Francisco. Good evening and thank you for joining us for this special edition of abc7 news at nine. Im amanda. And im dan ashley. It happened just after 3 00 this afternoon when police say the sponded to a report of a car into ag at the consulate on gearyrd. Abc seven News Reporter j. R. Stone spoke to a witness and joins us live with the latest. J. R. Ahmed, this section of geary boulevard outside of the chinese consulate has been roped off with this yellow crime scene tape now for many hours as investigators are busy at work. I just talked with the man by the name of sergey who was inside when that car came crashing into the consulate. He said that he was just there trying to get his visa. So he can go visit china. Now, i do want to go straight to some of the video that he shot earlier. People running for cover after the car crashed into the consulate. Sergey tells me chairs went flying and the man driving got out yelling a curse and looking for the, quote, ccp, which is the abbrevia
Synagogues, Community Groups and israelis in the bay area are banding together to fundraise and build support. Many of them have direct ties, of course, to friends and family in israel who have been killed, taken hostage or injured. Abc seven News Reporter Leslie Brinkley has more on how the war in israel is hitting home in the bay area. Israel is a small country. Everyone knows someone. One rabbi berkowitz is knitting together support in the contra costa Jewish Community in the face of what he called horrific attacks. Yes, im getting news that that people that i know persons we know are no longer with us. They were brutally murdered, brutally slaughtered, and the news just keep coming. This is denying 11 of the israelis. This is the nine over 11 of the israelis. I was raised and grew up in ashkelon. The city that right now is under tremendous attack of missiles. And my parents right now and my mother in law are in the shelters. We are not there. We are here. And we hear all the sadnes
Remember a man as funloving. He was shot and killed by u. S. Park police last month. The family is still looking for answers demanding transparency throughout the investigation. Police say they followed his suv after a hitandrun accident on the gw parkway near reagan national. Officers tried to stop him but they led him on a chase. He was shot three times in the head after that chase. Through the tears, friends and family honored him at last nights vigil. My dearest angel. Full of love, you always expressed that happiness. His family says he was unarmed and fbi is now investigating that case. Its 4 31. Shutdown averted. Congress struck a deal to prevent the government from shutting down this weekend. The agreement helps to buy time for challenging talks on everything from immigration to aid and puerto rico. Lawmakers pass a twoweek spending bill yesterday. It is now headed to the president s desk. He is expected to sign it. Were learning a lot more about what forced arizona congressman
Not yet. Of course, thats going to change as the morning wears on. If they dont clear this accident soon. Were trying to get some information about the timeline here. But for the moment, all lanes of 95 south are closed. Theyre going to be detoured in dumfries. As for the northbound lanes, theyre moving at speeds. The express lanes are open as well. That doesnt seem to be affected. Well have to wait and see whether we get any rubber necking delays on that side or not. Well keep an eye on it. Melissa, back to you. Thanks, megan. Well be checking with megan throughout the morning. Heres the other closure. Southbound bw parkway being pushed off. This is another crash investigation with all lanes shut down. Northbound is open and unaffected this morning. Taking a look at 270 from 70 down to the spur, you dont have any worries there. Everything is looking quite good. Same situation if youre headed northbound this morning on 270. No big problem there either. Beltway, inner loop and outer loo
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