In the east bay, the Richmond Police department is welcoming its newest chief come the saturday although she is a veteran of the department the new chief will be making history in the top position. On force theresa spoke with the new chief about her life and how it has prepared her for this moment. They have been the interim chief for now almost 11 months, ive already had a kind of a head start moving forward. Richmond police chief besa french on stepping into the official role as the police chief affective august 1st, there will be several first when she assumes the role she will be the youngest chief on record. And the first female chief. I think that bring a unique perspective this position, especially here as police chief has are africanamerican and latina. Female thats from this i think i bring a perspective too. Our department that nobody else has brought before and so im going to use my personal history and experiences really try to integrate the cultural. Competencies that i think have lacked in our in our field for a long time chief french also opened up about how years ago she was a teenage mom. And it shaped her life. I was a teenage mom, its not something that historically have like to talk about because thats thats kind of but i think its also something i need to talk about now because you know depending no matter what choices that we make it a young age i think that the retention value in what you do after that is what matters she says that it is a very challenging time in law enforcement, especially in the wake of the murder of george floyd its very strong feelings just as a as a mother im hearing somebody call out for them on hand. Bay for their lives had it i felt a tremendous sense of sorrow and anger and frustration at the situation and i was also angry because i knew that this situation was going to impact my department and you know the strides that weve made in Community Policing efforts here as far as a plan Going Forward the new chief says that. Number one on her list is to listen i i really want to hear from our staff. As to how they feel about that the department of what they think the streets and witnesses are so that we can really form the strategy moving or teresa is stasio kron 4 news. Their ability to dictate terms call the shots up and entire sectors and inspire fear represent the powers of a private government. Our founders would not bow before king. Nor should we bought before the emperor is the online economy. Are the major tech giants too big and too powerful lawmakers on both sides of the aisle say yes and today they had a chance to grill tech ceos about their Business Models our washington correspondent joe khaleel has more now from todays blockbuster hearing. Ceos of the Worlds LargestTech Companies faced accusations from lawmakers they have too much power that their platforms have become monopolies their dominance is killing Small Businesses congressman david sicily, nice as big tech buys up competition and abuses americans personal data. Theres no escape from the surveillance because theres no alternative people are stuck our services are about connection. Our Business Model is advertising but Facebook Ceo Mark Zuckerberg says tech expansion into new industries doesnt kill competition with amazon bought whole foods. They can compete against krogers walmart when facebook poll whats that we can compete against telcos you used to charge 0. 10 a text message and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle were critical of these Tech Companies for the way they handle political speech on their platforms. I just cut to the chase big tex out to get conservatives republicans like jim jordan criticize Tech Companies for what he says is an obvious bias people are using their platform to disseminate provably false information they do have an obligation to take it down democrat adam schiff says foreign actors like russia use these platforms to spread false information americans think these are other americans talking to them other americans organizing protests when in fact they may be organized of st. Petersburg lawmakers expressed interest in writing a bipartisan bill to better regulate tech in washington, im joe khaleel. President trump says in a recent phone call he had with russian president Vladimir Putin they did not discuss the alleged bounty is against us troops in afghanistan. A report last month suggested that russian Intelligence Officers offered money to taliban fighters in afghanistan for killing us or british troops. In an interview, the president says he has never discussed it with putin but he would have no problem talking about it with him and frankly. Thats an issue that many people said think now is who said it was safe and i think a lot of if you look at some of the wonderful folks from the bush administration. Some of them not any friends of mine. Were saying that its a fake issue, but a lot of people said its a fake issue we discussed numbers things we did not discuss that and you get disgusted with and i have never discussed with and have no problem with it. In the interview President Trump said intelligence on the bounties never reached his desk, although the white house has previously said it was part of an intelligence briefing from the spring. The president also said he would quote respond appropriately if the reports turned out to be true. Meanwhile the u. S. Is set to pull out nearly 12,000 troops from germany. In a move that will take years to execute and potentially cost billions of dollars. Theres major concern among democrats and republicans said it will weaken the u. S. Military is position regarding russia. The president said the changes because germany is spending less than 2 of its gdp on defense. However, belgium