Is investigating his administrations ties to russia. Good evening. The president s directive came down late this afternoon. The president sent a later to the office of director james comey informing him of the immediate termination. Comey was in los angeles and had the letter read to him over the phone. In the letter President Donald Trump said that he did not have trust in comey. However the decision also comes after the fbi began investigating the white houses ties to russia and its interference in the 2016 elections. Democrats have expressed concern over the stud move, while republicans remain confidence the investigation into russia will carry on as it should. This investigation must be run as far away as possible from this white house and as far away as possible from anyone that President Trump has appointed. I expect the fbi will continue to its work, it is staffed by thousands of highly qualified profession lts committed to their work without interferen interference one way or the other. The Deputy DirectorAndrew Mccabe will serve as acting director until the white house find a replacement. He started his career at the fbi going after russian mobsters. Right now were looking at a plane thats taking off from Los Angeles International airport with comey on board. About 15 minutes ago we saw comey get on that plane. We watched his motorcade head to the airport. There were conflicting reports as to whether he would still deliver his speech. He is on a private jet, no longer being allowed to use the fbi plane. Cornell, he used some pretty colorful language, too, i understand . He calls this a tuesday night massacre, comparing the firing to what president nixon did back in the 70s, firing a special prosecutor looking into watergate. While looking into russian meddling in the 2016 election, he calls comeys firing inappropriate. You need Law Enforcement thats independent and one thats not affected by politics. And this also sends a message to whoever leads the fbi, dont dig too deep otherwise you might loses your job. The congressman said he wants the next director to be completely independent of the president and who that next person will be remains to be seen. Peninsula congresswoman Jackie Speier rea statement saying that thcomeys firing is akin to nixons saturday night massacre during the watergate scandal and shows that the president is willing to go to any legislate to squash the investigation. Breaking news now at berkeley, sky 7 is live over the marina where the coast guard just rescued two people from the water, they tell us this boat capsized just after 4 30 this afternoon. A wind surfer notified them. The two people rescued from the water were taken to the hospital. Now to todays big story, guilty verdicts in the sierra lamar case. One week from today, the same jury that convicted antonin Garcia Torres will decide whether he will be put to death or serve life for his crimes. We have Live Team Coverage on the verdict and its pact. Lets begin with david lui live outside of the courthouse tonight. Reporter few people expected the verdict to come in so soon after only two half days and one full day of deliberation, but the jury apparently had confidence in the dna evidence which the prosecution relied heavily on and that it was not in any way undermining the case, and as a result of that the verdict came in as guilty. Emotions were running high even before the courthouse opened this morning, after a trial lasting 13 weeks, the jury had reached a verdict. The audience in the courtroom let out a gasp. Antonin Garcia Torres was guilty of murdering sierra lamar and guilty of her kidnapping. Sierras parents broke their silence with the trial over. Were grateful to the jurors coming up with the right decision, and it gives us peace as a family knowing that this is not going to happen to another child. And that they cant get away with Something Like this. Justice was served here today, justice for sierra. And so that gives us some form of relief. The ca. Reporter the case is not over, the case that found torres guilty will hear the penalty phase before deciding to give him the Death Penalty or life in prison without the possibility of parole. Prosecutor david boyd was reluctant to say what he thinks convicted torres. In 13 months, its difficult to say what is most compelling. There was no murder weapon, no crime scene and no body. However dna evidence played a key role. In san jose, david lui, abc7 news. Antonin Garcia Torres was also found guilty of kidnapping three women from parking lots three years before sierra disappeared. Evidence of previous crimes can only be brought in if the previous crimes are very, very similar to the current crime. And this is often where were looking for features of committing the crime, the method of committing the