>>> now from abc 7, live breaking news. >> breaking news comes from the south bay, a chp officer has dieded on the way to work. what we're learning about the crash in san martin that killed him. thanks for joining us today, kristen has the day off. the officer was on a motorcycle when it crashed this morning. this all happened on monterey highway and east san martin avenue. abc 7 news reporter matt keller live for us on what he's been able to gather so far. matt? >> reporter: reggie, the chp investigation has finished here on the scene. they're now cleaning up. see the motorcycle is on the back of the tow truck. as soon as they get this cleared up and wrap up their investigation, they'll be leaving here. i confirmed with a law enforcement source the victim san off duty chp officer. he was on his way to work at the gilroy commercial vehicle enforcement facility off 101 in san martin when this crash happened. this was just before 6:00 this morning. chp says the chevy was driving northbound on monoray road, turned in the driver died on the scene. a 44-year-old man from san jose. the

>> announcer: live where you live, this is "abc 7 news." >>> now at 11:00, an assault in the air and on the ground. tonight firefighters from across the south bay are racing to stop the brush fire that's putting an entire neighborhood in danger. good evening. i'm erik thomas in for dan ashley. >> i'm ama daetz. new since 6:00, we have learned the possible cause of that brush fire, children playing with fireworks. >> the fire started last night off ballybunion court not far from gilroy. we find katie marzullo live with our developing story. katie. >> reporter: erik, ama, multiple neighbors here told me it was kids with fireworks who started the fire. cal fire says the cause is under investigation. i spoke with cal fire just a few minutes ago to get the latest information. right now 100 acres have burned. crews have the fire 10% contained. one last water drop as the sun set on the second day of a wildfire burning in gilroy. the water coming from a pond on the eagle ridge golf course. melissa vizeria lives in eagle ridge. she saw the flames erupt sunday evening. >> we open the door

>>> now from abc 7, live breaking news. >> and that breaking news, firefighters are battling a large brush fire in san mateo county that was sparked by lightning. cal fire says it's growing by the minute. near skyline boulevard and bear gulch road. many in san mateo can see the smoke rising from the vegetation burning in the hills above woodside. 100 firefighterses are facing steep, difficult conditions as they battle the blaze. abr 7 c 7 news reporter matt keller is live in woodside. there are some homes. are there evacuations at this point? >> reporter: there are no evacuations and there are no homes threatened. this is really in some very isolated area up here in the mountains above san mateo and woodside. listen to this number, though, kristen, 1,000 lightning strikes yesterday in san mateo and santa cruz counties. seven fires were started by those lightning strikes. three of those fires are still burning. the biggest one is here above woodside. the smoke can be seen from miles and miles around. the good news, it's been dissipating over the past hour or so, as they've dropp

where you live, this is "abc 7 news." >>> now at 11:00, an assault in the air and on the ground. tonight firefighters from across the south bay are racing to stop the brush fire that's putting an entire neighborhood in danger. good evening. i'm erik thomas in for dan ashley. >> i'm ama daetz. new since 6:00, we have learned the possible cause of that brush fire, children playing with fireworks. >> the fire started last night off ballybunion court not far n from gilroy. we find katie marzullo live with our developing story. katie. >> reporter: erik, ama, multiple neighbors here told me it was kids with fireworks who started the fire. cal fire says the cause is under investigation. i spoke with cal fire just a few minutes ago to get the latest information. right now 100 acres have burned. crews have the fire 10% contained. one last water drop as the sun set on the second day of a wildfire burning in gilroy. the water coming from a pond on the eagle ridge golf course. melissa vizeria lives in eagle ridge. she saw the flames erupt sunday evening. >> we open the door and we see fire

children, most of whom are now adults, for the actions of their parents. but as abc's emily row reports congress does have a chance to save or revise the program. >> good morning. i'm here today to announce that the program known as daca that was effectuated under the obama administration is being rescinded. >> reporter: attorney general jeff sessions making it official. the end of daca now on the horizon. >> to have a lawful system of immigration that serves the national interests we cannot admit everyone who would like to come here. it's just that simple. >> we love the d.r.e.a.m.ers. we love everybody. >> reporter: just last week president trump says he loves the so-called d.r.e.a.m.ers, nearly 800,000 young immigrants currently living in the u.s. who came here as children. >> this is where i grew up. this is where i made my friends. >> reporter: we don't have to be looked at as d.r.e.a.m.ers specifically but more as human beings. >> two administration officials telling abc news saying new applications for legal status filed after september 5 will not be considered. some d.r.

