leslie brinkley is live in pleasanton.his is so much fun. >> if you thought wednesday's 73rd win was a big deal, wait until tomorrow. they are in an absolute frenzy over the prospect of another nba championship. >> it's starting. the energy is going to press on saturday afternoon in homes and bars all over northern california. >> the warriors are great for the bay area's economy. >> this place opened during the warrior playoff season last year and they hope this year is a repeat. and that requires warriors' gear. >> i have decided to support my local team and buy some warriors gear. >> you already have warrior gear. >> i can't get enough. >> this is the shirt everyone is coming in to get. including 11-year-old bella and her 7-year-old sisters. >> it shows the words that we love them. >> do you think if you wear a hat or shirt it may bring him luck? >> it could. >> we expect a qek 16-0 -- 16-0. >> if you are thinking of going to the game, beware of ticket fraud. people are stealing bar codes from the photos of tickets poste

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leslie brinkley is live in pleasanton.is so much fun. >> if you thought wednesday's 73rd win was a big deal, wait until tomorrow. they are in an absolute frenzy over the prospect of another nba championship. >> it's starting. the energy is going to press on saturday afternoon in homes and bars all over northern california. >> the warriors are great for the bay area's economy. >> this place opened during the warrior playoff season last year and they hope this year is a repeat. and that requires warriors' gear. >> i have decided to support my local team and buy some warriors gear. >> you already have warrior gear. >> i can't get enough. >> this is the shirt everyone is coming in to get. including 11-year-old bella and her 7-year-old sisters. >> it shows the words that we love them. >> do you think if you wear a hat or shirt it may bring him luck? >> it could. >> we expect a qek 16-0 -- 16-0. >> if you are thinking of going to the game, beware of ticket fraud. people are stealing bar codes from the photos of tickets posted on

at oracle arena, leslie brinkley, a abc7 news. >> and we want to see your fan photos and video. use the # dubs on 7 so we can find them and feature them. >> let's turn to the weather. we had severe storms pass through the bay area and northern california today. >> and take a look at that wild waterspout one more time. it moved across lake berriessa. sandhya patel is here with the latest. >> ama, as we look at live doppler 7hd you will notice a different scene. it is a quiet picture right now. a few clouds around and that's about it. you take back the radar to the afternn hours when we saw those thunderstorms develop from vacaville and fairfield and dumped some hail across parts of the bay area and we even have heavy rain reports in the vacaville area. now a different pattern is setting up toward your weekend. i'll be back to detail it out coming up. ama? >> thank you, sandhya. >>> the video near fairfield shows lightning. you can see the wind whipping through the field. this video was shot around 4:00 this afternoon. >>> in stanislaus county, the sheriff's department took this v

leslie brinkley is live in fairfield. leslie? >> reporter: the little boy was killed years ago. fairfield police say the man who kidnapped and killed him is actually already in state prison and they plan to transfer him here and arraign him in court next week. quite a dramatic turn of events. 3-year-old clark tasheiro honda was abducted from his home in fairfield in 1984. there was a ransom note, but the kidnapper never showed up. toe -- tosheiro was never seen again. a cold case. >> in my head this is not going to turn out well, but your heart always thinks and hoping it turns out well. >> and now? >> well, if the police are right, obviously there is no hope now. >> the suspect, a family friend, was only 23 at the time of the kidnapping and he is now serving time in state prison for other child molestation cases. the police are working with the fbi and finally cracked the case this week. >> we believe we can prove first degree murder as murder in the commission of a kidnapping and kidnapping for ransom. we filed that today. >> frequently in cold cases there is additional eviden

at oracle arena, leslie brinkley, a abc7 news. >> and we want to see your fan photos and video. use the # dubs on 7 so we can find them and feature them. >> let's turn to the weather. we had severe storms pass through the bay area and northern california today. >> and take a look at that wild waterspout one more time. it moved across lake berriessa. sandhya patel is here with the latest. >> ama, as we look at live doppler 7hd you will notice a different scene. it is a quiet picture right now. a few clouds around and that's about it. you take back the radar to the afternoon hours when we saw those thunderstorms develop from vacaville and fairfield and dumped some hail across parts of the bay area and we even have heavy rain reports in the vacaville area. now a different pattern is setting up toward your weekend. i'll be back to detail it out coming up. ama? >> thank you, sandhya. >>> the video near fairfield shows lightning. you can see the wind whipping through the field. this video was shot around 4:00 this afternoon. >>> in stanislaus county, the sheriff's department took this

