ben lawson of the new orleans saints joins us next. ♪livin in this crazy world ♪so caught up in the confusion♪ ♪nothin' is makin' sense ♪for me and you ♪we've got to give a little love♪ ♪have a little hope ♪make this world a little better♪ .. >> shannon: white house staffers have reportedly gat >> white house staffers gathered paperwork for dozens more pardons and commutations of criminal offenders. donald trump earlier this month commuted the sentence of grandmother alice marie johnson who served 23 years for drug offenses. pres. obama had said no to her request for clemency. else johnson was the seventh pardon or commutation granted by donald trump including the posthumous pardon of the first black heavyweight champion, dennis desousa who pleaded guilty to campaign-finance violations and former bush administration official scooter libby convicted in the 2003 leak the reveal the identity of cia operative valerie plane. right around the time of the ellis johnson part the president made what he called an astonishing offer to protesting

cheerleader in the past year, including incidents with the miami dolphins and new orleans saints. t month, former washington redskins cheerleaders described team sponsors invited to watch while the girls posed fopless. in the new lawsuit, cheerleaders for the texans describe being uiraded in the stadium, suite to suite. the suit claimed the cheerleaders were often assaulted by fans during the stadium tour. now, jeff, the houston texans told us they're proud of their program and the hundreds of women who have been a part of it, but they are open to adjustments as needed. >> quijano: tony dokoupil thank you. a very strong jobs report from the labor department today. the economy created 223,000 jobs in may, and unemployment fell to 3.8%, the lowest in 18 years. the jobless rate for african americans dropped to 5.9%. that is an all-time low. coming up next on the friday "cbs evening news," an uber driver is under arrest in the fatal shooting of his passenger. and steve hartman-- this man found something in a supermarket aisle to fill his hungry heart. fills his hungry heart. sometimes,

with the new orleans saints. i comment you on what you wrote. let's skaus now. benjamin, the president previously asked people for a legal that you thought about uchb temporarily by the department system. he will consider parting it. >> do you think that's a serious offer? >> i have no reason not to be. as we were thinking about a response, thousands of names he picks and my second ball was who those of you, if there are a love of them at issue. if you get to the larger issue of mandatory minimums. while very interest to pay for their crimes. those sentences are administer to karls town population. many times it's fair and ungist. get in ankle shotter, but for me. as americans we need to fight injustices when they occur. necessary explicit kreg si. law enforcement has a responsibility yet this society has basic k4r578s. if so, it's a hot could he mod at this. will it happen? i'm not sure. all of us are affected by this. we felt it in the police brutali brutality. currently that situation is enough. my cousin was killed by an officer after he broke down the side

for steve to go from the seahawks instead signing with the new orleans saints -- i mean, that is we wanted him to be at the seahawks and he went to the cents -- he quickly became a fan for his work, his ethic and the joy he brought to the game. in his first game under the super-dome, he blocked a punt. it is a play that fans still remembered fondly. but it is not steve's athletic feats at the university or in the super-dome that make him recognition. it is his perseverance, his determination, and his unbreakable spirit in the face of a.l.s. and his advocacy, his dogged advocacy for people who have been impacted by this disease. that is why steve is such an inspiration to the people of spokane, throughout the state of washington, and across the united states. through his public advocacy in collaboration with congress, steve helped pass the steve gleason act which ensures that people with a.l.s. and degenerative diseases can access speech-generating devices whether at home or in a health facility. his leadership with the gleason institute and the foundation together with a.l.s. research has

new orleans logo. >> new orleans saints jersey. >> my alma mater gave me my real jersey and i thought that was cool.u come and meeting with people. we take pictures. and we come over here to take a picture in front of the lsu jersey. steve: how do you balance representing louisiana and running your side. >> i'm cearvel. i came up to congress to try to help get this country back on track. you actually get to be in the room for loot more of the decisions. my primary job is to represent the people of southeast louisiana. but then i also, of course, want to help make this a better country, fix the problems that we have had. steve: you have had a full day. had you the staff in here. you had the speaker in here. where is this energy coming from i'm pooped. >> i love my job. it's an honor to represent the people of southeast louisiana. but then to be able to work with this president and to know that what we're doing is going to help change this country for the better and solve problems and help people have more opportunity. that pumps me up. when you love what you are doing, every day is a great day. ♪ ste

