bernard was on the ground and definitely was out of it. was called out we are probably inside less than a minute after the fight was called out. bernard was sitting on the ground and looked daze. once the officers saw it they both ran away. it was a little chaotic but for the most part, i tried to be non confrontational as much as possible. it is not what i prefer but unfortunately, i am put into a situation that there is really not too much i can do. from what i understand, inmate rivera and blanco believes that bernard was working with some sort of agency, and since they thought he was snitching, they decided to attack him. >> rafael rivera, his nickname is whitey says he had it coming. >> whitey had no friends because he's a [ bleep ] snitch. he's working for the police because he's working f the police, everypot he's gone he's going to get [ bleep ] up. people don't play no games, [ bleep ] with us, they're going to get it. he's lucky that he's not going into his room. he's going to his room, he's finished. >> bernard denied being a sn

as well as lincoln bernard green. the state war and baby building construction ends and a immediately bernard green who had been working on this comes to work at the library of congress building. the congressional library building. he is a absolute genius. bernard green is a construction genius. he can do anything. he does. he takes over the day-to-day construction because smith meyer alienated everyone nothing was getting done. so green takes over the construction of the building. smith meyer remains at the building until later in 1888 when thomas lincoln casey takes charge of the building. the army corps of engineers is placed in charge of the building. immediately and teaches partner on. of the reasons that this partnership did not work out is because smith meyer was the rainmaker. drawingsis that the that were necessary had all been done by pals. they had to have him. they kept them on to finish the building. firedy he is eventually in 1892 when the drawings are all done. the important thing is this. the library b

bernard and rose track it down to austrian salt mines, where hitler stored stolen art.s ongoing operation. how devoted to the quest do you think he was, now that you know what you know? >> it was his lifetime mission. this is what he was all about, trying to find his family heritage. >> bernard goodman continues the search until his death in 1994. he never tells his sons what he was doing. >> never. >> why not? >> because, if he'd really felt that he'd achieved what he set out to achieve, he could've told us and been proud about it. instead, i think, he felt defeated. >> as the brothers discover where their father's quest ended, they come across an envelope containing three crinkled photo negatives. >> this is an unusual landscape by edgar degas. >> the degas? >> the degas. >> next thing they know, they're following in their father's footsteps on the trail of another masterpiece. >> everybody just closed the doors in our faces all the time. nobody knew anything about nazi looted art. nobody wanted to know anything about it. >> was it the money? >> no, it's justice. it's

bernard, thank you for being here. [applause] our next guest is doctor dale miro's who we should call general because he's been a general for decades before he became a phd. [applause] the general is a spook he was the president's first senate confirmed associate director of national intelligence for the intelligence community's chief information officer and internation sharing executive for the director of national intelligence. that's actually what is his title. [laughter] he's a spooks spook. he had the leave his uniform behind to become part of the white house staff. he's also internationally respected as an expert on leadership, strategy, cyber security, telemedicine, intelligence and military matters. while on active duty on 911, the general was in command of the airspace over north america. so, he's the first of two actual warriors we will put on here in a minute and he also served as chief information officer through major us air force command in military commands. at one point, he controlled all the satellite

so bernard, thank you for being here. [applause] >> so our next guest is dr. ray takeyh who really we should call general because he is agenda for decades before it became a phd. dale, thank you. [applause] >> so he is a spook. [laughing] he was the president's first senate confirmed associate director of national intelligence for the intelligence communities chief information officer and information sharing executive for the director of national intelligence. that's actually what his title packet dni. and he had to leave his uniform behind to become part of the white house staff. he's also international respect as an expert on leadership, strategy, cybersecurity, telemedicine, intelligence and military matters. while on active duty on 9/11, general meyerrose was in the command of the airspace over north america. so he's the first of two actual warriors we're going to put on here in a minute. he also served as chief information officer for three major u.s. air force commands, three unified u.s. military commands. at one point he controlled all the satellites i

." >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: bernard and irene schwartz. the cheryl and philip milstein family. dr. p. roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.b.p. foundation. sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. the anderson family fund. rosalind p. walter, in memory of abby m. o'neill. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you.