leslie brinkley was at a town hall meeting today and is live with the story. leslie? >> that's right, dan. absolute outcries here at the mission how police handled an encounter with a homeless man and him ending up being shot to death. [ chanting ] >> reporter: this town hall meeting was supposed to be a forum for police to outline where things stand in the investigation and to the officer involved shooting six days ago, when a homeless man, armed with a knife, was killed. >> he stood up and ran at one of the officers with the knife in his hand. >> living on our streets and having a knife is no more an act of aggression than it is for me to lock my doors. >> reporter: but things escalated as mission leaders challenged the police version of what led up to the shooting. >> you are telling people this is what we think happened. how can you say that, chief, when the investigation is still ongoing? >> i'm not saying every single cop is a bad cop. but you are a bad cop if you let it continue. >> reporter: meanwhile, luis was quietly remembered across the street where he was

leslie brinkley is live in fairfield. leslie? >> reporter: the little boy was killed years ago. fairfield police say the man who kidnapped and killed him is actually already in state prison and they plan to transfer him here and arraign him in court next week. quite a dramatic turn of events. 3-year-old clark tasheiro honda was abducted from his home in fairfield in 1984. there was a ransom note, but the kidnapper never showed up. toe -- tosheiro was never seen again. a cold case. >> in my head this is not going to turn out well, but your heart always thinks and hoping it turns out well. >> and now? >> well, if the police are right, obviously there is no hope now. >> the suspect, a family friend, was only 23 at the time of the kidnapping and he is now serving time in state prison for other child molestation cases. the police are working with the fbi and finally cracked the case this week. >> we believe we can prove first degree murder as murder in the commission of a kidnapping and kidnapping for ransom. we filed that today. >> frequently in cold cases there is additional eviden

presidential historian brinkley coming up., zoo worker viciously killed by a ♪ the nissan rogue with intuitive all-wheel drive. take on the unexpected. >>> obama would be like it would be the electric chair, right? the electric chair. >> we're going to work hard together. i will fight for you. i will do everything i can as your president. >> teddy roosevelt road into this town and road -- rode into washington and said with me. shake everything up. >> who loves the idea of the wall? right? >> is he going to send everybody home. it's not only unethical, it's the dumbest economic idea i ever heard of in my test test ndoubtedly be made in china. those are, of course,Ñm!j4(p&c@ 2016 presidential candidates and the former president. and the video was r. sound was from the campaign trail today. if you thought this year's election was nasty, it is nothing compared to past elections. presidential historian and author of the brand new book rightful heritage. douglass brinkley went "on the record" with some of the dirty campaigns from ou

facebook.com/greta or go to gretawire.com and see doug brinkley's full interview.ington. i'm sure a a lot of people are very surprise to do learn that you guys support to do raising the minimum wage to 15 bucks an hour. >> now, wait a minute, wait a minute. >> some intense moments at the democratic debate last night in brooklyn. who won? talking points will answer that question. >> is there a favorite bible verse or bible story that has informed your thinking or your character through life, sir? >> an eye for an eye. you can almost say that. >> donald trump again talking religion but an eye for an eye is not a christian tenet. we'll take a look at that situation. >> crazy people. >> i'm one of them. i was told to sit down. >> also

leslie brinkley, abc 7 news. >> first-time buyers might find it easier to afford their dream home in california thanks to a new proposal moving through the state capitol. a southern california assemblyman wants californians to save up to $10,000 a year in a tax-free savings account. if fased, that would help californians buy homes in some of america's bryciest markets. >> we do know that we have a lack of supply so the amount of property value increase is near guaranteed in california. we just want to be able to really incentivize people to be able to make their first-time purchase. >> there is one catch. you'll have to pay taxes if you withdraw the money and don't use it to buy a home. >>> nba commissioner adam silver said today north carolina must change its new bathroom law in order to keep the league's all-star game in charlotte next season. that law requires people to use restrooms that match the gender listed on their birth certificate rather than the one corresponding to their gender identity. silver emphasized the nba is not setting a time line, but he wants to work toward ch

