Ashley. Thanks for joining us. It happened while the dog walker was at city hall meeting with officials about racist threats that hes received in recent weeks. Abc seven News Reporter luz pena spoke to him and has the story. As ashes and debris flew out of the second floor of Terry Williams home, he described the frightening moments his elderly parents faced hours earlier inside the home. His neighbors going in to rescue his mom and dad. He said they couldnt get to my mom, my mom and my dads not strong to get my mom out, so i guess i wasnt here. So i was just getting filled here and they said the firemen got here fast. Think i applaud the firemen. Thank yall. When terry arrived, he tried getting to his mom, who was trapped on the second floor. A smoke and flames consumed the building where his family has lived for decades. I ran past everybody they told me ran out. Im trying to get to my mom. My dad said, well get my mom. So i try to run past everybody. I ran to. I ran to some farmers
Francisco police are still investigating the racist messages left at williams door. Happening now California State Senate is set to vote on three reparations bills. This would be the next step toward the state formally apologizing to black californians for slavery and decades of discrimination. One bill centers on restitution for racially motivated land taking. The other two would create an agency to oversee reparations, as well as a Funding Source to make those payments possible. Abc seven news anchor and race and social justice reporter julian glover, closely monitoring the Senate Hearing and hell have more on any possible results coming up on abc seven news at five. Alameda County District attorney pamela price came out swinging today against Insurance Companies that she accused of operating a widespread scheme on californians. Yeah, the practice that she says leaves residents underinsured for disasters like wildfires. Abc seven News Reporter Leslie Brinkley spells out the details.
There is a school nearby. Its school time they just got out of school. And got kids Walking Around here almost every day. Police arrested the driver along with another suspect who was in the car. Police say theyre wanted for robbery. Back here live as you can see the car, this mercedes is the one that police noticed was in the suspect vehicles description. These suspects are the wanted for robbery. You can see the doors are still open here because Oakland Police basically held this scene until investigators could arrive and now thats what we are told is happening. San Francisco Police are going through the car. Fortunately we heard there were no injuries and no other cars damaged in this highspeed chase. Reporting live in oakland. Nbc bay area news. Thank you. Good enough sharon. Now if youd like to watch the chase from start to finish it is compelling. You can see the raw video from nbc bay area sky ranger on the website. Check it out. Right now santa collara county firefighters are w
Could a computer come up with the next big medical breakthrough . Well meet the man whos using Artificial Intelligence to try to bush back the boundaries of medical science. And as weetabix fails to take off in china, its chinese owner puts the company up for sale. So today, we want to know, what gets you going in a morning . Whats your breakfast wherever in the world youre watching us today . Welcome to the programme. Of course it has to be a full english send in your comments. In the last few hours, the us Vice President mike pence has touched down in tokyo where hes meeting with the japanese Prime Minister shinzo abe. In recent weeks, President Trump appears to have softened his stance on trade after taking aim at some of the worlds biggest exporters during his election campaign. In the case of japan it has been accused of manipulating its currency for trade advantage something the japanese have denied. And the Trump Administration is hoping to reverse the Trade Deficit between the
Get ready for another round of bitter cold weather to start your day. Theres things you are guaranteed to see today. Below freezing windchills, wind and people really bundled up. You know that whole wrap the scarf around your head and amelia segal had that on yesterday. Looked like she had a blanket on. Might need it in addition to your scarf this morning. The man of the hour, storm team 4 meet meteorologist chuck bell. Weather headlines, number one thing were watching for is a chance for snow showers this evening. Could leave a quick inch. And then we head into the deep freeze over the weekend. Here is it also clipper well back out here into the ohio valley. Its racing in our direction, so thats where the snow is coming from, well out to our west. No big impacts for most of the day, but snow chances sneak up after the sun goes down this evening into tonight. Current windchills are mosley in t mostly in the teens. 18 this morning, 7 00 tonight, 25 and snow showers likely. By 7 00 a. M.