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as always we're online at abc news.com and our facebook page.fourth of july and enjoy the weekend. >> hey, everybody. welcome to the game show that's so exciting, at emmy time, they nominate us in the drama category. stay where you are. it's time to play "who wants to be a millionaire." [cheers and applause] hey, everybody, welcome to the show. you guys ready to play "millionaire"? [cheers and applause] our returning contestant has put her career on hold to take care of her family, but today, let's make it all about her. from los angeles, california, please welcome back midori hepburn. >> yay! >> hi, midori. >> hi, chris. >> come on over. >> coming over. ♪ >> my happy girl, always with a smile on her face. >> today, yeah. >> today. well, you should, because you're playing well. we'll catch everybody up, but you've put your career on hold to take care of family. who are you taking care of? >> i'm taking care of my great-uncle. he's 96. >> oh, wow. >> i know. and i've been living with him for about three years. so i take care of him, and he loves

you can go to abc news.com you'll see a full list of festivals parades and fireworks. >>> north korea is launching another ballistic missile test. they're putting us on notice it could potentially hit the u.s. mainland if the timing was designed for maximum effect. we have the latest from washington. >> reporter: an announcement and new images out of north korea showing kim jong-un celebrating his latest launch. president trump tweeting does this guy have anything better do with his life than going on to suggest china could, perhaps, take action and end this nonsense once and for all. speaking to reporters in tokyo, japanese prime minister shinzo abe says he hopes to work with president trump and south korean president moon to increase pressure on north korea. and an official weighing in with the timing of the launch with abc news radio. >> one the reasons they're probably doing it now is that the south korean leader met with president trump last week and former president obama is in south korea. so they're trying to send a message. >> reporter: at the u.n. on monday a representative

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. >> reporter: i have a link to lowe's extended protection plan on our website at abc 7 news.com. your side hotline is open weekdays, 10:00 to 2:00. you can also reach me through my facebook page and on abc 7 news.com. >> spring into action. >>> starting tomorrow, cal train will close the north parking lot at the san carlos station permanently. a new parking lot will open south of the station. this is because of construction of the san carlos village built between the tracks and el camino rial. it will include 200 apartment units as well as a pool, fitness center and outdoor plaza. >>> you want to be a warriors dancer? auditions are less than a month away. the warriors dance team released this video showing prior auditions and the current team in action. the whole audition process takes about a week and will start on august 12th. 20 women make up the current warriors dance team. it is highly coveted and highly competitive. >>> the bay area is a beautiful place. take a look. brian took this gorgeous picture of the golden gate bridge at sunset. >> that's just glowing, isn't it? beau

. >> reporter: i have a link to lowe's extended protection plan on our website at abc 7 news.com. look for 7 on your side. i want to hear from you. my 7 on your side hotline is open weekdays, 10:00 to 2:00. you can also reach me through my facebook page and on abc 7 news.com. >> spring into action. >>> starting tomorrow, cal train will close the north parking lot at the san carlos station permanently. a new parking lot will open south of the station. this is because of construction of the san carlos village built between the tracks and el camino rial. it will include 200 apartment units as well as a pool, fitness center and outdoor plaza. >>> you want to be a warriors dancer? auditions are less than a month away. the warriors dance team released this video showing prior auditions and the current team in action. the whole audition process takes about a week and will start on august 12th. 20 women make up the current warriors dance team. it is highly coveted and highly competitive. >>> the bay area is a beautiful place. take a look. brian took this gorgeous picture of the golden gat

resolving an issue, their contact information to get hold of michael finney is on our website, abc news.com>>> from skyline to scotland, a group of young actors will take off this saturday for the american high school theater festival. it's an expensive trip for the students from oakland's skyline high school. they've paid about $42,000 and still need to raise another $24,000. today the drama teacher and skyline's principal entered into an agreement with the festival that gives them one more month to get the money together interest free so they can pull this thing off. they have several fund-raising events planned including an auction of warriors related items. help them by going to abc7news.com for a link to their online pund raising page. kids would love to have this once in a lifetime opportunity. stay with us. the faces of facebook you may not think about. up next, a worker struggling to make ends meet and how they plan to increase their paycheck. >>> you're going to get on board b.a.r.t.'s new train cars. find out what there has more of and what there is less of. >>> meteorologist drew

we have all of this information on abc 7 news.com. >>> developing news in palo alto where we're working to get more information about the actor and his death. heard died yesterday at a hotel where he was recovering from back surgery performed at stanford medical center. they say there were no signs of foul play. heard is known for his roles in the kwae"home alone" movies and sopranos. >>> the family of a missing man is on a mission to make a dangerous stretch of highway -- and that is where a demonstration took place today to call for more safety barriers along highway one. abc 7 news reporter cornell bernard is liecve with all the w developments. >> reporter: just got off the phone with congresswoman jacky spears office. this group of demonstrators on highway 101 was hard to miss and that was the point. >> just being out here today we have a lot of visibility. >> reporter: this group wants more safety barriers built on this stretch, barriers which may have saved the life of dan's son, richard moss who vanished while driving to work may 25th. his body was never found. a tire believed to

