much more to come on abc news at 11:00. up next the remaining portion of a condo in south florida is demolished tonight. why it had to be done before the search and rescue was complete. and a major fire burning in northern california. crews work together to get it under control. we are learning about a number of i'm so glad you're ok, sgt. houston. this is sam with usaa. do you see the tow truck? yes, thank you, that was fast. sgt. houston never expected this to happen. or that her grandpa's dog tags would be left behind. but that one call got her a tow and rental... ...paid her claim... ...and we even pulled a few strings. making it easy to make things right: that's what we're made for. usaa. what you're made of, we're made for. get a quote today. >>> this is what it looked like tonight in antioch. illegal fireworks filled the skies. bad traffic jams from the city's official show that happened downtown. including some people blocking off streets to shoot off their own fire works. >>> the remaining units of a florida condo

abc news, america's number one news source. >>> next on abc news at 6:00. people are starting to gather for the return of san francisco's 4th of july show. we will give you a live preview. >>> for the first time in over 15 months, a major holiday feels like a major holiday in the bay area. the patriotic sights and sounds from today. >>> plus, there is no rest this weekend for california's firefighters. there is an encouraging update on two major wildfires. abc 7 news at 6at 6at 6at 6at 6 now. >> this er abc 7. hulu live and wherever you stream. we begin our 4th of july coverage now with abc news, reporter jr stone, live on our roof tonight overlooking the embarcadero in san francisco and jr, i presume there are a lot of folks te ack ur webe he thop waing in. de a there is a hope that the fog

david lui, abc seven news. your heart is at the heart of everything you do. and if you have heart failure, there's entresto. entresto was proven superior at helping people stay alive and out of the hospital. don't take entresto if pregnant, it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. don't take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren, or if you've had angioedema with an ace or arb. the most serious side effects are angioedema, low blood pressure, kidney problems, or high blood potassium. ask your doctor about entresto. >>> sunny but windy right now, we know temperatures are going to heat up. >> dramatically from what they were today, spencer christian is following the forecast for us. you are talking triple digits, still? >> we are. it looks like we are going to have a span of several days of triple digit temperatures in our inland areas. as you pointed out, it's nice and cozy and comfortable. it's windy but pleasant, we have gusts up to 24 mph, nevada right now 37 mph, but pleasant, here's a nice view from mount tam looking onto the bay, see a finger o

the video taken by a man nearby who shared this video with abc 7 news. you can see 10 people running out of the store in union square carrying all they could, armfuls of designer handbags. the police say multiple get away vehicles were waiting for the thieves and they did escape. >> just incredible. >>> tropical storm elsa made landfall in cuba this afternoon. areas on the out skirts of havana were drenched. elsa is turning north now and hit the florida keys tomorrow. the governor declared a state of emergency for 15 counties along the florida gulf coast. >>> abc 7 weather anchor spencer christian is watching elsa. >> now moving into the gulf of mexico over the warm tropical waters it is expected to intensify tomorrow gaining tropical storm strength of 65 miles per hour as it moves up along the west coast of florida as a potential flooding rainmaker. in fact, there are flash flood watches and warnings out along florida's west coast. and as the storm moves tomorrow up along the coastline it is expected to make landfall early wednesday over the panhandle a

abc 7 news app, where ever you stream. that special report is set to start in about an hour, around 6:30. >>> there will be a major shift in u.s. policy in iraq. president biden announced the u.s. combat mission will conclude by the end of the year. he made the announcement during a session in the oval office with the iraqi prime minister. the president says the u.s. role in the country is going to shift to advisory one. there are currently 2,500 troops in iraq. president biden didn't say whether the troops will be withdrawn. >>> today the san francisco board of supervisors are set to vote on a resolution that would end title 42, a policy many on the board says causes any inn humane harm to migrants seeking asylum at the u.s. border and they are calling the biden administration to end the policy. the trump administration invoked title 42 last year saying the pandemic was the main reason for turning people away quickly. >>> oakland city council given the green light to opening the city's first code governed homeless encampm

as well. >>> you are watching abc 7 news at 5:00, live here on abc 7, hulu live in wherever you stream. now let's get to our other top story. >> i think we will have a significant surge over the next couple of weeks , i thought if we could get to 70, 75% vaccinated we would be in good shape and that would have been true if we were dealing with the old virus but the new one is twice as good as its job . >> twice as good and twice as contagious, a grim outlook from dr. walker as cases and hospitalizations rise at a pace not since seen since our last surge. stephanie sierra spoke one-on- one with dr. walker to break down what we can expect over the next two weeks . >> the doctor made it clear that we should expect changes, he believes a mask mandate will be going back to the bay area any day now and i went latest surge could peak within the next month. the question is will we keep it under control and avoid another lockdown? the bay area's fourth wave is growing fast. how fast? in a mere three weeks on average, new covid infections have increased fivefold, and hospitalizations have more t

