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doubt unexpected, but i'm no stranger to unlikely journeys. >> the journey of a woman born in oakland, raised in a neighborhood in west berkeley and now becoming the democrats pick for the white house with california's top party members cheering her on. kamala harris breaks another historic barrier, the first woman of color to accept a major party's presidential nomination. good evening. thank you for joining us. i'm dan ashley and i'm ama daetz. >> we have watched firsthand as she has served in many different offices. but tonight, harris had to reintroduce herself as a leader, qualified enough to be commander in chief. >> and she made her case in her acceptance speech, getting right to the issues we have team coverage for you tonight from the dnc to right back here at home. >> let's begin with abc7 news anchor julian glover, live at the united center in chicago. with the energy there, julian. >> lots of energy inside of the united center. when the vice president took the stage, this was a reintroduction of vice president kamala harris to her

party. and also to the country. if you are judging by the energy inside of the united center, it sounded like a home run derby. time will tell how her speech landed with the american people. her speech was part autobiography, part cautionary tale of what a second trump presidency could look like, and also part of her vision for the future of america. if we are to, i pray tonight, vice president kamala harris stepped out onto the stage on the final night of the dnc to a roaring crowd, and when she could finally get a word in, i accept your nomination to be president of the united states of america. harris's speech at times relied heavily on the pages of her autobiography, emphasizing values instilled in her by her mother and sharing her childhood friend's sexual assault by a family member inspired her to become a prosecutor to protect people like wanda. >> because i believe everyone has a right to safety, to

dignity, and to justice. >> in a convention that largely avoided saying the former president's name, harris namecheck trump several times, drawing clear distinctions, and we know what a second trump term would look like. >> it's all laid out in project 2025, written by his closest advisers. but america, we are not going back. we are not back. >> a popular line with the crowd as harris laid out her vision for the country's future. and that's the fight we are in right now, a fight for america's future. harris's speech was heavy on promises middle class tax cuts, bringing back the republican killed bipartisan border security deal and protecting reproductive freedoms. >> why exactly is it that they don't trust women? >> harris also called for a hostage and ceasefire deal in gaza, as some in the crowd shouted free palestine.

>> president biden and i are working to end this war such that israel is secure. the hostages are released, the suffering in gaza ends, and the palestinian people can realize their right to dignity, security, freedom and self-determination. >> the night also showcased harris's family, her best friend and sister maya introducing her. >> our democratic nominee for the next president of the united states, kamala harris. >> her niece mina shouting out her bay area roots. i grew up in oakland, california, and her great nieces amara and leila, teaching everyone how to say the vice president's name properly together. in the most important speech of her life, the vice president welcomed all americans to join her. let's get out ther. >> let's vote for it. and

together, let us write the next great chapter in the most extraordinary story ever told >> as you can see now, the house lights are on inside of the united center that means it's a wrap for night four of the dnc. the final night. you can see many of the workers here hard at work trying to restore the united center to its former glory. now it's time for all of the democrats that were inside of the united center to work to unite their party and also make sure that vice president kamala harris will become the first woman to serve as president of the united states. for now, reporting live here inside of the united center for the final night of the dnc, julian glover, abc seven news. >> yeah, julian, great coverage. and you know, now with the dnc over just 74 days to go to the election, can you capture the sense of emotion and energy that democrats there are feeling tonight? i mean, i think everybody at home can feel it as well. but i'd like to hear your

thoughts. >> certainly lots of excitement all four nights here inside of the united center for the dnc. but to sum it all up, i would say cautious optimism. you have to remember, it was just 32 days ago that president joe biden made that stunning decision on a sunday to end his reelection bid in just that short period of time, vice president harris took that baton and is now running at the top of the ticket. so many of the thousands of folks that were inside of the united center are very excited for a potential harris presidency. they're just hoping that this sugar high doesn't end any time soon, and they can cross the finish line with a president kamala harris. back to you. >> that is a really excellent way to describe it as a sugar high. and it's all happened so fast. just 30 days ago, joe biden was at the top of the ticket. julian, thanks very much. >> well, harris's path is well known by now. her law career started at uc law, san francisc. then she became a prosecutor in alameda county. eventually becoming the da in san francisco and the attorney general of california before heading to the

u.s. senate. her path to becoming the first female black and south asian vice president, and now the democrats nominee for president. tonight, abc seven news reporter tara campbell returned to where it all began. harris's hometown of oakland, as her supporters take it all in. reporter >> cheers for vice president kamala harris, now officially the democratic nominee for president of the united states oaklanders gathering in her hometown on this historic night as a young courtroom prosecutor in oakland, california, i stood up for women and children. the crowd proud to call her their own. i am elated. this is so inspiring. >> this is exactly what our country needs now. >> we've seen her grow up throughout the ranks in san francisco and oakland, and she's about to make change globally.

