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i'm dion lim. a fourth woman comes comes come saying the mayor, sexually assaulted her. and cornell you talked tototo people outside of the brewery he owns. >> reporter: first warning, some of the information in our story may be >> reporter: a small group stood outside of a winery partially owned by copoli. >> i want them to know that the community is paying attention and we need him to be held accountable. we need him to resign. >> reporter: the mayor under fire after five women told the chronicle that popoli assaulted them. the events happened throughout16 years. >> i said no dominique we're not doing this. and like rubbing his groin against me and eventually he started to put his hands down my pants. >> reporter: now a sixth woman is coming forward with windsor council member limas said she was drugged and sexually assaulted twice twice popoli. and popoli accuses limas. on saturday the mayor released this statement saying in part. but now is the appropriate time for me to address this matter. i

i'm dion lim. the rain today didn't leave a lot behind.experts say a majorit of california is dealing with drought conditions and that applies to the bay area as well. abc7 news reporter j.r. stone talked with fire and water officials who could be taking action as soon as this week. >> reporter: if you blinked on sunday, it's very possible you missed the rain, drizzle or whatever you'd like to call it, bad news as places like santa rosa had been expecting half an inch of rain. >> the reality is we ended up with quite a bit less. so we're faced with what potentially is a long, dry summer. >> reporter: the assistant fire marshal says their agency is likely to officially declare an early start to fire season in a matter of weeks. those who crunch the numbers say the outlook is not a good one. >> i just looked at the numbers. 85% of california is in severe, extreme or exceptional drought. compare that to last year, only 12% of the state was at that same level. >> reporter: numbers that haven't been seen since 2015. those with the water agency

i'm dion lim. a change to the tier system could be a boost for businesses, many of which are already getting more customers as more people get vaccinated. abc7 news reporter j.r. stone was in a san francisco business today and found plenty of people happy to be out of the house. >> it really feels good to be back outside, man, for real. i'm from tracy. >> reporter: john anderson's entire family had covid-19, healed no longer contagious and back visiting san francisco. >> it was worse for me and mom. the kid got through it quick. >> reporter: doctors say hospitalizations and icu admissions are at their lowest since the pandemic in san francisco, uc sf dr. peter chong calls it a milestone, the key vaccination of nursing home residents and those 65 and older. >> in icu beds currently there are three cases in san francisco county and i just checked the uscf census and we have one. >> reporter: at san francisco fisherman's wharf 90% of business comes from outside the bay area. we're still not there acco

abc7's news anchor dion lim has the story. >> what you are are scream of terror as an asian woman in her 50s only was to be identified as ms. fully. you can see white if you become speeding down the street, completely ignoring two people walking, and doubles back to target miss lee. she is knocked to the ground and held at gunpoint, and robbed of her handbag. one suspect returns to take her jewelry. >> every time she talks about it, she cries. >> reporter: one of the france he was with her that they at the restaurant with kathy who says after ms. lee left the restaurant, and was unknowingly followed for miles to the sunset neighborhood. >> sunset richman is more for like families. everybody kind of, you know, no crime. we hear more and more so these past few years. >> reporter: at a community meeting this week, there were stats showing citywide firearms with a rise in crime in 2020. reports show violent crime in the terrible area up 10% from january 2020 two this past january. and the richmond, barbara is at 67%. kathy also lives in the sunset and wants to buck the model minority myt

don't you think anna and dion. how about some rain. saturday there's a possibility the bay area will see some wet weather sunday night. the last time we had measurable rain here was well over a month, march 19th. so we need that rain. take a look at doppler 7 tonight. we do have fog and low cloud right along the coast. that will become a little more extensive as we head to tomorrow morning. temperatures are in the 40s, 50s. but the winds still gusty around parts of the bay area. 37 in san francisco. 21 in hayward. 26 in fairfield. it's that on shore wind that helped to drive our temperatures down a good 10 to 15 degrees today compared to what we were yesterday with some 80s and 90s on our warmest spots. all right hour by hour we're going to look at the wind. tomorrow morning it is going to be over 35 to 38-mile an hour winds at 8:00 a.m. gusty winds will continue into the afternoon. topping 40-miles-an-hour. and even into the evening we'll be seeing some gusty winds along the coast. breezy conditions in our inland values. be prepared f

