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KGO ABC7 News 400PM September 2, 2016

San francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick ignored the boos last night and dropped to one knee as a naval officer sang the star spangled banner. Reed joined him in the silent protest at qualcomm which was filled with veterans for the annual salute to the military. The quarterback said he is not antiamerican but in a post game conference he said he is for america but he is against Police Brutality and it is the fourth game hes refused to stand for the anthem. And jeremy lang showed his support last night in oakland. Sports center tweeting out this photo of him sitting during the National Anthem before the game against the raiders. Kaepernick plans to continue his protest and will donate a Million Dollars for the communities he is protesting fore. He gave 60,000 worth of back tax to schools. We are live with a look at the bay area organizations hoping to also be on the receiving end of his donations. Activists and a nonprofit that i talked to said there are issues that need to be addressed in the bay area, including housing. And they hope that kaepernick decides to give back to the bay area. Colin kaepernick is putting his money where his mouth is. The 49ers quarterback will donate 1 million to help people with the money going to the issues he believes in. Im currently working with organizations to be involved and making sure that im actively in these communities. Reporter kaepernick has refused to stand for the National Anthem in protest of what he calls oppression for black people. This center in downtown oakland hopes the football tar gives back to the community that supports him. It could be helpful in addressing affordable housing. We need more housing here in the bay area. It could also be addressed, like i said, with spending more dollars on mental health. Reporter and cat refused to stand during the National Anthem. She hopes he donates to grassroots organizations at the forefront of the fight against inequality. There is a lot of things happening to the marginalized numbers of our community and the influx of resources could help, jobs for young people. Reporter kaepernick has not revealed exactly where the money is going. Thursday he did make an effort to investigate in youth. He along with his radio host girlfriend nessa donated 50,000 worth of backpacks for kids in the bronx. Abc 7 news. More news from the athletic world. Steph currys tour offa is underway and he is in china and he attended events at a Shopping Mall and university in schenn yang and this is video released by the company. He signed a nineyear sponsorship deal with them a year ago this month. And one projection shows that his appeal could double und armor value to more than 28 billion in the future. Not bad. That is Good Business to be in. Well samsung is recalling millions of new galaxy note 7 smartphones after reports of the devices catching fire while charging. The Electronics Giants has stopped selling the phones a month after they went on sale worldwide. They know of 35 instances where the phones caught fire and it working with suppliers to find out what went wrong. The company has already shipped 2. 5 million of the devices since they went on sale. The food and Drug Administration is banning more than a dozen chemicals that have been used in antiact earal soaps and washes. They have failed to show they are safe or reveal Scientific Evidence that the products are better than plain soap and water. Todays decision primarily targets two ingredients. Some Research Suggests it could interfere with hormone levels and spur dugresistant bact earia. And the weekend is upon us. And for some they are celebrating. They are out of the door. And we will be soon. This is a great weekend. Weve talked a lot about temperatures below average but dreary. It is a great weekend for out door activity. Here is live doppler 7 and mostly sunny skies across the bay area. We have a couple of patches of low clouds fiscal year the coastline but much of the coastline under sunny conditions. This is the view from sutro tower. Love this view northward. A few thin high clouds but a lot of blue sky. 65 in San Francisco. Oakland 70. 75 at Mountain View. 78 at san jose. Morgan hill 86, the warm spot and 61 in half moon bay. Check out another perspective from emeryville looking at blue sky here as we gaze out toward the golden gate. 88 in santa rosa. 77 in napa, 81 in novato, 87 in fairfield and concord. And from mt. Tam toward the bay, and cooler than today but turning warm again on labor day and summerlike heat returning for most of the next week. And lets begin the evening. Your evening planner. 6 00 to 8 00 p. M. , clear skies and the sun sets at 7 36 and temperatures in the mid70s inland, at 6 00 p. M. , upper 60s around the bay at 6 00 p. M. And getting cool until 8 00 p. M. And 10 00 p. M. And at midnight coastal fog and there might be a spritz or a sprinkle in there as the clouds move down along the coastline. At 7 00 tomorrow morning well see a few coastal clouds and areas of sunshine along the coast as well. It is clear in our inland areas at 7 00 p. M. And we might get a sprinkle or two out of the coastal clouds at 11 00 tomorrow, the clouds pulling back away from the bay. There couldnt be much cloudiness over the bay tomorrow anyh anyhow. And tomorrow sunny across the bay area from coast to bay to inland. And it is going to be a cooler than average day but a pleasant one. Breezy at the coast tomorrow. Gusts up to 25 to 30 Miles Per Hour at times. High temperatures in the coast in the low to mid60s. Upper 60s to low 70s around the bay. And mainly upper 70s to low 80s inland. That is certainly a cooler range than average