it's going to be awesome. >> we get a lot of bad press, but this is the good side of oakland. >> and ernestine nettles knows a bit herself about making history. >> i am the first black president of the league of women voters, oakland, and we're 100 years old in the city of oakland. >> kamala harris laying out her vision for the country and oakland, responding, it is so inspiring tonight. >> and we just say, you know, you don't. it doesn't matter what your political party is. don't vote for yourself. vote for the circumstances around you. vote for your family. >> and watching a black woman potentially poised for the presidency, leaving some speechless. >> it's very speechless. >> but not only a black woman, a woman, period. you know, someone who understands our circumstance. someone who knows what our struggles are. and for someone who can relate and not only relate, but do something about it. amazing, amazing. >> thank you for inspiring all of these younger women and

stuff. thank you for just letting us know that everything is possible and anything is possible. she's just she's incredible. >> the bay area native speech hitting home. >> outstanding. outstanding. i'm i'm ready. i'm ready to do whatever it takes to get her in the white house i am ready. >> kamala harris clearly galvanizing this group of oaklanders tara campbell, abc seven news. >> and if you missed any of tonight's speeches or want to get the inside scoop on what went into the night, we have a full page of live updates right on the front page of our website, abc7 news.com. this really has been a campaign season unlike any other. >> it has just turned on a dime. as we talked about here, president biden was the party's nominee just a month ago, and he was struggling in the polls. >> and now it's officially kamala harris. abc seven news insider phil matier told us tonight served as her reintroduction and the race can really begin. >> what we had here is a

candidate that was presenting themselves to the american public for many, for the first time, and looking to make a good first impression. what follows in terms of policies and specifics is going to make the race even more interesting. >> the vice president hit on a number of policy priorities, drawing contrasts to donald trump's agenda. phil says the strategy seems to be more focused on uniting the party and swaying those who may be on the fence. >> i don't think that kamala harris is all that interested in in trying to change the mind of her critics. the goal of democrats at this point seems to be one to rejuvenate the party and get them to turn out. they appear to be accomplishing that. the second one is to go for undecided voters, voters who may not agree with the policies of the democrats, but would see them as a reasonable and her as a reasonable alternative to donald trump, who some people feel is just simply, you know, just off the off the charts. so

what they're trying to do is present kamala harris as a reasonable alternative. >> and phil added, to watch the congressional races, especially in california, to see if they shift with harris's presence. >> in terms of response, the california republican party says a harris presidency would make the rest of the country look like our state in a bad way. state gop chair jessica millan patterson released a statement reading it's official national democrats have bafflingly looked at california. the state with high unemployment and exorbitant cost of living, a homeless crisis, a porous border and rampant crime, and said, yes, please, let's do that to the whole country. she concluded, saying voters may realize she belongs nowhere near the oval office. >> the trump campaign made its way to arizona today. donald trump toured the border wall criticizing president biden and vice president harris for not finishing the build that he started. >> she will never build the

wall. she doesn't want to build the wall. she's only saying if she if she changes her mind, it's only because she wants to get elected. because who wouldn't want to have a strong border? you need strong borders and strong elections, and we have neither. >> while trump was in arizona, a man was taken into custody in connection with an alleged social media threat to kill trump. tomorrow trump will hold a rally near phoenix. abc news is your place when it comes to all things 2024. with less than 75 days to go until election day, you can find complete coverage and live updates on abc seven news.com and the abc seven news app. >> all right, let's move on now. an emotional night for the men and women in uniform in san jose. they paid tribute to one of their own, taken far too soon. >> a new round of covid shots has arrived, and we have everything you need to know. plus okay, so i see one over here. >> the pest patrol brigade going around one northern california town.

