. >> bob woodruff. >> bob woodruff. >> bob woodruff. >> after the blast hit -- >> very seriously injuredmber the name iraq, but now it's in my mind all the time. iraq. >> this has always been unfinished business for bob. >> i wish you luck any way. love you. >> you want to go back there partly to see what's happening in the country, but also kind of get rid of this guilt from your soul. my son mac is now a cameraman. he's going to be heading to iraq with me, documenting the journey. >> it's not going to be easy emotionally. >> bob needs to do this, and i'm okay with that. >> i think we did this 20 years ago. >> all right, girl. i always wanted to somehow finish this assignment, and so now's the time. all right, so let's head up there, huh? >> let's head up now. >> i love you, dad. the military saved my dad's life. [ cheers and applause ] >> over the past 17 years, we've invested more than $150 million to care for our veterans through the bob woodruff foundation. >> ladies and gentlemen, bruce springsteen. >> in part through our big fundraiser, stand up for heroes. ♪ i looked straight at

the abc news special 17 years after a devastating roadside bomb nearly took his life, our bob woodruff returns to iraq. >> linsey: good evening, everyone. thanks for joining ussen this friday. i'm linsey davis in for david. we begin with the war between israel and hamas. tonight, gaza's hospitals at the center of fight, and amid the mounting toll, the american diplomats are warning biden of the growing fury in the arab world. palestinian officials blame israel. israel accuses hamas of using civilians as shields. gaza's hospitals are increasingly unable to provide the most basic of care. the dealt toll now 11,000. . a mass exodus of palestinians on the move, leaving northern gaza, heading south. most on foot, most with no place to go. and secretary of state antony blinken expressing concerns, saying far too many palestinians have been killed. meantime, the urgent negotiations under way for the 239 hostages caught in the middle. abc's matt gutman leads us off tonight from israel. >> reporter: tonight, the explosions rattling gaza's main hospitals amidst those fireballs, buildings shudder

go online to the bob woodruff foundation. my thanks to bob and lee.kland a's should stay rooted in oakland. >> and we're live at city hall for a rally to keep the a's in oaktown. build a better bay area moving forward, finding solutions. >> this is abc7 news bump to bumper stuck in traffic. >> this is the worst case scenario for san francisco streets next week. hard to even look at right there. that's when apec gets underway. good evening. i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley. thanks for joining us. we've been mentioning apec for weeks now and it is just days away. san francisco will host the asia-pacific economic cooperation summit, starting this saturday, november 11th. apec events wrap up on friday, november 17th. but keep in mind some security measures will last through that weekend. >> we're talking about an unprecedented level of security because of the major world leaders coming here for the event that security means road closures and transit detours for days, even the cable cars will be stopped. can you believe that? >> it's why we're telling

you may not be able to see your scars, but you do have scars. >> david: they're perform iing bob woodruff'snd colleague, bob, you'll remember, was badly injured while reporting by a roadside bomb in iraq. his remarkable journey back. >> buckle. >> belt -- >> buckle. >> buckle. belt buckle. you taught me! belt buckle. >> david: 17 years now, he and his wife lee standing up for heroes. and they were moved by michael and tanya's music. the lyrics, the words -- >> searing. yeah, painful. and it is important to remember that there are wounds that we can't see. >> i think it's important to have someone like that who's open and honest to their stories so more people care. >> david: while back in that room -- ♪ i've heard the sound of heaven ♪ ♪ knocking at my door ♪ >> david: they give us a preview of the magic the audience was about to hear. ♪ ♪ i look for you ♪ ♪ you look for me ♪ ♪ and i'll be there ♪ ♪ >> david: they are remarkable. let's all stand up for our heroes. go online to the bob woodruff abc7 news. >> san francisco police officers guns drawn, sprinting into action, taking down the man

abc's bob woodruff returning to iraq 17 years after a bomb blast changed his life forever. >> this iede left. completely shattered this part of my face. >> his long road to recovery. >> he was missing about a third of his skull. it was very concave and pretty scary-looking. >> the emotional journey back. facing his fears and using his voice to shine a light on the wounded heroes of war. >> the only thing good about being blown up like this is that we're able to have the ability to do something for the veterans. >>> and the grammy nominations. ♪ sizza landing nine, including for "kill bill." why this year's biggest night in music promises to be ladies' night. ♪ (vo) purina cares here. ♪ >>> good evening and thank you for joining us. i'm erielle reshef. john stamos vaulted to fame on "general hospital" and the hit series "full house." but tv's favorite uncle says his life has not always been what it seemed on camera. stamos pulls back the curtain on private and personal struggles and reveals what now brings him joy. here's abc's rhiannon ally. >> i was 14. >> it looks like it was taken y

