leanne: controversial.ou know, in the middle, tennessee, we love a good gelatin salad, you know, with a little pineapple pecan, little cottage cheese or cream cheese, little cool whip. geoff: wow. that's way beyond. leanne: i don't want to worry you, geoff. yeah, to us, that's something, you know. yeah. nice to take to a church supper, right? geoff: the thing i really loved about your act is that there's no underlying political or social message. it really is just about the laughs. it's about finding the funny moments in family and growing older. leanne: and i understand how people want to do that and, you know, do comedy that way. but i've just never written that way or ever thought that way. plus, i thought, nobody cares what i think. and and i don't. i want it to be fun and i don't want anybody to feel uncomfortable. but yeah, that's how i don't write that way. i probably don't read enough, geoff, to know what's going on. geoff: leanne says this run of success couldn't have happened at a better time. she

leanne: in oakland leanne melendez abc7news. >> as you are packing up your backpacks tonight let's check on it was decent to see how the back-to-school forecast is shaping up tomorrow. lisa: thank goodness we will be cooler. it will not be like today. today we are climbing anywhere from 2-5 degrees warmer than yesterday. tomorrow, the first day of school for the kids in oakland, temperatures are coming down. overnight tonight we will look at a return to the low clouds, the fog of breezy wind, and temperatures that are pretty chilly. 7:00 58 degrees. you will need a jacket. by the afternoon just in the 70's compared to a much warmer sunday. even the breezy wind will return. that is good timing for sure. as we look at live doppler 7 now the fog is not far away, but its influence is only being felt at the immediate coast later today as the wind backs off. high-pressure is at its strongest today. as we look up and down the state here notice it's everywhere. it is very hot in southern california. they will not be feeling the effects of the fog at all for quite some time. to the tropics we hav

reporting live here in long beach, leanne suter, abc seven news. leanne, thank you. hopefully everyone can get off in time. the state isn't taking any chances as hurricane hillary steams forward for california. abc7 news reporter cornell barnard is here with a look at how much the golden state is getting ready. and cornell, a lot of people are preparing right now. they really are. karina and the national weather service says no tropical storm has made landfall in southern california since 1939. and because of that, officials are urging residents to prepare and stay safe. hillary nearing landfall on mexico's baja peninsula, bringing heavy rain, wind and rough seas, while hundreds of miles north batten down the hatches. communities near la are filling sand bags, preparing for hillary, which could bring epic rainfall rarely seen in southern california. i mean, it's going to be some rain. so you know, usually there's some flooding and the landslide tides and things like that. evacuation warnings have been issued for mountain communities in san bernardino county. i think

leanne: leanne melendez, abc7news. gloria: we first told you about the latest developments from cruise through our abc7news app. if you want to stay up today and get alerts like this one sent straight to your mobile device, download our abc 7 news app and enable the push notifications. southern california is bracing for heavy rain and potentially catastrophic flooding. hurricane hilary is expected to pummel the area as a rare tropical storm will make its way through starting tomorrow. and lasting until next week. you can see the hurricane moving past western mexico there. hillary is a category four hurricane and is expected to weaken into a tropical storm as it crosses into the u.s. and southern california. major league baseball rescheduled sunday games in los angeles and san diego, because of the forecast. looks like the bay area will not see any severe weather from the remnants of hillary before -- but forecasters one things can change quickly. people in san rodino county on the other hand say they are watching and w

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leanne: leanne melendez, abc 7 news. >> we first told you what the latest development from cruise through our abc 7 news app. if you want to stay up-to-date and get alerts like this one sent straight to your mobile device, just download the abc 7 news app and enable the push notifications. southern california is for heavy rains and potentially catastrophic flooding. hurricane hilary is a specter to pummel the area as a rare tropical storm will make its way through starting tomorrow and lasting until next week. you can see the hurricane moving past western mexico. hillary is a category four hurricane. it's expected to weaken to a tropical storm as it crosses into the u.s. and southern california. it looks like the bay area will not see any severe weather from the remnants of hillary. forecasters worn things could change quickly. some people in san bernardino county say they are watching and waiting to see the storm's impact. veronica jones at her friends spent the day at lyda creek knowing the area will look different in a matter of days. the friends live in rialto in a neighborhood prone

