Fastest pace in a decade. But if you are tempted to rush in and buy what looks like a pictureperfect home, as a buyer, you should beware. From flip to flop, its this weeks cover story, as diana olick reports. Reporter this is historic d. C. Row house looks like a renovated gem outside and in, and thats exactly what emptynesters Cameron Mcguire and his wife wanted. And it was so seductive with all of the highend appliances and those pieces, and we thought it was going to be a dream, and it really turns out to be a nightmare. Reporter the threebedroom, threebath home had been renovated and expanded by a local houseflipper, with highend appliances, fixtures and finishings. It looked picture perfect. Because i am looking in this gorgeous kitchen, and im saying it all looks good. All new appliances. Whats wrong . So when you look at it, you wouldnt even realize, receptacles are not permitted the way that theyre installed here. The list literally goes on and on improper light canisters, a fi
Was stabbed. Patrol officers arrived. We have contacted a victim who had non life threatening injuries. Reporter first responding officers were called on a report of a stabbing. That a man had stabbed another man. And there was seal a report that the suspect had physically attacked a woman. There was a female inside that residence. Is she okay . Yes. All injuries that were sustained during this incident are minor in nature. Reporter within two become a metro s. W. A. T. Action and people who live in nearby houses where the suspect house was surrounded were told to get out. Police were concerned because it was their information that their suspect is armed with a highpowered rifle. And back here live behind me. The street, rainbow, it had been closed north and southbound around the area of desert inn. That reopened this morning about 10 00. I want to emphasize here too injured or at least attacked by the suspect, they were not seriously injured. So minor were their injuries they did not
Connected vehicles or autonomous selfdriving vehicles. Department of transportation thinks of this as connected automation. Its really both. They both give you sort of added safety. Connected vehicles or basically v to v, vehicle to vehicle, vehicle to infrastructure, v to x or anything else, basically theyre all going to be able to talk. What we know is studies so far suggest that even two applications of v to v could prevent 600,000 crashes and save 1,000 lives. So it has huge opportunity overall. Potentially 80 of crashes that dont involve an impaired driver could be prevented with v to v. So we have actually introduced a rule making which has been accepted by omb for review just to try to set up a consistent piece of equipment that would be used for the whole system in the United States. Okay. When do you anticipate this being online . Or you know, are constituents the availability. Give me a timeline on that. Right now its been accepted by omb as under review. Thats kind of where
Live from the kgotv broadcast center, this is abc7 news. This is not el zoro. This is a dangerous criminal. A an expert is talking about sean penns meeting with one of the most notorious drug lords. What was the actor thinking . Im eric thomas. You may think sean penn has done dumb things before like being friends with hugo chavez. Here he got in a fight in a San Francisco bar. Get out of here. But is it possible meeting with a man believed to be responsible for thousand of killings is his craziest act. Sergio is live on you side San Francisco city hall. Sergio, people in the bay area may know sean penn for a different reason. A lot of people are big fans of his for his oscar winning performance of San Francisco supervisor harvey milk. But there is lots of criticism for the former bay area actor after this continue controversial meeting with the drug king pen. Sean penns secret meeting with gnaw notorious drug king pen el chapo at the golden globes. I want to do this monologue and then
Statement involving federal terrorism. Were waiting for more information about the two other in houston and milwaukee. Officials say there is no current threat to public safety. Kristin, thank you. San Francisco Mayor ed lee released a seven Point Initiative in his effort to reform the Police Departments use of force policies in response to the shooting of mario woods in december. Abc7 News Reporter vic lee is live with the story tonight. Vic . Reporter the mayor prepared this letter for his initiatives for a meeting with members of the African American community. There has been a lot of anger directed at him and today, some of that spilled over to his home. A group group of five people converged on the mayors home, protesting homelessness to the Police Shooting of mario woods in december. That weighed heavily on the shoulders of the mayor. Lee set a deadline of february 15th to submit requests for training and weaponry, included in new use of force policies, which he asked police chie