>> reporter: larry beil, that's right. inspectors are here right now. at least through tomorrow trying to assess this cracked steel beam. you can see these metal barriers. public works set them up in the past few hours. besides the security guards, you can see the transit center is completely empty which certainly makes it feel like this is the beginning of a long investigation and potential repair. >> i need everyone to clear back outside the structure, please. >> reporter: transbay joint powers authority empty. the transit center american mb steel beam. commuters trying to catch the bus were for t learn the new $2 billion transit center has a defect. >> the millennium tower, now this, i'm sure there has to be some issues going on with the construction people. >> it's closed. >> the beam is cracked. the behavior of the beam is unpredictable. that's why our engineers want us to close that area. >> reporter: executive director of tgpa says the cracked beam is in the ceiling of the third level bus deck near fremont beneath the rooftop park. this photo sho

i'm larry beil. up next on jimmy kimmel, sophia vergara.a good night. >>> tv's number one daily viral video show "right this minute." teetering on the edge as people fear they are -- >> about to see a bus turn into a boat. >> the scary moment a raging river wins. >>> those little fluff balls -- >> are newborn cheetahs. >> when hanging out and looking cute is a job well done. >>> it looks like a great job -- >> to go over the beach. >> how a thrill ride went very wrong. >>> and asking siri creepy questions in public. >> siri, how do you hack into someone's bank account? >> this man knows how to push all the right buttons. >> how do you give blood off the roof of my house? >> right as you get into a lift. >>> in northern india where they have been experiencing torrential downpours, rain like crazy, this bus is now stranded. thankfully, all of the passengers are off the bus. but you can see the earth beneath the rear wheels of this have been eroded away. you know where this is going, you're about to see a bus turn into a boat. >> wow! >> whoa,

i'm larry beil. >> time now is 8:46.looking to win her grand slam single title today. this is her ninth u.s. open final and the first time she's made it back to the final since 2014. she'll face 20-year-old naomi osaka from japan. williams missed the tournament because she'd just given birth to her daughter olympia. watch the matchup at 1:00 this afternoon on the sister network espn. >>> now your accuweather forecast from abc 7 news. >> good morning. i'm meteorologist frances dinglasan and it will be a bright, sun shiny day. here's a live at live doppler 7 and the satellite image shows us much less cloud cover this morning and low clouds mainly confined to the coast didn't make it into the bay much at here is a live shot from sutro from san francisco. right there you see low clouds trying to creep in, but it is dissipating pretty quickly. right now in san francisco, it is 56 degrees and oakland, 60 degrees and half moon bay at 57 degrees and i want to take you up to mount tam where we see lots of blue skies right now. sa

warriors president rec welts was an inductee and larry beil recently spoke to him about his career and the biggest achievement of his life. >> it's been quite a career for welts working for the great bill russell to joining russell 49 years later in the hall of fame. >> it was a miraculous breakthrough, i still to this day don't know why, i guess he learned my name and we became friends and it's an unlikely friendship, i would say, but one that's lasted for a long, long time. >> welts has spent more than four decades in the nba while working in the league office in the 1980s. he came up with the idea of all-star weekend. it wasn't exactly visionary at the time, it was more like job preservation. >> truth be told, my biggest motivation was to keep my job. we went to larry o'brien's office and i got pretty much a, yeah, no, we're not going to do that. so i don't know what happened. stern walked into my office a week later sxsz the commissioner says we can do it as long as, one, you don't embarrass him on his last weekend in office and two, it doesn't cost the nba a nickel. >> whether it

i'm larry beil. >> and i'm ama daetz. a >>> the police who patrol that area send tweets about the many arrests they make, but it's not that easy. one man was arrested nine times for drug dealing just this year. the district attorney's office says after eight requests the judge finally agreed to deny bail and revoke his bail. >> you may remember a city lost convention tourism in july because people didn't feel safe due to all the drugs on the streets. one man at eighth and mission is doing what he can. we reached out to him. he's become a social media vigilante. >> abc 7's wayne freedman with more. >> reporter: this is a frustrated man who has seen enough, lived through enough, and took his iphone and started tweeteding it. it's in the faces of local politicians now. you're watching a secretive man who can predict a crime deal long before it happens. he's watching one right now. >> the one on the right with the black shirt is a regular. >> reporter: patience is a virtue for this vigilante. using an i phone attached to bino

