President should follow. Theres a process in place for the department of defense, for congress, for public comment. And thats the process that should be followed if you really want a solution. This policy is far from settled. To learn the latest changes, download the abc7 news app. Youll receive push alerts like the one we sent out this morning. Happening right now, it is nail biting time as 55,000 fans converge of levi stadium for the game between team usa and jamaica. It starts in about 25 minutes, which puts it at the height of the evening commute. David louie is live outside levi stadium. How is the traffic situation right now . Reporter well, the traffic is doing pretty well. Weve been monitoring the traffic cams, and people did a good job of staggering their arrivals so they wouldnt create log jams. You can see people are streaming in for the 6 30 game, and a lot of people are hoping for a team usa victory. Usa usa usa reporter pride in team usa is breaking out in the parking lot
That the president s transgender wont be allowed to serve in the military. Here are the president s exact words that he tweeted, after consultation with my generals and military experts, please be advised that the United States government will not accept or allow transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the u. S. Military. Our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming victory and cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgenders in the military would entail. Thank you. You can see the rest of the tweet right there. Were waiting on reporter lillian kim, and shell have a live report coming up from the castro on a protest that is just about to get under way. And reaction to the president s tweets came swiftly from across the country. Not surprising, it was mixed. Many, though not all, republicans showed support. The party has always had an internal disagreement. This is a small policy change in comparison to say the Health Care Re
The rain. We have Team Coverage for you tonight. Lets begin now with rob mayeda. It wasnt a little rainstorm at all. Were watching rain rates very closely there in San Francisco. You might have noticed we saw the intensity of the game pick up. Moderate rain at times, 59 degrees. Rain totals across San Francisco. This is the reason the game didnt see any delays. Less than a tenth an inch. And moderate to heavy rain out toward livermore. Quarter inch of rain has fallen so far. Impressive totals toward san jose, half inch around morgan hill. Well continue to see a potential for half inch of rain between now and about lunchtime tomorrow. In addition to that, areas in the south bay will have a chance for some thunderstorms, picking up as we head toward the afternoon. That is another item to watch with small hail, gusty winds. Well let you know how much more rain you can expect and the rest of your weekend forecast coming up in 12 minutes from now. Two giants games in the bay area tonight. O
Tonight. Theres also a threat of rain at the san jose giants game as well. We do have Team Coverage for with you the weather alerts here. Robert handa is live in san jose, but lets start with meteorologist rob mayeda. Right now, to start relatively light amounts. We see a drizzle storm there across the Golden Gate Bridge with the misty skies. San jose, 64. You can see on the radar just a few passing light rain showers. This should be the story of the first half of the evening. Mainly light showers passing on by there into San Francisco but more substantial showers and thunderstorms there in the sierra where for now, thats where all the thunderstorm activity will be staying. But notice moisture coming up from the south. Well see increasing chances of rain. And watching the time frame from 7 00 to 10 00 at night, you can see the rainfall accumulations. Light rain should not stop the game and probably wont delay it if those are the rain rates were looking at. Temperatures in the 60s and e
Down. 22 in the tenth inning, the righthander coming up. Santiago casilla, he is going to bring him into the game. And it looks like as part of a double switch here. Buster posey will also enter the game. Facing brandon belt at first base. New pitcher coming in. 22. Well be right back. Just a quick note on trevor brown, he also had a bit of experience last year with him. He singled off of him, so maybe that helped him tonight. John a little background on trevor browns head to head against hatcher, and Ross Stripling who departed with a nohitter and then trevor brown got the first for the giants, a home run to tie it up. Justin turner against santiago casilla, 1 and 1. Mike opens up with a nice little cutter in the corner. To see a rare closer he can give you five different pitches and throw them at you any time. Theyre all quality. Two times the fastball. Curveball, cutter, changeup. Posey comes into first base with a double switch. John buster will be due up fourth. Strike two call, l