brinkley's directive went unimplemented for another two years. the third issue, you wished us to address has to deal with goats. and as i think ranking member speers and congresswoman has mentioned, you may wonder why i'm talking about goats in the armed services committee and not the agriculture committee. but they spent millions of dollars to bolster the cashmere industry. the purpose was to bring lighter haired afghan goats which would yield a higher price on the international market. to do so, tfbso paid to have nine italian goats and ten tajik goats imported to afghanistan. ultimately, this program also failed. because it was overly ambitious, poorly staffed, poorly managed what they tried to do in a couple of years would normally have taken decades. it also as i said was a failure. tfbso in these three instances apparently lacked effective oversight, project development and execution. in addition, our comprehensive review of tfbso operations in afghanistan have identified three boarder challenges. they did not have a clear strategy. secondl

brinkley's directive went unimplemented for another two years. the third issue, you wished us to address has to deal with goats. and as i think ranking member speers and congresswoman has mentioned, you may wonder why i'm talking about goats in the armed services committee and not the agriculture committee. but they spent millions of dollars to bolster the cashmere industry. the purpose was to bring lighter haired afghan goats which would yield a higher price on the international market. to do so, tfbso paid to have nine italian goats and ten tajik goats imported to afghanistan. ultimately, this program also failed. because it was overly ambitious, poorly staffed, poorly managed what they tried to do in a couple of years would normally have taken decades. it also as i said was a failure. tfbso in these three instances apparently lacked effective oversight, project development and execution. in addition, our comprehensive review of tfbso operations in afghanistan have identified three boarder challenges. they did not have a clear strategy. secondl

leslie brinkley is live in san francisco with the story. leslie?porter: what a little dynamo this 10-pound chihuahua is safe tonight, but a little stressed out. after all, he took officers on a wild, crazy ordeal running through traffic andy vasing getting pecked up. >> 7:00 a.m. on sunday and a motorist phoned in a report of a black chihuahua on the bay bridge. the dog ran westbound toward san francisco into the on coming lanes of eastbound traffic as you can see in this chp video. motorcycle officers joined in the chase as other units ran a traffic break across the bridge. >> it took awhile. he was fast and he was running and we set up several road blocks, but he ran around us. we were able to coral him and box him in. the motor officer came up and took him into custody. >> they even chased the little guy on foot for five minutes and he didn't let up steam. the whole pursuit lasted 30 minutes. no one has stepped forward to claim the dog. he is being held at animal care and control. >> animal services said he had on a collar with a decorative skul

leslie brinkley was at a town hall meeting today. >> reporter: this town hall meeting was supposed to be a forum for police to outline where things stand in the investigation and the officer-involved shooting six days ago when a homeless man armed with a knife was killed. >> he stood up and ran at one of the officers with a knife in his hand. >> this is no more aggression than it is for me to lock my door at night. >> thanks quickly escalated as city leader challenged the police version of what led up to the shooting. >> you are telling people, this is what we think happened. how can you say that, chief? when the investigation is still ongoing. >> i'm not saying every single cop is a bad cop. but you're a bad cop if you let it continue. >> meanwhile, 45-year-old shown for the first time in this photo was quietly remembered across the street where he was shot by police six times outside his tent last thursday morning. >> i long to see every visioning of what it means to be peace officers. to deescalate escalations of potential violence. >> i think the investigation is six days old and

douglas brinkley is back. i want to go to this interview with maureen dowd and the times.mp said this. you know there are a lot of people who say don't change. i can be as presidential as anybody who ever lived. i can be so presidential, if i want. so i ask you, do you see a strategic advantage to a presidential candidate not being presidential? people like a fighter, but this suggestion that he doesn't want to be presidential? >> well i'm an old writing teacher at heart. and the line show, don't tell. if you are going to be presidential, show yourself as presidential. don't tell us that you could be. i think this is the albatross around the neck. people are starting not to be able to see him as the commander in chief. some of the fun of watching somebody unhinged and unscripted has been lasting months but he really truly has to pivot on this last week. it's been murderous on him and he's probably going to lose wisconsin and he's even going to lose more momentum. so he's got to kind of start tacking in a different direction. and i thought he used the "new york times" maybe

