Good evening. Thank you for joining us. Im dan ashley. Well begin with the major policy announcement. President trump Just Announced he could be increasing the number of u. S. Troops in afghanistan, possibly sending thousands more into americas longestrunning war. Abc News Reporter lana zak is in washington. Reporter President Trump now says hes on board with a plan than could send additional u. S. Troops to afghanistan. I i concluded that the security threats we face in afghanistan and the broader region are immense. Reporter Afghan Forces say they need more help to fight a resurgent taliban. These new american troops will join more than 8,000 troops already on the ground, parts of 13,000 coalition forces. The men and women who serve our nation in xwaut deserve a plan for victory. Reporter the president did not say how many more americans would be sent, but the pentagons proposal originally unveiled in may would add 3,000 to 4,000 troops and increase the amount of foorn aid being sent to the nation. Before he was president , mr. Trump opposed increasing americas commitments in afghanistan. Lets get with it. Get out of afghanistan. Reporter getting out of afghanistan a position he often repeated as a private citizen but one harder to maintain as commander in chief. My original instinct was to pull out and historically, i like following my instincts. But all my life, ive heard that decisions are much different when you sit behind the desk in the oval office. Reporter and the president also called on india and pakistan to step up, but one thing that the president said he would not do give a timetable for when all u. S. Troops in afghanistan will be home. Lana zak, abc news, washington. Well, now to the eclipse. We waited 38 years for the Great American eclipse and millions came out to watch the spectacle. Abc News Reporter maggie ruehle is in charleston, south carolina, the last state to see this celestial phenomenon. Reporter we were some of the last people in the u. S. To see the Great American eclipse and the crowds here in charleston, well, we sent it off in style. The best part was when it kept getting smaller and smaller and smaller. Reporter the young and just born and the young at heart. I was trying to be part of this. I dont know if im going to have a chance to see it again. Reporter the canine and feline. After so much participation, the moon arrived right on schedule. Appreciate that were able to predict it and understand it to within fractions of a second. Reporter as totality sped across the u. S. At an average of 1800 miles an hour, americans from coast to coast ooed and ahed. I have goosebumps literally. Ive never seen anything like it. The spectacle landing in city after city, first hitting lincoln city, oregon. Casting its crescent scent in car heng in alliance, nebraska almost overshadowed in the socalled capital of the eclipse, carbon dale, illinois. But peeking out in the final few seconds. No words. No words. It was absolutely amazing. Then finally the last major stop for the Great American eclipse, charleston, south carolina. Right now you can see the sun just peeking around the moon. We are in a total Solar Eclipse. Some soaking in the darkness from the skies. There it is. Reporter and a lucky few on the sea who got treated to a Solar Eclipse of the heart. Sboelths total eclipse confident heart reporter here in charleston, the storms cleared just in time. We were treated to a total Solar Eclipse on one side with lightning strikes on the other. In charleston county, south carolina, maggie ruehle, abc7 news. Thats a twofer. Great stuff. Thanks so much. Its likely youve seen a lot of pictures by now, but probably not one like this. This is really something else. The International Space station tweet aid few pictures of a rare view of this eclipse. See that black spot on the earth there at the middle of your screen . Thats called an up bra. The up bra is the is the moons shadow during the eclipse. The six space stationwere the o live. Heres another look at the eclipse impact from a view you wont get fret earth. Ynoas new sest satellite shows 16 captured spectacular ins of the moons shadow crossing the united states. Remarkable stuff. If you missed the eclipse, check out the show again. Ahead to abc 67 news. Com. We have a time lapse video showing the moment the moon completely blocked out the sun that, moment of totality as well as incredible eclipse images from all across the country. Moving on, San Francisco is expected to hear the final word perhaps as early tomorrow about saturdays planned right wing rally at crissy field. The National Parks service has approved a permit but hasnt issued it yet. Abc7 News Reporter caroline tile ser on the story. Reporter a Diversity Group of san franciscans met with mayor ed lee this afternoon to talk strategy in the wake of saturdays planned right wing rally at crissy field. The city plans to sponsor two counter events to condemn hate and bigotry. Crissy field is under federal jurisdiction, not local control. And the National Park service has approved a permit for a group called patriot prayer. The paperwork isnt finalized yet, but if it goes through, the mayor wants restrictions. Primary concern is guns. I think guns and weapons of any kind be concealed weapons, sticks, poles. Reporter other restrictions