crime that look like a calling card, where its very obvious to the same person did these crimes. Sierra lamar spent most of her childhood in freemont, moving to morgan hill just a few months before he was abducted. She attended Washington High School where theres now a bench dead indicated to her memory. Just the group that were sierras friends, we have all definitely learned in this. Its turned us into a family, if anything, with her family as well. She was definitely brave, just by her presence in a room. Like sierras family, her friends are hoping for true closure in learning where her body is. The case captivated the san jose community, many people who helped search for sierras remains came to the court house this morning. Jeanine, whats been the reaction there . Reporter they were thrilled and they were relieved. They were so invested in this case. They just wanted justice for the family of sierra lamar. There were hugs of joy outside the main courthouse in san jose after a guilty verdict was read in the murder trial of more began hill teenager sierra lamar. We were all holding our hands inside there, god answered our questions,ur wishes and our prayers. Hundreds of volunteers spent countless weekends searching for Sierra Nevada in the last five years waited to see if a jury would convict antonin torres. Some people didnt even know the family. It was happening close to my home so i wanted to follow and see if justice suz served. Friends and family are hoping that during his penalty phase he will reveal where the body is. He can tell her where shes at, because the family deserve this is. They need to know where their baby girl is. Reporter while the flyers are gone now, no one here has forgott forgotten. Im happy for the family that they have finally gotten closure, i have Young Children and i cant imagine the pain they have gone through. Reporter volunteers say they wont stop searching, they plan on using information gained from the trial to go out and safe for sierras remains. There are a lot of elements to this case as you gather, and we are using our website app and social Media Channels to give you access to all of that c conte content. Find all of these digital extras on our facebook and twitter pages, downalso download our abc7news app the Contra Costa CountySheriffs Office says that the doctor posted bail early this morning. Heres the story from john mere medical center. Reporter investigators say a female patient in her 40s reported the 36yearold Family Medicine doctor to authorities earlier this month. The charges are two counts of sexual battery, two counts of indecent exposure and two countings of attempted oral copulation. Reporter the Contra Costa CountySheriffs Department says that ben drew says we are shocked and saddened by the arrest of the doctor. The care and safety of our patients is always our highest priority and were cooperating fully with the Contra Costa CountySheriffs Department in their ongoing investigation. A spokesperson for John Muir Health says that the doctor has been working here for more than two years. He is currently on leave pending the outcome of the investigation and legal process. Given that he was a doctor for several years in this area as well as being part of the John Muir Health network, we believe there may be additional victims. The Contra Costa CountySheriffs Office said if anyone else had a situation with the doctor that felt a little awkward or uncomfortable, to contact them. The doctor posted 130,000 bail this morning n walnut creek, melanie woodrow, abc7 news. People out bird watching at San Franciscos golden gate park. Plus the fight on board of a southwest plane that was headed to oakland lands one man . Jail, youll see the fists flying. Ithose cool winds will be blowing short. The university of San Francisco names its oldest Residence Hall over one of its most pioneering athletes. Im here everything we stock at Grocery Outlet has crazy low prices. Do you know how we do it . How . Bargainomics say, if california has a bumper crop and produces too many oranges. Or a winemaker in sonoma suddenly has 1000 bottles too many. Weve got namebrand, topquality groceries priced 4070 off every day. Bargainomics. Thats our Business Model. And our Business Model is. Delicious. Grocery outlet bargain market the body of a missing colle College Student has been found. On sunday, a fisherman spotted her body in the same area, investigators have no obvious leads. Thieves are targeting golden gate state park. People have been punched and thrown to the ground for their cameras while theyre bird watching. What a shame, vic . It is a shame, dan, the rec and Parks Department say they are increasing patrols around stowe lake when the crowd of bird watchers is the biggest. Camera robberies are not new to the city. It