bernard.general and a deep friend of mine, and he's been a blessing to my life. he's a wise leader for us. that's why i was extremely saddened to hear that he was resigning and stepping away completely from what we are doing, and for me, i believe as i said on your show before, that my support of candidate donald trump now president trump lies deeply within my desire to see our faith, the christian faith, be center of politics again. i believe as long as we have as dr. bernard stated, a seat at the table, that it's our spiritual obligation to be a voice of god to the ear of the president of the united states. and for me, how do i stand behind even though i believe some of the opinions that you declared are inaccurate. i don't believe he supported neo-nazis or white supremacists. >> what did you think his statement meant? when he said that some of the people who were marching -- i mean, they marched on a church. there were people who were clergy who were beaten by these people, members of your

cornell bernard joins us live with the very latest. we know the barricades are in place, but has anyone showed up yet? >> no one has shown up yet. but the berirthplace of the fre speech movement is preparing for possible clashes with demonstrators and couldn't demonstrators today. seeing a heavy police presence at civic center park and lots of orange barricades, banner there. bay area stands against hate and white supremacy. there is a number of scenarios that police are preparing for including possible violence. even though organizers of today's event have canceled the event. camber cummings say she will come to the rally alone and on facebook last night, she requested a police escort to and from her car because she's worried about her safety. police say they will try to accommodate her, but may have their hands full. authorities say they have a plan to keep the peace. >> we have instituted the barricades here that you see around the park for one reason, for safety reasons. some of the other things we have a larger number of officers

cornell bernard has the details. >> reporter: we're learning from u.s. marshals, both came to the bay area because they had friends here who could help negotiate their surrender. both accused in the brutal murder of a chicago man. the manhunt for two men wanted in the murder of a chicago man is over. 42-year-old wyndham latheam, surrendered peacefully in oakland friday night. 56-year-old andrew warren, an employee at oxford university in england, gave himself up in san francisco around the same time. both men face first degree murder charges in the stabbing death of 26-year-old trenton cornell. chicago police found his body nine days ago in this luxury apartment building after they got a 911 call. the same day, an hour away in wisconsin, the two suspects made a mysterious $1,000 donation to a public library in his name. investigators believe the professor and the victim had a relationship. before his surrender, apollized for the murder. latham seen here was a microbiologist at northwestern for ten years. >> i heard him give a talk to students about his r

cornel bernard joins us with more about their lives and legacies. >> that's right, eric. many considered jerry lewis the king of comedy and humanitarian. dick gregory faced racism with his humor. the passing of jerry lewis generating thousands of reactions on our abc7 facebook page. many of you have a memory. >> my grandmother used to call me jerry lewis. >> really? >> yeah, because i was the comedian in the crowd. >> i loved him. he was very funny. especially in his younger days. >> i true comedy legend, jerry lewis defined comedy as a man in trouble. gags and prattfalls were the foundation of his career. >> his expressions and over the top humor. as kids we just thought git was hilarious. >> donald lacy remembers watching those famous bud movies pairing with dean martin. >> give me the driver. >> here you are. >> later when lewis made and directed his own films, like "the nutty professor" but it was his role for more than half a century as spokesman for musculardestroy association. the labor day telethon raises millions of dollars. dick gregory's pioneer humor reflected

cornell bernard, abc p news. zblmpblt b.a.r.t. police are looking for suspects in three robberies of personal electronics within about an hour last nigh. the first happeneded at the montgomery station in san francisco just after 8:00. police say a man snatched at man's iphone and ran off the train. about a half hour later, two mep stole a man's ipad. after 9:00 at the west oakland station, two teenage boys armed with a stun gun stole his mac book laptop. >>> firefighters are making a lot of progress containing a grass fire that broke out in napa county yesterday afternoon. the canyon fire burned 114 acres p and is now 60% contained. more than 300 firefighters helped to extinguish that blaze. >>> a smoky grass fire that broke out yesterday near morgan hill is now 70% contained. the tilton fire charred is 00 acres. >>> there's good news for visitors to two east bay lakes that were closed due to toxics algae. it has reopened to the public today. it along with corey lakes in fremont have been off limbs for several months because of an