leslie brinkley, "abc7 news." >>> employees at san francisco best buy store will hold a vigil tonight for co-worker nicole fitz who was found dead last friday. police describe the case as a homicide. the search is still under way forfeits's missing 2-year-old daughter arianna. the vigil is planned for 9:00 tonight on harrison street at 14th in san francisco. >>> antioch police believe speed is to blame for a major accident last night that sent three men to the hospital. this honda suv crashed into a highway utility truck with two construction employees inside. it took firefighters 45 minutes to extricate the driver. the mayor says he was on his way home and saw the crash, and stopped to help. >> i was telling him he would be okay. >> the driver was taken to the medical center in walnut creek with major injuries. the two construction workers are okay. the suv also sideswiped city councilwoman's vehicle on her way home from that same meeting. she was not hurt. >>> new details on monday's hit and run on highway 35 that killed a 27-year-old autistic man. police say a driver reported steve

. >> and uptown gir christie brinkley she surprised her world captioning hold on to 16 as long as you can. >> you were starting to "jack and diane" with respect you? >> yeah, i was. >>> meantime, the mtv movie awards are celebrating their 25th anniversary. duane johnson and kevin hart hosted the show. michelle turner was all over the rain soaked yet ery fashionable red carpet. >> arianna grande may have dazzled in bubble gum pink, channeling marilyn monroe, but preferred black. best fema performance winner charlize theron, daring in a sheer alexander mcclaire plunging v-nec and halle berry showed off her abs with this lacy number. >> and can we talk about kendall jenner's shoes, all strung up stilettos. kendall instagrammed the team work it took to get her in them. >> are you having some problems? >> yeah. >> the movie awards are always insane, but for t anniversary, mtv cranked it up with host duane johnson a kevin har who took on both mad max and "batman vs. superman" by the time they presented the their antics made the rock and kevin's -- >> thank you to the assistants. >> first wo

brinkley's directive went unimplemented for another two years. the third issue you wished us to address has to deal with goats. and as i think ranking member spiers and congresswoman has mentioned, you may wonder why i'm talking about goats, and the armed services committee and not the agriculture committee. but tfbso spent millions of dollars to bolster afghanistan's cashmere industry. the purpose of the program was to breed lighter haired afghan goats, which would yield a higher price on the international market. to do so, tfbso paid to have nine italian goats and ten tujeek goats imported to afghanistan. ultimately, this program also failed, because it was overly ambitious, poorly staffed, poorly managed by tfbso, and in essen essence, what they tried to do in a couple years would normally have taken decades. it also, as i said, was a failure. tfbso and these three instances apparently lacked effective oversight, project development, and execution. in addition, our comprehensive review of tfbso's operations in afghanistan have identified three

. >> abc7 news reporter lesley brinkley is live with more on dub fans. hi, lesley. >> warriors fans are on a roll. they want to close out the first round series and they're dreaming big even without stef on the court. >> good job. we got this. doing it for curry. >> as a fan you always missing steph perform. it's the greatest show on earth. >> it's not about one player. there was real team spirit even without the star point guard in the lineup. >> i'm a diehard warrior fan. you roll with who's out there. >> the team makes the players good. it's not the players. it's the team. >> reporter: those who paid $100 last minute for a seat in the rafters or those who paid 800 td midcourt all got experience the warriors magic game five. everyone is plotting ahead. >> we go all the way. there's no other way but all the way. >> reporter: the roar of the crowd, the energy here, i can tell you everyone's feeling a championship perhaps in the works. reporting live outside oracle arena, lesley brinkley, abc7 news. >> we can start to dream about it. thanks so much. >>> t

here's leslie brinkley on the deal and what those vw owners can now expect. >> reporter: u.s.ct court judge charles breyer announced an aggressive plan that's finally been agreed upon to reimburse drivers who own supposedly clean diesel cars fitted with software that had cheated emission tests. breyer says volkswagen will buy back the cars or fix the cars to meet emission standards along with providing, quote, substantial compensation for car owners. those who leased their car will be able to walk away. but there were no specific dollar amtz. >> an agreement in principle has been reached that is satisfactory both to volkswagen and the department of justice and the federal trade commission. >> we're working really hard to try to get this resolved and to try to put this behind the company. >> reporter: the agreement covers 480,000 u.s. vehicles including diesel jettas, pa assaults, and gulfs. it doesn't cover -- this artist bought her golf last year for $30,000 pfr we want volkswagen to buy our car back. >> reporter: the blue book value is in the $16,000 to $17,000 range. and th