and italy the 2 countries that will receive the 12,000 u. S. Troops from germany, spend even a smaller percentage on defense than berlin does. Lets talk about our 4 zone forecast as we take a live look outside from our sutro camera the shot should be showing us the Golden Gate Bridge and said we just see those lovely mountains an a nice thick bank, a fog. We will check in now with our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow to find out how the weather is going to shape up for this evening and into the rest of the work we yeah, i just know where i got the Golden Gate Bridge right here for you can see the clouds begin to move in right now kind of broken but were going to see that kind of. Filling in throughout the night tonight and pushing further on shore and as it does were getting ready for nice blanket of clouds and even some drizzle tomorrow morning of course thats going keep the temperatures down along the coastline, 50 degrees in the sun sets 64 in the marina tomorrow youll see fog and 59 in daly city 58 degrees in pacifica 61 in half moon bay, then you get inside the bay youll see those numbers running up the 60s stay, fairly mild. There 78 in redwood city 79 degrees in mount view the south bay youve got a mixed bag, some 70s and 80s popping up in the afternoon 90 degrees on the hot side as you make your way into pleasanton and livermore 89 in dublin, 71 san leandro 73 in oakland about 70 degrees in berkeley 79 degrees of lou about 84 in benicia so certainly some very comfortable temperatures nice summer weather pattern right now that weve settled into an looks like it is going to stick around temperatures may cool just slightly on friday the weekend looks like just some morning clouds giving way to plenty of sunshine. Thank you for much more ahead tonight here on kron 4 news at 5 including a texas congressman testing positive for coronavirus and he suggesting he got it from wearing his mask. Plus the amount of time your kids spend in front of tablets or phones may not be so important. But experts say parents should really be concerned about when it comes to screen time. And after the break the new technology. One airline is using to tr jetblue is experimenting with the use of hightech you be light systems to keep its planes safe from covid19. The system is designed by honeywell to sterilize hospital rooms and it rolls down the aisle. Aboard a plane like a snack cart would and can clean the cabin of a plane in less than 10 minutes. The light is so powerful the cabin has to be empty before it can be used clinical studies have shown that youd be like can reduce various viruses and bacteria including coronavirus. Best buy says it is closing its stores on thanksgiving day following in the footsteps of other retailers like Dicks Sporting Goods target and walmart that already announced plans to close. That coronavirus pandemic is changing how customer shot making more purchases online and a lot less in a store. Best buy says it plans to offer its deals that are too good to beat. Earlier in the season than ever. Still ahead tonight, a harrowing story out of sacramento, a husband is accused of shooting and killing his wife. And the nearl and he shot my mom and what when you say he shot my mom. A Sacramento Man is behind bars tonight accused of fatally shooting his wife while she was driving with their 4 kids in the backseat the car then went into the Sacramento River and as emily mott reports a fisherman quickly sprang into action to get the children out of the water. I heard some crashing like branches breaking away not for al fischer was working on his boat on the Sacramento River around 9. 30 last night when he saw tail lights he and another fisherman went to see what was going on we have to his boat and we went over i started hearing screaming a car that swerved off river road and into the water when we went right to the door and we opened up the passenger joran i saw a little face look up at me and i about just melted in the sun. It was intense and i was like oh my gosh. And then i saw 2 little hands look out to you know i can help me and fisher says without thinking twice he started pulling the children from the car got another can put him in the boat i got another candidate in the boat in another case coming out of like oh my gosh for kids in the car, the oldest child told fisher something he didnt expect to hear say he shot my mom. And i said what. When you say he could be a shot my mom and this little 6 yearold kids to me and you know come back from a shot like that in Sacramento County deputies say this man 27 yearold mindy koch shot the mother of his children while she was driving. Causing her to swerve into the river. The couples 3 children and another child were in the backseat we can find the polls. When you try to lift her up she was line she died at the scene quads it was arrested and charged with murder i dont want everyone to anyone ever see that i have to go through that as deputies scoured the river today for any evidence left behind pero fisher watched from his boat thanking god for keeping me in john st and for keeping. You know the okay for you to do to you know the guy you know i did all this i pray for him too. Those reporting for us tonight, the suspect has been arrested and is now facing murder charges. The late georgia congressman john lewis has left the u. S. Capitol for the last time. House members watched in bid for well as lewiss casket was carried down the steps of the capitol the departure ceremony. The civil rights icon passed away earlier this month at the age of 80 following a 6 month battle with cancer. And was the first black lawmaker to lie in state at the u. S. Capitol rotunda. Lewiss body now lies in state at the