the dion roll. when you saw dion on the menu. >> this prime time. >> oh.am dion lim abc7 news news. >> dion worked in charlotte for a few years. was honored with her very on roll. when i hear dion lim, i am thinking this spicy has -- roll has to be spicy. >> one day she was here and the next day she was gone. se vanished. >> vanished in a flash and there were questions about her disappear answer. >> tell me, what have you heard? >> it seems a little bit shady. >> all i know is she left under mysterious circumstances and beyond that is correct i can't comment. >> so dion fled but her roll remained on the menu. dion roll, popular or? >> really popular. >> the dion roll is rice, coconut shrimp, cucumbers, melon. >> that brought me pure joy much like dion did every time we saw her on the news. >> special thanks to chef cal, the entire staff at cow fish. clay thompson, should be up for best supporting actor roles. and you are not going to cry again, are you? >> probably. >> she is doing well. >> after the newscast, i will tell you what >> larry told me nobody r

anything can happen at a celine dion concert. sadly her reign is coming the an end.is june 8th. it's almost over. >>> hey, everybody. thank you for the birthday wishes. headed out to a beautiful sunset jacuzzi. >> this is what 55 looks like. very unfair i must say. you had a big birthday yesterday though. >> i did. any time you can end your birthday in a jacuzzi -- >> not a bad thing. >> it's a party, right? >> we have been with rob lowe throughout the years. "entertainment tonight" has, so i figured i have to come and wish you a happy birthday. >> thank you, thank you. >> first of all, happy birthday. >> thank you. >> so what did you do to celebrate your birthday? >> i took it easy. we had friends up and played golf. >> you played golf with chris pratt too, right? >> yeah. he's my golf buddy and he's hitting the ball great. i might have beaten him. >> rob is looking amazing at 5 1/2 decades, and the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. >> my dad has amazing genetics. he's going to be 80 and he looks 60. >> "e.t." has known you for a long time. >> i know. my first "

. >> and i'm dion lim. an east bay father and principal is in critical condition after police say his wife shot him. abc7 news reporter kate larson spoke to the man's friends and family, and joins us now from the newsroom. kate. >> reporter: well, dion, eric, i spoke to one of his adult sons who had to go through his father's house tonight after seeing him on life support in the hospital. this is something people close to him say they never expected. >> this is a huge loss to our community. paul was just involved in so many good things and i love that man. >> reporter: michael basine has been friends with paul shatzwel since they were growing up in pittsburgh. he is on life support after poice say his wife shot him around 1:00 saturday morning after a domestic altercation at their home. >> i was supposed to go out with him that night. my wife didn't feel good so they decided to go out on their own. >> reporter: he came by his house saturday morning to see his friend. instead he found a crime scene. he said

but dion's heart can do it no more. it is failing. and melissa has been told she will soon need another transplant >> i really don't know how long it will be until that call is made. >> and when it is, melissa has insurance to cover the medical costs. but her family estimates they will need $100,000 for after-care expenses. money julie says they just don't have. >> we were told right away that we needed to fund raise. >> but julie won't have to take that on. because once again, in melissa's time of need, the fuller's are there. >> so we called julie, melissa's mom and said would you be okay if we spearheaded this project. >> just because they saved melissa's life once, the fullers believe is no reason not to do it again. >> i can't even imagine life without them. they're absolutely amazing. >> i think it's just pure unconditional love. >> when all is said and done, the biological link between these two families will be gone, but their bond will be stronger than ever. the good news is that the fullers say they are about halfway to reac

and abc 7 anchor dion lim went looking for answers about those deaths. dion?quite concerning. we are live al marina green. if you take a look at this map, it happens to be just under four miles from angel island state park. this is where scientists are peormi necps on the t one week. sky 7 flew over the west side of angel island today where you can see the team of about a dozen workers and volunteers or so collecting tissue samples and performing other tests to determine a cause of death. one whale showed a lack of body fat and was malnourished. while we're still waiting on the results of that second whale's necropsy, the about the thing according to dr. patrick noonan at the marine mammal center, these were not cases where human interaction were to blame. things liken tanglement or a net or a ship strike. the number of whales entering the bay has been extremely high this year, and the whales are staying longer. the doctor says this could be w and changing migration patterns could also be the reason. >> this is also the start of the northward hieg congratulati

live in france, i am dion lim, abc7 news. >> thank you.is raising money to give bay area viewers a bird's eye view of a well-known pair of falcons. they can now be monitored 20/7. the museum is raising money during the big give today. a past fund-raising effort brought in more than $15,000 to install permanent cameras. the falcons are expecting their first offspring of 2019. >> i wonder if they look up to the camera, a little privacy please. >> beautiful bird watching weather. >> you watch the butterflies, you watch the birds, larry, you have a lot of time on your hands. tomorrow there is no rain, just sun shine. temperatures to the 60s to the low 70s. and for the st. patrick's day parade, you couldn't ask for better weather in san francisco. when the parade gets underway, you will need plenty of sun screen, shade. enjoy the milder pattern. it is going to warm up for the weekend. saturday and sunday is when the temperatures will come up into the 70s. monday near 80 degrees. a light level 1 system will bring us cooling trend. this is an acc

