People who are potentially mega donors to their campaigns, or to their future campaigns. This is why voter apathy is so upsetting to me. Because we do show people like governor perry that acting in ways like that will go unaccounted theyre not held to account for it. And i think that we all ought to own our responsibility to make sure were using our voices in a way that show that we are as powerful as some of these folks that can write the big checks. Right. Because ultimately politics is powerful, but we also need to change culture, and we need to change the way that we see these issues through a moral justice lens. Maybe thats the direction we need to go. So how do you determine your political platform and agenda . Who educates you on the issues that you champion . It really comes from in here. And as an elected official, i try very hard to keep an open door for people to come in and talk about things that matter to them. My work on testing the backlog on rape kits in texas came from
Police officers were involved this is going to continue to be an active scene, they tell me, for hours. Just as a point of reference, the last deadly officerinvolved shooting here in fremont was fathers day 2013. Today this is video from sky 7 hd. Victims were shot around noon. Two schools were locked down for a couple hours when a suspect was seen running from the scene. These spoon fed protestors are saying this could become a regular occurrence. Abc7 news is live outside of the street bart station with more on this. Lillian . Bart says its prepared. We can do this again. Pro testers made it clear. During the height of rush hour protestors got arrested disrupting service. How are you going to deal with they make this regular . I dont know. Driving into the city and parking is a nightmare. So im not sure. Until demands are met, bart says the demonstration looms. Bart police and Operations Department will do whatever it takes to keep people safe. Were just taking it as it goes along. T
We do have some drizzle and a weak weather system that may graze northern california. We wish it could bring us more rain. Chance of showers mainly north of the golden gate. Hazy conditions with bad air across parts of the bay area. Two weeks left of january. Well talk about whether or not we can get some rain in here. 8 01 is our time. An investigation is under way in fremont after police opened fire killing a man they say was carrying a large knife near a neighborhood park. Witnesses described the terrifying moments leading up to the shooting. It all started near lake a rohead avenue and ended at harvey park. Katie marzullo has more. I looked at his face and thought he looks kind of scary. Reporter joann lives near harvey park in fremont. She thinks she saw the man killed and witnessed him fighting with another man before the shooting. It was around 2 00 p. M. He kept saying get away from me, get away from me. He was backing up. And the guy was Going Forward and the other guy was bac
52 in oakland. It is 10 degrees warmer hatch moon bay. 54. 50 los gatos, fog and 48 san jose. Visibility reduced certainly up in the north bay with the mile and mile and three quarters. San jose also looking at fog. We are looking at a hazy afternoon once again from our sutro tower camera. High pressure allowing for the poor air quality and another spare the air day. Upper 50s to low 60s with plenty of cloud cover along the inland valleys. Mid60s around the bay. Its mild out there. Getting milder in the days ahead. Will we see any rain . I have the answer to that and a look at your temperatures, your dewpoint temperatures for the highs today coming up. Chris. Thank you. We will check in with you in a little bit. An investigation is underway in fremont after police opened fire killing a man they say was carrying a large knife near a neighborhood park. Witnesses describe the terrifying moments leading up to the shooting. If all started near Lake Arrowhead avenue and the avenue and ended
Political debate. A decision is expected by late june. Same sex marriage is currently banned in 14 states. Coming up onuoc abc7 news at 5 00, the possible implications from todays announcement and we will hear from one of the couples that appeared in front of the Supreme Court in 2013. We have exclusive new information nowen ot murders of four men a week ago in San Franciscos Western Addition neighborhood. News reporter vic lee joins us live in the newsroom with a major break police have made in the case. San Francisco Police now have the car they believe was used in the shootings. Multiple sources tell abc7 news it was a rental car. Still no arrests. But perhaps this leads them closer. The car was rented from the hertz office here on main street in walnut creek last week before the friday night massacre. The four victims three of them identified members of the mcblock gang were shot at close range in their parked stolen car on laguna and page streets. Police say their executioners lik