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now at six, refusing to leave, pro-palestinian protesters set up camp at uc berkeley. the
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changes they're demanding the university make right away. >> plus, the growing protests over the israel-hamas war across the country as tensions rise, some universities now taking drastic measures to ensure safety on campus. remembering the iconic long time leader of san francisco's glide foundation , the reverend cecil williams, has passed away. >> we are looking back on his decades of work to help people in the city. >> good morning. it is tuesday, april 23rd. >> i'm going to start the check of our forecast with lisa. >> all right. well, no surprise, we've got a cooler day. it started yesterday with those gusty south winds. the low clouds, the fog this morning, not only concord and livermore covered in the gray, but you have a breeze out there as well. so it took about a day for the cool air to get to you while the rest of us really felt it yesterday, upper 50s along the bay shore right now 55 san francisco and in the north bay. slightly cooler numbers 53 in sonoma. here's a look at that breeze out of the south still. and once we get through today, it'll weaken. and then we'll get
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more of a northerly wind. but 21 mile an hour wind over in oakland. and that brings us slightly milder this morning with the low cloud deck. so we have that going for us 5 to 7 degrees milder out there. look outside from our roof camera gray skies to start. maybe even a little drizzle mid to upper 50s noontime. we are thinning out the clouds and it is partly sunny with low to mid 60s. bay and inland but we'll keep the clouds at the coast and we'll have that breeze once again along the shoreline and also inside the bay. and by the afternoon, as much as ten degrees cooler inland and then around the bay, some upper 60s. we'll talk about when we'll see a return to some warmth coming up. >> lisa. thank you. happening now in the east bay, uc berkeley students are camping out on the steps of sproul hall. this is in solidarity with pro-palestinian protesters who have recently been arrested at other universities. as amanda is at the live desk with these students demands right now, reggie, the demonstrators set up what they're calling a free palestine encampment. >> organizers say the group has
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three demands. first, they want the uc berkeley people to end what it's calling the university's quote, silence in the palestinian genocide in gaza. they're also calling on the university to divest from corporations involved with the israel-hamas conflict. and lastly, they are asking for better protection for palestinian, arab and muslim students. >> this issue is often miscommunicated as a sort of campus culture war that pits student against student on the basis of identity, and that couldn't be further from the truth. this is a movement rooted in solidarity and anti-racism and anti-imperialism, because that's what we're witnessing in gaza. >> uc berkeley released this statement about how it will handle the tents in front of sproul hall saying, quote, we will take the steps necessary to ensure the protest does not disrupt the university's operations. the protesters say they have no plans to leave until their demands are met. the
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bay area's jewish community relations council posted to x saying in part, while their words are abhorrent, the protesters at uc berkeley have a right to free speech and assembly and no violence or obstruction has yet been reported. back to you at the desk. >> amana. thank you. the cal poly humboldt campus is closed until at least tomorrow. pro-palestinian protesters barricaded themselves inside a building last night. the university is calling it a dangerous and volatile situation. in a statement, the school says it is deeply concerned about the safety of the protesters. they're asking the demonstrators to follow law enforcement's directions to leave the building. many in-person classes and activities will now be remote, and tensions over the israel-hamas war are rising on university campuses across the country. police in riot gear dismantled this encampment at nyu. they arrested multiple people accused of ignoring a deadline to disperse. protests are entering a sixth day at columbia university. a new encampment is growing there
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after more than 100 arrests last week, student groups like the one at uc berkeley are demanding columbia divest from companies that do business with israel. critics highlight anti-semitic hate speech. among the demonstrators, there were people outside of campus one time with signs that said death to all jews. >> that is awful. and nobody should be having to experience that. >> columbia says classes for the rest of the semester will be hybrid. because of these security concerns, a federal judge has ordered alameda county district attorney pamela price to review all death penalty cases handled by the da's office, prosecutors may have wrongfully worked to systematically exclude black and jewish jurors. >> abc seven news reporter lena holland here with a look at the evidence. and lena, they found these notes from decades ago. >> kumasi. that's right. the da's office says they found old notes from a case of a black man sentenced to death nearly three decades ago that suggests prosecutors might have systemically prevented black and jewish people from serving as
