to get an update on the news of the day, natasha we're not done here yet. we got more for you coming up come a little bit. >> i know we'll see you soon. >>> we're monitoring several story, seven fires in past month at a center city high-rise apartment. authorities say they were all intentionally set. still ahead, what they're doing in hopes of catching an arsonist and how residents are coping with the string of fires. football season around the corner but one of the mower popular game time snacks is soaring is price, chicken wings soaring higher. it maying august but it's never too early to talk about christmas, the festive shop that put as unique spin on the holidays. before we go to break, take a look at this cool scene from down the shore. cbs3 summerfest fly by, a big, big thanks to paramount air service for the fun sight on cbs3 summerfest. more summerfest coming up right after the break. gyp >>> a look at the news making headlines. there's a $10,000 reward after a series of arsons inside a luxury apartment building in philadelphia. "eyewitness news" r

natasha says she had to finish the school year sharing a classroom with the alleged buillies with no obvous sign of punishment.although the alameda unified school superintendent assures proper disciplinary action was taken but legally cannot be discussed- her father argues unseen kind of consequences won't send a message to the rest of the student body that this behaviour is unacceptable. sot: mel waldorf, father// "the way they have it these are now people who have gotten away with and the behavior should be continued. how is she going to focus on her schoolwork?" superintendent sean mcphetridge responded to kron 4 news saying, "we denounced anti-semitism and all other forms of bigotry and bias in letters home to families in june and this past week." (justine) new at 11... police are investigating a crash in the east bay - that left several people with serious injuries. the crash happened around 12:30 this afternoon... in antioch in the area of contra loma boulevard and the eastbound highway four off-ramp. police say the small sedan exited the freeway - and crossed contra loma boule

rrts good morning, natasha and reggie. the gates open to the public in just a couple hours at 11:00 a.m., and the music kicks off at noon. organizers promised the tenth anniversary of outside lands will not disappoint. the art, the food, the wineries, the breweries are all a major draw, but of course, fans really come here for the bands. >> metallica, sadly play at the same time. glass animals. >> organizers say about half of the expected 210,000 people are from the bay area. the other half come from around the world. you kex pblth a strong security presence and bag checks when you arrive. in the past, there's been problems with counterfeit tickets. organizers hope to avoid similar problems by using coded wristbands. it generates about $60 million this weekend, and just a word of warning, it is very cool and damp here this morning. so dress accordingly. live in golden gate park, tiffany wilson, abc7 news. >> thank you. >> if you're headed to outside lands, down lode the abc 7 app. you'll find a video about how to get aroun

. >>> good evening, i'm natasha brown. thanks so much for joining us. tonight there are new developments in the smoldering debate over a late mayor and statue and mural dedicated to him following vandalism incidents last week at both. there could be a showdown of sorts tomorrow afternoon at frank rizzo statue in center city philadelphia lets get out to joe holden live outside municipal services building in center city where this all may trans expire, joe. >> natasha, philadelphia police have had a continued presence outside the frank rizzo statue, a security detail if you will, they have kept a presence in south philadelphia the site of his, mural there and the 900 block of south ninth street, now just today, the business community there is in south philadelphia, the ninth street italian market, posted a statement, and, representative there, strongly, vandalism late last week of the mural saying they do not support violence, destruction, fee facing, threats, vandalism attacks or breaking the law. they are in the process of planning a demonstration, for

live in langhorne, natasha brown, cbs3 eyewitness news. >> natasha thank you. controversy surrounding confederate statues and monuments triggered changes in galloway township. a bus of richard stockton a slave over ebb is removed from the display case in the school library and it will be include philadelphia a new exhibit at the library and that exhibit will teach students and promote dialogue about stockton a man the school calls a controversial figure. >> hurricane harvey is gaining strength tonight and taking aim at the texas gulf coast. some in corpus christi are already preparing for the storm which the national hurricane center calling life threatening. the storm surge could be as high as ten feet and parts of louisiana could see flooding. evacuations are underway. harvey is expected to make landfall as category three tomorrow night or early saturday. >> meteorologist indicate bilo is tracking hurricane path and when it's expected to make landfall, kate, what do you know. >> here's a look at storm you can see how rad uply this storm sin tense fewing cloud

