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>> oh, and the danger from deadly snake bites in a bay area breakthrough that could soon save thousands of lives. >> always live abc seven news starts right now. >> it wasn't a hack, but it has created a huge hassle that will cause headaches into the weekend. good evening. i'm ama daetz and i'm dan ashley. >> thanks for joining us. we're talking about the global tech outage now being called one of the worst in history. air travel, hospitals, banks, offices, media and 9-1-1 all disrupted. >> that's right. the computer network outage was the result of a windows update from the company crowdstrike, which services a global network of clients. the company was founded in sunnyvale, and the most notable and noticeable impact is on air travel. >> and it comes in the middle of a record setting summer travel season. the top three busiest days for the tsa have all been in the past month. today more than 3000 canceled flights in

the united states or passing through the united states for comparison, on tuesday, fewer than 500 were canceled. more than 10,000 flights today were delayed. at sfo, the lines went almost out. the door as travelers had trouble checking in about 100 flights at san francisco international airport were canceled. travelers are very frustrated. some even had to get off the plane after boarding. >> we were literally on the plane getting ready to leave, and they pretty much said they're having a system issue with everybody needs to get off the plane. you can't get through to anybody on the phone with the apps not working. >> nothing. so we have like no clue what's going on. >> airports in san jose and oakland had far fewer delays in cancellations. experts say that's because these airports are not hubs for major airlines. >> local government agencies, including court systems, were also hit by the outage today, but some escaped largely unscathed. abc seven news reporter anser hassan has that part of the story from the east bay.

>> when employees got to work friday morning ready to take on criminal cases at the alameda county superior court, there were issues due to the crowdstrike outage. >> they arrived to computers that, when they turned on, would just be that dreaded blue screen, paul wieczynski says their i-team department got to work since staff couldn't access case files. >> even more important, since criminal court cases are time sensitive, our focus was to get the criminal side up and going because those have strict deadlines and uh. >> when court hearings have to take place, rodzinski says. >> criminal court was up and running by 9:30 a.m, the civil courts fully operational a short time later in contra costa county. there were similar challenges at the district attorney's office. we are open for business and are able to do the work, but it's at a slightly limited capacity as some computers aren't quite up uh- uh- back up and running again. across the east bay, cities were impacted in different ways, the city of hayward tells abc seven

news. there was no effect on their operations in oakland. a different story the port of oakland says there were no impacts to its cargo shipping operations at the oakland seaport. but over at oakland city hall, the primary impact was employee computers. its online systems for residents are fully functioning. in a statement to abc seven news, the city of oakland says its 911 call lines remain open without elaborating. it writes public safety computer systems have now largely been restored, and both our police and fire departments are nearing full operations. the city of antioch says it was spared any disruption because of new protocols in place following a previous ransomware attack. >> we usually now wait two weeks after an update and that allows us the opportunity to ensure that that the update is sound. and so in this instance, it wasn't. and so we were able to guard against that. >> most cities say their it departments will work through the weekend to fix any outstanding problems in the east bay. anser hassan abc seven news also largely unaffected.

>> san francisco. it's really quite remarkable. >> abc seven news reporter luz pena spoke with the city's executive director of technology about why the city was really not hit that hard. lucy. >> very interesting. yes, despite san francisco not facing the brunt of this outage, city departments are taking notes and said many lessons will come out of today as the world woke up to a global crowdstrike outage. san francisco mostly dodged a bullet. >> it's a lesson learned from us that things happen unexpectedly early friday, the city's executive director for the department of technology began to deploy his team throughout the city, making sure all city operations were live. emergency management, public safety, public health and other critical city operations remain unaffected. >> we checked with multiple city agencies, sfmta said. the city's transportation was not impacted earlier this year, we reported on how the mta's train system operates on floppy disks that prevented any setbacks. the