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i dion lim. abc7 news reporter cornell barnard has been busy out there.is joining us live from the embarcadero in san francisco. cornell found some downed trees out there. cornell? >> reporter: yeah, dion and eric, found some downed trees and so much more. would you believe, rain, hail, and snow. check it out. lots of dark clouds over the east bay right now, which may have brought some of our wild weather today. check outailrm which totally pelted montclair village in oakland on sunday. loud enough for you? there was so much hail in the oakland hills, it look like a snowy tahoe wonderland. >> put a scoop in your hand. let's see. is it like snow? >> reporter: there was real snow falling on mount hamilton at the lick observatory. the rain was also back, making driving treacherous. the chp says this car spun out on rain slicked highway 24 near the broadway exit. luckily, the driver wasn't hurt. in san francisco, lots of umbrellas were back on duty. >> it is getting to be a lot. it's been wet every day. >> reporter: this tree fell in oakland overnight blockin

>> good evening, dion. right now they're in the process of a shutdown here at the refinery in benicia. you can see smoke coming from the stacks behind me, but much less than we saw earlier in the week. the thick smoke billowing from the valero refinery in benicia was visible over the county over the past week. the bay area air quality management district sent seven notices of violation for excess emissions. today, valero announced a controlled shutdown. >> there was coke, which is a refinery by-product, that was detected in the emeission, thouh not at a harmful level. this could worsen people with underlying health problems. >> reporter: valero says it stems from an operational issue with a gas scrubber which is used to clean gas. valero says in a written statement "during this time, there may be visible plume and flaring as part of the shutdown process. valero, along with the city of benicia and other regulatory agencies, will continue to conduct air monitoring in the area to assure protection of the commu

just got sleen dion and leo and jason brooks that's it and it's not warm. enough just celine dion. did you notice my masculine tyranny from. freek. dead man in. man as painted as a little engine any man in mines and missile in t.n. tend to like. now pose a new line up a south african. to cut a new consulate close. to . zero in the bus and it. is my mother his lack of base or never liked doctor as a doctor my mother then to my friend's. dad. maybe if i say will smith like you know he is not good to me for me like if i need food or anything my mother's there for me to make guidance she asked me through school at home without my mother no way i'll be now. now talk about anything everything. vegas named them from. the sun like everyone says to me i just both my head here. are some of the sisters just do you want to go to the shops me. if you want to not run off to duck you feel good to see me upset like i think about america the failure of a car really good good for first like ten seconds an awful terrible awful. funny a couple of miles from kitchen in the france lived in alexandra. in

dion, i haven't heard from you yet. we'll talk about this in just a moment.ck out this view from our mt. tam camera. watch that fog rolling in. this really looks like summer in the bay area. if you've lived here long enough, you know what this is all about. the marine layer has deepened. it's 1,400 feet deep and it's made its way across the bay. live doppler 7 showing you the fog footprint. visibility six miles petaluma. seven miles in half moon bay and santa rosa with mist along the coast. the storm system bringing in that fog, you can see this is what's going to bring us wet weather as well. before the wet weather, it was a warm day today. unseasonably warm except for half moon bay. everyone in the 70s, even an 80-degree reading in gilroy. i hope you didn't get used to that idea because it's changing. temperatures in the 50s and 60s. exploratorium camera showing a lovely view toward the bay bridge. fog and mist in the morning, cooler day. rain returns late tomorrow through wednesday. an unsettled pattern setting up into the weekend. 5:00 a.m., watch out for

lived to tell his story to dion lim.ou'll see why his nickname is the legend among his friends. >> i'm very tired and washed out. but i'm actually feeling good being here looking at the ocean. >> looking out over moss beach. this is surfer christy davis' first time smelling the salty ocean air after what happened four days ago at mavericks. >> i was having a great session. i got four really good waves and about ten, 15 minutes later, i started having pain. >> at 66 years 28thsoea pn egni mech e.gean heaved a few times. all signs of a heart attack. >> his fellow surfers tried to pull him back to shore. >> i was too en walking himself his car. pbay my life. my lovely wife is like, okay, here we go again. >> again refers to may of 2018 when he broke his neck and several vertebrae whisurfing. each a heart attack won't let her stop him from pursuing his passion. >> are you going to stay in bed? wrap him in bubble wrap? no. i'm not going to do that. >> fiona believes karma keeps him alive. a way for the universe to thank him f

