he loved john muir's writings. muir was in his early 60s. he's been around a while.amous as a naturalist. so i think roosevelt used it as an excuse to bond with muir and have this amazing camping trip. john muir was concerned because as much as he wrote about and wore shipped yosemite and other areas, he was seeing this commercialization of that it concerned him. he was seeing, you know, a lot of logging taking place. and there were these threats. he realized, even when you had a real federal protection, it doesn't get you out of the woods but he knew it was a start. when roosevelt first reached out to muir, muir was going to be in europe at the time and changed his trip because i think he knew this opportunity was really chance to address these concerns about what was going. on special when i commercial logging in the area. so you know, muir saw that coming. he seized upon the opportunity. changed his trip. didn't to go europe and met with muir. the camping trip was four men. teddy roosevelt, john muir, and then two guide/cooks named charlie and then another man nam

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rang out according to witnesses he was shot at least three times in the back he was transferred to john muirnter unfortunately he died of his wounds we did have a chance to talk with his fiancee and also leaves a daughter as you can imagine his fiancee is completely heartbroken. >>jackie sissel: we expect to see the suspects in court in the next 24 hours right now this should turn is asking that no bill be granted in this case cst also opens fire on a man walking along the bay area freeways and. every day, the oil companies pollute our air. putting their... ...profits ahead of our kids' health. now they're trying to weaken california's clean air laws. i'm tom steyer. we've had a million kids get asthma. we need to send the oil companies a message. tell your legislator to stand up to the oil companies and protect our clean air laws. don't let the oil companies put their profits... ...ahead of our kids. >>mark: we confirm that he will be in the napa valley for an event called an evening with dogtrot meantime he is expected to deliver a speech on illegal immigration the speech was supposed to h

thought we were going john muir here for a second. that's not something we associate with barry goldwater. who knew about this lyricism. his love for the canyon. he loved the grand canyon above all natural features. the love for that comes out strongly in this. he took his camera with him, as i mentioned. he took a motion picture camera and a still camera. he took hundreds and hundreds of photographs. 3,000 feet of moving picture, and he went on a speaking tour after he emerged from the canyon. he -- there were times when he was showing the film and the pictures five times a day. over 10,000 people saw it in the year or so after he went through the grand canyon. and this, i would argue, had at least something to do with his political success. he decided to run for phoenix city council in 1948. and people are going to vote for him primarily on the issues. he was concerned about corruption and concerned about excessive government and concerned about a pro-business atmosphere, so on and so forth. people voted for him for those reasons, b

the victim was taken to john muir medical center where he was pronounced dead. people do remember trouble in recent years briefly downtown but say they haven't seen any issues recently and were stunned by this. >> i mean, i know there are a lot more police presence out at night, but -- >> it surprises you? >> yes. it is pretty surprising. it is usually just college kids, so -- >> reporter: police did search for the shooter with k-9s but were unable to locate him. they say due use permits now, most establishments close at 1:30 a.m. they're trying to determine if the victim might have known the shooter. there are a number of cameras outside and they do say they're checking them to see if they will be any help in locating the subject. reporting live in walnut creek. christie smith, nbc bay area news. >> thank you very much. >>> also, more violence in san jose as investigators there are trying to piece together the details of the city's 35th homicide this year. just after midnight, police responded to a disturbance call in the area of bascom avenue and leon drive. t

in march, as she and her mother were in the cross walk leaving john muir elementary school in berkeley, the two were hit by a taxi cab driver - cited for failing to yeild to a pedestrian. lillia was pinned under the car. nats: voice of lillia bartlow/girl hit by car back to school this is for when i need to be positive. lillia showed me her bracelet she created to help herself through this tough time. and on this day - all of hard work and postive thinking paid off - bouncing out of her home, on her own two feet - lillia leaped into the arms of a fire fighter who lifted her up into a fire truck. it was as if she was cinderella herself, but instead of the ball, it was the first day of school and a fire truck was her carriage. sot/tc: 1:15 tyre mills 3rd/berkeley fire dept./girl hit by car back to school we just wanted to give back to the community. and off they went - they took the scenic route to her school so lillia could have a longer trip. grateful for the ride, but eager to get going, lillia was off running. i had to chase her to keep up with her as she stopped for hugs from teache

