And setting it up again. With a long tunnel Boring Machine, you can just keep going. It may take a long time, but it can be cheaper because you arent assembling and disassembling the tunnel Boring Machine again and again. Reporter prep work has already begun with geologists gathering samples deep underground by the plan route. Engineers will get a sense of the rocks below the surface allowing them to better estimate the total cost and speaking of cost, the gilroy chowchilla section was budgeted for 5. 5 billion, but the l. A. Times published an analysis saying a 13. 5mile tunnel could make or break the bullet train, interviewed several experts from around the world and said it could cost from 5 to 14 billion. This engineering professor was quoted saying this is not good news for taxpayers of california. I dont agree with that. There is no option of doing nothing. Were going to have more people in the state. The cost of doing nothing means more people stuck in traffic, more airline dela
Congress got an sos today from the common cant of the coast guard. He said the guard is busier than ever, chasing drug runners but it cant do the job without more money. Carter evans now on whats at stake. Reporter this what 800 million worth of cocaine looks like. We were aboard the coast guard cutter back in 2015 after it seized tons of drugs from fast boats and make shift submarines. There was so much flow right now. But the drugs keep coming. And last year the coast guard couldnt even chase hundreds of shipments they knew about. How much is still getting through . There were over 500 events that, that literally alluded us. We knew they were out there. This came done to we didnt have enough planes, didnt have enough ships. Reporter he says much of his fleet is decades past retirement age. And the coast guard needs 1. 5 billion dollars just to catch up on maintenance. Copy. Thank you. Chief warrant officer, bill hansman is captain of the 55yearold sledge. This ship is 11 years older
Immigrants in a sweltering tractortrailer in texas, now extend to an Iowa Trucking Company and mexican drug gangs. And tonight Mark Strassmann has new information about the driver. James bradley jr. Should never have been driving the tractortrailer that carried roughly 100 Illegal Immigrants into san antonio. Florida had suspended his commercial driving license back in april. Ten people died including 19yearold, frank fuentes. He graduated from high school in virginia but had been deported. The 60yearold bradleys criminal history dates back 20 years, with felony arrests in colorado, for menacing and assault, and in florida for an escape warrant. He spent a year in a colorado prison. More than a dozen survivors remain hospitalized, some in critical condition. Its never just the driver, by himself or herself. Shane fulton, the special agent in charge of Homeland Security office is leading the criminal investigatin. These organizations consider these people a commodity, dont think of them
Plenty of sunshine and we start off on the chilly side because we have been clear overnight and down to 39 in santa rosa and 41 in san jose, 42 in concord. Taking him up at futurecast, notice something missing . Rain, clouds, we have sunshine all day long. A Beautiful Day with temperatures topping out at in the upper 50s along the coast and low 60s by the bay. Mid50s for warm spots inland and if you want something to do, the pebble beach proam, beautiful down there. Mostly sunny for the rest of your weekend and seasonal temperatures with the full forecast in just a bet. Lets talk about the extended forecast and rain returns. In the meantime, over to you, maria. The top stories. Water is continuing to flow over the emergency spillway at the oroville dam. It was released yesterday for the first time in the dams nearly 50year history and water officials are carefully monitoring erosion. Last week, the force of water rushed through the main spillway and caused part of it to wash away. You
There are truths and those truths live and hes only telling what has happened reporter back in 2011, San Francisco supervisor jane kim received both hate mail and praise because she would not recite the pledge of allegiance until thelma, the federal antisamesex marriage law was declared unconstitutional. If not for protest like this, we have been able to achieve a lot of things that have made this country great. Reporter kaepernick said his protest is just beginning. Ill continue to sit. Im going to continue to stand with the people. Reporter and kaepernick is expected at the teams regular press conference tomorrow. So we may hear more from him then. And coming up at 6 00, i spoke with oscar grants uncle about this issue and youll hear from him. In the newsroom, carolyn tyler, abc 7 news. Thank you. Donald trump is also weighing in. The republican president ial nominee said, what kaepernick did is a terrible thing and maybe he should find a country that works better for him. Trumps wor