To a camp at the age five. Hes a bold outspoken support er of gay rights, he has 800,000 twitter followers, let alone his own youtube series. George takei, good to have you here. Good to be here. I turned on my tv set not long ago and your face, was there, youre talking to journalists and knowledge legislators. You have as much of a passion for politics as you do for star trek. Im a passionate guy and we live in a world that has so many things that you can be passionate about. Either positively or l sometimes in rage. Talk about your political came. Where l activism. Where does that come from . Japanese, we were captured by the japanese we are american citizens, brn and raise born and raised. My mother was born in sacramento. My father in san francisco. Right after the bombing of pearl harbor, president roosevelt on february 19th signed scuff order 966 which ordered all japanese americans on the west coast to be rounded up. How old were you . I was five years old. Did you understand wh
To a camp at the age five. Hes a bold outspoken support er of gay rights, he has 800,000 twitter followers, let alone his own youtube series. George takei, good to have you here. Good to be here. I turned on my tv set not long ago and your face, was there, youre talking to journalists and knowledge legislators. You have as much of a passion for politics as you do for star trek. Im a passionate guy and we live in a world that has so many things that you can be passionate about. Either positively or l sometimes in rage. Talk about your political came. Where l activism. Where does that come from . Japanese, we were captured by the japanese we are american citizens, brn and raise born and raised. My mother was born in sacramento. My father in san francisco. Right after the bombing of pearl harbor, president roosevelt on february 19th signed scuff order 966 which ordered all japanese americans on the west coast to be rounded up. How old were you . I was five years old. Did you understand wh
Boys, aged 7 and 5 and twin 1 yearold girls all living with their grandmother. The kids were taken by their parents from the grandmothers home in los angeles at 12 30 yesterday afternoon. Police say the couple is driving a darkcolored pt cruiser with paper plates and a missing hubcap. Its not clear where theyre headed. Heres pictures of the family. They were only allowed supervised visits with the kids. The father is known for violence. If you set the car or the kids youre asked to call 911. California republicans are doing some soul searching this weekend at the partys state convention. Kpix 5 is there with what key members are saying needs to change. Thank you. [ applause ] thank you. [ applause ] thank you very much. Thank you. Reporter California Republicans roared their welcome for former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice kicking off the Spring Convention and setting the tone for the partys come back. We are a party in the state of california that needs some rebuilding. But we a
To help millions of people who had their Health Insurance canceled. And found that insurers have sent out 4 million canceled insurance notices. This new bill will allow insur insurers to offer new policies that dont comply with the Affordable Care act. Libby casey has been following all of this from capitol hill. Is this a victory for republicans . Reporter well, in some ways it is, tony, because republicans have been trying to hack away at the federal held care law, obamacare, for years now, since it was past, since the Supreme Court upheld it. This is the first time that it had some democratic support. 39 democrats voted for this republican bill, and that number actually would have been way larger had president obama not come out yesterday and made the changes to the law that he did. The timing of that was no coincidence, that the white house did that to try to get democrats not to go towards this republican direction. Heres how fred upton, the author of the bill described it today o
And breaking news in oakland tonight where amtrak train crashed into an suv one person has been killed l. It happened just after 10 00 oclock near high street and san leandro. Plane bound for seattle held at the scene while Police Investigate the crash. Nobody on the train hurt. Good evening. Happening rate now north outbound 280 in San Francisco open again. This is live look at the 280 and 6 street caltrans camera. Same stretch of road when it reopened. Roadway shut did you know thursday so crew could replace 2 hinges to make the roadway more flexible in the event of earthquake. Finished yesterday then refinish the road and guard rail today. Cal tran learned from 2 previous closure so the work went very smoothly despite an even bigger job. Other top story tonight. Ang dangerous intersection in pinole plagued with Car Accidents including a fatality. Happening near an Elementary School here. Residence have had enough and they are taking action. Allen wong is there live with the story. A