to get an update on the news of the day, natasha we're not done here yet. we got more for you coming up come a little bit. >> i know we'll see you soon. >>> we're monitoring several story, seven fires in past month at a center city high-rise apartment. authorities say they were all intentionally set. still ahead, what they're doing in hopes of catching an arsonist and how residents are coping with the string of fires. football season around the corner but one of the mower popular game time snacks is soaring is price, chicken wings soaring higher. it maying august but it's never too early to talk about christmas, the festive shop that put as unique spin on the holidays. before we go to break, take a look at this cool scene from down the shore. cbs3 summerfest fly by, a big, big thanks to paramount air service for the fun sight on cbs3 summerfest. more summerfest coming up right after the break. gyp >>> a look at the news making headlines. there's a $10,000 reward after a series of arsons inside a luxury apartment building in philadelphia. "eyewitness news" r

live in langhorne, natasha brown, cbs3>> natasha thank yo. controversy surrounding confederate statuess triggered n galloway township. richard stockton a slave over ebb is removed from the display school library and it will be include philadelphia a new exhibit at thery will teach students and promote dialogue about stockto man the school calls a controversial figure. >> hurricane harvey is ga taking aim at the texas gulf coast. some in already preparing for the storm which the nationalnatial hurricane center calling life threatening. the storm surge could be as high ten feet and parts of louisiana could see flooding. . harvey is expected to make landfall as category three early saturday. >> meteorologist indicate bilo is tracking hurricane make landfall, kate, what do you know. >> here's a look at storm yours storm sin tense fewing clouds the storm as this churns through gulf of mexico to texas make land fall late tomorrow night along the texas coast houston and browns villa round corpus christi. this say powerful storm and in an areaucive t

i'm natasha brown. for leslie, chelsea, we appreciate you being with us and we're always on at cbsphilly.c cbsphilly.com. growing up as the youngest of six brothers. - they was beat down, man. we grow up hard. pops was like the street guy. he was street smart. he was more the disciplinarian, he was more physical. he felt like you just had, you just had to work your way through circumstances.

. >>> good evening everyone, i'm natasha brown. thank you so much for joining us tonight. >>> cbs news correspondent wendy gillette in charlottesville v have a. she's got the very latest. >> reporter: natasha this is still very much an active crime scene here tonight. with police tape strung up and the block closed police vehicles here on the scene the state mobile crime lab showed up a couple hours ago. a rainstorm just came through hopefully that will help people the city peaceful tonight. after very violent day. this video shows the moment a car mode down demonstrators peacefully marching against a white national lift rally in charlottesville, virginia. >> let the car in. they thought it was a cop car. >> reporter: john ziegler captured the chaos. >> there was no doubt in anybody's mind that it was planned terrorist attack. >> reporter: authorities say a 32-year-old woman was hit and killed. the driver was taken into custody. >> we're currently treating this as a criminal homicide investigation. >> reporter: hours after the cras

. >>> let's go to abc's natasha barrett live in houston with more on this. >> reporter: good morning, i'm born and raised here in the city of houston it is heartbreaking to see the way things are. the rain is starting again, on and off, the winds are picking up as well. we're not out of the woods. everything is under water as you've seen before. we're expecting 15 to 25 inches of rain. rescues continue throughout the night in houston, the 4th largest city in crisis. >> the water came up so fast. >> reporter: emergency management officials are saying they need more boats for rescues as roads turned into rivers. the geography in houston in the helping the situation. rain water is forced on the streets and on small bayous easily overwhelmed by heavy downpours. first responders are so stretched so thin, neighbors are helping out. >> i've been here 40 years and the water has never come up this high. >> reporter: other desperate residents are being plucked from rooftops. choppers from san diego and cape cod are helping. many residents have been trouble getting through 911 as the system is o

hey, there, marcie. >> hi, natasha and reggie. well, it's pretty foggy here this morning, but if the weather cooperates, this will be the first place anyone can see it. the total eclipse will happen here just after 10:15 this morning. then for the next hour and a half, it will move east, wowing millions of people along the way. the wait is finally over. for the great american eclipse. >> this is a life changing experience. >> from oregon. >> thas was going to be one of the prime locations. >> to south character. >> put a pitch for charleston because we're the last place, also the best place to see it. >> all eyes protected by those essential eclipse glasses, turning upward today. for this long anticipated celestial show. >> not until august 21st, 2017, will another eclipse be visible from north america. that's 38 years from now. >> while the last total solar eclipse in the mainland u.s. was in 1979 -- >> look, there it is. >> -- its been nearly 100 years since a total eclipse crossed from coast to coast. >> once in a lifetime even