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it is good to be with you, leanne.nne: we have a lot of topics to get to but i want to start on climate change. as you fully know and most of our viewers know, this summer has been extremely hot in many places around the country, you have what is called a heat dome over the southern part of the country, but in addition, there has been a lot of weird climate events over the last couple of months and beyond, so you have asked not only just recently but for the last couple of years for president biden to declare a climate emergency, what do you mean by that? what would you like to see? speech to layout the challenge that the united states has to set the example and has to work in lead other countries there put less country in the outlets -- less carbon in the atmosphere. we have to have an example lead and help the world take this on. but instead, what we have seen is the biden administration has regarded two and all of the above strategy. they are green lighting more fossil projects after another, more drilling in the gu

leanne, thanks very much. remember leanne has been reporting on bay area school sues for decades and it is precisely why she's our senior education reporter. you can get in touch with her online. she'd be delighted to hear from y. r social media contact information is on your screen right now. >> all right. time for the weather. it feels more like summer again today. >> it does. regular summer service has resumed meteorology is sandy patel is here with the forecast. sandy >> yeah, and it's only going to get hotter tomorrow but at least dan and alma, we're going to bring the humidity down, which will help to make it feel even more like summer. let me show you live doppler seven right now. area of low pressure that has been just meandering off our coastline is finally starting to weaken and fall apart. we just have a few clouds over northern and eastern part of the state. other than that, it is quiet in including here in the bay area, but you will probably notice the dew points. they're still up in the 60s range

in the newsroom, leanne melendez, abc seven news, all right, so, leanne, they've been ordered to reducehe fleet a little bit. >> do you know how long that will last? >> well, you know, let me tell you something. i pretty sure that they want to get back on the road as soon as possible. with that said, the dmv says that 50% reduction will remain until its investigation can concludes. now, again, cruise takes action to improve safety. they say that they will, but there is no official timetable at this point. >> all right, leanne, thank you. >> the archdiocese of san francisco filed for bankruptcy today as it deals with hundreds of sex abuse lawsuits. chapter 11 bankruptcy allows the roman catholic archdiocese to keep operating while it addresses the lawsuits collectively instead of individually. in a statement, the archdiocese said it has paid out more than $70 million to sex abuse survivor says the bankruptcy filing does not affect parochial schools or the 88 parishes operating under the archdiocese. the archdiocese of oakland filed for bankruptcy in may, and we have new details today dea

. >> we were at today's hearing and we have the details from leanne. >> it is still going on. with a bit of perspective here, on december 9, cruise first conducted its first driverless ride on the street of san francisco. that company, owned by general motors, and another owned by google have been testing their vehicles, generating a lot of controversy. if this goes their way they could start generating money, after spending millions. >> you guys are not stupid. don't be stupid. >> there was no lack of energy at today's hearing to determine the fate of self-driving companies. it was up to four members of the california public utilities commission to vote on whether to expand their accessibility. people heard hours and hours of public comment from both sides of the aisle. >> it is not ready for prime time. >> i trust them much more than distracted or angry drivers. >> it is the most competently driven car i have ever driven in and i thought my dad was the best driver ever. >> its vehicles have driven over 3 million miles with no injury to passengers. still, between generate fir

his outcome is so different. >> reporter: many drivers like leanne and alonzo say given how dangerous freeways have turned into, they now support freeway cameras. >> i used to be more of more cameras are more trouble, but now it's like more cameras could help solve a shooting or murder. >> chp says no arrests in the two july 14th freeway shootings right now. they're asking witnesses with dashcam videos and people who drive teslas to come forward because teslas that built-in cameras. >>> tonight friends and family gathered to remember a man killed in a confrontation with san francisco police last week. people left flowers and candles and signed messages at a memorial in hunter's point to remember 41-year-old ryan blufer. we are seeing body cam video show ago when led up to the deadly shooting in bayview. kpix5's anne makovec is in the newsroom with more. >> what happened while officers were arrested a completely different man, the video shows blufer walking up to them and police say he threatened them and appeared to flash a handgun in. this slowed down body cam video police highlighte

