does louie gohmert have mansions all over texas? i don't think so. that is all you need, his bathroom and his bedroom and he uses his one toothbrush, right? [applause] but joe has a lot of tooth brushes, yet not a single member of our treacherous, corrupt political establishment has ever experienced anything like the deranged and demented persecution that has been directed at me, my family and whoever was with us. everybody. i came down the escalator with our great future first lady. [cheers] she was great. she did really well, until she met me. so much for that career. [laughs] she is the coolest and most confident person. she gets it better than anybody. and she loves you people. she loves you. [cheers and applause] all these witchhunts begun all because i put america first. all because of maga. make america great again. [applause] now it is also because i got more votes, 75 million than anybody in the history of the presidency, and far more than clinton, far more than obama. think of it, in the history, usually they go down a little bit in the sec

david louie, abc7 news. >> is that not just remarkable?gnals mapped while they were undergoing treatment. that work helped isolate and identify brain signals associated with speech. >> incredible. >>> coming up next, and exclusive interview with a chef and entrepreneur creating jobs and empowering women with a new bay area business. the meaning behind the name and location and all the things you will find inside. >>> and a critically acclaimed documentary about michael to be a thriver with metastatic breast cancer means asking for what we want, and need... and we need more time. so, we want kisqali. living longer is possible and proven with kisqali when taken with a nonsteroidal aromatase inhibitor in premenopausal women with hr+, her2- metastatic breast cancer. kisqali is a pill that's significantly more effective at delaying disease progression versus a nonsteroidal aromatase inhibitor alone. kisqali can cause lung problems or an abnormal heartbeat, which can lead to death. it can cause serious skin reactions, liver problems, and low whi

. >> reporter: louie and patty held off getting vaccinated. not anti-vaxxers, it just wasn't a priority. and then they got sick. >> how sick did you two get? >> i remember i was working and then i just -- it felt like a bomb dropped on me. i just wasn't feeling good at all. and i thought -- >> you're still recovering. >> i'm still recovering. >> this is not your normal voice. >> no. >> and this is a month later. it has totally devastated me. >> reporter: so sick she thought she'd never see her daughter ashley again. >> i remember looking out of the ambulance and i could see our daughter, ashley, driving behind us. and i just thought i knew that once they took me there, i wouldn't see her. i wouldn't see my family. and you just have no control. >> reporter: this is louie and patty holding hands in the icu. he thinks that he picked up the virus in las vegas and then without knowing it gave it to his wife of 30 years. >> we got to that point where she needed to go first. i thought i was going to be tough and hold on and stay home and try to recup

. >> reporter: louie and patty held off getting vaccinated.vaxxers, it just wasn't a priority. then, they got sick. >> how sick did you two get? >> i remember i was working and i just -- it felt like a bomb dropped on me. i just wasn't feeling good at all and i thought, oh no -- >> you're still recovering. >> i'm still recovering. >> this is a month later. >> it has totally devastated me. >> reporter: so sick she thought she would never see her daughter ashley again. >> i remember looking out the ambulance and i could see our daughter ashley driving behind us. and i just thought i knew that once they took me there, i wouldn't see her. i wouldn't see my family. and you just have no control. >> reporter: this is louie and patty holding hands in the icu. he thinks he picked up the virus in las vegas, then without knowing it, gave it to his wife of 30 years. >> when we got to that point where she needed to go first, i thought i was going to be tough and hold on and stay home, but it wasn't the case. i immediately went downhill. >> reporter: corona

. >> reporter: louie michael and patty bunch held off getting vaccinated.they got sick. how sick did you two get? >> i remember i was working, and then i just -- it felt like a bomb dropped on me. i just wasn't feeling good at all, and i thought, oh, no. >> reporter: you're still recovering? >> i'm still recovering. >> reporter: this is not your normal voice? >> no. >> reporter: this is a month later. >> this is a month later. it has totally devastated me. >> reporter: so sick, she thought she'd never see her daughter, ashley, again. >> i remember looking up at the ambulance, and i could see our daughter, ashley, driving, you know, behind us. i just thought, i knew that once they took me there, i wouldn't see her. i wouldn't see my family. you just have no control. >> reporter: this is louie and patty holding hands in the icu. he thinks he picked up the virus in las vegas, then without knowing it, gave it to his wife of 30 years. >> we got to that point where she needed to go first. i thought i was going to be tough, hold on, stay home and try to recuperate

