Transcripts For KNTV NBC Bay Area News At 6 20170923 : compa

Transcripts For KNTV NBC Bay Area News At 6 20170923

Education. Today ann coulter told the Associated Press she wont be coming. But student organizers with the berkeley patriot tell nbc bay area while the list of speakers is in flux the event is still on. The only chance i consider that mill of not coming is if something is wrong with his guarantee. I cant guarantee the event is going on. If the speakerers comes well be ready. The university is in the dark about who is and isnt coming. But are determined to keep the campus safe. We are going to be staging the area for the secure environment. Meebl counterdemonstrations are in the works including four days of speakers on the north side of campus. An event called our free speech united against hate. Essentially to offset the free speech week froms berkeley patriots. Student artists staged their own kickoff of what they expect to be a spectacle. Going into the free speech week people arent going into this alone. They have a team to back them up. That is the and i facist uc berkeley team. Berkeley patriot members tell me theyll hold a press conference with Milo Yiannopoulos tomorrow afternoon to spell out plans before the even is expected to kickoff with a march here on sunday. Of course there will be a countermarch as well. Reporting live here at uc berkeley jodi hernandez. Of course well cover the twists and turns of the free speech week on air and online. Also you want updating the digital platforms. We have new information from mexico city. Four days after the earthquake its not Just Recovery its rescue. In the rubble there are cries for help. There is also frustration, civilians are pointing the finger at the Mexican Government for its sluggish response. Lets start with encouraging news here at the Textile Factory in mexico city. People are moving debris. You see it there by hand. The factory pan caked in mondays 7. 1 quake. And it buried workers alive. Today the encouraging news, two people rescued. However two hundred people still unaccounted for. Were getting firhand information from Damien Trujillo, very interesting what youve been reporting about the volunteers leading the charge instead of government officials. Whats happening tonight . Reporter thats exactly whats happening out here, raj. Right now the rescue is going on up here in the neighborhood of mexico city. Let me take you over here as family members of the victims are holding sand ridgel, they are hoping that maybe the rescue rescuers out here will bring in good news later on tonight worried families can only sit and watch as the foreign rescue crews sift through the rubble of what was once a 7story Office Building this is a google street view before the quake. Talk about anguish. Armed os niece was on the fourth floor when the quake struck. He says his anguish at is at 10 0 . Juan garcia says 60 coworkers were inside the building. Only nine made it out. He too counts the hours and hopes of getting a little good news. Pablo o is retired military and showed up to help in the rescue. Now he says its time to give way to the experts. The japanese and American Teams specially trained in these types of operations. This is a civilian led rescue operation, volunteers not only digging but providing the gloves, hard hats and other tools that are needed for the search. Everything that you see here has happened because of of mexicans not the government. The volunteers here have formed their own army vowing not to stop until everyone who is still alive is rescued. Mexico doesnt quit. This woman says mexico do not sit as she witnesses strangers coming to aid in the most difficult time of her life. And the live picture of the neighborhood operations here in mexico city. Yanl willie i cant believe what piem seeing if i wasnt here i wouldnt believe this is actually happening here. Its striking. A lot of people here. A lot of faith and hope. They think there are still survivors under the rubble and they plan to get to them. Live in mexico city, dame yaen trujillo. Heart breaking and inspirational. Rescues in mexico and shaking in parts of northern cal today. A magnitude 5. 7 quake off the coast of the hum bolt county. The largest after shack was a 3. 9. The quakes were shallow no reports of damage. Chief meteorologist jeff ranieri with information on the ring of fire and the ring of fire very active right now, jeff. Extremely active. It usually does see quite a few quakes but we have had four that have been moderate to large in size which is giving us a lot of pause to think about whats happening out here. We have new information to share about the ring of fire and the pacific plate. But first off lets look at the earthquakes that weve been focused on this week. The 7. 1 in mexico, the 6. 1 in new zealand pan 6. 2 in japan and a 5. 7 off shore of eureka. In terms of whats cause going its linked to the ring of fire. What is the ring of fire . The large pacific plate out here in the pacific. It borders five other major plalts, the allstar aufrlt, philippine, cocoa aband those as shift we get large earthquakes. In fact 81 of the Worlds Largest quakes happen here in the ring of fire. Whats the new information we are learning about the ring of fire and the associated pacific plate . It seems to be cooling geologies have been learning over the past one to two years and possibly contracting. That could be leading to increased activity. Were not sure. But geologists are closely watching this. Of course the sand andreas fault line linked to it and the hayward fault its been over 100 years since its released any major pressure. Well have more coming up at 6 20. Crop cover and hold, best advice. Thats great advice and the other big advice is be prepared. Thats the issue do you have an earthquake quit. We have posted video with