Right now at 6, the former off duty bay area pilot accused of trying to cut off the engines of Alaska Airlines jet midflight between Washington State and francisco has pleaded not guilty to 83 counts of seconddegree attempted murder. Good evening, everybody. Im vicki liviakis. Im ken wayne. Were learning more tonight about what went on during those tense minutes sunday aboard that flight. Prosecutors say 44 yearold Alaska Airlines pilot Joseph Emerson was sitting in the jump seat behind the pilot in the cockpit when he began pulling at the handles of the planes, Fire Suppression system, which if he had been successful, would have cut off the fuel to the planes engines. Prosecutors say he has admitted to doing that. Now faces both state and federal charges conference. Dan kerman joins us now live in the newsroom with the details on this. You know, the big question has been, how could someone like this do Something Like this . Court documents tell a story of a depressed man in crisis grieving the death of a friend. Also a man who only 48 hours earlier had taken magic mushrooms. Tuesday afternoon. Alaska Airlines PilotJoseph Emerson pleaded not guilty to 83 counts of Second Degree attempted murder. And one count of endangering an aircraft. The Pleasant Hill man was handcuffed during the brief court appearance, writer thanking Emergency Landing up a 4 minute that jumped pilot. So exactly pilot to give a ride, trying track down the end their verdict. The landing 4 minutes out. It was sunday evening when alaska flight 2059 made an Emergency Landing in portland and offduty pilot Joseph Emerson, who had been seated in the cockpit in a jump seat behind the actual pilot was arrested following the incident. Court documents say the 2 pilots told police emerson through his headset across the cockpit and said im not ok, emerson then grabbed the emergency Fire Suppression handles and pulled them down. Had he been successful . Pilots say this would have cut off fuel to the engines, but the pilots grabbed emerson ssris and wrestled with emerson for a few seconds before emerson stopped and said he was ok and worse and then left the flight deck. Weve got to try the cockpit. In a Police Interview with flight attendants, they said once out of the cockpit. Emerson indicated just lost his best friend in asked when with this nightmare and they told police while salking with emerson, he turned to an emergency exit door and tried to grab the handle but was stopped by a flight attendant. They then escorted him to the back galley of the aircraft and asked what they could do for him. Court documents indicate hammerson responded by clicking his wrist together and stated you need to cut me right now or its going to be bad. Emerson. Further stated he had messed everything up and tried to kill everybody. In an interview with Police Following his arrest, Court Documents say emerson indicated he was in Mental Health crisis at a not slept in over 40 hours. He told police he did not feel okay while in the cockpit and felt the pilots were not paying attention and that something did not seem right. Police say emerson admitted that he pulled both emergency shutoff handles because emerson believed he was dreaming and wanted to wake up. Police say they then asked emerson if emerson tried to kill himself during the incident, anderson did not answer the question. Court documents say emerson admitted he struggled with depression for 6 years and that a friend recently passed away. He told officers he had consumed magic mushrooms. Approximately 48 hours prior to the incident on the plane. Court documents say emerson later admitted to police that he was in crisis and that he put 84 lives at risk that night, including his own. Now, these are state charges filed by the District Attorney in oregon. The u. S. Department of justice has also filed federal charges against emerson. One count of interfering with flight crew members and attendants. Emerson remains in jail in portland pending his first appearance in federal court, which likely will take place in the next couple of days. Live in the newsroom. Dan kerman kron, 4 news. Thank you, dan. Dan mentioned, there, the pilot admitted to investigators that he suffered from depression a commercial pilots. As you know, we have to undergo hours of rigorous training. But is there enough attention being paid to their Mental Health . Can force theresa stasi reports . Im here in Pleasant Hill in front of Joseph Emersons home. We are all trying to figure out exactly what happened to emerson. And what could be done to help him. I spoke with a commercial Airline Pilot and she shared with me. Her thoughts, laura and sattler says that this case is very disturbing and unsettling. She says it is also rare because at the heart of a pilots core belief is to protect passengers to make sure that they reach their destination safely. She says, although this case reinforces the need to have 2 capable pilots in the cockpit to manage situation, especially like this, she says it also brings into focus importance of diving further into pilots Mental Health and making sure that if there is a need, they get proper help and support. As far future Going Forward and things that we can do to kind of look at and implement as i said, i would just say things that we need to better recognize and better support pilot Mental Health aspects. So i think what were doing is working. We have very strict, very tight standards medically. Its just a matter of saying, hey, if youre struggling, you know, as a pilot or any kind of a crew member, you know, to seek help and to be able to support that pilot who is seeking the help that will be grounded for that time. They can still support their family while theyre getting the help that they need. And settler also have this to share with me. About those pilots who said in a jump seat and weather the time is now to re evaluate