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bring accountability, and stop the excuses. i'm right in front of parker elementary school on ney avenue near ritchie street. there were evidence markers all over the crime scene, as you see. no arrests have been made. the victim's name hasn't been released. oakland police say the two other people showed up at the hospital with injuries from the shooting. >> he was a member of our san jose pd family, and while we're a large organization, we're. we're still of a size where we know each other and we're close

to each other, and we come together at difficult moments like this, remembering one of their own san jose first responders, family and friends all paying tribute tonight to community service officer long pham, killed in a suspected drunk driving incident earlier this month. >> as we reported at the time, and abc seven news south bay reporter lauren martinez has more on this proud show of support. >> he stood for courage, integrity and compassion. >> dozens of people gathered to honor community service officer long pham's life and service. san jose city council member brian dewan hosted a vigil inside the vietnamese heritage garden thursday evening. >> we don't have a whole lot of police officers who are vietnamese, and when we have a death like this, it's impact all of our lives. >> on august third, police say pham was senselessly struck and killed by a drunk driver while performing traffic control duties. pham was 34 years old.

>> i ask you to close your eyes now. be very still, quiet and listen. >> pham's family is buddhist. elected officials, including the police chief, fire chief mayor matt mehan and former san jose mayor sam liccardo, attended. they stood in front of a shrine with candles, flowers, fruits and incense. pham was the first cso to die on duty within the san jose police department's history. captain brian spears, who oversees the cso division, shared a few words. >> the impact he made will continue to resonate, reminding us of the extraordinary difference one person can make. as we remember, cso pham, let us carry forward the values he lived by integrity, kindness and readiness to help. >> community service officer veronica bear was pham's partner. she survived the crash. we were there when she was discharged from the hospital as hundreds of officers and other

first responders lined the hallway to applaud her. police chief paul joseph said their sacrifice will not be forgotten. we have to remember, too, that this is this is a person and a member of this community on many different levels. police say the funeral service for pham is set for august 30th at the sap center that is open to the public as well. in san jose, lauren martinez, abc seven news. >> and tonight, yet another deadly crash on the streets of san jose. police say a man was hit and killed at the intersection of automation parkway and hostetter road. it's the 34th deadly crash and 13th pedestrian killed in san jose this year. >> the fda has approved updated covid 19 vaccines. they're designed to target the cp2 strain, which is an offshoot of the omicron variant. pfizer and moderna are expected to ship to pharmacies and doctor's offices within days. the vaccines should be in pharmacies in a couple of weeks. the cdc recommends everyone six months and above

get the updated vaccine this season. >> well, we hope this doesn't give you nightmares. the hot weather has fueled a rat surge in sacramento. a group that calls itself the rat annihilation team is trying to do something about it. >> definitely. within the last couple of months, spots that we've gone to regularly have seen a marked increase in rats. a couple weeks ago, we were at a local park here in the downtown area, and we caught 27 rats. >> look at these things. they take their dogs and use them to catch the rodents and expert says there's a pretty simple explanation why there's a rat boom in populated areas. >> as the summer goes on, as things start to dry out, there tends to be a little less food far away for them, so they're looking for a place to find food, find water and shelter. >> as far as prevention goes, it helps to remove clutter around your house and maintain your yard. >> all right. if this doesn't get you, if that one didn't, this one will. >> oh, i can't even do this in

the east bay is creepy crawly season. >> i think it's good. i'm reading the story so i can't watch the video. tarantulas are mating from now until the beginning of the rainy season, so you may see them on the move around mount diablo state park. >> tarantulas crossing. so you want to you know, not run over or try not to run over any. >> and why does the tarantula want to cross the road? >> he's looking for. i love he's out looking for a mate. >> why does the. that's why everybody crosses the road, right? okay, so the females live to hatch their eggs while the males die of starvation in october. >> this is very bleak. the males die off when it's wetter or from predator wasps, while the females live up to 20 years. experts say the tarantulas are pretty harmless, so if you see them, let them be and observe from a distance. i have held one once. i was proud of myself, considering how i deal with spiders. >> well, you know the expert we talked to today said that, you know, they're really creepy, but they only their their bite is only about like a bee sting in

terms of danger. so it's not that. >> isn't that okay? but they're still hairy and creepy. look scary to me. >> they do look scary. yes. i wouldn't want to be near one. nope. >> would you hold one like i did? >> i would. no no no no no chance. i'd rather hold a snake. i've done that too. that either you've done that. >> i've done that too. >> let's take a look at what's happening with our weather. it's getting cooler. it's beginning to feel like november here in late august. look at the satellite radar. composite image. you see that low pressure system dropping down from the gulf of alaska through the pacific northwest, bringing us this cool down and bringing us some pretty strong, gusty winds as well. they're not quite so gusty now as they were earlier, earlier in the evening, but still quite breezy out there. and of course, those gusts will re-intensify tomorrow and the temperatures have dropped quite a bit. not so dramatic on this board, but earlier in the evening most locations were about 10 to 12 degrees cooler than they were at the same time yesterday. right now it's 60 degrees in san francisco, mid 60s at oakland, hayward, the san jose, redwood city at 59 at half moon bay, looking toward the bay bridge from emeryville. nice