don't you think anna and dion. how about some rain. saturday there's a possibility the bay area will see some wet weather sunday night. the last time we had measurable rain here was well over a month, march 19th. so we need that rain. take a look at doppler 7 tonight. we do have fog and low cloud right along the coast. that will become a little more extensive as we head to tomorrow morning. temperatures are in the 40s, 50s. but the winds still gusty around parts of the bay area. 37 in san francisco. 21 in hayward. 26 in fairfield. it's that on shore wind that helped to drive our temperatures down a good 10 to 15 degrees today compared to what we were yesterday with some 80s and 90s on our warmest spots. all right hour by hour we're going to look at the wind. tomorrow morning it is going to be over 35 to 38-mile an hour winds at 8:00 a.m. gusty winds will continue into the afternoon. topping 40-miles-an-hour. and even into the evening we'll be seeing some gusty winds along the coast. breezy conditions in our inland values. be prepared f

. >> i'm l eanne >> >> and i'm dion lim. >> so far the data suggests otherwise. pfizer and moderna's vaccine have proven to be effective for at least 9 months. but researchers are just weeks away from exceeding that benchmark. left with the question do i need a booster shot? >> we may not need booster shots. >> reporter: ucsf infectious disease dr. monica gandhi says there's a reason why we should know the answer is no. >> those who receiveed the shots received it in summer of july 2020. we have not seen breakthrough infections everyone in the setting of surges and persisting cases in the united states. >> reporter: according to pfizer data that came out this month of the 44,000 people who received the vaccine, there was 100% efficacy protecting against severe disease at six months. >> even including people in south africa who were exposed to the b 1 variant. >> reporter: now those trial participants are reaching 10 months still no reports of severe reinfection. >> what we'll have to do in the future is do surveillance for people who are symptomatic and see if th

. >>> good evening and thank you for joining us i'm dion lim. a sixth woman has now come forward saying the mayor sexually assaulted her. cornell spoke to protesters today outside the winery dominique popoli co-owns. >> reporter: that's right, and those people are calling for mayor popoli to step down immediately even his own brother is calling for resignation, first a warning, some of the comments in the story may be graphic. >> we want to show the mayor that we need him to be held accountable. we need him to resign. >> reporter: five women told the chronicle that popoli sexually assaulted him. the events took place over 16 years. william says she was assaulted after a night of drinking and dancing. >> i said no dominique we're not doing this. rubbing his groin against me and then eventually he started to put his hand down my pants. >> reporter: now a sixth woman is coming forward with windsor county member ester limas says she was drugged and sexually assaulted twice popoli. and popoli accused limas into a sexual encounter then against him. >>

dion, what can you tell us about your vantage point in which are able to see?s for having me on. what i see is a high crowd. take it this way, and this why my colleague earlier mention that there is a lot of people that were demonstrating and you forget that you have a peaceful crowd and people who are praying. people who are telling the other people not to become violent and so over here you're gonna have people going shoes you've got one. and you have people who are saying we don't want any violence. now, if we try to turn the camera this way, if you go this way about maybe 75 yards down the street it's a completely different crowd. this crowd is provoking the police. this crowd is entertaining the police, and they are very juxtaposed to what's going on over here so the police have been saying that they want the crowds to stop. and the protesters down there who were throwing the water bottles and debris understand that again it's unlawful and they have someone giving people route 13 minutes to leave the premises before they start to come out. but these protes

if you want to make money, go to work, get a job and go to school. >> that was dion lim reporting. the district attorney's office says banks was released on his own recognizance for the twin peaks incident. in the home invasion the office filed 10 felony charges. despite asking the court for no bail he is now out on $100,000 bail. a hearing is set for april 15th. >>> as of today anyone 16 and up in alameda county can schedule a vaccine appointment. this comes ahead of the state expanding it to everyone on thursday. they also got an early start on expanding eligibility to 16 and up a few weeks ago. san francisco is vaccinating anyone if they live in one of the eight underserved zip codes. a reminder not to let your guard down after getting vaccinated. there have been reports of breakthrough infections. reporter denise dador of our abc sister station in los angeles has that story. >>> during spring break college freshman chelsea siefert received her first dose of the moderna vaccine. when she returned to the university of chicago she ate with her usual group of friends. a few days la

