country is counting down. and astronaut neil armstrong's hometown, and in cape canaveral, florida, where vice president pence greeted the two surviving members of the mission. >> it is the only event that stands a chance of being widely remembered in the 30th century. >> reporter: thousands celebrating a monumental moment from 50 years ago. >> the eagle has landed. >> reporter: july 20, 1969. 600 million people were watching on television. >> one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. >> reporter: that moment was made possible in large part because of the men and women sitting in this room. this is the new fully-restored mission control from apollo 11, and everything is exactly as it was on that day. it took 400,000 people, working on everything from the spacecraft to computers to spacesuits. >> cap con, we're straight for team one. >> reporter: he led them through the critical moments. five decades later, he says it's time we keep going and prove what america is really capable of >> it really demonstrated the power of free and open society. it's time for americ to wake up, get moving, build the energy and passion and say what america and will america can do. >> reporter: the celebration is in full swing here at johnson space center. this place is more than just a party. we walked past active mission control, that's the place where today's scientists are working on the next generation of space travel. nasa plans to put people on the moon by 2034 and maybe they'll be able to hake it all the way to mars. >> how cool is that. space exploration was forever changed with the apollo 11 mission. the uss hornet which is docked in alameda played a critical role, not at the beginning, but at t at the end. cornell bernard joins us live. you actually talked with some of the people involved. how neat is that, too? >> reporter: i did, you know how often do you get to walk in the footsteps of astronauts? you can here at the uss hornet. the navy ship that recovered the apollo 11 astronauts back in 1969. we spoke with the original recovery crew. they say they will never forget playing a part in space history. >> that's one small step for man. one giant leap for mankind. >> reporter: 50 years ago, the entire nation stopped to watch history in the making as neil armstrong and buzz aldrin walked on the moon. >> the courage and fortitude just blows me away. >> reporter: they came on board the uss hornet. the ship picked up the astronauts after splashdown. bruce johnson, co-pilot of the helicopter that plucked the astronauts from the ocean, he says it all happened very fast. >> they splashed down at 5:20 and we had them back on board before 6:00. >> i was the flight crew surgeon. >> reporter: the first to communicate with aldrin, armstrong and collins. he needed to know if they were okay. but only hand signals would work. noise from the helicopter was too loud. >> i got a thumbs up. one, two, three, as i say, my life was complete. they were okay. >> reporter: what a relief. >> what a relief. >> reporter: on board the hornet, not everything went according to plan. >> several nights prior to that, they painted a nice, white pathway to the mqm from the helicopter. the paint wasn't drying. >> reporter: a few glitches, but somehow it all worked, despite so many odds and low technology. >> my phone right here has about 200,000 more computing power than the computers used to go to the moon and back. >> reporter: yeah, even some of the recovery crew that we talked to still wonder after all of these years, how did we do it back then. many of them hope to see the u.s. return to the moon, but they know the original space mission is really what counts. apollo 11. we're live in alameda, cornell bernard. >> it is pretty remarkable. we do have more coverage of the moon landing anniversary at our website. among the things you'll find is a video of the moonwalk in real time. >> so the computer they used on apollo 11 had 4 kilobytes of memory. >>owew at 5:00, sfo celebrated the opening of a new terminal that also serves as a monument to a civil rights pioneer. >> i want to welcome everyone here to this great day, to the harvey milk celebration. >> that was abc 7 news reporter vic lee who emceed the ceremonies for harvey milk terminal one. southwest and jet blue will move in. the terminal will eventully have 25 gates. members of the public got a chance to see the new boarding areas, restaurants, shops and other amen its. >> we are changing the traveler's experience here more than any other area in the world. >> it highlights harvey milk. he served on the board of supervise eshs a supervisors and was asasz nighted in 1978. housing and homelessness are some of the major issues we're focussing on. we have an update on a story we first brought you last night, the serenity house in oakland, which has been offering housing to women for the past decade faced a deadline of today to come up with $14,000 other face eviction. the community came through and raised the money it