Transcripts For KTVU The Ten OClock News On KTVU Fox 2 20171

Transcripts For KTVU The Ten OClock News On KTVU Fox 2 20171203

Maybe this wont happen again. Im not mad about what happened, i dont want to be mad. Today has been declared most ship Remembrance Day and tonight some families of the victims are visiting the site of that deadly fire for the first time. We will be live at the memorial to pay tribute to those 36 people. Good saturday evening everyone. I am alyana gomez, first were taking a look at interstate 80 following a horrific crash that happened after five this morning at the bay bridge toll plaza, traffic was heavy and slow moving for more than 12 hours today. Traffic has picked up just a bit but still quite a lot of cars on the road today. The traffic backup still keeps the cars back there with the red light. The Highway Patrol says a box truck abruptly hit several cars before plowing through a toll booth killing the toll taker. All lanes are now open. Chp investigating what went wrong, officers arrested a truck driver 32yearold daniel berg for driving under the influence and vehicular manslaughter. Here is more on the arrest. Reporter at 510 saturday morning a box truck traveling westbound approaching the bay bridge toll plaza collided with multiple vehicles, before plowing through one toll station. California Highway Patrol says the truck began its approach to the toll in one of the left hand lanes. But it crossed diagonally through several lanes. Cmac it lost control and struck at least five other vehicles waiting in line to go to the toll plaza. It continued on and came to rest after striking a tollbooth. Reporter chp says it crashed through the number 14 tollbooth, the toll operator was killed. The box truck finally stopped several feet fat past the toll plaza. The driver and passenger were both ejected suffering significant injuries. Reporter the driver and passenger were taken to highland hospital. The occupants and the other vehicles all suffered injuries but none was lifethreatening. 46yearold si si han was the tollbooth operator killed in the crash, she had been a tollbooth operator for more than 10 years. This is the worst nightmare. When we have Something Like this happen to one of our coworkers. Reporter saturday afternoon the governor expressed condolences to her family. The Union President says members are mourning the loss of si si han. Not only did she serve our state with distinction for 10 years, she was also a wife mother and friend to many of us. Our deepest condolences go out to si si hans family coworkers and all who knew her. She leaves behind a husband and 10yearold daughter. Saturday afternoon chp said it arrested the box truck driver 32yearold daniel burke of foster city for driving under the influence and vehicular manslaughter. The governor ordered flags to be flown at half staff in memory of the total caloric are si si han. Monday morning at least one tollbooth is likely to be out of commission. In oakland, talks to news. Today marks exactly one year since the ghost ship warehouse in oakland burned killing 36 people. The warehouse was an artist collective, the building had hazardous issues that the city was aware of but local leaders say the ghost ship fell through the cracks. The victims lost that night were young, creative, and well loved by so many. Family friends and members of their community, they had so much life ahead of them. Rob malcolm joins us live in oakland for one of the memorials held for the victims and their families tonight. Rob . Reporter good evening, as many as 25 people lived in the warehouse and while some survived many lives were lost. They were honored all day here from this site and tonight between 11 and midnight nightclubs will do the same honoring the victims with a moment of silence. If you look behind me now you can see some of the people paying tribute to the victims of the fire, looking at photos, reading some of the messages on the wall. For everyone showing up here today this is a celebration of life. Coming back to read the names and see the faces has never been easy, that is why it is taking the vega family almost a year. This is my first time. It is very, very hard. I am still shaking. Reporter mary vega lost her son, 22yearold alex, he died along with his girlfriend 20 yearold michaela gregory. I am not mad about what happened. I dont want to be mad. That is not who i am. But maybe i dont want one day for them to say that Nothing Happened and my son didnt die in vain. Reporter making sure no one forgets, local artist mourned the 36 lives lost in creative ways. Besides these candles, names and faces were crafted in love and displayed in this ornamental tree. They also lined a fence for half a block. There were messages that also read rave in peace, also you make beautiful music. Now you are the music. It has opened old wounds for dan vega who lost his brother. It is super tragic, this didnt have to happen. I really dont understand how a city would not be able to know what is going on in her buildings. Reporter Oakland Councilmember noah kyle lives to blocks away. This is a tragedy for oakland and for the state and country. Reporter charged with Involuntary Manslaughter, the property manager and creative director who ran the concert the night of the flames. The one that is ultimately responsible is the property manager. She knew exactly what was going on in this building. Reporter he points to one meter that was rigged to feed power to the warehouse. Two investigates that the buildings owner received a 3 million insurance payout from the deadly fire. That newsmaking anniversaries like this all the more difficult to attend for families like the vegas. I dont want this to happen again to anybody. I dont want a mother to go through what im