[applause] in northern washington d.c., the capital of the country. i have learned to debate about why the troops should come home and one good reason is the furlough days. i think it should expand, and i am going to be very excited when i graduate and come back to my city. [applause] >> the evening, everyone. i am a senior had also capt.. i commute every morning and every evening from richmond, but i have never been so dedicated to something ever. i can honestly say without a doubt that i can stand up here with confidence and not be scared or be intimidated by the crowd. i do articulate. i do talk just fine, sorry. [laughter] i categorize and organize my speeches, all the things that i'm going to say. it has definitely helped me with my note taking skills. i have never been so dedicated or committed to something. . >> and an english teacher and debate coach at balboa high school. i can tell you that i have seen and the transforming power of debate repeatedly in my students. i wanted to speak about the new course that has been designed for debate. it

. >>> already this morning there are tornado watches issued from northern florida up to washington, d.c. >>> now, to washington where the budget battle is coming down to the wire. the white house is telling federal agencies to be prepared for a possible government shutdown. and president obama makes another attempt today to try to find top lawmakers and help them reach some common ground. emily schmidt is in washington with this story. good morning, emily. >> reporter: mike, good morning to you. overnight, house republicans introduced a new bill that would keep the government running for one more week. whatever happens to that bill, a larger problem remains. how to get enough agreement here to keep the government in business until october. four days until government funding runs out, the budget battle moves from capitol hill to the white house, where president obama is set to meet this morning with the congressional and budget leaders. >> the president made those phone calls and is calling this meeting precisely because he is concerned that we need to reach a final agreement. time is of

the northern california festival, by the way, is the second largest festival outside of washington, d.c. >>> the weather is changing rapidly? >> right now temperatures are still 70s in some spots and we got up to 75 and 69 in san jose, 6 0s around the san francisco area. 73 for a high earlier in santa rosa. temperatures dipping down into the 60s. a strong sea breeze pushing to 15 to 25 miles per hour. now the view in san francisco has mist on the camera lens. lots of low clouds and strong sea breeze. it will stay breezy through 8:00 this evening. clouds are racing into the east bay. low clouds are surging in and then eventually more than mist and drizzle. for the most part, heavier showers that we saw earlier out towards lake county, sacramento and mainly misty skies around san francisco. and after mid night, through the day tomorrow, certainly a cooler monday. no more 70s. highs and maybe mid-60s and otherwise a line of systems racing through and then one more system maybe for the north bay as we approach sunday. as we go through the next 24 hours, you can see a few raindrops and then

showers from northern california to oregon. evening rain in washington, d.c. omaha 65. and fargo 45. a hot 90 degrees in phoenix. and just 53 in salt lake. >> this story's kind of funny. i like this one. >>> we usually don't mention soccer unless it involves the world cup or david beckham but this story is worth it. >> that's right. spanish club team real madrid was celebrating a big tournament win early on thursday. as they paraded the trophy in an open-top bus, it slipped out of the player's hand. and then the bus ran it over. >> the 33-pound cup was broken into a few pieces and now they're having it rebuilt before it goes on display in the club's trophy case. >> you know what they need? one of those really big "dancing with the stars" trophies that you can't fit in the car. because it's so big. >> just excited, right? slipped under the bus. that's good stuff right there. more "world news now" after the break. stay with us. ♪ you know the nearer your destination the more you're slip sliding away ♪ sliding away ♪ hó >>> well, rarely do completely separate me

here in the washington area that, little band of yellow, pretty good rain falling across the northern side of the beltway, northern side of d.c. this will get out of here. the measurable rain will get out of here in the next couple of hours. maybe a few peeks of sunshine to the west and south during the course of the day. let's get to the temperatures. it is cool, 39 degrees at reagan national. that is cold really. the humidity is 93% and the wind locking in the chill. here is the forecast. lots of clouds around. maybe a little afternoon sun. most of the rain will get out of here early this morning. >> okay. let's check the roads. julie wright, hopefully things are going better for you over at metro traffic. >> i always say the only thing that works around here is us. >> there you go. i love that. >> on the roads, you'll find wet pavement. that is what we're waking up to and a little bit of drizzle so the wipers are working this morning. pretty much uneventful this morning out of gaithersburg headed for the lane divide. not a lot of construction in place this morning. 66, smooth sailing in spite of the wet pavement as you tra