. >> and i'm dion lim. the contract gets educators higher salaries and smaller class sizes among other things. >> teachers say they want to work on more issues going forward. here's abc7 news reporter luz pena. luz? >> >> reporter: that's right. the voting began and approximately 3,000 teachers voted. the strike is over. >> oakland educators look forward to returning to the classrooms tomorrow. >> reporter: after seven days in the picket lines, 64% of oakland educators voted yesterday for the 2017 and 2018 contract and 58% also approved the 2020 and 2021 contract terms. they needed a simple majority to move forward. >> we have a contract that begins to address ending the teacher retention crisis. >> reporter: the agreement includes an 11% salary increase over four years with a one-time 3% bonus. a decrease in class sizes and a cap on caseload psychologists, nurses and school counselors. >> we feel like it's an incremental step towards where we want to be. this is just the first step of very many. >> reporte

i'm dion lim in san francisco with this brazen crime and what you can do about it. >>> right now, thean francisco district attorney is reviewing the case against giants ceo larry bear after a video showed him in an altercation with his wife. what his wife had to say about it. it. >>> they're making denta it. >>> they're making denta (music throughout) >>> only to have it stolen in a brazen crime. >> dion lim brings us this story of a crime that's popping up more in the bay area and what you can do to prevent it. >> we know everything is going to be okay. but i mean, i cried my face off that day. >> when christian and her fiance aaron made their decision to move from their home. >> we moved to l.a. to help my dad take care of his property. >> everything started out so easily. >> we packed up the u-haul. had it 70% full. >> even taking precaution toss keep their belongings safe. >> we were going to be towing my car. put the car on the dolly so the dolly wouldn't get stolen. >> when they woke up and looked outside. >> the entire u-haul along with my car was gone. >> that's the uchl haul

. >> dion lim is live in the newsroom. these girls are really incredibly smart. >> reporter: that doesn't scratch the surface. what will strike you about this interview is how resilient and how brave and how well prepared these two little girls were for the elements. it is why rescuers are calling their safe return home a miracle. >> my sister cried the whole night. and so i told her to think happy thoughts of our family and i kept watch for most of the night. >> reporter: the cries of despair, very different from the tears of joy in the cell phone video. the moment misty and travis carrico were reunited with her daughter's leia and caroline after two days lost in the woods. the girls ages 8 and 5 were doing what kids do in rural benbow. >> we live on 80 acres of land in the middle nowhere and our kids spend hours of time out playing and it is not abnormal for them to be out in the yard playing unsupervised but it is our lifestyle. >> reporter: but when the girls didn't come home, mom and dad began to worry. >> we hiked at

i'm dion lim.y in san francisco were feeling the burn today as democratic candidate for president senator bernie sanders held a rally attracting thousands of supporters. abc7 news reporter cornell barnard joins us live from ft. mason, where sanders wasted really no time addressing that report. cornell? >> reporter: yeah, dion, you're right, bernie sanders got right to it, blasting the summary of the mueller report and telling the crowd why he should be president. from bernie bears to a rainbow of "feel the burn" t-shirts and lots of buttons, the welcome mat was out for this candidate. >> san francisco, thank you! >> reporter: senator bernie sanders got a big welcome from his bay area supporters. he wasted no time criticizing a summary of the mueller report which finds no trump/russia conspiracy. >> well, i don't want a summary of the report. i want the whole damp report,

good evening, thanks for joining us, i'm dion lim. look at where the shooting happened, intersection of fillmore and eddie streets in fillmore district. police say three people taken to the hospital, one with life-threatening injuries. another died at scene. police say the investigation is in early stages, have not given specifics of what led up to the shooting or information about suspects. sent out this alert with the abc7 news app when the news first broke and we'll continue to send alerts with new developments. download and enable notifications. >>> ten years since a b.a.r.t. police officer shot and killed oscar grant. foundation created by family and friends held a gala in his honor, joined by other families who lost children at hands of police. louis pena is there with the story. >> reporter: a celebration where oscar grant's family remembered him to raise money. many moms affected by police shootings were there. mothers from across the country with one thing in common, pain. >> representing my son at age of 14 killed by baltimo

dion lim visited her shop. the only one like to in the city. the shop is hoping to change the way clothes are manufactured all over the world. >> i like that has the sleek, urban look to it. >> one look at the rich fabrics, colors and textures on display at the boutique in san francisco's inner richmond district. >> you would never guess all of the clothing is made out of trash. >> we take these scraps that are being discarded by larger factories and create our own collections out of it. >> fowler begins a journey after a trip to cambodia in 2007. noticed a disturbing trend in manufacturing. >> secondhand markets, i was finding piles of scrap. i would look at them and find they were cut from factories and we can take them and make beautiful stuff out of it. >> in the past five years, rachel estimates her company diverted 35,000 pounds of fabric that otherwise would have ended up in a landfill or worse. >> a lot of it is dumped and ultimately winds up in the ocean and there's a lot of off gaffing of the chemicals that go into all the fabrics. >>

