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. >> vicki:and i'm vicki liviakis. the two children were on their way to school. when the vehicle they were riding in. went off the road and down an embankment. >> vicki: morning. >> vicki:on petaluma boulevard north. near gossage avenue. kron four's terisa estacio is following this story for us tonight. she brings us the details. >> they were able to get the two girls out. the police did go into the water they did say that they set measures in place. the petaluma hospital declared at some point. >> we do not know if she was distracted. or what the situation was. >> reporter: ipad pat late on the area. you see that
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the accident was caused by heavy brush. it is tough to see how deep the water is. >> is about to end of the team across so it is hard to see how deep it is. but it is deep. >> reporter: this comes a week after two girls ages 4 and 7 when the car went hand and lost their life driven by their mother. their full role is wednesday. -- funeral >> you've bill that is especially hard. and there is nothing that you can do about it. -- you feel >> reporter: their cars go out to the family and two
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girls dell lost their life. --their heart go out to the family. the two girls lost their life. >>"we did talk about the wall. we did not talk about who would pay for it." >> grant:mexico's president saying trump "did" talk about a border wall today. and that he made it clear to trump.that whatever the u=s decided to build, mexico would "not" be paying for it. >> grant:the republican presidential candidate's flying trip to to his highly anticipated speech about immigration tonight. he is due to deliver that speech with the hour in phoenix. you can see it live here on kron four is here with what trump had to say to the people of mexico. >> justine:there was no talk of rapists and murderers crossing the border. no threats of mass deportations. his meeting with mexico's president was cordial, if not exactly friendly. >> justine:president enrique peña nieto said trump's previous comments have been
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hurtful to the mexican people. trump is genuinely interested in building a relationship that will benefit both countries. trump returned the compliment. >>mr president this is a great honor and i consider you my friend. thank you. >> justine:his voice was muted. his words were gentle. >> justine:the donald trump who promised to round up millions of illegal immigrants was replaced by a donald trump touched by the hardships of those same immigrants. >>presidential candidate "this is a humanitarian disaster. the dangerous treks, the abuse by gangs and cartels, and the extreme physical dangers. and it must be solved, it must be solved quickly. not fair to the people anywhere worldwide, you can truly say, but certainly not fair to the people of mexico, or the states." >> justine:he expressed admiration for the hundreds of mexicans he says he's employed, >>spectacular, spectacular, hard working people. i have such great respect for them, and their strong values of family, faith, and community." >> justine:but trump the negotiator failed to win anything but passive acceptance of his plan for a border wall. >>we recognize and respect the right of either country to build a physical barrier or wall on any of its borders to stop the illegal
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movement of people, drugs, and weapons. >> justine:this is as close as trump got to the people in mexico. palace. protesters were kept far away from the meeting. >> justine:only 25-percent of mexicans say they have a favorable opinion of donald trump. the 23-percent rating for >> justine: president pena niento. >> vicki:stick with kron four for continuing coverage of trump's speech on immigration. it's expected to happen in the next hour. at 6 o'clock. >> grant:we'll be streaming it live on kron-four-dot-com and on the kron four mobile
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app. we will also have coverage on kron four news at six, eight and ten. >> vicki:the 49ers are now in san diego for tomorrow night's preseason finale against the chargers. it'll probably be the most watched exhibition game in nfl history and not for anything having to do with football. when the national anthem is played.eyes around the country will be locked in on colin kaepernick. mark carpenter joins us with the latest on the star spangled scandal. mark? >> mark: over the last few days, praised by some. scorched by others. bleacher report published an article. >> mark:quoting an nfl executive guy so hated by front office guys as kaepernick.' but kaep isn't entirely on an island. >> mark:as his cause was the prime morning in san francisco, area's most vocal activists. >>"we will not be moved and we will not surrender in standing for justice." >> mark:the justice 4 mario woods coalition.giving a ringing endorsement to colin kaepernick. the group rallied today.
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>> mark:in front of the san francisco police officers association building. all in attendance, standing up for the man who defiantly sat down. >>john burris- mario woods' attorney "racial profiling could happen to him and obviously being assaulted and killed could happen to him. yes he is an athlete, but more importantly, his voice by sitting down is the most profound thing that could be said as illustrating this issue." >>alan schlosser- aclu "people can disagree with it, but he is allowed to pick the kind of method that he chose, sitting down during the national anthem." >>elaine brown-black panther party "i stand here today grateful to have to lived to see the resurrection of the spirit of the panther in the powerful voice of colin kaepernick to see that the blood shed by george jackson and fred hampton and so many others was not in vain." >> mark:support for kaepernick is also just as loud on social media. twitter is now filled with members of the armed forces.agreeing with kaepernick's stance. and the hashtag-- veterans for kaepernick.
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has been trending for the last two days evidence that counters the argument his statement was disrespectful to the military. and number 7. >> mark:even has the backing of nate boyer-- a former green beret.who also played in the nfl. >> mark:the chargers will honor the military at tomorrow night's game. so it will be interesting to see how the crowd receives kaepernick. 240-sailors, marines and soldiers will present a huge american flag on the field. while kaepernick remains seated, a u-s navy officer will be singing the national anthem. >> vicki:the president of the san francisco police officers' association releasing a statement. regarding the protests at the union's offices. >> vicki:martin halloran writes. quote--- "there's no doubt that we disagree with some of the more outrageous arguments made against our union by the protesters. but the bottom line is that the s-f-p-o-a is one of the most diverse police unions in the country, and our 2,100 members are committed to fighting racism in all its forms. >> vicki:racism is not welcome in our ranks-- end
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quote. our coverage of this story continues online. on our website. we have more reaction to colin kaepernick's decision not to stand during the national anthem. >> vicki:plus. a look at kaepernick's social media history -- including the type of news stories he posts and retweets. it's all on kron four dot com >> grant:in the east bay. a pair of brazen home invasion robberies have residents on edge tonight in fremont. >> vicki: >> grant:police believe the two inicidents are related. this is video from the most recent crime. where you can see the armed suspects on home surveillance video. kron four's rob fladeboe is live in fremont. rob, what are police are saying >> reporter: i am here on a street in south fremont. >> reporter:in the most recent robbery, on sunday night, a home this frightening image. it shows five armed, masked intruders moments after they invaded a home here on pilgrim loop, in an upscale neighborhood near ohlone college.