city's fire department released a statement saying they, too, were not impacted. however, they did see a spike of 20 calls for false fire alarms between 234 and 2:50 a.m. the outage did impact many companies throughout the city. >> a lot of it infrastructure has crashed. >> to understand the scope of work it departments are facing, we spoke to john hammond, former department of defense cyber operator and principal security researcher at huntress. >> all these computers that are now stuck in that blue screen and frowny face, well, that's something that they'll need to really manually go fix, it's not something we can sort of automate or push out a solution in mass. a lot of the engineers or technicians will probably spend today in their weekend going through and trying to hand jam on the keyboard. >> after all, with a constant threat of earthquakes hitting this region, the city's tech department viewed today as an opportunity to grow. >> we've been investing for many

years now. we're preparing for an earthquake, borrowed a lot from our covid response, and now, more than ever, technology is so critical to city operations. we're paying a lot of attention and working very closely with all the department it teams to make sure that they are prepared to continue operations even when technology is not available to us. >> now, it's important to highlight that this was not a security incident or a cyber attack, but an i.t. issue. and we're still seeing the consequences of it. >> oh yeah. ooh that was a doozy. all right. thanks, luce. >> what a mess. right. well, crowdstrike certainly is not a household name, but it is well known by the federal government. the cybersecurity firm was founded in sunnyvale, but it's now based in austin. it provides cloud security and cyber attack response. in fact, crowdstrike has worked with the justice department on resolving global hacks and cyber espionage coming from russia, china and north korea. the company was the first to issue an uncover russian interference in the 2016

election to the weather. >> now, today is the hottest day of the week. we will face more hot weather though. >> next week it's going to be brutal. sounds like here's abc seven weather anchor spencer christian with a look at what we're dealing with, what we're dealing with right now. >> dan is lingering extreme heat into the evening hours. take a look at our current temperature readings. it is 105 degrees right now at saint helena and santa rosa. that's rather unusual at this time of the day. even on a very hot day like the one we've had and are still having 100 degrees right now in fairfield and concord, 102 in brentwood, and numerous locations still have temperature readings in the upper 90s, even as we get into the evening hours. and you can see why this heat advisory remains in effect until 11:00 this evening. for virtually all of our inland areas, most locations away from the coast and the bay shoreline. and of course, under this kind of excessive heat, elevated risk for heat related illnesses. now, tomorrow we're going to get some relief. high temperatures will in locations right now that are about 105, 102 will reach only

into the low to mid 90s tomorrow. even more cooling relief on sunday as temperatures drop a few more degrees. however, a heat wave and extended one is coming our way next week. i'll have more details on that one a little bit later. >> ama all right, thank you, spencer. we'll check back. p-g-and-e's is warning of a potential power shut off this weekend. this psps watch what what they call it is because of high winds and dry conditions in the bay area. only about 500 customers in portions of eastern alameda and contra costa counties could be impacted. the shutoffs could begin as early as 11 a.m. tomorrow, coming up next, the new local democrats now calling on president biden to step away from the election. plus, new at six. a look at the chances for vice president kamala harris to become the democratic nominee. could she beat donald trump

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losing momentum ever since his painful debate performance three weeks ago. but the question remains who would replace him? >> vice president kamala harris is being floated as the most likely option. abc seven news anchor julian glover joins us here in studio with a look at her chances. julian >> good evening dan, and i'm a senior. biden administration official telling abc news that president biden has asked for polling to show how vice president kamala harris would do against former president donald trump and a head to head matchup if and that is a big if, president biden decides to step aside. but for kamala harris, who is no stranger to being the

first in shattering glass ceilings, this could be the toughest one for her to crack yet. former vice president kamala harris spotted in washington, d.c, friday afternoon with her grand nieces visiting an ice cream shop, opened by tyra banks. harris ignored questions from reporters asking what she would say to democratic voters. harris on the attack during a rally in fayetteville, north carolina, thursday night, making her case for a second biden harris term. so, friends, i say the contrast between joe biden and donald trump is like night and day. the vice president remains all in on the ticket publicly as more than 30 congressional democrats demand president biden pass the torch among the rising stars in the democratic party. harris, born in oakland, raised in berkeley, is one of the most likely replacements for biden should he step aside. >> but right now, as it stands, she would have the first right