i'm leslie brinkley, abc7 news. >> our fans are the loudest in the league.o fun to play in front of and such a crazy atmosphere. >> i think everybody is ready to go. it should be fun tomorrow. >> the warriors know dub nation will bring it for game one at oracle arena. yesterday the team had a final practice setting up the game plan and running through plays. abc7 news was at the practice facility as they worked on individual shooting skills. >>> if you are headed to the game you are urged to take public transit. warriors and a's both have games going on at the same time. warriors tip off at 12:30. first pitch for the a's game is shortly after 1:00 p.m. if you are driving, be prepared for a lot of traffic. >>> if you can't be at oracle arena for this afternoon's game against the rockets, you can watch it here on abc7. our coverage begins at noon. after the game stay tuned for "after the game" on abc7. larry and mike shumann will be joined by adonal foyle for complete coverage and analysis. k can't wait for that, lisa. >> yeah, and the weather is going to be r

that's christie brinkley john mellencamp a big old kiss outside his hotel in manhatta still going strongnto their relationship. >> i like them as a couple. >>> what is the 62-year-old uptown girl's greatest joy? being a mom. >> you get sappy thinking about it, but it's a real privi i'm really looking forward to being a grandmother next. >> how many grandmothers look like that? >> so true, right? she could represent aarp. >> i got it down. >> bye, everybody. >>terisa estacio: male announcer:this is the bay area news station,kron 4 evening news starts now. >>pam moore: a couple murdered in the south bay home tonight the color is a large and san jose police but not have a suspect

that's christie brinkley john mellencamp a big old kiss outside his hotel in manhatta still going strong. seven months into their relationship. >> i like them as a couple. >>> what is the 62-year-old uptown girl's greatest joy? >> you get sappy thinking about it, but it's a real privi i'm really looking forward to being a grandmother next. >> how many grandmothers look like that? >> so true, right? she could represent aarp. >> bye, everybody. campaign 2016 update. the polls are now closed in five northeast states which held presidential primaries today. cbs news projects republican front return donald trump will win big in pennsylvania, connecticut and maryland. on the trying side, cbs news projects a win for hillary clinton in maryland, as the votes are counted, clinton is leading bernie sanders in pennsylvania and connecticut. we're still waiting for the results from rhode island and delaware. i'm joined now by john derricksondickersonof face the nation. what does that mean. >> the republican party will start to fall behind him and will he give them something to be excited about. on th

leslie brinkley is live with more about the chihuahua chase. >> reporter: in a way those officers were saying it felled more like ahigh-speed puppy pursuit on the bay bridge. had a somewhat happy ending, started at 7:00 in an upramp off of treasure island. someone phoned in a report of a black chihuahua running west. a chp motorcycle officer joined in the chase as other units ran a traffic break. >> took awhile. he was fast, running, and we set up several road blocks, but he just ran right around them. eventually we were able to corral him, box him in. i used my jacket to get -- distract him and then the motor officer came up and took him into custody. >> reporter: the officers chased the chihuahua for five minutes on foot, saying he would have kept on running if they hadn't caught him. he is stressed out but safe at the san francisco animal care and control. no one has extend forward to claim the little guy yet. he has been nicknamed ponch after a character on the tv show chps and had a collar with a decorative skull tag but no name and no phone number on the tag so they have not been

that's christie brinkley john mellencamp a big old kiss outside his hotel in manhatta still going strongir relationship. >> i like them as a couple. >>> what is the 62-year-old uptown girl's greatest joy? being a mom. >> you get sappy thinking about it, but it's a real privi i'm really looking forward to being a grandmother next. >> how many grandmothers look like that? >> so true, right? she could represent aarp. >> i got it down. >> bye, everybody. we can lift up people and places who have been left out from our inner cities to appalachia. in every manufacturing town, hollowed out when the factory closed, every community, scarred by substance abuse and addiction, every home where a child goes to bed hungry, that's what we democrats believe in. that's what we know is possible. so we will build on a strong progressive tradition from franklin roosevelt to barack obama. >>> the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.

