Welcome to nbc bay area news at 4 30. Marianne spoke with the ceo and she will join us shortly with what he told her we are also tracking other stories on this wednesday including the push for bail reform in the south bay. Move the deputy da wants to make to keep repeat offenders and longer and why critics say incarceration is not the answer. Ian cull is hearing from both sides today. Look at what our nbc bay area sky ranger caught this afternoon. A chase through city streets in oakland. A crash. Eight leak from a highway offramp and how officers caught the suspect took lets go ahead and begin with the latest in the middle east. We now know that at least 22 americans are dead and dozens are still missing. As the fighting intensifies between israel and hamas militants in the gaza strip. For the fifth day, rockets filled the air between gaza and israel. The fight could shoot soon a shift to the ground. Is really take battalions are gathering along the border. More than 300,000 soldiers are shifting from reserves to active duty. The goal will be to destroy hamas. American worships warships and fighter jets are in place in the eastern mediterranean. The first shipment of american weapons and ammunition landed in israel overnight. And a team of u. S. Military technical expert to our experience in hostage recovery are also on the ground as advisers with reports of dozens of american hostages in gaza. This attack was a campaign of pure cruelty. Not just hate, but cruelty against the jewish people. President biden met with Jewish Community leaders at the white house this afternoon, promising continued support. Secretary of state Antony Blinken is also on his way to israel with plans to meet with the israeli prime minister. And as many are fleeing israel for safety, one bay area tech ceo traveled to the war zone. He is there to help hundreds of his employees. Marianne favreau talked to that ceo today. What is he telling you . Reporter he is the ceo of a Company Based here in sunnyvale. They have 1500 employees and 100 of them are based in israel. As soon as he heard about the conflict, he booked a flight to israel and just arrived yesterday. His companys office in tel aviv has been shut down because of threats of missile strikes. But also, many of his employees, dozens of them have been called up to serve in the israeli military. He has the daunting task of trying to make sure that all 800 of his employees are safe and he told me one of his employees reached out there whats up, asking to be rescued because he and his family were trapped in a shelter. I understand, this is also personal for him. His two daughters are serving in the military. Yes. He has two daughters ages 19 and 22. They were raised here in the bay area, but they volunteered to return to israel and serve in the military and they are and active duty right now. Is obviously very concerned about their safety but he also told me that he is very proud. Thank you. I understand we will see the full report. Thank you for the preview. Another bay area businessman is among those stranded in israel waiting to get back home. His flight is among those canceled due to the state Department Travel advisory. The visit to israel was supposed to be for completely Different Reasons before the war. And now it has become a trip of volunteering for support victims and today also bidding his cousin to go to the front line. Trying to take his mind off of everything going on in the fact that he has a backpack at home with his military uniform. Feels a little bit like abandoning my family to go back to the United States. On the other hand, i have a life back in the United States that i have employees and the coffee shop. I have a business of my own. But ultimately, it sounds like things will get worse before they get better. It is probably a good idea for me to figure out how to get home. As far as flights are concerned, several American Airline carriers have suspended service to the region for at least the next month. There are flfrom international carriers, but those are ha come by and tickets are getting ty expensive. Our coverage of the work continues in all of her newscasts. For the updates 24 7, visit our website nbcbayarea. Com. Or get alerts sent to your phone by downloading our free bay area app. Take a look at this. A wild chase through the city of oakland ended with a crash and a manhunt this afternoon. It all started just after noon when a car suspected in a shooting was spotted on fresno street. The chase looped through the east bay before the driver crashed on highway 24 in oakland. That is what you are seeing here. The driver and passengers tried to bail. You see them jump over the overpass. At least two of them to that the down the embankment. Both were caught not long after. We are trying to learn more. How many people are under arrest. We will have more information coming up at 5 00. New Pilot Program in Santa Clara County aims to stop repeat offenders from committing more crimes by keeping them in jail longer. It is a hot topic with critics saying more jail time is not the answer. Ian cull is looking into the story for us. What exactly will this program do . Reporter this has been a source of frustration