Transcripts For KOFY ABC7 News On KOFY 7PM 20170703 : compar

Transcripts For KOFY ABC7 News On KOFY 7PM 20170703

Parked here inside station 94. Just parked. The staon closed yesterday. Theyre essentially out of service. Its going to have a big impact, as you said, on thentire east contraosta Fire Protection district. The district is out of money and they have to liv within their budget. There are still three stations open in oakley, brtwood and discovery bay, but there will n longer be, from my understanding, backup crews for fires or for emergency medic calls. I just think its crazy how its going to shut down the Fire Department one week before the busiest time of the year for them. Firetrucks are in and out all day ng. If a fire goes on here, how long will it take for brently or oakwood to get here if theres a re right there . Reporter the answer is response times are expected to go way up districtwide. I talked with theattalion chief who said now without a funding stream and three failed ballot measures the dont have the funding to sustain four staffed fire stations. Everyone will suffer and the Fire Protection district is already losin trained personnel. Theyre quitting and seeks out more job secury elsewhere. Its a mess. The fire chief is on his way out hereo talk to us right now. Ill have a l more on the options the Fire Protection district has moving fward coming up on our news tonight at 11 00. Reporting live, lesli brinkley, abc7 news. Thank you. An aggressive response from firefighters kept a fastmovg grass fire from growing out of control in santa rosa this afternoon. Kal fire planes, bulldozers swarmed the flames in sonoma county. It was under control in about an hour. No homes were threatened. Bay areair quality managers are asking homeowners not to set offheir own fireworks. The soot and dust can cause asthma attacks and coughing. They say heat, d grass and spark kbs a recip for disaster. A better idea i to attend a professional firewor show. The big shows in every bay area city. Youll find it on your smartphone. Open up the abc7 news app. Happening now, an amtrak Train Derailment in washington stat the locomotive of cascade train 506 went off the tracks at bay bridge. 676 passeers were on board. No one was seriously hurt. That train was traveling between vancouver, british colbia and eugene, egon. President trump back on the tonight. Gainst the media he took aim at cnn on ttter and the Cable Network fired back. The late es showdown comes down as hundredsarched in San Francisco, at one point blocking off thembarcadero demanding the president be impeached. Tiffan is here with the latest. Demonstrators of the impeachment march told me President Trump continues to disappointment and this tweet is no exceptn. The president s supporters have liked and retweeted it hundreds of thousands of time oh, my god, whats going to happen. Reporter presint Trump Supporters say they elected a fighter so this video showing the president circa 2007 taking down a manbscured by cnns logo doesnt bother them. Hes doing a good b. On top of that he can have fun doing it, more power to him. Reporter leo says the tweet is not a threat to the freedom of press. All of this is taken out of context. Its humor and thats the way a modernresident works. Reporter the only context President Trump provided were tw hashtags, fraud news cnn and fnn. He responded wit a statement responding, its a saday when the president of the United States encouraging violence against reporters. Todays tweet follows mr. President trumps attack of msnbc cohosts last week. On abcs this week, ana navarro says we canttand for this. This is going too far. The president of the United States is inciting violence against e free press. Reporter preefl planned impeachment marches took place arnd the count today. Several hungaried San Francisco today. Jordan calls preside trump the masser distractor. Hes defaming the office. He doesnt care about the office at all. Whatever he does is to push his agenda. Its all about himself. Reporter a few hours ago president rump tweeted again calling the mia both dishonest and fake. The base isascinated with it. We love it. Reporter tiffany wilson, abc7 news. President trump has been silent so far today on the Gop Health Care bill. Without enough support to get it passed last week, the president is backing one senators idea that is already being met with criticism. Reporter david daniel has the latest. One thing many republicans were hoping to celebrate ahead of thisuly 4th holiday was a vote on the Senate Health care bill and the end to obamacare. That fell short after Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell was forced to delay the vote following report by the Congressional Budget Office that said 22 million more americans would be uninsured uer the gop plan. President trump on friday tweeted, if republican senators were unable pass the bill, they should immediatelyepeal obamacare and replace it later. Trumps newfound approach was an idea drafted by senat ben sasse to the president in a letter drafted last week. If we can do a combined repeal and replace over the next week, thats great. If we cant, theres no reason to walk away. We should do repeal with a delay. Reporter not everyone isn board with that, despite t senates struggle to gain the necessary gop support for the leslation. Mcconnell responded to the new idea by saying the senate will continue to pursue a joint repeal and replace of the Affordable Care act and ick with that