you was suspended, i believe, from cornell 2 days ago, full protesting. can you tell us what happened? yes, that's correct. administrators, you actually didn't even send out representatives to notify us, but we had been suspended. i was at our encampment on the arts quad. it's a lively community environment. lots of students learning from one another, creating art together. and suddenly i had several of mine, fellow organizers run up to me and asked me to check my e mail. when i was notified that i had been suspended. uh chronos, uh, suspended a total of 4 students so far. um, people that they perceive to be public phases of the movement or sort of core organizer is an attempt to bring down. i moved i believe they, they did offer you an alternative location to protest, but you declined. and that was actually the reason for your effort for your suspension. yes, that's right. administration initially approached us and asked us to move from the arts cloud, which is the most central location on campus in the best populated location on campus. somewhere most s

cornell, bernard, abc seven news. >> yeah, including i'm wondering, cornell, any word of what type of charges the protesters who were taken off the bridge might face? right. do you expect them to maybe talk about that at the news conference? >> yeah, perhaps they are still being we understand that about 20 protesters are still being processed at the jail. those charges still unclear, though. chris >> all right. again, cornell bernard standing by live there where a news conference will happen shortly from the chp. thank you so much for covering this for us all day. appreciate it. all right. our coverage of these protests will continue up next, we dig more into the tactics and impact of these protests and explore whether mass disruption is as effective or justified. stay with we were ready to say that there's enough, and especially because it's tax day, our taxes are being sent to fund this mass slaughter. meanwhile, our infrastructure is falling apart. there are homeless folks who are being uncared for in the streets. we can't even get health care in this country while we're funding fr

cornell. >> yeah, you guessed it, dion. you know, the mayor has returned to san francisco just a few hours ago, causing pandemonium. i guess you would have to say here at the airport. she did make some economic strides in china. but of course, the real news bringing china and bringing pandas and signing a deal to bring those animals to san francisco zoo. >> it's definitely great to be home mayor. >> london breed back in san francisco with news about her weeklong trip to china. >> we were truly successful in our trip. we had numerous meetings with government officials, with airlines, and with business leaders. we held a business forum of people who have interest in not only doing business in san francisco, but investing in san francisco. >> but breed said the highlight of the trip had nothing to do with business. just check out her luggage and of course, what everyone is truly excited about. pandas mayor breed signing an agreement with chinese wildlife officials to bring pandas to the san francisco zoo as soon as early next

professor, cornell's president responded it took a while it was december 9th 2023.days a number of universities including cornell have been asked by members of congress to make clear their policies around genocide. it is a born and if it calls forth the genocide of any people, and explicit call for genocide to kill all members of a group of people would be a violation of our policies. professor, what would you say about the way the universities are responding to this problem? >> i think that statement is a good example. it is carefully worded to use a definition of genocide that is not the standard definition. the people on this campus are calling or mass murder of jews. maybe not all jews so they do not run afoul of the administer ration policy so that's part of the problem. that professor's attitude of feeling exhilarated is an attitude shared by many professors shared many students on campus and they verbalize it. they march with bullhorns calling for this suicide bombing campaign against israel. they march with bullhorns inside academic buildings calling from th

we're live in sonoma, cornell, bernard abc seven news cornell. >> thanks so much. wow brutal images there. developing news in the east bay. a crash left a dozen cars smashed up in el sobrante today. just look at that car upside down. chunks of metal and glass all over the road happened this morning on san pablo dangum road. two cars seemed to have the worst damage with several other cars banged up. a neighbor told us his mom and aunt were in one car, hit head on by another driver. he says his mom was not hurt badly, but his aunt's in rough shape. >> basically, the whole steering wheel was like pressed against her. she was pretty bloody. her face was bloody. it was pretty bad. it's not clear what led up to the crash or what happened to the other driver involved. >> as part of our commitment to following the story here at abc seven, we have a sad update to share. the oakland police officer, hurt in a bad crash several years ago, has died from his injuries. officer jordan wingate was on his way to a call when he crashed into another car and a semi-truck back in august