. >> hi, dion.day you either saw record heat or cloudy skies and chilly temperatures along the coastline, so it felt like that true summer microclimate in full effect earlier today. look at these temperatures, 90 the record high in santa rosa earlier today. the average high for santa rosa this time of year is 69 degrees. you could see we exceeded that by more than 20 degrees today, hit 70 in the city, 75 in oakland, 83 in san jose, but half moon bay you got that cloud cover, that onshore breeze. we were sitting at 56 degrees for the daytime high. right now it is pretty mild as you move away from the coast. we're near 70 still in concord this hour, 75 in brentwood, still 60 in san ramon. we have the full on fog moving back in along the coast, that see breeze knocking us down to the 40s along the coast. we're at 52 in the city, 55 current temperature in san jose. the skyline of san francisco tonight, a live look showing you pretty calm conditions from this view as we look towards the east. your pollen

i'm dion lim. in just the past hour the chronicle has reported a group of windsor residents looking to recall mayor foppoli will launch their effort tomorrow. they'll start to file the required documents. six women have now come forward accusing the mayor of assault, the latest just today. this morning a protest was outside the winery foppoli co- owns. abc7 news reporter cornell barnard was there and has more on reaction from residents. >> reporter: a small group of protesters stood outside christopher creek winery co- owned by winds or mayor dominic foppoli. >> i wanted to let them know that the community is paying attention and that we need him to be held accountable. we need him to resign. >> reporter: the mayor under fire after five women told the chronicle that foppoli sexually assaulted them. the alleged incidents took place over 16 years. sophia williams says she was assaulted by foppoli in 2006 after a night of drinking and dancing. >> i was like no, dominic, we're not doing this and like r

dion, thank you very much. boswell, thank you. i want to thank so many people. we are going to close our comments right now and just say we are prepared to continue to pursue justice. thank you. and get more information on >> u.s. attorney general merrick garland announced the u.s. justice department was opening a civil investigation. the new probe will be separate from an ongoing federal criminal investigation into the death of george floyd. be will be separate from an ongoing criminal investigation into the death of mr. floyd. attorney general garland: good morning. like so many of you i closely watched the event in minnesota. although the state's prosecution was successful, i know that nothing can fill the void that the loved ones of george floyd have felt since his death. my heart goes out to them and to all those who have experienced similar loss. i know such wounds have deep roots, and that too many communities have experienced those wounds firsthand. yesterday's verdict in the state criminal trial does not address potentially systemic policing issues in m

. >> hi, everybody be a good afternoon, i am dion lim. welcome to our daily program called getting answers. what we are doing is asking experts your questions every day 3:00 to get answers for you in real time to today, we will talk with dr. patel. we do have a lot to cover, including questions from you on facebook , and also vaccine confidence and a couple two truths and a lie. but first, another mass shooting, eight people dead at a fedex facility in indianapolis. many are asking, when exactly will we see changes? what can be done? so joining us now to talk more about gun violencegun violencege thomas, the executive director at giffords law center, robin, thank you for being here. i know so many are frustrated because it seems to happen time and time again, after there is a mass shooting that makes headlines, people want to know solutions, what do you think some of the solutions can be? >> well, in the situation, we actually have information coming out, i don't want to say too much about what we know and don't know, but it sounds like t

dion lim. we will see you right back here tonight in 30 minutes. >>> tonight, the race against time as crews rush to prevent an enviro >>> tonight, the race against time as crews rush to prevent an environmental disaster in florida. a leak discovered in a large waste water pond near tampa. a state of emergency declared. hundreds of homes evacuated. this helicopter dropping pumps to help drain the pond before a total collapse that could send polluted water into florida's governor touring the area today. our team is there. >>> the coronavirus concerns as the country marks a second easter in this pandemic. churches opening their doors but with limited capacity and social distancing. officials are hoping this is the last holiday when the majority of americans are unvaccinated. but warn now is not the time to let your guard down. cases and hospitalizations on the rise in nearly half the country. >>> the calls for congress to review safety measures in the capitol after another deadly attack. black dr

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dion, thank you very much. boswell, thank you. i want to thank so many people. we are going to close our

dion, thank you very much. finona boswell, thank you. i want to thank so many people. we are going to close our comments right now and just say we are prepared to continue to pursue justice. thank you. >> minnesota governor tim walz and st. paul mayor melvin carter also reacted to the not guilty verdict in the derek chauvin trial.

