matt ganyard happens to be the son of abc news contributor and former defense and state department officialw to mcdonald's new menu item and the reaction hasn't exactly been positive. >> forget the fire, the fries, rather. the fast food chain has added corn as a side item. it's only available in the philippines right now. mcdonald's official facebook page posted about the item which has about 75,000 comments, most of them saying no thanks to the corn. >> well, who knows? it could be amazing. >> i like that. well, finally, some four legged friends starting with finn, the english bulldog. >> his owner wasn't happy. that's because finn saw his chance, grabbed the box of groceries and dumped them all over the floor. of course, she had to clean it up because finn wasn't going to. oh my goodness. >> and a furry tribute fit for queen sunday, about 20 corgis and their owners took a walk outside buckingham palace. the gathering was in honor of queen elizabeth, who died a year ago this week. the queen owned more than two dozen corgis from the time that she was 18. >> that's right. she got her first c

this is 34-year-old former marine pilot and father of two matt ganyard.to return to his alma mater the university of virginia to get his mba but would try out for the football team as a kicker despite not having experience playing football. >> i felt like ted lasso. i've been to some of the high school recruiting camps which, you know, the old guy showing up to camp with 16, 17-year-olds they would look, are you a transfer? maybe back in 2008 i was. >> he did play soccer. matt says he started kicking for fun after playing high school soccer, and he kept it up during his deployment. he packed a football. he was able to practice when they were in port, and he said his squadron is still in touch. >> they've been some of my biggest fans, so it's very cool for all of this to come to fruition and share that with them. the folks that helped me along the way, that's been one of the most rewarding things, letting them know, it worked out, and you were some of my biggest cheerleaders. yeah, a lot of them -- some of them are still in, some are at airlines, but we've

check out matt ganyard, kicking off the season opener for the university of virginia cavaliers againsthe looks a little long in the tooth under that helmet, well ganyard happens to be 34 years old. wow joining the team was always his dream back when he first attended the school in 2007, he was turned down graduate, and then served in the marine corps as a cobra helicopter pilot for a decade before returning to pursue his mba. so amazing. he'd been practicing all this time, tried out again and made the team. and what a debut. and ganyard also happens to be the son of abc news contributor steve ganyard, our favorite a former defense and state department official who also one very proud papa. yes, love. congratulations yeah, that's awesome. leslie. it was great to have you come on back. thanks. have a great week, everybody. >> many are calling him a big winner of the first gop debate. now, vivek ramaswami faces george. plus what's next for donald trump? this morning on building a better bay area moving forward, finding solutions this is abc7 news. >> good morning. i'm stephanie sierra. a