plan. The repeal now, replace later notion isnt jus an internal party dispute. Senator Bernie Sanders says that strategy could harm milli of americans byeaving them without coverage. I have a lot of respect for nator sasse but ithat idea is an absurd idea. The Congressional Office indicate that if you simply repeal the Affordable Care act, obamacare, you will throw you will throw 32 million americans off health care. Reporter facing certain opposition from democrats, if the g Health Care Bill is to pass, Senate Republicans will ed support from at least 50 of their 52 members. David daniel reporting. The suspect in a friday night crh that claimed the lives of two boys in concord. Muel wilson. The crash along highway 4 along solano way killed a 3 and 5yearold boy. Wilson is accused of running away after the wreck but later turned himself in when he checked into Highland Hospital for treat. Of Regina Jeffries who was shot and killed in june of last year for a vigil for another homicide victim in downtown oakland. A famil pastor tells the east bay tim theoss of her struck wilson and his family eecially hard. One of the pioneers of northern californias organic food movementas died. Nigel walker,he force behind eat well farms in the Solano County community of dixon died after a relapse of myeloma. He established his form in 1997 and converted his grand to grow organic crops three years later. He sold his fruits and vegetables in San Francisco. Walker was 56. Policen hayward are looking for an atrisk man last seen leavinging his assisted care facility. Matt bonds left the facility and has not returned. They say bond functions at about a 15yearold level. He wasast seen wearing a black shirt and pants and carrying a red backpack. Turning to a look a the weather, hope you get a chance to enjoy the sunshine around the bay today. Heres a live look from our abc7 roof camera as people enjoy this weekend preceding the fourth of july. The big queson is, whats it going to look like on the foth. Good thing the fire wor happening this evening. The east bay hills camera, theyre aeady getting socked in with fog. Well take a look at the forest coming up. Gushing water and strts buckling, this is not what you want to deal with on a holiday weekd. These people dont speak another language. Thisndependence day weekend how some of our countrys a broken 12inch water main turned the streets of hollywood into a river this morning. The break was first reported before 5 00 a. M. Thousands of gallons of water flooded a neighborhood north of hollywood boulevard. Cruise have since capped that leak. Celebrating Independence Day has special meaning for those who fled to our country and now enjoy those freedoms. What one refugee gave up and what he gained when he settled in sacramento. Reporter moving to a new country can be scary. Not knowing the language or having a place to work. Here at sin bad market it feels like home. For many refugees who just arrived. Am and my parents and my sister, one of my sisters, had the opportunity to come to the states while the rest of my brothers and sisters are still stuck in egypt. Reporter as he prepares food from his country, hes reminded of his sisters, not knowing when theyll ever reunite. Theres a chance well never get to see them again, but we try to stay in touch as much as possible. Reporter while standing in the store, refugees began to gather from all over. Sharing their stories. Living in a refugee camp before you came here or where were you living . Yeah. Reporter this family was from syria. They had been separated for months before making it to the u. S. They happy they gather in his store and hes even happier to employ them. There was a need for these people to get a job. To most of these people they dont speak another language other than arabic. This is a good place to mix in the community. Reporter how many employees do you have here . At the moment, about ten. Reporter how much are refugees . Ten. Reporter they are asylees from mosul. He and his father have helped create a Community Center and this store so others can feel comfortable in the u. S. Do you think youre successful because of the things youve done for others . I would like to believe so. I believe in karma. I believe when you do something good, you get something good in return. Reporter in sacramento, abc7 news. You know the trash attack between the warriors and cavs is legendary. Now lebron james has something new to say about steph currys new contract but what he says may surprise you. Not me. Tale of two cities and well tell you why. While San Francisco native won her first king james has a thing or two to say about warrior star steph currys new contract. Lebron believes curry is underpaid. Lebron ripped the nba salary cap and suggested curry should be making twice as much. He says curry should be making 80 million a year. Curry just signed the largest nba contract in history, roughly 40 million a year. Enjoying a nice, cool day out there in terms of july numbers. Slightly below normal for this time of year. That trend will continue the next couple of days and so, too, will the marine layer. Life doppler 7, what we got going on right now. You can see a lot of gray along the coastline. Thats the satellite showing you that low cloud cover. Well zoom in tighter on live doppler 7 and you can see not only are clouds starting to fill in over much of San Francisco, theyre now stilling through the golden gate strait and those in richmond are starting to see the marine layer. This is shooting you shout right now. You can see theres the low clouds. Marine layer will expand meaning most locations will experience gray skies first thing tomorrow morning. Out there right now, a wide range in temperatures. Typical for this time of the year. Were holding at about 70 in hayward. 