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a new video you can hear the aftermath of an assault on a san francisco postal worker. a $150,000 reward now being offered to catch the attackers. >> and governor newsom in israel as president biden returns to make a speech pledging american support in the region. >> then some baby formulas promote formulas, promoted on social media. actually unregulated and nutritionally incomplete. and apparently do not boost the immune system at all. >> well, good morning on this friday, october 20th. >> yeah, we have a lot to get to, but we're going to start with a check of our forecast with spencer. >> yeah. remember all that heat yesterday? for the record, it's gone nice. a whole different day. right now. we're looking at current temperature readings, which are mainly in the mid to upper 50s. so nice and cool to mild conditions. we have a few patches of fog lingering out there, but skies areclear and ca view from our rooftop camera looking across the embarcadero. and here's what to expect.

lingering patches of fog will dissipate as we get into the mid morning hours. sharp cooldown from yesterday's record heat and it'll be even cooler this weekend with showers arriving on sunday for today. look for high temperatures of 64 at half moon bay, 68 here in the city across the bay, oakland high of 72, up north, 75 in napa, 80 santa rosa, inland east bay, concord 83. livermore 85. down in the south bay 82 will be the high at san jose and as i mentioned, it will be further cooling going into the weekend. jobina >> thank you, spencer. good morning, everybody. so we are beginning with that sig alert that is still in effect at the richmond, san rafael bridge. so we have three lanes blocked on westbound 580 and again, wide load vehicles not allowed here on this stretch. you will need to take highway 37 to get into the north bay. we don't know when that's going to reopen because it was supposed to open two days ago at the bay bridge toll plaza. no metering lights. just check the log again from the chp. but the western span of the bay bridge is pretty busy as you descend into san francisco and we'll end here with those

drive times for tracy to dublin now officially on the little on the slower end at 37 minutes. thank you, jobina. >> new developments this morning in the attack of a postal worker in san francisco's mission district. we just got new audio and video of the assault. abc7 news reporter lena howland saw it. and joining us live now from san francisco with the investigation and the reward that is now being offered. lena >> well, on the heels of mail carriers crying out for more safety on the job in a rally just last week, another worker was attacked on the job this week. the us postal inspection service shared with us overnight from an attack in the mission district on tuesday afternoon. you can't see the attack, but you can hear the mail carrier scream and then a car speeds away. we're told the worker was not seriously hurt. they believe the gray colored car caught speeding away from the scene had the suspects

inside. but at a rally last week , edward fletcher, head of the regional national association of letter carriers, told us this is nothing new, as several of the people in his union have reported, being assaulted, robbed and threatened while on the job. we have lost some employees. >> they have resigned after being robbed. some of them are still out and have not come back because of the post traumatic stress of being robbed. >> postal inspectors are also asking for help after another mail carrier was attacked and this time robbed of their mail keys yesterday afternoon. they shared these photos with us, which they believe this was the car used by the suspects in the robbery. now, the reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in for suspects in both of these cases has been set at $150,000 for folks living in the mission district. they are being asked to pick up their mail as soon as possible or have it held at the post office. live

in san francisco, lena howland, abc seven news. >> lena, thank you. one of the suspects recently arrested in connection with the shootout along san francisco's embarcadero is due in court today. bystanders hid behind cars. they ran for cover as people inside two moving vehicles shot at each other. on father's day. a dash cam captured the moment a white car hit a ten year old. and a black suv hit a 16 year old. both survived. and that night, san francisco police detained two people from the black suv and now they've detained three suspects from the white vehicle. >> richard tuiasosopo, xavier pittman and a male juvenile arrest warrants were issued for all three of these individuals. richard tuiasosopo was already in custody at the time of this arrest. both xavier pittman and the juvenile were arrested. >> it turns out pittman won $190,000 in a settlement with the city after he was shot and

injured by an undercover officer in 2021. he is said to be arraigned today. prosecutors said they will ask they will ask that he be detained without bail pending his trial. >> developing news, president joe biden will be asking congress to approve a $105 billion foreign aid package today in a 15 minute speech to the nation last night, he addressed the wars in israel and ukraine while appealing to american values. jobina is live with the president's message. jobina. thank you, kumasi. >> president biden says support for israel and ukraine during the wars is vital for america's national security. from his oval office, he told the american people, quote, if we walk away from ukraine, if we turn our backs on israel, it's just not worth it. as for that $105 billion aid package, $60 billion would go to ukraine and $14 billion to israel. the rest would go toward border security and aid for several other countries. the president says the aid will have a generational impact. >> it is a smart investment. that's going to pay dividends