community, and the monument schultz runs along monument boulevard and includes stops in concord and the john muirical center from 8:00 to 5:00 a.m. each weekday. >> and hoping to take away a stressful part of drive, audi has a system with cars that tells drivers when a traffic height is about to turn green. the driver is getting a countdown clock every time it stops. the car communicates with the track management to get the information and lodges in the fall in las vegas, and washington, dc, and seattle, and portland, oregon. >> you can check it out will you are at the light? >> i don't know...people are going to be staring at that number...come on... >> new, rio de janeiro, american him apps have had plenty of opportunities to win. >> in weapon's 400 meter finals, felix was upset and who is been the only woman ever to win five in track and field. felix was in second place against a performer from the bahamas. >> and biles cost what could have been the 4th gold medal. she had to settle for disappoints bronze. biles' teammate did bitter with silver, and the netherland took the gold. biles had the

she was on the john muir trail in fresno county when it happened. melanie explains what she was carrying that helped her get home safely. >>reporter: miss steel didn't intend to leave the trail by helicopter. but she says she's glad she was able to leave at all. >> i'm so blessed. i'm so blessed. >>reporter: her dramatic rescue a case of daughter knows best. >> my daughter required that i have some way of communicating with her so i had a beek on. personal locate or beacon which turned out was really importan important. >>reporter: she used it to activate alert eighth day on the trail. she felt wobble tingling in her face and couldn't swallow. she was having stroke. >> because she had had at the vice we knew exactly where she was at. >> my gosh and went back to base and got a guy willing to come straight down into the little opening to get me. >> i knew that landing near her was probably difficult. >>reporter: in the rescue video you can see what it looked like as deputy pilot john reyes lowered down. >> can you help me we'll put her in a stretcher

this is john muir middle school in san jose which saw morning cloud cover. fog already sweeping back in over san francisco. we'll talk about the weekend forecast and when we will warm up again next. ,, ,, i found her wandering miles from home. when the phone rang at 5am, i knew it was about mom. i see how hard it's been on her at work and i want to help. for the 5 million americans living with alzheimer's, and millions more who feel its effects. let's walk together to make an even bigger impact and end alzheimer's for good. >>> one of the nation's biggest music festivals started today in san francisco and it's sold out. hundreds of thousands of people are headed to golden gate park. andria borba is there to kick off a weekend of music. the best assignment of the day,. >> reporter: it's not a bad day to be at work. the stages are already rocking at golden gate park. it's been ramping up for the past few hours at this point. the three-day festival kicked off this afternoon. some 70,000 people expected here in golden gate park for all kinds of artists. now, whe

in march, as she and her mother were in the cross walk leaving john muir elementary school in berkeley two were hit by a taxi cab driver - cited for failing to yeild to a pedestrian. lillia was pinned under the car. >>:nats: voice of lillia bartlow/girl hit by car back to school this is for when i need to be positive. >> reporter:lillia showed me her bracelet she created to help herself through this tough time. and on this day - all of hard work and postive thinking paid off - bouncing out of her home, on her own two feet - lillia leaped into the arms of a fire fighter who lifted her up into a fire truck. it was as if she was cinderella herself, but instead of the ball, it was the first day of school and a fire truck was her carriage. sot/tc: 1:15 tyre mills 3rd/berkeley fire dept./girl hit by car back to school we just wanted to give back to the community. and off they went - they took the scenic route to her school so lillia could have a longer trip. grateful for the ride, but eager to get going, lillia was off running. i had to chase her to keep up with her as she stopped for hugs f

she was hit by a taxi near john muir elementary school.lilia is back at school now, not just back on her feet but she's even getting around without her walker. >> it's been hard but i'm thankful she's walking. she's much better than before. >> i can't do gymnastics. >> after her father, -year-old bart low made it compelling comment at a city council meeting, council member e-mail to family and told them that are hindered $35,000 have been approved for safety improvements in the area where she was hit. >> bart is spending to money dollars two get rid of that problem and i will tell you what they are doing. parents, you child could be exposed to more violence on tv than you think. and after the break, a stampede in taiwan. you won't believe that the crowd is trying to catch. see what spam can! do... at spam.com >> welcome back. the time is 740 and, you can see this crash off of the big rig and it's loaded with tons of industrial batteries. the toe truck has already arrived and they have to offload the rake rate before they can tell it away.