, this is abc 7 news. >>> evacuation is like none i've ever seen. everyone's leaving. >> by plane, by car, however they can. the mandate is to get out now, before hurricane irma hits florida. good evening. i'm dan ashley. >> i'm ama daetz. irma is expected to make landfall within days, after it finishes churning through the caribbean where it's leaving a trail of death and destruction. >> at this hour florida is bracing for a direct hit from the extremely dangerous category 5 hurricane that is irma. the governor of the state, along with his counterparts in georgia and south carolina, are pleading with residents in irma's path to evacuate and seek shelter immediately. >> the storm's 185-mile-per-hour sustained winds make it one of the most powerful ever seen in the atlantic. >> this is what we now know. florida will have major hurricane impacts with deadly storm surge and life-threatening winds. we expect this along the entire east coast. >> at least 13 deaths are blamed on the hurricane. all of them happening in the caribbean islands. 59% of the buildings in barbuda have been dama

>>> live where you live, this is abc 7 news. >> in this case, it happened so quickly, the officer reacted with the weapons that he had in his hands, and those were his hands. >> it happened in a baggage claim area at sfo. a veteran san francisco police officer takes down a suspect with a knife with his bare hands. good evening. thank you for joining us. i'm dan ashley. ama daetz is on maternity leave. a san francisco officer is said to be in good condition after being stabbed at sfo. the officer was responding to a call of a suspicious man at terminal 1 at the delta baggage area. sources tell abc 7 news that as the officer went to arrest the guy, the man pulled out a knife and stabbed the officer in the leg then cut his hand and face. despite those injuries, the officer managed to arrest the man with his bare hands. >> in this case, the assault happened so rapidly that the officer was fending off blows immediately. and so his first tactic in that is to attempt to push off and perhaps knock down the suspect. and he was successful in that. >> investigators say this incident does not

>> announcer: live where you live, this is "abc 7 news." >>> it's after 2:00 a.m. on the east coast right now, but you can see cars streaming north as more than a million people are fleeing what could be one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the united states. good evening and thank you for joining us. i'm ama daetz. >> i'm dan ashley. more on hurricane irma in a moment, but we begin with breaking news. another natural disaster unfolding in central america tonight. >> a powerful 8.0 earthquake stck off mexico's southern coast. it was felt in mexico city where there have been widespread power outages. >> active tsunami warning are issued for mexico, gaut mall ah and neighboring countries. you can see the light fixture swaying violently. >> residents have gathered on the streets in the dark, fearing that buildings would collapse. our meteorologist sandhya patel has more on the earthquake as well as the tu namy warning. >> let's look at this earthquake. it is being revised. this is the very latest coming out of the earthquake and tsunami center. it is upgraded to 8.4. it was orig

>>> good morning bay area. let's get up and get going. >> this is "abc 7 mornings." >> it's saturday, september 30th. good morning and thanks so much for joining us. i'm chris nguyen. let's start with a first look at the forecast. here's meteorologist lisa argen, hi, lisa. >> hi, chris. patchy fog is around the bay. we're also looking sunshine as well. as we go in closer to the visibility in miles, it's less than a quarter in napa and santa rosa at a quarter of a mile. it lowers and thickens before it clears on out. 60 in hayward and fremont. 52 in novato. 57 on the coast. your forecast today calls for a lot of sunshine with temperatures climbing through the 60s and 70s throughout the next few hours. by noontime we should be in mid-70s inland. by about 4:00 p.m., lower 80s should do it for inland valleys. 70s around the bay. mid- and upper 60s at the coast. near average, but boy, the winds kick up tonight, chris. >> lisa, thank you. >>> breaking news, chp is investigating a deadly crash in oakland on interstate 880. investigators say a woman driving the wrong way crashed int

for ama daetz. >> abc news reporter dania back l with the latest. >> reporter: videos posted on social media shows how strong the 7.1 earthquake was. inside, ceiling lights swings uncomfortably in a restaurant and in an office building where people run for cover. outside buildings rocking so hard glass fall to the ground. buildings are reduced to rubble. rescue workers racing inside the build rushing a woman to safety. another woman carried in dust is going through the crowd on a stretcher. the massive earthquake hit just after 2:00 eastern, less than 100 miles of mexico city. from the air a clear picture of the denver station. more than two dozen buildings collapsed. many residence without electricity as the country now begins to assess the earthquake's toll. this earthquake comes on the anniversary of a 8.oquake that hit mexico city in 2005. earlier in the day, earth quake drills were held in mexico city to mark the anniversary. dania baa which you say, abc news, l.a. >> abc news reporter leann mendes is leave in san francisco. leann i know this has got to be a tough time. >>

where you live, this is "abc 7 news." >>> now at 11:00, record-breaking heat. san francisco reached a scorching 106 degrees. >> since record keeping began, this is the hottest ever. >> all parts of the bay area baked in the summer sun. >> i don't like it. yeah, it's -- the air quality is bad. >> making the challenging bay area commute down right unbearable. >> how hot was it on the train? >> i don't have a therm mom ter but probably 120 degrees. >> and the danger isn't over yet. good evenin and thank you for joining us tonight. i'm ama daetz. dan ashley is off. expect more of the same tomorrow. we have live team coverage tonight. let's begin with "abc 7 news" meteorologist sandhya patel. >> this heat wave did not dis-crim nalt. everyone was dealing with the hot weather. san francisco today hottest ever since record keeping began, 106 degrees. shattering the previous record of 103 in 2000. sfo was an all after time record at 104. moffett field tying at 106. we had record ties for the entire month of september, not just today. san jose 108 degrees, oakland airport, 101. 107 kent field a