, yes, his chances are very minimal, they say that his support is approximately 5%. but here's to corneln vote for west, thus also taking away some of the votes from trump, this is what cornell west said about both trump and biden, here is how he looks at both of them. if we do not stop considering people only as objects of manipulation, we will only multiply lies and hatred, then the country will end. the american project, as we understand it, will end. we need to mobilize people to show them. us presidential candidates were nominated by people who were deprived of even mathematical chances, like a math teacher from dallas named dusty eby. my name is literally someone else, and i will fight for the presidency of the united states, my first name is literally, my middle name is someone else, my last name is someone else, america needs something different, we want and deserve something better, well, he doesn’t hide it, that this is, of course, not a political action, because a lot of signatures need to be collected, without financial support this is impossible, but nevertheless, this someo

host: the website forever guest is cornell west 2024.com. he is a philosophy and professor and independent presidential

as the fire commissioner stated, he is at cornell burn center right now.ant used appeared to be an alcohol-based substance use for cleaning. that is all we have right now. >> right on the line, left right, and we will decide who is going to take -- reporter: let me ask about security. are you going to put in more officers? strategy -- >> listen, mark, after every incident we have an after-action and we will talk about whether we at officers or not. just so you know, we had a lot of officers in the area. it is open to the public to still walk through the park. there was no security breach. reporter: any evidence of motivation -- [indiscernible] >> the pamphlets seemed to be propaganda-based, almost a conspiracy theory type of pamphlet. some information in regards to ponzi schemes and the fact that some of our local educational institutes are fronts for the mop. a little bit of a conspiracy theory going on here. >> [indiscernible] >> no, we are going to go to the video, but it appears he entered to the park, walked into the middle of the park, committed the

a cornell west-like candidate.e talks about government response ability to the people -- responsibility to the people and the least of us. no to democrats and obviously no to any republican candidates. host: are you saying you will vote for cornell west given the opportunity? caller: if i have the opportunity, yes. if i have the opportunity, yes. host: what sets him apart specifically? caller: because he believes that government has responsibility. for instance, taxing the rich. right? .taxing the rich public housing -- taxing the rich. public housing. medicare for all. education for all. a different dynamic. a different vision brought to life by our real leader. i am a millennial and i feel like the future can be realized with radical change. host: edward talking about cornell west. dr. west appeared on this program, among other independent candidates we had during the week. if you're interested in seeing those interviews and hearing those thoughts of those candidates, go to c-span.org. the easiest way if you're a

cornell west is a professor at the seminary and an independent presidential candidate talking about his candidacy. guest: bless you and thank you for having me. hope you're doing well. host: if you had to boil down your candidacy to a few sentences what would you tell people? guest: it's based on martin luther king and fannie lou hammer and try to talk about truth, justice and love in the contest where it seems to have any moment of substantive morality. politics has become legalized corruption, normalize bribery where they will say anything to stay in office and there is no genuine concern for people let alone poor people, working people, people have been subjugated and degraded. we give up on serious commitment to public life and citizens being human beings. the american project as we have understood it will be over and i want to raise my voice to mobilize people and get people to see that trump is leading us toward second civil war and biden is leading us to a third world war. host: if you were president what would cornell west's administration to change the plight of poor people? gu

cornell, bernard, abc seven news. cornell. i've got to ask you, when there are logistic problems, such as covering a demonstration on a bridge, how do you get to the scene? >> in this case, there was so much traffic. >> it was quite a journey. i have to say, for myself and photographer andrew shepherd, who was with me right now, i thought i knew every side street and back road in marin county. unfortunately others had the very same idea. at one point i jumped out of the van and started walking up. alexander avenue just to get to the bridge. i passed about ten chp cars. they were also in the backup, so lots of frustration. we finally made it there but it took several hours. >> wow, no one can question your dedication. well done out there to you and your photojournalist partner today, cornell. thank you. the pro-palestinian protesters first made their presence known around six this morning on 8-80 in oakland. the protests took place at two locations first on 880 northbound near fifth avenue, then two hours later at 880 southboun

