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KGO ABC7 News 600AM June 12, 2017

Heading out the door a little chillier in the north bay and look for 60s by noontime, and coming up a few degrees, and then more in a few minutes. I think maybe a lot of folks taking the day off and we have light volumes out there this morning. Heres 101 and 880 in the south bay, no issues if you are traveling on the northbound side. And then 80, highway 4 to the maze, 21 minutes. If you are leaving San Francisco, southbound 101 heading to the airport is in the green at just nine minutes. A couple delays out of the east bay in the central valley, talking about that next. A talk executive at uber could be on the way out and the companys ceo may not be far from the exit either. The companys board held an emergency meeting yesterday and our reporter downtown San Francisco. Reporter the board of directors of uber may be asking the ceo to take a leave of absence. Ubers ceo has come under fire over the ridesharing companys culture. It has been accused of fostering a Workplace Environment where discrimination and bullying are tolerated. The board unanimously adopted a series of recommendations from former attorney general eric holder to change the culture within the company. Uber hire add law firm to investigate hundreds of complaints after one of the former employees blogged about her poor experience working at uber, and they fired 20 employees over some of the charges. All of this is coming at a difficult time, his mother was killed last month in a boating accident. Its going to be interesting if he is told to take a leave and employees are going to learn more on tuesday and thats when they are supposed to learn about the recommendations the board did adopt. Thank you. Let us switch gears because its game day here on abc7, your home for the finals. The warriors hope to close out the cavs tonight in oracle in front of a hometown crowd. Somebody else is ready to go, nbc news reporter, amy hollyfield. Reporter there are some courtside Seats Available for tonight if you are interested in coming. They are online and being resold because the game is sold out. We found one or a couple, actually, for 43,158 each. So if you got the money, you can get here for tonights big game. Its sold out. The warriors held a practice yesterday so they could stay loose for this big game with steph curry saying hes confidence, energetic and confident. Theres a lot of pressure on but curry says he thinks its going to be a fun night. For us to be back in this situation, and, like i said, its the third time, and its the level of competition and intensity in the finals is unbelievable, especially when you have that history with the opposing team. Reporter they sound con tpau opportunity and look great. Look at the shirts they have available for tonight, sticking with the theme for the warriors, all gold, and they were already printed in case there was a game five, so no rush there. And they will hand out the signs, sticking with the theme, all gold, and then strength in numbers on the other side. Hopefully we can see a trophy presentation here at center court. Amy hollyfield, abc7 news. Thank you. We have your ticket, well at least the tv ticket to see the game. Espn and abcs coverage of game five of the nba finals starts tonight at 5 30 here on abc 7. And join larry beil and mike shumann on the pregame show brought to you by jeep, and larry and mike will be live at 5 00 p. M. And in an abc news exclusive, George Stephanopoulos talked to ken star, the independent counsel that investigated former president bill clinton, and star said after comeys testimony last week its looking like a he said he said case. The key, though, is what, even if the president said what the director said he said, does that, in fact, constitute either obstruction of justice or another crime, and i dont think its even close at this stage. You can see more of this interview coming up on gma after abc 7 mornings. The Sheriffs Office is asking for your help finding a missing kayaker that was last scene on thursday morning in lake tahoe. Weather conditions forced authorities to call off the search on saturday. A gofundme has been set up to Fund Additional search efforts. If you would like to donate, go to abc7news. Com. 10,000 has been raised and thats surpassing the goal. And then max harris and ghost ship founder are charged ghost ship founder are charged in the deadly december one m they are scheduled to be arraigned on thursday. Breaking news from the abc7 live desk. We are keeping an eye on an anticorruption protest happening in russia. The demonstrations are happening around the country, and we have seen a lot of activity from police and protesters, and dozens of people have been arrested including an opposition leader, and his wife said he was arrested outside his home on his way to the protest and he was also arrested during similar protests in march. And then police say they made another arrest, a 19yearold man is being held on suspicion of carrying out terrorists attacks. Six other men remain in custody after the june rampage that killed eight people. Britains terrorism threat stays at severe, meaning an attack is highly likely. And then students photos appeared to be edited. They removed donald trump references. References. And then the good monday morning to you. Hayward, mountain view, san jose, still snow and a Winter Weather advisory pulling away from the Sierra Nevada until 10 00. A foggy picture here, we are looking at mount tam. Oakland is looking like clear conditions, and