this is abc 7 mornings. >>> good morning. it is saturday, august 11th, i'm kate larson in for chris nguyen this morning. we will start with a look at our weather. frances dinglasan. you have good news for us on this saturday morning. >> we have good air quality all around the bay area and here's live doppler 7 and you'll notice also lots of clear conditions out there, just a few clouds along the coast there, along santa cruz and some inland right now and check out the clear skies over san francisco. here's your 12-hour day planner which you can download by searching the accuweather app. temperatures will be mild in the 60s and some 50s and improved air quality, as well. inland temperatures coming down a little bit so low 90s today and around the bay look for sunshine and upper 70s and at the coast the sea breeze will pick up again and things will stay cool in the upper 50s. sun sets at 8:07 with clear skies, but we have clouds coming in tomorrow and a cooldown. >> thanks, frances. we do have developing news. police in richmon

that is this edition of abc 7 news at 6:00.ime you wish on the abc 7 news app. we appreciate your time. i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm ama daetz. for spencer christian, larry beil, all of us here, thank you for joining us and have a great evening. ♪ this is the "jeopardy!" tournament of champions. now let's meet today's semi-finalists -- a robotics phd student at m.i.t., from decatur, georgia... a bartender from new york, new york... and an associate professor from amherst, ohio... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! [ cheers and applause ] thank you, johnny. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. welcome, everyone. i'm gonna begin today's program by thanking consumer cellular for their assistance in the production of this year's tournament of champions. as you just heard, this is the first of our three semi-final games. only the winner gets to come back on thursday and friday to play for a quarter-million dollars. the other two players go home with $10,000 each. good luck to the three of you. let's start finding out

we'll have more on this developing story on abc 7 news at 6:00. >>> that's it for abc 7 news at 5:00.>> i'm dion lim. for all of us on abc 7 news, thank you for inviting us into your homes. be sure to join us back here in about 30 minutes, and get updates on nbc 7.com. >> see you later. >>> tonight, breaking news as we come on. a deadly mass shooting. gunfire erupting at a tournament for online gamers. the sheriff's office says there are multiple fatalities. several of the injured, rushed for treatment. a live stream of the tournament capturing the moment when the gunman opens fire. the fbi and atf on the scene. s.w.a.t. teams clearing the building. what authorities have just revealed about the suspected gunman. >>> also, celebrating the life of john mccain. the patriot and political maverick who personified service to his country. now, the outpouring across america. and tonight, we're learning who mccain requested to speak at his funeral. >>> hurricane lane, swamping the hawaiian islands.

here is our view from the rooftop camera at abc 7.is 65 in oakland, 68 at mountain view, san jose at 71. half moon bay, 59 degrees. this is the view from our south beach camera, showing you more clouds. no matter which direction we point the camera, we see clouds right now. 69 at napa, novato 66. fairfield, 70. one more view of clouds at santa cruz beach. we'll see low clouds, fog, and drizzle overnight. below average temperatures once again tomorrow. there will be very little change in this cloudier, cooler than average pattern for the next few days. as fast wind right now is quite brisk and vigorous. we have gusts to 21 miles per hour here in san francisco, 32-mile-per-hour gusts in fairfield. all around the area it is quite breezy. that will help guide the low clouds and fog inland overnight. as we look at the forecast, 9:30 tonight it will be rather widely cloudy. 6:30 tomorrow morning, during the morning commute, no doubt there will be reduced visibility in some spots and probably some drizzle near the coast and bay and possibly

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follow me on twitter and facebook @dan ashley abc 7. >> that's going do it for this edition of abc newss app. thanks for joining us tonight. i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley. for spencer christian, larry beil, all of us here, we appreciate your time. we'll see you again at 9:00 and 11:00. ♪ this is the "jeopardy!" tournament of champions. here for the deciding game are the three finalists -- a bartender from new york, new york... whose cash winnings yesterday total... a software engineer from riverside, california... whose cash winnings total... and a music executive from los angeles, california... who had no winnings yesterday. and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! [ cheers and applause ] thank you, johnny. i'm dealing with three monkeys here today. [ laughter ] this is pathetic. as i walked off this stage yesterday, i came to a conclusion that i want to run by all of you, and i hope you agree. of all of the tournaments we have done on "jeopardy!", this year's tournament of champions has been the most fun. we've laughed. we've had some good times. [ cheers and app