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>>detective michael gephardt/fremont police >> this was a planned home in beijing that was to take place when the residents were at home is what we believe. --a planned home invasion. >> reporter:as the intruders, all of whom were armed, ransackedmonitoring his surveillance system remotely and called police and then his neighbor >> reporter:rakesh sharma, presidents of the local homeowner's association, who happens to live right across the street. >>sot rakesh sharma/victim's neighbor
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--already called the police. and the police already knowing that what he had told him so they were here. >> reporter: police believe these five suspects, who escaped with cash electronics and jewelry, pulled off a 16th on nearby hunter lane, only that time the residents were at home. >>sot detective michael gephardt --they basically control their movement at gunpoint. >> reporter:police are hoping someone might recognize one of the suspects, who wore no mask, or the tee shirt and sneakers worn by two others. plenty of homes here have security systems but the two home invasions have a touched a nerve here. >> reporter: >> this is too close to home. and everyone is pretty much shot-shake-and up. >> reporter:in the south bay. police are asking for help identifying a burglary suspect... the san jose police
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released this surveillance video. >> reporter: there is no detailed description of the case. they had bought to had been seen leaving a dark color sedan. if you want to take another look at the video we do have it posted at kron4 dot com. live in fremont, kron 4 news. >> vicki: the san jose police released this surveillance video. it was taken on june 6th around 4- a-m. the suspect is seen entering san jose home. >> vicki:he is wearing a white baseball cap along with a zip-up hoodie. the suspect is described as a 35-year-old man, who is about 5-foot-8 and 180- pounds. police say he stole over $10-thousand dollars in contractor tools and a mountain bike. >> vicki:anyone with information is asked to contact san jose police. .
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>> vicki:former stanford swimmer brock turner is expected to friday. after being convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman behind a dumpster. he's served only 3 months of a 6-month sentence. >> grant:catherine heenan is here with details on how ohio authorities are preparing for the fact he could be headed to his parents' home there. >> catherine:turner's case continues to make a lot of people angry. the outrage focused on his lenient sentence. there have been protests not only here in the bay area.but also in his home county of greene county ohio. >> catherine:that's where turners' parents live - and where authorities are bracing for his possible return. they know he could show up soon -- but won't announce any details. people who live in the area old could be headed home after only 3 months in jail. >> i do not think that is bare. it does not fit the
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crime. -- i do not think that is fare. >> catherine:california lawmakers have voted to close what they call a sentencing loophole - by requiring tougher penalties in assaults of an unconscious or severely intoxicated person. >> catherine:the bill is now before governor brown. victims advocates are planning a protest outside the san jose jail friday.for turner's release. >> catherine:grant and vicki? >> grant: think gil-- thank you, catherine. >> grant:happening now.hurricane madeline is approaching hawaii... and the storm is actually weakening. hawaii is under a hurricane warning as the category 3 storm approaches. the storm can be seen from space. >> grant:the national
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weather service says hurricane conditions are expected on the big island within the next 36 hours. president obama is scheduled to visit oahu this week. >> grant:florida is also bracing for a possible hurricane. has declared a state of emergency for 42-counties. the tropical storm known has hermine formed wednesday afternoon in the gulf of mexico. >> grant:officials say the storm could become a hurricane before nightfall on friday morning. heavy rain, strong winds, tornadoes and coastal flooding are all possible conditions to expect in the area. >> grant:vicki? >> vicki:kron four meteorologist brittney ship is tracking these storms for us. and brit, what can you tell us? >> brittany: unfortunately, we had to watch for two separate systems. the first one is not a tropical storm, madeline and the wind speeds
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can drop below the threshold. behind it, it last third. -- lester. >> brittany: we will start to see just the seventh tip of the tropical storm passed by the separate part of the big island. so, that will go out quickly to see. away from hawaii. bringing a lot of rainfall and speed to the region. >> brittany: this is the category 4 hurricane that is moving west at 13 mi. per hour at we take a look at what is happening. you will see at the northern tip of the big island. this can't change things for saturday. between these two systems. we would be between eight to 12 in.. and mud slide is
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that possibility and would speak, and storm surge. -- wind speed and storm surge. >> brittany: speeds around 50 miles per hr. >> brittany: this is going to be very act of over then next couple of days. of course; we will keep you updated and to what to expect. >> grant:now to an update. on that fast-moving wildfire that we yesterday on kron four news at five. fire crews have made major progess on the 'bogart fire'. which sent about 700 people scrambling from their homes. >> grant:authorities say the fire near banning. in riverside county. grew quickly to nearly 2-square miles. all evacuation orders, most of which were from a mobile home park, have been lifted. >> grant:the fire started
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yesterday afternoon and moved quickly through tinder-dry brush. the fire is now 45-percent contained. and the cause investigation. >> vicki:up next. what caused a manhole cover. in san francisco's financial district flying into the air. >> grant:and. bart riders. listen up. we'll tell you how you can score some extra cash just for riding bart.
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>> grant:officials are discovering... manhole cover to be sent flying in san francisco's downtown area this morning... >> vicki:it happened right near bush district at around 8-thirty-a-m. a utility spokeswoman says a nearby vehicle accident may have been the indirect causeand-e vault flying. >> vicki:fire crews say that a car hit a fire hydrant less than a block away. they say because of that... water was sent downhill.