>> reporter: eric and dion, now it's a waiting game. were delivered for counting and it looks like this vote could be a close one. teachers told us they plan to vote no. >> we are powerful. join us and vote yes. >> the teacher's union posted that message on facebook as teachers lined up to vote on an agreement to put them back in the classroom on monday morning. >> i will vote yes. i think it's really important this ta gets us in the right direction. ousd has been mismanaging its funds for decades. >> i know that's not as much as people were hoping for. >> i

joey said he was inspired by dion wright who underwent emergency surgery for kidney cancer as an infanty it was. >> it was a 50/50 chance he'd live after the surgery. >> they beat the cancer and it was healthy. joey said it feels good to put a smile on a boy's face. >> it's bigger than boxing. it's a great thing to recognize people who have been through struggles in their life to help them. >> joey knows what a fight dion is having and he's winning the fight. you can see it right there. >> it's wonderful when athletes do that for their fans. he'll never forget it. >> it's wonderful. >> also congressman sensenbrenner of wisconsin. >> you're starting a conspiracy theory. >> i think he won the powerball overnight. >> you think that without evidence. >> one winning ticket. he's won lotteries at least three times. >> there are more people in wisconsin than just him, john. >> you say. i think he's the winner. we could have an exclusive interview with the powerball winner jim sensenbrenner tomorrow on "new day." >> i like this. fact-free. newsroom with jim sciutto starts right now. >>> a good

larry, dion? >> we can only imagine being a 911 dispatcher, a pretty tough job. why has it been so hard to hire new dispatchers? >> reporter: given the call volume they have and as big as the city of san jose is, they pay in the middle compared to other centers. it's hard to attract talent and keep them given the work load they have. >> many thanks to you. >> dozens of people in sonoma county needed to evacuate their homes after a propane truck overturn. this happened on highway 128 between calistoga and geyserville. it affected about 20 homes located within one mileh site. they decided to let the propane slowly escape from the tank. propane can be dangerous if it's handled improperly. >> very unstable within the right ignition limits it can ignite and burn back to where the propane truck is. that's the reason for the precautions and the evacuations. >> the truck may have swerved to avoid an object before it overturned. firefighters say the truck driver was not hurt. the evacuation orders were lifted about an hour ago. sky map 7 shows us where five cars collided

in the news room, dion lim abc7 news. >>> a semi truck holding cases of modelo beer the driver got out>>> nearly 30 manufactures showing off their new models. of course the super cars. also a new generation of smaller trucks. san jose state students are showing off their self-driver cars. >> i hope this will drive around campus. >> the show runs through sunday at the san jose mckenry convention center. >> and the blue one with the sunroof will come in > spencer christian i am tired of being called rainman. at the moment things are calm. here is a view of the western ski from the east bay camera. we will see a few showers and possibly flurries in the hills. light storm arrives saturday. and daylight savings time arrives on sunday. we will see clearing up in the north bay. we will see some passing showers down along the coastline and over the santa cruz mountains. most location will see lows in the low 30s. tomorrow a few spotty showers. relatively cool. over in the sierra, we have a winter advisory. four to 8 inches of snow. saturday kicks off little league baseball. i hope the teams do

even their name homage dion is provocative it's a reference to an air show disaster that left seventy people dead at the end of the one nine hundred eighty s. and they've been using shocking imagery since the one nine hundred ninety s. that includes imagery of sexual violence of german nationalism cannibalism only get people's attention they know how to play the outrage machine that is so day's media and here we are unable to ignore it now i should say the wyrick sophist new song deutschland are not exactly glorifying nazi germany they are somewhat critical that they call germany arrogant but they are employing. the shock value of these images but we've already had several prominent jewish figures here in germany already voicing their disgust that's right even before the full clip came out there was this promo video that we saw even germany's anti semitism commissioner came out to condemn that promo clip a little earlier engine is only there to promote yourself or to get public attention or even to promote selling an album or something then i think this is overstepping a line and this

