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Mode in terms of your son and you care about their safety. Reporter many students we talked to had not heard about the incident. Im concerned about it just based of the fact of the amount of, you know, white kids that live here and its a very, very small amount of africanamericans. Kind of disgusting. Like to go to a school with such diversity and for someone to put that up there is just like [ pause ] reporter Alameda Police are asking anyone with information or Surveillance Video to call them. Live in alameda, henry lee, ktvu fox 2 news. You may recall that Alameda Police are investigating a possible hate crime at a synagogue on Bay Farm Island last month. Somebody used a rock to smash their front windows and damage a door at temple israel. The damage was discovered august 17th. Police say the suspect wore a black hoodie with a white print or design on the front. He also had a white tshirt, black sweatpants and black tennis shoes. Now to our coverage of Hurricane Irma. The National Weather service tweeted out this graphic showing three hurricanes churning offshore. Right now, irma is over the caribbean while jose is still in the atlantic east of the leeward islands. And now a new hurricane, hurricane katia, is in the gulf of alaska. Meantime, the damage in puerto rico is extensive. There is heavy surf and trees and power lines are down. With 185mileanhour winds, irma is the most powerful atlantic hurricane on record. Authorities have issued mandatory evacuations for parts of Miamidade County. About 100,000 people in the Barrier Islands and coastal areas have been told to leave. Residents are fill sandbags, boarding up windows and doing whatever they can to prepare for irma. Florida governor rick scott is calling it bigger, faster and stronger than hurricane andrew. Hurricane irma landed in the caribbean islands this morning. The cat5 is the most powerful hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic Atlantic ocean. Ktvus Cristina Rendon reports. Reporter we understand that in the last hour, Hurricane Irma hit puerto rico heading to the Dominican Republic haiti, cuba and could possibly hit florida by the weekend where officials are urging people to prepare reporter Hurricane Irmas force hitting the british and u. S. Virgin islands wednesday morning with sustained winds near 185 miles per hour. The aftermath, devastating. These images come from the Facebook Page of a caribbean newsradio station called r ci guadalupe and damaged hotels. Lines are growing at Grocery Stores and gas stations. Im scared. Category 5, never been through one. Been through a 4, never a 5. I dont want to be here. Reporter people raided store shelves, buying up water, plywood and other hurricane supplies. Manager just told us that they dont water yet. So ill get other non perishable items to prepare. Reporter evacuees are filling the roads with 25,000 people leaving the florida keys and on the water, boats are being brought in. We are in Fort Lauderdale and, of course, the hurricane is coming so we are getting ready to pull the customers boats out on a trailer and hauling them into our dry storage. Reporter Florida Governor rick scott has already declared a state of emergency and is urging people to prepare. I cannot stress this enough. Do not ignore evacuation orders. Remember, we can rebuild your home. We cannot rebuild your life. Reporter the u. S. State department is warning u. S. Citizens to reconsider travel to cuba, haiti or the Dominican Republic. Irma, again, is expected to reach florida or possibly reach florida by the weekend. Julie, frank . Thank you. Lets bring in our chief meteorologist bill martin. How bad is this looking . Well, its so far out that its hard its bad, first of all. Where it is now, near puerto rico, i mean, its its a big storm. Its a cat5. Its the strongest storm in the atlantic. We have seen bigger wider storms. Big is wide. Strong is how much power this thing has, how much wind it has at the eye wall. One of the things i wanted to point out, heres the eye wall going to the north of san juan. Thats good news because the eye walls where most of the damage will occur san juan still getting 140mileanhour winds. But this system if it continues to ride to the north of the island chain at least to the north of cuba, in other areas, it will be very helpful to the damage that that could be laid out there. What i have laid out here is hurricanes love warm water. They need about 80 degrees to stay intact. Otherwise they fall apart. This is all 80degree water here. That gives you an idea like normally you might go, well, this thing is going to fall apart . The water is 86. Its going to lose speed over land potentially down to category 4 when its close to us but it has very warm water to go through. This is the latest model run from the National Hurricane center show it a category 5 until you get to the miami area. And then it drops down to a 4. What is steering this storm and whats most important you have a low pressure trough up here. You have the bermuda high out here. And