, thank you natasha. >>> "action news" reporter, katherine scott takes a look at the local efforts to help people in texas joining us live from the red cross in center city. >> reporter: matt, volunteers left from here yesterday join other volunteers already on the ground. there are multiple agencies and organizations lending their resources including american red cross eastern pennsylvania chapter. yesterday volunteers sped off with a truck stocked with food heading to batten rouge louisiana. red cross is recruiting volunteers who can head to the affected area and the coming weeks. headquarters house one of the organizations two national call centers. volunteers are aiding victims, providing shelter and er info from hundreds of miles away. keep in mind this is just the beginning. more volunteers could be deployed in the coming days, some go for two weeks and some for a month or more, depending on what their training is. katherine scott channel 6 "action news." >> here's the information on how you can help and make a donation to the red cross, the number 1800-red cross. or text the wo

right now we do want to send it back to our natasha brown. she is in the cbs3 studios with what's making headlines tonight. >> thank you so much. tense moments at a northeast philadelphia target store. gunfire erupts in the parking lot sending one man to the hospital and tonight the search is on for a suspect. the chaos unfolded outside a target on busleton avenue. >> reporter: it's fortunate no one else was hurt in this. i'm told the shooting occurred outside of the pharmacy department. the victim was taken to the hospital in stable condition but again the search is still on for the shooting suspect. >> i booked for the back of the store. we weren't waiting. closest exit, that's where i was going. >> reporter: brittney, her four-year-old son and her grandmother were blinded by the sound of gunfire while shopping at target around 3:30 p.m. >> the alarms go off, the police were coming and we waited. >> the three sheltered in place in the back of the store. meanwhile police and s.w.a.t. units had arrived and placed the property on lockdown. >>

right now we do want to send it back to our natasha brown. she is in the cbs3 studios with what's making headlines tonight. >> thank you so much. tense moments at a northeast philadelphia target store. gunfire erupts in the parking lot sending one man to the hospital and tonight the search is on for a suspect. the chaos unfolded outside a target on busleton avenue. >> reporter: it's fortunate no one else was hurt in this. i'm told the shooting occurred outside of the pharmacy department. the victim was taken to the hospital in stable condition but again the search is still on for the shooting suspect. >> i booked for the back of the store. we weren't waiting. closest exit, that's where i was going. >> reporter: brittney, her four-year-old son and her grandmother were blinded by the sound of gunfire while shopping at target around 3:30 p.m. >> the alarms go off, the police were coming and we waited. >> the three sheltered in place in the back of the store. meanwhile police and s.w.a.t. units had arrived and placed the property on lockdown. >>

"eyewitness news" reporter natasha brown has been following this story all afternoon and joins us live, from bell a vista with more, natasha. >> reporter: dunkin' rounds of medford lakes, new jersey turned himself into authorities today and facing seven felonies as it relates to the sexual assault of a five-year old girl and five-year old boy left in his care. >> there was an e-mail a week or two ago saying there was an investigation but, yeah, i didn't know it was this serious. >> reporter: disturbing news, learning of the sexual assault of two, five-year old children at sprout's preschool in the 600 block of south ninth street, owner of the center, five three-year old dunkin' round has been charged with rape, sexual assault, involuntary deviant sexual intercourse and endangering welfare of the child. fail police special victims unit say at salt happened on multiple occasions at the preschool and they say dhs got involved and began an investigation on july 25th when the children began behaving differently, investigators also say they found physical evidence at the scene. >> on the 25t

good morning. >> reporter: good morning, reggie and natasha. the city of charlottesville is still under a state of emergency. this is the street where the car came barrelling down, mowing down a group of counterprotesters, hurt 19 people and killed a 32-year-old woman. you can see behind me where a memorial has been growing since. the alleged driver behind the wheel of this car mowing down a crowd of people protesting against a white nationalist rally now charged with murder. 20-year-old james fields drove from ohio to virginia for the rally, captured on video chanting a message of white supremacy. >> i thought it had something to do with trump. trump's not a white supremacist. he had an african-american friend. >> reporter: fields' mother didn't know about her son's views but a former teacher claims they date back to his days in high school. >> he was into this whole idea that, you know, whites were a dominant race. >> reporter: but sunday night, solidarity against tho from charlottesville to dc and cities across the country, standing against