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here's abc's james longman with the abc news exclusive. >> reporter: one by one, the 12 boys and theirr coach file in, describing their 17 harrowing days trapped in that flooded thai cave. you thought, i'm stuck, i need to find a way to get everyone out and you had some rope, what was your plan? 35-year-old coach ek says he dove into the water with rope, telling three of the boys to hold onto the other end. "if i don't tug, it's safe to come through," he says. "but if i tug twice, it's dangerous and i'm coming back." surviving on water dripping from stalactites in the cave, they remember the miracle moment they were finally found. >> how many of you? 13? >> reporter: "i was in shock," says adun. "we didn't know how many people were outside. we thought once we were out, we'd bike back home." now, all healthy and all looking forward to the future. they want to be architects, mechanics, navy s.e.a.l.s, they say, and, of course -- >> play football and play guitar. >> reporter: and their message tonight to so many that prayed for them -- "as you all love us, we also love you. we feel like w

this is "abc 7 mornings." >>> and welcome back.e're going to start this half hour with a look at weather. we've got meteorologist frances dinglasan in for lisa argen. frances, it's kind of a mixed bag throughout the area today. >> yes, we've got some gray skies and also sunny skies right now. clouds are already starting to pull back with live doppler 7 and the satellite image clearing in the east bay and south bay. this live shot, as we look towards the bay bridge, shows the low clouds along the coast as well. here is your 12-hour day planner which you can download by searching the accuweather app. we've got clouds at the coast and parts of the bay. it will become breezy this afternoon, even gusty over the hills, up to 40 miles an hour. inland areas warming up to the low 90s. around the bay, near 80. and at the coast, the sea breeze keeping it a warm-up tomorrow starts and get really hot mid-week. i'll have the details coming up, kate. >> thanks, frances. >>> breaking news in indonesia, officials say at least three people are dead

watch it here on abc 7.e plan to stream the service live at abc7news.com and on the abc 7 news app as well. >>> sty 7 was over a chemical spill that briefly closed all southbound lanes of 680 north of highway 4 this morning. this all happened just after 8:00 in an unincorporated area of pacheco. chp says a truck struck two vehicles and overturned and hit other vehicles. >>> this afternoon authorities are asking for your help to find whoever shot at a man and a woman on northbound 680 in san keller. >> reporter: morning commutes are never fun in the bay area, but between 4:15 and 6:30 a.m. it was particularly difficult for drivers on northbound 680 in san jose, cars were being diverted off at the capital expressway exit. why the closure of a major south bay freeway? the chp got a call about 3:00 this morning, a man says he was driving when all the sudden someone started firing at his vehicle. he was hit in his back. he continued to drive all the way to the 7-eleven. the woman he was driving with was not hurt.

reporting live in san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >>> abc 7 news news reporter amanda del castillo has the details. >> of the dozens of arrested made around willow glen in the last month, sjpd says ten involved a group of mostly young teens and adult victimizing the neighborhood since the beginning of august. >> the detectives have linked this group to 95 separate incidents over that week period. >> reporter: nearly 100 incidents the department said did not exclusively involve property crimes but police believe the group is responsible for a number of strong armed robberies and carjackings in the area. >> they're running from the accident. >> reporter: last week a teen girl and adult man were arrested in a string of crimes that put schools on lockdown. interrupted home burglary led to a crash and successful police search. >> the red car crashed. >> reporter: understaffing was a major concern. neighbors says their calls to 911 and 311 aren't amounting to much. >> i think a lot of times when people call the police department their expectations are a lot greater than the serv

