thanks for joining us. >> i'm larry beil and i'm kristen sze. now we won't see one again for decades. so you didn't want to miss it. millions of people look toward the sky today to witness the rare cosmic phenomenon. this was the view in the path of totality. mazatlan mexico, was the first north american city to go dark as the moon passed in front of the sun. from there, the eclipse moved on to texas, oklahoma, indiana, ohio, pennsylvania, and eventually up to canada. >> the total solar eclipse spanned 15 states, plunging areas into darkness for about four minutes. as you can see right here, it's considered the largest mass travel event in the u.s. so far this year, with millions wanting to catch a glimpse. >> and there it is, complete totality. >> amazingly beautiful. once in a lifetime. >> this is an amazing, magical experience. there is nothing like it. i mean, you feel like it's other worldly.

>> you can really feel the energy and the passion that everybody had. the event drew so much excitement and curiosity, partly because the next total solar eclipse seen over the u.s. as christine mentioned, won't be until august of 2044. that's according to nasa. >> well, there were watch parties all over the bay area enjoying the perspective from here at home, even though it was partial. you can see the crowds here from our abc seven roof camera all taking it in from the exploratorium. that's where abc7 news reporter cornell bernard was camped out to get a glimpse. i'm here for the eclipse. >> it's so exciting. >> ing a celestial watch party at the exploratorium. everyone looking up, doing some play by play. >> if you turn it, turn your head this way. it looks like the pieces in an apple is bit bit in, bit into the apple. >> what's it look like to you? >> it looks like a big orange. >> i had no idea we would see this much of it here. it's so cool. >> the bay area experiencing a

partial eclipse during the 11 a.m. hour, but the excitement was near totality. >> it's sad we don't get to see the total eclipse, but 40% is still fantastic to me. >> it's crazy because you're looking at two giant objects in the sky, like in space out there, and it makes you feel like one big community. >> you know, right now the sun kind of looks like an upside down pac-man safety glasses. the only way to view the eclipse. and, you know, these were so popular the exploratorium store sold out of them. >> they ran out of glasses, and everyone wants to take a look. and i feel like they deserve that, right? >> many without glasses got creative watching it. clip shadows with calendars from home and reflections from mirrors by making the mirror smaller, by blocking part of it with my hand, we're able to get a small image of the eclipsed sun on the wall and you can really hear the crowd inside. the crowd was watching live nasa coverage from texas and the midwest. carla duke was feeling the moment, so i'm just grateful to be here. >> it's a blessing. it's a

miracle. it's a miracle. god's creation, the exploratorium's ken finn is happy that eclipse interest is totally over the moon. >> so many people turning out to be curious to share the experience together, to safely look at the sun, to watch that moon move in front of the pathway of the sun's light, and really delight in the fact that we're part of this big cosmic clock here in our solar system, in san francisco. >> cornell, bernard. abc seven news. >> the spectacular show had people on the move to catch a view. it actually caused some travel disruptions. traffic was backed up across new hampshire this morning as people tried to find a place to watch the total solar eclipse. roads and highways and several states including texas, ohio, illinois, michigan, indiana and vermont were impacted by eclipse traffic. the faa actually advised pilots to carry extra fuel in the event that they were rerouted. due to heavy volume in the eclipse zones. some airlines offered flights to give people a view of the eclipse from the

air, which is pretty cool. the faa reporting ground stops that briefly halted arrivals into some small airports from vermont to illinois. travel for the eclipse and spring break led to the faa issuing a travel warning from sunday night until wednesday. well the bay area is lucky to have so many observatories to act as premier lookout spots. >> abc seven news reporter zach fuentes went to the foothill observatory in los altos and has more on why people there say they got more than just an incredible view of the eclipse. >> oh, it's not full, but it's still very beautiful. >> a large crowd of people with all different types of viewing gear came together in los altos to see the partial solar eclipse. >> i think it's really, really cool because this only happens like every 2015 years. >> this young girl was brought by her dad to the foothill observatory to view the celestial spectacle. a moment they've spent time preparing for looking at youtube videos and teaching them like, what is solar eclipse? >> how does it really happen? >> well, plenty of kids were at this viewing event. many adults couldn't help also taking in the