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. >> and i'm larry beil. today's hearing lasts almost nine hours with tearful testimony and angry pushback. >> the senate judiciary committee will vote tomorrow morning at 6:30 our time. if it moves forward, a procedural vote is planned for saturday on the senate floor. a confirmation vote could come early next weekend. late tonight the bar association called for a delay until the fbi has a chance to investigate the assault allegations. abc news reporter emily rau begins our coverage in washington, d.c. >> nine hours of testimony. there were tears and yelling and both brett kavanaugh and christine blasey ford absolutely certain of what they had to say. brett kavanaugh's first accuser, christine blasey ford took the oath and publicly told her side of the story. >> i believed he was going rape me. brett put his hand over my mouth to stop me from yelling. this is what terrified me the most and has had the most lasting impact on my life. it was hard for me to breathe, and i thought that brett was accidentally goi

. >> i'm larry beil in for dan ashley. the republican chairman of the senate judiciary committee, chuck grassley, says dr. christine blasey ford has until friday morning to submit her testimony. grassly offered to fly senate aideto california to interview her. >> he says the hearing will go on whether she is there or not. we begin with abc news reporter in washington. >> reporter: in a letter to democrats, the chairman chuck grassley accuses them of abuse of the process. >> we have a deadline of october 1st. that's when the supreme court starts. and i think we ought to meet it. >> this nomination has been pushed and pushed and pushed with artificial ted lines. >> reporter: the attorney for dr. christine blasey ford, the woman who accused kavanaugh of sexual assault while both were in high school, says a hearing with only two witnesses is not a fair or good faith investigation. >> it seems the republicans have no sense. have they never dealt with a sexual assault victims? do they not read anything? do they not know how hard

can >>> now abc 7 sports with larry beil. >> good evening.ock is ticking down stored zero as our coverage of the rams and raiders here on abc 7 is drawing near. the last time the raiders opened on monday night football was six years ago. they lost that night to the chargers. tonight raiders hosting the rams. abc 7's mindi bach live from the coliseum where raider fans are hoping jon gruden, mindi, will be certnlyoping so, larry. when you consider jon gruden has coached1ean openers but the last season opener with the raiders came 17 years ago. as you see the team just leaving the field right now. derek carr said the way gruden has taught this team, installed a new offensive/defensive system they are, his words, 1,000% ready for tonight. still the nerves are there. >> this is really special for me. i know there's been a lot of news this week with, you know, what has happened, but i'm going to do everything i can to help bring the raiders back and i really like the effort that our team has put forth, our coaching staff. >> all of the work that we

i'm larry beil. >> now your accuweather forecast from abc 7 news. >> good morning, everyone. lots of clear skies around the bay area and a very different start this morning and a bit of patchy fog and you can see it here with live doppler 7 and patchy fog along the coast and the peninsula coast and also some fog along the monterey bay in santa cruz area, but here we have a beautiful shot from the east bay hills looking clear across the east bay into san francisco where it's currently 56 degrees. oakland is 54 right now. half moon bay still in the upper 40s. we'll check out another live shot looking south of san francisco and a little bit of those low clouds making their way across parts of the bay, but not getting too far right now. in santa rosa, it's 51. napa, 49 degrees and novato climbed up to 52. fairfield and concord, milder at 60 degrees right now. here's a look toward downtown san francisco and the bay bridge. here's what you can expect. we are dealing with patchy morning fog, but that will clear very quickly. we'll see lots of bright sunshine earlier on today. the he

