Distribution of the settlement money from the volkswagen emissions cheating scandal that, of course, was a case out of the federal court based here in San Francisco. He was to be in charge of the handling of the takata airbag settlement as well. No word what will happen to that responsibility now, but muller has always been viewed as a settlement expert and someone viewed as a most credible Law Enforcement official by both democrats and republicans. Larry and alma . All right, thank you so much, kristen. And we broke this news about mullers appointment to overseas russia investigation through the abc7 news app. Download the arp to get breaking news on your phone or tablet. New developments today in the child mole estation case. Doctor and nurse michelle. Abc7 news matt keller has the latest of the reporter the doctor looked out of sorts for his first appearance in the Santa Cruz County courtroom. He was known for his brain surgery in Dominican Hospital and suter Emergency Center in san
2001 to 2013. He is acareer lifelong prosecutor and also served in the marines in vietnam. He is widely he inspected on capitol hill. And he has ties to the bay area. The president has tweeted about the special counsel. How is he responding . He said bring it on. He said that the, um, the special counsel will only prove and confirm what we already know that there was no collusion, he says, between his campaign and any foreign entity. He welcomes in investigation and looks forward to it wrapping up quickly. Thank you, mola lenghi. Lets take a closer look at Robert Muellers bay area ties. He rose to the ranks to head the Criminal Division at the u. S. Attorneys office in San Francisco in the 80s. In 1998 he was the u. S. Attorney for the Northern District of california. In 2001, he left here to become the fbi director. [ applause and cheers ] the turmoil is weighing down the markets. Stocks were down this afternoon the biggest drop of the year. Heres the closing numbers. Nasdaq down more
Valley knows the rules of the game. Reporter this woman is president of friends of the swank ton hawk. Historically there were about 17,000 swanktons hawks. Today there are about 4,000 breeding hawks. Reporter for now they will focus on the meridien overpass down the round until the hawk and its future family of hawks relocates to a new home. The midway overpass is on home indefinitely. The meridien overpass works begins friday. In vacaville, juliette goodrich, kpix 5. Drivers should expect lane changes in the area around the meridien overpass for the next three to six months. Now, the bay area has seen its share of animals interfering with infrastructure projects. Caltrans spent more than 30 million to move hundreds of state protected birds nesting on the old bay bridge. A plan to widen highway 1 in pacifica was rejected over concerns about redlegged frogs and San Francisco garter snakes. And a hummingbird egg delayed crews working on the Richmond San Rafael bridge construction for a
And the wl, westlake district. Westlake. Do we know anyone over there, sal . Let me think about this and get back to you. I have another source too, my good friend mike dellfino always tells me what is going on over there. Warmer temps will kick in today and carry us into the weekend. I think the fog will be back sunday for the coast. It is warmer temps today. Low 80s. Livermore has been very, very cool. They will be 82. 83 for santa rosa. Patchy fog at best. Not a lot left. It is already going man, im running out of energy. It is disappearing. 40s on the temps or 50s. We had 30s to the north. Kelseyville made it to 39. 30s in lake county. 43 glenn hell especially. Still pretty cool. But top to bottom sunshine and warmer pattern. 60s, 70s and some 80s. Sal, 7 01. You mentioned daly city. I did. I will let you know that 280 in daly city, we will look at that in a minute, since you mentioned daly city, it is slow heading down towards west borough and san bruno. A word to the wise. You pr
Comey. His legal career started in San Francisco in the 70s and later he served as u. S. Attorney in Northern California. Ktvu fox 2 news Jana Katsuyama is here with more on his appointment. Reporter frank and julie, i spoke with his former boss who says mueller is a perfect choice. He describes him as someone with integrity who leaves politics out of his investigation. His appointment brought relief to republicans and democrats who now hope the 72yearold former fbi director will bring credibility to the federal probe into whether the Russian Election meddling was linked to the trump campaign, Rod Rosenstein issued the order wednesday saying my decision is not a finding that crimes have been committed or that any prosecution is warranted. But, he said for americans to have confidence in the outcome, he felt the need for a special council who exercises a degree of independence from the normal chain of command. I think it is a good thing. Because, it takes the politics out of it. This ha