steven mcrae, welcome to hardtalk. we're here at the royal ballet and opera in london, which has been your professional home for many years now, and you're about to go back on stage as the mad hatter in alice's adventures in wonderland. tell me first how this adventure began for you, the world of ballet. because you grew up far away from here. yes. so i grew up in the outskirts of sydney, australia. probably the furthest you could possibly get from the royal opera house here in london. i grew up in a motorsport family. my father was a drag racer. my father was an incredibly clever man who would create any parts with his own bare hands that he couldn't afford to purchase or to import. but i obviously grew up watching him pursue a passion. my sister did a lot of gymnastics, a bit of dancing, and as a seven year old, i asked my father if i could have a go. i wanted to go to a dance lesson, and my mother and father didn't even question any of it. bearing in mind we didn't go to the theatre, we didn't go to galleries, or...

mcrae also had two hits against padres on friday.r. giants, by the way, eight and a half back, 19 games to play if you count. a's, meanwhile, will wrap up their series against the tigers at the coliseum 1:00 this afternoon. yesterday detroit's brandt herder pitched five strong innings and the tigers two one victory over the athletics. oakland has now lost three of their past four. only seven games remain to be played at the coliseum. that's going to be a tough day against the rangers late this month, but they're getting big crowds now. people are all coming in to kind of say thanks and goodbye. >> it's a sad oh, i know, sad kind of time for a lot of a's fans. you know it's just emotional rosemary. it is. we want to watch and we want to celebrate kind of everything people grew up with generations through there. and if you ever go to an a's tailgate, it's so many different generations of folks and it's all coming to an end. >> yeah i agree. the last couple of games i've been to, i'm just kind of get a little choked up. it is very emoti

today we talked with the president of the san francisco police officers union lieutenant tracy mcrae. she said the changes are aimed at getting more officers downtown. >> it goes hand in hand with how many officers we have to implement this change, but also what's going to occur in the future if downtown is revitalized. the way they keep saying it is nightlife, night markets, then we're going to need all of that staffing to cover it. >> lieutenant mcrae said the plan is in its early stages. sfpd will hold community meetings to discuss the changes and get input from the public before a final plan is implemented in a couple of years from now. >> a suspected fentanyl dealer from san francisco has been arrested in connection with the death of a denver man who died after taking the drug. today, investigators announced they're charging jamal. jamal with distribution of fentanyl resulting in death. they suspect he was selling drugs online and mailing them to buyers. they also believe one of those buyers was colin walker, who died after using fentanyl last year. walker's mother spoke this mor

steven mcrae, welcome to hardtalk.

mcrae comes around from second.scores giants get a nice and easy win 10, nothing over the oriole. snow picks up 4th win. all right. the a's have also free falling as of late, hoping to get a dub at wrigley field first ending. they get off to a good start, man on for shay langa-leers. and yet at fastball got out of the park in a hurry. shays 27th home run of the 2 to nothing second ending our lord butler continuing. to turn heads around. the major leagues. his 22nd home run of the season. he's got on base. 24 straight games. cubs get on the board in the 3rd death in a hat with the home run. that's hat 24th home run of the year come that one more. and it's only a one-run game, but the a's. keep it going. that langa-leers again. his 28th home run of the season. it's 42. and in the 9th mason miller. he gave up a home run. but on the next batter. he strikes out. the guy in. the a's win it. 43. 26 8. over to the farm. stanford is one in one on the young season they lost at home to tcu. that was a really close one touchdow

top of the second giants down two grand, mcrae. that ball was crushed. oh, my.ants the lead. bottom of the fifth. giants in some trouble. bases loaded. two outs. matt chapman makes it look routine. a sweet pick from mark canha. that helps too. giants hold on to their lead, then the top of the ninth. grant mcrae, he goes yard again, his second of the night and fifth of the season. gives the giants two insurance runs. his five rbis power the giants to a63 win. a's hosting the tigers. their fans going to make the highlight. oh, what a great catch. i like it. brady basso makes his first career start this afternoon and he absolutely dazzled. pitched six scoreless innings and struck out six. allowed four base runners. unfortunately, the a's offense proved they couldn't provide the necessary runs. no they couldn't. zach gelof, representing the potential winning run strikes out. i get frustrated when you see that a's lose 2 to 1. this abc seven sports report is sponsored by river rock casino. dion j.r, thanks much more to come tonight on abc seven news at 11. >> victims

