>> there isn't video because it was during the pregame ceremony. the 49ers have confirmed kaepernick did not stand. his team issued the following statement, the national anthem is and always will be a special part of the pregame ceremony. in respecting the american plins s as freedom of religion and expression, we recognize the right of an individual to choose not to participate in our celebration of the national anthem. now to the judge who has been criticized for his controversial ruling in the stanford sexual assault case. he is under fire once again forgiving yet another college athlete a pass on jail time despite an assault charge. judge aaron persky allowed another to avoid jail time after

brutally beating his girlfriend. the reason? so he could play football. he issued the controversial statement to brock turner after turner was convicted of three counts of felony sexual assault. according to court records, judge persky handed down another lenient sentence to gunderson, now 22 years old, who confessed to police that he beat his ex-girlfriend in a sunnyvale parking lot back in february of 2015. when the athlete went to court, persky delayed gunderson's sentencing for a year to the student could play football at the university of hawaii. then the judge reduced the charge to to a misdemeanor if the student completed a domestic violence program. he never completed the program anden in finished college. >> the handling of this case is worse in many ways than the handling of the turner case. >> two months later in

washington state, gunderson was arrested again on a domestic assault charge, that time for punching his father in the face. here in the bay area in martinez this morning the search is on for a suspect who escaped custody. the woman made a run for it right as the van that was transporting her from the san pablo police department pulled up to the county jail. he was due to be booked for vandalism and trespassing. while a helicopter searched from above, officers and canines searched from the ground. still no sign of her. there is only a vague description. this is what we have. she is an african-american woman, 5'6", 145 pounds and was last seen wearing black pants and a gray sweatshirt. we now have a key piece of evidence in a vicious random beating that happened in san francisco. last night police released this sketch of a man wanted for beating a woman last saturday in pacific heights. as you can see, he has a mole

above his lip. the attack was caught on this surveillance video across from lafayette park. the man, you can see, punches the woman repeatedly. he actually broke her nose and just walked away. a family is fighting for justice a year and a half after their relative was shot to death by san francisco police. last night about 80 community members joined the family marching down folsom street to mark the 18 months since officers shot and killed lopez. a report from the medical examiner shows lopez was shot six times from behind. his family and friends are calling for attorney general kamala harris to take over this case. >> we're going to appeal to her better nature and hope for the best and do everything we can do have a good conversation with her. so far no charges have been filed. the investigation is on going. a disturbing story in the south bay has taken another troubling turn. we learned the san jose father

charged with his killing his own newborn baby has a history of child abuse. matthew zabala yesterday appeared in court where his bail was set at $1 million. he's accused of murdering his 6-week-old daughter mila. early yesterday morning she was taken off life support. prosecutors say she suffered a skull fracture and wasn't breather. doctors found she had broken ribs and fractures in her arms and legs. >> this is the worst scenario that can happen in a domestic abuse case. an innocent person has lost their life. >> in 2008 he was convicted of injuring a 4-year-old at an apartment complex in sunnyvale. jaycee dugard cannot hold federal officials liable for her kidnapping, this according to a ruling yesterday in court. the documents we reviewed showed phillip garrido, her captor, violated parole 70 times before

he kidnapped her. federal prosecutors failed to report those allegations. attorneys for dugard argue if they had, she may never have been kidnapped and held for 18 years. dugard has already received $20 million in a similar claim against the state of california. it is 7:07 right now. we have much more ahead on ""today in the bay."" we have new documents that provide insight into the construction of san francisco's millen yes, ma'am tower. what the city knew about the singing high-rise before the tenants move in. a smarter way for the 49ers to train using dummies. the new high tech strategy to give the 9ers an edge this season. (adlib)

==kira/cu== 7:09 on your saturday morning. cloudy skies as we look at san jose from communications hill.