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>> vicki:water leaked underground causing equipment to fail. it is still unclear what caused the manhole cover to blow off. no injuries were reported. >> grant:a quieter bart ride is just a few months away. after more than a year of figured out how to silence that screeching noise most riders know all too well. >> grant:as kron 4's haaziq madyun reports. bart reinvented its train wheels to get a quieter ride. return to >>"we are here today because we finally found the solution to that horrible screeching that occurs at bart" >> reporter:what horrible screeching sound? >> reporter:oh you mean that? >>"it doesn't bother me that much" >> reporter:doesn't seem to bother this guy either soon it will bother bart passengers even less now that the transit agency has developed a new way to literally cut away the problem, changing the wheel's profile
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>>"it's a very subtle difference but what it does is prevent the wheels from spinning over the tracks" >> reporter:this is new piece of machinery that will cut the wheels >>"it has blades and this is one blade, and hit has multiple blades as you can see here and this thing rotates against the wheel and takes the materials as needed" >> reporter:after a year and a half of testing the new technology, quieter bart cars will in about 3 months but it will be a while before the whole fleet gets the silent treatment >>"it's going to take a whole year if not longer possible up to two years.we can confidently say that this is safe and it's going to work and it's less noisy" >> reporter:in hayward haaziq madyun kron4news return to index of >> grant:and bart has officially launched its "bart perks" program. which gives cash rewards to riders who commute to work during off-peak hours. the goal is to improve travel times and reduce crowding on trains. >> grant:through the program, you earn points for each mile you travel on bart.
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but you can earn up to six times as many points if you start your trip in off hours. either from 6:30 to 7:30 a-m or from 8:30 to 9:30 a-m. >> grant:the points can be traded for cash rewards or to play a "spin to win" game. bart is hoping that about 10-thousand people will join the pilot program and that 12-hundred people will shift their commute. >> grant:if you're interested in signing up. we've posted more information on our website, at kron-four-dot- >> vicki:an early morning shooting leaves one person dead and two others injured. after the break. the lastest on the investigation and the search for a shooter. >> grant:plus. a historic flight. we've got the details. on the first commerical flight between the u-s and cuba. in more than a half
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(male announcer): this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. >> vicki:richmond police are investigation a shooting. that left one person dead and two others injured. >> grant:it happened around midnight. >> grant:at the intersection of marina way south and wright avenue. kron four's will tran was at the scene. he brings us the details.
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>> reporter:witnessess describe the dark-colored sedan. that was seen driving away after the shooting. anyone with additional details related to this shooting. is asked to call >> reporter: another person hot into the driver's seat and turns the drug all around. fearing for their lives. go back and the same direction where the shots were fired. by that time the richmond police officers arrived at the intersection and stopped the car. the other two were rushed to the hospital. they are all lies at this budget or time creek we do not know if it was the driver that was the one killed three >> reporter: we do not know
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if the driver of the car was killed. >> reporter: no descriptions have been released. in richmond, will train and, kron 4 news. >> vicki:over a dozen people escape a tour bus fire that caught fire last night in san jose.the bus was traveling on highway eight- eighty... from a casino trip. >> vicki:around 9:40... officers responded to the call. >> vicki:they say the driver noticed flames in the back of the vehicle while on a transition ramp. the driver then pulled over to the shoulder and evacuated everyone from the upon arrival... firefighters extinguished the flames...which had already engulfed the bus. >> vicki:officials say the fire was likely caused from a mechanical malfunction. no injuries were reported.
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>> grant:brittney shipp here, with what we can expect in the morning. >> brittany: you can't expect the return of an old g tonight. -- fog tonight. >> brittany: the bin cd cloud pushing and and two san francisco right now. -- you can see the clouds pushing and two san francisco right now. wicking out tomorrow morning at 6:00 a.m., and visibility is backed down in oakland. at 0
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and half moon bay, 2 mi. in mountain view and still clear in santa rosa. everything will clear up by the morning hours but we will deal with the apache-- patchy dense fog. >> brittany: temperatures are comparable in san francisco, will '80s in concord, 88 degrees in santa rosa at high 70's and san jose and los 70's and mountain view. 83 degrees and antioch, and 77 degrees and vallejo. with a 78 degrees at petaluma. >> brittany: or 3 day forecast shows we are watching a morning trend as we go into the weekend. it was still still like summer, but as we head into the weekend for the bay we will
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warm up on friday. cooler on friday if you are closer to the coast. at 64 degrees on friday. i am tracking your 7 day forecast and i will have that for you when i see you again in several minutes. >> grant:a new poll finds hillary clinton's favorable rating sliding.equal to donaldaccording to the abc news poll. >> grant:59-percent of registered voters now say their opinion of clinton is unfavorable. that puts clinton on par with trump.who is viewed unfavorably by 60-percent of registered voters. the overwhelmingly negative numbers reflect the unhappiness of the 2016 electorate with both candidates. >> grant:the poll was conducted between august 24th and 28th and surveyed 1,020 adults. >> grant:and today the f-b-i could release the report it sent to the justice department-- recommending that no charges be filed against hillary clinton. >> grant:clinton came under scrutiny for using a private
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email server when she served as secretary of state. several news organizations requested to see the report, and sources say it could be released as soon as today. back in july. f-b-i director james comey said clinton was careless with sensitive emails. but he did not recommend any charges be filed against her. >> vicki:brazil's senate. has voted to impeach president dila rousseff from office. brazil's senate voted "61 to 20' today to remove the country's first female president from office. >> vicki:rousseff. was suspended in may for allegedly manipulating the country's budget. to mask a growing deficit. former vice president. michel temer, was sworn in as the counry's new commander in chief. just a few hours ago. rousseff won re-election in 20-14.with more than 54 million votes. >> vicki:firefighters in italy say a small cat.used one of it's nine lives to
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surivive last week's earthquake. fire officials say the animal's owner had begged crews to find her kitty. saying her pet was all she had left after the quake. crews were combing thru the city of amatrice yesterday with bulldozers.when they spotted the white and gray kitty. alive. >> vicki:firefighters pulled the thirsty feline from the rubble. and gave it some much nedded water. the animal's owner says her cat's name is "joy." return >> grant:president obama is spending the next 24-hours in lake tahoe. before he heads to asia to talk climate change.find out what the president had to say at the annual lake tahoe summit. coming up after the break. >> vicki:and. a close encounter. a bear in florida. gets up close and personal with a woman. who captures the whole ordeal on cellphone video. that story ahead. >> grant:stocks are closing their first losing month since february. as a quiet summer continues on wall street. a think batch of earnings today gave investors little to get excited about. the dow. falling 53 points. nearly 10 points.