>>> live where you live, this is abc 7 news. >> searching for a killer in san jose, police investigate a deadly home invasion, while neighbors say they've been worried about an escalation in violence. thank for joining us today. i'm reggie aqui. kristen sze is going to g in later today. neighbors tell us this is the most serious in a string of violent incidents. this shooting happened last night in north happen hsan jose. matt keller is there for us. >> reporter: once daylight hit, people who live here were getting into their cars and headed to work at the tech companies around here. horrific night filled with fear and a lot of questions. it's not something you expect to hear at around 8:40 at night at the elon at river oaks complex in north san jose. >> just a gunshot, all i heard. >> reporter: this woman lives next door to where the shooting took place. she did not want her face on camera. police say two men forced their way into this apartment and shot a man. >> it was super scary, it was very, very scary. >> reporter: the victim was taken to the hospital where he died.

been pulled from the rubble. here's abc news report er dania backus with a look at the destruction. >> reporter: the terrifying images showing the power of the 7.1 earthquake. and this newsroom ceiling lights swing uncontrollably as one man steadies himself against the wall. and in a restaurant at mexico city's airport tourists take cover under a table. >> earthquake. >> the whole building was shaking for like five whole minutes. people just running in every direction. >> reporter: one american tourist describing the chaos. >> walls started falling down. people were screaming. people were crying. >> reporter: outside buildings rocking so forward glass from a window falls to the ground. light poles shake violently. from the air a clear picture of the devastation. more than two dozen buildings collapsed with reports of some children inside. "i was trapped on the third floor," says this woman. "we tried to get out and the people in the house next door helped me get out with a ladder." rescue workers racing inside this building, rushing a woman to safety. another woman covered in dust

"abc 7 mornings." >>> good morning, thanks so much for joining us. i'm chris nguyen. let's start with a first look at the forecast, meteorologist lisa argen is tracking live doppler 7. >> good morning, chris. it feels like fall for the next couple of hours because it's cool. we have some 40 house as and a right now. gilroy still in the upper 40s. we have warmer numbers around the bay. 54 in hayward, mountain view, and los gatos. we're warmer to the north and we're going to get into northerly winds. that's going to bring on not only a warm-up but high fire danger. looking at some coolers numbers elsewhere. through the afternoon, the temperatures will climb back into the 80s today in our inland valleys. that's warmer by about 5 or 6 f degrees than we had yesterday. 60s and 70s by noontime. tons of sun with a warmer afternoon. low 80s inland. a nice evening, that sun setting just after 7:00. we'll talk about even more warmth headed our way, not only for the second half of the weekend but for much of next week, coming up in a few minutes, chris. >>> us not going to the white house is

>> announcer: live where you live, this is "abc 7 news." >>> now at 11:00, record-breaking heat. san francisco reached a scorching 106 degrees. >> since record keeping began, this is the hottest ever. >> all parts of the bay area baked in the summer sun. >> i don't like it. yeah, it's -- the air quality is bad. >> making the challenging bay area commute down right unbearable. >> how hot was it on the train? >> i don't have a therm mom ter but probably 120 degrees. >> and the danger isn't over yet. good evenin and thank you for joining us tonight. i'm ama daetz. dan ashley is off. expect more of the same tomorrow. we have live team coverage tonight. let's begin with "abc 7 news" meteorologist sandhya patel. >> this heat wave did not dis-crim nalt. everyone was dealing with the hot weather. san francisco today hottest ever since record keeping began, 106 degrees. shattering the previous record of 103 in 2000. sfo was an all after time record at 104. moffett field tying at 106. we had record ties for the entire month of september, not just today. san jose 108 degrees, oakland airpo

now. the powerful 7.1 quake was centered about 100 miles southeast of mexico city. here's abc news reporter max guttman. >> tonight a scramble for victims entombed by the quake, so powerful it pulverized buildings. one woman covered in dust carried through the crowd on a stretcher. rescue rescuers racing into the badly damaged building rushing this woman to safety, and from the air it's easy toe spot the devastation. officials saying more than two dozen buildings collapsed, including schools. the massive 7.1 quake striking just after 1:00 p.m. less than 100 miles from the capital. mexico city population nearly 9 million. in this newsroom, overhead lights swinging like pendulums. parts of the ceiling crashing down and workers fleeing. one man steadied himself against a wall. lights also swinging at this restaurant in mexico city's airport. tourists ducking for cover under a table. thousands rushing to the safety of the street. >> it was horrible, this man says. outside structures collapsing. dust clogging the air, so thick you could barely see anything. >> residents seen trying to s

d.tyamag and widespread death. dania bacchus, abc news, los angeles. >> abc 7 news reporter katie marzullo is live at sfo tonight where a group of shaken passengers arrive there this evening. they went through the earthquake while they were on the airplane in mexico city, katie. >> reporter: they did, dan. and right now there's an aero mexico flight leaving for mexico city. but for those who arrived earlier from mexico city it certainly has been a long and scary day of travel. >> suddenly the airplane was moving like trap and trying to pull with the brake on or something like this. >> reporter: passengers on united flight 718 from mexico city to sfo had already boarded their plane when the 7.1 earthquake hit. >> i opened um the window and all the planes on the runway, you know, were just bouncing. like oh, my gosh. >> reporter: it was scary, but they were safer on the plane than they would have been on the street. denor cleveland shared this cell phone video from us. it's from a friend in mexico city. she was on her way there from sacramento but missed her flight. >> i cannot beli

