any case they were involved in during their career as a police officer. kumasi: she says the review will

first focus on cases involving people currently in jail or prison and next those on probation or parole. and then those with a prior conviction on the record. reggie: happening today, more law enforcement is expected to be deployed in the crackdown on drug use. deputies will be coming from the emergency services unit two areas where open air drug dealing is rampant. the sheriffs office says deputies in the unit have specialized in intervention training. they are joining the crackdown that has been going on for more than a month. today's announcement will be at 9 a.m. at civic center plaza. kumasi: in the last 30 minutes the faa has pause flights for several airports because of low visibility, covering much of the east coast, the thick fires in canada, the smoke. jobina has more on the impact. jobina: it's so interesting to

see much of the country reacting to something that much of the -- much of us in california have not experienced. these fires are forcing evacuations and cities in the u.s. have been blanketed with a thick and dangerous haziness. air-quality alerts in 16 states. officials calling this unprecedented. new york city is registering the worst air quality of any major city in the world. one expert says being exposed to the current air quality in new york for 24 hours is equivalent to smoking six cigarettes. emergency rooms are preparing for potential patients. >> the more exposure they have, the more likely they will be sick. >> this is an environment where we are recommending every new yorker stay indoors. jobina: more than 6 million acres have burned in canada and it is shaping up to be the country's worst fire season on record.

experts say that persistent heat in recent weeks fueled the flames. justin trudeau says hundreds of american firefighters have arrived to help and he is thanking the u.s. for the critical support. kumasi: thank you. still to come, stern words from governor newsom to ron desantis as they spar over migrant flights. reggie: former president trump gets a notice into his handling of classified documents, a sign that he could be charged. drew: a live look from our santa cruz camera. it is beautiful out there this morning and we are on our way to a very pleasant afternoon as we look at the highs and the air quality locally

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morning, look at that, the exploratorium camera getting is underway for thursday air quality. it's good, we are breathing easy. pm levels below 50, it's good with fresh air overhead. quite a different story, ally picture from philadelphia. look at all the smoke blanketing not only philly but a huge portion of the mid-atlantic and northeast. current levels are very unhealthy from philadelphia, baltimore into washington dc. hartford, salisbury, maryland, we have unhealthy air quality and it will stay this way for the next 24 hours. tomorrow fresh air moves in. back at home we have partly cloudy conditions looking lovely and temperatures are a bit warmer than yesterday. in the next three days we have minor dips in the temperatures, the weekend starting out with morning fog and afternoon

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reggie: a new development in the investigation into donald trump's handling of classified documents. a prosecutor jack smith sent trump a letter officially informing him that he's a target of the investigation. trump has continued to deny any wrongdoing as a federal grand jury heard from another grand witness yesterday who served as a spokesman for trump after the presidency. in a tweet he says it's all in attempt to go after trump.

actor and comedian popular for his rolls on bob's burgers and arrested development has been charged for his alleged role in the january 6 insurrection. jeh johnson was arrested yesterday nla, facing charges for several crimes including civil disorder, disorderly conduct and they identified him they said from images taken at the capital that day. he was the voice of jimmy pesto on bob's burgers and has since been fired from the show. genentech confirms they plan t sell their sprawling facility in vacaville, retaining the 800 employees that work there but plan to move operations to locations in san diego, or kentucky, three months after they announced plans to shut down their south san francisco plan and lay off more than 260 workers. in 2020 they laid off nearly 500 employees at the same location.

kumasi: the organization says we could see the warmest year locally in five years and this morning we are looking into what it could mean for the bay area and fire season . they recently released a global climate update from 2023 to 2027 saying it will be hot with a 100% certainty and experts predicting that in the next five years we will see the warmest year because of global warming and el niño conditions. our wet winter has produced more fuel than in years past and hotter temperatures have higher risks. forest management could be the key to mitigating the concern. >> including things like bringing in prescribed fire, low severity fire, thinning the forest to make them healthier and more akin to what they would have been 100 years ago before they were logged. kumasi: b their work now is the best chance for the forest to survive.

reggie: for the bible to be put back on shelves and some late -- libraries with signs like the bible is the original textbook. this started because it was removed after someone challenged under a new state law for having objectionable content. the district ruled in favor of the challenge saying it wasn't appropriate for elementary and junior high readers. the state lawmaker who wrote the law says he wants to revisit it. kumasi: left the homes and are now showing up at their kids jobs, recruiters saying they are seeing more parents inserting themselves into their kids lives , including calling hiring managers and even showing up to mediate conflicts. [laughter] hr professionals intervention can make their kids seem unmotivated or too dependent on other people.