that's a butchering of a john muir quote. but that's completely true. you can't separate society and technology. and what you really do is embrace that they're the same thing in a lot of ways. it's all connected together. so from my perspective, biotech and curiosity is the way, that's the door for me and maybe for somebody else it's something different. but i think it always starts with some type of curiosity. >> so i struggle with this question, right, of what is the best case scenario for biotech and i think so much of it is, when we're going best case scenario, worst case scenario, things like that, it's in this vacuum. we're thinking like, the context won't influence it somehow, and i think the -- so the human gee project. we remember in 2000, get on the stage and they're like, guess what, you guys, we're 99.9% the same. and everyone was so excited, oh, finally, right, we have all this commonality, like, it's so wonderful. what immediately happens? what immediately happens is that we start mining that .01%, call it race, call it sexuality, and call

news world and report ranks john muir health medical center among the best in the country.alnut creek department of gynecology is in the top 50 in the country. the health center in general made it in the top 15 in the state. >> that's big. >> congratulations to them. >> yeah. okay. thanks, pam. >>> all right. time is now 7:57. let's check in with mike and claudine. >> thank you. even with summer coming to an end. get ready to pay more at the gas station. the reason behind the price increase and how much more you could end up spending at the pump. >>> good morning. we are looking at a commute that is busy in some areas. not as bad as i figured on this first day back to school for a lot of east bay people. >>> cloudy skies to start the day. temperatures on the cool side. a few sprinkles right there on our lens. i will explain where that is coming from and how long it's going to stick around coming up. >>> a double tragedy for a family in the south bay. two brothers killed in a shooting in san jose. up next, the latest on the search for the person responsible. >>> also, change

have been pouring in ever since we learned about the sudden death of our espn colleague john saunders. david muir shows us that fellow broadcaster hannah storm delivered the sad news. >> welcome back to rio. i have some shocking and sad news to report to you. our generous and talented and beloved colleague john saunders has died. >> reporter: john saunders was one of the most familiar faces at espn and certainly one of the most respected. >> congratulations to the national champion texas longhorns! showed right from the start. >> welcome to espn's tuesday night baseball. [ laughter ] >> reporter: john saunders arrived at espn 30 years ago from baltimore. he was there for the beginning of "sports center" and for the past 15 years as host of "the sports reporters." >> i'm john saunders, and here are today's sports reporters. >> reporter: he was a role model. robin roberts posting she saw john saunders last friday in the hotel lobby. had i known that would have been the last time i saw him, i would have said thank you for being a stellar example of excellence for me kindless others. not just your re

john donovan, abc news. vrnlg perfect. david muir back here tomorrow night. i'm tom llamas. ,, man, tonight's grand prize is huge! really huge. [ scoffs ] a trip to the walt disney world resort in florida and a trip to the new shanghai disney resort in china! china! [ scoffs ] but i can't give away a prize this big without some help. but who's big enough to help me give away this prize? ? a-ha! ? the only one who could help give away a prize this big is the main mouse himself. mickey! ? hey. oh, s-sorry.

john donovan, abc news. vrnlg perfect. david muir back here tomorrow night. i'm tom llamas. have a great evening. >>> we start with breaking newss at 5:00, one person has been hurt after a roof collapsed in the small town of elizabeth this afternoon. air tracker 7 is live over the scene east of castle rock. elizabeth fire says the roof of that small building collapsed around 2:00 p.m. one of them, a man, was seriously hurt. he was flown to a nearby hospital. our crew just arrived on scene, shortly. >>> but we continue with new details about a woman's tragic death in westminster. the jefferson county coroner says amanda kirshner was the woman killed. police say the operator sounded the horn, and braked, but she didn't hear it. >>> a fort carson soldier has been killed in afghanistan. the u.s. department of defense says staff wilbur from illinois, died in kandahar friday in a non-combat incident. the 36-year-old was there as part of a mission called operation freedom sentinel. fort carson released a statement saying in part, it's always hard to lose a part of our military fami

john donovan, abc news. >> perfect indeed. david muir back here tomorrow night. i'm tom llamas. have a great evening. good night. here tomorrow night. i'm tom llamas. severe weather -- caught on camera.. plus -- the race for the white house -- about to take over southern nevada. donald trump's running mate -- governor mike pence -- planning a campaign stop in the las vegas valley. but first-- a deadly weekend in las vegas. four people -- killed in less than 24 hours. an elderly man -- is hit and killed by a car -- near las vegas boulevard and lake mead. police say -- the man was trying to cross the street with a walker. he died at a local hospital. the driver -- is cooperating police say -- the victim was not using a cross walk at the time. and one man is dead -- after this horrific crash. another is behind bars. police say -- pedro regalado- cardenas -- slammed his car into the back of a flatbed truck. juan jiminez-lopez -- just 19 -- was in the passenger seat of the car. he died at the scene. the truck driver was not hurt. authorities arrested regaldo- cardenas and charged him with dui . a desperat