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larry beil, talking about rick welds, right? >> save your voice.t of the nba championship. what ride it's been for warriors president rick wells. went into the basketball hall of fame tonight alongside jason fame tonight alongside jason kiddcalifornia phones offers free specialized phones... like cordless phones. - ( phone ringing ) - big button, and volume-enhanced phones. get details on this state program. visit right now or call during business hours. and accessoriesphones for your mobile phone. like this device to increase volume on your cell phone. - ( phone ringing ) - get details on this state program visit right now or call during business hours. >>> now abc 7 sports with larry be beil. >> good evening. warriors president wick welts was inducted into the basketball hall of fame tonight in massachusetts. i had a chance to talk with him about his career and the biggest achievement of his life. it's been quite a career arc for rick welts, from ball boy with the sonics at 16, working with the great bill russell to now joining russell in the hal

i'm larry beil. >> and i'm ama daetz. that supreme court battle continues in and out of the judiciary committee and just a short time ago president trump said he'll direct the fbi in the allegations of sexual assault. tt s porter: the nomination to the full senate and one step closer to the highest court, but with a surpri shift, adding one condition. >> i think it would be proper to add the floor vote to one week toallow the fbi to do an investigation. >> reporter: just hours before, flake cornered sex assault survivors, and that anger spilling onto the steps of capitol hill and into the streets of america. the chairman of the judiciary committee defending his decision to move forward. >> there's simply no reason to deny judge kavanaugh a seat on the supreme court. >> reporter: earlier on friday, some senators walking out in frustration. >> i'm not going to participate in this charade any more. >> reporter: shared disgust. >> my family and my name have been totally and permanently destroyed. >> reporter: and the presiden

. >> yeah, larry beil is here with the latest. >> not so peaceful. the evil empire is here.with the yankees. a lesson ♪ ♪ ♪ raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens ♪ ♪ bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens ♪ ♪ brown paper packages tied up with strings ♪ ♪ these are a few of my favorite things ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> now abc 7 sports with larry beil. >> good evening. it is quite likely that the a's and the yankees will meet in a one-game play-off in october, which makes this week's series with the bronx bombers all the more intriguing. and the a's are doing that bullpening thing again. starting a reliever followed by another and another and so on and so forth. you hope to you get to the end of the game with a win. mindi bach has more on the a's late season experiment. >> it's pretty remarkable what the a's are doing when you consider they have used 14 different starters this season. that's third most in the majors. now with brett anderson on the disabled list, bob melvin is turning to that strategy called buning. with the expanded roster, the a's have 33 active players. 14 of th

i'm larry beil in for dan ashley. >> i'm kristen sze.here is indeed a crack in a beam at the new $2.2 billion transit center. all bus service has been rerouted to the only temporarily trans bay terminal a few blocks away. >> let's start our team coverage with "abc 7 news" reporter chris wynn now at the live shut down center. >> reporter: right now passengers are directed away from the transit center and you can see it is pretty much a ghost town tonight, at least in this part of the city, in this part of the transit center which is right next to the sales force tower. i want to show you video from earlier as crews began putting up caution tape around parts of the sales force transit center. right now fremont street between howard and mission remains blocked off, as inspectors look at every single steel beam at the transit center. they want to make sure it is safe for people to be inside the building. they're doing it out of an abundance of caution and this comes as a discovery was made earlier today around 2:00 this morning, a crack was

larry beil. >> i'm ama daetz. treasure island is home to 2,000 people now but there are plans to add 20,000 residents in the next 20 years, along with three hotels and a bunch of shops. >> here is a look at some of the renderings of what the island will look like from the firm that's handling the design. to manage the increased traffic, there are plans to add ferry service to san francisco, increase muni bus service, and launch ac transit bus service to oakland. >> also a toll for all drivers going both on and off the island. during peak hours on weekdays it would cost $3.50. $2 off on weekends. >> abc 7 news reporter lyanne melendez joins us live with more. >> reporter: i've got to tell you, the toll is a done deal. it was approved in 2016. the rates have yet to be approved. the san francisco board of supervisors will vote on november 27th. by the year 2035, there will be close to 25,000 people living on treasure island. today there are only 2,000. construction will have a huge impact on the island. more people w

. >> and i'm larry beil. support for a full accounting of christine blasey ford's accusations may be softening a bit. today maine senator susan collins pushed back on blasey ford's call for the fbi to investigate her allegations before she testifies. collins is a republican. she says that would be unfair to kavanaugh. however, now some additional democrats have come out in support saying an investigation must come first. >> and all this comes as president trump for the first time seemed to suggest kavanaugh's nomination could be in jeopardy. david louie is looking into how the controversy is impacting blasey ford's palo alto neighborhood. we begin in washington. >> reporter: we have a breaking development as we're coming on the air. red state democrat claire mccaskill says she will vote against kavanaugh if that vote comes up as soon as this next week and all of this as a source close to kavanaugh in the nomination process says he is shaken by the allegations but remains resolute. the chairman of the senate j

