i mean, that story of him going to publix was really pretty funny, you know, he's there, people have around and said, i think that's lionel messi. he says to his wife can you give me the car keys and he walks out and hops into his car. i mean, anybody, i don't care how big a star you are, ought to be able to have some semblance of normalcy in your life. i think he's going to see some of that. i think one of the great moments for me last night was after all of the celebration i was talking to him and he was just standing there walking out and looking at his kids kicking the ball with sergio's children who are also the same age, the great barcelona former captain also was unveiled last night. this is fantastic to see that this sport can provide players not only a great opportunity to perform at the highest level but also have some ability to have a semblance of normalcy in their life. i think you will see a lot of that and i think it will be a lot of fun. >> don garber, big night last night. thanks so much for your time. >> thank you. have a good day. >>> and speaking of another great,

agency put out wildfire crisis strategy a little bit more than a year ago to focus on changing our publixnities and natural resources are experiencing wildfires. we are significant significant magnifiers now. they are really burning massive amounts of acres. the focus of the strategy is to treat those right lands at the right scale in the right places so that we get the kind of outcome we want. which is to mitigate wildfire impacts to communities, habitats, recreational values, if you will. kristen: can we talk about the many dead trees killed by prolonged droughts, insects? what is the plan there? >> our plan is to look at these landscapes, focusing on what we call the highest risk areas first and moving up from there. the intent is to go in and where we need to mechanically treat, we will do so first, then we will come back in with prescribed burning to really reduce that fire potential intensity that we are experiencing in our plant. we are really looking at it from a standpoint of where the greatest hazards are. kristen: what about logging? i'm wondering if the wildfire risk is changi

we loved seeing him at publix, right?o look forward to. >> gio: he got his box of lucky charms there too. i was looking at the shopping cart. thank you so much for watching, everybody. as my daughter says, slay the day. >> janai: good-bye. building a better bay area. moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc7 news. >> good morning. i'm gloria rodriguez. hang in there. bay area some inland neighborhoods are in for another hot day and if you're planning on taking bart, you may encounter delays today. this after trains ran at slower speeds yesterday because of the weather. you are encouraged to add ten minutes to your travel times. as bart says, the heat can cause a train's tracks to shift and a lot of people will be heading to san francisco's golden gate park this morning for a very important cause. aids walk sf 2023 is back and abc7 is a proud longtime sponsor. our very own dan ashley has emceed the event for decades. he'll have a preview of today's walk in our 9 a.m. newscast and it will be followed by a live stream

>> like, did he really think he could fly under the radar at a publix grocery store? >> well, i think at the end of the day, that's what makes leo human. it's what makes his family human. that's why people love leo so much. >> beckham also told victor that when messi takes the field for inter miami tomorrow night, he might actually cry. tickets are going for thousands of dollars, even though this match technically doesn't count yet, at least in the world of mls. by the way, miami's not done yet. they are in late stage talks to pick up one of messi's friends, luis suarez. they played together at barcelona. he would probably be the second best player maybe in mls. so you can have the two best players there on the same team, same pitch. how's that? and from the pitch to the links where golf's final major tournament of the season is underway, the open championship, also known as the british open, started early this morning at england's royal liverpool golf club. >> now that course has hosted the open 30 mean times before. the most recent two winners are very familiar name

tambiÉn la noche de ayer, como dijeron, se hicieron virales estas imÁgenes de messi en un supermercado publixiÓn formal de messi ahora en el equipo rosado. tambiÉn con muchos restaurantes preparÁndose, cada vez son mÁs imÁgenes, mÁs caras de messi a lo largo del sur de la florida, tambiÉn hay restaurantes locales que estÁn sacando cervezas, platillos, sandwich, hamburguesas, con diferentes productos relacionados con la llegada de messi. estaremos bien pendientes, regresÓ con ustedes. carolina: te agradecemos, siempre quedas invitado aquÍ a que vengas a la "ediciÓn digital" con mÁs historias como esas. borja: nos encantan, y no sÓlo el domingo se presenta messi, tambiÉn la vida continÚa. el domingo tambiÉn celebramos el dÍa nacional del helado. en medio de tanto calor, no me dejarÁn mentir, quÉ maravilla, vamos a visitar una popular heladerÍa del sur de la florida, que le harÁ la boca agua, y que rinde un gran tributo a celia cruz. ♪zyrtec♪ comienza a actuar desde la primera hora. y es 2x más fuerte cuando lo tomas otra vez al día siguiente. para que ellos puedan ser... los esteros felices. se

