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Transcripts For KGO ABC7 News 800AM 20170923

Elsewhere. Through the afternoon, the temperatures will climb back into the 80s today in our inland valleys. Thats warmer by about 5 or 6 f degrees than we had yesterday. 60s and 70s by noontime. Tons of sun with a warmer afternoon. Low 80s inland. A nice evening, that sun setting just after 7 00. Well talk about even more warmth headed our way, not only for the second half of the weekend but for much of next week, coming up in a few minutes, chris. Us not going to the white house isnt going to miraculously make things better. This is my opportunity to voice that. Developing news, steph currys voice has struck a chord with President Trump. This morning the president tweeted his response, quote, going to the white house is considered a great honor for a championship team. Stephan curry is hesitating, therefore invitation is withdrawn. Yesterday the team said it it planned to discuss whether to accept a formal invitation. Curry said he wouldnt want to go. We dont stand for basically what our president has the things that hes said and the things that he hasnt said. We wont stand for it. And by acting and not going, hopefully that will inspire some change when it comes to what we tolerate in this country and what is accepted and what is what we turn a blind eye to. I mean, its not just the act of not going. There are things that you have to do on the back end to actually push that message into motion. Again, the warriors had planned to meet in the next couple of weeks to decide whether to visit the white house if formally invited. Nfl players are responding this morning after President Trump said that team owners should fire anyone who kneels during the national anthem. Wouldnt you love to see one of these nfl owners when somebody disrespects flag to get that son of a [ bleep ] often the field right now, out, hes fired. The president didnt mention any specific players while speaking at a rally in alabama. As youll recall, former 49ers 4 quarterback Colin Kaepernick refused to stand last season because of protests over police brutality. President trump also said that stiffer penalties over hard hits are ruining the game. Today if they hit too hard, 15 yards, throw him out of the game. On twitter, Detroit Lions tight end eric ebron wrote, anyone tell trump to stick to politics like they tell us to stick to sports . The president says fans should leave the stadium if they see a player protest on the field. Developing news in the south bay. A woman is recovering from her injuries this morning after a bizarre accident in campbell. Police responded to the call around 9 00 last night at a carport on union avenue. Investigators say it appears the woman got out of her car but how the car kept traveling and hit her. Bystanders were giving her cpr when police arrived. She was taken to a local hospital. Confusion on cals campus over a series of right wing speeches. Free speech week begins tomorrow. Students are unsure how it could affect them or if it will even happen. Today minority groups will march against hate and White Supremacy in berkeley. Theyll meet at 63rd and adeline at noon. Abc 7 News Reporter katie utehs reached out to Campus Police who say theyll be ready no matter what. Reporter the university of california at berkeley is preparing for the worst ahad of an event dubbed free speech week. Milo yiannopouloss event in february deteriorated into a riot. If you would just let him spak, none of this would happen. Reporter this student debated organizers who are planning to protest. Weve got to have the whole Community Coming out to shut them down and defend the wellbeing and safety of this community. Reporter cal state polices officers are being brought in as has been done in the past, even as the speaker list evolves. Because of the unknowns, we are treating it as if its going all the way. Were caught between a rock and a hard place. Our compliance with the First Amendment and the law as a Public Institution is not discretionary. Reporter some students say theyre caught in the middle too. Im going to see how it looks on monday and then decide whether or not ill go to class. This is a good school. Im a philosophy student. I can hear opposing viewpoints. If i hear something that is egregious, i can make that decision for myself. Reporter students in the Berkeley Patriot Group are hosting the event. It will be here on sunday through wednesday. Katie utehs, abc 7 news. As katie said, milo yiannopoulos, one of the scheduled speakers, plans to hold a press conference in San Francisco today before free speech week begins. To receive updates throughout the weekend, download the abc 7 news app and enable push alerts. Time now, 8 06. Senator john mccain shot down his own partys plan to repeal and replace president obamas Affordable Care act. The Graham Cassidy bill is not just unpopular with mccain but also americans. An abc news poll released last night shows just 33 of americans support the bill. Abc News Reporter Stephanie Ramos has the latest. Reporter overnight, the president taking the stage in huntsville, alabama. I love this state and i love the people of this state. Reporter rallying for Embattled Senate candidate luther strange, trump going after everything from north korea, even the nfl, to health care. The president still vowing to get rid of obamacare. Were going to win. Its going