a list of things to keep in the disaster emergency kit its not if but when i. You need one of these. Check it out on nbc bay area. Com. We have new details in the death of a beloved Grocery Store owner in San Francisco. Gus was hit by a car as he was loading produce into his truck overnight. The driver of the car took off. Nbc bay area kristi smith it in San Francisco with us telling us how its impacting the local community there. Kristi. Reporter yeah, thats right. His name was gus vardicanas 37 and people have been coming by sharing stories about his generosity, great sense of humor. But make no mistake. They are grieving and they want answers. It just broke my heart. Just broke my heart. I cant believe it. Gwen kaplan stopped by Guss Community Market after she got word that the friendly face she called gus was killed in a hitten hundred. Just pennsylvania wonderful loving family. He went by the name of gus and opened three stores in the city. We came to get flowers to set up there. I dont know its a tragedy. It really is. Reuben works at a company office. He stopped by and brought flowers to leave near the area where gus was killed. The driver was speeding. I dont see how anybody would be going that rate of speed in that area. You know, i mean its trafficked mainly by produce buyers at that time of the morning. He is there apparently at 1 00 a. M. In the morning most days of the week. Buying produce. At this time what we know is that the vehicle appears to be a silver sedan that has front end and windshield damage. Minutes before there were reports of gunfire less than a mile away but police did not say whether it was connected. He was always very receptive and extremely kind. Wellknown and loved in the community. Its a real tragedy. I certainly hope that they find who ever did this. Reporter now a number of politicians have reached out and offered their doeldss, including San Francisco mayor ed lee. While frist San Francisco police asking for the publics help in locating the car. Thank you kristi. A trip to the gas station may have put antioch drivers at risk for fraud. The six skimmers were found on pumps in San Francisco. Near highway 4. Its unclear how long the skimmers have been there. The police are urging drivers using that gas station to check Bank Accounts and then report any evidence of fraud. Now our Investigative Unit looked into gas pump thieves and the single master key they used to gain access to credit card information. Its interesting. You can watch the report on the nbcbayarea. Com website. New at 6 00. Guess who is back at work. The warriors, the hot topic at headquarters wasnt necessarily bub, the white house visit. Will the nba champs follow tradition or skip the meet and greet with President Trump. Respect the opportunity that we have to represent not only ourselves our own believes but organization waus we are obviously in this position because we won a championship and we did Something Special together. And so for us to just really take the time to understand the magnitude of this decision and the right things to do and the right way to go about it. Well so far steph curry says he would vote not to visit the would you say. The warriors have not yet been officially tveten invited. However the leaders say if the any decide to go the invitation would be extended. They will announce a decision next week. Kevin durant and the twitter controversy had all the players buzzing. Draymond greenes comingle response that in 40 minutes. Our job is to join every other major country on earth. Medicare for all. Bernie sanders makes the push in the bay area as republicans it plan to Overall Health care. That plan suffering a big blow. And a cool 69 in san jose right now. But temperatures going to get hotter this weekend. Well let you know when 90s return inland and 70s at the beaches. The forecast at 6 20 tonight. Arizona senator john mccain says he s against his party s latet healthcare plan. Well the marching is back at it. Arizona senator john mccain says he is against his own parties latest health care proposal. This will likely kill the Graham Cassidy bill. In a written statement he calls for a new bipartisan effort to fix obamacare. Republicans are working to sway other senators . The desperate hope of saving this bill. Then there is Bernie Sanders the outspoken and energetic vermont senator was in San Francisco today drumming up support for the new Single Payer Health care proposal. Like usual, he fired up the crowd. Nbc bay area sam brock saw the speech and sam it seems like were on the campaign all over again. Reporter it does have that feel to it, raj. Its interesting on one hand you have senator mccains announcement. You just mentioned that throws the entire Obamacare Repeal into flux. At the same moment thats going on. On the other end you have Bernie Sanders out here at the gardens talking about universal health care it played great to the crowds but faces challenges. What else are you feeling. Im feeling that. You feeling that. A familiar feeling in indeed be, the burn, back in San Francisco boosting a Health Care Plan that he says will end the National Crisis of uninsured on undersured people. Today we stand together in saying that in this great Country Health care is a right not a privilege. California nurses collectively cheered for senator sanders bill delivering universal health care drawing upon experiences theyve had with patients inside the hospital walls. They have insurance but because of the high deductionables and high premium they put off care. When they come to our hospital they are sicker. People are die sfwlg developments friday cast doubts on republican abilities to pull oh off Obamacare Repeal there is no reason to believe that single payer system will gain traction in washington either. What he didnt do he didnt say what it was