who let them in? reggie: here's the thing, this is why i've been tripping over the umbilical cord. [laughter] drew: still tethered? reggie: i guess people are still tethered. drew: i'm not going to i was in my 20's i made my mom make my dentist appointments. i didn't want to do it. jobina: i mean i call my mom for everything. it just depends. reggie: but she's not doing it for you. she's giving advice. kumasi: yeah behind -- drew: yeah behind the scenes but she's not going in and saying listen, pay my darling child. jobina: right. but let me ask you about this -- reggie: but let me ask you about this, dentist appointments? drew: i was in northern virginia and i would go back

dentist, you don't want to let them go. very hard to find a dentist sometimes. reggie: oddly, i go to your dentist and i am seeing him today. drew: sigh high to him. reggie: i will. and to your mom, who made the appointment. drew: i set him going to do it myself. -- i said i'm going to cut the cord and do it myself. and they were like hmo or ppo and i was like mommy? reggie: big boy. [laughter] what's a co-pay? drew: i don't even know. why do i have insurance question mark just kidding, insurance is great. good morning, here is a live look from the east sunshine. partly cloudy, good air quality. for this app weekends on the way. here's future weather, partly cloudy skies throughout the day. real quiet weather pattern in

the next 24 hours. warmer today by a few degrees compared to yesterday afternoon. mid to upper 70's for daytime highs. sunshine out there, upper 60's to mid 70's, looking nice if you are headed to the fair later today. temperatures near 70 in the afternoon. very nice if you are going to celebrate. into the north bay it will feel warmer than yesterday. 60's to the mid-70's with sunshine in the east bay. 73 in fremont. 70 in olinda. midland, mid to upper 70's later this afternoon. tonight we have coastal cloud cover developing with fog pushing in land and temperatures in the 50's. let's plan the next seven days for you, showing you a warmer afternoon with a minor dip in the temperatures tomorrow. still keeping a steady pattern of morning fog and afternoon sunshine over the weekend. next week, tuesday and wednesday it looks like we will get temperatures closer to average.

jobina: starting and zooming in on the east bay, road construction is starting to slow people down from berkeley into el cerrito. westbound 80 at gilman street, closed until 9 a.m. with speeds averaging just under 30 miles per hour. busy on the richmond san rafael bridge as we travel westbound into the north bay there. a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza, things are looking good with metering lights coming up at five: 39 and here we have a look at the d ♪ always in that state of mind ♪ ♪ living on a high vibration ♪ ♪ so hot gonna make it melt ♪ ♪ and i'm lovin' what i'm tastin' ♪ ♪ que bonito lugar lleno de tanto sabor ♪

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kumasi: here at abc 7 we are celebrating pride and are a proud sponsor of the san francisco pride parade. we are two weeks away from the celebration and you can watch it live sunday, june 25 on abc 7 and also on our streaming tv app and abc 7 mornings team will be

there anchoring the coverage. we are hearing now from gavin newsom about the three dozen migrants flown to sacramento. in an interview with the today show, he slammed florida governor ron desantis over those flights. >> there's a governor from the state of florida using taxpayer money and he had to go to another state to find people under false pretenses. i don't think this, i know this. i talked to the migrants. lied to them, took them into another state by bus and took them on a chartered flight to sacramento, lied to them that they had help on the other side, knocked on the other door and they left the migrants right there on the steps. what kind of human being does that? kumasi: shows migrants making the trip, shown in one trip enjoying a ride in a limo and boarding a private jet. the sacramento faced faith --

faith based group says that they were live -- misread after their journey where the bus dropped them off, promised to come back and never did. a spokesperson for bob bonta says his office has formally requested the unedited footage of the asylum-seekers. a former florida sheriff's deputy accused of failing to try to stop the parkland school massacre in 2018 is now on trial, scott peterson accused of taking action to stop the shooter. in his opening statement the prosecutor characterized peterson as a coward for waiting outside while the shooter open fire. >> active shooter situation? you are trained to go towards the gunshots. >> every shot >> the defendant would never leave the alcove. kumasi: peterson has maintained that he thought the shots were coming from a sniper outside the

building. 60 to 80 witnesses are expected to take the stand during the trial and he faces charges of child neglect, negligence, and perjury and if convicted on all counts he could face 100 years in prison. next at 6:30, a voice scan you have to see to understand -- scam you have to see to understand. and then oakland's latest

