Moving it out, prepping for a sunday night runway opening. Lets get more on why the congresswoman toured the crash site. Reporter both members of Congress Told me they wanted to tour the crash site so they could figure out how to make air travel ann more safe. They spent an hour meeting with the chair person of the ntsb. Congresswoman nancy pelosi and jackie spear, San Franciscos mayor, a fire chief, the Deputy Police chief toured the site together. Members of congress say they wanted to see the site and meet all of the area leaders to get a sense of what worked and what could be improved upon. Pelosi and spear say they were stunned by the destruction and the number of people who survived. Whether or not mandatory drug and Alcohol Testing should be done, whether or not there should be an increase in the number of hours, whether or not they should have a sharp instrument on the plane so they could dough senate the chute. Theres a lot of things well have to look at. Reporter the mayor sa
The judge walked out, turning off the lights before the lawyers stopped talking. And good morning, america. Boy, that arguing in that zimmerman courtroom went on for so long. 13 hours. What a scene. There was so much tension there. Especially when the judge walked out. Attorneys hurling accusations at each other. Zimmermans lawyers angrily saying the state was withholding evidence. So much drama to get to. But, right now, were going to get to Tropical Storm chantal. So much of the south drenched with the rain. Sam has been tracking it all overnight. It goes back and forth, the intensity. Yesterday, every model showed why this thing would strengthen. Today, the forecast center going, theres a lot of reasons why it wont. Robin, it will deliver five, six inches of rain in a part of the country, that doesnt need more rain, and thats the entire southeast. So, lets deal with this storm system. And well look at it very carefully for you. We have a 3d view of this. The Hurricane Center uses so
Big rig crashed around 1 a. M. Near powell street. Oil spills from the truck. Both drivers got out safely before the fire. Cleanup shut down the eastbound lanes for a while but the final lanes have reopened just before 4 30 this morning. So you should be okay. A certain piece of equipment is now getting attention as investigators try to piece together what happened during saturdays crashlanding in sfo. Kpix 5 reporter anne makovec is in burlingame with the latest on the ntsb investigates. The questions are still focused on whether or not this was pilot error or mechanical failure. You can see the wreckage here on the runway being blocked by a couple of trucks collecting evidence. We know the plane came in low and slow on saturday morning. The throttle similar to a cars Cruise Control wasnt monitoring speed or wasnt maintaining speed according to the Instructor Pilot who was supervising the flying pilot. 1 1 2 seconds before the crash the pilot attempted to abort the landing and it was