abc7 news reporter david louie has more. ♪ you are my sunshine. >> reporter: it's hard to miss them withngles and lively messages. the government approved tv drug ads 24 years ago, and the impact is well documented. >> when there's more advertising, you see a correlation with a greater amount of filling the prescription of those drugs for senior citizens. >> reporter: professor feldman hopes the study will will will doctors. the top three advertised brands are probably familiar names even if you don't take them. for eczema and crohn's disease. >> many colleagues told me they said i felt pressured to prescribe medication because somebody saw it on tv. >> reporter: tv ads are regulated by the fda, health law experts at stanford says social media channels are exerting even more influence. >> they are not selling the drug, but they are promoting the drug in various other ways or potentially spreading the information about it. >> reporter: you are talking about social influencers. >> sure or just, you know patient, patient groups ♪ don't take my sunshine away ♪ >> the advertisements work and

you know about that, louie, right?ery well, beat obama with the black population. i don'ti don't think so. but they a practiced that and countless other schemes to illegitimately and illegally boost the democratic vote. the drop boxes were out very late. where are they, where are they? what happened? they're supposed to be here. i can tell you what happened. sometimes late by days in showing up to the vote-counting areas. at the same time, the big tech giants worked together to suppress and diminish news coverage that was negative for joe biden. look at all these stories that came up, and they were wiped out. anything negative for biden or the radical left democrats, they just suppressed. and the most horrendous example, the oldest newspaper in america and one of my favorites, it's a great one, "the new york post" wrote one of the biggest scandals ever to emerge from a presidential election providing extraordinarily detailed evidence of the corruption of joe biden and where's hunter biden. you know where he is? he's pa

louie in vermont please, louie. >> caller: this is louis i bought nsego close to its high i'm wondering i don't know. nseco, dan has worn me out that has been a series of broken dreams, that stock and i'm done with the broken dream stocks and that, ladies and gentlemen is the conclusion of the lightning round >> the lightning round is sponsored by t.d. ameritrade >>> coming up, there's no reason to be alarmed, but can anyone on board fly a plane? cramer pilots you through the market's friendly skies next ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ someone once told me, that i should get used to people staring. so i did. it's okay, you can stare. when you're a two-time gold medalist, it comes with the territory. >>> the airlines are ready for takeoff. that's what we learned so far. terrific numbers from united airlines this morning. that's before any real pickup in international flights. they're seeing no degradation from the covid events. by the end of the year the airlines are going to be very volatile before the pandemic now the business is looking good don't forget how we got here please when the pandemic hit last s

abc7 news reporter david louie shows us why. >> reporter: the city of santa clara is proud of its parksess how parks make life better using chalk and sidewalks as their canvas. artwork is popping up and done by kids and adults who will be competing in a contest divided into eight categories. >> they can find a piece of sidewalk anywhere and create something that is beautiful. when others walk by, it brings joy to them. >> reporter: 21 entries so far for the second annual contest. these are photos of some of last year's 40 entries. photos of the art are posted online and residents vote for their favorites. 1600 ballots were cast last year. >> there is three-dimensional art using chalk. they practice blending. we have seen the rudimentary stick figures and messages. we have seen some really creative masterpieces. >> reporter: while some consider it child's play, chalk drawings is becoming a serious art form. sacramento is known for its festival in 31st year known to draw tens of thousands of spectators. santa clarence do it for fun. it doesn't last long. >> it fades with the sun. the wind

david louie. abc7 news. >>> it is the first day of the heat wave in the bay area.alifornia, did you know our homes share power? but when we try to stay cool in a heat wave our supply is pushed to the limit. but you have the power to keep us up and running! “i do?” yup, we all do! with flex alerts. they notify us when to shift our energy use if our power supply is stretched. so from pre-cooling our homes, to using less energy from 4-9pm, together, let's flex our power to save our power. sign up for flex alerts today. >> as the drought worsens some california communities are looking at the pacific ocean as a reliable source of drinking water. >> today on california dreaming the future of the golden state we looking at de salivation. >> more is done for permanent solutions for water issues. >> the pacific ocean is the largest reservoir and we can turn the salt water to drinking water. >> the technology works but it is more expensive and environmental and energy impacts. >> in the state of california we are going to need new water. you can't conserve water you don't ha