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the president and ceo of california retailers made those comments on abc 7 news at 3:00 p.m. yesterday. in part to response to this video of a handbag heist from neiman marcus this week. he is as there is nothing more important to him and his office than ensuring everybody in san francisco feels safe. >> when the police bring us cases that have chargeable evidence of crimes that were committed including shoplifting, petty theft and certainly organized retail crime we take action in the vast majority of those cases. we are actively working with law enforcement partners in san francisco and across the bay area to dismantle the organized retail crime networks that create a marketplace for stolen goods. >> his office recently filed 15 charges against the suspect who was caught on video taken by abc 7 news reporter at a walgreens in san francisco. last year the retail theft task force recovered $8 million of stolen goods in one operation involving several agencies. video that is hard to watch. >>> all right, hard to watch, the forecast all of the heat that is building for the next

in the news room, back to you. >>> abc 7 news insider weighed in on this heist. he is as it is not out of the question that we could see more stores close because of this theft. >> you know, money is like water, it sinks. these stores do not have to make all of their money in san francisco. it is cheaper for them to close down and make money somewhere else. >> as you can see they are fairly organized. >>> new details, a man shot and killed a home intruder in fairfield. the third similar case, actually, in less than a week. when no one answered the door this morning the intruder began to kick it in. a couple in their 60s were inside. the man grabbed a gun and shot the suspect. two similar incidents happened recently in modesto when two armed homeowners killed intruders. >>> in the south bay, a major infrastructure project gets under way tomorrow morning. crews get started on making quake upgrades at the dam. they will build a tunnel to allow it to release more water in the event of an emergency or a storm. construction is expected to land two years. >>> nap a mean

abc's kaylee hartung in california tonight. >> reporter: tonight, new video shows the conditions from inside the truck as firefighters worked to save a housing development from the tamarack fire. that fire now burning over 68 square miles in mono county california and along a nevada border. it's just 1 of at least 79 large wildfires tearing through the drought stricken west. the dixie fire reaching mega fire status, burning over 103,000 acres, and it's just 17% contained. and the bootleg fire in oregon, now nearly 400,000 acres, the largest in the country and one of the largest in oregon's history, expected to burn until at least november. david, fueling these fires, a regard-breaking heat wave and megadroug megadrought. next week another heat wave set to bake the country pushing temperatures 15 degrees above normal. >> yet another heat wave. all right, kaylee, thank you. >>> we turn next to the newly released audio from an interview with former president donald trump. the former president describing the crowd in the nation's capital on january 6th saying it was a loving crowd and ton

the president and ceo of california retailers made those comments on abc 7 news at 3:00 p.m. yesterday. in part to response to this video of a handbag heist from neiman marcus this week. he is as there is nothing more important to him and his office than ensuring everybody in san francisco feels safe. >> when the police bring us cases that have chargeable evidence of crimes that were committed including shoplifting, petty theft and certainly organized retail crime we take action in the vast majority of those cases. we are actively working with law enforcement partners in san francisco and across the bay area to dismantle the organized retail crime networks that create a marketplace for stolen goods. >> his office recently filed 15 charges against the suspect who was caught on video taken by abc 7 news reporter at a walgreens in san francisco. last year the retail theft task force recovered $8 million of stolen goods in one operation involving several agencies. video that is hard to watch. >>> all right, hard to watch, the forecast all of the heat that is building for the next

abc 7 news reporter cornell barnard is there. you can see the bullets that hit the concrete pillar beside cornell. take us back through what happened. >> reporter: yeah, evidence from the shooting pretty much everywhere in this parking structure. as you mentioned, the bullet holes in these concrete pillars. this hair salon has been boarded up after its windows were shattered. police looking for suspects tonight in a shooting which left two dead and four wounded. >> i heard gunshots. i definitely saw some like flashes from a barrel. >> reporter: warren says he and his friends took cover when they saw a man firing a gun on lootens place in downtown san rafael. >> at least ten bullets were fired. and they were in rapid succession. >> reporter: the windows of this hair salon shattered by flying but ets. these bullet holes left in the concrete pillars of a park structure. a 62-year-old man, possibly homeless, was wounded in the gunfire. >> at first i did think it was gunshots, and then i heard some ti leein s the violence unfolded aro

abc 7 news was at the opening on south first street near east read. this is a combination of a dog park and demonstration garden for community farm nonprofit. local artists painted the murals. >>> exploratory in san francisco reopens to the public today after a nearly 16 month closure and if you go, you will notice there is a lot more open space. abc 7 news anchornews anchornewc the museums managing director phoebe white what has changed. >> we have taken some exhibits off the floor. one is where you might have to remove your mask for example. we are bailing -- being really thoughtful about those experiences. we are focusing on observations. we are focusing on reflections. we are focusing on phenomena. >> the museum still has interactive exhibits for visitors to touch but there are also plenty of hand sanitizer stations. in addition to science-based attractions, the museum is featuring murals and photos by local artists depicting black lives matter demonstrations and the pandemic. there are some new rules at the exploratory and. visitoat 50%. eating t

