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now at 11:00, hillary clinton cancels her trip to the bay area after a stumble at a 9/11 event. tonight there are big questions about the democratic candidate's health. good evening. i'm juliette goodrich. brian hackney is hf tonight. our joe vazquez joins me now with how clinton's health scare could hurt her campaign. >> she's supposed to be here tomorrow. she's not coming. it's this video that we're about to show you that's at the heart of it. it's quite traumatic. it shows her knees buckling out from underneath her. >> reporter: the video shows the presidential candidate wobbling even as she's being helped by several men and women. she seems to lose her balance then shakily entered the car. two hours later hillary clinton leaves her daughter's apartment with a smile on her face. the campaign released a statement from her doctor saying she had been diagnosed with
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pneumonia friday. the problem today is she was hot and dehydrated. we learned around 7:30 tonight clinton decided to cancel her west coast campaign trip including a fundraiser on knob hill in san francisco. >> i'm very disappointed. i'm glad she's taking care of herself. we would have loved to see her out here. i hope she'll make it back here some other time. >> reporter: alex is a volunteer with the clinton campaign. >> mr. trump and his surrogates have been saying for some time she's sick. were they right? >> well, personally, i think that mr. trump is a little sick. >> the video from today didn't look good. >> i do not think she is sick. i think she has a strong constitution. i think she probably pushes herself a bit. >> if there was any possible way they could have stood her up so to tape her to a dolly, rolled her out on stage, that would have been preferable to what happened here. >> reporter: kpix 5 political analyst says clinton's cancellation could hurt her. >> either the campaign doesn't
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understand how devastating these cancellations are or she's in such bad shape that it was worth taking the hit to the campaign to keep her home. either one of these answers is not good. >> hillary clinton is at her home in new york resting. we've learned from three sources that the fund razor will -- the fundraiser will go on. they're trying to get her to appear by teleconference. >> she was waving two hours after the incident so we kind of saw her. >> she had a smile on her face. she was standing on her own. you know there's going to be a lot of talk generated. expect to see some image of her tomorrow. clinton leads donald trump in the latest washington poll. abc news poll. washington post poll 46% to 41% among likely voters. tonight san francisco's coit tower lit up in alternating red, white, and blue to commemorate 15 years since the 9/11 attacks. the city has also been flying flags at half staff throughout
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the day. people gathered for 9/11 ceremonies all around the bay area. kpix 5 jessica flores shows us many had personal connections to that tragic day. >> reporter: the somber sounds marking the day that changed the country and those who lived through it. >> i arrived shortly after the second tower collapsed. >> reporter: sean hickey, then a new york firefighter on september 11th, 2001, now in the bay area, remembering the 15th anniversary by attending various bay area ceremonies. >> i've been out here 13 years and i try and find these and most times from a distance i just want to observe. >> reporter: in lafayette, they held flags at an overpass along highway 24. in san jose firefighters and the community gathered for a patriot day ceremony to honor the fallen. in san francisco the fire department held a citywide remembrance and unveiled a remnant from one of the world
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trade towers. for justin clark in danville, he's remembering some 3,000 killed including his uncle. >> my uncle was the captain of the second plane in the towers united flight 175. victor. and his lasting memoriam is to remember the community we've built here. >> reporter: a community from san francisco to new york city. coming together to never forget. >> right now i feel very gratified that so many people still do care. >> this is the 11th year of the san ramon valley exchange club has held the haven't here at the all wars memorial. in danville, jessica flores, kpix 5. >> the 40 people who were killed on united flight 93 were honored today at the 9/11 memorial in union city. passengers on that plane courageously rushed the cockpit, forcing the terrorists to crash the plane in rural pennsylvania instead of the u.s. capitol. east bay congressman eric swalwell was in washington at the time of the attacks. >> an image i'll never forget is
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watching republicans and democrats hand in hand singing god bless america. as divided as we are today, i still think we can go back to that unity. >> flight 93's final destination was supposed to be san francisco. nearly half of the victims lived in or near the bay area. across the nation, cities paused to remember the many lives that were lost. in new york the names of nearly 3,000 victims were read out at ground zero. at a separate ceremony in washington, president obama thanked the men and women who served in the military since the attacks. >> thanks to their extraordinary service, we've dealt devastating blows to al qaeda. we've delivered justice to osama bin laden, we've strengthened our homeland security. we've prevented attacks. we've saved lives. >> the american flag was unfurled on the side of the pentagon on the exact spot where a plane hit killing 125 people.