happened last year, tourists being robbed on their camera gear. This year at golden state parks. Up in the trees chicks are nesting, down below, large crowds watch with scopes and cameras. Big stigma is one of them. Theyre up in the trees and were watching the babies grow. Reporter as the crowd grows, theyre also being watched, targeted by robbers. They pick a victim and then bam, just like that. Reporter on thursday about 11 00 in the morning, about 30 people were watching the blue herrons. One of her volunteer photographers became a victim of a grab and run. This man ran off, knocked her to is ground, she has a huge gash on her arm. S theres been two robberies around the lake in recent weeks. She has been leading her Blue Heron Group for the last three years. This is the first time this has ever happened to her. This is an outbreak of violence and robbery here in the park and we need our officials to take some strong steps about it. Reporter if not, she says shell stop her program, she cant put the public in harms way. Undocumented farm workers could avoid deportation under a bill presented by Dianne Feinste feinstein. They would have to continue to work in agriculture for at least citizenship after five years. Feinstein pushed a similar bill a decade ago, but shes hoping the looming shortage of farm workers will spur congress to act. Huge plumes of smoke prompted shelter in place orders for people who live by. The flaring was caused by a Power Outages that valero blames on p grkg e. A couple of figures to share with you, 700 ,000 acres lost to 400 wildfires. Abc7 news was in orrinda today with firefighter who is came together with a sobering message. All the rain has left us with high grass thats creating conditions that firefighters just dread. The rains we had last winter really produced a bumper crop. And thats the kindlings, thats whats going carry the fire into the heavier vegetation. Cal fire wants to us prepare by creating a defensive space around our homes. There was perfect weather in orinda today where you dont haveo rob a bank to afford a movie. Today droneview7 captured gorgeous conditions at the martinez marina. You can see winds here reached 15mileperhour today. That wind is going to be with us for a while, in fact the wind is going to get much stronger toward the end of the week. So lets take a look at the overnight into tomorrow, conditions using Half Moon Bay as our location because that tends to be a pretty breezy place. Well have a steady but gradual increase into the afternoon hours, peaking at about 13 miles an hour. Then the winds will taper off just a little bit going into tomorrow night. Thats the pattern most of us will see around the bay area. Before winds increase more dramatically or more significantly on thursday and friday. Heres a look at live doppler 7, this is the view from our east bay hills camera. Where we see a little haze developing there as the thinnest fingers of fog are moving inland. 59 in San Francisco and 55 at Half Moon Bay. Heres a better view of those little fingers of fog moving through the bay right now. Its 71 degrees right now at santa rosa. 82 at fairfield, warm over in the east bay. Concord 85 and livermore 80. Looking at bluer skies in this direction. Well see much cooler conditions tomorrow. That trend will continue through the end of the week. Chance of sprinkles on thursday and winds will be quite gusty by tend of the week. Were going to have fog at the coast, and its going to move forcefully into the overnight hours, as the morning commute begins, were going to have quite widespread areas of fog, which will probably slow down the morning commute a bit. So you want to give yourself some extra time because victim will probably be reduced. Of the lows will drop into the upper 40s, low 50s. Tomorrow well see clearing over the bay and inland, but fog will linger at the coastline where it will be breezy, high also go from low 70s, and lower 60s on the coast. Now lets look ahead to tomorrow night around mid night or thursday at 8 00, or 12 00 sam if you like. Well see a little line of light showers moving into the northern part of the state. And as those showers move into the bay area, theyll weaken a bit. We may get some sprinkles by thursday morning, or the midday hours, but we dont think the rain is going to be very wide spread, it certainly wont be very heavy, as we project rainfall totals amounting to about. 