napa with a few more clouds. We had an interesting shot a minute ago from the east bay hills camera, cooler in the north bay and we have sunshine above so it will be a good day today on the roads, patchy clouds throughout the peninsula and by the afternoon we are looking at numbers in the upper 60s here in the south bay. I want to take you back to the east bay where we have had a couple of our only issues here today. Having major problems, and this is sticking around. Westbound 580 before you get to elchar yo road. It sounds like the left lane is blocked once again. One hour and six minutes for tracy into dublin. And you are heavy on the nimitz as you approach state route 92. We will see what the bay bridge right now at kohls. Take 25 offike just in time for fathers day. Thats 25 off select nike shoes, apparel and accessories for dad and the whole family. And, everyone gets kohls cash . Earn it on everything spend it on anything right now at kohls. Allure best of beauty and Marie Claires most wanted. 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The man on the left after being released after 17 years in jail, but the man on the right is the one that committed the crime. Jones is a free man, he contacted the Innocence Project that helps exonerate those wrongly convicted and the Group Discovered another man in the same jail with the same first name looked a whole lot like jones. Once i seen a picture of this man, you know, like, i understood why people were saying what they were saying. It made sense to me. The similarities in appearance and lack of any hard evidence was enough to get the judge to toss out jones he realized this was all a terrible mistake. I think i pointed at the wrong people at the beginning, but you get the point. And then puerto rico are making it clear they want to be the 51st state. If it doesnt happen, puerto rico could move to become independent or remain a u. S. Territory and theres contesting going on here because of recordlow turnout in the vogt. A new Jersey High School is investigating why three separate donald trump references were removed from the yearbook. The freshman class president said she collected a trump quote to be printed under her photo and the censorship is disturbing. And then a man rescued from a submerged car and then just took off. The car hit rocks and flipped over and then as you can see it landed upside down in the water. Two people ran in the water to save the driver who was trapped. Thats when i just kicked off my shoes and threw my phone in the car and just ran right into the water with the other gentleman. The somebody tossed me on rock and i broke the window open and felt an arm, grabbed him and pulled out. The driver didnt give his name and jumped into a truck with some friends. Police want to talk to the driver to make sure hes okay. The car had no license plates. Lets talk about the tonys. And then hanson took top honors this year. You know, ben was on vocal rest on friday and his voice was still perfection. The powerful show about a teenage outcast found itself the most popular musical of the night. Ben platt took best actor. And bette midler to leave the stage. I just want to say i just want to say shut that crap up i just want to say i just want to say and the orchestra did eventually stop and she got to finish her speech saying hello dolly never went away and encouraged everybody to go see the revivalal of the she was giving us full midler yesterday. Looking at Better Weather out there. In fact, boy, yesterday we had all the clouds and rain showers, and snow is still going on in the Sierra Nevada. Live doppler 7 looking at the clouds, low clouds from the peninsula to the south bay and 10 00 the Winter Weather advisory ends here. Still snow anywhere from interstate 80 to highway 50, about an inch is still possible with slick roadways. Mount tam is cleared out and looking at a nice start to your roadway. The clouds are lifting in the next couple of hours. And numbers are in the mid and upper 40s in the north bay. 54 in concord. We are looking at a lot of sunshine today, slightly warmer, and sunny and warmer for your tuesday and then temperatures really come up the middle of the week and they are not going to stop. Here are the winds today. Notice breezy along the coast, but we are looking at 15 miles inside the bay, and the south bay looking at numbers from 65 in milpitas, and still below average, 61 downtown and winds up to 30 Miles Per Hour, and berkeley, 65 for you. You head inland, we have a few 70s. 72 in fairfield and 70 in concord. Tomorrow about six degrees warmer and we will continue to stair step with the higher temperatures all around the bay, coast and inland until we get to the hot weather for fathers day. Check this out. We have a lot of sun glare looking at the bay bridge toll plaza here, and if you squint you can see we have the typical buildup as you approach the toll booths. Quick drive times, tracy to dublin, one hour and five minutes, and sounds like that crash we have in the livermore area near el been pushed off to the side. And 101 to cupertino in the green at 15 minutes. You will have to chain up if you are headed to the sierra. Well talk about that more coming up next. Amy robach is live from new york city with a look at what is ahead. Good morning, amy. Good morning to you, natasha and reggie. Coming up next, President Trump facing a possible new lawsuit this morning related to foreign payments as the pressure mounts for him to reveal whether he has recordings of conversations with james comey and the man that led the investigation into president clinton joins us live this morning. 