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now at 11... the president lashes out.. as the f-b-i raids his lawyer's hotel.. and office. tonight: y were after. now at 11:00, the president lashes out as the fbi raids his lawyer's hotel and office. tonight, what they were after. good evening, i'm ken bastida. >> i'm elizabeth cook. the president accused federal agents of breaking in even
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though they had warrants. >> andrea nakano reports this is the most recent scandal involving one of the believes t special council robert mueller's obstruction of justice in the investigation into donald trump. investigators are looking into the role of the 2016 election and a $130,000 payment he made to stormy daniels 12 days before the presidential election. the porn star claims it was hush money for an affair she had with the president in 2006, allegations mr. trump denies. do you know where she got the money? >> no, i don't know. >> reporter: over the years, cohen has been one of the president's most trusted legal and business advisors. the last time the fbi conducted a search like this, it led to the indictment of president trump's former campaign chairman, paul manafort. andrea nakano, kpix 5. facebook's ceo, mark zuckerberg, goes to washington to say i'm sorry. he will testify in front of the
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congressional hearing, on how they got their hands on personal data. kpix 5 katie nielsen on what to watch for. >> reporter: mark zuckerberg's testimony is expected to last for two days where he could get questions about past privacy breaches as well as regulations moving forward. but tech analysts worry this could be a sign of changing times in silicon valley. amid a sea of cameras and reporters, face -- facebook's ceo mark zuckerberg, trading his signature hoodie for a suit and tie as he met one on one with members of congress. >> reporter: if we don't do anything now, none of us will have any privacy anymore. >> reporter: he also met with dianne feinstein who has talked about regulating user data. >> there will have to be some controls. i said, you know, if you don't control your platform, we're
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going to have to do something about it. >> reporter: zuckerberg is taking steps to minimize the damage. in his prepared testimoniers he is expected to tell house lawmakers that he's responsible for what happens, "my top priority has always been our social commission of connecting people, building community, and bring ing the world closer together." but silicon valley tech analyst like russell hancock worry it's too little too late. >> reporter: these companies are so big and significant and so far reaching that there is a sense now. it's time for regular -- it's time for regulations. >> reporter: it could have a broad impact across silicon valley. we have never been doing things that have life or death attached to them. so this is bad. these are serious breaches. tomorrow, zuckerberg will appear before the senate judiciary and commerce committees. the next day he'll testify
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before the house energy and commerce committee. in menlo park, katie nielsen, kpix 5. >> you may have noticed a change to your facebook page. rolling out new features to help users manage their privacy. there are two new links. one tells you if it may have fallen into the consulting firm. in many cases, these apps could help you read your online activity. now you could find out what information they're sharing. >> going forward, apps that will connect with facebook, they could no longer see things like your religious views, political preferences, your relationship status. it can't go really deep and even see the videos you like videos -- you like. >> not all facebook users will see the changes at once.
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the rollout will happen overtime. san francisco police busted a million -- a multi-min dollar enterprise. the investigation stretches from san francisco to las vegas. >> reporter: san francisco police say the crime ring they just put out of business hit 60 homes over a three-month period. surveillance video shows one of the burglaries in progress. watch as an elderly homeowner opens up the garage just as a group of suspects began running out the front door. they jump in to a waiting vehicle. police describe them as serial burglars who broke into dozens of homes, in some cases where homes were still inside. >> we determined 11 firearms, hundreds of pieces of jewelry, u.s. and foreign currency, credit cards, passports, vehicle keys were stolen, valued at nearly $3 million. >> reporter: police say the criminals used as many as eight vehicles. most of which had fake paper
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license plates. the crimes in san francisco range from the bay view to engelside to the suspect. the suspects were found all over the bay area and beyond. >> in the last 90 days, we served several search and arrest warrants in san francisco. it happened in oakland, antioch, las vegas, and as early as last week in brentwood, california. some of the stolen weapons and properties were recovered. since the arrest, police report a 20% drop in home burglaries in the affected areas. joe vazquez, kpix 5. >> tonight, authorities say they are looking for another 16 additional suspects. tonight, san francisco police are also investigating two reported kidnappings in the span of two hours in the mission. the first happened around 1:00 a.m. around 20th street near shotwell. officers say four people dragged a 19-year-old woman into a car. she managed to escape, but thesuspects got away. two hours later near 19th and captious police say three people forced a 17-year-old
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girl into their car at gunpoint. she also managed to get away. police do not believe the kidnappings are related. hundreds of crime survivors from across the country gathered at the state capitol today. they were joined by some local state and national leaders to kick off national crime victims week. many are calling for action to prevent crime in their communities. governor brown will stand by the victims. >> california for many years has increasingly recognized the suffering, the experience that all families of murder victims have. and we have made a lot of progress. >> reporter: well not everyone agrees. demonstrators say too many criminals are being released from jail earlly . because of the loophole in the law -- early because of the loophole in the law. after several high-profile police shootings, california lawmakers want to restrict officers use of force.