that's christie brinkley john mellencamp a big old kiss outside his hotel in manhatta still going strongrelationship. >> i like them as a couple. >>> what is the 62-year-old uptown girl's greatest joy? being a mom. >> you get sappy thinking about it, but it's a real privi i'm really looking forward to being a grandmother next. >> how many grandmothers look like that? >> so true, right? she could represent aarp. >> i got it down. >> bye, everybody. eighty six million americans have prediabetes a serious condition that increases the risk for type 2 diabetes. you could be one of them. small lifestyle changes can help you avoid diabetes-related problems like heart attack, stroke, blindness, and kidney failure. ask your doctor about a simple blood test for prediabetes. sponsored by nacdd with support from the centers for disease control and prevention. visit cdc.gov/prediabetes >>> "the insider" tracking the biggest stories making news today. >>> number one, kelly ripa's "live" return raises eyebrows. >> i'm so happy you're back. >> oh, thank you. >> was her apology genuine? our body language

that's christie brinkley john mellencamp a big old kiss outside his hotel in manhatta still going strongr relationship. >> i like them as a couple. >>> what is the 62-year-old uptown girl's greatest joy? being a mom. >> you get sappy thinking about it, but it's a real privi i'm really looking forward to being a grandmother next. >> how many grandmothers look like that? >> so true, right? she could represent aarp. >> i got it down. >> bye, everybody. >>> "the insider" tracking the biggest stories making news today. >>> number one, kelly ripa's "live" return raises eyebrows. >> i'm so happy you're back. >> oh, thank you. >> was her apology genuine? our body language expert reads between the lines. >>> respect in the workplace. >> that's a major body language tell. she's angry. >>> then are prince's ce friends planning two massive memorial concerts? and as more hollywood tributes pour in -- ♪ raspberry beret who profits the most off the purple one' >> it's going to be messy. >>> and number three, "dancing's" throwbacks to their best high school moves.

i'm leslie brinkley, abc7 news. >>> take a look at what federal agents believe is the largest drug tunnel in history running from tijuana to a lot in san francisco. that is nine football fields. >> reporter: officials say it starts with an elevator down. >> it could hold 8 to 10 people. >> it opens into a complex tunnel. a tunnel that is equipped with ventilation system and lights. >> it stretches almost nine football fields to a commercial lot in san diego. u.s. attorney laura duffy says it doesn't look like other tunnels. >> traffickers were moving cocaine and marijuana in the unassuming way in full view. >> federal agents watched this spot until authorities seized 14,000 pounds of marijuana and a ton of cocaine yan. most ever found in a tunnel on the california-mexico border. they worked hard on this case for 7, 8 months. just incredible. and remarkable. >> officials say this is the 13th tunnel discovered since 2006. >> that report from our los angeles sister station. >>> a new report says california is making progress when it comes to air quality but there is a long way to go. the ame

brinkley's directive went unimplemented for a number of two years.he third issue you wished us to address has to deal with goats. as i think. >> you may won't, did you tfsbo spent millions to bolster afghanistan's cashmere industry. the purpose of the program was to breed lighter-haired afghan goats which would yield a higher price on the international market. to do so, they paid to have nine italian goats and ten tajik goats imported to afghanistan. ultimately this program also failed, because it was overly ambitious and in essence what they tried to do in a couple years would norm allegation have taken decades. it also, as i said, was a failure. in these three instances, they apparently lacked effective oversight, project development and execution, in in addition the operation in afghanistan have identified three broader challenges. tfsbo did not have a clear strategy. secondly. it lacked a focus and consistent management and later team. lastly it did not coordinate its the efforts with other u.s. agencies. one may ask, why does any of this matter

i'm leslie brinkley, abc7 news. >>> take a look at what federal agents believe is the largest drug tunnel in history running from tijuana to a lot in san francisco. that is nine football fields. >> reporter: officials say it starts with an elevator down. >> it could hold 8 to 10 people. >> it opens into a complex tunnel. a tunnel that is equipped with ventilation system and lights. >> it stretches almost nine football fields to a commercial lot in san diego. u.s. attorney laura duffy says it doesn't look like other tunnels. >> traffickers were moving cocaine and marijuana in the unassuming way in full view. >> federal agents watched this spot until authorities seized 14,000 pounds of marijuana and a ton of cocaine yan. most ever found in a tunnel on the california-mexico border. >> they worked hard on this case for 7, 8 months. just incredible. and remarkable. >> officials say this is the 13th tunnel discovered since 2006. >> that report from our los angeles sister station. >>> a new report says california is making progress when it comes to air quality but there is a long way to go. the