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you can visit abc 7 news.com for updates or download the abc 7 news app to get alerts right to your phonekland school shooting plan to rally in virginia today. the students from marjory stoneman douglas high school are among the protesters expected to meet for the national march on nra. it's at the nra's headquarters in fairfax. 17 students and staff members were killed when former student nikolas cruz opened fire in ebb february. >>> this comes hours after slamming one of ohio's favorites, lebron james on twitter. >> last night the president tweeted lebron james was just interviewed by the dumbest man on television, don lemon. he made lebron look smart which isn't easy to do. this follows an interview james did with don lemon. the interview touched on various topics including politics. >> what would you say to the president if he were sitting here. >> i would never sit across from him. >> you would never? you would never talk to him? >> no. i would sit across from barack, though. >> the new lakers star opened up a new tuition-free school in ohio that will send hundreds of kids to college

abc 7 news is staying on top of the wildfire and visit abc 7.com for updates and download the abc 7 news app to get alerts directly to your phone. >>> palo alto police are investigating the shooting near the safeway in midtown last night. no one was hurt, but the shooter was able to escape. officers spotted the car and chased it to highway 101, but lost track of the driver. it's not clear yet what led up to the shooting. >>> the macarthur bart station in oakland is back open this morning and official his to close it last night following another stabbing. it happened at the same station where nia wilson was stabbed to death last month. abc 7 news reporter cornell barnard has the latest. >> everything is open. >> the macarthur bart station was closed as police investigated a fight and double stabbing. >> it was very scary especially after something that just happened recently. >> zanita saw one man who had been slashed. >> the one that got slashed on o his face, like an inch. it looked like six and they were just holding his face while he was bleeding. >> bart officials say a fight broke o

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on abc 7. we also plan to stream the service live at abc7news.com and on our abc 7 news app.nt trump will not be attending tomorrow's service. senator mccain was a vocal critic of mr. trump's job as president and this morning a new poll reveals the number of people who feel the same way is at an all-time high. the new abc news news/"washington post" poll asks 1,000 if they approve how far the president is doing his job. the mueller investigation and their thoughts on impeachment and here's what people said. 60% of those surveyed do not approve of the president's performance in office. more than 60% support special counsel robert mueller's investigation. and almost half say they support congress initiating impeachment proceedings. >>> mourners are gathering in detroit to say a final good-bye to the queen of soul. let's take a live look at the funeral service for aretha franklin that started just a few moments ago with a viewing. it is just a little bit after 9:30 local time. looks like folks are pouring into the church. this is expecte to be very spiritual, but also a star-stu

is this edition of abc news. look for breaking news any time on the abc 7 news app.e appreciate your time. i'm dan ashley. >> i'm ama daetz. for spencer christian, larry beil, the entire abc news team, have a good evening. >> see you later. >> don't eat chicken! ♪ this is the "jeopardy!" tournament of champions. here are three former champions -- a robotics phd student at m.i.t., from decatur, georgia... and an editor from vermilion, ohio... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! thank you, ladies and gentlemen. welcome again, folks. a very exciting and competitive quarter-final match yesterday to kick off this tournament this year. i hope today's game is its equal. jason, lilly, tim, good luck. here we go.

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for all of us here at abc 7 news, spencer christian, larry beil, the entire abc 7 news team.t. >> see you later. ♪ this is the "jeopardy!" college championship! here are today's contestants -- a junior at furman university, from baton rouge, louisiana... a freshman at tufts university, from los altos, california... and a freshman at georgia tech, from memphis, tennessee... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! [ cheers and applause ] thank you, johnny. thank you, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome again to our program. 15 players have qualified for the college championship this year. by the time we get down to our 2-day final match at the end of next week, we'll be down to three players. what's going to happen today? rishab, william, and caroline, good luck. here we go! now the categories... sounds appropriate. i sound like a parent. you have to identify the network or channel for the shows we will tell you about. and finally, you're gonna love it... you always do. rishab. remember your music lessons for $600, please. william. -what are frets? -no. caroline o