then, in the top of the ninth, grant mcrae. and this guy was good. he was really good.econd of the night and fifth of the season gives the giants two insurance runs. his five rbis power the giants to a63 win. a's hosting the tigers. this fan is going to make the highlight reel. i like that catch brady barrasso made his first career start this afternoon. absolutely dazzled. pitched six scoreless innings, struck out six, allowed just four base runners. unfortunately, the a's offense could provide no offense whatsoever. zach gelof representing the potential winning run. strikes out. a's lose 2 to 1. and that is sports have a wonderful sunday. >> all right. thanks j.r. the 49 ers kick off the new season against the new york jets tomorrow at levi's stadium. here at home. coverage begins at 5:00 right here on abc seven. and again the a's take on the tigers here at home today. first pitch at the coliseum is at 107. how's it looking, lisa? >> really nice. lots of 70s around the bay over in oakland. it gets much hotter. obviously. you head inland and temperatures will come up an

why this in one out to left for a base hit, bringing mcrae home. now the giants lead 2 to 0 is the same score this time in bottom of the night with well here you white steps up here play and ground this one straight to the shortstop. he throws to second throw him out. they try it first say keeping the royals alive. just for a second, though, with 2 outs and one it 3rd, michael mann, see, it's all on you and watch him here. he steps but this one just has a little bit too much air under it in they stopped the threat with this one, a over the royals. final score. 2 0 in favor science. well, our niners. >> how you know hate? we have a story coming up on the buttery the guy who want vote on ball back. oh, really? yeah, i don't even would be hard for me to you. it would be hard some what upright my hands. yeah. i mean is shohei ohtani. >> capa well, they were offering money. but here i'm gonna tell you might get even person who caught shohei ohtani's fifty-fifty home run look, aaron, he turned on a big payday when he decided to take it home, although he

mcrae comes around from second. he scores giants get a nice and easy win 10, nothing over the orioles. snow picks up 4th win. all right. the a's have also free falling as of late, hoping to get a dub at wrigley field. first ending get off to a good start, man on for shay langa-leers. and yet at fastball. got out of the park in a hurry. shades 27th home run of the 2 to nothing. second ending our lord butler continuing. to turn heads around. the major leagues. his 22nd home run of the season. he's got on base. 24 straight games. cubs get on the board in the 3rd death in a hat with a home run. that's hat 24th home run of the year coming at it one more. and it's only a one-run game, but the aids. keep it going. that langa-leers again. his 28th home run of the season. it's 42. and in the 9th mason miller. he gave up a home run. but on the next batter. he strikes out. the guy in. the a's win it. 43. 26 8. all that's your look at sports. >> thank you, jason. 6.53. is the time quick reminder, kron 4 is the new home of the n

then in the top of the ninth, grant mcrae. and this guy was good. he was really good.ight and fifth of the season gives the giants two insurance runs. his five rbis power the giants to a63 win. a's hosting the tigers. this fans going to make the highlight reel i like that catch brady barrasso made his first career start this afternoon. absolutely dazzled. pitched six scoreless innings, struck out six, allowed just four base runners. unfortunately, the a's offense could provide no offense whatsoever. zach kellogg representing the potential winning run. strikes out. a's lose 2 to 1. and that is sports have a wonderful sunday. >> the 40 niners kick off the new season against the new york jets tomorrow at levi's stadium. coverage begins at 5:00 right here on abc seven. coming up next, set yourself up for life. wait till you hear about how much this latest mega millions. you know what? we're going to actually change gears here and send it over to lisa for a check on the forecast. good morning. >> that was rude, i interrupted. sorry steph. people want to know about their wea

now up to 2, nothing. 2 on 2 out for yaz and mcrae hustles in from second.othing. 3rd ending now, blake snell. he's been having a good 2nd half of the season and he had a great night on the mound. he strikes out slater. look at this to slater. had to chase that a little bit. but just overwhelming people on the bump. he pitched 6 innings of one-hit ball, 12 strikeouts who the 4th rookie donovan walton, who's had a couple good games as a late rolls one into center field mcrae comes around from second. he scores giants get a nice and easy win 10, nothing over the orioles. snow picks up 4th win. all right. the a's have also free falling as of late, hoping to get a dub at wrigley field. first ending get off to a good start, man on for shay langa-leers. and yet at fastball. got out of the park in a hurry. shades 27th home run of the the 2 to nothing second ending our lord butler continuing. to turn heads around the major leagues. his 22nd home run of the season. he's got on base. 24 straight games. cubs get on the board in the 3rd death in a hat with a home run. t

