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KGO ABC7 News 400PM July 21, 2017

Remember all their names . No. Reporter with some 27,000 bibs, its hard. Do you know that guy back there . No. I should. Reporter he ran five meals to meet us for this interview. Dean and 75 others intend to not run one marathon but two back to back for individual charities beginning at midnight. Were going to run the route in reverse. Get to the starting point and run the actual marathon with the runners. Reporter when they do and gross the golden gate a sec time around, it will be a different experience than in previous years. Theres a cone and youre running and theres cars whizzing by at 55 miles an hour. What are you concerned about . Distracted drivers, impaired drivers . Reporter the bridge will close traffic at 1 00 a. M. It might affect as many as 4,500 cars. On this day the marathon runners will out number them, at least for three hours. Drivers will face numerous road closures before during and after the marathon. Many of the closures will begin as early as midnight. For more information go to abc7news. Com. The big banners are up and fans are starting to arrive. The annual International Champions cup, a major draw for santa clara. Youre seeing the best of the best in your backyard. Reporter more than 60,000 tickets have been sold but limited remain. To have that type of opportunity, its neat to see the progression of soccer thats a hot bed in the United States for soccer. Reporter the icc has been to lee levys before. It gives it the big city feel and we are definitely really excited about it. Many people are coming out of area to intend the match. Fan will travel all throughout the south bay when they are here for this match. Its great benefit to have these high profile sporting events this the city. Reporter a chance for local fans to see two soccer super powers in person this weekend. Chris nguyen, abc 7 news. Match box 20 concert has been rescheduled for tuesday but the counting crows have a prior commitment and cant make that date. The band tweeted its some truly messed up bleep but im told we cant load any equipment into shoreline tonight and the show is cancelled. Its going be a hot one for people out enjoying a bunch of bay area activities. Spencer christian with a first look at the forecast. We have a lot going on around the bay area this weekend along with the heat coming our way. Here is live doppler 7. Sunny skies right now. Its warm day now. It will get warmer tomorrow. Still mid toup upper 90s this weekend. Well start with the franSan Francisco marathon on sunday which will kick off under gray skies with temperatures in the mid50s which is probably good marathon running weather. However, sunday afternoon 2 00, its International Champions cup soccer with real madrid playing manchester united. 2 00 p. M. Temperature in santa clara will be in the upper 80s. I think these guys are tough enough they will survive the heat. If youre a big fan, you probably will too. Ill have more on the forecast a little bit later. Evacuation orders have been lifted for the town of mariposa as a wildfire continues to burn. 58 homes and 60 other buildings have been destroyed in the fire. Its burned 115 square miles so far. The fire is only 15 contained. As they drove through for the first time the only thing on their mind was finding their home in one piece. It jumped so quick. Went to 70,000 acres. Just unreal it quick. Well trust with god and go with what he has, what he gives us. Reporter now the nearly 4,000 firefighters working around the clock are facing a new challenge putting the growing blaze out. Firefighters are on the ground. They are making good progress. Once again this is steep terrain. Reporter as they do that in rugged areas assessment crews are taking count of damaged buildings with about 80 of it done, only 58 structures are destroyed. However, none of them are businesses in the heart of mariposa and the owner says he is ready to thank them for what they worked so hard for. We honor firefighters and if they have an opportunity to come in and have a beer, its on me. Reporter cal fire is still asking some of the businesses to be prepared to leave at any moment. Fire is burning just 35 miles from Yosemite National park. They are rolling through the valley and disappearing in the haze. The park is not in danger of burning and remains open. Visitors are being warned about respiratory problems from all the smoke. Police are searching for a woman accused of stabbing a San Jose Mercury news employee overnight. The victim was stabbed more than once but is expected to survive. We heard a loud noise and open the door and see blood. Close the door. Reporter that noise came from the man who rents the unit in the back of the home. He is an employe but are not releasing his name. His neighbors called the police. Paramedics and officers arrive to help him out. The victim was taken to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. Police say the unknown female suspect escaped and is still on the loose. Investigators are looking to what led up to the stabbing. We dont get this kind of activity. Its a quiet neighborhood. Its an older neighborhood. This is very unusual. Reporter we have learned San Jose Police have gone to one nearby business to find out if they have video before stabbing. In san jose, matt keller, abc 7 news. The gun had been stolen from the car of the agent of bureau of land management. The defense team wants to question the agent. Lawyers from the department of the interior say federal regulations require the defense to submit a request in writing justifying why the agents testimony will be relevant. We think that its obvious that his testimony is relevant to the trial. Unfortunately, the federal government is trying to