for american security for generations. help us keep american troops out of harm's way. help us build a world that is safer, more peaceful and more prosperous for our children and grandchildren. >> as tensions rise overseas, the president urged the public to retain american values of free speech and religious practice. he denounced anti-semitism and islamophobia. the first trucks of humanitarian aid were expected to pass from egypt into gaza today, but sources say those trucks carrying water, food and medicine have been delayed because the roads in the war torn area are not yet repaired. the first convoy could cross the border sometime tomorrow. kumasi >> thank you, jobina president biden's address is coming as governor newsom arrived in israel today. israeli president isaac herzog shared this photo with newsom just a few hours ago. the governor is on a one day trip there meeting with those impacted by hamas's attack on israeli civilians. the state is sending medical supplies to the region, including provisions

intended for the gaza strip starting next week. governor newsom will be in china for a week long tour focused on the country's climate change policies. >> the council on american-islamic relations is calling on state and national officials to support a cease fire, humanize the palestinian people, because in these one sided responses, we continue to hear loud and clear that palestinian lives don't matter as much as israeli lives. >> leaders gathered at their bay area office yesterday to talk about the cease fire. >> what's called the cease fire. now resolution, which was introduced by progressive democrats in congress. that resolution has gotten pushed back, including from other democrats like congressman jim himes. he spoke about that on cnn. >> i understand the instinct, but calling for a cease fire is like calling for the united states to stand down and do a cease fire on september 12th, 2001. >> the organization says it's

also focusing on the safety of its community and calls on local leaders to do the same. we are continuing to keep you updated on what's happening in israel, gaza and here at home. you can find the latest updates at abc7 news.com. and by downloading the abc7 bay area app to get breaking news alerts and live streams. >> coming up, local drag queens uniting today after a mural is defaced in san francisco. >> then a car somehow, someway way ends up in a trash compactor . >> and we've got weather coming up. should i walk over here and show you what's happening? we are going to have a much cooler day today than we had yesterday. temperatures are going to be about 20 degrees cooler. i'll give you a yeah, there's a lot of risk out there. huh ♪ hey, is this thing hard to learn? nah, it's easy.

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waterfront is moving forward. the recreation and park commission has voted to complete an environmental impact review after it heard concerns from the community. people were protesting outside of city hall yesterday before the commission heard nearly five dozen public comments. one group accused the city of using money that's supposed to be used to clean up toxins to build a new harbor. instead >> p-g-and-e's is providing. $190 million to clean up gas toxins that are coming up through the gas house cove. >> the current plan is to expand the harbor footprint and to have more than 200 boats moored along the marina. green opponents say the boats would block bay views and supporters of the idea say the plan will make the waterfront more accessible. governor newsom has signed a new bill that allows local governments to ban synthetic

lawns over health concerns in 2015, at the height of california's drought, the state saw a boom in artificial turf. well, now some synthetic lawns have been linked to cancer, causing chemicals as well as other issues involving runoff and extreme heat. >> i made a decision at a time when the drought was so acute. and i think we just i think it was a rash decision, quite frankly. i understand why we did it. the state originally blocked local communities from banning synthetic turf, but lawmakers say this new bill allows them to decide for themselves. >> the bay area's iconic jelly belly brand has just been sold to a chicago based candy company. jelly belly is headquartered in fairfield. it's been family owned since the 1800s, but now it's set to be sold to the ferrero candy company. the mayor of fairfield tells our media partners that the east bay times company is going to stay local, adding that this does not mean mass layoffs. the deal is expected to be finalized by the end of the year.

