ben chancesy was on a paddleboard when he made the huge catch. he spent 20 minutes wrestling with the seven foot goliath grouper before he was able to measure it and release it. chancy told nbc news he had never even been on a paddle board before this day. anyone you could surf from paddle boards. >> how do you get a 20-pound fish and not dip a paddleboard? we need to big deeper. >>> president obama will address the mandela washington fellowships which is a flagship program of the president's young african leaders initiative. it is to provide them through training. >>> happy birthday to tom brady! he turns 38! marriage stewart is 74. martin sheen is 75 today. i'm betty nguyen. thanks for watching "early today." hope you have a good one! . >>> right now, enough is enough. call for action following an outbreak of violence in brooklyn. >> a wild scene. several people run down in a chain reaction crash in a local neighborhood. >>> this morning, speculation that vice president joe biden is getting closer to making a big announcement. "today in new yor

. >>> still ahead, they found his board but no signs of this paddleboarder at lake tahoe.es police are using to try to track him down. >> close call that could have had tragic consequences. tense moments when a drone got too close to a medical helicopter. >> weather tonight live from lands end. one of the very few places that will not get hot over the next couple of days. we'll talk about 100-degree temperatures how long they last and we're also talking about el nino. we'll have that next. ,,,,,,,,,, female announcer: through sunday at sleep train, get up to 48 months interest-free financing on tempur-pedic. save hundreds on beautyrest. or choose $300 in free gifts with stearns & foster. the triple choice sale ends sunday at sleep train. >>> police in south lake tahoe searching for a missing paddleboarder tonight. they don't know who he is. but they found his gopro camera near an abandoned board and paddle on the lake. a second man appears in a couple of the photos taken at heavenly ski resort. the man apparently rented the board yesterday. it was spotted by a boater late

. >>> and here is a new form of yoga, paddleboard yoga.d to other parts of the country. the balance required to do yoga on a paddleboard can help students build strength. the classes are generally more expensive than traditional yoga. here's to your health. >>> still ahead on abc 7 news at 4:00, the exact moment the bomb explodes in thailand's capital, an area popular with locals and tourists. >>> an arrest of morgan freeman's granddaug >>> live from the kgo tv broadcast center this is abc 7 news. >>> here are the head lines where you live as we approach 4:30. san jose police shot and killed a man with a gun last night wanted in an ongoing homicide investigation. this happened just after 10:00 p.m. and happened to be san jose's seventh shooting involving police this year. >>> this morning a magnitude 4.0 earthquake hit oakland just before 7:00 a.m. wayne freedman said statistics show a chance of a bigger quake within a week. wayne will have more at 5:00. >>> the heat continue bay area. abc 7 news weather anchor spencer christian posted thi

remember these two guys on paddleboards on roller skates? >> the seasoned athletes. >> this guy neil has a radio show in santa cruz dedicated to all things surfing and skateboarding and this video he recently posted on his youtube channel, santa cruz waves, the radio host decided to get a makeover, he went in to get treatment that women usually get, he's getting his nails done and realizes just how difficult it is to do anything when your nails are too long. >> they serve a mean drink. [ bleep ] pick this thing up. >> here's the part where they're preparing him for the wax. >> why is he doing all this? >> for fun. >> ready? >> okay, ow!us have his nostrils waxed? >> that hurt. >> this does not end there. right here you see he had eye lashes put on. he gets makeup put on and as you see his hair is in a shower cap because they're bleaching it out so they can add color to it. >> do you find me attractive? >> i do now. >> here he is finished up, all made up. >> good on you brother. >> you look so beautiful. >> the facebook state a great way of t

remember these two guys on paddleboards on roller skates?ed to all things surfing and skateboarding and this video he recently posted on his youtube channel, santa cruz waves, the radio host decided to get a makeover, he went in to get treatment that women usually get, he's getting his nails done and realizes just how difficult it is to do anything when your nails are too long. >> they serve a mean drink. [ bleep ] pick this thing up. >> here's the part where they're preparing him for the wax. >> why is he doing all this? >> for fun. >> ready? >> okay, ow!us have his nostrils waxed? >> that hurt. >> this does not end there. right here you see he had eye lashes put on. he gets makeup put on and as you see his hair is in a shower cap because they're bleaching it out so they can add color to it. >> do you find me attractive? >> i do now. >> here he is finished up, all made up. >> good on you brother. >> you look so beautiful. >> the facebook state a great way of telling people what you're up to or sharing photos. or really annoying me. >> ten y

