Into the courtroom in a few minutes later walk out of the courtroom than other thing to note is that only 4 alternates are here we just have 4 alternates and 3 of them are now being used in the judge says shes already received notes for jurors about scheduling conflicts with one alternate left legal experts say a mistrial is now possible of more than one juror cannot be seated now its also important to know that theres a gag order in place which means Defense Attorneys are not speaking to us like they typically do at the end of the day were also not hearing from family now thats not because of the gag order just lot of the motions of course they walked out here not too long ago we were ready to s speak with them this afternoon. They said its just too overwhelming and too difficult to speak at this time. Michelle. Yeah, what has been the overall sentiment i know you had these family members you reference to were alerted that there would be this major announcement i imagine a lot of them
A tense situation unfolding in north philadelphia as a gunman opens fire on police. One of the cops was running past me. He had blood all on his head. I think he might have got hit. Reporter wednesday afternoon, philadelphia officers were serving a narcotics warrant searching the house when shots began. There are reports of more than 100 rounds fired. Many of the responding officers escaping through windows and doors to escape the hail of bullets. But two became trapped inside for about five hours during the standoff. Swat was able to successfully extract the two Police Officers that were trapped upstairs as well as three prisoners. They were all taken out safely. Reporter the situation shifting from hostage to barricade with the armed suspect remaining inside the house. Both federal and local authorities on the scene pleading with the gunman to surrender eventually making contact. Six officers were injured by gunfire and by wednesday night, all of the wounded were released from the ho
Creek near the town of byron. Right now the fires about 15, 20 acres. We are told that they do have it under control. No homes threatened. But you can see it is smoky and fiery out there. The crews will stay at that location to make sure it doesnt spread. We have super high temperatures of course. Well be keeping an eye on it throughout this newscast. Contra costa county where that fire is burning had the hottest temperature in the bay area today on a day of recordsetting heat. And more records may fall tomorrow. Lets check in with chief meteorologist jeff ranieri with more on that. Jeff. Concord did get up to 104 degrees. As you all mentioned, the old record was 100 set back in 2008. And with all of that heat today we are Still Holding on to some very warm temperatures outside. 79 in concord, 78 fremont, 75 san jose. And 76 in lake port. So the reality as you get up, you head out the door tomorrow, its some fast heating. You have to be thinking about this as you get up and get going t
Just this one open area. The causes under investigation. There is an indication that someone using a tractor sparked the fire. Live look at downtown pleasanton. It is one of the hotspots out there right now. Temperature near the highs of the day 103 degrees. Air and heating technicians busy today as you can imagine running around. The east bay trying to get the airconditioners back up and running again. It has been crazy. It is a lot of jumping from one call to the next. Just getting everything up and running. Getting people comfortable in cooling. It can almost be a health hazard. As we suffer through the heat today climate Scientists Say this will only become more common. Summers are hotter and drier and longer than ever before. Devon has a closer look at this worrisome warmup. Reporter it is august and it is hot. Two things in isolation are not that unusual. Climate science its say the warm weather is likely part of the troubling trend. Sciences say the effects of Climate Change are
Decision, 10 days is a lot. Reporter so this new jerk consists of seven women and five men. In a potential ominous sign they did say that the last remaining alternate could very well be asked to serve on this jury. Now five of the jurors have indicated to the court that they have a scheduling conflict. Who so we began with four alternates. We have one more alternate. Live at the courthouse, ktvu fox 2 news. Henry, this has been going on for several months. You are saying that some of the jurors are now saying that they either have to get back to work or they have some kind of plan where they cannot stay on the jury . Reporter this judge, judge thompson has been very mindful of some of the family events, such as graduations, things of those sort. So she wants to make sure that she accommodates them to some degree. Now, she is not going to say to yes to every request. She has to balance the needs of the court and the needs of the jurors. The five jurors indicated that they have potential