joel osteen is a day away from preaching at tens of thousands of people. we talk to the megaminister about why it's so important for him to share his message with the liberal bay area. >> the bay area woman accused of shooting and killing a man more than two decades younger than her makes a new court appearance. her answer to the criminal charges. >> up first, former hp ceo karly fiorina on attack at the gop debate. the lies she claims a >>> live from the kgo broadcast center, this is abc 7 news. >> here err the headlines where you live today at 4:30. aldon smith is no longer a member of the san francisco 49ers. the team released the star linebacker this morning hours after a dui arrest at his apartment complex in santa clara. its his fifth arrest. 49ers head coach jim tomsula called it a sad day and said the team will continue to support smith. david lui asked the coach whether he thinks smith can turn his life around and get back on the field? >>> donald trump is slamming fox news claiming they asked him tougher questions last night. he tweeted today. yo

thousands are going to at&t park to see megaminister joel osteen. 50,000 going to the jay pop summit. and the main event is outside lands at golden state park. it's expected to bring in more than 200,000 people. abc7 news reporter sergio quintana has more. >> fans by the thousands streamed out of the first night of outside lands. during the event emergency crews had their hands full with several calls over possible overdoses on marijuana edibles and other drugs. and a new online medical marijuana delivery service is looking for new customers. an eventful start to the music festival with big headlines. >> the first day kids, elton, of course. >> christian morton is here for the first time with his mom and sister. mom has been here before so she's learned the logistics. >> i just hopped on air b&b and looked for a place that was close where we could walk. after leave here before you had to walk. >> booking local homes online is a popular option. we spotted bedrooms on air b&b going for more than $400 a night. >> we had a $3,000 air b&b right near the park, but we are like, okay, we didn

thousands are coming to see megaminister joel osteen for a night of hope. we have the details. people's hopes up but you can't have faith if you don't first have hope. >> he's the megaminister from texas with a megafollowing. you may have seen him on tv. sunday mornings. >> its exciting. to see all the seats and all the production happening. >> now joel osteen is bringing his message of hope to a sellout crowd at at&t. san francisco was no scheduling mistake. >> we like to go outside the bible belt because that's where the message resonates with people. >> god doesn't want us to be in the same place next year as we are right now. he wants us to move forward. >> osteen said the message he delivers alongside his wife, victoria, is not overly inspirational. >> if i can let somebody forgive or let go to the past, see this day as a gift, even though something is not perfect, i believe that's what i hope to do. >> osteen still opposes gay marriage, but said everyone is welcome at his events. >> i'm not here to come bashing people. i'm for everybody. >> what is the largest venue you h

>> yankee stadium. >> reporter: osteen's net worth is estimated by google to be about $40 million. . >> i don't take a salary for the minist ministry. i've been blessed off my book sales and things. >> reporter: he says connecting with fans connects his spirit. in san francisco, cornell bernard, abc7 news. >>> a demolition crew has begun tearing down the san clemente dam in carmel valley. the nearly 100 year old structure was build in 1912. the project to restore the river will cost $83 million, most covered by monterey county water users. >>> your brown lawn is one indication that the california drought is serious. so are the pictures we're about to share with you. tim daily reports from the nearly empty lake east of stockton. >> reporter: if the paris ferry bridge looks like it's seen better days it's because its the old bridge buried under hundreds of feet of water. >> it's scary. we used to play and boat here. you can't boat here any longer. so hopefully, it will fill up in the next couple years. >> reporter: the lake is so low, the bridge is back, not usable, and that is new par

>> yankee stadium. >> reporter: osteen's net worth is estimated by google to be about $40 million. .don't take a salary for the ministry ministry. i've been blessed off my book sales and things. >> reporter: he says connecting with fans connects his spirit. in san francisco, cornell bernard, abc7 news. >>> a demolition crew has begun tearing down the san clemente dam in carmel valley. the nearly 100 year old structure was build in 1912. the project to restore the river will cost $83 million, most covered by monterey county water users. >>> your brown lawn is one indication that the california drought is serious. so are the pictures we're about to share with you. tim daily reports from the nearly empty lake east of stockton. >> reporter: if the paris ferry bridge looks like it's seen better days it's because its the old bridge buried under hundreds of feet of water. >> it's scary. we used to play and boat here. you can't boat here any longer. so hopefully, it will fill up in the next couple years. >> reporter: the lake is so low, the bridge is back, not usable, and that is new paris f