between here is this wind flow. And the thing with these hurricanes is, you can see what the models are doing right now. Um, its you want to hit you want the turn. These things, once they get a little further north in latitude, they start their turn. They always turn. They come around the Bermuda Island almost always and when that turn happens, its going to be dependent on the two pressure systems and will have a huge impact on how the hurricane impacts the east coast of florida. Right now, heres what we have in terms of potentiality. Sunday, 145mileanhour winds. This is the National Hurricane Center Center forecast. And then it goes all the way up here into monday as a category 3. So but this is going to change. This model run will change. But we go back, this is a spaghetti plot and what youre seeing here are numerous Models Solutions for the hurricane. So you see most of the models are in pretty good agreement with this thing going kind of staying to the east side of florida. I think thats good news. But either way, were just talking about minimizing damage because this storm, even if it goes to the east side, its going to have massive storm surge and massive rain and very strong winds. Its going to be a huge problem but maybe not as huge as it could be if a direct hit were to occur on south florida. Thats the latest. But this will change by 10 00 tonight. Hopefully not that much. When i come back, well talk about that and well have the latest on what you can expect around here. The number of people who have died as a result of Hurricane Harvey has now gone up to at least 70. Today the house of representatives voted to approve nearly 8 billion in hurricane relief. President trump said he agreed with democrats to link the disaster aid to a bill to fund the government and increase the debt ceiling for three months. At least 573,000 people in texas have registered for help from fema so far. The fundraising effort by jj watt of the texans is growing. It started 10 days ago to raise 200,000. As of today, he has raised over 28 million. Fox is teaming up with other networks to raise money for Hurricane Harvey relegal. The hand in hand telethon will air here on ktvu tuesday, september 12. Houston native rapper is teaming up with big stars like george clooney, beyonce, Barbra Streisand and Oprah Winfrey to name a few. The money will go to several groups helping the people of houston. Again it airs september 12th at 8 00 right here on ktvu. 15 states and the district of columbia sued the u. S. Government today to block President Trumps plan to end the daca program. The lawsuit calls the president s action unconstitutional. New yorks attorney general calls it cruel, shortsighted and driven by a personal bias against mexicans and latinos. Democrats in Congress Promise to fight for legislation to protect people brought to the u. S. As children. This is the first president in modern time in the lives of these dreamers who has been antiimmigration. Rejecting the idea that immigration is the lifeblood of our country. So far, california has not joined the lawsuit. About 800,000 young people stand to lose protection from deportation if the program is rescinded. Alum rock took quick action issuing a robo calling sending a letter home to parents to let them know school will continue to be a safe place regardless of immigration status. Ktvus ann rubin is outside Cesar Chavez Elementary School. Why did they take this step . Reporter well, they wanted to reassure parents that whatever happens on a federal level, these schools will continue to welcome everyone reporter attendance was normal at Cesar Chavez Elementary School but administrators are worried some kids might stay home. President trumps announcement that he was ending the deferred action for Childhood Arrivals Program sent shock waves through the district. We spoke to Sandra Mendoza through a translator. She has three dreamers in her family. [ speaking spanish ] because of this decision that was made, um, they feel hopeless. They feel like their dreams are just crushed and they have broken hearts. Reporter at the Alum Rock Union Elementary School district, they had already noticed how the Political Climate was affecting children. The kids were very afraid. Whats going to happen to me during recess what if i. C. E. Walks in so i had to assure the kids that they were going to be safe and that nothing was going to happen to them. Reporter now the district has taken an extra step sending out a robo call and letter to families to reassure them the district was a safe space. It was a reminder of a policy they put in place last fall after the election of President Trump. We want to make sure that every student and every family member, every Community Member that interacts with us, they know that they are safe. Their information is also safe. So this is just a friendly reminder alum rock welcomes everybody. Reporter district Officials Say they want school to be a, quote, beacon of light and hope for students. Mendoza says the message and sense of unity are meaningful. [ speaking spanish ] she