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but tonight some bay area police chief say the proposed new law could put you at risk. here is kpix 5 christin ayers. >> step away from the gun. do not pick it up. >> reporter: the training simulation of fairfield police showed it was suppose to demonstrate how quickly officers must act when they believe a suspect is armed. >> the challenge that we have in this profession, we deal with rapidly evolving events. >> reporter: today police chiefs from 10 different departments told reporters that is why they're against proposed legislation that would restrict lethal force. allowing it only when necessary. everyone is at a higher risk if the use of deadly force is authorized only when it is completely necessary. >> well, i do think if they pass that bill it would help. >> it will hold them accountable. the family of the man shot by a bart police officer in january came to barts police citizen review board tonight to say the officer who shot tindel did not
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have to do it. >> they did not identify themselves. he shot somebody on the ground. >> reporter: body cam video shows how it happened. >> let me see your hands now. >> reporter: he had a gun, but his family says the problem is the system that protects police. >> this same story has happened to others, stephon clark, it would not happen if police knew they would be held accountable. >> reporter: she is in sacramento, fighting for the very legislation police are opposing. in oakland, christin ayers, kpix 5. california is now the only border state that has not committed to setting national guard troops to the u.s.-mexico border. today texas announced it will boost the number of troops from 250 to 1,000. arizona and new mexico plan to send a few hundred more. it's in response to the president's call to fight illegal immigration and drug trafficking. governor jerry brown's office
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says they are still reviewing the president's request. developing tonight, president trump says he'll decide what to do about syria pretty soon. he met with some top military advisors this evening to discuss a military response to a suspected chemical weapons attack in syria. dozens of civilians were killed in that weekend attack. you can see the chaos. many children suffering in the aftermath. doctors on scene say it smelled strongly of chlorine. one told cbs news he treated about 70 victims. >> and everyone said after that night, it was my vision, about 55. i tried to save him. >> overnight strikes struck the air base. russia, syria's key ally claims the air strike was followed by two israeli fighter jets still unclear though if the strikes were connected to the alleged
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chemical attack. tonight, the syrian government is denying that they used chemical weapons. coming up, bay area schools become the target of the international prank. the threatening game that will give them points for creating fear. an unprovoked attack exposing a larger problem on bart. where is the security? >> reporter: a bay area thief yanks an entire mailbox from its base. the closer look at cholula hot sauce is teaming up with jack in the box for the cholula buttery jack. a little hot sauce there... woah. what's happening? jack i'm trying to film this commercial! oh my gosh, sorry. with delicious cholula hot sauce and crispy jalapenos on a signature bun. the new cholula buttery jack. part of the buttery jack family.
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it's all about manufacturing a threat. our veronica de la cruz is in tonight a tushing dare is targeting some bay area schools, all about manufacturing a threat. our veronica de la cruz is in the newsroom. on the game geared at getting schools to evacuate, veronica? >> reporter: they will allow threats, causing fear. a group supposedly based it in switzerland is claiming responsibility for the threats in both the u.k. and the united states. the first sweep was dated march 19 of this year, the same day 400 schools in the u.k. were shut down due to bomb threats. today the group tweeted this. "our e-mails are hitting the media, in reference to the news media about school threats here." >> reporter: the -- >> law enforcement has to react, the school has to react. >> reporter: threats made in as many as 46 states today. but emeryville chose to close.