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that americans would face hefty fines without permission from the u-s government to visit cuba. >> grant:the reconciliation comes after president obama and cuban president raul castro announced they would restore diplomatic relations... earlier in 2015. recent changes have since brought a surge of american tourism to the country. >> vicki:president obama is opening a aimed at showcasing conservation efforts before traveling to asia. where climate change is high on the agenda for his final trip to the continent. this is video of president obama. walking off air force one. ahead of his speech at the 20th annual lake tahoe summit. >> vicki:which is hosted by senator harry reid. the president visited lake tahoe this afternoon and spoke at the summit dedicated to the iconic lake's preservation. >> vicki:data from the u-c davis tahoe environmental research warmer temperature readings last year than ever before. >> the challenges of conservation and combating climate change are connected.
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>> vicki:a century ago, lake tahoe depth.but now scientists it's down to just 73 feet. >> grant:still ahead. a florida state football player is winning hearts after sharing lunch with an autistic boy. who often eats lunch alone. >> brittany: i am kron 4 meteorologist you can see the clouds are returning. i am tracking all the details for the rest of your work week coming right up after your break.
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to mexico today to meet with their president. he did not taught about who will pay for the proposed wall across their border. just a few minutes, donald trump will talk in his speech about clear fine immigration. right here on channel 4 at kron4 at the top of the hour. >> grant:a florida woman. came face to face with a bear, and she managed to record the encounter on her cellphone. from our partners at cnn. dave mcdaniel shows us the
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video. >> reporter: rather it was the second person deer or the fact that the second person is 663 and 1/4 the bear guilt walkaway slowly. >> the there had so little fear of humans the bill that he had been in it and some sort of fashion and they sought to remove the the there. -- to remove the bear >> anything could have happened. it could have taken my life. anything could have happened. so i do
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feel very fortunate. >> vicki: 22--boy dishy keeper hole. -- boy did she keep her cool. >> reporter:the florida fish and wildlife conservation commission hopes to trap the bear and move it out of the area. before another encouter like this one. >> vicki:a florida state university football player has scored a touchdown in the game of life. he's made a big difference to a little boy -- simply by eating lunch with him. >> grant:catherine heenan is here with the story - and a touching photo. return to >> catherine:at first glance - it's just two people having lunch in a school cafeteria. but it's f-s-u wide receiver travis rudolph - taking time to be with an autistic 6th grader who usually eats by himself. >> catherine:rudolph was one
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of 5 players visiting a middle school in tallahassee. he spotted little bo paske sitting alone and asked if he could join him. >> catherine:bo's mother says she was moved to tears when she saw the photo. and it was one day she didn't have to worry about her son eating lunch by himself. >> catherine:rudolph said later that he's a 'great kid' - and they had a good talk. >> catherine:in a facebook post - bo's mother called travis an 'incredibly kind man' - saying the player now has 'fans for life.' the photo has gone viral. >> catherine:and travis has invited bo's family to join him at an f-s-u game this season. return >> catherine: grant and vicki? >> catherine: >> vicki: we see a nice
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photo from the embarcadero. >> brittany: marly will stay slightly cooler but by the weekend we will begin to warm things up once again. to >> brittany: of mergers are comparable and san jose. 83 and concord, at 88 degrees and fairfield and nat but britt our basic pattern setting up with low pressure systems. which is creating a drop of low pressure as we go into the rest of tonight we will see f o g retiring. --retarding-- returning. >> brittany: clouds are starting to develop. we will
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see it passing over and the east bay with the same thing as our foggy conditions. >> brittany: by noon, mostly sunny. >> brittany: take a look. we will see the inland temperatures and the high seventies at low eighties for the start of the afternoon. >> brittany: 82 degrees in livermore and the same thing in concord. what will average temperatures. 69 degrees in oakland and san mateo, 76 degrees in san jose. >> brittany: it will be saturday and where it will feel like summer out and closer to the bay, 75
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degrees. it will be a nice day. closer to 64 degrees. and the 7 day forecast, you will notice the temperature is bumping up a little bit as we go into next week. >> brittany: sunday will be cooler but it will be just a few degrees cooler. monday you can hang out and barbecue. >> grant: great! (laughter) >> grant:remember the naked donald trump statue? >> vicki: who could forget? >> grant:well now. it could be yours. the statue found in san francisco's castro district remains in the city's custody. >> vicki:but similar statues popped up all around the nation. including this one. which appeared on hollywood boulevard in los angeles. two weeks ago.
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>> vicki:now, the celebrity auction house says it will sell the life-sized, naked trump state, at an upcoming auction. the statue called, "the emperor has no ball" is expected to fetch at least 10-thousand dollars at the october 22 sale. >> vicki:a portion of the auction proceeds will benefit the national immigration forum. similar trump statues also. mysteriously popped up in seattle, cleveland and new york. the artist, "indecline" has taken credit for creating the statues. return to indexchris brown's alleged victim. speaks out. >> grant:what she says happened that lead to his arrest is next. happened that lead to his arrest is next. honey, is the internet back yet? yes!! i'm surfing!! get high speed internet from at&t. keep calm, your internet's on.
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>> grant:singer chris brown -- arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly hearing from his accuser. >> vicki:the insider's louis aguirre is in hollywood with more. >> reporter:this latest incident just another in his long list ofbut what will come of it? >> reporter:i sat down with the woman at the center of the firestorm. >>chris kind of got out of hand and said i'm so sick of all you people, took out his gun, pointed it right at my face >> reporter:her name is baylee curran and she alledges r and b star chris brown pulled a gun on her after a dispute while visiting his los angeles home early tuesday morning.
