Deputy jumped into deep water to save another person who was also drowning, but that deputy drowned himself. Its not clear if the person he was trying to rescue also drowned. The sheriffs released a statement late tonight saying in part, we quote, Deputy Francies died doing what he was born to do, putting himself in harms way to protect the lives of others. He is a hero and is an example of exactly what is right in Law Enforcement today. Sheriffs are on their way to lake tahoe late this evening. Well have the latest tomorrow morning on the morning show today in the bay. Also new at 11 00. The sincer sensitive debate over life and death is heading to Court Tomorrow morning. Terminally ill patients and the doctors who treat them are suing the state of california for the right to die. This will be a highprofile case. Reporter this case will effect a lot there is a group of patients worried about facing a horrible death is asking the court to protect doctors from criminal prosecution. Ther
The upper pines campground. Diask park rangers if the tree had been inspect and they couldnt comment on that, but call the tragedy extremely rare. We suggest people be aware of their surroundings, but in this situation people were in the campsite in upper pines in a designated campsite camping out just like people are doing right now. Im sad for the family and sad for the situation. Nothing you can do about it. I asked if the drought may have affected the health of the tree and they just said the incident is under investigation. Im michelle roberts. Thanks, michelle. This is not the first time a tree has fallen and killed someone in yosemite. A 21yearold counsellor died at the camp located near the national park. The unit found out in this case the leaders had warnings to arborists years before it fell. There was a death in yosemite. A tree branch struck his tree cabin. You can click on the top story box and you will find a link to our report at nbc bay area. Com. Colleagues of a deput
Completely different. They expressed some common thoughts. Reporter last nights speech remains the talk of the town. Trumps Campaign Chairman says everyone is blowing it out of proportion. The fact that there are things like care and respect and compassion, you know, those are not extraordinary words and certainly when you talk about family theyre normal words. Reporter and the democrats say trump has some explaining to do. Make no mistake, the Clinton Campaign isnt pressing this issue. Whats very clear is that the media has seen extreme similarities between one persons delivered speech and melanias. Reporter this is not the first time weve heard about plagiarism accusations during a president ial election. In fact, Vice President joe biden, you may remember this, he actually dropped out of the 1988 president ial race after it was revealed he plagiarized portions of speeches, including some from rfk and a british politician. Speaking of Vice President s, mike pence hopes to become the
Think twice before taking your eyes on off the road to look down at that little screen. You dont have to be out on the roads long to see it. Drivers texting. Some even cruising down the interstate at high speeds. We saw this driver rolling along at 60 Miles Per Hour today. He just kept rolling and rolling and 20 seconds later put down the phone. Here in Fairfax County police are using a law fillure to pay full attention who texting or distracted behind the wheel. Not a day goes by without noticing another driver texting while driving. The officers are doing what they can to enforce it. These kinds of violations have skyrocketed. In 2009, about 7,000 offenses. In 2010, over 9,000. Last year and this year, close to 12,000 offenses. Here in virginia, a number of bills are being drawn up that would make the penalties for texting and driving tougher. The problem is that in the commonwealth, texting and driving is a secondary offense. Meaning you cant be pulled over just for texting alone. C
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