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>> alan: tonight, the woman whose sexualarassment claim led to the resignation of wlett pack erred c.e.o. mark hud says she is surprised he lost his job. >> carolyn: e 51 revealed her identity today in a statement through thr attorney, gloria allred this is video from fisher's acting clip re that is posted on youtube. she had a with stint on a realit show. she has also appeared in a number of steamy low budget movies. hurd resigned on friday not because of the sexual harassment alsos but because of charges he falsified expense reports of dinners with fisher. th chief settled with fisher
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for an undisclosed amount of money. fisher said she was surised and saddened that mark hurd los his job over this, adding that was never her intention. >> alan: the bodies of ten volunteers,ncluding six americans, were flown back to kabul. the medical missionaries were kied thursday in a taliban ambush on their way back from treating afghans in the ontar -- northeast part of the country. we have this report. >> they gathered at the first presbyterian church in w york to mournnd honor the man who spent the last 36 years in afghanista helping the sick and injured. >> we're traumatized by these events. we're going through a whole gamut emotions. >> reporter: dr. tom little what an optometrist worng with the international assistance miion in kabul. he and his team members were returng from an eye clinic when they came under attack.
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his widow is preparing to good to afghanistan for his funeral. >> he gave his life. the best year of his life. to bring medical care to afghan people. anhe will be buried in the christian cemetery right there in kabul. >> reporter: the bullet riddled bodi of dr. little and nine otr members of the medical team were flown to kabul sunday. the taliban claimed responsibility for the massacre, accusing the medical workers of spying and trying to convert muslims to christianity. just governmt officials strongly deny the charges. >> these were selfless volunteers who devoted themselves to providing free and much-needed health care to afghans in the most remote and diffult parts of your country. >> reporr: abc news. >> carolyn: this killings have created fear and concern among local medical aid workers. if the talibans planning to
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execute anyo traveling with a faith-based organization it could mean much less care for the afghan peop. >> i'm not religious but i went with a faith-based organization because nobody else was there. >> reporter: he is a local pediatrician who taught daughters in kabul in 2007. he was with a christian aid group but states that didn't they were there to preach. >> regardless of where the money ca from or who we are, the medical care we're delivering is no strings attached. >> reporter: he acknowledges it's a nongovernmental ornizations and religious grounds have stepped up to provide various types of aid to a country lacng government resources, especially in the north, because the taliban clmed they were preparing christianity they were killed. >> not only am i sad about the ten aid workers who were killed but i'm thinking of hundreds of lol afghanistans who were on iting lists for surgery who
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aren'toing to get their operatio. >> when they created. >> he is the president of ca state east bay and was born and raed in afghanistan. he ss if the tag ban say th killed the workers because the quran says so, they purposely minterpreted the book to incite emotions. >> they will trying to make it a religious event. >> they both agree that these attacks may have a chilling effect on aid to afghanistan, especially by faith-based organizations. says the grounds are already spend 35g% of their budgets on security. >> i thinkertainly it is going to affect aid, bought -- because if for nothi else, many of those organizations have to spend more an more of their resources for security. >> alan: this tuesday marks the one year anniversar of the disappearance of six-year-old
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sonny campbell. a nonprot called citizens for the lost society is planning a week of events to draw attention the case a others like it. today t group opened its new headquarters in san leandro. during the investigation, his pottser father told police he left the boy near a back door of this shoe store where his fiancee worked. >> we ow he is out there somewhere and he needs to be found. and there's two ople out there that kn what happened to him and it's time they told the truth. >> alan: the gup will hold a village jill really on tuesday, and plans to meet with the district attorney to discuss possible develops in the case. his foster parents were arrest, but prosecutors never filed murder charges citing a lack of evidence crews are planning to begin drilling torrow morning on the fourth bore of the caldecott tunnel.