>> you can enjoy a spooky evening with a free movie night. brisbane parks and rec is hosting a showing of the addams family. that's at 630 at mission blue center in brisbane. in san francisco, ghostbusters will be showing at jerry garcia amphitheater. it's the park alliance's final movie of the sundown cinema series this year. it's expected to start at 830. what do you think is the top pop song of all time? here's a clue. it's whitney houston. oh after tonight, it i want to feel the heat. >> yes, the clock strikes. >> yes, i want to dance with somebody. >> the top pop song according to billboard. yes. >> i'm sorry. i just got upset about something else. >> go ahead. oh, okay. >> we'll get to that in a second. okay. billboard celebrating a 65th anniversary of the hot 100 by compiling the 500 best pop songs since the charts debut in 1958. number one is not controversial. at least it shouldn't be. and if you think it is, please reevaluate your whole life, the entire

essence of your life. yes from the moment you were born. dancing queen number two. >> okay. i like dancing queen. fine. i like this song. >> this is where it starts to get weird for us. maybe for you. my girl from the temptations deserves to be in the top five. backstreet boys. i want it that way. okay uh, number five again in since you've been gone. love kelly clarkson's wonderful. oh, she can sing anything. >> anything. truly, truly. >> she truly can sing anything. i just. because of that fact. does not mean that you should be in the top five. >> okay? yeah i think i was scrolling the list. >> i got upset while you were reading. where is janet? >> where is janet? i saw her. i didn't see her in the top 100. am i wrong? >> no, i didn't see her in the top 100. britney is there, especially. and you've got carly rae jepsen coming in at like number eight. >> look, i like carly rae a lot.

a cute little song. call me maybe is fun. it should not have anything to do with a top ten of anything. that's right. >> now, mind you, this is created by the staff list at billboard. it's a staff list. and i did try to do my research before we got on here to see the average age of billboard staff members. but all i could find was the average age of billboard installers, which is 40. if you were wondering. >> thank you for that research. >> that's very interesting. >> not related to this, but we love it. >> i'm glad you did your research. i tried. right. >> but i'm glad you pointed out who made the list. excuse me. and i'm going to point out that everyone has the opportunity to be wrong. >> yes. yes. now, if we were to make an edit, who goes in? who goes out on the top five, three, four and five are gone. >> they're all good, but they just need to be a little bit like i will survive was what, 40 something? what are we doing? >> and respect is kind of far down to are we doing that needs

to be a lot higher. >> yeah. yeah. >> i need to see if we're if we're going to talk about kelly, which we shouldn't be in the top five, then we need madonna vogue. okay i'm going to say billie jean needs to be. >> oh, yeah. >> billie jean is michael jackson. it's in the top 20, i think billie as it should. >> but it needs to be higher. yeah, okay. just a lot of things that need to be higher. >> spencer, do you have a single edit? >> i think you guys have done all the editing already. i just, you know, i need more time to look at this list and see if it makes any sense to me. but it won't. no, no, i don't think so. >> donna summer. it needs to be higher. yeah just. it just goes on and on. >> a lot of songs by donna summer. yeah well onto whether we go last dance. it's your last chance. >> last chance. that's right. yeah. >> looking across the embarcadero right now from our rooftop camera as i'm still struggling with the voice upper 50s right now in san francisco and oakland. low 60s mountain view. san jose. palo alto, 57 degrees at half moon bay. we had

a patch of fog earlier at the golden gate. it's pretty much gone right now. there are still some other patches of fog around temperatures are in the mid 50s right now in santa rosa, novato and napa. upper 50s to about 60 at concord. livermore and fairfield. and these are our forecast headlines. here's what you can expect today. the fog will linger through the morning commute hours. then it'll sort of just hover hang out along the coastline sharp cool down today from yesterday's record heat it'll be even cooler this weekend with showers arriving on sunday. today is highs excuse me . today's highs about 20 degrees lower in many locations than yesterday's highs mid 60s at the coast, low 70s around the base, the bay shoreline and low 80s inland. and as we get into the weekend, there'll be further cooling tomorrow, significant cooling, in fact, chance of showers on sunday and on monday it starts to get sunnier, a little bit milder, as you can see on the accuweather seven day forecast start the week off with sunny skies next week and a nice

