Accused of murdering the father of her two children. Opening statements were scheduled for today but that did not go according to plan. Abc 7 News Reporter chris reyes is live outside the hall of justice to explain exactly what happened today, chris. Reporter good afternoon. Thats exactly the right way to put it. It has felt like a series of false starts. Tiffany li and kevin bayat were inside the court house. This morning we were expecting Opening Statements but instead the judge briefed the jury for 20 minutes and sent them home. Opening statements have been delayed without any explanation. In a stunning development, the Prosecution Team just moments ago asking the judge to remand one of the key witnesses to custo custody. Olivier adella has pled guilty to dumping the body of keith green. The prosecution argued today that he broke the conditions of his plea deal, which included not using social media and contacting witnesses. Judge robert foils agreed just moments ago to remand adell
Conditions. The new kpix 5 news at 7 00 starts right now with the debate on gun control following backtoback Mass Shootings this weekend. I am ken bastida. And i am veronica de la cruz in for elizabeth. First, el paso, texas, where the death toll has risen to 22. That means 31 dead in just 13 hours, in two shootings. The suspect in the el paso shooting, being held on capital murder charges. The website that posted his manifesto has been taken down by its San Francisco host. Investigators are searching for a motive in the rampage. President trump, blaming the bloodshed on mental illness. Tonight, congressman mark deson yay is hosting a town hall. Andria borba talked to him a few minutes ago. She is in richmond with that. Reporter the meeting here was initially supposed to be a town hall on the topic of immigration, but congressman desaulnier says he has some things to say to congress. He wants congress to reconvene after three Mass Shootings in gilroy, el paso, texas, and dayton, ohio.
Rain this morning. Well see unsettled weather throughout the day. Passing showers from redwood city to stanford and then another moderate cell towards milpitas. Well be tracking the rain. Ill tell you what to expect through the next few days. Heres jaclyn with the roads. Those slick surfaces. Please be careful. You may see ponding as well, some standing water. We have seen a couple of spinouts already this morning. A crash over at the maze. This is westbound 580 as you are transitioning on to interstate 80 there. No longer blocking lanes. We are still seeing a few slowdowns as you approach the scene there. But all lanes are clear. And then as you make your way towards the toll plaza, you can see those cash lanes definitely backing up. Your drive time in the green 10 minutes into San Francisco. Back to you guys. This week we found out three San Francisco schools have high levels of lead in the water and as kpix 5s andria borba reports, now the Oakland Unified School district is concerne
The deal with twitter or go to trial already. Musk has fired twitter ceo, the chief Financial Officer and its chief Legal Counsel and reportedly have them escorted off of twitters property. Musk visited San Franciscos Twitter Office yesterday and then shared this video of himself carrying in a sink. It was in blog post that was addressed to twitter advertisers. That musk said the reason he acquired twitter is quote because it is important for the future of civilization to have a common digital square where wide range of believes could be debated in a healthy manner without resorting to fight violence. He basically said is about saving humanity and by completing the deal, musk and twitter have avoided a trial that was originally set to take place but musks takeover. And this immediate firings of some of the top of some of the top executives is making the future of twitter questionable. Many are going to be watching now to see how soon must could let former President Donald Trump back on
They would not specify exactly when this attack happened. Of course, the question remains, how did a person break into this home in the first place with all of the security that the police, the pelosi family has. Speaker pelosi did release a statement saying she is very grateful to all the First Responders to the police and of course, theyre probably very shaken up this morning, especially paul pelosi, who is in the home and someone broke in and violently attacked in him. So james darya, of course, a lot more to learn about try to get the latest from the scene for now. Back to you. Okay, well check back with the latest here. Well, on that note here at 701. Lets get a quick check of the forecast for you here. Before we get to political analyst michael yaki because want to talk to him about all of this, the threats to politicians, security as we head towards the midterm elections. The statement that im all right right now, it looks like its pretty clear and cool again. John goodman. Yeah