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jurors on death penalty cases. the thought behind it was apparently those groups of people were seen as more likely to oppose the death penalty. the order to review all death penalty cases countywide, coming after the judge reviewed the case of ernest dikes, who was sentenced to death in 1995 for the murder of a nine year old boy during a robbery. district attorney pamela price says she's identified 35 total cases that need review, but wasn't able to specify how long. going through all 35 of those cases will take. but legal experts say depending on what's found, the outcomes for some of these cases could change. >> the suggestion is that this jury selection process was so tainted that you may have to give some of these individuals an actual new trial. >> the evidence that we have uncovered suggests just plainly that many people did not receive a fair trial in alameda county, and as a result, we have to review all of the files to
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determine on what happened and what the appropriate remedy is. >> price says her office is now in the process of contacting the family of every victim who was impacted in a case that resulted in a death penalty conviction. if the investigation finds other instances of bias. price's office will work with the federal judge to decide how to remedy this situation. live in studio lena howland, abc seven news. >> thank you lena. this morning, memorial plans are being made for a man who made a huge impact on the lives of so many people here in the bay area. >> the reverend cecil williams died at his home in san francisco yesterday. he was 94. williams was a civil rights pioneer who fought for the poor and the hungry. he and his late wife founded the now world famous glide memorial church in the tenderloin. his last appearance there was easter sunday. san francisco mayor london breed says williams was at the top of the list of black role models. abc seven news reporter j.r stone looks at the
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pastor's legacy of compassion and fierce advocacy. >> two things that are critical to us unconditional love and unconditional acceptance. and when you got those two things going for you, you really are out on the cutting edge words to live by. >> from the late pastor cecil williams, who died monday at the age of 94. words that helped glide memorial church grow from less than 50 members in the 1960s to more than 11,000. and in recent years, talking about unconditional love. >> and that everybody is accepted. that's something that i really wanted to and needed to hear when i got here, and it kept me coming back. >> his immediate lee opening up the doors of the sanctuary to women, to poor folks, to sex workers, to black folks, to brown folks, to early queer organizers on and on. and that work just that door just kept opening wider and wider.
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>> he fed the hungry, clothe the naked, went to the prisons and provided reentry programs. he stood for peace. he was no chauvinist. he reached out to the world to let you know if you really want to do something and clear your conscience, come to glide. and he did that with regularity. >> williams had a long list of supporters, including nancy pelosi, the dalai lama, nelson mandela, singer bono, the obamas and the late comedian robin williams. investor warren buffett's late wife was a member of his congregation. buffett raised millions for the church when he started an annual auction, even inviting the highest bidder out to lunch. price tag that went million one year. glide memorial is known today for giving out more than 500,000 meals a year to those in need. it's that giving love that started with cecil williams lives on today with current glide memorial members. >> one of the main reasons i'm
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here is because of cecil and because of the impact he had on me and the programs and everything that goes on here. i just want to be part of it. >> j.r. stone, abc seven news. >> and tributes are pouring in for the legendary san francisco reverend. san francisco supervisor matt dorsey posted on ex quote, all of us fighting for recovery from addiction, lgbtq plus equality, hiv, aids services, human dignity or god's grace stand on the shoulders of giants. and no giants stood taller than cecil williams. salesforce ceo marc benioff called williams a true legend, saying, quote, he taught us that we can and must be better. his impact on our lives and our city is immeasurable. thank you cecil for everything. may the 1st who brings peace bring bring peace to all. and a tribute at oracle park last night with the reverend's photo on the big screen before the giants game. so many people remembering williams for his kindness and
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generosity. he glides. president says memorial plans are still being arranged for more on any public events and the life and legacy of reverend cecil williams, you can head to our website, abc seven news.com. lisa. >> all right. thanks. good morning everybody. we are starting out with a new weather system in play that brought the cool down yesterday. for most of us, the gray sky to start out. it's all due to an area of low pressure offshore that will give us copious amounts of low clouds and fog each and every morning and afternoon. this is vollmer peak right now. 622 the official sunrise 55 in the city, 56 in oakland. good morning hayward. it is 58 with mid 50s in palo alto, 54 along the coast and from our exploratorium camera you can see the gray sky there. 55 santa rosa, concord is at 57, so low clouds. patchy drizzle this morning and noticeably cooler for you inland. breezy winds out there and then by late in the week could see a chance of showers. thursday and then friday getting into the gusty wind. so hour by hour the clouds
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thin out throughout the day. this is 2:00 and we've got sunshine, but boy it's gusty along the shoreline back into the low cloud deck for wednesday. partly cloudy wednesday afternoon. and then here comes that next system that could offer up just a few light sprinkles out there. so today, look for cooler than average upper 60s san jose, low 60s downtown mid 60s over in oakland, kumasi thank you lisa. >> still to come on abc seven mornings. more live concerts all summer long. the new program just announced for san francisco, where those performances will be taking place. and going after the company that lets you cut the airport security line. why services like clear could be banned here in california. plus, the new accusations in the baltimore bridge collapse, the city now claiming the crew on that ship that hit the francis scott key bridge knew about issues befor