seasonal range. jobina o spencer, you're a real one for pushing through that. >> i'm trying. oh gosh i'm going to get you some tea in the commercial. hey everybody. so we are going to look at a crash we're following right now in san jose, northbound 87 before skyport drive your speeds down to around four miles per hour. right now we do have at least one lane blocked there. we have three lanes blocked, though, at the richmond, san rafael bridge. and now that slowdown is really beginning for people traveling westbound. that's sigalert remaining in effect. all week long. and look at how crowded it is on the bay bridge on the western span. interesting because the toll plaza is pretty empty for the most part. and so far metering lights have not flipped on. reggie, thanks, jobina now we're going to turn to ginger zee with a look at what's happening on gma. >> good morning, ginger. >> good morning to you, reggie and kumasi. nice to be with everybody. so we're here on a friday following the latest on the war in the middle east. president biden addressing the nation last night, calling for support for israel amid fears of a wider war. our team is on the ground, of course, and then a

headline we know you've been following the us soldier who crossed into north korea is now facing desertion charges as the reaction to that and some new details from britney's bombshell memoir are still leaking. what she wrote about conservatorship, her breakup with justin timberlake and what she plans to do in the future. plus bindi irwin in her first television interview on her health battle. you don't want to miss it all on gma. >> okay. back to britney for a second. i loved your brilliant idea of listening to the audiobook. if britney were reading it. but after we discussed that, we looked it up and we saw that she's not. no she's not reading her own book. it's going to be a wonderful actor. michelle williams. but what if instead it were the other michelle williams? because i'm here for that. michelle williams from destiny's child reading britney's book. come on. >> oh, but it's michelle williams, like dawson's creek. is that who i'm thinking of? correct

>> no, of. >> yeah. oh who's great? >> she's a great actor. >> well, but. >> and then she. yeah, wonderful. >> i'm sure she can do it very well. but there's not the singing that we were hoping for. and no, i'm going to admit that i already, without doing my due diligence and checking that very fact, i already hit by one credit, so. >> oh, by it i i'm still here for it because i would like to i would actually like to hear how michelle williams does this. >> so i think it'll still be good. it just isn't what we thought. >> right. so do you think she'll go method? >> oh what if she like do you think this will do a little vocal fry, you know. right like, oh baby, baby, we can only hope. okay, we'll be waiting to see the reviews are not in yet, so we'll see. ginger, we'll see you at

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of drag queen juanita moore on a utility box in the mission. the project was approved by the city . carmona claims it was painted over by a neighbor because of homophobia, for the heated encounter was even captured on video. so they're having a restore drag rally scheduled for 11 a.m. at valencia and 22nd streets. and they are asking people to wear pink. new at six, a major pediatrician group is alerting parents about so-called toddler milk. the american academy of pediatrics says these are unregulated, unneeded, necessary and nutritionally. in complete. it released a new report. it says powdered drink mixes are widely promoted as toddler milk for older babies and children up to three years old. parents may see the drinks promoted on tiktok. but here's the problem. the report says the manufacturers make unproven claims that the drinks boost kids brains and immune systems.

next to 630, the house is still without a speaker. more than two weeks after kevin mccarthy got ousted. what new nominee, jim jordan, said about an hour ago about his bid. then, newly appointed california senator laphonza butler makes a decision about her political future

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billboard lists. we've been talking about. >> i think she would have been there. right. i need to look again because if 9 to 5 isn't there, then we protest at noon. >> okay. yeah. you need to rest your voice. but i know you will be there. >> i'll be there with you, friend. >> good morning. on this friday, october 20th. yes spencer, you got your t? >> i don't know what happened. >> i don't have a cold. i'm not sick. my voice started escaping me last night, and, spencer, your body is rejecting this shift. >> yeah, and i don't blame it. >> it said no more. >> this isn't for humans. >> you're right. apparently not. >> the two of us are mostly robotic at this point. >> that helps. it does help my voice make me laugh more. i'll show you what's happening with the weather right now. temperatures are mainly in the mid to upper 50s. so fairly cool to mild morning as we get into the afternoon. look for a much nicer, more comfortable day than we had yesterday. no record highs, no heat. we'll have high temperatures ranging from mid 60s at the coast to 70s around the bay to mid 80s inland. and as we look ahead to the

