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mental health. >> mental health and the problems of the elderly. those are the two things that i've been interested in for a long time. >> the carters have been married for over 30 years. when they moved to the white house, a journey that began in plains, georgia, where both were born. rosalynn was the oldest of four children, born in 1945. she began dating her best friend's brother, james earl jimmy carter. the next year, 18 year old rosalynn married the naval academy graduate. the navy kept them moving. their three sons were born in three different ports. their daughter, amy, was born after the family resettled in plains. rosalynn helped run the carter family peanut business before jimmy eventually entered politics. he won two terms in the georgia state senate, but lost his first bid for governor when he decided to run again. his soft spoken wife took to the campaign trail. he won. soon, rosalynn was back. >> i've campaigned full time since april of last year. i really believe he's going to be the nominee. >> stumping to help her husband

become america's 39th president. >> so help me god. >> throughout it all, rosalynn championed women, children and charitable causes. hard working and tenacious, caring and compassion, innit? she was dubbed the steel magnolia by the white house press corps together with her husband, she promoted peace and human rights and built houses for habitat for humanity. mrs. carter authored four books, including her autobiography, first lady from plains. after leaving the white house, rosalynn carter continued to travel the world with her husband, speaking out on the issues she had championed throughout her life. one of their last interviews together was in the summer of 2021, when the carters celebrated their 75th wedding anniversary. >> she life with jimmy carter has been an adventure. >> the couple sat down with abc's steve osunsami, president carter, you say often that marrying mrs. carter was the pinnacle of your life. >> more than any presidency. oh, yes. >> that was the most important

thing in my life, having rosalynn say, okay, finally and staying with me all this long has been the most wonderful thing in my life. >> he's pretty wonderful in my life, too. >> karen travers, abc news. >> they are sweet. and the carters were well known for their work with habitat for humanity and that work brought them to the bay area. abc7 news was there when the couple came to oakland back in 2013 to finish building townhomes. the carters were dedicated habitat volunteers for more than 35 years. wow now spencer, you have actually gotten to know the carters over the years. how did you first meet them as a couple? >> i first met them as a couple at a build, as they call it, for habitat for humanity in washington, dc. they were building a house there. i had met and interviewed president carter previously and, you know, she was they had a true partnership in every aspect of the word because she was a tremendous political asset to president carter, working, campaigning for him as he was

running for president and for governor of georgia. and they worked together in all these humanitarian causes. the carter center trying to eradicate diseases in impoverished nations, habitat for humanity, for example. so they had a true partnership on every level. >> and i like that. you have always said that they were humble, but they were in their volunteer work because they genuinely wanted to help. >> they care deeply about people and about people's welfare across the entire world. so they they were not seeking publicity or attention. in fact, when i was interviewing them on the site of that home they were building for habitat for humanity, they really didn't want to be on camera at all. they just wanted the focus to be on the work they were doing and the people who were going to move into this house. but i said, but you've got to talk to us because we want we want you to tell our viewing audience why this is so important to you. but they were such unassuming, down to earth, caring people. and when i say caring, we all know who remember them, that they

were caring. they cared about the welfare of other people, but they cared so deeply for each other. this was a couple, even during their time in the white house, who didn't shy away from public displays of affection. they they were often seen holding hands or gazing lovingly into each other's eyes. so it was just a beautiful relationship to watch and to see in person. >> that is so lovely, genuine and heartfelt. and for a lifetime. absolutely. spencer, thank you for sharing that. >> my pleasure. >> well, we first informed you of mrs. carter's passing with an alert with the abc seven news app. you too can receive breaking news and weather updates sent directly to your mobile device by downloading the app and enabling those push alerts. well, moving on, a 56 year old man is dead after a hit and run in san lorenzo. this happened at about nine this morning near the intersection of hesperian boulevard and bachman road. officers say a black 20 and seven ford mustang hit a man crossing the road and then left

the scene. that driver was later caught by alameda county sheriff's deputies and booked on charges of felony hit and run and vehicular manslaughter for a public health advisory is now lifted for parts of contra costa county following a refinery fire overnight in martinez. that fire at the marathon refinery raised concerns about possible chemical releases. the county said any potential release could affect people with respiratory illnesses or sensitivity. the areas under the advisory were martinez, pacheco, concord and clyde. one employee was also hurt and airlifted to the hospital. a marathon spokesperson says air monitoring indicated no offsite impact. the company is looking into the cause of that fire. the city of san francisco put on its best face for the apec conference, but there are still challenges that will need to be faced with the dignitaries gone. mayor london breed sat down with this week's co-anchor, martha raddatz, to talk about apec and her vision for the future.