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. >> i'm larry beil in for dan ashley. a few days ago the nation did not know the name christine blasey ford. now she is the woman that could make a critical decision to a crucial decision affecting america's highest court. >> she says supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh sexually assaulted her decades ago when they were both teenagers. he denies it. both are invited to testify before a senate judiciary committee on mon, september 24th. >> her lawyers want an fbi investigation done before that. president trump, who has the power to make that call, argued for the opposite today. >> i would let the senators take their course. let the senatos do it. i really want to see her. i really would want to see what she has to say. if she shows up and makes a credible showing, that will be very interesting and we'll have to make a decision. >> judiciary chairman republican senator chuck greatly of iowa says an fbi investigation isn't needed. he says the committee's investigation is sufficient and he's reaching out to blasey forward. >

. >> i'm larry beil. simple senate judiciary vote did happen this morning. >> but it is complicated by a condition that will delay the next vote on supreme court no, ma'am notice brett kavanaugh for a week. >> let's begin tonight's coverage with reporter omar jiminez explaining exactly what happened and what will happen next. >> reporter: it was supposed to be a simple committee vote along party lines, until this. >> i think it would be proper to delay the floor vote for up to but not more than one week in order to let the fbi continue -- to do an investigation, limited in time and scope. >> reporter: it was only under this condition that jeff flake decided to support of judge kavanaugh but added he would not support the nominee in the final confirmation vote until the fbi investigates. earlier today moments after he announced he would, two female protesters cornered the senator in an elevator. >> what you are doing is allowing someone who actually violated a woman to sit in the supreme court. >> don't lo

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. >> in the meantime covering for larry beil tonight, got a little exciting today in terms of the warriorshere was a lot going on, but we're also going to talk about the 49ers who unfortunately are singing the blues today. >> jimmy garoppolo has a torn acl and the a's p a magical place... that's lookin' to get scared! (laughter) halloween time is back in disneyland and disney california adventure parks! >>> the bubbly was flowing tonight ipseattle. the a's celebrating a ticket to the playoffs. they actually clenched while they were still on the field. but the regular season is far from over. they still have a shot on home field and that wild card against the yankees. the last thing the a's need is injuries especially for their starting pitchers. daniel takes a come back to the foot. he went down in agony and he would stay in the game and had 5xs in five in five innings. now in the sixth inning chris davis crushes his 46th of the year. has a shot ot50, that made it 3-1. matt chap00 with a two run shot, his 24th of the season. the a's beat the mariners 74-3. they remain a game and a half beh

good evening, i'm larry beil in for dan ashley. >> roy waller is the norcal rapist, a man accused in a series of sexual assaults from 1991 to 2006 in the bay area and northern california. he started working at uc berkeley in 1992. >> laura begins the coverage in woodland. laura? >> reporter: hi, larry. one of the alleged victims lived here in woodland. the attack happened here. another, just down the road in davis. these attacks go back to 1991, but today, investigators told us they actually cracked this case in a sacramento dna lab a week and a half ago. cold cases often become a journey for justice. >> reporter: after nearly three decades and at least ten cases spanning six counties, investigators say they finally got their man. the man they believe is the norcal rapist. 58-year-old roy charles waller was arrested thursday when he arrived at work at uc berkeley. >> an incredible partnership between science and passionate police work, the answer that many waited so long has come to us in the last ten days. >> reporter: investigators say they matched waller's dna with camp samples at

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i'm larry beil. >>> i'm ama daetz. you may have seen this banner above the bay area in support of christine blasey ford. it reads, thnk you, christine, we have our back. a national women's advocacy organization. blasey ford has demonstrated tremendous courage in coming forward with her allegations against brett kavanaugh, they say. >> blasey ford says she's opening to testifying on capitol hill but monday is, quote, not possible. >> abc news reporter, kenneth moton has the latest from washington. >> unlawfully -- >> protests against support nominee brett kavanaugh took over capitol hill demonstrators targeted the offices of republican lawmakers on the senate judiciary committee. gop senate leaders giving kavanaugh's accuser, christine blasey ford until friday morning to say if she will testify monday. >> we're not going to cancel any hearing until last minute. >> blasey ford's attorney says monday is not possible. but she would be prepared to testify next week. senators must offer terms that are fair and which ensure h