eclipse with childlike wonder. >> there's so many different things in the celestial realm that that occur that you know, we're not really fully understanding. and so if you have an opportunity to see it and maybe ponder about that and maybe add to the collective consciousness about what's going on, that's that probably helps, you know, to further our understanding. >> the peninsula astronomical society helped host this event, welcoming people to check out telescopes inside the observatory and out. >> we are actually able to have light come through and project onto a card so that we can actually see the eclipse with our naked eye. >> this man had his own telescope recording a time lapse video of the eclipse he plans to share with others. they can't facilitate. >> everybody at the observatory. so i just set up here and do my own little private tutoring sessions. >> and though we didn't get that total eclipse view here in the bay area, most who came here to see the partial eclipse say that we still got something extremely meaningful. >> we are here actually sharing space together. so the same

space that we as astronauts look back from and we see no borders on this planet. here we are actually living that moment where we're all together, looking up in unison, in unity with humanity. and there are no borders between us in los altos. >> zach fuentes, abc seven news. >> that's a deep that was a really cool point, actually. >> as we bring in abc seven news, weather anchor spencer christian, and just to have everybody share in it, spencer is really wonderful because we don't get that many experiences like this. you know, you're right about that. >> and i got a little peek. fortunately, at the peak of the eclipse and which occurred during the 11:00 hour. and we've been so fortunate here because skies have been clear all day long, and they still are. so here's a just a quick look at the eclipse viewing. it's behind us now, but it's worth looking back because it was such a memorable event. and in every direction you look, we've got blue sky today. so viewing conditions you could say eclipsed our expectations. so move along and take a look at what's coming. our way next.

looking ahead, we've got some interesting weather developing midweek and later in the week, wednesday, thursday we're going to have some very warm, almost summer like warmth with high temperatures in the low 80s inland and up to about 80 degrees, and some bay shore locations. but then on friday, temperatures are going to plummet by 10 to 14 degrees from the high temperatures on thursday, and we expect some rain coming in on saturday, if not on thursday night. so i'll give you a closer look at this a little bit later with the accuweather seven day forecast. kristen, all right, spencer, thanks so much. >> well, today's eclipse is an opportunity for scientists to conduct research in many different areas. and some researchers are focusing on the behavior of animals. >> it's really incredible. you know, we're basing a lot of this research that we're doing on written reports from the 1500s. so this is a this isn't a frequent event. right? so this is a slow build. and we're just here in the right time at the right place to provide some information during a solar eclipse, daytime animals usually quiet down and nocturnal animals

begin to emerge. >> researchers also observed the effect of the 2017 eclipse on animal behavior. they noted changes in mating habits and anxiety levels. now if you didn't get a chance to look up or want to see some of the watch parties around the country and world, we have it all for you. our complete coverage is online at abc seven news.com or wherever you stream abc seven news. >> all right, moving on to some other news. you probably saw it if you drove over the bay bridge today or yesterday. sky seven picked up the skid marks left behind from an early morning sideshow that took place over the weekend. as abc seven news reporter leslie brinkley explains, law enforcement agencies from all over the bay area have been flooded with calls about the sideshow. >> these are the skid marks on the bay bridge as you approach treasure island on the upper deck, as seen from sky seven today. they're from a sideshow that materialized on the bridge early sunday. additional units were called and dispersed the

crowd within 20 minutes, allowing traffic to flow again on the upper deck. >> they determined at least 100 vehicles were possibly involved in the sideshow activity. >> chp got the call at 3:17 a.m. >> four individuals were detained uh, two of them which were cited, for aiding and abetting in the sideshow activity. those two individuals were determined to be juveniles and the other two, persons who were detained were arrested at the scene. >> sideshow activity kicked off the night at 11 p.m. saturday in menlo park on willow road, with vehicles doing donuts and spectators blocking the intersection. police broke up the activity, then, at 11:20 p.m, a sideshow materialized at stanford and chp responded. >> this location was at coyote hill road and page mill road, we did not have any arrests at that time, just activating their lights and sirens to disperse