going through. And back here live, there have been two civil lawsuits stemming from the fire. The city is on track to hire more inspectors and he will see more quote cooperation between those inspectors and the Fire Department to ensure a tragedy like this never happens again. For the fruitville district in oakland, ktvu fox two news. Thank you so much for that report tonight. To defendants in that ghost ship fire are scheduled to appear on court on monday. A preliminary hearing is set of max harris. Each man is Involuntary Manslaughter and a judge will decide if there is enough evidence against the suspects. Two investigates, several weeks ago we sat down with al mena at the jail where he is being held. He said the building was not up to Safety Standards from the moment he started renting. Deceitful. And greedy. Reporter do you think they rented you in unsafe building . Yes definitely, they rented me something that they knew was unsafe. They definitely did. Al mena says the buildings owner is partially to blame, two investigates and has not received a response. Hundreds of oakland city workers are going to walk off the job on tuesday according to San Francisco chronicle. Two labor unions notified the city of their plans to strike yesterday. The strike could shut down libraries, rec centers and afterschool programs. The city Union Members have not been able to reach an agreement on issues like pay and overtime and they have been negotiating for more than six months. Right now there is no estimate on how long it could last. A new poll shows that gavin newsom is losing his lead in californias 2018 governor race. The poll by the Public Policy institute of california found the Lieutenant Governor still leads the candidates with 23 of the vote but los angeles former mayor antonio via rugosa is close behind with 18 . Just last month newsom had a 10 point lead over him, down from a 16 point lead in september. More than 30 of the polled participants are undecided. [ music ] republicans in the senate are celebrating after narrowly passing the most sweeping tax change in centuries. Fox reporter has the latest from washington. Reporter the republicans got this through with the vote to spare. Even the democrats did everything they could to block it. I would be delighted to got and destroy this legislation. How high the stench is rising in this chamber as we debate the bill. Reporter they also took to twitter showing the lastminute changes that were being handwritten on the bill. Here is senator john koester of montana. Can you tell me what that word is . If you can youve got better eyes than me. This is unbelievable. Reporter in the end republicans were able to push it through giving President Trump a huge legislative victory. We passed the largest tax cut in the history of our country and many other things along with it. Reporter the gop hailed its permanent reduction of the tax rate from 35 to 20 and they pointed to a modest 10 year cut for individuals. Unofficial estimates say the bill will add more than 1 trillion to the deficit but Republican Leaders say that doesnt take into account the massive growth the bill will unleash. The 1. 5 trillion deficit only requires us to grow 4 10 of 1 over the next 10 years. Goodness gracious. Thats very much achievable. I am totally convinced this is a revenue neutral bill, actually a revenue producer that will get america moving again. Reporter the next step is reconciliation with the house version of the bill. They are pretty far apart now but republicans seem motivated to cut a bill with each other. In washington caroline shively, fox news. Meanwhile nancy pelosi released a statement reading in part the gop tax scam is a product of haste, carelessness and cruelty. It was written on republicans trickle down delusion, not analysis or fax. It was written first informant for the wealthiest 1 and not middleclass families trying to get ahead. California senator harris says the tax plan approved tonight by my republican colleagues is shameful. Corporations in the top 1 of americans one at the expense of low class families. This is wrong and does not reflect the best of who we are. As a country. In North Carolina searchers have found the body of a three yearold girl who disappeared earlier this week. Hundreds of volunteers search the woods near mariah woodss home with no signs of her body until tonight. Police have arrested the live in boyfriend of mariah woods mother, 32yearold earl kimrey. He is charged with concealing of death, obstruction of justice and burglary and with disappearance. She was last seen sunday night when her mother returned to bed. [ music ] coming up rock turner wants a new trial. While the why he has filed an appeal. And College Football championships are shaking up the playoffs. We will have the action for you later in sports. And a very special trip to the north pole, we will take you about the lights coming up after the break. And and whether you probably noticed cloud cover today and a few light showers moving into Northern California and up urging part of the bay area, we will talk more about showers for tonight and into your sunday. And i am a senior Public Safety my namspecialist for pg e. My job is to help educate our First Responders on how to deal with natural gas and electric emergencies. Everyday when we go to work we want everyone to work safely and come home safely. I live right here in auburn, i absolutely love this community. Once i moved here i didnt want to live anywhere else. I love that people in this community are willing to come together to make a difference for other peoples lives. Together, were building a better california. A new poll shows the race for alabama senator is neck and neck despite allegations of sexual abuse by one of the candidates roy