but, first, the harlem globetrotters are helping youth stand up to bullying.riven by your northern california honda dealers. ♪ >> be inspired. >> be courageous. >> be brave. >> be happy. >> abc7 and the harlem globetrotters are teaming up to stomp out bullying. ♪ good morning! >>ll

but, first, the harlem globetrotters are helping youth stand up to bullying. of this fun driven by your northern california honda dealers. ♪ >> be inspired. >> be courageous. >> be brave. >> be happy. >> abc7 and the harlem globetrotters are teaming up to stomp out bullying. ♪ good morning! >> all: good morning! >> all right. awesome, awesome. okay, as introduced, my name is anthony blakes, but my teammates do call my "buckets"... well, i came here to el toro elementary to talk to the kids about our abcs of bullying prevention program. we've put this program together with the national campaign to stop violence to help eradicate bullying from the schools so these kids could have a carefree learning environment. the abcs stand for action, bravery, and compassion. and those are some simple ingredients we like to share with the kids. it makes it memorable for them. they know to take action by telling the nearest teacher, telling the nearest adult. if they see anyone being bullied, they know to be brave by simply walking away. if someone tries to bully them, the bu

and by we, i mean the harlem globetrotters.the 200 before the hour is over. we're already seeing numbers of 184. these guys are well over, i think they'll have absolutely no problems in the next half hour of making this happen. you guys stay with us. let's get a check now a little closer to home. >> those guys are a lot of fun. storm tracker6 live double scan showing you showers to the north, others to the south, the i-95 corridor basically dry right now although there could be drizzle around. cloudy skies at city hall and it's looking dry a way from the fountains currently. your exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast moving from the 60's to a high of 75 today, mostly cloudy, some sprinkles and showers at times straight into the evening. tomorrow cloudy skies an odd shower perhaps some drizzle. cooler, 66. then 69 friday and back to the low 80's for the weekend. cale ww to stay healthy without worrying about your weight. this morning we're looking at how certain foods can help you sleep longer and stay healthier. >> had all comes

and by we, i mean the harlem globetrotters. to make it to 200 before the hour is over. we'ral 184. these guys are a well/ed machine. i think they're going to have absolutely no problem in the next half hour making this happen but you got to stay with us to see if it does.spotty aftt showers. mild & muggy highs: 70-75 winds: e 5-10 mph tonight: occasional showers with fog developing lows: 60-65 winds: e 5 mph thursday: showers, drizzle, breezy & cool highs: 65-67 winds: east 5-15 mph, gusts 20 keep the umbrella handy today and build a little extra time into your commute. roads will be wet this morning as rain builds back over the area. most of what will fall today will be before noon. the am rush is >>> now to our new series beyond the scale which is all about how to stay healthy without worrying about your weight. this morning we're looking at how certain foods can help you sleep longer and stay healthier. >> had all comes from a recent review that found sleep deprived people tend to eat 400 calories a day more than those well

and by we, i mean the harlem globetrotters.hour is over. we're already seeing a number of 184. these guys are a well-oiled machine. i think they're going to have absolutely no problem in the next half hour making this happen but you got to stay with >>> good morning. i'm meteorologist mike nicco from "abc7 mornings." let's look at your accuweather highlights. breezes and fire danger return on this spare the air day. they'll taper tomorrow but return again friday. unfortunately our chances of rain are pretty much absent for the next two weeks. today, 70s, about 75 degrees in most neighborhoods, mid to upper 60s along the coast, antioch 78. tonight 40s and 50s once again with the highest fire danger during the overnight hours. >>> now to our new series beyond the scale which is all about how to stay healthy without worrying about your weight. this morning, we're looking at how certain foods can help you sleep longer and stay healthier. >> yes, so this all comes from a recent review that found sleep-deprived people tend to eat 400

- well, i'll make a toast to the best damn team that ever was: the harlem globetrotters!ut also to us! "the breakdown" is finally getting the recognition it deserves! [all speaking at once] - chuck's right. and it'll be nice for us to get together for something fun, and not another cameraman funeral. - about that. is there room in the budget for a less slippery ladder? - no. and a special congratulations to katie, for her solo nomination. [together] thanks, guys. it's such an honor. - oh, i'm sorry. you go on. it's your award. [together] i couldn't have done it without you. - i am so sorry. i just keep talking when i'm excited, and when i'm happy, and when i'm sad, and when i list things-- - okay, mom. okay. i really just want to say, um... that i... never mind, i lost it. - oh my god, katie. that was beautiful. [bright music] - hey, can i talk to you for a second? - yep, about literally anything except your mother. just tell me what carol did. - well, nothing yet, but i'm nervous about the awards. every time i'm up for some kind of recognition, my mom has a way of making

little harlem globetrotters action. >> he meant to do it. >> exactly. >> thanks, pat. >> appreciate itxt half hour of "eyewitness news," pre orders for apple's new thousand dollars iphone begins today. >> we'll tell you the reason there may not be as many to go around, in a live report from wall street. jan? >> plus, historians and his tore historian horror he is cents, go through thousands of finals on the kennedy assassination, coming up who the government says involving castro following jfk's death. >> the most expensive rolex ever. finds out the big celebrity who used to own it, how much it just sold for at auction. >> you bought it for me for christmas? >> i'm not quite the celebrity but i appreciate you thinking that, jim. >> well, our celebrity to all of us. all right, weekend right around the corner, still looking to be 50-50 kind of forecast here, saturday, still looks pretty awesome. so make your outdoor plans there, although i know a lot of you will be out tailgating sunday. be prepared with a tarp, and a tent, because it will be a rainy dane at the linc and everywhere else.