oh, yeah, it's kind of part surfboard, part paddleboard, part jet ski, all eco-friendly. >> oh.s? that's so obvious. >> right? >> in retrospect, of course. >> it looks like a blast. this is put out by a company called odian an electric jet board and looks like it's a blast. >> this is great, the rivers are so calm and flat, you're curving your way up the canyons. i want in, i want to do this. how can we do this? >> you don't have to do any of the work. all you have to do is get your balance right and go. >> you don't have to paddle out, no giant waves rolling you, in sharks, nothing, no saltwater in your face with the sand. i'm down for this. >> preorder yours right now, two models available, the carver and the manta. one is more nimble than the other. not exactly cheap, around 3800 bucks in that neighborhood depending which model you get. >> 3800? >> yes. >> i'm out. >>> lions ice cream party. ♪ >> remember this video with this guy sleeping, deep in his dreams. >> yes. >> when the girlfriend comes on up, pours some what looks like nail polish remover on his hoo-hoo, and then pr

a boater found the paddleboard, a paddle and the camera about a mile offshore.south lake tahoe rent company said it rented the board to a man with a thick foreign accent and he paid in crash. you see here the photo. if you have any information about him, call the authorities. >>> a group of terminally ill patients will be a san francisco courtroom to fight for the right to die. a judge is expected to hear the legal challenges. brian flores is live in san francisco with how the attorney general kamala harris is responding. >> reporter: hi, good morning. the case being heard later today in san francisco. for many of these patients who will be here today, they say they are hoping to change this law that dates back to 1847. a lawsuit was filed earlier this year back in again. including the patients and one of those patients was christie white. she's a san francisco woman who is battling leukemia. the lawsuit was filed in february. the state is challenging a state law that makes it a felony to engage in a suicide. they say doctors should not be included in this, doct

with francis and his girlfriend on paddleboards and the other two on kayaks, francis thought a man was drowning. so he went into help as well. after doing so, the deputy was having trouble swimming on his own. that's when his girlfriend tried to throw a life jacket to him. the winds were gusting 40 miles an hour. the life jacket didn't reach him. that's when francis's girlfriend went into the lake to retrieve him. he was already sinking. by the time she went to reach him, he had already gone unconscious. he was pronounced dead a short time later. >> i think any time someone goes out and does something to help another human being hand tragedy -- and tragedy strikes and they end up losing their life, it's always a shock. it's just something right now that this department and his family are having to deal with. >> reporter: again, deputy francis had been with the department since 2011. he served in the emergency response team and was most recently assigned to work in the martinez detention facility. he also lived in sacramento and also played on the sacramento said football team according

police say contra costa county sheriff's deputy carlos francis was paddleboarding and kayaking near elado beach. investigators say his sister fell off her kayak and friend helped her back on but thought he was in distress and that is when he jumped in to help. >> heroically sacrificed his life in the pursuit of trying to save the life of another while on lake tahoe. he was our colleague and friend. >> the family says he was a talented athlete who played college and arena football before joining the sheriff's department. >>> working to restore power to tesla's plant almost 12 hours after a crane operator knocked down a power line there. this is video from sky 7 hd. no power, tesla was forced to send almost all factory workers home. some nonfactory workers did keep working at the palo alto office. tesla said it would be able to catch up on car production once the power is restored. >>> warning to drivers on the golden gate bridge. ramp and lane closures start tonight. looks pretty good right now. this is a live look. striping taking place on or near the bridge during closures. only one s

you can see a teenager out there on his paddleboard. the authorities say it looks like this is from the flood stage of about two feet above where it should be along the peace river. their fear is it could hit three feet and that might lead to evacuations tonight. lester? >> all right, kerry, thank you. turning overseas tonight where the surge of migrants has now reached epic levels across central europe. several countries there now intensifying security at their borders as the displaced seek entry and many die trying. nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel joins us tonight from the hungarian border. richard, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, lester. this is one of the government camps set up to house migrants in hungary, but many trying not to come here, preferring to push on to wealthier countries in europe. they say where there's a will there's a way. and the migrants fleeing the muslim world's failed states, syria, iraq, and afghanistan, seem to have an unstoppable will to enter europe. claiming to be the safeguard ag

the board.and the winds carried his paddleboard and gopro equipment.so he decided to swim to shore.olice used tips from the public, social media clues and photos from the camera to find his travel companion, a man living in arizona, who told police that moryn was alive and in missouri. >> pam: police are sending moryn's gopro camera back to him in the mail. >> pam: the fight over the estate of robin williams.continues. the late actor's children say williams' wife.is trying to increase her share of his estate at their expense. >> pam: she filed a petition asking the court to exclude contents from the tiburon home she shared with williams. >> pam: the three children are asking to dismiss that petition.citing a filing on friday. that filing says the items.has already been determined. >> pam: the famous face of subway has gone from hawking fast food sandwiches, to pleading guilty to shocking federal charges. >> pam: sherisse pham has the latest on jared fogle's stunning admission. >>nats: "hi i'm jared the subway guy, and this is my story" >> reporter:jared fogle is about to be known fo

