Afternoon with heavy hearts as the department mourned the loss of sergeant tom smith, a 23year veteran of the force. Were in shock, disbelief, were numb. Were grieving, and please give us some time. Smith was one of seven bart police, five undercover detectives and two uniformed officers doing a search of an apartment at the park sierra complex in dublin. While the officers were inside the one bedroom apartment, one of the detectives guns went off strike and ultimately killing smith. Apartment resident got a brief glimpse of Sergeant Smith as he was rushed away by ambulance. He was in the bed. He wasnt moving. No one else was inside the apartment except the officers so how and why the gun went off during the search is the focus of an investigation by the Alameda County sheriffs office. Everybody has been interviewed so now we can go forward and try to reconstruct exactly what happened. The apartment bart police were searching was the home of 20yearold john henry lee. Lee was on probati
Enforcement, the crack down on immigration. Released a statement to cnn saying he is concerned about the raids and it reads, i am asking i. C. E. To clarify whether these individuals are dangerous, violent threats to our communities and not people who are here peace fully raidsing families and contributing to our state. I will continue to monitor the situation. Immigration officials call the arrests routine. Homeland security secretary john kelly had this to say about it. First of all, theyre not rounding anyone up. The people that i. C. E. Apprehend are people who are illegal and then some. I. C. E. Says many of those arrested had prior felony convictions including violent charges such as child sex crimes, weapons or assault charges. Lets talk about with joy jackson, jessica stern, criminal and immigration defense attorney and jack kingston, former Senior Advisor to the president s campaign and former georgia congressman. Good morning, everyone. Jessica, let me start with you. I under
Good afternoon. As of january 1, more than three dozen pharmaceutical companies raised their prices. The average drug maker raising prices by about 6. 3 this year. Thats according to an analysis by rx savings solutions. The biggest increases, 133 on pain reliever zingo. In and ketamine went up 20 , a Blood Pressure medication. The wall street journal reporting that allergen is raising prices 9. 5 . Now, following some criticism from President Trump last year, pfizer will be phasing in an increase of 3. 29 on january 15th. This after President Trump tweeted pfizer and others should be ashamed that they have raised drug prices for no reason. Pfizer temporarily halted price increases but now all bets are off. Pfizer will raise prices on 41 of its prescription drugs. While the increases happen every year, these affect list prices. So almost no patient pays these prices because they dont take into accounts insurance or rebates. Still people we spoke with say theyre not happy. Its terrible.