Which makes us rebels with one cause. Your health. Broadcast center, this is abc7 news. From the faithful to just fans, thousands lined the streets in the nations capitol to get even a glimpse of pope francis. Tonight the leader of the Catholic Church is getting ready for a very important day tomorrow as he addresses a joint session of congress and issues a challenge. Good evening. Im dan ashley. And im ama daetz covering the popes visit in washington, d. C. Pope francis took over the nations capitol making a full day of appearances and getting overwelming response. Some waiting more than seven hours just to see him from a distance. Thousands of adoring faithful gather to catch a glimpse at pope francis. It was super exciting. It was unbelievable. I have no words. Jesus came here today. He embraced a girl so overwhelmed she was brought to tears. Another touching moment came when a girl was stopped who sneaked through the barricade. Little sophie cruz gave him a letter with a wish that
Broadcast center, this is abc7 news. It has been a terrifying moment for neighbors neighbors in alameda as flames ripped through two homes. Neighbors jumped into action to stop the fire. Thanks for joining us. The fire burned on norich road off sea view parkway before 6 30 tonight. Melanie woodrow is live near the scene. Melanie . Natasha, there are just a few firefighters here watching the house for the night, but the fire investigators will likely pick back up tomorrow morning of the tomorrow morning. The people that lived in the houses that caught fire were home at the time and are okay even though fire investigators have not identified the cause just yet, the individual where the fire began told me that he thinks he knows how it started. He was going gang busters. He says his relaxing weekend was interrupted by an explosion and flames. Simon and his wife just finished dinner. They had barbecuing. When i closed the hood there was a little grease burning. The fire which he believes b
Broadcast center, this is abc7 news. From the faithful to just fans, thousands lined the streets in the nations capitol to get even a glimpse of pope francis. Tonight the leader of the Catholic Church is getting ready for a very important day tomorrow as he addresses a joint session of congress and issues a challenge. Good evening. Im dan ashley. And im ama daetz covering the popes visit in washington, d. C. Pope francis took over the nations capitol making a full day of appearances and getting overwelming response. Some waiting more than seven hours just to see him from a distance. Thousands of adoring faithful gather to catch a glimpse at pope francis. It was super exciting. It was unbelievable. I have no words. Jesus came here today. He embraced a girl so overwhelmed she was brought to tears. Another touching moment came when a girl was stopped who sneaked through the barricade. Little sophie cruz gave him a letter with a wish that her parents and millions of others there illegally
Broadcast center, this is abc7 news. A bay area mother of three is fighting for her life tonight after a fiery head on crash killed five people. This is all thats left of the two vehicles involved in that collision. Good evening. Sergio is live in the newsroom with the rest of the story. Sergio . Reggie, the california Highway Patrol is investigating which car veered into the opposite lane causing the crash and they are not ruling out drugs or alcohol as a contributing factor. They have yet to identify the victims. We know little about one of the survivors from the south bay. Five people were riding in the charred mercedesbenz suv. They say it caught fire after crash. The driver and three pass injuries did not survive. They have yet to be identified. But yang survived this crash and was you are ared to a hospital in modesto. She lives in saratoga. I visited her familys home this afternoon. Her neighbors say they know her best as janice. She is very sweet and seemed like the organizer o
Now, in San Francisco, when you get to 101 and the skyway the top speed through daly city is coming up to San Francisco. Kristen and eric . Developing news, this morning from san jose, a man and a woman are dead after a stand off turned violent. It happened in the neighborhood of camden and wyrick avenue north of highway 85. A neighbor said investigators left at 3 20 this morning. It was not uncommon for police to be at this home recently. Officers converged on the south san jose neighborhood yesterday afternoon and say a gunman was holed up inside the home with a william, a house telling, and it began at 2 15 when the gunman fared two shots and took the woman into the home. The suspect walked out, three hours later with a gun in his hand and an officer and the suspect fired shots and the suspect died. Officers found the female hostage inside. She did not survive. Investigators have not said how the suspect and the hostage knew each other. A san leandro home residents could be forced t