of refusal or the first right to attempt to get the democratic nomination. and everybody else, i think, would stand back, abc seven news insider phil matier said. >> harris at the top of the ticket would be the best path for dems to avoid chaos at the democratic national convention set for chicago next month, a shift that the san francisco democratic county central committee is calling for. >> if biden steps down. we want vice president harris to be the nominee for president, she had the resources, she has the time, and she has the experience. >> local democrats are prepared to kick campaigning into overdrive. should harris be named the democratic presidential nominee from san francisco, from the city that she started her political career in? >> we are speaking from the personal experience of what we've seen her do as an impact on our city during her nearly four years in the white house, harris has been tasked with handling some of the most divisive issues, from securing the southern border to women's reproductive rights efforts that could be applauded by democrats and picked apart by republicans.

>> there is a good chance that she would be more motivational because it would be different that people would wake up and say, this is what it's about. if kamala harris is the nominee, there's only one choice. is it trump or not? >> in speaking with harris's close childhood friend carol porter, she remains confident that biden and harris are united together. biden, harris together is the ticket. >> and i know that's where kamala wants to go, and i know that's where biden wants to go. kamala's values her life experiences are to help all people again, if biden will step aside and if is the big question and it's a decision that will need to happen quickly. >> for example, the dnc, august 19th and just days later, democrats have to certify the name that will appear on ballots this november. the deadline in texas, for example, just four days after the convention ends. >> dan ama all right. julian, thank you so much. and kamala harris to be the first and abc seven originals documentary details harris's journey from

her childhood in the bay area to her formative years at howard university, then her rise to political prominence in san francisco, the state of california, and the senate. it is available to stream on demand on the abc seven bay area app. >> president biden plans to return to the campaign trail next week after he's recovered from covid. that's despite tv ads calling on biden to pass the torch and more congressional democrats joining the chorus of leaders calling on the president to drop out of the race. here in the bay area, those calls are getting louder as well. abc seven news reporter cornell bernard has that part of our coverage. >> the message is we need to beat donald trump full stop >> south bay democratic congresswoman zoe lofgren says her party needs a strong candidate to defeat trump in november. >> but president biden isn't that person. >> i'm concerned from the data that president biden will fall short of that. >> lofgren wrote this letter to the president urging him to withdraw from the race, abc news

reports. she became the 31st congressional democrat to call on biden to end his campaign. >> i've asked him to step aside for a candidate who would have a better chance of beating donald trump, but in the end, it's president biden's decision. >> lofgren says she's not ready to endorse vice president kamala harris or say, who should succeed the president? should he drop out north bay congressman jared huffman, joining the call signing this letter urging biden to leave the race, which says in part, we believe the most responsible and patriotic thing you can do in this moment is to step aside as our nominee while continuing to lead our party from the white house. democrats have a deep and talented bench of younger leaders, led by vice president kamala harris, who you have lifted up, empowered and prepared for this moment. passing the torch would fundamentally change the trajectory of the campaign, huffman declined. our request for an interview. >> we'd like to stay away from the drama and work on specifics. in terms of issues, ruth carter

is working at marin county's democratic party headquarters. >> she admits tuning out the drama has been challenging in a presidential race. with so many what ifs, we are very concerned about the future here. >> if, the democratic party does not prevail in in november, it's time to pass the torch and let us choose a new nominee, one who can bring new energy, new hope. >> now, a political action committee called pass the torch, producing these ads urging biden to leave the 2024 race. >> so please be the leader. we know you are. pass the torch, joe. >> pass the torch in marin county. cornell bernard abc seven news. >> donald trump will hold a rally tomorrow, exactly one week after the rally, where he was nearly assassinated. and we've learned a lot more about the moments leading up to the shooting. it suggests there were opportunities to stop thomas crooks, but doesn't reveal whether concerns about him were sent to the secret service. newly obtained photos show him looking at news feeds before the incident. crooks was first