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crews will be drilling on both ends of the tunnel along highway 24 e $400 million project is expected to be completed in ree to four years. >> carolynb.p. says pressure tests on th blown oil well show the cement seal is solidly in place. now crews are focused on driving the relief well, but there's ste lot of work to be done. >> reporter: report with the permant cap in place and nomer daily images of leaking oil, the obama administration hopes to shot i hasn't lost sight of the enormous cleanup and recovery effort that remains. >> it is a catastrophe, a catastrophe for t people of the gulf and requires our attention. >> reporter: what more needs to be de and more cleanup. the government says 25% of the nearly five million barrels of spilled oil remains. independent scientists say there's as much 350s% left. then they're ts issue of helping the seafo industry. many people think gulf seafood
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unsafe. we caught up with shoppers a thousand miles from louisiana in washington, dc last week. most said they wouldn't buy seafood if they were certain it came from the gulf. >> i just wouldn't trust it, honestly. >> seafood isn the gulf's only industry needing to recover president obama' moratorium on deep-water drilling has put thousands of people outf work. minority leader john boehner said there enough safety practices in place to lift the ban. >> there clearly was live -- mistake made with regard to this well but wee risking 100,000 jobs in the gulf because of the motorium. >> and the vital tourism history has taken hit. president obama plans to do his rt, taking his family to florida next week for a vacation. abc news, the white house. >> carolyn: a new fid poll reveals marijuana is already
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deeply woven into society in california. th news as voters plan to decide in november whether to galize the drug for recreational use. e poll showed 42% of adults say they use marijuana to relieve pain or treat a medical condition. 39% were recreatial users. 60% said the drug helps them to sleep or relax. 24 says it stimulatescraft different. and 47% of voters said they used marijua at least once. >> alan: basketball, anyone? how the president spent his sunday. >> carolyn: small plane lands upside down. the couple inside walks away unhurt. >> leigh: it has be another kind of fall-like day across the bay area, with low clouds and fog, mist and drizzle. any 90s in the forest? i think so.
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>> carolyn: first lady michelle obama and daughter sasha wrapped if thunder visit to spain,
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enjoying lunch with the royal couple they greedded the obamas at the front of their residence. the king gave mrs. obama some seed for the white house garden. after lunch, the obama party ruined -- rerned to the u.s. and president obama enjed his dream birthday weekend. he played basketball with nba all-stars including lebron mes and others. they entertained troops. i guess we don't get to actually see them playing basketball, just arriving there to do so. >> alan: we have video of that. we'll show that to you tonight. close call at an airport in alaska. an eag got sucked into the engine o an alaska airlines jet as the aircraft was taking off. causing the flying to be aborted. none was hurt. in vermont, a culp crash-landed
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their smalllane the pilot says he lost power just after takeoff. he tried to glide the plane in for a landing but the landing gary coapsed and the plane flipped on its roof. the couple walked away unhurt. >> carolyn: no rulinwhether a fedel judge will lift a stay and allow same-sex couples to marry. >> alan: we may finally get some warmer weather ts week. leigh glaser coming up. >> mike: a bit of nfl rookie zing that takes it to a new level with one ugly haircut. speaking of ugly, tiger woods, worst four rounds of his professional career. [ female announcer ] this is a straerry pop tart.
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>> carolyn: same-sex couplesre still moving forward with weddings this weekend. these two plan to exchange vows in a half hour. is couple tried to get a marriage license short after the voter approved
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cotitutional ban was struck down wednesday but they were turned away at city hall. tonight's weddg won't be legal but same-sex supporters hope the judge will lift his stay in the coming days. >> carr will -- california willing not be hurt. we believe the indivials we represent ould not any longer be denied their constitutional rights and we hope the judge decides to allow his decisiono go forward. >> carolyn: opponents of same-sexarriage want the stay to remain in place until the appeals process is complete. this case will likely go the supreme court. it's a process that is expected. >> alan: san francisco is ready to start expanding the number of bicycle lanein the city. just three days after a court gave its blessi. the work is expected to begin tomorrown a plan to double the number of bike lanes in the ty. these will be the first new lane in four years. now, tre had been a moratorium on any new lanes until an
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environmental review could be coleted. >> carolyn: there's been some stormy weather in lake tahoe. >> alan: leigh is their tell us about that. >> leigh: haas hour we had all kinds of lightning strikes. ings have been dying down but you can see the squall line moving over the lake. you can get a sense of what i'm talking about here. definitely the thunderstorms making their way across the lake. incline village, heavenly village,oderate rain, nickel-size hail, and now this activity moving towards the truckee area. everything starting to die gown a little -- die down a little bi the heating of the die winding down so in the next few hours the thunderstorms will