001 to. 002. The wi the winds will become quite gusty on friday and saturday. Well, uc berkeley grad just had a job offer to teach at 16 had a job offer to teach at 16 you knkn are making the move to nissan. Because of rogue, the best selling suv in america. Titan, with americas best truck warranty. And the most advanced safety features on altima and other best selling models. Thats why were americas fastestgrowing auto brand. Get 0 financing for up to 72 months on 11 models. Check this out, a bear had a wild afternoon in Southern California today. It was spotted in bradbury, a suburb of l. A. Hopping through backyards. Smartly a dog ran for safety. T after a standoff, the dog got the upper hand, look at that. The bear did run away. He hopped the fence to encounter a deer just a short time later. Right now authorities are looking out for the bear saying they need to capture it. How young is too young to be a teacher . Thats the question the Unified School District is grappling with tonight after a teenager applied for a job. The story of an unusual kid with an unusual goal. Meet sage ryan, whos a uk uc berkeley job. They told me on the phone, they told me that it was because i was 17 and that they were uncomfortable with that and then they denied that was the reason. Sage was homeschooled by his mother whos a teacher for sf unified. He face timed us from los angeles where hes pursuing an acting career. He said being a substitute teacher pays well, theres no minimum age requirement. I wasnt like hiding it or anything. I was giving my id to people, making copies of my id, signing things, putting down my birth date. Sf unified tells abc7 news it cannot do a thorough background check on a minor and maturity may be an issue. But he says hes meant to mentor kids and hes now applied for a sition with los angeles unified. So well keep you posted. Well, 140yearold mystery finally solved. How researchers figured out the identity of a child found buried in this antique coffin in the backyard of a home in San Francisco. Plus its a heart break and very sad. Shock and sadness for a cal rugby player whos now partially paralyzed after the National Championship game. Youre going to be hanging out in here. So if you need anything, text me. Do you play . Use the chase mobile app to send money in just a tap, to friends at more banks then ever before. You got next . Chase. Helping you master whats now and whats next. Devastating news for the Cal Rugby Team. One of their players was severely injured saturday during a match. Robert palor was left severely paralyzed. Reporter the Cal Rugby Team was supposed to be celebrating after winning a championship final. But instead the team and their families are heart broken after robert palor suffered an injury that left him paralyzed. Its tough for all of us, it casts a shadow on the victory. Its its not right. Reporter his family issued a statement. Robert is currently working on stablizing his season so he can start rehabilitation, the injury paralyzed his lower limbs. P palor a sophomore at cal had surgery that evening which doctors hope will help give him movement. Dr. Jack clark said his challenges will be severe, long in duration and difficult beyond measure. Because he will need a lot of rehabilitation, a gofundme page has been set up to cover his future medical bills. Hell probably get moved to a Rehab Facility after that. So thats the best way to help if youre willing to help him. Reporter a Prayer Service will be held on campus on thursday beginning at 8 00 p. M. The entire Cal Community is welcomed. At uc berkeley, abc7 news. Happening now, a meeting about closing a school that might not be earthquake safe. The ground under lum elementary could liquefy. The ground just sort of breaks apart. Almost like sand. The alameda Unified School District wants to close lum at t the end of the year. They presenting their arguments to the school board now, a final ruling on lums future will be in two weeks. The Albany High School has issued its safe and Inclusive Schools report. It comes after a racially fueled instagram page. The post sparked big protests, suspensions and even a lawsuit by students. The new agenda item will, quote, help heal open wounds. A man was in a fight on a plane taking off from oakland. She was the smallest person there and she just ran into the middle of it. Reporter unable to help because of a broken hand, but he noticed the southwest Flight Attendant caught in the middle of two men fighting, one of whom was throwing heavy punches. I saw the shorter of the two gentlemen had the other guy pinned up against the overhead bin. Reporter another video shot from the front of the plane shows that Flight Attendant rush in. Th one of the men suffered bruising on his left eye, a kuwacut to h nose and a chipped tooth. Southwest airlines statement, our employees are our everyday heroes and are trained to deescalate conflict while delivering Customer Service every day. United airlines and the dragging off of this doctor, American Airlines when a Flight Attendant wouldnt let a mother board with her double wide stroller. We spoke to this man who tried to break up sundays fight on southwest. I