cornell, bernard. abc seven news. >> all right, cornell, thank you . well, there weren't any protests on the bay bridge today, but officials were ready. the off ramp from eastbound i-80 onto southbound 880 was closed in anticipation of possible protests. the chp also blocked the grand avenue on ramp to westbound i-80, increasing the gridlock on nearby surface streets. drivers stuck at the golden gate bridge streamed abc seven on their phones for news while they waited. we're live on the protests and their impact on traffic for hours. you can live stream 24 hours a day, seven days a week. you can get abc seven news.com, or even better, through the abc seven bay area app. you can also set up the app for push alerts for breaking news like this. so you can avoid getting stuck in traffic like today. now to these new developments here. >> a major announcement from the federal bureau of prisons. it plans to close the women's prison in dublin that has been plagued by problems. abc seven news reporter ryan curry has the details. >> busses in front of the federa

trump has some of the votes, this is what cornel west said about both trump and biden, here he is looks considering people only as objects of manipulation, we will only multiply lies and hatred, then the country will end. the american project as we understand it will come to an end. we need to mobilize people to show them that trump is leading us to a second civil war, and biden to a third world war. request. ordinary citizens to a third force, it is powerful and there is even evidence that this movement, presidential candidates, is starting from below. moved by people who were deprived of even mathematical chances, like a math teacher from dalos, named dusty eby, he changed his name on purpose, changed his id, got a new license that says literally someone else, which is also his campaign slogan, my name is literally someone else, and i will compete for the presidency of the united states, the name literally. of course, not a political action, because you need to collect a lot of signatures, without financial support this is impossible, but nevertheless, this someone else expresses the

a cornell student. amanda, welcome. your reaction to the fact that iran directly attacked israel last night. >> i think all of us here on campus and frankly every jew and israeli in the world, holding their breath right now waiting to see what happens. i think that it really emphasizes and really underscores the purpose of our rally today to show our unity, show our support for the jewish people in the state of israel. >> i think i will be opening the rally really setting the stage that this is a moment for us all to stand together united. both jews and non-jewish students who support us to show that we will not be intimidated. we will not love -- we will not let fear dictate our actions. we will continue to be proud jews on this campus. >> what have you recently experienced? >> almost on a daily basis we are seeing rallies in which students chant from the river to the sea palestine will be free directly calling for a genocide against the jews and the destruction of the state of israel. this process every day in a daily

host: rich joins us from new york estate, independent line for cornell west. caller: how are you doing? what an honor to get on with brother west. i'd like to speak about brother would eat that a slam for you and me, woody guthrie. that's right, i wondered if you are familiar with the connection with him and the trumps. i actually found out about this googling it and the song lindbergh which is basically a history lesson and the song, i was listening to the song and i was going through some of the other sites and saw one that said woody hates his racist landlord. underneath, it said old man trump in bold letters. the story goes that woody, after world war ii came back to brooklyn living in an apartment complex called beach haven. when he had some of his black musician friends over to play, the landlord fred trump caught wind of it and gave him an eviction notice because not only did fred trump not want white tenants come he didn't want his white tenants to have black friends. guest: he's telling the truth. you can see that in the history texts of donald trump.

cornell west, dr. melina abdullah. thank you both very much for joining us tonight >> thank you. >> thank you for having me and god bless you. god >> a up next for us, breaking news about donald trump's legal team, a key attorney has now turned into a witness and his leaving the case. i'll discuss how that could affect trump's cases. >> how would really happen sunday, april 28. good nine on cnn by a 100% free with turbotax free edition, roughly 37% of taxpayers qualify form ten, 40 and limited credits only. see how it turbotax >> that's me >> home home okay >> yes. >> focus on an american home she had warranty. i can protect your covered homes that appliances like this ac when the repair or replacement? yes. thank you it's oh, i'm not home. >> yeah, it's pretty sure it's home visit, ehs.com today, if are 40% off, i have moderate to severe crohn's disease. now, there's sky rosie things. a look in up. i've got some dimly control macron's means everything to me >> feel significant symptom relief at four weeks with rizzi,

d student at cornell university. you're an organizer with the cornell coalition for mutual liberation. so you were one of those people were protesting and support of palestinians. you've been suspended by your university by cornell this week for taking part in an anti war protests on campus. joining us from new york. what happened? yes. so in the early hours of 1st day, we set up an accompaniment, which we call liberated sounds. about $430.00 our full 20 am thursday morning i am coming was established in which several thousands i made one hundreds of students joined us to we saying that we no longer have faith in the administration to be a place safe for muslim students for our residents are published in students and by large, those students of color. and then those people who up the profile listing and voice, what kind of thing is students, right? no matter what, i can sorry to interrupt, but that's important. why do you say cornell is no longer a safe place for say muslim students? is there any evidence of that's a

