deals with a massive budget deficit plus a tense confrontation in berkeley. >> while walkouts and rallies are held across the bay area to show solidarity with the palestinian people. >> and some may call it a win for scott peterson. the new developments in his bid for a new trial, nearly a decade after he was convicted of murdering

his wife and unborn son. >> always live abc seven news starts right now. >> in the short term, making these decisions is really difficult, but it's for the long term to ensure that our kids get what they need. and part of the reason we're in this situation is we haven't made those tough decisions up until this point. >> and tonight, we now know the list of schools being considered for closure as san francisco unified grapples with a $400 million budget deficit. good evening. thank you for joining us. >> i'm dan ashley and i'm ama daetz. the superintendent says declining student enrollment. the expiration of covid relief funding and increased operating costs are just some of the things contributing to the massive shortfall. >> we have abc seven news team coverage with our lyanne melendez, who has spent decades on the education beat, explaining how the district got to this point. >> but let's begin with abc seven news reporter luz pena in the newsroom for the list and how parents are responding. loose. yes. >> ama and dan. we have the

list, and at least 13 san francisco schools could close or merge with other schools in the next year. it includes ten elementary schools, a combined elementary middle school and two high schools, including june jordan, a high school for students who were not achieving in traditional schools. ironically, june jordan was co-founded by school board president matt alexander, and now it's set to close. after months of waiting. these are the schools san francisco is eyeing to either close or merge. they're spread across the city. they are el dorado elementary, harvey milk elementary, jean parker elementary, malcolm x academy, redding elementary, san francisco community alternative, san francisco public, montessori, spring valley elementary, sutro elementary, visitacion valley elementary, yick wo elementary, june jordan school for equity, and the academy on the sidelines students, teachers, and parents. >> it's been very hard to wait.

however, i'm reminding myself and everyone, all the other parents in sfusd, that we have to focus on fully staffed schools. this is all in service of not spreading our resources super thin. >> uncertainty is taking over school hallways where conversations are increasingly becoming more about the future of their school. we, the teachers, we the student body. >> we're that school. and when we have the possibly being shut down, i mean, that's that's that's a knife to anybody's gut with a $400 million budget deficit over a three year period, the school district is looking for ways to cut costs. >> jeff finger teaches geometry at balboa high school. he has known about this potential, yet doesn't view the closures as the best strategy. >> i'm not necessarily convinced. i know others aren't necessarily convinced that closing schools is going to is going to provide that that delta in order to get get in the black. as far as finances go, s.f. usd superintendent matt wayne categorized this as a

necessary but difficult decision as enrollment dropped by 4000 students over the past seven years. >> this has cost the district $80 million in revenue. >> our resources are stretched way too thin, and no matter what, we have to reduce our expenditures next year and so we're trying to figure out a way that serves our students best and that includes closing or merging some schools. >> this plan also includes $113 million in reductions for the 2025 to 2026 school year. the school district is also planning to eliminate 500 jobs. >> people involved from the state who look at how our budget is being operated by the district leadership, and we are in trouble. >> in late september, mayor breed announced the creation of a team to advise the school district. today, she confirmed the list is not the final decision, no decisions have been made. >> this is the beginning of a clear, transparent conversation with facts that needed to be put on the table before decisions would be made. >> now what's next? san

francisco's board of education will review the list on november 12th. they will officially take action on december 10th, and the schools they choose will end up closing next school year. the school district is also planning three town halls to hear from the community, one of them happening this thursday in the newsroom. luz pena, abc seven news. >> all right, louis, thank you. >> they will heal a lot from the community about this. let's bring in abc seven news reporter lyanne melendez, who spent decades covering san francisco schools. >> so, leanne, how exactly did we get here? and really at what point did things begin to unravel for the district that was financially stable? >> it was a long time ago. but, you know, this didn't happen overnight. this has been brewing. and everybody should know that for years there has been a so-called culture of mismanagement. and even some sa, intimidation in the district that has kept people and issues in the dark. so we are going to report on what we know and what people have told us, because

