Transcripts For KOFY ABC7 News 900PM On KOFY 20170820 : vima

KOFY ABC7 News 900PM On KOFY August 20, 2017

Good evening. Im eric thomas. Today in boston, more than 30,000 people counterprotest add White Nationalist rally. Police arrested 33 people. Stephanie ramos has more. Dueling protests making for an intense day on the streets of boston with Police Working desperately to not have their city turn into a repeat of what happened in charlottesville. Nearly 40,000 people converging across the city to try and stop this much smaller free speech rally. Many feared White Nationalists would show up despite denials from the organizers. The rally featured would you please peaker from the socalled altright movement started at noon on the bus. Things grew tense and at times violent as the group was leaving. This man chafed out of the park running towards police as crowds chant. Police rushing in with batons and make sure shift. That to fight bigot and hate for the most part here today. When the president sent out his first tweet when he you would condemning bigotry and hate. Stephanie ramos, abc news, boston. There were no confrontations in Mountain View where people gathered in support of diversity and equality. Organizers postponed aral in support of a fired engineer because of what they called terrorist threats, but still came out for the counterprotest. Its important for us to take responsibility for each other, for our country, for whats happening. And really be a part of this moment. The vice mayor of Mountain View organized. A civil rights activist has died. He performed on talk shows in the 60s and 70s. He wrote books and reported albums, but also actively pursued social change. He margined with dr. Martin luther king and later fought against pollution in black communities. He recently was hospitalized for an undisclosed health condition. Dick gregory was 84. Rico is the favorite for the new position of ceo. Top investigators demanded former Ceo Travis Kalanick step down earlier this summer. We are now less than 48 hours from the Great American eclipse in the bay area. If the eclipse had a sound track, it would be this. The sun is providing, will give us sonic backdrop. The Kronos Quartet is rehearsing this score for the eclipse. Images will be turned into sound for a stellar back beat. There are things we dont know what were going to be hearing as were playing. The music can be harder on monday on the exploratoriums app and website. Im so excited to be here. The exploratoriums robin hig den are in caspar wyoming where viewing for the eclipse will be amazing. The speedometer and nasa will provide a live stream of the event. Well see stars and planets and then the beautiful correspond row in a of the season. The totality stretches from oregon to South Carolina where an estimated 7 Million People are expected to travel from prime viewing locations creating miles of gridlock traffic. Viewing glasses are selling fast. This is line for Solar Eclipse viewing sunglasses we will have sold 26,000 glasses. Dont even try to view the eclipse with the naked eye t. Beware of counterfeit glasses. Amazon is posting this online. Look for this seal from the International Standards organization that. Tells you the glasses are safe and legit. On monday there are more than 30 different public eclipse viewing areas happening around the bay area. The exploratoriums event starts at 9 00. In oakland you can head to the Chabot Center and in san jose you can join other watchers bginning at 9 00. If you havent tracked down safe glasses, we have you covered. Head to our Facebook Page and watch that guy show you how to make your own. Of course, that wont matter if you cant see the eclipse. Lets check in with drew to find out about the forecast. Cloud cover, but for most of us well have ideal viewing conditions. Location is certainly going to be key monday morning. Lets talk about monday morning. 9 01 will eclipse will begin. The maximum eclipse where threequarters of the season is covered wi covered. Really the best viewing spot, get away from the coast. In fact if you go higher in elevation in the north bay mountains youll also have good visibility there. Well talk about more of the eclipse and what you can expect on sunday in the accuweather forecast. Well have extensive coverage of the Great American eclipse, including life local reports rights right before abc special coverage. The numbers are in for the eighth largest Lottery Jackpot of all time. Powerball is what were talking about here. Here are the winning numbers. 17, 19, 39, 43, 68 and the powerball is 13. 17, 19, 39, 43, 68, powerball is 13. Tonights jackpot, 535 million. The lump sum payment for one winner before taxes, 340 million, basically enough to live on. Nearly 200,000 people left their homes over a dam collapsing. Efforts to make sure this doesnt happen again this winter. Republicans are a step closer to ending democrats this is the new comfort food. Grown right here in california, with absolutely no antibiotics ever. A better way to grow, a better way to eat. And it starts with foster farms simply raised chicken. California grown with no antibiotics ever. A california senator could face a recall that would end democrats super majority in the state legislature. Members of the Republican Party submitted more than 63,000 signatures to recall josh newman of fullerton in orange county. Their complaint is he wanted to raise the gasoline tax. A judge denied their request for a delay. If hes recalled, republicans could regain the seat, which means democrats would fwhorng able to pass laws without gop votes. Hundreds of construction workers are racing against the clock to fix the dam at lake oroville. The state department of Water Resources just released this video showing crews working to rebuild the damaged main spillway and the emergency spillway. The job is not scheduled to be finished until next week year but they need to have enough of it rebuilt in time for the rains this winter. A huge hole caused the evacuations of nearly 200,000 people over fares that it could collapse. It is one of lifes sweetest moments saying hello and goodbye at San Francisco states movein day. Tomorrow could be a great day to be outside. Meteorologist drew tuma is up next with the accuweather forecast. Will the niners give a debut as their head coach, and did he work car returns to action dennis last december. Dennis last december. How the raiders quarter food. Water. Internet. We need it to live. But what we dont need are surprises, like extra monthly fees. I see you, fee, played by legendary actress anjelica huston. You got me, mark. Internet for one everyday simple price and no extra monthly fees. Food. Water. Internet. We need it to live. For all the streaming and the shopping and the newsing, but most of all. For the this. Internet for one