Now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. The random killing of a young woman along San Franciscos picturesque embarcadero last week has given new fuel to a particularly bitter debate going on in this country about illegal immigration. The man charged in her shooting is an undocumented immigrant from mexico a fact quickly seized upon by republican president ial candidate donald trump. Trump has faced a blistering backlash over some recent comments he made about mexican immigrants and crime, and now says the San Francisco shooting proves he is right. But does it . Tonight National Correspondent Peter Alexander on the emotion and the facts. Reporter kate nles random death as she was walking with her father on San Franciscos famed embarcadero last week first stunned a family. There was a pop, and kate went down and reporter now its adding fuel to a national debate. Francisco sanchez, the convicted felon who federal
Light rain and then were not done with the rain just yet. We are going to see showers and thunderstorms develop later on this afternoon as early as lunch time. Take a look outside from your michael complain son camera. Not the best looking start. Hopefully you enjoyed your Holiday Weekend. 77 degrees. It is quite muggy out there for sure. A wide view of doppler 9000. Just light drizzle for areas around the district and off through 66 near warrenton and heavier stuff for areas in Calvert County stretching all the way down pushing out of Calvert County near annapolis and anne arundel county. Showers and thunderstorms will redevelop this afternoon, as early as lunch time. Then theyll carry on for your drive home so well go through the rest of the futurecast coming up in just a bit. Highs today only in the low to mid80s. Clouds and rain around. Larry miller, over to you. Thank you so much. Your time 6 02. Hope you had a good weekend. Metro riders, trains still running on schedule and buses
Live, from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. As the suspect in the pier murder faces a judge tonight, bomb shell new information about who owned the gun used to kill this young bay area woman. Good evening, im elizabeth cook. Im allen martin. Ken bastida has the night off. Andria borba is outside the jail with new information fortous night. Andria . Reporter ever since kate steinle was murdered a week ago, we learned a lot of information about illegal immigration and the sanctuary policy in San Francisco. It looks like the chain of events leading to her death includes the citys most common street crime. There are a lot of questions being raised by our investigation. Where did the gun come from . Reporter tonight, we know. Sources confirmed that the gun used to kill kate steinle on pier 14 belonged to a federal agent. We can confirm that mr. Sanchez did not know kate steinle and he had no reason to want her to be harmed in any way. Reporter the 40 caliber handgun was recover
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Francisco lopez sanchez. He appeared before the court to officially answer to the charge. How do you plead . No guilty. Reporter he is accused of firing a gun on pier 15. A bullet hit kate stinley as she walked with her father on the pier killing her. Despite the evidence, this is not a simple case. Immigration brought him here without prompting to face a drug charge. There was a case from december of 1995 it involved the sale of 20 of marijuana. Reporter the 20yearold case involving the 20 of marijuana was dropped its the reason sanchez was brought to San Francisco and the opportunity for him to have been on pier 14 last wednesday. When he goes on trial, San Francisco sanctuary city policy will likely be an unnamed defendant. The d. A. Spokesperson pointed out today was not about sanchez or the citys sanctuary city policy but about the victim, kate stinley and getting some measure of justice for her family. Sanchez is being held in jail without bail and is due back in court friday. We