cal penn joins us now. hi, cal. >> hi.r having me. >> somebody tweeted you a disgusting -- put on instagram a disgusting message. how quickly did you decide, i can work with this? >> well, people tweet ridiculous things all the time or comment on instagram posts. i kind of said we're all feeling inspired to do the right thing, and the women's march was a great example of coming together and standing up against the attorney any we're experiencing now. i'm a pretty privileged guy. what about the 14-year-old me or the kids who look like me who don't have the luxury of this platform. maybe we can raise $2500 to show guys we're better than this. i set up a page and the next thing you know it goes to $25,000. all i did was put up a page. it speaks to the tens of thousands of people who felt like i did and let's help refugees. >> at last count, $516,000. >> the money is necessary. so feel good about that. the need is still very great. let's take off your actor hat and put on your policy wonk hat for a second because you worked in

joining me now actor/exact advised and former member of the obama white house, cal penn, i'll let youeveal how much money you're up to. you received a tweet. our standard department is not allowing me to read it because there's a swear word in it. it starts off "you don't belong in this country." you were born in new jersey and raised in new jersey, and that is in this country. >> i was reading comments that were related to a screen shot that i posted of a friend, a buddy's dad, who was turned around. and i was reading this comment and i'm thinking that's stupid. we've seen an uptick in this anti-american rhetoric and you don't belong here and that nonsense. i thought i'm a relatively privileged guy, this can roll off my back but what about a 14-year-old guy? i thought, the country i love, maybe i can raise $2,500. i went to crowd rise and set the goal for $2,500 and tweeted what this guy said and it got to $2,500 bucks within ten minutes. i woke up this morning and it was a half a million dollars. and i have to say the donations have come in from all 50 states and 44 countries and th

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cal loses, 13-2, 1-2 in the conference and stanford beat oregon. >>> donald penn for first time misses a game. and couldn't come at worst time. connor cook, rookie quarterback starting first nfl game with everything on the line for the silver and black. >> you see things like this happen a lot. anything can happen or change with the drop of a hat. always got to be ready. and if it's out on the practice field with mental reps, putting yourself through it or getting reps, approach every day like it's the same. >> abc7 sports brought to you by river rock ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> and live doppler 7 showing you tracking the beginning of the major storm over the week. street level, light showers through santa rosa, penn grove and napa and some many oakland. latest tomorrow morning. >> thanks for watching. i'm larry beil in for dan ashley. >> and i'm ama daetz, jimmy kimmel li kimmel live tlt coming up. >> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live!" tonight -- kevin costner. from "big fan," andy richter. and comedian k. trevor wilson. and now, more likely than not -- here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and a

also be without offensive lineman donald penn who did not practice this week after injuring his knee last weekend. snoop dogg wondering if ucla would throw calone in westwood last night. tj lee coming into cal's doghouse. that was part of an 11-0 bruins run but everybody talking about the freshman, good reason. high off the glass, alford had 24. i guess it pays to be the coach's son. bruins beat cal 81-71. the bears are 1-2 in conference. >>> warriors gm bob myers working overtime at the hilltop. jordan matthews doing his purvis short thing. that will bring rain tonight. trust me. maybe the zags just like rainbow jump shots. that's williams three of his career high 36. no upset city last night. bulldogs win 95-80. they remain unbeaten on the season. >>> see this shirt behind pete deboer? the minnesota wild didn't read it last night. san jose had a 4-2 lead gave it away in just three minutes. i could viewminnesota sent sharks to the third straight loss, 5-4 the final. >>> tonight a raiders special on the eve of that play-off game. vern glenn is in houston. i will be with jeremy newberry on our special set to kick off play-off coverage tonight

cal falls 66-56. they're now 13-2. for the first time in his ten-year nfl career, offensive tackle donald penn will miss a game and it could not come at a worse time for the raiders who face the texans in the wild card playoffs today right here on abc7. as if connor cook didn't have enough on his plate, a rookie quarterback with everything on the line for the silver and black. >> the name of the game is you see things like this happen a lot, anything can happen, anything can change with the drop of a hat. so, just always got to be ready, and you know, whether it's out there on the practice field, get mental reps, put yourself through it mentally, to now getting reps, you got to approach it, approach every single day like it's the same. >> so, it's raiders and texans with the pregame here on abc7 starting at high noon and the kickoff at 1:20 p.m. that's a wrap on morning sports. have a great weekend, everybody. >>> good morning, i'm frances dinglasan. a very wild, wet weekend ahead. live doppler 7. we've had some heavy rain in santa rosa where just today we've already seen 1/4 inch so far and of course we have light snow fa

also be without offensive lineman donald penn who did not practice this week after injuring his knee last weekend. snoop dogg wondering if ucla would throw cal a bone in westwood last night. tj lee coming into cal's doghouse. that was part of an 11-0 bruins run but everybody talking about the freshman, good reason. high off the glass, alford had 24. i guess it pays to be the coach's son. bruins beat cal 81-71. the bears are 1-2 in conference. >>> warriors gm bob myers working overtime at the hilltop. jordan matthews doing his purvis short thing. that will bring rain tonight. trust me. maybe the zags just like rainbow jump shots. that's williams three of his career high 36. no upset city last night. bulldogs win 95-80. they remain unbeaten on the season. >>> see this shirt behind pete deboer? the minnesota wild didn't read it last night. san jose had a 4-2 lead gave it away in just three minutes. nico koivu passed someone in goal. it sent the sharks to the third straight loss, 5-4 the final. >>> tonight a raiders special on the eve of that play-off game. vern glenn is in houston. i will be with jeremy newberry on our special set to kick off p

cal falls 66-56. they're now 13-2, 1-2 in the conference since stanford beat oregon. for the first time in his ten-year nfl career, donald penn will miss a game and it could not come at a worse time for the raiders who face the texans today. as if connor cook didn't have enough on his plate, a rookie quarterback starting his very first nfl game with everything on the line for the silver and black. >> the name of the game is you see things like this happen a lot, anything can happen, anything can change with the drop of a hat. so, just always got to be ready and whether it's out there on the practice field, mental reps, putting yourself through it mentally, you know, to now getting reps, you just got to approach it, approach every single day like it's the same. >> so it's raiders and texans with the pregame here on abc7 starting at high noon and the kickoff at 1:20 p.m. that's a wrap on morning sports. have a great weekend, everybody. i'm larry beal. . >>> good morning, i'm abc7 meteorologist frances dinglasan. get ready for a wet and wild weekend, live doppler 7 showing widespread showers all around the bay area with some hea