Y3pgqy y1ncy state lawmakers say theyre one step closer to closing a loophole in the law that benefits drivers under the influence to leave the scene of an accident kron fours Capitol Bureau reporter Ashley Zavala explains the effort. Supporters of this bill had to wait almost a year to see it pass out of this committee, but they say tuesdays vote was worth the wait park, i work i susan cladding tried to keep her composure as the Assembly Public Safety Committee unanimously passed a bill written in honor of her late husband, gavin its just its frankly pretty overwhelming and as i was hearing the boat. I just you a very just so people Central Valley man gavin go adding was out jogging in 2018 when he was hit and killed by a suspected drunk unlicensed driver Rogelio Alvarez alvarez spent about a year in prison after being sentenced to 3 he was a bullet. And he was a prince of a husband father leader in our community. And he was and over left on the side of the road by that person. It kil
Moments later, second accident. A driver of a tour bus traveling westbound rearended a teacup truck sending that vehicle to eastbound lanes as well. The dual accidents backed up traffic in this part of the south bay impacting motorists days before a major holiday. From there, we were just like bumpertobumper the whole time. Its been pretty crazy. Reporter drivers headed for alternate routes, team of engineers and other experts work to get the crane righted. With caltrans crews clearing debris. Repairing a section of the damaged median after several hours, the measurements were right to lift the crane back onto its wheels. We have some real expertise, being able to get this cleaned up as quickly as possible. Reporter two drivers were injured in the pair of accidents. The driver of the crane suffered minor injuries but did not go to the hospital. The driver of the pickup truck that was rearended, he did go to the hospital with minor injuries. On highway 237, here in our san jose, jesse g
Of u. S. Deaths from covid19. In less than four months the disease has killed more than 100,000 people. That means roughly 1 in 4 deaths was an american. U. S. President donald trump has not said anything publicly about this grim statistic. Former Vice President joe biden offered condolences to the victims families. This is a milestone we should have never been reached and could have been avoided. If the administration had acted one week earlier to implement social distancing and do what it had to do, as much as one week earlier, as many as 36,000 deaths might have been averted. One u. S. Medical expert said the u. S. Is not handling the pandemic as well as many other countries. We are losing restrictions where we dont have the virus fully under control. We have models to work off of. We really should be looking at how South Carolina and new zee lapped and germany, taiwan, israel, iceland have controlled this disease. South korea has done it beth. They really suppressed this disease an
Began peacefully but minnesota governor tim wall says they later turned extremely dangerous. Protesters targeted a Police Precinct smashing windows. Officers responded with tear gas. Buildings could be seen burning nearby. Cnns omar jimenez joins us now from minneapolis where its still an active scene right now, omar. What are you seeing . Reporter its still a very active scene. As you request see, this building behind me is now newly on fire. We got here about an hour ago, it was smoldering a little bit. You can see how quickly the flames have overtaken this spot. It was the place across the street, it was a building under construction that was completely engulfed when we got to this scene. You may be able to see some of the spectators, potential leftover protester are still gathered around. The demonstrating has stopped. At this point everyone is watching, standing back, taking pictures and video of their city, parts of their city across from the Police Precinct on fire. And for thos