our live doppler 7 high definition. things drying out. yesterday we had a few sprinkles but temperatures now in the 50s. it will be on the cool side much of the day. you will need that jacket if you are headed to the city. only 53 degrees right now. look for a high in san francisco only about 63 to 65 degrees. i'll talk more about that in a few minutes. >> thank you, jeff. two twelve-year-old boys are counting their blessings this morning after being rescued yesterday afternoon from a sinking row boat in san francisco bay off candlestick point. an extraordinary act of bravery by a heroic swimmer kept them from drowning. abc7 news reporter john alston has their harrowing story. >> i'm lucky to be here now. i thought in the bottom of the ocean. >> that's jack with his buddy, christian, talking about their terrifying afternoon sitting in this eight-foot row boat that was adrift and taking on water on san francisco bay. two twelve-year-olds wondering if they would survive. >> me and jack were bawling and bawling and crying and weeping and we were like, we're never going to get back. >> they might not have gotten back if not for nick, who stripped-down to his underwear, jumped into the 50-degree water and swam nearly a mile with the row boat sinking he grabbed the boys by their life jackets, told them to lay on their backs and kick while he hauled them to the closest peer. >> it was a pretty gnarly situation. they were freaked out and for the 200-meter swim i was freaked out to because there was no boat and i was holding two jackets with one hand and doing the side stroke up to the pier, but we made it happen. >> that is where they were rescued by a coast guard cutter. the afternoon started pleasantly enough. they were all near the candlestick point recreation area near the stadium for a 50th birthday party they got in the boat to get a football that went in the water. but it was windy and the boat acted like a sail. >> we are probably not going to get it back so we were trying to paddle it to the shore and they were yelling at us. >> two other unidentified men also stripped-down and jumped into the water and had to be rescued, but it was nick, a lifeguard for 15 years, who was able to reach the boy. >> that was just the thing to do, yeah. not sure i would call myself a hero. >> he is a hero. he saved me and my friend's life and we wouldn't have been able to get back without him. >> san francisco fire department also took part in the rescue. there was some mild hypothermia but the two friends are fine. they are set to start school on monday. they say they will be ready when the teacher asks them what did you do this summer. in south san francisco, john always stan, abc7 news. an 81-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a road rage incident that sent a cyclist to the hospital. it happened last wednesday on highway 12 near the oakmont gulf course. the bicyclist said the driver yelled at him and followed him on to a path on the golf course and hit him. >> he could have chosen to run right over me. i was scared for my life. >> the victim had a titanium plate placed in his broken rest. harry smith was arrested after police got a tip from a female cyclist who suffered a similar incident last year. after an elderly driver yelled at her near the golf course. she took a picture of the license plate. they used that information and smith was identified out of a lineup yesterday. he is charged with assault with a deadly weapon >> this morning police in cap toll law are asking your help to find a missing 75-year-old man. richard carter was last seen friday morning at his home near capitola avenue. they said smith, who was discharged from the hospital earlier in the week, may be a disoriented from heart medications he was taking. if you see him, call 911 for the police. san francisco police say two suspected gang members are in custody on suspicion of shooting at a 18-year-old in broad daylight. just before 4:00 yesterday afternoon authorities say one of the suspects shot the teenager on the corner of third street and gillman avenue. that's in the bay view neighborhood. the victim then tried to board a muni bus. witness testimony led police to a nearby house where the suspects were arrested. a large amount of weapons were discovered. the victim is expected to recover. in san jose police are looking for suspects in what they believe is a gang-related shooting that sent a 15-year-old skateboarder to the hospital. it happened yesterday afternoon just before 3:00. the teenager was shot in the leg, is hospitalized, but is pected to be okay. in world news this morning nato said three international service members have been killed in a bomb attack in eastern afghanistan. officials have not released details about their nationalities or said much about the bombing itself. most of the troops in eastern afghanistan are american, but there are also service members in that region from other countries. a marine who