. >>> good evening everyone, i'm natasha brown. thank you so much for joining us. the officer was taken off duty after police internal affairs investigated his use of force during an arrest. the arrest happened in front of witnesses in the kensington section of the city and "eyewitness news" reporter alycia nieves joins us live at philadelphia police headquarters with the video and what it shows. >> reporter: that video shows a philadelphia police officer picking up a man who was already in handcuffs, he was lifting him off the ground and then slammed him down. the man was slammed so hard that he had to be taken to the hospital that night and was in critical condition. let's take a look at the video that i'm talking about and what it shows. the incident happened about a month ago around midnight july 10th and people who live on that street east eckhart street in the kensington section began recording because they were upset with the number of officers trying to arrest the man. now, authorities contend that he was resisting and additional officers were needed to con

natasha, i know you're from houston. it's been a tough weekend for people who live there. >> reporter: it sure has. and you know, it's not letting up. we are getting a little break from the rain right now. but the strong winds are starting up again, chris. so we're in for it for the next couple of days. and i also heard this. people who can't get rescued from their homes, they're taking it into their own hands, using air mattresses to float to safety. southeast texas under water in houston a flash flood emergency, man holes overflowing, streets turned into lakes. nearly impossible to drive through. the city's mayor urging residents to stay home. >> the streets are treacherous. it makes absolutely no sense for anyone to be out on the road, unless it's an emergency. >> reporter: these people rescued from an apartment complex, dozens more in desperate need of help. >> how many we got coming? >> reporter: the storm packing a punch. >> i'm melancholy. i can't believe this is happening. and i have no apartment. my apartment wa

. >> hey, good morning to you, natasha and reggie. coming up next here on "gma," trouble in washington. a lawsuit against fox news claiming the white house helped them push a false story about a dnc staffer's death to draw attention away from the russia investigation. plus, that overnight headline about the justice department planning to investigate affirmative action. we'll get into all of that this morning. >> thenaroly woman behind bars in honduras after she was arrested over confusion on a can safe product used by a lot of travelers. authorities believe she was attempting to transport cocaine across the border. what really happened and why she's still in jail. that's all coming up on "gma." >> thanks. we'll see you then. >> the new warning going out to people who catch fish in the east bay. east bay. >> nothing routine about this the energy conscious whopeople among usle? say small actions can add up to something... humongous. a little thing here. a little thing there. starts to feel like a badge maybe millions can wear. who are a

good morning, natasha. >> reporter: good morning, jessica. you know, i've got to say it's heartbreaking. i'm from this town, born and raised. to see what's happening is just devastating. we've got strong winds, as you can tell, and rain off and on. you can tell harvey is not done with this city. we've received 25 inches of rain, and now word that 25 more inches of rain on the way. rescues continue throughout the night in houston. the country's fourth largest city in crisis. >> the water came up so fast. it was incredible. >> emergency management officials are asking the public for help, saying they need more boats for rescues. as roads have turned into rivers. the geography in houston not helping the situation. rain water is forced onto streets and then small bayous, easily overwhelmed by heavy downpours. first responders are stretched so thin, neighbors are pitching in to help rescue others from the devastating floodwaters that followed hurricane harvey. >> first time in 40 years the water has come up this high. i have been here 40 years. >>

abc's natasha barrett has the breaking details from houston right now. natasha, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, kendis and lynda. you know, i'm born and raised in this city, and it is absolutely heartbreaking to see what is going on right now. like so many others, millions of others, we've been up all night watching what's happening to our homes because there's even more mandatory evacuations at this hour. people wondering what they should do as rivers are rising and we're far from out of the woods. harvey still could dump anywhere from 15 to 25 more inches of rain on us. rescues continued throughout the night in houston, the country's fourth largest city in crisis. >> the water came up so fast. it was incredible. >> reporter: emergency management officials are asking the public for help saying they need more boats for rescues as roads have turned into rivers. the geography in houston not helping the situation. rainwater is forced onto streets then onto small bayous easily overwhelmed by heavy downpours. first responders are stretched so

good evening everyone, i'm natasha brown. police clashing with protesters arrested nearly three dozen people today in the aftermath of the violence in charles ville, virginia there had been a lot of concerns about possible violence in boston today. "eyewitness news" reporter alicia is live in the sat center with the latest for us, alicia? >> reporter: the rally and protests in boston ended drastically different than last week's in virginia, there were arrests but no one injured and no property damage on ton that far city officials in boston add different message, rang loud today. exactly a week after bloody blood bloody, another rally today in boston, this one so-called free speech activist that is clearly included several white supremicist groups, much like the valley in virginia, boss at any met with counter protesters, counter protest that's way outnumber the group rallying. >> great day for the city, and i'm real impressed, probably had 40,000 people out here, you know, standing tall, against hatred and bigotry. >> the pl