accuweather seven day forecast, we can expect further cooling this weekend along with some showers on sunday. >> showers. wow okay. thank you, spencer. good morning, everybody. so we are going to start with good news in terms of that crash we were following in san jose, northbound 87 before skyport drive has cleared. but you're facing residual delays around 13mph as you approach the original side of the crash in terms of delays at the bay bridge or excuse me, the richmond san rafael bridge due to that sigalert, we still have the three lanes blocked on westbound 580, so no wide load vehicles there. you'll need to take 37 but the backup is now reaching 3.5 miles long. there and then at the bay bridge toll plaza, no metering lights on according to the chp. however, you see the live picture, it does look like it's slow there as you approach the toll plaza. kumasi. thank you, jobina. >> in a rare oval office address, president biden made a direct appeal to the american people for us support for the wars in israel and ukraine. the president called this moment an

inflection point, a battle between the world's democracies and autocracies, saying that it would be a mistake for the us to turn its back on those nations. according to abc news, the president is asking congress to approve an enormous $105 billion foreign aid package, 60 billion for ukraine, 14 billion for israel, and another 14 billion for border security and billions more for the indo-pacific region, which includes taiwan. humanitarian aid is also included. >> american leadership is what holds the world together. american alliances will keep us america safe. american valor is what make us a partner that other nations want to work with to put all that at risk. if we walk away from ukraine, if we turn our backs on israel, it's just not worth it. >> president biden said he is making the urgent funding request today. it will be a challenging path through the house, where legislation has been gridlocked as it enters a second week without a speaker.

>> we're seeing some pushback here locally to president biden's address and the us response. sky seven was flying overhead during this massive pro-palestinian demonstration last night. it took place outside the federal building in san francisco and you can see here what some protesters did to the front entrance, leaving a message for the us government to end aid to israel. some protesters locked arms and sat down near the door. uh- is calling on speaker o'meara to nancy pelosi, whose local office is inside this building to sign on to an immediate cease fire in gaza. >> also in san francisco, dozens of people came together to pray for those impacted by the violence overseas. at a candlelight vigil last night, organizers listed the names of people who lost their lives during the war in israel, people from across the bay area showed up with some saying they have ties to israel and to palestine. i grew up with palestinians in my family and i'm married to a jewish man and my daughter is jewish, so i feel a deep

connection to both communities that are suffering here in america. >> we have a chance to just talk to each other, take a prayer together. >> one of the organizers, manny ikuto, returned from israel just a few days ago. he was there when the attacks began. you can get the very latest developments from the middle east and here at home at abc7 news.com and download the abc7 bay area app to get breaking news alerts as they happen. >> new developments in the recent attacks against postal workers in san francisco. we have new video after one of the incidents in the mission district. this first happened on tuesday at 26th street in san jose avenue. another attack happened yesterday at 23rd and hampshire street. abc7 news reporter lena howland is live in san francisco with the details of these assaults and the reward being offered to find these suspects. lena. >> well, in what the union representing these postal service workers is called is calling a growing trend of attacks on their workers. two

were attacked in two separate incidents just this week right here in san francisco. both happening in the middle of the afternoon. where screams of a mail carrier after being attacked in the mission district. it happened around 330 in the afternoon on tuesday. you can't see the attack, but you can see a gray colored car speeding away from the scene, which investigators believe had the suspects inside. we're told the worker was not seriously hurt. postal inspection says they are trying to catch more offenders. so to help with that, they are raising the reward for reporting mail crimes. from 50,000 to $150,000. >> a letter. carriers don't wake up in the morning. you know, wondering, you know, if someone's going to stick a gun in their face so they are being hunted and these criminals need to be held accountable. >> postal inspectors are also asking for help after another mail carrier was attacked and

this time robbed of their mail keys yesterday afternoon near 23rd and hampshire streets. they shared these photos with us, which they believe was the car used by the suspects in the robbery. now, the reward for information on both of these incidents has been set at $150,000 for people living in the mission district where this all happened. they are being encouraged to pick up their mail as soon as possible or have it held at the post office. live in san francisco, lena howland, abc seven news. >> thank you, lena. new developments. the manager of the martinez refining company is apologizing to the community after a number of chemical releases over the past year. abc seven news reporter gloria rodriguez in the newsroom this morning. and gloria, he says the company has made changes. >> he does kumasi the refinery manager says they are implementing 11 corrective actions, including some having to do with equipment, some with training. he gave a presentation during the city council meeting