john donovan, abc news. >> perfect indeed. david muir back here tomorrow night. i'm tom llamas. have a great evening.. here tomorrow night. i'm tom llamas. have a great evening. good night. >>> next at 6:00, developing news. an all-out assault on a fast-moving wildfire in lake county. >> oh, my god. >> this chaotic scene in oakland after a party ends in gunfire. two young men are dead. >>> the big development in the eight-day court worker strike in santa clara county. abc7 news at 6:00 starts right now. >> the north side of the fire. jumped morgan valley road. continues ahead to lower lake. >> we given with doling news, history and gusty winds fueling a fast-growing wildfire in lake county. calfire revised this video from inside the fire lands. the calfire spokesman spoke to us live at 5:00. >> we have continued to bring in additional firefighters from across the state, hitting the fire heavy with aircraft and helicopters. everything we can to slow it down. and bringing in firefighters to do struck structure protection. there are a thousand structures threatened. >> let's show you what we're talking

john for that. "gma" first thing in the morning, david muir right back here tomorrow night. i'm tom llamas in new york. sending us this video... three people were killed.... right now... two others in critical condition. a vacant house fire has left a family worried about the squatters. they say...squatters have invaded their neighborhood. 13 action news reporter david schuman...is live near decatur and vegas drive with a look at 13 schuman...is live near decatur and vegas drive with a look at the damage. david. the family who lives here say they've been living in fear for two years of the homeless people who come and stay here nearly every day -- right next door. 150701 maria magana, house damaged in possible squatter fire "most of the time they're talking and drinking. i don't know. in the house and i don't come out at all." run 7 the empty house caught fire this morning. the home of that family next door suffered smoke damage and windows now the mother of the family, maria, is calling on the city anymore. if you're watching this at home reporting live..david time to....st

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john for that. "gma" first thing in the morning, david muir right back here tomorrow night.>> next at 6:00, seemingly random act of violence. a pokemon go player shot. >> a sweet treat sending dozens toy independent after a party. >> praise from a man suffering from a medical injury about the auto pilot feature. >>> tonight police are on the lookout for a gunman who shot and killed a san mateo high school graduate. calvin riley was pokemon go in san francisco when police said someone apparently targeted him at randomment good evening. the shooting happen last night at around 10:00 p.m. at akuwait particular -- aquatic park. here's more about thetim and the investigation. >> reporter: 20-year-old calvin riley died in what friends and family are calling a random attack. he was shot to death while playing pokemon go at san francisco's aquatic park. >> to there was to confrontation, nothing said back and forth. just senseless. just came up and shot him in the back and ran away. >> john kirby is a close family friend and is speaking on behalf of the parent, who are too devastated

john was a fixture on espn and he will be missed. we're thinking of that family tonight. i'm david muir. thank you for watching. we'll see you right back here tomorrow. >>> now on "the list." the dreaded robocall. nobody got time for that. three hacks to stop them for good. >> did you text me? >> sit in style when outdoors. trendy portable chairs that put comfort in the bag. >> very nice. >> no more boring pbjs. level. then the new m&ms are getting a wizardly makeover. >>> on "the top of the list," team usa continues to dominate the olympics. unfortunately we can't really show you much of that. on "the top of the list," the reason why at number one. we can't get enough of watching michael phelps winis and 21st gold medals. and our women's gymnastics team, the final five win their fifth

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john was a fixture on espn and he will be missed. we're thinking of that family tonight. i'm david muir. thank you for watching. we'll see you right back here anchor: he emergency in effect for boston. anchor: a daredevil stunt on the trump tower. anchor: the new tributes happening for the jogger murdered in princeton. anchor: a restaurant shutdown because of what has been found inside. >> this is wcvb newscenter 5 at 7:00. anchor: we begin with breaking news. the climber is in custody. you are watching it here. dramatic ending. police grabbed this man who climbed from 15 stories. he used suction cups and they

john was a fixture on espn and he will be missed. we're thinking of that family tonight. i'm david muir. thank you for watching.you right back here tomorrow. good night. this is the "jeopardy!" tournament of champions. now let's meet today's semifinalists. an aspiring teacher from kinston, north carolina... a college instructor from squamish, british columbia, canada... and a paralegal from washington, d.c... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! [ applause ] [ chuckling ] thanks, johnny. well, as you can tell, folks, there's not all that much pressure. our contestants still have an excellent sense of humor, as these three -- matt, andrew, and catherine -- get ready to face off to find out who gets to come back tomorrow to start playing for a quarter million dollars.