believes in community. She believes in the power that everybody has together. And she is very, um, pleased with, um, the support that she is getting from the School District. Reporter the School District is also making sure that staff and counselors are on the lookout for any students who might need extra help. Frank . Ann rubin in the south bay tonight. Ann, thank you. [ music ] the bay area hosts one of the nations large fema warehouses. But if disaster strikes, they can respond immediately. Plus, a follower of Charles Manson just granted parole. Why it may not mean a Quick Release from prison. Plus i wasnt doing nothing Las Vegas Police detain a star nfl player at gunpoint. Now he is accusing them of misconduct. And he has hired a bay area attorney to defend him. The emotional News Conference he held today. People love my breakfast burritos. And my french fries. Wait what if i put them together . a burrito stuffed with scrambled eggs, creamy guacamole, bacon and crispy french fries. Ill call it the california breakfast burrito boom. Someone got that, right . Scrambled eggs. Guacamole. Bacon. French fries. Youll call it the california breakfast burrito. Boom. Good work everyone. Another winner. Introducing my New California breakfast burrito. Only at jack in the box. Charles manson follower Leslie Van Houten was grand parole today. She spent more than 40 years in prison for the murder of a man and his wife in los angeles in august of 1969. The killing was part of a series of manson murders over the summer of 69 that included actress sharon tate who was pregnant at the time of her death. Governor brown has 120 days to affirm, reverse or take no action on the decision. Last year she was also granted parole but Governor Brown later reversed the decision. A team of independent experts released the most detailed report to date on februarys near catastrophe at the oroville dam. The panel found safety inspectors missed the big picture in the years before the spillway collapsed. The report found they relied too heavily on visual inspections and ignored blueprints, construction records and other critical information that could warm then about the dam troubled Flood Control spillway. A large section of the spillway collapsed in february forcing the evacuation of nearly 200,000 people. We got a doctor on the phone today from the National Weather service as we look at Hurricane Harvey. Hey, doctor. Hi, bill. Good to talk to you. Its been a long time, hasnt it . Yeah, its been a little while. Its great to hear your voice. Were tracking this big hurricane. Its the strongest and longest lasting hurricane in the atlantic. Whats your take on this thing . Its a powerful storm and a dangerous hurricane and it, um, does seem to be tracking towards the south coast of florida. Warren, are you were looking at the water temperatures out in front of this thing. And they look pretty potent. Were looking at mid80s up into the east coast of florida. Whats your thoughts about that . We have warm water temperatures as you said. Of course, there are other things that come into play as well as it passes or brushes by the islands out there in the caribbean. That, you know, can act a little bit in the opposite sort of sense and diminish the strength a little bit and then theres the question of the vertical wind shear profile around the hurricane and how that evolves over time. Latest official forecast from the National Hurricane center shows a little bit of gradual weakening as it approaches the coast of florida but still powerful and dangerous. I think youre older than me. [ laughter ] i think youve seen a few of these. Well debate that somewhere else. I know you have been at the Weather Service lots of years, ph. D. Out of san jose state. When you look at this, whats the headline going to read on irma . Is it going to be wind, rain . Is it going to be storm surge . What do you anticipate with this storm at this date . Reporter so i think the two leading concerns are wind and storm surge. Were not seeing this hurricane do what harvey did and basically just stay parked in one spot for a long period of time and the copious rainfall totals that resulted. But its a very strong storm associated winds there at center are going to be very strong and, of course, they are near the coast, there will always be the issue with the powerful storm surge. This is a hard question. What we have had a lot of wild weather a crazy year, 106 in San Francisco, harvey just the other day. Whats going on . Its, um, its certainly been an extraordinary summer. But extraordinary summers happen. The implicit question i think is, you know, is what were seeing with all these things a reflection of Climate Change or is it just, um, its one of those summers where a bunch of things happen to kind of go in this direction . And personally i think the answer to that question is unclear. It would almost be kind of like saying, you know, heres a year where the top three hitters in baseball suddenly hit a huge number of home runs and does that reflect something changing with the baseball, something