spotted by a local swat team member at 5:10 p.m. last saturday. four minutes later, his photo was taken by a member of the sniper of a sniper team at 532. a sniper noticed crooks had a rangefinder nine minutes after he was spotted, quote, lurking around a building. around 6 p.m, police requested more information about his whereabouts. police began to move in on him six minutes later, at 612, shots were fired, police confirmed crooks was dead just after 630. >> the funeral today for cory carpenter, the spectator killed at the rally. the 50 year old was a firefighter, as you've heard, who died shielding his family from bullets. trump had competitors firefighting helmet and jacket on stage with him during his speech at the rnc last night. he even kissed the fire suit. at one point, two spectators were shot and injured 57 year old david dutch and 74 year old james copenhaver. at last check they are still hospitalized, but they are

recovering. you can find live updates on the attempted assassination of former president trump on the abc seven bay area app, and on our websit, abc seven news.com. >> all right, we need to get to our weather because it is getting a bit intense. >> it is not only uncomfortable coming in the next few days, but spencer dangerous. >> yeah that is true. the heat has been uh- almost dangerous. yes, but it's subsiding a little bit right now and we're going to get into something other than a danger zone with a nice cooldown this weekend. so here's a look at what's been happening. uh- potentially dangerous heat from this high pressure dome that has been sitting over the four corners area of the southwest for several days. it's nudging to the east just a little bit now because of a trough of low pressure, giving it a little bit of a push. and that's why we have a cooldown coming our way. but it's only going to be a brief cooldown as that high pressure ridge is going to reassert itself. right now, we've got some pretty strong winds, gusts up to 25 to 32mph across much of the bay area, especially near the coastline,

and those gusts are likely to get even stronger as we get into the weekend. still, though, quite warm around the bay area, you can see on the 24 hour temperature change, a graphic that locations many of them are eight to about 13 degrees warmer right now than at this time yesterday. 21 degrees warmer right now in santa rosa than at this time yesterday. here's a view on the blue skies from the sutro tower camera looking out over san francisco where it's 70 degrees right now. oakland 7780 at hayward, 90 at san jose, redwood city, 95 degrees and 63 at half moon bay. clear view from mount tam looking down onto the base 105 degrees right now at santa rosa. 84 petaluma 94, in napa, 100 to 101 at concord and fairfield, 98 at livermore. and now we'll take a look at our forecast headlines. this triple digit heat having its last hurrah today and hurrah to that. but over the weekend we the heat will ease briefly. but very briefly, because starting early next week, the excessive heat will return. now we still have our heat advisory in effect, which has been in effect the

last couple of days until 11:00 tonight. that's for all locations away from the coast and the bay. and even under this declining heat, there's still an elevated risk of heat related illnesses overnight. look for low temperatures under partly cloudy to mostly clear skies, generally in the upper 50s to low 60s. in fact, more low 60s than 50. so it's going to be quite mild because that early evening heat is going to continue into the late evening hours and keep the low temperatures from dropping very low highs tomorrow. well cooling down only low 60s at the coast, 69 here in san francisco, mid 70s for the most part around the bay shoreline. many inland areas. north bay to east bay to south bay that had highs at or above 100 degrees today. we'll see highs only in the low to mid 90s tomorrow. in fact, many locations in the south bay will see highs only in the 80s. here's the accuweather seven day forecast. the cooling, which begins tomorrow, will continue on sunday with temperatures dropping into a more seasonal range, mainly mid to upper 80s

inland and low 70s around the bay shoreline. but look at the heat wave next week and we call it can call this a heat wave now because it will be three or more consecutive days of temperatures ten or more degrees above average. we'll have lots of triple digits all through the week in our inland areas next week. >> is that the threshold? three days? >> that's basically it. three or more days. consecutive days of ten degrees or more above average. >> okay. all right. we're in it. thank you. spencer. >> all right. when crowdstrike went down, the world noticed. and that includes investors