>> announcer: live where you live, this is abc 7 news. ♪ in the name of love >>> u 2 broke the rules. beyonce did too. tonight the fight to let the show go on past curfew for performers at levi's stadium. good evening. i'm dan ashley. ama daetz is on maternity leave. tonight the fight involving music, money, and neighbors living near levi's stadium. coldplay is just days away from a concert at levi's stadium, and the santa clara city council still can't decide if it will extend the kurify by an hour to 11:00 p.m. abc 7 news reporter katie marzullo is reporting live at tonight's city council meeting. katie. >> reporter: dan, it was just minutes ago that the city council voted to move forward with plans for community outreach for the people who live around levi's stadium, but as of tonight no change to that 10:00 weeknight curfew. >> he has a right to his comments. that's fine. >> reporter: raised voices, even some hissing from the audience, and that was just over a'll matter. with the ed sheeran concert scheduled for next year already canceled, it got heated over the curfew at l

firefighters progress. >>> let's go to abc meteorologist. >> we're not expecting as widespread of coverage from last night dan, however lightning still in the forecast. it's quiet on live doppler 7 for much of the region. we're tracking this area off the coast which was responsible for the storms last night and it's going to move on shore tonight and try and spark some of the thunderstorms. on the storm scale this will be a 1. the best chance between 3:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. i'll look at the forecast and tell you when we're get relief from the humidity. dan. >>> with thundering and lightning expected tonight many are concerned with fires in the bay area. we just learned minutes ago the blaze is only 10% contained. abc news 7 reporter chris wynn with what they're facing. >> reporter: residence watched the fire fights effort unfold before their eyes. >> most of us have animals up here that we have to get out. >> reporter: last night landing strikes lightly started the askings fire burning close to the creek reserve. fire fighter chief says access is limited. >> ther

. >> of course, abc 7 news weather meteorologist spencer christian is following irma's path. >> here's a look at it, hurricane irma, category 5 storm continuing to plow through the caribbean, passing directly over tonight as we speak the turks and caicos islands with maximum sustained 175 miles per hour and gusts well over 200 miles per hour. now, tomorrow afternoon, it will still be a category 5 as it moves along the northern coast of cuba. on saturday it will make a sharp turn northward, toward miami, as a category 4 hurricane. it's expected to move directly up through the central florida peninsula, moving up through florida's peninsula on sunday. then monday, moving into southern and southeastern georgia as a category 1 hurricane, right around the savannah area. it's going to continue moving northward far, far inland as a tropical storm by tuesday moving through parts of tennessee, and kentucky. even southern portions of indiana and ohio. rainfall totals from this storm could be between 15 and 20 inches for much of the southern two-thirds of florida, up into the jacksonville area, p

>>> good morning bay area. let's get up and get going. >> this is abc 7 mornings. >>> it's saturday, september 16th. good morning, thanks for being with us. i'm chris nguyen. let's get a look at the weather with meteorologist frances dinglasan. >> good morning, chris. clouds off the coast into and parts of the north bay. temperatures right now mainly in the 50s and 60s. napa has dropped down to 45 degrees, cooler and drier air as you step outside this morning. low clouds today by 7:00. temperatures still mainly in the 50s and 60s. then we'll see a slightly warmer afternoon as high clouds pass through. it's going to be a pleasant, beautiful saturday. enjoy the evening as well, sunset at 7:15 with mild temperatures if you're heading out tonight, chris. >> frances, thank you. >>> developing news out of the south bay. police shot and killed a robbery suspect in east san jose. the shooting happened near white road at 7:00 last night. officers failgts the man during a traffic stop. this is the eighth officer-involved shooting of the year in san jose. >>> this morning, a woman is warning o

berkeley. abc 7 news utili has more. >> reporter: an event back in february with milo yiannopoulos deteriorated into a riot. >> if you would just let him speak, none of this would happen. >> reporter: this student debated organizers who are planning to pro theft. >> we've got to have the whole community coming out to shut them down and defend the wellbeing and safety of this community. >> reporter: cal state police's officers are being brought in as has been done in the past, even as the speaker list evolves. >> because of the unknowns, we are treating it as if it's going all the way. >> we're caught between a rock and a hard place. our compliance with the first amendment and the law as a public institution is not discretionary. >> reporter: some students say they're caught in the middle too. >> i'm going to see how it looks on monday and then decide whether or not i'll go to class. >> this is a good school. i'm a philosophy student. i can hear opposing viewpoints. if i hear something that is egregious, i can make that decision for berkeley patriot event will be here on sunday and