business >> reporter: as for messi, he's quickly becoming a florida man spotted at popular grocery store publix thursday night ahead of an official introduction this weekend. if that was messi right now, what would you tell him >> thank you so much for everything, man. >> messi in miami. we're so happy we could mark this moment that's "nightly news" for this friday. i'm tom llamas reporting from miami tonight. thanks so much for watching have a great weekend . >>> i'm raj mathai. next on "nbc bay area news tonight," hot today and hotter tomorrow. 100 degrees in many bay area cities. we'll tell you what to expect as we head into the weekend. >>> also, a car careens off the road, crashing into the ocean. our skyranger was there for the

by the way, tmz or something saw a photo of him grocery shopping at a publix supermarket in florida. >> did people recognize him? he's huge in europe. >> some people did but he was literally pushing a cart with a bunch of cereal. >>> audrey asistio assists us with what's coming up next. >> and he gets his own groceries, not bad. a pay raise raising eyebrows, why the naacp is pushing back against a pay bump for the new mayor. >>> and golden gate field closing after three decades, the employees scrambling to find out what's next. this came as a big surprise to almost everyone. and what could happen now to this pricey east bay water front property. >>> and a deadline to save dogs in the south bay, the dire consequences an animal shelter is facing tonight. >>> the news at 6:00 starts right now. good evening, and thanks for being with us on this monday. i'm raj mathai. >> and i'm audrey asistio. oakland city council is to decide whether to give the mayor a significant raise. it's a hotly debated topic, some say the mayor deserves a bump, others say it's a bad look for the city facing a ma

he was spotted at a publix, the all time greatest supermarket chain. wonder if he got a pub sub. if you know, you know. got to get buffalo on that. >>> steph curry showed up to drake's concert in brooklyn with his wife and mom. as for the other splash brother, klay thompson shared some of what he has been doing on his trip to greece. steve kerr is having an absolute heart attack right now! cliff jumping! >> i don't think that is part of his contract! i think you should stick with the inner tubes floating the mediterranean. looks like an epic trip, though. matt, ththanks. >>> king charles is adopting a tradition involving birds, boats and a bit of math. ian lee has the story from london. >> reporter: the uk is newly-crowned king charles needs to keep his ducks in a row. that includes counting his swans. every year, boatloads of workers round up the birds along england's river thames in a tradition called swan upping. >> we take them ashore, weigh them, measure them, and most importantly we check them for any injuries. >> reporter: the royal responsibility dates to the 12th century

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business >> reporter: as for messi, he's quickly becoming a florida man spotted at popular grocery store publix thursday night ahead of an official introduction this weekend. if that was messi right now, what would you tell him >> thank you so much for everything, man. >> messi in miami. we're so happy we could mark this moment that's "nightly news" for this friday. i'm tom llamas reporting from miami tonight. thanks so much for watching have a great weekend ♪♪ doesn't take much to make me happy ♪ ♪ and make me smile with glee ♪ ♪ never never will i feel discouraged ♪ ♪ 'cause our love's no mystery ♪ ♪ demonstrating love and affection ♪ ♪ that you give so openly ♪ ♪ i like the way you make me feel about you baby ♪ ♪ want the whole wide world to see ♪ ♪ whoa whoa you got the best of my love ♪ ♪ whoa whoa you got the best of my love ♪ ♪ goin' in and out of changes ♪ ♪ the kind that come around each day ♪ ♪ my life has a better meaning ♪ ♪ love has kissed me in a beautiful way ♪ ♪ (oh woah) you got the best of my love ♪ ♪ oh whoa you got the best of my love ♪ ♪ demonstrating sweet love and affecti

more than 60 rights groups are asking politicians to possible that would require the government to publix a report on the details surrounding the murder of all just either journalist showing that i will offer that to the congress came on tuesday, the day of a visit to washington by his president. the justice for shooting acts was introduced in may, but it's unlikely to pass and the republican controlled house, the polish standing, and american journalist was sean de advise when he forces last year or reporting on the rating jeanine in the occupied westbank. is there any forces detained at least 10 palestinians in raids overnight on tuesday, troops entered settings across the occupied west, buying concluding the de say, refugee counseling. but for him, it was military has increase the number of raids and arrests in the occupied territories in recent months. the largest is really rates for years on the janine refuge account for any of this month left many children traumatized to try to help them recover. child therapists are holding on workshops. the children's paintings are being studied t

. >> reporter: messi is quickly becoming a florida man spotted at popular grocery store publix thursdayht now, what would you tell him? >> thank you so much for everything, man. >> messi in miami. we're so happy we could mark this moment. that's "nightly news" for this friday. i'm tom llamas reporting from miami tonight. thanks so much for watching. have a great weekend. >>> we begin with two breaking stories. start in san francisco where a shooting left one woman .