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abc 7 news. >>> in developing news, hurricane lane has been downgraded to a tropical storm, but the danger is not over yet for hawaii residents as rain continues to fall. some areas have already seen more than 40 inches andor flooding is possible. several people including four tourists from los angeles have had to be rescued. >>> on hand with honolulu to help with rescues is a crew from the menlo park fire protection district. meteorologist lisa arjen is back with more on what we can expect from the storm. >> this weakened quickly, but boy, the effects of the rainfall and the flooding rainfall and the potential mud slides far reaching as we take a look at the current conditions right now you can see that it did make that left-hand turn so that's why it rapidly weakened. it now is a tropical storm with winds of 65 miles an hour moving to the north-northwest at 3 so it's barely moving. as we continue to watch its trek throughout the day today, by tonight it will be with winds of 40 miles an hour an

reporting live, abc 7 news.en into custody a man barricaded inside his home since early this afternoon. police were called to a resident around 1:40 this afternoon on a report of domestic violence. there had apparently been an argument between a mother and her adult son. the mother was able to leave. at one point the son came out of the house with a handgun and threatened police. just a few minutes ago, the man walked out in handcuffs and surrendered peacefully. >>> the colorado father who confessed to killing his pregnant wife and two daughters, faces nine charges including murder. prosecutors announce the decision today. a week after the woman and girls were reported missing and days after their bodies were found. in a stunning revelation, the father says his wife strangled their two daughters when he sought a separation. abc news reporter danya bacchus has the latest including a perspective from one of the last people to see the mother alive. >> it was one of my worst nightmar nightmares. i didn't know what t

david louis, abc 7 news. >>> now an accuweather update from abc 7 mornings >> good morning. meteorologist frances dinglasan. we have clouds along the coast and spilled into the bay, into parts of the east bay right now. also, we've been talking about those fires. so smoke levels are definitely in the hazardous range. well into that through the central valley, due all the fires. if you have travel plans, you might want to cancel a live shf camera. notice very calm winds, flags aren't even blowing out there, but you can see some of those gray skies right now. in san francisco, it's currently 54 degrees. oakland, it's 55. san jose, though, has been mild in the morning, 64 degrees. and half moon bay, 55 degrees. this time, we're laooking from the east bay out towards the bay bridge. it's obscure in san francisco there in the background. santa rosa, 54. lots of 50s, also napa and novato. vacaville and concord, 56 degrees. here's a look at sfo with the low cloud ceilings. so here's the forecast. a slightly cooler today with that stronger onshore flow. we'll see breezy to gusty con

let's get up and get going. >> this is abc 7 mornings. >> thanks so much for starting your day with abcis you in en. lisa argen is tracking the conditions where you live. hi, lisa. >> good morning to you. mount tam with just a sliver of blue out there. the clouds beginning to part on top of mount tam and that will bring in some sunshine sooner for most of you today and maybe even a little warmer in the east bay valley and 60, oakland and morgan hill in san jose has been in the 60s and 70s for most and at the beach in santa cruz we will see sunshine and you see the folks bundled up and 54 with fog in santa rosa. it's sunny out by vacaville in fairfield and livermore, some fog and 58. modern air quality today. those west-southwest winds improving it throughout the afternoon and even better tomorrow, and temperature wise we'll get into the low 60s in the south bay, the next hour and by 3:00 in the afternoon, a few 80s for you around livermore in fairfield and the sun sets at 7:49 tonight. chris? >> lisa, thanks. san jose's independent police auditor has resigned as post after a short and t