see the stewardess trapped below the seat, on the grounded and she was being pummeled at the same time the other gentleman was being pummeled. Then i separated them sand started moving him to front of the plane. Burbank police said they arrested a 37yearold from lancaster and they say they still dont know what caused the brawl. A few strands of hair has solved a 140yearold mystery in San Francisco. Researchers today announced the identity of a girl inside a coffin discovered last may during construction work that was being done on a home. Her name is edith howard cook. She died in 1876 at the age of 2. Researchers used her hair for dna and was linked to her uncle. Its to honor an alum who graduated before most of them were even born, but whose impact may outlive them all. In this view from emeryvi e emeryville, theres a 22degree temperature drop in the forecast. gasp just head shoulders . I thought it was just for, like, dandruff new head shoulders. Cleans, protects and moisturizes to. Get up to 100 flakefree and unbelievably beautiful hair its not head shoulders, its the new head shoulders. Have you tried the tissue test . 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Reporter its a special birthday for the manage who would have been 89 today. Hes looking down with pride and would be shedding a tear today. Reporter toler was one of the players on the undefeated 1951 football team. We thought we should have had the orange bowl bid that year. They said no, leave your two black Players Behind and we might invite you, and we said no. Ollie mattson earned his place in history and so did toler. He watched the city become the first africanamerican School Principle and the first africanamerican city official. Burl didnt advertise, he didnt really have to. Reporter toler would go on to be recognized as a pioneer, the team didnt think of their decision as making history, they just thought it was doing the right thing. There was no question, we all go or nobody goes. He embraced the jesuit values and held god close as he always would tell us, he never left home without it. Reporter toler was a better value for a building that had been named for an opponent of japanese immigration a century ago. We admitted women in the 1920s, we were fully integrated by 1930. Now a full generation of College Students will know his name and his legacy, but his family says a piece of that legacy belongs to his teammates. Those guys stood up for a cause and that cause still resonates today. One of effects greatest pioneers is the topic of an opera that could be performed in the bay area. Its titled the renovation of steve jobs. Have a listen. The composer of this music has a phd from cal, the San Francisco opera is funding the show. The opera premiers in new mexico in july, it focuses on the relationships jobs had with those close to him. Apples cofounder passed away in 2011 from complications from pancreatic cancer. When health and technology intersect, patients could trade we have all heard how doctors made house calls in the old days. Digital house calls. Thats what it really is. Its called telemedicine. Thats where you go online and consult with a physician, either by texting on the phone or videoconferencing. Its a field thats offering a lot of advice and bringing up many concerns. Adam shownfeld is an internal medicine resident and hes telling us about his experience with telemedicine. I was ill one day and i went online to go see where to see a doctor. And this popped up, get your treatment online right now. Reporter so adam signed on and told a doctor he had a sore throat, he prescribed him an affe antibiotics and it turns out he was allergic. He said does this make since to you . I it did not and that simple interaction launched a huge study into websites offering medical advice. A standardized patient has trained to exhibit the signs of an illness or a condition. I asked her to show me how it works. Im the doctor and i say to you, so what can i help you with today . I havent been feeling well for the last week and i feel like i have this sore throat that wont let up zwlch. Desclib it to me. Whenever i swallow its hard to swallow. Somed a advise was ill conceived and some was amazingly wel done. I dont want to paint this as a bad thing, if we can figure out how to use telemedicine right, it dramatically improves access. And beyond medical issues, there are legal concerns, if a patient is in california and the doctor is in florida by laws prevail. No one knows. Its the wild west out there. And patients need to go into it if theyre going to do it, they need to go into it with their eyes wide open. Reporter now there are some consumer issues as well. Some of the companies west out ofusiness after being paid, but before they gave their medical advice. I want to hear