Hello, again. Im martha raddatz, great to have you with us. Two days after new jersey governor Chris Christies marathon press conference, the bridgegate scandal is swirling this morning. New jersey democrats are pushing to expand their inquiry beyond just the federal investigation. What happens now and how will it impact his president ial prospects . Were covering every angle. Lets get started with the latest developments from new jersey. Jim avila is there. Jim . Reporter good morning, martha. During the two hour News Conference he answered every question, except the critical one, how can this happen . Dangerously leaving that to his critics, the press and federal prosecutors. This is not the bombastic Chris Christie america knows so well, meekly walking down the steps on a humiliating apology tour. But so far, and the investigations have just begun, nothing in the more than 2,000 pages of documents posted by his political enemies have found the lie in this blanket denial. I had no kn
Rolling the entire time from point of impact to a mad scramble jumping right into the open ocean. Youve never seen anything like this before. And good morning, america. In this plane crash video, its simply remarkable. Take a look at it right now. Its like youre inside the plane for a second with the passengers with all the water. Its just rushing in. Theyre doing everything they can to escape. You see them trying to get out. Right there and then as they keep on going they know they are getting out just in the nick of time because that plane continued to go under and it just sank. You will not believe this when you see it. The man filming every single second was wearing one of these, a gopro camera. Its all rage right now. Its become so popular. Well show you the entire unbelievable footage unedited from beginning to end. It really is incredible. Right to that dangerous Chemical Spill in west virginia. Right now so many people scrambling for water after residents were warned away from
Kpix 5 reporter cate caugiran is live at the scene. We saw the thick plumes of smoke this morning. That cant be good for residence. Reporter no, it cant, michelle. Thats a major concern that i have that neighbors have that i have spoken with. Its still smoky out here. Bay area air Quality Management is taking samples to analyze to see how this fire affected the nearby neighborhood. Its one of the largest fires san jose has seen in years. Heard a pop and boom and there was all the flames engulfed like at least 30 to 40 feet up in the air. Reporter Joaquin Vazquez lives in an apartment across the street. You can smell all the chemicals burning from the warehouses and then all the embers and stuff flying over were actually falling on our cars and stuff like that, so we kind of got concerned about that. Reporter firefighters evacuated a set of homes close to the warehouse shortly after the fire started at about 5 30 a. M. Explosions could be heard throughout the neighborhood. The largest o
Firefighters contained it within a few hours but stayed to prevent any hot spots. Two people who lived there were able to escape thanks to their smoke alarm. No word on a cause. A legal catch22 for a transgender teenager who says she is facing battery charges for fighting back to bullies. Ryan takeo spoke with the District Attorney today, who says his hands are tied in this case. Reporter thats right, allen . The deputy d. A. Explained his view. He painted a black and white picture about his view of the law and bullying. The viral video shows a fight at hercules high a couple of months ago. In it you see see 16yearold jewyles gutierrez falling to the ground. She identifies herself as transgender and claims this fight was her taking a stand against bullies. Gutierrez says she is now facing a misdemeanor battery charge. This isnt a category of individuals who we do know prosecute. Reporter danica balance runs contra costa countys juvenile division for the d. A. s office. Dan cabral says
Running medical calls, vehicle accidents, Service Calls throughout the city. So crews are strung out. Reporter crews fought flames that shot through the roof of three townhomes. Eight people are displaced, no injuries. I heard screaming so i came out our front balcony to see what was going on and looked out to the right and saw flames. Reporter hot spots still being put out at a warehouse the length of a city block. It wiped out a mans Family Business, vintage roof tile, owned it for 10 years. Devastating. I probably had about a million bucks in there. And i found out im pretty much its not insured. You cant really insure old tiles. Reporter daves business was hit the hardest. A strip of nearby homes was saved thanks to firefighters who raced over from a house fire that caused extensive damage. For them to come from a third alarm fire and over to this fire and make and there are no injuries, no homes destroyed, is quite amazing. Reporter betty yu, kpix 5. Last nights condo complex fire