the democratic party right now is like a washington generals going up against the harlem globetrotters well guess what generals? try a new defense. try some new players so yes i think, listen i hope they don't as a partisan. i want them to keep playing the way they're playing but it seems like-- >> charles: on that note i know you want to jump in but i want to stay within this but we have breaking news late today in cook county the board commissioner john daley changed its mind about the county controversial penny announcement tax on soda. steve i'll start with you mike you can finish. this is an old school democrat who said listen, he never ever ever saw this kind of a visceral rejection on the tax and the bottom line is this is something that crippled the core constituents and now someone' listening. >> right, no thank goodness charles it's my hometown of chicago where i live and it's amazing that even in chicago, even in a one party totally blue town it seems like some sanity entering the equation. we're worrying about sodas when people are being slaughtered in the streets of chicag

harlem globetrotters have been around for more than 90 years.g like this. the largest hot air balloon festival takes place in albuquerque. what better place for globetrotterábucket blake to take a shot from a long distance. that is a little further than a half-court shot.>>> that is it for me for now. i will see you in 25 minutes.>>> next at 11, the wildfires in the north bay are growing larger prompting more evacuations and causing more destruction. at the moment there is no clear and to the devastation inside. >>> there is some good news. the winds we have been expecting has not shown up. hopefully that can help firefighters. hello again everyone. the unpredictable nature of the fires has proven to be deadly. that uncertainty about the behavior prompted more evacuations today. several of the fires continue to grow larger. authorities confirm two more deaths in sonoma county. bringing the number of people killed in the fires to 23. 180 people have been hurt. several hundred more are reported missing in the disaster zone. the fast-moving fires h

. >> harlem globetrotters can boost a guinness world record made the most half court snorts an hour. set record in new york time square. if you break a record do it in time square. >> perfect place. >> coming up next "fox 5 news" at 11. >> here's tony. >> coming up on the show tonight the robber didn't want cash he wanted the dog. we'll hear from the family about the scary encounter and harvey weinstein downward spiral continues. now the feds may be involved in the investigation. those tore stories coming up next at pats pats pats pats snv an unsent text message from a dead man has been ruled a fwril australia. the message was found after he died said he wanted to leave home and pension to brother instead of wife and son. he said he was disgruntled with his wife and was signed my will followed by a smiley emoji. the informal nature does not wipe ut the intent to have tin included in his will. that's the news at 10:30678 the news at 11 ar >> right now at 11. >> nationallees on the brink of elimination know they are going home for game five. >> nats survive and now it's down to a do or

talking about on roll the harlem globetrotters breaking records. [ cheers and applause ] >> ♪ >> allketball team sets a new guiness world record for most half court shots made in an hour. the players taking on the challenge yesterday in times square. they just needed to make at least 200 shots well they said we'll go past that. they went and squished 352. >> that's not bad. >> that's crazy. >> facebook ads getting a lot of backlash online. now dove soap is apologizing after many are calling the commercial racist. it shows a black woman taking off her shirt to reveal a white woman. screen shots of the ad went viral. iain page has few thoughts about it all. ♪ >>> we've all heard the news by now. this past weekend dove you know the well-known skin care brand thought it would be great idea to drop an ad for dove body wash on its facebook page. well the ad shows a black woman removing her brown shirt and revealing a white woman. what? backlash on social media was swift and the ad was pulled. dove owned by union any lever they make vas even and ponds apologized saying, we missed the mark.

of my favorite saturday morning cartoons was "scooby-doo," and there were episodes when the harlem globetrotters, the basketball team, were guests. this was an animated cartoon. the globetrotters were depicted in these really racist caricatures, with afros out to here. they would reach into their afros and pull out the opposing team, pull out the basketball court. but it was a cartoon, right? it wasn't real. it was make believe. it was a cartoon. and this is the way these young women were depicted in the press. this was the racialization of juvenile delinquency. in response, we could argue that zoot suiters, what they were doing, by spending so much time looking good, it didn't just mean they cared about looking good. they were responding to this context in which they were being dehumanized, in which their dignity was being stripped and taken away from them. they were saying, here i am, see me, hear me, in this context in which i'm supposed to be silent. this is a good transition for the next part of the story, the struggle for dignity. the zoot suit is not just about a negative depiction of bla