thousands are coming to see megaminister joel osteen for a night of hope. we have the details. >> you just get people's hopes up but you can't have faith if you don't first have hope. >> he's the megaminister from texas with a megafollowing. you may have seen him on tv. >> its exciting. >> joel osteen is bringing his message of hope to a sellout crowd at at&t. san francisco was no scheduling mistake. >> we like to go outside the bible belt because that's where the message resonates with people. >> god doesn't want us to be in the same place next year as we are right now. he wants us to move forward. >> osteen said the message he delivers alongside his wife victoria is not overly religious but inspirational. >> if i can let somebody forgive or let go to the past, see this day as a gift, even though something is not perfect, i believe that's what i hope to do. >> osteen still opposes gay marriage, but said everyone is welcome at his events. >> i'm not here to come bashing people. i'm for everybody. >> what is the largest venue you have sent your message to. >

. >> pastor joel osteen and his wife victoria preached to a big crowd at their night of hope event.here was music, celebration, and praise, osteen became emotional delivering his message to the crowd. >> when i look up to night and see all of you guys, the last 15, 16 years, let me tell you, god wants to do more than you could ask or imagine. i can say ... i can tell you with confidence, god's plan with your life is so much bigger than your own. [ cheers and applause ] >> the osteen's church in houston is the largest church in america with 52,000 weekly attenkeys. >>> tonight, donald trump's political adviser is throwing in the towel saying he is losing his grip on reality. julliane golden says the snubs chemooncoming. >> you call the women you don't like fat pigs, dogs. >> reporter: the latest spark was when donald trump try today defend his treatment of megyn kelly. >> i have been nice to you though i could maybe not be based on the way you treated me. >> reporter: he added more fuel to the fire. >> she asks me ridiculous questions. there was blood coming out of her eyes. blood co

pastor joel osteen and his wife victoria are holding their america's night of hope.ether for an evening of praise and celebration. the osteens' liquid church in houston is america's largest church with some 52,000 weekly attendees. the night of hope begins at 7:00. >>> a powerful typhoon with strong winds and pounding rain has slammed into taiwan. more than 160,000 people had to be moved to higher ground. brian webb shows us the damage left behind. >> reporter: typhoon soudelor slammed taiwan saturday with winds reaching 125 miles an hour. more than 40 inches of rain fell in parts of the country creating floods and triggering massive mud slides. more than three million homes lost power and rescue crews struggled to reach people stranded by flash floods. this woman says she is looking for her friends after a mud slide. at least 6 people are reported dead including an 8-year-old girl and her mother swept out to sea. the girl's twin sister is still missing. so far the strongest storm of the year soudelor has already weakened but it is still expected to bring heavy winds

joel osteen and his wife. this is the 7th night he has held it at stadiums, the decision to come to san francisco was deliberate. he liked to go outside the bible belt and speak to all people. joel osteen's sermons are televised in more than one hundred countries with an audience of 7 million people a week. >> from a hall of flowers to races. the week of the sonoma fair is under way. it has been going strong for 79 years and the chefs and the cooking demonstrations and the people that run the amusement rides have deep roots. >> i'm 3rd generation. my grandparents and parents are originally from sonoma county. i'm from riverside. this is old hometown. >> two of the rides come from michael jackson never land's ranch. the hall of flowers is the largest flower show in the country at 27,000 square feet. at the end of the week the flowers will be on sale. >>> the show will go on for burning man. the festival received the necessary permit. the u.s. bureau asked for one million dollars for upgraded fa facilities for t

. >> we talked with osteen before he took the stage.this is a sold out event with people spending $1 for a chance to soak in what some people call a prosperity gospel. >> osteen oversees a ministry, according to forbes operates on $70 million budget. personal wealth estimated at $40 million. tonight's event part of a well choreographed live presentation complete with positive pop songs, sing along lyrics, excited flag wavers and people soaking in the spirit. a message nancy pelosi was here to see. at one point more than 800 cal water customers in the south area had to boil their water. officials lifted the boil water alert for customers this afternoon. bacteria in the sa ply after a water main break. still to come on abc 7 news at 11:00. a swim for the record books. aquatic first for a woman who accomplished a journey others couldn't. a big stink for hundred of bay area swimmers and their families today. what was behind it. later i don't want my daughter in the room with donald trump tomorrow night. more fallout for donald trump after t