cornel bernard has been tracking them and he joins us live from oakland. >> reporter: eric, solidarity rally just wrapped up in downtown oakland. another one is scheduled to begin in the next hour. in fact, folks are gathering for that right now. police making an appeal for the protest to be peaceful as folks speak out against the violence in virginia. people gathered in oakland to condemn the ugly race-fueled clashes they saw unfold on tv. but many activists were not surprised. >> these people with the aspiration to do massive harm across lines. >> reporter: other i sass the response to the violence by president trump was unacceptable. >> he wouldn't condemn white supremacy or neo-nazis or fascism but said many sides were to blame for what happened yesterday. ♪ ♪ turn us around >> reporter: people in the south bay taking a stand against white supremacy in charlottesville. >> too many people are dying and too many people who look like me aren't doing anything about it. >> reporter: she held a picture of heather, killed by a speeding car at the rally. she says the violence must stop. >>

. ♪ >> reporter: bernard a. brown devout christian. self-caught guitar player in a 61-year-old struggling with major challeng challenges. veer cease rear of strokes robbed him of his mobility and old workplace injury hobbles him. he's easily overcome with emotion. >> i need to get out of here because i got a lot of medical problems, man. >> his biggest problem appears to be the charred rustin wheelchair in his backyard. brown says early june after he challenged a neighbor about drug dealing a made to torch his chair. .ne evening he was jolted awake. this big ball of light coming ts together and get to the door struggling get was burning juste she said. wheelchair burned without a mobile phone at the time brown washe fire depare says no one else did. he has a police r of arson but woodland new jersey director of public safetynvestigators couldn't tell what happened. >> we really don't know whohe mf maybe it could have been electrical. ♪ars that bernard brown living on a $700 monthly social security check has lost his only way to get $5,

bernard scores. jonathan to the walkoff win. 5-4 the final. back, panda. >>> all right, a's and angels, top one, davis stole second. an they are, an xoerd on a final pitch. speed necessities goes out of style. top four, billy adwir. dustin. two out. two runs single. nice first impression. top six, davis on first. takes off for second. it's a double steal. the throw is bobbled. he's safe. davis takes third. the a's let two games lied with a foo 5-0 victory. >>> the niners signed malcolm smith in the off-season and he tore apec toral mus toll day at levi stadium and reportedly the miss the entire season. ba news on at ples and day, a a player, there say welcomed change of pace from the practice field. gives that you game day feel. and shil can han gets to look the his players in a scrimmage type setting. bri brian hoyer welcomed good. i wanted to see how they handle it. it's good they didn't freak out. they tried it like any other day. i no i know the guys were pumped to get out there. >> gave me a little juice foshgs sure. we enjoy when the fan

abc7 news reporter cornell bernard is there. cornell? >> reporter: eric, this rally getting started in latham square. 2 00 people have shown up. those numbers are expected to grow into the evening hours as people speak out against white supremacist violence in virginia. people gathered in oakland to condemn the ugly race-fueled clashes they saw unfold on tv. but many activists were not surprised. >> these are people with the aspiration to do massive harm across lines. >> reporter: others say the response to the violence by president trump was unacceptable. >> you saw even in his response he wouldn't condemn white supremacy or neo-nazis or fascism, but said many sides were to blame for what happened yesterday. >> reporter: people in the south bay taking a stand against white supremacy in charlottesville. >> too many people who look like me aren't doing anything about have to be a white christian to be an american, and we know that's not true. >> reporter: this rally organized by east san jose indivisible. father john petigo brought some o

in oakland, cornell bernard, "abc 7 news." >>> san jose unified school district has begun designatingder neutral bathrooms or all-inclusive restrooms as it is calling them at all cam pulses and offices. "abc 7 news" was at lincoln high school which was the first to open these new restrooms last year after an lgbtq student group lobbied for them to the administrators, all-inclusive is defined as open to all gender identities. >> we are about elevating opportunities for all students no matter what your background, how you identify yourself. so we're really proud and we're really proud of the fact originally it was a student-driven process. >> each campus will have at least one all-inclusive single occupancy student bathroom in or near the health office by the end of the year. >> mother nature is putting on that lightning show tonight, right? >> we don't see it too often around here, but boy we did tonight. meteorologist sandhya patel is tracking for us. >> yeah, dan and kristen, intense stuff. in the last 24 years i've been doing weather i have seen it only a few times in the summer so