>>> now from abc 7, live breaking news. >>> and that breaking news is in san jose where a construction worker has been hurt byecicaloc. od m alexis smith, kristen will be in later today. it happened this morning on a work site near the boulevard and norwalk drive. abc 7 news reporter david louis arrived on the scene and joins us live with what we're warning. >> reporter: we have good news for you. this accident happened about an hour ago in which a construction crew digging a line underground line for delay cables accidentally struck apparently an electrical wire. one worker was shocked and sent to the hospital. but right behind us here, we see two gentlemen with baseball caps on with green windbreakers on, one of them was also trapped inside what they call a ditch witch. that's one of those machines they use to dig the tunnel -- the trenches to lay cables. he was trapped inside his vehicle because of the danger of further shock if he got out of that vehicle incorrectly. as you know, and there is a live wire on the ground energized, there is electrical electromagnetic fiel

track of what happened and report back to you. >>> law makers in sacramento took the big step -- abc 7 news reporter melanie wood row is monitoring the.com. melanie. >> the bill cleared a major hurdle after it was cleared. a legislation was the latest effort by democratic law makers to create barriers to president's donald trump campaign pledge to step up deportion efforts. >> the state cannot have its own separate independent foreign policy. i think it's ironic to have the state of california, or the agency heads of california willfully advocating the violation of federal law. >> the reality is is that you have certain sheriffs as well as the ice director, as well as the attorney general, jeff sessions who have a fixation today to do everything in their power to deport d.r.e.a.m.ers, young boys and girls who grew up if this country. >> the legislation moved to state senate for approval. it'll then go before the governor's desk, who has until october 15 to sign it. >>> new at 6:00 we're finding that contra cost academy new district attorney will be sworn in on monday. retired judge d

>>> live where you live, this is abc 7 7 7 7 7 7 >> police across the bay area are searching for a man who ran over two san leandro police officers as the officers confronted him for stealing from a grocery store. thanks for joining us, i'm kristen sze. the officers conditions, one a man, the other a woman, happened last night in the parking lot of safeway on lewwelling boulevard. amy hollyfield is live. >> reporter: the two officers are going to be okay, one was treated and released from the hospital, his partner is still in the hospital. we're told she is suffering from some broken bones but she is expected to recover. the two were hurt last night, it was around 8:30 here at this safeway on lewelling boulevard in san leandro. investigators were trying to stop a shoplifter. witnesses say he had a basket full of bottles, possibly alcohol. and he put it in his trunk when the female officer grabbed him by the waist. >> the subject was able to start his vehicle, put it in gear, and drive away with the officer still in the doorway of the vehicle. both officers sustained injuries from t

. it pounded turks and caicos overnight. abc news molly hunter is in any smyrna beach with the latest. molly? >> reporter: it's relatively quiet where we are on the east coast and those waves are getting progressively big as we wait for irma. hurrican irma churned through the caribbean devastating the islands. it's the strongest recorded storm to hit the atlantic. >> i would not want to see it like this again. irma stayed largely offshore in st. maarten and the tiny island. barbuda taking direct hits. >> the entire country has been decimated. >> reporter: irma with winds at more than 1507 miles per hour now taking aim for the bahamas and cuba, and tomorrow south florida. here on the coast of florida, you can see people are boarding up their houses. many of these houses actually empty. people are heeding the call to get out of town. >> more than 1 million people ordered to evacuate, desperate to stock up on gas and food. >> i'm very scared, so i'm just trying to get as far north as possible. >> reporter: traffic backed up and shelves already wiped clean of bottled water. >> this storm

>>> now from abc 7, live breaking news. >>> two breaking local stories this morning on both sides of the bay bridge. first, a standoff on i-80 in emeryville. police shut down both sides of the highway as they negotiate with a suspect. and at the same time, a bus crashes on to a downtown san francisco sidewalk, sending four people to the hospital and creating another traffic mess. >>> thanks for joining us today. we are going to start with that massive back-up on i-80. you see this live picture from sky 7. we just spoke with police, they tell us the actual standoff is over. but now they have to work to get cars moving again and that is going to take time. abc 7 news reporter is joining us live in emeryville. >> reporter: reggie, i've never seen anything like this, westbound 80 a complete parking lot. chp just in the last minute trying to get these cars to turn around. we see garbage truck attempting to do that. we saw that happening at about a half mile from here at the powell street exit. now there is a concerted effort by the chp to get everyone turned around. we're going to flip

. >> and ama daetz. speeches have had to be cancelled out of concerns for safety and security. >> abc 7 news reporter ashley joins us now with a look at the details. laura. >> reporter: hi larry, the security measures for this event tomorrow are almost unprecedented. heavy cement barricades where i'm standing. this road will be closed all day tomorrow. more high profile conservator speakers may be headed to berkeley. >> we'll have far more police officers here and confronting anyone wearing a mask. >> reporter: uc berkeley officials say they'll be ready this time for any protests that might come with conservator speaker ben ship roe. >> we're implemented tools and we believe we're going to have the pieces in place. >> reporter: the metal barricades tossed around in february will be replaced with ones made of concrete. the city of brkly will shut down berks croft way. >> reporter: there's still strong opposition to schapiro's visit even though the conservative t.v. writer himself is a target because of of his jewish heritage. >> if you go to the event you should walk out as soon as he

>> announcer: live where you live, this is abc 7 news. >>> i don't want anyone to use our tools to undermine democracy. >> mark zuckerberg tonight pledging big changes after admissing that russian agents bought thousands of ads on facebook during the 2016 u.s. election. good evening. i'm larry beil. dan and ama are off tonight. facebook is handing over the 3,000 ads to congressional investigators, saying after months of internal investigation it only just recently uncovered fake accounts linked to russia. abc 7 news reporter katie marzullo live at facebook headquarters in menlo park. katie? >> reporter: larry, mark zuckerberg said facebook's mission is about giving people a voice and bringing people together. he said those are democratic values and he cares deeply about democracy. >> i don't want anyone to use our tools to undermine democracy. >> reporter: using facebook live, ceo mark zuckerberg announced he'd be turning over more than 3,000 political ads to congressional investigators. the ads are linked to russia. most of them praise donald trump or attack hillary clinton. >> we