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abc7 news reporter david louie looks at why so many jobseekers are unhappy. >> reporter: there are signsomy is on a come back. in silicon valley, construction added 1600 jobs in june. 1700 manufacturing jobs and jobs in science, technology, and business. who was taking the jobs? not people laid off during the pandemic. it is workers landing better jobs because the unemployment rate increased. those who take the pulse of the job market say there are a lot of unhappy workers. 86% of remote workers and 81% of hybrid workers expressed exhaustion, along with 69% of office workers. when it comes to burnout, 75% said they are burnt out a little to a great deal. should employers address this to retain workers? >> they have to address that or they risk a leaky bucket situation, where they are hiring people, but losing talent through the bottom. >> people know that skill sets are in demand. the economy is on fire. so there has never been a better time to be a job seeker. >> half of companies surveyed said they are offering cash signing bonuses, but that alone should not be the luer. >> what is you

david louie, abc7 news. >> some of that is so great. did you do that as a kid?a little chalk art. >> always. but nothing looks quite that good. contest deadline, sunday night. >>> coming up next, attention, california. new federal funding of $3 billion is available to help more people pay for health insurance — no matter what your income. how much is yours? julie and bob are paying $700 less, every month. dee got comprehensive coverage for only $1 a month. and the navarros are paying less than $100 a month. check coveredca.com to see your new, lower price. the sooner you sign up the more you save. only at covered california. this way to health insurance. california! during a flex alert, let's keep our power up theand running.ve. set ac cooler and use big appliances before 4pm. then from 4-9pm reduce use and take it easy on our energy. sign up today. ving ar finding solutions. this is abc7 news. >>> the rainbow flag, created in san francisco, is known around the world. more than 40 years later, is it time for a change? some in the lgbtq community think the flag s

as david louie tells us, the bay area is playing a key role, an example of how our economy is buildingodds are still high when you call for customer assistance, you will be connected to an overseas call center. after years of trying to bring the jobs back to the u.s., the odds are looking better. >> we are trying to keep jobs domestically. there are good jobs and call centers all across the country that we want to protect. >> reporter: dan is director of government affairs for the union that is working hard to get congress to pass legislation that would give consumers a say in where the calls are handled. advanced artificial intelligence could also be an unexpected ally. they have been expanding the capability to handle inquiries and complaints faster and smarter and with empathy. >> you now have algorithms a.i. which can pick up the change in our tone. if i raise my voice or lower my voice, et cetera, they can pick up and very accurately predict sadness or anger. >> reporter: here is an example of how it works. >> i was expecting my settlement check this week. let me talk to an agent.

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david louie looks at what is on kids shopping lists and how to prioritize your spending. >> reporter: for school and bracing themselves for some budget pain. a survey of 3000 consumers by the audit tax and advisory firm says spending will be up more than last year. it is linked to an expected surge in preschool enrollments that were postponed during the pandemic. average spending per child is forecast to be $268, an increase of $21 from last year. topping the shopping list will be footwear, due to disruption of in classroom learning. >> a lot of them have not seen their friends in a long time and they want new apparel and footwear. >> reporter: second on the shopping list, school supplies. while schools commonly send out a list of supplies needed, recent increases may strain budgets. in that case, the dean of the san jose state college of education points out providing supplies is not mandatory by law. >> family should reach out to teachers to say, what is most important, how do i prioritize? or even, i can't afford any of this, can you make sure the school provides those? in which ca