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it's emarrassing to society that no one will help anymore. >> reporter: dion lim, abc7 news. >>> caitlynr wants to take on gavin newsom in the states recall election. as reporter john haskel from los angeles explains, she announced her candidacy, today. >> reporter: caitlyn jenner says she is in, even though the newsom recall election isn't a done deal, the republican just got some star power from an olympic gold medalist and reality tv star. >> you cannot count out someone with as much rate recognition as caitlyn jenner. the fact that she consulted with people involved in the trump campaign, she appears to do things you would do to put together what constitutes a serious campaign. >> reporter: she said, as californians, we face a now or never opportunity to fix our state before it's too late. she is hoping for an honored schwarzenegger type of campaign boosted by her celebrity, although, many questions remain about her politics and whether she still supports former president trump. >> a lot of republicans are going to be dialed into what is happening. caitlyn jenner, by virtue of who sh

dion, thank you very much. boswell, thank you. i want to thank so many people. we are going to close our comments right now and just say we are prepared to continue to pursue justice. thank you.

dion, thank you very much. boswell, thank you. i want to thank so many people. we are going to close our comments right now and just say we are prepared to continue to pursue justice. thank you. >> rev. al sharpton joined family members and their attorneys for a news conference after the guilty verdict was announced for derek chauvin. >> say his name. >> george

dion, so many sports. congrats to the stamford women. just saw tiger woods congratulate them.would win. what a season. >> it was unlike anything we have seen before. >> totally historic and nice to hear that screaming coming from the newsroom as well. you can hear it all the way down here in the studio. >>> just ahead, you will have to dig a little deeper into your wallet if you want to own tom brady's rookie card. this is a no-nonsense message from three. small business insurance usually doesn't cover everything you need. it's long on pages. short on coverage. that's why three was created. it covers your entire business in just one policy. because small business owners have enough on their hands. so go with three and leave those old policies in the dust. sawdust. technically. don't interrupt the spokesperson. this commercial is now over. logo. three. no nonsense. just common sense. >>> coming up tonight on abc 7 news at 11:00, governor newsom says the reopening tier system could change this week. we dig in the metrics including icu numbers dropping and increasing vaccinations

good evening and thank you for joining us, i'm dion lynn. it could be one of the biggest steps forward in our return to normal since the pandemic began. some bay area theme parks, opening rides today. cornell bernard joins us from six flags discovery kingdom, in vallejo, where lots of families are having some fun. talk about a nice assignment and lots of smiles to be had. >> reporter: yeah, for sure. and it's about timeon so many smiles around the park, today. 17 rides are now fully operating good today, the general public is being welcomed back to this theme park at 15% capacity. first up for many families, the roller coasters, of course. >> are you guys ready to ride >> that would be a yes from everyone who waited to ride the joker roller coaster. david and mariah, came from sacramento. >> i'm really excited, but this one, when i told her they were opening back up, she started shaking. >> it was just like i missed it a lot. [ laughter ] >> hold on tight, this coaster, one of nine, reopening at six flags discovery kingdom, after the pandemi

we'll bump those temperatures back up a we start a new workweek near 90 degrees again monday ama and dion. >> thank you so much sandhya. >> thank you so much we'll be right back. >>> in the south bay, christmas in the park will be returning to its roots to a downtown event. last year's event was nix because of the pandemic. it was replaced by a light show that will also be back. >>> and garlic lovers rejoice. the garlic festival is back on for this summer. organizers say it will be reimagined because of the pandemic. the festival will be held over two weekend, july 23rd and july 30th. so lots of fun to be had there. >> nice to see it return. stay with us, sports director larry beal is next. >> are the 49ers really going to take matt jones with the third round pick tomorrow? or >>> good evening the nfl draft is tomorrow at 5:00 right here on abc 7. seems like everybody has an opinion on which quarterback the 49ers should take with that third over all pick. many believe it's going to be mack jones out of alabama. limited athletically but sees the field well. he led the crimson tide to the n