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dissipate. around he it's been low clouds and fog in the bay area. if you if you were at the beaches, why were you? the night weather was inland. inland, antioch, 78. enjoyed tempetures in the low 80s. the low clouds and fog, mist and drizzle will be with us around the coast and bay tonight. it will be very slow to burn off morrow morning. it will be a cool day tomorrow. we will look four some partial clearing inland. the good news is we're going to get in a weher patte change friy, saturday, and sunday. overnight tonight, lo clouds and fog move inland. overght temperatures, 52 for santa rosa. san francisco, 52. 53 for livermore. the culprit today has been this diving are of low presse. it just started to move inland and that's helped to increase the low clouds and fog and mist and drizzle there. tomorrow and mony and tuesday
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weave this secondary system. this will keep us cool, and then after that moves through, it looks like higher pressure with move in. tomorrow morning, low clouds and fog will slowly start to burn back to the coast around oktime or -- noontime. here's a look at some selected cities for you. south baysan jose, 74. morning overcast, aernoon sunshine. sunnyvale, 72. overst, mist and drizzle at the beaches. pacica, 56. palo alto, 71, san francisco wi reach 60 degre tomorrow. in the north bay, 71 for petaluma. napa, 73, afternoon sunshine. berkeley, 65. westerly winds through the day. newark, 68. inland, walnut creek, 73. 75 concord. ese temperures well below where we should be this time of
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year. and 74 for more -- morgan hill. the next few day cooler, and then friday, sarday, and sund, return to some 90s inland with tempatures near 80 around the bay. >> carolyn: near normal. >> leigh: well, a little below but better. >> alan: on to shu. giants having some problems on the road. >> mike: the braves showed the giants are not playf contenders just yet. it was hot and muggy, 90 degrees in atl. uribe, blistering shot scores burrell. bottomrame, braves answer. ross borrows pace from sanchez's fast ball. it's gone. two-run shot. 2-1 atlanta. derek lowe took command. two runs, fiv hits in 5 third third third innings then the braves get out the tomahawk. infant day with the solo shot. giants lose 6-#, -- 6-3.
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oakland isoing a different direction. they te two out of three from the rangers. these young a's are a scrappy group, and cahill led the charge. they're a major league best 26-11 in day games. cahill gave up two runs in eight. rangers strike first in the 6th. josh hamilton, bloops one to left. el obvious -- elv andrus scores, coco crisp lines one. now tied at 2. a's up 32-with a sac fly in the ninth. th a's win it 3-2. well, like all golfers, tir woods has finally hit a slump. today at the firestone course in house, whe he has won feign times, tiger shot a final round 77, 18-over par for the event.
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his highest score ever in professional golf. tiger couldn't do anything right this week, and today was no different. on the par-4 3rd. pulls his putt. bogeys. another par putt on 10. this time he pushes it. 25 holes of bogey or worse this week. en the gallery wasn't safe. tiger hits a fan in the face on the par-3 15th. thean gets a glove, handsha, and a bump on his head. tiger shoots a final round 77. finishes 18-over. afterwards he was asked, areou having any fun? >> absolutely not. shoong 18-over par is not fun. i don't see how it can be fun. especially since hi -- my handicap is supposed to be zero. >> mike: phil mickelson could end tiger's number one with a four place or better. he shot a 78, tied for 46th. kenny perry shows tigerow it's done. approach on the par-4 h.
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nothing but net for a eagle. kenny turns 50 in two days. hunts are mahan wins his second of the year. five birdies on the front. shoots a 6-under 64, finishes 12 under, and secures a spot for himself on the ryder cup team. nascar, watkins glen course, one pablo month montoya takes the checkered flag, holding off kurt busch to win his second career race. the other o was at infon, so we can assume that montoya loves the road courses. >> rookie hang is part of becoming a member of your respective nfl team. i remember my rookie year, havingo sing your college identifying song at dinner, and if you refused, you were thrown in a sewer pond behind the cafeteria. i spent a lot of timin the pond. tim bow is now friar tim. the rookie bonus baby quarterback had his head shed
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for this friar tuck look, and he can't even sha his head to get red of -- rid of the look. he is a religious man. his parents are missionaries. if i was tim, i would keep that helmet on as often as possibl speaking of the nfl. cowboys and bengals tonit. football from here on out until february. we s you at 11:00. can you imagine walking around with that haircut? >> alan: if that would have gottenou to sing at the song >> mike: i didn't know the song. that was the problem. but i feel for tim. >> alan: that's brutal. >> carolyn: the romance of the summer movers to the top of the box office. stay with
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>> carolyn: "the other gs" took the top spot at the box office. inception took in mo than $18 milliothis weekend for second. and in the other new movie opening nationwide this weekend, the dance sequel, stepup 3-d came in third place. >> alan: that's i for abc-7 at 6:00. >> carolyn: thanks for joining us. captioned by closed ptioning services inc.
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