to be gone. Reporter this morning, the Gop Health Care bill is one vote away from failing, with senator john mccain shooting it down, again. Saying in a statement friday he cannot in good conscience vote for the latest republican plan. He says a bill of this impact requires a bipartisan it was just claia couple of mon ago when mccain gave a thumbs vote down on a vote to repeal obamacare. The president telling the alabama crowd, he was shocked. Totally unexpected thing. Terrible. Reporter and trump again using a nickname to call out north koreas leader kim jong un, ramping up insults toward the dictator. Rocket man should have been handled a long time ago. Reporter north korea leader kim jong un says trump is mentally deranged, senile and old. Stephanie ramos, abc news, washington. Former president ial candidate Bernie Sanders is tackling health care in San Francisco. He came to the city for a rally of nurses. Abc 7 News Reporter lonni rivera has the story. Reporter senator Bernie Sanders spoke to hundreds of nurses in San Francisco about his medicare for all act. They understand they cant function effectively in a dysfunctional health care system. As an intensive care nursery nurse, infant mortality is high. And thats ridiculous. Reporter the vermont senator blasted republican efforts to repeal obamacare. How cruel, how immoral it is to say to those millions of americans, we are going to take away that Health Insurance that keeps you alive. Reporter he praised john mccains decision not to support the Graham Cassidy repeal and replace bill. John mccain has a conscience. And i wish very much that the rest of the Republican Leadership had that conscience as well. Reporter from health care to free higher education, sanders stop at San Francisco city college to applaud their first semester of tuitionfree classes. Several supporters came out to hear senator sanders speak or pick up a tshirt or button to show their support for his vision, a vision thats wellreceived by bay area residents who still feel the bern. In San Francisco, lonni rivera, abc 7 news. The department of Homeland Security has confirmed that california was one of 21 states where Russian Hackers targeted election systems. California secretary of state alex padilla said theres no evidence the system was breached or that any voter information was compromised. He also said its unacceptable that it took more than a year for dhs to let him know about the attempted breach. In San Francisco, a popular grocer is being remembered as Police Search for the driver who plowed into him in a fatal hit and run. Constantin Gus Vardakastanis was known from city hall to the streets of the mission as gus. He was 57 years old. Gus was killed as he walked to the San Francisco Produce Market to check out the days fruits and vegetables. He owned three neighborhood markets in the city and made a point of hiring locally. He was relentless in his outreach to my office for sure. But it was always about like the community and how you work to resolve an issue. Police are looking for the driver of a silver sedan with damage to the front end as well as the windshield. Police in san rafael want to track down these robbery suspects. Theyre accused of stealing a purse from a 92yearold woman at North Gate Mall last saturday. Police said they parked across from the victim, walked up behind her, and forcibly took her purse. They drove away in a gray nissan. The victim was not hurt. Happening today, if youre planning on taking b. A. R. T. This weekend, expect 20 to 30minute delays if youre headed to fremont. B. A. R. T. Officials are closing the warm springs south fremont station twehieksend. Anyone driving to b. A. R. T. Should park at the fremont station. The agency will be installing and testing new software ahead of the Silicon Valley extensions opening. Meteorologist lisa argen is here and tracking a warmup on the way. Theres also a red flag advisory in some parts of the bay area . Thats right, a warning for upper elevations and the north bay. But most of you probably like those 40degree temperatures you woke up to early this morning. A couple Still Holding on in the east bay. You can see a breeze from our east bay hills camera. Were talking about an offshore flow. High fire danger is with us for the next several days. Well talk about how hot its going to get and when youre going to warm up. Its 57 right now in the city. See you back in a few minutes. Lisa, thank you. Also ahead, a former facebook employee is suing the social media giant. What he claims the company is doing. And detours or dining. Local shop owners blame traffic apps for a drop in business. Be a powerful force. Nature valley a former facebook employee is suing the company for age discrimination. City news Service Reports a 52yearold filed the lawsuit in los angeles. He claims that facebook has a record of getting rid of employees older than 50. The lawsuit says managers told terminated workers they were a poor cultural fit. He was fired from facebook in 2015. Facebook could not be reached for comment. Happening today, some help for Daca Recipients in San Francisco. Theres a free workshop at Mission High School to renew daca enrollment. Recipients whose documents expire in march have until october 5th to apply. Todays workshop is at Mission High School from 1 00 to 5 00. Daca recipients should bring their i. D. , Work Authorization cards, a copy of their prior daca authorization and