fundamental with the game of baseball or is it just the top three hitters happen to all have really good years . Sure. So looking at individual event, its hard to say. Its more in the statistics and how the trends change with time that we can look for evidence of those things. So you dodged that. Okay. The next thing just kidding. I expected to you say that and, of course, thats absolutely correct. But last thing i want to say is sure. One of the things i saw the other day, warren, i didnt think about this, but with Global Climate on the increase, um, the idea that theres a ton of extra water vapor in the atmosphere now, bazillions of tons of extra water vapor, is that infusing these storms . Is that why harvey is that why this could it be infusing these storms like an el nino kind of infusion . Its possible. And i can already see youre going to say im dodging this one, too. But ultimately we dont know. That in itself would say, yeah, more water vapor in the atmosphere, potentially stronger storms. But ultimately, the strengths of the hurricane reflects a lot of Different Things going on and thats just one. Its interesting. The previous category 5 hurricane in the atlantic basin, matthew, early october of 2016, but then there was a long gap that there were none all the way back to felix in september of 2007. Its great talking to you. Im going to call you later to chat. I havent chatted with you in a little while. Its been a while. That would be great. Thanks for making the time for us today. Absolutely. Pleasure to talk with you. See you, warren. So okay. You got that. Warren is the real deal. He is in the meteorological world. Hes the guy. So, you know, its hard to answer those questions i gave him because i knew he would have trouble with those. Um, for us around here, not as hot. Almost as humid, 45 humidity out there. Throughout the bay, a broad brush. But be ready for a few clouds and as mark pointed out earlier in the 4 00, a chance of a light sprinkle into tomorrow. Thats my weather headlines for the next hit. Well be talking about that slight chance of a sprinkle. But the beauty of this thing, we are not on the east coast and were not 105, 110 degrees tomorrow. We are in the nice mild pattern. So when i come back well detail it for you. See you in a little bit. Coming up tonight at 6 00 , a reminder of the dangers of lead poisoning. An east bay landlord taking action after lead is found throughout her century old home. [ music ] i wasnt doing nothing marin thats video of blast vegas police detaining Seattle Seahawks defensive lineman Michael Bennett last month. The nfl star claims that Las Vegas Police threatened him and he says its because he is black. He hired john burris to look into filing a federal lawsuit. But Las Vegas Police have their own version of what happened. Ktvus rob roth spoke with john burris today and has video that shows some of what happened. This is a tragic situation to me. I hate to be up here at this moment. Reporter tmz released this video from august 26 showing Michael Bennett from the Seattle Seahawks prone on the ground being handcuffed by Las Vegas Police. I wasnt doing nothing, man reporter he said he was released without charges.  im just lucky to be here to speak about it. Any moment i could have made the wrong decision or move or felt like i was resisting and doing something wrong and you guys would be the seahawks with the wearing the patch with number 72 on it. Reporter in an open letterer tweeted that after watching the fight in las vegas, he was headed back to his hotel when he and a crowd of people began running after gunshots. In that letter, Bennett Police ordered him to the ground. He placed his gun near my head and warned me that if i moved he would blow my [ censored ] head off. All i could think of is im going to die for no other reason that im black and my skin color is somehow a threat. He hired oakland civil rights Attorney John Burris who plans to file a federal lawsuit. I look to see whether or not theres a pattern that exists if this is symbolic of how africanamericans are treated in the city then it becomes more racial than not but right now i dont know that. Reporter late today Las Vegas Police released footage. They say they were responding to a call of an active shooting which was false. Officer saw Bennett Crouch down inside a casino and he began running. One running. Reporter police not knowing if he was involved in the incident went after him. Due to bennetts actions and the information the officers had at the time, they believed bennett may have been involved in the shooting. And they gave chase. Bennett was placed into handcuffs and detained while Officers Determined whether or not he was involved in the original incident. Reporter they say they released him after 10 minutes. Bennett became emotional when he talked of being a black man in america. I tried to tell me daughters every, single day to that they matter and theyre you know [ pause ] reporter Las Vegas Police say its internal Affairs Investigation will investigate what happened. Rob roth, ktvu fox 2 