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national convention in california will get its time in the spotlight tonight. good afternoon. i'm stephanie sierra. the dnc switches course today from a goodbye to president joe biden to an ushering in of a new era. it's happening now at the united center in chicago, where abc news reporter christiane cordero is live. with last night's highlights and a look ahead, christiane. >> hey there stephanie. good to be with you. so night one was really about giving president joe biden his flowers, right? and tonight, we expect the tone to shift a little bit and have these people be all in and we're expecting these people to be all in on harris. the theme for the night is a bold vision for america's future. today, the harris campaign is back on the road to nearby milwaukee. while at the dnc in chicago, surrogates rally support on their behalf. michigan governor gretchen whitmer telling fellow democrats, despite the enthusiasm for harris, now is not the time to be complacent. >> as excited as we are about

kamala harris and tim walz, the rest of the world is just trying to get through their day and so we cannot make any assumptions that this energy is enough. >> on night one of the convention, vice president harris surprised the packed house of supporters. but the night was largely about honoring the legacy of the man who stepped aside to endorse her. >> joe, thank you for your historic leadership, for your lifetime of service to our nation and for all. you will continue to do. >> tuesday's headliner, former president barack obama and michelle obama, who plan to turn the page from the vp who served in the obama administration to the current one, pushing the momentum to november. sources tell abc news they plan to affirm the harris wahls message of decency. they say, away from fear and division, the trump vance campaign is on the road across the midwest. vance in kenosha, a mere 40 miles from the harris walz rally. >> obviously, politically, wisconsin may be very well the most important state in the country come november.

>> trump, just outside of detroit, also holding an event on crime and safety. >> just about every law enforcement group in the country has endorsed us, as you probably have heard. and there's a reason for that, because i believe in law enforcement. the other group doesn't. >> now, another thing we expect to see tonight are these delegates casting their votes for a roll call here in the arena. now, of course, we know harris is already officially the party's nominee. that happened at a virtual roll call earlier this month. but tonight is purely ceremonial. but one thing to keep in mind, especially for californians, is there's a moment, even if ceremonial, where we're expecting governor gavin newsom to cast the votes, that would officially put her over the edge as the nominee. if this were actually happening. officially speaking, stephanie. >> yeah, time is ticking until that happens. former democratic national committee chair donna brazile said vice president harris will have to bring more voters in who see themselves living on the outskirts of hope.

their voters. former president barack obama had back in 2008. what are you hearing about his speech tonight? >> reporter yeah, i mean, he we are hearing is going to focus on her qualifications and really trying to paint her as someone who is ready for this moment and appropriate for this moment, which is if you think about it, a pretty apt place for him to be in this lineup as we kind of shift from president joe biden yesterday to kind of fully moving into what the tone is for the harris campaign going forward. and so we're expecting him to bridge that and to focus on her qualifications, especially as former president trump has kind of cast her as someone who's not intelligent. >> all right, christiane, thank you for joining us tonight. certainly all eyes on that speech this evening. abc seven news anchor julian glover is live in chicago at the dnc. you can get the very latest from him live on the convention floor on abc seven news at four, five and

6:00 tonight. and you can keep it here on abc seven all week long for coverage of the democratic national convention. abc news has special coverage at 7:00 tonight, tomorrow and thursday. it's from 6 to 8 p.m. and you can see all our coverage, including abc seven news anchor julian glover's reporting over on our website, abc seven news.com. meanwhile, robert f kennedy jr. s running mate says their independent campaign for president could be ending. oakland native nicole shanahan told a podcast host today that the pair is considering ending their campaign to endorse donald trump. shanahan says if they continue with their campaign, they quote, run the risk of a kamala harris and walz presidency because we draw votes from trump, she says it won't be an easy decision. now to developing news crews are trying to recover the body of a person who was electrocuted in richmond. it happened at about 330 this morning inside a

