Were going to check back with information on the funeral procession for mayor ed lee kicking off in a little while that may affect your drive. And speaking of that, honoring San Francisco mayor ed lee. People will be able to pay their respects at city hall where the mayors body will lie in state. The line is expected to be very long, city hall leading into the rotunda. Doors will open at 8 00 a. M. And there will be a condolence book people can sign. A live look outside at city hall right now. The memorial continuing to grow for mayor lee. The steps are covered in flowers, pictures, and notes in tribute to the mayor who died suddenly tuesday morning. The memorial celebration will be held sunday at 3 00 p. M. At city hall. It is open to the public. If you cant make it we have live coverage here on abc 7 news. New developments in an oakland construction accident from may. Its led to nearly 150,000 in fines from the state department of industrial relations. 13 workers were hurt after falling about 20 feet when a temporary molding collapsed. Workers were pouring concrete at a Broadway Construction site when this happened. Officials are blaming significant safety lapses. They say employers must identify, evaluate unsafe working conditions. This morning the fccs condition on Net Neutrality now becoming an international issue. Only a short time ago German Government said it backs a, quote, open and Free Internet despite the u. S. Decision. What youre seeing video of here yesterday clears the way for Internet Service companies to charge more to see certain content. Here locally a lawsuit against the agency. The county thinks it will harm local startups that depend on the internet to reach customers. Other tech giants have also criticized the fccs decision. Natasha . Jess, thank you. Scott weiener is commenting saying he will introduce ledge la legislation to make it a law. Net neutrality is so important for a free and open internet. Without Net Neutrality we can have a situation where its easier to access websites that pay money and harder to access those that dont pay money. It will regulate telecom businesses to provide equal access and says he will work with the aclu to craft the bill. We get it. Net neutrality can be confusing. We have a video to break it down, what it all means. Its one minute of your time. Youll find it on our website, abc7news. Com. The bay area taking another big step towards the sale of Recreational Marijuana starting new years day. Among the first to get a Cannabis License from the state. Matt keller is live for us in san jose. Good morning, matt. Reporter good morning, natasha and reggie. This is an Industrial Area but one business really stands out. This is buddys. They let us know they received their very first license from the state. The selling of Recreational Marijuana doesnt become legal until january 1st. The state bureau of cannabis control says by handing out licenses now businesses will be able to start operating on new years day. Bureau of cannabis control just post add licensing Application Form and dozens of potential businesses including buddys have completed the process. We are going to be closed on january 1st so in order to meet our mandate were issuing licenses early. So they will receive their license electronically, print it out, post it in their store and they will operate january 1st. Reporter the state projects it will collect 1 billion in new taxes from pot sales and other activity within several years. Reporting live, matt keller, abc 7 news. Abc 7 news spoke with a swimmer who was bitten by a sea lion in San Francisco bay. Christian einfeldt believes the sea lion trailed him as he swam from the beach. It bit him on the arm. He started bleeding profusely. A nearby boater came to the rescue. He was rushed to a nearby hospital. He is expected to be okay. He says the attack wont stop him from swimming in the bay, but he is going to make some changes. Im now going to be swimming in waist deep water only. This is their kingdom. I dont think i want to roll the experts say sea lion attacks on humans are so rare its difficult to pinpoint what exactly sets them off. New evacuations as crews continue to battle the thomas fire in southern california. It is a tough morning for everyone, though, after a cal fire engineer was killed. 32yearold cory iverson from San Diego County had been with cal fire since the year 2009 and sources tell abc 7 news he was overcome by a socalled burnover near highway 126 and ventura county. His team has now been removed from the fire lines. New video from the city of fillmore. Orders were issued overnight. The thomas fire is now the fourth largest in california history. Actor Dustin Hoffman facing a new accusation of Sexual Misconduct. This time from a woman who was under age when this alleged indent occurred. A packed house to show support for north bay fire survivors. How much money has been raised to help people rebuild their lives. And im meteorologist drew tuma. Our fire danger will be increasing over the weekend. A flag warning will go into effect late tonight lasting through sunday morning. Well take a closer look at the well take a closer look at the winds its 6 09 and a full house for a second benefit concert to help out victims of the north bay fires. The redhot chili peppers headlined at last nights band together two bay area concert. The first was held at at t park last month. Organizers say theyve raised more than 20 million for both events. 