. >> reporter: oakland residents leanne and alonzo cabell say they now avoid freeways, if possible. they drove on city streets friday to take their granddaughter to the park. >> i used to honk more when someone would cut me off or speed up and try to look over and give eye contact and now i just let people go about their day. >> not only would we not honk, we don't even look. >> yeah. >> we don't even look to see who might have passed. >> reporter: one freeway shooting survivor tells me she now drives mostly in the slow lanes. we're protecting her identity because her case is still open. >> i signal. i look over my shoulder before i changed lanes. i "did all the right things," but that split second decision to proceed with the lane change ended up nearly costing me my life. this person hunted me close to a minute dodging traffic to catch up just so that he could pull into the shoulder and shoot at me and try to kill me. >> reporter: i first interviewed this woman in her 30s a couple weeks ago. the chp called her case a road rage incident. multiple bullet the hit her car. one shot st

retired nfl star michael ower filing a petition in court -- >> leann, she's taught me, you know -- she the first one that ever told me she loved me. >> byron: of also taking advantage of him. now lawyers for the family are firing back. >> michael got every dime, every dime he had coming. >> byron: how did this real-life fairytale fall apart? >>> plus, kool and the gang. ♪ celebrate good times come on ♪ >> byron: songs like "celebration" have been a soundtrack of our lives for decades. a catalog of hits sampled time and time again from jay-z and madonna to lil' kim's "ladies night" remix. ♪ so it's ladies night ♪ >> byron: helping propel hip-hop into the mainstream. i caught inwith kool to talk about their influence, their staying power, and the crowning achievement they hope comes next. >>> celebrity split? pop star britney spears and actor sam asghari reportedly separating after 14 months. that's me before dawn powerwash. [sigh] now, powerwash gives me the power of an overnight soak in minutes. with 3 cleaning boosters... not found in traditional dish soaps that help break down, loose

. >> reporter: oakland residents leanne and alonzo cabell say they avoid the freeway if possible. they drove on city streets friday to take their granddaughter to the park. >> i used to honk more when someone cut me off or speed up and try to look over and give eye contact and now i just let people go about their day. >> not only would we not honk, we won't even look to see who might have passed us. >> reporter: one freeway shooting survivor tells me she now drives mostly in the slow lanes. we're protecting her identity because her case is still open. >> i signal. i look over my shoulder before i change lanes. i "did all the right things" right? but that split second decision to proceed with the lane change ended up nearly costing me my life. this person hunted me for close to minute dodging traffic to catch up just so that he could pull into the shoulder and shoot at me and try to kill me. >> reporter: i first interviewed this woman in her 30s a couple weeks ago. the chp called her case a road rage incident. multiple bullets hit her car. one shot struck her right leg. it happened

abc7 news reporter leanne melendez explains the new order from the dmv to make improvements. >> todayrews kept half of its 400 autonomous vehicles on the nes. right nowacrding to the company, 150are scheduled to drive at night and only 50 vehicles will be on san francisco's streets during the day. this after the depart of motor vehicles said it was investigating concerning incidents. the first one on august 11th, when several of them paused for 15 minutes at an intersection in the north beach neighborhood. then several days later, an accident involving a fire department truck. police have yet to determine who was at fault. a second accident that occurred in the mission district where a driver ran a red light and crashed into the cruise vehicle, which had stopped in the middle of the intersection in a statement, crews said they look forward to rking with the california dmv t make any iments and provide any data they need to reinforce the safety and efficiency of our fleet. this week in the autonomous vehicles encountered some minor issues in glen park city. crews had closed the street

in the newsroom, leanne melendez, abc seven news. >> okay, leanne, thank you very much. >> all right. we've had some interesting weather today. not as bad as southern california. no but it has been a little while. >> little rain cloud cover, as you saw. meteorologist sandy patel is here. >> sandy yeah, and dan and alma, we're still seeing some showers. believe it or not. as we take a look at a live picture from our mount tam cam, it's not only breezy to gusty, but you will notice a very wet picture across the region. we have had measurable rain as remnants of hilary have been moving in along with an area of low pressure over our area, three hundredths of an inch. hayward, sfo, oakland, ben lowman picking up two hundredths of an inch trace in san jose. fairfield getting six hundredths of an inch of rain so it would hang on to the umbrellas even though not all of this is going to hit the ground, some of it still will over the next few hours. as you will notice on live doppler seven, we're still seeing some moisture across the mendocino county area. also some light showers on street leve