from a lot of officers in every bay area community. They rested for multiple crimes and that person is out of the street the next day doing the same thing. That is why the sheriff and San Jose Police have teamed up with the District Attorneys Office to create a threemonth Pilot Program. Under the program arresting officers can offer judges an opinion on whether they think the person is a risk to reoffend. For example, if they arrested someone multiple times for theft, they can lay out why they believe the person should have a higher bail to keep them in jail until the first court appearance. This is an ongoing effort by all system partners to provide better information about risks so that the right people are in jail and the wrong people are not. Not everyone is happy about this plan. What are critics saying . Not at all and the public defenders office, they believe the product is illconceived. They say older people in jail longer doesnt work and they also argue it violate the Supreme Court decision from two years ago that order court to find the least restrictive alternative to incarceration when possible. Also spoke with Silicon Valley about this. A group that pushes for criminal justice reform. I think the entire aim of the policy is to increase incarceration of homeless people, people with Mental Health issues. Select the Program Organizers note the judge is still ultimately make the decision on bail. The Pilot Program will run through the end of the year and that is when police and the da would try to determine if it is effective. And we will have much more of the story coming up at 5 30. In the south bay and an overnight standoff with officers ended peacefully. Officers were called to south 19 street in san jose for reports of a man armed with a rifle and threatening his roommate. Demand barricaded himself leading to a standoff with officers. Police did take him into custody at around 2 30 a. M. No shots were fired and thankfully, no one was hurt. It is another hit for the San Francisco union square percolator street and what it means for the future of the city. Also, 1. 7 billion on the line tonight. It is one of the biggest jackpots in powerball history and scott is talking to people looking to get lucky and tonight trying. We will check in with him in a bit. Before we had to break, which tragic story would you like to hear more about later on in the newscast. I havent pulled up on my instagram. You still have some time to vote for one of the stories you see here. Disney raises ticket prices for disney raises ticket prices for Space Shuttle rocket on we made it bmo has arrived. Hello . You said it. Hello to more ways to save money, grow your wealth, grow your business. Just what we needed, another big bank. Not so fast. How many banks do you know that reward you for saving every month . Hes got a good point. Did i mention bmo has more feefree atms than the two largest us banks combined . Uh, bmo . Just beemo, actually. Quick question, will all this stuff fit in your car . should i get rid of the mug . Bmo teachers in San Francisco will take the contract dispute to the picket line. The Teachers Union is voting today to authorize the strike. If it is approved it opens the door for a major walkout in the city school district. The unit represent 6500 educators, counselors, nurses and other school staff. The unit at the district are split on a number of sticking points include working conditions, payroll issues pay raises for teachers. You want we want the schools our students deserve and that requires the district to make changes to help us address that. Especially with coming back from covid. The shelter in place and needing to address so many emotional needs as well as academic. Select the city doesnt Fund Public Education but has invested and has helped offer to help mediate if it comes to that. The district 900 custodial staff also authorized their two bullet strike of meat be. Devoted started 30 moments ago and will go on until 8 00 tonight we have reached out for a comment about the strike that we have not heard back. Socket is another hit for the several cisco units where. Express Clothing Store on gary is closing. The last day will be october 22nd. The company isnt commenting at this time. This is the latest in a wave of departures in the same area including nordstrom and old navy. It the meantime plans are the works to give californias first ever school with a curriculum dedicated specifically to the art of drug performances. The cities oldest ultra beauty qvar formed a nonprofit it will be part of a partnership with an Arts Organization called the counter pulse. Organizers say what happened at the same physical rich drug history and honey mahogany will be the first headmistress. So many rather really important figures will helped shape several ciscos direct. We wanted to honor that theyre going to be several cisco drug legacy create a formal school so that people can get a sense of the unique history and also the performance out the space in the city. Organizers say the mission is to teach and inspire the next generation of dark performance and showcase the cities you need for of drug. This comes as track performance are increasingly reported harassment around the country. The school is inspected to open sometime early next year. Select three hours or so away from finding a new billionaire . Tonight powerball drawing is up to a 1. 