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some parents say the district made the right call. >> yes, i am glad because we want to be better safe than sorry.the times we're living in is very scary. we need to wake up and be prepared. >> reporter: schools also got the threat, but they did not close. student wills be back tomorrow -- students will be back tomorrow. the fbi considered the threat baseless. liz? >> veronica, thank you. tonight, palo alto police said the man accused of sexually assaulting a teenage jogger is off the streets. 29-year-old eduardo diaz was arrested over the weekend. police say he could also be connected to an assault in oakland and possibly others. tonight a recent stabbing at a bart station is raising some questions about security on the transit system. kpix 5 phil matier has learned bart is dealing with a shortage of police officers. >> reporter: i've seen people who are having intercourse,
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nudity, drug use. >> reporter: for regular bart riders, the news of a mentally ill transient stabbing two passengers came as no surprise. >> you have situations that happen on bart that are are obviously illegal and people are afraid to react to them. david harris, however, did react and single handedly denied the knife wielding attacker. but here, that's the last word he would use to describe themselves. >> i didn't really think about it. i just reacted with no other choice though. >> reporter: the alleged attacker seen pacing up and down the train muttering to himself is being described by authorities as a 32-year-old mentally ill transient. something bart directors say the commuter line is seeing more of these days. >> more and more people who are homeless and those who are mentally ill are finding their way into the subway systems. >> reporter: bart moved some 200,000 people along 112 miles
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of tracks to the stations through some of the biggest cities in the bay area. >> it's a challenge that we have. we've had increased ridership, an increased level of our staffing. >> reporter: in fact, bart is short some 31 officers or about 15% of its force. but still on any given day between 24 to 36 cops, they are out on the beat. most officers, it is two to three stations and they are in pair patrol cars. >> reporter: but riders say they want more. >> i don't often see security or bart police. >> i see cameras all over the station. >> yes. is anybody watching them now? >> yes, they are being watched, yes. >> we are going a great job of capturing more and more video. >> reporter: in addition had to police, bart has installed more cameras, bringing on ticket checkers to work the platforms and the trains to increase their presence for safety.
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now they're bringing on attendance for the elevators as well. all to try to at least make people feel safer. in oakland, phil matier, kpix 5. tonight police in oakland are on the hunt for a thief who stole an entire public mailbox. now the sound of it being ripped out of the ground was captured on surveillance. take a listen. the mailbox, one of those big blue metal boxes, once unbolted and taken off was taken out overnight. it was yanked out of the ground. the postal service says they are investigating. mountain view has become ground zero for self-driving cars. the city is a little worried about the next phase of testing. the new dmv rules allow cars to travel without a human inside if the company could get a permit and adhere to a strict set of rules. now this could be a big opportunity for google's division, which has been
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testing autonomous vehicles now. >> a lot of people are kind of afraid right now. >> the technology is slowly approving autonomous drivers are better drivers than humans. hopefully we'll see a greater decrease in human casualties. >> 19 companies are working on self-driving cars in mountain view alone. city officials hope to collaborate with those firms as they turn in driverless testing plans to law enforcement. >> reporter: a tech hub in the east bay run by general electric is cutting more than 100 jobs this spring. ge digital in san ramon has grown dramatically in the past three years. 1,800 people work there, but the company decided to eliminate 120 jobs by the end of may. ge says it is a part of an ongoing effort to reduce cost and improve efficiency. ge says some of the affected workers will be transferred to different positions rather than laid off. the federal government is kicking in about $22 million
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for the north bay's smart train. federal grants would help cover extending rail services fromdowntown san rafael to the large ferry are terminal. bart began service last summer, and the ridership has exceeded expectations. it has always been the plan to link smart with golden gate ferry systems at the terminal. now work has already begun on a two-mile extension. if all goes well, the additional train service could begin bit end of next year. well a warm night across the bay area and a number of people in allen martin toe took advantage with a little dinner, taking a little evening stroll through their streets that line up downtown. most people didn't even need a jacket. >> it is very nice. on a night like this at 1965. professor tom lahr just around the station on broadway sat down at the hungry nightclub and recorded that was the year that it was.