abc 7 news. >> in developing news, hurricane lane has now been downgraded to a tropical storm, but the danger isn't over yet for hawaii residents as rain continues to fall. some areas have seen more than 40 inches and more flooding is possible including -- more flooding is possible. several people including four tourives from los angeles have had to be rescued. >> on hand in honolulu to helwi the menlo park fire protection district. we received these pictures of their meetings yesterday with honolulu firefighters. meteorologist lisa argen is back with more on what we can expect from the storm and lisa, so much to talk about here. >> yes, that's right, chris. the main thing is that this now has been downgraded to a tropical storm. so we're looking at the hurricane watches and warnings being dropped. tropical storm advisories for maui and the big island. so we're looking at things that are continuing to improve, but in terms of the rainfall, not so much because we are looking at some very heavy rai

the new accuweather app from abc 7 news. minute by minute forecast, plus real-time radar are and alert, keeping you safe. search accuweather in your app store and download now. >>> that's our report this monday. we appreciate your time. i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm kristen sze. right now on jimmy kimmel, tracy ellis ross. stick around. >> have a good night. we'll see you tomorrow. >> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live!" tonight, tracee ellis ross, from "dr. pimple popper" dr. sandra lee, little league world series sensation big al, and music from chvrches. and now, from here on out, here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: hi, i'm jimmy, i'm the host of the show. thank you for watching. thanks for coming. thank you for joining us. [ cheers and applause ] that's very nice. i want to thank you for joining us on what was the first day back to school for a lot of ki

this is abc 7 mornings. >>> good morning. thanks so much for joining us on this saturday, august 4th. i'm let's check in with francis dinglasan. >>> lots of clear skies over the area and some clouds off the coast from sacramento to stockton and modesto. temperatures range from 46 degrees in half moon bay, but check out los gatos at 72 degrees accuweather app. mostly sunny conditions and just a few patches of fog near the coast. hazy skies in parts of the north baidu to fires this afternoon and the temperatures will be mild to very warm again. inland in the mid-90s. around the bay low 80s and at the coast, breezy and temperatures still in the low 60s today. sun sets at 8:15. we'll see increasing clouds and a cooler day on tap tomorrow and i'll tell you when you can expect triple digit heat coming up. chris? >> thanks. >>> overnight, a deadly helicopter crashed. 18 people killed when it went down shortly after tackoff. this is video after the crash. the russian airliner says it appears the blades collided with another helicopte

in concord, katie utehs, abc 7 news. >> our time is 8:05. the suspect in a fatal hit and run in the tenderloin neighborhood has been charged with murder. 41-year-old michael smith was in court yesterday and the charges stem from a tuesday night accident that killed 65-year-old gregory blackman. court documents allege smith's wife warned him not to drive while thinking in oakland and he continued to drink on the drive to san francisco. >> tense moments in san mateo county when the car was left teetering on the edge of the cliff. sky 7 was teetering over the cliff in half moon bay. the driver of the mini cooper veered off the road after being cut off by a white mustang. good samaritans stopped to pull the occupants out and there are no injuries to report. >>> a settlement has been reached in a lawsuit against a santa rosa senior home in the wildfires. 17 elderly residents and family members sued oakmont senior living of not taking adequate precautions to eradicate the facility. the case was about to go to trial and terms were not made public b

in lafayette, i'm leslie brinkley, abc 7 news. >> leslie, thank you. >>> now let's bring in abc news weather anchor spencer christian. >> let's take a closer look at this graphic. red flag warning in effect for those areas due north up in the area of the mendocino complex fire and an area of the carr fire. now this red flag warning expires at 11:00 tomorrow night. so it's going to be in effect for quite some time. ridge gusts due north will range from 25 to 35 miles per hour. in the sierra, ridge gusts will reach speeds of 65 miles per hour. much windier there, and the relative humidity in these areas is dangerously low. just want to give you an idea of where that smoke is going right now. this is satellite looping image showing smoke moving southward into our area. but larger masses of smoke are being blown to our east in the central valley and sierra. nonetheless, the air quality is declining. dan? >> spencer, thank you. >>> some north bay fire departments are spread thin because they sent crews to help the wildfires that are already burning. now the staffing situation is especiall