p-g-and-e's vault at second avenue and cutting boulevard. investigators say it appears the victim came in contact with energized electrical lines, causing an explosion. that person has not been identified, and it's unclear why they were inside that vault. happening tonight, there is going to be a listening session for parents to hear from oakland unified about a troubling situation with drinking water at many schools. yesterday we saw a portable water jug on the playground of hillcrest elementary. district officials say lead was found in the drinking water of 22 usc campuses. andrea ventura with clean water action, says the state or federal government should step in. >> we totally understand the economic burden this puts on schools, and so we have actually called on the state board to take the lead issues more seriously. >> in a statement, ousd said, we are fixing any outlet we find that shows lead levels exceeding

the district's limit of five parts per billion to ensure that our students and staff are not exposed to elevated levels of lead when at school, from either faucets or fountain heads. the hillcrest pta arranged a listening session with the district four board director mike hutchinson, for this evening, and that meeting is via zoom at 630 tonight. a day of emotional send offs for some families in berkeley, as thousands of students move into dorms today and tomorrow at uc berkeley. more than 8700 berkeley students are moving today and tomorrow ahead of the fall semester. parents captured the bittersweet moments. jerome martinez helped his daughter move and reflected back on when she was a baby. >> with the excitement. there's also some sadness that comes with it. i'm telling my whole family, you know, we moved her in today. we leave tomorrow. we'll probably be driving or we'll probably be crying all the way home tomorrow.

>> some streets, including durant avenue, are limited one way streets during this move in. expect delays if you drive in the area. we are in the midst of history. a pivotal moment in politics. coming up next, a closer look at the changing and expanding role of women in politics. getting answers on what we can expect next. and a live look outside. a sunny day with above average temperatures. there's a chance, though, of but do they really? do they see that crick in your neck? that ache in your heart? will they see that funny little thing that wasn't there last year? a new bounce in your step?

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ago, our very own julian glover on the floor tonight. night two will include speeches from former president barack obama

and former first lady michelle obama and second gentleman doug emhoff, as well as governor gavin newsom. it's an organization designed to inspire women to run for public office, not only run, but builds on new skills to win. emerge california was co-founded by vice president kamala harris and has its largest following yet at the dnc this year. joining us live now is diane lee, the development director at emerge. diane thanks for being with us. >> thank you for having me, stephanie. >> and i see the dnc background behind you. i know you've been on the floor all week, and the weekend leading up to this. are you feeling energized? how have the first 24 hours been for you? >> oh my goodness. it has been overwhelming, but so sensationally thrilling to be here. while we're all making history as part of this amazing convention, i can't say how over the moon we are. and me, as someone that works at emerge and i work at emerge at the national level, not just at the

california level, where again, you mentioned that vice president kamala harris co-founded our organization 20 years ago, and we have really felt the momentum shift, and we have been so thrilled that she's now at the top of our ticket. >> so let's talk more about emerge and its bay area connection. can you first explain to our viewers the organization's mission? >> sure. we are the premier organization that recruits and trains democratic women to run for office and win. we have affiliates all over the country. you mentioned emerge california as one of them, but we have over 27 state affiliates, and we have had an impact in 45 states. and territories. again, you mentioned we've been around for 20 years, and that came from a mission of seeing that there was a dearth of an organization or a program that trained women to run and win their campaigns. and so vice president kamala harris, along with a group of her

closest allies, were able to put together this organization that hit the ground running in the early 2000. and with her inner circle, she created this program. and that is exactly what they created. emerge to do is to create this. this bench, this uh, this path for women to be able to step up and lead just like she has. and we have a mission to lift as you climb to change the representation of this country, to level the playing field and to get as many women empowered as possible. >> and we know emerge, as you pointed out, are women at leading at all levels of government, from school boards and city councils to governor's offices and congress. can you give us insight into the success rate thus far? >> yes. thank you for asking. we have had an incredible success rate in the 20 years since our inception. in those 20 years, we have trained over 6000 women across the country. 1200 of them