not difficult, good for business, saves lives. >> reporter: david louie, abc7 news. >>> dr. patel is a key member of our vaccine team and is here to answer your questions. always good to have you with us. >> thank you for having me. >> a lot of confusion, as you know about the vaccine, so we asked on facebook why people are not getting vaccinated in significant numbers. here is a look at some of the comments. we have a few, actually. stephanie says she is not getting the vaccine because she is pregnant, but some of the responses are people saying things like the vaccine contains toxins that can be passed on to the baby. you are a pediatrician, what you have to say about that? >> is a journalist or someone reading the data, first and foremost, we don't have any evidence that the vaccine will cause harm to an unborn baby. what does pass-through is protected antibodies. one thing we know, being pregnant on its own is a risk factor for severe illness from covid-19, which is something to think about. we have a special plea to people in a high risk category, to make sure they are

abc7 news reporter david louie shows us exactly what they are doing. >> reporter: bay area volunteers quickly mobilized in may to convert donated cpap machines into ventilators. donors provided 1000 of them, which were modified and shipped overseas. they are gearing up again to get ahead of expectations of another wave sweeping across the globe. >> we cannot call ourselves out of the woods, so we have to have help. it does not matter who needs the help, we will send the machines, whatever help we can do for the country. >> reporter: soy call is going out for more donated machines. local volunteers would like to collect 3000 to 4000 of them. a team of 10 volunteers can convert 40 machines in a four hour shift, changing out hoses and cleaning filters. >> getting oxygen to the patient sometimes is not sufficient, so we need the oxygen with pressure. these machines help deliver the oxygen with pressure to the patient. >> reporter: negotiations are underway to ship the machines. 250 are ready to go. the goal is to get ahead of the next wave, so the machines are there when needed to save li

david louie, abc7 news. >>> governor newsom wants to clean up california.e plan would not only clean up trash, but it could help the homeless. abc7 was in richmond, where the governor announced his plans as part of a statewide day of action. >> it is too dirty. time to clean up the state. >> reporter: after a year that saw much of this go unabated, governor gavin newsom and caltrans plan to tackle the garbage and debris that clutter much of california. >> today we're announcing a commitment of over 1.1 billion dollars to clean up the streets, thoroughfares, entrances and exits and transit centers across the state of california. >> a plan to not only pick up litter and address the challenge we have, but to engage local government. engage community. to create jobs. >> reporter: terry billingsly recently finished an 18 year prison sentence. >> i went from a drug addict to a convict to a respected caltrans worker and you run into people and they say, oh, you work for caltrans? that really taste good. >> reporter: besides caltrans properties, the state initiativ

david louie shows us a new online video that is getting a lot of attention. >> reporter: over $680,000evied by the faa for unruly airline passenger behavior. sensing that is not enough, the agency is turning to social media to get a zero tolerance message across. >> fighting is not good when you are on a plane. >> reporter: it enlisted kids to send a message to adults about their behavior. a true reversal of the traditional parent-child relationship. >> they should know better if they are adults. >> they are grown-ups and have to be good role models. >> reporter: nearly 3300 reports of disruptive incidents of been reported this year, two thirds objecting to the mask requirement. that is double the number of reports last year. the faa has been brainstorming how best to get passengers to obey flight attendants. it enlisted some of the agencies on kids. will it work? psychologist leslie tennyson points out some cultures believe it is disrespectful for children to engage in adult business. however, this video might get adults to pay attention. >> i think it is important that adults take an

joining us is news and global affairs reporter dan duluth, and also louie erns martin, and fill in the gaps for us. >> so the interim prime minister has declared a state of emergency, and the streets are quiet at the moment, and most of the shops are closed, and this is shocking to all of the people of haiti and scary given the level of violence that preceded it in terms of the gang violence and the kidnappings and political unrest, and haiti is asking for international help to see who carried out what is a coordinated and sophisticated attack. >> professor, haiti is close to being a failed state, and there a constitutional power struggle, and the economy and the pandemic on top of it and now an assassinated president, and give us a sense of what is happening prior to the attack? >> this is nothing but an accident, this is in the making for a long time. so what i am talking about is the crippling of the haitian institution, and the infiltration of gangs in the country, and the corruption of gangs, and criminality, and all of these have been coming in the last 20 years without any firm