director brinkley said to bring them back in august 2011 they continued in the villas until i believe i believe the end of the program which would've been the end of 2014 if i'm not mistaken. >> it seems like i have read in the testimony was three years? >> that would be about right. >> so $50 million per year and that included security as well as you talk about a lot of the amenities that were in their like a 27-inch flat screen tv, queen-size bed, menus for the catering of two entrÉes every night options and options on sites. so certainly certainly not what i would think our soldiers would be eating and how they will be living over there. i know know that's not quite the same. how do you account for paul brinkley, the first director saying that the task force should move back into our military facilities and not continue living in the rentals, yet that was ignored. were trying to get to the bottom of that. we don't have an answer. we have his memorandum which he says because of security reasons and also because of management problems he wants to bring everybody back and he orders i

. >> leslie brinkley, abc7 news. >> this is a look at the beach in santa cruz. it was quite the popular place. our meteorologist is here and we saw some records today. people were moving awfully fast. >> they were. a spectacular weekend that did include record highs on your sunday. san francisco with a high of 81 beating the old record of 79. oakland up to 83 and 84 in mountain view beating the old high of 83. salinas is four higher than the record. you can see the majority of the area got well into the 80s and some of the heat will spill into our monday before we track some much needed rain. that's coming up in the full accu-weather forecast. >> hazardous waves prompted an increase in patrols. rescuers blamed the dangerous rip tides for pulling two teenagers into the ocean. the crews called off the search for them last night. abc7 news reporter cornell bernard has the story from ocean beach. >> national park service lifeguard doug armstrong is patrolling ocean beach with a strong message to the would be swimmers without proper gear like a wetsuit. >> ocean beac

in golden gate park, i'm leslie brinkley, golden gate park. >>> and abc 7 news was in golden gate heights neighborhood at the scene of a shooting that happened before 6:00 near warren deprive and locksly avenue. nobody was injured. >> as i looked out the window there i saw somebody running from back behind my car and a bunch of people down here, so i waited 20 minutes and came down, when i saw my car had multiple bullet holes in it. >> police arrested one person after the incident. officers do not believe there was a link between the shooting and the nearby 420 celebration. >>> hundreds of people gathered at the annual 420 event, the school administrators usually take a hands off approach. but this year they set up a sobriety checkpoint at the entrance. there were three arrest fs for driving under the influence and citations for handing out marijuana. >>> and a surprising new evidence in the trial of the suspected killer. darnell williams suggested they examine his cell phone evidence and they did, linking him to the murder of alaysha carradine. >> this is little alaysha, flashing a smile

anyway, christie brinkley and john mellencamp have been dating for seven months so this was the latest. this is them, the two of them. this is them on the streets kissing like teenagers on the >> well, a little smooch is sweet. >> they're not pawing one another. >> i thought it was a real make out. >> i thought that -- when a 62-year-old and a 64-year-old can find love and passion again, god bless them. >> yeah. i think that's cute. that's sweet, right? >> i don't know that that -- did you guys -- you still do it? >> absolutely! >> but he knows not to mess up her makeup. he's been married a long time and knows not to mess up her makeup. >>> we seem to be on delay today. >> i think it's just us. we don't have our rhythm today. >> get it, hoda. >>> this is a good one. bruce springsteen had a concert and it was in baltimore. you know how everyone is trying to grab a selfie with the singer. this is one of those magical moments that happens once in a lifetime. check it out in slow motion. here's the girl taking the selfie. check it out. he stops. he wraps her up. >> that's a very nice thing

so helping us all to understand and break down what's rocking southern politics is brinkley.xecutive director of common cause, georgia. brinkley, thank you so much for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> i listed a number of scandals, some of our viewers are very familiar with. is this emergence of scandals telling you there is growing corruption, or just stricter scrutiny? >> you know, i don't know that it's necessarily one or the other. i think what we're seeing right now around the country, and including here in the south, is a system where big money, extreme ideology, and, you know, special interests are really running the show. they've been elevated above the interests of the public will and the common good. here in the south, in particular, we're also seeing the effects of, you know, one party that is dominating state politics from top to bottom. and that really results in a system where you have incumbents who are deeply entrenched in their seats, because of partisan jerry gandering. official officials really don't feel accountable to the public that elected them a