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this week, the s&p and nasdaq saw their biggest losses since april, and the indices were down in today's trading. the dow lost another 377 points, but was up overall for the week. trading appeared not to be impacted by that massive tech outage that disrupted air travel, hospitals and 9-1-1 services today. stock in crowdstrike plummeted more than 11, and we will continue to follow every development with this crowdstrike software outage here on air and online. find the latest at abc seven news.com. >> you may be responsible for getting a break at the gas pump. if you notice prices. triple a says demand is down and gas

prices are down. nationally, $0.04 in a week. the national average is $3.50 a gallon. california has the most expensive gas, no surprise in the united states at 470, and it's more than in parts of the bay area. san francisco averages 486 per gallon. a month ago, it was $5. oakland drivers pay for 75 on average. right now in san jose, it's down to 466. well, the new oakland to alameda water shuttle is back in business after it was forced to stop service the same day it launched. abc seven news was there when the free shuttle made its debut wednesday morning, but it wasn't able to complete all of its scheduled runs because of a mechanical issue. there were no rides yesterday, but the problem was fixed in time for service between oakland's jack london square and alameda landing to resume this morning. >> coming up next, plans and pushback here. how one san francisco mayoral candidate addresses criticism that he's not doing enough to add housing.

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the first in the state to implement a new law allowing the sale of adus. >> accessory dwelling units are small homes often built in backyards. a new law passed in january allows adus to be sold separately from the main house. >> abc seven news reporter suzanne fawn has details now on this path to affordable home ownership. >> people are surprised at how small of a footprint you actually need for an adu. >> dan kiernan built his 500 square foot adu behind his five bedroom home back in 2021. he says everyone who's rented his place loves it for the space high ceilings, 15ft. >> there's a contained bedroom, kitchen, bathroom. >> now, instead of renting out the adu, he can actually sell it like a condo. >> it opens the door for homeownership. >> we are in a huge housing

shortage all over california. we are trying to desperately catch up and find a way to build more housing. >> right now, many cities allow for adus, which are a lot like backyard cottages or in-law units or casitas. san jose has received twice as many adu applications as oakland, and four times as many as san francisco. in january, assemblyman phil ting's bill ab 1033 became law allowing property owners to sell their adus like condominiums separate from their home. cities have to go one step further and adopt an ordinance to allow for that law to take effect. other cities like berkeley are trying to adopt the ordinance, but san jose stepped up first this week. >> san jose became the first city in california to implement ab 1033. >> san jose mayor matt mehan says this is a big win for his city. >> it has created accessible homeownership, particularly for young people, for people aging out of their larger homes on a fixed income. and it becomes a

source of revenue. >> mayor mehan says this couldn't have come at a better time. >> silicon valley has added about six jobs for every one new home that we've built, and the new homes that we are building are slow to build and they're expensive, and this creates a much more accessible form of home ownership. >> kiernan already has a buyer in mind for his adu, his in-laws in sacramento have been wanting to move to the bay area for a while now, but haven't been able to afford it, he says. now they can buy a home in san jose and be super close to family in san jose. suzanne vaughn, abc seven news. >> and suzanne mentioned berkeley. it might be the next bay area city to opt in to the state law allowing people to buy an adu in may, berkeley city council unanimously approved moving a proposal forward. it will head to the planning department. the council member who wrote the measure hopes it will come back to the council for final approval within a year. >> we're wrapping up a week of conversations with all five major candidates for san francisco mayor. >> today we spoke with board of supervisors president aaron

peskin. he supports more community policing and more oversight of police surveillance. peskin answered criticism that he's stood in the way of new housing construction. >> i have actually authorized in my 24 years since i was first elected, more housing than all of the other candidates combined all over this city, but we did it with neighborhoods. when we rezoned the eastern neighborhoods, we went to those neighborhoods and those leaders and asked them what they wanted, and they wanted parks and playgrounds for their kids and child care centers. and we built that into the plan more recently. it's really been the city and mayor breed against those neighborhoods, not listening to them, not incorporating their plans. when i first became a supervisor, we got three of those parcels that were the former embarcadero freeway parcels, and i insisted that they be affordable housing. that's exactly what i'll do as mayor, we interviewed the top five san francisco mayoral