. >> reporter: live where you live this is abc 7 news. >> i saw the guy go buy with a bunch of police cars behind him. >> that one guy has caused a commute catastrophe in the bay area after leading police on a chase end being deadly consequences. thanks for joining us i'm christian sze in for ama baez. >> and i'm dan ashley. >> westbound 80 lanes opened up less than an hour ago. eastbound lanes opened after 11:00 this morning. >> here's a look at the reason why, a stand off with a murder suspect that ended in gunfire after the suspect stepped out of his car and pointed a gun at police. his car stopped west of emery vil. >> a live look at interstate 80 where you can see traffic accident moving on both sides, westbound smooth again, eastbound, the one on the left that is tight because of the normal commute. we did not see traffic moving earlier today. >> let's go live to abc 7 knew news cornell live. >> reporter: westbound lanes reopened tonight after a long closure. sky 7 was over the freeway a short time ago at 5:00 p.m. as crews toed will be the the president's black suv. took an hour and

malia melendez. abc 7 news. >>> there was a lot of heart aches here in the bay area. abc 7 news reporter janene del vega joins us live at a church. >> reporter: in the next hour, our lady of guadalupe church here in east san jose is expecting a crowd between 3 to 500 people, they're having a prayer group for the victims of the mexico in earthquake. inside our lady of guadalupe in east san jose the priest has put up a sign in spanish that reads praying for the victims in the earthquake. max said his uncle was trapped in the building where he works. >> i think he's still in there. that's what my aunt told us. >> so you don't know if he survived? >> no nothing like that. >> reporter: the rising death toll and amount of destruction are prompting police in the south bay to help. >> they need to get money in there for the water, for the food, they need to stabilize thing, the infrastructure is falling apart. >> reporter: the office of the mexican consul late in san jose are -- the deputy consul is encouraging people to donate to the mexican red cross. >> this is an emergency situation, a crisi

struggle just to survive. abc news reporter david wright has been surveying the damage. >> a flood of people desperate to leave st. martin. at the island's main airport, the terminal isn't safe, so the departure lounges, such as they are, are tents propped up in the parking lot country by country, with duct-taped flags and plywood signs. it will likely take months to restore water and power to much of the island. irma ripped off the roof of this power station and destroyed several of the island's water tanks, too. only this weekend did gas stations and banks open briefly. >> the government abandoned us, you understand? >> reporter: like many islands in the caribbean, st. martin relies on tourism. up to 90% of the economy is tourism-based, but look what hurricane irma has done. all of these buildings are hotels and none of them will be opening any time soon. among the passengers boarding the cruise ship, hotel owners mike and faunette, the beach front bnb, the azure beachal lo. >> the hotel is destroyed, but we'll be demolishing and rebuilding it hopefully within a year. >> that was

change the way you wifi. >> announcer: live where you live, this is "abc 7 news." >>> it's after 2:00 a.m. on the east coast right now, but you can see cars streaming north as more than a million people are fleeing what could be one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the united states. good evening and thank you for joining us. i'm ama daetz. >> i'm dan ashley. more on hurricane irma in a moment, but we begin with breaking news. another natural disaster unfolding in central america tonight. >> a powerful 8.0 earthquake struck off mexico's southern coast. it was felt in mexico city where there have been widespread power outages. >> active tsunami warning are issued for mexico, gaut mall ah and neighboring countries. you can see the light fixture swaying violently. >> residents have gathered on the streets in the dark, fearing that buildings would collapse. our meteorologist sandhya patel has more on the earthquake as well as the tu namy warning. >> let's look at this earthquake. it is being revised. this is the very latest coming out of the earthquake and tsunami center. it is upg

: they were relieved to finally get back hem. at sfo malia melendez. abc 7 news. >>> there was a heart aches here in the bay area. abc 7 news reporter janene del vega joins us live at a church. >> reporter: in the next hour, our lady of guadalupe church here in east san jose is expecting a crowd between 3 to 500 people, they're having a prayer group for the victims of the mexico in earthquake. inside our lady of guadalupe in east san jose the priest has put up a sign in spanish that reads ay forhe victims in the earthquake. max said his uncle was trapped in the building where he works. >> i think he's still in there. that's what my aunt told us. >> sf yo he survived? >> no nothing like that. >> reporter: the rising death toll and amount of destruction are prompting police in the south bay to help. >> they need to get money in there for the water, for the food, they need to stabilize thing, the infrastructure is falling apart. >> reporter: the office of the mexican consul late are -- the deputy consul is encouraging people to donate to the mexican red cross. >> this is an emergency situ