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i'm larry beil in for dan ashley. >> i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us. blasey ford's lawyers say there are conditions to the testimony. they want fair terms and ensuring her safety. she's accused kavanaugh of sexual a salting her in high school. he will be at the hearing scheduled for monday. he has denied the allegation and says he remains committed to defending his integrity. >> you may have seen this banner today as it flew over parts of the bay area, including palo alto where a blasey ford lives. it reads, thank you, christine, we have your back.itas econoes l women's advocacy organization. >> the first to learn of the accusations was congresswoman anna eshoo. she sat down with reporter david louie today. >> joining us live from palo alto. >> david? >> larry and kristen, the date was july 20th, a friday. congresswoman recalls when blasea ford arrived with no notes or anything. only recollections which are now leading to a possible hearing next week in the senate. he said/she said hearing. >> there were many things that she recalled very clearly. ther

i'm larry beil. >> and i firefighter died when force of an air tanker dropped a huge tree on top of him. >> wayne freedman has more on this story. wayne? >> reporter: this report supplies many more specific details. these are the kinds of fire images people marvel at. super tankers lining up to drop retardant. it's risky work. this killed battalion chief matt burchett and injured three others. something went wrong when the plane came in too low, at 100 feet, not 300 feet as sprieb. here's the deputy chief scott mclean. chief burchett died when this tree was knocked over. the planes and firefighters had been working to clear a line. despite a warning to clear the area, the utah team never acknowledged. the drop that ht them contained six gallons of retardant. it weighs nine pounds per gallon. it happened in two seconds. >> it came down on the chief and there was other debris that cam firefighters. >> reporter: as to why the plane came in too low, with don't know. we don't know whether the plane sunk or was led in by a spotter plane. that's dwroet be determined. >> new details about the r

i'm larry beil. >> i'm kristen sze. robert, this is a time when a lot of the buses will be picking people up, taking them home. what's going on with the operations? >> you're right. this is our rush hour. as you outlined in your show, the cjta discovered a crack in a beam in a ceiling above the bus deck. as you know, the bus deck is the third level of the transit center. that is where all of our operations exist. ac transit operates 27 transbay bus lines out of the temporary -- in and out of salesforce transit center. to ensure that our rider safety isn effect and we continue our service, we have diverted all 27 of the transbay bus lines to the old temporary terminal. that old terminal is located at howard and bill street. that diversion will remain in place until further notice. we anticipate that this is affecting about 7,000 riders. that's roughly the number that crossed the bridge during the p.m. hours. for riders who are listening to us right now who have yet to head out for their commute home, what we want you to

i'll larry beil. >> and i'm ama >>> wind gusts have been at 105 miles an hour. >> i want to take a lookoast. it looks pretty tame, but you've seen the conditions throughout the day. but it's still very, very dangerous. jonah has more. >> reporter: 100, 110 degrees, hot is hot. but even if the wind dies down, you have trillions of gallons of water being dumped on the coastal communities this evening. you mentioned about a mom and infant child being killed in their home as a tree fell on top of their home. we're also learning a man died when he was trying to plug in his generator. something went wrong there. we also found out one person was killed simply by having a heart attack and first responders unable to get there because of conditions. we're in south carolina right now, the storm moving southwest now. take a look at the video we

good evening, i'm larry beil. >> and i'm ama daetz. less than an hour after dr. christine blasey ford finished testifying, judge kavanaugh took his turn. >> my family and my name have been totally and permanently destroyed by vicious and false additional accusations. you have replaced advice and consent with search and destroy. since my nomination in july, there's been a frenzy on the left to come up with something, anything, to block my confirmation. i have never done this to her or to anyone. that's not who i am. it is not who i was. the other night ashley and my daughter, liza, said their prayers, and little liza, all of 10 years old -- >> hours of testimony at today's hearing reveals at least one thing, two very different truths. >> we begin our coverage tonight with abc 7 news anchor dion lim who is live in washington. dion. >> reporter: larry, the turnout for people who wanted to witness history has been so tremendous you can imagine the amount of security we've witnessed today. it's the only reason why we're finally able to access the hallway where that he