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construction workers. the city is now accusing the owner of this ship of negligence and new court filings. lawyers claim the ship was unseaworthy and that the owner failed to repair known power problems. they claim alarms sounded about inconsistent power before the ship left the port, but it left anyway. the company has sought to cap its liability at $43 million, but baltimore leaders argue the liability should not be capped. they claim the company's negligence caused the
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collapse of the francis scott key bridge and the closure of the port of baltimore, which is a major economic hub. >> i think the last big devastation was the pandemic and prior to that, nine over 11 in the case of a port closing, what's the nearest port that we can bring this product into? >> a federal court will decide who is responsible for the bridge collapse. is it okay for people to pay to skip security lines at the airport, to state lawmakers say it is not, and they are proposing a bill to change the way third party security screening companies like clear work clear allows people to pay to verify their identity at a kiosk, then be escorted past people who are waiting in the tsa security lines. if this new bill passes, it would ban companies like clear from operating at california airports unless they utilize their own security lines. some air travel experts say the change could mean added work for tsa. the bill is a ways from becoming law. it goes before the state senate
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transportation committee today. if it passes there, it would have to go through several more steps before making it to governor newsom's desk. san francisco is planning to ask a judge to toss out lawsuits filed on behalf of the teen or teens arrested at a skateboarding event last summer. amanda has more on those suits and when this case is heading to a judge. amanda kumasi police arrested more than 100 people, many of them teens, as they broke up the dolores hill bomb in july. >> that's where skateboarders race down the hill near dolores park. four teens are suing the city. they say their civil rights were violated when they were detained outside in the cold for hours without food or water. their attorneys claim several teens urinated in a bucket while they were held on the street. the city attorney's office says it's trying to get the cases dismissed. in a statement, the city attorney's office said, quote, we have to defend the police department's ability to appropriately and legally control the crowd and to maintain public safety. the case
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heads to a judge one week from today. back to you at the desk, reggie. >> thank you. amanda. a new live concert series coming to san francisco. mayor breed announced a prram fund outdoor music in plazas and parks across the city. sf live debuts on may 4th at the goln ga park bandshell. that concert will celebrate ectroc music. other events will take place at fulton plaza, union square, and the jerry garcia amphitheater between may and october. >> let's get it. i'm ready for that. >> no, not until i love a festival. >> that's what i'm saying. >> it has been really. i mean, it has been nice to time out the day. >> the hour. this is true. lisa. yeah >> seriously, i went on a bike ride yesterday, and i was with the wind. and then. boy, when i turned around, i was like, i can't. >> it's time to go. time to go. >> yeah, exactly. so maybe you felt it yesterday as much as a 15 degree cooldown today for some of you in our inland valleys, it was in the upper 70s
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in redwood city today, back to reality with temperatures dropping into the 60s and a look at live doppler seven. the culprit is an area of low pressure offshore. pretty shot here, though of some sleepy sea lions there for you. it is in the mid 50s on the peninsula, 57 in san jose, 55, san francisco 56 in oakland and from our sutro tower camera, you can see the low cloud deck here with mid 50s santa rosa concord 57. you have a breeze as well as oakland over 15 miles an hour and that will continue throughout the day today. in fact, 20 to 30 mile an hour wind gusts right along the coast and then inside the bay. we're over 20 miles an hour into napa and the delta breeze right now by fairfield. at about 23 miles an hour. so that is a big indicator of that cooler air getting transported through the bay. as for highs today, you can see we're below average in san jose by a few degrees. we'll get into some afternoon sun. also, more sun on wednesday. but this next system, thursday and friday will drop our temperatures down,
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kick up the winds and we could see a couple hundredths of an inch of rain as we get into the north bay in the afternoon, thursday and friday. and then the weekend is all about recovering into where we should be this time of year, some lower 70s. here's why. as we look at the big picture stopping this at midnight or early in the morning on thursday, and then that system just slips to the south is high pressure has drifted off to the east, so thursday and friday allowing for low pressure that trough to get us a little bit wet. and then it's back to that ridge building over the weekend, allowing to push that system to the north and getting back into some slightly warmer temperatures. but if we see any rain, you can see just a couple of hundredths there. this is that thursday friday time frame. and as for your tuesday, just mid 60s today in san mateo, 62 in richmond, 70 out towards our inland valleys. little change. and then that slight chance of showers, a little bit milder over the weekend. back to you