on wednesday night and apologized for the chemical releases last november. a chemical release from the martinez refining company sent about 20 tons of ash with chemicals into nearby neighborhoods. a final report released in september found no toxins in the soil in the surrounding area and no health risk. then in july, a substance known as coke dust was released by the refinery. people found what looked like ash on their cars and homes. coke dust is a byproduct of petroleum manufacturing. contra costa health deemed the material does not pose a health risk. there was another coke dust release at the beginning of the month. refinery manager danielle ingram says the investigations are ongoing. >> i do want to say, you know, again that we do sincerely apologize to our neighbors, the community for these incidents, and i know that actions speak louder than words. and you've heard me say this multiple times now and i completely understand. and our commitment moving

forward is we are working overtime right now to investigate it thoroughly. each and every one of these incidents come up with the appropriate corrective actions that address the root cause of these incidents. >> the refinery has been operating since 1915. it is about the size of golden gate park. they supply about 20% of the bay area's gas supply. during the meeting, ingram says they are being transparent and he says that residents can call the company's claims line if they've been impacted by the releases. live in the newsroom, gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. >> thank you, gloria. new details in the deadly police shooting at the chinese consulate in san francisco. witnesses first called 911 saying someone who had a gun crashed into the building. >> four runs into the china embassy and the guy have a gun. please send the swat as soon as possible. there is a guy drive the car into inside of the

office newly released body cam video shows the moments leading up to the shooting. >> witnesses who were hiding in the back are then seen running outside as security guards distracted. 31 year old san juan yang. the guards eventually used pepper spray on the suspect when officers came into contact with him, he started waving a knife in the air. that's when officers opened fire and killed him. a loaded crossbow was found in the back seat of his car along with ammunition. police have not said why yang was there. >> a federal judge struck down the california ban on assault weapons again. the judge wrote in his decision that other than their looks, rifles are virtually the same as other lawfully possessed rifles. california attorney general rob bonta says his office already filed a notice of appeal. the ban is still in effect for now. governor newsom called the ruling, quote, radical and a direct insult to the victims of mass shootings and their families. today congressman jim

jordan will be back on the floor for a third round of voting as he remains hopeful to become house speaker. >> in a news conference just this morning, he said congress cannot take action on key issues if they don't elect a speaker soon. jobina a meeting between house republicans yesterday didn't go so well. >> it really didn't. reggie that meeting reportedly ended in a screaming match and failed to change any minds. now, temporary speaker, congressman patrick mchenry is threatening to quit. it's after his colleagues tried to give him more power outside of his caretaker role, which he took on after former speaker kevin mccarthy was ousted. congressman jordan suggested the idea. so he has more time to round up votes for some other alternative here is something that i believe is uncalled institutional and not conforming with house rules. >> furthermore, that i would not participate. >> congress has been without a speaker for 17 days now. as long as that's the case, congress will not be able to take up

president joe biden's $105 billion foreign aid package. also so another potential government shutdown looms next month. reggie thanks, jobina. >> still to come, the over-the-counter meds that will be pulled off the shelves at cvs and looking live right now at the big board at the new york stock exchange, we're down by about ten points right now. >> we'll have another look at the markets next. >> then it all starts here inside the new slogan for san francisco trying to get people back to the city. but they're advertising it in the city. so that's interesting. also want to let you know that we stream every weekday morning from 7 to 8. it's called abc7 at seven. you can watch it on all of these things. >> and here's a look at what's happening with our weather this morning. we've got skies beginning to clear out a little bit after some early morning fog. temperatures right now in the upper 50s at san francisco and oakland. low 60s in mountain view, san jose and palo alto at the golden gate had some earlier some fog earlier this morning. it's gone now. 53 degrees at santa rosa, low to mid 50s, mainly up in the north bay 60

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>> all right. well these ads are already produced and will promote san francisco for what it is the birthplace of innovation. >> native san franciscan chris larson is one of the business leaders who helped to fund this. larson is the founder of cryptocurrency company ripple to fix our problems. >> and but we are we're going to define our own narrative. we're not going to let miami or austin or fox news define who we are. >> all right. larson is no stranger to media campaigns concerned about the city's public safety record. he donated $600,000 to the police officers union. the goal was to encourage people to seek careers within the san francisco police department. the us army private who ran into north korea from south korea last month has been detained by the us military. >> 23 year old travis king is facing multiple charges, including desertion and child. he's currently being held in pretrial detention in texas. before king willingly crossed into north korea, he was released from detention in south

