Other threats facing this country. I dont share my opponents view that isis or other terrorists are going to cause the collapse of this country. America is strong, we have a strong smelter in the world and we are going to take on this thread, we have a strategy to do that, building an international coalition. The airstrikes have taken hundreds of fighters and we are working with over 60 nations to address this threat. But we dont need is our leaders raising concerns about our ability to take this on. We can take on anything that american sets his mind to do and that is what im counting on. Do think it was rise of president obama to rollout the use of Ground Troops . We have heard from the other generals that we dont need round troops at this time. If the president wants to send in Ground Troops, he needs to come to congress and ask for authorization for use of military force. When american interests are threatened, we reserve the right to take any action and i think that that is true i
Happening now, the commanderinchief is in the bay area. A short time ago president obama touched down at San Francisco international airport. He is resting tonight. Tomorrow he has a big day collecting big money for democrats. Good evening. Im dan ashley. The president s trip will be brief, but lucrative for the party. Abc7 News Reporter alan wang is live at sfo. Alan, it is a whirl wind trip. Yes, it is, dan. The president flew in here from seattle as part of a threeday west coast fundraising trip. The goal is to raise as much money as he can for the Upcoming Elections because they are threatening democratic control of the senate. Now air force 1 touched down at sfo around 9 18 this evening. There were no dig gnaw tear dignitaries here to greet him. The president stepped off air force 1 and headed to San Francisco where we believe he is stays at the heavily guarded inter continue nell Hotel Inter Continental hotel. He will head to a lunchen at the loss altos home of the real estate ho
To communicate to residents what had happened so they feel safe. Police have not said if the shooting was connected in anyway to a pair of hit and runs that injured three people not far away. The driver and the passengers were arrested. And an unusual summer storm put on quite a show overnight. Take a look at this lightning. It lit up the sky near the giants ballpark in San Francisco. The Oakland Coliseum was actually het by lightning. The strike brought down power lines. In the north bay lightning struck a redwood in kentfield causing the tree to really explode as you can see there and splitting it into splipters. The splinters. It knocked out electricity there as well. People in the neighborhood say it sounded like a bomb. Here is a eleven look from ourmg exploratorium camera along embarcad the embarcadero. So far no lightning tonight. Abc7 news meteorologist sandhya patel is here watching live doppler 7hd. Sandhya, any repeats coming . No, dan, we are not expecting a repeat. No reru
Evening. There were no dig gnaw tear dignitaries here to greet him. The president stepped off air force 1 and headed to San Francisco where we believe he is stays at the heavily guarded inter continue nell Hotel Inter Continental hotel. He will head to a lunchen at the loss altos home of the real estate home of george marcus. Guests are paying 10,000 for a lunch with obama. The upcoming election says they are poised to take control of the senate and the house which would complicate the president s last two years in office. The president would lose whatever relatively limited bempleg he has beverage he has over legislation. The senate with the democratic majority has been his main strength. Looking at the tail section of air force 1, it would hinder the president s nominations and appointments in the final years. California has always been obamas money tree and he will be off to los angeles for one more day of fundraising. His train is scheduled to leave here at 1 20 p. M. Reporting liv
Up next on a second look, black gold in the golden state. Where oil comes from in california. And the states role in opening up the oil fields of saudi arabia. Plus when you have a flat tire who do you call . Well have the history of the aaa. Hello everyone and welcome to a second look. Im frank somerville. Tonight oil in california. One of the keys to the states Oil Processing happens to be right here in the bay area. Its the chevron refinery in richmond. Chevrons predecessor standard oil began construction on the refinery back in 1801 four years before richmond incorporated as a city. It first began Processing Oil in 1902. Today the refinery has the capacity to take in 350,000 barrels a day and turn it into gasoline, jet fuel, diesel, lubricating oil and others the refinery has been shut down since a fire at the refinery but chevron expects it to be back into capacity three months into the new year. In 1991 ktvus George Watson looked at how demand grew in the early part of the 20th c