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guys. >> thanks, lisa. now we're going to bring in ginger zee. she's live with a look at what's coming up on gma. >> good morning. yes. >> hey good morning kumasi reggie. nice to be with you. so yes it's a tuesday here. and we'll start with the campuses on edge from west coast to east coast. some of the nation's leading colleges and universities looking like that amid the israel-hamas war. and we also have college commitment day for high school seniors. that's just over a week away. also, the first witness taking the stand in the donald trump hush money trial, the former national enquirer boss who used catch and kill tactics to bury negative stories about the former president and the overwhelming demand for weight loss drugs wegovy and zyban has created a deepening shortage. what doctors say patients should do if they can't get their drugs. and then zendaya, mike feist and josh o'connor are all here talking tennis and their new movie challenger. we're also going to the dogs today. lot of pups in the studio. it's adopt on gma day. >> that is the best day it is. >> yeah we just have one here. ginger not long ago. and one of
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our colleagues adopted one of the dogs which was really adorable beautiful i know no see we already got the two so we really can't handle another. >> plus our bruce the younger one. he learned how to open the doors now so he can go sleep on the beds. like come on, the dog's name. >> the dog's name? bruce. >> he's not usually that smart. yeah. bruce i like this trend of giving the dogs just like your friends dog. >> liz. liz. >> yeah. >> liz i like this. >> liz claiborne. what is her name? it's liz claiborne. >> i like it too, because ginger was used forever. everybody's dog, cat chinchilla is named ginger. so now everybody needs their name thrown in the pot. >> true. >> although i'm concerned that bruce can open the door. i mean, what is next? you know, what is the next level for bruce? >> yeah, i don't know. well, we'll work on it because i feel like everybody should have a real a real deal name. >> yeah. >> he's basically a person bruce is going to be making breakfast. >> making? yes
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safety near santa rosa. this video captures the dramatic scene on wednesday. on monday, i should say in the hood mountain area, a crew from the santa rosa fire department treated the man. once he was back on the ground, he was taken to a nearby hospital. we don't know exactly how he got hurt, but california highway patrol says he is expected to survive. a san ramon teenager is doing her part to save honeybees, which are the world's most crucial pollinators . dougherty valley high school student cherise zou has transformed her backyard into a science project. her parents helped her acquire 150,000 honeybees. she's trained the bees to fly through a maze and tested how different insecticides impacted their ability to get through that maze. the results showed the chemicals had a big impact on the bees. >> it's disappointing for me, but it's also a very real world issue that we do need to take on. i wanted to see if my research could decrease the usage of pesticides in the real world. >> her work has now been published in a journal by the
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society for science. way to go! that is awesome! giants fans are able to cheern thteam and help the environment at the same time. in honor of earth day yesterday, the giants donated part of their game ticket sales to the healthy planet project, the nonprofit founded by former giant hunter pence. hunter pence, i should say, and his wife, alexis. >> we planted 28 trees together in the crocker-amazon neighborhood. >> look at us there. >> yeah, it was day. i mean, it is so rewarding, chris. i'm not going to lie, i have an absolute blast doing it. >> hunter is taking part in sf climate week, which is going on right now. volunteers from abc7 helped to host earth day activities at the aquarium of the bay at pier 39. we work with young people who got to write their own earth day pledges. our parent company, disney, also sponsored an international poster and essay contest. entrants had to show why earth day is important to them. the three winning posters will travel on a future space flight to the moon. and be placed into
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a time capsule. wait, i assume that they're not getting placed in a time capsule. hopefully next 630 high schools on high alert. why police officers rush onto bay area campuses earlier this week. then the legal battle over how cities can treat the unhoused. it's made its way to the supreme court. we're getting a clue about how justices may end up ruling on that case, and it could have implications right here in the bay area. but first, here's lisa. >> all right. temperatures right now over in oakland. here's a look at the airport in the 50s. we're 56 going into the mid 60s. you already had the cool down yesterday. we'll talk about the rest of the bay and the look
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live officers arriving on scene with guns drawn now at 630. the reason a police response like this happened at multiple bay area high schools yesterday, and what students can expect today. >> and more than 20 suspected child predators arrested in a sting. several of the accused working in very trusted positions. even a south bay firefighter. >> plus, tiktok's time may soon be up. the unprecedented vote happening today that could set off a legal battle for the app's