was killed in afghanistan was honored yesterday. more than 1800 people paid tribute to 12-year-old matthew. he was shot and killed while conducting combat mission. >> this is a memorial to pay tribute to the 29-year-old many described as a strong leader. >> commit to what you believe in and stick to it. that's what de. >> among those there were marines from camp pendleton in san diego and north carolina. they were friends he served with during his four tours of duty, two in iraq and two in afghanistan. >> the head of st. francis high school estimated more than 1800 people turned out for the service. this memorial for captain matt stretched on for more than three hours. >> i think just the length of this service today demonstrates how many people wanted to talk about captain matthew patrick mekuikian. >> it included funny moments also and moments of a often mischievous student. >> was he ever in the dean's office? yes, he was. he was not the perfect student but it adds to his personality. >> he was killed along with two other marines on august 10th. his father, santa clara county judge, said they were gunned down by a man wearing an afghan security force uniform, someone they thought was an ally. under the circumstances family and friends didn't waiver from his mission in afghanistan. >> i'm curious what you thought when you heard of the circumstances of his death? >> i wasn't surprised at all. we knew exactly what he was committed to. >> he died in service to his country and in an effort to help the people of afghanistan. in mountain view, abc7 news. there are now orders for service personnel to carry loaded weapons at all times in afghanistan. yesterday defense secretary leon panetta spoke by phone with the afghan president karzai. panetta raised concerns over the rising number of insiding attacks on us and coalition troops. already this year the deaths by afghan forces number 39. that includes an attack friday by an afghan officer that killed two u.s. servicemen. new this morning, members of occupy the farm plan to return to that plot of land owned by u.c. berkeley in albany. the occupy farmers say they want to harvest their tomatoes, pull weeds and water the soil starting at gil tract. they planted crops and lived at the site for three weeks last spring before the university brought in police and forced them to leave. that was may 14th. but three times this summer they have cut locks and returned without the university's cooperation to harvest crops. two weeks ago they gave away food at albany and the bart station. so far the university has not tried to prevent the harvest. coming up next, ecuador's president explains why he granted asylum to wikileaks founder julian assange,, who is trying to avoid being extradited to sweden. and a person is trying to swim 100 miles from cuba to florida without a shock cage. she's run into problemsor >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >> ecuador's president explained why he granted asylum to wikileaks founder julian assange. assange is expected to also speak publicly later today. assange, an australian, took shelter in the ecuadorian embassy back on june 19th to avoid extradition from the u.k. to sweden, where he's wanted for questioning in a sex crime. the british have been trying to re-establish talks with ecuador to smooth things over. there were british threats to send police to the embassy to arrest assange. ecuadorian president rafael correa said the decision was made to protect human rights and said ecuador will not give in to threats. this morning the faa is investigating an emergency landing in new jersey by a united airlines jet after passengers saw flames coming from one of the engines. the jet is highlighted in this video. the fbi says a tire on the plane blew apart last night during takeoff and debris flew into the engine. united calls it a mechanical issue. none of the 173 people on board were hurt. with the political conventions just around the corner, we will likely see another week of bitter campaigning in the presidential race. there's no reason to think the vicious insults and nasty campaign ads will stop anytime soon. this morning on this week obama campaign advisor squares off with romney campaign advisor in a lively debate. don't miss "this week" with george stephanopoulos coming up at 8:00 right here on abc7. new this morning, 62-year-old endurance swimmer, diana niad, is trying again right now to make the swim from cuba to florida in shark-infested waters. here you see her during a previous attempt. this time around her team reports she's been stung four times by jellyfish but continues to press on with her quest to become the first to make that 103-mile crossing without a wet suit or a shark cage. at last word she had logged more than 10 hours in the water. she abandoned two previous attempts last summer after suffering an as ma attack the first time and numerous jellyfish stings the second time pride events will take