>> bernard vezeau: they would leak. they would leak.m, especially in the seams. >> cooper: bernard vezeau was the global strategic marketing director for microcool and other products from 2012 to early 2015. he worked for halyard health, which was part of the kimberly clark corporation until november 2014. when two nurses at a dallas hospital became infected after caring for a patient with ebola, vezeau says he was relieved the nurses hadn't been using microcool gowns, but he was concerned by the way the company went into high gear to sell the product. these gowns were being recommended for use with ebola. >> vezeau: aggressively being recommended. >> cooper: in what way aggressively? >> vezeau: we put a full court press to drive microcool sales. we told hospitals to stock up on our microcool products. we told them to have at least eight to 12 weeks of product on hand. and that's when things became very difficult for me. >> cooper: difficult because vezeau says he knew the gowns were not consistently meeting industry standards. there's

cornell bernard is here with the latest. >> reporter: everybody knows the name jerry lewis. he was an actor, comedian, and humanitarian. the passing already generating thousands of reactions on our abc 7 facebook page. many of you have a memory. >> my brand mother used to call me jerry lewis. >> reporter: really? >> i was like the comedian in the crowd. >> i loved him. he was very funny, especially in his younger days. >> reporter: a true come did he legend jerry lewis defined comedy as a man in trouble. gags and pratt falls were the foundation of his career. >> his facial expressions and his over the top humor, as we thought the guy was hilarious. >> reporter: he remembers watching those famous buddy movies pairing with dean martin. >> give me the driver. >> reporter: and later when lewis made and directed his own films like the nutty professor. it was his role for more than half a century as spokesman for the muscular dystrophy association which made him most proud. the labor day telethon raising millions of dollars. evgenia >> he seemed like an incredible humanitarian. >>

his name is bernard deuce jr. and police say he murdered his cvs. michael is here to tell us -- >>reporter: people i spoke to were shaken up even though this happened last week, but relieved it seems like police got the guy. bernard deuce was in charge with first-degree murder and faces weapons charges. he was an employee at the cvs on blackville road and the victim was his manager. his name was rex olson. his body was found sitting next to a dumpster like a piece of garbage, police department hasn't released much information on the case because it is still an open investigation. we don't know what led up to -- led up to the murder or how olson died exactly. despite the arrest, police are still looking for anyone who may have seen or heard anything. if you know anything, give them a call. >> all right, michael quan did he, thanks for that. >>> deuces is expected in court for a preliminary hearing, but a date not set yet. >>> for the second time in a week, a person died in a crash at the same intersection of indian head highway. it's the third crash

cornell bernard, abc7 news. >> that dick gregory joke was just amazing. okay. next american idol could be from the bay area. 000 of people packed oakland's jack london square for a shot at stardom. ♪ i don't want you to work out there ♪ ♪ but i want you to be true >> sing. 16-year-old bella of san rafael was one of those who got a golden ticket to move on. hopefuls lined up for hours to perform in front of idol producers yesterday. bay area is telling us they're excited the show is coming back. >> this has been such an amazing opportunity. i did this a few times before. didn't make it quite far, but this has been my dream, it feels good to be back and able to try again. >> the people who advance will audition in front of a panel of celebrity judges including katy perry on a future date. american idol returns soon here. >> this is the pre-audition? the audition to the audition? >> you didn't know that? there are multiple rounds, natasha. keep up the drama. if you can't make it to oakland, you can audition right now or any time. zee a link to the apizatiplicatt a

cornel bernard joins us with more about their lives and legacies. >> that's right, eric. many considered jerry lewis the king of comedy and humanitarian. dick gregory faced racism with his humor. the passing of jerry lewis generating thousands of reactions on our abc7 facebook page. many of you have a memory. >> my grandmother used to call me jerry lewis. >> really? >> yeah, because i was the comedian in the crowd. >> i loved him. he was very funny. especially in his younger days. >> i true comedy legend, jerry lewis defined comedy as a man in trouble. gags and prattfalls were the foundation of his career. >> his expressions and over the top humor. as kids we just thought git was hilarious. >> donald lacy remembers watching those famous buddy movies pairing with dean martin. >> give me the driver. >> here you are. >> later when lewis made and directed his own films, like "the nutty professor" but it was his role for more than half a century as spokesman for musculardestroy association. the labor day telethon raises millions of dollars. dick gregory's pioneer humor reflect