jane tim is following all of this for abc news.com. that understand so much for joining me, you know, there is no evidence to support president trump's claims of voter fraud. so why don't states just turn over these rolls to this commission and we can move forward on this? >> you know a lot of estates can't release these voter roles. there is data that says you can release this you can't have that. some say they can't use them for commercial purposes, so what happens when this voter role gets put out on the internet and released. they take that and target people that way. this is a complicate i complicated thing. states have in the past put together voter roles and say where do we see people that registered in both states, but the problem, you come with a lot of false matches. i think that's what advocates who worry about people being disenfranchised worry about these voting roles, when you put everybody towing, you will get a lot of matches. it doesn't mean you will get voter fraud, many campaign staff were registered in multiple stat

we have all tell details on abc 7 news.com. the family of a missing map is on a mission to make a drous stretch of coastal highway safer. richard months disappeared just before memd and the focus of the search for him is happening near machine terra state beach. abc p news reporter has the story. >> reporter: this group of demonstrators was hard to miss and that was the point. >> being out here today we have a lot of visibility. >> this group led by dan moss wants more safety wariers built on this stretch, barriers which may have saved dan months's son. his body was never found. a tire blooefrd to be from his car was located off the side of this cliff last week. >> there could be 82 reasons why richard's car crashed and went over the edge i don't know what they are. it doesn't matter, because if there was a barrier there he would have had to get himself a new car, maybe go to the hospital. and the result is death. >> she is basically went over the cliff. >> 20-year-old rose di alba died when her car crashed off ohio 1. >> her l

we have all of this information on abc 7 news.com. >>> developing news in palo alto where we're working to get more information about the actor and his death. heard died yesterday at a hotel where he was recovering from back surgery performed at stanford medical center. they say there were no signs of foul play. heard is known for his roles in the kwae"home alone" movies and sopranos. >>> the family of a missing man is on a mission to make a dangerous stretch of highway -- and that is where a demonstration took place today to call for more safety barriers along highway one. abc 7 news reporter cornell bernard is liecve with all the w developments. >> reporter: just got off the phone with congresswoman spears office. this group of demonstrators on highway 101 was hard to miss and that was the point. >> just being out here today we have a lot of visibility. >> reporter: this group wants more safety barriers built on this stretch, barriers which may have saved the life of dan's son, richard moss who vanished while driving to work may 25th. his body was never found. a tire believed to be fr

we have a link to the complete list on our website abc news.com. >>> we have new video of humpback whalesge. they're chasing food mostly an choef vis on the bay. it turned the bridge into one of the best whale watching spots in the bay area. >> it's easy to see them right now. >>> want to be a warriors dancer? start rehearsing right ♪ >> and five, six, seven, and eight, and eight, the warriors dance team released this video showing prior auditions ant current team in action. the team announced they're going to hold auditions for the next season starting august 12th. whole audition process takes about a week. 20 men e women make up the team. >> i feel tired looking atting that routine. >>> new at 6:00 there's research limping your diet to dementia, the food plan that could help fight off the disease. >>> new numbers snow a spike in crime on barptd. meeting today to address the problem. problem. >>> a live look out side at ♪ ♪ award winning interface. award winning design. award winning engine. the volvo xc90. the most awarded luxury suv of the century. this july visit your local volvo deal

and we've set up a link on abc 7 news.com. >>> new york city police are mourning a colleague, an officer shot and killed this morning. authorities are calling it an assassination. the officer's partner frantically radioed for help. >> reported shots! >> police say 48-year-old mio familia was in a police rv in the bronx when a gunman fired a single round through a passenger's side window. he was rushed to a hospital, but died a few hours later. >> she was on duty, serving this city, protecting people, doing what she believed in and doing the job she loved. >> police identified the suspect as 34-year-old alexander bonds, he was found nearby. and police say officers shot him when he drew a gun a bystander was also shot, but will survive. officer familia was a 12 year veteran of the force. she leaves behind three children. >>> president trump is on his way to poland right now for his second foreign trip as president. then it's on to germany for the g20 summit, and the highly anticipated face to face meeting with russian president vladimir putin. abc news reporter maggie ruly has more from wa

for a full list of parades, festivals and fireworks shows head to our website, abc 7 news.com. >>> highway patrol plans to focus on stopping drunk and distracted drivers during the fourth of july holiday. abc 7 news rode along with an officer today as he explained how the chp deals with other potential dangers, for example, like debris on the freeway. >> we put on our lights, our rear lights to warn traffic to slow down. we'll weave back and forth across the freeway so this way it allows me to safely get out of my vehicle and remove the hazard. >> that chunk of metal had straddled lanes along u.s. 101 in san francisco. the officer told us even with all the warnings and potential fines, some people still text while they drive. >> you could be in a patrol car in uniform driving right next to them and they don't -- they're not even aware you're there. >> the chp urges you to call 911 if you see any drivers who appear to be drunk. >>> the ceo of a san francisco bay startup has resigned after he publicly admitted to sexually harassing women. the founder of a venture firm. saturday post ed his r