. >> reporter david louie takes us to the fields near watkinsville to show us how water conservation applies to crops. >> reporter: the fields are producing crops valued at close to $1 billion. something else has sprouted in the fields. about 1000 meters that measure how much groundwater is being tapped to irrigate the crops. as agriculture boomed, so do concerns about the aquifer and the incursion of salt water. the water management agency was back 30 years ago. that success may become a model for other parts of the state in need of conserving every gallon of water possible. javier is a strawberry grower. >> they are probably watering 2 1/2 hours, versus an hour and a half. we have a way of figuring out that the amount of water that is being used could, perhaps, it is being wasted. >> reporter: the meters, with other measures, have reduced water use dramatically, by nearly 3.1 billion gallons over the last four years, compared to a decade ago. that is the equivalent of filling 77.5 million bathtubs. besides the meters, water agency staff works with growers to use water efficiently.

open, louie knocking on the british open's door after a bogy free 6 under 6. he leads.the ultimate bride's made right there. bryson deshachl bow is tied for 74th after shooting a 1 over 71. he hit only 4 of 14 fairway. after the first round, naturally, he put the blame on the driver. >> with the driver right now, the driver sucks. it's not a good face for me. we are trying to make it good on the mishits. i'm living on the razor's edge. >> the maker was not happy with the comments. the tour manager said, it really, really pnful when he says something that stupid. he has never really been happy, ever. it is like an 8-year-old that gets mad at you and says i hate you and then you say, whoa, no, you don't. dechambeau he said he was sorry and today he will blame his putter, likely. >>> yesterday's red sox and yankees game was postponed after 6 players tested positive for covid-19. u.s. men's basketball has postponed friday's game versus australia. bradley beal will miss the olympics after being placed in , stki giannis antetokounmpo's block on adrian aiden. the bucks went on

you know, louie gohmert claims to be a law-and-order person. i mean, he is from texas. it's -- this is what the republican party has come to. >> it is what the republican party has come to. it's not a party of ideas. it's a cult around the person of the former president. and look. if they choose to do that and we fully suspected they might choose some distraction tomorrow. it will only sharpen the contrast between the democrats and the republicans on the select committee. and their genuine desire to get to the truth and the facts. and this clown show that has become the gop, wedded to this -- this grifter in the form of the former president. >> is there anything new, really, to learn, though, about january 6th? i mean, that he is one of the criticisms of, you know, of having this select committee. they say it's really just to -- to, you know, keep this in the news. and bash the former president. but what more do you hope to learn from this? >> well, really, just about everything more. there's so, very little that we really know about that date. we don't know what the qu

we learned mattigates, marjorie taylor greene, louie gohmert, paul gosar, all the bright lights of the republican party plan to hold a press conference pressing merrick garland on the january 6th prisons and related investigations, end quote. they're calling insurrectionists who violently stormed the capitol january 6th prisoners as they're sort of p.o.w.s in some way. they're testifying how they feared for their lives, you know, louie gohmert claims to be a law and order person. he's from texas. this is what the republican party has come to. >> it is what the republican party has come to. it's not a party of ideas. it's a cult around the person of the former president. and look, if they choose to do that, and we fully suspected they might choose some distraction tomorrow, it will only sharpen the contrast between the democrats and republicans on the select committee and their genuine desire to get to the truth and the facts and this clown show that has become the gop wedded to this grifter in the form of the former president. >> is there anything new really to learn, though, about jan

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our next guest has been with the same number of times at our eagle counsel, congressman louie gohmert judge before he was in congress and he represents texas' first district. since 2005? and he has been a hero. before he got on he said, i'm not sure which clip you showed, sometimes he seems grumpy but i think it is refreshing. before we get to that, many say they are 20 years old. they might remember phyllis schlafly may, but do you have any special memories or thoughts of her? >> she was absolutely amazing. she had spunk, spirit, the can-do attitude, but she was also brilliant. you could talk to her about most any subject and she was quite comfortable and it didn't matter what, she was on top of what was happening. i don't know if you ever experienced this, but she could cuss a little bit. [laughter] >> we both experienced that. >> it was because she cared. my mother was an eighth grade english teacher, but i knew the teachers were not going to let -- the teachers that cared were not going to let important things go. we had great discussions, but ultimately she was always encouraging