Georgia State capitol tomorrow there will be a celebration of life at Ebenezer Baptist church in atlanta. After which he will be buried at south view cemetery. A texas congressman who was scheduled to travel to texas with President Trump has tested positive for coronavirus during much of the pandemic representative Louie Gohmert did not wear a mask, but the republican lawmaker says over the last couple weeks, hes worn a mask. More than he has in the past 4 months and is now suggesting the mask could be how he got the virus. I cant help but wonder if my keep your mask on and keeping it in place said if im i but some germs some fire. Some of the virus on to the mask and body did and i dont know, but i got it well see what happens from here. Gomer represents much of east texas where many counties are not enforcing the governors mandatory fact face mask order. The cdc in several Public Health experts say wearing a mask is one of the best ways to prevent the spread of covid19. What effect that masks are having around the world is that theyre having a disrupting effect on facial Recognition Software thats used to identify people in public. The Technology Works by linking measurements and facial features to a database and of course. Masks keeps those key details covered up. The National Institute of standards and technology is now working on facial recognition algorithms to identify masked people and it will release the findings in the fall. I found with my phone my phone unlocked when im wearing a mask, im sure we all can relate. Lets take a live look outside right now at San Franciscos embarcadero nice clear blue skies here. Well the fog stay away lets find out from our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow all know weve got more fog coming our way just even really a very typical summer day here are the high temperatures for the day off the press 62 degrees downtown San Francisco affected by that sea breeze and some fog very nice 71. In oakland today, 90 degrees and hot in concord n livermore 96 the hot spot in antioch 78 in san jose 80 degrees redwood city today and 73 degrees in hayward so certainly a nice summer day outside weve got some patchy fog that is beginning to make its way back in the bay can see from the Berkeley Hills there more of that to come as thats going to fill in the bay move in the valleys to in fact you can see all that fog developing along the coastline that is going to surge back on shore pushing well inland temperatures outside still pretty comfortable back to still hot inland got 90 in concord 88 in lamar 77 degrees in san jose 68 in oakland and 61 in San Francisco right now santa rosa check in with clear skies and 80 degrees. Clouds overnight tonight will begin to push further on shore maybe some drizzle along coastline. And that means were going to be in for some cooler weather along the beaches will see those numbers mainly in the 50s in the 60s but sunshine will bring temperatures the 80s and 90s inland. Thank you lawrence next a 5 way a new report says you should not worry so for your health tonight when it comes to monitoring your childrens screen time experts say the quality of the content is more important then then the number of hours that they spend online. The new report by Common Sense Media claims that especially important during the pandemic as kids are limited in their ability to learn and interact with others. Researchers say Digital Media should serve as a quote social safety net to interact with friends and family members that they cannot see in person. Parents should still balance screen time with other activities and make sure that kids are sleeping and doing their schoolwork. The First Episode of Michelle Obamas new podcast is now online and it features her husband, former president barack obama they talk about the benefits of the couples educations and how it helped them in power their communities. They also discuss social justice advocacy in the wake of George Floyds death. The First Episode is 49 minutes and the show is named Michelle Obama podcast its now streaming on spotify. And that wraps up kron 4 news at 5 oclock for us this evening, im Justine Waldman thank you so much for joining us here tonight, ill see you for kron 4 news at 6 oclock and we will talk about the grim milestone that america has hit today because of the coronavirus 150,000 americans have news at 6. Now at 6 the u. S. Has suffered its deadliest day of the summer 1244 lives have been lost to covid19 which makes the u. S. Hit a grim milestone, 150,000 americans have now died from coronavirus. Thank you for joining us here tonight at 6 im Justine Waldman in a matter of 6 months 150,000 people have died thats around 850 people every single day. The u. S. Leads the world in both coronavirus deaths and cases, california is also seeing a troubling spike in cases and deaths reporting 197 new deaths today and more than 8700 new cases. And now we have a troubling warning from Health Officials who say that the deaths could grow by hundreds of thousands. If americans do not take wearing a mask and physical distancing seriously. Reporter karin caifa has details. Weve seen a. 66 increase in cases just over the last 7 days and during the last 6 weeks of 220 increase. The cases we have 6,000 over 6,000 deaths in florida youve got 1425 deaths in my county alone and based on projections i think were going to 20 to 30 or more deaths every single day and going just in my county local officials in cities and towns across the country say the number of covid19 cases is surging. And as the number of deaths crosses 150,000 nationwide. The head of the association of american medical colleges is issuing a warning to americans if we dont do something to change or course