meteorologist anthony slaughter says it will be much like yesterday as a cooldown continues as we look forward to september. by now you may have heard the bay area's most prominent high-rise is sinking. the problems are getting deeper. our investigative unit show new documents that show what the city knew about the problems and when. chuck coppola has the exclusive detail. >> it is a sad story tenants told me. they didn't know as the first residents moved in, engineers on behalf of the millen yes, ma'am towers developers wrote a letter warning that the building could sink as much as eight inches. >> do you think the city should be obligated to tell people as they were moving in that the building could sink eight inches and perhaps even four inches more than that? >> if they had the knowledge, they should have. >> would it have changed anything in your mind? >> absolutely, yeah.

i wouldn't have moved in. >> reporter: a group of people who moved in is researching whether or not the city should have been legally bound to tell them. so far the building has dropped 16 inches and tilts two inches. the investigative unit found there were warning signs before this. in 2004 a planned 52-story tower was stopped by a top city building official after studies predicted it would sink 11 inches, twice what the builder's consultants predicted with a risk of serious damage in the event of an earthquake. its foundation was a thick con cleat slab supported by piles resting on bay mud. millennium tower which is also resting on bay mud was approved. the firm that did the soils report for both buildings declined comment for this story but admitted as early as 2001 that the soil beneath the tower is susceptible to lick question faction in a major quake.

still ahead on "today in the bay." we'll introduce you to the 49ers' secret weapon. on this saturday morning, we have more clouds for you and have air quality concerns to talk about. i'm meteorologist anthony slaughter. i'll have your full forecast when "today in the bay" returns. (ad

welcome back at 7:14. we're giving you a live look at cloudy skies over san jose. meteorologist anthony slaughter says the cooldown we saw yesterday will continue today. the city of san jose wants to set the record straight about why the bacon festival of america has been postponed. event organizers say the labor day permit was denied because of a, quote, police shortage. but a city spokesperson tells us the group didn't file its request for permits on time. however, the city admits it probably could have worked more

closely with organizers to make the event happen over the labor day holiday weekend as it usually does. instead bacon fest is now set for mid october. >> diehard fans are diehard fans. >> burg gers, beer and the smell of preseason football wafting through the air. >> i'm hoping with kelly coming in he brings something different to the game and we capitalize on that. i'm hoping he blows us away. >> those are interviews we had from outside levi's stadium last night. the 49ers held their second p preseason home game against the green bay packers. the new head coach for the 49ers is adding extra enthusiasm for those fans as you heard there from those fans. they said they're excited for chip kelly coming in. they're excited to see the 2016 debut of quarterback colin kaepernick. we will have all those highlights in about 30 minutes from now. well, you're a product of

your environment, of course. the 49ers based in silicon valley have gone high tech fittingly and replaced the old-fashioned tackling dummies with tackling robots. scott budman shows us. >> reporter: before the 49ers take the field to hit real people, they take the field to rack tis by hitting robots. these robots pictured roaming the 9ers' sideline by matt barrow of "the sacramento bee" are officially called mobile virtual players developed at dartmouth university, they move like real football players and they take a ton of abuse without getting hurt. >> a lot of times it's not the guy doing the tackling, it's the guy getting tackled. the fact that the guy getting tackled is an inanimate object, i think we'll continue to do more with that. >> maybe. >> one guy tried to do something on it and it didn't turn out

well for him. i'm going to leave the dummies alone. >> reporter: they are 150 pounds, they operate by remote control and we're told they can hit pretty hard. >> you try to tackle a robot. the robot tackled him i think. >> that was scott budman reporting. the 9ers say they'll stake with the robots for a little while. several other nfl teams are practicing with them as well. that would scare me to see a robot come that quickly at me. >> i was all in until he said the robot is 150 pounds. i am more than 150 pounds. >> i am now, too, thanks to this baby, and it's a lot, it's a lot of weight. >> football players are usually more than 150 pounds. i would hope the robot would maybe be 250 pounds. >> i think 150 is enough. >> then it seems more realistic, get in there and tackle him. i'm not a sports guy. >> you should tackle the