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>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. remember finally ends at sfo after hundreds of passengers were stranded in russia and we talk to them about that ordeal. kumasi: still no stadium deal for the a's in las vegas. some lawmakers are skeptical of not forking over the money. reggie: a win for those hoping to get the student loans

forgiven but the plan has a long and bumpy road ahead. kumasi: it's thursday, a friday, june 8. reggie: what's it like out there? drew: really pleasant. this morning you already have a lot of sunshine with temperatures in the mid to upper 50's. a light layer, you don't need it too long this morning. outside we take you to sutro tower where the sun is up under partly cloudy conditions and we keep the partly cloudy sky throughout the day, breathe easy no matter what you are doing outside. it's a warmer afternoon compared yesterday with temperatures near 70 away from the coast. that's the weather and we have a check on the traffic to see how it's going this morning with jobina. hopefully it's not too bad out there. jobina: thank you for stalling for me, getting the graphic up, we have a crash on highway four, the drivetime has certainly been affected.

antioch to concord is around 29 minutes. we are bringing in the oakland camera, 800 80 it's pretty clear where everything is moving at the limit. not as much at the bay bridge toll plaza. unfortunately metering lights came on it 5:39 and this is the new light coming in before leverage road where your speed is around 30 miles per hour and according to chp a vehicle has overturned and injuries all involved. reggie? reggie: new overnight, the air india flight from russia touched down after quite a detour for everyone involved. amanda is live this morning at sfo. amanda? amanda: reggie if those travelers are not watching abc 7 mornings, hopefully they are asleep because my goodness they touched down after midnight after such a turbulent trip. the passengers said it was like they found a family within the flight. especially after the days long detour.

we have heard many stories from the 216 passengers who were on board flight 173. while they were waiting, a further air india flight came to complete the trip. we know that they were chipping in to help each other during the time. this was of course the case after the emergency landing in russia over engine trouble. the location of the emergency landing put the passengers in a remote location but brought up a lot of concern over the ongoing war in ukraine. then we saw social media filled with passenger photos and videos of sleeping arrangements and accommodations there showing varying degrees of discomfort but some travelers explained they had been treated well by air india and russian authorities, though others had complaints. tuesday the original air india flight, 173, took off from delhi and was scheduled to land the same day at sfo. it is now thursday morning, they

are finally here and we caught up with passengers shortly after their flight landed. of the day we made it home and it's fine. a lot of us said it was kind of like a nightmare. it was really scary when they had to dump the fuel in the middle of the flight. but then we landed. it was nice. but then you know the whole situation there was just really bad. amanda: air india twitter after the plane landed, thinking a long list of groups including government agencies, regulatory authorities, staff and partners involved in supporting the long journey and those who assisted with care while they all waited. we know that this was a days long detour. all of those family reunions captured on camera. we reached out to air india to ask what type of compensation the passengers might see in the

future and we are still waiting for that response. for now, reporting live, amanda del castillo. reggie: nevada state legislature meeting again today as they voted yesterday on the future of the a's proposed ballpark in vegas. the emergency session went on for seven hours. gloria rodríguez is here with all of that. gloria? gloria: lawmakers are expected to take it up again this morning as the special session was called upon by the governor after it wasn't taken up in a rate your letter session, stomach stressing anger over the proposed project as it called for the legislature to consider a financing and infrastructure project related to the construction of a major-league baseball stadium in las vegas. a $1.5 billion project with 30,000 seats, making it the smallest stadium in baseball. $380 million of that would be publicly funded.

there were people on both sides speaking up. >> a taxpayer-funded stadium at the same time that the governor has vetoed funding for summer school, a bill to support children's mental health, a bill requiring paid family leave? >> it's going to be the shiny new project on the strip. the ability to sell that place out over those first three years, yeah i like our chances. everyone of those visitors stay in our hotel rooms, eat in our restaurants, generate revenue. gloria: during public they said ticket prices will not be cheap. the newly built allegiance stadium where the raiders play was the top grossing stadium in the world last year. t-mobile arena in las vegas is fairly new and is the fourth top grossing arena in the world. the special session starts

