A mix of excitement and reluctance of support in the bay area for oakland native Kamala Harris, joe bidens pick for Vice President. The game plan just changed in san jose for teachers at the last minute. And a homicide here. Ill tell you what we know. A stretch of toasty triple digit days ahead. Ill have more on the heat coming up. Abc7 news at 11 00 starts right now. Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc7 news. Tonight, a historic decision. Joe biden choosing bay area native and california senator Kamala Harris as his running mate. If elected, harris would be the first woman Vice President and the first black or Indian American candidate. Biden tweeted the news saying, i have the great honor to announce that ive picked Kamala Harris, a fearless fighter for the little guy and one of the countrys finest public servants. And harris tweeting in response, im honored to join him as our partys nominee for Vice President and do what it takes to make him our comm
Kamala Harris Actually began her career at the Alameda County d. A. s office and elected San Francisco District Attorney. So for better or for worse, people here in the bay area know her policy, style, and work very well. Oakland native senator Kamala Harris is stirring up mixed emotions across the bay area after locking down her position as joe bidens running mate. I talked to my mom tonight. Reporter Christine Pelosi is chair of the democratic chair house caucus. Her mother is nancy pelosi. We talked about how great it was for the country. Reporter pelosi and harris met as law students. Ive seen her grow and develop over the years, but also taking that same approach of trying to mentor young women, trying to lift up other people. I know its a lot of controversy around kamala, especially with her as the d. A. Of San Francisco. Reporter Felicia Jones is the founder of the justice for mario woods foundation, who was shot and killed by San Francisco Police Officers in 2015. We attempted
Than hold her own on the campaign trail and on the debate stage. She does not mix any words. She doesnt stumble through answers. She really puts it where it anbelieveme, slexoliforn bwn helped launch harris political career in the 1990s when he was a speaker of the california assembly. Senator harris fellow democrats are praising her presence on their partys ticket. Former ambassador to the u. N. Susan rice called her a tenacious and trailblazing leader. Senator warren says she is an inspiration to millions of women. And the top democrat minority leader Charles Schumer shared this insight. She combines two qualities that you rarely see in the same individual, intellect and passion. She cares about average folks. I have seen her passion on the floor of the senate and in Committee Meetings when she sees unfairne unfairness. And barack obama i dont joe biden wrote joe biden nailed this decision by choosing Kamala Harris as americas next Vice President , hes underscored his own judgment in
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Up in a few minutes. Right now, we are dealing with some recovery work from an earlier accident that is taking quite some time for lanes to clear from. This is south 680 right at sonoma. They were shut down to an overturned accident. Only one lane is open. Traffic is really backed up out of pleasanton into sonoma. 84 is your alternate. It is not looking all that much better. You might want to drive down 580 to 230 but there are the lies. We have breaking news out of the Seattle Washington area. Two officers were shot overnight, one of them has died for the other one looks like its going to survive. The suspect is in custody but it all started when a driver led police on a short car chase before he got out of the car and started running. There are a lot of questions about exactly what happened next at that point but shots ring out and the two officers were hit. Police then sent out to be on the lookout to the entire area in the downtown area here. The suspect was taken into custody a co