could include a limit on the number of participants and how much of crissy field they can occupy. And the groups request for live music could be denied. The feds are expecting San Francisco police to help with security which the mayor calls unfair. And even if the event is canceled at the last minute, officers could still face chaos. In the possibility that that event does not go through, we will be prepared for protest, demonstrations, first anticipate, that type of thing, throughout San Francisco. Reporter the city hopes its rallies will offer a peaceful outlet. Carolyn tyler, abc7 news. A local San Francisco law group has started a go fund me page called adopt a nazi. Its not what you think. The campaign is raising money through crowd funding to benefit the Southern Poverty Law Center which fights by gottory and hatred. News reporter Lyanne Melendez explains what they want to achieve. The jush Bar Association of San Francisco thought its campaign called adopt a nazi would raise only 10,000. They have now received more than 85,000. The rally is still five days away. So the skys the limit. Reporter the rally hes referring to is being organized by patriot prayer, a group of President Trump supporters known to attract White Supremacists and neonazi. The organizer said they dont want to clash with far left groups either. The strategy behind the campaign is similar to one adopted in 2014 by the residents of a small germantown to wanted to get rid of the marchers. They came up with the idea to sponsor each marcher by about donating to an antiextremist group. Thats how the idea started. Reporter all the money raised the adopt a Nazi Campaign will go to the Southern Poverty Law Center, an organization in al bam fighting bigotry and hate. Im grateful that activists are countering White Supremacy and hate by raising money for organizations that do important group. Reporter the group is now vowing to intensify its social Media Campaign through saturday. In San Francisco, Lyanne Melendez, abc7 news. Tomorrow, the state Attorney Generals Office is expected to get involved in a recall petition drive against aaron ski, after he filed a lawsuit saying the state, not the county, should oversee the petition drive. The ags office plans to file papers tomorrow disagreeing with ski and sidg with the petitioners. Supporters of the recall believe ski has a pattern of bias in cases involving sex yims and violence against women including the brock turner case. A ruling whether to let the petition move forward is expected on wednesday. His lawyers declined comment to our partners at the Bay Area News Group because they had not seen tomorrows filing. Coming up next, a bay area rapper becomes the victim of a shooting in richmond. What police are say bth shooters intentions. Also, a fire thats now been burning for more than a week. Drew tuma is here with a preview of the forecast. Enjoy agstretch of comfortable weather. Temperatures slightly below normal. Changing for the week ahead. Ill explain in the accuweather forecast. Drew, thanks. Another passenger tried to open another passenger tried to open a door in the middle of a at at t, we believe in access. Another passenger tried to open a door in the middle of a the opportunity for everyone to explore a digital world. Connecting with the things that matter most. And because nothing keeps us more connected than the internet, weve created access from at t. California households with at least one resident who receives snap or ssi benefits may qualify for Home Internet at a discounted rate of 10 a month. No commitment, deposit, or installation fee. Visit att. Com accessnow to learn more. Proof now to developing news, the search is on for a suspect to shot an east bay rapper several times early this morning at a richmond gas station. He survived. News reporter melanie woodrow. Tonight the artist is in the stable condition. Richmond police do not have a suspect right now or a get away vehicle description. What they do have is Surveillance Video and theyre going through it. Keak da sneak is wellknown for his contribution to tell me when to go. It happened at a gags station on imperial avenue. A Police Spokesperson says someone shot him multiple times in his upper torso. Police are still investigating the motive and say there were few witnesses. What we know is he was most likely targeted. And it wasnt a random shooting. And it kind of underscores the fact that hes probably the person who did this was intending to probably take his life. Because you dont just shoot multiple times at a person not intending for the person to die. In a bay area music blog is sending its prayers and positive energy to the artist and his family. Rich monday police say the artist had a show in oakland sunday night. As part of their investigation, theyre looking into what if any ties he has here in richmond. Melanie woodrow, abc7 news. We got new information from San Francisco police today opt certainly for several rifles stolen from a parked car. We dont remds anyone leaving anything especially firearms in their vehicle. The theft happened sometime between midnight and 9 30 in the morning on sunday at leland avenue and delta street in visitacion valley. Someone took four rifles. Not six as previously thought along with ammunition and work uniforms. Police say a