parents deserve to know. so as they say, fasten your seat belts because it's a lot. >> the school district is facing some serious financial challenges. >> we need support closing schools in san francisco will not save money. >> it's harder to staff our schools. >> there's no doubt that we have some tough decisions to make to understand the chaos throughout the san francisco school district. >> let's start with the central office. the people who run the day to day business operation. and here is information not known until now. >> all of those systems that are right now, unfortunately, are run by 1 or 2 senior people. they don't have enough staff there. >> maria su was recently appointed by mayor london breed to lead a city team that would help stabilize things at the district. what we do know is that during the pandemic, some senior staff left or retired. >> i retired on july 1st in 2020, susan saunders, a

principal at the time, told us some of the district's problems stemmed from what many refer to as a disconnect between the schools and the central office. i think it's just trust, and i think it's still there that that lack of trust is still there. i think what people at school sites are asking for is make us part of the conversation, to let you know, let's be solution oriented and work together. >> an example is the lack of information. when the district chose to delay the announcement of school closures. >> i think we need to do a better job of explaining our budget crisis and then why school closures fit into our picture of addressing this budget crisis. >> this budget crisis is due in part by some families deciding to leave san francisco public schools through the years, meaning schools continue to miss out on millions of dollars from the state. >> we wouldn't be in this financial crisis if we hadn't lost so many students. now you know, i think a lot of that has

to do as a parent who went through this process with how long it took to reopen schools after covid, the current superintendent, matt wayne, was not there at the time. >> vincent matthews was. instead of getting schools to reopen safely, some on the school board were focused on other matters they considered important, like trying unsuccessfully to rename schools and tearing down historic murals that some deemed insensitive. former school board commissioner gabriel lopez was one of the school board members, eventually recalled, if i could have done anything to make that faster, to improve the timeline so that we can ensure schools are safe enough for people to go in, absolutely. >> i would have, i think, because it was the pandemic and there was such a bureaucratic process, it's difficult to make those moves. and then, you know, we balance that with the other discussions. our top of mind for a lot of people. >> that delay also hurt the

recruitment of teachers, adding to the shortage that already existed. a san francisco civil grand jury found that according to 20 2021 data, sfusd does not employ an adequate number of credentialed teachers to afford a quality education to all. san francisco students. only 77% were credentialed. karen kennard was the foreperson of that grand jury. >> we compared it with all of the bay area school districts and the bay area districts generally have about 82% clear credentialed teachers. so san francisco was lagging behind all of the other school districts in the bay area, except for alameda. >> another major revelation sfusd administrators were initially tight lipped. in one of your findings. it says sfusd administrators were reluctant to cooperate with this investigation. could you tell us more about this? >> their administrators dodged us, refused to return phone

calls, refused to return emails, and we finally had to get the city attorney involved. >> then came a flawed payroll system that cost the district $35 million and another 20 million to implement a new one, which should be up and running by july 2025. and now the latest example of a mismanaged system is an additional 30 million that was needed to hire more special education teachers for this yea, 30 million that was not initially in the budget, a crisis that even the district admits was created by the central office. >> principals were trying to hire these positions, and the budgeted money was not there. >> as a result, when schools started last august, the district could not hire the extra special education teachers needed because the funds were not in the budget. >> we failed our students at the beginning of the year. >> the district has since found the money to hire some special ed teachers, using one time funds, but there are still

vacant positions. >> we need to know who made that decision and who broke the law on behalf of the school district, because there needs to be accountability. >> and now, also unsettling is the city's proposal to use $8.4 million left over from the student success fund to begin stabilizing the district. that did not sit well with some members of the board of supervisors that money is supposed to be used to get students achieving academically and healthy in their mind, body and spirit. >> and the precedent that that is setting is scaring the life out of me. >> but maria su suggested that the money would go towards hiring much needed paraprofessionals and helping families whose schools will be closing. >> could we use some of these dollars to support schools and young people, children and families who are going to transition from a closing school to a welcoming school? i feel

like all of these things do fall within the scope of the student success fund. >> the question now is, how can families ever trust the district to finally get things right? >> we're working incredibly hard to rebuild the trust with our community, so i think we're doing what we can to lay out. here's the situation we're facing, and let's work through it together. >> and more importantly, how do we never get to this place ever again? >> it's important to mention that the people from the city, like maria su, are not getting paid extra for their work with the school district. now, the head of rec and park, phil ginsberg, is on that same team. he is a father of two former sfusd students and believes in helping the district in this time of need. as they say, the road is ahead is long and winding and complicated. yes, correct. >> thank you. liane. >> all right. the race to represent california in the u.s. senate is in the homestretch now. and today is the only time the two candidates will face off