weather. >> i'll stay in my lane. let's head over to the weather wall. with mt. hamilton you can see we have clouds blanketing the south bay. i want to show you the shot because you can make out the haze above the cloud cover. there you can see the thin layer of dirty air. that's the smoke from the fire burning to our south, over 90,000 acres burned in monterey county. moderate air quality will be confined to the south bay. everywhere else looking at good air quality because of our winds coming in from the motion. we've got the marine air in sfran, same for the north bay. tri-valley with sunshine. south bay with cloudy skies as well. we'll get rid of the clouds by lunchtime. it will stay mostly cloudy. hazy sunshine expected for the south bay. up to 83 once again. here is a look at the futurecast. you'll notice widespread cloud

cover everywhere, as far east as sacramen sacramento. it will peel back but will take a while. look at 11:00, still looking at clouds around the inner pay. places like oakland still cloudy. as we get towards lunch, that's when the clouds will peel back to lunchtime. a few peeks of sunshine towards sana'a cruz. we'll do it again tomorrow as the marine layer stays in place. it's because of our winds blowing from the ocean. we won't see a lot of air quality concerns for today. it will look like we'll see winds to the south that could cut up through the gaps near the mountains. that could blow smoke into the south bay. otherwise, winds pre dom nachbltly stay out of the west-northwest through the day today. tomorrow you'll notice things get breezy along the coastline. we'll look at winds 15 to 20 miles per hour. this is our temperature change map. it basically shows where we were

24 hours ago right now. we're about a degree or two warmer in most locations. this is how we forecast. that's kind of what we're going to end the day, a degree or two warmer than yesterday. 80 degrees for palo alto, 82 for san jose, same deal for livermore. a degree or two warmer for fairfield and concord. upper 70s there. mid 60s for san francisco. 65 degrees to be exact. we've got a huge change coming our way this next week. we've been under high pressure, seen hot, dry weather across the state. things are about to change as we get to this final week of august. we're tracking a storm system. here it is off the pacific coast. there is san francisco at the edge of your screen. it's going to take a while to get there. the thing to note about the storm system, no rain right now. models aren't predicting any rain. it is going to bring a big cooldown. here is wednesday. storm system off towards the north and west. thursday, to the pacific

northwest. that's when they'll start to see showers. we get more cloud cover. this system 30 miles to the north of the north bay. that could be interesting for folks living in the north bay, we could be tracking rain this time next week. we will continue to track that. right now it stays to the north. keep in mind we're in the final week of august and things cool off as we get intercept which is next weekend. staying cool and comfortable in san francisco with the clouds hanging on tightly. back to you. >> we have much more ahead on "today in the bay" coming up. we were very proactive about making sure don got to participate in everything and there wasn't any -- we didn't sy see any reason he shouldn't. we just had to figure out how. >> overcoming challenges to find inspiration. we'll introduce you to this local artist in our next "bay area proud" series.

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painter has challenges to create each work of art he makes, but he doesn't let his cerebral palsy stop him. "today in the bay's" garvin thomas shows us in this morning's "bay area proud." the artist now has his first solo exhibition. >> a teacher once said, looking at don reicher's portfolio that there's always motion in his subjects. they could have said the same thing about don himself. the motion in his case, always forward. >> over your head, don. >> reporter: amazing often takes ti time. and by that we don't just mean the many hours don reicher will spend on this work of art. no, don, who has cerebral palsy, has been doing amazing for much longer than that. his mom andrea says that was always the plan.