6 10 a. M. Your hour by hour look at today. Later on, 8 00 this morning, you see temperatures in the 40s. As we head into the midday hour, 12 00, youll notice some high, thin clouds moving through. We will top out later on today. Once that sun goes down, the winds will pick up and they will peak on saturday. The north winds will pick up, could gust over 30 miles an hour and even close to 50 miles an hour. Combine that with very low humidity. That means any fires that start can easily spread under these conditions. Be vigilant the next 48 hours. A check of the roads with sue. Good morning. A live look at the bay bridge as you come into San Francisco. Its a little slow and go. Whats happened . Theres a stall near harrison. Crews are trying to push that out of the way. You can see them moving better than the left hand. So headsup there they should have that cleared out. On the other side of the span the metering lights are on. Green is good. Were looking at so far so good, a little slowing out of the central valley. Otherwise traffic is moving pretty nicely. Just a headsup this morning there will be a rolling closure starting anytime now from daly city. This is for the funeral procession that will arrive at the sick centcivic center. Sue, thank you. 6 11 now. Researchers say they found a solution to the dreaded traffic jam. Your cars Cruise Control could be the secret. And a star wars showing doesnt go as planned. Why theater employees were forced to call police. A live look at sfo only on abc 7 mornings. Abc 7 mornings. Youll see live traffic and im phil mickelson, pro golfer. Abc 7 mornings. Im karen, im a teacher. Nd my Psoriatic Arthritis caused joint pain. Just like my moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. And i was worried about joint damage. My doctor said joint pain from ra can be a sign of isting joint damage that could only get worse. He prescribed enel to help relieve pain and help stop further damage. Enbrel may lower you ability to fight infections. 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Its 6 15 now. Friends of stacee etcheber, one of 58 people killed, is putting up orange lights. Orange was etchebers favorite color. She even wore an orange wedding dress. One friend asked neighbors to switch out red and green lights to orange ones to let etchebers husband and kids know they havent been forgotten. Shes not coming back so the longer that everybody rallies around the family the better. Now every single home on etchebers block has orange lights wrapped around the garage. Since orange lights are not around this time of year. Apparently a substantial amount of americans have roommates, and that number keeps going up. Those aged 23 to 65 live in doubledup households. Thats a 9 jump in 2005. In San Francisco 38 of adults live with mom and dad or roommates. Young people have it even worse. More than 50 of those aged 23 to 29 live in doubleup households. Star wars fans were thrilled to see the last jedi across the country with the exception of a theater in burbank. Were not going to be starting. No. It got a little unruly. This was captured on the amc theater in southern california. Technical problems caused the screening to be cut short and when an employee offered to refund the tickets, fans went a little wild. One person tweeted the movie stopped ten minutes. Police had to come in and calm people down. The film never restarted. Amc offered other options to see the movie at another time. Maybe storm troopsers going in would have helped. Grab the refund and see you another time. It sucks. Youre telling them to relax. Calm down. The winds will not be calm. Live doppler 7 showing you its a quiet sweep. We have issues with fog. Live doppler 7 showing you visibility in terms of miles, down to three miles in santa rosa and petaluma. Traveling on 101 in the north bay later on this morning you will encounter that fog. Temperature wise typical spread right now. Warmer temperatures close to the coast. 50 in San Francisco. About 35, that current number in livermore. Good morning, san jose. A chilly start at 39 degrees. Later on well bounce back nicely. A lot of sunshine. Temperatures in the mid and upper 60s. Its a nice friday. Another spare the air day. Still getting smoke from the wildfires. Poor air quality. Lets talk about the winds. Future tracker wind gusts, the winds pick up first along the coast and in the north bay and then they pick up everywhere early saturday morning. Winds will be gusting at over 30 miles an hour. Over 50 miles an hour. If you have holiday ornaments, make sure theyre tied down. Some hazy sunshine. The winds are gusting on saturday. The winds will ease and cool off next week. A check of the roads. Sue, good morning. Happy friday. We are coming off the bay bridge at a slow pace. Westbound 80 there is a stall. Bridge crews are trying to move it out of lanes. Slow and go as well. A moderate drive from hercules into San Francisco. Half of your drive will be waiting in that line. 