18 former Penn State Fraternity brothers due in court all on charges from his death, the Surveillance Video from inside the house being shown for the first time in open court and we will speak with nancy grace for her take on the case. Katy perry opening up during his live stream skprpbgs what she said about her relationships and past Mental Health struggles and tailor swift. And then we have the hilarious leslie jones and music group, lady antebellum, coming up live. What dont you have on the show today . We could have started there. Exactly. Its loaded. Sounds good. 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If you have a question for michael finney, record it on your smartphone or tablet and use the askfinney. Google planning to bring 20,000 jobs to the south bay, so why are some residents concerned. Concerned. And running fa all across america more people are choosing nissan. Concerned. And running fa its americas best sales event at nissan the fastestgrowing auto brand in the u. S. A. Take on every day get 0 for up to 72 months on 13 models. Did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back . Say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. Comcast business offers blazing fast and reliable internet thats over 6 times faster than slow internet from the phone company. Say hello to internet speeds up to 250 mbps. And add phone and tv for only 34. 90 more a month. Call today. Comcast business. Built for business. Announcer good morning, east bay. Lets get up and get going. This is abc7 mornings. Setting the stage. We are live at oracle for game five of the nba finals. You can still see some of the work being done there. Tonight the warriors have the chance to do something the bay area has not seen since 1974. Good morning on this monday, june 12th. We are counting down the espn and abc coverage of the nba finals. Where are we right there . Alexis is the queen of the countdown. Right there. You would think i would know how to do that with the green screen practice, but i always go the wrong way. And lisa argen in for mike nicco. Unless you are up in the mountains are doing traveling from sacramento, otherwise more sunshine for you than clouds. The system winding down with the Winter Weather advisory until 10 00. 52 in the city, and clouds around santa cruz right now with cooler numbers in the 40s in the north bay, and then mid60s around the bay, and low 70s inland with breezy winds in the afternoon. Alexis . Not looking too bad in walnut creek either. Cruising along fine, maybe one of the days you want sunglasses in the vehicle with you. Speaking of the sierra, we have some chain requirements this morning for interstate 80 between cisco grove and donner lake, that is for all vehicles except for four wheel drives with snow tires. And so just use caution. We could have slick roadways. We will look at drive times coming up in less than ten. Today is the big day for the warriors. They are going to try and close out the nba finals against the cavaliers and do it at home. As we countdown to the game, dub nation coming out strong and hoping to get the championship gear. Amy hollyfield is live at oracle arena. Amy. Reporter good morning, natasha. You can see oracle arena is almost ready but not quite there yet. They have a plastic tarp covering the court, and they have had to do a quick turn around from saturday night, when roger waters played here at oracle arena, so they are still working to turn the place into a basketball arena. Retailers are busy planning and preparing, too. They are getting busy for a victory. They are hoping to have championship tshirts soon for sale, and they were telling us they are working on where to put the shirts and working on the pickup plan. They say if the warriors win tonight first thing in the morning before dawn they will be headed down to the Printing Press to pick up the shirts. Fans we talk to feel very confident the warriors will clinch the championship tonight. I think the warriors are going to blow them out. I do. I think they are not going to go back to cleveland. They dont want to, and they are going to do it at home and its not going to be close. It will be great. On the home court. Better than winning in cleveland. The players were upbeat and at their practice yesterday, and steph curry says he feels confident, energetic and positive about the opportunity. The warriors could be the first Bay Area Team to clinch a championship at home since 1974, and that would be in 43 years. Hopefully tonight we will be seeing a trophy presentation here at center court here in oracle arena, and if not they will have to go back to cleveland for game six. Reporting live in oakland, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. Hopefully it will not come to that. Hopefully tonight is the night. Do not worry if you cannot be at oracle in person. That starts tonight at 5 30 here on abc7. And you can join us for the dubs on 7 pregame show brought to you by jeep at 5 00 p. M. A 6. 2 magnitude earthquake in turkey, and tremors were felt in istanbul. We will keep on top of that. Happening today a lawsuit is expected to be filed against President Trump. They say the president has violated anticorruption clauses in the constitution. They say by retaining ownership of his company President Trump has accepted payments and benefits from foreign governments. He said he was shifting his business assets to a trust managed by his sons and

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