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future. >> good morning everybody. it's tuesday, april 23rd. >> we'll get to all that. but first, your forecast from lisa. >> yeah, bringing the cool air for sure. started yesterday. we had the marine layer, the gusty winds and with us today it's quieter but it's gray all across the bay. there's a look outside from our exploratorium camera and current numbers look like this. how about 55 palo alto and san francisco? 56 in oakland. hayward. good morning. at 58. and looking at the golden gate bridge there, where the gray sky is going to sit for most of the day, 54 in napa, 57 in concord, elsewhere, the clouds thin out towards the afternoon. the breeze with us right now from oakland to concord and it continues. it gets windier right along the coast and inside the bay. another breezy afternoon compared to yesterday, though, with the blanket of clouds were milder. five degrees warmer in the north bay, seven degrees milder along the coastline. and as we get towards the middle of the afternoon, early afternoon, i should say low to mid 60s, it's sunny, it's cooler out there for sure, but at least
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things will brighten up except at the shoreline near 70 and our warmest inland valleys. and we're going to see another system, a stronger one, approach us later in the week. details on that in a few minutes. kumasi thank you lisa. >> classes are expected to resume today at miramonte high school in orinda after it was forced into a lockdown yesterday afternoon. police were on scene to check on reports of someone with a gun in that area. they searched the school and gave the all clear a short time later. investigators are not ruling this out as a swatting incident or a prank call to bring police to the school. an unconfirmed threat at a different bay area high school forced to shelter in place. police officers were at gunn high school in palo alto investigating yesterday afternoon. students were dismissed for the day at the usual time when nothing was found. officials also issued a shelter in place order for the nearby fletcher middle school as a precaution. >> a stern warning now from authorities following a lengthy child sex sting operation that led to several arrests.
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>> parents on your children's phones, your social media platforms, you are the parent. it is not a democracy. you have to take charge and think about this. this was three days. this stuff goes on 24 over seven 365 investigators say 24 people were arrested during operation spring cleaning. >> the suspects include a san jose fire captain, a postal worker and a sunday school teacher. investigators set up the sting by posing as children under the age of 13 on social media. they struck up a conversation with the suspects and then arranged to meet with them. that's when the suspects were arrested. that fire captain has been identified as spencer parker. he is no longer with the san jose fire department, but he was when he was arrested april 1st, and alameda county district attorney pamela price says a federal judge is ordering her office to review all death row convictions after they found evidence. >> prosecutors may have excluded jurors based on their race or religion. abc seven news reporter lena howland joins us
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in studio and lena, it centers on the case of a black man sentenced to death. kumasi >> that's right. the da's office will now be looking at every death penalty conviction to see if there are signs of misconduct after evidence of potential bias came to light in the case of ernest dikes, he was sentenced to death. back in 1995. the jury ruled that dikes murdered a nine year old boy and attempted to murder his grandmother during a robbery in east oakland. dikes now sits on california's death row. the review of that case found prosecutors may have excluded black and jewish jurors , and that's leading to the latest allegation of a larger systemic problem involving death penalty cases in the 1980s and 90s. the thought is black and jewish jurors may have been excluded because they were more likely to oppose the death penalty, criminal justice professor lisa hill, from cal state east bay, says the system has oftentimes been far from impartial. >> you're 17 times more likely
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to get the death penalty if a black person kills a white person. when you intentionally exclude people based on their race, their religion, their gender, or any protected category, it violates the constitution. as a constitutional officer, i am mandated to investigate and root out unethical behavior. this is not about left or right or any kind of politics. this is about ethics. >> price says her office is now in the process of contacting the family of every victim who was impacted in a case that resulted in a death penalty conviction. even if the investigation finds other instances of bias, price's office will work with the federal judge to decide how to remedy this situation. and since 2019, california has had a moratorium on the death penalty. however, legal experts point out that doesn't mean it's abolished in the state, as that moratorium could be lifted at any time. back to you.
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>> thanks, lena. today, the senate is expected to pass a bill which would ban tiktok in the us if its chinese owners don't sell it. this will be the first time congress has passed a law aimed at shutting down a social media platform. a man is here to explain that tiktok's time isn't up just yet. >> yeah, reggie. house lawmakers already passed a bill that could ban tiktok from the us if its chinese owner, bytedance, doesn't sell within a year. the potential measure is lumped into a $95 billion foreign aid package. top intelligence leaders are concerned user data on the app could become compromised. the bill received bipartisan support, but a tiktok spokesperson calls the action unfortunate and tells abc news the bill would, quote, trample the free speech rights of 170 million americans. devasted date 7 million businesses and shutter, a platform that contributes $24 billion to the us economy annually if it does get banned, some security experts say app stores would no longer offer the app or provide updates.