center stage again today in downtown san jose. ♪ yesterday that stilt walker got a bird's-eye view of the discovery near the tech museum. it marks the 37th annual pride weekend for the community. this year's theme is equality for everyone. the pride celebration runs today from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and jeff says there's a cool trend today but it should be pretty good for those festtists. >> yes, it should be. fog this morning with reduced area along the coast and in the city as well burks a beautiful shot from the camera sitting at about 9,000 feet. checking out the marine layer of fog bank rolling on in. that will be with us throughout the morning hours, but by this afternoon i think that will give way to sunshine. we will talk about that and talk about some of the great events going on today. a lot of great things going on from the air show out in santa rosa, among other things. we will talk all about that in a few minutes. >> thank you, jeff. and also, a couple of scarce for the 49ers in their preseason game against huston. mike shumann has the latest on hmm, it says here that cheerios helps lower cholesterol as part of a heart healthy diet. that's true. ...but you still have to go to the gym. ♪ the one and only, cheerios introducing share everything, only from verizon. a shareable pool of data to power up to 10 different devices. add multiple smartphones to your plan, so everyone in your family can enjoy unlimited talk and text. the first plan of its kind. share everything. get your student a samsung galaxy nexus for $99.99. >> we've had a little up and down weather all summer long and i guess it's going to continue that way. >> it's cooling off. a little precipitation yesterday, but foggy conditions out there this morning. definitely a cooling trend on the way. so we will be looking forward to that. but a lot of things are happening out there today. talking about the santa rosa airshow going on. they have some foggy conditions in santa rosa right now. quarter mile visibility. taking a look outside you definitely see the clouds out toward most of the area, especially as you head out toward the coast. foggy conditions, and our emeryville cam showing just that. so kind of a cloudy start to your sunday. 6:20:00 in the morning, thanks for joining us. at least we don't have any precipitation. although you may see some misty conditions. taking a look from the roof cam toward the bay bridge. kind of socked in with the fog as well. a mist as you are driving along there a possibility. but at least no heavy rain showers to talk about with our live doppler 7 in high definition. yesterday we had a few showers to talk about, but today dry conditions. that will be the trend throughout this afternoon. sunshine should return. cool temperatures, though. bring that jacket if you are heading out to the city today. temperatures in the mid-to upper 50s throughout much of the morning hours. you should top out around 65 in san francisco with the cool breeze off the bay. it will be chilly throughout much of the day. 52 degrees in san francisco. 55 concord. clouds and fog for much of your sunday morning. cooler today. hopefully some sunshine by this afternoon. really the cooling trend continues throughout much of the week ahead with highs back down in the mid-to upper 80s by the middle part of week. so it should be breezy conditions, too, for the america's cup practice rounds that are going to be happening this week. i was out there at the embarcadero yesterday and saw the sail boats coming by. the low pressure brought us the scattered showers yesterday morning. they have since pushed off to the north and east. big thunderstorms in lake tahoe again yesterday. i don't think we will see quite as active day today as the system moves to the north and east. the accuweather forecast shows the leftover showers along the sierra push off to the east. lake tahoe looking pretty good today. the fog kind of stays along the coast, hugging the coast throughout much of the day today. all right. the forecast, the morning clouds today. temperatures cool, only in the mid-50s throughout the morning hours. about 78 inland. we should top out about 65 in the city to upper 80s further inland for your high temperatures. we will take a look at some areas today from campbell, about 82 for you. sunnyvale, 78 degrees the high temperature. san jose about 80 degrees. and cloudy, foggy conditions from pacifica down through half moon bay. temperatures there only in the upper 50s. same for daly city. kind of cool along the coast. look for a high in san francisco, south san francisco about 70 degrees. we will see temperatures in the lower 80s here. san leandro, about 73. 