." >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: bernard and irene schwartz. the cheryl and philip milstein family. dr. p. roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.b.p. foundation. sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. the anderson family fund. rosalind p. walter, in memory of abby m. o'neill. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thanks for joining us. a day after white nationalist protesters and counter- protesters clashed violently in charlottesville, virginia, the city is starting to pick up the pieces. today, mourners gathered at a makeshift memorial where an intentional car crash took the life of a woman. it is now being labeled an act of terrorism. friends say the victi

cornel bernard has been tracking them and he joins us live from oakland. >> reporter: eric, solidarity rally just wrapped up in downtown oakland. another one is scheduled to begin in the next hour. in fact, folks are gathering for that right now. police making an appeal for the protest to be peaceful as folks speak out against the violence in virginia. people gathered in oakland to condemn the ugly race-fueled clashes they saw unfold on tv. but many activists were not surprised. >> these people with the aspiration to do massive harm across lines. >> reporter: other i sass the response to the violence by president trump was unacceptable. >> he wouldn't condemn white supremacy or neo-nazis or fascism but said many sides were to blame for what happened yesterday. ♪ ♪ turn us around >> reporter: people in the south bay taking a stand against white supremacy in charlottesville. >> too many people are dying and too many people who look like me aren't doing anything about it. >> reporter: she held a picture of heather, killed by a speeding car at the rally. she says the violence must stop. >>

cornell bernard has spoken to his father. >> i hope together we're able to catch his killer. >> gene can't believe he's really talking about the murder of his son dave. a talented oakland singer/songwriter who would stick up for anyone and anything. >> in this case, he stuck up for his music. he saw someone was taken his beloved music away from him, and he was willing to give his life to stop that. >> he loved to perform his music, most of it laptop, but t stolen august 9th by a robber who grabbed it while he was sitting a a cafe. he chased the suspect who ran him down in a car. oakland police say they have no suspects and few leads. gene has come to the bay area with an appeal for information. >> if there's something you saw, this is your community. and we've got to clean this up for all of us. my son is gone. >> now, friends want to honor him by publishing his unreleased music. so far, a go fund me page has raised more than $8,000. >> i couldn't ask for a better legacy than that. >> if you want to learn more about the life of dave, a memorial facebook page has been created paying t

warrington police closed in on bernard duse obtaining a warrant for his arrest, his neighbor page reid watched from across the street this morning as police searched his house but had no idea he had been arrested for murder. >> what? i totally shocked. >> reporter: reid said duse and the woman he lived with kept to himself, she says she didn't see them much. this morning as the sun came up, she watched as police took some items out of the house including a safe >> they cut open's pulling contents out of it, laying it on the lawn, kind of doing an inventory and taking pictures of it. >> reporter: can you describe the safe? >> it was large, maybe like up to your knees. >> reporter: scott york was up early and watched the search as well. >> i saw them take flat cardboard boxes in like you followed them up to make a box. i didn't see them really pull anything out and i rode by twice actually. >> reporter: few minutes later, this woman left the house, the police had been searching. >> what can you tell the about mr. >> no comment >> is he your had you been >> no comment. >> reporter: do you

we just got to this area called east bernard. it is usually one hour southwest of houston but because of the road closures and the traffic conditions it took twice that time to get here. they are getting ready to head out. we are staged at a truck stop in this small community and from here these guys will go out in the boat. we understand the colorado river in this area this is a different one than the one that goes through the grand canyon, the colorado river in texas has overflowed the banks in this community just south of here five or six miles south and we are understanding this is a big operation. i can see the tennessee search and rescue team here as well. the phoenix search and rescue team, we have task force four from the east bay, task force three from the peninsula in the bay area also in the area we are try to find out where they are. there are a lot of moving parts in all of this. the leaders are getting briefed right now to find out exactly what part of the flood zone they are going to be putting their boats in to st