>> the thing that gives me hope is the fact that finally some of the policy decisions, some of the financial investments they are working and they are making a difference. they are attracting businesses, new leases are being signed in the downtown area and other parts of the city. so you're not going to tell me you're worried about anything? well part of it is it's really me as a leader. it's important that i am confident about the condition of the city and that i'm continuing to communicate the message necessary to ensure that people know how these things are working. i think you can find the full interview at abc seven or abc news .com. >> developing news now. an investigation is underway into the demonstration that disrupted the california democratic endorsing convention in sacramento last night. politico reports rusty hicks, the party chair, says protesters who broke the rules will be held accountable.

the convention center where the party was preparing to endorse future candidates for the upcoming election. hicks did not elaborate on potential punishments. the remaining events were canceled due to safety concerns us. a call today for more people to pay attention to an epidemic of violence from a member of the president's cabinet secretary deb haaland is the first native american to serve as a cabinet secretary. she posted on social media today about red shawl day. the day is meant to raise awareness and honor indigenous victims of violent crimes. the justice department says indigenous american women are missing and murdered at a higher rate than the national average. well this footage was taken just a few hours ago as construction crews put their finishing touches on the i-10 freeway. it's been only eight days since an arson fire damaged a large stretch of freeway in downtown la. governor newsom was joined by vice

president harris and senator alex padilla to reopen that freeway months ahead of schedule. and before the mad rush for the holiday season, there was appreciation shown for caltrans and the contractors who work to deliver that win for the city. >> 10,000 labor hours. all told to get us to this point ahead of schedule. eight days to get this thing open and operational. and that means if you're doing the math that this thing opens tonight, cal fire is currently looking for a person of interest in the case, as some out of this world research from the south bay received a big funding boost . >> coming up next, the gift that will greatly expand the search for evidence of alien life. >> 40 niners fans got to be feeling pretty thankful for their team a couple days before thanksgiving. we'll have highlights from today's victory against the bucs right here at levi's in a little bit. >> all right. i'm spencer christian. today was the first in a series of sunny days to come, including thanksgiving.

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research group in mountain view has long sought the presence of a more technically advanced civilization. on the money will allow seti to expand its operations and broaden its search among the cosmos. the grant comes from the estate of the late tech entrepreneur and co-founder of qualcomm, franklin antonio, who worked with the group for 12 years in the east bay, one of the largest competition of its kind, is taking place at uc berkeley. take a look. the nonprofit robo labs foundation is hosting a massive student robotic competition. organizers say 120 robotics teams from across the country and five other countries, including kazakhstan, panama and mexico, are taking part. robots made by middle and high school students are competing in robot soccer matches. >> oh, i've seen some pretty cool robots. a lot of teams are using almost like a flywheel to just how you shoot tennis balls. if you have if you've ever played tennis before. they've basically made a tennis ball shooter to shoot these game

elements across the field into their goals, which is really exciting to see. super innovative designs. i'm really excited to see how this competition shakes out because people are brilliant. >> the event continues tomorrow when students can meet and learn from leaders in the stem industry and uc berkeley. student groups. a bright idea for golden gate park. a new, illuminating art installation could be coming to certain parts of the park. we'll tell you more about that plan ahead. and taking a live look outside where things look clear as we look at the bay bridge. we are in for a bit of a warm up, though. your accuweather forecast is next. >> and the 40 niners look good today against the bucs right here at home some good home cooking and how about brock purdy. perfect purdy. we'll talk about him and the niners big win as they get ready for a thanksgiving tilt against the

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time art lit up the park. >> so we have to wait a whole year. >> yeah, i'm sorry, spencer. the group hopes to bring the installation to the botanical garden with the potential of adding it to the japanese tea garden and conservatory of flowers. it could, though, become an annual event if there is anything outside at nighttime, you might want to bundle up a little. >> yeah. yeah, a little bit. on the chilly side. it's getting that way now. as a matter of fact. but i welcome the clear skies, though, because we had no rain last few days. here's a look at what's happening right now. under clear skies, we've got breezy conditions now. these winds are going to get even stronger during the late night and overnight hours. in fact, the wind gusts, animation shows we'll have gusts at times tonight between 25 and 35mph, mainly over the hills. in fact, that's where we have a wind advisory in effect for all of our higher elevations. north bay, east bay, eastern santa clara valley and over the santa cruz mountains. so we'll see wind gusts up to about 35mph at their peak, and they'll start to diminish a bit in the mid morning hours tomorrow before they calm down to more well,