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>> i don't think it's going to pass first amendment scrutiny because i think there are less restrictive alternatives. we could have made it a crime to transfer americans data to an adversarial foreign nation or foreign state interference. >> president biden signaled he would sign the bill if the senate passes it. tiktok has vowed to fight the ban in court. back to you at the desk. >> thank you. amanda. testimony resumes this morning in the donald trump new york hush money trial. former national enquirer publisher david pecker is expected to tell jurors today about his efforts to help trump suppress stories during his 2016 presidential campaign. prosecutors say pecker worked with trump and his attorney, michael cohen, on a strategy to buy and then kill negative stories. >> this is a case where you pay a lawyer. he's a lawyer and they call it a legal expense >> prosecutors are also asking
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the judge to hold trump in contempt over social media posts that they say violated a gag order. the former president faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, but denies wrongdoing. >> the supreme court's conservative majority seems open to allowing cities to punish people experiencing homelessness. justices heard arguments yesterday in a case involving the small city of grants pass, oregon. that city wants to crack down on the unhoused. in 2013, it passed an ordinance allowing people to be ticketed for sleeping on the streets. the problem? the city didn't have shelters to house all of those people. the ninth circuit court of appeals in san francisco said the ordinance amounts to cruel and unusual punishment. now, the supreme court must decide whether cities can punish people for sleeping outside when they have nowhere else to go. some conservative justices questioned whether the court should get involved in city policies. and that's what leaders in san francisco are closely watching. >> from our perspective, you know, we think cities like san
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francisco, we need a bit more flexibility to address the crisis on our streets. >> homeless advocates in the city argue more freedom to sweep encampments is not the solution. a man who's unhoused in san francisco says he doesn't want to be on the streets, but he doesn't feel like he has a choice. >> try as hard as possible, you know, to find some shelter. but the shelters that they have in the city, they're not too good. i think it should concern everybody, whether you're homeless or not. >> the supreme court is expected to make a decision by the end of june. still ahead. say goodbye to drone delivery. why amazon service is getting pulled from california. >> a live look right now at the big board, the new york stock exchange up 70 points. another update on the markets next. >> starbucks goes up against the national labor board today. the fight goes to the supreme court. and the outcome could have a big impact on starbucks employees. >> then streaming live at 7 a.m.
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if you can believe it, it's almost time for san francisco pride. we have a big announcement about the celebration this year. watch abc seven at seven wherever you stream abc seven news. now here's lisa. >> all right. good morning to you. it is 57 in concord. you're looking out towards the east bay hills, where we have a blanket of low clouds. 80 yesterday, at least a ten day drop today. and i'll be back with the forecast
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goes before the supreme court. and, amanda, this could have implications for unions across the country. >> reggie, this whole case centers around how much authority the national labor relations board has to penalize companies for violating the rights of workers. the nlrb is the federal agency that protects the rights of employees to organize. and in 2022, a federal judge ordered starbucks to reinstate seven workers in memphis who were fired after leading efforts to organize a union. the judge ruled that starbucks violated u.s. labor law by interfering the justices will determine the standard courts should use when making decisions about a labor dispute. starbucks is asking the supreme court to intervene because federal appeals courts don't agree on the standards the nlrb must meet when it requests a
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temporary injunction against a company. if the court sides with starbucks, it could make it tougher for the nlrb to step in when it claims corporate interference in using a union unionization efforts excuse me. back to you at the desk, kumasi. >> thanks, amanda. new at six. a female doctor may be the cure to living longer. according to a new study. a ucla study found medicare patients are more likely to survive when the doctor is a woman versus a male doctor. it shows people are less likely to be readmitted into the hospital after suffering from a health issue. researchers say it's because female physicians are more likely to adhere to clinical guidelines. study also notes that these findings could be different for younger generations. >> also new at six, celine dion is opening up again about living with stiff person syndrome, the singer revealed in 2022 that she has the disease. it's a rare neurological condition that triggers spasms and muscle rigidity. in an interview with vogue france, she says she has
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physical and vocal therapy five days a week, she says she is also training like an athlete as part of her treatment. dion says she doesn't know when she'll be able to perform again, but that her body will tell her if or when she is ready. >> a dead whale that washed up in alameda has been moved so that marine biologists, biologists can complete a necropsy. you might remember the whale was spotted at crown beach in alameda over the weekend. yesterday it was moved to angel island. this is the first whale to wash up on shore. this year, and experts say there's a chance we could see more. the leading cause of death for whales is collisions with ships, but there's also a lot more ship traffic and ships are traveling faster than they ever have. >> and so the combination of those things has meant that there has been a steady increase in ship strikes. >> the marine mammal center says a cause of death will be known in a couple of days. if your commute involves a sausalito ferry, you will have to take a bus again today because ferry service is still suspended. the