i e >> and i'm dion lim.n tonight's headlines lynette gibson megyn kelly issued a statement during her 21-year-old son victor near the usc campus in l.a. the grieving council member said in part he was a son of oakland musician who drew in sfspiratio from the town. >>> and after a dangerous situation this morning at oakland international airport. 21-year-old said he planned to stab officer with intent to kill then be shot and killed by police. ruiz was carrying a knife. oefs era arrested him. >>> more winter weather is on the way after hail pounded parts of the bay area. check out the video of ice pell uts banking down on cars in oakland. so much hail fell in the oakland hills it even looked like snow. same thing in san jose where the hail transformed in neighborhood into a winter wonder land. >>> developing news out of ethiopia where tomorrow a national day of mourning will be observed followng a plane crashed that killed all 150 people on board. >>> on board with the latest. >> reporter: transportation safe

from berlin coming up next world stories we'll take a closer look at the aftermath of psychology dion's about what i'm called asked if it's watching. the colby's in germany to learn german english from the. why not learn with him d w z learning course because fake. african. economy president to follow. the end of the rwandan patriotic front in. the rebel army and in the one nine hundred ninety four genocide wasn't when all in the room was there was and when it was given you in me to reinforce them close and i knew this blood was up and he was not floating in no troops. a controversial leader whose success is beyond question. time. and the wanton tragedy starts people for long t.w. . this week on world stories. a shelter instead of prison for women in jordan smugglers see opportunity ahead in ireland we start out in zimbabwe it made march psycho need a ravaged the coast of south east africa and destroyed entire villages people here have been desperately searching for family members beneath the rubble. a once bustling village reduced to a rocky field. coppa was home to more than three hun

will be free to join his first one hundred days in office at lopez although young reports was frank dion go spent two and a half years in kinshasa essential things that was he is one of three prominent opposition leaders released from jail after being pardoned by democratic republic of congo's president says she katie who was elected in december was that was i'm very happy to see my brother released from jail i don't know how to express all the emotions finally my brother is free human rights lawyer firming young combi was also released he'd been sentenced to twenty years in prison in two thousand and nine on charges of being a threat to national security. an additional seven hundred political prisoners have also been pardoned by dishy candy most were arrested for speaking out against former president joseph kabila during his eighteen hears in office but that was a part of the but it's a joy for all of us we want to think the president and ask him not to imitate the behavior of the former regime. tisha kenny's decision to pardon political prisoners is widely seen as a move to break away

that is "surrender" by celine dion.by singing "surrender." janai norman is here with more. >> you know celine dion is in the midst of her residency at the caesar coliseum in las vegas. so, over the weekend, she shared the spotlight with one of her biggest little fans, passing the mike to anjali singh. she belted out "surrender" as you're listening there. she was amazing. take a listen. ♪ that's surrender everything to feel the chance to live again ♪ ♪ i reach to you i know you can feel it too we made it through ♪ ♪ a thousand dreams i still believe ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> 7 years old. quite a voice. right? and celine, clearly impressed with anjali's performance, gave her a big hug in front of the cheering crowd. even asked her for her autograph. and that 7-year-old -- >> i love that. >> -- giving her lots of love. >> so cool. >> that little girl no stranger to the spotlight. her parents say she often sings the national anthem at basketball games in california. that's where she's from. including ucla and usc. >> loo

. >> i love your green, dion, i can't do that in front of the chrome screen. 70 in san jose, a beautiful afternoon, high clouds are out there. we ♪ ♪ ♪ new wok fired shrimp, another american chinese creation from panda express. >>> happening now, people are getting their powerball tickets. tonight's jackpot stands at nearly half a billion dollars and growing. the $495 million jackpot will climb once final ticket sales are tallied. right now it is the 8th largest jackpot in the game's history. odds of winning, though, kind of slim. 1 in 292 million. >> is that tall? >> so sorry. >>> san francisco turned into a sea of green today for the annual st. patrick's day parade. it's billed as the celebration on the west coast. and it featured irish dancers and a little bit of everything. there were marching bands, floats, police departments, firefighters and just part of the lineup. san francisco mayor london breed served as the grand marshal. an estimated is thousand people attended as it snaked its way down market street. this is the 168th year the parade has been held and i have been watching i

just get sleen dion and leo and jason brooks that's it that's not war well of course celine dion. did you know smile and masculine tyranny for. a. good man in. spain. is a little an immersion in a man's human soul indian cannot do like. now apple has a new lineup in south africa. to continue godzilla close. to half. of the bus and that. is my mother has like a base or never liked a doctor as a doctor my mother then to my friends. dad. maybe if i say will smith like you know is not good to me for me like if i need food or anything my mother's there for me to see me guidance she asked me through school at home without my mother and no way i would be now. now talk about anything everything. of h.s. and then from. like what everyone says to me are just both my head yes the below me. there are some of the sisters just do you want to go to the shops me . if you can not run off to duck you feel good to see me upset like i think about americans i figure i think are really good for first like ten seconds and awful terrible awful. funny a couple of miles from kitchen in the france lived in

