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respects to the late senator john mccain.. as he lies in state in the nation's capitol.. good afternoon.. funds are paying the respect to be late senator john mccain as he lies in state the nation's capital. good afternoon everyone, are live coverage of john mccain's memorial in just a moment. first, breaking news in the south bay, what a fatal train excellent has -- has delayed --
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in the south bay, failed train accident has delayed service two hours. a man was struck while wearing headphones. the word tributes to the u.s. senator continue -- war tributes to the u.s. senator continue. >> reporter: this is incredibly rare honor for an incredibly rare american. senator john mccain escorted by his family arrived on capitol hill for the last time. >> to pay a debt of honor and respect. to a man who served our country in uniform and in public office. >> reporter: vice president mike pence as well as members of congress of the armed forces were on hand to greet their friend and colleague. >> it reminds us services a
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privilege. >> reporter: this is the last chance for the public to say goodbye to senator mccain. tomorrow morning the senator will be driven to the vietnam memorial for a short ceremony before he goes to the washington national cathedral. thousands gathered thursday at the north phoenix baptist church to pay their respects. >> i always thought of john as a brother. we had a lot of family fights. >> reporter: senator mccain is the 31st person to lie in state at the capitol rotunda, and honor reserved for government officials and military officers. senator mccain hand-picked george w. bush and barack obama to eulogize him at the national cathedral. sunday mccain will be laid to rest at the u.s. naval academy and annapolis -- in annapolis. several presidents have
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kpix5. en state at the coverage is expected to begin at 5:30 in the morning. [ music ]meanwhile tributes to the late music legend aretha franklin continue. this is a look at the change of the garden talking him palace. the band and the reddish army pay tribute to franklin today by playing -- the british army by -- and the british army pay tribute to franklin today by playing her hits respect. other guest presenters at the funeral include bill clinton, smokey robinson, and stevie wonder. >> reporter: aretha franklin got the red carpet treatment one final time as her casket
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arrived at detroit's greater grace temple. inside, thousands packed the church to pay their final respects to the queen of soul. >> lower you gave is a queen, a true queen, royal and we thank you >> reporter: franklin is being remembered as a civil rights activist and a woman did not always have an easy life. >> we watched aretha bear her crosstown here. -- her cross down here. she had to work when she did not get paid. she was a black woman and a white man's world. >> reporter: performers paid tribute as well. [ music ] >> you make me feel like a natural woman. i ss you my body. >> reporter: today's funeral
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ends almost a week of tributes to the a tine -- 18 time grammy award winner. they waited in line since thursday afternoon after hearing some fans would be allowed inside the church for what was originally an invitation only event. >> it was worth the. this is a historical event. and i'm so glad to be a part of it. >> reporter: a send a befitting of a queen -- a send off befitting of a queen. >> franklin was dressed in a full-length sparkling dress. she had several costume changes and viewings leading to her funeral. she died of a rare form of pancreatic cancer, she was 76. this is the view from the bart station where some neighbors are evacuating but no injuries are reported, the
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cause of this fire is under investigation. police looking for this woman, yoa white the mw suv. police posted the video on facebook and say if she looks familiar, call police. meanwhile in sonoma, police say a man turned himself in today just hours after escaping custody. 21-year-old dominic gates was arrested for public intoxication this morning at a chevron gas station. he managed to escape the patrol car is the officer briefly did paperwork inside the sonoma valley substation. just before 7:00, gates surrendered at the same substation. he's being held out of $2500 bail. on the road, law enforcement is gearing up for a long and busy labor day weekend. distracted drivers are advised to be on the lookout.
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>> you know i stopped it? >> reporter: an officer saw a phone in his hand, something they're looking for this week. a crackdown on reckless driving. but i did not know if they were distracted looking to other phone or if there completely obliterated and intoxicated. so i have to make it stop and go from there. >> reporter: with this enhanced enforcement is in response to the death of a motorcycle officer and the driver he pulled over, killed along i-80 on august 10. another driver plowed into them accused of being distracted and reckless. the driver was pulled over during our ride this morning did not appear out of control, but officers spotted them using their phones. but you have anything to say for yourself? >> no. [ laughter ] >> reporter: the distracted reckless kdown isfocused on 80 the state of nevada. this weekend, it coincides with the normal enforcement period for the legal holiday.
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no sethsticks ar stks -- stakes are high. >> you're just checking a quick text, it's not worth it. >> reporter: a ticket starts around $200 when you add in court fees. he says this is something he has already talked to his sons about before learning the lesson for himself. >> the money is nothing, save lives. the most important thing. >> the maximum enforcement period runs through monday. lawmakers have until midnight to pass outsnding legi session. groups are expected on a number of important bills, one will restore net neutrality clarify who is responsible for
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covering the costs of wildfire damage. >> action needs to be taken now. if you do not see reform, utilities in california are ly uninsurable risk. >> the legislation also is expected to spend $1 billion over the next five years to clear fire brush and trees. it could be discussed again in january after the legislative break but does not pass. the massive mendocino complex fire is expected to be fully contained by tomorrow. the concern now is possible fog with -- fraud with residents rebuilding. people affected by the fires are being warned to stanley alert from fake charities and individuals submitting false claims for disaster relief. the north bay fraud task force is working to combat the problem. dozens of people injured and several are dead after a greyhound bus collides with a truck. electric scooters will
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the opportunity for everyone to explore a digital world. connecting with the things that matter most. and because nothing keeps us more connected than the internet, we've created access from at&t. california households with at least one resident who receives snap or ssi benefits may qualify for home internet at a discounted rate of $10 a month. no commitment, deposit, or installation fee. visit att.com/accessnow to learn more. the city awarded its first official permits yesterday to "scoot" and "skip."