everybody out of that area by midnight. >> a sideshow was filmed in mountain view on middlefield road, one woman was reportedly injured by a car there, but mountain view police did not respond to requests to confirm the accident. by 2 a.m. sunday, a sideshow popped up on international boulevard in oakland with 100 vehicles and dozens of spectators. police shut it down, only to have another sideshow on park boulevard at 2:45 a.m. it two was shut down. 30 minutes later, there was the bay bridge sideshow, chp, and various police agencies are investigating any possible connections. i'm leslie brinkley, abc seven news. >> we could have a decision this week on a possible name change for oakland international airport. the port of oakland, which operates the airport, plans to vote on it thursday. the proposal is to change the name to san francisco bay

oakland international airport. port officials say the change will put oakland on the map for travelers, but san francisco officials are hitting back, threatening to sue over trademark infringement involving sfo's name. san francisco international airport. >> we've had these trademarks for so long that they're incontestable under federal law, and so from our perspective, if oakland chooses to move forward with its proposal, we will have no choice but to pursue legal action to prevent the misuse of our trademarks. >> well, the port of oakland sent us a statement saying the change would, quote, clarify, not confuse, and would help identify where the airport is actually located, which is on the san francisco bay. >> well, another close call, as you see the statement there from the oakland airport officials, another close call with a cargo ship, this time right outside new york city. >> the latest with this narrow miss, only two weeks after that bridge collapsed in baltimore. >> plus power to the people. the

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think about the sun, earth and moon and their cycles and it just kind of puts a thumbtack in of special experience s that we don't think of in our day to day lives. >> yeah. bunch of people actually got married during the eclipse, which is very cool. ben burris there. chabot space and science astronomer nicely summing up the feelings on this day. now, in case you missed the eclipse or you want to enjoy more of it because we only saw, you know, 34% or something like that here we have complete coverage at abc7 news.com. >> less than two weeks after that deadly baltimore bridge collapse, a close call in new york, an 89,000 ton cargo ship lost power in the new york harbor on friday. pictures show the vessel anchored close to the verrazano narrows bridge. three tugboats were escorting the ship and were able to tow it until it regained power. officials say it's a reminder for bridge engineers nationwide to be on alert >> and rethink what you have and make sure that all the

inspections and all the uh- studies have been made for the individual bridges themselves. >> well, the ship in new york was repaired over the weekend and then was allowed to continue on its journey. it's headed to norfolk, virginia. >> there's now a push at the federal level to give consumers a right to online privacy. the bipartisan proposal would require tech companies to gather only as much information as they really need to advertise specific products to consumers. it would ban the transfer of more sensitive info to third parties, unless permission is explicitly given. it would also allow users to opt out of targeted ads. >> recently, buying tickets to a concert or game has felt more like trying to win at an auction for luxury art. but now state lawmakers are taking on ticketmaster by increasing the competition. abc seven news reporter ryan curry spoke with people who say they've spent hundreds on tickets recently. >> oh yeah, you got dressing up

for a big concert or wearing your favorite team's gear live events are supposed to be so much fun, but attending one is not cheap, and lawmakers say they're getting more expensive. >> since ticketmaster and live nation were allowed to merge in 2010, ticket prices have gone up an astronomical 140. >> anybody want to talk about answer this question. >> how expensive are they? we went around walnut creek monday afternoon asking people chris stapleton in the grass crowded very back, almost 700 bucks. >> i've got friends that of course went recently to who's that? taylor swift. and they were thousands of dollars. it was ridiculous. a new bill introduced by east bay assemblywoman buffy wicks aims to bring those prices down. >> it would allow for more than one company to be the first to offer tickets for sale. right now. for many events, especially concerts, there is only one option. wicks thinks it would open up more competition and lower prices for consumers. >> ticketmaster controls 80% of the primary ticket sales in the