now up to 2, nothing. 2 on 2 out for yaz and mcrae hustles in from second. giants go up 3 to nothing. 3rd ending now, blake snell. he's been having a good 2nd half of the season and he had a great night on the mound. he strikes out slater. look at this to slater. had to chase that a little bit. but just overwhelming people on the bump. he pitched 6 innings of one-hit ball, 12 strikeouts who the 4th rookie donovan walton, who's had a couple good games as a late rolls one into center field mcrae comes around from second. he scores giants get a nice and easy win 10, nothing over the oriole. snow picks up 4th win. all right. the a's have also free falling as of late, hoping to get a dub at wrigley field. first ending to get off to a good start, man on for shay langa-leers. and yet at fastball. got out of the park in a hurry. shades 27th home run of the the 2 nothing second ending our lord butler continuing. to turn heads around the major leagues. his 22nd home run of the season. he's got on base. 24 straight games. cubs get on the board in the 3rd death in a hat

brings home a run on the rbi single makes it. 43 same score in the 9th mcrae again. little insurance? his second homer of the game, this one, a 2 run shot. he drives in 5 runs and the giants get the victory. 6, 3, web earns the and is now 12 and not. is trying to make it 2 straight over the tigers. after last night's thrilling 13 inning victory. they've got 3 walk offs already week. we'll pick it up in the 5th inning. no score. is that go off as 3rd kyle drives a man base hit through the drawn-in infield. one, nothing. oakland. we go to the 7th now tied at one runners on the corners. he's gonna stay. parker meadows will flare to left as best cameron mitchell. really nice catch. spencer torkelson tags from 3rd and scores. tigers go up to to to bottom of the 9th a's. get the tying run on base. >> could we have another walk-off? it's not this time. last rites out 6 times is heading on win this to this. >> and that's sports sports. thank you sound. all that was great and thank you for joining us for the news at a live and have a good night we'll see you tomorrow. >> foot

then in the top of the ninth, grant mcrae. and this guy was good. he was really good. he goes yard again. his second of the night and fifth of the season gives the giants two insurance runs. his five rbis power the giants to a63 win. a's hosting the tigers. this fans going to make the highlight reel i like that catch brady barrasso made his first career start this afternoon. absolutely dazzled. pitched six scoreless innings, struck out six, allowed just four base runners. unfortunately, the a's offense could provide no offense whatsoever. zach gelof representing the potential winning run. strikes out. a's lose 2 to 1. and that is sports have a wonderful sunday. >> and a reminder the 40 niners kick off the new season against the new york jets tomorrow here at home at levi's stadium. coverage begins at five right here on abc seven. and the a's take on the tigers here at home. first pitch at the coliseum is at 107. how's it looking, lisa? >> well, hopefully they can turn that around. they've got the sunshine on their side coming out and we're looking at actually sunny ski

what a game for grant mcrae slams a three run homer in the second inning.n in the ninth comes up and smashes a two run shot. the giants beat the padres by the final of 6 to 3 at the coliseum. the a's taking on the tigers scoreless in the fifth. kyle mccann rips it right by the second baseman. a run scores to give the a's a one nothing lead, but the tigers would score a pair of runs in the seventh, and that turned out to be the difference in the ball game. the tigers beat the a's 2 to 1 on the pitch. bay fc taking on racing louisville. scoreless in the 75th minute, a'ja wilson oceola scores her team leading fourth goal of the season. bay fc wins one nil, so they move up into seventh place in the nwsl atayoff standings. that's a look why choose a mobile network built for places you'll probably never be... ...instead of for where you are most of the time? xfinity mobile was designed for where you need it most. now xfinity internet customers can buy one line of unlimited and get one free for a year. an annual family literacy festival where our very own janelle

a single into center mcrae comes around to score from second giants lead at 4 to nothing get a nice and easy win over the orioles 10 nothing. snow picks up his 4th win. giants snapped that four-game losing streak after the game. yes. talk about how the team wants to finish out the season. >> most of it is just to play clean baseball the whole way. you know, there's there's a lot of different reasons, guys play this game. he just got to find something right now to to lean on and to to really try and, >> you know, some guys, they're just competitive. that's how they are. and they want to go out there and compete. some guys want to play to better their numbers to put themselves in a different position for next year. some guys want to go out and run another team's season. so there's there's a lot of different reasons to play right now. and i think when you look at tonight, we see that we still have a lot baseball left in us. >> ice fans would rather you got the plane for you on season, not ruining other people season at this point. nonetheless, the a's have also been free falling as of late