tip of the cap and a big salute to them and bob woodruff our friend. love bob.does such such great work with that foundation. >> thanks, will. >> yep. >> coming up the search for a california woman missing for weeks after attending a yoga retreat in guatemala. we're going to hear from her family. >> also ahead, a massive drug bust including fentanyl shaped to look like valentine's can day. >>> and with 16 days until thanksgiving we're going to tell you how to find a free turkey. good morning, ginger. >> good morning. you said free turkey? okay. we're listening. let's look at what's happening here. temperature turbulence has been on for so many people in the nation. look at lower broadway. it's a mild morning, but subfreezing. today going for a record high. that's the forecast for 81, but we'll get close there, if anything. we'll see between last saturday and this saturday a full week. more than 70 record highs and many of the places you see highlighted here. so today here's who needs to be on the lookout for some of these warm temps. enjoy them if you're into th

. >> the one before i was hit abc's bob woodruff and the one after i always wanted to somehow finish this assignment. i wish you luck. i love you. >> tonight on abc police in southern california say a speeding car ran a stop sign in long beach and crashed into a passenger bus. >> that collision sent both vehicles smashing into a restaurant. emergency crews had to pull out two people trapped in the tangled wreckage. more than a dozen people were hurt, at least six of them seriously. >> sag-aftra's national board is set to review the tentative deal with hollywood studios today, then vote on whether to send it to the full membership for ratification. it includes a minimum pay hike, increased residual payments for streaming shows and new rules for use of artificial intelligence. union president fran drescher says the difficult negotiations were well worth the struggle. >> i felt like that moment when you watch like tennis players after the big open and they dropped to their knees and weep on the court. that's what it was . >> and with the strike over, lots of non actors are going back to

. >> and the one before i was hit, abc's bob woodruff the one after i always wanted to somehow finishgnment. >> i wish you luck. i love you. >> this friday night on abc. >> now would be a really good time to search your pockets, your drawers, your closets for any stray $2 bills because they could be worth thousands of dollars. one, $2 bill from 2003 with a very low serial number just sold at auction for 2400 bucks. uncertainty with $2 bills from nearly every year before 1918 are worth at least 1000 bucks. >> you know, it just hit me. i have a $2 bill upstairs. i'm going to andrews office after this. >> okay. there's a new tool for people struggling with obesity. >> we've been hearing so many stories about celebrities having success with drugs like ozempic. but a newly approved drug could provide even more dramatic effects. here's abc's erielle reshef. >> a powerful new weapon in the fight against obesity. the fda approving zep bound with the same ingredient in the diabetes drug manjaro but for weight loss, we're changing the way medicine is practiced in the united states by treating t

i sat down with bob and his wife lee to talk about it. >> reporter: our dear colleague bob woodruff, would be. >> reporter: 17 years ago in iraq, at the height of the war -- you're in the anchor chair, "world news tonight." take us back to why you were there to cover the war. >> the hope was for the u.s. to be able to pull out. that was the story we were going there to tell. there we were, going down the street and eight different tanks, vehicles. we were in the very front in the iraqi one. we stood up out the top of the tank to do a stand up. this ied exploded just to the left, completely shattered this part of my face, my jaw. i fell down into the tank. i was unconscious then for the next 36 days. >> reporter: after bob's long road to recovery from the traumatic brain injury, he's now coming face to face with his past for the first time. >> i have been wanting to go back. we were pulled out so quickly. we were out there on a mission to tell the story, what's happening, and suddenly we were removed. >> reporter: bob's beloved wife lee knows this trip back is the next step on his pat

