larry thomas is right here.>> no soup for you. >> no soup for you. >> we will be telling you about why he's in town, exciting things going on. everybody knows this man. >> we'll find out what his favorite soup is. coming up, some of your comments are coming in right now. a lot of people have skeletons in the closet. can't predict the past or future. >> in response to the donald trump issue. we from wayne and from dj enough said. >> we got it. yeah. >> what's your favorite soup? ♪ will your business be ready when growth presents itself? american express open cards can help you take on a new job, or fill a big order or expand your office and take on whatever comes next. find out how american express cards and services can help prepare you for growth at open.com. ♪ . >>> doesn't look too bad, scott says it will be decent day. >> welcome backing thank you for joining us, we're excited about this because we have a character that you know and love. iconic character. >> let's hear why we know him. >> didn't get any bre

. >> his real name larry thomas, larry thomas. >> so larry is on the show tomorrow if you want to metfourth and market tomorrow on good day philadelphia. okay, if you need something for your kids to do this weekend, and they like robot, we have the perfect solution for you. >> going to be at the franklin institute, the guys, robot revolution, jen, taking on 40 robots. >> pretty cool, 30 of the 40 robots are inter-active. >> good morning. >> i have to tell you we were worried this would be like a boring robot situation, but -- >> absolutely. >> you tell them to do a head stand, and goodness he basically does a head stand. okay. so this is robot revolution, it is a new exhibit opens tomorrow and the two dudes from battle box will be here to help you open it up. right? >> great day tomorrow, we open up this exhibit, battle box, 40 different feels competing being cage set up. seventy different robots taking on each other, one of the many things we're doing opening day. free give aways, whole bunch of hands on things people can do. then come see this great exhibition. >> so, only going to

larry thomas is an actor and self-procld fooledy. he is man company he portrayed back in e '90s. also with us is jamie karson, the soup man ceo. welcome, gentlemen. thanks so much f joining us today. it's a pleasure to have you on set. thank you. >> and the soup. >> yes. >> which is the best part of the thing. that's the real star. >> larry. did you ever think when you started this career, you're an actor and you got this role on smelled, and here you are, the face of the company. right. >> and it's perfectly natural, enshowed is written about, so, you know, life imitates art and life imitates life and everything in between. i get to represent soup and you mention that had i'm a foodie. >> yes. >> so when i tasted this soup, i like everyone else, said, wow, that's t best soup i've ever, and now i get to go into supermarke all over the country and see people have the same reaction. i'm going to taste a little bit of it. >> that's our newest soup. >> i'm breaking my rule for you guys which is never eat on cameras, but i'm going do it. >> no slurp. >> that's delicious. isn't tha? >>

. >> and i'm eric thomas. larry beil has the day off.uspect's gun had not jammed things could have turned out much differently for those officers. the vallejo police were ambushed by a man with an assault weapon as they took a break in a local starbucks. >> surveillance video shows what happened right after the attack. abc 7 news reporter laura anthony joins us live from the coffee shop. laura? >> reporter: north

i'm eric thomas in for larry biel. >> and i'm ama daetz.re making their first appearance of the fall. >> lots of clouds all around the bay area right now taking a live look outside from our camera in emoriville, and you can see that cloud cover as we look back over the bay towards san francisco. >> check out the sierra. there's a little dusting of snow at heavenly mountain resort. you can also see the gray skies there over lake tahoe. abc 7's spencer christian joins us now to show us what's in store. spencer? >> as eric said, it's a start and we haven't reached the finish yet. here's live topler 7. showers

. >> and i'm eric thomas. larry beil has the day off. police say the suspect's gun had not jammed things could have turned out much differently for those officers. the vallejo police were ambushed by a man with an assault weapon as they took a break in a local starbucks. >> surveillance video shows what happened right after the attack. abc 7 news reporter laura anthony joins us live from the coffee shop. laura? >> reporter: north natalie there were few people in this coffee shop behind me when a man walked in with an assault rifle capable of carrying up to 70 rounds. >> they were sitting in a coffee shop, you know, taking a small well-deserved break, and they were basically surprised by this gunman. >> reporter: two vallejo police officers were taking a break on sunday night when police say 41-year-old adam powell walked in and namaimed a assault rifle directly at them. >> his weapon malfunctioned and he was not able to get off the shot. >> reporter: powell ran away as shown in this surveillance video from the gas station next door. seco

thomas. >> i'm ama daetz. for larry, drew, all of us here at abc7 news, thank you for your time.ight now on "jimmy kimmel live," sarah jessica parker. >> good night, everybody. >> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight -- sarah jessica parker. from "black-ish," daveed diggs. and music from dan and shay. and now, and why not -- here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: very nice. i'm jimmy. i'm the host. thank you for watching. thank you for coming. i don't want to spoil the mood but here's a warning. for those of

