Tonight. Im jessica aguirre, and i want to get you caught up on some of the headlines that we are watching tonight. Were going to start with some heartstopping video. It shows a little girl almost getting hit when an suv barrels through a crosswalk in san mateo. This happened right in front of the childs father. This caught on a dash cam by dr. Jillson hong last week at the intersection of franklin parkway and blaze road. You saw that, right . Police say the suv was being driven watch again. Goes right next to the little girl. Thats the lee family entering the crosswalk. Dad and the two girls on scooters. Then the suv hits the scooter, but luckily not the little girl on it, right there. I see a family with two young kids, similar age as mine. The first thing that comes to mind as a parent is this could have easily been me. And every time i think back to that moment, my heart just skips a beat. San mateo traffic unit was at the intersection today conducting a traffic watch. They were ci
Democrats are seeking records of interactions with the president and the personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani and ukraines government. According to the whistleblower complaint, giuliani traveled to ukraine this summer and met with the president ial adviser about a plan to investigate joe biden. Would i like to testify and tell my story . Sure. Ive been telling it all the time. Ukraines former chief prosecutor tells nbcs Richard Engle he was also in contact with giuliani. I have spoken with him, maybe ten times. And was giuliani asking you about the bidens . The president s campaign doubling down on unsubstarte vi to protect his son who served on ukraine to fire its prosecutor the board of ukrainian gas company. They losthe election. Now they want to steal this one. Theres been no evidence of wrongdoing by either biden. Joe biden says the president is afraid of him. Its pretty clear that he will stop at nothing. Ive become the object of his attention. Intensifying emotions and pressure as the
easy to install and lower projected maintenance costs. after the inspector general s office got involved, bart fired the lighting contractor and settled with them for $2.4 million, and vowed to install all 2,182 fixtures itself. this video we took in the subway shows that another four years later, those old, dim, fluorescent fixtures still line the tunnel, and those new lights bart promised to install? most are in storage with time running out on their warranties. claudette: that s wasteful, yeah, you want to make sure that you re getting the best use out of your purchases. jaxon: bart board member debora allen, a frequent critic of bart management, has another word for it. debora: sometimes i do look at some of these things and say, gosh, you know, that s pretty that could be pretty absurd. i can see how the public would say that. jaxon: we reached out to bart, they wouldn t answer any specific questions about what s going on with the lighting,
saying only that they re reviewing the inspector general s findings, and the agency acknowledges the procurement process did not meet our high standards, and we will work to do better in the future. during a recent audit committee meeting, bart deputy general manager, michael jones, suggested the audit process itself is to blame for all the delays, but quickly added michael jones: there s multiple reasons why that project was not completed at, you know, at that time and at this point in time. debora: okay, well, i d love to know all the other reasons. jaxon: bart officials now say they ve installed roughly 30% of the lights they bought for san francisco, mostly in the berkeley hills tunnel. but when allen asked whether any of the uninstalled lights are still under warranty. debora: is it gone? i mean, we re past the warranty? female: i really don t know. jaxon: it s not clear how long it will take for bart to finish installing the replacement lights in san francisco.
back in 2018, bart predicted it would take a dedicated contractor two years, because crews can only work during a four-hour window while the system is down overnight. jaxon van derbeken, nbc bay area news. candice: now, if you have a story for our investigative unit, just call 888-996-tips, or go to our website, nbcbayarea.com/investigations. i m candice nguyen, thanks for watching nbc bay area, where we investigate.