Why Ferry Service from sausalito to San Francisco is suspended indefinitely, and whats available instead . An unexpected site at a beach off the coast of alameda. I didnt know it was a whale. I thought it was a rock at first. It is dead and its life is over. The efforts underway to remove a dead whale on the beach, as scientists try to uncover what led to the animals death. Live from jack london square. This is morning time two. The nine. Today is monday, april 22nd. Were looking live at the skyline of San Francisco and also a little bit of cloud. I would say thats haze, clouds, rosemary will be around to tell us what we can expect in the weather, but i dont think the weekend weather that we had is going to last this week. Well talk to her for more information on that new proposed legislation in california would ban the expedited security screening company. Clear. Let me turn this off here. So you dont hear anything from the airport. Clear. Customers pay 189 a year to verify their identities at airport kiosks before being escorted past other passengers to the front of the tsa lines. Supporters of the proposed legislation say clear passengers shouldnt be allowed to skip the line just because they have more money. Several airlines are fighting the bill, saying revenue loss from clear could result in increased airfares. We want some viewer reaction on this. This morning were asking you, do you suppose do you support the proposed bill to regulate line skipping at california airports . Your options are yes. Its not fair. No, i love clear. It doesnt bother me. Scan that qr code or go to ktvu. Com vote. This is going to be this is going to be a contentious issue. I have a feeling, this is interesting. When i read it this morning and sent it to megan, her producer, i said, i said, wow, this its 189 a year, and that will allow you to get to the front of the line a little bit faster than everyone else. Right . Business travelers, i suspect its good for because youre coming to the airport. You travel so much thats worth it for it. Its worth it for them. And then some people have been getting it. I dont have it. Ive wanted to get it, actually. And you travel somewhat. Im not extensively, not extensively, but the two of us put together. Yeah. So, you know, i thought maybe it would be a good idea to get. And i was really shocked to hear this, but but you know, theyre saying this is a, this is a thing between haves and have nots. If you cant afford to pay to have clear, youre stuck in line with everyone else, which is, you know, which is which is true. I mean, thats where i am with everyone else. Yeah. You know, im kind of mixed on this. I think that if you travel a lot, especially if youre a business person and remember, they prescreen you, right . So thats the whole thing. Its your prescreen. So, so that youre paying for that, the ability to do that which, you know, thats how capitalist society works. You can pay for things a little bit easier. Many things that people who are the haves get that others have nots dont. So i dont know if you can really. Its kind of a big can of worms, right . Yes it is. Well, we love it when you weigh in on the old cano. Garcia is not going to pay for it either way. No, but i dont fly that often, so it doesnt make financial sense, right . Like, why do it if youre not flying on a regular basis . But i could see someone who flies on a regular basis to visit family, to visit loved ones, to travel for business, i could see why it would be worth it. You dont have to get to the airport and just sit and wait, right . You know you can get there closer to the time. I like doing that anyway. Andre, back to you. Yes you do. You do. You do like to go to the airport early and check out some of the restaurants there for sure. Well revisit this. No, no, no, well revisit it throughout the night. And you guys keep weighing in on our website. Lets swing out to our newscast here. And well start with the issues at the Ferry Terminal in sausalito, which is closed now. Weve learned why and what led to the suspension of service between sausalito and San Francisco until further notice. Ktvu james torres live in sausalito here, with new details on the damage discovered under the pier there. James garcia, weve seen it all morning long. A number of people coming up here to the Ferry Terminal, coming up to see if they need to fill out one of these cards, and they just see all of these signs, letting them know that the Ferry Service at this time is suspended for at least the next couple of days. A spokesperson for the golden gate ferry telling us that during a routine inspection of the pier, crews found damage on one of its four pylons. So now out of an abundance of caution, this is now closed and not able to pick up or drop people off. Instead, the service is offering free busses to bridge the gap. Theyll take off from here at the normal ferry departure times , and we spoke to some people who rely on the ferry to get into San Francisco on a regular basis. They say. Of course they prefer riding the boat compared to driving, but the bus bridge is just as reliable, and its honestly not really an inconvenience. I have a couple different ways i can get to work. Fortunately i do have a car as well. I just prefer not to pay a bridge tolls. So, yeah, bus not a big deal. Well, now the question is, how long will this take and how long will this be the case . Crews say repairs on the pylons already started over the weekend, and they should get it back to where they want