northern california chapter of the immigrants lawyers association. the commission would also like to thank our symposium partners. the asian american justice center from washington, d.c. the center for state and local government law. the chief justice earl warren institute. the consulate general of mexico. the quality federation. -- equality federation. the national center for lesbian rights. san francisco chamber of commerce. the san francisco department of children, youth, and their families. san francisco department on the status of women. san francisco zero divided foundation. we would like to thank the city department heads that are here. the department of status of women. the human rights commission, and our own director, the office of civic engagement and immigrant affairs. you have an opportunity later in the meeting for public comment. please indicate if you would like to speak or write down your questions and return the cards to staff members. i would like to introduce an outstanding leader who has worked hard to bring the diverse segments of the san francisco community together to reach a common ground. since coming into office in january of 2009, he has b

where a man accused of killing four northern california women will be in court but the question is, are there more victims? >> as far as airport delays, washington, d.caltimore, philly and new york all have delays. pacific flights, try our flight pacific flights, try our flight tracker at abc7news.com.tttx ♪ going to the bank without going to the bank... that's a step forward. with chase quickdeposit on your smartphone, you just snap a picture, hit send and done. chase quickdeposit. take a step forward and ♪ we just keep ons.e jun keepin' on ♪ ♪ keep on >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> good morning, 6:29 on this wednesday. let's take look at the new york stock exchange. as the bem rings, traders have new consumer spending news to digest. [ bell ringing ] we'll bet the latest live coming up in 15 minutes. >> eric: it is now 6:30. we begin with a question that police say police are asking, are there more victims? it comes after the arrest of a man that police say he is died to at least four murders. terry mcsweeney has more on the investigation. >> reporter: in nevada they are taking a real hard look at dozens of cold

northern california cherry blossom festival in san francisco's japantown. this is the 44th year people enjoyed the festivities with food, live bands and cultural performances. it's said to the second largest cherry blossom outside of washington, d.cif you missed it today, you can always check it out tomorrow, the last day it will be happening and great weather. that is it for "abc 7 news." i'm alan wang, with lee and rick in for shu. connect 24/7 with all the day's news at abc7news.com. good night.

northern california." joining me tonight on our news panel is rita williams, reporter for ktvu news. and david baker. staff writer with the "san francisco chronicle." and from washington, d.c., corolyn lochhead, "san francisco chronicle" washington correspondent. the hour is late. what is the latest and what is the mood? >> the mood is terrible. there is no agreement. we're over an hour away from a government shutdown. republicans are meeting as we speak. and what's interesting to me is you're having no less than michele bachmann and mike huckabee saying they need to move on. so it's very interesting. we're watching sort of a replay of 1995 and i think we know how it ends. >> well, is it really where we heard earlier today that everything hinges on money for planned parenthood? >> well, that's certainly what the democrats are saying, and i tend to believe them. because john boehner keeps sort of dancing around the issue. he says it's about spending. they've taken care of almost all of the policy issues. when you have republican senators saying drop the abortion writers, it tells me it is, in fact, what's holding things up. what's happened is the republicans have managed to

good and appropriate and northerners shouldn't be concerned about it and those folks also cite washington because it was actually during the republican congress that washington, d.c. was disfranchised and so they talk about washington as a model for what they are doing and kind of say look the republicans in 1874, 1878 felt this was fine but when you go along with all your doing now, but on the positive side and slightly more positive, what i see as a more positive note, washington also becomes for african-americans and example of a place where some of the best educational institutions in the country, and so hard universities founded in 1867, i think, and the public schools in d.c. although segregated become -- some of the schools become a terrific including preparatory high school's and that leader become don larsen growing out of the period i write about, washington also becomes an example of educational opportunity and to some extent employment a paternity that's kind of unparalleled elsewhere. >> once again, thank you very much, professor, for sharing your book with us. [applause] it will be available outside to sign on the tables outside the door. >> this ev

