Major funding for the pbst major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems skollfoundation. Org. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the u. S. Economy turned in another solid month of job creation in july. Labor department numbers released today show that employers added a net of 215,000 new jobs for the month. The actual Unemployment Rate held steady at 5. 3 . A wave of Violent Attacks broke out in the capital of afghanistan today, killing scores of people. The first a massive truck bomb flattened an entire city block in kabul and left a 30 foot crater. The bla
Camera has a lot of people talking this afternoon. Kpix 5s cate cauguiran spoke to police who tell us their side of the story. Reporter this video has been viewed tens of thousands of times you can see San Francisco Police Officers holding down a man Near Civic Center plaza. Oh my god. What are you doing . Reporter the woman who recorded the video says its what officer it went 30 minutes and claimed this was police harassment. We checked in with San Francisco police and officers say they didnt take him down but that the man fell. He was waving sticks around. And the 911 caller was concerned for the persons safety as well as the safety of others. Reporter the man had one prosthetic leg and claimed the sticks were his crutches. But police say they were in fact sticks but couldnt show them to us. He ran into traffic. And said he did not care whether or not he was going to be hit by a car. Based on his actions we believed the sunt was under altered mental state and detained him. Reporter w
On taraval. Its disrupted some service. Bus shuttles are in service to help get people around. At this point, the cause remains under investigation. But theres no indication its considered suspicious. In the Inner Richmond district some people there are being allowed back into their homes after beevacuated due to a gas leak. The leak was reported at 8 15 on 15th avenue. Pg e crews requested that the block be evacuated. The order has been lifted. No details about what caused the leak. Police are investigating the second officerinvolved shooting in san jose in less than 4 hours. Janine de la vega tell in 24 hours. Janine de la vega tells us in both cases, the men shot by police were murder suspects. Suspect has a female occupant in the vehicle. Reporter police swarmed this neighborhood last night after they opened fire. Shots fired. One suspect down. Reporter officers from the merge unit had been tailing him because he was a suspect in a recent murder. The man realized he was being follo
Least once a week for stolen cars and maybe also helpful for us tri anglating positions for fugitives or robberies in progress or even abducted children. The mayor supports the proposal but wants to make sure it doesnt trash peoples rights. I think certainly we want to understand the legal implications, any time youre putting cameras out in public, were concerned. He says Garbage Collection Companies and workers will not be able to access the data. We will only be using the information for stolen vehicles, amber alerts and robberies in progress. Now he says the aclu supports the idea as long as the raiders are used the way police use them. It will be introduced at city hall tomorrow and could be before city council in two weeks. Some Garbage Collection Companies say they saw the proposal, but one of the biggest told me they fully support the idea and are anxious to install the readers on their plead. Robert handa, nbc bay area news. A second case of the plague has been identified and l
Pam good evening everyone im pam moore. Pam new details about a pair of Deadly Police shootings in san jose. The two men shot and killed murder. And tonight. We are seeing new images from the night of that murder. Pam also, these incidents are not the only cases of Violent Police confrontations. Pam there have been five other Deadly Police shootings around the bay area this month. Kron4s grant lodes will explain how those shootings have unfolded. Pam and Justine Waldman talked with a police expert. About whether we are seeing a rise in these Deadly Police confrontations pam but first, kron4s jeff bush explains. What we know about the recent case in san jose. Reporter we are just over half way through the month of august. And altogether, the bay area has had seven officer involved shootings grant lodes is here with a brief recap of whats happened in the last 16 days. Grant. I did not actually see the shooting took place. The to the sea where the suspects were running after and intimidat