Days. Marianne favro is in our newsroom with more on his historic visit. Ma reporter president obama will spend two and a half days in cuba. He landed this afternoon joined by First Lady Michelle Obama and their two daughters. The first family was greeted at the airport by cubas foreign minister and other cuban officials as well as a top u. S. Diplomat in cuba. The president toured old havana and a cathedral. He is trying to put decades of hostility with the communist country into the past. And cement a new relationship between the cold war era foes. For the president , the diplomatic opening is a centerpiece of his Foreign Policy legacy. And the fulfillment of his pledge to engage directly with longtime american enemies. But Many Americans are criticizing the president s trip to cuba, including president ial candidate ted cruz. And so, when president obama is there with hollywood celebrities and rock musicians drinking mojitos at the embassy the Political Prisoners who are languishing
Against the San Francisco Sheriffs Department for its role in her murder exactly two months ago now. Good evening and thank you for joining us. Im ama daetz. And im dan ashley. New developments following our exclusive report here on abc 7 news last night. The family of kate steinle took legal action today against officials they believe could have prevented her murder. Late today as abc 7 News Reporter vic lee was about to go live at 5 00 with his report, kates mother, brother and father revisited the scene where she was shot to death july 1st. Vic is live with more information on legal action that they took today. Vic. Reporter well, dan, the legal action that the steinle family took today was to send a message that things have to change to prevent Something Like this from happening to other families. Now, they say they have received a lot of expressions of sympathy, but that no one has taken responsibility or accountability for kates murder. Late this afternoon, the steinle family wal
They took legal action against those they believe should be held accountable for their daughters death. First, the sheriff who released Francisco Lopez sanchez, an illegal imkbrant charged with shooting steinle. Who in their right mind would let a sevenyear felon, undocumented violent felon, loose on the streets where you people are now standing . Reporter the sheriff had ordered his deputies not to notify i. C. E. On possible deportation detainees except rare situations. An order that made himself the king, judge and jury and somebody who directly violated federal law. Reporter the second claim against i. C. E. , the agency that enforces immigration laws. The family claims the agency knew about the policies and yet did nothing to retrieve sanchez. The third target in the federal action, the federal bureau of land management. The gun sanchez used, similar to this one, was stolen from a parked car of a blm agent. If that weapon wasnt there, if it was secured properly, this wouldnt have
Area. Good evening. Thanks for joining us tonight. Im amma. Im dan ashley. New development tonight following our exclusive report here on 7 news last night. The family of kate steinly took legal action today against officials they believe could have prevented her murder. Late today just as vick lee was about to go live at 4 00 oclock during our news cast, kates mother brother and father revisited the scene where she was shot to death july 1st t. Vick has more now on the legal alaska the stiply took today. Late this afternoon the steinly family walked on to pier 14 to the spoke where the kate was killed. Whatever they said whatever they thought this must have been on their minds. I know that shes proud of what we are doing. We just want to make her proud. Liz was referring to the legal action they took this morning. As she fell she said help me dad. Jim could do nothing to help his daughter. She lay dying in her fathers arms. Today two months later the steinly family fulfilled kates las
Conceding to mike honda. He will go and serve another term in the house of representatives. Close race here. Losing by about four or five percentage points. Conceding to mike honda as you just heard right there. Now, lets go to controversy surrounding decision 2014. Weve learned an investigation is underway and it may be more than one investigation. Robert is live in san jose with more. All this because of a whistle blower. Reporter thats right. It looks as though the secretary of state will be joining a crowd of field of people looking for answers. They say the counting has already launched the investigation expressing concerned votes were lost due to problems with computers and the abrupt resignation of theics t manager. They invited the secretary of state and the public to investigate for themselves. Feel free to come in and ask about it and ask for any data you want to ensure that the normal process has been going on. And we have no evidence that there was any sabotage or any effor