a cornell west light candidate. he talks about government's responsibility to the people and to the least of us as well. note to democrats. obviously, no to any republican candidate. it will have to be an independent candidate. >> core will -- cornell west like candidate are you saying you will vote for him? >> if i have the opportunity, if i have the opportunity, yes. >> what sets him apart then, specifically. >> well, because. education for all. taxing the rich. vision really brought to life by a real leader. i'm a millennial right now and i really feel like the future will be realized with radical change. >> okay. edward and new jersey talking about cornell west not too long ago doctor west appearing on this program among other independent candidates that we had during the week. if you are interested in seeing those interviews in a hearing those thoughts of those candidates go to our website@ c-span.org. the easiest way if you are a cornell west fan. type it in that box at the website and find those interviews as

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i'm diane lim, abc seven news reporter cornell bernard has details on the panda monium around panda diplomacy. >> it's definitely great to be home mayor. >> london breed back in san francisco with news about her weeklong trip to china. >> we were truly successful in our trip. we had numerous meetings with government officials, with airlines, and with business leaders. we held a business forum of people who have interest in not only doing business in san francisco, but investing in san francisco. >> reporter but breed said the highlight of the trip had nothing to do with business. just check out her luggage and of course, what everyone is truly excited about. >> pandas. >> mayor breed signing an agreement with chinese wildlife officials to bring pandas to the san francisco zoo as soon as early next year, we expect a pair of pandas and they are hopefully anticipated to come as soon as we're able to raise the resources, as do all the permitting, we are prepared to receive them so that when they do come to san francisco, their environment, their food, their support, it will allow for them to be h

charley willison teaches public health at cornell university. the author of “ungoverned and out of sight: public health and the political crisis of homelessness in the united states.” the filings for the case, these laws are about public health and public safety. the homeless people who brought the case say it is about pushing homeless people out, forcing them to go move someplace else. what is your take on that. >> this is really getting out the deep tension american cities face when thinking about how to -- this is such an important question, and what this case is really getting at is a deep tension that american cities face when thinking about how to respond to homelessness across the country, but especially in west coast cities that have very limited shelter capacity and are also in the midst of a housing crisis. and these two tensions that i'd like to emphasize are that cities generally use much more punitive policies, these criminalization approaches that are at the heart of johnson versus grants pass to effectively push people who are exp

"firing line" with margaret hoover is made possible in part by robert granieri, vanessa and henry cornell, the fairweather foundation, the tepper foundation, peter and mary kalikow, the asness family foundation, the beth and ravenel curry foundation, the mckenna family foundation, charles r schwab, the eric and wendy schmidt fund for strategic innovation, and by the following. corporate funding is provided by stephens inc. and by pfizer inc. - coleman hughes, welcome to "firing line." - it a pleasure to be here. - you are a writer, a podcaster, a musician, and you have recently written a book, "the end of race politics: arguments for a colorblind america." the concept of a colorblind america is often misunderstood. when you say, "a colorblind america," what do you mean? - so when i say, "a colorblind america," i mean, you're white, i'm black and hispanic, but i'm gonna try to treat you without regard to your race, and i'm gonna ask you to treat me without regard to my race, to the extent that we can. and we're both gonna ask the government to never treat us differently with regard to our

you mentioned cornel west. was on this program tuesday, talking about his independent presidential bid. [video clip] >> the democratic party is beyond redemption when it comes to feeding the poor working people both in america and when it comes to dealing with palestinians in gaza. what do i mean by that? it is either windowdressing as if acting as if they have some commitment to working people. yes, they have made some significant moves in the past few years, but overall, biden has been in the back pocket of wall street. he bailed wall street out with obama and let maine street dangle. he has been in the back pocket of credit card companies. and when it comes to gaza, oh my god. you see crimes against humanity, war crimes every day. you see a crime of genocide, and matthew miller can set up there and say i do not see any violation of international law. quit lying, pentagon. state department, quit lying. we are seeing these crimes against humanity every day. and then respond only one arab and muslim voters begi