44th annual cherry blossom festival in northern california continues in san francisco today and runs through next weekend. >>> thousands of people are in washington, d.ceekend for the annual cherry blossom festival there. tourists flock toed city every year for the event which ends today. there are 30,000 cherry blossom trees that were a gift from japan in 1912. >>> the san francisco giants magical opening home weekend continues. they have pulled off a second walk off win in as many days. last night's hero was miguel tejada. it was dropped by center fielder colby rasmus. the giants win 3-2, and get their first series victory of the season. just hours before that big win, the team took part in the long awaited world series ring ceremony. most of the players who were on the roster november 1 were there to receive the gold rings. fall of famers, willie mays, willie mccovey, were also there. and pitcher matt cain called it all an emotional experience. >> there had to be a couple of tears that got to the edge of the eyelid and got pushed back. i know i definitely did. >> other champions were invited to take part in the ceremony. including steve young from

this room in washington, d.c., we also recapitulate what's happened to the nation in terms of residential segregation. most of you live in capitol hill or northwest washington for in northern virginia, suburbs or montgomery county. some of you in this room probably live in exclusive neighborhood such as georgetown or mclean. but a lot of you are probably in neighborhoods like kensington maryland. north of chevy chase, south of wheaton. where i lived for several years back in the 1970. around washington, d.c., kensington is seen as a pretty run-of-the-mill suburban neighborhood. well, let's just see how ordinary it isn't. take for every zip code in the united states the median income as of the 1960s -- sorry, 2000 census, and the percentage of adult 25 years or older with college degrees in every zip code of the country as of the 2000 census. then combine those into single index and rank order all the zip code in the united states from top to bottom. and create a percentile score for each zip code that is just like a percentile scores on academic tests. if you're at the 80th percentile of the sat that means that only 20 people out of every 100 got a higher score than you di

washington, d.c. we also recap pit late what's happened to the nation in terms of residential segregation. most of you live in capitol hill or northwest washington or in northern virginia, the adjoining suburbs or montgomery county. some of you in this room probably live in exclusive neighborhoods such as georgetown or mcclain. but a lot of you are probably in neighborhoods like kensington, maryland, north of chevy chase, south of wheaton, where i lived for several years back in the 1970s. and around washington, d.c., kensington is seen as a pretty run of the mill suburben neighborhood. well, let's just see how ordinary it isn't. take for every zip code in the united states the median income as of the 19 -- sorry, 2020 census, and the -- -- as of the 2020 census, then combine those into a single index in rank order all the zip codes in the united states from top to bottom. and create a percent tile score for each zip code that is just like the percent yile scores on academic tests. if you're at the 80%ite until sath that means that only 20 people got a higher score than you did. if you are in a zip code that is at the 80th perstile that means that of all the a

are in this room in washington, d.c., we also recapitulate what happened to the nation in terms of residential segregation. most of you live on cattle hell capitol hill or northernbably live in exclusive neighborhoods such as georgetown or mclean, but a lot of you are probably in neighborhoods like kensington maryland. north of chevy chase, some of the weekend. where i lived for several years back in the 1970's. ander of washington, d.c. it is seen as a pretty run-of-the-mill suburban neighborhood. let's just see how ordinary it isn't. take for every set code in the united states the median income as of the 1960's -- sorry, the 2000 census and the percentage of adults aged 25 years or older with college degrees and a free zip code in the country as of the 2000 census. then, goes into a single index and rank order all this approach in the united states from top to bottom and create a percentile score for each zip code is just like the percentile scores on academic tests. if you're of the 80th percentile on the s.a.t., that means only 20 people out of every 100 got a higher score than you did among people who took the test. if you are in a zip code that's at the 8