let's bring in abc 7 sports director larry beil. what is at stake tonight?see the parking lot is full. tonight's game the return of john gruden on the sidelines but a matchup with one of his coaching prodigies, sean mcveigh, who got his start under gruden. mcveigh was named not only the youngest head coach but the coach of the year in the entire league. wayne freedman is live with raider nation. we'll talk about the teams and xs and os coming up. we will start with mindy on the coaching matchup, that is teacher versus pupil. >> reporter: well, dan and kristen, john gruden and sean mcveigh are known for developing quarterbacks and building an offense around the quarterback strength. with cal product jared goff under the center, the rams put up 30 points in the game, the most in the nfl. their expectations this year are even

i'm larry beil. >> i'm alma daetz.ighways are packed with vehicles as people try to get out at the last minute before hurricane florence roars ashore. storm has carolinas in its crosshairs now. >> want to give you a live look from myrtle beach in south carolina. that is a popular vacation spot on the east coast. it's a little dark, the wind blowing the flag. a couple people out. at the moment it doesn't look all that threatening, but it is pretty much deserted with a monster storm looming out there. up the coast we find abc news reporter derek lawler. it looks beautiful behind you actually. >> reporter: yeah, it's actually a beautiful beach day. but as you mentioned with the other beach down in myrtle beach, this is pretty much deserted. there are mandatory evacuations for all of north carolina's barrier islands and the message tonight is clear. time is almost out. with sand bags fully loaded, bruce and his mom terry griffin are finishing last-minute preps on their beach house before evacuating to virginia. >> if we ha

good afternoon, thank you for joining us, i'm larry beil. >> i'm ama daetz. the team would skip town sooner in the lawsuit is filed. katie utehs has more. >> reporter: just as the stadium looms large behind me so, too, does that $90 million in debt owed by taxpayers. some think suing the raiders could help recoup the money, but others fear the plan could backfire. as raiders fans watch their team score, some say the city of oakland is losing. as the team prepares to leave for las vegas. >> we still owe $90 million on the renovations to the coliseum, if we could get that back, i'm in favor of that. >> reporter: he says he's heard reports of a lawsuit in the works. the city may file a multimillion dollar antitrust lawsuit according to the chronicle. those law firms have reportedly offered to fund the initial case. >> you know, i feel strongly in our case, they're going basically for it on a bad faith effort and just being on the coliseum authority, having those conversations, it appears the raiders acted in bad faith in this process. >> reporter: some fear a la

. >> i'm larry beil. this fire has shut down i-5.tran tells us i-5 will be closed until tomorrow likely. it's burned 15,000 acres, nearly 24 square miles. >> three homes damaged, with hundred more are threatened. mandatory evacuations are in effect. investigators say someone started the fire, but they're not saying it was an accident or if it was arson. >> this map will give you a better idea of where it's located. it's along interstate 5 north of redding. the flames are raging alongside the freeway, very scary. >> a woman who became trapped by the rapidly spreading shasta fire is grateful to be alive. >> kristen, she has amazing, heart pounding video here. >> this is the story of kate mckeszen, she went to hell and back yesterday, all the while recording the ordeal on i-5 north of redding. >> holy [ bleep ], oh my [ bleep ] god. i might die here. >> just in case something would go wrong i wanted it to be on film. >> and so much could have gone wrong. mckesz is a was driving a u haul, moving her sister's stuff to san diego, when she

i'm larry beil. >> i'm kristen sze in for ama daetz.ties say these crimes went on for years and involved hundreds of victims. >> the family ran two child care centers and senior care homes. wayne freedman is live in daly city with the latest on a shocking and still developing story. wayne? >> reporter: indeed, larry, and th onorehe building over my shoulder there, quiet neighborhood, all under the guise of caring for children and cog tateap directly across the street from west moore high school in daly city. >> no clue. >> so many policemen yesterday. >> these are some of the weapons police seized at the rainbow bright day care. they include a loaded handgun found under a blanket allegedly within easy reach of children. this, one of six locations in so you have the san francisco, daly city and pacifica, sites where attorney general javier says they engaged in exploitation. >> rainbow bright was cheating, not just their workers of their pay, not just their workers of their dignity, but was cheating you and me as taxpayers. >> $8.5 millio