united states. this lack of competition or otherwise known as a monopoly, hurts consumers. >> you heard it from those people. hundreds of dollars spent on tickets. one couple we spoke with says it got so bad one time they didn't even want to deal with ticketmaster. they saw a show recently at the concord pavilion and said, hey, we're just going to wait in line at the box office. zach and juanita burris don't even think it's worth it to go buy tickets online. >> it took me 20 minutes. that was about it. yeah, it was nothing good. no fees. >> we bought there at the box office because we didn't want to go through the site's ticketmaster, said in a statement. >> we support reforms to improve ticketing, but ab 2808 will not do that. it will instead undermine the efforts of artists, sports teams and primary ticketing companies to minimize ticket scalping. but if you ask the people we spoke with, they say the prices of events are way too high and sell out fast. it's at the point where they won't buy them. >> you don't really have a choice and then when you go to a different service as stubhub or seatgeek, the fees get even

higher in the east bay. >> ryan curry, abc seven news. >> all right, turning to the forecast. and for people that missed the eclipse, you have some research that they. >> well you have options. yes okay. you have to go farther away. but you can go to australia in 2028 or 2030. you can go to iceland and spain 2026. now i feel like i want to catch catch the wave and enjoy what everybody else enjoyed. >> yeah, spencer, there's almost too many of them now. >> now how about the 1 in 2045? oh my. >> yes, redding, here we come. >> i might take the day off for that one. >> that's no days off. >> spencer, look at today's weather. we've got high pressure , the controlling factor in our weather right now. and of course, we've got clear skies and breezy conditions, a nice onshore flow, brisk one with wind speeds up to 20 to 25mph, especially near the coastline. but despite the strong wind, we have quite a warm up from yesterday at this time. up to 12 degrees warmer at napa right now

than at this time yesterday. looking at blue sky over the golden gate, current temperature readings 61 here in the city, mid 60s at oakland, hayward and san mateo, 71 at san jose. blue sky looking down onto the bay from mount tam. the temperature readings right now 73 at santa rosa, in fact. excuse me. also low 70s at napa, fairfield, concord and livermore. let's check out our forecast headlines . and we have a major warming trend underway right now for the next three days. the warming will peak on wednesday and thursday, when it will feel almost summer like. but at the end of the week, be prepared for a sharp drop in temperatures, with rain arriving as well. with that colder air overnight. mainly clear skies. low temperatures in the mid to upper 40s. highs tomorrow on the mild side. once again even milder than today with some upper 70s to near 80 inland. mid 70s around the bay shoreline and low 60s on the coast. and here is the accuweather seven day forecast wednesday and thursday. high temperatures in the low 80s inland, getting close to the 80 degree mark around the bay

shoreline and some of the warmer locations mid to upper 60s on the coast. then on friday, high temperatures drop about 12 to 14 degrees as clouds arrive. cold showers of the level one storm on saturday, then partly cloudy sunday and beginning to warm up a little bit next monday. but if you love the warmth, wednesday and thursday are your days to enjoy. >> it's like summer keeps teasing us. you know. or or spring if you. i mean, who knows where we are here, but you get a couple of days of nice warm weather and then i know, but spring is kind of like that, right? >> yeah, it can be. >> yeah, it can be. certainly the sharp changes in in patterns in the spring. >> yeah. mother nature, just like the rest of us. we like to play with you, mother nature is undefeated. >> yes. yeah, yeah. >> that's right. >> thanks, spencer. the trouble with taxis in san francisco. there's one glaring issue with them that no one seems to want to address. >> plus, president biden's new strategy for wiping out student debt could wind up saving you tens of

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even after the pandemic, if the closures of downtown businesses, along with fewer conventions and that's aggravated the situation even further. >> as part of building a better bay area, we want to focus on a forgotten group which gets little or no attention the taxi medallion owners. abc7 news reporter leah melendez is here with more on how they're coping or not.