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for details go to our website abc 7 news.com. we'll link you up with hoodline. >>> an oregon man is showing off his leggo skills. he built a water fall out of 80,000 legos. that's pretty cool. >> that is good. >> it's based on a real oregon water fall. his version of the 600 foot water fall is about eight feet tall but no less impressive. he's been playing with legos since he was a kid but,000 hi recreates real laces he's visited. he says he wants others to enjoy his masterpiece and is looking for a venue where he can display it publicly. >> that will take a long time. >> it's cool. >>> good job. a little more than four weeks away until the solar eclipse. it's the first full eclipse across the united states. if you haven't made plans to see it, it may be too late to get a prime view. >>> the woman at the center of place sex scandal is this court. what she's saying about a former sheriff's deputy is making a lot of people very uncomfortable. >>> major ruling on high speed rail. fiepd out how it affects the projegt. >>> surveillanc

for details on these events and more, go to abc 7 news.com. we'll link you up with hoodline. >>> let's get one last check of the weather. >> lot of people are happy to see the fog. we still have it around and it is really going to be a part of the forecast as we head to tomorrow. so you don't worry about it being too hot tomorrow. we're going with a similar range of temperatures as today. we have the fog near the coast and as you look at the afternoon highs, temperatures in the 60s to the 90s to end your work week. if you're heading to the beach, partly cloudy with an extreme uv index. temperatures in the 60s and 70s. a look at the accuweather 7-day forecast. after that, the marine influence will weaken so we're looking at mid-60s coast side both saturday and sunday. those numbers will come down. that's near average. early next week. >> we like when it comes back down. >>> well, an outdoor music festival kicked off and we invite you to listen in. abc 7 news was in the botanical garden for the kick off of flower piano. anyone can play, regardle

will carry the parole hearing live in a smelsh report on channel 7 and on the abc 7 news app and abc 7 news.com. well, coming up next what could be the coolest thing we've seen in a long time. the technology behind this soft robot. what in the world? stay with us. >>> they freed a badly tangled hump back whale. bh wh the team got there it was struggling to breathe. the animal had two fishing lines running through its mouth. at least six fishing buoys and fishing anchors pulling its tail straight down. in really bad shape. it took them nearly eight hours to free the animal. once freed t circled the rescuers boat before swimming away. a whale expert says he expects the whale to survive. it was the seventh instance of hump backs getting caught off the west coast. >>> on to our next story. you'll either find this creepy or koolg. mecantle engineers have created a robot that can grow like a vine. university released this video. the robot is soft, can squeeze into tight places and expand when neededtop it can pull things along with it. it can form itself into shapes. it's bazar. this robot prototype

you can also reach me on facebook and through abc 7 news.com. >>> we are years away from the recessionok at the numbers. >>> you're looking live at walnut creek which is going to see triple digit temperatures this weekend. we'll see how wides 811 is a free service to keep our community safe. before you do any project big or small, pg&e will come out and mark your gas and electric lines so you don't hit them when you dig. call 811 before you dig, and make sure that you and your neighbors are safe. ♪ mom. ♪ ♪ where all the walls echo with laughter ♪ ♪ and every room has its own chapter ♪ you've carried on your family's tradition. let us help you prepare for your family's future. financial guidance while you're mastering life. from chase. so you can. 811 is available to any business our or homeownerfe. to make sure that you identify where your utilities are if you are gonna do any kind of excavation no matter how small or large before you dig, call 811. keep yourself safe. >>> sears and amazon are partnering up. sears will sell appliances on amazon.com. customers could say turn down the t

you can find the link at abc 7 news.com. >>> meteorologist droou toom dstz a is back with the forecast we're tracking today being the coolest day we have and temperatures are going to warm. live doppler 7. want to show you one loan thunderstorm has about 15 lightning strikes. putting on a pretty nice light show this evening. a little bit of fog on the coast. temperatures mainly in the 50s. take a look at this. 74 oakland, 70 for san francisco. 90 that number in fair field. warming begins tomorrow. it's just hot on thursday and minor fluctuations in our afternoon highs but it's a steady summer pattern at least through early parts of next week. >>> sports director larry beale is here with all things sports, talking football. >> and we got a baseball trade that looks like it's going down. and as dan mentioned, football, raiders open training camp friday. so guess who's already there? the guy who >>> abc 7 sports. >>> good evening. the warriors made official what we've known for a few weeks. almost everybody coming back. steph curry finalizing his five-year contract. initially was the rich