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Relative humidity value during the daytime, 10 to 20 . Any fires that start can easily spread. Be vigilant the next 48 hours. Guys . We want to go straight to sky 7 live in daly city. The procession is beginning right now for mayor ed lee. This is getting under way just leaving daly city. This is about eight or nine miles away where people will be able to pay their respects today. And that will start under the rotunda at city hall and he will be lying in state until 7 00 p. M. Tonight. Sunday the funeral will be held and that will begin at 3 00 p. M. We expect it to be quite a number of dignitaries honoring the mayor. Willie brown is expected to speak at the ceremony. The public is invited to that on sunday. If you wish to watch but cant make it to city hall you can watch it right here on abc 7 news. London breed stopped by city hall and saw all the flowers outside. It was quite emotional for her to see that and the other supervisors echoed the same remarks. Its still difficult to process and who can blame them. They were talking with the mayor about his Holiday Plans and how much he was looking forward to christmas with his family. And then suddenly in the middle of the night getting the message he had died of a heart attack. We were just as shocked as anyone. He suffered a heart attack while grocery shopping. Smiling and laughing and looking in great health, no one saw this coming. He passed dead at 1 00 a. M. In the hospital on tuesday morning. You can see the procession still continuing now. The line of mourners expected to be long. Of course well keep tracking this for you this morning. It is something to keep watching as the procession leads watching as the procession leads into San Francisco. My name is jamir dixon and im a locate and Mark Fieldman watching as the procession leads into San Francisco. For pg e. Most people in the community recognize the blue trucks as pg e. My truck is something new. Its an 811 truck. 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And good morning. It is 6 30 on this friday, december 15th. Thanks for being with us. Mike and alexis off today. A check of your weather and traffic. Tomorrow winds will pick up. You notice the sun just barely starting to show on the horizon. Your 12hour planner. A spare the air day. It will turn breezy. We expect winds to gust coming on saturday. Thats weather. A check of the roads with sue. Slow and go on the san mateo bridge. Look at this bumper to bumper across the span. An earlier stall, apparently a pickup truck with a broke axle coming off the western span of the bay bridge blocking the left lane near harrison. A look at drive times. A 22minute delay to get into the city and just about 30 minutes to get across the san mateo bridge over towards the peninsula. I would say dumbarton would be a good alternate at this point. Thank you, sue. Back to the procession for the late mayor ed lee now getting under way. It started in daly city and is now in San Francisco proper. They just got off the freeway and are heading to San Francisco right now. An eight or ninemile journey. Once mayor ed lee does arrive at city hall he will be lying in state and the public will be allowed to pay their respects. Amy hollyfield is live. Reporter look at what will be here greeting the procession when it gets here. Two ladders that are lit up from the San Francisco fire department. Two of their trucks here. This is at the entrance where people will be walking into hall if they want to go inside for viewing. It will be open to the public from 8 00 this morning until 7 00 tonight. They do expect a large crowd and will have officers making sure the line keeps moving. There will be a condolence book that people can sign. City leaders expect this entire weekend to be quite a sendoff. It is appropriate and fitting for a man who earned everybodys respect. This is someone we saw monday, sunday and saturday, good spirits. Excited for the holidays. Reporter mayor ed lee died early sunday suddenly on tuesday morning. That Memorial Service is scheduled on sunday and the doors will open at city hall at 2 00. Look at this live picture. The marquee says rest in peace, the marquee says rest in peace, mayor lee. If you do get here and find that city hall is full across the street over at the library they will have a live broadcast for people who cant fit inside city hall. Amy, thank you. 6 33. Back to sky 7. Back to sky 7. As theyre going in. It is incredible to see this morning. We expect, of course, a number of dignitaries to attend this weekend at his service that amy was just talking about amy was just talking about sunday. Members will be allowed into the rotunda to pay their respects to the mayor. A lot of people have left mementoes and its really grown into quite a memorial and how the city had to push it to the side. Its still there. So that they c. The line is expected to start forming early this morning. It will be on the side of city hall that leads into the rotunda. A condolence book available that people can sign. A memorial sunday at 3 00 p. M. At city hall. Thats expected to be packed with people who want to share in their grief and memories. If you cant make it we do have live coverage