7 million jackpot and there is still time to buy your ticket if you havent yet heard lets bring in scott bodman. And all that you spoke with a lot of people out there today. Feeling lucky . This is always a fun day when you see the jackpot get this high. 1. 7 billion for the Powerball Jackpot if someone wins tonight. It would be the second largest in history just to put this into perspective, the single payout would be somewhere around 750 million, but the odds, to put it into even more perspective are astronomical. Something like one out of 292 million. Those are your odds if, before 7 00 you buy a ticket. We talked to a lot of people who have a lot of aspirational dreams as to what they would do with the money, but again, 101 in 292 million. That is the odds. There you go. Select that is the odds but i always tell people you cant win if you dont play. We have been talking a lot about these jackpots. They are getting bigger and bigger. What is going on . Why have they gotten so big . You are absolutely right. They have. A lot of people say, am i right in thinking they have gotten bigger and they have. A few years back, powerball actually changed the rules to add more numbers. It actually increases the odds of anybody winning, which means it goes up and up more frequently. And that is where we get these dollar things. And also here is something interesting. Interest rates going up actually means that when the powerball things flip over to hundreds of millions and 1 billion, the Interest Rate is actually higher so the money gets even more. A couple of factors in their that have meant higher jackpots, but again, much higher odds of actually winning the jackpots. Higher odds. We always like to remind everyone. Did you buy any tickets . I did not. I spent a lot of time both professionally and personally to tell people to stay away from what risky investments are 192 million. Going to stay away in honor of Filipino AmericanHistory Month a bay areabased filipino inspired playmaker is launching a new plush doll in hopes of connecting kids to filipino heritage and culture. Bay area mom turned onto printer growing up in the u. S. There were no dolls or toys it looks like her. She became a mom she wanted to change that. She started a business and currently runs from her garage as she launched her first doll complete with a traditional dress. This month she will launch the clear doll. Select that is what is important to kids. The field immediately connected to and they could see that in other people have to say in the things they create that is white it is super important to me. The name was inspired by her daughter who has a baby used to pronounce filipino as penal penal. Janelle lange is working on the 5 00 news. Spot that is so cute. We have continuing coverage of the local angle with the south bay mily who just made their harrowing escape from israel. They were there visiting relatives and sightseeing when hamas launched the private attack. He hit in a bunker will try to confirm a flight out of the country. The story only on nbc bay area. An eye witness the moment a driver crashed into the chinese consulate and several cisco armed with a knife. What he saw hoedown and the security guards he credits for keeping people safe. All of the stories and more coming up in a few minutes. Still to come, the top trending story as voted by you on my instagram poll. He scores three touchdowns in the 49ers big win over the cowboys, but could george be fined for one of the celebrations . We will explain when we come we will explain when we come back, in a few minutes. My late fatherinlaw lit up a room, but his vision dimmed with age. He had amd. I didnt know it then, but it can progress to ga, an advanced form of the disease. His struggle with vision loss from amd made me want to help you see warning signs of ga. Like Straight Lines that seem wavy, blurry, or missing visual spots that make it hard to see faces like this one, or trouble with low light that makes driving at night a real challenge. If youve been diagnosed with amd and notice vision changes, dont wait. Ga is irreversible. Its important to catch it early. Talk to your eye doctor about ga and learn more at gawontwait. Com a popular Shopping Mall in socal is closed thanks to taylor swift. The premier of the highly it has made a movie taylor swift the eris tour is tonight at the grove in the Fairfax District at the invitation only event will be held tonight at the 14th screen amc theater the Shopping Mall. Unclear exactly who is on the guest list, or if she herself plans to attend this one. She is still touring but she is on a performance break until the tour picks up again next month in argentina. Survey released this week shows teenagers have a new favorite video source. Youtube teams and the survey teams in the survey said they spend a summer 29 of their daily video consumption time on the platform. That result actually nudged past netflix for the very first time. Third survey was released by the investment bank. A top trending