currently sit in public office right now. last year we had a success rate of 74%. so that means up and down the ballot, 74% of the women that were on their ballot won their races. and this fall, we have over 600 women on the ballot across the country at every level of government, from congress, all the way down to the local level. and now we see our our own original emerge woman, our og kamala harris, at the top of the ticket. so we're hoping to break the hardest of glass ceilings, the that concrete ceiling this time around with her and part of attaining those numbers numbers, might i add, that continue growing. >> you have a training program and a recommendation line. can you walk us through what those programs offer? >> sure. so we have several training programs. there is our signature program, the one we originally started with is our six month comprehensive training

program. we have executive directors in our state, affiliates across the country, where they will recruit women that they think are good for the program. there's also an application process you can find all of that out on our website. and we've sort of pivoted to other programs as well. for instance, we have our step forward program, which introduces women who maybe even interested in running for office but aren't sure and sort of gives them different avenues in which they could access that. and then we have our gavel in program, which trains women who are interested in becoming judges. we have our seated together program, which is our new program where we're training women who uh- black women who already sit in office and train them to sort of attain higher office from their current positions. so there's different emerge programs. there's something for everybody. but if you're a woman and you're

interested in stepping up in leadership in any capacity, we welcome you to take a look at what we can offer. >> thank you for sharing that. now, you talked about breaking glass ceilings a moment ago. i want to talk about vice president kamala harris, the og, as you described. she's making history again as the first black and south asian woman poised to assume this democratic party nomination. now, what do you and your female colleagues want to hear from harris this week? >> my goodness, i think that she has again, just shifted the momentum so much in terms of how inspired we have been in the past four weeks. we are over the moon for her. we want to hear about unity. we want to hear about how she is the candidate that cares about americans and her opponent only cares about himself. and we want to hear about ways that we can come together as a country and unite. there's been such a rift in the way that we've navigated politics in the past eight

years, and we really want to hear about how we can heal, how we can move forward and progress, and how she can inspire so many women and little girls to grow up and really step into, you know, her, her shoes and what she's able to accomplish. because if you can see it, you can believe it. and so now across the country, little girls are going to be looking at their screens and they're going to be like, if she can do it, i can do it. and so we just feel our hearts are just so full in this moment. and we all feel that that that sense of responsibility, almost like we need to live up to this moment. >> certainly a lot of excitement this week and leading up to the november election. diane, thank you so much for your time today. thank you. absolutely. well, you can watch live coverage of the democratic national convention right here on abc seven starting at 7:00 tonight. that's followed by back to back episodes of

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>> and you see, there's not much space between them. the monterey bay national marine sanctuary has been talking to people about the importance of giving these animals their space, and they've also been alerting divers since this is one of the most popular diving spots in monterey. all right. it's been a warm to downright hot day in some areas. but as abc seven news meteorologist drew tuma says, big changes are coming, including a chance of some rain. >> so your weather wellness today, good to moderate air quality. pollen levels are low and the uv index a nine out of 11. that is very high. so here's future weather. let's go hour by hour for you through the rest of the afternoon. we'll keep all that sunshine, those temperatures go above average. any evening plans. it's a nice night even close to the coast. maybe grab that meal outside for dinner later on tonight by about 8 p.m. still temperatures are on the mild side, 60s and 70s out there with clear skies. so looking at highs today. today is the warmest day of the week, 92.

in concord, we'll go to 78. in oakland, a warm 74 in the city with lots of sunshine, 90 in santa rosa, up to 84 in san jose, a nice beach day in santa cruz, full sunshine and a high of 81 degrees there. overnight tonight, just some patchy fog along the immediate coastline. overnight lows will drop into the 50s as we head into wednesday. now for the rest of the week, we're watching this area of low pressure dip down into northern california. what this trough will do, it will bring in some cooler air from the north. you'll start to notice that tomorrow. but really, by friday, those temperatures feel more like fall than they do. like august will be in the 60s and 70s for daytime highs. and as that low moves through northern california, it does have the chance of giving us some wet weather. we're talking about some light showers very possible in parts of the north bay. i think around the bay shoreline. if we have any moisture, it's in the form of mist and drizzle on friday. so friday is going to look a lot different. it's going to feel a lot different. but