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one of the panelists for tonight's face off between adam schiff and steve garvey. she joins us now live from los angeles with a recap of what happened tonight. kristen. >> it was certainly a very informative and intense face off between these two candidates. 12 term congressman adam schiff from southern california and also steve garvey. he is the republican in the race, the former baseball star from southern california. as well. so it was spirited and we had a chance to ask them a lot of questions that are very pertinent to all of us living in california, because they are, as you said, seeking to fill the late dianne feinstein, senate

seat. so we talked about all sorts of things, including climate, crime, abortion, housing, fentanyl, supreme court, even i and even cost of living. let's listen. what specific policies would you try to advance to alleviate the cost of living burden on working and middle class families? >> let's get back to a free market capitalization. supply side. let's start to get money flowing in this great state. and country of ours would suppress the people right from the beginning. day one of the biden administration was to shut off energy. >> there's a lot that we have to do about this, and it starts with building a lot more housing and building it fast. i'm supporting a low income housing tax credit that would incentivize the development of hundreds of thousands of new units in california. we also have to get local communities to approve housing. much more quickly. it can take four years to build housing in many of our cities. we're never going to solve this problem. if it takes four years or $1 million a door

to build affordable housing. >> so it was a very civil conversation, but given it was supposed to be a forum and not a debate, there certainly were a lot of punches thrown. garvey, the republican, tried to invoke ronald reagan in many places, painting schiff as anti-second amendment and saying things such as there you go again, which reagan famously said to jimmy carter in their debate, and schiff for his part, the democrat painted garvey as trump's maga mini-me in a way painting him as being anti first amendment. and of course, in polls, schiff does have the lead being the democrat in this race in california, democrats are outnumbering republicans 2 to 1 in terms of voter registration. however, the slate is clean at this moment. it is up to the voters on november 5th to decide who they will choose to represent california in the senate. and of course, you can watch a lot more of this debate. very interesting. in terms of the topics and all the things that we cover in terms of

building a better bay area, building a better california, we got really detailed. so you can watch that if you missed it on our website, abc7 news.com. back to you, dan and ama. i'm here in glendale, kristen sze. >> kristen thank you. really fascinating debate today. great job. all right. well moving on the democrats vice presidential nominee, governor tim walz, visited sacramento for a fundraiser at governor newsom's home this afternoon. it's part of a west coast fundraising swing that kicked off sunday. abc seven news politics reporter monica madden joins us for more insight on this now. what's interesting here, monica? normally, we'd expect to see white house hopefuls only in swing states at this point in the campaign. >> you're absolutely right, dan. although it's pretty expected for political hopefuls, especially democrats, to come to california to court the state's wealthy donor base. typically, at this point in the game, it is swing state central. but then again, this has not been a typical election cycle. vp hopeful tim walz swinging through sacramento on tuesday, taking back the minnesota

governor, meeting with state and local leaders ahead of an afternoon fundraiser with governor gavin newsom. talk about the significance of governor walz visiting california today. >> the fact that their fundraising and the trump campaign, as well, to a degree, i think really speaks to how close this race is. >> national polling averages show it will be another nail biter. harris barely leading trump by two points and trump within the margin of error. analysts say it's why we're seeing different campaign approaches in the home stretch. >> a lot of this race is being fought on the airwaves with advertisements, which cost mone. and so i think they're coming to a place like california to assassination attempts and death threats, reshaping trump's campaign style with the former president holding fewer rallies this cycle. >> what's the first thing you're going to do? >> but appearing frequently on tv and podcasts like the ramsey show? inflation? >> you're right. >> and harris, who has been criticized for not doing enough interviews now on a media blitz. >> lives are literally at stake right now.