. >> walmart picked us up and publix and distributed in eight states and will scale out to 17 in 2023ht now. >> steve: great, i met a member of your team down in florida. allen, explain to us so woo can visualize, what beer does it kind of taste like, but better? >> the preamble is 4 minute 2 abv, crisp, refreshing beer and great alternative to your domestic beers that are out there. >> brian: what else? >> we have got a special hops ipa, this is overtaking preamble as number one seller. this is our tribute to the navy seals. >> ainsley: congratulations on your success and thank you for remembering our veterans. >> brian: and the constitution. >> we attribute to them 365 days per year. >> brian: where do we get your beer? >> you can actually get it online, if you go to our buy beer page on our website, you can order online and they ship to 36 states. >> brian: hof to have a page on my website that would allow me to buy beer. >> ainsley: go now. >> we do a lot of give-back to veteran organizations, we the people light session lager, we donate profit to the heart of lion foundation and

we're scaling into a lot of the retail trains like publix, winn dixie, hvb supermarkets and several moretion and we've got several beers that we're connecting to non-p profit organizations -- nonprofit organizations. and code of vets to give back to those veteran organizations that are out there doing great work to help our veterans and first responders. maria: how much did the bud light issue and the problem that the company had after hiring dylan mulvaney allow you to see a new opening to market and to speak with american citizens? >> it actually opened a big door and our sales jumped up about 600% across the board. we're continuing that crescendo in sales and those are great opportunities for us but i think some of these companies are making some really bad marketing decisions. they've forgotten who their audience is. it's not only hurting their company but it's also hurting the people that they employ as well around the company. that's kind of the sad part to the whole thing. maria: in what way? what do you mean? are you speaking to now employees there, trying to lure talent over to

. >> shopping at publix.will this mean as we get ready, the world cup and all these other developments for america having a clear presence in soccer? we've gotten better and better and better. where do you see this going? >> for major league soccer, they are fast expanding brand. in the last decade they've grown the number of clubs they have and increase in the number of fans showing up for these matches. in miami they are trying to play at hard rock stadium on miami dolphins, to accommodate the fans seeking to play a match over the next 21/2 years. neil: is he that good? >> he is one of, if not the best player of the last two decades. the fact -- a lot of people expect him to go back to his original club in barcelona. there was talk about him going to a saudi arabian club that was eyeing cristiano renaldo. but here he's taking a chance in miami and reunites with david backhama is part owner of this franchise, the sky is the limit for miami to make the splash, they are relatively new franchise, haven't really

. >> he's making himself part of the community from the video of him shopping at publix which was incrediblen and of itself that he would do that how did this happen? at the end of the day, how did it happen? despite the fact you have david beckham as one of the co-owners, and i'm sure that had a significant role, how did you pull this off? >> since we met with david, myself, my brother jose, we had a vision we had a vision to bring the best players in the world to intermiami, to major league soccer when we got into the project of inter miami we did it with wanting to create a bigger platform for football and the soccer landscape in the united states of america. the pursuit of messi started in 2019 when david and i flew to barcelona and met with his father and really started the process of convincing him to come to america, following in the footsteps of pele, david beckham, and we knew lionel messi's arrival in 2023 would mark a change because when does an athlete have the opportunity to troupely change a sport and i think that's the opportunity lionel messi has ahead of himself i think ther

fans spotting messi getting groceries at publix. the first match could come as soon as this friday.ow much those tickets are going for in a moment. joining us is soccer podcaster and commenter for mls season pass chris whittlingham. i tried to list his accomplishments, and he's won everything. talk about his greatness. is he really the g.o.a.t.? >> i think so. you can have a well roped debate about -- reason ed gate about pail-- pele. putting it together and also not even just listing off the bona fides as you mentioned but also the watching of a player who i think has completely mastered this game at every level, i think messi is the greatest player who ever lived. there are reasonable debates othe otherwise. you combine the accolades, style of play, joy of watching him, think he's the greatest. and he's coming to major league soccer. >> what does it mean for mls? for we've heard talk about soccer being the next big pro sport in the united states. is this a turning point? >> i think it can be. i think everything in this sport here in the u.s. are steps forward. i think people are w

these photos from a nearby publix supermarket.crowded. >> that's really what happens when laura goes to the grocery store. it just turns into mayhem. >> i find a guy like him, can you get that on the top shelf? >> laura garcia. [ laughter ] >>> more messi mania coming up ahead on the "today" show. that includes an inside look at last night's sold-out game. plus, check out what's trending at home. head over to nbcbayarea.com. we've got a trending bar right there at the top of the home page. >>> now at 6:00, bay area heat concerns giving way to another weather-related issue, and leaving firefighters on high alert. >> although the risk is low, any ignition has the potential for a pretty rapid spread. >>> after a bay area heat beatdown, lightning strikes. >>> and a finish no one saw coming, it's suddenly the end of an era for bay area horse racing. the surprise announcement signaling the end of golden gate fields. this is "today in the bay." >>> good monday morning to you. thanks so much for starting your day with us. i'm laura garcia