place barriers into our ability to subpoena this witness. This is really about two things. Number one whether or not the defendant fired the gun and number two, whether he did so with implied malice. Thats what this case is about. Both sides will be in Court Next Week when a date for the trial could be set. This man Lemuel Wilson pleadsed not guilty today to double murder charges. Highway patrol officers believe he was drunk when he rammed into a familys car. Two brothers ages 5 and 10 died. Their mother and infant brother are recovering from injuries in the accident. Wilson remains in jail without bail and returns to court on august 8th. A fuel spill delayed Southwest Airlines mass jers at San Francisco International Airport today. Sky 7 flew above terminal one. The mishap happened while the jet was being refueled. No other flights were affected. A shelter in place order was lifted after a gas leak today in San Francisco. It happened around noon near piece and page streets when a construction crew hit a two inch pipe. Crews were able to cap the leak. In face in the white house today. Its not Lemuel Wilson. We did his story earlier. We have more on the changes in the administration of donald trump coming up on abc 7 news at 4 00. Political heavy weights in the bay area all for the sake of a train. The major upgrades on muni that will cause major headaches for commuters. A live look at the aftercommute in san jose. This is 101 southbound backed up as it often is at this hour. Northbound is looking much, much better as is 880 over the to keep our community safe. Before you do any project big or small, pg e will come out and mark your gas and electric lines so you dont hit them when you dig. Call 811 before you dig, and make sure that you and your neighbors are safe. 811 is available to any business our or homeownerfe. To make sure that you identify where your utilities are if you are gonna do any kind of excavation no matter how small or large before you dig, call 811. Keep yourself safe. Sean spicer left the white house for the last time as the official press secretary as Trumps Communications team underwent a major overhaul. Spicer quit after trump hired a new communications director. Sean is a true american patriot. Hes got a great family and done an amazing job. This is a difficult situation tf be in. I applaud his efforts here. I love the guy and wish him well. I think the white house is in a death spiral. The president has got to recognize that people are feeling threatened. Scaramucci worked as a Hedge Fund Manager in new york. He played a key role in president Trumps Campaign and on the president s transition team. A major milestone for cal train today. Reporter the plane is to electrify. This is to create jobs and cut down on solution and traffic. This will push the 153yearold rail line into the 21st by converting the Diesel Service we all know into High Performance electric trains. A country is great when it can come together and build for the future. Thats what were doing right here. Reporter governor jerry brown mark the milestone at the station. Its about convenience, quality of life so people dont have to spend all that time in their car. Get rid of the diesel. Get rid of the pollution. Get rid of the slow and ineffectiveness of it to a 21st century that will carry more than double the capacity. The trains will be faster, run more often and carry more passengers. Right now 65,000 people ride cal train each day. The project should be complete in 2021. The San Francisco based financial giant operates the largest Branch Network in the u. S. The Branch Closings are part of the effort to cut expenses by 2 billion by 2019. San francisco based Ride Hailing Service lyft is starting its on unit to develop selfdriving car technology. Its inviting everybody to join in. It will invite automakers and Tech Companies to use it to haul passengers and gather data. Marine experts say they will try for a fourth time to cut a sea lion free from what could be a fatal entanglement. You can see where the line is cutting into the mammals neck. Experts say as the sea lion grows, the line will get tighter. Poor thing. May need to catch him. They do. All right. Spencer christian joining us. So many things going on around the bay area. Theres also a birthday this weekend, i think. Sunday. Good weather for your birthday. This one is 70. Wow. Lets get some cake for you. Seven decades on the planet. Mainly sunny skies even at the coast. Check out this view looking westward out over the bay and across San Francisco. 85 at gilroy. This is the view looking toward the northwest. We probably wont have one until late tonight. Right now its 87 degrees at santa rosa. Fair field, 86. 85 at livermore. It will be warm to hot with mild conditions at the coast. Well see this warm pattern lingering through next week. It will be not quite as warm as the weekend will be. Late tonight and overnight well see a bit of low cloudiness and fog developing along parts of the coastline and pranerhaps a patch of fog. Later in the day well see mainly sunny skies coast bay and inland and its going to be warm day tomorrow. First overnight lows. Generally mid to upper 50s. At the coast well see lows in the low 50s. Tomorrows high will soar into the upper 90s. Down south 87 at san jose. Well see perhaps higher in some spots. The beach forecast calls for mid to upper 60s. It will be milder in santa cruz as it is with a high in the low 70s. Well expect an extremely high uv index. If you spend a lot of time in the sun, apply sunscreen. Here is the sevenday forecast. After a warm to hot weekend, well just see mild to warm for most of next week. A High Temperature inland will remain in the 90s. Low to mid90s but well see upper 70s to near 80 around the bay and low to mid60s on the