news. Former 49ers quarterback kaepernick weighed in on twitter today. He retweeted Michael Bennetts statement and captioned it by saying, this violation that happened against my brother Michael Bennett is disgusting and unjust. I stand with michael and i stand with the people. The chp says a 3yearold boy and his father were hit by their own car in petaluma this morning. Investigators say the fathers ford escape was not in park when he went to the back seat of the suv to get the child at a local plant nursery. The man was hit by the open door and fell to the Ground Holding his little boy. The boy was then hit by the front wheel. The child was flown to Childrens Hospital in oakland with injuries described as moderate to major. The father is being treated for moderate injuries at petaluma valley hospital. Still to come here, Hurricane Irma hitting puerto rico with strong winds and rain tonight. In a moment, the bay area is on its way to help as irma moves toward the united states. And a busy east bay bart station has plans to expand. Coming up, the proposal for a Transit Village just unveiled today in walnut creek. Where each drop was formulated to be smarter. Even smarter than that. 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Its hit several caribbean islands and churning up dangerous surf knocking down trees and power lines. Joining us on the phone is cristina eckert on the largest of the British Virgin islands. How are you and your husband doing tonight . Reporter we are safe. It is all good here. We are in a room. We dont have power right now. And we are missing part of our roof. But we are safe. We are unharmed. And we are counting our blessings for that. Will you talk about what it was like when the brunt of the storm came eight hours ago . Reporter it started you know, with the hurricane, it kind of picks up and picks up. So about noon today here it started to get really intense. We are up against a harbor here. We had been on a sailing vacation and they called all the boats back in. And the hotel here put us up. So about noon, we started to hear things hitting the back of the hotel. Tting the back theres plywood against that area. We mothed into the back room and pulled our mattress we moved into the back room and pulled our mattress over us there. Its hard to explain how loud the wind was. You could feel the barometric pressure like when youre taking off and landing. There was a lot of that. You tried to pop your ears. It just didnt stop. You would get intense gusts. It was really scary. You could hear parts of the roof ripping off. Could you hear noises outside but you werent really sure what was hitting or flying around. You just knew there was a massive storm going on. Were you shaking . Were you talking with your husband . What were you saying to each other as this was going on . Um, i was shaking. He said i did a little sobbing. I dont remember the sobbing. I thought i held it together pretty well. We held hands during it. I prayed a lot. I it was really scary. So now after things have calmed down just a little bit, have you been able to go outside and look around or what are people doing right now and what are you seeing if you are going outside . Reporter you know, it got dark here pretty quick tonight. So there was only about an hour of light time when the storm wasnt here before it started to get dark. We did try to walk around some. There is quite a bit of devastation and destruction around us. There are boats that are capsized, up on the shore. They have been slammed into rocks. Most of the hotel here, the second floor, the roofs are gone. Some of the rooms out here, they lost the back wall. So there is quite a bit of devastation. Tomorrow morning we are going to walk around and see what else we can see here. Right now we are staying in our hotel room. Some our people are doubling up if their rooms are missing the back walls. Trying to make the best of a bad situation. Did the hotel lose power . Reporter we lost power. Power lasted here for quite a while up right until it really got intense about noon. And we havent had power since then. Cristina, when you go through Something Like this, does it change how you see life . Reporter it does a little bit. You know, we have been we have gotten so many texts and messages from people wishing us well and telling us how much they love us. We had people to tried to charter planes to us to get us off this island. Its just amazing how many people how many people love you that you never realize how much they love you until you go through Something Like this. It just makes you grateful and blessed for everything. We are glad that you and your husband are both safe tonight. And, um, i know it will be, um, interesting rest of your vacation there as you try to get home now and put things back together but it puts things in perspective. Thank you for joining us and telling about your experience tonight. Thank you. A facility in the bay area has its eyes set on helping florida. Ktvus tom vacar went to Moffett Field today to find out what they are planning to do. Reporter nasa