tate mcrae and katy perry. jeremy parsons has the details in the entertainment report. >>guys, we start with some big news. justin timberlake pleaded guilty to impaired driving friday. the plea resolves the criminal case stemming from jt is june arrest in the hamptons in new york. this is the pop star arriving to the new york courthouse to enter the plea after the guilty plea. the judge sentenced timberlake to a $500 fine. and 25 hours of community service at a nonprofit of his choosing as part of the ruling. he was also required to make a public safety announcement. here it is. don't get behind the wheel of a car. theirs. so many alternatives. call a friend. >>take an uber. there's many travel apps. this is a mistake that i made. what i'm hoping. that whoever is watching and listening right now to learn from this mistake. i know that i certainly have. >>all right. in the proceedings, timberlake said that he did not live up to the standards that he tries to hold for himself and that he wants to help others making better decisions and more music news. it is new music fri

now up to 2, nothing. 2 on 2 out for yaz and mcrae hustles in from second.nts go up 3 to nothing. 3rd ending now. blake snell. been having a good 2nd half of the season and he had a great night on the mound. he strikes out slater. look at this to slater. had to chase that a little bit. but just overwhelming people on the bump. he pitched 6 innings of one-hit ball, 12 strikeouts who the 4th rookie donovan walton, who's had a couple good games as a late rolls one into center field mcrae comes around from second. he scores giants get a nice and easy 10, nothing over the orioles. snow picks up 4th win. all right. a's have also free falling as of late, hoping to get a dub at wrigley field in and first ending old, right? they get off to a good start, man on for shay langa-leers and the nfl asked got out of the park in a hurry. shays 27th home run of the the 2 to nothing. second inning out. lawrence butler continuing field to turn heads around the major leagues. his 22nd home run of the season. he's got on base. 24 straight games. cubs get on the board in the 3rd d

he strikes out grant mcrae swinging. next batter brett wisely coming up empty there. diamondbacks snapped the giants five game win streak. they go on to win this one 8 to 2. >> well, the 49ers were back out on the practice field today hoping to rebound after last week's meltdown against the rams. injuries still a big concern for the niners. no deebo samuel at practice. he's still out with that calf injury. george kittle was limited as he battles a hamstring injury that kept him out of last sunday's game. a bit of good news though. this afternoon coach kyle shanahan says that brock purdy is a full go after he was listed as day to day with back soreness. fred warner is not willing to let the injuries be the team's excuse as to why they're struggling right now. >> this is the nfl. it's usually going to happen where you're going to be down a guy or two. it's a very physical, violent game, so yeah, we got to make sure that we win regardless of the situation. at the end of the day, people are going to look at all the bad stuff that we're doing when we are losing, right? it'

lieutenant tracy mcrae, that was also a point.was that was outlined today by the police chief about people with guns in san francisco. really appreciate you taking the time. thank you. so much. >> thank you. >> with the federal reserve expected to begin lowering interest rates starting next week, more people will be considering whether it's time to buy or sell a house. >> ktvu tom baker spoke to a loan officer about some of the strategies that buyers and sellers should be considering. >> even without a federal reserve interest rate cut, mortgage interest rates have hit an 18 month low. the senior vice president of origin point lending explains the rates drop before even the fed announcement. >> because we are expecting a minimum of a quarter percent drop. and so the lenders have already priced that in. >> fact is, lenders cannot make money unless they lend it to the relatively few folks now who feel they can afford it. so to refinance loans, lenders price compete with other lenders. >> we do expect rates in 20 for the remainder of

it struck me then that the poem we have learned in school by colonel mcrae in flanders field, the poppies bloom/between the crosses/row on row -- "in flanders field/the poppies grow/between the crosses/row on row." that certainly struck a chord with me. among the poppies, red, that lay in bloom. [applause] >> george kirchner, company or d second ranger battalion. the ranger chaplain was father lacey from hartford, connecticut, who is a wonderful man. before he left the ship on d-day, he said, when you land on the beach and you get in there, i don't want to see anybody kneeling down and praying. if i do, i'm going to come up and boot you in the tail. you leave the praying to me. you do the fighting. as we were going in, the lca immediately behind line which contained my company commander. as we approached the beach, i gave the order to fire a rocket, and they fired two at a time. out of our 6, 5 cleared the cliff, which is a good percentage. i hollered, ok, let's go, and ran off the ramp. first one out immediately sent in eight feet of water. it was a large bomb crater. everyone else went