72 for you in oakland. we will see temperatures warming up in the lower 90s around the inland areas and 64 in monterey. the seven-day forecast shows the cooling trend, upper 80s by the middle part of the week. last week we were in the upper 90s." so about a ten degree drop in temperatures in the week ahead. >> all right. i like it. i don't know about everyone else. >> i do, too. >> thanks, jeff. coming up at 7:00, right after our show is good morning america. we are joined from new york to tell us what is on tap. good morning. >> gooding morning to you, carolyn. coming up, we have breaking news. an emergency landing last night after a tire blew off the united airlines flight setting the jet's engine on fire. the plane was force today circle for two hours before landing. we have the latest from witnesses describing the fireballs flying out of the engine. also breaking overnight a man was rescued after being trapped in a hole, a tiny hole, we should add, for 24 hours. we have the moment when he is finally pulled to safety. plus, video. a hiker waits to be rescued. we hear from her this morning. and our favorite story of the morning, burglars beware. a 73-year-old grandmother, margaret jackson, from texas, saw a burglar through her window and decided to fight back by attacking him with, get this, a barbecue fork. we call her action jackson. makes me proud to be a texan. even though my parents are in your neck of the woods, they are in san francisco and during napa and loving it, and i love that city, as well. >> of course. i look forward to your story on the lady. i'll call her big mamma who took on the burglar. >> big mamma. saving the day! >> all right. thank you. have a good day. >> all right. see ya. >> you, too. this morning petaluma's little league all-star play their second game in the little league world series in williamsport, pennsylvania as they did during thursday win. the local fans will gather at believed 14 cinemas to watch the game. pasters have raised $70,000 for families to attend the series. you can watch the national little league team go up against the team from tennessee, and that's this morning at 11:00 right here on abc7. it appears the niners have averted a disaster after two of their new running backs were carted off the field during last night's preseason game against the huston texans. >> coaches and players alike have always lamented there are too many preseason games, putting players in harm's way before the season begins. last night it came true as the 49ers lost two running backs. the first round they went for 14 yards. as expected he didn't see much action, only two carries. free agent acquisition brandon jacobs looked great. late in the quarter his left leg was planted. when he got hit he got hurt. his injury isn't serious, but he will miss some time. he was carted off. randy moss make his first preseason appearance, 3 possessions, 24 yards. getting his feet wet after a year off. niners special teams had a few lapses in the fourth quarter. finds the seam down the sideline and he's gone for an 87-yard touchdown. luckily this is only preseason. that put the texans up 20-9. that's all the scoring in the game. unfortunately the game wasn't over. draft pick law michael james rolls his ankle. they said he's expected back at practice on monday. 49ers lose, 20-1, falling to 1-1 in preseason play. after losing their first game without melky cabrera, they righted the ship. it was the joaquin arias show. gone. top of two, he crushes this one to left. gone! second home run of the season. 1-0, giants. barry zito on the hill for the g-men. in the third and then chase headley knocks out a three-run shot. 4-1, padres. giants tie it in the fifth with two sac flies and fielders choice. arias brings in buster for the go-ahead run. and in the seventh arias knock in his third home run of the day. sandoval scores from second. giants win 8-7. giants remain half a game ahead in the national league west. members of the 2002 money ball team were celebrating the ten year anniversary of their 20 win game streak yesterday. 2-0 a's. next batter, cespedes. a line drive shot just gets over the wall. his 16th of the year. 3-rbi day. a's you have 4-0. colon pitched ate solid innings. then in the seventh 5-1 a's. cespedes drives hem two more with a single. the smoking cuban finished with 3 rbi. two homers in the ninth but the a's still win it, 8-5. >> that's the way the ball bounces. i'm mike shumann has been. have a great day. >> up next, construction workers rush to complete renovationings on memorial stadium with less than two weeks before cal's home opener. and it's an invasion like something out of an alien movie as millions of aggressive mosquitoes move in on a peninsula commun >> welcome back, everyone. construction crews working on all the upgrades in the earthquake retrofit project that u.c. berkeley's memorial stadium are racing to meet a deadline. cal's first game is less than two weeks away. abc news reporter nick smith has your details. >> a long time in coming. i hope the seats don't rumble too much during the earthquakes. >> lee robinson is talking about the upgraded football stadium. construction crews are in a mad dash to complete the finishi