candidates this week, and we've posted all of those conversations on our website. >> just go to abc7 news.com, and in september, abc7 news and the san francisco standard will join forces to co-host a live debate with the top candidates. watch it live. on september 25th at 6 p.m. >> wall street journal reporter evan gershkovich was sentenced to 16 years in a russian prison camp. today, the 32 year old american old american was convicted in a closed door trial that lasted just three days. russia claims he worked for the cia but provided no evidence. he pleaded not guilty and waved as he left the courtroom. he has been held in russian detention for 15 months since his arrest. on a reporting trip. >> this whole legal process is a sham for evan, he is being wrongfully detained. he did nothing wrong. >> the kremlin has seized several americans as hostages, among them wnba star brittney griner, freed last year in a

prisoner exchange. russia has said it wants a prisoner swap for gershkovich. >> coming up here, one of the most unique science summer camps in the world is wrapping up, and it's right in our backyard. you're going to meet the kids who spent a week at stanford's national accelerator laboratory. stay with us

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endangered red panda. she was transferred here from the memphis zoo, bringing her to san francisco as part of the zoo's focus on investing in asian conservation. little mebo joins two other red pandas in their treehouse sanctuary at the zoo's youth exploration zone. welcome. and we're getting a new look at the two giant pandas now living at the san diego zoo. the zoo shared this video of the pandas. this one is four year old yun xuan. and this is sin bao. they will make their public debut on thursday, august 8th. they are the first pandas to enter the u.s. in 21 years. >> well, an incredible one week experience just wrapped up for some local kids. they got to spend time at one of the most advanced laboratories anywhere

in the world. really, an unforgettable experience. not just for the students, but for the scientists and staff. here's abc seven news reporter zach fuentes, >> we're making our presentations. i finished mine. >> it's a big day for these students. capping off a week at one of the most unique science summer camps in the world. it wasn't spent in a school or typical classroom, but at slack national accelerator laboratory, this is one of the most advance, you know, laboratories in the world. >> the highest powered x ray free electron laser over two miles long. >> and for one week, these middle schoolers from a middle school in oakland got to see advanced technology at work by the people who create, operate, and use it. >> this is a fun program to come to because it's a hands on experience where you get to experiment and make your own science projects. >> and it's not just the students having fun. >> the students are interacting directly with scientists, engineers, mission support staff. >> since 2016, slac's core science institute has exposed

students to the science, technology, engineering and mathematics that drives the work done at the department of energy's lab. >> so the core science institute is started by our core employee resource group, our community of outreach, recruitment and engagement of cultural minorities here at slack and for free. >> these students have been able to participate transportation from oakland to slack and back included. >> it's always challenging to engage students of the middle school age in something that's not playing outside during the summer, so we're really proud to see them working on their projects, asking questions about the accelerator, interviewing scientists, engineers and other slack staff throughout the week. >> organizers tell me it takes about eight months to put this one week program together, but the students here continue to get resources and connections even after this week is over. >> we make sure to make ourselves available after this camp. if they want to communicate for letters of recommendation, if they want to come bring their family to the accelerator for a tour. >> and though this year's program is wrapped, the inspiration continues.

>> it was very amazing how they perform their craft and i felt like i wanted to be a scientist sometime in menlo park, zach fuentes, abc seven news. >> we have hotter temperatures today before we get some relief this weekend, but be prepared for more warm weather next week. spencer shows you the seven day forecast next. also ahead. >> ooh, that sound the danger from deadly snake bites and a bay area breakthrough that could soon save thousands of lives a power outage is looming. that's just alert, he's always getting worked up about something. flex alerts notify us of preventable power outages. that way we always know when to help stop one. ok flex, just drop some knowledge on me again.

