bill spencer made a b line for pamela smarts house. >> she looks frantic and incredibly emotional.'m like, this is great news! they just made an arrest! the case is wrapping up. and she said, no i can't talk bill, i'm too upset! too devastated! >> it was the first time he had seen her like that. it did not make sense. but it turns out, pamela smart knew the kids under arrest. she had an intimate connection with one of them. his name was billy flynn. >> at first, someone told me that he had a crush on me, or something, i thought it was cute. but not interested. >> you're the grown-up here? >> i sure was. >> you're working for the schools! >> i'm not thinking about him in any romantic way whatsoever. >> they had work together on the school program called project self esteem when she was helping some students produce this goofy commercial as part of a competition. there's pamela on the left, and that is billy. >> and then where does it go from there? >> well i did not think it was going anywhere, because i was not interested. i did not care. looking back, i guess i was flattered by th

. >> bill: day six. john spencer, an expert on urban warfare, what is next for israel in gaza?ing up here. bob gaetz is here live and so is jay johnson, in a moment, he got 25 americans dead, how many are among the hostages? big questions in the deadly times. another question, do republicans get a speaker of the house today, something we'll watch together when dana and i see you in 11 minutes, top of the hour. psoriatic arthritis. but with skyrizi to treat my skin and joints, i'm feeling this moment. along with clearer skin skyrizi helps me move with less joint pain, stiffness, swelling, and fatigue. and is just 4 doses a year after 2 starter doses. serious allergic reactions and an increased risk of infections or a lower ability to fight them may occur. tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms, had a vaccine, or plan to. there's nothing like clearer skin and better movement-and that means everything! ask your doctor about skyrizi today. learn how abbvie could help you save. look who saved slider sunday again! here we go... (♪) a perfect king's hawaiian slider. tas

. >> bill: john, thank you for your time. we'll call on you again. john spencer, the authority on this on urban warfare. thank you, sir, for your time. >> bill: breaking news now, alexis mcadams is live in the news room. the latest. >> dana, that's right. u.s. citizens in the gaza strip are looking for a way to get out of there, including over the border into egypt. so we know that it's ab estimated 5 -- an estimated 500-600 u.s. citizens that live in the gather s strip including the people trying to cross over to the border into egypt. this is according to to a senior u.s. official and bill explained the gaza is a near 25-mile stretch of land pressed against the m mediterranean sea and they're trying a to arrange that safe passage and difficult with the rocket fire and egypt closed the rafa border crossing and the egypt official saying the government is expect ago large number of pal tin januaries to attempt to -- palestinians to attempt to cross that border soon. if it'll be re-extra points anded, we don't know yet and a lot of people trying to get out of the g

hours to spare congress passed a stopgap spending bill tonight to avoid a federal government shutdown. coming up, what won't be funded? >> i'm spencer christian. showers are ending in the bay area now. we can look forward to several days of sunshine and warm weather. i'll have the accuweather forecast in just a moment. when abc7 news at we handcraft every batch of our delicious popcorn. like our cretors cheese and caramel mix. great on their own, even better together. try cretors, handcrafted small-batch popcorn. breathe a sigh of relief. there will be no government shutdown. >> breaking news financial crisis averted for now. an 11th hour compromise on capitol hill keeps the cash flowing, avoiding a government shutdown. thank you for joining us. i'm stephanie sierra. we have late word out of washington tonight where a government funding bill now goes to president joe biden's desk for approval. the white house has indicated he will sign it. abc news reporter ed wynn has reaction from our nation's capital. >> with just hours to go, the house passing a bipartisan stopgap spending bill to avert a government shutdown. >> the bill is pass

bill would have decriminalized possession before therapeutic protections could be put in place. the governor, however, left the door open for reconsideration in the future. well, turning to weather now, spencer beautiful today. it was. but i know that the heat is not going to last for long. >> that's true. maybe a little bit more heat tomorrow, lauren, but it certainly still with us for now. and here's our heat advisory, which expires at 11:00 tonight. but is in effect for a few more hours as the temperatures even as they drop tonight, overexposure to the heat actually can cause heat related illnesses. so bear that in mind when we go to the reason for the heat this big high pressure dome that's been centered over the coast, the west coast, the central california coast for the last couple of days has brought us this heat week for fleet week. so right now, we'll look at current temperatures. this is a view from our exploratorium camera looking back at a portion of the san francisco skyline. it's 72 degrees here in the city right now after a high today. that was over 90 degrees, 71in oakland, 75, mountain view, san jose, 78, 72 in palo alto, 59 in half moon bay. nice clear view from mount tam l

.>> and, david shares with u, spencer here, because this is not just sortspence of a bill relationship here. we're talking about we're heg about a global community that is watching this very carefully. look, obviously, no one wants this to become a regional conflicts to. but in a circumstance like this, as we see these live pictures, the temperature is rising. >> definitely rising.defini and i think, you know, david'ste right, the situation for situa nwho live in the gaz strip is not good, but it's important to realize why that is. you know, all this international aid l this id goe, whether it's sewer pipes, to try to cut down on communicable diseases it's t most of the rest of the world eradicated years ago. those sewer pipes are then cut ofld withf by hamas and usedp by as rockets to kill israeli children. and so there's a reason there are very bad. and it's you know, you look at even just this evacuation order,as the idf has been warning them, get out, get out, we're coming in. and yo u, hamas, tellinge people don't leave because their whole strategy is to have these human shields i