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in the newsroom, leanne melendez -- lyanne melendez, abc 7 news . karina: thank you. i asked former speaker nancy pelosi if you would get in a driverless taxi. rep. hello see: i must say -- rep. peliosi: i must say w see one of them, i get a little freaked out. [laughter] in some respects, and i respect this, the technology, when worker, can be safer than a mistake made by a driver. but on the other hand, we have to make sure that we have every check in there to make sure that that is the case. karina: you can see what it is like inside a driverless car. lyanne melendez put both cruise and waymo to the test. you can check it out on our website, abc7news.com. larry: the california department of justice is investigating a deadly police shooting at a marijuana dispensary every -- dispensary. their presence indicates a person who was killed was not armed. police responded around 3:30 a.m. to velvet cannabis on sunrise drive. officers found multiple subjects at the dispensary, and neighbors will go to the sound of 10 to 15 shots, so that they are not used to. fred: we don'

abc7news senior education reporter leanne melendez has the story. >> it could very well be any sleeketeria at a silicon valley startup, but this is wallenberg high school, a san francisco public school. >> our goal with these redesigns is to give student nutrition services took input from the students on how they wanted to redesign their cafeteria. since 2015, banks took money from a voter approved bond and private donations, 82 school cafeterias will have been redesigned in a period of almost 10 years. another 30 are expected to be remodeled if and when another bond is passed. in the past several years, the school district has also focused on renovating cafeteria kitchens while over the summer, wallenberg received new ovens. the rest of the kitchen is outdated. take a walk in refrigerator. kitchens where all the meals are cooked on-site. the idea is to have more of them, including one at wallenberg. >> cooking on-site, it's a better experience and better quality for students that it's what we are working on. >> what students learned about nutrition at school will hopefully help them

children each $225,000 plus 2.5% of the film's defined net proceeds and a 200,000 contribution to leanneity. sean twohey said the family's share of the proceeds was only $14,000 each and that michael was paid as well. now, a conservatorship, as you know, allows someone to assume legal guardianship over an adult often to deal with medical and health care needs. britney spears successfully challenged the guardianship her father placed her under two years ago. now toher -- oher has maintained he didn't know he was signing his rights away, he says he was falsely told by the twoheys that since he was 18, he was too old for adoption which is not the case under tennessee law are. so lots of moving part, but i have to tell you this is one we're going to be debating for a while. ash? ashley: yeah. what a sad development for such an inspirational story. ing gerri, thank you very much. fascinating stuff, appreciate it. all right. >>> rising mortgage rates taking the wind out of potential home buyers' sails, know -- we mow. that also leaving some of them stuck in a rental rut. we're going to talk to

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some posts saying sandra bullock should return the oscar she won for portraying leanne tuohy, but thedefends sandra bullock adding that he was shocked by the unfortunate 4r5u9. -- lawsuit. listen. >> you know, we live in a society today where people are so hell bent on pointing blame on people. and to make a statement like that doesn't make any sense. sandra bullock didn't have anything to do with the real story. we are reading, you know, as of right now. >> reporter: now, the tuohy family attorney calling oher's accusations hurtful and absurd and saying the former nfl-er received an equal cut of every penny. the proceeds, he says, were $14,000 each and michael was paid as well. but according to oher's petition, the tuohys were paid $225,000 plus the -- 2.5%069 film's define -- 2.5% of the film's defined net proceeds. toher -- oher is asking to be paid a fair hair of the profits along with damages. the tuohys will defend their names. meanwhile, get this, a 2017 video from the reality tv show below deck, that surfaced showing sean i tuohy saying he negotiate with steven spielberg and h

abc7 news senior education reporter leanne melendez has this story.well be any sleek cafeteria at a silicon valley startup, but this is wallenberg high school, a san francisco public school. our goal with these redesigns is to just give students a beautiful space that encourages them to eat, but also talk to their friends. so many of these cafeterias have like half a dozen other functions. they're also auditoriums. they're for where the school has assemblies and they deserve to be really beautiful and staff from student nutrition services took input from the students on how they wanted to redesign their cafeteria. since 2015, thanks to money from a voter approved bond and private donations, 82 school cafeterias will have been redesigned in a period of almost ten years. another 30 are expected to be remodeled if and when another bond is passed. in the past, several years, the school district has also focused on renovating cafeteria kitchens, while over the summer, wallenberg received new ovens. the rest of the kitchen is outdated. take the walk in refr