thomas. >> i'm ama daetz. for larry, drew, all of us here at abc7 news, thank you for your time.ht now on "jimmy kimmel live," sarah jessica parker. >> good night, everybody. >>> it's october 14th, time for new viral videos "right this minute." a guy getting on a bus gets his foot caught. how his buddy sends a more direct message. >> holy cow! >> when three elephants become trapped in a watering hole. >> you'll not believe the response. >> why it's nice to know the herd's got your back. >>> it's a sneak peek about a swiss alps rescue team. >> this show puts you in the middle of the action. >> what it's like to carry out death defying missions. plus the buzz word for your chance to win a new ipad mini as christian, oli, charity, nick, and gayle break down the best on the web, including justin wilman's magical lesson about california's drought. >> there you go. >> i don't know how he's doing it. >> if you can figure out the wizardry behind the water. >>> proof that crazy and weapons just don't go together. it's the classic case of road rage. two guys mixing it up, one pulls out the

i'm eric thomas in for larry biel. >> and i'm ama daetz. jackets and umbrellas are making their first appearance of the fall. >> lots of clouds all around the bay area right now taking a live look outside from our camera in emoriville, and you can see that cloud cover as we look back over the bay towards san francisco. >> check out the sierra. there's a little dusting of snow at heavenly mountain resort. you can also see the gray skies there over lake tahoe. abc 7's spencer christian joins us now to show us what's in store. spencer? >> as eric said, it's a start and we haven't reached the finish yet. here's live topler 7. showers scattered across most of the bay area and showers are moving out of napa county and still some showers falling to parts of eastern sonoma county as well and down in the central part of the bay area, most concentrated area of wet weather from san francisco to across the bay to mill valley and across the bay to richmond and farther inland. showers over at concord and down at livermore and altamount and here's the for

. >> reporter: ann charles and her 3-year-old thomas were dead, horribly. the forensics man, larry claytor, got a better look at it than anybody. >> this is probably one of the more horrendous cases i had -- had worked in my career. >> reporter: larry couldn't give investigators much to go on, a few small footprints in the snow out back. but forget dna, any possibility of finding that was flushed away by fire hoses. >> and then i get word from the medical examiner's office that they had recovered a knife that was sticking in the woman's back. and -- >> what'd you think when you heard that? >> i went back to my photographs. and sure enough, in the middle of her back, was the knife. >> reporter: so, someone stabbed her, but who? firefighters tipped police that a brother/sister duo across the street. rocky and jessica fugett had been watching the fire, claimed to know the victims. robert davis and his friend, kevin marsh, knew them as aggressive troublemakers at high school. >> people were afraid of them. we just -- they come through the hallway, people would just move out the way for

thomas has the latest. >> reporter: two 1/2 hours of music, speeches and memories to celebrate the lives of chris fiche and larrypikes. it wasn't just what they did, it was who they were. and their brothers and sisters in uniform promise they won't be forgotten. they stand in formation as far as the eye can see to salute the families of fallen firefighters chris leech and fics. >> today we come together to honor heroes. two giants who stood among men. >> reporter: it's one week to the day of the fire. the bravery continues to be recognized. ficus to lieutenant and their families accepted medals of honor, including the flags that flew over the u.s. capital the day he died. >> may he lift you up under his wings and bury you on the breath of dawn. >> reporter: vice president joe biden spokes of a man who knows the heart ache of great loss. >> the time will come when the memory of jerry and memory of christopher will bring a smile to your lip before it bring as tear to your eye. >> reporter: despite the tears, there was laughter about the nicknames leech had for so many he loves and the endless stories of ficus's le

in our studios today champions all anger with the larry o'brien trophy today but that's now on the back burner because the indiansow fell to the thomas morning time this morning 740 where we are all feeling like champions this morningor next on fox eight news in the morning were getting plugged them talk many ticking reaction and predictionge is the indians are 743 is your time we are talking tribe all morning long with a grin with todd meany is taking callsls and comments as we get ready for the world series of. >> how sweetet it is your estimate is, just even offense to graham says who do you want to try to place i i want them to face them cubbies brian in cleveland said it doesn'tbr matter who we play the world series because we're unstoppable right now we will be anybody and how about this catherine says at my daughter born at 7:04 p.m. yesterdays as we listen to him awesome i want to know what you named your daughtera linda or who knows what a memorable day that's awesome caps on let us knowwhra your some poisonous acumen so far turn up the announcers of the tight atreides anyway they any way they could too bad they didn'tti you