saints! [crowd roaring] while others prove that great things can happen... even on a monday night. cause for three hundred years, great stories have started the same way. one time, in new orleansvestigators from travis air force base captured one of the military's most wanted fugitives. you're looking at william howard hughes jr., the air force claims heomeser from an overseas assignment. investigators say he spent the last 35 years living under a phony name. they caught him during a fraud version. >>> actor vince vaughn is out of jail after an arrest of drunken driving and resisting arrest. police took him into custody f af actor. >>> baseball helped distract many people for a few hours from the north bay fires last a's hosted north bay day.artto his home. >> a lot of our neighbors, we haven't seen them. so reconnect. >> it's great to be thanked for the job in return. >> this is our way of thanking them and celebrating them and telling them they're an important part of our community. >> the a's also held theireaay firefighters. >>> the cavstoot m ws ar iriore 'srehe tfinals. we ran into ryan and his father-in-law at sfo friday morning. they talked about going to a finals game

saints! [crowd roaring] while others prove that great things can happen... even on a monday night. cause for three hundred years, great stories have started the same way. one time, in new orleansrage for you on abc 7 at 10:00 on tuesday morning. we will do it all over again. final thoughts on the season. >> what are a remarkable year. the fans, you guys are the best. thank you for having me. i will miss you guys this summer. >> i'm 2-2. on tuesday first. >> you are in the parade? >> will be waving. come see me. i will be able to do my wave. it will be awesome. >> we have one minute left to chat. more savoring the moment. this was a hard year. >> it's not getting easier. >> what's remarkable is we have to keep going back to the fact that this is so rare. this is so difficult. it's supposed to be difficult. when they look back at this moment, this will be transformative in a way that steph curry has revolutionized and moved the game in a different direction. >> a challenge to get back to this point. what you do looms large. in the meantime, let's have fun and celebrate the championship. >> i remember when we used to do these shows and they were looking ahead to next season. this

saints! [crowd roaring] while others prove that great things can happen... even on a monday night. cause for three hundred years, great stories have started the same way. one time, in new orleanssino. >>> bringing it back to the bay. last night the warriors celebrated the title in cleveland. today they brought the party home. the back-to-back nba champs returning to town late this afternoon. steph curry doing a little shimmy with the larry o'brien trophy. the warriors captured the title by sweeping the cavaliers, winning game four 108-85. kevin durant was named finals mvp for the second year in a row. with three titles in four years it's one of the greatest runs in nba history. >> i don't think we all that this was possible. we just -- you know, we went out and played the game, got to be able to have the trophy three times, bring it home to the bay. special. >> it's a long year, long, difficult season. but definitely all worth it in the end. just an amazing finish, and i thought our guys played probably their best game in the playoffs last night. so they saved the best for last. >> history on the track as justify goes wire-to-wire to capture the triple crown. >> he's just perf

new orleans than anywhere else in antebellum america. if you look at that actor, that is a monument to the unknown slave. you notice the shackles dangling from the anchor and this is saintaul church, 1841. a very kind of central american, spanish look to the church even though it had the same architect as st. louis cathedral and this all unquestionably is the cultural heart of this neighborhood. the catholic church, still active. there's great examples of mid to late antebellum cottages. >> what is this neighborhood today? >> this is changing, it's gentrifying. there's still a deeply rooted native population that is more likely to be african-american and more likely to describe itself as real. the architecture, the proximity to the french quarter, the higher ground that it's on exit attractive to many other folks for cultural and historical reasons. so we're going to cross, there was a fork here and now into the quieter, more residential end of the world famous french quarter. >> we were going to see sort of that wrought iron architecture that typically you think of new orleans. and we're at bourbon street which many people know. >> there's a client and. >> indeed, bour