on sunday of the Memorial Service itself. We expect that one of the speakers will be mayor brown. He was the first to tell us what he was the first to tell us what happened. This all occurred at a safeway where the mayor we later saw, of course, then supervisor london breed, acting supervisor london breed, acting mayor. To pick an interim mayor. It isnt until they intend to run. Today the shock still fresh and we are watching the procession take place live this morning. We are hearing unconfirmed reports right now that he may be passing by his house. Were trying to figure out where this is or what neighborhood. I was curious because they left the highway there in a residential neighborhood. Im not sure what will happen. You can see the Police Escort has stopped at the moment. The hearse is backed into the driveway. Well continue to watch and see what happens. We were actually at an event where he was speaking at a recycling center. He seemed in great health. The unassuming 55 tall mayor smiling, as proud of the city as ever, laughing, making jokes. Over the course of many years, a wicked sense of humor. Just dedicated to his city. The service that will be held on sunday. Thats 3 00 p. M. You are welcome to come. If you cant make it we will have it on the air here online and on our news app. If youd like to watch the remembrance of our mayor. Moving on now at 6 37. The killing of miss flo, zachary cuen and johnny brown jr. Charged in the violent 2016 home invasion. Douglas neighbor is also being indicted for murder. He could now face a maximum sentence of 25 years to life. Cuen and brown face life without parole. We are talking about fire danger over the weekend. A red flag warning goes into effect starting tonight. Fire departments are keeping a nervous eye on the hills where fire broke out monday night. Fire broke out monday night. Two homes were destroyed there gusty winds fanned the flames. Were on heightened awareness. Officials wait for an engineer to assess the situation. There are fears of collapse. The winds are expected to peak here saturday morning and will gust over 30 miles an hour. Well start you off at 5 00 this evening. Theyre relatively light. As you approach the midnight hour the winds begin to increase. And then saturday morning area wide the winds are very active gusting over 30 Miles Per Hour and that will continue for much of the day on saturday with those winds very active. We have the red flag warning in we have the red flag warning in effect. Temperature wise were in the upper 40s to lower 50s. Good morning, castro. 49, the same in glenn park. Were at 33 in santa 36 in heelsberg. It is a chilly start. Were in the weather pattern where we have the coal start. You need a jacket. Temperatures in the mid to upper 60s. Thats weather. Lets get a check of the roads with sue. Good morning. To the bay bridge upper deck. To the lower screen, emergency crews with those flashing lights in the lefthand lane oops, my name just covered that up. You can see it behind that and thats the reason traffic is stacked up. Its a broken down pickup truck with a broken front axle. Thats the reason at the bay bridge. Once they get that out of there which they have not yet we hope to see things recovering nicely. Metering lights are on. An earlier stall, not a good alternate here. Traffic is slow and go across the span for another 30minute drive across over towards san mateo. Dumbarton would be a good alternate. Ed lee is happening now, rolling closures. Looks like theyre in suburbian neighborhood. You can expect downtown closures as well. San mateo police are warning people about a Mountain Lion getting close to homes. Some reported seeing a Mountain Lion in a backyard. The witnesses said the big cat never acted aggressively and eventually wandered back into the wooded area. Police notified the department of fish and game. The formed famous mavericks surfing commission. The waiting period will run from january 3rd to february 28th. The World Surfing League now owns the rights to mavericks. You may remember the previous owner went bankrupt. It will be known as mavericks challen challenge, and women will be allowed to compete for the first time ever. Recreational cannabis sales start next month. If you are procrastinating, you may want to finish your Christmas Shopping today. Almost 1,000 retailers are taking part in Free Shipping friday. Friday. Today at think of your fellow man, lend him a helping hand, put a little love in your heart. Youll see its getting late, oh please dont hesitate. Put a little love in your heart. In your heart. In your heart. In your heart. In your heart. vo get zero percent financing for 63 months on select models, plus well donate two hundred and fifty dollars to charity. It is 6 44. We are watching the procession this morning of San Francisco mayor ed lee as his casket makes its way to downtown San Francisco and under the rotunda at city hall. This started at daly city. People will be able to pay respects to mayor ed lee today. His body will lie in repose in the rotunda and the line of public mourners expected to be quite long outside city hall leading into the rotunda. Doors open at 8 00 a. M. There will be a condolence book for people to sign and