that is all the time we have for abc 7 news at 5:00, i am dion lim.ee you right back here tonight in 30 minutes. >>> tonight, the race against time as crews rush to prevent an enviro >>> tonight, the race against time as crews rush to prevent an environmental disaster in florida. a leak discovered in a large waste water pond near tampa. a state of emergency declared. hundreds of homes evacuated. this helicopter dropping pumps to help drain the pond before a total collapse that could send polluted water into florida's governor touring the area today. our team is there. >>> the coronavirus concerns as the country marks a second easter in this pandemic. churches opening their doors but with limited capacity and social distancing. officials are hoping this is the last holiday when the majority of americans are unvaccinated. but warn now is not the time to let your g

. >> and you've worked with some of the biggest stars an artists in the business, celine dion, aerosmitht mean to put you on the spot but seriously who is your favorite to work with? >> all of them. this year it's laura pausini, and she's one of the best singers on the planet and, you know, when the song had to be -- i wrote the song in english. i wrote the song and the movie is in italian and we needed to put -- the song needed to be in italian to fit the movie and laura wrote these beautiful lyrics inspired by my song and, you know, so -- >> but what's it like though for an average person out there, you work with all these stars, to go to somebody like celine dion and you've written this song and you're exchanging ideas and she sings it a certain way. do you ever think -- how do you tell her you don't like something and it should be done a different way? what is that like? >> well, i'm lucky enough to -- if i work with a celine or laura pausini or singers, some of the singers i work with i don't really have to tell them anything. they kind of make what i do, you know, ten times better,

and they can get their own money by making a job. >> reporter: in oakland, dion lim, abc7 news. >> thaterrible. >>> happening today, bart leaders and youth community advocates are taking a stand against sexual harassment and gender-based violence on public transportation. bart has partnered with several groups to launch the not one more girl campaign. organizers unveil posters, new resources and apologies changes at arrest press conference. will be at the bart station at 11:00 am. >>> still to come on abc7 morning from a witness in the derek chauvin trial speaks publicly for the first time and only abc news. we have a sneak peek at that exclusive coming up on gma. from a tradition that has survived calls for social justice and even a pandemic. oscars users clueless in and what they're planning once again for hollywood's night. >>> once again, we check in with your accuweather forecast. >> we are bringing in some cooling today, we are not going to get around average day. that'll come tomorrow. low clouds and fog situated at the golden gate bridge. but the view from mount tam, you can see

dion, what is the situation there now is the curfew approaches?went into effect at 8:00, but nobody here on the ground found out until 9:00. so here we have it way past the curfew, in a couple of hours ago large crowds had dissipated to about 150 people, who were i don't know if you can pan this a little bit, but a lot of people have congregated toward the gas station to the left of me. and then also to the rate of me. it's like an abandoned gas station. and a lot of people have congregated their. but there's one thing i should note. the protesters here, the ones that are left, are very relentless. and they are unmoved. that doesn't tell the whole picture about what's happened tonight. about an hour ago, we went down to 500 people. so 500 demonstrators, but the crowds were mixed. on one end, you had a lot of protesters who were provoking the police department here. but on the other side, about 75 yards away, where the completely different separate type of crowd. where people were holding hands, people were on their knees saying no justice no peace

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there was no determined resistance to communism in british dion app >> the example of georgetown britishonal -- britain charges a red plot, threatening the government. accused of its conspiracy, the heads of the people's progressive party. communist propaganda literature is confiscated, but the communist had their foot in the door. by 1960, won communist primary controls british julianna. the example of vietnam. july 21st, 1954 and geneva, french general scientists ease fire agreement with the admin general. others taking part to russia's molotov and -- negotiations between read china's, and french premier, the chiefs of armistice, which brings to an end seven and a half years of fighting in indochina. the flag comes down. the french leave hanoi, according to the arms terms, and virtual control is left in castro reveals, i am a marxist-leninist and will be one until the day i die. socialism is a world reality today. there is no halfway between socialism and imperialism. >> we have been watching the communist takeover of territories. while this was going on, comrades throughout the world