presidential historian douglas brinkley said when hamilton took over the country, the treasury departmentthey could no longer remove hamilton from the $10 bill because of this pop culture phenomenon that what was going on. >> reporter: with hamilton staying on the $10, the $20 came into play. announced today the new $20 will feature harriet tubman, the abogitionist who led enslaved people to freedom on the underground railroad. >> i think they very wisely shifted to the $20 and andrew jackson, because jackson is not a sustainable hero the way hamilton is. mainly due to the fact of his promotion of genocide of native americans and in the trail of tears. >> bernie sanders and hillary clinton both tweeted their support for you in the bill. clinton writing, quote, a woman, a leader and freedom fighter, i can't think of a better choice for the $20 bill than harriet tubman. >> i love harriet tubman. i love what she did. but we can find another way to honor her. maybe a $2 bill. >> the treasury secretary said he knew they couldn't make everyone happy, but for the first time in more than a centur

abc7 news reporter leslie brinkley shows us the excitement from pleasanton. >> warriors! >> it's starting. saturday averages in homes and bars, all over northern california. >> the warriors are great for the bay area economy. >> this place opened during warriors playoff season last year and they hope this year is a repeat, and that requires warriors gear. >> i decided to come and support my local team and buy warriors gear. >> you already have warriors gear. >> i can't get enough. it's all over the place. this is the shirt everyone is coming in to get, including 11-year-old bell law and her sister. >> it shows the warriors, that we love them. >> you think if you wear a hat or shirt it might bring them luck? , yeah, it could. >> we expect a quick 16-0 here. let's get it done. and bring on another championship to northern california. >> if you are thinking of going to the game, beware of ticket fraud. people are stealing bar codes from photos of tickets posted online. on wednesday night 60 tickets wouldn't scan. >> the biggest issue we have is people who bought tickets from

and professor brinkley will be signing copies of his newest books at about 1130book at the ua bookstore tent over on the mall. ma people did national question q&a with c-span. we are going to let him go. [inaudible conversations] >> campaign 2016 continues on tuesday with the wisconsin primary. live coverage tuesday night at 9:00 o'clock eastern. >> the media teaches us that democrats and republicans are supposed to be at odds with each other. i think that people need to recognize that we need to be respectful toward each other and understand that senators are respectful toward each other, and that will be more conducive to getting real policy done and some just after money and vitriol. >> is people we see a real people. perhaps thing that most it out to me that she had bags under his eyes. his tired. i thought that was perhaps most interesting. >> sunday night top high school students were on the country attending the 54th annual u.s. senate youth program talk about their experiences plus their plans for the future. they met with members of the executive, judicial, legislative branches

and until -- although the director brinkley said to bring them back in august of 2011, they continued in the villas until i believe the end of the program, which would have been the end of 2014, if i'm not mistaken. >> it seems like i read perhaps in mr. mcewen's testimony, three years? >> that would be -- >> about right. so $50 million a year. that included the security as well as you talk about a lot of the amenities that were in there, which the 27-inch flatscreen tv, queen-size bed, menus for the catering of two entries every night, options onsite. so certainly not what i would think our soldiers would be eating and how they would have been living over there. i know it's not quite the same. how do you account for paul brinkley, the first director, saying that this, the task force should move back into our military facilities, and not continue leaving in the rentals, yet that was ignored? >> we're trying to get to the bottom of that. we don't have an answer. we have his memorandum, which he says, because of security reasons and also because of management problems, he wants to bring

reporting live in san francisco, leslie brinkley, abc 7 news. >> thank you so much. >>> even caltrain is get noog the action today, send egg tweet, we'd like to remind riders there is no toking on caltrain or at stations. please sell bra medicaid in a responsible location. >>> the inspiration behind the gathering comes from marin county. a group of san rafael high school students call them the waldos in the early '70s because they would hang out against the wall. this is 1971 after school. they would speak about finding this cannabis pot they had heard about and wanted to search for. they would meet every day after school at 4:20 p.m. and they coined the term 420. they would talk about it amongst the parents and nobody knew what 420 was. but they all knew because they were in the group. the students by the way never found the crop. >>> it is a bhueautiful day, bu changes are on the way. >> spencer christian is now here with the accuweather update. >> it is a lovely weather all across the bay area, mainly sunny skies at the moment. may not last very lofrn. here is live doppler 7 hd. 24