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today's 9/11 anniversary coincide would the first sunday of the nfl season. tony shows us the league held observances before every game with the help of some prominent political figures. >> reporter: football used to be an escape from the real world. on the 15th anniversary of september 11th, it's apart of it. >> it's sunday and here in america that means it's time for football. >> reporter: president obama kicked off the season. >> but on this day 15 years ago, the world was shaken. >> reporter: in 13 stadiums today, fans saluted the flags. while players, coaches, and politicians put on a display of red, white, and blue. vice president joe biden helped unfurl a giant flag in philadelphia. former new york city mayor rudy giuliani co-captained the hometown jets and former president george bush tossed a coin in dallas and then addressed the fans. >> we remember a lesson of 9/11
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that evil is real and so is courage. >> reporter: but in seattle, a reminder of larger divides, players linked arms to honor 9/11 but four dolphins took a knee to call attention to injustice as 49ers quarterback colin kaepernick has been doing. no, football isn't as carefree as it was 15 years ago. but neither is america. cornerback marcus peters of the kansas city chiefs also showed support for kaepernick in his cause today. he raised his fist during the national anthem. peters is from oakland. meanwhile kaepernick is expected to continue his protest tomorrow night when the 9ers take on the l.a. rams at levi's stadium. today there was a show of support for him in san francisco. the pastor of the third baptist church led parishioners in a kneel-in. he encouraged people to wear their number 7 kaepernick jerseys during sunday morning's services. the reverend amos brown says he hopes this is the beginning of a
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new dialogue about race and equality in america. >> this effort is not a sprint. it's a continuation of a marathon for justice. >> it's everyone's right to say what they want to say and it's freedom of speech. there's a part of me, i'm a 5th grade teacher and i teach american history so i'm very patriotic. >> some bay area football fans told us today they're glad other players are backing kaepernick in their own ways. more police are on patrol in san jose to help curb an emergency staffing shortage. kpix 5's devin fehely on the plan to keep the streets safer. >> we still have a job to do. we're going to get that job done. >> reporter: in a measure of how dire the staffing shortage has become for san jose police, starting today the department is putting officers back out on patrol. >> this is just a band-aid. we've got a lot of tired
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officers out there. we need to get more patrol officers. the real solution is to pass measure f in november. that will enable us to hire and retain officers again. >> the police department has seen officers leave in droves in recent years and currently has only 812 street ready offices, down from a high of nearly 1400. >> it's just simply the right time to ask for help. >> reporter: the city councilman says the department is in crisis and needs to ask for help either from the sheriff's office or chp. >> you're not going to rebuild the police department for a decade and in the meantime residents shouldn't have to suffer from that. >> reporter: police chief eddie garcia opposes the idea. he wrote the city council a letter and says he's very concerned that asking for outside help would have a, quote, detrimental effect on morale and recruiting efforts. even he acknowledges the current rob peter to pay paul strategy has its limits. >> there are things that are going to take a little bit longer to investigate. but the reality of it is the first responsibility of a police department is to answer the 911
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call for service. >> reporter: in san jose, devin fehely, kpix 5. two area police departments continue the search for new chiefs this week. tomorrow the city of oakland will ask the public to weigh in. it's hosting a forum to find out the qualities people want in their next police chief. it starts at 6 p.m. at the north oakland senior center. and san francisco's police commission will meet in closed session on wednesday to review applications for police chief. at least 60 people have applied for the job including acting chief tony chaplain. the commission will eventually cut the list down to three finalists and submit those names to the mayor. chp is looking for witnesses who may have seen a deadly motorcycle crash in oakland. it happened at 2:00 this morning on eastbound interstate 980 near the 27th street onramp. officers found a man lying on the shoulder next to his harley davidson. 40-year-old steven lee of rodeo died at the scene. investigators are not sure if this was a hit-and-run or a solo crash. the chp is asking anyone who saw
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the accident to contact them. and we now know a drunk drive who ran his car off the road sparked this wildfire near shasta lake. and so far it has destroyed three homes. the lake fire has burned 75 acres and is now 90% contained. the flames have forced people from their homes. they've been evacuated to a nearby high school. still ahead, a college football player earns himself a trip off the field and in to jail. the punch that got him punished big time. >> also, bringing the sharing economy home. these pods are helping people save cash and connect with their neighbors but there's one big trade-off. >> plus, a lake of lava atop a hawaiian volcano. why this spectacular view is so rare. >> the coastal clouds are making their way back in to the bay and inland valleys once again this evening. a cool-down is on the way. details coming up.