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they were the only companies approved.. out of the 12 that applied. this comes after complaints he city to tow electric scooters will soon be rolling on the streets of san francisco. they have their first official permits for scoot and skip, the only companies approved out of the five. they were going to take away all scooters in june. since then, there was a permit process created. >> we are optimistic scooters can play a role in transportation in san francisco. specs of the biggest players in the game were not awarded permits, line, electric scooter operator in several markets said they have selected and experienced scooter operators that plan to learn on the job at the expense of the public good, others say this is not the case. >> we have a different criteria and they had the opportunity to shows their ideas. we are not penalizing anyone for anything other than not meeting our high standards. >> scoot and skip have been
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approved for a 12 month permit that will allow them to operate 625 scooters each for the first six months and he never could double in the last six months of the trial period. the permits come with an annual fee of $25,000. we are learning more about a deadly collision between a semi truck and a greyhound bus on a busy new mexico highway. at least seven people were killed and 40 injured.poon das survivors. >> a person was hanging out the window, oh gosh. >> reporter: debris from the wreckage litter this stretch of interstate 40, the semi trailer , the open, the truck's cab shredded shell of the greyhound bus, the front completely ripped off. survivors and bystanders turned into first responders, cramming -- climbing ladders with emergency crews to reach passengers inside. >> it was nonstop. we had to
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get everybody out. people were stuck in the bus trying to get out stuck inside. >> it was horrifying. i never have actually seen in my life a bus look like a ripped open sardine can. >> reporter: rachel cunningham was on board the bus. she said she was asleep when the crash happened and woke up to a gaping hole in the passenger side. >> i was literally caring people to the paramedics and ambulances. my experience, what i saw today, stuff i thought i would mexico this summer. july, three people were killed with a passenger bus rolled into oncoming traffic. thursday's incident shut down part of interstate 40 nearly 8 hours as crews worked into the night to clear the wreck. >> as you can imagine, the scene down there is chaos. it will take investigators waited while to go through and identify who was sitting where, who are the drivers, who were
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the passengers. >> reporter: the wreckage was moved late last night but there is still a large debris field here next to i-40 which was also opened up overnight. there will be a team of investigators on site today. >> the bus trip originated in the st. louis bound for los angeles. the crash occurred two hours after a stop in albuquerque. on the fire watch, one of the most destructive wildfires and the states history is finally out. it killed eight people and wiped out more than 1000 homes and now cal fire officials say the fire is finally fully contained. highway 1 near big sur reopened to traffic a little over a month ago and drivers are noticing cracks in the pavements. some of the cracks are a foot or longer. officials with the department of transportation say they should not cause alarm and claim the cracks are not effective the integrity of the roadway and added could take two years
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for the terrain to really settle. this stretch of highway one opened in late july and had to be close after being washed up by mudslides last year. this is the first of a big weekend, the 2018 college football season. also the longtime tradition it was school which has changed in the name of the environment. university and the south carolina will not release the thousands of balloons in its home opener. environmentalist convince school officials that weather balloons eventually land, they litter the earth with debris that could be fatal to wildly. the balloon industry says the claims are exaggerated. >> there is to bait how long they take to break down, but there -- they are not biodegradable. >> the season opener will be balloon free and there will be more fireworks before and after the game. let's take a live look out at the big board and see how the stock market is doing. the dow is down about 52
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points. checthis out. that there? that's an airplane dropping fish into a lake. it's called extreme fish stocking, it's supposedly less stressful for the fish, does not look like a. 95% of them survive in the fall. a lot of people may be heading right here for the holiday weekend. i do not blame you. look at how gorgeous it is. it has been a smoky summer up here, but not so hazy today under blue skies thanks to this view from homewood ski resort. a little on the hazy side for the north bay and also parts of the east bay, even san francisco. was the clouds burn off, you may notice it will be a little gray out there. the smoke from the mendocino complex fire is still burning and sending some of that smoke and haze across our skies. further south you will see
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bluer conditions. basically it was over texas for a while, this is now moving closer to us in this right here is also. it causes things to warm up and temperatures will not dip for a while. today, expect a 10 degree increase compared to yesterday. 85 in los angeles, places like concord you are were at 76 yesterday, today, 87 degrees. overall, not too hot still, not quite in the 90s yeah, this coming weekend that is what you can expect -- 90s yet, this coming weekend that is what you can expect. wine country getting a little warmer towards ukiah in the upper 80s. a couple games today, the giants and the a's are all in town.
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62 and cool at at&t park and the a's game should also be pretty comfortable to start off. was the sun goes down it will feel a little chillier, 67 degrees for that would. and this weekend the arts and wine festival in mildred, this looks like a great time, sunny and upper 70s, the toledo art festival also happening, maybe a little hazy in the sky there, 67 degrees for that one. overall, it should be a great weekend ahead. sunset happening tonight at 7:40, sunrise tomorrow at 6:39. you see the warm-up happening just by a couple degrees. we stay in the upper 80s and low 90s the next several days. pretty consistent in the 60s for most of the bay area and the coast as well. that is look at your forecast, we will be right back after the break.
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