more calm wind levels. right now, we're looking at a fairly sharp change in temperature over the last 24 hours for to five or even more degrees cooler right now across most of the bay area than at this time yesterday evening. here's a view from sutro tower under clear skies looking out over san francisco where right now it's 56 degrees, 57 in oakland, mountain view, 55 mid to upper 50s at san jose, palo alto and half moon bay. nice clear view from emeryville looking toward the bay bridge 52 right now in santa rosa up in the north bay 55 at novato, napa 5354 at fairfield, concord and livermore also mid-fifties. and one final live picture from our rooftop camera looking across the breezy embarcadero and these are forecast headlines. clear and cool tonight. gusty over the hills. dry sunny days lie ahead all the way into next weekend. and thanksgiving just may turn out to be the warmest day in the seven day period. so for tonight, look for a few passing high clouds. that's about it. we're talking clear skies going into the morning hours, giving

way to obviously a bright sunrise overnight. low temperatures will be mainly in the mid to upper 40s highs tomorrow, mid 50s, mid 50s, mid 60s, rather at the coast, mid to upper 60s around the bay shoreline. lots of the inland areas will not get above the mid 60s, but down in the south bay. look for 69 at san jose and up in the north bay, 71 at santa rosa and 73 at cloverdale. here's the accuweather seven day forecast. as you can see, we have seven mainly sunny days ahead. notice the midweek warmup though, wednesday and thursday. thanksgiving day will probably be the mildest days. in fact, as i said earlier, thanksgiving may turn out to be the warmest in the seven days, with highs inland up to about 70 degrees or perhaps even above upper 60s around the bay shoreline. there'll be just a slight cooldown under sunny skies for friday. shoppers for black friday and then going into next weekend, although skies remain sunny, temperatures will drop. >> now, abc seven sports with chris alvarez as well. >> come to sports live from

levi's stadium. the 40 niners coming off their second straight win now they enter the day in a really crucial crucial part of their schedule three games in the next 14 days. and it started with a home tilt against the tampa bay buccaneers this afternoon at levi's. let's go a massive american flag on salute to service day. the red, white and blue christian mccaffrey, remember, had a 17 game touchdown streak snap last week. how about start a new one today brock purdy finds 23 for a touchdown it's seven of the niners after one and the niners defense playing well nick bosa chasing down bucs quarterback baker mayfield he's going to get to him and then fred warner happy birthday pops the football out the niners recover that would lead to a field goal 13 to 740 niners at the half all feeling good on the niners sideline and this kid loves his defense a little santa hat there two niners first drive of the second half purdy up top to brandon aiyuk the defender goes down and aiyuk 76 yard touchdown the longest passing td in the nfl this season a career day for him 156 yards receiving 20 to 7

san francisco and let's dance in the end zone still in the third purdy to george kittle in the back of the end zone second straight touchdown for george or second straight game with a touchdown for george 27 to 7 after three tampa tried to make it a game late down 27 to 14 but rookie jair brown in the right spot and wide picks off that football bosa goes to mayfield and says nice try buddy you know they have some history there niners win 27 to 14. brock purdy a perfect passer rating today of 150 8.3 first quarterback since joe montana 1989 to do that yeah what an honor but at the same time i feel like you know there's still some plays and stuff that, you know, i wish i had back. >> so i'm not completely content with just that. but i thought it was a great game with, you know, the guys around me, the coaching and the play calling, all of it. so that's a testament to the team, really. >> like he doesn't surprise me like he does that every single week. he does it every single

day. and you can just tell, you know, playing football aggressively and having fun time doing it makes it a lot easier. dang he had a perfect passer rating first in franchise history. >> wow. >> yeah. i mean, that's incredible. so he's a baller man . he's a baller. i think that's a yeah, because that's a good defense too. so that doesn't doesn't shock me, but that is impressive. i'm happy for him, you know. it lives out a story. >> wadi, tell the whole world. this is their territory. >> oh, you heard it right there last night, stanford stadium was bear territory, cal keeping the ax for the third straight year. yesterday also marked the final big game with the pac 12 conference. now a lot of the conference dissolving, lots of rivalries are going away, but big game will remain in the new conference. the acc and for that, both coaches g this pac 12 you know ending thing seems to come up each week we're going to continue to play the big game and we're all thankful

for that and it just feels great to come out, you know, victorious and keep the ax. >> it just means just means so much. i mean, just watch the reaction of the people. >> it's really sad, you know, that the conference, this is the end. but really happy that that cal and along with us being the acc together so we'll be able to maintain an incredible incredible rivalry. >> you saw it right here on abc seven women's hoops former stanford players lacey and lexi holt back at maples watching number six, stanford take on duke. last final seconds. cameron brink thought she was fouled there with a game tied she might have a gripe no call we go to overtime um and no stopping cameron in the extra session nine of her career high 29 points coming over time at 11 rebounds for another double double as the cardinal win 82 to 79. and they are now four and oh so stanford women's hoops rolling early on in the season as are the niners. they got to get ready for a thanksgiving

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