Id like to start today by bringing up acting assistant attorney general john cronan. Mr. Cronan supervises the criminals division more than 600 federal prosecutors who conduct prosecutions involving organized and transnational crime, Gang Violence and other crimes. Hell make a statement regarding ms13 and well take wes on this topic and ill be back after that to finish and answer questions on the news of the day. John . Good afternoon. Good afternoon. Again, my name is john cronan. I am the acting assistant attorney general of the Criminal Division of the department of justice. Before serving my current role i supervised the terrorism and International Narcotics unit of the u. S. Attorneys office for the Southern District of new york. Prior to that, i sfshed as an assistant United States attorney in new york where i prosecuted violent criminals and National Security defendants including osama bin ladens soninlaw and the attempted times square bomber. On the day that attorney general Je
Are driving in some areas approaching the construction. Let me pull up the construction, see the purple that is a construction closure and there is slight slow traffic approaching it. But for the most part we are in good shape. Slight slow traffic in some of the lanes at the bay bridge. This is nothing that you should worry about. Its there, just letting you know, at 4 31, let go back to the guessing. Sal thank you so much. Fire officials are investigating a string of suspicious fire that were set early yesterday morning. As ktvu marine reports mareennaylor reports. Cant believe shortly what happened after he closed up his Convenience Store early thursday morning. You see your building on fire. A fire started around 4 45 in the morning in the back of the store behind this metal gate and flames spread to two rooms. The distraught Business Owner says his s system was among the items charred. I feel bad. First time in my life. And i dont know who did it. This is one of at least six suspic
And also from livermore to dublin, hayward it is dry. 680 looks good from san ramon. Bay bridge toll plaza, it continues to be a nice looking drive. And this mornings drive on 280 its off to a good start. Happening today, a young woman accused of abandoning her 5yearold daughter is set to appear in court. Witnesses say they saw 22year old samantha patent push a child out of her parked car on monday. Patent then drove away with her 1yearold son in the car. Family services now has custody of both children. Patent has been booked on two counts of child endangerment, one a felony, the other a misdemeanor. Bail set at 75,000. Her arraignment is set for 1 30 this afternoon. One of the men charged in connection to the ghost ship fire will speak to the media. He was charged yesterday in oakland on 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter. Cameras were not allowed in the courtroom. Henry lee says almena wore a red jail such suit, did not appear to acknowledge relatives of ghost ship relatives. One
Shutdown. Were going to get it done. Ill go a step further. Were just talking ms13. Gang members we havent even mentioned. If we dont change it, lets do a shutdown. Its worth it for our country. I would love to see a shutdown if we dont get this stuff taken care of. Senator jeff flake on the floor about to call out the president. If we are numb to such words then we will surely regret that we failed to defend our colleagues in the congress against such a vile remark. This conduct in an american president is simply not normal. I wish i could stand here today and say my words of last october have been proven wrong, that i had been unfair against the daily sundry against our country, that i had beenh exaggerated threats against principles, freedoms and institutions, flagrant disregard for truth and most often for the pettiest and most personal reasons. Reasons that have nothing whatsoever to do with the fortunes of people that we have beenv all been elected to serve. I wish i could say th
Its up now. After whatever that was yesterday and whatever that was this morning, its a new whatever and its better. Lets get to it. And a live look at the white house where we expect the press secretary Sarah Sanders to take to the podium in 14 minutes. Were waiting to hear whether President Trump will allow the democrats release on the russia investigation. The white house says it will go through the same process the gop memo went through. The House Committee voted unanimously to let the democrats release their memo. The House Intelligence Committees top democrat adam schiff of california says hes worried that. Trump could black out large sections of the thing. We also want to make sure any redactions are made are fully explained to the committee. We want to make sure the white house does not redact our memo for political purposes and obviously thats a deep concern. Shepard these memos are not only a distraction but a back and forth for both parties in washington. One source tells jo