>> airwaves appearances also ratcheting up with campaign attack ads. >> donald trump is too big a risk for america. >> i'm kamala harris and i approve this message. >> under kamala, prices have already soared. now she'd make it worse. president trump will cut taxes again. >> national ads come with a high sticker price. >> i think the last numbers i saw, i think the trump campaign spent roughly about $294 million on advertisements. and the harris walz campaign almost doubled that. they started the campaign very late. so they're always going to be doing things that are nontraditional due to the truncated timeline. >> our advertisements going to move the needle, given how hyperpolarized we are for the majority of americans advertising really doesn't seem to move folks one direction or another. whether the spending makes a difference remains to be seen. and former president trump will hold a rare rally in california this saturday in coachella valley. dan. >> all right. thank you so much, monica. and we have just learned

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and immediately break out into sweat. when you leave your front door. and yeah, so that's an improvement. it's a huge improvement. >> ama and dan. there's nothing quite nice about that kind of sticky, sweaty feel. all right.

you will not be sweating it out this week. let me show you the temperature change already. double digits in santa rosa, down 20 degrees. 18 in san carlos, ten degrees in san jose, livermore, oakland. you're down 11 degrees, and we're just going to keep this trend going. onshore breezes have ramped up right now 20 at sfo, 17 at san francisco. we're going to keep it on the breezy to gusty side the next couple of hours. the winds will pretty much remain breezy going into tomorrow afternoon and evening. taking a look at these live views from our tower cameras, we did enjoy a lot of sun today and lower temperatures, which of course helps out. here's a look at those highs for today. we did not have any triple digits. yes, we had some 90s 95 in concord, 97 in livermore, 72 in the city. down from the 90s yesterday, 81 in oakland, 92. santa rosa, 88 degrees in san jose and 64 in half moon bay. the heat advisory

continues for the east bay valleys and hills and the eastern santa clara hills until 7 p.m. tonight. those temperatures still high enough to cause heat related illnesses. so just take it easy if you're inland. numbers right now in the 90s around brentwood and fairfield. but it is in the 60s in the city. taking a look at what's setting the changes in motion. first, the breeze as this trough is approaching, we're going to see that fog rolling back into the picture. we're already seeing higher dew points right now looking at live doppler seven. some high clouds passing through a beautiful view from. okay. next few days. breezy with the cooling trend continuing overnight, the fog moves in near the coast and this weekend we have a slight chance of showers on saturday, so we go hour by hour tonight. 70s and 80s at 7:00 inland 60s coast side. that fog starts to creep back in by 10:00. it's already pushing in across parts of the bay and tomorrow morning it's a new day. we begin with fog and drizzle and cooler weather than today. as we head into the afternoon. your morning numbers in the 40s to 60s. watch out for

that fog, especially if you've got to take your kids off to school or you've got to work early in the day tomorrow afternoon. it will be breezy at the coast with some lingering fog. mid 60s coast side to the low 90s inland for the warmest locations. we're going to move forward to what's going to happen this week. one trough comes through to our north. it cools us further thursday. here comes the second one on saturday. now the computer models are breaking the system up, so i think the best opportunity for a few showers or drizzle will be between saturday afternoon and early sunday morning. best opportunity will be along the coast and in the north bay. some of you will not measure anything. this is the wetter model anywhere from zero to nothing. meanwhile, massive, monstrous, catastrophic, potentially hurricane milton near the yucatan peninsula. it is a category five. packing winds of 165 miles an hour. it has its eyes set on florida. right now it is looking like it will make landfall as a category three on the west coast of

florida, 125 mile an hour winds tomorrow night, and then weaken as it moves across the florida area. but remember the rainfall. we're looking at a half a foot to a foot of rain up to 18in in some areas. combined with the storm surge over 12ft, we're talking 12 to 15. there is going to be life threatening flooding across the region. watches and warnings are up. the accuweather seven day forecast does feature cooler weather tomorrow, and the cooling continues right on through the next several days for our inland communities, down to the low 80s, mid 60s, coast side and then mild fall weather even into early next week with that slight chance on saturday. but not a game changer. dan and no fall weather in october. >> i know. what a concept. all right. next at 630 is the gun detecting technology shotspotter worth the cost? and is it a useful crime response tool? the issue being voted on tonight in oakland. >> plus, a tense confrontation at uc berkeley between supporters of israel and supporters of the palestinians.

