Republicans are standing firm. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. Im ama daetz. No one can remember anything like this happening before. No, republicans are call it a political stunt. The democrats promise to stay Till Congress takes action. All cameras and microphones were shutoff leaving cspan to pick up periscope live streams from the chamber. Heres more everywhere abc News Reporter megan hughes. Be in order. Reporter a turn of events in the house of representatives wednesday night. Members will record their vote by electronic device. Republicans pushing forward with a previously scheduled vote unrelated to gun reform. Ignoring a sitin by democrats that shut down the house since the morning hours. Well call on the leadership of the house to bring common sense gun control legislation to the house floor. Give us a vote. Let us vote. Reporter the sensational protest democrats interrupt republicans. Declaring theyll sit in on the house floor till paul ryan allows a vote on gun control. Republicans attempting to call the house back to order. The chair finds that the house is currently not in a state of order due to the presence of members in the well who are not recognized. Reporter theyre pushing for measures that would extend background checks and block gun purchases for those already on a terror watch list. Before members leave for the fourth of july break. The move comes days after all four gun amendments failed in the Senate Despite mounting pressure following the orlando nightclub massacre. We have waited. Weve been patient. But weve waited too longs, been silent too long. And we will continue to engage. Peaceful nonviolent action till something happens. Reporter megan hughes, abc news, washington. Just remarkable. The District Attorney announced hes going to help push a bill in sacramento that would make it tougher for in his words, the next brock turner. Hes refer together exstanford swimmer convicted of Sexual Assault on an unconscious woman. News reporter vic lee with that story. Reporter the victims emotionally charged 12page impact letter, santa claire rare county District Attorney jeff rosen says it started a revolution. We are hoping to change hearst to, change minds. And to change the law to protect the next emily doe against the next brock turner. Reporter brock turner, the former stanford swimmer convicted of Sexual Assault. The victim was unconscious from drinking too much at a party. Judge aaron persky sentenced turner to six months in the county jail, a sentence that angered victims advocacy groups and others. Conviction carries a mandatory prison sentence. Thats not the case when the victim is unconscious. The d. A. Says he will support a proposed bill that would change it. In this case, we would then have the same consequences for sex is assault of an unconscious person meaning mandatory prison. Others want ski removed from the bench. A group called ultraviolet sent a million signatures to the state commission on judicial performance. Still others are going to the ballot to recall the judge. I dont think the answer is to change the law. The answer is to change this judge. This petition signed by Santa Clara County public defenders supports the judge saying removing him for a controversial sentence destroys judicial independence. Deputy public defend ker gary goodman does not support the bill rosen is pushing. The statutes that are already in place for these type of crimes have been vetted in a slow and careful manner. This is not. There will be on the able next week. In sacramento. Vic lee, abc7 news. A newly released poll finds twothirds of Santa Clara County voters want to recall the judge in the case. Aaron persky, 81 of those found the sentence too lenient. They believed hes not a fair judge rather than a onetime error. An inmate had several hours of freedom this morning before he was recaptured. Michael willis was held at the jail on charges of theft, missing a Court Appearance and pedaling without a license. By chance, deputies were holding another Michael Willis supposed to be released today. The wrong Michael Willis was released. Aside from your name, theyre about the same tight. There were certain physical characteristics that were similar. They had similar dates of birth. But they were clearly not the same person. San Francisco Police tracked willis down and arrested him at taylor and alice 10 15 this morning. The department is now investigating how this could have happened. A drowsy driver blamed for manning ling a chp motorcycle. Chp napa tweeted this photo showing whats left behind in yountville. The officer was investigating a Traffic Accident nearby when someone dozed off behind the wheel and slammed right into the parked motorcycle. The officer was not hurt. An american teenager is slowly recovering from being bitten by an extremely dangerous snake. Audrey benton was in belize when she was attacked by a snake called the ultimate pit viper. She was airlifted to florida where doctors say her recovery is he very unseen. She still has trouble swallowing and walking. They plan to give her a stimulant tomorrow to make her more alert and awake. Well, the heat is on for early next week. Its coming back. Lets check in with meteorologist drew. If youre not a fan of hot weather, youre going to want to wish you could repeat what we had today. A cooldown compared to yesterday. A high of 61 . San francisco. High of 63 in oakland. 