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airport. the driver die concrete pillar. a deadly school bus crashed today at denver international airport. the driver died after hitting a concrete pillar. officials say she had just picked up dozens of high school students who were returning home from a trip. several school buses were leaving the airport together but for some reason the driver of this bus circled back around then veered off the roadway. at least 10 people were taken to
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the hospital. a football player at a junior college in southern california appeared to punch a referee right in the middle of a game. now that player is under arrest. >> oh, my god, the ref just got punched in the face by a player. wow. i've never seen anything like that before in my life. >> reporter: look at the video again. police say mt. san antonio college football player bernard shermer knocked the referee unconscious. shermer was ejected from the game at ventura college saturday night. police arrested him in the locker room for felony battery. >> we had to turn off the game. woo -- we had to cut video on the fly for the police department. >> reporter: the 19-year-old freshman offensive lineman just ended his career with a punch. >> when we looked at the replay, it was pretty clear he knew exactly who he was going after with the punch. and it landed. it was quite the haymaker.
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>> reporter: cornerback rico bruton was on the field when it happened. >> i saw when he hit his own helmet. it wasn't even the way the video make it seem like he punched him but he did not punch him. >> reporter: he said shermer's elbow accidentally hit the ref. >> i guess what happened was it was a ventura players and he got upset about it and he's just mad and his anger kind of got the best of him. i do feel bad for him because i know he's a good kid. >> reporter: he said he was trying to hit his own helmet and now we've learned officials at mt. sac are defending him saying they believe the hit was unintentional. the college wrote mr. shermer struck himself on the helmet, a habit he often does to calm himself down. in doing so he inadvertently hit the referee and initially believed someone else had done so. they say shermer is deeply sorry. the student and alumnus disagree with the school. >> i think he should be
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reprimanded properly and pawnished for his actions because it's unprofessional. it's not what our athletics program promotes and i think the response is full of it. >> shermer is out of jail on bail. but as far as we know he still has a court date in ventura county later this month. >> the referee is expected to be okay. he was treated at the game and released. a package thief ended up giving himself away. they say this surveillance video shows the suspect swiping a package off someone's porch last month. he apparently didn't realize the homeowner was recording his every move. police used that video to identify the suspect. they arrested him early this morning. tesla is making changes to its autopilot feature. the carmaker announcing today it's rolling out an update to the system. a man died earlier this year after the autopilot system failed to identify a truck turning in front of him. the new update will rely more
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heavily on radar to identify objects. it will be available to drivers within a couple of weeks. access, not ownership. that's the motto behind a new type of housing aimed at millennials. chris martinez shows us how it trades privacy for social connections. >> this is your pod. >> reporter: alvina is showing her newest guests around the renovated loft she calls the future of housing. >> we're in the sharing economy. people are sharing their homes, cars. >> reporter: beck is the founder of pod share, a membership-based residence designed for people who are on vacation or staying in the area on a temporary basis. it's part of a movement toward co-living, more buildings are popping up around the nation with a dorm-like atmosphere. this one in new york called we live offers modern amenities where residents can live, eat, and exercise together. >> pod share is a no frills version of the same concept. a stay here costs only $40 to $50 a night. that price includes a bed, tv,
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and storage area. what's missing is privacy. every pod is wide open to encourage interaction with other guests. >> give up a little bit of privacy and gain a whole lot of social ability or collisions as we call it here. >> reporter: those collisions often come in common areas like the shared kitchen. these millennials became friends while staying here. >> i like sharing everything. it's fun. >> there's a lot more value to the experiences than really having ownership over something. >> reporter: right now pod share is only in l.a. but beck hopes to stretch the model far beyond california. chris martinez, cbs news, los angeles. techies will take over part of san francisco tomorrow. the annual tech crunch disrupt conference kicks off on pier 48. the three-day event is aimed at introducing new technologies and start-ups. also on the agenda, talks from sales force ceo and defense secretary ash carter. new video in tonight showing