>> taxi medallions look like a mini license plate once worth tens of thousands of dollars. like fool's gold. today, they are a nearly worthless investment. after ride sharing companies came online. >> then they took all our business and our our business is dead completely, 100. and we don't have any business. and most of the drivers leave the business, leave the taxi business because they don't make money. >> here's how it all started. sometime in the early 2000, before uber and lyft, the demand for more taxis grew in san francisco. so in 2009, then mayor gavin newsom, who had a fascination for his blackberry, came up with an idea. since the san francisco municipal transportation agency had a $129 million budget deficit back then, why not sell 700 taxi medallions for $250,000 a pop and bring needed revenue to sfmta? several years later, when

uber and lyft hit the streets, the medallions fell by the wayside. just like that, blackberry and i put 40 years into here, and now they're throwing us all out. hundreds of us taxi drivers who paid for their medallions had taken out loans. but with business down and a worthless medallion, many stopped paying, damaging their credit. >> it's safe to estimate that about 300 of those medallions sold through the program have been foreclosed on recently during an sfmta board hearing. >> taxi drivers suggested that the city bail them out. >> the right thing for the city to do now is to return all or most of the money to the medallion buyers. >> new york city taxi drivers suffered the same damaging consequences, but since 2022, new york has awarded $350 million in debt relief to those affected. san francisco has offered nothing. ibrar ahmed is one of those medallion owners

who dished out $250,000 today. he is still trying to pay off his loan while struggling to make ends meet. >> they don't think even we are human beings if they think they're spending $1 billion on homeless, they should give us some break on the medallion price >> all will be asked to start paying again. the yearly medallion fee, which was waived during the pandemic. now sfmta needs to balance its budget, and this would be one more source of revenue. so they're asking why. if new york can bail out the taxi drivers, why can't we in tough situation for these drivers that paid so much money? >> yeah, i mean i cannot believe just the timing of it spending so much. and then right after that boom uber lyft changes the whole industry. and now they're

stuck paying again. yeah it's unbelievable. >> thank you liane. thank you. all right. it's one of the key proposals to come out of the social justice movement in 2020. and it deserves a much deeper look. we're getting a full glimpse into california's case for reparations for black americans and how it might work if approved. plus, recognizing the roses, the long overdue honor being given out to

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we're not black, but we understand a little bit of what what's happened here through our own history for change to happen , it has to involve everybody. >> californians case for reparations looks at the amount of public support for reparations. and if there's the political will in sacramento to pass the legislation that is currently being considered. and with us now is abc seven race and social justice reporter julian glover. you produced the documentary and we saw an excerpt from and it's fantastic. i mean, every segment is just remarkable. but what do you have for us today? >> today we're looking at the successful push for redress for japanese americans. we're essentially answering the question, are reparations radical? so we know denouncing reparations for slavery and discriminatory policies. the folks that do that and call it radical, it's something that we hear often in the people who flat out reject the idea say, why should we do this? has this ever been done before? we have a look at the successful push for redress by those japanese

americans who were forced into internment camps during world war two? >> there's no equivalence between in four years in a concentration camp that our families, as japanese americans faced. but yet we do know something about exclusion and discrimination, tamaki's family doesn't just know something about discrimination. >> his family lived it. december 7th, 1941. the surprise japanese attack on american service members on a u.s. naval base. the bombs bursting in pearl harbor. but his parents felt the shock wave hundreds of miles away on the us mainland. it was a wave of fear and hysteria. his father, minoru and his mother iyo, both in their early 20s, who had become two of the more than 120,000 japanese americans forced out of their homes with minimal possessions, round up and sent to concentration camps as a wave of fear and hysteria blanketed the nation. my mother

was born in oakland, my father was born in san francisco, and they were among about 8000 japanese americans who were rounded up and put in tanforan racetrack, the racetrack in san bruno was surrounded by barbed wire and machine gun towers, and people were literally ordered out of their homes at gunpoint within a matter of weeks. the conditions were deplorable, their treatment unthinkable. >> my father was a student at the university of california, berkeley, and i was quite an achievement for someone who grew up poor in japantown. berkeley dutifully scrolled up his diploma and sent it to him. its address to tanforan assembly center, barrack 29, apartment eight, and barrack 29, apartment eight was a horse stall. >> that stall is where he would stay until he was moved to a