for this time of the year but pleasant for out door activities so the accuweather sevenday forecast. Well see inland highs in the low to mid80s on saturday and sunday, low to mid70s around the bay. Up toer 50s to 60 around the coast but on monday, labor day arrives with a warming trend. And for all of next week except monday, inland highs around 90 degrees or above, up to around 80 degrees orn the bay and mid60s on the coast. So a nice summerlike week coming up. It looks like a great weekend as well. Thank you, spencer. Ready to go for a ride . A sneak peek inside of the Worlds Largest indoor theme park. I dont want to do that . Hes not ready. At 4 21, here is a look at the afternoon commute. This is 101 in san rafael, oncoming traffic is northbound and it is moving honey, is the internet back yet . Yes i need to let her know that i like this i like, like, like, like. I havent seen a movie based on a comic book in so long. I know. Were over here internet people get high Speed Internet from at t. With over 99 reliability. At an everyday price with no extra monthly fees. Keep calm, you internets on. At an everyday price with no extra monthly fees. What are you doing . Sfx burp im having a small snack. Gross. Dont live with ants. Get raid ant roach spray. Raid . . . Raid kills bugs dead. Sc johnson a true San Francisco treat celebrates 143 years of service this week. The cable car made their first run on clay street in 1873 thanks to london born inventor andrew smith halladay. He based it on a cable. It survived the great quake and attempts to remove them in the 1940s and 50s. An effort is under way to bring tourists to dubai. A billion dollars theme park. The biggest indoor park and it just opened. John jenson got a look inside. Reporter it already has the biggest building and the biggest Shopping Mall. Now dubai wants to have the biggest thrills. This is the citys newest amuseme amusement park, img worlds of adventure. It is a 1. 5 million square foot theme park with 28 football fields filled with the world largest. I wanted this to be an icon for dubai itself and icon for the region. Reporter the privately owned park cost over 1 billion and took three years to build. This is the raptor. Reporter and we got a sneak peek before it opened which meant no lines and no waits. It is so big. It cant fit under one roof. It shoots riders from zero to 60 mileperhours in 2. 5 seconds and the park features car acteres by marvel and Cartoon Network but it isnt the only destination in town. Government owned dubai parks and resort is set to open later this year. It is a massive 3. 5 billion development. Analysts say theme parks are part of a plan by the rulers to diversify the city economy through tourism. It has a lot to offer. It has malls and sun and sand but beyond that you need to offer something that keeps the tourist busy for longer and with entertainment in particular. The theme park is one of this. The parks could receive 18 million visitors by 2021 and may one day complete with orlando. Previous attempts failed. Construction of a Universal Studios theme park was stalled after the financial crisis in 2008. Otto believes his park and rides and will hope for 12,000 customers a day per year and for children and big kids looking for the biggest thrills in the region. Im ready to go again. Reporter john jenson, dubai. Coming up on abc 7 news at 4 00. Here it comes. The damage as hurricane hermine makes landfall and where the now Tropical Storm is heading next. Plus, the backlash over Donald Trumps immigration policies continues days after his meeting with mexicos president. And the San Francisco Police Officer honored today for amazing sleep stays with you all day and all night. Sleep number beds adjust on both sides for your best sleep ever. Dont miss the biggest sale of the year. Right now save 50 on the labor Day Limited Edition bed, plus 36month financing. Hurry ends monday know better sleep. Only at a sleep number store. And here is what is making headlines at 4 30. Brock turner is a free man today. Abc news was outside of the main jail in downtown san jose when he was released from custody this morning after serving half of a six month sentence for a Sexual Assault on the stanford campus. Protesters are trying to continue their effort. And david louie tweeted this of one of the protesters who went topless against the judge in the rally in san jose. A surprise Fireworks Show caught residents off guard. At 5 00, well have that story. And Tropical Storm hermine is on the move after hitting the Florida Gulf Coast hard. Lorna zack is live in charleston, south carolina, for us now. Reporter hi, ama and larry, we could file the wind and rain as the wind moves further north and a path of destruction left in its wake. Hermine is moving fast across the southern u. S. Half a million americans are already without power as this Tropical Storm goes through georgia and on to the carolinas. Early this morning, hermine made landfall as a hurricane in a florida, the first in a decade. And it ripped through house as long the panhandle. And left a swath of destruction. There is debris and including uproots trees and fallen limbs. Do not travel the roads until they are clear and safe to do so. Reporter the latest projections hitting the eastern seaboard and reaching north to rhode island. The governors from georgia to new york to virginia, declared a state of emergency. We do caution everyone, but we are now operating under and we have been informed and we are having lifethreatening storm surges which could go up to chesapeake and cause major disruptions. And some embraced the massive waves. Or others it was a disaster with entire towns under water and still hermine rages on. And that direct hit managing