Alvarez said job one is simple, Police Presence in the station and the trains. I finally have the opportunity to use the Additional Police officers to put them out to our system and increase our presence. We know with presence we will be deterring and increase safety in our system. Reporter the agency is able to increase the presence with the 19 new officers hired in the past year. Alvarez says starting monday 12 will be assigned to right trains at various stations, especially at night and on weekends, to stem what has become an increasing problem. Unfortunately, 2019 we had 45 up tick in thefts of electronic devices. Reporter more than half of the Violent Crime on b. A. R. T is related to the theft of electronics. The biggest up tick was at balboa station. He is called a good filth. He is called a good fit. Someone from our b. A. R. T family. Reporter he says pairing officers with the ten unarmed volunteers who walk the trains, gives him 22 sets of eyes and ears to spot trouble, and t
And if the power is shut off we heard from pg e it would happen early wednesday morning. All of this is a fluid situation as they watch the weather. Pg and e is preparing for what could be the 10th Public Safety power shut off. The Company Warning it may cut power to parts of marin, sonoma, napa and Solano County as well as parts of the east bay including berkeley and lafayette. I am ready. I do have a generator. And i am all for it. Reporter pgae says the Emergency Operation center is keeping an eye on strong winds expected to start early wednesday morning and last through thursday morning. The company may turn off power to thousands of customers to reduce the risk of a wild fire. I mean i would like a definite answer, maybe. That would be nice to know for sure. I just drank the last of the spare water thinking we are in the clear and now i have to buy all that again. Reporter pg e says double check your emergency kit and splice and have a plan ready. We are still monitoring the weath
A severe effect on the territorys reputation. Government will double funding for Prince Andrew faces calls to apologise to the victims of sex research in the next parliament, the offenderJeffrey Epstein. Biggest ever increase in support for the American Woman at the Centre Research and development. And we of misconduct allegations involving proudly back business across this borisjohnson says hes country because we understand that ignored her and blocked her phone calls. It is they, you, who are creating the wealth that actually pays for the wealth that actually pays for the nhs. And by the way, because the Prince Andrew is facing calls nhs is the nations priority, our to apologise to the victims ofJeffrey Epstein for his Close Association with the convicted sex offender. Priority, and because we believe emphatically in fiscal prudence, i a lawyer who represented epsteins alleged victims has told breakfast hope you wont mind if i also that the duke showed an astonishing lack of empathy
boys group are now charged with seditious conspiracy. we are learning a capitol police officer who was injured in an altercation with that group will be one of the first people to testify thursday during the january 6th committee s primetime public hearing. also this morning, fast-moving developments on the efforts to get some form of gun legislation passed on capitol hill and what by all accounts is a critical week. details on what could be included in a bipartisan teal and what is likely going to be left out. and will they take action this time? we ll see. those negotiations are happening, though. as we hear heartbreaking new details about what happened inside robb elementary school. frightening details frankly. it s two weeks ago today. this is an interview you re about to hear with abc news of a fourth grade teacher who says initially he who says he initially told his students to pretend they were asleep when all of this began shortly after he came face-to-face wi
plan to keep him focused, walking americans through one rule of the law each day. and the biden administration is kicking off a new ad campaign to help sell the bill to a politically fractured nation. the resources in this plan will be used to expand and speed up manufacturing and distribution of vaccines, set up more vaccination sites to get the country in a place to get back to normal. this plan will get checks out the door starting this month. now, the white house says the checks for some americans will land as soon as this weekend. beyond the bill, the president is making some other big promises. in his first prime time address, he vowed enough vaccines to direct all states, tribes and territories to make all adults 18 and older eligible for vaccination by may 1st. and he set a goal of july 4th as the first holiday during the pandemic when small groups should be able to celebrate in person together safely. as my cnn colleague put it, the light in the tunnel may be fir