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>>la: at what point did you realize chris had a gun and >>bc: i do recall he pulled it from the side of him. so i don't know if he was strapped already with it. i physically did not see where he got it from. all i remember is it was in my face. >> reporter: california regional's past is far from squeeky clean. she handed back her crown two months after receiving it-- for breach of contract. baylee's also wanted in new york on suspicion of grand larceny. meanwhile chris's attorney mark gerogos calls the allegations against his star client--quote demonstrably false. >>darren #1 his past could return to haunt him. courts tend to elevate consequences as people continue to misbehave. why? because they're trying to stop repeat customers of the justice system. >> reporter:legal insider attorney darren kavinoky says this may not be such a slam dunk case for prosecutors >> this is sort of a he said she said situation.so unless prosecutors can come up with independent correborating evidence like a video--- brown could walk. >> reporter:we'll have so much more on this story tonight at 7 on the insider, for kron 4 news, i'm louis aguirre back to you!
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(male announcer): this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. >>presidential nominee we did discuss the wall. we didn't discuss payment of the wall. that'll be for a later date. >> pam:just hours ago. republican presidential candidate donald trump met with mexican president enrique pena nieto. contrary to trumps statement, the mexican president says, during their meeting, he told trump his country would not be paying for the wall which trump has pushed throughout his campaign. >> steve:trump accepted the invitation to mexico. which was extended to both presidential candidates. >> pam:good evening i'm pam moore. >> steve:and i'm steve aveson. that meeting took place in mexico city. now all eyes are shifting to phoenix. trump is set to layout his immigration plan any minute now. >> pam: we are streaming donald trump's speech. you can view
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it through the kron 4 mobile app. or if you prefer. you can view it through our website. kron 4 dot com. >> pam:on the democratic side, hillary clinton has not formally reacted yet to trump's visit to mexico. she was busy campaigning today in cincinnati ohio today. speaking to a group of veterans. >> pam:but trump's trip did not go unnoticed by the democratic presidential candidate. her campaign did re-tweet many of trump's previous about mexicans. and she touched on statements trump made, when he first announced he was running for president. >> reporter:tragedy strikes in the north bay >> reporter:audio difficu lties
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>> was today, brett the defense inside they basically controlled their lead at gunpoint and ask for things were inside the house. >> they are hoping that someone may have recognized someone who ordinal mask. -- who wore no mask this >> is too close to home. and everyone is pretty much shaken out. -- shaken up >> reporter: they are hoping that someone will recognize
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the individuals and that video to help them crack at this case. >> steve:two young girls have died riding in plunged into the petaluma river. this is the car they were in. c-h-p officials say around 8 am this morning, the girls mother for some reason lost control of the car and went down an embankment and then plunged into the petaluma river. >> steve:the girls have been identified as 9-year-old delilah and 7-year-old sayra gonzalez. were >> the when this could not get an. the petaluma police officers and firefighters responded. they went into the water. to get these two girls out. right now is unclear as about how long they were underneath the water. >> steve: the girls were
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transported to the hospital when they were ultimately pronounced dead. >> pam:hawaii is still bracing for what could be a long hard weekend of severe weather. two different major storms are still approaching the catherine heenan is here with an update on what's happening. >> steve: catherine? >> catherine:madeline has just been downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm. but it's still big.as it veers past hawaii's big island. >> catherine:this is the latest view of madeline from space. hurricane lester is less than a thousand miles from hawaii.and could also drop to a tropical storm. probably by sunday. hawaii is already getting some rainy, stormy weather. >> catherine:authorities are trying to be ready for anything -- and they're pushing residents to cooperate and take the threat seriously. >> this is a big highway
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that are prone to issues. in the that there is a landslide we are placing it process in place. >> lot of our community have already gone and are being prepared >> catherine:lots of people on the big island are boarding up their shops and homes. president obama is scheduled to visit oahu this week. >> catherine:the white house is tracking the weather closely, but doesn't anticipate changing his schedule. >> catherine: steve and pam? >> steve: thanks so much, catherine. >> steve:our meteorologist
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brittney shipp is here with a look at where things stand at this hour.2s >> brittany: hurricane matalin has now dropped down to a tropical storm. we do have hurricanes for which is lester. >> brittany: going into the rest of tonight. agassi madelin, as we head into the rest of the evening part of the big island will see 25 in. of rainfall associated with rainstorm madeleine. >> brittany: it is going to take a while to get closer to hawaii. pass the northern edge of the big island. it will not happen until saturday morning. so the system has quite a distance to go.