11:30 this morning. kumasi: thank you. fans of the a's are not going down without a fight. diehards are showing support for the team with a reverse boycott. the nonprofit organization is calling on fans to pack the stadium next tuesday and are hoping to raise enough money to hand out shirts for the boycott. they say it's a message to the owner, asking him to sell the team. >> what's the point of owning a major-league franchise when you don't invest in it. this is like urgency time for fans. kumasi: we also spoke with the president of save oakland sports who says he is confident that tuesday night's game will be a sellout of all 50,000 seats and he is holding out hope that the las vegas deal will fall apart. reggie: family of a 23-year-old woman whose disappearance made national headlines say they can finally lay her to rest.

she went missing after visiting her ex boyfriend in antioch, police say he killed her and spread her remains in multiple locations and he was later killed by officers in seattle trying to serve him with an arrest warrant. autopsy and forensic tests have been completed and the remains are being returned to her family. they are inviting the public to a memorial service june 17 at the diablo valley funeral services in concord at 3 p.m.. i should say the funeral will be held at in front of the diablo valley funeral home chapel. kumasi: new developments in the case of a peninsula couple killed in a fatal crash last fall. family members announced they filed a wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of the twin daughters. the twins survived the crash in their parents were killed when the car allegedly involved in a street race slammed into the family vehicle last november.

the suit targets the 17-year-old driver of the vehicle and his parents and the other alleged street racers as well as passengers in both cars. >> the goal of the family with this is the opportunity to shed light on the epidemic we have of teenagers driving dangerously. if we can have one person make a decision to not do something like this, we have reached our goal. kumasi: involved were arrested and charged with second-degree murder. reggie: oakland police attempting to stop side shows with hardened yellow polls the intersections. the mayor calls them commonsense solutions and that the work was done thanks to funding she won while on city council. kumasi: the medical examiner asking for help in identifying a

woman who was killed last month. they put together this sketch and are hoping to find someone who might know her. she was hit by a car may 14 in san jose in the northbound lanes of i-8 hundred 80 past stevens creek labarge. so take a look. the county says she is somewhere between 40 and 50, five foot one inch, 110 pounds. you are asked to contact the medical examiner if you know who it might be. reggie: in the east bay a boy had to be lifted to the capital after being hit by a rattlesnake at a state park, saying the rattlesnake bite is not confirmed because nobody saw the snake but that it is likely based on the symptoms he was showing. officials have not released his condition but they say that he is stable. reggie: runt -- kumasi: desantis coming to california on the same day that president biden will be visiting the bay area. our media partner reports gop supporters are holding a

breakfast for desantis in sacramento on june 19 and is will be in the bay area that they area no details on his trip have been announced. political experts say this is likely unintentional as each would not want to share the limelight. reggie: the collapse of the largest reservoir in ukraine has sparked fears of an ecological catastrophe, forcing 1400 people to evacuate. jobina: the collapse of the dam is threatening supplies as flooding inundates farmland and cities. of the ukrainian president says that russia faces criminal liability and they are investigating it as a case of what they call eco-side, criminal environmental destruction. gavin and moscow have traded accusation over the destruction of the dam and so far it is not clear if it was deliberately attacked or if the breach was the result of a structural failure.

it's possible the floodwaters are contaminated with industrial chemicals and oil leak from the hydro-chemical plant. the flooding has already killed 300 animals at a nearby zoo. according to the ukrainian government so far 40,000 people have been impacted with homes and infrastructure destroyed and the water supply for hundreds of thousands of people has been disrupted throughout several regions. reggie: coming up, the new merge that bart is dropping and it's cute. you can now take the train with you, even when you are not on the train. kumasi: taking a live look at the big board, the stock exchange down 20 points. up date on the markets, next. reggie: at a famous athlete set to play in the u.s., but you might wait a while to see him in the bay area. stick with us on our bay area streaming app at 7:00 a.m.. we are live every weekday from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. -- 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. drew: developing news from the

national oceanic and atmospheric administration, they announced that we have officially flipped from la niña to el niño. that means if you look at the sea surface temperature and the anomalies off the equatorial coast of south america and the pacific, the waters are above average and warmer than average and some spot. closer to three degrees celsius above average. the advisory has been issued meaning that we are now under the influence of a el niño pattern and they have estimated that this winter we have a 56% chance of seeing a strong el niño winter. every el niño is not the same, but for california it does tend to give us a wetter than average winter. we will course keep our eyes on that, it just developed over the past half hour. so welcome to el niño for the past couple of months. taking a live picture at the

this -- exploratorium camera, we have partly conditions being observed throughout the day. it's warmer than yesterday and a bit below average and then the less looking very nice out there. good air quality, 65 in the city. 76 in san jose. 78 in antioch. we will preview the all-important weekend forecast coming