gio benitez, abc news, van horn, texas. >>> you will be envious of this. we have video of gio inside where the astronauts train. >> you can see how compact it is. the biggest windows ever built for a spacecraft. quite the view. >> everyone gets a window seat. you can watch abc news live coverage of the launch tomorrow morning. >> would you go? >> i wouldn't be the first. i don't have to be first. i'm going to watch it. i want to see what happens. >>> when we come back, lebron james makes a slam dunk at the weekend box office >>> and rumor has it that adele is quite the basketball fan. "the skinny" is next. ♪ skinny just give me the skinny ♪ ♪ skinny just give me the skinny ♪ >>> time, now, for "the skinny," starting with a new legacy at the weekend box office. >> it was a slam dunk with the "space jam" sequel, benching "black widow" out of the top spot. >> lebron james and his team of characters, scored nearly $32 million, the biggest opening for a kids targeted film since before the pandemic began. >> critics gave "space jam: a new legacy," a 30%

in san francisco i'm melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >> abc 7 insider phil is here as well. >> you covered san francisco for decades. today's announcement for putting more officers in high-tourist areas, do you see that making a difference? >> we're talking about public safety or public relations. let's look at the public safety as peblth. 26 officers on foot and it's not necessarily going to have a great impact. second of all they'll put ambassadors out there who are invested people and assisting people and giving a presence. what effect it might may make people feel safer for tourists and those thinking of coming. you might be safe walking up and down fisherman's wharf but if you come back and your car has been broken into, that's a different story. how do the police and merchants say the break-ins occur and gangs operate. >> breaking into a car can take 5 to 7 seconds. a witness said my car was broken in and that's the amount of time police officers have to respond, 5 to 7 seconds and you can can't have police officers in every corner in san francisco. even when they catch them, many of

this is abc 7 news. >>> the delta variant is now the dominant strain of covid-19 in california. >> and will that new variant and 4th of july gatherings mean a case spike is coming? we asked the experts. good evening and thank you for joining us. >> abc 7 commitment to building a better bay area includes a focus on health, of course, we have new information about that delta variant. >> accounts for more than a third of all cases. a six fold increase for may. health officials say the rapid increase suggests the strain is more easily transmitted. >> abc 7 news reporter kate larson is on our vaccine team and found out what impact it could have in the bay area, kate? >> reporter: last summer there was a surge in covid-19 cases, now, 64% of people 12 and older in the u.s. are at least partially vaccinated. but that is still not enough. doctors say the delta variant could create more clusters of new cases after the holiday weekend. >> with much of the country reopened the 4th of july felt a lot closer to prepandemic times. but while 50 million people traveled by car and plane over the long we

. >> reporter: a gettysburg college investigative report obtained by abc news cites a written statement from cleary at the time with a general denial that he engaged in any actionable misconduct. koehler says despite her full cooperation with authorities, the district attorney at the time for adams county, sean wagner, declined to bring charges, saying the case would be hard to prosecute. >> and i said, why? what do you mean, not enough evidence? the district attorney at the time said, when alcohol is involved, it's really difficult to prove that a sexual assault occurred. >> reporter: abc news reached out to the former prosecutor in koehler's case, who is now a county judge. he declined to comment. >> in general, i've represented clients who were victims of sexual assault and wanted to seek accountability through the criminal justice system. i would say 90% of the cases and clients that i represent that are seeking criminal charges for their rapes are denied. >> reporter: koehler refused to give up her fight for justice. her attorney, laura dunn, says shannon's public appearances on pl

better life. >>> this is abc 7 news. >>> abc 7 news continues to lead the charge at looking at possible discrimination in the home appraisal process. an exclusive report about it how a homeowner almost lost out of $400,000 in equity because of an appraisal that she thought was to low. >> did you think i was just going to sit back and not say something? >> she asked the tough questions and challenge the praise of. and now the department of housing and urban development is investigating. >> reporter: according to the hud complaint the homeowner $439,000. this duplex has been in her family since 1959. that's when her uncle purchased the property and passed it down to her mother. it is now hers and she planned to retire she wanted to prepare herself to live on a fixed income. and that meant refinancing the adjustable rate mortgage picture started working with a lender who ordered an appraisal. >> out of the blue the appraiser returned the value of $800,000. >> what was your initial reaction? >> it confuse the loan agent. and that was a red flag. >> reporter: the $800,000 appraisal was $500,