you can also reach me on facebook and through abc 7 news.com. >>> we are years away from the recessionts effects. we'll look at the numbers. >>> you're looking live at walnut creek which is going to see triple digit temperatures this weekend. we'll see how widespread the >>> sears and amazon are partnering up. sears will sell appliances on amazon.com. customers could say turn down the tehermostat. sears department stores have been struggling for years and this could help turn things around. >>> after the closing bell, sears stock climbed for than 10%. >>> more american households are renting than at any point in the past 50 years. that's according to new analysis. you can see the percentage of renters dropped in the years leading up to the recession and the numbers have gone up ever since. more than one-third of households rent nearly matching the number from the mid 60s. adults under the age 35 are the most likely to rent. households of all educational levels are more likely to rent than a decade ago. money was the main reason people gave for renting. >>> $10,000 was up for grabs and

we have a link on abc 7 news.com. >> anthony flores is here with a preview of sports. >>> my son and got to check that out. tonight we're talking baseball from bullpen to starter. why stratten was forced into a for the giants and the a's try to make history efor bob melvin. stick around. sports is next. (male announcer) remember when taking a bath and going for a swim became the same thing for a few days? then keep the tradition going at bass pro shops with great deals-- like savings of 25% on all in-stock towables, boards and skis. and check out our family summer camp. (hard exhalation) honey? can we do this tomorrow? (grunts of effort) can we do this tomorrow? if you have heart failure symptoms, your risk of hospitalization could increase, making tomorrow uncertain. but entresto is a medicine that was proven, in the largest heart failure study ever, to help more people stay alive and out of the hospital than a leading heart failure medicine. women who are pregnant must not take entresto. it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. don't take entresto with an ace inhibitor or alis

. >> you can go to our website, abc 7 news.com to find out more about special 40th anniversary tours being offered byides. >>> finding parking is super easy in san francisco. san franciscosens spend 83 hours a year, whiched as up to wasted fuel. on the bright side san francisco drivers average less than one parkingic ii iticket per year. washington and seattle are just behind us. traffic analysis firm analyzed 6,000 drivers and 10 american cities. it cost as lot. >> certainly does. time to check on our weather and how hot it's going to get. >> meteorologist is here. >> it's going to be baking inland. here's a look at some of the hot spots. 100 to 101. not utof the question to see 101 and 102. it will cool off and then temperatures do rise again. it's a two day deal with triple digits inland and as you look at the time lapse, the fog that's going to keep the coast comfortable for tonight and tomorrow once it burns off quickly early in the morning, you will have still enough of a breeze to where natural ac keeps you comfortable for the upcoming weekend. it's not going to get hot on the

if you want to help, go to abc 7 news.com and we'll tell you how to help. >>> the bay area is a beautifulure was taken in big sur. abc 7 now is the picture. >> that is stunning. >> spencer has a look at the forecast. >> it's going to get warm too. here's a look at live doppler 7. clear skies mainly. a patch of fog over near the coast. we don't expect much of it to advance. lows mainly in the mid to upper 50s. tomorrow, get ready for heat. even with the presence of high clouds. highs inland, around 100 degrees. 80s along the bay, 630s on the coast. aids walk on sunday. golden gate park. it will get off to a cool but mostly sunny start. by afternoon, temperatures in the 60s here in san francisco. great weather for the walk. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. after two days of triple digit heat in the inland area this weekend, temperatures drop about ten degrees or so on monday and holding in a steady, more seasonable and comfortable pattern for most of next week. dan and ama? >> seasonal sounds good. thank you, spencer. >>> on to sports. a lot to talk about. >> larry beil is here wi

if you want to help, go to abc 7 news.com and we'll tell you how to help. >>> the bay area is a beautifultaken in big sur. abc 7 now is the picture. >> that is stunning. >> spencer has a look at the forecast. >> it's going to get warm too. here's a look at live doppler 7. clear skies mainly. a patch of fog over near the coast. we don't expect much of it to advance. lows mainly in the mid to upper 50s. tomorrow, get ready for heat. even with the presence of high clouds. highs inland, around 100 degrees. 80s along the bay, 630s on the coast. aids walk on sunday. golden gate park. it will get off to a cool but mostly sunny start. by afternoon, temperatures in the 60s here in san francisco. great weather for the walk. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. after two days of triple digit heat in the inland area this weekend, temperatures drop about ten degrees or so on monday and holding in a steady, more seasonable and comfortable pattern for most of next week. dan and ama? >> seasonal sounds good. thank you, spencer. >>> on to sports. a lot to talk about. >> larry beil is here with that.

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