. >> reporter: in san francisco, dion lim, abc7 news. >>> near downtown santa rosa one person sufferedrns in an explosion on west college avenue. fire department posted a video from the scene. it happened around 11:00 a.m. when propane gas was transferred from one tank to another. >>> an overturned big rig backed up traffic for hours in san jose this this happened before 8:00 a.m. in the southbound lanes of 101 chp had the big rig back on its wheels and towed away. >>> still ahead, all eyes on the wedding coming this weekend. >> can you hear me, steve? >> we will where can a healthier heart lead you? for people with heart failure taking entresto, it may lead to a world of possibilities. entresto is a heart failure medicine prescribed by most cardiologists. it was proven superior at helping people stay alive and out of the hospital. heart failure can change the structure of your heart so it may not work as well. entresto helps improve your heart's ability to pump blood to the body. there's no telling where life may take you. born baby. to pump blood to the body. don't take entresto with

this small harbor in southern run canaria is full of memories for amadou dion and his friend for 7 days they travelled in a wooden boat over 1300 kilometer is from senegal across the atlantic spanish to rescue boats pick them and 80 other passengers up and brought them to gran canaria . pulling in a sheet they wanted to show us their boat but one of the rescuers says it has already been scrapped. we arrived on the 27th of october nothing has happened since i have no work i have nothing to do what i can do is eat and sleep. here we can do anything for our families and senator like send in the money for food. plus the fisher. and in senegal he worked hard and even had his own business but he earned very little from selling fish and he couldn't compete with the growing competition from international fishing fleets. gran canaria lives in a tourist hotel a temporary shelter for him and thousands of other migrants kicking a football is all the migrants continue to pass their time. isn't like africa in africa everything with people in europe they want to cease to commence it's just like. but i

the chase center already scheduled several artists to perform later this year, including celine dion luke hopes according to the guidelines live indoor events can operate at 35% capacity. private events like meetings and conventions can resume with up to 150 participants. people still need to mask up and keep their distance in these venues and event organizers can require participants to show a negative covid test or their vaccination card. and the east bay walk-in vaccination clinics are now open in contra, costa county each site can administer 5 to 700 vaccines today. the county is placing the walk-in clinics in areas hardest hit by covid. we have a complete list of the walk-in clinics by the whale kron 4 dot com end appointments are still available. if you'd like to go that route through the contra. costa health services website. also in the east bay several law enforcement agencies anunced a recent effort to curb gang violence. >> kron four's charles clifford has details. as part of what's being called operation winstar antioch police in oakland police with the help of dozens of

. >> hi, dion. >> i guess we should start off by asking your first impressions. biden do last night? >> look, i thought it was an opportunity for him to speak to the american people about his priorities. in that sense, i think you capture the moment well. how he did in terms of substance depends on what you think of what he has propose. obviously, progressives have been very pleased with the different proposals they have heard out of president biden, whether it's the initial covid release package or the subsequent infrastructure package, or now a package that really deals with a number of different social issues. i think there are others who are concerned about the spending. they are concerned about how much government expansion we are going to see over the next couple of years. as everything else, in our politics, it is very polarized. the reaction to his speeches follow the general trend. >> one of the reactions on facebook came in from randy who said he watched most of it. he thought he straight from the prepared speech and the points he wanted it should have

. >> reporter: over the past year, san francisco bay area television reporter dion lim has been coveringarming local trend. >> and i think what happened in atlanta was perhaps on a more national ale, a catalyst, an explosion, because it combined something like a mass shooting with the concept of hate and that hyper sexualization of asian-american women. so, i think that's why many see it as a turning point. >> reporter: shocking as the images and stories are of the recent surge in asian hate crimes, it's not totally surprising to the people here in oakland's chinatown. california has the oldest and largest asian community, and as such, a long and tortured history of discrimination and harassment. >> knowing the yellow peril history that whenever a disease arrived from asia that asians would be met with violence and with racist policies, we knew we had to document the racism we're experiencing. >> reporter: russell jeung, professor of asian american studies at san francisco state university, started the stop asian american pacific islanders hate crimes online tracking system in march 2020

dion, thank you very much. finona boswell, thank you. i want to thank so many people. we are going to close our comments right now and just say we are prepared to continue to pursue justice. thank you. >> minnesota governor tim walz and st. paul mayor melvin carter also reacted to the not guilty verdict in the derek chauvin trial. they spoke to reporters for about 30 minutes. >> good evening, minnesota and good evening to those of you across the united states. i am tim walz, i have the privilege of being the governor of minnesota. i will be joined by the mayor of st. paul, melvin carter, and be joined by questions at the end of the statement by john harrington, commissioner of the department of public safety. last may 25, the world watched in horror as george floyd's life and humanity were taken from him with a knee on the neck. the pain and anguish of the floyd family was bared to the world, as was minnesota's pain and anguish, and obvious failures, especially when it came to race and policing. a short time ago, police officer derek chauvin was found guilty of murder