67 in oakland. San jose, tons of sunshine in the south bay, 74. Brentwood sitting at 89 degrees. Overnight tonight, here we go. The call, a lot of 50s on the board from the coast to the bay and inland. You also notice a lot of fog. Not only along the coast but that is the gray shading you see spilling in from concord to fremont, even patchy fog stretching from san jose overnight tonight. That typical trend of gray skies to start your day. The clouds pull back to the coast. If you like the temperatures today, youll love tomorrow because the weather pattern not changing all that much over the next 24 hours. Tons of afternoon sunshine away from the coast and temperatures just slightly below normal for this time of the year. 83 the high in concord. About 70 in oakland tomorrow afternoon. 77 in palo alto. 64 in San Francisco. 91 in lakeport. A ton of sunshine, a breeze but around 82 degrees. Santa cruz camera. Folks still enjoying sunshine but still you can see that marine layer about to make its presence known. That sun is going to be going byebye in the next hour or so. Similar pattern tomorrow. Well have gray skies along the coast early on if you are headed to the beach. The cloud cover will be slow to clear. Once that sun gets out, it will be rather strong. Slap on that sunscreen. Ocean waters at 66 degrees. Well fast forward to your fourth of july day planner. You sea coastal fog in the morning. Sunshine for most away from the coast into the afternoon. By 10 00, as we start to see fireworks get under way, fog will be moving inland. Future weather showing you that very nicely. By 11 00 at night tuesday, fourth of july, future weather showing you fog from south San Francisco over to San Francisco even into oakland. The farther you are south, you have better viewing with clear skies by 11 00 on tuesday. Heres the accuweather sevenday forecast. Next seven days, it will stay breezy on monday, similar to winds right now. Fourth of july, midday sun and the clouds fill back in. Cooler on wednesday. Some coastal drizzle thursday and friday. But turning a little warmer saturday and sunday and even beyond that, really no excessive heat is forecast across the region. Thats what i like. Drew, thank you very much. Giants are playing like contenders winning seasonhigh sixth straight game. Buster pose y only giante call, starter. Although brandon belt played like an allstar today in pittsburgh. Mercer sends this one packing. Tworun shot. 20, pirates. Giants rally in the seventh. Williams, a twohit shutout but belt slaps this single kick starting a threerun inning. Top eight, belt with a man o see ya. Tworun shot. 53 victory for the giants and giants backtoback sweeps of the rockies and pirates. Across the bay, the as lone allstar alonso is trying to help his team into a fourgame sweep with braves in town. Everyone is ready for the fourth of july, including this cat in the hat. Shawn on the hill, pitched well, except when suzuki takes him deep. He went 7 1 3, allowed two runs, struck out six. Chris davis, not an allstar . He had 40 home runs last year, already 22. In the seventh, makes it 13. As trailed in the 11th. Davis scores and its a 33 game. It wouldnt last. End of 12, suzuki again, see ya. Second of the game. Last time he had two home runs in the same game, 2011 as an oakland a. How about a positive, alonso on his first allstar selection and from this years site, miami. My eyes got watery. Just so fortunate and, obviously, so blessed to have the opportunity to represent the oakland as and all the guys here. Obviously, going back to my home, where i grew up. It means a lot to me. Reporter well, its the end of an era. Patrick marleau has agreed to a threeyear contract with the maple leafs. He played all 19 years of his career in teal. The most Senior Member of the sharks holds numerous franchise records including 508 goals. The alltime fan favorite will be missed. Final round of the womens pga championship, second major of the year, San Francisco native Danielle Kang had four straight birdies on 11 through 14. She was the leader at 12 under. Brooke henderson, eagle attempt on 18 for the lead. And she is one rotation short. Shes in the clubhouse tied with kang at 12 under. Kang would twoputt for birdie on 18th cping off her first professional win and its a major. I just trusted in my game and i didnt worry about anything else. Its all about believing in yourself and just being confident. Thats what i did. Senior u. S. Open Salem Country club in massachusetts, Kurt Triplett with five bogeys. 56yearold has won four majors on the senior tour. This is his second open title after he did not win a major on the pga tour. Kenny perry, your 2017 senior u. S. Open champion. Pga tour final round of the quicken loans national, Charles Howell iii hasnt won a tournament since 2007. Needed to drain this putt on 18. Oh, my. Goes to a playoff with kyle stanley. First playoff hole, howell needed this putt to put the pressure on stanley. Misses again. Stanley will make his par putt for the win, his second career pga title. We are going to miss patty marleau, great shark, great man, great guy in the community. 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