man who was in the military was passing through San Francisco that night and left his car locked up in the area. They are asking anyone who may have seen something or maybe has video to share it with them as they try to find whoever is responsible. Well, now to that frightening moment on board a passenger plane out of l. A. X. A man tried to open a cabin door as the pilot prepared to land. Authorities were waiting. Heres abc News Reporter david kerley. Reporter these are the moments just after passengers were screaming as a man allegedly tried to open one of the jets doors in flight. I hear some yelling and this gentleman is standing in the middle of the aisle. Hes saying im going to punch him if he opens the door. I didnt know what was going on. I thought we were being hijacked. Reporter the American Airlines jet was preparing to land in minneapolis and once on the ground, police boarding and escorting the man in sunglasses off the aircraft. Opening the door while in flight, thats that kind of scared me a lot. And t passengers next to me. Reporter while there was plenty of fear among passengers on saturdays, those emergency doors cant be opened in flight. Most jetliner doors mechanically seal against the fuselage and during flight, the cabin pressurization pushes against the door, pressure making it humanly impossible to open that door. And while the fbi says it is loking at the case, no charges have been filed. David kerley, abc news, Reagan National airport. A child fire burning in yosemite National Park has grown to nearly five square miles. Firefighters are watching the weather closely. There is certain about the potential for a Lightning Storm which could cause the fire to grow larger. Evacuation orders are in place for residents of the Tiny Community of wawone and some campers inside the park. Residents were ordered to clear out saturday when flames came within one and a half miles of the community. The wildfire has been burning for a week. See air rare fire watch provided the video. It was 10 contained as of this morning. All right. Abc7 news meteorologist drew tuma is here tonight monitoring conditions on those fire lines. Of course, around the bay area. Drew, we put a lot of pressure on you guys about the eclipse today. Depending where you were, you got glimpses. It was cloudy. Location was key. We suppressed get away from the coast for your best chance possible. A lot of cloud cover was stubborn to clear early this morning. Live doppler showing we have a fair amount of high cloud cover over us right now. The reason why, live doppler 7 over the past four hours, we had several thundershowers develop in the sierra. You can see them moving in a count ker clock wise fashion. Not out of the question a folks around san jose, even Mountain View and livermore could have had a few sprinkles as the showers died down earlier this evening. But the cloud cover, a lot of us had a gorgeous backdrop for amazing sunset pictures. Take a look at this. The high cirrus clouds bouncing off the sun setting gave us a gorgeous picture. If you ever see something beautiful where you ha have abc. We would love to share it on air. Temperature wise cooling to 64 the current number in oakland. 67 in san jose. 62 in San Francisco. Not bad right now. 65 in napa under mostly cloudy skies. Overnight today, a lot of cloud cover especially along the coast and high clouds streaming in through inland locations. Mid 50s to low 60s. The name of the game under a mie of stars and clouds. Future weather hour by hour, 8 00 tomorrow morning, theres that thick fog along the coast. And patchy fog around the bay. Likely to be a little bit of a thicker marine layer tomorrow meaning more locations will likely see fog tomorrow morning. Than we saw today. By 11 00, were seeing the mixing of the atmosphere getting the fog out of the bay but clinging to the coast. Tomorrow once again, temperatures very comfortable for this time of year. Ray few degrees below normal in terms of august. Highs on tuesday about, 68 in San Francisco high of 78 in napa and oakland up to 73. The stretch of below average temperatures will not last all that long. As we head into the weekend and early parts of next week, the pattern develops where much of the western u. S. Starts to develop a heat wave. The hottest temperatures, temperatures greatest above normal likely just to the east of us in the sierra. For us locally, it will get warm once again with temperatures rising above normal for this time of year. Future tracker temperatures as we get you into the weekend, its going to be a warmer weekend than what we experienced last weekends. A lot of 70s and 80s around the bay and our warmest spots going back into the 90s inland kind of ditto forecast on sunday as well as the heat kind of hangs on for both saturday and sunday. Heres the accuweather sevenday forecast. Below average on tuesday. A steady pattern around the bay. Inland starting to warm up a bit. As we head into the weekend, you notice it in most locations. Low 80s around the bay. Going into the upper 90s inland for the weekend. Both monday and even if we extend this an eighth day on tuesday, temperatures getting on the warm side for this time of year. Enjoy cool weather while we have it and well flip the script again. 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