>>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. >> i heard gunshots. i definitely saw some flashes from a barrel. at least ten bullets were fired. >> at least two people are dead and four others wounded following a shooting outside a nightclub in san rafael. with that we say good evening and thank you for joining us, you're watching abc 7 news at 5:00. well, that shooting happened at the area of third strut and lutons place in downtown san rafael before 11:00 last night. cornell is there, and you can see those bullets hit that concrete pillar beside you. take us through what happened. >> reporter: yeah, like you said, those bullet holes really hard to miss on those concrete pillars, and this hair salon boarded up after its windows were shattered. police on the lookout for suspects in a shooting which left two people dead and four wounded. >> i heard gunshots. i definitely saw some like flashes from a barrel. >> reporter: warren says he and his friends took cover when they saw a man firing a gun on luton place in downtown san rafael. the windows of thi

. >> you are watching live on abc 7 news. cosby was serving a 10 year sentence over a 2004 encounter. he was charged in 2015 days before the statute of limitation ran out. pennsylvania's high court ordered cosby's release after finding that he was denied protection against self- incrimination. they say a previous agreement with a prosecutor prevented him from being charged in the case. prosecutors say it also shuts down the possibility of a third trial. late today cosby made his first media appearance. abc 7 news reporter leon melendez has react on that and from a bay area accuser. >> reporter: one of cosby's accusers told us that she was on the phone this morning with a friend who asked if she would be willing to talk to some of the women who have come forward in the case against windsor. remember, dominic has been accused of sexual assault by nine women. a few minutes after she hung up, she received wo&d of cosby's release. she told me at that moment she felt deflated. a few hours after his conviction was overturned, actor

in the news room, back to you. >>> abc 7 news insider weighed in on this heist. he is as it is not out of the question that we could see more stores close because of this theft. >> you know, money is like water, it sinks. these stores do not have to make all of their money in san francisco. it is cheaper for them to close down and make money somewhere else. >> as you can see they are fairly organized. >>> new details, a man shot and killed a home intruder in fairfield. the third similar case, actually, in less than a week. when no one answered the door this morning the intruder began to kick it in. a couple in their 60s were inside. the man grabbed a gun and shot the suspect. two similar incidents happened recently in modesto when two armed homeowners killed intruders. >>> in the south bay, a major infrastructure project gets under way tomorrow morning. crews get started on making quake upgrades at the dam. they will build a tunnel to allow it to release more water in the event of an emergency or a storm. construction is expected to land two years. >>> nap a mean

this is abc 7 news. >> in terps of somebody missing it seems like he just vanished out there. >> reporter: tonight, the mystery deepens in the search for a missing runner. the police say they have not found any significant clues in the disappearance of the hiker. good evening, thank you for joining us. >>> the 37-year-old husband and father was last seen in the hills of pleasanton on saturday morning. j.r. stone is live from the command stentor where the search is being organized. it is quiet there tonight but it will be busy at first light, i imagine? >> reporter: yes, it certainly will. what a busy day it was earlier, even into the evening hours. like you said it is quiet. you see that behind me at this command center. this is the focus where everybody joins together and then goes out and searches. i can tell you the whereabouts of this berkeley runner unknown. now some are starting to wonder if he is out there at all. >> reporter: volunteers with the sheriff's office scouring the area where 37-year-old phillip's scent was last picked up. they are not finding much. >> we have gone down

our new abc news/ipsos poll out this morning. it shows a significant drop in optimism about the direction of our country over the next year. take a look here. only 45% of those polled are optimistic. that's down 19 points from may when it was 64%. rick, what are the key factors behind all of this? >> reporter: really striking. crime and fears around gun violence are a piece of this as well as immigration, inflation and critically the pandemic. we saw in this poll, president biden's approval ratings on handling covid down 9 points. that's just since april. the country is in a much different place than it was a few months ago. president biden and the democrats should see that as glaring warning signs. these things are changing and changing fast in a whole lot of different directions. >> rick, thank you so much. a reminder, check out "this week" this morning for more of pierre's reporting, "one nation under fire." plus, george has an exclusive interview with house speaker nancy pelosi. matt, over to you. >>> let's go to rob now. a l

this is abc 7 news. >> in terps of somebody missing it seems like he just vanished out there. >> reporter: tonight, the mystery deepens in the search for a missing runner. the police say they have not found any significant clues in the disappearance of the hiker. good evening, thank you for joining us. >>> the 37-year-old husband and father was last seen in the hills of pleasanton on saturday morning. j.r. stone is live from the command stentor where the search is being organized. it is quiet there tonight but it will be busy at first light, i imagine? >> reporter: yes, it certainly will. what a busy day it was earlier, even into the evening hours. like you said it is quiet. you see that behind me at this command center. this is the focus where everybody joins together and then goes out and searches. i can tell you the whereabouts of this berkeley runner unknown. now some are starting to wonder if he is out there at all. >> reporter: volunteers with the sheriff's office scouring the area where 37-year-old phillip's scent was last picked up. they are not finding much. >> we have gone down