costing or how it was paid for. Sally pipe is ceo of the free market think tank pacific reern institute. She frets his plan will not only run a tab of tril yans through heavy taxation but might mirror problems through other single country. Announcer as with any single payer systems there would be long waitingis lists for consider and rationed care and no access to latest treatment and technology. As it stands now all sides grooe an extosh tant you sum of money goes to American Health care. And health care by the way was not senator sanders only issue here today. After he made this speech he headed over to the city college of San Francisco to applaud the tuition fee program there called it a model for other cities. He also dipped into the daca debate this afternoon. Basically saying were not taking away legal status to 800,000 young americans. These were issues raj and jessica we saw define his president ial campaign. Reporting live from San Francisco some brock. And with which he continues to talk about. San francisco unveiled a special monument dedicated to comfort women. The term used for hundreds of thousands of women forced in sex slavery by the japanese women during world war ii. The bronze statue of four women was unveiled at st. Mary as park in china town in front of hundreds of people. Monument creator says it was heart wrenching to work on. We do monuments to solars and to first responders. But to take on a subject that is so emotional, just telling people what youre doing as they come into the studio, it just its shocking. Because just think what these girls suffered through. Thousands of girls taken from homes forced to work in brothels. Organizers say San Francisco is now the first major city to have a memorial highlighting the global issue. A blow for San Francisco based uber. London is out. London is pulling the plug on ubers operating license citing what it cause the failing business practices. Uber will be allowed to continue to operate in london as it appeals. There is an estimated 40,000 uber drivers in londened. But again out, off the table. Over there. All right here we are at the weekend. Finally what are having in store. Warmer temperatures but not too hot this we could. Well save that for next week. I still think we have a nice saturday and sunday coming our way. As we look at the microclimate forecast we start off down in l. A. I want to give the giants fans a look at weather conditions. Mostly clear as the giants and the dodgers will be going at it right there on nbc bay area on 7 00 p. M. Current 666 degrees for the first pitch temperatures right around 66. Nice night down there in l. A. At the ballpark for the game. And in terms of our weather the cool area low pressure that brought comfortable weather the past couple days unfortunately its moving off to the ieft. So hotter High Pressure starts to build in as we head in the weekend. Its kicking up the wind. Thats helping to increase the fire danger. A closer look at wind showing more out of the north and the east. At least for the north bay east bay and also for the south bay. A northeast wind is drying. Wont be gusty but 10 to 15mileperhour will keep the fire danger on the increase. Temperatures warming up in response to that dryer northeastly wind go to 85 in antioch, 84 in napa. San jose 8 and also 84 in morgan hill. What about whats down the pipeline here for us . You can see monday 89 degrees. And even toe we turned over to fall today its summer all next week. Low to mid90s on tuesday, wednesday and thursday. Eventually by friday we shall see a trend downward. But once again get ready for warmer weather. The coastline forecast on the extended and well let you know how warm the beaches get. See you then thank you. Ready set sail a bay area man voyage thats unlike any other. Systemwide delays caused by track equipment problems in San Francisco. Happening had now on wirt feed, barj delay on b. A. R. T. Systemwide delays caused by equipment track problems in San Francisco. Also President Trump in alabama at this hour rallying for luther strange. During his speech he blasted nfl players kneeling during the national and them. He says they should be fired. You can see the full speech at nbcbayarea. Com. The first person to sail around the americas and antara okay this is a big deal. Bay area man plans to become the first person to sail around the americas and antarctica within a year. Bold adventures start with a boring to do list. Its been a part of my dream since i was young. The stuff dreams are made of is not exactly glamorous. Canned meets, vegetables. But to randall reed the key to big adventure. Soups of different varieties. Is in the small details. About half of the food ill eat over the next year is in cans. Reed spentds his days on the docks of poit richmond loading and organizing the 42 foot boat. You got to know where the food is. Because when he sails out next month there will be no land, no Grocery Stores, no shower for a carrier. Im planning to be the first person to sail around the americas and antarctica solo in one year. Here we go. Nobody has done this before. Nobody has even tried. Reeves calls his journey the figure eight voyage for the shape of the path. 40,000 miles in one year. Almost twice the circumference of the earth. To for me is the quiet. Ill see animals most have never seen before. There is a sense of flying out on the water. This long solo journey might sound the adventure of a Single Person backup reeves biggest support in the trek is his wife. Ive been nicknamed by his community as the best wife in the world. Which im happy to wear. But even the best wife in the world isnt interested in waking up every hour to check the course or going the whole year without bathing. The idea of not taking a shower for a year is ho

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