And oakland in the 60s later today while san jose reaching the low 70s robin so quite busy into San Francisco. The carpool lanes look great but. Paying cash fast tracking the backup air still spilling out to west grand and then when you get through this slowdown on the oakland side, its quite heavy west of Treasure Island on the suspension as well so were looking at roughly 60 minutes to make it and heres that new crash. I mentioned 5 of the west at keller and oakland that still working theyre trying to push off to the shoulder, but its crawling from golf links up to the scene so youre looking at about 30 minutes here to make it to downtown oakland when traffic was improving now you have this in your way another crash in your way northbound 6. 80 at stone valley, so its crawling out of danville youre southbound commute heavy too but it is Getting Better still slow often on out of walnut creek for the southbound drive your 2 left lanes are blocked at the crash scene northbound 6 80 at s
Took hard turn today. The man police say stabbed her to death at b. A. R. T. Was thrown out of court after shout out of court. Its hard. My armor is well intact. Good evening. Im dan ashley. And im kristin sze. Thank you for joining us. Eight days after the trial, it reached new heights. Heres the latest live. Laura . Reporter well, hi. Court was supposed to start here at 9 30 this morning. But the defendant john lee refused to come down from his holding cell to the courtroom. It took his attorney more than an hour to persuade him to take the witness stand. It was an appearnce that lasted just a few minutes. The sister, b. A. R. T. Stabbing victim nia doesnt buy that the alleged killer testifying in his own defense is mentally ill. What ive seen, manipulation. You know . He wants to brush off, he wants to project his feelings on to others. We wont get an answer of will. John lee cowell lasted just 15 minutes on the witness stand of during the crossexamination, he became come battive sa
Came unglued as he was shown surveillance kitty a video of him killing nia wilson. He gestured with both hands at the tv screen and shouted, i dont know what that is. As the da repeatedly asked him to look at the video, he became angry, saying, back off. The judge ordered the deputies to remove 29. He yelled, they cannot force me to say this if i am leaving. The supporters of the victim say that he is being selective in how he answers questions. He continues to answer questions, until the whole courtroom can see that he is about to get caught up with what he is doing. Then he acts like hes crazy. Reporter also on the stand was his aunt, saying that he and his mother were paranoid, hearing voices. On crossexamination, she said she never mentioned aliens or a fake skin. Those are two things that John Lee Cowell has mentioned on the stand. The last defense was a psychologist thing that John Lee Cowell was psychotic. He did acknowledge to the da that 29s actions from coming up to nia wilso
Announcer now news to build a better bay area from abc7. In the dark of night, americans are taking off a cruise ship where hundreds of people are infected with the coronavirus. They are now on planes headed back to the u. S. With one due to arrive at Travis Air Force base in a matter of hours. Hello he, thanks for joining us. Im eric thomas. And im dion lim. Close to 400 americans who had been quarantined 14 days off the japan coast where the disease has been spreading rapidly. Buses rolled up to the ship ready to take them to the airport. Even after they land here, they cant go home just yet. A new quarantine awaits them. Abc7s Cornell Barnard joins u live with more on the story. Theyre back to the u. S. Now. Half will land at Travis Air Force base in fairfield where another round of isolation awaits. U. S. Tourists on board a coronavirusstricken cruise ship are closer to home after 12 days of quarantine. All right, this is it. Im about to step into the big wide world so i have to pu
Business owners tell the city, wake up San Francisco, they say city conditions are getting worse. No rain in weeks, reservoirs down, look at where we stand. Meteorologist sandhya patel, i have a sweet valentines day forecast and how the rest of the weekend is shaping up. Abc7 news at 11 00 starts news to build a better bay area from abc7. San francisco has a big, dirty problem. Homelessness, car breakins, needles, human feces and worse. City launched a new street cleaning program. Is it enough . San francisco chamber of commerce met, said enough is enough, wake up San Francisco. Lauren martinez went for a walk with policy director to see what Community Leaders want done to build a better San Francisco. Every year the chamber of commerce holds a poll on toughest challenges. Homelessness and street conditions were top issues that residents were frustrated with. When i walked, could see and smell how prevalent the issues are. In front of storefront, people cant smell but smells like sewer