saints! [crowd roaring] while others prove that great things can happen... even on a monday night. cause for three hundred years, great stories have started the same way. one time, in new orleanstasha zouves from abc 7 news mornings. abc 7 news meteorologist mike nicco has our forecast. >> it's going to be sunny today but the rest of the coast will be cloudy and drizzly. a small craft advisory for the rest of us. take sunglasses if you're away from the coast. 70s around the bay, 80s inland, exactly where we should be. next week, a little hot tuesday and monday. >> sure is, mike. >>> we briefly had a sig alert, westbound 80 before el portal drive. now looking good here on the richmond side of the richmond san rafael bridge, a crash on westbound 580 has been pushed to the shoulder. >>> coming up, knneo has a brand-new album, that's next on "gma." we'll have another news update in 30 minutes and always on abc7news.com. here is "gma." ♪ ♪ ♪ down where the summer and the late nights last forever ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ i feel most times we're high and low ♪ ♪ high and low ♪ if i had my way, never let you go ♪ ♪ never let you go enhance your moments. san pellegrino. tastefully italian. san pellegri

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saints! [crowd roaring] while others prove that great things can happen... even on a monday night. cause for three hundred years, great stories have started the same way. one time, in new orleansrade level. tuck turned around struggling schools, raising graduation rates over 60%. marshall tuck for state superintendent. marshall tuck. >> >>> "good morning america" is sponsored by nondrowsy 24-hour claritin. live claritin clear. live claritin clear. >>> good morning. i'm jessica castro from "abc7 mornings." let's check in with meteorologist mike nicco for that forecast. hi, mike! >> hey, jessica, everybody. look at all the sunshine at the golden gate bridge. we do have some clouds around this morning and a few this afternoon, so we'll call it partly cloudy to mostly sunny. it will be choppy on the bay south of the bay bridge and all across the ocean today but very comfortable if you're out exercising with low humidities and temperatures in the upper 50s along the coast to 60s around the bay to 70s inland. my accuweather seven-day forecast, a little drizzle the next couple of mornings. our coolest afternoons follow. alexis? >>> okay, taking a look at a new sig alert in the concor

saints! [crowd roaring] while others prove that great things can happen... even on a monday night. cause for three hundred years, great stories have started the same way. one time, in new orleansd we are getting ready to say, get ready, guys, aloha. aloha. this sunday kicks off hawaiian foods week and our sponsor king's hawaiian has brought along spokespeople ilan paul from top chef and food network chef adam gertler for the perfect luau. anybody can bring a little hawaii in, right? >> very true. >> what do we expect from a hawaiian foods week? what does that mean? >> hawaiian foods week which kicks off this sunday and goes until the 16th celebrates the diversity of hawaiian foods. there's a lot of cultures that make up the hawaiian pallatepal >> all in this one area and they make incredible stuff and right now today what we're doing here is this is our take on huli chicken. >> what does it mean? like a turn. you can get it on roadsides in hawaii. it's turning and turning so we make sausages, i make sausage for doghouse so we did a sausage that has ginger, sake, soy sauce, teriyaki flavors. we make the sausage at doghouse then we made the huli huli -- tell them about boullonna

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new orleans with his wife, michelle, and his son, rivers. steve played in the nfl for eight seasons, mostly with the new orleans saints, famous for the new orleans saints because on september 25, 2006, monday night football, the first game back in the superdome when the superdome reopened after hurricane katrina, the saifntses were playing their arch rierval the hated atlanta falcons. probably the presiding officer likes the falcons. the falcons were punting deep in their own territory. steve broke through the line, blocked the punt, the ball recovered for a touchdown. the stadium erupted. 70,000 fans in a domed stadium. i was watching on tv. al michaels was blown away. an incredible moment, not just for the football team but because it was when the game just opened after hurricane katrina that almost destroyed a city and indeed the whole gulf coast. it had that much more meaning. the emotion was about a play but for as much as what the play symbolized as for the game. and steve gleason's blocked punt symbolizes steve would say no white flags. new orleans, the gulf coast is back. despite katrina's devastation, we would not surrender. now, steve