it to be by the end of the week. Theyll do another inspection on the pier to determine how soon after that, they can officially reopen and officially relaunch the Ferry Service. So your options at this point now rely on that bus bridge when they take off at those normal departure times. You can also head your way over to the larkspur Ferry Terminal. And thats just about 15 minutes from where were standing this morning. These crews also suggest you keep an eye on their updates on their ex and all other social media platforms. They say theyll try to provide some regular updates there, as well as the golden gate ferry website. Were live this morning in sausalito. Im james torres, ktvu, fox two news. James thank you. A motorcyclist is in the hospital after a crash during a sideshow near oaklands lake merritt. This was the scene after the crash around 6 p. M. Yesterday at the intersection of grand avenue and perkins street. Sideshow participants on dirt bikes still driving through the area as police investigated the crash, in which a car reportedly hit a motorcycle. Oakland police say as many as 50 dirt bikes and atvs were part of the sideshow. We still dont know if the motorcyclist injured was involved in the stunts or. Former President Donald Trump is back in court this morning as Opening Statements begin in his socalled hush money trial. 12 jurors will decide whether or not donald trump falsified Business Records to cover up an alleged sex scandal during his 2016 president ial campaign. Joining us now for more inside in the trial is professor david levine from uc law, San Francisco. Professor, thank you so much for joining us this morning. We just had our first witness take the stand. What can you tell us . We dont have video in the trial, but reporters are updating us on whats going on. Tell us whats going on. Well, what we understand, andre, is that the first witness is on david pecker from the National Enquirer. Whos going to begin to tell the story . And whos witness is this defense or prosecution . Prosecution witness. What weve heard the bulk of what we heard today was that the prosecution was able to make an opening statement, which is explaining to the jury what the prosecution says they will show how the story is going to fit together. And we also heard from the defense lawyer, mr. Blanch, who said, this is all nonsense. Every single one of those witnesses is biased against mr. Trump. And then hes got his narrative. And now we are just now, seconds ago, beginning with the first witness, the first witness, david pecker from the National Enquirer, he they prosecutors, prosecution says was involved in a catch and kill scheme which which one of the accusers who said she had a year long affair with donald trump, the enquirer apparently bought the story and then killed the story so it wouldnt make it public. Is that the understanding here and how does that fit into the larger case . Thats right. And its also part of this wider scheme. So the prosecutions narrative is that david pecker, who is the publisher of the National Enquirer, was instrumental in helping mr. Trump in a number of different ways. High, high, potentially damaging things, right. During the campaign in 2016. Exactly. And that there is apparently, according to the prosecution, there was a meeting with mr. Cohen, mr. Pecker and mr. Trump at which they planned some of this out and that it was not only Stormy Daniels who weve heard so much about, but also this former playboy model, karen mcdougal, and that thats what mr. Pecker was doing, is that he was helping in getting bad stories out of the public eye. So now this all comes to the payments that were mislabeled, according to the prosecutors by trump, prosecutors allege trump reimbursed Michael Cohen, who paid off Stormy Daniels and was involved in negotiations between him and i think david pecker as well, what got michael . Michael cohen was paid 420,000, daniels was paid 130,000 for her story. The defense is arguing, that trump paid him 420,000 to Michael Cohen in legal fees, so you cant. So involved in that legal fees would be the 130 that was paid for the payment that was made for Stormy Daniels and trumps lawyers are saying, look, these were just standard legal fees. Thats why you cant classify this as him trying to cover up anything. What can you tell us about that . Right. Well, apparently what they did, according to Michael Cohen, according to what the prosecutors will say, is that because they wanted to disguise all of this as legal fees, and mr. Cohen did not want to have to pay extra money . So what happened is that the argument is that mr. Trump overpaid, if you will. Michael cohen, so that Michael Cohen could treat this as legal fees, pay his taxes in new york as well as federal taxes, and end up even so that cohen could pay off Stormy Daniels and pay the government, and he would not be out any money. And that the argument from the prosecution is that this was all in the service of what mr. Trump needed to commit Election Fraud to cover this all up, to hide it from voters and potentially affect the election. Thats right. Todd blanch saying in response to that in court today, the defense attorney for trump ask yourself, would a frugal businessman, a man who pinches pennies, repay 130,000 debt to the tune of 420,000 . But you just explained why that could be the case, why he paid him 420,000. All right, lets go through what, trumps lawyer also said here, took particular issue with this. He says he says, the prosecution insinuate