abc 7 news reporter j.r. stone is live there, j.r. even though the is over volunteers say they are not giving up hope yet, right? >> reporter: they certainly aren't. i will talk about that in a moment. they have a plan of coming back out here come tomorrow. but this command center here at foothill high school, the one here for five days was cleaned up and gear was taken away from this location as crews left this location around 7:00 this evening. >> reporter: crews packing up gear and heading home after five long days of extensive search in the hills for 37-year-old man, the goal was to find the berkeley father, husband, runner but his whereabouts are still unknown. they dismantled the command center tonight. the full time search is finished they say they are not done yet. >> we will continue to pursue leads, we will continue to do follow ups. >> reporter: his wife telling us that she is not giving up hope in finding her husband who last seen saturday before going on a run. >> i know in my heart of hearts he isout there. he is alive.

. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> tell you what. these food trends are getting out of control. >> we will file that in the folder of nobody asked for this. no one. >> i like airheads, i like chicken sandwiches, you don't have to combine everything. >> and it's like chicken is not -- no one asked for it. >> i can't wait to get to that story. but first, we're going to start here. we begin this half hour with the discovery of a stockpile of weapons in a hotel near the site of major league baseball's all-star game tomorrow night. >> four people were arrested after a housekeeper spotted a rifle while cleaning a room. authorities seized 16 long guns, body armor and hundreds of rounds of ammunition from two rooms at the maven hotel. >> authorities praising an alert housekeeper whose tip led police to uncover a large arsenal of weapons at a hotel in denver on friday. just one block away from coors field which is set to host tuesday's all-star game. >> we all want to extend a very heart felt thank you to a very alert, very astute and properl

abc news has not obtained the photos. >> the fbi has international attaches. they have offices throughout mexico. if they are invited by the mexican authorities to help with an investigation, they can do that. >> reporter: there's no word on what steps the family might take next. meanwhile, the state department has an advisory posted to reconsider traveling to mexico, due to high levels of covid-19 and violent crime. andrew? mona? >> thank you. >>> there's news from nasa overnight. a massive asteroid has narrowly missed earth. nasa was tracking the space rock that squeaked by earth at a distance as close as 2.8 million miles. it was as big as the taj mahal. and one of the pyramids in egypt. where is bruce willis when you need him? i guess we didn't need him this time. that was armageddon. >> we didn't need him. that scene when he sacrifices himself in place of ben affleck. don't want to close my eyes. not the aerosmith. >> we didn't need them this time. >> we didn't. >>> coming up, team usa collecting a slew of medals in tokyo. >>> and later, the "star wars" f

abc news reporter live in washington with what we can expect. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. remembers of that select committee are vowing to get to the bottom of what happened after senate republicans blocked an effort to launch an independent investigation. an emotional day ahead on capitol hill when four police officers who defended the u.s. capitol on january 6th kick start the house select commitinstation into e deadly attack. dc police officer michael fanone who battled the mob of donald trump supporters trying to stop congress from certifying joe biden's electoral college win plans to testify in his uniform. >> i was beaten. i was struck numerous times. now i'm grappling with ptsd. >> reporter: at least 165 people have been charged with assaulting, resisting or impeding officers during the insurrection. the committee is still working on issuing subpoenas and could call lawmakers, including house minority leader kevin mccarthy to testify. >> we will follow the evidence wherever it leads. no one is off the table. >> reporter: gop

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you are watching abc seven news. right away, fireworks are back again this year across the bay area. matt is joining us with a look at what they are doing to prepare for tomorrow night. >> it is a lot of work to get everything ready for the big day. the waterfront is expected to be packed with onlookers hoping to celebrate, also hoping that fog does not get in the way. >> this show breaks open and looks like it pours out like a big horse tail. >> pat says until recently, it was unclear whether or not many fireworks shows with take place. >> everybody was saying no, no, no, no, no, no, then in may all of the yeses started coming in. >> there will be two barges and one aquatic park. the biggest obstles e fog, which could creep into the beta might tonight. ricardo and monica live in the north bay and say this will be their first fourth of july fireworks display as recently naturalized citizens. the pandemic, upending many traditions, including a big family gathering for dilip and cynthia. >> last year was a bit of a bum

you are watching abc 7 news at 6:00. live here on abc 7. hulu live and wherever you stream. we begin our 4th of july coverage now with abc news, reporter jr stone, live on our roof tonight overlooking the embarcadero in san francisco and jr, i presume there are a lot of folks enjoying the day. >> reporter: pack your patience. we will be heading out. some people don't want to deal with the traffic so they are parking down the embarcadero and walking in. there is a hope that the fog will not be too thick come 9:30. we were just down at fisherman's wharf and you can see all of the people here. they have their blankets down and waiting it out until that fireworks show that starts at 9:30 this evening. it will last for 22 minutes and 16 seconds to be exact. now, if you are coming to san francisco you can see the fireworks fromfm aquatic park. northern waterfront, masks are optional. it was 50/50 this afternoon in the whatever wharf. the fireworks will happen with or without the fog. when we were out at aquatic park you and are looking at a live look the embarcadero, you will feel