needed. rent was also raised from $2,000 to 3,500 dollars a month. bc, keeping it clean. that's the not omotto for today cleanup. abc 7 news was in was in was inn the second annual event is especially important, since there's been a rapid increase of people in the area living in rvs. >> our personal responsibility is clearly this, and make no mistake about it, if you have trash on you, dispose of your trash. don't throw it out, simple things that we can do, just on our own will make the huge difference. that's what i encourage the public. >> the broadmoor police department, and property owners association co-sponsored the event. we do want to hear your ideas about building a better bay area, can you share them on facebook. the wildfire victim relief fund, two are suing. the measure creates a fund of up to $21 billion to repay fire victims. utility customers would account for $10.5 billion. there's a montszly fee that's being extended 15 years. the veerntszs would not be able to tap into it until they've speptsz $5 billion collectively. in the south bay, a man has been arrested for attempting to sexually assault a woman. and police think there may be other victims. sergio martinez was arrested for an attack in creek side park. investigators say he grabbed a woman from behind and tried to carry her off, but she fought back. if you recognize the suspect or know of someone who may have had an encounter with him, they'd like to hear from you. president trump is vowing to help asap rocky. he's being held for his role in a fight. a quick-thinking cop is being credited as a hero. and i'm drew tuma. a live look outside. tons of sunshine to start out of dramatic surveillance video shows the moment a home exploded in riverside county earlier this week, killing one man and injuring is injuring 15 others. a crew was trying to shut off the gas when the explosion happened. neighbors say the house had recently been sold and new owners were doing renovations. rapper a$ap rocky won't be getting any special treatment from sweden according to the prime minister. >> president trump called to see what he could do to help as police investigate his involvement in a fight. the prime minister said he'll explain in sweden everyone is equal before the law, that includes visitors from other countries. tensions continue to rise in the middle east. iran has released video it says shows its members seizing a tanker. the ship was seized after violations of international law. the foreign secretary says he expressed disappointment with his iranian k k k k k a dramatic rescue. >> watch as a police officer comes to the aid of a panicked mom whose child was locked upside a hot car. and i'm meteorologist drew tuma. a comfortable smart to ttart to weekend. we'll have the timing and accuweather forecast coming up. here's tom llamas with a look ahead at 5:30. coming up on world news tonight, the deadly heat wave and the power meltdown. is there any relief in sight? two major airlines canceling all flights to oh thaphenomenal!, that's unfair. that's so unfair. c'mon jay-bo. let's go. let's go. woahh! try my $4.99 bbq bacon double cheeseburger combo. only at jack in the box. ♪ try my $4.99 barbeque bacon double cheeseburger combo. a dramatic rescue caught on body cam body cam >> heat-related deaths have been reported when the outside temperature is as low as 60 degrees. that day the temperature had soared to 90. >> i called right away. i just didn't know what to do. i didn't have anything to break the window. >> yeah, pretty dramatic stuff. the baby ended up being okay, but how about this, an average of 37 children nationwide die every year from being left in a hot car. doctors and first responders are reminding people to be vigilant this summer. they say july is the peak month for hot car deaths. >> keep that in mind. as is it warm out there. >> including for your pets, anything in the car. drew tuma standing by with a little bit more on the temperatures. >> those numbers, they're going to warm oeven more. the hottest spots will go back into the 90s, and further warming occurs as we head into the new week next week. live doppler 7 showing you it is a clear picture. the santa cruz cam, lots of sunshine in santa cruz right now as folks soak up the sun, enjoy the rides. really comfortable right now. temperature in the low 70s. as we take a look at the accuweather highlights, show you what's coming your way over the next couple days, we are tracking a warming trend getting under way tomorrow afternoon. but the warmest spots really going to be away from the coast. the micro climates will be in full effect over the next couple days, meaning it will turn rather hot inland. but the coast, it will remain cool, staying in the 60s. and we're under this pretty steady july pattern of morning fog giving way to afternoon sunshine. numbers right now, we're mainly in the 70s and 80s. 84 in brentwood, 69 in oakland. we're at 77 in san jose and the city right now, cooler than that with the sea breeze, checking