the dup used the uda for elections, the uda used the dup... how did we use them?ng at the moment. nonsense. endorsing your candidates. can ijust... he has rejected any such endorsement. colum eastwood, do you share john o'dowd's view? it's astonishing that we have a uda—linked organisation out promoting candidates in this election. i am glad now... it was set up byjonathan powell, the right—hand man of tony blair. that's fine. i am glad now thatjeffrey has said unequivocally he doesn't want their support. it took him a long time to do that and thankfully they're there. i issued a statement immediately on it. look at some of the things that went on in government around red sky and everything else, it's about time all of us step away from those types of people. all of us challenge them to move away from the types of activities they're involved in. i am not sure that's happening. i want to go to the audience. applause. a young lady in the back row. sorry to interrupt the bickering! i want to highlight this is a general election, not an assembly election. i want to go

abc 7 news reporter katie udas is live at the alameda county fairgrounds in pleasanton, and this might be the best time to be there, huh, katie? >> yes, matt, that is the case. the fair officially closed at 11:00 tonight but the rides as you can see behind me, they are still in operation. that's because they're trying to make up for lost revenue. it was so hot this morning that not as many people were taking to the rides but we've noticed tonight as the temperatures cool the fair heats up. how hot do you think it is out? >> super duper duper hot. >> reporter: the bay area has hit triple digits. >> i think at one point i saw 103 on our weather gauge. >> reporter: at the alameda county fair in pleasanton, that meins an increase in the number of heat exhaustion incidents. firefighters responded to more than a dozen calls today. >> that's a huge spike in our heat-related calls. >> reporter: so if you're hitting up your favorite fair attraction -- >> my favorite spot is where all the rides are. >> reporter: how about you? >> mine is where all the games are. >> mine is where all the slides a