everyday simple price and no extra monthly fees. With just days to go until the fall semester, new freshmen moved in at San Francisco state. We were on campus as 2,200 students settled into their dorms. Today marks the start of welcome days where students can take part of work shops and information sessions to get to know their new home. San Francisco State has seen a 25 increase in enrollment this year. We have about 4600 incoming new students and 3700 transfer students, so its a big year for us at San Francisco state. Now that the at you students are moved in, classes start wednesday. The art and soul festival is rocking the streets of oakland. The festival at 12th and braufrts has five live stwajz all types of music. By the way, a ton of food, barbecue, southern, soul food and everything from every corner of the gloechbt its back again tomorrow from noon to 6 00. Accuweather tonight got some clouds rolling in overnight tonight for parts of the region. Those clouds will be with us for the eclipse monday morning for parts of the region as well. Doppler 7, traditional setup right now in terms of august weather. Fog in the bay. The gray shading you see on the screen is the satellite in the clouds from oakland turnover hayward and the north bay coast. Exploratorium camera on top of pier 15, overcast skies over San Francisco. Thats how half of the region will wake up tomorrow morning. The accuweather highlights will show you tomorrow afternoon a little bit cooler of a day on the way than we had today. Clouds for some on the eclipse for monday morning. Temperatures are going to stay below average for this time of year at least through thursday. Were going to stay in the comfort zone the next couple of days. 67 in san jose. 16 in no vay to. Overnight tonight were going to see high clouds stream in through parts of the region. The fog right loosenialong the. Lower 60s overnight tonight. These will be your temperatures if you get out the door early tomorrow morning. Well show you that 12hour day planner. Theres the morning clouds first thing by 7 00 in the morning. Sunshine as you push away from the coast by noon. Nice for august. Really the temperature is comfortable for this time of year. Our warmest spot inland going to the mid and upper 80s. 82 in san jose. 74 in richmond. 77 in fremont, 88 in antioch. And napa and in the 90s. The eclipse will pass through 12 states from oregon to South Carolina. It will take an hour and a half to cross the entire u. S. The last time this happened in the United States was back in 1979. For us here locally in the bay area its going to be a partiso eclipse. Were not in the path of totality. The max eclipse around 10 15. Will end by 11 37 in the morning. You need special eclipse sunglasses. Do not use regular sunglasses. Nice for august on your sunday. Monday theres a Solar Eclipse with coastal clouds. Get far away from the coast for better viewing. Sticking back to warmer afternoon one week from today. Look forward to all that, drew. Thank you very much. Hes taking the day off. Im anthony flores. Beast mode making his debut in silver and black. Marshawn lynch returning after taking a year off. The raiders taking on the l. A. Rams, week two of the nfl preseason. Hit me with some raider highlights. This is dennard and the giants inside the ballpark home run. Lets see if we can rewind and gets the raiders going. Spann is going all the way around the park. Lets try to have one more time. The phillies lead the giants by a score of 124. One more time. Three strikes, they say youre out in baseball. How about tv . We have the 49ers. Cj anderson punching it in for the touchdown. Slips right out of his hands. The defense gets it. Boy, that was just some tough going for the 49ers. 3 1 2 minutes remaining at the half. This is a sac here, good play by the 49ers. Denver would score right before the half. They led it 200 at the halftime and they lead right now 237 in the third quarter. I eel like im rolling the dice here. Were going with giants. How do you improve your record at home . You invite the worst team to your ball. That would be the giants winning the first two games against the phillies at at t. Theres the happy couple. Give them a hand spending their wedding day at at t park. We already saw this. We know whats coming. Denard span, first pitch, bottom of the first inside the park home run. They would take a 10 lead. Spann scores. Second inning, 11. Spann again. This time its a tworun single. The giants with a 31 lead. Third inning, threerun homer. Five in the third inning. Six runs on eight hits. Phillies retake the lead, its 43. They would add seven runs in the sixth, capped by tie kellys gland slam right now its 129. The giants making a comeback with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning. The as at the astros. Great comeback there. Throws out jed. The ball goes by him, two runs would score. The stros take a 20 lead. Graveman in the fifth. Al to a vay with a base hit to center. Bregman would come around the bases in the eighth. No doubt about that one. The astros go on to win it. Final score is 30. We will check outs those raider highlights and well hear from them after their preseason games against the rams at 11 00 on channel 7. I think we got the bugs worked out. Yeah. Maybe they were fans of the rams and didnt want to see the raiders. Well get the 49ers highlights just kidding. No tranquilizers needed to catch this wiechlkt how rescuers were able to reel it in with a simple here kitty kitty. Thats what i said. American idol will return for auditions this is the new comfort food. Grown right here in california, with absolutely no antibiotics ever. A better way to grow, a better way to eat. And it starts with foster farms simply raised chicken. California grown with no antibiotics ever. Special moments canceled. For some couples a fire in the big plans on hold tonight. People are turning an upcoming altright rally in San Francisco chrissy field into a fundraiser for a civil rights group. Wild life rescuers captured bob cat using a cat toy and a cat call. They received a call near holster that a bob cat strolled into a house and rubbed against the homeowners legs. Rescuers spotted this bob cat in a field. They said, here, kitty kitty, thats a quote, and it came to them. It wouldnt get into the cat carrier so they distracted it and netted it. Theyre looking for a friendly sanctuary to give it a new hope. This is video provided by the museum of a restored wildcat. It was used to train pilots for Aircraft Operations and ditched in Lake Michigan in 1945, recovered some 50 years later. Thats a fighter plane the u. S. Navy had early in world war ii. Thats it for abc news at 9 00. Our next newscast is at 11 00 over on channel 7. Well see you then oh, hello. Nice robe, hef. 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