. >> larry fischer with the bouquet of flowers a friend stopped by with after news that his 77-year old wheelchair bound mother joanna fischer was inju her 95-year old husband thomas hardy murdered in their home in orange. >> do you think this was not necessarily just a random thing? >> i can't rond respond repond to that. they're cowards. >> police looking for their 2003 toyota corolla, a model like this. >> big shock what happened but >> his brother has a well known backyard religious shrine at his home in barry. his brother often stopped by to pray. >> everything he did he did it better than anybody else. an avid hiker who worked as a tool salesmen in his mid 90s beloved by the family he leaves. neighbors who watched investigators move in and out with bags of evidence all night thursday didn't feel any better today with unanswered. . >> i checked the windows. >> joanna fischer's son tells us she is doing okay despite his or deal and despite what she likely witnessed. she's recovering in the hospital. in orange, christina haguer, wbz news. >>> this is an update on a scary situation for kids. a man in a clown mask following was a prank on his son that went horrib

larry fisher brought flowers from a friend to the orange home where police say his mother, 77-year-old joanna and his stepfather, 95-year-old thomas hardy, murdered, in an apparent home invasion. >> they are obviously cowards and i can't wait to meet them. >> reporter: now, police are on the hunt for the couples stolen 2003 toyota corolla, a model similar to this, with license plate number m99949. >> it is a big shock what happened. but i know tom is in heaven. i know that. he has been good to everybody. >> reporter: john hardy, thomas's brother outgoing and kind, an avid hiker who led climbing trips, a salesman into his mid-90s and a man of faith who often stopped by to pray at a well-known religious shrine that john built at his home. >> i'm going to cross it out with the 10 commandments on it. come down every week to say the >> reporter: his family's faith being tested as investigators go through the backs of evidence collected from the couple's home, while neighbors remain on guard. >> it will make sure that the doors are locked and check the windows. >> reporter: now, anyone with information on this case is asked to call the

thomas leper jr. will be brought here. he's already been charged for setting fires near his neighborhood near mcclintock and chandler. chandler investigators swarmed this neighborhood. >> you know fact is stranger than fiction. >> reporter: larry wolf lives across the street. says everybody feel in danger. leper spoke out about the fires to abc15. >> really scared to be told be prepared to wake your children up out of bed. in the middle of the night because of a fire. >> reporter: from playing the victim to suspect number one. police say leper allegedly set fire to a fence lying next door to his home the very next night. >> the type of behavior that unusual when it comes to arsonists. >> leper is known as the mayor of the street. they even pitched in to help him when his property burned. >> he was telling me everything that happened. me and wife went to buy him a gift card so he could fence. >> reporter: police say they put surveillance on lepr. he admitted to leaving a note behind at one of the scenes. we knocked on his door but his wife dilled not want to speak to us. >>> another arrest in those creepy clown threats. police are saying the threats were made to students and staff at west view at the high school. it all happene

>>reporter: larry fisher brought flowers from a friend say his mother, 77-year-old joanna fisher was brutally attacked and his stepfather, 95- year-old thomas hardy murdered in an apparent home invasion. >> they're obviously cowards and i can't wait to meet them. >>reporter: now police are on the hunt for the couple's stolen 2003 toyota corolla, a model similar to this with license plate number m9949. >> big shock what happened, but i know he's in that. he's been good to everybody. >>reporter: john hardy, thomas' brother says his brother was outgoing and kind, an avid hiker who led climbing trips, a tool salesman into his mid-90s and a man of faith who often stopped by to pray at the well-known religious shrine that john built at his home in barry. >> i got a cross out in the field with the 10 commandments on it. he come down almost every prayer, be close to god, yeah. >>reporter: his family's faith being tested as investigators go through the bags of evidence collected from the couple's home while neighbors remain on guard. >> i will make sure the doors are locked and check the windows. >>reporter: the chief medical examiner will determine

thomas were dead. horribly. the forensics man got a better look at it than anybody. >> this is probably one of the more horrendous cases i had worked in my career. >> larry couldn't give investigators much to go on. a few small footprints out back but forget dna. any possibility of finding that was flushed away by fire hoses. >> and then i get word from the medical examiner's office that they had recovered a knife that was sticking in the woman's back. what did you think when you heard that? >> sure enough in the middle of her back was the knife. >> so someone stabbed her. but who? firefighters tipped police that a brother/sister duo across the street, rocky and jessica, had been watching the fire, claimed to know the victims. robert davis and his friend, kevin marsh, knew them as aggressive troublemakers in high school. >> people were afraid of them. which is, they come through the hallway. people would just move out of the way for them. try not to be around them. >> kevin's friend, shy and awkward robert, seemed to be a favorite target. >> they called him retarded. fat, ugly, stupid. >> he tried to ignore it but they knew his vulnerabilities. >> i tried to keep my d