korea for an incident that happened in 2022. authorities say he assaulted someone at a club in seoul. >> laphonza butler, who governor newsom appointed to the senate earlier this month, says she will not be running for office next year. butler says she will serve out the remainder of her term, which is another 382 days in office. and then that's it. in a statement, senator butler wrote, quote, it may not be the decision people expected, but but it's the right one for me. end quote. declared candidates are congressional democrats. katie porter, adam schiff and barbara lee from the east bay, as well as republican steve garvey, the former baseball player. >> three bay area target stores are closing for good tomorrow. the company announced last month it was closing the folsom street store in san francisco. the store on broadway and 27th in oakland and pittsburgh store on century boulevard. i went to the target on folsom street because it happens to be my target. and what i saw were empty shelves. it was pretty sad. target says it's closing the stores because

too many people are stealing from them. six other locations in new york city, portland and seattle are closing for the same reason. and i'll just speak for myself. it means that i don't have a pharmacy that i can go to that is less than two miles away from my house, which is just weird when you live in a major city and when the city is only seven miles by seven miles. but anyway, i know cvs is removing some of the over-the-counter allergy and cold medication from its shelves. >> this is a month after the fda said that oral phenylephrine or p does not relieve congestion any more than a placebo does. cvs will no longer sell certain products that list p as the only active ingredient. the company says it will continue to sell other oral cold and cough medication. >> now for your morning money report. tesla ceo elon musk is sticking with his campaign against working from home during his third quarter tesla earnings report. musk said that people

who work from home take advantage of all those who cannot do so. according to the chronicle, he said, quote, what about all the people that have to go to the restaurant and make your food and deliver your food? well, musk has previously called working from home morally wrong in an interview with cnbc. now we take a live look at the new york stock exchange as trading gets underway this morning. you can see that we are down 14 points when it comes to being camera ready. >> you will never catch dolly parton off guard. the country superstar says she sleeps in her makeup, so she is always ready to go. yeah, she talks about it in her new book revealing that she has been sleeping in a full face of makeup since the 80s. >> wow. >> she said she started doing it when she moved to l.a. partly because of the earthquake. dolly what? the earthquakes jobina. she said it gets better. >> it's the story gets better. so she says she also does it

when she's back home in tennessee. >> she says she doesn't want to go to bed looking like a hag with her husband carl c well, well, there you go. well, they are still together. >> yeah. yeah, they are. >> you can read more in her new book called behind the scenes my life in rhinestones. >> dolly is a sweetie. i've told this story before, but i think it's worth repeating. >> when i interviewed her, i asked her how she's been able to keep this marriage going for so long. she said, oh, our marriage. i stay gone. >> i stay gone. that's what she said. and she does. yeah. >> and he doesn't he doesn't go anywhere. she's on a tour. she's shooting a movie. she's doing a video. carl home. he's watching the makeup off the sheets in the . >> in the pillowcases. >> all i thought about is the bedding. >> yes, yes. the bedding. >> that's it. yes. >> well, she might have that beyonce makeup that it doesn't nothing happens. nothing transfers a full moon soon can

happen. and it looks like she just got a touch up. >> yes, yes, fine. it's just a little glisten. >> the things i learned when i work on this shift. i love it. also dolly has a new song out today. >> oh, she does? yeah. it's with miley. it's a new version of wrecking ball. wow into it. wow i haven't listened to it yet. i can't wait. that's pretty cool. >> she is on it. >> yes, she sure is. a full face of makeup since the 80s. >> every night this skin, she might have a good skin. >> now, that's the skin routine. we need to see. >> oh, man. yes. i need more information because does she wake up, take it off, and then put new makeup on? >> oh, what's happening? who knows? i'll tell you what's happening. >> it's getting cooler. there we go. there we go. lot of heat yesterday, record highs today. right now, we're looking at mid to upper 50s. it's a milder morning and we've got a few clouds around. but as you look at the forecast animation, you'll see it becoming sunnier during the day with a few passing high clouds as my voice is passing. you've probably