we'll have a break and have a few minutes of video here of louie gohmert. we'll talk about that.s also now stumbled down into being a congressman and i think he sued somebody today or something so we'll find out about that in a few minutes, louie gohmert, so watch this. >> we're here because of fraud, not by the president, but from within the department of justice. and i realize people on the other side of the aisle have been so busy trying to find some kind of charge, criminal charge to bring against the president, none of which worked, that they may not have been aware of the most recent horowitz report, but it is clear now -- it is clear now that the whole investigation that has brought us here with crime after crime being alleged and then having to be dropped was a fraudulent effort before the fisa court to have a surveillance warrant done against carter page. they lied initially. said that he was a russian agent when actually he had been used by the cia as a spy against russia. and so they lied. it was fraudulent. and there hopefully will be people that will answer for their

. >> recording for abc >> yes, fashionista david louie. i agree about comfort, about heels.ust want to feel good, pockets. >> pockets. that's a big thing. >> listen. >> i'm carrying around so much stuff. i have masks, other things to carry around. i need some pockets. >> kumasi i heard the best thing you should be wearing is the whole sarin getty. i love this. >> you know, friend, i didn't even notice but there are all kinds of animals on here. >> a zebra. >> thank you, friend. you noticed me. >> i've loved your dresses the last two weeks. >> you're killing it. >> jobina, also. don't want to leave her out, bringing it. i will have to have a sweater sale. >> keep them. >> you think so? >> are you saying i may go back home? no. let's see what's going on as far as the ready. we're looking at sfo where you can see the low clouds falling. usually we have a lot of delays at sfo because of the morning low clouds. so mostly sunny as clouds retreat. we still have to deal with the heat inland. clouds, a little bit of fog. it will be seasonably quiet. 83 in sunnyvale, heading to santa

. >> abc7 news reporter david louie takes us to the fields to show how water conservation applies to crops. >> reporter: this time of year, the fields are producing berries, lettuce, and salary. something else has sprouted. about 1000 meters to measure how much groundwater is being tapped to irrigate the crops. is agriculture boomed, so do concerns about saltwater. the water management agency was an early user of meters. its success may become a model for other parts of the state in need of conserving every gallon of water possible. javier is a strawberry grower. >> if we see they are watering 2 1/2 hours versus 1.5 hours, we have a way and figuring out the counter amount of water that is being used could perhaps is being wasted. >> reporter: the meters along with other measures have reduced water use by nearly 3.1 billion gallons over the past four years compared to a decade you go. it's equivalent of filling 77 and a half-million bathtubs. the water agency staff works with growers to use water efficiently. >> we look at what kind of crops are being grown so we contract not only how

replica of a military frigate that carried general marquis de lafayette in 1780 with a message from king louie the 16th promising thousands of french soldiers and a large naval force to help in the revolutionary war the original air may own participated in the decisive of yorktown in 1781 the journey from rocha fort to yorktown was the beginning of a trip up the east coast of the us with stops in major cities along the way over the next hour. we'll see remarks from american and french government representatives interviews with crew members and will observe scenes and arrival ceremony. when we arrived on june 5th, jeremy own was just emerging from the fog. you are here now. here you here here's that rig right turn but the left right? back left, right forward that then right that right. that right. i'm tom shepard chairman of the york county board of supervisors. on behalf of my fellow board members is an honor to welcome you to the beautiful waterfront as we celebrate the arrival of hermione a replica of a ship that was that brought the marquis de lafayette to america to assist us and our fight

climate with relations so challenged and so fraught that's prompted a number of china watchers includy louieamb to say the significant outcome of the meeting is not that high. take a listen. >> given the fact that both sides have so many things not in common including mutual imposition of sanctions, accusations of hacking, geopolitical contention in the south china sea, hong kong, it's not a meeting to resolve differences. >> reporter: if talks do go well, it could set the stage for a possible xi-biden summit that could take place in italy in october. >> christy lu stout with the latest on that. >>> when we come back, the rescue crews are in a race against the clock to find survivors after heavy monsoon triggered rains and land slides. we're live in new delhi coming up. >>> also the victim's florida's surfside condo collapse remembered at a memorial concert. (upbeat music) - [narrator] this is kate. she always wanted her smile to shine. now, she uses a capful of therabreath healthy smile oral rinse to give her the healthy, sparkly smile she always wanted. (crowd cheering) therabreath, it's a