in you, the 7 on your side hot line is open weekdays 10 00 to 2 00. My telephone number 415 4159548191. We need to get another check on the weather. We do, things change once again. Temperatures will be tumbling over the next couple of days after a warm start to the week. We have sunny skies right now, and relatively mild conditions still in our inland areas. Were going to see a forceful advance of low clouds and fog out over the bay, and locally inland. Low temperatures in the Early Morning hours will range from upper 40s to low 50s. And tomorrow the fog will mull book to the coastline and linger there. It will be much cooler tomorrow than today, with inland highs barely reaching 70 degrees in the warmest locations, look for mid 50s, 60s on the coast. Maybe a few sprinkles on thursday. Wind will pick up on friday, quite gusty, that pattern continues through the weekend. And skies will be sunny through the weekend. And early next week, maybe a few showers will move into the picture. Thanks, spencer. A little warriors basketball. If youre watching the games, people are wondering, are nba gairms too boring . And when it rains it pours, and when it rains it pours, the how fafrom its sourcelpine spring to the bottle . Travel how about less than a mile and a half . Crystal geyser is the only major us spring water bottled at the mountain source. How fafrom its sourcelpine spring to the bottle . Travel how about less than a mile and a half . Crystal geyser is the only major us spring water bottled at the mountain source. The warriors could have another week off before they meet the jazz. Now theyre waiting on the winner of the spurs rockets winners, theyre 80 this postseason. Average margin, 16. 5 points a game. Cleveland is doing basically the same thing in the east. Theyre winning pretty much every game in blowout fashion, while we wait for the inevitable clash, warriorscleveland in the playoffs. Thats not boring this, Team Continues to fight. I think the way this team has fought throughout this entire series, it was good basketball. But thats just my opinion, though, whoever. Who cares. Youre not allowed to have an opinion. Youre just supposed to play basketball. Sorry. The comradery between them was great. Speaking of spurs and rockets, tied two games apiece. How about manu ginobili, turning back the clock, with authority. James harden had 23 in the first half. Fear the beard. And right now, rockets clinging to a wasnt lead late thursday quarter, 8281. As you know, dramon green not afraid to say how he feels. Celtics guard isaiah thomas, essentially said draymon needs to look in the mirror. I dont know how he can call anybody dirty, but i mean it is what it is. Everybody got a comment or something to say. As yogi berra once said, it gets late early out there, and its getting late early for the giants in this 2017 season. Theyre 11 and 22 as they took the field tonight. Giants with the worst record in all of baseball and on top of that they just put their closer on the disabled list with a right forearm strain. You may be wondering what else can go wrong. Bottom of the first, neil walker, low liner, ball just rolls out there for every. Tworun score, walker with a triple. If only we had a left fielder. Top of the fourth, buster posy, homers for the second straight day. His fourth of the year and the giants are down 51, bottom of the seventh, the shark is still in there, here it comes and there it goes. Michael konforto with a bomb. The rally skittles. They have been working for the as. Last night the as posted their Third Straight walkoff win which was amazing, with jeff lou which, with his second homer. Lowry had two homers all of last year, already has four this season. Of course you got to get pied. The as 15 and 17, climbing toward the. 500 mark. And playing the angels gotten. When the 49ers visit the colts, they will be unveiling the Payton Manning statue. Manning spent 14 years as a colt. The last four as a bronco. Record against the niners and his final game with super bowl 50 in santa clara. As draymon green just say, blah, blah, blah. Blah, blah, blah. I think he gets paid a little more. Considerably more. Join us tonight at 9 00 on kofi 20, cable channel 13. And at 11 00 on channel 7. How fbi director comey found out he was out of a job. And also at 11 00, we told you about the dna that identified a girl in a casket. That is this edition of abc7 news. Look for breaking news on twitter, abc7 news bay area. Thank you for joining us. Hope you can join us tonight. singsongy hey, mandy guess whose eighth grade class is going to your high School Next Week to get oriented . singsongy what yeah, uhhuh yeah no. No. Stop. No. Stop. Nno. Mmhmm. Yep, yep, yep stop it. Whats the problem . forced laugh what if she talks to me . What if she embarrasses me