noticed if you've been watching this morning. so this afternoon, look for high temperatures in the mid 60s at the coast, low to mid 70s around the bay shoreline, mainly low to mid 80s inland at and we have a beach hazard statement in effect through tonight. wave heights are elevated the surface rough increased risk of sneaker waves and dangerous swimming and surfing conditions. and on we go to the accuweather seven day forecast the cooling that starts today continues through the weekend of happy to say with a few showers coming in on sunday then it gets sunnier and a little bit warmer on monday. but basically sunny skies all of next week. dry conditions and mild temperature readings back to jobina. >> thank you, spencer. good morning, everybody. so we're looking at a couple of things right now. we have heavy traffic that is building in the westbound direction in emeryville right now. that's where you see all those headlights. and if you're traveling towards the maze and to the bay bridge toll plaza, i've been continuing to check in on those metering lights. and according to the chp, they are not on, but you will experience

heavy traffic on the western span of the bridge moving into san francisco. now on the san mateo bridge, everything is pretty much moving at the limit in both directions, slightly heavier traffic as you make your way towards the peninsula. tracy to castro valley, 46 minutes. highway 85 to the san jose airport. a slight slowdown there at 16 minutes as you travel northbound on 101. >> kumasi. all right. thank you, jobina. well, today is day three of oakland's style week featuring an afternoon tea and a fashion show at the claremont hotel. oakland wrapped up day two with an event called stylish cocktails and conversations, hosted by our friend jobina. it's celebrated so-called style makers like rapper and entrepreneur entrepreneur mister fab, award winning jewelry designer doreen webb and michelin star chef jane siebert. yesterday's event was at the kissel hotel in uptown oakland. this has been a great oakland style week, and it's still so many more events left. and it's the first time they're doing it. >> so i love it.

>> onward and upward. good stuff is happening in our cities. >> up next, seven things to know today. >> you can watch all of our newscasts live and on demand through the abc7 bay area connected tv app. it's available for apple tv, google tv, amazon fire tv and roku. download it and you can start streaming live. >> look outside right now at 654. we'll be right back. >> you are great. you're great students. i heard you're a really good in school. >> how can the community move forward and make progress? what is a viable solution? >> and we just really love to see that kind of support happening and so many of our communities, the home appraisal process appears to be broken, at least broken for black and brown families every day at abc7, we're building toward something better, a better bay area.

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the day. >> now let's get to seven things. number one, $150,000 in reward money is being offered this morning after two recent robberies involving mail carriers in san francisco. newly released video shows a gray car speed off after officials say a mail carrier was assaulted at 26th street. and san jose earlier this week. you can hear the person screaming in that video. >> number two, president biden is requesting $105 billion in new aid for israel and ukraine, saying us leadership, quote, holds the world together. is israeli forces carried out airstrikes overnight, reportedly hitting more than 100 hamas targets in gaza. >> number three, congressman jim jordan says he will be trying for a third time to become the next house speaker. today, he's not expected to be successful to get the votes needed. and there's even a possibility he will lose more republican support. >> number four, it is the final days for three bay area target stores. the stores in san francisco, oakland and pittsburgh are set to close for good tomorrow night.

>> number five, following yesterday's excessive heat cooling trend begins today. temperatures will be about 20 degrees cooler in some spots than they were yesterday. number six, our biggest issue on the roads right now is going to be the sigalert at the richmond, san rafael bridge that has been in place all week. >> we have three lanes blocked in the westbound direction and wide load vehicles are not allowed here. you can only take 37 to get into the north bay from this area. >> and number seven on billboard has ranked whitney houston's i want a dance dance with somebody as the top pop song of all time. number two, abba's dancing queen. number three, my girl by the temptations. number four, i want it that way by the backstreet boys. and coming in at number five, kelly clarkson's since u been gone. >> you know what should be gone? this list. >> yeah. and everyone who made it. >> frankly. >> yeah. >> the staff at billboard it is the staff created list. >> yeah. have they ever heard music before? not for whitney.

whitney stays and abba, but abba at number two. >> yes, that's pretty high. >> that song always makes me happy. it's extremely popular. >> i love the song, too. just saying. number two, it's nice >> you will never find a list that people agree on. it's just this one in particular is violent. >> oh, you know. >> have a good weekend, everybody. >> we will. >> good morning america. the president urges the country to hold the line against tyranny and terror, warning what will happen if we turn our back on the world. overnight the president delivered a rare oval office address to the nation, calling for the u.s. to stand with israel and ukraine, defend democracy.