. >> reporter: david louie, abc7 news. >>> four weeks after the deadly condo building collapse in surfsideflorida, the search for victims has come to an end. a convey of fire trucks and other vehicles in miami-dade pulled away. the firefighters spent weeks battling dangerous condition, a reoccurring fire, summer heat and storms. they went through more than 14,000 tons of broken concrete before finally declaring the mission complete. >> we just encountered in the past 30 days what we are and who we are as a fire service and obviously as a task force. >> we can't take anything for granted. >> 97 people were killed in last month's collapse. there is still one missing person yet to be identified. >>> in the east bay, volunteers are asking for help in the effort to find a berkeley man that disappeared after heading to mauler ranch in pleasanton for a run. the man was last seen two weeks ago and after two weeks there is still no sign of him. there are a couple of people that may have seen the 37-year- old dad and they want to talk to them. >> we haven't been a i believe to talk to that woman or

david louie show us the breakthrough that you will see only here on abc7. >>> caroline has been a nurseor 37 years. never has she run into so many skeptics dose of long haulers. >> you will have to see a psychiatrist. you believe you had covid, you didn't. you believed you had long haulers, and you don't. i won't see you unless you see a psychiatrist. >> reporter: she tested negative multiple times until the bay area researcher verified markers in her blood through advanced analysis. >> they are not in anybody's heads. they are real. abnormalities and now we have ways of treating them. >> reporter: dr. patterson used machine learning to zero in on a white blood cell called monocytes. >> the cells were acting like a garbage can and they were going around and scavenging dying cells that contain the covid proteins. and it was reprocessing them so the immune system could see them. >> reporter: the cells trigger an end inflammatory response, chronic fatigue and rain fog among other symptoms. >> my brain fog was so severe, i would have to get up and make a list that i eight, that i took a sho

. >> joey right here, this is the man that made it all possible right here and he and louie, my grandmotherrs old when the massacre took place and he was shining shoes down there on black wall street. a lot of memories here in this old house. if we weren't able to hold on to that, i wouldn't be here right now and i wouldn't have a radio station and we would be like the other families who lost all their properties. >> man, if the walls could talk, but being that it's here and not many of my peers are able to have family property that's over 100 years, you know, over 100 years old. not too many of us have buildings with our names on it. this is buty salon. it's been almost a little bit of everything. >> i wonder when you were coming up, when did you first hear about the massacre? >> i didn't hear about the massacre until i got grown. >> why. >> they didn't talk about it. it was not discussed in the school systems, in the community, in the neighborhoods. tulsa, black tulsa has been traumatized and with that trauma and urban renewal moving out the history, the young youth grow up never knowing

. >> david louie takes uslouie ta fields near watsonville to show how water conservation applies to cropsters that measure how much groundwater is being tapped to irrigate the crops. as agriculture boomed, so did concerns about the aquifer and incursion of saltwater. the water management agency was a early user of meters. its success may become another model for other parts of the state in need of conserving every gallon of water possible. he is a strawberry grower. >> we see they are probably watering 2.5 hours versus 5 hous hours, we have a way of figuring out that count for the amount of water that is being used could perhaps, it has been wasted. >> reporter: the meters along with other measures have reduced water use dramatically. by nearly 3.1 billion gallons over the past four years. that's equivalent of filling 77.5 million bathtubs. besides the meters, the agency staff works with growers to use water efficiently. >> we look at what kind of crops are being grown every summer so we can track not only how much water is being used, but the cropping patterns. >> reporter: california gr