to your point leanne, there is support among democrats and republicans -- and republicans on this issue. my partner in committee this last week was john kennedy for louisiana, a staunch republican. i'm going to have other republicans team up. talk to senator cruz and senator lee, they are considering weighing in on this privacy. i think we can build a coalition of democrats and republicans who say this is dangerous, this is not a path we want to go down. >> since you brought up senate procedure, i do want to ask about the filibuster. this is something that you have wanted in the 50 vote threshold in the senate for a while. there was a lot of talk about in the last congress and in the 50-50 senate. there is not so much talk about it now. why not? >> the driving force of the last congress was senate bill number one, my bill took on gerrymandering, it took on dark money and defended the balloting process for every american. this was so needed. we had 50 votes in the vice president supported the bill. we only had 48 votes, however, to go from this secret silent veto, where the minority, the

their financing of fossil fuels abroad but it is much harder to make those commitments domestic leanne'sto phase out subsidies and now we are seeing the cost.— seeing the cost. given what we are seeinr in seeing the cost. given what we are seeing in terms — seeing the cost. given what we are seeing in terms of _ seeing the cost. given what we are seeing in terms of evidence - seeing the cost. given what we are seeing in terms of evidence of- seeing in terms of evidence of climate change and a heating planet, do you think governments will be rethinking the subsidies? i do you think governments will be rethinking the subsidies?- rethinking the subsidies? i think the will rethinking the subsidies? i think they will be- _ rethinking the subsidies? i think they will be. it _ rethinking the subsidies? i think they will be. it is _ rethinking the subsidies? i think they will be. it is no _ rethinking the subsidies? i think they will be. it is no longer - rethinking the subsidies? i think| they will be. it is no longer some distant future that will be experiencing the impacts of climate change,

ama: leanne melendez tested a cruise ride out to pick up her son and here's a taste of how the ride went imagine not having those conversations with your mom on the way to school or wherever. getting into the car with your brother. it's so depressing. >> sterile? >> yeah. ama: if you want to see more, you can go to our website to watch the full story. the first signs of outside lands are showing up in san francisco. one of the city's biggest music festivals is less than 48 hours away. it's taking place in golden gate park starting friday. some of the biggest stars in the music industry will be performing. kendrick lamar, foo fighters. dan will be performing with his band on saturday. dan: we are wondering what the weather will be like all weekend. ama: also checking the air quality with the fire going on. sandhya: the air quality unfortunately is unhealthy in the east bay. take a look right now. it's red. the rest of the bay area is green. i'm getting reports on social media that they are smelling smoke in the area. you can see the smoke from that fire in west oakland right now. air-qual

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dan: leanne has been reporting on bay area school issues for decades, that's why she's our senior education reporter. you can get in touch with her online. her social media contact information is on your screen right now. ama: the oakland police department is giving away free backpacks to students as part of the national night out block party event being held at the police administration building. there's also free food, facepainting, videogames and haircuts for kids. events like this are being held across the bay area and nation. the annual community building event known as national night out is aimed at building partnerships between law enforcement and the people they serve and protect. the event is celebrated in 38 million neighborhoods across the country as well as your legal -- locally. dan: regulators investigating steering issues with some tesla models. we will tell thousands of women with metastatic breast cancer, are living in the moment and taking ibrance. ibrance with an aromatase inhibitor is for adults with hr+/her2- metastatic breast cancer as the first hormonal based therapy.

. >> reporter: and who knows she could be carrying the next simone biles or leanne wong. >> back flipsorter: but giving them a love of gymnastics >> it gives you the discipline, the responsibility in life, the grit that it takes, you know, that some, some may not have and maybe they can find that in here >> the future of team usa right there. i thanks for that report >>> coming up on the "today" show live team coverage of course on hurricane idalia as it bears down on florida. our crews will be fanned out across the state with al roker tracking the path of the storm and we have a preview of what else to expect >> this morning on the third hour of "today", we are helping you get organized for back to school and the makeup lesson to go from summer to fall and dinner is taken care of with homemade baby back ribs. that's all this morning on the third hour of "today". >>> once again, keep it here on nbc for the latest on hurricane idalia we are certainly thinking of everybody in the storm's path right now. expected to make landfall around 8:00 a.m. eastern this morning winds moving at 17 mi