today's verdict is the culmination of a year's long corruption investigation that also saw publix works. chief mohammed nuru of san francisco sentenced to 7 years in prison. >> also new at 9 tonight, 2 more guards at the federal women's prison in dublin are facing prison time themselves after they pled guilty to felony charges of sexually abusing women who are incarcerated. there. not keenan. leanne andrew jones also admitted to lying to investigators. that's according to prosecutors today. nunley is facing 17 years in prison. jones is facing up to 18 years and they're subject to a half million dollars in fines. each for abusing 3 women between 2020 2021. the pleas are the latest in a string of indictments, convictions in plea agreements involving 8 employees of the low-security facility, which one federal judge referred to as a cesspool. >> oakland's eviction moratorium expires tomorrow. the protections were put in place during the pandemic to help people oinancially. the fact that the moratorium is ending means that people who have not been paying right need to start paying it startin

along with adc, a name that focuses on high-quality single-tenant leases like walgreen's, walmart, publixbe net winners in the current macro portfolio can play offense and defense, and so i think picking names like that in that backdrop and selectivity is something we empathize and they're net winners. >> haendel, thanks for your time today. >> thank you >>> coming up, 100 million users in less than five days and that makes threads the largest online platform in history and is it a flash in the pan we'll ask one ad exec with meta shares hitting a new 52-week high >> annual prime day, the cloud and streaming does prime day even matter for amazon anymore that's the subject of today's tech check del's up 60. "the exchange" is back after this this. we planned well for retirement, but i wish we had more cash. you think those two have any idea? that they can sell their life insurance policy for cash? so they're basically sitting on a goldmine? i don't think they have a clue. that's crazy! well, not everyone knows coventry's helped thousands of people sell their policies for cash. even term poli

>> reporter: according to apex marketing group, messi's trip to publix netted the company millions inos of him shopping went viral on social media. >> they've done about the value to date as of this morning about 6.5 million in viral equivalent brand value that we've been able to measure. that's across forms of tv, radio, all social media. >> reporter: of course messi stands to make tens of millions of dollars off his contract. part of the attention when we get to tonight's match is whether messi is going to start tonight or come off the bench as a substitute. the 36-year-old, he's only been in town for about a week. he's only had one practice with the team, and he still has to get to know his new teammates. the anticipation, the hype, everyone is ready to go and it should be an exciting and an historic night. abby and phil. >> you know, carlos, the day will come when i will say inter miami instead of inter milan when i talk about this team. today was not that day. big day, big night for you guys down there, thanks, buddy. >> messi doesn't have to worry about all the publicity. he's u

here he is just a regular guy in publix. that's lionel messi in miami.that wraps up the hour for me. i'm jose diaz-balart. see you tomorrow night on "nbc nightly news." reach me on twitter and instagram. watch highlights from today's show online. thank you for the privilege of your time. "andrea mitchell reports" starts right now. >>> right now, hollywood superstars walk off the red carpet of the "oppenheimer" blockbuster premiere. actors join the writers in strikes that could impact the fall season and beyond. >> it's a huge deal to be here. it's a huge deal to be in lockstep with my peers. >>> also this hour, the critical defense authorization bill now loaded with an abortion ban and other far-right social amendments gets through the republican led house despite outcries from

if you don't like the prices at publix shop at kroger.nflation that joe biden had said was "transitory" was significant. people got wage increases. inflation wiped away the value of that. inflation has begun to come down. prices are not going up as fast as they work, so the question for republican -- they were, so the question for republicans is can they run on that in 2024? the number one word people talk of when it comes to economic challenges is an opportunity, its affordability. they cannot afford the thing to live. that will be a challenge for the biden administration to address in the months ahead. , by the way, this is the best callers. they may be mad at me, and they may not -- and i may not be saying to them what they want to hear, but as far as knowing what is happening, these are the best callers i have had in a while. host: another great color, charlston -- caller, charlston, south carolina, republican line. caller: frank, who did you predict was going to win the 20 16 election? guest: hillary clinton based on the exit polling

if you don't like the prices at publix shop at kroger. inflation that joe biden had said was "transitory" was significant. people got wage increases. inflation wiped away the value of that. inflation has begun to come down. prices are not going up as fast as they work, so the question for republican -- they were, so the question for republicans is can they run on that in 2024? the number one word people talk of when it comes to economic challenges is an opportunity, its affordability. they cannot afford the thing to live. that will be a challenge for the biden administration to address in the months ahead. , by the way, this is the best callers. they may be mad at me, and they may not -- and i may not be saying to them what they want to hear, but as far as knowing what is happening, these are the best callers i have had in a while. host: another great color, charlston -- caller, charlston, south carolina, republican line. caller: frank, who did you predict was going to win the 20 16 election? guest: hillary clinton based on the exit polli

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