just search for abc 7 news bay area. a >>> to the covid-19 pandemic, pfizer is developing a better vaccine booster shot to the highly transmissible delta variant. >> the cdc says it is not needed. pfizer released it is saying that it's two dose vaccine works very well against the delta variant. that is why doctors are questioning the drug companies motives for introducing a third shot. he >> my concern is that the motive is financial. the government is quite unlikely to purchase doses of four the u.s. population like they did the first and the second. there's so much a date and now, people will purchase them, and they will make money off of it. >> pfizer cited an israeli study which found immunity we can six months after vaccination, and they said that they want to stay out of the virus. >>> the speaker of the assembly is weighing whether or not to require covid-19 vaccinations for everyone working in the capital. there is an outbreak among nine assembly employees. four of the employees were fully vaccinated when they te

, there is abc 7 news. >>> the variants compete against each other for hosts and the variants that is most transmissible is going to win. that right now it is the delta variant. >> tonight, the delta variant is the dominant strain in the united states. it is hitting the unvaccinated hard, especially in america's heartland. now the white house sent covid- 19 search teams to missouri and colorado to help them get a handle on the out breaks. it comes as a death toll from covid-19 passed the four million mark tonight. abc 7 news reporter kate larson spoke to the expert presidency how to stop the cycle of new infections and variants. >>> from missouri and kentucky to utah much of the u.s. is in the midst of a summer surge. the delta variant, the dominant covid-19 strain across the country. >> i would of thought we would of had a little bit more of a break. continued the downslope into august. >> reporter: he says the abbreviated break is easily explained. >> more people vaccinated in those states or more naturally acquired immunity in those states we would be seeing less transmission now.

here is abc news reporter. >> in this morning's gma first look, the usa track and field team leaving richardson off the roster for the tokyo olympics after coming in first at the olympic trials. >> who was going to tokyo? we are about to find out. >> after that win, she told nbc sports reaching the olympics was a lifelong dream. >> i am an olympian. >> that happiness was short- lived. the 21-year-old athlete was disqualified last week testing positive for thc, the active ingredient in marijuana of i letting the anti-doping policy. richardson tweeting i am sorry, i cannot be pic amp this year but i promise i will be your world champ next. more from the us atf with your gma first look. >> happening today, a big celebration in new york to honor all the essential workers who are on the front lines of the covid-19 pandemic. >> there will be a parade and among those marching his registered nurse justin david. image to new york from pittsburgh to care for covid patients, a call he calls overwhelming. >> they had refrigerated mack trucks filled with bodies, 14 people died from this one build

abc news at 11:00 starts right now. >>> i'm still processing this. it is kind of a stunning revelation. >> a bay area woman who accused bill cosby of sexual assault is left stunned after the pennsylvania supreme court overturned his 2018 conviction. good evening. i'm ama dates. >> bill cosby is a freeman . release, billrison and back at cosby spoke with abc news by phone. >> and nobody had the sense to say wait one second, this doesn't match up with the truth. >> justices ruled cosby should not have been prosecuted because of a deal with former d. a. bruce caster that he would not be charged if he agreed to testify in a 2005 civil civil cl brought by andrea constand. cosby relied upon d. a.'s word he would not be prosecuted but his successor used his testimony as a key piece of evidence more than a decade later to file criminal charges against the comedian. cosby was later convicted of drugging and sexually assaulting constand, serving two of his three to ten year sentence before his release on wednesday. the court also bars further prosecution again

abc 7 news reporter j.r. stone is live there, j.r. even though the official search is over volunteers say they are not giving up hope yet, right? >> reporter: they certainly aren't. i will talk about that in a moment. they have a plan of coming back out here come tomorrow. but this command center here at foothill high school, the one here for five days was cleaned up and gear was taken away from this location as crews left this location around 7:00 this evening. >> reporter: crews packing up gear and heading home after five long days of extensive search in the hills for 37-year-old man, the goal was to find the berkeley father, husband, runner but his whereabouts are still unknown. they dismantled the command center tonight. the full time search is finished they say they are not done yet. >> we will continue to pursue leads, we will continue to do follow ups. >> reporter: his wife telling us that she is not giving up hope in finding her husband who last seen saturday before going on a run. >> i know in my heart of hearts that he is ou