remember the actual Memorial Service will be held sunday starting at 3 00 p. M. The threeday forecast. Pretty quiet for much of the day today, late tonight and into early saturday tracking winds gusting over 30 miles an hour at times. Especially on saturday morning. A wind advisory will go into effect late tonight lasting through sunday morning. Winds gusting over 30 miles an hour am the a good idea if you have ornaments outside to tie them down. Thats weather. A check of roads with sue. Good morning. Actually were going to a south bay pot shop is t first to get a license. Good morning, matt. Reporter good morning, natasha and reggie. The people voted and approved so that means in a few weeks you will be able to buy Recreational Marijuana from buddys here in san jose. They just got their license from the state. The state bureau of cannabis control says by handing out licenses now businesses will be able to start operating on new years day. The bureau of cannabis control posted the Application Forms on line friday. Dozens of businesses have completed the process with the potential for hundreds more across the state. In san jose the only legal commercial cannabis are the 16 registered already registered to dispense medical marijuana. With a state license they will be able to sell nonmedical cannabis to people 21 and older on january 1st. Reporting live in san jose, matt keller, abc 7 news. All right, matt, thank you. 6 47 now. A california state senator will take a leave of absence. Three former staffers claim tony mendoza, a democrat, sexually harassed them. Mendoza is denying it. He shared a room as kevin de leon. I have never witnessed any behavior that was inappropriate. I have never witnessed any behavior out of bounds. Had i witnessed any behavior i would have addressed it immediately. He says he doesnt see how mendoza can continue with his duties given the seriousness of the allegations against him and promises to release secret records which reveal Sexual Harassment investigations the legislature has conducted. San ramone police need your help catching two burglars. Investigators say these two men stole thousands of dollars worth of wire and solar products last saturday night just after 9 15 at a solar powered business in san ramone. The two men arrived if an older model hyundai tiburon. Big news this morning for Royal Wedding watchers. Prince harry and american actress Meghan Markle will wed on may 19th. The wedding will be held at st. Georges chapel in windsor castle. This was when the couple made their Public Engagement announcement not too long ago. Mark your calendars for may 19th. Back to you. Thank you, jessica. Now your Morning Money report. If you are getting paid today and plan to wrap up your Christmas Shopping, today is free kicking day. More than 900 retailers are guaranteeing delivery by Christmas Eve for free, no minimum purchase. You start at the Free Shipping day to get the code. Not all are listed on the retailer site. Were talking about some big names, targets, macys, ugg, amazon and walmart. Com are not participating, but if you need small ticket items from a bunch of different places today is the time to do it. A record 2 billion packages are expected to be shipped out this holiday season. Facebook videos ads will appear before some videos. Facebook is changing the ads that you see mid video. Those will only appear on video that is are at least three minutes long. The changes start next year. Star wars fans are packing theaters for the last jedi. Fans got into it. There were epic long lines at the tech museum for two screening. Fans waited up to 13 hours to be one of the first to see the movie. The imax is one of only 11 places showing on imax film. Fans giving it rave reviews. See a lot of great action, love, sadness, heartbreak and revenge, this is the movie for you. So heartbreaking because its carrie fishers last film. I teared up but it was a kick butt awesome film. The three shows today are already sold out, but there are still Tickets Available for the weekend. I want that popcorn holder. Oh, yeah. That looks good. I want all the swag. I know drew wants to see it. I want to see it really bad. We are tracking a couple issues with fog right now especially in the north bay. Miles, the visibility down to f three miles, down to five miles in petaluma. Patchy, dense fog if youre on 101 in the next couple of hours in the north bay. Right now temperature wise, oakland is at 40 degrees. Youre at 42 in mountain view. San francisco coming in with a temperature of about 50 degrees. We have a bit of a cool start right now. Well rebound nicely into the afternoon. A lot of sunshine. Mid to upper 60s. Another spare the air day. The eighth of our winter season. It is illegal to burn wood the next 24 hours. As we head late tonight into the weekend high fire danger, a red flag warning for the areas shaded in red, essentially our Higher Elevations above 1,000 feet. Winds are going to gust close to 50 miles an hour. Really low humidity levels. We have dry vegetation so fires can easily spread under this weather condition. Be vigilant the next 48 hours. Accuweather shows you fog this morning, hazy in the afternoon. Gusty winds on saturday will ease on sunday and then a cooling trend next week. A check of the roads with sue. Good morning. Better news on the bay bridge. We had an earlier broken down pickup truck blocking the left lane near harrison thats been cleared and traffic is picking up as you can see. Otherwise still delays behind the bay bridge toll plaza. San mateo bridge bumper to bumper. An earlier stall that messed up this commute. 