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to. on extending its contract with the fremont based company that provides gunshot detection technology. >> it's called shotspotter and uses microphone equipped sensors to detect gunshots and triangulate them. but critics say new data suggests it's not as effective as many may think. >> abc seven news reporter anser hassan has more. >> for the past 20 years, oakland has used shotspotter as one of its tools to fight crime. but critics argue new data suggests that shotspotter technology may not be as effective as once believed. >> the research isn't just lopsided, it is 100% to zero, overwhelmingly finding that shotspotter lacks sufficient efficacy. >> brian hofer is chair of oakland's privacy advisory commission, which recommends and evaluates surveillance technology and data collection practices. he says the commission was only formed in 2016, which means there was no oversight for the first ten years shotspotter was in place. he adds. shotspotter was able to

avoid scrutiny because there wasn't data to determine its effectiveness. now there is. >> we have over a dozen independent statistical evaluations covering 75 jurisdictions and 25 years worth of shotspotter history. and that is what the pac analyzed. >> the current contract expired in june. a new contract would be renewed for another three years at almost $2.5 million. in a letter dated october 7th that was sent to the mayor and city council, sound thinking, the fremont based company that operates shotspotter wrote to support renewing the contract. the letter argues that the technology enables faster response times compared to just 911 calls, assists in collecting evidence that leads to arrests, and contractually guarantees a 90% accuracy rate. >> i absolutely support renewing the contract. >> oakland city council member trevor reed says last week she met with 30 community groups who are in full support of the technology. reed says despite some spikes, overall gun violence is trending downward in oakland and attributes some of

that to the application of shotspotter. >> it's a tool that has been critical for lives to also be saved through investigative efforts and gun recovery to prevent further shootings. >> but hofer points to the number of big cities like houston in chicago that are dropping shotspotter based on the new evidence. still, he believes oakland will likely renew the contract. >> it's like political, sacred cow. we don't actually care whether it works or whether it's worth the money. we just want to pretend that we're doing something about gun violence in oakland, anser hassan. >> abc seven news. >> a suspected home intruder was shot by a resident in el cerrito this morning. that's according to police. investigators responded to a home on elm street near cutting boulevard when they found a 56 year old man suffering from two gunshot wounds. that individual was taken to the hospital in an air ambulance with life threatening injuries. police say the resident of the home is cooperating with the investigation. according to investigators, the resident thought the man was armed, but he was not. police plan to charge the suspected intruder, who is a transient with burglar.

>> new developments in scott peterson's bid for a new trial. a san mateo county judge has granted him access to evidence, including police reports and interview transcripts and recordings. the la innocence project has taken over peterson's case. they want to look at evidence connected to the burglary across the street. that happened at the same time peterson's pregnant wife, laci, disappeared back in 2002. two years later, he was convicted of murder in the deaths of laci and their unborn son. peterson was sentenced to death, but that was later overturned and he was resentenced to life without parole. >> hundreds of uc berkeley students and facultyof classrooa show of solidarity with palestine. they gathered at sproul plaza for a rally protesting what they claim is discrimination by the university. there were small tents but otherwise peaceful confrontations with counter-demonstrators. several in the crowd say they have been placed under surveillance in order to not deviate from

subject matter that's laid out on a syllabus. we have a lot of grievances against the university right now, and that's why i've walked out. >> did you walk out of an actual class that you should be in? >> yes, i did. i walked out of a class and you fear repercussions because of that? yes, i do. and because we have been told that there would be repercussions, organizers held out hope the uc system would cease investing in military development and defense companies. >> a cal spokesperson said the university will not talk about specific country divestments and is not alerting israel. academic programs, not alter. excuse me? >> the vegas strip changes tomorrow for good. tomorrow morning, the tropicana las vegas will be demolished to make way for the a's ballpark. officials say there won't be a public viewing area for the implosion because of concerns about safety. but you can follow along on social media. just look for the hashtag. drop the trop. the a's ballpark is expected to