coast. Well call that warm. Its going to be hot in our inland areas. We have such a wide range oofr temperatures. You can pick the weather you want and find it if you dont mind driving a bit. In some places it will be 70. Yeah in about 12 more months. Its not just about super heroes and comic books. Whats making a big splash at comic con. How you can get an out of the world view a bag of just dust has sold for nearly 2 million. Armstrong picked up 12 rocks and some dust during his 1969 apollo mission. The bag was sold yesterday. Comic con one of the most anticipated p e ed pop culture t this the world. So exciting to be able to do it. Im a super hero. Reporter she plays medusa. The cast is getting more excited as the series gets closer to its september debut with a version of the first two episodes previewing on the i max screen. Were seeing a lot of footage for the first time, same as the fans. Its been amazing to be as shocked and excited as the fans are. Hes not a cruel person. Hes not evil. He may be the antagonist in this but his sbentss are not to go out and hurt people. Jumping around in leather. Its awesome. Its awesome. Its the only event where we come to the fans. Theres a reason for that. Theyre very, very devoted and tight knit. Youll be able to see marvels and humans on the imax screen in Early September before the show transitions to television at the end of the september. In san diego, abc 7 news. More heroes to get into, i suppose. The best pa the best part of comic con is the people that dress up as characters. Zion National Park is becoming so popular they are considering reservations to get in. If that happens it will be a first for the system. Officials pointed to stagnant budgets and hours long waits pointing out that crowds are erodesing the soil and cutting miles of their own trail. Public comment on the park Service Proposal is open until l midaugu midaugust. What hawaii is doing to prepare its residents. Video is disturbing. Its i dont know if i can think of words that describe it. A man dies as teens stand by watching and evacuations have been lifted for the town of mariposa as the fire continues to rage. Its almost the size of San Francisco and oakland combined. Its only 15 contained. 58 homes have been destroyed. Mpls sean spicer tweeted its an an honor and privilege to serve with President Trump and this amazing country after he resigned as White House Press secretary. The resignation came hours after the president hired a new head of his Communications Team. Reporter no question sean spicer was caught off guard by this hire. Spicer saying the president asked him to stay on but he chose to resign to give the Communications Team a clean slate. Sean spicer tendering his resignation to the president tweeting he will continue through august. This hours after President Trump picks Anthony Scaramucci to lead his Communications Team. I think theres been a disconnect between the way we see the president and how much we love the president and the way some of you see the president. Hes a wall street veteran traumpb donor with no Communications Experience aside from being a regular trump defender on tv. Spicer had a feisty relationship with the press from day one. This was the largest audience to ever witness an inaugustuatiinaugust ration period. The white house seeming new people and strategies to push back against the ongoing controversies involving the Trump Campaign and russia. According to media reports the president s legal team is taking a new tack, investigating the investigators. They are trying to dig up conflicts of interest within Robert Mullers team. Many are democratic donors telling fox and friends. Its relevant that people know what the motivations are. Reporter the white house also responding to reports that the legal team is reviewing the president s pardoning powers. The president maintains pardon powers like any prosecute would but theres no announcements on that front. What is next for the russia investigation . Reporter this Communications Team will have their hands full next week. Jared kushner is expected to be interviewed on monday and now were learning he will be interviewed on tuesday by house investigators. Now Paul Manafort and donald trump were invited to testify on wednesday publicly in a public hearing we have now learned they are negotiating with congressional investigators to try to have private interviews behind closed doors as well and also provide documents. The Trump Administration is planning to ban american citizens from traveling to north korea. The ban is in response to last months death of College Student otto wormbier. He was in camp for 17 months. Monthly warning test will start this fall. The state says the threat is low but there is enough concern to work on preparedness. We have some breaking news from the the Minneapolis Police chief resigned. She said she asked for the resignation. Minneapolis police face questions and criticism after a woman who called 911 to report a crime was gunned down by an officer last week. An officer shot her moments after arriving. The officer and his partner remain on leave. The video went viral and captured the nations attention. Reporter its 16 years in prison. A former escort now in shackles. Found guilty in a murder for hire plot to kill her husband of six months in 2009. Her defense, arguing for leniency. Whether it be trade probation and no prison, which i guess, i think thats what she deserves. Reporter prosecutors pushing for the maximum, 30 years. She is the worst of the worst and she deserves the maximum penalty punishable under the law. Reporter using her own words against her. On tape hiring a hitman to kill her husband. He gets two in the head. Im positive. Like 5,000 sure. Re

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