america's natasha sweet natasha what can you tell us what's going on there. yeah that's right tom you know today the the man being charged with a deadly car crash made his first court appearance today twenty year old james alex fields he is being charged second degree murder for hitting a crowd of people with his car killing one and injuring several others and his bail has been denied today. and the judge has set august twenty fifth for his next hearing and it's possible that there will be a bond hearing before then and solidarity events have taken place around the country for the violence that erupted interludes philip morris scheduled for this evening and the community has been vocal about the lives that were lost the i knew it was going to be everyone in town knew it was going to be violence because the cops were bragging i had. time but the fact that someone actually lost their life that someone would actually take such a violent step to deliberately kill other people was just beyond i just couldn't believe that so those kind of as expected over their mur

good to see you. >> good to be here. >> i'm natasha. gjessica is over there, and mik nicco, you brought the heat. hopefully we're over the big hump from yesterday. >> i think so. even if you don't have ice cream sandwiches or gatorade with you. >> what? >> you can still find other ways to beat the heat today. hi, everybody. here's a live look at live doppler 7. that was matt's story yesterday if you weren't with us. you can see the moisture from yesterday and the threat of thunderstorms out there, mainly over the ocean, but we'll keep the threat in the forecast. a look at the

. >> i'm natasha. gjessica is over there, and mik nicco, you brought the heat. hopefully we're over the big hump from yesterday. >> i think so. even if you don't have ice cream sandwiches or gatorade with you. >> what? >> you can still find other ways to beat the heat today. hi, everybody. here's a live look at live doppler 7. that was matt's story yesterday if you weren't with us. you can see the moisture from yesterday and the threat of thunderstorms out there, mainly over the ocean, but we'll keep the threat in the forecast. a look at the 12-hour day planners and what you're looking at are temperatures in the mid 60s, near 80 around the bay, and 90s with a whole lot of high clouds and sunshine. let's get a quick check of the morning commute. >> too much happening this morning. we'll look at the bay bridge toll plaza. the metering lights not on yet, but we need a few more cash booths open. if you're using fast track or carpooling, you're cruising through with no issues. southbound 680, just six minutes. westbound 24, walnut creek to highway 13, another nine. w

sweet is joining us with more details natasha and the treatment of the question of the timing has led to a few toss and turns today and earlier white house adviser jared christer met with egypt's president and foreign minister just hours after the terms of ministration announced cutting or delayed some three hundred million dollars in aid to egypt now originally it was understood that the median had been cancelled which was seen as a political snub however at the foreign minister did. sit in on the meeting with president abdel fatah el-sisi and christer today because there is goal of discussing the revival of the israeli palestinian peace talks might have been overshadowed by the administration's decision to possibly cut aid to egypt dramatically for alleged human rights violations while the u.s. says egypt remains a key partner in defeating terrorism or a pentagon official my says that the move appears to show a dispute within the state department. with cushion or trying to get assistance and help from countries such as egypt. in trying to resolve the israeli palestinian conflict you

thank you so much for that natasha while we have a treat for viewers here now i am often talking to david swanson from washington d.c. you know him from his work against us imperialism and please put your website acct . world war dot org a good one world beyond world beyond war dot org but today i'm going to talk about what's happened here in charlottesville david because you are from here and so i just wanted to start by getting your reaction to the fact these rallies were planned in your city to begin with and what it's been like seeing people from from outside starlets will come in and hold white nationalist rallies it's very disturbing and it's important for people to understand it's important to me for people to understand that almost all of these people are not from charlottesville and most of them are not from virginia and they're not wanted here and they're not appreciated that being said not enough people in charlottesville oppose them and turn out against them and advocate for taking down the statues which is something that i support so i'm i'm sorry you had to come here for thi

. - and natasha richardson whom i had known as a child oddly enough, was the central character. and pinter had written a voiceover for that character and she played against the voiceover she recorded it and everything. - [evan] right. - and then the director took it out because he was in his minimalist phase. - so her approach to the part was assuming that this voiceover - [margaret] exactly. - would be in the movie. - and then she thought that her performance was flat. - am i remembering that pinter at the time, he started on the film but also sort of stopped at one point? - i don't remember that part. - [evan] yeah. - i remember i was the what shall we say. i was the only person who knew what they had for breakfast if it wasn't in the text. - [evan] right. - so i could give them you know inside tips like what kind of socks they never actually asked me about, they asked me other things and i was on the set for part of the shoot. - but i'm remembering some kind of odd production process around it and then in the end some people, maybe natasha richardson, late natasha richardson,