celine dion's "carpool karaoke" with james corden premiers april 20th. they shot it all over los angeles. speaking of that -- >> hello, we are in vegas. >> we are bringing the show to sin city to hang with all the hollywood high rollers. >> you're going get it. >> take you behind the scenes of the big-time acts. >> donny marie and "e.t." show tonight. >> and feeling the heat inside star kitchens. >> sorry. excuse me. >> oh, for goodness takes! >> we lay all our cards on the table. >> what happens in vegas. >> boo! >> happens on "e.t." >>> coming up, angelina, an a venninger? >>> speaking of superhero, move over chris evans. how "shazam!" star zachary levi is bringing the muscle. >> daddy. daddy. >>> then -- ♪ oh pretty baby >> the movie that made heath ledger a star turns 20. our throwback to the set can i have a peanut butter sandwich? can charlie have one, too? charlie can have one too. one for charlie. (gasp) look mom! charlie took a bite. feed his imagination, with the fresh roasted peanut taste he loves. where there's jif, there's love. >>> coming u

get celine dion in there and you wouldn't know what to do with yourself. >>> earlier we talked about all the attention and his initial arrest last month came after the explosive r. kelly documentary aired and before that, true crime docs such as "making a murderer" and "the jinx" helped sign a light on controversial and sometimes overlooked cases. i'm really into true crime. >> i know. season one of npr's podcast "serial" was downloaded by 171 million people, now hbo's followup to "serial" is hoping to become one of the game-changing documentaries itself. >> i was one of the millions of people that was obsessed with the "serial" podcast. >> the jury, they moved like lightning. >> into a murder mystery. now in "the case against adnan syed" we are seeing the names involved. >> i have a photographic memory. that never left my mind. >> adnan syed was convicted of killing his girlfriend hae min lee. >> a lower court threw out the conviction because his trial lawyer ignored an alibi witness. >> reporter: syed is in jail, but could a hbo documentary help set him free? it took three years to

. >> i'm dion lim, on jimmy kimmel, >> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight -- senator kamala harris, mark hamill, the wedding fainter, and music from judah and the lion, and now, in all probability, jimmy kimmel! [cheers and applause] ♪ [cheers and applause] >> jimmy: hi, everyone. i'm jimmy. i'm the host of the show. thank you for watching it. thank you coming to iplease rel. it's too much already.

dion lim tells us the sisters were prepared to survive their orde ordeal. >> what will strike you aboutesilient and how brave and well-prepared the two little girls were for the elements. it's why rescuers call their safe return home a miracle. >> my sister cried the whole night. i told her to think happy thoughts of our family and i kept watch for most of the night. >> the cries of despair very different from the tears of joy in the cell phone video. the moment and travis carico were reunited with leah and caroline after two days lost in the woods. the girls, ages 8 and 5 were doing what kids do in rural benbow. >> we live on 80 acres in the middle of nowhere. our kids spend hours at time playing. it's not unusual for them to be playing unsupervised. it's our lifestyle. >> as friday afternoon crept on, the girls didn't come home. mom and dad began to worry. >> we hiked at least two and a half miles around your house. screaming their names. ringing a giant bell that they always come back to. >> the girls didn't respond. meantime, as volunteers and search dogs scoured on foot and helicop

. >> i'm dion lim, on jimmy kimmel, senator >>> tv's number one daily viral video show, "right this minute>> a surfer races against a 60-foot monster swell. >> you missed the real story behind the video. >> wait until you see who did not beat the wave. >>> a bunch of bats are rescued after -- >> somebody threw several bags of them in the garbage. >> see the painstaking efforts of a kind soul to save their lives. >>> they're an inspiring couple beating the odds. >> i would say the biggest obstacle we face is -- >> how love and good humor are getting them through. >>> and a comedian sharing a glorious example of -- >> ingenuity and creativity. >> why the only thing missing is a doorbell -- >> and a postal flop. >>> if you're in the business of riding crackens, watch out. this video captured by the jacuzzi surfer youtube channel. off the coast of portugal a 60-foot monster swell is swallowing this surf. the surf crashes and nipping at his heels as he safely rides that one out. loops back around and meets up with his partner. his tow partner scoops up ross and takes him to safety. bet you miss