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what a fantastic comedy. the professor went on to teach at the university of california, santa cruz, turning 90 years old today. happy birthday, tom, as we take a look at it tonight. mostly clear skies, balmy. we look from transamerica. it's 70 degrees in oakland. 63 in san francisco, warm air mass over the bay area. tonight though, we will get down to the lower 50s and there is a little bit of light rain on the way. we've got some high clouds flooding over the light bay right now with a few sprinkles around. all subtropical. and that's why we are getting the subtropical views tonight, approaching the thin cold front by 1:00 in the afternoon and then it's out of here and another one will come in by wednesday, 6:00 wednesday night and then thursday we'll go to scattered showers. the bottom line, the next few days will be unsettled with not a lot of rain by wednesday night. we will be warming up to two- thirds of an inch. just a quarter of an inch in
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had san jose. that's thursday. a little clouds will arrive tonight. showers by midday. not much and then more rain coming in on wednesday, lingering showers thursday. high temperatures tomorrow will be in the mid-60s. and that will hold true for the east bay, which will get a few light showers tomorrow afternoon. north bay a little cooler and the rain will come a little bit earlier. again tomorrow not much. it'll get distinctly cool though by the time we head to wednesday and that cold front passes through. the numbers will come down. then by wednesday, a few light showers, thursday, a little tapering off, getting some sunshine by the end of the weekend. >> all right, thank you, brian. coming up, the fight to save these golf course ponds and the
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re part of a g some people are fighting to save two ponds and the wildlife that live in them.
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they house geese, frogs, turtles, other animals. but now the golf course, they have already drained one of those ponds and plans to do the same to the second. one group plans to take legal action in order to save the wildlife. >> there are people who are obviously like us who are upset. they don't want to kill the animals. >> any of the turtles that are non-native will be hauled away. >> the public works director says the draining has been halted until a family of ducklings that lives in the pond can fly away. the warriors, they are any closer to figuring out who they will play in the playoffs. i'm dennis o'donnell. brandon belt struck out and >> dr. stanley: remember this:
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cannot change the laws of god. when he has visited you in some form of adversity and he brings you through that, that's like he has increased the strength of the foundation of your life and your faith in him. [music]
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the giants do cashing in runs.. after tonight's game aga you will have a better chance of cashing in at the slot machine than the giants do in cashing in runs right now. after tonight's game in arizona, they viii-67 with runners in scoring position -- they are 6-7 with runners in scoring position. there was more action in the wiffle ball field than the big league field. paul goldschmidt, a run scored in while striking out eight. seven scoreless innings struck out the side of the third. nine punchouts for godly who was appropriately named tonight. 2-1 arizona. the ninth inning, trying to be the hero, staring at the
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bradley strike three, belted the same thing yesterday. and now he struck out four times tonight. they didn't do much better tonight. giants lose 2-1. the future, by the way, appears to be now for giants pitcher. he was called up, and he will make his major league debut tomorrow. the right hander, he's the man of many talents, including rapper. >> i'll help my teammates, they are the best as you know me all about that across the chest. >> he calls himself young bita. the first round pick for the giants out of vanderbilt in 2014 with an earned run average under four. he's hoping for a mic drop tomorrow against arizona. the warriors wrap up the regular season tomorrow in utah, but will have to wait until wednesday to figure out where they will go for the first round of the playoffs. new orleans, one of five teams that is in the mix when the night began. they probably don't want any part of anthony davis who had a
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massive jam from a pass off the glass. pelicans beat the clippers. you don't need to be a genius to figure out how the western conference is going to shake out. okay, i remember that movie. he might be able to beat it, thank you. right now it would be the first round opponent, the jazz, the pelicans. first t-wolves or nuggets.
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tomorrow morning at 4-30. o and kenny ch late show with stephen colbert is next. our next newscast is tomorrow morning at 4:30. >> we'll see you then. have a great night. hola amigos.
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