>> announcer: good morning bay area. let's get up and get going. >> this is "abc 7 mornings." >>> good morning, thanks for joining us. i'm chris nguyen. here's meteorologist lisa argen, tracking live doppler 7. >> good morning, chris. it's clear here, no fog to speak of, allowing for a chilly morning with numbers in the 40s in some locations from around gilroy and up to the north bay. but in the north bay, this is where we have a red flag warning in effect until tuesday afternoon. higher elevations above a thousand feet. we'll see some breezy winds, low relative humidity, making it prime for the possibility of fires here. you can see it extends into the sacramento valley. 48 in napa, 42 in danville, livermore 47. east bay hills camera, you're looking at still some dark sky out there. 40s and 50s. it will be total sunshine by noontime with numbers climbing through the low to mid-70s bay and coast. it should be feeling pretty good. by the afternoon, we'll get it into the 80s today. yesterday, no 80s at all. you'll feel the warm-up today. and we'll talk about how warm it gets i

as well and tomorrow be also be one. >> for obvious reasons. abc 7 news meteorologist is here with the haze. the heat kind of a combination we really don't need. >> it's really intense out there. i want o show you where that smoke is coming from. smoke from those wildfires. take a look at the wildfires in oregon and also along the northern california coast. the north, northeasterly wind is driving the smoke down. as you take a look, the smoke is vizsible on our satellite picture. air quality is suffering from our east bay hills cameras. air quality unhealthy. spare the air alert for your friday. both are red. from the air district says the last time we had this was june 28th, 2009. it's rarity here. we do have heat advisories for the valleys through tonight and excessive heat warnings for the hill tops. take it easy in this hot weather. excessive heat warning for most of the bay area friday through monday. 105 to 115 degrees. the coastline if san francisco will go under a heat advisory. 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. on saturday. your holiday forecast coming up. >> you can track the condi

! >>> live where you live, this is abc 7 news. >> on this jewish new year, worshippers at an oakland temple are stunned to discover anti-semitic graffiti on their building. they quickly covered it up, but oakland police are now investigating it as a hate crime. thanks for joining us, i'm kristen sze. temple officials are asking for the public to leave messages of love on this rosh hashanah. the vandals hit overnight at temple sinai. amy hollyfield is live on the scene awith the latest. >> reporter: a rosh hashanah service let out. there's a small crowd gathered around where the graffiti happened, not because they want to see it but want to write their own message. there's paper covering it up. worshippers at oakland's temple sinai already know about the racist graffiti rin on the wall of their senegal. they heard about it before they arrived for rosh hashanah services this morning. >> we got an e-mail this morning, disappointing d ining start the day and new year. >> reporter: anti-semitic message noticed at 5:00 this morning. the rabbi covered it not with paint, but paper, to write

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. >> announcer: live where you live, this is abc 7 news. >>> i don't want anyone to use our tools to undermine democracy. >> mark zuckerberg tonight pledging big changes aft russi bought thousands of ads on facebook during the 2016 u.s. election. good evening. i'm larry beil. dan and ama are off tonight. facebook is handing over the 3,000 ads to congressional ators, saying after monthsigveinst of internal inven it only just recently uncovered fake accounts linked to russia. abc 7 news reporter katie marzullo live at facebook headquarters in menlo park. katie? >> reporter: larry, mark zuckerberg said facebook's mission is about giving people a voice and bringing people together. he said those are democratic values and he cares deeply about democracy. >> i don't want anyone to use our tools to undermine democracy. >> reporter: using facebook ng over o mark zuckerberg turni more than 3,000 political ads to congressional investigators. the ads are linked to russia. most of them praise donald trump or attack hillary clinton. >> we've seen now that it can be -- tools of technology can also be abused

>>> good morning bay area. let's get up and get going. >> this is "abc 7 mornings." >> it's saturday, september 16th. good morning and thanks so much for being with us. i'm chris nguyen. let's start with a first look at the forecast, here's meteorologist frances dinglasan, in for lisa argen. >> there are clooastal clouds b it's going to be a nice one today. a beautiful live shot of the bay bridge. there are low coastal clouds in the next couple of hours. temperatures will climb into the 60s but at the coast will stay in the 50s. by this afternoon, high clouds pass through. a lot of sunshine for everyone. highs will hit the mid-80s inland, upper 70s around the bay. at the coast, even upper 60s. it will start to clear by 5:00. you'll notice the high clouds pass through. and we will have a very clear evening with sunset at 7:15. it's going to be gorgeous for those of you who have evening plans out. enjoy the final weekend of summer, chris. >> frances, thank you. >>> developing news out of the south bay where police shot and killed a robbery suspect in east san jose. the shootin

urgent need for medical supplies. people here in the bay area are mobilizing to help. abc 7 news reporter lonni rivera has the story. >> i wish they were good. i'm hoping if they see this, i love them. >> reporter: irma is worried sick about her family in puerto rico. this text from tuesday is the last time she's heard from them saying they were okay. >> mommy, i love you. i'm doing everything that i can to provide help for my family. >> reporter: she thought the best way to use her time was to raise money. so she and her tech colleagues gathered at this soma startup for a burger and beer fundraiser. >> people are dying because of the lack of action from our government. so we as puerto ricans have to do something. ♪ >> reporter: at the great american music hall friday night, a different fundraiser. all proceeds from draco rosa's show will benefit puerto rico. rosa owns property there. >> i know the house is standing. >> reporter: he's concerned for the people badly in need of basic necessities. >> i do have a lot of frustration. we do need help right away. >> we just want them