open. pardon me? in 2028 as part of the fleet week festivities. >> the uss hornet held a commemoration for vietnam war veterans. it's part of the 50th anniversary commemoration of the vietnam war, an initiative by the defense secretary to make up for the mistreatment that vietnam veterans and their families experienced when they returned home. >> the vietnam veteran did not come home to parades or honors. the vietnam veteran was told when they landed here in san francisco to get out of your uniform so nobody spits you or assaults you when you walk down the street. and as a country now, we recognize this was wrong. the vietnam veteran changed the culture of how the united states treats its warriors. >> it was also a chance for vietnam veterans to share their stories with each other and with active duty sailors, marines and coast guardsmen in town for fleet week. and in honor of fleet week active duty military personnel can ride the skystar wheel at fisherman's wharf for free now through friday. they just need to show their military ids for a free ride. the wheel

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florida. that's the latest from accuweather. the destructive power milton will bring is expected to be double that of hurricane helene. it's just a monster storm. officials in tampa say people in evacuation zones who don't leave are risking their lives. the two main concerns right now, all of the debris still left from hurricane helene that hit the same area less than two weeks ago, and a storm surge that could reach ten or even 15ft. >> say you're in a single story

home. 12ft is above that house. so if you're in it, you know, basically that's the coffin that you're in. >> some evacuees are staying in georgia, where there is now a storm shelter. >> we are so grateful that the atlanta motor speedway has opened up their facilities to allow evacuees to come. worrying about my family and my friends back home is the worst part. >> the storm today strengthened back to a category five hurricane, but is expected to weaken to a three ahead of making landfall. >> next, at 6:00, the heat wave may be ending, but the lack of air conditioning is raising health concerns. at one bay area hospital, what nurses and patients say about the conditions. >> as for the forecast, the relief has arrived. here's a live look out there right now. we'll check back in with abc seven news meteorologist sandhya patel for details on the cooler weather. we're going

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are still furious over a lack of air conditioning. ucsf is responding tonight to abc seven news. anchor dion lim is following the story. >> i don't think anybody should work in a sauna like condition unless you're working in a spa. >> this woman who requested we only use her first name, chris says her late husband underwent a surgical procedure for his cancer at ucsf last fall. the experience, she says, was uncomfortable for both her spouse hot. >> his eyes were burning from respirations, and the doctor, the surgeon, came out and talked to us. the surgeon was drenched with perspiration. his scrubs were completely wet. >> chris is just one of many people i spoke with who take issue over the lack of air conditioning on several floors at ucsf medical center at parnassus. no medical professionals wanted to go on camera tuesday in fear of retaliation, but echoed the sentiments of nurse melton smith, who spoke with abc seven news monday night. >> this has been going on for

years. they have totally ignored us. >> smith says he and others have complained ad nauseam. as a result, staff received cooling towels, which gave him a rash. we reached out to ucsf for comment monday night and then again tuesday morning. their response? we continue to regularly monitor temperatures in our buildings and are bringing staff and patients back to the impacted floors in accordance with cal osha standards and clinical guidance. when we asked smith about ucsf's response, it just sounded like a like a canned answer. as for chris, she now says air conditioning will play a role on where she seeks care. >> i don't think i would choose to go and use any of their facilities without checking first. >> ucsf's new parnassus heights hospital is currently under construction, presumably with full air conditioning on all 15 storeys. it's said to be completed by 2030. for some, it's simply not soon enough. in san francisco, dion lim, abc

seven news. >> well, we desperately needed air conditioning last few days, but at least it has eased. >> yes. let's get to abc seven news meteorologist sandhya patel. sandhya. yeah. >> and dan and ama, those temperatures are going to continue to go down the rest of this week. so i think you'll like what you see. take a look at this view from our sky star camera at fisherman's wharf. we're getting a beautiful view of san francisco from that sky star wheel, and it is going to be a-okay for fleet week festivities friday. we're looking at mild, mainly sunny weather 72 degrees. there will be some clouds around on saturday. a slight chance of a few drops. really doesn't look like it's going to be a good opportunity for wet weather here, so that should be good. and then sunday should be nice. live doppler seven showing you a few passing clouds. fog is starting to form near the coast and tomorrow afternoon continuation of cooling with the breeze mid 60s to low 90s as we check out thursday. those temperatures are going to come down even more mid 80s for our warmest inland valleys. low to mid 80s friday and then saturday we bottom out in our inland