this low pressure gets out of here by the weekend and we'll have lots of sunshine and warmer weather. so here's the accuweather seven day forecast next seven days for you. the pick of the week is tomorrow or today rather tomorrow. the cooler weather starts to move in here. by friday it is cloudy with drizzle and cooler temperatures. then over the weekend we rebound nicely. warmer weather arrives, the sunshine is back and that summer sizzle returns by monday. >> a reminder abc seven news is streaming 24 over seven. you can get the abc seven bay area app and join us whenever you want, wherever you are. coming up, a question of taste. mark zuckerberg says he's bringing back the roman tradition of making sculptures of your wife. our media partner at the san francisco standard talks with us next to let us know what esteemed bay area artists and historians think of zuc

he commissioned a larger than life statue of his wife, and some are now questioning the artistic expression. our media partner, the san francisco standard, recently published an article zuck erected a sculpture of his wife. here's what the bay area art world says about it. joining us live now is the san francisco standard culture reporter sam ross, who wrote the story. sam, thanks for being with us. >> thank you for having me. >> so can you tell us a little about the statue that zuckerberg shared with the world on instagram last week? >> yeah, so it's about seven feet tall. it's got this kind of statue of liberty green patina for the skin. it's in the likeness of his wife, priscilla chan. and it's got this kind of chrome metallic fabric, you know, thing that's kind of

blowing in the wind behind her. >> yeah, very interesting. what did you learn about the artist? >> yeah. well, daniel arsham, you know, he's definitely a big time artist. he's a new york guy. he's represented by kind of high rolling gallery uh. he makes these kind of large scale sculpture sculptures that kind of are like artifacts of the future, artifacts of the past. so for instance, you might see something like a pokemon card that has, you know, rocks growing out of it, or decay or something like that. you know, we talk about the artist jeff koons, who is pretty popular for making those kind of giant balloon animals, so that's a comparison that one of the critics i spoke to made. and i think that that's a pretty apt comparison. >> yeah. speaking of that, i know you asked several bay area curators, gallery owners, critics, as you just mentioned, and professors for their own opinion on this statue. what did they have to say? >> yeah, i got a lot of really

great reactions. you know, my the first instinct that i had was to reach out to alexandra sofroniou, who's a art historian, professor and former curator at the paul j. getty museum. she now specializes in roman, greek and etruscan art. and she actually kind of went into the historical aspect of it, of, you know, yeah, this is a really roman tradition as zuckerberg says. but the sculpture itself kind of comes from the hellenistic period. you know her, her heels are raised. she's got the kind of flowing, draping, almost wet looking, shawl and, yeah. so, so she likened it to the winged victory at the louvre, which i thought was was fun. >> wow. any idea how much the statue costs, >> no idea on how much it costs, but looking at some of, daniel arsham other work, you know, it's being sold in the realm of, you know, tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars for things that are smaller than this statue. and, you know, zuckerberg is a is a, you know,

well-endowed client. so probably a decent amount of money. >> yeah, certainly an expression of love for his wife, priscilla. what alternative approaches do some critics suggest zuckerberg could have taken in commissioning art? >> yeah, well, you know, i talked to some sculptors, some critics, and, you know, the san francisco examiner's art critic, max blue, was saying, you know, if he's trying to be this sort of nobility class tech person in san francisco, like, for instance, the medicis were in florence during the renaissance. you know, the medicis were buying art from people from florence, not from people from paris, you know, like zuckerberg maybe is doing from new york, so they were saying, you know, for a long time, the tech class has been like the nobility class of san francisco, and yet we've never really seen them invest in the art world, so i think a lot of the critics i spoke to saw it as a real kind of missed opportunity. >> very interesting. well, sam, thanks so much for your time with us today. >> thank you for having me. >> absolutely. well, you can check out more of the san

francisco standard's other original reporting on their web site, sf standard dot com. and abc seven will continue to bring you more segments featuring the standard's city focused journalism twice a week, right here on abc seven news at three. thank you for joining us. world news tonight with david muir starts right now. i'll see you back here at four. tonight, breaking news. former president obama, former first lady michelle obama set to speak a short time from now, supporting kamala harris. and harris tonight is elsewhere,