>> we were very proactive about making sure don got to participate in everything. we didn't see any reason he shouldn't, just had to figure out how. >> reporter: figure out how don wouz wash dishes, play baseball, mow the lawn or even read a marching band. it wasn't until an art teacher encouraged him to start painting that he didn't just try something, he decided to excel at it. he's been seriously working at his craft for just a few years, but the results are amazing and now the centerpiece of an exhibit in downtown san jose at the offices of ameriprise financial. >> you are excited to have people see your work and want to buy it. >> reporter: don says he's not an advocate for people with

disabilities, nor does he want to be. he'd simply like to be an example visible to people of all abilities. what one man in a wheelchair is capable of. on the canvas and in life. don recently got a degree in art from san jose city college. his exhibition will run through september. garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. >> as always, if you know of someone doing something nice for others, garvin would love to hear from you. please go to our website, nbcbayarea.com, and search bay area proud. it is 7:26 right now. we have much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, saving lives. we'll tell you about the new device that could prevent drunk drivers from getting behind a wheel. plus -- >> when the phone rings, my heart drops, because there's only a few reasons that i get that call. >> why san jose's police chief says he has a hard time sleeping

at night. our exclusive interview about the serious problems plaguing the department. take a live look outside......

(adlib) welcome back. it 50e7s:29 on your saturday morning. a live look outside san jose from communications hill. meteorologist anthony slaughter says it will be another cool day. we saw a little cooldown yesterday, andist will continue today. thanks for joining us, i'm kira clapper. anthony slaughter has a look at our micro climate forecast. >> i'm back at the weather center chucking away at the graphics. cloudy skies this morning. 62 degrees in san francisco, 62 as well in the south bay. clouds this morning that will stick around until lunchtime. keep that in mind as you get going through the day. 65 in san francisco later on, 75 for the peninsula and 80s for the valleys. tracking rain for next weekend. we will talk about that in our

next report. back to you, kira. we want to tell you colin kaepernick is creating big headlines this morning, not for what he did on the field, but what he did off the field. right before the 49ers versus packers game last night, kaepernick did not stand for the national anthem. instead he sat. we don't have video because it was during the pregame ceremony. the 9ers have confirmed that kaepernick did not stand and the team issued the statement saying, quote, the national anthem is and always will be a part of the pregame ceremony. in respecting such american principles as freedom of religion and expression, we recognize the right of an individual to choose to participate or not in our celebration of the national anthem. not your usual interview with a police chief. a tearful response from san jose's top cop. the chief tells us he worries about the safety of his

officers, understaffed and tired. "today in the bay's" dam yeah trujillo brings us this exclusive report. >> reporter: it's already been a long week for officer cliff jepsen and he still might get a call he has to work over time. >> how tired are you? >> pretty tired. >> reporter: he started the trend 15 years ago of parking his camper on city property to sleep close to work during the week. today san jose pd is in the middle of a staffing crisis, not enough officers to cover all the shifts. between march 16th and august 16th of this year more than 1,400 times officers have been ordered to work over time. in most of those cases the over time for at least six hours, leading the chief to worry about officer fatigue. >> it's rough. friday and saturday nights are rough. >> reporter: rough knowing his men and women are staffed minimally and scrambling from call to call which is why the police chief will push the city to declare a staffing emergency on tuesday, allowing him to pull

49 detectives from their assignments and put them in patrol cars to keep the city safe. >> when the phone rings, my heart drops. there's only a few reasons i get that call, and it's brutal. i don't want it gn, especially for something i can help with. >> reporter: tonight swing shift is on the streets hoping there are enough officers on patrol to watch each other's backs. damian trujillo, nbc bay area news. suicide at the golden gate bridge has been a problem for years. now new data shows more young people are drawn to the iconic span. new facts show 43 people under the age of 25 went to the golden gate bridge in 2014 to consider suicide. officials say that number likely will be even higher this year. that's why new signs for a crisis text line are being posted on and around the bridge. the hope is it will help stop

this troubling trend in a way that's accessible for those in need. >> it's the medium that people know and trust now. that's the way that we're communicating with our friends, our family, so why not communicate with a crisis counselor that way as well. we see that 80% of our texters are under the age of 25. >> the golden gate bridge district opened bids last month for a new suicide barrier. estimates came in higher-than-expected. the district is now working on a fund-raising plan. a followup now to a crime we told you about last month. this is surveillance video just released yesterday by san francisco police. it shows two men and a woman suspected of trespassing on the university of san francisco campus. investigators say the three stole a laptop in one building and then attacked two students in another building, stealing a backpack and a cell phone. one of the students suffered a nasal fracture.