i'm natasha sweet and you're watching our t.v. america well president trump is set to outline a new path forward in afghanistan tonight deepening u.s. military involvement in the torturous country what's expected to be a troop increase will be announced just following a major shake up on the president's advisory team with senior white house counsels to execute the administration just last week while the war in afghanistan has officially been waged since two thousand and one r t correspondent on your parm poll explains how the u.s. has been involved in the country for decades. the united states began openly meddling and ask an affair is in nine hundred seventy nine that with the introduction of operation like one of the i age train and equip program aimed at a fifth in the afghan mujahedeen in their fight against the soviet allied democratic republic of afghanistan the program that was one of the most expensive in cia history banning ten years it initially budgeted twenty to thirty million dollars a year to back the fighters by nin

good afternoon, i'm natasha brown in for ukee washington. it looks like our jessica dean has set up a very special ride into stone harbor. check her out. she's living the shore life, everybody riding in on a boat. my gosh, what an interests, jessica. >> natasha this is how i spend my fridays on a boat, this is fan has particular. we are having the best time. we are in stone harbor on a boat in the bay. our lauren casey is at wind drift in avalon high up to get full sue and tori woodill is on eighth street street beach on the actual beach. we have you covered as you said double the fun here. we're at the reid's, here and we have a good crowd. these people are living it up on a friday afternoon. then been in the water for hours and we have had people out here at restaurant, kind of hanging out. this is where we will be, docked, one to say, for the next few hours and into the evening time on this summer friday, as we celebrate, stone harbor, and avalon. now, there are two different towns, that is for sure, but they actually share, of course , 7

let's get more news from natasha. >> if you own a gm, listen up. the automaker recalling nearly 700,000 vehicles for a steering issue. 2014 chevrolet silverados and gmc sierra trucks may have a problem, a glitch that may cause them to lose power steering for about one second. you can logon to abc7news.com for more details on the recall. owners can bring their cars to a dealership for a free software update to fix the problem. >> bad blood between taylor swift and a former dj. >> the he said/she said battle playing out in court. >> it's 6:10. >> it's 6:10. we're helping you have alzheimer's disease the fi is out there.survive and the alzheimer's association is going to make it happen by funding scientific breakthroughs, advancing public policy, and providing local support to those living with the disease and their caregivers. but we won't get there without you. visit alz.org to join the fight. i'm the one clocking in... when you're clocking out. sensing your every move and automatically adjusting to help you stay effortlessly comfortable. there. i c

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natasha is off. and sue hall is in for alexis smith. and boy, we have put you to work, sue. >> busy. back to work, back to school, and back on the roads. we have a couple sig alerts out there. let's go to the bay bridge. a motorcycle down. injury accident. two right lanes. sig alert issued here, and the meetering lights are on, too, at 5:29 this morning. so avoid the bay bridge if you can. a lot of folks are just jammed right here. even look at this, even the carpooling lanes are stacking up. take b.a.r.t. into san francisco if you want to avoid this mess. also, in vacaville, we have better news westbound lane open now. we had a moving van that flipped from the eastbound side to the westbound side. they moved it out of lanes. eastbound still has the left lane blocked. still have a sig alert there. over towards the backup, towards 505, improving in the westbound direction. eastbound, the lane is still blocked. south mission on 680, a five-car accident with a jeep rolled over. it's slow coming off the grade from sunol. mike has your forec

. >>> good evening, i'm natasha brown, thanks for joining us, we'll have those stories in just a moment. first very sad news, former phillies catcher darren daulton passed away. the phillies wall of fame played with the phils from 1983 to 1997 and was the leader of '93 team that went to the world series. dutch was diagnosed four yogurt with blastoma but after surgery and treatment declared himself cancer free in 2015, word of the cancer returning came just a few days ago when a former team mate took to social media asking for prayers. he was 55. >>> developing in germantown, philadelphia police say about 300 young people began throwing rocks. it is not the first time this has happened. back in mid july, about 400 teens gathered in the same spots and confronted police officers, glass battles were thrown at the july encounter. >>> to chaos on the streets of philadelphia, a septa worker was carjacked before he went on a wild ride two states. intense moment started this afternoon in is spring garden and into new jersey and ended up back in south philly. that's where henry is live with the d

hey, jess. >> hey, reggie, natasha. i ran up here, upstairs to see how the operation is going thus far. and we are getting things going up here for our day of giving. we're so proud here at abc7 to be part of this joining together with 200 other stations across the country. and of course, the red cross volunteers already here, very early with us this morning. i want to introduce you to the head of the northern california chapter for the red cross. thank you for coming. tell us about the efforts today and why it's important for the bay area to step up. >> thank you so much for having us. we have a number of volunteers here answering phones and really gathering support. the disaster in houston and in texas and now louisiana is massive, and we're going to be doing relief operations, us and many other organizations for months and years to come. these resources will determine the long-term needs and help people get on the road to recovery. >> what are some of the long-term needs we have seen in the past that we could anticip