leanne and sean tuohy instead tricked him into signing a document, making them his conservators, claiming family negotiated a movie deal, profited themselves, but that he was paid nothing or says he only learned of the situation earlier this year. the two family claims or threaten them as part of a shakedown and say that the idea that they ever sought to profit off mr. or is not only offensive, it is transparently ridiculous. they claim the family gave him an equal cut of every penny received from the blind side. the family says that this arrangement wasn't a secret, but or is now asking the court to end that conservatorship. and he wants to be paid what he says is his fair share of any profits. the 2nd may have made in his name. he also was seeking unspecified punitive damages. erielle reshef, abc news, new york. our thanks to erielle reshef there. >> the mother of the virginia first grader who shot his teacher faces jail time after pleading guilty to a felony. >> d.j. taylor could spend up to six months behind bars as part of a plea deal on child neglect charges. prosecutors say taylor'

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toll hike, there was also a position, a group of bay area, congress members, including an su barber, leanne eric swalwell sent a letter to governor newsom about their concerns. according to winners office, while lawmakers were able to agree on 400 million dollars in funding for bay area transit in the new state budget. there's still an estimated 2.5 billion dollars shortfall over the next 5 years. lawmakers are now working with their colleagues to determine which transit funding proposals to pursue in the next legislative session. flames continue to engulf large parts of oregon, washington and canada. >> we know at least 2 people are dead and hundreds of structures have been destroyed as those flames just tearing through washington state. so far, at least 20,000 acres have burned due to multiple our wildfires near spokane and we're told of the wildfires have not been contained any way evacuation orders and get set to leave. orders have been issued for some areas in spokane, a spokane and further north in canada. the military has now been deployed as fires continue to rage in british columbi

the former or the family exploited former nfl lineman michael or r ludicrous or is suing sean and leanne tuohy insisting he was tricked into signing conservatorship document when he was a homeless teenager. he claims he's owed millions. the two e's attorney says the relationship wasn't about money . >> they don't need his money. they didn't. they've never needed his money. mr. tuohy sold his company for $220 million. he didn't need mr. his money or wants the conservatorship dissolved. >> the two, he say they're willing to end it and are upset about the accusations as well. >> doctors in new york city say a recent procedure involving a genetically modified pig's kidney is a landmark step forward in an attempt to solve the growing need for kidneys in humans. abc's stephanie ramos has the story. >> a major medical breakthrough bringing us one step closer to using animal organs in humans. surgeons at nyu langone announcing they have transplanted a pig kidney into a brain dead patient. and for the first time, that kidney genetically modified to better match a human body, has functioned for mo

four events, coming in third on the uneven bars, and she was five points ahead of silver medalist leanne wong, the classic is considered a tuneup event for the national championships in san jose, where she'll start competition on friday, august 25th and the world championships are in october, just eight months before the olympics. it's official barbie is a billionaire . hey, barbie, can i come to your house tonight? sure i don't have anything big planned. just a giant blowout party with all the barbies and plant choreography and a bespoke song. you should stop by. so cool. as of today, warner brothers estimates the barbie movie has brought in just over $1 billion at the box office worldwide. after just three weeks in theaters this makes the director, greta gerwig, the first solo female director with $1 billion movie. the movie also joins just 50 films when adjusted for inflation to ever reach that billion dollar mark. today marks 100 days on the picket line for hollywood writers representatives from the writers guild of america met with studio heads on friday, but no agreement was made.

but the time that did leann rimes was good. that worked.pride and some bizarro world that she might want to use him. yes. gene's not allowed to be in front of the camera, lest he's bringing you food or some sort of. >> that was a nice job, gene, but we don't know we don't know anything. >> but the thing is, we can't know. it's not even about what we do. we know we're not us.e can' whether you should or not. if that wat s reallyow. to their crew and stuff, then that's the easy thing, because there are peoplere who work for theme would come forward and be like, nope, i was taken care of. it was great . >> they they took care of us. but that's the thing. it's like whenever they say, no, no, we can'twas take talk ai because they probably gave them the bare minimum and they pocketed the resbablt. unfortunately, that has become more the american way under this administratiot.n. it wasn't just the singers, it was just if it wasnist jusratit the music industry that robbed us, it'd be fine. but it wasn't that. yeah, it was everybody e but it . yeah.

