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sun shine. the last of the showers exiting the atlantic beaches and we re getting a few breaks in the clouds just to the south. temperatures right now are near 80 degrees. and the shenandoah valley, more sun this morning out in western maryland, west virginia the leading edge of heat beginning to push in. low and mid 80s there. in the upper 70s around the chesapeake baey where it s still quite cloudy as well. chance for storms later this afternoon. this is chris gordan with that developing story in rockville. vandalism to the confederate memorial statue. spray painted black lives matter and on the bottom red spray painting that iappears to say black lives matter. it apparently happened overnight. an uber driver came to take a look at the statue. he called the police. they called rockville city police. this is a rockville district. the montgomery county official said he will have it removed. they had a crane operator in last week measuring it for removal from this area ....
in venezuela. i do not think it is fair, what has happened the past few months in a country, that you have had the majority of venezuelans protesting, demanding change, demanding free and fair elections, and they have been received by the national guard and police with tear gas, with rubber bullets, and sometimes with regular bullets, would shotguns. more than 120 people have been killed. and according to the attorney general, she has said that more than 90% of those who have been killed our opposition protesters. especially young people between 20 and 30. so there has been violence in venezuela, we condemn all violence. i do not think it is fairto all violence. i do not think it is fair to say that it has been on both sides. there is one side that has insisted on protesting peacefully, and every time that the police or national guard appear, it ends with people being killed. just tell us about the opposition and who they are. the opposition has evolved since it began i ....
north korea vowing revenge against the u.s. in response to tough new u.n. sanctions over missile and nuclear programs. former u.n. ambassador john bolton joins us with more on what happens now. illegal and unconstitutional. chicago mayor rahm emanuel suing the department of justice blocking federal tax dollars for sanctuary cities. the doj firing back, saying what emanuel should be focused on instead of this. the white house is pushing back hard what they call an absurd report out of the new york times about a 2020 shadow campaign. we ll explain. first back to the markets. the dow climbing into the close to score, looking at that, another record finish. but oil that is moving in the opposite direction as opec meeting gets underway. let s go to phil flynn watching action from the cme and nicole petallides on the floor of the new york stock exchange. nicole, let s start with you. what exactly was driving the dow and s&p to new records today? i want to point out, n ....
. . announcer: live where you live, this is abc7 news. it just felt like hi to get in there and help someone, so i did. a man runs into a burning apartment building in berkeley. tonight his quick actions may have saved someone s life. good evening. i m eric thomas. that fire forced evacuations of that entire building tonight. it started just after 7:00 on addison street between sacramento and acton and put out smoke that could be seen for miles. abc7 news reporter alyssa harrington is here with the latest on this developing news. reporter: eric, one man was critically burned in this fire, but it could have been a whole lot worse if not for the brave actions of one neighbor who ran into this burning building. the fire started around 7:15 tonight. our emeryville camera shows the thick, dark cloud of smoke over the city. katherine tippett shared this video of the flames pouring out of a third story unit. inside that burning apartment was a man lying on the floor an ....
i ll look at your activity planner for today coming up next. we don t have any major issues so no headaches as you get your work week started. a live look at san mateo bridge. westbound 92 wide open at this hour. things slow to fill in pretty much everywhere with one exception, a little slow out of tracy. right now, southbound 680, walnut creek to dublin, you look good in the green at 13 minutes. southbound 101, santa rosa to san francisco, also well into the green there, just 49 minutes. northbound 17 if you re coming through the santa cruz mountains, not too bad, 22 minutes. next traffic update 10 after 5:00. developing news. b.a.r.t. is going to update us on the search for a man accused of attacking passengers. there s been a significant jump in these type of crimes in the past six months. tiffany wilson is live at the lake merritt station with more on these birth b.a.r.t. officials want the public help in identifying a suspect at the center of two violent and ....