30 minutes over towards foster city and san mateo. Dumbarton is looking better than either of those two bridges. We will look at b. A. R. T. If youre coming in to avoid the bay bridge backup. It is a spare the air day. So b. A. R. T. Is a great alternative. 57 trains running on schedule. Vallejo getting ready to leave. That will be delayed due to mechanical problems. Ace trains running on schedule. Sue, thank you. Going back to sky 7 right now. Honoring San Francisco marp ed lee. Were watching this funeral procession for our late mayor. This is market and van ness. We saw earlier what will be greeting him and his procession as he gets there. It is quite stunning. Outside of city hall two fire trucks with a large American Flag draped. When the procession gets there we understand there will be an honor guard that will carry mayor lees casket into city hall, place it in rotunda for the public to pay their respects beginning at 8 00 a. M. You can see theyre getting close to city hall. Its going to be a tough day again for city staffers and people who knew mayor lee, of course. The acting mayor was saying it was quite difficult to see all of the flowers placed outside. The reality hitting so many people who work with him that hes gone and gone so soon and without any warning. Theres the flag i was telling you about with the fire trucks that are about to greet the mayor as he arrived at city hall. The Moore Service is happening sunday. That is at 3 00 p. M. If you cant make it to city hall, we will be putting that on the air and streaming live on our website abc7news. Com and on our abc 7 news app. And the procession makes its way, and it is moving to see this this morning. The line of public mourners expected to be very long outside the street side of city hall. Thats the area leading into the rotunda and this is an opportunity for the public to come together and say thank you to this mayor. To this mayor. Doors wi [baby crib musical mobile] millions are still exposed to the dangers of secondhand smoke. And some of them cant do anything about it. But you can. Protect your family. Visit tobaccofreeca. Com. And we are back at 6 57. This live picture from sky 7. We expect any moment now that mayor lee will be entering into city hall with the funeral procession going on this morning. Youll see an honor guard inside and underneath the rotunda. Police officers are lining the steps of city hall and the flowers people have been leaving to the sides of them. The city had to move the memorial out of the way a little bit to make sure the procession could get to the rotunda this morning. You can see them setting up barricades. An incredible sight. The two fire trucks hanging up a large American Flag. Weve been watching the procession this morning leaving daly city making its way into San Francisco. This is an opportunity for the public to be able to pay respect at city hall where the mayors body will lie in state today. The line of public mourners expected to be very long outside of the side of city hall leading into the rotunda. The doors will open in just about an hour from now. That memorial has grown significantly tuesday morning. So many people have already stopped by city hall to pay respects to mayor ed lee, and now theyll have a chanc o again. Theyll be able to do so until 7 00 p. M. Tonight and then sunday is when the actual Memorial Service will be held. That begins at 3 00 p. M. , and youll be able to watch it live on abc 7 if youre unable to make it to city hall. It looks like some motorcycle cops have joined the line awaiting the honor guard to escort the body of mayor ed lee into city hall. And of course such a shock not only for the people who worked with him but the city family as well, all of the people he served for so many years. The first Asian American mayor of any major city, and now the split screen so you can see from what is happening here as the honor guard prepares to open the door and take out the casket. The body of mayor ed lee. Were going to continue streaming this on our website, abc7news. Com, as we honor the legacy of mayor ed lee. Today an opportunity to reflect on the contributions hes made to the city. Its difficult to watch, isnt it . Good morning, america. Winter weather alert. Two new storms moving into the midwest and northeast right now bringing a blast of snow and ice. This driver losing control sliding off the road. His car sinking into the water, and now concerns about more than a foot of snow heading for new york and pennsylvania as millions wake up to windchills in the single digits. Down to the wire, republicans scrambling to pass their tax bill as key gop lawmakers withhold support. A bedridden senator mccain holds a critical vote. Hard hit. Overnight a colts player carted oft field with a concussion as a former nfl star says hes living with cte. I started to do a lot of