. >> reporter: on monday, michael oher filed a lawsuit accusing sean and leanne tuohy of tricking himdoption papers. it was, instead, a conservatorship agreement. the lawsuit claims the tuohys use the conservatorship to profit from stories about oher's life, including t the oscar-nomiminated filmlm, "t"the blind s side," which g gd over $ $300 million. >> we want to know if you would like to become part of this family. >> reporter: today, lawyers for the two we said oher was well aware of the conservatorship. >> he wrote a book in 2011. he acknowledged in that book on three separate occasions that there was, in fact, and it conservatorship. >> reporter: in the past, speech 27 has criticized the movie. >> i think the biggest, for me, is being portrayed, not being >> reporter: oher wants a full accounting of the profits during the conservatorship. the tuohys say this is all just a shakedown. norah? >> noah: omar villafranca, thank you. today, nearly 100,000 students in kentucky's largest school district were denied access to school. that is because of a school bus crisis system. cbs's a

can gold's pulse of grease we have high winds funding wildfires across the northeast, the a facing leanne against the wind fits the purpose was like many critics sites, just pump solutions doesn't get anywhere near enough done to the amount of money that is put into a hard hitting interviews you think look to the lines on my face, enough for money to go on its own and built it's on the thoughts providing on for centuries, people have been taken care of are. so i have every confidence that future generations will do it as well. via the story on told to how does era when the news breaks, parts of this community are still under water and the story needs to be towed out you 0 as teens on the ground to bring you more award winning document trees and live nice the new generation of young people and making demands to be balance society. welcome to generational change, a global series to attempt to understand content. and the idea is that mobilize youth around the world in london to activate tackling the root causes of youth violence. many young people die perpetuating violence against other youn

ama: leanne melendez tested a cruise ride out to pick up her son and here's a taste of how the ride went>> as a kid, imagine not having those conversations with your mom on the way to school or wherever. getting into the car with your brother. it's so depressing. >> sterile? >> yeah. ama: if you want to see more, you can go to our website to watch the full story. the first signs of outside lands are showing up in san francisco. one of the city's biggest music festivals is less than 48 hours away. it's taking place in golden gate park starting friday. some of the biggest stars in the music industry will be performing. kendrick lamar, foo fighters. dan will be performing with his band on saturday. dan: we are wondering what the weather will be like all weekend. ama: also checking the air quality with the fire going on. sandhya: the air quality unfortunately is unhealthy in the east bay. take a look right now. it's red. the rest of the bay area is green. i'm getting reports on social media that they are smelling smoke in the area. you can see the smoke from that fire in west oakland right n

i think leanne just on the cooperate, communicate and consult level. >> immense -- you mentioned we already have treaties. we do joint exercises. what would camp david add that is new to this? all three of those words were used in the press conference. >> we already have the treaties and although i believe this was a turning point in the relationship, it does not add much on top of what was already there, but it gives us an opportunity to act more. speaking of domains, there is a lot of exercise, a lot of cooperation that happens, but not at the level it could have been in the past. with the summit meeting, we have a push for information sharing to increase even more. we have mechanisms to utilize that. we use them to share more information and discuss more at that level and through defense channels. i was alluding to it earlier. there are a lot of maritime exercises. this gives us the opportunity to increase those exercises into the land domain and space domain. cybersecurity and information security as well, which is very important. to go to your question about the difference combined. it

look at this record in as leanne. he has been fully embraced into the regional group.s relationship with emmanuel macron. despite the fact that the a.u. put limited trade sanctions on cambodia not so long ago hun sen was crowing about the warmth of this relationship with macron and the two were pin —— pictured holding hands. but the two were pin -- pictured holding hands.— the two were pin -- pictured holding hands. but look at the humid rights _ holding hands. but look at the humid rights organisation - holding hands. but look at the | humid rights organisation have said —— human rights organisation have said about the violations committed by hun sen. i am asking for personal sanctions, targeted sanctions against individuals, those responsible for serious human rights violations for the destruction of democracy in cambodia. destruction of democracy in cambodia-— destruction of democracy in cambodia. ., , cambodia. are you not prepared to live cambodia. are you not prepared to give hun _ cambodia. are you not prepared to give hun manet, _ cambodia. are you not prepared

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