. >> q, dion. >> cheers, covaxsf. >>> much for joining us, everybody come on this interactive show, getting answers. we will be here for you every weekday at 3:00. we are on air and also online, answering all your questions. the bay area's top headlines are coming your way on abc7 news at 4:00. i will see you for that. until then, you can get the very latest news and weather wh >>> tonight, the police body cam and what authorities are now saying after the deadly police shooting of a young black driver outside minneapolis. authorities say the officer mistook her handgun for a taser. police releasing the video 24 hours after the shooting. daunte wright seen struggling with officers, trying to get back into his car. the officer is heard shouting, "i'll tase you you" then "taser, taser" then firing a single shot from her handgun instead. the police chief today calling the shooting, kwoeshgts an accidental discharge. the family tonight outraged. a curfew now in place following protests and clashes with police. and what's now happened to the officer. >>> just miles away, the trial of former offic

. ♪ ♪ ♪ i can barely recall but it's all coming back to me now ♪ >>> that is celine dion's hit song written has passed away. steinman wrote a number of hits including bonnie tyler's "total eclipse of the heart" and meat loaf's "i'd do anything for love." he was 73. >>> we turn now to some unwelcome news for your wallet. more companies are raising prices due to the pandemic. here's abc's megan tevrizian. >> reporter: this morning, some popular household items will soon cost you more due to pandemic-related supply issues. procter & gamble is expected to hike prices between 4% and 9% on baby products, adult diapers and feminine care brands beginning in september. the company, which also owns tide detergent and charmin toilet paper, says some of those products will also be getting more expensive. it follows a similar price hike last month by rival kimberly-clark, which makes huggies diapers and scott paper products. >> what's happening is you have pent-up demand due to covid, and that's being combined with you don't have all workers back to work, so that's creating a classic supply demand imbal

. >> i am dion lim. we join with awith awith awith a the number of positive tests is down to 1.7%.s reported, today. and 52% of californians have been it least partially vaccinated. california ranks 11th states and vaccinations according to federal figures. >> vaccination sites are popping up all of the area. mass vaccination sites are for shots wh cawhenu me new e okat e last a county scheduled thousands of appointment on thursday, on friday, 7000 appointments, what a difference a day makes. >> i was expecting 2 to 3 hours. but when i came in, i was surprised to see that the wait time was not too long. i hardly waited for about 15 minutes. >> i got here right on time for my appointment, which was at 11:15, and by 11:18, they had given me my first dose. i was on my way to the observation area. >> reporter: easy to park, easy to check in for 16-year-old ian chacon. my mom made me. >> reporter: most of the people i talked to said they booked their appointments two or three days ago. the county has more than doubled its capacity. >> reporter: last week that they were doling out 5000 s

germans have lived in some form of lockdown since last year our correspondence late on a fun hamish dion asked people in berlin to describe the government's pandemic management let's take a listen to what they had to say. confusing. your sick. it's difficult for everyone terrible. terrible. these berliners are not alone according to the monthly national survey. from the polling institute in fact test team up 79 percent of germans are critical of all the countries managing the crisis it's the highest number since the start of the pen demick only 24 percent are ok with the measures as they are about the same say they go too far while half of germans think current measures are not restrictive enough the country is in the middle of its 3rd wave of the pandemic the number of new infections is rising exponentially with a highly contagious u.k. virus varian now dominant but the vaccination test been slow and the chancellor and state premiers can't seem to agree on a course of action. if so many people are so frustrated with the government that maybe they have better ideas of how to handle the p