ames has an important tenant the fema emergency distribution warehouse. Its involved not only in the matter in houston but now Hurricane Irma. On most days, most every shelf of every rack in this 110,000 squarefoot complex is full of supplies that are stacked to the rafters. But today, many of moffetts racks are empty as fema has been sending the most critical supplies to Hurricane Harvey victims in the greater houston area. Much of the warehouse staff are also deployed to houston and soon to florida. Now, while these warehouses have all manner of goods, its really the big six, the things that sustain life, that are the most important and take up the most volume. Water, meals ready to eat, cots, blankets, tarps and plastic sheets. Fema can also supply many other items as it is capable of drawing on most federal supplies and services as needed. In the wake of the katrina disaster in 2005, the Obama Administration reorganized fema. Its warehouse staff was increased from 28 employees to 190 for better quicker service. The goal was to improve femas ability to acquire and deliver goods and services needed to relieve the suffering of disaster survivors. The federal government is ready. Its not going to be a repeat of what happened with the federal government 25 years ago in andrew. Senator rubio and i have contacted all the elements of the federal government. We have spoken directly to brock long the fema director. He is prepositioning people as well as supplies, although fema is quite stretched as you can imagine with all that has gone on in texas. Reporter the center may eventually move to tracy to lessen the earthquake damage and femas ability to serve. Moffett has a major airfield capable of quickly deploying supplies on the air forces biggest cargo jets. Fema also has all manner and size of large generators. Thats critical because they can be trucked or just as easily flown to a disaster site within hours. Primary Distribution Centers are now also located in atlanta, georgia, fort worth, texas, cumberland and frederick, maryland, hawaii, guam and puerto rico, which is getting slammed as we speak by megaHurricane Irma. Other fema centers can provide temporary housing like trailers to help people stay in their regions during recovery of. All fema centers are evolved in this enormous activity. Tom vacar ktvu fox 2 news. A few Bay Area Charities are send ising supplies of food to flood victims in texas. The San Francisco Marin Food Bank along with Alameda Food Bank and Second Harvest are sending pallets of non perishable items on a truck to houston. The San Francisco Marin Food Bank is sending two Staff Members to houston to help the houston food bank, which has been overwhelmed with donations. You can just imagine what these families are going through in houston. And to have prepared food that doesnt have to be refrigerated is whats been requested of us at this point. So were happy to provide those items to those families in houston. A shipment of food from the bay area should arrive by the end of this week. One staff member is already there and a second leaves for houston sunday. Still to come, he apparently told police he was sick of the deer eating his expensive landscaping. And what happened next has his neighbors furious coming up, the criminal charges against the man from the north bay who shot and killed a doe and a fawn. The san jose giants just finished up a disappointing season and now some of their fans are upset because of the tweet involving three players an what they were wearing. The tweet was meant to celebrate japanese heritage night but instead, it produced a backlash and accusations ranging from insensitivity to racism. Ktvus south bay reporter jesse geary has the story. Reporter for the past five years the san jose giants have partnered are local groups to put on japanese heritage nights at municipal stadium. Pregame activities include tyco drummers and a sake toast. We always try with theme nights to make it inclusive and welcoming to celebrate heritage. Reporter this year, the gesture failed even before performers took the field due to this pregame advertisement tweet including a looping video showing three giants players partially dressed in traditional japanese attire. But doing stereotypical actions. One is performing martial arts, one bowing, and the third fanning himself. The san jose giants sent that tweet august 20th. But few if any noticed until this week when the season ended. The tweet has since gone viral with plenty of negative comments. Roberta wrote me saying, the tweet was disrespectful and completely tone deaf and theres a serious giants fan, i was deeply disappointed in the organization. Chris cents me a direct message saying, i expect better from the teams i support. Im sure its in their capacity to do better in the future. Kind of shrug your shoulders and say, well, its almost business as usual. Reporter tom is the copresident of the san jose japaneseamerican citizens league. His group wages an ongoing battle to educate the masses about fdrs internment of japanese during world war ii. He says