. >>> but first, my colleague richard louie with today's other top news stories. >>> some of the stories we are watching this hour. this weekend there are protests across the world over the conflict of personal freedoms versus new covid restrictions. dozens of thousands across france clashed with police n. australia, officers arrested unauthorized marchers in sidney. in greece, police used tear gas and water cannons against protesters in athens. >>> california's larger wildfire merged with a smaller one of the it destroyed homes in remote areas with limited access for firefighters. numerous other fires gained strength across the midwest. 2021 is on track to become the most devastating fire season on record. >>> an inspiring story in new york. a crowd jumping into action to lift a car off of a baby pinned underneath. it started with a suspected drunk driver hit a mom and child as they crossed the street north of new york city. the car plowed into a barbershop with the baby trapped. two police officers nearby ran over, lifted the vehicle with their hands to get the infant out. both mother

other members, louie gohmert, greene have been floating this conspiracy theory that the fbi was involvedthe january 6 attack, so there is some concern within the party that if leaders don't do more to stamp out these brush fires it is going to engulf the entire party. >> trump is doing the same thing, right? it's happening on multiple fronts. great reporting. melanie zanona, thank you very much. joining me now cnn political commentator s.e. cupp. you have to take a breath here. steve king -- so, steve king, noted racist, defended white supremacy. he did get his committee assignments taken away. now you have greene repeatedly making comparisons between simple health guidelines and nazi tactics. boebert doing the same, paul gosar as melanie was saying here, hanging out with known white nationalists. what's happening to the republican -- should we just say they have thrown their lot in with these extremists? >> reporter: well, yeah. there's no point in rehabbing someone like marjorie taylor greene. she's not a rehab project. she's a tear down. get rid of it. and try to save your party. that

david louie, abc7 news. >>> with fewer than 50 days until the recall election, governor newsom's chancesin office might be slimmer than you think. see how challengers hope to win over voters. >>> this event is something that we have not experienced in our lifetimes. >> more than six months after the capital riot, yeah, i mean the thing is, people like geico because it's just easy. bundling for example. you've got car insurance here. and home insurance here. why not... schuuuuzp.. put them together. save even more. some things are just better together, aren't they? like tea and crumpets. but you wouldn't bundle just anything. like, say... a porcupine in a balloon factory. no. that'd be a mess. i mean for starters, porcupines are famously no good in a team setting. geico. save even more when bundle home and car insurance. >>> today on capitol hill, the first hearing into the capitol riot. the january 6 house select committee heard from for officers who entered the violence that they first and, shielding members of congress and their staff. alex presha found a motion from that day still rob

>> we just learned, at the same time as tomorrow's hearing four members of republican, matt gaetz, louie -- and marjorie taylor greene. these four are going to hold a press conference demanding answers on treatment of january 6th prisoners, january 6th prisoners like they're political prisoners. brian walsh who used to work for the republican -- stating the obvious. >> tomorrow is going to be a disastrous day for mccarthy on both ends of the spectrum. you are going to have men and women in uniform testifying about the violence they witnessed on january 6th. mccarthy is still sticking with trump. that, number one, is going to be tough for the party and tough for him. he decided to withdraw all his members from this committee. so he is not going to have anybody to push back on anything that is being said up there which is going to create a real messaging problem for him when he's trying to deflect. and then they are going to be talking about january 6th prisoners. these people were rioters. calling them prisoners now? it's going to be impossible for mccarthy. he's going to have to answer f

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esther jackson from -- louie vernon born in guyana, dorothy, his wife, who just turned 100, and all of these northerners moved down south. two people are there, the two greatest americans living at this time, in my opinion, paul robeson -- we'll deal with him another time -- and, of course, w.e.b. dubois. and becomes very active in the south. and here again are some of the pictures of the founders. the southern negro youth conference is the predecessor to student nonviolent coordinating committee. few boys continues to fight, continues to be active and plays an amazing role in the founding of the united nations in san francisco. he's there because he wants to bring together the, discuss the plight of the african nations. he goes there, of course, comes in contact with mrs. roosevelt. mrs. roosevelt, of course, the grand dame of american political society. she would go and work with blacks in the south. she was -- she fought for the rights of blacks in washington, d.c. mrs. roosevelt is this. when she goes to meetings and blacks -- why notes in the front, blacks -- whites in fron, black