in with a temperature of 63 degrees. overnight tonight, patchy fog along the coastline. that's really about it. we'll find some patchy fog in the north bay valleys, but a lot of cities away from the coast, plenty of stars out there, mid to upper 50s. it's just a battle of two features on our map. this area of high pressure over the four corners right now is slowly going to move west over the next couple days. that will supply the warmer weather in our inland spots away from the coast tomorrow. however, this area of low pressure over the pacific northwest, that's going to help to keep the coast line cool. so it won't be a widespread heat wave we are tracking, but it will turn warm, especially tomorrow afternoon, away from the coast. so your 12-hour day planner tomorrow, sun's up at 6:04 in the morning. a mainly sunny day, but we're turning warmer tomorrow afternoon, 80s and 90s. highs in the micro climate,85 in san jose under mainly sunny skies. 80 in mountain view,78 in redwood city. the coast stays pretty cool. 63 and breezy in half moon bay. downtown san francisco, 67. 91 in clover dale, 78 in sonoma. the east bay tomorrow, afternoon sunshine, 73 in oakland. 8 80 in union city. 90 in brentwood. here's accuweather forecast. our warming trend gets under way and continues into early parts of next week. we highlight wincednesday. we're hitting 100 degrees in the hottest spots. the coast stays rather cool in the 60s. >> you have a look on your face. >> his ac. >> oh, yeah. cranking it up. >> i'm thinking about the billll actually. a bit of a cool down for the red-hot giants. the streak is over. how many home runs the giants gave up to the mets, and the luck of the irish? how some good breaks have shane you mighyour joints...ng for your heart... or your digestion... so why wouldn't you take something for the most important part of you... your brain. 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loaded, two outs for chris davis, but he goes downswing. breaks the bat in frustration. the twins would take advantage. first batter, brett anderson faces is gone. mitch garver with his 17th of the season, 1-0 minnesota. two batters later, nelson cruz with a cruise missile. that's his 19th. twins lead the entire majors in home runs. just like that, it's 2-0. shane lowry grew up four hours away from portrush northern ireland. this weekend he's being treated like a hometown hero. lowry's 18 holes away from winning the claret jug and golf immortality, arriving with his young daughter for the final round. tony finau is tied for 8th. had one of the shots of the day, 18th hole, for chip chip hooray. jb holmes was the co-leader after two rounds, 269. he falls to third. tommy fleetwood is in second, thanks to a 5 under 66. everyone is chasing lowry. he shot an 8 under 63. everything going his way. check out this shot on 10 from the rough. looks like it's headed to the rough, but rolls right at the hole for an easy birdie. then on 17, gets his third bird in a row, chichipping again fro the rough. he's the leader, 16 under par, four shots ahead of fleetwood. final round tomorrow, but bad weather is expected. >> it's, i honestly can't explain what it's like. i said we might never have a day like this on the golf course again, so let's enjoy this next half an hour. >> and tee times for tomorrow's final round have been moved up an hour because of the threat of bad weather. all of that excitement from today's round is likely going to feel like pressure tomorrow. he will have the weight of the nation on his shoulders. a 4-shot lead heading into sunday. >> nothing to it. next on abc 7 news at 5:00, you know the flintstone house, but this one just might one-up it. when you can chblts you've heard about renting bikes, but how about cups? what it's all about tonigh at 6:00. crocodiles may have outlived their dinosaur cousins, but now some 65 million years later, the owners of crocs shoe company is bringing them back. >> take a look at these full-sized prehistoric creatures, they are on display near nashville, tennessee to make people happy. locals say it's fun to look at them and take photos with their kids as long as they don't begin to chase them like they did in the movie. >> selfie with brunt sore tonight, several developing stories as we come on. the deadly heat wave and the power meltdown. temperatures rising and the battle to beat the heat. the power grid under stress. hundreds of thousands without ac and there's more on tap tomorrow. tanker takeover. dramaticew masked iranian commandoes rappelling from a helicopter onto a british tanker they have in custody. tensions in the region ratcheting up tonight. home explosion. the deadly blast caught on camera. the home destroyed. several others damaged. a utility worker called to investigate a gas leak did not survive. bear attack. the horrifying end to a wilderness excursion. a himalayan bear reaching through a fence mauling a tour guide. terror in the skies? two

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