. >> i'm larry beil. that pilot was killed., flying a patient to stanford medical center. vic lee has been following the story. >> reporter: well, the plane is sitting in heavy mud in a duck pond right behind me. it's sort of hard to see. we were not allowed any closer. palo alto airport is to my left, across the marshes here. now, the plane is registered to an owner who lives in is for alle, presumably the group called angel flight west headquartered in santa monica. i talked to one of the officials of that group by phone just a little while ago. he tells me that one of the passengers is a patient who was being transported to stanford's children's hospital. the other passenger is her mother. both of them, by the way, survived. now, here's what happened earlier today. >> palo alto. >> reporter: the air traffic control audio indicates the pilot was having trouble landing. the call to the palo alto fire department came in just after 11:00 a.m. a moony single engine plane with three people crashed in the duck ponds while trying to

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myself and larry beil will break down the game. wake forest, second quarter, notre dame, on fourth and 1, ian brook finds brock right for the score. finds chase claypool, notre dame up 35-13. it's a route. fighting irish, 43-13, book keeps it ask scores and they win big, 56-27, michigan. the fighting jim harbaughs hosting nebraska. higdon breaks to the outside and he is gone. 14-0, michigan. third quarter, 39-0, nebraska punts, jones receiving and works his way right, heads up the side, and then turns left, an epic spin move is coming up right about -- i'm getting tired watching him. he dives into the end 56-10, nebraska's first -- or nebraska's 0-3 for the first time since 1945, the last time world war ii ended. >>> so stanford and oregon, coming up next. did you get tired of watching that run? >> no. >> no. >> it was just like drew used to do when he was a lion. >> years ago. >> years ago. >> i could never make that -- >> are you kidding me? >> were they good or something? >> they're pretty good. >> what's your record now? just s

. >>> sports director larry beil recently spoke with rick about his incredible career and the biggest it's been quite a career art for rick wellics, working with the great russell to now joining russell in the hall of fame. >> i guess he learned my name and we became friends and it's an unlikely friendship, i would say, but it's one that's lasts for a long, long time. >> reporter: he's spent more than four decades at the nba while working at the league office in the 1980s he came up with all-star weekend. it was more like job preservation. >> truth be told, my biggest motivation was to keep my job. we went into larry o'brien's office and i got pretty much like, yeah, we're not going to do that. i don't know what happened, he walks into my office a week later and says he says we can do it. as long as you don't embarrass us and two it doesn't cost the nba a >> reporter: he's always has one mission. >> it's about shining a brighter light and creating a bigger stage for the players and coaches that fans really care about. >> reporter: he left feengsz several years ago and decided to move

i'm larry beil. >> and i firefighter died when force of an air tanker dropped a huge tree on top of himhas more on this story. wayne? >> reporter: this report supplies many more specific details. these are the kinds of fire images people marvel at. super tankers lining up to drop retardant. it's risky work. this killed battalion chief matt burchett and injured three others. something went wrong when the plane came in too low, at 100 feet, not 300 feet as sprieb. here's the deputy chief scott

on the sideline is the qb >>> now abc 7 sports with larry beil. >> good evening.the season on monday night football against the rams. only five days away. a game you can watch right here on abc 7. the raiders are going to face one of the best defensive fronts in the entire nfl, but coach jon gruden is actually hoping to keep aaron donald and ndamukong suh on the field as long as possible. abc 7's mindi bach has more. >> the raiders best defense may be its own offense. derek carr and company need to keep jared goff and todd gurley off the field. the rams' last season were the most prolific, scoring nearly 30 points a game. >> the easy thing is let's go out and have a pep talk and have 36 minutes of possession. i used to work on those talk shows. so the best way to win this game is to do something when you have the ball. we're going to have to score. obviously, when we get our chances to run it, we're going to have to deal with some loaded boxed a some talented ram defenders. i can't wait to see how we dot. >> crazy. so the year before last that. >> put up the least

