The news at 530, starts right now. Good evening and thanks for joining us. Im terry mcsweeney. Peggy 2shot and im peggy bunker. Facebook Ceo Mark Zuckerberg is promising new action after an uproar over fake news stories on the the news at 5 30 starts now. Facebook Ceo Mark Zuckerberg is promising action on the social network. Critics say the stories may have played a role in the election. Rick boone with how the site is about to change. Rick . Reporter ill try to break down real details in the fake news stories popping up on facebook. The ceo, mark zuckerberg, there is only a small percentage of actual fake news stories on his website. We have to do to stop the spread of hate, violence, and misinformation. While taking part in a summit in peru, he pushes to halt fake news popping up on his site. He revealed a new approach, including warning labels on any questionable story being posted. A simple process to flag fake news and Third Party Fact checkers. It helps some people and hurts others. Facebook has been under heavy criticism for fake news articles. Heres one example. Isis oil king paid off hillary clinton. Pope francis endorses trump. Even with facebooks effort to rid itself of false info, experts say it could be a hard challenge as it tries to move forward. He can try. He could theoretically block fake news. It is not facebook posting this. Its members that are posting it. Reporter coming your way in a few moments, we find out who started the fake news revolution. Live in menlo park, rick boone, nbc news. We return to the president ial transition. Donald trump continue to go work on filling positions in his upcoming administration. Among those Massachusetts Governor and former trump rival mitt romney. He has been mentioned as a possible pick for secretary of state. Appreciate the chance to speak with the president elect and look forward to the coming administration. Chris christie and Rudolph Giuliani among those expected to meet with trump tomorrow. Despite the busy schedule, trump managed to take aim of the cast of hamilton. The cast suppressed concern with the upcoming administration, incoming Vice President to please protect all americans. Well, protests at the texas state capital today, a mondayment. But nearby a few dozen people held white lives matter protests. While the protesters clashed with each other, eight people were arrested. In washington, d. C. , a White Nationalist conference drew counter protesters as well. The two groups did mix together and clash. Self arrests were made. At least one person was injured. Overseas tonight, the progress of the u. S. Backed offensive. Reporter well, the push into eastern mosul by iraqi forces continues. The resistance they have been seeing on the ground has been strong. Its been intense. Isis fighters have been using things like car bombs, ieds, shellings in order to slow down the offensive and to bog down the troops in grueling warfare. We have seen a number of civilians fleeing this city triple in just the past two weeks alone to 60,000 people. And its very difficult for them because many have relatives who continue to remain behind enemy lines effectively used as human shields by the islamic state. Translator we would not know which direction the bullets would come from. We were scared so we left. Reporter even some of those 60,000 have been able to escape to the relative safety and the camps on the outskirts of the city, they are tremendously concerned about the relatives and arent sure when they will be able to return back to their homes. This is going to be a long and hard battle. We are hearing weeks, if not months, in the fight to retake the city of mosul. A tragic story we are following in nevada after an air ambulance plane transporting a patient crashed killing off four people on board. Take a auto at cell phone video. This is the aftermath of the crash. A huge fireball here. The impact actually caused multiple explosions. It happened last night as the plane was carrying the patient and three crew members to the university of utah. The plane crashed in a parking lot near the airport fpt the cause of the crash is under investigation. They are working with the ntsb and faa. Remember, you can track breaking news any time across our digital platforms. Head to nbcbayarea. Com and take a look at our twitter feed. There is a saying ignorance is bliss. One georgia man taking it to heart when it comes to the Election Results. Im shocked. Im looking at them. And i cant quite put anything together. One day he is treating patients and the next almost loses his practice. The reason he has become the unfair target of enforcement action for helping injured workers. Tracking a little bit of light rain around san jose. You see the rain around the Santa Cruz Mountains. Whats happening offshore could increase thunderstorms and small hail for your forecast tomorrow. A closer look when we come back. Targeted . This stems from workers comp fraud. Peggy 2shot with the help of Insurance Companies Law Enforcement is not just workers but bay area doctors being targeted. This stems from workers comp. Fraud. Law enforcement is stepping up its attack on cheaters. Our Investigative Units is digging into who is breaking the law and why some are questioning the fight against fraud. In recent years, investigators have caught thousands of people gaming the system. But one system insider, a local doctor, said after what happened to him, the effort to combat Insurance Fraud has gone too far. Thats why i practice in this field because there is a constant challenge if dr. Gary spent eight years building this Pain Management clinic where half of his patients are injured workers. It is difficult to find a doctor to treat them under workers comp. He said at a time many doctors are opting out of workers comp. Hes sticking with it. Closing the door to this Patient Population is the wrong choice. But he said he nearly lost his practice after he was pegged as a scammer. You have the right to remain silent. This is a 2014 arrest. Were going to do everything we can to take your medical license away from you, which im sure we