"abc 7 news" reporter cornell bernard shows uhiss dangerous do a stop. >> very crazy. >> reporter: and it was. a wild chase lasting one hour and 45 minutes. the driver of a stolen bmwx5 had police in pursuit aross the east bay. sky 7 overhead as the driver made it from pleasanton to oakland on 580. he got offfreey, t momentarily dils appearing under the overpass, but re-emerged driving over a median, making a right turn the wrong way up mcarthur boulevard near highland hospital. the pursuit picked up speed as the driver made it into piedmont. we saw many of close calls like this withom o we're quite fortu was injured including the driver of the vehicle himself. >> reporter: moments later the driver comes to a confronted by a police cruiser in front of wildwood elementary but he didn't give up. he spun around heading back to oakland. the chals eye piered to be reaching an end at this quick stop market, but the driver took off again. but a chp officer did a pit maneuver, spinning the suv around. it slammed into a parked car. >> big bam, like big noise. we saw like the car kind of spin ar

from bernard gattis and his kids, redskins donating mattresses and give back to the gattis family.is a single dad of five, d.c. firefighter and lifelong redskins fan and his kids will get to sleep even better. bernard and the kids will get to see the final preseason game against cincinnati in a week. >> i've been a redskins fan forever. i love the redskins. i'm a die hard redskins fan and just to have them here in my presence and everything it's beautiful. i just want to say thank you, thank you. again i'm grateful and i can't thank you enough. i appreciate everything. >> good stuff there. >>> as far as on the field still a work in progress for the offense for the redskins, specifically after another disappointing effort last night against the green bay packers. redskins first team offense was not run game struggled, couldn't find much on the ground. so did the passing game as the redskins did not produce a 4th down until their fourth possession of the game. kirk cousins didn't reach the end zone until 17 ticks left in the 2nd quarter. dan dan, -- danny rouhier, 106.7 the fan, week

we are live in berkeley, cornell bernard, abc7 news. >> cornell, thank you very much. our team coverage continues now with abc7 news reporter elissa harrington who has been tracking the demonstrations outside the park. elissa? >> reporter: well, eric, i'm outside old city hall where you can see there is a 20 foot long banner draped in front of the building that says berkeley stands united against hate. that was the message coming from thousands of demonstrators who showed up today despite the event being canceled. >> no kkk. >> reporter: counter protesters in berkeley came out in huge numbers. waving signs and chanting, marching through the streets near civic center park. >> we have been invaded as a country by a bunch of white supremacists, haters who are after smashing all kinds of democracy. >> fascists go home. >> reporter: video from sky 7 shows a drum circle also giant banners that say things like resist, and stand against hate. these protesters sat on a prayer mat in the middle of the action. >> of course i'm nervous. any time i hear there are supremacists and f

. >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: bernard and irene schwartz. the cheryl and philip milstein family. dr. p. roy vagelos and diana t. vagelos. the j.b.p. foundation. sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. the anderson family fund. rosalind p. walter, in memory of abby m. o'neill. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thanks for joining us. the mayor of houston had a message for his constituents in the nation's fourth largest city today-- please, stay off the roads. the warning came as hurricane harvey-- still classified as a tropical storm-- dumped torrential rainfall on the texas coast along the gulf of mexico. two days after making landfall

." >> pbs newshour weekend is made possible by: bernard and irene schwartz. the cheryl and philip milstein family. the j.b.p. foundation. sue and edgar wachenheim, iii. the anderson family fund. rosalind p. walter, in memory of abby m. o'neill. barbara hope zuckerberg. corporate funding is provided by mutual of america-- designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. provided by:pport has been and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening, thanks for joining us. a historic, dangerous heat wave is gripping much of southern europe, setting record triple- digit highs this week and is expected to continue into next week. at least two deaths are blamed on the heat wave meteorologists have nicknamed "lucifer." the european weather service issued its highest "red alert" heat warning to at least nine countries, including italy, ma