story of the day as voted by your my instagram poll. Visiting the happiest place on earth is now a little pricier. Both Walt Disney World in florida and disneyland in socal have raised prices for the annual park passes. The annual passes at disney world cost almost 10 more now with the most expensive selling for nearly 1500 for the most expensive daily path to disneyland in anaheim increased to 194 per day. Parking prices went up at both parks as well. I will post links to the other two stories you voted for on my instagram. The 49ers, george criddles core three touched on with the niners be jealous of honey. How can we forget. Is victory celebration could end up costing him. During the game you might remember the titans lifted up his surgery to show the shirt he was wearing underneath on it. A message we cannot say on air directed at the cowboys. Espn reports the nfl is now considering a sign of 11,000. The shirt playing into the rivalry between the two teams. He said it was highly inspired by the 49ers linebacker gary plummer who wore something similar during the 1994 nfc championship game against the cowboys. We will keep you updated on that. A face that launched 1000 means. It turns out the spiral cowboys fan has some strong californian ties because he likely seen looking frustrated with the 49ers dismantled ellis on sunday but it turns out he didnt travel too far for the game. He is from vacaville. The back of all Firefighters Association identified him saying he has a loan cobblers with the niners face will. Faithful. Also posted to guess what he was calling. I thought he was calling for some help. He didnt really need it 4 going to rub it in. Wynot. You going. How is it looking . Beautiful outside. We could not have asked for nicer weather. Especially when we compare it to what we had last week with the upper 90s. It just feels like october outside. Santa rosa at 76 took a lot of low to mid 70s. Right back to concord 74 and also coming in with 73 in san jose. One thing we have been dealing with certainly has been on and off gusty winds. Right now we are seeing the strongest gusts in several cisco. 20 to 30 miles per hour. Overall, the wind should begin to come down through the evening but i am seeing what could be more gusty winds in the mountains around napa, calistoga and st. Helena tomorrow morning. Another 20 to 40 mile hour of burst for the wind through the mountains around napa, coming up tonight at 5 00. Otherwise, as we roll through tomorrow mornings forecast, generally for the bay area it will start off in a chili sidekick be sure to have the jacket and for the afternoon, we will actually see warmer temperatures, but it will not get too hot here we will get up to 80 in santa rosa. 80 in concord. Lower 80s the livermore. Morgan hill and san jose. And we continue to keep the 60s across San Francisco and half moon bay. It is dry tomorrow but we are looking shower chances ahead. Once we hit friday night into saturday morning we will take a look at not only the wind, but some shower chances in the sevenday forecast because we have the partial Solar Eclipse coming in saturday morning at 9 13. 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What the drag school hopes to achieve at a time when performers are facing more harassment and obstacles across the country. The news a 5 00 starts now. Thank you for joining us. s lack of the fighting is intensified between israel and hamas militants in the gaza strip. Select at least 1200 israelis have killed and another 1100 people in gaza are also dead. That includes at least 22 americans with dozens more missing. For the fifth day, rockets filled the air between gaza and israel. U. S. Support is growing in the region. A team of u. S. Military technical experts experienced in hostage recovery are now in the ground as well as advisers for with reports of dozens of american hostages in gaza. American worships and fighter jets are also in place in the eastern mediterranean. And the first shipment of american weapons and ammunition arrived in israel overnight. We want to make it really clear. We are working on every aspect of the hostage crisis in israel including deploying experts to advise and assist with recovery efforts. President biden met with Jewish Community leaders at the white house this afternoon. The secretary of state Antony Blinken is also on his way to israel with plans to meet with israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. For many bay area families, the emerging war in israel is deeply personal and close to home. A bay area family was there when hamas launched the surprise attack. They not only had to figure out how to escape, but also how to support family that stayed behind. Robert has the story you will see only on nbc bay area. Select the family did escape is real but hasnt had much time to feel relief. They say the hamas declaration of the date of the hot on friday has made being home almost as tense as the time in israel. We are not who grew up in jerusalem before moving to the bay area still recovering emotionally after she and her family escaped from israel shortly after the hamas audit a terrorist attack. The family had been there visiting relatives and seeing the