while the tweet is offensive, he isnt angry. People make these kinds of mistakes, you know, people in the media, people in corporate make these mistakes over and over again. Reporter the san jose giants did a mea culpa and removed the tweet from the twitter timeline. We never mean to offend anyone. We apologize for those who found the tweet offensive. Reporter fans seem willing to forgive as long as the next time, someone thinks carefully before pressing send. San jose, jesse gary, ktvu fox 2 news. Bart unveiled plans this morning for a new Transit Village at the walnut creek station. It will include new housing, shops and more parking. There will be about 600 Apartment Units and the parking garage will add 100 new spaces. Construction is set to begin this weekend. Bart says riders shouldnt experience any inconveniences while the work is being done. I think theres a lot of opportunity and it makes a lot of sense to have people able to live close to a transit opportunity. Reducing traffic and need for cars and pollution. Its a great idea. Bart says the work will be done in phases. The garage will be completed by the end of next year and work on the Transit Village will begin after that. Well, a north bay man takes action to stop deer from eating his expensive landscaping. But what he did outraged his neighbors and now he is facing criminal charges. And we are tracking sort of a flat weather pattern out here. A little humidity left over but certainly not as hot. Theres some fog at the coast right now. Well talk about what you can expect for thursday. Hunting is outlawed in the town of tiburon but that didnt stop a rest deny from allegedly shoot a resident from allegedly killing and shooting two deer in the front yard of his waterfront home. As Frank Mallicoat reports, that man is now facing felony charges. Then they come down here through the bushes across the driveway. Reporter they have been living on tiburons murray street for a quarter century. The bay views are spectacular and so is the wildlife. All you have to do is are wave your hand to a deer and it runs off or say boo and it runs off. Reporter just three doors down their neighbor 54year old Mark Dickenson was arrested Early Saturday Morning for fatally shooting a doe and one of its fawn pictured here. The two deer were killed with a highpowered pellet rifle complete with scope, laser and flashlight attachment. He said he was sick of the deer eating his landscaping an area he attempted to fence off. No one was in danger. It wants public safety. They are defenseless. So you know, a mother deer and her fawn doing what is natural just eating vegetation should be killed for that, um, is pretty unconscionable, in our minds. Reporter both deer were found close to his bay front property with multiple wounds. By the time the Marin Humane Society arrived, both deer were dead. It was a slow prolonged death. It was certainly nothing humane about it. Reporter dickenson, who is a pilot, was charged with felony animal cruelty. His attorney offered this statement. My client did not intend to harm the animals, the public outrage related to these allegations is driven by the inflammatory claims of the Tiburon Police department which havent been proven in court. Heartbroken and i cannot understand it. An educated man like the gentleman up the roads would do Something Like this. Reporter did you know him . No. Reporter dont no him . No and i dont think we want to. Reporter neighbors were outraged over the loss but are very concerned that one of their own a fellow neighbor was toting a loaded rifle in the wee hours of the morning so the fact that somebody did that, killing an animal around here is crazy, in an area where so many kids are around and families and thickly settled. I cant imagine it. Its a tragedy. I walk here every day with the dogs and wondered would they if they were to wander off would they be hit and killed . Its a nightmare. Reporter the case is now in the hands of the marin district attorney. Frank mallicoat, ktvu fox 2 news. We are getting some dramatic new time lapse video showing a raging wildfire in the Columbia River gorgeous area of oregon. The fire started this past weekend and spread quickly. So far, its burned more than 50 square miles. Hundreds of homes east of portland have been evacuated. Id say over the past 4 hours its over the past 24 hours, its significantly worse. We have ash starting to fall last night starting around 6 00 and started to get more chunky and now you cant stand outside without getting rained on. The fire season was supposed to be mild after an extremely wet winter and spring but instead its one of the worst in u. S. History in land burn. In montana, fires there have burned almost a million acres since the beginning of summer. Thats an area thats actually larger than the entire state of rhode island. There have been fires in california, as well. Lets go to bill now in the Weather Center with a look at the conditions and the fire danger were facing right now. Then the smoke. You know, i was up in oregon a few weeks ago before the solstice