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>> brittany: bringing more rain fall even as far as honolulu. >> brittany: the main concern is the rainfall, wind speed and mud slides. we will have a closer look to what to expect closer to home. >> pam:thanks, brittney! >> pam:a grass fire caused a brief scare this afternoon in san jose. the fire started near east capital. it grew to three acres. you can see all the smoke and the flames in this video from our helicopter partners at a-b-c 7. >> pam:the san jose fire department did block off traffic for a bit. so that firefighters could get a handle on things. no homes were ever threatened and no one was hurt. the cause is under investigation. >> pam:firefighters have made major progress on the
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wildfire that we brought to you as breaking news yesterday, on kron 4 news at six. the bogart fire in riverside county is now 45- percent contained. cal- fire says, it has burned 13-hundred acres so far. >> pam:the flames are no longer threatening any homes, but firefighters are worried that winds could pick up and cause the fire to flare up. the fire is burning about halfway between riverside and palm springs. return to >> steve: are waiting donald trump speech. >> steve:more fallout over colin kaepernick's national anthem protest. how the quarterback has created an uproar at the airport in reno. >> pam:and tired of that loud screaching sound when you ride bart? what the transit agency is doing to try to give commuters a quieter ride. >> steve:plus history in cuba. the first u-s commercial flight in decades lands on the island. a peak at what visitors could in for. return to
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>> pam:a big story we are following. is the controversy surrounding 49ers quarterback. colin kaepernick. >> steve:his decision to take a stand by sitting during the backlash and it's being felt at the reno airport. >> steve:why reno? >> steve: played in college and there is a display of his memorabilia from his days at the university of nevada. the airport says it has received more than a hundred angry messages from travelers about the display. asking for it to be removed. >> steve:kaepernick has been
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refusing to stand for the national anthem because he said he believes the united states oppresses african americans and other minorities. >> pam:there is a new survey out. when it comes americans and their trust of police. the results. probably not that big of surprise. according to a genforward poll: americans between the ages of 18 and 30 say, they have been harassed by police. >> pam:compare that to other ethnicities: 16-percent of latinos. 8-percent of whites. and 4-percent of asian- americans say. they have been harassed. >> pam: >> steve: here is some terrific news for bay area riders! >> steve:bart trains will soon be getting the silent treatment. officials at the transit agency say they have new technology that will greatly reduce that screeching sound the trains make as the go by. >> steve:kron 4's haaziq madyun takes a look at how bart plans. to go quiet. >> reporter:the test phase
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is over. bart officials say they are now a few months away from rolling out cars with quieter wheels >>"what we are hearing from the train operators who are test driving is that it is cutting the noise down by half" >> reporter:the problem? >>"it's the screeching that is caused by.that we are seeking to eliminate" >> reporter:bart engineers says this newly developed wheel cutting technology is the answer >>"it has blades and this is one blade, and hit has multiple blades as you can see here and this thing rotates against the wheel and takes the materials as needed" >> reporter:as you can imagine this is a welcome idea to anyone living in close proximatey to bart tracks like this passenger >>"it's good news if it will be a quiet train passing near my house, i'm close to the bart station so it will be a good sleep for me" >> reporter:bart's fleet of the future will come equipped with the quieter wheels. the wheels on the current trains will be replaced gradually over a 2- year period >>"and in about 3 months we're going to actually start cutting wheels so it doesn't cause the screech.when we are riding
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on the train" >> reporter:in hayward haaziq amdyun kron4news. this is video from our helicopter partnership with abc 7 news. >> steve:president obama comes to the west for the 20th annual lake tahoe summit. he spoke about climate change and other environmental issues during his visit to lake tahoe's south shore today. >> steve:the president praised existing conservation efforts for that area... as well as for the state of nevada. since the first summit in 19-97 - the federal government has invested more than one-point-eight- billion-dollars in lake tahoe projects. >> steve:the obama administration says it will invest in more clean energy sources in the area. >> steve:governor jerry brown and california's top legislatures are taking extra measures to combat climate change. officials reached the agreement today. that will be to spend nearly two-thirds of the available money generated by the state's cap... on carbon pollution.
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>> steve:the $900-million dollar-deal will help contribute to clean vehicle incentives, urban plants, and efforts to create cleaner air in disadvantaged communities. >> steve:world news... >> steve:this jet blue flight made history today. it is the first commercial plane to travel from the united states to cuba in more than 50 years. landing at the airport in santa clara, cuba. more flights are expected in the coming weeks as americans can now fly direct. >> steve:however they still have lots of paperwork to fill out. >> steve:you must remember-- tourism in cuba still remains officially banned. but for those who do make the trip. they could be in for an eye-opening experience. >> pam:in fact. cuba is already seeing a surge of visitors. since the two countries resumed relations. patrick oppmann, with our partners at c-n-n says, cuba is trying to keep up with the demand. >>music >> reporter:havana's colonial old town is full of music
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>> music >> reporter:and increasingly visitors from the united states. >>"this is an official newspaper of the cuban communist party." >> reporter:just two years ago, americans visiting cuba without special permission from the u-s government faced the prospect of hefty fines, even prosecution. but the thaw in us-cuban relations and loosening of restrictions on travel to the communist-run island has led to a surge in us from last year, according to cuban government figures. >> reporter:many americans say they want to see cuba while the island remains stuck in a cold war time warp. >> "our friends had been here and said why don't you come to cuba before its too westernized?" >> reporter:"too westernized?" >>"before you see mcdonalds other us companies in cuba." >> reporter:cuba's largely state-run tourism industry is already buckling under the increased demand. >>"the hotels are full, the infrastructure wasn't ready for the avalanche of interest whether it's american travelers, chinese travelers, canadian travelers. cuba is building
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up its infrastructure. they have plans over the next four or five years to add just advise people to plan ahead." >> reporter:tourism will likely continue booming. soon it will be much easier for americans to fly to the island. >>"up until now, the only way that americans could come to cuba was via third countries or on expensive, inefficiently run charter services. that's all changing, now that direct flight service is being restored between the us and cuba after more than 50 years." >> reporter:the first direct flight will land here in santa clara, cuba where revolutionary icon che guevara is buried. even though he was tracked down and killed with help from the c-i-a, cuban officials say guevara would have agreed with the opening to the u-s. >>"so i would say that he was not different from us. thinking that even with the kind of differences that we have, it's beneficial for cuba and the united states to have normal relations."
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>> reporter:benefits that can be seen on havana streets already packed with u-s visitors. as cuba's economy continues to struggle, the boom in u-s visitors is a rare bright spot that's only expected to grow. >> reporter:patrick oppmann, cnn, havana, cuba . >> pam: as we wanted to get to phoenix arizona. this is a live picture we are waiting for donald trump's speech. lumber--one border control. >> pam: as soon as he tried to the state we will take you to the live feed as he talks on immigration. >> pam: you will need a
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jacket outside at the embarcadero this evening. >> steve: meteorologist, brittney shipp is here t help us with the weather. >> brittany: to marleau is staying cooler and pushing into the weekend we will start to warm things up. 79 degrees and san jose, 61 and half moon bay, our temperatures and petaluma and the low 70. 81 and santa rosa, and closer to concord what 78 degrees. >> brittany: was into the east bay and most of the ariel will have a cloudy
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start. -- area will have a cloudy start >> brittany: making the onshore flow stronger and the return of the s f o g. visibility will be down to zero and half moon bay, for an oakland and visibility most of the north bay will be clear. >> brittany: concord is down to one and app but the same thing with the same thing in oakland and half moon bay. -- visibility is down to one. inapt but the same thing and concord, and half moon bay. >> brittany: 82 and concord, with 83 degrees and
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antioch, 76 in san jose and temperatures and the low sixties for half moon bay. san francisco comfortable accurate . >> brittany: into the gang will be back into average temperatures and we should stay that way going into the next week. >> brittany: we have a spike on monday closer to 75 degrees. at temperatures will stay in the mid-60s for certain areas. i will help you plan your day for tomorrow. >> steve:rents out of control. we've heard lots of stories of tenants being pushed out by landlords. the one bay area city that has just taken action to keep things from getting out of hand. >> pam:and a big ruling on whether medical marijuana card holders can buy a gun. how its going to effect californians.
