Building under construction in oakland. Leaves up to 20 workers trapped in wet cement. vicki the accident was just after nine30 this morning. On hawthorne avenue near broadway. grant thats where we find kron fours Philippe Djegal. Who arrived on scene shortly after the initial emergency call. Philippe. Thats right. And, a witness tells us this could have been a whole lot worse if the wet cement was any deeper. No one died. But a dozen people were taken to hospitals. philippe calm one moment seconds later a loud thud. Saul duran witness i was afraid that someone was buried inside, you know. A witness who shot this video of the aftermath shows construction workers huddled near the front entrance of what oakland fire battalion chief Ian Yan Mcwhorter says is an apartment parking garage under contruction. This is where the accident happened Fire Fighters snapped photos of what they saw. Ian mcwhorter battalion chief they were only trapped up to their knees. He says by the time the Oakland
vicki another big story we are tracking for you tonight. A car slams into a home in fremont as it was being pursued by police. grant police say the car was flying. As fast as 70 miles per hour. When it crashed. Kron fours dan kerman joins us live now from the scene with a look at the damage. Dan . Sot steven sayle neighbor 0006 i heard the car racing down here, probably didnt realize this was a court and there was no breaking sound at all, steven sayle is recalling what happened seconds before this blue hyundai slammed into his neighbors isherwood place home. You can see the skid marks on the streetsot Geneva Bosques Fremont Police 1923 weve been told high rate of speed maybe 70 80 miles per hourFremont Police say the vehicle was wanted in connection with a series of residential burglaries that have occurred within the last 48 hours. Police say the vehicle refused to stop when officers spotted it this morning, that led to brief chase, and ended in this culdesac when the vehicle crashed
catherine you know its another bad day for united when even the white house isweighing in on what happened. While apparently ruling out any kind of federal investigation. Spokesman seanspicer still made it clear that he thought the video was troubling. Sean Spicer White House Press Secretary i think clearly, watching another human being dragged down an aisle, watching blood coming from their face after hitting an arm rest and whatever i dont think theres a circumstance that you can sit back and say this probably could have been handled a little bit better, when youre talking about another human being. But, again, i dont think it is my place to get in the middle of judging how a company dealt with this. I think theres clearly going to be enough review both on a corporate side and then on a Law Enforcement side on how this was handled. catherine quickly losing altitude today united stock. The cost of dragging that man off the overbooked flight is adding up for the company. There was a ne
vicki another big story we are tracking for you tonight at five. Bill oreilly is out at fox news. Rupert murdoch announced today that hes terminating the networks most popular host. grant oreily had been in hot water after it was revealed that he and fox news have paid out some 13Million Dollars in settlements to women who filed settle Sexual Harassment suits. Catherine heenan is here with the latest details. catherine about the time bill oreilly was shaking the popes hand this morning. While on a visit to rome. His bosses were finalizing the announcement. Oreilly is out. Despite his denials of wrongdoing. And the fact his ratings are as high or higher than ever. Rupert murdoch was reportedly convinced to fire his 67yearold star at the urgingof his two sons. James and lachlan. This after the New York Times reported this month that five women were paid a total of13 Million Dollars to keep quiet about unpleasant encounters with oreilly. Fox news issued a statement to employees today. Tel
Jim news three live at 3 30 continues. The fbi is under increased pressure to break terror plots in the united streporter federal agents have taken several suspects into custody following the attacks in San Bernardino. Reporter eight days after the rrorists attack in San Bernardino, california, across e country in minneapolis, minnesota, fbi agents took a man into custody on charges related to terrorism. Was it a kneejerk reaction . That there is pressure now to have arrest, to see isis go down in the country, i think it is a good news good thing. To the San Bernardino massacres. He was the first of a handful of isis sympathizers the fbi arrested in the week following e attack. San bernardino has been a wakeup call. Reporter fbi agents have picked up the suspects in maryland, pennsylvania, and ohio. If one looks back at november, all in the last. Enforcement on average makes about 3. 5 terror related arrests each month. There has been an uptick. You dont want people to get nervous. At