for the equinox and it was smoky. And it had been smoky for weeks before and its been smoky almost the entire summer. Almost like those days we had around here. Montana has been smoky. Theres been more smoke than i can remember in in in california in the west in the skies causing our quality issues than i can flare long time so its a tribute to how many wildfires are over a does in the state of california, many in oregon and washington, as well. So just a sidebar of whats going on with the hurricanes and what have you. Air quality, you get that smoke like that picture we just showed in oregon, you can see how bad the air was. When you can see air, now you got bad air quality. Our smoke is cleared out of here. Its been brought to us by this system here which is kind of rotating clockwise you see down in here might bring us a few showers, light sprinkles, which would be nice to see the area here that triggered a thunderstorm right there. Maybe a sprinkle tonight. Its taken smoke out of the area and also pulling in subtropical moisture hence the humidity that just doesnt seem to want to go away. So there are the there is the current imagery, some fog along the coast. Current temperatures, 70s, some low 80s, not too hot today. Theres a live camera shot looking back towards oakland. And you can see its smoky out there. The forecast for tomorrow, theres a bit of fog and low clouds, a lot of cloud cover in the morning and then temperatures stay mild. Look at that yellows, lots of 70s tomorrow. Yay get a little break from all the heat around here. Temperature in fairfield tomorrow, about 80 degrees. Brentwood about 85. Heres the fiveday forecast. Tensions are high across the world following north koreas latest nuclear test. What President Trump said today when asked if he is considering military action against the north koreans. And in minutes new at 6 00 a reminder of the dangers of lead poisoning an east bay landlord taking action after lead is found throughout her home. Are President Trump said today that military action wouldnt be his first choice against north korea. The president is speaking with World Leaders to try to figure out how to respond to north koreas latest nuclear test. Greg palkot is in seoul tonight with the calls to increase sanctions against the north. Mr. President , are you considering military action with north korea . Well see what happens. Well see what happens. Currently its not a first choice. Well see what happens. Reporter pressure intensifying on north korea as World Leaders call on pyongyang to stop nuclear testing. Its the threat to International Peace and security. And it increases tensions in the region. Reporter President Trump talking by phone with the leaders of australia and britain tuesday discussing north koreas latest nuclear test. The u. S. And its allies are encouraging china to bring more economic pressure on north korea. Everybody wants to get this dangerous situation resolved, bring this reckless dangerous provocative regime to its senses without conflict. A conflict would be catastrophic. Everyone understands that. President trump has said, listen, youre not going to get a missile with a Nuclear Weapon on top to hit america on my watch. I think thats the right attitude. Nobody wants a war, but were not going to let that happen. Reporter the leaders of russia and south korea meeting wednesday. Vladimir putin restating moscows opposition to new sanctions against north korea. Secretary of Defense James Mattis speaking with his south korean counterpart tuesday reaffirming washingtons ironclad commitment to defend its key allies. In a statement on wednesday, mattis saying that any threat to the u. S. And its allies will be met with a massive overwhelming and effective military response. In seoul, south korea, greg palkot, fox news. Bracing for the worst. Three powerful hurricanes barreling across the atlantic and gulf of mexico. The first irma tracking toward florida as it rips through the caribbean. Tonight at least one person is confirmed dead from irma. It is the most powerful hurricane ever recorded in atlantic ocean. Good evening, im julie haener. Im frank somerville. The other two hurricanes jose and katia are continuing to gain strength. We have live team coverage. Our chief meteorologist bill martin is tracking irma from the Weather Center. First, Cristina Rendon reports from the newsroom. Evacuations are already under way in florida. They are not taking any chances. Reporter thats right. Theres mandatory evacuations for residents on Barrier Islands in the miamidade area. Thats affecting more than 100,000 people. Officials telling people not to take chances and to prepare. Hurricane irmas howling winds, gusting to 185 miles per hour, pounded the british and u. S. Virgin islands wednesday morning. On facebook live, there was video of the monster storm from a hotel room in st. Thomas. In st. Martin cars are stuck in water as seen from video on the Facebook Page of a caribbean newsradio station called rci guadalupe. Irma is tracking towards florida and scenes like these have people in south