view there. mainly clear. 62 degrees in santa rosa, petaluma. 55 low 60s at napa, fairfield, concord and livermore. and as we gaze across the embarcadero from our rooftop camera, we'll also take a look at our forecast headlines tomorrow. breezy, cool and showery. very un august like. then on saturday and sunday it will be sunnier, turning a bit warmer, especially on sunday. saturday won't bring us too much of a warm up and then early next week we might feel it's too much of a warm up, as well as some sizzling summer heat will develop on monday and tuesday. check out the forecast animation starting at midnight. notice the increase in clouds and little pockets of showers beginning to move through the north bay early tomorrow. then clouds continue to increase during the day and over the during the evening and overnight hours. tomorrow into saturday morning. there will be lots of pockets of showers moving through the north bay and curling around to the east bay as well, before it starts to clear up a little bit. saturday afternoon. overnight, low temperatures will be mainly in the upper seconds. highs tomorrow mid 60s. coast upper 60s to low 70s near the bay only. mid to upper 70s inland

far below the average temperatures for this time of the year. it will be nearly that cool on saturday with just a few inland locations coming up to about 8082 degrees. then on sunday we have further warming and that will take us into the big warm up next week. so here's a look at the accuweather seven day forecast uh- cooler than average the next couple of days. then on sunday, sunnier and warmer with some low 90s inland. but look at monday and tuesday inland areas warming up to upper 90s to about 100 degrees around the bay shoreline. we'll see mid to upper 80s and 70 degrees on the coast, so some pretty good beach weather is coming our way early next week. but then as we get into the latter parts of the week, we'll see the temperatures moderating a bit, droppin

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probably with this. yeah. >> the a's are winding down at the coliseum. >> well, with the season rapidly approaching. football. the 40 niners have two big problems. they do. >> and abc7 news sports director larry beil is here. larry >> dan i know trent williams know brandon aiyuk. the staredown continues as the niners get set for their final preseason game. plus, remember when you go to the game, always bring your broccoli. wait

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their final preseason game tomorrow in las vegas against the raiders. trent williams he's not going to play. nor will brandon aiyuk. both seeking contract extensions and right now it just seems like this is a staring contest with the 40 niners season opener counting down against the jets. now 18 days away. so who blinks first here? 40 niners. general manager john lynch on knbr today gave the update. the update is there's no update. >> i know fans are eagerly awaiting and the season's right around the corner. i can tell everybody this. we feel the urgency to get all our players back. we're very excited about

our team, and those are two guys that have been a big part of us, a huge part of our success. so we'd like to have them both back in the fold. >> on baseball, broccoli guy from seattle in town, apparently on a west coast tour, a's and rays going at it in oakland. scoreless in the second. taylor walls flare to right. lawrence butler the butler did it. play of the day right there. concentration the catch pitcher osvaldo bido loving it. and so does broccoli guy. you know he started out with zucchini and then worked his way up. so that's you know advice for the kids. butler drives in the a's third run of the day a two out single up the middle three one athletics broccoli guys still doing his thing. tying run on for tampa in the ninth. but mason miller gets the groundout to end it. a's win three one to split the four game series. now it's time to stop playing with your food people and eat your broccoli. aaron judge hit another home run today, so he now leads the majors with 48 on the year. here it comes. there it goes. that's seven in the

last ten games. puts him once again on pace for 60 in a six nothing yankees win over cleveland. i mean, this is why the giants desperately wanted to sign the central valley native. even with half of his 48 home runs, the giants offense would actually have a pulse. speaking of the giants, they were off today, their opening a weekend series in seattle tomorrow night. logan webb went eight innings yesterday against the lowly white sox. he left with a game tied at two. then the bullpen combo of eric miller and spencer bivens allowed four runs in the ninth, and the giants lost six two. webb knows with only 33 games left, the giants, they kind of need to win every single game to stay in the wild card hunt. >> we have to win every game. it's not you know, i know that's kind of hard to say, right? you can't win 30 something straight. i don't know how many teams have. no teams have done that. but you got to think that way. the other teams are winning. they're not losing. so you got to keep winning to stay in it.

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