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>> pam:the largest city in the north bay. now has rent control. the santa rosa city council has voted to cap rent increases. it keeps owners of older apartments. from raising rents by more than 3- percent a year. >> pam:the only way they can do it. is if they make major improvements. it is estimated. rents in sonoma county have gone up by 45-percent over the last five years. >> steve:a federal appeals court has upheld the government's ban on the sale of guns to medical marijuana card holders. the 9th u.s. circuit court of appeals said today that the ban.does not violate the 2nd amendment.the right of the people to keep and bear arms. the ruling will apply to the nine western states that fall under the courts jurisdiction that includes california , washington, and oregon. it all started with a lawsuit filed by a nevada woman who tried to buy a firearm in 20-11after obtaining a medical pot cardand was denied by the gun store. marijuana. remains illlegal under federal law.
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>> steve: (male announcer): this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. >> reporter: here and petaluma to children are dead after the car they were and driven by their mother plunged into the pad to lot river. --petaluma river >> reporter: dan control of her car. the car went down the embankment and and to the rush, then trees and then landed into the water. the children were later pronounced dead. >> reporter: fremont, but police are searching for front man regarding a home and agent rubbery you have video showing the five armed men ransacking and home. the same budget are suspected in a similar home invasion on
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hunter lane that on august 16th. >> reporter: police are not sure rather the victims' were chosen at random. they are hoping that someone can recognize the individuals and the video to solve the case. >> reporter: shots were fired in richmond miles from the police department. this truck riddled with bullets. my source tells me the killer pulled up and shot multiple times. into a part carteret at this point, no identity have been released and no motive behind the murder creek--murder >> reporter: officials here at bart will shot says while the new bart trains are on
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the way, new technology has been developed to reduce this screeching sound spirit--sounds >> cutting key noises down by half and within three months we will continue to do more. cutting wheels on 669 trains. >> steve: result of a recent census showed that the world's elapid population is being drastically reduced even more than seared. --feared >> pam: catherine heenan is here with the disturbing details. >> catherine:scientists have been jumping on planes and counting
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the elephant population in 18 african countries. they knew the high demand by china for ivory - is accelerating the poaching problem. >> catherine:but they were shocked to discover the elephant population has declined by a rate of at least 30 percent over 7 years. >> catherine:a loss of roughly 144-thousand of them. and in some places - the population is actually down 75% -- with the possibility of extinction in those areas within a decade. >> catherine:famed british environmentalist david attenborough calls it a crime. >> an appalling dreadful thing to do. >> catherine:the scientists who fly over africa trying to count elephants say that poachers are wiping out entire herds. in some places, including botswana - the army is trying to protect the animals. >> catherine:but say they're up against a sophisticated enemy. on surprising finding.the study says the 'elephants' are actually using incredible levels of intelligence to try to avoid poaching hot spots.
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>> catherine:steve and pam? >> pam: thanks, catherine! >> pam:los angeles - a new study has found that mountain lions living in southern california's santa monica mountains could face extinction because of inbreeding. >> pam:the san gabriel valley tribune reports that wildlife researchers gave the lions a 99.7 percent chance of dying out over the next 50 years unless more cats are brought in. scientists say the isolated population will face decreasing genetic variability and reach a point of no return in about 35 years. >> steve: we want to know what to expect tomorrow?
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>> pam: meteorologist, brittney shipp has the answer to that! >> brittany: our temperatures will go into the low 80s towards the afternoon. it will be another warm day. it will start off and set for a cisco with temperatures starting the day at 58 degrees and by noon 61, then we would take another look at the 7 day forecast at the end of the show. >> pam: doubt some speech is on border patrol and immigration. he was in mexico visiting the president there and they did discuss some issues and is supposed to touch on those issues in his speech tonight.
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(cheers & applause) >> wow... that is a lot of people in phoenix. thank you all a lot. (cheers & applause) >> thank you, phoenix. i am so glad to be back in arizona. (cheers & applause) >> a state that has a very, very special place in my heart. i love the people of arizona and together we will win the white house in november. (cheers & applause) >> now you know, this is where it all began for us.
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let's go and have some fun tonight. we are going to arizona on. (cheers & applause) >> this will be a little bit different. it will not be at a rally speech perce. instead i will deliver a detailed policy on what our greatest challenge is facing today with illegal immigration. (cheers & applause) >> just landed. having returned from a very s portend, special meeting what the president of mexico. --returned from a very special and important meeting with the president of mexico credit. (cheers & applause) >> and, i am a man that love my country, not the united
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states. >> i agree the importance of ending the illegal flow of drugs, cash and people all across our borders. and to put the cartels out of business. (cheers & applause) >> we also discussed. the great contribution of mexican american assistance to our two countries. my love for the people of mexico and the leadership that we have between mexico and the united states. >> it was a thoughtful and substance-tive conversation. >> are all glad to win. this
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is one-- we are all going to win... what i suspect to be a new relationship between our two countries but it will be a fair relationship accurate because we want fairness accurate but to fix our immigration system. we must change our leadership in washington and change it quickly. sadly, sadly. there is no other way. the truth is, our immigration system is worse than anybody ever i imagined or realize. but the fact is the meal will not report on them and the politicians will not talk about it. (cheers & applause) and the special interest >> at a special interest tried to cover it up because they are making an absolute
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fortune. >> today on a very complicated and very difficult subject. you will get the truth. (cheers & applause) >> fundamental problem with the immigration system and our country is that it serves the needs of wealthy donors, political activist and powerful, powerful politicians. >>thank you. >> thank you >> let me tell you who it does not serve, it does not serve you.. the american people. when politicians talk about immigration reform they usually mean the following. and in st, open borders and lower wages.