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pier was shut down after a damaged pylon was discovered during a routine inspection friday. now, originally, officials believe repairs could be completed by the end of this week. well, it turns out that crews need to wait until low tide. that closure has businesses worried. and as you can imagine, it caught tourists by surprise, including a group who biked eight miles there from san francisco. >> oh, we were planning to ride over and take the ferry back, but we knew the ferry wasn't in operation, so we're going to we're going to try and make our way back later on this afternoon . so, we're going to we're going to bike, but we may end up walking quite a, quite a ways up the hill. >> in the meantime, golden gate transit busses are shuttling passengers into san francisco. >> and now it's your morning money report. amazon is ending its drone delivery service here in california. it started in the small town of lockford, near lodi, in 2022. the program, called prime air, struggled to succeed. it aimed to deliver
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packages up to 5 pounds or less in 30 minutes. the focus is now shifting to phoenix, arizona. amazon plans to fully integrate drones into its delivery network there, and will deploy them from a facility next to a same day delivery site, clothing company express has filed for bankruptcy and plans to close more than 100 stores. there are about a dozen locations still in the bay area. the company hasn't said if those will stay open. analysts say express has struggled to adapt to the rise of casual wear and the decline of formal work, fashion closing sales begin today and taking a live look at the new york stock exchange as trading gets underway. we're up about 156 points. tinder users you can now share details of who you're going out on a date with, with others on. >> the popular dating app has a new feature called share by date, so you're curious? read nosy friends and family will know everything about your plans. they are going to know the match's name when you're meeting where you're meeting, they will even get a photo of
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your match and a link to the profile. now that's a lot. this seems like too much just too much. tinder says the links can be sent up to 30 days, so they have 30 days to stock this person's life. you can edit the details along the way to update your loved ones, i don't want to know all that. yeah, exactly. >> where are you going? where are you going? >> yeah, you can just do that thing where you can find that person. although, have you done that thing where you forget and it's still on and people know where you are all the time? >> yeah, i think i have a couple of friends, so i know where they are at all times. i don't look because that's their business. but i could, you know, what are you doing over there? oh, let me zoom in to that. oh okay. >> it's a great feature with your kids, though. you don't have to bug them. just know you don't want to know who your kids are dating on. absolutely not. no no, leave her out of it. >> it's our. >> all right, well, sharing the
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cooldown all across the bay area this afternoon in our inland valleys because the rest of us along the coast in bay shore really felt it yesterday. but. concord livermore, 83 apiece. low pressure spinning offshore, allowing for pretty healthy marine layer this morning. look at all the friends here at pier 39. really a lot of pavement left over but a lot of sea lions there 58 right now in hayward, 56 in oakland. it is in the mid 50s in palo alto. so temperatures in a narrower range simply because we have that blanket of low cloud. so that's allowing for a slightly warmer start to the day. 54 in napa, 55 in santa rosa, but cooler for everyone. here's a look at the winds in san francisco. at least 25 mile an hour gusts throughout the afternoon could be higher than that. and even inside the bay, we'll see those breezy winds from concord to livermore right around the bay shore. and here's a look at the cloud cover beginning to thin out. and then we get into a sunny afternoon. but look how close the fog is. it is banked up to the san mateo
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coast, so it moves back in quickly across the bay for your wednesday morning as it peels back a little bit more cloud cover in the north bay on wednesday, as the winds will dial back. but by thursday, a stronger system where windier or cloudier. and then we're looking for a few drops that could visit us come thursday into friday. behind that, we should see high pressure build in. here's a look at the cooldown. the lighter winds, though. on wednesday mid and upper 60s out there by thursday. not a lot of change. this is when we're going to see that next system. cue up perhaps a few light sprinkles. low 60s should do it in oakland and then by friday it's a breezy to gusty day out there. so the temperatures staying in the 60s and 70s. and as for today yeah kind of back to reality where numbers will be below average up in the north bay 66 santa rosa mid 60s on the peninsula. windy at the coast. the accuweather seven day forecast after tonight afternoon. cool sunshine ahead each in just about every day. kumasi