anyone who recogniwrecks those people are asked to call san francisco police. could breathalizers in cars help reduce duis 1234 this weekend governor jerry brown will consider the proposal. the gizmo is called an ignition interlock device. drivers convicted of dui would have to blow into it to start their cars. a bill requiring them for drivers with a suspended license is now on the governor's desk. the bill's sponsor predicts the device will lower the number of repeat offenders who drink and drive. at 7:34, we have much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, we've already told you about colin kaepernick's controversial night at levi's stadium last night. but how did he do on the field? we'll show you next.

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==kira/cu== welcome back. we appreciate you joining us on your saturday morning. cloudy skies as we look over san jose. we saw a little cool dourn

yesterday. meteorologist about any slaughter says it will stick with us for this last weekend of august, last complete weekend of august, can you believe it? i had to check my phone just to be sure. after more than nine months, 49ers quarterback colin kaepernick returned to the playing field at levi's stadium, locked in a battle for position with blaine gabbert. gabbert played the first two 9ers' series leading them to an early touchdown. patton taking it in from two yards out. then it was time for the highly anticipated debut of kaepernick. unfortunately cheers turned to engineers, kaepernick struggled to knock off the rust, completing two passes and no scoring drives, the 9ers lose to green bay 21-10. after salvaging one game, the giants were ready for home cooking. san francisco looked to take

advantage of the the atlanta braves, the team with the worst record. colin resch has this story from at&t park. >> reporter: bruce bochy hoped the giants would build on matt moore's brilliant performance and that's what happened friday night. to another soldout crowd. jeff samardzija worked out of a pair of early jams. atlanta with the bases loaded. liner to crawford. that ends the threat. joe panic, a two-run double friday night down the left field line. bottom of the third, angel pagan, headed towards mccubby cove, almost gets there, a two-run shot, hirs ninth of the year. samardzija would settle down, ends up throwing seven shutout innings improves to 11-9. giants win 7-0. >> you always want to go -- start, start, start, quality starts and zeros. you know as a starter when you do that, you let the hitters get

in the dugout standing on the field for 20 or 30 minutes. >> it's the part of the season you play for. you hope you're in the situation. we're going out there every day like it's a huge game. >> reporter: the cubs come back to beat the dodgers in 10. the giants gain a game, now just one back of l.a. in the west. at at&t park, colin resch, nbc bay area. much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, we investigate the california state bar, why the agency created to protect you from bad lawyers has a multimillion dollar problem. here on this saturday we've got clouds in place once again and a cool weekend on tap. meteorologist anthony slaughter back to detail your forecast coming up after this.

welcome back on this saturday. 7:41 is the time. you can see we're waking up to clouds every location from the

north bay into san francisco, cloudy there. mostly cloudy in the tri-valley with a few peeks of sunshine. late they are afternoon clouds are going to hang in place across the coastline. san francisco, that means a cool day for you. 65 degrees there. we'll see mid 70s for places like the north bay and the peninsula and reaching back into the low 80s for the tri-valley and the south bay. the fog will be the story through sunday and into monday. things will improve as we get towards tuesday and wednesday. many mean time, it's all about the cloud cover. clouds still hanging on this afternoon for san francisco, the bay bridge t golden gate as well. peels back by about 2:00 and rolls back in to the inner bay. we'll see a cloudy start to the day. clouds do clear for tomorrow a little quicker than today. comfortable afternoon headed our way. temperatures similar to where they were just yesterday. 82 degrees for san jose. 80 for palo alto. 65 for san francisco. keep in mind, the coastline will

