Good evening, and welcome to kqed news room, im thai vu. This week, a decisive victory, libby schaaf won in the polls with more than 60 of the vote. The mayorelect is a native, and endorsed by mayor brown. I know that libby schaaf will be a great mayor, and that is why im here. Scott schafer talked earlier with libby coschaaf. Libby schaaf, welcome and congratulations. Thank you so much. Did you come here on your firebreathing snail, by the way . No, i left the snail back in oakland where it belongs. Hard to get over the bridge. What do you think the voters were looking for . What did they see in you when they didnt see in the incumbent, mayor quan. What are they looking for . You know i think theyre looking for somebody who takes it to the next level and provides honest and clear indications about what is happening in oakland City Government and what we need to do to solve some of our problems and lift up some of our greatness. What are the priorities . Number one is safety, something
And people in sporting circles are hoping the 2019 Rugby World Cup in japan will give the game a big boost in the country. Representatives of more than 60 nations have agreed to work closer together to counter violent extremism. They wrapped up a conference in washington, and they noted combat aimed groups such as Islamic State requires a strategy encompassing security social media, and help for people on the sidelines of society. Nhk worlds craig dale has the details. Reporter they came together from all corners of the planet. Part of the global effort to confront a common enemy. We must remain unwavering in our fight against terrorist organizations. Reporter the delegates to this threeday white house summit on countering violent extremism know the state of play all too well. This threat has no precedent, says French Foreign minister bernard kozeneuve. Theyve seen fighters with the Islamic State groups swallow up territory in syria and iraq, along the way killing civilians, soldiers a
Around 830 this morning. About 330 this morning the chp said amanda was hit and killed as he was walking out on the freeway. The pronounced dead at the scene to people were in the honda civic that hit the man. A passenger was treated for minor injuries they do not believe drugs or alcohol was a factor in the crash the Coroners Office and that is removing the body from the scene is unclear why that person was walking on the freeway. Chp says that the person could possibly be a transient. Caltrans crews are still out here in the far right lanes of 1 01 southbound. Reporter the turning our attention to the weather taking a live look outside at the embarcadero on the saturday morning rain is on the way for your Easter Holiday weekend. Thank you for joining us on kron 4 newsweek and i am anny hong then rubin is here with more on your forecast. Reporter one after another and the second is being the stronger of the two storms we will then enjoy some nice weather today enjoy it while it will l
The Obama Administration and the Prime Minister. Today, whether the Budget Committee can come together, we will have more details. Before they gavel in we want you to weigh in on this debate in washington. In the face of National Security threats from isis and others around the globe, should the pentagon budget be increased . The numbers are on the screen. You can also send us a tweet you can go to facebook, and also send us an email. The phone lines are open. Before we get to your thoughts, molly otoole from defense one joins us to talk about this. Gop hawks want to use defense for funds to skirt this. What does each chamber want to do and what has the president opposed . Proposed . Guest the house and senate have very different approaches. The house released their proposal on tuesday. These are nonbinding medical agreement, but any russian of but are an expression of priority. The house proposed 523 billion for defense, which adheres to the level set in fiscal year 2015 and the budge
News. Sharniece really loved doing community stories. She loved talking to people. Reporter her family says she was returning from work on a story using Public Transportation as she typically did. She was shot as she transferred buses just minutes from home. Police believe the intended target of the gunshot that killed her may have pulled her into the line of fire, used her as a human shield. At 9 28 she texted me and said, im on my way home. So i was waiting for her to text exactly, let me know if she needed me to pick her up where she was. And we never got that text last night. Typically we think of losses of journalists as being out in the middle east or in africa or in dangerous places. But here you lost a very, very active and Important Community journalist in ward 7. Reporter now, as a freelancer here at the hill rag she didnt spend a lot of time at the offices. But in the limited time she was here she made a positive impression on just about everybody. She was always very nice.