neighborhoods passable by standup paddleboard only. and tonight, we learn that tornado in southern mississippi monday, and ef-0. winds up to 75 miles per hour. the images of a funnel from colorado and what could have been a tornado not yet confirmed south of denver. damaging winds crumb pming silos, taking out buildings. >> let's get right to ginger. the severe weather is moving qui quickly. >> reporter: question, david. severe thunderstorm watch that includes st. louis. you can see the watch, northern illinois, just outside chicago. they will get the storms later tonight. kansas city back to northern oklahoma and the storms blast east. primary threat is damaging wind ail above 60 miles per hour. that's the severe. all of michigan going to get it tomorrow. then, the excessive heat warning for 24 more hours in las vegas, portland, oregon, close to a record. 96 for tomorrow. they're going to be very hot. very dry. the gusty winds are sticking. finally, that tropical storm, it is danny. by the end of the weekend, it takes it just into the

hans: what does the paddleboard look like? tom: ok. that will be the end of the laughter for the friday show. let's begin with our top headlines. here is the wounded olivia sterns. greek lawmakers are backing a bailout. it is up to their european neighbors to get on board. the parliament approved a three-year plan. must make a big payment to the european central bank six days from now. ministersrea finance are meeting today in brussels to diss -- to study the latest terms. new figures out this morning revealing a slowdown in euro area growth. rose by .3%. the economist expected a slightly stronger showing. the weakness was clear in france. consumers stagnant and spending is flat. it is the first time in a year the french economy has failed to grow. germany's economy grew by .4%. clinton may yet faced serious democratic challengers in the presidential race. associates of al gore say's he will not -- says he will not run. buzzfeed report over the weekend said his supporters are talking about the idea. while the former vice president is n

the man told police he was knocked off the paddleboard by the wake from a jetski and he swam to shore and he abandoned the paddle board and gopro. he was found safe and sound after his story hit the media. the pan is from poland, they say, and he's visiting the u.s. >>> starbucks will start selling wine and beer at a handful of bay area locations. it's called evening at starbucks and select stores will sell beer and wine along with small plates such as bacon wrapped dates. several locations are in the bay area. the company hopes to expand evenings at starbucks to many of its locations by 2019. >> it's a new world. >> yes. >>> the time is 7:10. coming up in 20 minutes, the explosive plan to depolish parts of the old bay bridge. >>> up next, hilary's response when she was asked about the e-mail issue in nevada. >>> you can see traffic is moving well getting into the city. >>> cool for some, 50s and 60s and a big fog bank and a cool breeze making it out to the east bay, including mount diablo, and a potential early fall out at mount diablo. we'll talk about that coming up >>> welcome bac

he vanished after renting a paddleboard last wednesday. the sacramento bee reports the native of poland told police the wake of a personal watercraft knocked him off the board. he then swam to shore and continued his trip across. >> tahoe to missouri. >> yes. >>> the authors of the right to die bill shoved the measure last month when it didn't have enough to clear the committee. it would allow terminally ill patients to obtain a lethal dose of medicine to end their suffering. it will help patients' families. >> there are families who will benefit if we can successicide to have this option to have a compassionate choice in the process. >> reporter: it was inspired by britney menard who moved to oregon from the east bay to legally end her bale with terminal brain cancer. >>> the fda just approved the first prescription drug that treats female sexual dysfunction. it will warn users it can cause dangerously low blood pressure and fonting if combined with alcohol or certain medications. it had already been rejected twice. ahead at 5:00, carolyn

he was paddleboarding and kayaking. somehow his sister and the friend ended up in the water. the sister was okay but francis thought his friend was struggling. he jumped into the lake to help but drowned trying to do so. >> he was our colleague and frie friend. we are proud to say he was a deputy sheriff. >> his family says he was a talented athlete who played college and arena football before joining the sheriff's department. the man he was trying to help did survive. >>> the san francisco board of education will hold an emergency meeting tonight for students who finished school but are being blocked from getting a high school diploma. >> reporter: dan, the board is expected to take matters into its own hands this afternoon and issue diplomas despite state law requiring an exit exam. both state lawmakers and local leaders think this is bureaucracy at its worse with students caught in the middle. let me break down the issue for you. this is how it goes. the state legislature is in the process and expected to pass a bill that would no longer require the exam as requirement for