reporting live from houston, natasha, barrett. matt and jeanette back to you. >> if only it would stop raining. the coast guard has conducted 200 air rescues in the houston area and e and 1,000 by water. the guard lifted a mother and child clinging to a small impact until they could get to drier grounds. >> reporter: some members are on their way to help in texas. katherine, good morning. >> reporter: multiple local agencies are lending their resources and support including this chapter of the american red cross. the volunteers that left from here yesterday are distributing food, but they are trained to do more if needed. >> reporter: members of the american red cross embarked on their journey to baton rouge, louisiana their truck loaded with food to help victims of harvey. it's the first deployment for these volunteers who were helped by the red cross at one point in their own lives. >> it's humbling to give back what the red cross gave to me. >> i'm there to help them, it's a hard thing they have to go through. >> reporter: the

. >> when the hurricane hit texas it was a category four and downgraded to category one, abc's natasha barrett with the latest on the instant -- systemg us up to speed. >> reporter: as the sun comes up, it looks peaceful, but i have to tell you in the last hour or so, strong winds and there are strong winds now, rain, thunder and lighten and possible tornado touch downed southwest of houston. now more than a million people are waiting to see what hurricane harvey has planned. hurricane harvey roaring on to the gulf coast. >> the best way i can describe it is a continue can being kicked down the road. >> reporter: the strongest in the u.s. in more than decade. >> this is not anything that's going to be are a quick one and done. we're not measuring inches in rain we're measuring in feet of rain. >> reporter: residents of texas, mississippi and louisiana getting hit the hardest. rockport texas right in its path. merge crew are having difficulty responding to the damage. >> we have not been able to get out and see what's happening, but it's not looking good. >> reporter: the mayor advised

natasha says she had to finish the school year sharing a classroom with the alleged buillies with no obvous sign of punishment.although the alameda unified school superintendent assures proper disciplinary action was taken but legally cannot be discussed- her father argues unseen kind of consequences won't send a message to the rest of the student body that this behaviour is unacceptable. sot: mel waldorf, father// "the way they have it these are now people who have gotten away with and the behavior should be continued. how is she going to focus on her schoolwork?" superintendent sean mcphetridge responded to kron 4 news saying, "we denounced anti-semitism and all other forms of bigotry and bias in letters home to families in june and this past week." (ella)her parents said something as simple as an apology from all those involved at the start would have been better than discrete measures taken by the school district.live in alameda ella sogomonian kron 4 news. (justine) we first learned about this story after a jewish temple was vandalized in alameda. police are still looking for th

. >>> natasha barrett has more from houston. good morning, we're getting a break from the rain in houston, but the wind is picking up, it's getting stronger as we speak outside. i heard of people now so desperate to be rescued out of the floodwaters they are using air mattresses to float to safety. southeast texas underwater. in houston a flash flood emergency, manholes overflowing, streets turned into lakes, nearly impossible to drive through. the city's mayor urging residents to stay home. >> the streets are treacherous. it makes absolutely no sensor for anyone to be on the road unless it is an emergency. >> these people rescued from an apartment complex. >> how many we got coming? >> reporter: the storm packing a punch. >> i can't believe this is happening and i have no apartment, my apartment was decimated. >> reporter: rockport where harvey came ashore roofs ripped off homes buildings, boats destroyed. >> the wind was probably, i don't know, 100-plus, maybe 130, 140. there were a couple of times it was probably going faster

this green stick marks the spot where a bullet went through the window into natasha's home on north fair hill. >> it was scary. >> reporter: she was watching a movie in bed with her kids. >> it went through window and through the ceiling. >> reporter: 15-year-old sierra was also in the room. >> my little sister was in the room we were scared we couldn't find her and the caps came that's all i know. >> reporter: outside authorities say a man was racking his gun threatening to shoot. police were quickly on scene when the man opened fire and shot several times at officers missing them but hitting the home several times. authorities fired back immediately sending the man to the hospital. his holster still on the ground when we arrived on the scene. >> if there's anybody out here in the public that has information that they need to contact the philadelphia police department and give us that information. at this point we're in our infancy of an investigation. >> reporter: authorities remained on scene for several hours into the evening, while natasha and her children recounted what could have