at&t park tonight to hear televangelist joel osteen. what making this mega minister so unique. >>> there won't be lavish living at the burning man festival. friday the bureau of land management withdrew the request for them to build them a $1 million complex with washers driers, air conditioning refrigerators and couches. the request included 24 hour access to ice cream. the director called the request outlandish and says staff members have the same caterers the rest of the people in the festival and stay in the same town in nevada in years past. >> back to school season now and several charities are helping families provide backpacks and other surprise. we will at the hutch community center in san francisco where the tenth annual western addition health to fair and family day took place. youngsters received backpacks with school replies. -- school supplies. >> helps me a lot, saving money. >> across town the salvation army hosted a backpack and school supplies give away in the south of market area, that benefited 1500 kids. that's it f

at&t park tonight to hear televangelist joel osteen. what making this mega minister so unique. >>> there won't be lavish living at the burning man festival. friday the bureau of land management withdrew the request for them to build them a $1 million complex with washers, driers, air conditioning, refrigerators and couches. the request included 24 hour access to ice cream. the director called the request outlandish and says staff members have the same caterers the rest of the people in the festival and stay in the same town in nevada in years past. >> back to school season now and several charities are helping families provide backpacks and other surprise. we will at the hutch community center in san francisco where the tenth annual western addition health to fair and family day took place. youngsters received backpacks with school replies. -- school supplies. >> helps me a lot, saving money. >> across town the salvation army hosted a backpack and school supplies give away in the south of market area, that benefited 1500 kids. that's it

thousands are going to at&t park to see megaminister joel osteen. up to 50,000 are going to fort mason for the j. pop summit featuring all things in japanese pop culture. fun event. and then there's outside lands in golden gate park expected to bring in more than 125,000 people and that is where abc's reporter wayne freeman is live on this massive music event now underway. wayne. >> reporter: dan, i don't think massive is a big enough word for it. we need more syllables to explain how big this event is. many coming for mumford and sons. the head liner. we're looking at 70,000 people a day for the next three days. to are this opening day they have perfect summer weather for san francisco. sometime between yesterday and this morning the transition became complete. golden gate park turned into a city within the city and outside lands, the in place to be. >> i look forward to this all year. >> more than christmas? >> yes. definitely. >> reporter: so said alex franklin from portola valley here for the third straight year now here for the eighth. in the v

joel osteen and his wife victoria are holding an america's night of hope event at the park. the evening of praise and celebration starts at 7:00. they have the largest church in houston. >>> it's a potent drug that's getting more popular by the day. and people are literally blowing themselves up to make it. what the state is now doing to prevent more scenes like this. >> plus, deer are suddenly dropping dead along a popular walking trail and tonight, no one knows why. female announcer: right now at sleep train get up to 48 months interest-free financing on tempur-pedic. save hundreds on beautyrest. or choose $300 in free gifts with stearns & foster. the triple choice sale ends soon at sleep train. >>> this is what happens when an illegal drug lab explodes. tonight california is taking tough new steps to prevent catastrophes like this one in walnut creek last year. we have a report if you're caught manufacturing hash oil or other drugs in neighborhoods or near schools, prepare to spend a long time in prison. >> we're seeing an epidemic of honey oil type of injuries. >> report

look at joe osteen, who's learny, it's worked for them. but if that person doesn't really know what they're talking about, they're just a marketer, so it's a very careful balance. >> i think we talk all the time on the show about authenticity and it's a buzzword in the business world. i think it gets to that, right, ben? if you're authentic and it's not just cheesy marketing, might be okay. >> if you don't make it cheesy marketing. so my advice is to really focus on content marketing. on, you know, on promoting what you're doing and talking about what you know, in this case, maybe having a personal blog or having a blog for your clergy work. instead of being like here i am, i'm clergy, talk about the stuff you know, faith and family. content marketing doesn't feel like marketing at all, it feels like you're giving advice and insight and that's a perfect way to go. >> i agree with that. that's fantastic. >> you don't need to send direct mail. you can do it different ways. thank you, ben and denise, for your advice, really appreciate it. >>

welcome to america's night of hope with joel and victoria osteen from at&t park in san francisco.to this special edition of america's night of hope. (applause) well god bless you! we feel very overjoyed to come to you from the beautiful at&t ballpark in san francisco, california. i'm with some of the finest people in all of san francisco right here. we love having you with us as well. i always start with something funny. i heard about this man. he called the church office and said, "i want to speak to the head hog at the trough." the secretary was offended. she said, "if you mean the pastor, then you're going to have to call him pastor. but you may not call him the head hog at the trough." he said, "well, fine but