held imexico citar anniversary. dania baa which you say, abc news, l.a. >> abc news reporter leann mendes is leave francisco. leann i know this has got to be a tough time. >> reporter: it is, it's like a one-two punch for mexico, carolin, nearly two weeks ago that c wryntas devastated by eahqua 9.1 madrigal constitute earthquake. today this one was much closer to mexico city with a larger population and close tiesar t theo e vidtheo is terrifying, a building collapses as onlookers yell for the people inside to get out. i showed the video to several people waiting outside the consulate in mexico of mexico city. >> we've been trying to contact friends and family in mexico city, as well as the state of guerrero through facebook. so far we have not heard news yet. we'll see. >> reporter: the quake was felt in mexico city which is only 75 miles from the epi center in the state of morel loes. neighboring cities near the capital helped to remove rubble and free engine trapped. this man who lives in mexico says everyone he knows is safe but is very frightened. people in the bay area unable

the way, kristen. >> mike, thank you. >>> our abc 7 news viewers have been sending amazing photos and videos of the lightning shows we've been seeing all week. look at that, when you see news or weather happening where you live, share your videos and photos using abc 7 now and we could show them on air. and wind storms move through the bay area, get a minute by minute forecast inside the new accuweather app. you can just search accuweather in your app store to download i. >>> all right. developing news right now, the president at the oakland a's will be speaking to reporters shortly about the big announcement this morning that the team has chosen the site for it's new ball park. the team wants to build it's field of dreams right next to leiny college. our new sky map 7 on sky 7 shows exactly where it is between lake merit and interstate 880. the area has warehouses, parking lots, and offices. abc 7 news reporter matt keller is live at the site, matt. >> reporter: kristen, city leaders expect mixed feelings this morning about the proposal. they're excited that the a's to want stay here

>> announcer: live where you live, this is "abc 7 news." >>> in the caribbean tonight, category five irma bears down on its next target after flattening and entire island. tonight thousands if florida are trying to get out before one of the most powerful hurricanes ever seen in the at lan times-union heads north toward them. i'm dan ashley. >> i'm ama daetz. hurricane irma is pummelling puerto rico. nearly 950,000 are without power. >> also dealing with flash flooding. the national weather service warns of a high threat to life and property. irma is blamed for at least three deaths so far in the caribbean. >> it december mapted the island of barbuda, damaging or destroying every building. maggie rulli has the latest. >> reporter: hurricane irma is tearing through the cribbual with 180-mile an hour wind. >> it is really ripping right now. >> i've covered hurricanes for more than 25 years. this is unlike anything i have ever seen. >> reporter: the streets of tourist hot spot st. martin under water. the airport reportedly destroyed. >> we're here outside, shaking the doors. >> repo

45 days. breathe happy with febreze. >> announcer: live where you live, this is "abc 7 news." >>> in the caribbean tonight, category five irma bears down on its next target after flattening and entire island. tonight thousands if florida are trying to get out before one of the most powerful hurricanes ever seen in the at lan times-union heads north toward them. i'm dan ashley. >> i'm ama daetz. hurricane irma is pummelling puerto rico. nearly 950,000 are without power. >> also dealing with flash flooding. the national weather service warns of a high threat to life and property. irma is blamed for at least three deaths so far in the caribbean. >> it december mapted the island of barbuda, damaging or destroying every building. maggie rulli has the latest. >> reporter: hurricane irma is tearing through the cribbual with 180-mile an hour wind. >> it is really ripping right now. >> i've covered hurricanes for more than 25 years. this is unlike anything i have ever seen. >> reporter: the streets of tourist hot spot st. martin under water. the airport reportedly destroyed. >> we're here out

ri puerto ricans in the bay area are having donation drives. abc 7 reporter melendezelendezez someone who just returned from the island. >> it's not surprising to me there are still people saying they haven't seen help yet. >> keith bury is the helper of medical services at stanford. he was in puerto rico when hurricane maria hit. this is where he spent a lot of his time, inside these tents for patient care. he told us people outside of san juan are trying to survive. >> they are trying to move day by day to make sure their families have food and water, if they need medical care can they get them. >> he says tinfrastructures hav been denver stated. more fuel to help trucks make it that have been sitting at the ports. puerto ricans here in the bay area have been collecting goods to send to the island. >> the problem is that once we get it there we have to make sure that logistically we can get it to the people it has to get to. >> reporter: fred of pittsburgh said it's been hard to watch things move so slowly. >> the stuff that's available, people not able to get to it. and hopefully,

>> announcer: live where you live this is abc 7 news. >>> as they take a knee collectively, boos can be head from this sellout crowd in arizona. >> the dallas cowboys and their owner jerry jones linking arms and taking a knee before the national anthem tonight and then stood during the anthem. the team says they wanted to show unity. good evening, thank you for joining us. i'm dan ashley. ama dates is on maternity leave. why did the president target this? abc's news reporter alex stone takes a look at that. >> reporter: jerry jones linking arms and kneeling with his players prior to kick off at their monday night football match up against the arizona cardinals. the solidarity followed a whirl wind sunday in which players across the league expressed their opinions after president trump defiant and unapologetic sparked a national fire storm with these words. >> when somebody disrespects our flag to say get that son of a [ bleep ] off the field right now. he's out. he's fired. >> reporter: the president saying it's not about race, but tonight some of his own friends joining the list