Highway 2. 42. Reopening after Police Activity. From the bay station, youre watching kron. Noon. Thanks so much for joining us here on kron. 4 news at noon. Im Stephanie Lin highway to 42 in concord is back open in the northbound direction after Police Activity shut it down for most of the morning. Kron fours Charles Clifford is live at the scene for us with the latest on this. Charles. Well, the good news here is that the situation result was resolved peacefully and no one injured and traffic is getting back to normal. Its going to take a look at some video here from earlier now. The Concord Police Department Says about 7. 30, this morning they found a man apparently in distressed above willow, pass road on an overpass on highway 2. 42. And the northbound lanes so they shut down northbound lanes. The shutdown will pass road underneath the overpass and they spent several hours very peacefully talking to this man. You might build to see him in this video wearing a black hoodie. There. T
Share intelligence and deploy additional experts from across the United States government to consult with and advise israeli counterparts on hocovery recovery efforts. Because as president , i have no higher priority than the safety of americans being held hostage around the world. The United States is also enhanced our military force posture in the region to strengthen our deterrence. We must be Crystal Clear where we stand with israel. Were hearing from two california families, both with loved ones taken hostage by hamas. And today theyre calling on the Us Government for help. Abcs seven News Reporter lena howland has their story. The first one said, i love you, and immediately early at 811 also it said, im sorry. Those were the last texts Rachel Goldberg got from her son , 23 year old hirsch goldberg, poland, an israeli american from berkeley, saturday morning, shortly after the first bomb sirens went off in jerusalem. But later the family learned hirsch was in a bomb shelter that w
Trying to secure its borders and potentially rescue hostages. President biden says that the u. S. Is ready to help. Our washington correspondent Raquel Martin joins us now live from the Nations Capital with the message that the president deliver today work health. Thanks for joining us. Thanks for having me. Just and will be for the president. Even spoke to the nation. We know he and the Vice President held a phone call with Prime Minister netanyahu. The president then delivered a strong rebuke of what he calls antisemitic terrorism at the hands of hamas. We must be crystal clear. We stand with israel. President joe biden says the u. S. Is surging military assistance to israel as the country plunges into a bloodied battle with hamas. So not to sheer evil. President biden says of the more than 1000 now killed 14 are americans. He also confirmed a u. S. Holding americans hostage alongside dozens of innocent israelis abducted off the street and from their homes. This is tears. Today, fami
Biden confirming americans have been taken hostage by hamas in the attack against israel. And the family of an east bay man is now pleading for his return. And significant Law Enforcement action taken to crackdown and mail thieves right before the Holiday Season begins. The city of San Francisco is suing a group of china town. Property owners for, quote, creating in inhumane living condition. What the city hopes this lawsuit will change. Station. Hes calling news 2. Thank you for joining us here on kron. 4 news at 2. Im justine waldman. We will begin with the latest developments from the israel hamas war. We now know that more than 1800 people from both sides have died in this conflict just over the past few days. And this number does include 14 americans. Right now. Israel is retaliating with relentless airstrikes on gaza as the targets that terrorist organization. Were looking now at the destruction in gaza. 150 hostages from israel are still being held captive by hamas. There. And n
Im sorry were a few minutes late in the beginning. We did have a vote in the floor and in the middle of it a colloquy concerning our schedule. This time i recognize myself for five minutes for an Opening Statement. Good afternoon and a warm welcome to each of our witnesses who are going to join us today. We are here on what has turned out to be an oabsolute lee gorgeous day in washington d. C. But were here to talk about an ugly, sorted subject. And that is online sex trafficking. Or its the name of as the organization describeds it more bluntly, slavery. As the stings continue to proliferate, those that thought slavery was something that could never happen in 2017 america have had to confront the terrifying reality that not only is it happening, its on the rise and in large part because the internet, the technological master piece of our time has made it much easier to do. And both the house and the senate this year were facing up to the challenge with a long over due conversation dri