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a lake of smoldering lava on the kilauea volcano in hawaii. it's the first time in over a year that the lava lake has become visible. the u.s. geological survey said a recent burst of seismic activity is likely the reason. kilauea is one of the world's most active volcanoes. it's also the youngest on the big island. let's take a live look from our san jose camera. cloudy tonight in many areas but there is a warmup on the way. julie watts has our forecast. >> those coastal clouds are making their way inland once again this evening. and temperatures, well, you'll likely notice much cooler today. in fact down as much as 10 degrees for some inland spots. tonight the cloud cov looking very similar to what we've seen the last few days. it continues to fill in to our inland valleys overnight tonight. the clouds will pull back to the coast tomorrow and we'll see sunshine for most of our inland locations. here's the key though. just because you see sun does not mean you'll see warm temperatures. in fact we'll be cooler tomorrow
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than what we saw today. overnight tonight temperatures dipping down in to the 50s. once again similar to what we saw last night. bottoming out in the mid 50s for most locations. low 50s for places up north like santa rosa and napa. we've been watching this area of low pressure slowly make its way up the coast. midweek we saw temperatures in the upper 90s. near triple digits for many spots. cooling trend began thanks to this area of low pressure. however we have a stronger low. this one sneaking in from western canada as it does, bringing with it even cooler air. that means cooler temperatures for all tomorrow. likely breezy conditions monday in to tuesday as well. here's a look at what to expect for tomorrow. cooler than today, anywhere from 5 to 10 degrees depending where you are. tempting topping out in the low 70s for most of the warmest spots inland. we may see a couple outliers, antioch maybe in the mid 70s.
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concord, livermore, fairfield. 60s, san francisco. 72 in santa rosa. needless to say this is definitely cool for this time of year. we haven't seen temperatures this cool in a few years. here's what to expect as you head through the next 24 hours. clouds developing overnight. likely drizzle along the coast. cooler on monday. then we'll see some sunshine for most. warming expected for the second half of the week. extended forecast shows temperatures topping out in the 70s for the next couple of days. high pressure begins to build in back midweek. we start to warm back up a bit closer to where we should be this time of year with temperatures in the upper 80s inland. 60s and 70s by the bay and 50s and 60s along the coast. still ahead, an nfl player risks getting fined for his footwear. why he said these cleats were so important to him. >> and i'm dennis o'donnell. coming up next on game day, the raiders' big gamble pays off in new orleans in a thrilling victory. we'll take you inside the locker
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room. >> just win, baby. >> more drama from the 49ers on the eve of their monday night match-up against the rams. >> we are going to miss the jokes within the huddle. >> dare i say it, a giant sweep? we'll get you caught up on the nfl season opening weekend and baseball's pennant race next on game day. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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fine for wearing nine-eleven-themed cleats. avery will a tennessee titans player could face a hefty fine for wearing 9/11 themed cleats. williamson wore these red, white, and blue shoes during today's game. the words never forget are printed on them. the nfl threatened to fine williamson because they're against regulation. if that happens, police unions in new york and new jersey along with williamson's teammates say they'll chip in. an iconic american flag that disappeared from ground zero shortly after 9/11 has now been recovered. after the twin towers fell amid a smoldering pile of rubble, three new york city firefighters raised the american flag. a photographer snapped a picture of the moment. but soon after the flag disappeared. then in november of 2014 what looked like the missing flag resurfaced but authorities wanted to be sure it was the real thing. after months of careful analysis they're now 99% certain it is
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sullenberger, the pilot from danville who made an emergency landing on the hudson river in 2009. a flight attendant who was on that plane said the film was pretty realistic. >> i think the actual scenes for the crash itself and the dream sequences were pretty powerful and they used the exact type of aircraft. where sometimes they don't do that. they had all the details down. >> doreen welsh says the film does a good job overall but she says the interrogations were more harsh in the film than real life. we'll be right back. woah! you're not taking these. hey, hey, hey! you're not taking those. woah, woah! you're not taking that. come with me. you're not taking that. you're not taking that. you're not taking that. mom, i'm taking the subaru. don't be late. even when we're not there to keep them safe, our subaru outback will be.
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