that attempting to influence an election connotates illegality. He says, quote, i have a spoiler. Theres nothing wrong with trying to influence an election. Its called democracy, bland said. They they put something sinister on the idea, as if its a crime. Youll learn that its not. But what can we infer from that . And based on what we know about the case . Right. So what the defense is going to say is even if the money was paid, even if mr. Trump knew Stormy Daniels and the rest, that theres nothing illegal about it. And i think when we were last together, we agreed that hush money alone, if you want to pay somebody some money, thats fine. Thats okay. Right. But its the distortions. Its the hiding through these making the books false. And then the narrative from the prosecution is the problem was that the access Hollywood Tape had come out and that things were going badly for mr. Trump, and that to have more stories come out about affairs would have been fatal at that point. So in the prosecutions view, its all about defrauding the american people, defrauding the electorate. And mr. Blanch, the defense lawyer, is going to say, what are you doing . But explaining things to the electorate and the prosecutor, they intend on using the benchmark of that. 2005 access Hollywood Tape, in which the president talks about, touching women inappropriately. Right, as, as a benchmark, as a, as a launching pad for them trying to cover up the particular case with with daniels and mcdougal. Correct. Thats right. To put it all in context. Right. So that, david peckers testimony thats going on right now is also part of that context. So that they had had this longer deal with the National Enquirer to bury bad stories and to promote stories that were helpful to mr. Trump. That was part of it, and that then access hollywood comes out and it looks really bad for mr. Trump and these other things. Were going to look really bad. And so the then the argument from the prosecution is that, in short order, all of a sudden, Michael Cohen sends the money to Stormy Daniels lawyer. But theres tape, andre. Theres tape. Right. A tape with Michael Cohen and mr. Trump talking about it thats going to be played for the jury, which absolutely is going to be heard. So the idea organizing this whole scheme apparently, right. That that they say will prove what theyre prosecutors. Right. Thats right. They will put the narrative together. Right. So what were going to have is the two sides are going to have different narratives. Some things are irrefutable. The checks were written, Michael Cohen got money, Michael Cohen sent money to Stormy Daniels lawyers. Nobodys going to refute those. Its a matter of what is the spin that goes around it. It was nefarious. It was illegal. It was to defraud the american people, or it was just to avoid embarrassment at home. Can you prove, can you prove it was a nefarious thing to do what they did . The ledger thing, though, is thats a law. I mean, im putting information in a ledger. Thats thats thats incorrect. Right. Those were only misdemeanors. So that if mr. Trump is convicted of the misdemeanors, hes going to walk out of there as proud as can be. Hes going to declare a victory. No big deal, david rubin, thank you for providing insight into this case. Anytime. Well see what happens. Just day one opening Opening Statements in the first person on the trial. You know its going to be colorful. See you soon. All right. All right. Moving on to this now. Tensions rise as propalestinian protesters escalate on and off Columbia Universitys campus. A new measures put in place to increase security measures. Now, then, a concerning trend in ebike injuries emerges. Were talking live with an expert about the new research that shows a staggering increase in both injuries and hospitalizations, and explore the factors co ributing to the. Well e ri 100 of dark spots are intensified by the sun. Bright reveal daily sunscreen. No whitecast. Wear spf every single day, rain or shine. Antidark spot sunscreen by loreal paris. 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Were so happy to welcome kevin lee from the ucsf school of medicine, a coauthor on a study that looks at these issues and more. Thanks for being with us. Thank you so much for having me. Im happy to be here. Lets kind of give the guidelines of ebikes here. They can go at twice the speed of a regular pedal powered bike between 2028 miles an hour, even faster if you do some modifications. Whats your biggest takeaway after doing all this research . Yeah, i think one takeaway is that ebicycles, when you think of them, are not like conventional bicycles. Looking at the number of injuries as well as the severity of injuries, we cant treat these like normal bikes that kids will be riding just growing up, the higher speeds really increase the potential for injury and potentially more severe injuries as well. I remember when they started a few years before the pandemic, they were sort of pitched as a commute alternative, a greener way to get from, lets say, the Ferry Building to city hall instead of jumping in a car. What have they evolved into . Well ill say that, you know, we did a study. We looked at whos getting injured from ebikes coming to emergency departments, and that is a good population of the study. Id say about 60 are adults or older adults riding ebikes lightly for commute, getting around short time travel. But we did notice too, in our data that there are more and more cases where children so patients