stay cool and generally cloudy even down towards santa cruz. we've been talking about florida for the past couple days, expecting heavy rainfall. i do want to talk about what's happening on this side of the globe, the pacific. we have tropical storm madeline, expected to strengthen into a hurricane by tomorrow. by tuesday off the coast of hawaii, by wednesday and thursday making a direct landfall across the hawaiian islands as a hurricane or a tropical storm. again, this would be wednesday into thursday this upcoming week. this hurricane soob to be would be called madeline. we'll continue to watch that. if you're traveling to hawaii, you may run into wet weather by the middle part of the week. we haven't talked much about storm systems all summer long. now we're getting intercept and things are starting to change. wednesday this system rides up across the gulf of alas kachlt by thursday it moves closer to

the pacific northwest. that's when they'll start to see rain there. for friday, clouds will start to increase across parts of the bay area as this cold front drapes a little closer. look what happens. next weekend, saturday, it swings through and showers are being detected with the cold front north of the bay area for saturday. what's going to happen, as it swings through for sunday and monday, we'll deal with the ramifications of this cold front which could mean showers. this is the first run i've seen of showers being painted on the map. this is saturday. you'll notice coastal drizzle. north bay could see some rain. here is your key, from .1 inch or .5 inch. sunday to monday we could be talking about showers across the bay area. we'll continue to track that. you'll notice on the seven-day forecast, things cool off in a big way, going back into the 70s for our warmest locations thursday and friday.

60s stay put at the coastline, but more clouds with us especially this time next weekend and maybe, yes, kira, maybe some rain. we'll track it for you, back to you. >> i cannot believe that. rain on the way as we approach september. anthony, thanks. coming up, a public agency created to protect consumers is now millions of dollars short. how that could affect you and hour our reporting is now leading to action at the state capital. challenging.

here in california, the state bar was created to investigate complaints and hiring the right lawyer can be challenging. here in california the state bar was created to investigate complaints and hand down punishments to lawyers who cheat their clients. earlier this year investigative reporter bag gad shaban revealed how the bar may have been putting legal clients at risk. now lawmakers are taking action. >> the list of concerns has grown even since our last investigation. critics point to questionable decisions and high priced salaries for bar employees. lawmakers at the state capital are fighting over how exactly to change the bar. there's a lot at stake for you at home. the bar itself, and the woman now in charge of it all. >> we have challenges, there's no question. >> elizabeth parker is the executive director of the california state bar. she took the helm last year and is part of a major leadership change at a public agency that

for decades faced heavy criticism over mismanagement and misspendi misspending. >> reporter: the california bar was created by the state nearly 90 years ago to protect the public from bad lawyers. a recent state audit is accusing the bar of questionable or inappropriate financial decisions. the agency's largest expanse is salaries for its more than 500 employees. but top executives at the bar get paid far more than other state employees in similar leadership positions. in fact, 13 employees at the bar receive bigger salaries than the governor. >> it may not be correct to assume that there is just a one size fits all set of pay structures throughout california's governmental entities. that, in fact, is not the case. >> reporter: critics say it's hard to justify those salaries when the bar can't even afford to carry out its own basic

responsibilities. the state bar has a fund to pay back clients who were ripped off by dishonest attorneys, but that fund is dangerously low. according to that state audit, not only did the california bar fail to take steps to address the problem or communicate the true financial situation, it did the opposite. the fund totaled 2.2 million last year, but the bar needed $18.9 million to pay out the backlog of claims. that's a shortfall of $16.7 million. the audit accuses the bar of trying to keep that gap secret from lawmakers. >> the audit found some people are now having to wait between four and five years before they're ever paid. >> and that's a real concern. >> reporter: the bar has since transferred $2 million into the fund from other resources but says a long-term fix might mean raising membership dues that all california attorneys are required to pay, nearly $400