abc 7 news reporter -- the district attorney from five california counties sat down today, and abc 7 news reporter laura anthony is live with the story. >> reporter: hi, dan, h kristen, it took the judge 18 minutes to read through all of these charges, each of these 26 counts carries a possible life sentence for deangelo as for the defendant. he stared straight ahead. the entire time. >> and with malice aforethought murdered deborah -- >> reporter: joseph deangelo stood stone faced as the judge in the sacramento courtroom read through 26 felony counts, half of them for murders in the 1980s that often included rape and the use of a knife or gun. >> count 25, contra costa county -- >> reporter: after 13 murders, the judge read through 13 additional felonies, each aggravated kidnapping for robbery, cases investigators say included rapes but not charged as such because of the statute of limitations. >> deangelo could face four life seasons plus ten years. >> reporter: four of those cases happened in contra costa county in the 1970s, the 72-year-old deangelo was silent at the hearing. but

us for abc 7 news at 4:00.ent that letter. >> a bold move in the ghost ship fire case. an 11th hour request is only the latest shakeup. >>> plus, the cooldown of the bay area's hot housing market. record prices may finally be taking a toll. >> saving the whales is the solution to have boaters chart their own course. >> a spotlight on saving lives. one police department hits the right note. >> announcer: live where you live. this is abc 7 news. >>> good evening, and thanks for join us. i'm eric thomas in for dan ashley. >> i'm dion lim in for kristen sze. we begin tonight with a gauntlet thrown down by the alameda district attorney. >> nancy o'malley is asking for a trial in the ghost ship case for the two men charged. katie utehs is live in oakland. katie? >> reporter: eric, today's news follow's last week's shakeup in the courthouse when the judge dismissed a previously brokered plea deal involving defendants derick almena and max harris. now it appears that the da and at least harris's defense attorney are we

rebecca jarvis, abc news, new york. >>> still to come on abc 7 mornings, a seventh death reported fromr fire burning in shasta county. what we know so far. >>> also -- >> it became a full-time job all week to get this put together, but it's put together and on the road. >> a big shipment of supplies heading to wildfire victims. who all of this stuff will help. monitor their blood glucose every day. which means they have to stop. and stick their fingers. repeatedly. today, life-changing technology from abbott makes it possible to track glucose levels. without drawing a drop of blood, again and again. the most personal technology, is technology with the power to change your life. life. to the fullest. >>> good morning, north bay. let's get up and get going. >> this is abc 7 mornings. >> hope you're having a good start to your sunday. thanks for joining us. i'm kate larsen in for carolyn tyler this morning. we'll start this half hour with a look at weather. here's meteorologist frances dinglasan. good morning, frances. >> good morning. we have more cloud cover. you can see that here with

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this saturday here on abc 7.e also plan to stream the service live at abc7news.com and on our abc 7 news app. >>> new at 11:00 electronic arts announced it is donating $1 million to victims of the madden tournament shooting. it comes of course after last sunday's deadly shooting at a gaming tournament. a gunman killed two and wounded 11 others before committing suicide. >>> well, scooters will soon be returning to san francisco streets. >> but they won't be rolling along without some controversy. >>> plus some customers have a beef with in and out. what the burger chain has done that sparked the calls for a boycott. >>> also here disneyland reveals details about star wars land. what will be offered for the first time. >>> your holiday weekend will feature som >>> electric scooters are getting ready for a come back in san francisco. today the city gave the green light for two scooter companies to operate on city streets. this time there are new rules on the road. abc 7 news reporter cornell bernard joins us live a

david louie, abc 7 news. >> now, abc news will televise senator john mccain's memorial service this saturday, our coverage begins at 6:00 a.m. >>> scary moments today at uc berkeley after a gunman was reported on campus. it turned out to be a private armed security guard. sky 7 was over the university where police sent out an alert to avoid the area late this morning. a student provided abc 7 news with these pictures. she said she heard people screaming, and was told to evacuate the student center. about 30 minutes later police confirmed the guard was on campus for business reasons, and announced an all clear. >>> a model of what a safe injection site could look like is now open in san francisco. you've heard a lot about this controversial idea. >> weigh in at abc7news.com/vote, do you support something like this in san francisco, yes or no? you can see our poll is up. >> that's right. abc 7 news reporter melanie woodrow got a look inside and in the newsroom with the story. >> dan and kristen, the site opens following the passage of a bill that would allow san francisco to open safe injectio