permanent concentration camp in topaz, utah. he would stay there until after world war two ended. >> after the war ended, they ended up returned to the very communities that exiled them. the first place. whether it's oakland, san francisco, los angeles, these other communities and like anybody, experience the trauma. they didn't talk about it. it was the next generation that began to ask questions. what happened? >> as a young attorney, tamaki was a part of that generation, asking that question along with another, what now? >> that began in the late 70s, and they were really spurred by the black civil rights movement to ask those questions. and so the movement began of inquiry. and 20 years following congress passed a bill, first creating a study commission to study this. and that commission led to ten nationwide hearings in which people testify for the first

time, i will not be heard by you as a representative of this government, ever. and many people who had experienced this didn't know each other's stories of what they had lost, the stories of loss, pain and struggle of japanese americans incarcerated for no reason other than their identity in many ways mirrors the testimony of black californians today. >> speaking to the state reparations task force that tamaki now sits on where congress has not shown the will to even study reparations, let alone do anything about it. >> this work is groundbreaking, a parallel not lost on him. i view that whole experience of japanese americans is really a subchapter in a racial pathology that actually began in 1619. and yes, a civil war ended enslavement. but the bias and the hatred morphed into other kinds of exclusion that

certainly put a target on the backs of black americans. but but other minority groups, including japanese americans, ended up in the crosshairs as well. from time to time, the push for redress for japanese americans led to president ronald reagan signing the civil liberties act into law in 1988. >> more than 40 years after world war two concluded. it gauaranteed $20,000 to every japanese american survivor who was incarcerated during the war, and eventually an apology. and now black californians have found allies in japanese americans who see the similarity in these movements as the state currently considers reparations for black californians. so we cover that and so much more ground in the documentary now streaming. >> there was so much commonality and common ground in the experiences in the solidarity back then that people don't know now. so i'm glad you're doing the piece and bringing that history up and how quickly we forget, you know, this movement, this push just 40 years ago. >> and here we are once again,

another push for some form of repair. yeah, yeah. >> you got to figure out where the money is going to come from, right. >> certainly. >> so yeah. thank you julian. appreciate it. you can get the full picture screen the documentary california's case for reparations, available right now at abc seven news.com. and wherever you stream abc seven news. >> now to the race for the white house. president biden today unveiled his new sweeping student loan debt forgiveness plan. >> it helps everyone, not just the people whose debt is relieved they buy homes, they start businesses, they contribute. >> the president's plan targets what's called runaway interest, canceling up to $20,000 for 25 million people who owe more than they borrowed. it also eliminates interest for borrowers making $120,000 or less. meantime, biden's presumptive challenger, donald trump, announced his stance on abortion today, saying he thinks those laws should be left to the states. >> the states will determine by vote or legislation, or perhaps both. many states will be different. many will have a

different number of weeks, or some will have more conservative than others. and that's what they will be. >> president biden responded by slamming trump, saying abortion should be a fundamental right for every american. a new poll on abortion found most women in states where it's banned want it to be legal. the kaiser family foundation poll comes almost two years after the supreme court overturned roe v wade. since then, abortion has been banned in 14 states and limited in 11 others. the poll found 1 in 7 women. they said they or someone they know has had trouble getting an abortion. >> coming up on abc seven news at four women's hoops, having a serious moment. new record ratings to prove it. and you know all about the eclipse. some celebrated by entering a lifelong vow. the four at good. when you've got type 2 diabetes like me, you have up to 4 times greater risk of stroke, heart attack or worse

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you heard this one before. there was an eclipse today. what? yeah, i know. shocking. nasa cameras captured the moment of the total solar eclipse in places that were in the path of totality. the moon fully covered the sun. very cool. here in the bay area, we got about 34% coverage. it kind of looked like somebody took a bite out of the sun. and since i missed it earlier, i feel like i'm more prepared right now. spencer, you

know what i mean. you put these things on, you can't see anything. no, i mean, literally zero. >> i mean, i tried to take a selfie of myself wearing them. bad idea. it was like a picture of my nose. >> can you post that, please? >> you do not want to see it. >> but, larry, the fact that it's so dark makes it safe for you to look toward. of course. >> of course. >> yeah. even if it's just a sliver, it's still so strong. right, spencer? >> yeah. that's true. that's why they make those glasses like that. >> i just didn't realize, like, how dark it really is. yeah, it's literally is, but safe. >> because what do we say? you can use it in 2028. in australia, 30 in australia we're going. right? right. are you making plans 2045. yeah. i mean i don't think we'll get it here until. well spencer is planning on the redding one. redding 2045. >> yes. i'll take that day off. yeah, yeah, i'll be 98. yes >> and he'll leave work and drive up and check. >> i love that you have all of this orchestrated for all of us. chris, kristen, spencer. >> maybe we can get you the day off in 2045. maybe. yeah. we'll

