because even one attack is one too many. live from the kgo tv broadcast center, this is abc 7 news. now at 11:00, this man you see here is now dead after a first of its kind car accident. his tesla was on autopilot when it slammed into a tractor-trailer. good evening and thank you for joining us. i m ama daetz. an i m larry beil in for dan ashley tonight. federal authorities are launching an investigation as the crash raises questions about the safety of those self-driving cars. cornell bernard is live in berkeley. cornell? reporter: the self-driving cars slowly becoming the new reality out here on the road. but one man s death raising new questions about the technology. this was joshua brown driving his tesla that he nicknamed tessie. he is the first known u.s. fatality while using self-driving technology. tesla ceo elon musk tweeted his condolences to the model s owner. he calls brown a friend to tesla. he was known for posting videos of his car driving on autopil
stop driving these vehicles right now. and we do say good friday morning, everyone. we re going to get started with politics. donald trump apparently narrowing his options for running mate. sources say newt gingrich and chris christie are being vetted. republicans are angry after former president bill clinton med with loretta lynch, even as her department oversees the investigation into his wife s e-mail controversy. reporter: it s july. and that means the conventions are right around the corner and the veepstakes are heating up. newt gingrich is being vetted as a possible vp pick for donald trump. according to the washington post gingrich is the lead contender. chris christie is being considered as well. trump was back in new hampshire yesterday. they re getting ready to take. reporter: where he joked about mexican planes flying overhead. why aren t we putting our require rooes, military require rees on the border and in get rid of all thing they wear in tsa.
atlantic city. jessica is tracking what is going on. good morning, we have been watching all morning as union members picket at the front casino in atlantic city, new jersey. you can hear them chanting, but it is hard to make out all day all night. upset over health insurance lands and pension benefits terminated. the can send has the trump name but it is onlied by a billionaire investor. the walk out started 90 minutes ago and involves 950 union members according to our abc affiliate. four other casino have not reached deals, either, so this is a total of five casinos dealing with this. this is video from moments ago. the last strike in atlantic city was ten years ago in 2004 and lasted 34 days. this will go on for some time. i will let you know in anything happens. in major strikes here. workers in three bay area cities are getting a raise, minimum rage is going up for them. in san francisco, it is increased by 75 cents to $13 an hour. it will hit $15 by 2018. sunnyva
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middle of the road. pg&e are on the scene. no one was hurt but throughs are without power in the hayward neighborhood. we are on hathaway avenue near lansing way. this happened at 5:15. pose say a driver crashed into a power pole and knocked the whole thing down. wires are covering the road. pg&e cut them off and they are not live. 4,000 customers are without power. we do not know how soon it will be become on. as you can imagine people are trying to get ready for work. the cause of the crash is not known. police say that only one vehicle was involved. they talking to the person who was the driver. this is still a dangerous situation and they are asking people to stay away from the area. traffic is re-routed. federal authorities have launched an investigation into the first death of a tesla owner using the car s self driving feature. jess can jessica the story. joshua brown was in the navy 11 years and part of seal team six. he owned a software company and he went to univer
shopping at the mall in san jose around 9:30 last night. the little boy was with his sister and mother were holding hands walking back to their car when they were hit. the gray mercede was moving at a low rate of speed. ought driver of the mercedes did stop and is cooperating with the investigation. currently we do not believe chop or drunks was a factor in the collision. it is a tragic situation. all the 60 year old boy, identified at by boy were rushed to the hospital and the child was pronounced dead. they do not know in the driver was distract ordinary did not see the family because it was dark. occasionally, it is a highly congested area in the parking lot and we encourage people to go slow. police are anding for whens to assist in the investigation. the summers with treated. she is expected to be okay, recovering from the devastating loss of taking time. our thoughts and prayers go out to her. there are markings on the ground where they took measurements. the dr
it drifts to the right. and in joshua brown s case, the auto pilot was working and neither the auto pilot nor the driver noticed the wight side of the tractor-trailer against the brightly lit sky so the brake was not applied. some view it as a setback to autonomous cars. uk berkeley professor horowitz. people should view this as not safety but not as a substitute for the driver. reporter: trugman went back to the dealership and got more pointers. we drove back to the freeway with him, the auto pilot was working. look, mom, no hands. reporter: and now the true test. we ll go around this curve up here. it was a bit nerve-racking, but guess what? oh, my gosh, it is doing it. vic lee, abc 7 news. and yn early reminder of the dangers posed by fireworks. palo alto caused a fire and burned along camilla drive but crews were able to distinguish the fire before it became a bigger threat. it was the third fireworks related fire they ve put out in the last 24 hours.
are among the hostages but they have accounted for all american personnel. we are continuing to work on the the accountability of others and we continue to stay in touch with bangladeshi authorities. obviously a very fluid situation right now. reporter: the bakery was backed on this friday night during ramadan when the attackers stormed in, exchanging gunfire with security forces injuring several, killing at least one. and high-profile attacks like this have been uncommon in bangladesh. there have been recent murders there linked to islamic extremists. abc news, new york. back here in california, a wildfire burning near the american river has grown to 2100 acres, forcing evacuations and threatening 2600 structures in el dorado and placer counties. we have live pictures coming up. cal fire officials say they are in creasingly worried that the trail head fire will spread out of control with hot temperatures. forecast for this weekend you could see the smoke coming up
it begins with dear donald. he wrote that americans are angry and frustrated, but also generous and kind. he challenged others to speak up. i hope it can be much more than something that i wrote. it can be something that americans get out there and repurpose and write their own letters and speak with their own voices a lot more powerful than my own. he paid nearly $200,000 for this ad. he says he may get more involved in the election. it follows a letter from more than 100 tech executives last week saying trump would be a disaster. today, hillary clinton held several events in ohio. this morning, she spoke at the naacp conference in cincinnati and addressed the recent shooting of police in louisiana. watching the news from baton rouge yesterday, my heart broke. not just for those officers and their grieving families, but for all of us. the democratic national convention starts next week in philadelphia. our abc 7 news crew will be there as well. they re in clevel
this is a 13-year-old autistic boy. police say he is armed with a knife. again, it started with a family dispute at 9:00 last night and right new the police officers are outside trying to figure out the very best way to communicate with the young man. we are told they are talking to the boy s therapists to try to figure owe the best way to talk to him. they want the by did come out on his own. he is inside of the house, alone, to come out on his own, and to put the knife down. the officers say that they are taking a wait-and-see approach for now. new details this morning on a wildfire bun north of big sur in monday dry burning now more than 19,000 acres. this is video of the soberanes fire. the flames are only 10% contained. 1,600 homes are threatened, and machinetory evacuations are in affect for 300 homes. the smoke from the soberanes fire is spreading across the bay area. jessica joins us from palo alto. it is bad, right, jessica? matt, it is hazy in palo alto. it is