here's cornell bernard. >> you can see the smoke. >> bob saw last wednesday's fire begin in the oakland hills, which took three days to put out. according to court documents. 24-year-old alfredo bautia confested to a police officer he started the plaz with a cigarette lighter. >> anybody who starts a fire, especially up here, or anywhere where it's dry, has to have something wrong with them. >> before the fire began, police say bautista tried robbing two victims at gunpoint. they were sitting on their car on grizzly peak boulevard. drewann says she took off in her car to get away from bautista, but he chased her. >> he followed me in a stolen vehicle. and he crashed into me repeatedly until i lost control of my car. >> this was the result. she crashed her pt cruiser into a parked car. the suspect eventually ran away. hours after the fire began, witnesses saw bautista trying to steal a car at the lawrence berkeley lab. but witnesses stopped him until uc police arrived. bautista is charged with arson, attempted robbery, assault, and car theft. a pretrial hearing is set for august 15th. in

as abc7 reporter cornell bernard reports, the victim decided not to let it go. >> reporter: he didn't realize the suspect was armed. luckily he wasn't hurt. one man in custody tonight, his identity has not yet been released. >> i was glad i didn't get shot. >> reporter: stacy is talking about some scary moments saturday when he was visiting a friend on gamble court in hayward. >> i thought i heard my truck start up. i went out to see what was going on. >> reporter: his dodge ram truck had been stolen. this neighbor saw it happen. >> we just got in and had some tools bent down, and the truck was gone. >> reporter: he borrowed his buddy's truck to follow the thief down the hill toward hayward boulevard where he caught up to the suspect. >> i pulled up to the back and said, hey, that's my truck. so and so you, and pulled out a gun and shot. so he took off and i didn't bother to follow after that. >> reporter: he called 911. hayward police briefly chased the the man through city streets where he crashed into several cars. at one point police say the suspect drove toward officers. one offi

here's cornell bernard. >> a candle burns at a small memorial on rich street in oakland where dave lost his life wednesday. >> i'm sad today. >> friends gathered in berkeley to remember the singer/songwriter outside a converted school bus. he toured with fellow musicians in the bus. >> dave was a mystic. and he was spiritual dude, and he was really special. ♪ >> friends say he loved writing and performing his music. >> he had a degree of magic he was able to bring to his performances. it was really captivating. >> police say he was sitting at this cafe when someone grabbed his laptop and jumped into a car. heed the thief, grabbed the side of the car and was briefly dragged until he was run over. the suspect got away. neighbors found him gravely injured. >> i don't know him, but he's young. he had his whole life ahead of him. i wished he would have let go, but maybe he couldn't. >> property can be replaced, but life can't. and in this instance, it was dangerous. >> neighbors who never knew him are paying respects. >> i didn't know you, but i know your story. >> friends believe much of da

abc7 news reporter cornell bernard shows us how police finally brought the dangerous driver to a stop. >> crazy. >> reporter: and it was. a wild chase lasting one hour and 45 minutes. the driver of a stolen bmw x-5 had police in pursuit across the east bay. sky 7 overhead as the driver made it from pleasanton to oakland on 580. he got off the freeway momentarily disappearing under the overpass. but reemerged, driving over a median, making a right turn the wrong way up macarthur boulevard near highland hospital. the pursuit picked up speed as the driver made it into piedmont. we saw plenty of close calls like this one with oncoming cars. >> we're quite fortunate that nobody was injured, including the driver of the vehicle himself. >> moments later, the driver comes to a stop, confronted by a police cruiser in front of wildwood elementary. but he didn't give up. he spun around, heading back to oakland. the chase appeared to be reaching an end, but it driver took off again. but a chp officer did a p.i.t. maneuver, spinning the suv around. it slammed into a parked car. >> big bang, like a

cornell bernard joins us live in san francisco where city officials are very concerned. a lot of questions on who is going to show up at that park. you have late breaking details for us. >> reporter: chris, we have a lot happening here at alamo square. we have just learned from park police that alamo square is closing to the public right now. chain linked fence is being put up all around this giant park, an attempt perhaps from allowing a planned news conference by a protest group from happening here later today. as you can see police are out in force outside of this chain linked fence. in a moment they will be asking people not to enter this park. now, the right wing group patriot prayer announced on facebook friday it was canceling a planned rally at crissy field today, citing safety concerns. instead the group says it will hold a news conference here at alamo square. we don't know what that news conference will cover, but we do know the group says it wants to attend a rally in berkeley tomorrow, even though organizers for that event telling people not to come. meantim

. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> bernard a brown devout christian, sever-taught guitar player in a 61 year old strugglingh major challenges. he says series of strokes have robbed him of his mobility and old workplace injury hobbles him. he's also easily overcome with emotion. >> i need to get out of here. i need to get out of here because i got a lot of medical problems, man. >> his biggest problem appears to be the charred rusting wheel claire in his backyard. brown says early june after he challenged a neighbor about drug dealing, a threat was made to torch his chair. one evening, he was jolted awake. >> i said where this bill ball of light coming from? and i immediately tried to get my things together, get to the door struggling, get out there, and my wheelchair was burning, just like she said. >> a black mark stains his driveway where the wheelchair burned, without mobile phone at the time brown was unable to call the fire department and he says no one else did. he has a police report, where he makes the claim of arson, but woodland, new jersey director of public safety says investigators couldn't te

but it wasn't bernard kenny's only selfless act.f the lofthouse colliery disaster in 1973. he condemned the attack on joe cox as pure evil, he will be remembered as a hero. a fund is being set up to pay for a permanent memorial to the 22 victims of the manchester arena bombing. it will be separate to the we love manchester emergency fund — but run alongside it. an advisory group of civic and business leaders will work with the city council, and the victims families to decide what kind of permanent commemoration there should be to the victims of the attack. involving the power of attorney — a former seniorjudge has warned of the lack of safeguards in cases involving the power of attorney — where people are given rights over a person's property or welfare because they no longer have the capacity to act in their own best interests. denzil lush — who was head of the court of protection —— told the bbc he believed abuse was present in one in eight such cases. the "fat but fit" theory that overweight people can still be healthy is nothing

. >> cornell bernard is live tonight with more on this unusual summer friday. cornell? >> reporter: yeah, get this, it was raining a few minutes ago. now the sun is hot. the big story today is the humidity, the air is thick and firefighters here concerned about more lightning tonight. a rain shower in august. who knew? this person was ready, but preparing for all this humidity, not so easy. in san francisco, chestnut street is getting a new sidewalk, but this crew says the weather is not helping. >> the concrete don't try as fast. >> reporter: it's humid, sticky, slowing the job. >> mugginess and heat is always our enemy. but when there's no sun that helps and no wind. >> reporter: people of san francisco know cold and foggy during the summer, not warm and humid. >> especially the haste flast f, people are going crazy. >> reporter: tammy says it's been a bad hair week. she manages a salon. >> it absorbs the moisture and you can see it expanding. >> reporter: she's helping nicole with her hair drama. >> it gets big and frizzes up. >> reporter: blame it on monsoonal moist

and also from philadelphia i bernard henderson, a wharton school professor emeritus at the university of pennsylvania. thank you both for making time this morning. i understand the two of you are old friends, yet you have very divergent political views. i will start with you, mr. woodson. gives a sense of your friendship and how it came to be you share these views. guest: burning was always very smart. he went to one of those smart high schools, and i was a c student.

. >> cornell bernard is live tonight with more on this unusual summer friday. cornell? >> reporter: yeah, get this, it was raining a few minutes ago. now the sun is hot. the big story today is the humidity, the air is thick and firefighters here concerned about more lightning tonight. a rain shower in august. who knew? this person was ready, but preparing for all this humidity, not so easy. in san francisco, chestnut street is getting a new sidewalk, but this crew says the weather is not helping. >> the concrete don't try as fast. >> reporter: it's humid, sticky, slowing the job. >> mugginess and heat is always our enemy. but when there's no sun that helps and no wind. >> reporter: people of san francisco know cold and foggy during the summer, not warm and humid. >> especially the haste flast f, people are going crazy. >> reporter: tammy says it's been a bad hair week. she manages a salon. >> it absorbs the moisture and you can see it expanding. >> reporter: she's helping nicole with her hair drama. >> it gets big and frizzes up. >> reporter: blame it on monsoonal moist