Live from the kgo broadcast center, this is abc7 news. Good morning, everyone. Its sunday, august 2nd. Im chris nguyen, in for carolyn tyler. Lets start with meteorologist lisa argen, who is tracking the weather good morning. We are beginning to see some clearing at livermore and san ramon. The rain, we may see more of it today. Maybe a thunderstorm in the Sierra Nevada, and quincy look at lightning strikes. And a live look outside from mt. Tam. The marine layer over 2,000 feet deep. And underneath the clouds we are mild with 66 in Mountain View, 65 in san jose. 62 in half moon bay. So the low clouds and fog will erode to the shoreline. Partial afternoon sun at the coast and temperatures remaining on the mild side. A very typical summerlike pattern. We will fill in the details in just a few minutes. Chris lisa, thank you. We have new numbers to share this morning on the Massive Wildfire burning in lake county. The rocky fire is the largest of the 21 major fires burning in Northern Cali
Dismissed him. And he did not take that well. Reporter abc news says it received a 23page fax from someone claiming to be flanagan. The writer said that he was attacked for being a gay black man, the fax also referring to the june Church Shooting in charleston, South Carolina saying the cheat shooting was the tipping point. He said i have been a human powder keg for a while just waiting to go boom the subject of the tv interview the woman being interviewed there vicki garner was wounded in the back and is expected to recover. But such a waste of life two talented people and so young. Thank you. We are learning even more about that gunman. Vester lee flanagan grew up in oakland and attended skyline high school. He graduated from sf state in 1995 with his degree in radio and television and worked here at kpix 5 in 1996 as a Production Assistant and before that he was an intern in our newsroom. Kpix 5s joe vazquez continues our coverage. He is in vallejo in front of the flanagan family ho
We have a vehicle that went through the fence and then it ended up on the tracks where the supply train killed the person inside. It has disrupted caltrain. We have a bus bridge in place and ive outlined that between palo alto and redwood city there. Its just off buckingham which is a surface street. It will not impact el camino or wood side. B. A. R. T. Recovering from 20minute delays. Laura, back to you. Thank you very much, mike. A live look at washington, d. C. , this morning where congress is set to return with a very packed agenda. It may be overshadowed by President Trumps decision today on whether to deport thousands of undocumented immigrants. Tracie potts, we will learn a lot more of what is next for the daca program. Good morning, tracy. Laura, good morning. Reporter that daca News Conference set just under three hours from now and interestingly not from the white house. The announcement is not being made by President Trump but by his attorney general. Immigrants known as d.
Further our goal of strengthening the Constitutional Order and the rule of law in america, the department of justice cannot defend this overreach. Well, now we are getting reaction from leaders in congress. House Speaker Paul Ryan says in part, it is my hope that the house and senate with the president s leadership will be able to find a consensus on a permanent lejs laifsh solution that includes ensuring that those who have done nothing wrong can still contribute as valued parts of this great country. Minority leader nancy pelosi called the decision a master class in cowardice. She called for bipartisan action, saying lawmakers must pass legislation to safeguard our young dreamers from the senseless cruelty of deportation and shield families from separation and heartbreak. This midday we have Live Team Coverage of the decision of daca. Scott mcgrew is standing by with whats left for daca, and we have bob riddell live as they came to this decision. Reporter they scolded President Trump
Out there in a car trying to stay safe. Trees are almost horizontal from the very strong winds and water whipping around the city of miami this morning. This is what it looked like last night before irma mainland fall. That winds was Strong Enough to up root some trees. This one was tossed in the air before falling on a car and smashing it. The eye is passing over the florida keys. After losing steam, irma has again ramped up its power and reached cat 4 strength. That means packing winds up to 130 miles an hour. Right now, 1 million homes and businesses across florida have lost power. We have Team Coverage on Hurricane Irma this morning. Lets begin with meg oliver, live in miami. Meg. Reporter the gusts of wind are so powerful right now. We just left the ground floor of this hotel and moved to the balcony because it was getting too dangerous with flying debris. There is a tree behind me thats fallen down. There is the threat of tornadoes and of course storm surge. Also, i want to point