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tomorrow. the nuggets for the winners of game three, taking the lead now, the heat will try to heat things up tomorrow in miami with coverage starting at 5 p.m. reggie: major's map -- flash from major league soccer, lionel messi rejecting a huge offer from a club in saudi arabia at an offer to return to his former club in barcelona.

the offer was reportedly around $400 million per year but he said no, said that miami is where it's going to be and he's currently playing in paris. he is regarded as one of the greatest players of all-time time, leading argentina to the world cup title. the bad news, he's not likely to play any games here anytime soon because miami doesn't have the earthquakes on the schedule for the rest of the season. but look he's coming to the u.s. and they are happy. there is a new development in the fight over student loan forgiveness. the president used the fifth veto of his term to reject a deal that would have overturned his debt relief program but it still faces legal challenges and opposition. congressional republicans led the effort to pass the bill to stop the program. critics say the proposal is financially unfair. >> continue to pursue government spending from his trillion dollars student loan giveaway to a budget that in a few short years would have us spending $10

trillion annually. reggie: the program offers to forgive up to $20,000 in debt for students who went to college on pell grant's and up to 10,000 for those without pell grants if you meet the requirements. the supreme court is expected to meet on this issue this summer. kumasi: a grandmother from the san diego area is out more than $14,000 after what she calls a perfect impersonation scam. the 89-year-old shirley, we are calling her, says she got a call from someone she thought was her grandson. she said the voice on the other line sounded just like him but police say it was a scammer using ai to impersonate him. the scammer said he had been arrested for hitting a car and injuring a pregnant woman and killing her baby. the scammer then had someone posing as an attorney speak with shirley, telling her that if she paid a cash bond, the charges would be dropped. >> i was hysterical, almost.

i cried. this lady had lost a baby and my grandson was going to be charged with murder. they need to be caught, they are hurting so many, especially older people. kumasi: terrible. police haven't said of the scammer has been caught. reggie: get if you use amazon prime video, they are trying to generate revenue by launching the ad supported tear of the treatment -- streaming service. it's in the early stages after cost-cutting reviews across the company leading to tens of thousands of layoffs. taking a live loo york stock exchange, you can see that we are down 20 point. kumasi: now you can have a piece of art go with you -- piece of bart go with you everywhere you go. map flip-flops.

black rubber straps. featuring all the stations. reggie: i think they are cute. kumasi: a lot of people are reacting. one person made a joke saying that they will get you there -- not going to repeat that. reggie: that's rude. kumasi: kumasi: don't come for bart, please don't. especially when they have the murch. -- merch. anime, people loved it. reggie: they lined up for that. jobina: i love you call flip-flops slippers. kumasi: who did? jobina: kumasi: kumasi: you. your southern came out. reggie: they call them that in hawaii, too. jobina: is it a problem? i liked it, it was endearing. [laughter] drew: flip-flops. they are cute, wear them by the pool, you know? reggie: i used to do this fashion segment in portland. the person i did the segment with, they won project runway

twice, they told me that's what fobs are for children -- flip-flops are for children, like boating, and pool and beach only. drew: ok, i feel that. jobina: the early 2000's was definitely heavy on the flip-flops. drew: i think old navy, they spurred the trend. reggie: and when i see some people getting on a plane and flip-flops. drew: well. reggie: i think it's fine to have it if you are going to the restroom, but that can't be the only shoe we are wearing on this plane. drew: i have seen bathroom etiquette on planes where they don't put their shoes back on and i was thoroughly disgusted. reggie: do not do that. and in case of an emergency you don't want flip-flops to be all you have. drew: true. kumasi: this is disturbing. drew: we went from cute flip-flops to etiquette.