abc 7 news anchor eric thomas is live in alameda with the latest. eric? >> reporter: and kristen, that fatal attack happened right outside the family's restaurant. at the front door here in alameda. one of the suspects made a court appearance today. the other one is scheduled to appear tomorrow morning. these are the two suspects, 29-year-old dante holloway of oakland. alameda police say this surveillance video shows the two tring to rob 62-year-old cindy lee of her purse outside the restaurant she owned on webster night. on. the two when followed lee and her husband, in california, laying in wait before a murder is a special circumstance that can carry with it the death penalty. police further say holloway attacked with a metal pipe as lee and her daughter's boyfriend struggled with them. paez is accused of punching her, resulting in a fatal head wound. the family released a statement today saying in part we have heard the suspects have been arrested this news only begins to give us a small sense of closure. our family is still grieving over the sudden a

abc 7 news was between 16th and 19th on valencia street.will end after many complaints from cyclists. valencia is one of the business yst in the city and cease about 2100 riders each day. >>> as the new warriors arena takes shape, it appears fans are jumping at the chance to buy season tickets across the bay. >> until now, four of every five season ticket holders that we've met with have decided to buy their seats at chase center. so we've been pleased and the response has been unbelievable. >> the team is 45% through asking season ticket hold fers they will renew. if the renewals continue, it is possible the general public may never get a chance to buy season tickets. the chase center is expected to open in just about a calendar year, right before the 2019-2020 season. the team plans to hold about 5,000 tickets for each game for single game sales. >>> okay. the deal known as nafta may not be in place much longer. >> coming up, new details on the trade agreement announced by president trump which leaves out one of the original parties. >>>

on abc 7. we plan to stream the service live at abc7news.com and on our abc 7 news app. >>> happening today protesters will gather outside protest roundup. a san francisco jury decided the company should pay a school groundskeeper $289 million. the man said he got cancer after using roundup. the company plans to appeal claiming there is no connection. >>> in the south bay, a 20-year-old man is under arrest accused of kidnapping and robbing a san jose state student. it happened in the middle of the day. suspect is soloman bell. police believe bell pulled a gun on the 18-year-old student near san salvador and south 6th streets last wednesday. the victim told police he was forced to walk to atms and pull out cash. the suspect eventually let the student go and he was not hurt. police took bell into custody on wednesday. >>> new details this morning on the excruciating long wait times at the dmv. the director says the average wait time at northern california field offices has decreased by 50 minutes

abc 7 news reporter matt keller is live at sfo this morning for us. matt? >> good morning, jessica and reggie. going through security at airports is not fun, but many people are concerned and confused about the latest proposal, believing it could make flying unsafe. this is just a proposal, no final decision has been made yet. the tsa proposal is to eliminate security screenings at more than 150 small and medium sized airports that operate commercial planes with 60 seats or less, about 10,000 daily passengers. those passengers and their luggage would be screened at the larger airports like sfo before leaving on their connecting flight. so why would they do that? according to cnn the move would save $115 million which could be used to bolster safety at larger airports. tsa's operating theory is smaller planes are less attractive targets to terrorists. security expert rick smith spoke to abc 7 news by phone and worries without screening weapons could be brought on to planes. >> you open up a hole there in security and you compromise the entire system. so i do