that the people that are allowed in the jump seat are highly qualified, certified people. So as far we theres 10s of thousands of pilots. That position themselves to and from work each and every day to fly your trips. And i think that its not so much about, you know, scrutinizing people in the jump seat as it is more about recognizing and helping support. If theres pilot Mental Health issues here in Pleasant Hill, theresa kron, 4 news. We have much more on this story on our website. Kron 4 dot com. You can scan that qr code on your screen. It will take you straight to our coverage. New at 6 tonight, were learning more about the 16 yearold boy who was shot and killed at a house party in oakley. Over the weekend, authorities identifying him as ken Marion Tucker from brentwood. Police say the tucker is one of the 4 teens who were shot that night. The other victims did survive. Still no word on a suspect tonight. And 4 zone forecast as we get a live picture right now, San Francisco with all yeah, just in the last few lawrence, at clouds descended that we could see the entire transamerica building about 15 minutes ago really could look need out there would now the were those birds or lease like those are leaves line by right now. Youve got a Pretty Healthy sea breeze. We see some gusts over 30 miles an hour along the coastline into San Francisco and that sea breeze continues out there. So the clouds really kind of ramping up and moving on shore with that stronger sea breeze out there, too. So, yeah, if youre in San Francisco, it is going to be one of those cool evenings out. Theres that fog get the little that dampness on your skin with that sea breeze really cooling off in the hole hurry. As weve got a whole different weather system now beginning to develop and going to be moving into the bay area. Look at swirl in the gulf of alaska. All that energy going to start to drop further south. Were going to see some of those clouds moving across our skies overnight tonight and tomorrow morning. In fact, throughout the day tomorrow, were going to see those clouds passing by with a slight chance. We could see a couple sprinkles, maybe a light shower north of the golden gate bridge. Temperatures with that fog. Yeah, were cooling off now in the San Francisco. 57 degrees still here in the 70s in concord and livermore. San jose looking at 70 degrees and 65 degrees in carlos. Looks like if you head well, weve got changes in the works the next couple days. Get out the sweaters and the jackets. Temperatures going to be cooling down a series of cold fronts coming our way. Well have more on that in a few minutes. All right, lawrence. Hey, the warriors set to take on the phoenix suns in their home opener tonight should be a good one. Warriors all heading to chase Center Tonight to cheer on the warriors. Thats where we find kron fours. Sarah stinson tonight outside where all the action is. Sarah. You know, kevin durant coming to town, all kinds crazy stuff for game one of the season. Yeah, thats right. I mean, i asked fan after fan as they walked in the chase entered tonight at the seeing kevin durant. And lets just say he is welcomed at chase center. Of course, they dont want him to win, but theyre excited to see it because, you know, he helped us get a ring at one point. Speaking of a people are hopeful were going to win tonight. Theyre hopeful that were going to take it to the end because as you know, last season, we may not have made it to the championship, but we did the year prior and fans still have that energy. We got so close. We can taste it and fans are still hopeful that we can win this season playing against the phoenix suns tonight. As you said, kevin durant will be here playing against the warriors is the first time he will be playing in front of fans at chase center last times during covid. So the protocol was with no fans there to watch in person. So hell feel energy tonight. Its going to be a good game. Tipoff is in less than one hour. We caught up with one season ticketholder about what its like to be here. Opening night. Opening night like going to you know, and its its very exciting. Everybodys pumped up. You know, the season is getting ready to start in. The first thing you think about, course, a championship. And thats and she says, you know, i wish kevin durant the best. We should a championship. So thats kind of the vibe were getting out here at thrive city. You know, last time we were here, it was packed shoulder to shoulder while were watching. But now this is opening night. So not a lot of people out here willing to watch the game in the cold. A lot of people probably watching at home are watching at a bar something others, you know, could a 40 seat inside and they got the best seat in the house. Just even being able to be there. So well see if we win tonight. Well be watching it all a night here and provide the latest after the game. Get reaction some fans as well. Back to you guys in studio right here. We see you already got your swag on. New stuff looks good. You know, ive got to believe this was what about right before the last season . Yeah, we figure opportunity to i those nba well, another big sports know the giants may have found their next skipper as first reported by Andrew Baggarly of the athletic bob melvin will be the teams manager next elvis, of course, a bay area native. And of course, spent more than a decade managing the as in oakland. Well have more on this story. Also ahead in kron, 4 sports. Plus, you might not see crews cars on San Francisco streets. Thanks to a recent move by the state dmv will explain the state dmv will explain coming up. welcome to big tobaccos fantasyland. The industrys idea of a healthier tomorrow. Where vapes are deemed safer. Nevermind that theyll increase your risk of lung cancer. And theyre antiaging. Because youre more likely to die younger from a stroke. In big tobaccos fantasyland, the deadliest industry can rebrand itself as your friend. San jose home. That was busted as a meth lab in march is now for sale for more than 1. 