you mentioned cornel west. was on this program tuesday, talking about his independent presidential bid. [video clip] >> the democratic party is beyond redemption when it comes to feeding the poor working people both in america and when it comes to dealing with palestinians in gaza. what do i mean by that? it is either windowdressing as if acting as if they have some commitment to working people. yes, they have made some significant moves in the past few years, but overall, biden has been in the back pocket of wall street. he bailed wall street out with obama and let maine street dangle. he has been in the back pocket of credit card companies. and when it comes to gaza, oh my god. you see crimes against humanity, war crimes every day. you see a crime of genocide, and matthew miller can set up there and say i do not see any violation of international law. quit lying, pentagon. state department, quit lying. we are seeing these crimes against humanity every day. and then respond only one arab and muslim voters begi

please look at maps and traffic applications in sonoma county. >> cornell, bernard abc seven news. >>or london breed is hoping macy's union square will remain open longer than planned. the company announced its san francisco flagship store was up for sale back in february. macy's plans to keep the store open through at least 2025, officials say mayor breed is offering financial incentives, regulatory streamlining and investments in public safety. she recently tweeted, quote, while i know union square must evolve, i believe that macy's can still be a part of that evolution. and there are signs that san francisco's biggest mall could also be making a comeback. according to the san francisco chronicle, three empty retail spaces inside the emporium san francisco center mall have been leased to unknown tenants. three red signs were spotted on the former storefront windows that say leased and coming soon. the mall was known as westfield san francisco center until westfield and brookfield stopped making payments on the property last june. >> well. the plot thickens in the race for the distri

abc7 news reporter cornell bernard spoke to neighbors who witnessed the violence and tried to help the victims. >> extremely disturbing. extremely sad. >> neighbors reacting to a night of deadly violence near downtown napa. police say two female victims were shot and killed saturday night near the napa river. >> i ended up seeing some else that i didn't expect for sure. >> brandon perez lives on riverside drive. he says he heard people fighting, then gunshots. >> i hear a crazy scream that just, you know, sends chills down your spine. >> brandon says he ran to help. did you try to talk to the victim? >> yeah. no, i tried saying like, you know, can you like, like can you, like, try to lean back or just something to, like, help them out? because i saw that they had a couple shots on like, like by there, like right here and then like another one here. i didn't know that, you know, they already had passed on by the time i got to them. >> investigators say another victim was shot and later died at the hospital. brandon believes both victims were teenage girls. he says a car quickly left the

cornell bernard abc seven news. >> only happy viewing if the weather is good and we can actually see it. >> well, i'm happy about the way the weather is shaping up, so let's take a look. and as you know, we'll be outside the path of totality. nonetheless, we are going to have his forecast animation clear skies all day, sunny skies. so the viewing conditions here in the bay area will be terrific. and of course the eclipse will last from about 1014 local time to about 1216. now once again, we're outside the path of totality, which, as you can see, runs from texas up through the mississippi valley, into the great lakes and into new england. but we will see about a 34% eclipse of the sun here in the bay area, and our view will not be obscured by clouds. so that's the good news. and, you know, maybe a little bit late now to travel. but if you do want to see totality, you're going to have to go far to our east over to at least around kentucky or so to get a really good view at least we have good weather that we do have great all we can ask for. >> all right, spencer, thank you. okay, now f

next, some of our interviews with authors and presidential candidates mary anne williamson and cornel west and jason palmer. the surprise winner of this year's america samoa presidential primary. >> you're out of the race. you're back into the race. what motivated that? >> i had done very poorly in the electoral bases and what you do in such a cases you say i'm out. and then i realized that something bigger than the horserace and that's the conversation that the american people need be having. it's about where america is today and the american people having a serious conversation about where we need to go. the political accomplishment is not always the conduit. i knew that the conversation was not over that i was having with the american people. >> as far as the conversation is what question should the american people be having? who's running the country? we're not a government for the mean, by the people as abraham lincoln should be he said the men who died at gets getiesburg so that the government for the people, by the people would not perish from the earth. we're a government for