i'm larry beil. >> i'm ama daetz, abc 7 news 5:00. >>> a girl sees a male teacher .n the girl's restroom see on abc 7 news. >> the latest on the threat to yellow tag the sinking leaning tower. >> b.a.r.t. changes its ways. license plate information to the feds and the plan to prevent future mistakes. >>> senator dianne feinstein's mystery letter she just sent to investigators. >>> governor brown's stunning comments on the president. >> i'm going to remove her from the school if they allow the teacher to come back. >> an east bay mother is upset with the way an oakland charter school is handling an incident involving her young daughter. it involves another girl and a male teacher. good evening. i'm dan ashley. >> i'm kristin zee. >> it happened in the girls bathroom at the oakland military institute. >> laura, this is a very strange incident obviously. >> reporter: well, it is, dan. the teacher c it was an accident, but now there are two investigations. the teacher is on suspension and the mother and her young daughter are on edge. >> we heard someone come in who had boots on. we knew it

i'm larry beil. >> i'm kristen sze. comedian bill cosby has begun serving a prison sentence today after being convicted of sexual assault. it involved one woman. temple university administrator, andrea constan. dozens of others accused him, including a north bay woman. >> carolyn tyler spoke with her and joins us with reaction. >> janice baker kenny is a former abc 7 employee. she is on vacation today decompressing. our phone call today, she was emotional, describing the overwhelming joy and sense of e over. >> mr. cosby, any comment, sir? >> it's a dramatic fall from grace for a man once known cosb be legally blind, led away in handcuffs. sentenced to spend at least three years in prison. >> it's just -- it's over. all the ridicule and the horrible things said about us, it's all worth it. >> that's janice baker kinney the north bay woman who testified during the trial. she says she was a 24-year-old bartender at harrah's in reno when cosby invited her to a party. >> i was sexually assaulted by him in may of 1982. >> he

. >> i'm larry beil in for dan ashley. lawyers for christine blasey ford have less than an hour to respond to the senate judiciary committee. the two sides have been negotiating over having her testify and under what conditions. her lawyers proposed thursday. the committee wands the hearing on wednesday and blasey ford to go first. if you believe mitch mcconnell, none of this matters. >> you watched the fight and the tactics but here is what i want to tell you. in the near future judge kavanaugh will be on the united states supreme court. >> president trump broke his silence on the accusations against brett kavanaugh, taking to twitter, questioning kristine blasey ford's claim and credibility. he tweeted, quote, if the attack on dr. ford was as bad as she says charges would have been immediately filed. this generates an online backlash with the #whyididn'treport as sexual assault survivors share stories why they didn't go to police. maine senator susan colins says she was apolled. >> somebody else who was appalled is the s

i'm larry beil. >>> i'm ama daetz. chaos is the way to describe what's happening in the capitol. chuck grassley of iowa can semd the judicial committee vote on the nomination. a hearing is set for monday where kavanaugh and his accuser have been invite today testify. >> the question is, will f there? chairman grassley has yet to hear from her. one who doesn't want to hear -- mark judge said he didn't want to testify and said he had no memory of a sexual assault. we have team coverage this afternoon. wayne freed man is looking at the vetting process for judicial nominees. but we begin with our reporter in washington, d.c. lana? >> hi there. i've been talking to the senators on the judiciary committee. their offices. everybody is really wondering how this supreme court nominee who just two weeks ago seemed like he was a shoo-in for the confirmation has now changed completely. what they are saying now about that woman who has come forward and that big question on everybody's lips in the capital. >> will dr. christine blasey ford testify? what happens if she doesn't? >> if she is not

. >> i'm larry beil. we've learned senior living facilities in santa rosa may be facing consequence for the response to last year's fires. >> a fire burning in shasta cothan 24 hours ago, tracking conditions firefighters are facing tonight as they try to get the upper hand. >>> another battle over immigration is brewing. the trump administration unveiling a plan to lift limits on how long immigrant children can be detained. >>> ground breaking research from uc davis, the blood test that may be able to detect autism. >>> live where you live, this is abc 7 news. >>> good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us. the state is coming down hard on the assisted living homes where employees left behind senior centers during last year's wildfires. >> releasing the story about what happened at oakmont senior living facilities. melanie woodrow as covered the story since the beginning. >> melanie? >> reporter: the department of social services served oakmont senior notices to revoke the lic