jobina: bart slippers. kumasi: wearing them. drew: they are nice color. so enjoy if you want to get those. outside here is the tam cam from good air quality this morning. a little warmer this afternoon. the weekend, looking nice, but temperatures are still below average for this time of year. if you are headed to the fair it's a nice afternoon to be outside. 3:00 p.m., it's pleasant. get those jackets and hoodies cooling into the upper 50's. good air quality today, southbay. mid to upper 70's, warmer than yesterday. 60's to 70's along the peninsula. cooler for daly city within afternoon breeze. north bay, 60's and mid 70's, warmer than yesterday but low average for this time of year. we are going into the upper 60's to low 70's, 70 in durant up.

fremont, in land we find temperatures in the 70's. mind you at this time of year we should be well in the 80's and the warmest spots. that is why it is below average. coastal cloud -- cl inland with temperatures mainly in the 60's. seven-day forecast, warm afternoon. nice later today there are minor dips and rises when it comes to temperatures. over the weekend we have morning fog and afternoon sunshine, holding steady before we get back to average by the middle part of next week. jobina: unfortunately, we have a major crash underway right now. pittsburgh, chp upgraded it to sig alert. that's why you see the purple line on the map for leverage road. according to chp there is at least one overturned vehicle with two people trapped inside and other vehicles involved in the crash. emergency crews are on the scene and it is going to impact your

antioch to concord drive, slowing around 24 minutes, we will continue to check on it for you. they say it hasn't been bad but it has stayed under an hour for your ride. live look at emeryville, 80 towards the toll plaza. crowded there, metering lights coming on at 5:39. san jose showing you 280, no problems to report in the southbay. reggie: a unique home hitting the market getting attention for its low price. the home on main street is built on a bridge. it's just one bedroom, one bath. needs remodeling and no one has lived there for 20 years. the real estate agent says he is surprised at the number of potential buyers. >> so many coming by, people coming by thinking about turning it into a cigar lounge, lawyers wanting it to be in office. artists coming from far away wanting to turn it into a

creative space. reggie: the average home in los angeles sells for $1 million, this one is listed for just 250,000 but it will go for more. there are already 10 offers over asking and they will have another open house this weekend. kumasi: ok. reggie: i'm not handy, so it's a no for me. kumasi: if you had the vision. you could direct. reggie: be a home producer? i like it. [laughter] kumasi: up next, the seven things you need to know today. reggie: you can watch our newscast through the connected abc 7 tv app for apple tv, google tv, amazon fire and roku. download to start streaming. kumasi: heading to break, giving you a live look outside. gorgeous. reggie: it's pretty. kumasi: the waves coming in. it's a moment. maybe some seals? reggie: that's true.

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kumasi: seven things to know this morning, number one, a plane carrying 200 air india passengers stranded in russia landed at sfo. the original flight was diverted earlier this week after a technical issue forced to make an emergency landing. reggie: number two, pat robertson has died, he founded the christian broadcasting network and was well known for hosting the 700 club. he was 93. kumasi: number three, san francisco shares is expected to deploy deputies to parts of the city were open-air drug dealing is rampant. this is part of a citywide drug crackdown. reggie: live look at the east coast this morning, where terrible air quality is causing flight delays. one hour ago all flights going

to philadelphia were delayed and of the same thing is happening for flights headed to newark, smoke from wildfires in canada is expected to begin clearing this weekend. drew: while there is a unhealthy air quality on the east coast, back at home it is a different story. fresh air not only today but for the foreseeable future well through the weekend. you can breathe easy. partly cloudy out there, on our way to a really pleasant afternoon. it's a warmer afternoon compared to yesterday, going to the 70's away from the coast. inland close to 80 degrees. drew: major alert -- jobina: number six, all lanes blocked in pittsburgh as two people are trapped inside one vehicle, another overturned. this is on westbound four. we don't have an estimated time as to when lanes will reopen. kumasi: number seven, hocus-pocus three is officially

in the works. no word on release or who will be in it. but bette midler and sarah jessica parker have said they are open to making a new movie. parker will be on gma today. disney is a parent company of abc 7. drew: keep them coming, crank them out. every holiday. kumasi: like scream. drew: why not. [laughter] reggie: will kim cattrall make an appearance? drew: yes you will be in an orb somewhere. [laughter] >> good morning america. for our viewers in the west, more than 100 million americans on alert as the dangerous wild fire smoke continues to spread. smoke from raging wild fires in canada spreads across the east coast swallowing