cornell barnard has the story. >> chp officers were investigating an eastbound crash about a mile from the toll plaza. officers say a red cadillac tried getting around the traffic backup by using the right emergency lane. the same lane where officers were standing. >> they issued multiple commands, verbal commands for the vehicle to stop. vehicle kept coming. drove essentially by one of the officers and that officer felt threatened and discharged several rounds at the driver of that vehicle. the driver was struck. the vehicle was brought to a stop. >> the male driver was taken to a hospital. the chp says he's expected to survive. two passengers in the cadillac were not hurt. they were questioned by police. the shooting investigation shut down the eastbound bay bridge for five hours. traffic detoured off the san francisco skyway at fourth street. those who were stuck in the middle of it all took to social media. manny fernandez tweeting this shot of drivers out of their cars walking on the bridge deck. and this picture of a driver boldly standing on the roof of his car. the chp eventual

on the bay bridge cornell barnard, abc 7 news. >>> a u.s. fighter jet shot down a syrian warplane. a pentagon spokesperson said it was self-defense after the syrian government plane dropped bombs on syrian democratic forces who are u.s. allies. the president is aware of the attack. this is the first time the u.s. has engaged in air-to-air combat over syria. >>> developing news now off the coast of japan where the u.s. navy has just identified all seven sailors who died in a collision yesterday a container ship slammed into the "uss fitzgerald." much of the crew on the navy destroyer was sleeping. the two victims -- rather the victims include two men from the san diego area, navy divers recovered the victims' bodies today. >>> the president is celebrating father's day as the political world tries to decipher one of his tweets, specifically whether or not he confirmed if he's under federal investigation for obstruction of justice. abc news reporter gloria riviera has the latest. >> reporter: president trump headed back to washington after his first trip to the presidential retreat ca

on the bay bridge cornell barnard, abc 7 news. >>> a u.s. fighter jet shot down a syrian warplane. a pentagon spokesperson said it was self-defense after the syrian government plane dropped bombs on syrian democratic forces who are u.s. allies. the president is aware of the attack. this is the first time the u.s. has engaged in air-to-air combat over syria. >>> developing news now off the coast of japan where the u.s. navy has just identified all seven sailors who died in a collision yesterday a container ship slammed into the "uss fitzgerald." much of the crew on the navy destroyer was sleeping. the t victims -- rather the victims include two men from the san diego area, navy divers recovered the victims' bodies today. >>> the president is celebrating father's day as the political world tries to decipher one of his tweets, specifically whether or not he confirmed if he's under federal investigation for obstruction of justice. abc news reporter gloria riviera has the latest. >> reporter: president trump headed back to washington after his first trip to the presidential retreat camp

in san francisco, cornell barnard, abc7 news. >>> and new at 11:00, a fight forced a shopping mall to close down in san francisco. you're looking at cell phone video taken as police try to break up that fight. police haven't said what started the brawl inside the westfield san francisco centre on market street. several officers, though, say they were assaulted. but fortunately none of them were seriously hurt. police also detained several people. >>> developing news tonight. a section of a popular play gound is closed after someone set it on fire. the damage is estimated at more than $1 million. it happened overnight at koret children's quarter just across the street from kezar stadium in golden gate park. abc7 news reporter lilian kim joins us live with the story tonight. hi there, lilian. >> reporter: kate, many children were disappointed today when they couldn't play on their favorite play structure. you can see how sections of the slide just melted away, and the rest of the structure also sustained a lot of damage. >> yeah, it's heartbreaking to see this burn. >> because it was ju

abc 7 news reporter cornell barnard has our story. >> all people need to stand together.e are no longer afford to allow ourselves to be divided among each other. >> reporter: a march for truth in the streets of san jose. >> hey hey, hoho -- >> reporter: hundreds of people calling for an independent investigation into alleged connections between president trump's campaign and russia. >> i think our democracy is in peril and not knowing whether or not another foreign power is meddling in our elections is important. >> reporter: similar protests happened today in more than 100 steed across the country including this one in new york city. >> sign up to volunteer. call in to red states. call in to red districts in california. >> reporter: in oakland activists kicked off a campaign by the democratic national committee called resistance summer. >> take away health care from 24 million americans. are we resisting that? >> reporter: east bay congresswoman barbara lee urging volunteers to help take back congress from republicans in 2018. >> we need this wall of resistance in the ho

. >> abc 7 news reporter cornell barnard has new details on the case. >> we just came down and there were cops everywhere. >> reporter: tourist louise lund spent her first ney in san francisco watching a crime scene unfold in front of her russian hill hotel. police say an australian tourist was killed outside early friday. at first she wasn't allowed to leave. >> how do we get out of this hotel and the police were like why do you want to go out? so because everybody's kind of like a suspect i think. >> scary, yes. >> reporter: the karshut family visiting from france woke sometime after 2:00 a.m. to the sound of police banging on the door of their room at the da vinci villa hotel. officers said they were looking for suspects. >> in the room. to check the criminal. >> reporter: police say 33-year-old matthew bay from the northern territory of australia was killed after an argument outside the hotel. >> altercation turned physical. at some point during that altercation the victim sustained some injuries and was later transported to the hospital. at the hospital the victim was pronounced

in san francisco, cornell barnard, abc 7 news. >>> the uc board of regents said the president's officeried to interfere with an audit in an effort to bring transparency. that found president janet napolitano's office stashed a secret $175 million fund and took part in misleading budget practices and extravagant spending. the investigation will be led by a former california supreme court justice. a final report expected in july. >>> immigration activists on behalf of undocumented young adults in california. abc 7 news was in front much city hall where they asked the governor and legislature to make -- they're asking the state to stop turning them away on their 19th birthday. the money would come from california's tobacco tax reportedly costing as much as $230 million a year. >> the way we wanted to do this is like to have health care which will cost less on taxpayers and will be more sustainable in the long run instead of using emergency services all the time. >> the group hopes to get almost $90 million in this budget cycle while others have pressed to use tobacco tax money to increase

in san francisco, cornell barnard, abc 7 news. >>> the uc board of regents said the president's office to interfere with an audit in an effort to bring transparency. that found president janet napolitano's office stashed a secret $175 million fund and took part in misleading budget practices and extravagant spending. the investigation will be led by a former california supreme court justice. a final report expected in july. >>> immigration activists on behalf of undocumented young adults in california. abc 7 news was in front much city hall where they asked the governor and legislature to make -- they're asking the state to stop turning them away on their 19th birthday. the money would come from california's tobacco tax reportedly costing as much as $230 million a year. >> the way we wanted to do this is like to have health care which will cost less on taxpayers and will be more sustainable in the long run instead of using emergency services all the time. >> the group hopes to get almost $90 million in this budget cycle while others have pressed to use tobacco tax money to increase pay

abc 7 news reporter cornell barnard has more details. >> reporter: flowers and candles now mark the spottal shooting on salvo street in concord. >> we heard gunmans and we came and the guy was on the ground. >> he witnessed what i thought was an argument outside of the nica lounge before 2:00 a.m. on saturday. >> i couldn't hear. but i knew it was on bad terms. and then that is it. he just got shot twice and then fell and then it was done, so he was fighting for his life. >> reporter: the gunman quickly left the scene. >> the car just took off. >> reporter: concord police served a search warrant for a possible suspect at a home on teresa street in oakley and closed down two blocks to do it. friends identified the victim at rob natural, who often worked as a security guard at the bar. >> he was that guy that you could always rely on. >> reporter: michael told us on facetime his friend was one in a million. >> he was the guy that was there with people and solid advice and listen to you and wasn't real judgemental. >> reporter: a message on the instagram page said they will closed until nex