. >> dion lim has been working with the family of the 89-year-old in a story only on abc 7. >> we were praying that she can talk to us again. >> reporter: we visited 89-year-old woman in the hospital for the first time since her brutal beating on january 8th. where she was left for dead and in a coma. >> no one should suffer from violence from hatred. >> reporter: today there are miraculous signs of improvement. wong could open her eyes and point to a piece of paper on the wall to express what she needs. >> this has ignited in all of us the desire to help and to bridge communities. >> reporter: determined to make this predominantly asian community a safer place, the granddaughter and her family led the charge to hold community forums with law enforcement. san francisco supervisor shimon walton also responded with more patrols with chinese speaking officers and dedicating money for a new police substation, all spawned from family pain. all reasons why she will be honored by the board of supervisors this week. >> she's been an avid leader in this and we're excited about everything that s

i'm dion lim. we begin now with developing news on the mueller report. the president tweeted shortly after the summary of the robert mueller investigation came out this afternoon. he says he has been totally exonerated. democrats, though, aren't so sure that's the case. here's abc news reporter terra palmieri. >> reporter: attorney general william barrer delivering theler to congress outlining the principal conclusions of special counsel robert mueller's 22 month long investigation findin investigation did not find the trump campaign or anyone associated with it conspired or coordinated with russia in its eftsz to influence the 20816 presidential election. the counsel stated. >> it does not exonerate him. importantly, it guess on later in the next paragraph to say that the deputy attorney general, rod rosenstein and i, meaning attorney general barr have concluded that the evidence developed during the special counsel's investigation is not sufficient to establish that the president committed an obstruction of justice offense. >> reporter: the president r

>> reporter: eric and dion, now it's a waiting game. ballots were delivered for counting and it looks like this vote could be a close one. teachers told us they plan to vote no. >> we are powerful. join us and vote yes. >> the teacher's union posted that message on facebook as teachers lined up to vote on an agreement to put them back in the classroom on monday morning. >> i will vote yes. i think it's really important this ta gets us in the right direction. ousd has been mismanaging its funds for decades. >> i know that's not as much as people were hoping for. >> it includes an 11% pay rise with a one-time 3% bonus, and a decrease in class size by one student and a cap on case loads for psychologist, nurses and counsellors. not everybody likes it. >> how are you going to vote today? >> i'm voting >> i am strongly opposed to the tentative agreement. i would characterize it as a complete sellout as teachers. >> others say they are willing to continue their strike. >> if the vote is no, i'll continue to fight and continue to lead. this is

defied the odds while out on the water this week and lived to tell his story to abc 7 news anchor diony tired and washed out but i'm actually feeling good being here looking at the ocean. >> reporter: looking out over moss beach, this is surfer christy davis' first time smelling the salty ocean air after what happened just four days earlier at mavericks. >> i was having a great session. i got four really good waves. about 10, 15 minutes later i started having pain. >> reporter: at 66 years old, this was his 28th season surfing mavericks. that pain, just the beginning of something much worse. >> and i actually gagged and dry heaved a few times all signs of a heart attack. >> reporter: his fellow surfers tried to pull him back to shore. >> i was too impatient so i started paddling. >> reporter: christy taking it all in stride, literally, even walking himself half a mile back to his car. >> being in great shape probably saved my wife. my lovely wife, fiona, is like okay, here we go again. >> reporter: again refers to may of 2018 when he broke his neck and several vertebrae while surfing.

at moss beach, i'm dion lim, abc 7 news. >>> all right, meteorologist frances dinglasan joins us nowh the accuweather forecast. hi there, frances. >> hi, kate. it's enclosuclear out there wit doppler 7, no rain and not too many clouds in the sky. check out this live shot. notice the winds are calm, the flag not even blowing as we look towards the exploratorium there. temperatures right now 40s and 50s. san francisco 50, oakland 46, san jose 44, morgan hill a little cooler at 41. this time we're looking from emeryville across the bay. in santa rosa, napa, it's 40 degrees. upper 30s through petaluma and vacaville. so temperatures will be climbing today as we check out this other pretty shot from the east bay hills. notice how calm the waters are and how clearly you can see across the bay. so your forecast for today is going to be sunny and above average temperatures this weekend. the warming trend continues tomorrow all the way through monday. that will be the warmest day this week. and then the rain returns on tuesday, but it's very light rain at best. for san francisco, a lot of stuf

i'm dion lim. >> i'm eric thomas. with more rain this evening we begin with storm watch coverage. slick roads across the bay area played a role in a number of crashes, this one on 280 in san jose. two people in that car that flipped over were able to walk away. another person was rushed to the hospital. >> taking it up north, a large pine tree fell onto inverness avenue. >> heading outside right now there is some fog. i think that's what that is in san francisco. showers are sticking around tonight. >> drew tuma is standing by and i think the question is any chance of sun for our sunday? >> if you're going to be out and about tonight and tomorrow, you'll be dodging drops the next 24 hours. so certainly a gray start to our weekend. live doppler 7 showing you the showers we do have are light and scattered in nature, so go right down to street level into the east bay. you can see light showers around union city at this hour. one shower moved through fremont in the past 15 minutes. inland into danville, san ramon, light showers as well. on the storm impact scale tonight and even linge