deputy sheriff carlos francy and a number of other people were paddleboarding about 100 yards offshore else when he went below the water. the department says deputy francies died trying to do what he was sworn to do. he is an example of what is right in law enforcement today. >>> on a happier note, the san francisco street food festival is this weekend. it's in a different spot this weekend. you're quizzed to take shuttles and public transportation. helps to buy tickets ahead of time, too. between $30 and $100. we'll check weather and traffic coming up after the break. >>> good friday morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. our skies will clear and give us a warm afternoon, san jose topping out at 82 degrees. mountain view, 86 degrees, and the financial district, we'll see highs topping out at 74. we'll also have some 80s in the north bay. 89 degrees in napa. 92 in brentwood. some spots today hitting 90 degrees, especially in the tri-valley. more widespread 90s this weekend. how's traffic moving, anthony? >> we have a couple of accidents coming through the east shore freeway, approaching

i am at high rock one of the rockaways city gems are you can rent jet ski, paddleboard, kayak. >> i'll be here at the nice greet button here that starts it right up, and red one right below here that will shut it right down. if you're operating jet ski some would happen to fall out. >> i love going out on the jet ski. all right. there's nothing holding you back. there's no roads, it is just you, just the water. 0 xxiii -- 180 for a full hour. offer tours out to coney island to see the statue of liberty from the ski. nothing like this. it is amazing should question go again? >> all of the fun and water sports this is a fast food restaurant attached to the dock. i am hungry for some tai food, robert. you have this amazing setup. you have high rock, the restaurant adjacent to the dock with the fun water sports. >> opened up the restaurant one thing my wife and i said whatever we do, we want to put things in here that we like, and we want to make this is place that we want to go. all thai street foods this is sausage. this one is imported from thailand only we don't make from scratch here.

a male companion was trying to retrieve his paddleboard after falling off in the choppy water, and france sees that he was in danger of drowning out what to save him. >> his actions. he was a great deputy. he was loved by everyone. >> i think anything like this, where someone in law enforcement, or someone that is athletic in the military goes out and does something to help another human being, and tragedy strikes, and they end up living their life -- losing their life, it's always a shock. >> the other man survived, but frenzies was overcome, he later died. >> is one of the guys that you're going to grow old with. even though you -- you think you could be there forever. >>reporter: >> he would put every bit of effort to appoint you almost carried him out of the stadium because of whatever the answer. the one he stayed in touch with his fellow athlete such as anthony davis who went on to fresno state. >> every time he came out to fresno, he made sure he visited me to make sure i stayed on top of my grades. to make sure i was zero is those going to practice. >>reporter: friends and colleag

aivia: i fell off paddleboard. not because it was difficult rapids. about six inches.old my hand. hans:

world record rider robbie maddison speeding his motorbike across the water perplexing paddleboarders, confusing canoeists and riding into some of the world's most dangerous waters. staring down the barrel of waves 30 feet high and just barely making it out. his pipe dream video racking up more than 8 million views in just two days. >> i just wasn't too certain with the riding a 300-pound motorcycle fully dressed in off-road gear with helmet and boots and getting taken underwater and the ferocity of the social, i mean there was a lot of unknowns that i just >> reporter: "gma" catching one exclusively. >> it is what you make it and you have to follow your passions in life and this is two passions of mine both at the same time so it's win/win. >> reporter: defying death on a dirtbike specially crafted for the sea. >> taught me a lot about myself. i thought i experienced so much in my career. a great ride and made me excited for the next advent our. >> the guy is known as the modern day evel knievel. put little paddles on the back wheels, special skis underneath and rudder he controls. >>

pulled in this seven-foot, 412-pound grouper on his paddleboard. see it in the video, but the fish was so big, it pulled aim off the board twice, and after all the struggle the giant fish was released which is a good thing. that is one large, large fish. marie callender's knows dinner tastes better when it's homemade. and the chicken was made to be blanketed in golden breadcrumbs. the potatoes are better whipped with real butter. then add tender kernels of juicy corn. and topped with her signature homemade gravy. because dinner shouldn't take all day... just taste like it did. all you have to do is sit down and savor. marie callender's. it's time to savor. [ horn honks melody ] well, well. if it isn't the belle of the ball. gentlemen. you look well. what's new, flo? well, a name your price tool went missing last week. name your what, now? it gives you coverage options based on your budget. i just hope whoever stole it knows that it only works at progressive.com. so, you can't use it to just buy stuff? no. i'm sorry, gustav. we have to go back to th