In jail after being charged with sexually assaulting a minor. Sergio quintana joins us tonight. This arrest is troubling. Reporter very troubling. The District Attorneys Office said they were immediately able to charge that former ceo. The da himself tells me they didnt have to conduct a lengthy investigation because they caught him in the act. Until this week zain jaffer was a well known ceo of a startup he founded. Tonight hes in jail charged with crimes. police were called to his home early sunday morning. Jaffers father answered the dwo door and told the officers to go to the back yard. Police saw him attempting to commit Sexual Assault of a victim. The the victim a 3yearold child and the assault didnt stop when the police arrived. He. He rolled over and had the victim wrapped in his legs. He was resisting them, fighting them and spitting on them. A 1yearold at the home had bruises so hes also charged with assault on that infant. After his arrest he was remove add ceo of vungle.
Reporter police zeroed in on the men in her life. One, two, three of them. Were trying to find out who would have the motivation to do this to help find her killer. Reporter to help find her killer, her anguished sisters would turn amateur detectives. I couldnt even sleep. I needed an answer. That was my sister, my baby sister. Reporter the twist that stopped everyone cold . There had been another attack on another pregnant woman. She was assaulted. And her neck was cut. Who was targeting momstobe . In this life or the next, youre gonna pay for what youve done wrong. I couldnt believe what i was hearing. How does this happen . Im lester holt and this is dateline. Heres Josh Mankiewicz with, one moment. Reporter in the megasprawl of los angeles county, the city of hawthorne occupies about six square miles, none of them especially glamorous. For decades local pride centered on the beach boys. They grew up here, and quickly left. Nowadays its tech giants like spacex with headquarters at t
They would not support their own petros parties Health Care Proposal that prompted Mitch Mcconnell to wave the white flag. Pat 11 00 p. M. Washington time he said no more health care plan. In the coming days the senate will instead vote to repeal the existing plan which is obamacare. The majority leader said regretfully its now apparent that the effort to refeel and replace the failure of obamacare will not be successful. President trump also tweeting late ton, urging republicans should just repeal obamacare now. And work on a new plan to that starts with the clean slate. A new plan could take months if not years. Now well continue to follow the developments overnight and into the morning hours. Both on air and online. Our website and social media platforms are being updated 24 7. Back in bay area too close for comfort firefighters are keeping a close eye on a brush fire best of your knowledge near several wineries one of them a popular concert venue. Mountain view. Firefighters moved
Are you specking tomorrow. Isolated but nonetheless the heat advisory for the east bay south bay and north bay. We think the number one zone of the hottest weather will be right across koorpt contra costa and alameda counties. Drink plenty of water and do not for any reason leave anyone inside a parked car. Checked out how temperatures progress through the day. Not at 6 00 a. M. With 65 degrees. 3 00 p. M. Up to 100. Highest fire danger across the east bay. Humidity at 19 . Lower that number gets to zero the faster a fire gets sparked. Well talk about a new change in 15 minutes. See he you shortly. You can track with the heat with the app. You can download it now to get the personalized forecast for the next week. New at 11 00 here is one of the fires tackled on communicationing hill in san jose near kurt ner and crews raced to put out the flames attacking by ground and air. Last check is burned ten acres. School out for the summer and maybe into september as well. Here is why a fire a
With lester holt. Good evening and thank you for being here. We start with a dramatic white house announcement and pledge for action in the face of a catastrophe literally killing communities and destroying families across the country. No longer a slowmotion disaster, cheap, powerful, and plentiful opioids are taking more than 90 lives a day. Imagine that. And today the administration elevated the fight. The president declaring it a Public Health emergency. As americans we can not allow this to continue. It is time to liberate our communities from the scourge of drug addiction. Never been this way. We can be the generation that ends the opioid epidemic. We can do it. [ applause ] more federal help comes as welcome news to cities and towns struggling under the weight of the burden. Even now, worries that todays declaration may fall short. Our chief White House Correspondent Hallie Jackson has details. I learned myself. I had a brother, fred. Great guy. Reporter the president getting per