the trial of derek chauvin, the police officer killed george floyd -- thank you for joining us, i am dionive hours, today. >> george floyd was not a threat. he never was. he wasn't resisting. he just wasn't able to comply. they should have recognized that. they should have recognized that. they do it all the time. they had him handcuffed. they had plenty of resources. they had four officers. they had a fifth one off in the distance. >> we have to look at the cause of death to determine, did mr. floyd die exclusively of asphyxia, or were there other controlling factors? -- that were not the natural result of mr. sjogren's acts, right? 3 things that were happened -- things that were set in motion, the drug ingestion, right? a bad heart -- >> the jury could deliberate as late as 5:30. they are expected to start at 7:00 a.m. we are expected to get an noticed read aloud in court. cities across the country are on edge waiting for the verdict, including oakland, which saw peaceful protest and a certain amount of vandalism over the weekend. our reporter has the story from

dion joseph hoped to get lebron james's attention.ersation about policing, he says the reason he wrote that letter, a columbus police officer, involved in the shooting to the 16-year-old girl, take a listen. >> the reason why i wrote this letter is that officer could have been me. i think of four times i almost had to use deadly force and didn't sleep for two days and that would have been said about me without knowing who i am, that i never had to take a life of a human being. >> joseph says i was lebron james before i became a police officer, being young and african-american i thought police were our natural enemies. he understands where lebron james is coming from but wants to stop the tribalism and dehumanization of one another, sit down and have a real conversation with somebody with a big voice within the american public. jillian: nobody asked me to do anything june 20 third. 's carley: update on britney spears's conservatorship. he is going to be speaking out in court in an attempt to free herself from her father's control. she

. >>> good evening and thank you for joining us i'm dion lim. now come forward saying the mayor sexually assaulted her. cornell spoke to protesters today outside the winery dominique popoli co-owns. >> reporter: that's right, and those people are calling for mayor popoli to step down immediately even his own brother is calling for resignation, first a warning, some of the comments in the story may be graphic. >> we want to show the mayor that we need him to

>> i am dion lim. sign up for the coronavirus vaccine. more than half the country has gotten at least one shot. >>> in california, 53% of people have started the vaccine process, as you can see in the abc7 news tracker, 33%, more than 10 million californians are american. american. >> there are good odds that a number of them felt some kind of side effect from those injections. our abc7 reporter, luz pena spoke with medical professionals who explain what the body has this reaction. she joins us now, live. >> reporter: side effects after a vaccine is a sign that your body is producing the immune response. that is a good thing. what is interesting is that a few people who have had covid are reporting side effects after the first shot. >> reporter: for 2 weeks, alejandra was in the icu fighting for his life. >> the doctors mentioned, you know, 50-50. i was in this position, laying on

. >> i am dion lim.behind the effort to recall the governor did, in fact, collect enough verified signatures to call for a recall election. keep in mind, this is not quite a done deal yet. elizabeth kreutz joins us now with the breaking developments. >> reporter: here are the numbers from the secretary of state's office. the recall effort has submitted 1.6 million verified signatures. that is well over the 1.5 million needed to qualify. the initial petition began nearly a year ago now, june 10th, to be exact. that's when people started gathering signatures. the groups behind the effort are upset about newsom's record. in particular, his handling of the pandemic, his laundry moment was really a turning point in this effort. so, a few days from now, the 29th, that is a few days to submit the signatures. it might even be more coming in. that would be followed by a 30 day period where they could withdraw their signatures. it is not a done deal yet. there are some democrats who are asking to their -- remove t

dion, where are you? thank you very much. venona boswell. you are a star. ellison, the _ justice. thank you. that was keith ellison, the attorney _ justice. thank you. that was keith ellison, the attorney general - justice. thank you. that was keith ellison, the attorney general of i justice. thank you. that was keith l ellison, the attorney general of the state of minnesota who has been speaking along with the prosecution team. widespread praise for the way the prosecution handled this case. we hear from the prosecution handled this case. we hearfrom prosecution lawyers but with with something that the attorney general said that was so striking when he said this is not justice, justice implies true restoration, this is accountability. and he talked about how there was need notjust for one case, the case of george floyd and derek children but a need for social —— chauvin a need for social transformation in the united states. it's been really striking out people use this moment notjust striking out people use this moment not just to say they feel there's bee