will. He said an undercover agent posing as an injured worker paid him a few visits. He billed for Services Never rendered. The d. A. Filed criminal charges for Insurance Fraud and unlawful dispensing. Are you operating a pill mill . Absolutely not. Did you bill insurance for services you never provided . Absolutely not. The case was dismissed last year. It was filed in the wrong county. Prosecutors refiled, but that case was dismissed last summer. He completed a Diversion Program that kept him out of court. I believe it was fabricated. Now he is suing the d. A. , department of insurance detective. He claims they violated his civil rights. The d. A. Declined to comment. The court is considering a motion to dismiss the case. To go after a Workers Compensation clinic because of the way they bill, which is the way its customarily done and saying its fraud is absurd. Attorney john burton is representing the doctor. They tattered him. Is there any merit to the claim that Law Enforcement is targeting workers comp. Doctors . Im hard pressed to say that. Gary fagan is chair of the california d. A. Association and chief deputy d. A. In San Bernardino county. He said it is is viewed as one of the biggest cost drivers in the system. I think there is a recognition that it is a serious problem. It is estimated that all types of workers caught fraud cost 1 and 3 billion a year. To tackle it, investigators take on ava right of cases like the examples in this training video. This dockworker claimed he was injured. People lie about injuries. And busting Employers Without insurance. Do we have to do this at my work . The Investigative Unit reviewed data by prosecutors in the past five years. Across the state, d. A. s convicted 3,400 people, including about 2,300 employers, 750 workers, and 41 medical providers. In the bay area, prosecutors convicted 644 people, including 6 medical providers. Fagan said building fraud cases is tough, especially against doctors. Its not like were running down the block and can chasing somebody that stole a purse. The conviction rate is nearly 90 . Special grants help fund special prosecutions. We crunched the numbers in the past five years, d. A. s received more than 156 million. The money comes from california employers and it doled out in the department of insurance. I believe that there are too many financial incentives on the ethics of the prosecutor in these types of situations that can lead to a lot of problems. Overzealous prosecution. I dont have much confidence in the idea that because prosecutors are getting money overzealous. Our job is to prosecute only those we have are guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. He said his brush with the law hit him hard. It really damaged my reputation. Now he says hes worried about the fate of injured workers and the doctors who treat them. They are scared about specifically seeing the injured workers exactly because of whats happening here. In recent years, Law Enforcement has convicted several providers in high profile cases in southern california. The department of insurance tells us since 2013, cases involving Health Care Providers have totaled losses of more than half a billion dollars and left hundreds of injured workers with more injuries and delayed healing. Guys . Now, if you have a tip the for our Investigative Unit, the number to call is 888996tips or nbcbayarea. Com. A Bay Area College star is catching the eye of national coaches. Her skills on the field are setting her above the competition. Tournament. Santa clara knocked off top seeded stanford. Well, a stunning upset in the womens soccer ncaa tournament. Despite the loss, one of stanfords players has a bright future. Shes a rising star in the soccer world. Heres colin resch. Reporter prepares like Andy Sullivan are rare. Shes the main reason why stanford is favored to win it all this year. Andy sullivan with her team best 11th goal. Shes explosive. Shes scoring goals. Shes creating goals for others. Shes just been so dominant. Winning the ball. In every aspect shes dominated this year. Sullivans stellar play captured u. S. National team coach jill ellis. Her third cap. Boy, has she impressed in just a short time. Since early october, shes been called up twice and played in four games. Last week, she sprayed 60 minutes in an 81 thumping of romania. In moments realize im doing my dream. Im living it right now. I could die right about now. No, its been awesome. Shes admits bouncing back between the National Team and stanford isnt easy. It is week 8 out of 10 of classes and ive barely been here. Its been very crazy. I think i do better in that environment. Her stanford coach Paul Ratcliffe says the sky is the limit. Its just the beginning. What she has done on the big stage speaks volumes straight away. I think shes going to be a superstar. A superstar like her childhood idol perhaps. Ultimate goal to be on a National Team as long as abbi was. Absolutely. I want to play in a world cup and olympic. I will keep working towards my goals. An update now. Sullivan did unfortunately suffer an injury during overtime last night but tweeted out today she is doing okay. And i hope you are. Thats good to hear that. Amazing talent. A big future there. I think that goal of the olympics, i think she could do that. We wish her well i know it was a bad injury. I was looking at facebook. Friends up in ta poe, very snowy. We will see snow levels 5,000 feet tomorrow. With the cooler air aloft, some of our heavier showers tomorrow. San jose, a few light rain showers. Not much happening now. San francisco, pretty view there. Clear based on our Camera Network where the rain has been falling. Tiburon. You can see mill valley, over an inch. San francisco, downtown,. 75. These numbers really drop off on the other side of the Santa Cruz Mountains as the air descends and drops off the santa clara valley. Just enough to measure. Saratoga, half inch. Trivalley not getting a lot. Less than a tenth of an inch. The trend will continue into tomorrow. Tonight, scattered rain showers going at times. The cooler air will bring down snow levels. