Christien kafton has been talking about officials and joins us live from San Francisco. Reporter more than 300 inmates are housed in jail here inside 850 bryant. The question is if the building is shut down becse it has been deemed seismically unsafe, where do those inmates go . No one argues the point that 850 bryant, San Franciscos hall of justice since the 1960s has got to go. The building declared seismically unsafe in the mid 1990s still houses the criminal court and the jail on the seventh floor. San francisco is debating what to do with the 300 inmates that the jail holds now that the mayor has called for the inmates to be rehoused july 2021. We have to close the jail. It is far past time for the city to have a clear plan and timeline to do so. Reporter San Francisco supervisor call for a hearing to begin planning on what to do with the inmates the jail houses. At this point no one has a plan for where to put them. The retiring sheriff said since board of supervisors in 2015 rej
Territories. The state elevated fire 50 of our nation apply to 15 territory has that designation. Reporter it spoke very little about decades of neglect, deferred maintenance and profiteering at the expense of rate payers. Im not pointing a finger at anybody other than us. Reporter the California Public utility commissioners themselves appeared timid and somewhat embarrassed at having gone along with p jennys shut off system. And taking no real aggressive, probing or confrontational stance except for this. You said we need to get there. You need to get there now. Reporter the problems are so large and so many that it is unlikely serious improvements can be made until next year. The best thing for ratepayers to do is pray for rain and no more red flag whether. With that, we may just get through this. Reporting live, tom vacar, ktvu fox 2 news. Thank you for that live report. 4 ktvu obtained a letter from pete yanity ceo and president that he sent to governor newsom. William johnson reit
Why he has a plate in his leg and pins in his arm and why he cant walk. Like he is going physical therapy. Reporter the unwarranted attack did not happen vikings. It did not happen by thugs. It did not happen by a hate group. It occurred at the hands of those who are paid to protect and serve. Reporter spires was not arrested. This was essentially a beating that has been completely unjustified. Reporter spires is an uber driver who worked as a peer counselor helping to de escalate tensions between police and youth. San Francisco Police said the sf pd and the Attorneys Office are conducting independent investigations into the incident. By policy they do not comment on open investigations. Reporter they are trying to get body camera video and they tell me they plan to file a federal civil rights lawsuit. Ktvu fox 2 news. Activists are calling for more oversight of the county Sheriffs Office that would include a new citizens oversight board. This follows the death of a man one year ago wa
A careless mom, driving wreckless. I dont know what she was thinking. Reporter witnesses saw the saturn speeding and jump the curb and sidewalk, slam into a wall and power pole. What they saw next will be hard to forget. When the car initially hit that side of the pole, the car looked like it started to. When it started spinning out of control, it hit the back part of that pole, it looked like as it was getting ready to tip over, the baby came out of one of the side mirrors. The side windows, im sorry. Reporter the twoyearold boy died instantly. The force of the collision is clear. Debris strewn across a wide area. Police say the impact to the passengers side was enough to tear the door off and that is when the toddler flew out. There was a child seat in the car, but it appears he was not strapped into it or strapped securely enough. I have seen a child when i walked up to the car to get her information in the backseat. Reporter this driver was hit just minutes before by the same woman
Chief of staff john kelly as kushner fights to maintain his access to highly classified information. And quite the case building. Muellers russia probe collects its latest guilty plea. Some see a pattern forming. The white house insists theres nothing to see here. Its very clear that russia meddled in the election. Its also very clear that it didnt have an impact on the election. And very sad breaking news, one of the most influential voices of the 20th century, evangelical leader billy graham, has died. Well have more on Billy Grahams death and the life he lived a little later. But we begin today with the president talking about banning bump stocks, strengthening bump stock checks and possibly even putting an age limit on gun purchases. Does it represent Real Progress or Just Lip Service . Well take the talk and hope it means something. Nbcs kristen welker, we know the president has a busy day ahead. Guns are the focus right now. What are they talking about and what are the chances so