america's night of hope with joel and victoria osteen. it was awesome. grand slam.xtremely inspirational. we're going to go out of here with more joy, with more peace, with more strength. he's always positive. you know what, i'm standing at second base in yankee stadium. i may not be playing baseball, but i'm doing something else even better. we're making history in new york city for the gospel of jesus christ. welcome to an historic. celebration of faith at yankee stadium. (applause) well, god bless you! it's a joy to come into your homes. we're at beautiful yankee stadium for america's night of hope with the finest people in all of new york! right here at yankee stadium! (applause) i like to start with something funny. i heard about this man. he called the church office and said, "i want to speak to the head hog at the trough." the secre

america's night of hope with joel and victoria osteen. it was awesome. grand slam.pirational. we're going to go out of here with more joy, with more peace, with more strength. he's always positive. you know what, i'm standing at second base in yankee stadium. i may not be playing baseball, but i'm doing something else even better. we're making history in new york city for the gospel of jesus christ. welcome to an historic. celebration of faith at yankee stadium. (applause) well, god bless you! it's a joy to come into your homes. we're at beautiful yankee stadium for america's night of hope with the finest people in all of new york! right here at yankee stadium! (applause) i like to start with something funny. i heard about this man.

america's night of hope with joel and victoria osteen. it was awesome. grand slam. extremely inspirational. we're going to go out of here with more joy, with more peace, with more strength. you know what, i'm standing at second base in yankee stadium. i may not be playing baseball, but i'm doing something else even better. we're making history in new york city for the gospel of jesus christ. welcome to an historic celebration of faith at yankee stadium. (applause) well, god bless you! it's a joy to come into your homes. we're at beautiful yankee stadium for america's night of hope with the finest people in all of new york! right here at yankee stadium! (applause) i like to start with something funny. i heard about this man. he called the church office and said, "i want to speak to the head hog at the trough." the secretary was offended. she said, you're going to have to call him pastor. but you may not call him the head hog at the trough." he said, "well, fine, i was thinking about making a $10,000 donation to your church." she said, "hang on, porky just walked in."

welcome to america's night of hope with joel and victoria osteen from at&t park in san francisco. welcome to this special edition of america's night of hope. (applause) well god bless you! pwe feel very overjoyed pto come to you from the beautiful at&t ballpark in san francisco, california. i'm with some of the finest people in all of san francisco right here. we love having you with us as well. i always start with something funny. i heard about this man. he called the church office and said, "i want to speak to the head hog at the trough." the secretary was offended. she said, "if you mean the pastor, then you're going to have to call him pastor. but you may not call him the head hog at the trough." he said, "well, fine but i was thinking about making a $5,000 donation to your church." she said, "hang on, porky just walked in." (laughter) would you say it with me? this is my bible. i am what it says i am, i have what it says i have. i can do what it says i can do. tonight i will be taught the word of god. i boldly confess: my mind is alert. my heart is receptive. i will never be

welcome to america's night of hope with joel and victoria osteen from at&t park in san francisco.s special edition of america's night of hope. (applause) well god bless you! we feel very overjoyed to come to you from the beautiful at&t ballpark in san francisco, california. i'm with some of the finest people in all of san francisco right here. we love having you with us as well. i always start with something funny. i heard about this man. he called the church office and said, "i want to speak to the head hog at the trough." the secretary was offended. she said, "if you mean the pastor,

america's night of hope with joel and victoria osteen. it was awesome. grand slam. to go out of here with more joy, with more peace, with more strength. he's always positive. you know what, i'm standing at second base in yankee stadium. i may not be playing baseball, but i'm doing something else even better. we're making history in new york city for the gospel of jesus christ. welcome to an historic. celebration of faith at yankee stadium. (applause) well, god bless you! it's a joy to come into your homes. we're at beautiful yankee stadium for america's night of hope with the finest people in all of new york! right here at yankee stadium! (applause)

joel osteen runs lakewood church in houston texas.3,000 attend services there each week. the highest attendance of any church in the nation and 14 million watch his half hour sunday sermons each month. the at&t event is called america's night of hope. >>> and more than 50,000 yellow rubber ducks were dropped into the chicago river on thursday to help raise money for the special olympics illinois. this was the tenth ducky derby for the windy city a single duck adoption costs $5 and check it out. it's like -- a swarm. it's called the quake pack of -- i should say a quack pack of six costs $25. there are a lot of them in there i think. quake pack a mega donation of 100 got 24 hours ducks. prizes include a 2015 truck, a apple vacation and a nascar sprint cup package. >>> now trailed them by a game and a half. >>> a's third baseman danny went deep in to the third inning while catcher josh -- drove in a run with an opposite ground rule double. sonny gray won his 12th game of the season as the a's knocked off the astros 3-1. >>> tesla puttin