see. i might be talking off schedule at that time, talking to the bosses now. >> yeah, but don't want him slacking though. >> that's okay. he's got to work. >> okay, so some couples celebrated today as a total eclipse of the heart. oh, yeah. >> guy couldn't be happier. >> i love you, i love you. >> i thought we were going to hear the song. me too. right? in russellville, arkansas, 358 couples got married during the eclipse. the event was dubbed elope. at the eclipse, the mass wedding ended just before the skies above became briefly blackened. >> i love it, they were even sponsored. did you see a real estate company in that big balloon? they thought of everything. >> yeah. i love the way people plan special events around. i mean planned weddings and things like that around special events like this. it's kind of cool, actually. >> would you have preferred that they did the ceremony during the eclipse, or would that have taken away from the eclipse? good point. well, maybe too dark ceremonies can run pretty long. >> the eclipse? >> yeah, well that's true. and i

think you want to just watch it and soak it in. yeah. right. >> and then you could do i mean yeah, yeah. the vows could get very long. and then you miss the whole thing. >> right. >> lots of problems. >> yeah. yeah yes. you don't want that to be your first problem in your marriage. >> right. >> starting with the eclipse. right we knew a lot of people were going to watch yesterday's ncaa women's basketball championship game, but maybe not this many. this was a record 18.7 million viewers watched the south carolina gamecocks beat caitlin clark and the iowa hawkeyes largest audience for any any basketball game. men's women's college pro since the year 2019. and congratulate to south carolina on a perfect 38 and zero season. a lot of people were rooting for caitlin clark because she's been an amazing story. she'll be the number one pick in the wnba draft. but you know the cool thing spencer is, you know, women's sports in general being lifted up by these ladies who played so phenomenal and women's sports lifting all

of us up as a matter of fact. >> and then you love the tribute that south carolina's coach paid to caitlin clark. just unbelievable. it was i got all choked up. >> i absolutely love all of that. but maybe kristen, you agree with me. we got to talk about the money because clearly women's sports equals dollars. so maybe salaries will be rising for the wnba. i would love to see. >> i think that will happen now don't you think? like given the ratings and all this interest, larry, don't you think. >> i think to follow. yeah. >> no, i think there's this push to you're not going to get like equity. i mean lebron and steph and those people they're making $50 million a year i don't see that in the wnba. for now. the largest contract in the league is $250,000. they need to bump that up. and they certainly should. and more fans and more tv coverage will help that. and endorsement deals on the side. so, you know, the stars will be taken care of, but it needs to be much more equitable. yeah definitely. >> all right. a uk man is getting some much needed rest today after running the length of africa.

>> whoa. yeah. >> russ cooke reached the northernmost point of africa in tunisia yesterday, almost a year after he set off on his quest. the 27 year old covers some 10,000 miles across 16 countries and 352 days crossing jungle and desert, even swerving in swerving conflict zones. he had hoped to finish the trek in 240 days, running the equivalent of a marathon every day, but was delayed by theft, injury and get this theft visa problems? >> no. >> he raised nearly $900,000 for two charities. can you imagine you're running there and excuse me, can i see your visa, sir? >> or i'm about to get assaulted? or was it theft? >> how about stick him up? i'm going to take your backpack. i mean, come on. >> that's determination though. >> it's people. people yeah, but an amazing attempt. and the fact that he was able to do it reminds me of dean karnazes, who a lot of people know locally who for a time would run a marathon every day, which you just