to bypass the city here which could have been catastrophic given the proximity of the water and now it moves further north and millions still in the danger zone. Live from charleston, lorna zack, abc 7 news. Donald trump met with a group of africanamerican civic and religious leaders before he visits a church in detroit. This comes as the nominee is trying to appeal to minority voters after he launched his campaign with Immigration Reform as the central issue but one of the reporters gave an interesting perspective. We are live in San Francisco and he has that part of the story. Sergio . Reporter it is not often that in a political story you have to get comments from foodies, but when a taco truck on every corner is a trending topic, you have to go out and get some opinions. The bay area has long embraced food truck culture, so this comment by a selfdescribed latino for trump seemed odd. My culture is a very dominant culture. And it is imposing and it is causing problems. If you dont do something about it, youre going to have taco trucks at every corner. What is bad about that. That sounds amazing. People making Delicious Food and what could be more american than that. Reporter marcos comments sparked a quick online response, taco truck on every corner was trending most of the day. Most comments poked fun at the phrase. But not everyone is laughing. Is this real . Is he joking . And i think you have to take it seriously because even though i dont believe that this is an individual of much substance, the fact is that he is advising donald trump. Reporter San Francisco Republican Party member and designating trump spokesperson made clear mr. Guiterrez doesnt speak for the campaign. He said trumps own words on immigration seem to be well received by supporters. When donald trump finished his ten points on immigration speech, the fundraiser site crashed. There was so much money flowing in. Reporter this is a long time legal Immigration Reform advocate and being sued by the San Francisco attorney accused of providing fraudulent information in hearings. Sergio quintana, abc 7 news. Another Hillary Clinton document dump was made today by the fbi. The agency released 58 pages of documents from the recently closed investigation into her use of private email servers during her days as secretary of state. The documents include a summary of agent interviews with clinton and her aides as well as some Technical Details about how the servers we are set up. James comey concluded then secretary clinton had been extremely careless but there was no evidence she intentionally mishandled classified information. Today moderators were announced for the upcoming debates which start on september 26th. Martha radis will have the debate on october 9th with Anderson Cooper and others will moderate the other debates. Jared fogle said the parents of one of his victims are should be blamed as what he called as her destructive behaviors. His attorney made the allegations in the motion in the 300,000 civil lawsuit filed by the girls parents. It accused the parents of maintaining an abusive of relationship and abusing alcohol and fighting with the victim. Fogle is serving a 15 year prison term for having sex with underage girls and including child porn and including images of the girl in the lawsuit. Penn state plans to celebrate joe paterno this weekend and many students on campus are not happy about it. He is the winningest coach but accused of looking the other way for many years while Jerry Sandusky molested young boys. Today the newspaper said the school needs a reality check and saying he is not a Community Hero and it is time to move on. Remember the costa concordia, that ruck a reef and capsized in 2012. It was dragged across the port and headed to dry dock where it will be broken down and recycled. 30 people died and the captain was sentenced to manslaughter and sentenced to 16 years in prison. And we are still months away from halloween, but in San Francisco this weekend there is sure to be a lot of costumes. Well give you a glimpse inside of comic on. Im michael finney, ask finney is still ahead. Im still taking your questions. Post them with the ask finney and ill answer your questions live in just a little bit into im Spencer Christian from suit yo tower with blue skies up in the north and out to the west and dont be surprised if you run into a masked crusader or two this weekend because comic con got underway today. It is where fans gather to meet authors and artists and where they get to dress up. We spotted amazing costume and a times for fans to turn fantasy into reality. It is definitely fun. I dont know people come out and ask to take your picture. I designed the colors and everything and i love getting recognized and people love getting pictures with me and i love it too. That is fun. San francisco comic con also has a Film Festival and a Cartoon Art Museum and a gaming floor. The event continues through sunday at the mariot marquee motel. I feel like we should be in costume. Dale earnhardt will miss the season recovering from a concussion. He missed six races after beginning experiencing symptoms back in july and had a history of concussion issues. The son ofy9uz Dale Earnhardt s and he has won in the last years. And Laurie Hernandez is used to perfecting difficult routines including her first one on dancing with the stars season 23. She has been partnered with val who posted the latest actress on instagram. He said we still need work on the frame but we already got a handshake. The new season premieres monday september 12th at 5 00 p. M. Catch it right here. And as we head into labor day weekend, doppler 7 showing us sunshine on this frida

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