5 Million Dollars from a the property is selling as it is. And kron fours rob nesbitt. He went to the neighborhood today to see what state that houses very conflicting signs of this home on Potomac Court in san jose. One many people know that the home is for sale and just behind at the sign on the fence as its unsafe to occupy surrounded by chainlink fence and warning signs. The san jose home isnt even close to move in. Ready this side in particular, letting the public know that the home had been used as a meth lab. It seems like the sellers confident about how much the house is worth go to the kellmr Williams Realty web site and youll find the home is listed for 1 million, 550,000 dollars. Thats up 125,000 from just a few days ago. Realtors, 8 hanna has an office just 3 miles from the home and says its a sellers market. But this listing price surprises him. If they do achieve this 1550 1000 that theyre asking for, thats a home run. Honestly, id be very surprised if they get. This was the scene back in march when the homes owner was arrested for having explosive material and police investigated for possible narcotic activity. The properties Description Online is transparent with the fact that the home is currently active meth lab and meth contamination, that the home will be transferred to a new buyer and its current state, hanna says getting the home to a safe livable state wont be cheap. Somebody will need to come into about. Pretty much the flooring. The sheet rock insulation, duct taping. So youre looking at about 2 to 300,000 to bring this back to where it needs to be. The former meth lab sits in a residential neighborhood close to a school and shopping mall. 6 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms and a 6,000 squarefoot lot are some of the selling points. But hanna says the current price and money that would need to be spent on cleaning up our bigger factors at 1, 8, 5, or 1. 9 after its all said and done. Is this property was that the answer is i also reached out to the listing agent who is selling the property, but they were unavailable for comment reporting in san jose. Im rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. We need to make that we have responsible human behind the wheel. In a major setback for crews to california dmv has suspended the gm owned company from operating its driverless taxis in San Francisco. And theres no timeline for how long that could last. The dmv says the vehicles are simply not safe. Kron fours. Catherine heenan live for us in our newsroom with the details catherine. Well, this decision means crews cannot operate its cars without a human driver. That obviously defeats the purpose of selfdriving vehicles. And while theres been a string of recent problems, including a collision with a fire truck, todays suspension centers around an october second accident. One which left day pedestrian with serious injuries. I think the thing that push them to make this decision is that did that accident where crews a car was actually at the top that poor lady and it stopped, you know, its its and that was you ever have Something Like this. That is a human driving a car. Reaction would be different. Hes talking about the fact a human driver hit a woman pedestrian at 5th and market october. 2nd. And left the scene. But as a result of that initial collision, the woman was pushed into the past of a driverless cruise car. The Company Later said the car aggressively braked then tried to pull over. But in the act of pulling over, dragged the woman forward. Heres part of the reason the dmv took drastic action. It says the company did not immediately make that part of the incident clear. Its report says cruz failed to disclose that the a v executed apollo for maneuver and concluded that might have caused further injury to the pedestrian. The company was slow. You thats my opinion about it. This low and taking actions. An to to off to update to the hardware could have taken no action right away. I mean, they had they should have suspended operations of the of fleet until they fix it in. Still waiting for the dmv to take action. Crews confirmed in a statement it is pausing operations of driverless cars. Saying its team proactively shared information with regulators after the pedestrian accident and remained in close contact with them. We need to make sure that we have responsible human behind it comes during a rough time for selfdriving technology. San francisco critics include labor leaders who represent cab drivers and local officials who argue in part the cars too often obstruct traffic and get in the way of emergency responders. Bottom line, the october 3rd accident seems to have been the last straw for the dmv with 2 words in the report standing out. Effectively immediately. You know, right now you stop now. The dmv says that crews can now request a hearing, but got to provide information showing how it is fixing the problems that led to the suspension has for waymo cruise. Those main rival not affected. It will continue operations. Not that waymo has not had its own problems, but it has managed to avoid really high profile incidents. Ken and vicki. The crews story comes as some groups are protesting the expansion of waymos selfdriving taxis in the la area over concerns about potential safety problems on the road. Protesters led by the Teamsters Union gathered outside the google offices in venice in southern california. The companys recently been trying to lure customers by offering free rides. But those protesters claim the cars are safe. They say in 2021, will have the most automated driving system crashes of any selfdriving vehicle company. To our 4 zone forecast see if we see some fog out there. Yes, we is. We its getting