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from london, anastasia dion us. what did that comment meeting? -- mean?> this is an ambitious target for saudi aramco. they want to be a world leader in global gas and lng markets. saudi arabia is a big oil producer but not a big gas producer. they have the reserves and are hoping to increase their domestic production, but they will only produce about 1/5 of the what the u.s. produces, so the way they are hoping to become a gas player is buying their way in. they are looking to invest in gas and lng projects from russia to the united states to australia to west africa. alix: what by gains are most realistic -- buy ins our most realistic? how much are they willing to spend? anastacia: my guess, quite a lot and they probably can. it would be fairly easy for them to invest in stakes in some of these projects. and u.s. in russia producers are looking for the extra capital and support to get these projects off the ground. they probably have a lot of projects, export projects pursuing them for investment. >> what i found interesting in his speech is he sounded

at moss beach, i'm dion lim, abc 7 news. >>> unbelievable story. dinglasan joins us now with the accuweather forecast, which is full of sunshine. >> yeah, we're going to get plenty of sunshine. warming continues today. i want to show you live doppler 7 with the satellite image. i made the clouds a little bit more opaque so you can see how the coastal clouds have developed. right along san francisco and the peninsula coast we're seeing some coastal clouds creep in right now into parts of san francisco but this will pull back very quickly. you can see how thin these clouds are with this live shot from sutro looking out towards san francisco. everywhere else, we've got blue skies. san jose is 43, morgan hill cooler at 40 degrees. this time as we look from the east bay hills, what you'll notice is how calm the waters are. the wind is very light to calm, and we have an offshore flow developing and that's going to allow temperatures to warm up and see how some of those thin, coastal clouds in the background will clear pretty quickly. in santa rosa and so

abc 7 news anchor dion lim has more. >> reporter: in the long-anticipated war of which ride-share companyft appears to be winning, filing paperwork friday setting themselves up for an ipo, revealing financials indicating losses of about $900 million last year, compared to rival uber's nearly $2 billion. >> this is certainly a strong move by lyft and will improve them competitively. >> reporter: as part of preparing to go public, lyft has offered customers a myriad of discounts in recent weeks. to dedicated employees, the company announced driver bonuses ranging between $1,000 and $10,000. >> i'm elated to hear that and i can only hope that i'll qualify for one of those bonuses. >> reporter: rob enderly believes the ipo will only strengthen lyft's foot hold in the ride-share market and be a benefit to drivers. >> as we go forward, we'll probably see a bit more of that to allow the drivers to be retained more exclusively by the service so they're with the company. i think it will allow for a higher degree of retention and probably a higher overall amount of quality. >> reporter: gary johnso

i'm dion lim. >> i'm eric thomas. we begin with developing news on the oakland teachers' contract deal. >> cornell barnard is in oakland where teachers voted on it. results the vote will either bring an end to the seven-day strike or extend it tomorrow into day eight. cornell? >> reporter: you got it. voting just wrapped up a few minutes ago here at the paramount theater. it looks like this vote could be close one. not all teachers like the new contract agreement and they told us they plan to vote no. about 3,000 oakland teachers lined up outside the pair mound theater to vote on a tentative agreement for a new contract which could put them back into the classroom month morning ending their seven-day strike. >> i am going to be voting yes. i think it is really important this ta gets us in the right direction. ousd has been mismanaging its fund for decades. >> i am going to vote yes. i know that is not as much as people were hoping for but the gains that we got are not insignificant. >> join us and vote yes on a tentat

i'll dion lim. >> i'm aric thomas.e have been focusing on the issues about the homeless crisis as part our building a better bay area initiative. >> churches in alameda county are launching a new program tomorrow. >> abc7 news reporter jovita fordson has a look. >> reporter: members of oakland's williams chapel baptist church walk by faith. they were led to their parking lot with a mission. >> we are starting off right now with ten to 15 cars that will be along this fence. >> pass tar kenneth anderson is not discussing a new parking plan for the growing congregation. starting monday his church's lot will be used by local homeless residence to sleep in overnight in their cars. >> how can we turn or heads? if it starts with the cars that's a start. >> there is a porta potty. and surveillance. resources will be offered during the day. this is set to expand to other oakland churches later in the year. all together it is the interfaith council of alameda county safe car park program. >> it is sad to see families with babies