57 half moon bay. Inhand back into the 80s. 86 concord, 85 fairfield. Santa rosa a high of 87. Part of the reason why we had a wind take up gusting 30 Miles Per Hour helping to yourner cool air around the bay and mainly inland. That wind between 10 and 20 Miles Per Hour. Fairfield a little breezy with 37mileperhour gusts. 59 oakland, 64 san jose. Brentwood holding on to warmth at 80 degrees. Plenty of stars overnight. A little bit of cloud cover along the coast. 52 San Francisco, 55 san jose. 59 antioch. Well talk about the heat. Prepare you for that coming early next week. The numbers in the accuweather forecast in a few minutes. Thank you. Although california remains in drought, the bay areas largest city is easing water restrictions placed on homes and businesses last year. News reporter chris nguyen has the story. In willow glen, Christine Norton looks on as her yard gets a makeover. It looks darn good and its going to be easy to take care you have. Reporter because of the drought, shes one of many making the switch to artificial turf. Tim fullerton of heavenly greens is helping with the installation. We do see the amount of water you use in your lawn, you can use that water youre saving to keep your plants and your trees alive. Reporter but starting july 1st, san jose will have new Water Conservation rules due to a revise add target of 20 citys water supply has improved over the past year mainly because of a 27 reduction by residents and businesses. Were going to continue to continue to conserve water. Because of the really good work that our residents have done and businesses, that were able to relax it a little bit. Based on the recommendations of city starvegs Council Members voted to increase the allowable days for Outdoor Watering with a Sprinkler System from two to three days per week. While some welcomed the change, others are unsure. I feel torn about watering our yard and plants more. Reporter this willow glen resident hopes that neighbors dont go overboard with our water us. We have a limited part of the yard in our backyard. We have install plants because they require less water. Reporter officials set new water restrictions or mandates by january, 2017. Its going to be an ongoing lifestyle. Not just a thing for this summer. Its one for the rest of our lives. Reporter chris nguyen, abc7 news. We have a lot more to bring you on this wednesday night here. Coming up, new lawsuits by Gloria Allred accuse the Gilroy School district of failing to protect students from a sexual predator. Only on abc7 news, former Oakland Police chief Howard Jordan weighs in on the scandals rocking his former department. Local firefighters are in Los Angeles County down south helping battle some of the biggest fires burning in california. Next the extra challenge the next the extra challenge the terrain is adding to their fire youve wished upon it all year, and now its finally here. The mercedesbenz summer event is back, with incredible offers on the mercedesbenz youve always longed for. But hurry, these shooting stars fly by fast. Lease the gle350 for 579 a month at your local mercedesbenz dealer. Mercedesbenz. The best or nothing. Breaking news. A cyclist was killed in a hit and run accident tonight in San Francisco. It happened in Golden Gate Park at about 6 30 at 30th and jfk drive. A white car struck the woman. Police found the suspects car ban donned nearby. Officers are still looking for the driver. Well have more ahead on abc7 news 11 over on channel 7. Our clients who are minor children seriously harmed and impacted by gilroy unified School Districts failure to protect them. Theres a school sex scandal happening in the south bay using online tricky known as cat fbiing. The School Systems response is now the target of two new lawsuits by high profile civil rights lawyer Gloria Allred. Police say the male teacher posed as a girl online and tricked High School Boys into sending him naked pictures. Heres reporter david louie. Reporter the new lawsuits are based on complaints by two underage males who were students of ap chemistry teacher douglas lay at gilroy. It alleged he shows them videos with sexual content and used language so graphic, they would not say them out loud. It involves such graphic language that frankly, i dont want to say it and shes not going to say it. A girl has already stepped forward after her mother saw a questionable text from douglas lay. Even though she reported this had in october 2014, lay was allowed to continue teaching. All reds legal team says the two new victims could have been spared if the district had taken action then. But for the negligence and failures of the School District, these children would not have to suffer what they are suffering today. Reporter no one from the Gilroy School district was available for excellent. The lawsuit seeks damage for Emotional Distress and negligence. The last thing a parent would expect would be for the School District to ignore a warning that a teacher posed a danger to children. Reporter victims is claim that douglas lay gave students failing grades to coerce them to attend after school to you toring where they claim they faced additional harassment. Weve only filed three lawsuits so far. This is not the end. Reporter david louie, abc7 news. We are hearing tonight from i former chief of the Oakland Police department on massive can dal rocking that department. Plus, there are new questions about comments made by the man temporarily heading the police department. Abc7 News ReporterLaura Anthony is on the story. Im deeply embarrassed and shamed. Reporter former chief Howard Jordan hasnt been the head of the Oakland Police department for three