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immigration reform should mean something else entirely. it should mean improvement to our laws and policies to make things better for all americans citizens. (cheers & applause) >> but if we are going to make our immigration work. we have to be prepared to talk honestly and with out fear in regards to these important and very sensitive issues. for instance, we have to listen to the concerns that working people, and our forgotten working people have their record case over immigration and the impact on their jobs, housing, schools and tax bills and general living conditions. these are valid concerns. base by patriotic citizens from all
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backgrounds, all over. and we also have to be honest about this that, that not everyone sees it to join our country to be able to be successful assimilate. sometimes it will not make or work out. >> is our job to jules and regrets that we think are the likeliest to thrive and a florist and love us. -- flourish and love us (cheers & applause) >> then there is the issue of security. >> pam: are listening live to donald trump speaking loud about immigration. at the of that of immigration on jobs and taxes and a lot more.
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every day, the oil companies pollute our air. putting their... ...profits ahead of our kids' health. now they're trying to weaken california's clean air laws. i'm tom steyer. we've had a million kids get asthma. we need to send the oil companies a message. tell your legislator to stand up to the oil companies and protect our clean air laws. don't let the oil companies put their profits... ...ahead of our kids. >> pam:new tonight at 8!
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>> pam: uber sets up an office but that is not going over well with the locals. coming up at 8! >> steve:a tribute concert to prince next month... is reportedly set to feature some of the musicians closest to the late superstar. the event will take place on october 13th...at the new u-s bank stadium in minneapolis. >> steve:a minnesota state arts board newsletter noted that the show would "feature members of the iconic prince family." big names included morris day and the time... and even oakland native...sheila e. however... sheila e. issued a statement saying she was not scheduled to perform. >> steve:a concert lineup is said to come out after labor day...to clear up the
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>> gary:the giants needing a win before heading off on a ten-game road trip. >> gary:harlem globetrotters at at&t park this afternoon bottom 1st/ scoreless >> gary:buster posey doubles into the left-centerfield gap joe panik scores 1-0 giants >> gary:a bird on the field couldn't distract matt moore moore stikres out yasmany thomas to end the 4th then scares off the bird >> gary:top 6th >> gary:paul goldschmidt drives one deep to center gorky hernandez makes a great catch slamming into the bank outfield wall >> gary: moore leaves to a standing ovation bottom 7th/ 2-1 giants >> gary:angel pagan with more birds on the field goes down thefield corner conor gillaspie scores 3-1 giants >> gary:final 4-2 >> gary: giants
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gain with the food. -- in the game with the food >> gary: like to see this stuff and then go home and put to speed up and watch it at home. but that is great that you are taking him out. grant lotus, loves his baby boy. (laughter) >> gary: miss texas. >> gary:the a's in houston trying to avoid a three-game to the astros. miss texas usa, daniella rodriguez attended the game. >> gary:top 2nd/ 0-0 >> gary:jake smolinski hits a 2-run triple down center. oakland up 2-0 bottom 8th/ 3-2 oakland >> gary:tough inning for the a's. jose altuve with an rbi triple tied the game 3-3 >> gary:still in the 8th. evan gattis hits the go- ahead run bringing altuve home >> gary:final: 4-3 houston
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>> gary:record 57-56 >> gary:the oakland a's continue to clean out their trade coco crisp to the cleveland indians. the a's recieve left-hand pitcher colt hynes. >> gary:this season hynes has a 3-1 record with about a 4.0 e-r-a in 38 apperances in the minors. >> gary:crisp played in oakland for six seasons. this year the veteran outfielder is batting.234 and has 11 home runs. coco re-joins the indians. he was with the team from 2002-2005. >> gary:cleveland is leading the a-l central by four and a half games. the former a could play as soon as friday when the tribe begins a three-game series versus the marlins at home. >> gary:boyer, cited all the
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letter for kapernick. -- an open letter >> " knee-jerk reaction is happening at is not helping. it is just a yelling match is not a conversation. i stopped myself and i listen to why and what and i understand it. i know that he has every right to do it. and i respect him read it was incredibly brave for what he has done. coming up trans.-trans >> gary: they play tomorrow night. >> grant:5-5 flat >> gary: how tall is ill
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"the insider" tracking the biggest stories making news today. >> chris took out his gun, pointed it right at my face, and said i'm going to blow your head off. >> number one, chris brown's accuser speaks out following his standoff with police. >> barricaded myself in my house? have you seen my house? >> will this new felony charge be his final act? >> his past could return to haunt him. then selena gomez's health crisis. why she just canceled the remainder of her tour. >> you've got to take care of yourself. >> and the final five's gabby douglas had surgery. how she's healing today. and number 3 -- >> cameron diaz cooks up an a-list birthday bash. why her girl squad threw it down in the kitchen. >> plus, our "insider" bonus. the "the real housewives of new
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york" cheating scandal. we have the only interview with countess luann's fiance. >> i made a mistake. i feel awful about it. >> why she's standing by her man and putting the blame on bethenny. >> bethenny can think what she wants to think. >> now hollywood from the inside out. it's "the insider" together with yahoo!. remembering princess diana 19 years after her tragic death. it is really hard to believe that she was just 36 years old when she passed away. >> prime of her life. >> my goodness. we go inside her royal legacy and how her sons william and harry continue to follow in their mother's footsteps. >> we're going to get to that. but let's get to the story everybody's talking about. chris brown arrested again. this latest incident just another in his long list of troubles with the law. but what will come of it? i sat down with the woman at the center of the firestorm. >> what i do care about is y'all defacing my name as a person and my character and integrity. >> chris kind of got out o
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