abc 7 news sports reporter, mike shuman, is in new orleans.tweeted this picture with abe mendoza today. he'll have a preview at 6:00 tomorrow. and you can follow him on twitter for his insider perspective. and larry beale will have more on the game coming up in sports. here during this hour. >>> if you couldn't get a ticket to the grateful dead's final concerts in chicago you're in luck. the band announced it will broadcast the event live via pay-per-view. the shows will be live streamed in a web cast. details on the band's website. the concert will feature the four original members to be reunited in chicago. >>> another 30 minutes of news at 9:00 is coming up next. a chilean volcano reawakens after decades. >>> also, the chinese scientists who claim to be the first to modify the human genome. >>> and this -- >> what's that mean? >> plus one question. one brave little girl asked the first lady that many people are i like fun as much as anyone. but we need to talk about - whoa! what was that? - about mustache safety. my blazin' chicken sandwich

we have team coverage tonight, abc 7 sports anchor mike shuman in new orleans. >> first caroline live in concord on where you can get your hands on the gear caroline. >> reporter: yeah, if you're a die hard fan like i am, you cannot get enough of this stuff. this store heads up sports in concord is one of those. trying to feed my fever. >> we just ran out. they are going really quickly. >> reporter: he is on his way home to hawaii and just had to pick up some warriors gear before heading to the airport. >> my favorite team since middle school. >> reporter: now they're in the playoffs, everybody's on the band wagon. and stores are scrambling to keep up with fan demand. >> i'm going to wait for a couple of weeks, i want to respect golden state all the way in new york. >> reporter: heads up sports is stuffed with traditional jerseys and hats plus clocks. and socks. mugs and memorabilia. >> i wish we had more things to give people because everyone is asking for it. but it is, it's nice to still have a selection available for people. >> reporter: trust us, the hunt is on for blue and yello

senator shuman can make his remarks. he is willing to defer to you. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i like to call up number one. >> without objection. >> thank you. i would also like to ask that several be added as cosponsors. >> without objection. >> after much discussion with some of my colleagues who indicated concerns about -- i have said all along that i think this amendment is important on its own. it worked out an agreement with chairman hatch, for which i see thank you, to offer this amendment. be asking for a vote -- we will not be asking for a vote. i discussed in recent weeks and for years now i believe currency manipulation is a most significant emerging trade challenge this country faces. according to the peterson institute for national economics, more than 20 countries have increased their foreign exchange reserves by an annual average of $1 trillion in recent years. the buildup keeps the currency significantly undervalued and increasing their trade surplus. that has resulted in deficits going up from about 200 billion to $500 billion a year. corresponding u.s. job lo

reporting live from the smoothie king center here in new orleans mike shuman, abc 7 news. >> thank you. he also said it was like the 2000 presidential election al gore won the popular vote, but lost to the electoral college to george bush. i was the guy i should have won, he had more first place votes. dub nation, let's see the warrior warrior's pride. these are just a few of the them. getting tons of photos, which is fantastic. use the #dubson7 and we will find them. >> i did wear my warriors blue today. >> nice. >>> the blockbusters merger between two cable giants is off. rumored reports that comcast plans to walk away from its proposed takeover of time warner cable. the move comes after bloomberg reported that officials in the fcc and the justice department opposed the $45 billion merger. the officials reportedly told leaders from both companies that the merger of america's two largest cable providers wouldn't be good for consumers. a formal announcement is expected tomorrow. >>> you may get to put on the new apple watch sooner than anticipated. apple says the first shipments of the

with each other towards a common cause of seeing and understanding each other founded by our shared shuman -- shared human experiences and triumphs and failures and sorrows. i hope that we will own that power and that we will use it to collectively say, we stand for a woman's right to choose freely the path that she will travel. we will fight for the tools that will provide her with that choice. when she does, under that decision for her own body whether she will pursue a career at home or in the workplace we will stand with her in defending her choice. i hope we will use our power to stand arm and arm -- arm in arm with our sisters, no matter who they are or the choices we make because we stand unabashedly and unashamedly for women's equality. and when we do unite and stand together for that cause we truly will have the power to make it happen. thank you all so very, very much. [applause] host: thank you for that inspiring speech and we are so grateful to have you here. and i have the pleasure of immersing myself so very deeply into your memoir over this past week or two, and one of the t

from "the washington post is quote about a back-and-forth against senator dick durbin and senator shumanwhat is going on? we saw harry reid endorse chuck schumer and what is going on behind the scenes? guest: this site has started because senator durbin and his staff say that chuck schumer when harry reid stepped out, said he would support the durbin in keeping the current position. they say that did not happen. you rarely see these interparty disputes spill out into the public which is what makes it fascinating. kind of in the middle is patty murray, senator from washington state who is maybe looking at durbin's job. the rumor was that chuck schumer was going to endorse murray even though it was a he said, she said, who said. i think the most notable thing about this is that you do not see these disputes and this does not usually happen. chuck schumer and dick durbin lived together for 22 years, so this is a personal fight. it is pretty nasty of their right now. we will see what happens as this plays out going forward. host: bill from fort pierce, florida. go ahead. caller: good morning

from "the washington post is quote about a back-and-forth against senator dick durbin and senator shumanat is going on? we saw harry reid endorse chuck schumer and what is going on behind the scenes? guest: this site has started because senator durbin and his staff say that chuck schumer when harry reid stepped out, said he would support the durbin in keeping the current position. they say that did not happen. you rarely see these interparty disputes spill out into the public which is what makes it fascinating. kind of in the middle is patty murray, senator from washington state who is maybe looking at durbin's job. the rumor was that chuck schumer was going to endorse murray even though it was a he said, she said, who said. i think the most notable thing about this is that you do not see these disputes and this does not usually happen. chuck schumer and dick durbin lived together for 22 years, so this is a personal fight. it is pretty nasty of their right now. we will see what happens as this plays out going forward. host: bill from fort pierce, florida. go ahead. caller: good morning.