years but still, he says the current scandals have rocked him to the core. Its very unsettling. Its very embarrassing to say the least for the people that are still there even the ones that are retired like myself to have to explain the actions of a few. Reporter so far, five oakland officers have been placed on leave. Two of those have resigned amid allegations of sex with an underage prostitute, racist texts and other behavior on the part of officers some of them high ranking. Now acting chief David Downing has come under fire for suggesting a year ago that Water Cannons could be used on protests are a comment the mayor says was taken out of context and not racially motivated. I dont want to go down that road. Thats junior highish to me. Civil rights Attorney John Burris doesnt think the focus right now should be on downing. Im more concerned who the next chief is going to be. I want a reform minded chief. Downing said in a press release i did now the intend to suggest such a method would be proupt in oakland or any other community as a legitimate crowd control method. In oakland, Laura Anthony, abc7 news. Two days into the san gabriel complex fires and nearly 5,000 acres have burned. About 300 homes in the city of duarte are still under have orders. Earlier today, residents of 500 homes were able to return for the First Time Since monday fires are currently 10 contained. Firefighters from Alameda County and Santa Clara County are both on the front lines. This video taken by the strike team. Some of their truck tires have been damaged because of the rough terrain. And the heat is killing trees in the Sierra Nevada forests. U. S. Forest services is reporting an estimated 66 Million Trees have died since 2010. 26 million between last october and there month alone. The causes range from drought, warmer temperatures and a bark beetle epidemic. Researchers say large areas of dead trees make wildfires more destructive. A lot of fuel. The state recently bought 6 million worth of mobile chippers saw mills and insin raters to help firefighters remove some of those dead trees. And we are in for some heat coming our way. Really. Its coming back bigtime. Drew tuma has the forecast. Tomorrow is going to be a comfortable day. That heat will begin the warmup over the weekend. Intense heat will peak on tuesday. Live doppler 7 hd. Mainly clear skies. Patchy cloud cover near half moan moon bay at this hour. The big story certainly today it felt much cooler out there than yesterday. Even right now, temperatures are running on the cool side. 3 degrees cooler in oakland. 15 degrees cooler in concord than this time yesterday. 14 in livermore. San jose 4 degrees cooler. Current temperatures right now mainly in the 50s and 60s for the most part around the bay area. 59 oakland. 60 in hayward. 55 in San Francisco. 67 fairfield. Still brentwood that, mild spot this time of year holding onto the warmth with a current temperature of 80 degrees. Outside, show you live picture. Beautiful lights of San Francisco. Its a quiet night right now. You dont notice too much in the way of low cloud cover. Well have patchy cloud cover along the coast overnight. Forecast callses for temperatures near average on thursday. They begin to warm over the weekend. We want to alert you to the heat peaking on tuesday. Around much of the bay. You do notice well see the cloud cover right along the coast. By 7 00, 8 00 in the morning, its not as deep of a marine layer as we had today. Meaning the clouds wont be as widespread. A lot of sunshine for much of the region even along the coast, i think into the later afternoon, well break more for sunshine than today. Still pretypical temperatures for this time of year. Not too hot in many spots. 76 in oakland. 67 in San Francisco. 48 in san jose. 88 concord. Antioch, well call it warm. Its not as hot as its going to be early next week with 91 degrees in the afternoon. If you are headed to the coast tomorrow, well have morning clouds. Afternoon sunshine, up to 61 half moon bay, 78 santa cruz. 60 ocean beach. One thing you want to remember, well have a strong rip current tomorrow. Strong swim sers can be pulled under. Take note of that. Lets take a look at your pride forecast friday. Foggy skies in the evening. Saturday and sunday is, well lose the fog and warm up the temperatures into the low 70s. Future tracker temperatures takes it from there on monday. The coast still not doing too bad. 67 half moon bay. 70s in San Francisco. 80s and triple digits return inland. On tuesday, we lose that. Everybody warps up around here. Thats what well track for you. Tomorrow it, a little bit of morning fog. Mainly sunny skies. Light breeze friday. Its hot on monday. Tuesday, thats where we want to get you prepared for the heat. And even around the bay, would not be surprised if many communities hit 90 degrees. San francisco probably going into the low to mid 80s. Thanks, drew. Still to come on abc7 news at 9, becoming a home owner in the bay area became more difficult. The new report on bay area hope praises. Join us saturdays for a look inside disneys first resort at shanghai disney. It combines disney magic with the beauty of chinese art and tradition airing saturday at noon on abc7. St santa clara, San Francisco, east bay, and all the bay area. This is abc7 news. Bay area home prices set a new record high last month in all nine counties except San Francisco which saw a slight decline actually according to core logic, the median price paid for all homes sold in the bay area was 700,000. Thats 10,000 more than t