communities at or below average. i know it's crazy. the accuweather seven day showing that slight chance of showers on monday. all right, let's hope for the showers. that'd be nice. that'd be nice. thanks, sandy. >> all right. she mentioned thursday and i automatically thought football. right. >> well, they're playing in seattle. you have the seattle forecast for thursday. good. >> but still thursday night football. >> a win. there goes that bit anyway. well, we'll get you the seattle. it's going to be it's going to be loud. that's what i'm that's what i'm hearing. the absolute last thing the niners need right now is another injury. and yet here we are again. it's like an avalanche. talanoa hufanga all pro safety just came back and now he's out

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just came back from a torn acl. now he's out with torn ligaments

in his wrist. probably out for about a month. 40 niners have a roster that looks like a super bowl team, but they're just not playing that way. far too many mistakes on defense and poor tackling. an underperforming red zone offense. yet if the niners go into hostile territory in seattle, temperatures somewhere between 55 and 60 degrees thursday night and they win. they're three and three. they'd be atop the nfc west. the niners know how big this game is. >> the circumstance is what it is. we're two and three going into a thursday night game against a divisional rival prime time. with the stakes of being number one in the division. it's like if i have to give some sort of grandiose speech to get you going for this moment, probably don't have the right guys. >> it's one of my favorite places to play because of their crowd and one, it's a night game. two it's an incredibly loud field. three they hate us. and so it's extra loud. and i absolutely love that. >> technically, your season's over. if it's a must win, but it's definitely feels like it. so we're treating it that way. >> i think the season is so much

about momentum and obviously staying healthy and getting ready for the next game. but for us, man, it's one game at a time. we're not looking too far ahead in the future. >> with jake moody suffering the dreaded high ankle sprain on sunday. the niners need another kicker and they signed one today matthew wright. he's had a short stint with the niners last year on the practice squad. bounced around the league. his numbers are actually pretty good. 40 of 47 on field goal attempts, 35 of 37 on extra points in his nfl career. the jets fired head coach robert saleh today. you could see there was an obvious disconnect between saleh and aaron rodgers, the niners former defensive coordinator was in his fourth year in new york. he wanted to fire the offensive coordinator and said they fired him. jets haven't made the playoffs in 13 years. owner woody johnson thinks he's got a playoff team. ex niners linebacker jeff ulbrich is now the interim head coach of the jets. the 49 ers were stunned hearing this news. >> i mean i'm obviously sad for him just because of the relationship i've had with him in the past. you know it's a tough business especially over in that market. so we wish him

the best going forward. >> yeah, i was pretty shocked. you know the stuff throws you off, especially when they're competing for first in the division this week. and i think they're up there on defense and got a pretty good team and a chance to have a hell of a year. so that was pretty surprising. >> baseball playoffs phillies and mets game three of the division series. fake grimaces are all over. new york because grimace threw out the first pitch, and they had a seven game winning streak earlier in the year. bottom two pete alonso, the polar bear. the giants would love to sign him as a free agent in the off season, but they may never let him out of new york. solo bomb mets up one nothing. bases loaded. two outs for starling marte in the sixth. the one time a delivers a clutch two rbi single mets win, seven two. they're up two games to one, just a win away from the national league championship series. now, before that game, this was the scene in the subway in new york. this is the real grimace on the seven train to citi field and the fans are going, wow, this is how i greet dan when he comes back from vacation. i'm so happy i don't have to do his shows and anyway,

the mets won today, so you just saw grimace. he should be on that seven train for every single game going forward, right? i mean, it makes sense. sports on abc seven is sponsored by smart and final. however, if i'm mister met, who has been the mets mascot for a long, long time, and i see, oh, this purple guy, this purple dude is i mean, i'm mister met. he's grimace, he's works for mcdonald's. >> i'm mister met. >> to me it's an outrage. get on the subway. yeah. mister met. yeah. good idea to step up. thanks, larry. >> all right. and thank you for joining us. i'm ama daetz, and i'm dan ashley for sandhya patel, larry beil, all of us. >> we appreciate your time. have a great evening. we'll see you again at 11.

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