also a look at independent presidential candidate cornell west's announcement of his vice presidentialunning mate. but first, a look at remarks from former president trump released on video by his campaign calling for abortion bands at the state level. >> under my leadership, the republican party will always support the creation of strong, thriving, and healthy american families. we want to make it easier for mothers and families to have babies, not harder. that and supporting the availability of fertility treatments like ivf in every state of america, like the overwhelming majority of americans, including the vast majority of republicans, conservatives, christians, and pro-life americans. i strongly support the availability of ivf for couples who are trying to have a precious baby. what could be more beautiful or better than that? today, i am pleased that the alabama legislature has acted very quickly and passed legislation that preserves the availability of ivf in alabama. they really did a great and fast job. they republican party should always be on the side of the miracle of life,

abc7 news reporter cornell bernard spoke to neighbors who witnessed the violence and tried to help the victims. >> extremely disturbing. extremely sad. >> neighbors reacting to a night of deadly violence near downtown napa. police say two female victims were shot and killed saturday night near the napa river. >> i ended up seeing some else that i didn't expect for sure. >> brandon perez lives on riverside drive. he says he heard people fighting, then gunshots. >> i hear a crazy scream that just, you know, sends chills down your spine. >> brandon says he ran to help. did you try to talk to the victim? >> yeah, no, i tried saying, like, you know, can you like, like can you, like, try to lean back or just something to, like, help them out because i saw that they had a couple shots on like, like by there, like right here and then like another one here, i didn't know that, you know, they already had passed on by the time i got to them. >> investigators say another victim was shot and later died at the hospital. brandon believes both victims were teenage girls. he says a car quickly left the

abc seven news reporter cornell bernard has a look at the impact. it's going to be a mess, but that's what you can't avoid it. >> drivers in american canyon are bracing for a big construction project, which will shut down portions of highway 37 over the next four weekends. >> even before the construction. 37 has always been a problem because 37 has a lot of, a lot of, potholes. >> part of the process is we're going to be grinding and repaving. >> caltrans says a 21 mile stretch of 37 from solano to sonoma counties is getting new asphalt. they say it's a challenging job on a two lane road. having a 55 hour closure allows our crews to stage safely . >> we be able to work on, like you said, that limited space and maneuver. so, it's very beneficial for us to be able to do so. and that is the limitation this weekend. >> the closure from 9 p.m. friday to 5 a.m. monday will impact westbound lanes of 37 from vallejo to sears point. caltrans suggests detours through wine country. >> it is going to be a long detour, so please plan ahead with plenty of time. >

cornell, bernard. abc seven news now. >> people in san francisco marked the holiday with the sunrise. they gathered at the over 103 foot tall cross on mount davidson to participate in the annual sunrise service. this year's citywide celebration on atop the city's highest peak, marks the 101st anniversary of the event. local clergy presided at the nondenominational service. the mass is hosted by the regional chapter of the armenian american organization, says pope francis called for a ceasefire between israel and hamas during his traditional easter message at the vatican francis addressed the conflicts in the middle east and europe, condemning war as an absurdity. the pope has been forced to skip recent events or limit his speaking due to poor health. but on easter sunday, the most important day in the christian calendar, he delivered his full easter blessing and appeared in good spirits. president joe biden proclaimed today, march 31st, as transgender day of visibility, but that decision is being criti

abc seven news reporter cornell bernard shows us how good overcame evil this easter sunday . right now, we are songs of praise at saint john the evangelist church in san francisco's mission district, where investigators say suspected arson is the possible cause of a fire on good friday. >> a million times the church is not a building we are the church together. >> easter services went forward despite fire damage at the historic church. a blue tarp covering a window while investigators searched for a possible suspect. the pastor believes the fire is creating a new narrative for the holiday. >> it felt like an invitation for our community more deeply into this story where death becomes life, things that cause destruction become things that cause unity and community. so it it was a obvious for us to gather together today, and we're so grateful that it's safe to do so in our building. i hope that i have come on, sing with us. >> across town, a standing room only crowd was on their feet celebrating easter like only glide memorial church camp, because i know that, you know, if ther