each year. >> we don't want to make that request before we're certain that every dime we spend and indeed every charge we make is calibrated with public protection in mind. >> why hasn't that done already? >> i can't answer that question. i wasn't here then. >> what about the last year you were here? >> it's being done. that's what i'm telling you. >> reporter: consultants have been hired to study spending including employee salary and benefit packages. >> if the state bar can't afford to carry out the main mission, protecting the public, does that mean -- >> i think our issue is not are we doing wonderful public protection work with really a impressive workforce, but are we doing enough of it? there i'd say no we're not. >> reporter: earlier we showed how the bar was accused of failing to keep watch over some of the state's newest attorneys.

state assemblyman david chu says our investigation pushed him to make legislation to reform the bar. he's calling for an independent enforcement monitor. >> we found out there's a lot crawling underneath the surface. >> reporter: he also wants to start a commission to study whether the bar should split into two separate organizations, since it currently serves as a lobbying group for lawyers and a watch dog that's supposed to discipline them. >> we would separate those two functions as is the case for every other major profession in the state of california. >> reporter: elizabeth parker won't say whether she supports that idea. >> if despite new leadership the bar is still facing the same types of criticism year after year, doesn't that tell you something is wrong? >> i guess i'd say i think we're turning this ship around, and i think we're going in the right

direction. now, it is a big ship and it won't turn in a day, but if you and i are sitting here in a year, i'm going to be able to show even more changes. >> some would argue the ship is already sinking. >> i've heard that. i don't agree. >> attempts to split the bar in two or studying the issue is now unlikely after strong opposition in the state senate. lawmakers still fighting for other changes only have until wednesday, guys to get the bill passed before the legislative session ends. >> if you have a tip for our investigative unit, give us a call at 888-996-tips or send an e-mail to theunit@nbcbayarea.com. we want to give you an update to a story we brought you earlier in the newscast. colin kaepernick is now saying he refused to stand during the national anthem yesterday before

the game because of his views on the u.s.'s treatment of minorities. he spoke with the nfl media after yesterday's game and said, quote, i am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color. to me this is bigger than football, and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way. there are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder. that again is a quote from colin kaepernick to the nfl media. we don't have video of him not standing for the national anthem because it was during the pregame ceremony, but the 9ers did confirm he didn't stand. they issued a statement reading in part, the national anthem is and always will be a special part of the pregame ceremony. in respecting such american principles as freedom of religion and freedom of expression, we recognize the right of an individual to choose to participate or not in our celebration of the national anthem. it is 7:54 right now.

much more ahead on today today. pets in need is here and we'll introduce you to these two next. this morning -- some special

guests from pets in need. kira/2shot executive director al molica and alexa bolanos are this morning some special guests from pets in need. executive director alan leka and alexa are here with emilio and antonio. antonio has a darker nose. emilio's nose is -- >> more brown. >> they are just adorable. they are similar in age? >> they're brothers, about three months old. >> i should mention we had a different dog set to come on and she was adopted yesterday which is a great problem to have. but the problem remains. you have a lot of pets that need to be adopted, and these are just two examples of dogs that are part of an event that you

have going on right now. >> right. we have a full kennel, full shelter this weekend. we'll do a back-to-school special. alexa will tell you about what our special will be this weekend. >> we have all different kinds of dogs, we have puppies, we have seen yours, 1, 2-year-olds. we group them in different categories. these two are considered preschoolers. we have elementary schoolers and middle schoolers and high schoolers. depending on their grade, it's a different adoption fee. these guys are $50 this weekend. and then the older ones are $40 and older are $30 and the seniors are $20. >> great. we hope the viewers get out there and take part in this great event going on until wednesday, august 31st. for more information, pleases go to petsinneed.org/adoption- promotions. thanks so much for making us a part of your morning.

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