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try one today. the world. >> and it's happening right here in the bay area. abc seven news weather anchor spencer christian is here with those details. spencer. okay. >> well, researchers from the academy of sciences encounter exotic creatures from all over the world. sometimes beautiful, sometimes deadly. now, one researcher is testing a way to make those encounters safer. rattlesnakes are always lurking in the collective imagination here in california. but for researchers at the california academy of sciences, rattlesnakes are just one of hundreds of venomous snakes one

might encounter in jungles and deserts around the world. >> yeah, this is a mamba kenya. >> as manager of the academy's herpetology collection, lauren sheinberg has seen just about everything that slithers, including some of the deadliest snakes on the planet. those international expeditions have helped to build the collection into a world class resource for science. still, the danger remains real. several decades ago, an academy researcher died after a fatal bite in northern myanmar, and sheinberg says researchers take extreme caution when doing field work. >> i do i mean, it's good to stay vigilant. i'm always thinking about it and just being safe, as safe as i can be when i'm out there. >> but several years ago, fellow scientist and doctor matthew lewin thought maybe he could help make their work even safer. after returning from an expedition to the philippines, he set out to discover what could be described as a versatile venom blocker, a drug that could potentially save lives around the world.

>> i had this idea. wouldn't it be nice if you had an antidote to snake bite that you could take in the field? because 75% of the deaths from snake bite occur prior to the patient getting to the hospital, and not unlike the snakes he studies, lewin's path took unexpected twists and turns. >> he wanted to look at existing medications, but needed to identify a target the drug could work on. he eventually zeroed in on a specific toxic element in snake venom, known as spla2. >> 95% of the world's snakes use a toxin called spla2, and so because you see it in snakes from africa, asia, north america, australia, you could imagine that this is a very important toxin to the snakes. >> after some trial and error, lewin identified an anti-inflammation drug that he believed could potentially interrupt this key venom toxin. >> so this is what the drug looks like in its raw form. >> lewin's team has secured fda approval for clinical trials. data from those trials are still

being evaluated, but show early promise with real snakebite victims in hospital settings where the drug has been tested so far. if the drug is ultimately approved, lewin believes it could fulfill its original goal reaching people who need it. most. >> people who will benefit most from this will be the people who actually can afford it. the least 98% of the world's victims of snakebite live in poverty, a global effort also helping fellow academy scientists continue research around the world. >> we still have an active field program. collections are still something that are alive and thriving. >> there are antivenoms available now, but they typically have to be refrigerated and given through an injection in a hospital setting, and they tend to be species specific. so this would be a big advance if it's available in remote areas around the world. now, we'll take a look at our weather and it's still hot. as a matter of fact, we still have a heat advisory in effect for most of the bay area. all locations away from the coast and bay until 11:00 tonight. so that heat, that

intense heat, we had today is going to linger into the evening hours. so there is still an increased risk of heat related illness if you are exposed to this kind of heat uh- tomorrow, things will start cooling down. it will be a much more comfortable day than today. locations that had temperatures around 102 104 today will be around 92 to 94 tomorrow. so that's a significant drop. and then on sunday, rather it will drop even lower. the temperatures will so looking at the accuweather seven day forecast, you can expect uh- inland highs to be mainly in the mid to upper 80s on sunday. low 70s around the bay shoreline. then monday the heat returns. in fact, the triple digit heat starts again on monday, continues all the way through thursday before we see temperatures dropping next friday in our inland areas out of that triple digit range. so we've got some pretty intense heat coming our way. we just need to be cautious for sure. >> thank you. spencer okay. all right. >> heating up like women's basketball, right. >> red hot. yes. >> i mean, this is the time women's basketball has really exploded in the past couple of

years. sabrina ionescu out of walnut creek fired up about playing in the wnba all star game tomorrow night. and representing team usa in paris. that's next in spo