"firing line with margaret hoover" is made possible in part by robert granieri, vanessa and henry cornell, the fairweather foundation, the tepper foundation, peter and mary kalikow, the asness family foundation, the beth and ravenel curry foundation, the mckenna family foundation, charles r. schwab, the eric and wendy schmidt fund for strategic innovation, and by the following. corporate funding is provided by stephens inc. and by pfizer inc. - professor melissa murray, welcome to "firing line." - thanks for having me. - former president donald trump faces 88 felony charges in four jurisdictions. jury selection began this week in manhattan, making him the first former u.s. president to face a criminal trial. the manhattan district attorney alvin bragg, his prosecution of donald trump centers on allegations that trump paid hush money to silence claims of affairs before the 2016 election. the prosecution charges that trump falsified business records to cover up the payments and, in doing so, allegedly interfered in the election. the case rests on what some call a novel legal theory. - yeah.

cornell, bernard, abc seven news. >> they will be ready. >> yes. all right. time now to get a check on the weather. lovely. again today. >> yeah. it was still warm, although looked a little hazy to sandia. yeah. we have some high clouds and some fog out there. >> and dan and ama, we're already seeing those changes getting underway. notice most of you are running cooler now compared to 24 hours ago. six degrees cooler in san jose, down eight in napa. the wind is playing a role as you take a look there, 26 miles an hour onshore in san francisco. so 21 at sfo. the fog is back and it is going to impact our temperatures, along with the sea breeze. so this evening at 7:00, still pretty nice inland, 72 degrees uh- 10 p.m. temperatures dropping down into the low 60s going into 1 a.m. around the bay. you will notice some cloud cover around as 7 p.m. we're already seeing it right now. upper 50s dropping off into the low 50s by late night. and along the coastline, we've got the fog . the temperatures are dropping. you'll be in the low 50s. so if you do want to step outs

here's abc seven news reporter cornell bernard. >> friends and family and brothers and sisters. it's a tough day. >> first responders sharing sadness of a water rescue on the russian river, which became a recovery mission. >> very sad ending. this is never what we want. in the end, the sonoma county sheriff's department says the body of a teenage boy was pulled from the russian river friday afternoon. >> the search for him began late thursday after a911 call. the two teens got into trouble while swimming. >> one of the teens made it out of the water and the other did not. >> the surviving teen was sent to the hospital. dive teams from napa and sacramento counties were called in to assist using sonar technology to search under the water, believed to be 7 to 10ft deep. >> why exactly they were out at the river is unclear at this point. my understanding is there were there was a group and there were adults with them. >> after winter rains, the russian river is now running high, fast and cold. and as we move into summer months, first responders say safety needs to be everyone's prio

abc7 news reporter cornell bernard was there. >> so there you go go. throw the have a baseball tryout like no other happening in downtown oakland. >> anyone with a dream was welcome to give it a shot. about 100 amateur and professional players converging on laney college looking to make the roster for the oakland ballers first season. puts competition look like today. >> pretty good. pretty decent. >> james jackson grew up in vallejo. he's hoping to make the team. >> it would mean the world to me. just it's a dream for dream come true. honestly it's a i say, a blessing, a blessing in disguise. i feel like that pretty much. so if i get picked up just hold on. no first person to call is my mom. with excitement. >> we know there's a ton of talent in oakland. there's a ton of talent in the east bay, and we're looking to find some extra players. >> paul friedman is co-founder of the minor league oakland ballers. he believes the departure of the a's to sacramento next season, then to las vegas, is a big opportunity for his new team. >> oakland needs baseball

abc seven news reporter cornell bernard has information for us on how and where to watch >> super festive atmosphere in junction, texas where physicist doctor desiree whitmore from san francisco's exploratorium is getting ready to watch the sun vanish. this is my very first total solar eclipse, and i'm kind of losing my mind a little bit because i just can't. >> i have a lot of energy. >> doctor whitmore and her staff will broadcast live from texas on the exploratorium's website and youtube channel during the eclipse, starting at 10:45 a.m. pacific time. texas, one of 13 states which will experience totality about four minutes of darkness. >> i just can't wait. it's going to get dark and cold and the light's going to be weird, and i'm just going to be surrounded by amazing humans that are just as curious as i am. >> exploratorium visitors can watch the eclipse broadcast from texas and mexico, although the bay area will see only a partial eclipse. you'll need safety glasses and not. eyewear is going fast at the exploratorium store. how many eclipse glasses have you sold? do you know? >> ye

