Midlate afternoon. Highs 7378 winds nw 5 tonight partly cloudy. Patchy fog. Lows 5662 winds se 5 mph thursday partly sunny. Much warmer and a touch humid. Highs 8487 winds s 515 mph new steps to counter north Koreas Nuclear threats. The controversial thadd antimissile system, on the move right this minute, in response to shows of force from north korea. The us and south korea are in the progress of installing it at a Deployment Site right now. This comes as other highpowered u. S. Military assets are headed to the korean peninsula. Our question of the day are you concerned about the tense developments with north korea . Tell us at wjla dot com slash vote now. Sam sweeney is at the live desk with how the white house is responding. Larry, tensions high this morning on the korean penninsula. The uss carl vinson airfraft carrier is closing in on the area and thats not the only american warship there. Late tuesday the uss michigan. A Us Nuclear Submarine surfaced in south korea. This latest
Iming bab to show you how soon well feel that cool effect. Larry and alma . Thank you, spencer. Five years ago the bay area was horrified following a mass shooting which claimed the lives of seven people at an oakland college. That case is nearly over as the gunman pleaded no contest today. That means hes going to serve the remainder of his life in a state prison. Abc7 News Reporter Lyanne Melendez live in oakland with the details. Lyanne . Reporter well, you know, larry, from the beginning the gunman said he alone was responsie, but he never quite understood the implications of his actions. It took medication and several psychiatrists for him to understand what he had done and to get to this point. The few family members of the victims were escorted through a back door following the out come of todays court proceedings. This man, juan, shown here several years ago, pleaded no contest today to the mass shooting at oakhurst university which occurred in 2012. It is expected that in july
Testimony, closing arguments began on the sixth floor. It began with a quote from the prosecutor, he said, sierra lamar is dead thanks to Antolin Garciatorres. Cameras were not allowed in the courtroom today but an artist showed the District Attorney addressing the jury, he held up jeans belonging to sierra lamar and the prosecution also played home videos from sierra lamar, showing that she was happy before she disappeared. They said that the theory that she ran away was absurd. Sierra lamars dna was found in the car of Antolin Garcia torres. Sierra lamars father was in the courtroom. One legal analyst said that the prosecution is doing an effective job of trying to strike first before the defense gives their closing arguments. The District Attorney is anticipating the arguments of the defense and knocking the arms down before they are made. The the defense is going to have to be strong and emotional in the way that they start their closing argument. They need to say, do not believe e
Didnt want to seem like he was trying to avoid responsibility for what he had done. Reporter a few Family Members of the victims were escorted through a back door following the out come of todays court proceedings. The Mass Shootings such as this is unprecedented here in our county. And with the conclusion of this case today, we know that mr. Goh will not be in a position to frther harm our community in the way that he did. Reporter one of the survivors texted me to say, i do not wish to speak on behalf of this. Just taking it all in at this point. Thanks for understanding. A University Administrator talked to us offcamera to say the school will never forget that day. Goh was a disgruntled Nursing Student who had dropped out. He was demanding a tuition refund. When the university did not comply, goh went on a shooting rampage, killing seven and injuring three. Sophia long is a shooting survivor. We Pay Attention around the environment in the school area. Reporter goh will be sentenced
Holes in a key defense theory, specifically the claim that sierra may have run away. Which is why her body has never been found. What the prosecution has done very effectively is not only presented its theory of the case, its starting to refute the defense theory of the case before theyve even spoken to the jury. Sierras father steve was in court today but declined to comment more than a dozen volunteers once helping look for sierra in morgan hill came to the trial to offer the Family Support mp mary dorning said she felt the prosecution presented a convincing case. It makes it very clear as to how they came to the conclusion and how they got his dna and how they picked him as the perpetrator. But with no body and no crime scene some question whether the evidence presented will be enough to convict Garcia Torres of killing seer la lamar. As part of this trial Garcia Torres is also accused of attacking three other women in safeway parking lots in morgan hill. The prosecution suesing tho