john donvan, abc news. >> and we want to thank the garcia family for sharing their story. and we thank you for watching. "gma" first thing tomorrow morning, and david muir will be right back here tomorrow night. i'm tom llamas in new york. have a great evening. ribeiro: here's a sneak peek at tonight's "afv." we know you're gonna love it. [ pop! ] [ laughter ] [ man roars ] [ screams ] [ cheers and applause ] welcome to "america's funniest home videos." and now here he is, the host of our show -- alfonso ribeiro! [ cheers and applause ] hey. thank you. [ cheers and applause ]

john donvan, abc news. >> and we want to thank the garcia family for sharing their story. and we thank you for watching. "gma" first thing tomorrow morning, and david muir will be right back here tomorrow night. i'm tom llamas in new york. have a great evening. amazing sleep stays with you all day and all night. sleep number beds with sleepiq technology give you the knowledge to adjust for the best sleep ever. the time is now for the biggest sale of the year, where all beds are on sale! save 50% on the labor day limited edition bed. ribeiro: here's a sneak peek at tonight's "afv." we know you're gonna love it. [ pop! ] [ laughter ] [ man roars ] [ screams ] [ cheers and applause ] welcome to "america's funniest home videos." and now here he is, the host of our show -- alfonso ribeiro! [ cheers and applause ] hey. thank you.

john donvan, abc news. >> and we want to thank the garcia family for sharing their story. and we thank you for watching. "gma" first thing tomorrow morning, and david muir will be right back here tomorrow night. i'm tom llamas in new york. have a great evening. >>> just come forwarr. just come forward, please. >> a man taken to the hospital after a hit-and-run driver slams into him. the family, now pleading for justice. and a possible solution to the bad traffic on i-25. c-dot approves a lot of monny tim kaine is heading to denver. what hii plans are while he's in town. >> boy, i started sliding in and it was gone. there was nothing i could do, it was toast. >>> first, a crazy scene unfolding today at the cherry creek reservoir. fire crews and divers spent several hours trying to get thissthing out. russell haythorn talked to the driver tonight. russell, what happened? >> you can see it's back to normal on the boat ramp. back to normal right now, but way too much excitement, earlier today for one family. jeffrey rine says he was backing his boat into the water and his truck slipped on the algae, and slid into the lake as well. his 7-year-old granddaught

john donvan, abc news. >> and we want to thank the garcia family for sharing their story. and we thank you for watching. "gma" first thing tomorrow morning, and david muir will be right back here tomorrow night. i'm tom llamas in new york. have a great evening. good night. tomorrow morning, and david muir will be right back here tomorrow night. i'm tom llamas in new york. have a great evening. rolling in. our 13-first-alert team -- is tracking it's march toward las vegas. but first -- family is left with a gaping hole -- in the middle of their living room. police say -- a driver of a van -- plowed into a house -- near stewart and lamb this afternoon. 13 action news reporter -- gina lazara tells us exactly what happened. gina: first i want you to check out this damage christopher. this was once a glass window with the couch right up against it. now look at this mess take vo: now of what this scene looked like an hour ago when the van was still inside the home. i talked to the owner of the van. she was actually riding in the passenger seat when the crash happened. she says she let her friend drive her van since they were headed to a store in an area she i

john donvan, abc news. >> and we want to thank the garcia family for sharing their story. and we thank you for watching. "gma" first thing tomorrow morning, and david muir right back here tomorrow night. i'm tom llamas in new york. have a great evening. good night. tomorrow morning, and david muir will be right back here tomorrow night. i'm tom llamas in new york. have a great evening. good night. >>> next, the bay area's second biggest school district begins class tomorrow and because of a new law hundreds of student maize not be able to attend. >>> a man in custody as a california police officer is killed in the line of duty. >>> bay area authorities searching for a 2,000-year-old relic stolen from inside a church. abc7 news at 6:00 starts now. >>> tens of thousands of students return to oakland unified schools tomorrow and tonight school officials are working to confirm the immunization requirements for hundreds of them. thank you for joining us. the new rules require virtually all california children to have proof of immunizations regardless of personal or medical beliefs. sergio quintana is live in oakland with more. >> reporter: this summer govern

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muir shows us that fellow broadcaster hannah storm delivered the sad news. >> welcome back to rio. i have some shocking and sad news to report to you. our generous and talented and beloved colleague john saunders has died. >> reporter: john saubders was one of the most familiar faces at espn and certainly one of the most respected. national champion texas long horns. >> reporter: he loved it and it showed from the start. >> welcome to espn's tuesday night baseball. [ laughter ] >> reporter: he arrived at espn 30 years ago from baltimore. he was there for the beginning of sports center, and for the past 15 years as host of the sports reporters. >> i'm john saunders, and here are today's sports reporters. >> reporter: would be the last time i saw him, i would have said thank you, john. thank you for being an example of excellence for me and countless others. not just your remarkable example of what it means to be a jury room journalist, but what it means to be a remarkable human. she also wrote of his loving family, his wife and two daughters. we are all thinking of them today. >> i saw him last thursday at the national association of looked good as far as i could tell. shocking. >> a b