Custody, that man jose zarate. This happened two years ago on pier 14 in San Francisco in the embarcadero. Thats when kate steinle was shot and killed. Jose zarate admitted he was handling the gun used in the shooting, but his attorneys are arguing in this case saying the gun went off. The court argued zarate intended to kill steinle. Now the gun used in the shooting had been reported stolen the week before steinle was killed. The District Attorney says both sides will be calling firearm experts to the stand during the course of this trial to help make their case. The former head of the San Francisco crime lab who is very familiar. Hell say absolutely these guns have a history of accidental discharges particularly if they are handled by someone who isnt properly trained. There will be a baseline question. Whether the defendant intended to pull the trigger. Reporter now Kate Steinles family has been in the courtroom all week. Her father gave very emotional testimony on the first day of
And just a few minutes ago 8 barak obama will be in las vegas this friday to stump for Hillary Clinton and Catherine Cortez masto. At the public event, president obama will outline the high stakes of novembers election for nevada families and highlight clintons vision for an america. If you are interested in attending the event weve posted a link on our website a t las its official. The two bills from the special session. Are now law. Were talking about the stadium and Convention Center tax increase. And the more cops tax extension. Patrick walker is live at unlv where governor sandoval signed the bills earlier today. Patrick Walker as if the unlv campus wasnt already a busy place this week. Add in a ceremony featuring top raiders brass. The governor. And top local officials. The bills. And proclaimed them law shortly before noon today. The bills authorize nearly 1. 1 billion dollars in new tax dollars to be directed toward expanding the Convention Center. And the public contribution t
Nobody involved. There was supposed to be an altercation going on. That was part of the call. When officers arrived everyone involved in that altercation was gone. Several shots were fired. Were being told some vehicles in this parking lot were hit. But at this point the good news is is that there are no injured victims that have come forward at this point. North Las Vegas Police officers tell me they have been calling on the hospitals to see if anybody has arrived with gunshot wounds. Injuries. So there was a shooting but no one was hit. Some cars were damaged. Again, looks like north Las Vegas Police have wrapped this up. Reporting live, sergio avila, news 3. Back to you in the studio. Michelle thank you for that. Well stay on that and bring you more information as it becomes available. Happy to have you with us for the second half hour. The Clark County School district and metro Police Stepping up security district wide today in response to a possible clown threat but something that
I appreciate this opportunity for the first hearing of this calendar year. In my view of todays hearing, we present the American People with a false choice. Its very premises suggests that we can either keep america safe or preserve our fundamental values. I reject that promise. We can and must defeat terrorism without sacrificing our principles. To compromise these principles and blame over a billion muslims for the twisted actions of an extremist view only serves to divide america, to alienate and legitimate the load groups that falsely claim to speak for islam. This makes us less safe. To truly tackle and destroy the ideology that lead fanatics to do us harm we will be best defended by maintaining open, tolerant us and religious freedom. We cannot fight radicalization with further radicalization. The country is still trying to make sense of a tragic attack in orlando 16 days ago. He massacred 49 innocent people, injuring 50 more, 50 more, leaving our nation and world shaken. These a
Needed drugs. They have not provided an analysis for how physicians would have to refer beneficiaries to more costly hospital outpatient settings. Cms has not indicated how will affect the beneficiary access and quality birth but during the course of a formal evaluation. Not surprisingly the proposed experiment has been one of the condemned by experts and stakeholders. Almost immediately after his proposed demonstration was release we received a letter from times from over 300 stakeholder organizations asking for help in getting cms to withdraw the proposal. These organizations include the arthritis foundation, the Caregiver Action Network the immune deficiency foundation, the lung cancer alliance, and the National Alliance for Mental Illness. The organizations that have reached out with concerns about how the proposal represents patients who suffer from the disease is treated by these drugs including cancer arthritis Mental Illness and hiv represent the physicians who treat the patien