cornell, let me play some of the voters that sarah is talking about. testimonials from female republicans. >> he's arrogant and egotistical, and shows utter disdain towards women and those of other races. he intimidates, cheats, he lies and steals. >> the plans that donald trump has laid out shows me that we would be at risk if he was in the white house. women are at risk. >> he does not show the love of jesus in his treatment of people when he talks down to them, when he mistreats them. with the number of cases that women have fought against. >> as an individual and a woman with integrity, i do not like the way he's spoken about women, especially women of power. >> cornell, sometimes it's -- i feel exasperated how long it takes for the trump story to sort of penetrate the consciousness, but it seems among republican women, maybe it finally has. >> well, we'll see, right? nicolle, i want to be hopeful, but i've seen over the past week a lot of people who have come out and said terrible things about donald trump, one being his former a.g., bill barr, bu

i'd be really surprised if simon or cornell, both of whom, cornell knows more about numbers than i dod the track a few times. i'd be surprised that anybody doesn't think today this is a margin of error race and that on election day, it's a margin of error race. simon's 100% right, there are a lot of people who would say if they had to choose which game to play in this election, lots of people who would say i'd rather play biden's hand than trump's hand. but in that, embed nd the thing simon said, there's a lot of work to do for democrats. i think democrats who are, who think that trump is unelectable, that would be a huge mistake for democrats to make and i think people understand there's a war going on in israel right now that's testing the democratic coalition. there's a lot of disappointment among a lot of democratic base voters. simon's right. that's what campaigns are for. there's work to do. it's a winnable election for joe biden, no doubt about it, but when roll up on election day, i think we're still going to be in the margin of error. i'd be surprised if cornell or simon thin

cornell barnard, abc seven news. >> boy, they are working hard. it's always interesting, isn't it? i mean, if we don't get a lot of rain, it's dry. we get a lot of fires. if we do get a lot of rain, everything grows. we get fires. >> so we need to be careful. either way. all right, let's check on our weather for now. >> sandhya patel is here with the forecast. >> yeah, definitely is interesting. and we do need to be careful. dan and anna, let's take a look at a live picture right now from our mount tam cam. you probably have noticed that karl, the fog is back and that marine layer is rapidly deepening up above. we've got a lot of high, thin, wispy clouds, cirrus clouds. and as we take a look at another live picture from golden gate bridge camera, you can see that it is sucked in and there's a nice breeze blowing. temperatures are dropping down ten degrees. oakland and napa right now. here's a look at where those numbers are going for livermore. it's going to be even cooler than today. you got up into the low 80s today. tomorrow 76 degrees saturday in the mid 70s. and then a nice li

i think to your point, cornell, people will take a little racism with their tax cuts, if that's what don't mind. >> it's a loser. see, the thing is i ask people all the time, i'll say, what did nancy pelosi and rudy giuliani have in common, which is not a funny question. but almost never do people say they're italian-americans. they don't think of it. and there will come a time when you say hernandez and rodriguez, well, they are both latino names. i didn't think of that. why? because the latinos in particular -- it's not mexico anymore. it's all central mex. >> venezuela, colombia -- >> they're running for their lives. >> yes. >> escaping from gang violence. >> yes. >> and people don't run with their families and children to come across the country. in fact, the reason they have a lower crime rate is because they are trying to stay out of trouble. >> they're safe. also -- the thing i think people don't talk about is a lot of the migrants coming here are paying people they now owe. they have to work. they're not coming to sit around. they have to work. >> their children will be docto

here's abc seven news reporter cornell bernard. >> what do you think about this traffic? >> it's crazy. >> frustrated drivers facing big delays in wine country. highway 29 through napa can be congested on most weekends, but this was especially tough because cars are being detoured away from highway 37. and here's why. caltrans is repaving the westbound lanes of 37. the 55 hour closure, which started friday night, stretches seven miles from solano to sonoma counties. >> we're doing almost 5000 tons of new asphalt in total for this weekend, and over 300 trucks will be needed. >> caltrans says the project will continue over the next four weekends to repave both west and eastbound lanes. detours are posted, so we asked the motorists, the travelers and the public to one plan ahead. but drivers like mary mcquinn from placerville say they didn't know anything about it. she's going to rohnert park. >> we're trying to see a baseball game at 2:00. >> oh, no. yeah, they're repaving it today. oh, all day. i see it all weekend. all weekend. they sure picked the right times to do it ri