. >> reporter: good morning, natasha and reggie. the mobile crime scene unit has left the scene in the past half hour since i last saw you. but the investigation continues here on taylor street. police say a man walked up to a group of men in front of the taylor street market over here and fired two shots, hitting two men. both were taken to the hospital. one died at the hospital. police say the other person is stable. one person has been detained. investigators are trying to see if that person was involved in the shooting. here's video from overnight of the search taking place around the scene. they're looking in the neighborhood east and south of the area just to make sure there are no suspects hiding in this area. police say it doesn't appear like there's a relationship between the shooter and the vctims. a festival with food trucks and music was being held from 5:00 to 9:00 last night. the shooting happened at 9:30. no word on if the victims were at this event. >> we canvas for video and we do canvass for witnesses. at the time,

what do you guys think, natasha and reggie? >> i think that you look very relaxed and i'm jealous of that chair and i think i should have one up here. thank you. >>> this isn't really gatorade. >> got you. >> just waiting for someone to come out and start fanning him or at least, you know, he's wearing loose, light colored clothing. we'll just leave that there. 65 in san ramon this morning and danville. how about 70s in walnut creek, pleasant hill, lafayette, pittsbu pittsburg, and antioch. low to mid 70s. some of the warmest temperatures, mt. diablo, 85 degrees. that's why in the higher elevations we have a heat advisory. 63 in hayward. 66 in san jose. vallejo, 66. pacifica about 53 degrees. here's the way it looks at the golden gate bridge. one of those localized really foggy spots you're going to run into this morning. that will hang around through the entire morning commute. if you're going to the beach, strong sunshine. exercising the earlier the better. if you're on the bay, much calmer than the last couple days. no small

. >> school in our area are getting ready and natasha brown reports safety is the number one goal. >> reporter: rocky run ymca in media, delaware county offers traditional outdoor summer camp with more than 300 participating every week. but on monday did will be anything but a traditional day of ordinary activities. we'll put them on and stare at the sun it until it happens. >> 7-year-old griffin will be among hundreds of other kids at the camp to see the rare solar he kleps. >> you just put them on and i guess i could look up. wow, look at that. >> katie is the executive director here and they have plenty of of activities scheduled throughout the day. >> we'll do one activity where they'll learn about the mop and sun and how it happens and why it happens and do education about it. >> i did it monday and i'll be moon blocking the sun. >> the sun rays are strong enough to cause permanent damage to the retina if people stare cigarettely at the sun. for children in particular they may not understand or be able to fully aappreciate the risks. >> thank you. >> drerlt towards here at the ch

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. >> school in our area are getting ready and natasha brown reports safety is the number one goal. >> reporter: rocky run ymca in media, delaware county offers traditional outdoor summer camp with more than 300 participating every week. but on monday did will be anything but a traditional day of ordinary activities. we'll put them on and stare at the sun it until it happens. >> 7-year-old griffin will be among hundreds of other kids at the camp to see the rare solar he kleps. >> you just put them on and i guess i could look up. wow, look at that. >> katie is the executive director here and they have plenty of of activities scheduled throughout the day. >> we'll do one activity where they'll learn about the mop and sun and how it happens and why it happens and do education about it. >> i did it monday and i'll be moon blocking the sun. >> the sun rays are strong enough to cause permanent damage to the retina if people stare cigarettely at the sun. for children in particular they may not understand or be able to fully aappreciate the risks. >> thank you. >> drerlt towards here at the ch

speak now to natasha sweet talk correspondent in washington the tasha take us through what the reaction has been from the white house. yeah that's right yeah the president he released a statement saying that the incident charlottesville is something that obviously almost everyone is following and he condemned the bigotry on both sides calling for unity in the u.s. and he says the hope and division must stop let's take a listen we're closely following the terrible events unfolding in charlottesville virginia. we condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred bigotry and violence on many sites on many sites it's been going on for a long time in our country not donald trump not barack obama. it's been going on for a long long time it has no place in america what is vital now is a swift restoration of law and order and the protection of innocent lives. so here the president is calling for the u.s. tonight but the country is anything but united at this point i mean we've seen violent protests ever since trump was inaugurated back in january both for and against him

your your day happier what can we do natasha tell us about yourself tell us when you come in and how much you make it and could you would you would you take one of our apps to we're trying to help you it's not about us there's an old expression if you have something free online you're not the customer you're the product because what we're doing right now in this world of data mining and metal analysis is do we nothing but sucking up every bit of information about you and you might think because i know you you're saying very cleverly what am i what who cares what my what my coffee drinking habits are what does that have to do that's not what this is about this is information about you spending habits raise demographic what you do little by little you're providing information and when you have supercomputing today the likes of which we and even comprehend that is able to colin deal with through med analysis data mining gem it is the most profoundly important commodity there is one day we are going to have if it's not already here now companies that start off who don't really care about