here on abc 7.am the service live at abc7news.com and on the abc 7 news app. >>> 30 years ago, john mccain was snagged in the nation's savings & loan crisis. it threatened to derail his political crear in fact, while it disgraced several other dubbed the keating five. however, mccain showed his true character by stepping up and testifying on behalf of victims whose life savings had been wiped out. here is david louie. >> john mccain's political career almost became a train wreck because of a scandal involving southern california's lincoln savings and loan. its ceo, charles keating turned to five senators to intervene. mccain was one of the so-called keating five, five u.s. senators accused of ethics violations. the others were democrats allen cranston of california, dennis deconcini of arizona, john glenn of ohio and donald regal of michigan. each had contributions and other gifts from keating. a burlingame attorney sued keating and others on behalf of 26,000 people whose savings were converted into

in san jose, matt keller, abc 7 news. >>> get ready for four full hours of the royals on abc 7.e story of the royals." the special looks at how the family is adapting to life in the 21st century, and peers into the relationship between prince harry and meghan markle, the duchess of sussex. >> i think of her as a person typical to the princess story because she made herself. so when a prince comes along, you know, that person's going to be enamored by this self-made, intelligent, articulate person, no, a prince didn't save her. i think she might have saved him in the end. >> the documentary will cover royal births, weddings and other milestones, the story premieres tonight right here on abc 7. watch part two tomorrow night at 9:00. >>> a sculpture showing five bathtubs on stilts is slated to be installed on the water front, a lot of people are upset. a gofundme account for a campaign against the sculpture shows you the artwork there. it looks like the star wars walkers. the artist behind the work says it pays homage to the city's history, in addition to other goods. bathtubs were

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this is abc 7 news. >> good morning, everyone. i'm carolyn tyler. thanks for joining us on sunday, august 19th. let's start with a quick look at the weather with our meteorologist drew tuma who is in this morning for lisa argen. >> good morning. and we have issues with fog on this early sunday morning. it is dense along the coast and in the north bay. live doppler 7 is showing you the visibility is down to less than two miles in petaluma. and half moon bay at this hour. it's a foggy life from our exploratorium camera. so the 12 hour day planner, early on areas of dense fog. and you will notice once again as we head into the afternoon with increasing sunshine there will be some haze in our atmosphere. slightly cooler today than yesterday. but still a spare the air day is in effect today. the worst in the santa clara valley thanks to smoke from the wildfires once again, if you have respiratory issues take it easy outside today. we'll look at the afternoon highs coming up in the forecast in a few minutes. >> thank you, drew. >>> three men are recoverin

you can watch it here on abc 7. we also plan to stream the service live on abc7news.com and on our abc 7 news app. >>> california's dmv may receive a $16.6 million boost in funding to help efforts to cut down the long wait times you're seeing at field offices. the assembly passed a budget bill yesterday. some republicans say the bill amounts to a blank check for the dmv. democrats deny that bill is easy money. the bill still needs final approval from the state senate and governor. >>> petaluma police will not respond to certain calls and crimes because of a staffing shortage. if there's a misdemeanor theft with no evidence or suspect leads police will have you file a report on-line. car crashes also on the list. and if there's a collision and the vehicles are safely out of the roadway, no one is hurt, officers will not be responding. the last item vacation checks. those will no longer be done. >>> you are never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. neighborhood temperatures, we'll start in the e

the new accuweather app from abc 7 news.e by minute forecast, plus real-time radar are and alert, keeping you safe. search accuweather in your app store and download now. >>> that's our report this monday. we appreciate your time. i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm kristen sze. right now onra ellis ross.. ellis ross.. >>e a odhtwe'll see yorrow. >>> tv's number one daily viral video show "right this minute." its a close call that's -- >> incredibly crazy. >> how a little boy survived this? >> holy cow! >>> a grandson catches a scene on the family farm that is really emotional. >> the moment his 91-year-old grandfather gets back in the saddle. >>> a baby owe rang ga tan goes on a bold mission, what mama does when he stops slapping the middle. >>> a round of golf with quite the prize on the line. see who had no idea who was watching from the gallery. >> most videos i'm about to show you are absolutely incredibly crazy. 10-year-old boy here milling about. he says something. covers his ears and he's off. >> whoa! >> holy cow! >> did it