chilly, lawrence. Yeah. How about that . These temperatures coming down. Were going to see a big change. The pattern tomorrow. Weve got a cold front coming boy behind that. Were starting to talk about some 30s beginning to show up for some overnight lows in some of the valley. So a change is in the works. Weve got some low clouds weeping on shore right now. They really coming on shore this last hour or so with that onshore flow. Some winds gusting to 30 miles an hour. Heres look from our mount tam cam. Beautiful evening around the bay area. Look at your sky out there tonight as the sun setting, the clouds begin to move inside the bay up toward the golden gate bridge. Really . Been kind of lifted just a little bit earlier. We had a really the bridge disappearing in the fog that sea breeze kind of cranked up with a flag out there waving in the wind as we see more of those winds kicking up this afternoon. Temperatures today, 67 degrees in San Francisco. 69 in oakland, 77 just slightly above the average. A very nice day in san jose. 79 in livermore, 78 in concord and 77 degrees in santa rosa. If youre headed out this evening, probably want to grab a light jacket with you a little bit cool. Little breezy in spots out there, especially along the coastline and just inside the bay. That fog will be on the increase as we head throughout the night to, of course, that will make it feel a little bit chilly outside with some of that moisture in the atmosphere. We have some gusts as high as 31 miles an hour in a San Francisco. Still seeing some of those winds blowing onshore right now. Going to see more of that overnight tonight. And really, thats kind of a sign of things to come. Weve got a series of cold fronts are going to drop into the bay area member cold frontal boundary between cold air and warm air out ahead of it. So you get these cold fronts come through. They usher some colder air behind that and then were going to see another one come right behind that as well. Theres the most. The rain up in the northwest from the storm system. Theres a slight chance we might see a raindrop north of the golden gate bridge. I think the rest of it just passing clouds tomorrow. Time to get out those clothes time to get those that are close. You know, the winter boots get ready to go. Temperatures dropping down the 30s for overnight lows in some of the valleys as we head in toward the next couple of days. Pretty serious. A little bite now. All right. Thanks a coming up, several World Leaders are going to be in San Francisco for apec summit. But you can imagine traffic events. Yeah, its expected to be charlie. Look at the roads will be closed. The Asia Pacific Economic cooperation leaders summit, its right around the corner and its expected to cause some major headaches for commuting into the city. Yeah, the closures already being dubbed karma. Get a take a look at the map. Is provided by sfmta the those are is that streets that are closed off to regular public only Conference Attendees and those who live or work inside this zone are going to be allowed to enter following security screening procedures to get an idea of what to expect. Think back to the 2022 warriors championship parade down market street. I was a lot of fun, but boy, did it caused a traffic to come to a standstill. Now, picture that for 6 consecutive day. Not a good picture. More than 20,000 people, including President Biden and other International Leaders are expected to attend the conference. The event is designated as a National Special security event to ensure that it is given full resources from federal, state and local agencies for public safety. Why several states, including california. Take tech giant meta to take tech giant meta to court. Numbers move you. But some can stop you in your tracks. Like the tens of thousands of people who were diagnosed with certain hpvrelated cancers. For most people, hpv clears on its own. But for those who dont clear the virus, it can cause certain cancers. Gardasil 9 is a vaccine given to adults through age 45 that can help protect against certain diseases caused by hpv. Including cervical, vaginal, vulvar, anal, and certain head and neck cancers such as throat and back of mouth cancers, and genital warts. Gardasil 9 doesnt protect everyone and does not treat cancer or hpv infection. Your doctor may recommend screening for certain hpvrelated cancers. Women still need routine Cervical Cancer screenings. You shouldnt get gardasil 9 if youve had an allergic reaction to the vaccine, its ingredients, or are allergic to yeast. Tell your doctor if you have a weakened immune system, are pregnant, or plan to be. The most common side effects include injection site reactions, headache, fever, nausea, dizziness, tiredness, diarrhea, abdominal pain, and sore throat. Fainting can also happen. Help protect what counts. Talk to your doctor or pharmacist about gardasil 9. Continuing our coverage tonight, the former pilot accused of trying to shut down the engines on board a flight headed for San Francisco, pleading not guilty in an oregon courtroom today. Joel jones from our sister station in portland has the latest on where things stand. Today, 44 yearold Joseph Anderson pleaded not guilty to 83 counts of attempted murder. And one count of endangering an aircraft. The Alaska Airlines pilot was arraigned in Multnomah CountyCircuit Court today after being arrested sunday night for allegedly trying to shut off the engines of a flight heading from everett, washington to San Francisco in midair. New Court Documents show anderson told police and medical personnel that he had consumed magic mushrooms. Approximately 48 hours prior to the incident on the plane with investigators saying anderson later admitted to officers that he was in crisis and he put 84 lives at risk that night, including his own. We asked the District Attorneys office about the other 83 cge