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>> thank you lisa. the last location of a burger chain that started in the south bay. closing for good todaurr pit opened its first location in 1953, the last one on blossomhie closing at the end of business today. the owner says the lease is up and the landlord is raising rent byeay 70% starting tomorrow until the end of the month, you can buy the tchen equipment and the keepsakes to help them pay off loans. burger pit is open from noon until 8 p.m. >> trips between l.a. and las vegas will soon be much shorter. crews broke ground yesterday on brightline west, a new 218 mile railroad. the $12 billion project will be the first fully electric high speed rail system in the country. the train will travel at a speed of 186 miles an hour, getting riders to and from la and vegas in just over two hours. some riders really looking forward to cutting the travel time in half. >> i'd love to get some guys
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together, maybe for my birthday or something, and go out to see raiders game so it'll be a good way to do it. >> the new rail system is anticipated to open in 2028 for the olympic games. lawmakers say the project will have to acquire more funding before it can expand here in the bay area. now, this project is different from california's high speed rail project, which aims to link l.a. and san francisco. construction is underway in the central valley that's going between bakersfield and merced. organizers think that central valley section could be operational by the year 2033. the entire project is vastly overbudget and behind schedule. estimated costs have tripled from what voters approved in 2008. >> anti-abortion demonstrators are rallying in sacramento as governor gavin newsom declares california a sanctuary state for abortions. dozens of pro-life advocacy groups protested at the capitol monday afternoon. demonstrators say they are upset with the dozens of laws the
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state passed in the last two years to expand access to abortion. >> it's disgusting. i mean, a lot of these women are coming from the other parts of the country because they don't have resources. >> meanwhile, governor newsom released a new controversial ad targeting an alabama bill that would make it a crime to help women travel outside the state in order to receive an abortion. >> mass. i'm going to need you to step out of the vehicle, take a pregnancy test. >> newsom also plans to propose a bill to expedite licenses for arizona doctors who wish to help their patients in california, as that state prepares to reenact a near re reenact a near-total abortion ban, managing the health care of children with autism can be challenging and stressful for parents, sutter health has found a way to make it a healthy and happy experience. >> their south bay sensory clinic aims to cut down on anxiety. patients get their own entrance. they can stay in the
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room for up to an hour. tools inside can be used to stimulate the senses and create a fun environment. the service has grown from children to anyone with intellectual or developmental disabilities or needle phobia. it's available at sutter. los gatos, palo alto and fremont. offices new at six a beautiful display of wildflowers in pacifica. a photographer shared this time lapse, saying this year's super bloom has been very subdued over the state of california. but mori point has put up a show with a cliffside full of flowers. the area is bursting with color in vibrant shades of yellow, orange and blue. mori point is a 110 acre park in pacifica, part of the golden gate national recreation area. >> that is so beautiful. >> up next is seven things you need to know today as we head to break a live look outside. >> it is 655 and we're coming right back.
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number one protesters who set up a free palestine encampment at uc berkeley, calling on the university to divest from corporations involved with the israel-hamas war. similar protests are happening across the country. >> number two, the alameda county da's office has been ordered to review all death penalty cases over possible prosecutorial misconduct. it stems from a murder case in the 90s where prosecutors may have excluded black and jewish jurors. >> number three memorial plans are being made for the legendary co-founder of san francisco's glide foundation. the reverend cecil williams died yesterday. he was 94 years old. >> number four today to say today, a state senate committee will consider a proposal that would change the way. third party airport security screening companies like clear operate. clear allows you to essentially skip tsa lines by paying to
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verify your identity. if the bill becomes law, companies like clear would be banned at california airports unless they operate their own security lines. >> number five starting out with the low clouds and fog. a bit breezy that breeze increases throughout the day. low 60s in the city, low 70s inland with some sun. >> and number six. taking a live look at our san mateo bridge camera. traffic is sluggish on westbound 92, and in the distance you can see chp along the center. divide assisting caltrans with maintenance drive time for the toll plaza to foster city is 16 minutes, and number seven you can get paid $1,000 to watch nine nine star wars films. >> financial advisor website finance buzz is looking for a wookie rookie to watch every movie. >> say that again. >> i'm not because i mean a wookie rookie. they want to watch. they want you to watch every movie in the skywalker saga. and that person should be
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brand new to star wars to rate and evaluate the films. of course, disney, the parent company of abc seven and lucasfilm, i do like a star wars movie. i don't know if i'm a wookie rookie, i am. >> i don't know where to start, so i haven't started. >> oh, you admitted that. me too. it's a lot. >> same here. >> wait a second. excuse me. >> all of us. >> what's happening here i know, shameful. wait. we're all. you haven't ever seen star wars movies? not one. no parts. what are you doing here? >> don't they like jump from. >> that's what i'm saying. it's too much. >> it's a lot to keep up to and fro, to and fro. >> oh, have you got your whole life chronological order >> robin: good morning america. campuses on edge coast to coast at some of the nation's leading colleges and universities.

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