there is abc 7 news. >>> it means getting out, finally. >>> oh, yes. finally. a new feeling of independence for the people in the pay area this 4th of july. the first major holiday since california relaxed its covid-19 restrictions. good evening. thank you for joining us. you are watching abc live. >>> the bay area is celebrating the 4th of july in true american style. parades and picnics were back on this year after canceled in covid-19 in 2020. abc 7 news reporter gives us a taste of red, white and blue across the bay. [music] >> reporter: marching bands were making a come back. so were the bagpipers the 4th of july parade was back. hundreds of people came out to watch. >> really great to have the community come together, finally. feels like the first time. >> i was super duper exci for the parade. it has been a very long time with covid-19 happening. >> reporter: covid-19 canceled last year's parade. it looks like the patriotic spirit never left. >> what does this 4th of july mean to you? >> being out without a mask and surrounded with family and friends. >>

you're watching abc 7 news at 5:00 live on abc 7, hulu live and wherever you happen to stream. >>> a red flag warning just took effect for much of the bay area. >> live doppler 7 is tracking it all. we're seeing it in the form of high clouds right now. over the bay area, we do not have any lightning strikes to speak of. it's a different story over to the east. you can see the moisture streaming in from the south along tahoe over the past couple of hours we have had a couple fire strikes around the tamarack fire. we're watching that closely. to the east of fresno, you can see several lightning strikes. right now we're watching a line of moisture that's moving in from the south. it's falling apart, but we're still tracking the chance of the threat of lightning. that red flag warning is now in effect until 5:00 p.m. tomorrow. we'll take a look at when we have the highest chance for lightning in the full forecast in a few minutes. >>> first, that red flag warning comes just as a key fire station in the fire prone oakland hills is closed at least for the weekend thanks to a malfunctioning

here's abc's chief washington correspondent jonathan karl. >> reporter: abc news has learned the trump organization has been told it will be hit with criminal charges tomorrow by the manhattan district attorney's office. the former president is not expected to be charged, but one of his most important and trusted executives, allen weisselberg, has been told to appear in court. weisselberg is the trump organization's chief financial officer and has worked for the company since the 1970s. in one of his books, trump said weisselberg "did whatever was necessary to protect the bottom line." >> replacing george this week is my chief financial officer, allen weisselberg. and if you think george is tough, wait until you see allen. >> reporter: the expected charges include tax fraud, including allegedly avoiding txes on fringe benefits, such as apartments, cars and school tuition. just yesterday, trump dismissed the investigation as politically motivated. >> i call it the continuation of the greatest and most disgusting witch hunt of all time. >> reporter: while trump himself is not expected to

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, there is abc 7 news. >>> the variants compete against each other for hosts and the variants that is most transmissible is going to win. that right now it is the delta variant. >> tonight, the delta variant is the dominant strain in the united states. it is hitting the unvaccinated hard, especially in america's heartland. now the white house sent covid- 19 search teams to missouri and colorado to help them get a handle on the out breaks. it comes as a death toll from covid-19 passed the four mark tonight. abc 7 news reporter kate larson spoke to the expert presidency how to stop the cycle of new infections and variants. >>> from missouri and kentucky to utah much of the u.s. is in the midst of a summer surge. the delta variant, the dominant covid-19 strain across the country. >> i would of thought we would of had a little bit more of a break. continued the downslope into august. >> reporter: he says the abbreviated break is easily explained. >> more people vaccinated in those states or more naturally acquired immunity in those states we would be seeing less transmission now. the less

. >> reporter: a new abc news/"washington post" poll reveals the steep challenge ahead. 74% of unvaccinated people say they definitely or probably will not get the shot. in that same poll, whit, 73% believe officials are exaggerating the risk of the delta variant and 79% of them think there's little to no risk of them getting sick from the coronavirus. these numbers highlighting the work that still needs to be done to convince the unvaccinated to get that shot. whit? >> stephanie ramos, thank you. >>> now to a fourth of july tragedy in michigan. a young nhl goalie for the columbus blue jackets killed in a fireworks accident involving a mortar blast. the coroner saying he died of chest trauma. here's abc's alex perez. >> reporter: tonight, a fourth of july celebration turned tragic. nhl goalie mattis kivlenieks killed, authorities say, by fireworks gone wrong. >> kivlenieks, his first national hockey league victory! >> reporter: kivlenieks, a goaltender for the columbus blue jackets. police say the 24-year-old was at a private gathering sunday night when a mortar-style firework tilted downwa

. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> from the fire escape, you had the celebration in the nation's capital, right here in new york city, fourth of july felt a little more normal. >> it felt a little more normal. >> welcome. thank you. >> july 5th, a new holiday. >> a new holiday indeed. it's nice though because i don't remember what i did, everything was kind of canceled. >> same. i probably watched something on tv but i don't know. >> we will get to all of those fourth of july celebrations but first we will get to the breaking news from near miami, the demolition of what remained of that collapsed condo building in surfside, florida. >> it was brought down overnight, leaving only a huge plume of dust behind. the demolition clearing away for the search efforts at the site to resume. >> with the entire structure now down, search crews may be able to gain access to areas they haven't accessed since the collapse. overnight, crews demolishing the remaining structure of the partially collapsed condo building in surfside, florida. residents in the area told to close their

we'll tackle it all and break down our brand new abc news poll. >>> plus -- >> should we be leaving right now? my exclusive interview with general austin scott miller as america exits its longest war. >> announcer: from abc news, it's "this week." here now co-anchor martha raddatz. >>> good morning and welcome to "this week" as we celebrate july 4th weekend. this independence day a big step toward a return to normal life for many americans as we celebrate this holiday together. on the national mall right now, ahead of tonight's fireworks, thousands expected to come together for an in-person presentation like so many across the country planning face-to-face celebrations. >>> holiday travel is surging with 43 million americans hitting the roads. that's up 5% from even before the pandemic. air travel exceeding prepandemic levels for the first time on thursday and again on friday. >>> 58% of adults are now fully vaccinated and 67% have received at least one dose. that's still shy of president biden's goal for 70% of adults to get at least one shot by july 4th, a race taking on more urgency as

abc news at 11:00 starts right now. >>> i'm still processing this. it is kind of a stunning revelation. >> a bay area woman who accused bill cosby of sexual assault is left stunned after the pennsylvania supreme court overturned his 2018 conviction. good evening. i'm ama dates. >> bill cosby is a freeman released from prison and back at home. shortly after his release, bill cosby spoke with abc news by phone. >> and nobody had the sense to say wait one second, this doesn't match up with the truth. >> justices ruled cosby should not have been prosecuted because of a deal with former d. a. bruce caster that he would not be charged if he agreed to testify in a 2005 civil suit brought by andrea constand. cosby relied upon d. a.'s word he would not be prosecuted but his successor used his testimony as a key piece of evidence more than a decade later to file criminal charges against the comedian. cosby was later convicted of drugging and sexually assaulting constand, serving two of his three to ten year sentence before his release on wednesday. the court a

. >> announcer: from abc news, it's "this week." here now george stephanopoulos. >>> good morning and welcome to "this week." as we come on the air, that's a look at the launch site for richard branson's virgin galactic voyage to the edge of space. the launch has been delayed a bit. we'll track it all morning long. branson, jeff bezos and elon musk begin the battle to privatize space travel. >>> we begin with the latest on the pandemic. president biden's summer of freedom from covid is now challenged by the delta variant with cases climbing in more than half the country. two thirds of american adults have received at least one dose of the vaccine, but hospitalization rates are rising in states with low vaccination rates. one of them is arkansas. governor asa hutchinson live to talk about that. first let's bring in the president's chief medical adviser, dr. anthony fauci. dr. fauci, thanks for joining us this morning. let's begin with the delta variant. it's the most prevalent strain in the united states and growing around the world.

you can watch the draft right here on abc 7 at 5:00 p.m. following abc 7 news at 4:00 p.m. then you can join larry beil for our post draft special after the draft. that'll be around 8:00 p.m. >>> warriors are inviting you to chase center for today's big draft party. it's the team's first happening at thrive city ar u tch dra un t vio >>> sonoma county fair is back. there's a good turnout for yesterday's opening day. at the fairgrounds in santa rosa. many fair favorites. the food and the entertainment. but this year there are free covid-19 vaccinations. everyone who got a shot also got a free ticket to the fair. >> i don't want to give it to her if i get covid and then pass it to her i wouldn't be able to live with myself. >> protection. >> does yes. >> masks are required at all indoor venues at the fair and people we talked to tell us they're happy to enjoy a summertime pastime. >>> a famed new york city dessert shop is making a stop in san francisco. milk bar will bring its sweets saturday and sunday. if you were lucky enough to snag a coveted reservation online you'll be

abc news reporter spoke to a man who got covid-19 even though he was vaccinated. >> reporter: in june, after more than a year of stress, shawn and his wife decided to go to vegas. fully vaccinated and even drove to avoid planes, once they got there. >> i took the option to take my mask off. >> reporter: when they got home shawn started to feel sick. he and his wife then tested positive for covid-19. >> it was extremely frustrating because we just spent 1 1/2 years avoiding this thing and it was scary. i brought home the life- threatening illness that has been killing people around the country. the only thing worse than that is knowing i gave it to my kids. >> reporter: too young to be vaccinated. their 7 and 9-year-old kids had congestion and low grade fevers but shawn was sick in bed. >> i am confident i did not have the vaccination i might not stand here talking to you. >> they are okay. >> reporter: they are part of a shifting pattern in cases of 9 covid-19 patients this past week, two were vaccinated. of 13 covid-19 patients in marin, two were vaccinated. >> before it was 1 in 10.