abc news correspondent bob woodruff's journey back to iraq where a roadside bomb nearly took his life in 2006. woodruff spoke with abc7 about what inspired him to return to iraq. >> i've been trying to push to go back for a long time. you know, i kind of say that our our assignment was not finished. you know, we were yanked out of that town against our will, out of that country without finishing the reports. and i wanted to go back for multiple reasons. one is to finish the story and see exactly what has happened to iraq since that invasion 20 years ago. now but also really to try to get this out of my out of my soul and prove to the insurgents who detonated this and forced us to leave against our will, is that, you know, you can't stop us from going back in and it's kind of a i wouldn't call it a victory, but it's least to give a message that we will not be defeated by something like this. part of it just wanted to prove that we could do this. and it kind of i mean, there's a lot of tears for me. >> yeah, i could see the emotion there after the blast. the will to survive airs tonight

springsteen showed up to bob woodruff's stand up for heroes benefit. >> abc's will reeve has the storyt start a fire to overnight an incredible comeback from the boss without a spark. >> this guns for hire tour. even if we're just dancing in the dark. >> after he was forced to leave his tour in the midst of his battle with peptic ulcer disease, bruce springsteen returned to the stage for the first time in months at our colleague bob woodruff's 17th annual stand up for heroes benefit. >> i'm reaching for heaven. we'll make it there. it's just the power of prayer. >> this comes as longtime bandmate and springsteen confidant steven van zandt opened up about the health struggles the 74 year old has faced, telling people magazine the band didn't realize how much pain their lead singer was in adding the group will reunite stronger than ever in march. they've baby bruce springsteen and the e street band originally postponing eight concerts, then putting their entire tour on hold for the rest of the year after springsteen's diagnosis. this year's tour, which kicked off in february, was springs

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the boss in fine form, sharing the stage with john mellencamp and then solo, standing up for the bob woodruffndation. ♪ just dancing in the dark ♪ >> byron: and that's "nightline" for this evening. catch our full episodes on hulu. we'll see you right back here tomorrow. thanks for the company, america. go roof going up and up and down with the thing. i'm not laughing. of happiness. i'm laughing of hurt. you know, this is uncalled for. >> it sure is uncalled for. tens of thousands of dollars in damage by thieves using construction equipment, trying to steal an atm. good evening. thank you for joining us. i'm dan ashley. we've seen a would be atm thieves use cars and trucks. but this is new tonight. oakland police are asking for your help after an outrageous attempted robbery at a convenience store. video shows vandals breaking into the store using a backhoe trying to claw the atm out of the building. as abc seven news reporter j.r stone shows you it didn't work. >> surveillance video showing a backhoe crashing through the bulletproof glass of this ampm store on west grand avenue in west oaklan

i just want to take a moment just to shout out to the bob woodruff foundation.so i just want to say thank you i've got to tell you, the most gratifying thing about this is stepping in in this moment and now for months we've been able to help out over 8,000 survivors. so, it's really, really beautiful. [ cheers and applause >> jimmy: i saw you made news. i don't know if you heard about this [ light laughter ] but you mentioned on a podcast that you were approached by a party to maybe run for president. run for office >> yeah. >> jimmy: how does that feel, by the way, when that happens? >> it's crazy and it's wild. this -- this "run for president" talk has, kind of, been in the ether for the past couple of years. and it just never stops being surreal. it was incredible. it came from d.c we sat down. the poll is something like almost 50% of americans would support me running for president. it was just crazy. so -- and by the way - [ scattered cheers ] thank you, woo [ light laughter ] but it's like, dude, we've talked about this. it's, like, not too long ago, you k

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. >> the one before i was hit, abc's bob woodruff and the one after her.g. i'm reggie aqui from abc7 mornings. jobina has a traffic. >> definitely. we have very slow traffic for people that are driving westbound on 580 approaching the richmond san rafael bridge. this is due to the sigalert that we are in week five of where we have three lanes blocked and no wide load vehicles allowed. i will also end here with a crash we're following an albany that's causing a big backup westbound 80 before the albany. hey spencer. >> hey, jobina. this thursday morning is off to a bright and sunny start in the afternoon. we'll have a few high clouds, but it'll still be a lovely day. high temperatures mainly in the mid to upper 60s from the bay to inland on the coast up to about 60 degrees and the accuweather 70 forecast shows chance of a light shower or two in the north bay tomorrow. but going into the weekend, veterans day weekend, sunny skies mild to warm conditions. enjoy that because next week things change back to a rainy pattern. >> reggie spencer just in time for ap