moore. With less than two weeks to the election a new Austin Washington post poll shows Democrat Doug Jones at 50 support among likely voters with embattled republican more at 47 . He has been accused by several women who say he abused them or made sexual advances when they were teenagers. The special election is set for december 12. Roy moore isnt the only politician under fire, House Minority leader nancy pelosi is calling onto congressman accused of Sexual Misconduct to resign. We have more from washington. Reporter nancy pelosi called on a representative to step down after he was accused of Sexual Harassment during a 2016 campaign. The statement, the young womans documented account is convincing. The woman only identified as samantha told repeatedly after for dates and sex even though she repeatedly said no. He told buzz feed he is sorry for anything he did that made her feel uncomfortable. This is the most recent lawmaker accused of Sexual Harassment but he is not the only one. According to a report in politico 84,000 taxpayer dollars were used to settle at 2014 Sexual Harassment claim against texas republican representative blake farren hold. The money came from the office of compliance which has reportedly paid more than 17 million in settlements for various violations of employment rules. Including Sexual Harassment. Three former staffers accused longtime congressman john conyers of Sexual Harassment and conyers denied the allegations but admitted to using 27,000 from his offices budget to settle a harassment claim made by a staffer. This is now been identified as marian brown. He pointed to areas of genital areas of his body and asked me to, you know, touch it. Reporter after that interview nancy pelosi called on congress to resign. Five women have accused minnesota senator al franken of groping them. And a number of House Democrats have called on him to step down. Over in the senate they are saying let the investigation play out. In washington i am allison barber, fox news. New at 10 the Stanford University swimmer convicted of Sexual Assault once a new trial. Lawyers for brock turner have filed an appeal saying the jury was prejudiced against turner because of inaccurate information presented by prosecutors during the trial. Turner was accused of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman behind a dumpster near the campus. His lawyers say the victim was found in open space and the application she was located behind the dumpster was unfair to turner. Turner spent three months in jail. Uc Berkeley Police are looking for the man accused of attacking a student with a cane. The assault happened on thursday, knelt near ellsworth street and durand avenue. The student was receiving medical treatment when the police arrived. The suspect attacked the victim from behind with a cane, the victim suffered an injury to the back of his head. Police have not made any arrests at this time. We are learning more about a peer collapse, it happened yesterday afternoon at the Brooklyn Basin Development Just south of jack wind and square. Oakland fire Officials Say a 200 foot section of the peer fell into the water along with four shipping containers. No one was hurt and we are told there are no signs of any Hazardous Materials leaking into the water. They were big containers but again they only contained building materials, wire, conduit, pvc pipe. They will take on water and sink and stick into the mud so we dont have any concern of them floating into the navigable waterway at this time. The developer says it appears the peer collapsed under the weight of the construction material. The peer was going to be demolished to make way for a new Housing Development in park. Work on the project will continue over the next 18 months. A group of very special children took a magical flight from the San Francisco airport to the north pole this afternoon. It was part of United Airlines fantasy Flight Program for more than 66 children and their families. The entire boeing 777 was decked out with decorations for the one hour trip over the Golden Gate Bridge, and then back. The kids saw the ocean and lots of clouds but the highlight of the day, old saint nick. Parents said it was a rare timeout for children dealing with health challenges. The children came from Childrens Hospital in oakland and three other bay area hospitals. [ music ] that is a flight they will never forget and a great day for all those kids. Probably they were flying underneath the big batch of high clouds, the clouds you can see showing up on the satellite. The clouds moving into central california, that is cooler air and a few rain and snow showers developing. In fact santa rosa at 10 00 reporting light rain. Here is the coverage right now. We have covered outdoor the sierras at well. You could pick up 2 to 4 inches of snow, into tomorrow. As we can see, there is the radar increasing in coverage. We have a possibility of scattered showers for tonight and early tomorrow morning. Best chances will be up in the middle of the day. Here is a live camera looking out, clouds in the distance looking out toward the bay bridge. San francisco right there on the left portion of your screen. Mostly cloudy skies for tonight and overnight lows will be chilly in the upper in the upper 30s. Between now and tomorrow morning we could be tracking a few showers. Our forecast model says 11 00 tonight we will be overcast and here we go with a band of light shower activity at 11 00 and then tomorrow morning things clear out but hold onto the chance, of isolated showers, tomorrow morning. By 5 am partly cloudy skies then its going to set up to be mostly sunny on sunday for the rest of the day, by the afternoon hours. Changes for tom

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