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place rockies. good time to start stacking up some wins in denver. the guys rocking the giant stache slash beard top of the first kyle harrison on the mound. ryan mcmahon grounds to matt chapman. chappy the pirouette to throw him out at first. some great defense there. this would be the opposite of great defense. thairo estrada to left. shawn bouchard goes oh lay face plant. two run scores on what the official scorer called a two run triple. that was generous. right now the giants are leading three. nothing they've just gone to the fifth and the a's are playing the angels tonight. second round of the open championship. from a really windy royal troon shot of the day jon rahm on nine pitching from about 50 yards out. and one of the things that's great about the open is you play different shots around the green and look at it just roll roll, roll and into the cup rahm with a 70. he's plus one after two rounds tiger woods. look he did not have many highlights the past couple of days. this was one a birdie on six. but he's plus 14. and missed the cut. this is the championship that england's justin rose has always wanted.

the most deep birdie putt on 18. rose only two back at five under par. world number one scottie scheffler. he's hanging around 30 foot putt on 14 for birdie. draino he's tied for fourth at two under. your leader is shane lowry. nice wedge on four leading to a birdie in fact almost hold it out for an eagle. and lowry would finish up on 18 with a long birdie putt. a lot of good putting today. lowry the 2019 open champion with rounds of 66 and 69. he's seven under par two ahead heading to the weekend. let's talk hoops kevin durant was finally able to practice with team usa today. he's been nursing a calf injury. and the last time kd was nursing a calf injury we know how that turned out. it was a disaster. durant questionable for tomorrow night's olympic tuneup game against south sudan. and he's excited to be back playing alongside steph curry. >> just a great guy to be in the locker room with. team first player. so, i meshed well with

those type of guys. exciting times. at the point in his career with this is probably the last thing he wants to check off, on the resume. so his energy is very, very high. and just to be around that, it's pretty cool. >> the wnba all star game is tomorrow in phoenix. in fact, you can watch it right here on abc seven with coverage starting at 5 p.m. tip off at 530. the format is interesting. it's team usa against the wnba all stars walnut creek. sabrina ionescu was on team usa, the star of the new york liberty. excited about tomorrow night to be able to just see it come to life. >> i think because i'm in it, i can't really see how, you know, big in the gravity that it has. i think it'll be competitive for sure. yeah as it should be. >> i think, you know, obviously team usa is prepping to win a gold medal, and our job is to kind of help them, you know, prepare in the best way possible. so, i expect it to be pretty competitive. yeah, >> that it will be sports on abc seven, sponsored by smart and final. caitlin clark and sabrina have elevated the women's game.

they just got a new television deal. it'll be worth $2 billion over 11 years. yes. now that's low compared to what the guys are getting. but it's progress. but it's it is progress. and you can see more eyeballs on the game now and it's you know, largely caitlin and sabrina that are leading the way. there's other lot there's a lot of great players in the league. >> but they're the big stars. >> but and now you know the players will not have to go to europe in order to make enough money to survive. so that's that's really important. it's a it's a step in the right direction. >> it's sort of it's self-fulfilling sort of accelerates this interest. absolutely. get more interest. >> absolutely. yeah. >> thank you larry. all right. well tonight on abc seven at eight. it is jeopardy masters that's followed at nine by 2020. then stay with us for abc seven news at 11. remember that abc seven news is streaming 24 seven. get the abc seven bay area app so you can join us whenever you want, wherever you are. >> finally, this friday, a few thoughts about what really matters. the headlines this week are rightly focused on the political futures of joe biden

and donald trump, and of course, the future of our country. but for a moment, i'd like to focus not on politics and the powerful, but on everyday americans and the kind of grassroots work that makes this country so great. on sunday, thousands of caring people will gather once again at robin williams meadows in golden gate park for aids walk. abc seven is a very proud and long time sponsor of this important effort to prevent hiv and aids, and help those who are living with the disease. when the first cases of aids began to emerge in the early 80s, it was spoken about in hushed tones. 5 or 6 years later, the fight against it became much more public. but the unjust stigma lingered. thankfully, that's largely changed these days. but it still exists, and so does the disease. even though it no longer grabs the headlines in the same way that it once did. but that does not stop all of those beautiful people who come together in kindness and caring. on sunday.

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