passport or travel documents. The city is covering the 495 application fee. Happening today, the city of los gatos is closing north santa cruz avenue for a food and wine event. Local businesses hope eat drink los gatos will entice people to come back to downtown after a tough summer. Part of problem, traffic is keeping customers away. Abc News Reporter Katie Marzullo has more. At times its been absolutely unbelievable. Stopped, backed up for 30, 40 minutes. Reporter Fred Berkowitz lives in los gatos and lately has been avoiding downtown. Most of the time i go to campbell now. Reporter the problem is beach traffic causes gridlock around town and traffic apps steer people clear of town. Not only was it that we couldnt have visitors from out of town, which we typically have, but even our own locals could not get down and enjoy our shops and restaurants. Reporter Business Owners felt the impact. We used to have a big parking problem during the summer weekends. And now we have no parking problem because theres nobody here. Reporter hults restaurant stopped serving lunch. The owner says it was no longer profitable. Fridays, saturdays, sundays are the busiest days in the restaurant business. But when theres gridlock, nobody wants to sit in traffic. Reporter alex is among the people trying to bring people downtown. The saturday event includes food, beer, and live bands plus the rare closure of the main drag. Meantime the chamber of commerce says its working with town government on pilot programs for next summer to curb the traffic problem. In los gatos, Katie Marzullo, abc 7 news. Happening today, a special honor for female firefighters in San Francisco. Its been 30 years since women began serving with the San Francisco fire department. Today the department honored the largest percentage of women on any force in the United States. The united fire servicewomen is hosting a reception tonight at the 111 meinameainameainamean 200 girls learned how to use technology to help their communities. The organization black girls code event put on the event. The girl used Computer Programming to address social issues. What tool or app can you create to make your neighbor next door feel safer . What tool or app can you create to make the government run smoother . Black girls code is on a quest to train 1 Million Girls of color for science, technology, engineering, and math careers by the year 2040. Abc 7s Cheryl Jennings was honored last night for her work on health and family issues. The International Association presented her with its annual humanitarian award in san rafael. She was singled out for helping to remove land mines and bring land back to productive use. The Association Works with humanitarian organizations around the world to improve human rights, education, and health. Many people are getting ready to party this weekend in walnut creek, all for the 81st annual walnut festival. The event at Heather Farm Park runs through tomorrow and raises a lot of money for community groups. If youre lucky, you can meet king walnut. There will be two stages of live music, a carnival with more than 30 rides and a kids zone. The festival is expected to draw thousands of people. Tickets are 10, but you can get a discount if you bring food to donate to the food bank. It starts at 11 this morning. Also happening today, San Franciscos Richmond District is hosting its first autumn moon festival. The holiday, marking the fall harvest, has been celebrated in asia for more than 1,000 years. The moon festival is often considered chinese thanksgiving because of its celebration of gratitude. Festival booths will line clement street between 5th and 8th avenues starting at 10 00 this morning, offering food, crafts, and cultural performances. Good saturday morning. Live doppler 7 reflecting the Clear Conditions here. But i wanted to get you updated on hurricane maria, a category 3 moving away from the bahamas. This still is a strong storm, but it continues to move north into the atlantic. And as it does, it will begin to weaken. But were looking at high swells and lifethreatening surf here, and rip tides along the southeastern u. S. So keep that in mind if you are headed that way or have family there, those beaches are really off limits for the next several days due to dangerous conditions. Back home, youll want to head to the beach with the clear sky and gentle breeze out there. No fog. 60 in San Francisco. 52 oakland. Its 47 in gilroy, mid50s in Mountain View and san jose. It felt so much like fall the past couple of days. Well bring a little more summer back into your forecast, especially by tomorrow and into next week. So the beaches will be pleasant. 53 right now in santa rosa. Still kind of cool in our north bay valleys. Concord at 53. Livermore checking in at 50. Mt. Tam, you had those overnight lows in the 40s, that extra blanket. Overnight lows will still stay cool despite our warmup throughout the next several days. The warming trend on track today, tomorrow, and next week, with the high fire danger and the red flag warning, looking at continuing to run above average. Higher elevations, marin, sonoma, mt. St. Helene, some of these gusts could be high with relative humidity below 15 . Keep that in mind if youre out and about. Low 90s today, 82, a good jump by tuesday. If you like it on the cool side, the mornings, the evenings have been pleasant. In bet

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