Welcome, everyone, to the four this afternoon. Im alex savage and im cristina rendon. That indictment brought by the special counsel investigate the january 6th riot and efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Lets get right to our political reporter, greg lee, whos tracking these developments greg. Christina . Alex, this marks the third criminal indictment against the former president. Todays federal charges the result of a Justice Department investor into mr. Trumps alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election. The indictment, filed by special counsel jack smith in Federal District court in d. C. Smith also led the investigation into trumps handling of classified documents in this case, federal prosecutors accused trump of being determined to remain in power and peddling conspiracies and lies that the 2020 election was stolen from him. The unrest ultimately leading to the january 6th, 2021, attack on the capitol. As part of the investigation, prosecutors interviewed Elections Officia
Administration is behind Law Enforcements efforts. To capture the person of interest. Robert carr. To hold whoever is responsible for this atrocity accountable under the full force of state and federal law. And to seek full justice for the victims. And their families. But why the motive remains a mystery as authorities emphasize the focus remains on tracking down the suspect. Police say there have been no reported sightings of him since the shootings. Police say the suspected shooter has a military background. I continue to strongly urge make people to follow the direction of state and local Law Enforcement. And at this point, the big question is, who are these victims . Local police say they are still working to identify 10 of them themselves so they can notify family. And at this point, we dont even know how old the victims are either. Sheena, you know, before we let you go, were wondering about the atmosphere there. I mean, with the city still in the grips of fear because they haven
Weather. It might be colder out there, but we do have fire danger in the forecast. Meteorologist vianey arana will tell us where the risk is highest in the bay area. Plus, you felt the bite on your pg e bill, but it could get worse. A new study takes a look at why rates have been rising so fast as the Company Wants to raise them even more. But first, lets talk about the new strategy to take on san franciscos deadliest problem. City leaders unveiled a new task force today that will now investigate opioid related deaths as homicides. So if investigators can link a drug dealer to an overdose death, that dealer could be charged with murder. The new Task Force Includes sf police, the d. A. s office, the chp and the state national guard. Earlier today mayor london breed highlighted the importance of this particular fight. For the past few years weve seen on average at least 500 people lose their lives to just fentanyl alone, and how deadly this drug is is impacting the quality of life differ
But first, the temperatures cold us yet. So far weve had im not kidding my fingers. Talking feel cold. Definitely chilly out there. The coldest of the season so far. Nice and clear. You know, its sometimes these really clear and calm mornings. For this time of year, especially we start to feel temps getting really cold but beautiful view of San Francisco from sutro tower. We fell into the 40s for a lot of the bay this morning. Were now back up in the 50s along the bay shore in the east bay. Still down in the 40s for the north bay. But earlier on it was the 30s for spots like novato up to santa rosa and from napa on up to kelsey bill. So temps are warming under those clearing skies. We those freeze warnings and watches expiring up in lake and mendocino counties. But it got really cold up there for this north in the bay area. Now, temps later on today. Back up in the 60s. A lot like yesterday. But were keeping that sunshine around all day long today, which is going to be pretty nice. Ill
Nvidia. We will hone in on them to get a preview of what we can expect from their earnings later in the week. The grayscale ceo, leaving the company after three years at the helm. That and so much more. A quick check on the macro as we see record high after record high across the benchmark, the nasdaq, the s p 500, the dow, all powering higher on the fact that you are still seeing perhaps that geopolitical risk, of course, with a fatal crash happening in iran, not enough to take away the overall focus that is the macro policy of a Federal Reserve that can potentially cut rates into the second half of the year. Thats what the market wants to see coming off of the bond market yields going up one or two basis points with quietness as we have a lot of fed speak to digest. Copper at a record high, medical metal, gold, copper, a conundrum when it comes to the Federal Reserve, but record highs in the commodity space. In the world of crypto there is a risk on set filtering into crypto. 66,900