wonder, the physiology. how is that even possible? >> that's what i was thinking about at various points along the way. he ran the equivalent of a marathon a day. >> unbelievable. >> and for a good cause. yeah, yeah. >> and to raise money also in dean's case, they did like video breakdown and showed that his foot pattern, he had like the perfect gait. >> so that's why he can do it. >> that's why. and he didn't otherwise you know we'd all be injured in like, you know, a mile. >> yeah. >> but if you're going to run a marathon a day, you may as well, like run a continent. i mean, why run insane route, right? practically see the world all right. >> take us home. are >> that'll do it for the

capital to receive a long overdue honor this morning, several of them departed sfo bound for washington on wednesday, they'll receive the congressional gold medal honoring them for their essential contributions to their efforts during world war two. >> it was 18. when you're 18, you could do anything and it was, you know, it was the thing to do. everybody that was able to eat was helping. we were trying to win the war. a kind of humbling because i'm represents the ones that have died and there are so many of them that, you know, missed being acknowledged. >> about 30 roses will be on hand for the ceremony, of

course, the rosie the riveter national historic park is in richmond, sitting on the shoreline where battleships were once made. >> it's wonderful that they're getting recognition as julian was saying, because we forget our history, even if it's recent history. a lot of times that happens these days. >> sometimes the kids never learn the history in the first place. that's >> yeah, that's a that's a whole other story. >> yes. >> yeah. but are they learning meteorology. that's the question i hope they are. >> and if they're not here's a lesson for you. here's what's coming our way. looking at the forecast at the forecast features or headlines here. the next three days major warming trend is coming our way. the warming will peak wednesday and thursday. temperatures will be at the summer-like level in the low 80s in some spots, but it will be short lived because at the end of the week, temperatures will tumble as rain starts to push into the bay area. so let's take a look at overnight conditions. clear skies overnight lows will be mainly in the mid to upper 40s. then tomorrow another sunny and even milder day than today with highs in the low to mid 60s at

the coast. low to mid 70s around the bay shoreline. upper 70s in our inland areas. and as we look at the maximum temperature trend wednesday, as i mentioned, highs in the low 80s inland near 80 degrees and some bay shoreline locations similar picture on thursday uh- the second. those two days will be the warmest days in the in the forecast period, but on friday, temperatures tumble by 1214 degrees in some spots. so a chilly day on friday. and then as you look at the accuweather seven day forecast, you see cold showers likely on saturday. in fact, the rain may actually begin late friday, but looks like saturday. a level one storm under chilly conditions and they will start to dry out and warm up just a little bit. going into early next week. larry and kristen. all right. >> thank you spencer. >> enjoy the next few days right. all right. coming up celebrating the conners. >> the reason behind the big party with a full cast ahead of a milestone episode on abc this week. >> this is abc 724 seven. >> in san francisco, live at levi's stadium in san jose.

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interrogation tapes. a special edition of 2020. and stay with us for abc seven news at 11. the beloved abc sitcom the conners is celebrating a major milestone this week. 100 episodes on the red carpet was on set for the party. reporter george pennacchio with our sister station in los angeles, has reaction from the cast. >> here's cake. >> of course, there is the sitcom the conners is turning 100. your life saver. >> i haven't eaten all day. >> full disclosure that was on somebody's plate. it just seemed impossible. and then, you know, another season. another season. and. and here we are. >> we got here quick. i mean, to me, it just just zipped by, and it's been fun. >> 100 episodes is, you know. no small feat nowadays. and so we're in our sixth season in order to accomplish that, i'm

bad with numbers. i guess, but i know 100 is good. it's thrilling, actually. it's because it's rare to. his girlfriend was breaking up with him before he had a chance to touch it. so it's salty. it's from his tears. >> heartbreak. swiss on rye. >> the series has been a staple of the abc comedy lineup since debuting in 2018, doing something like this once is the kind of stuff dreams are made of . >> not to sound cheesy, but it is. it's just just an embarrassment of riches to get this kind of experience twice with the people we love in los angeles, george pennacchio, abc seven news. >> tune in to the big 100th episode this wednesday at 8 p.m. right here on abc. and a reminder on this total, total solar eclipse today, if you didn't get a chance to look up or you want to see some of the watch parties around the country and the world, we have it all. our complete coverage is online

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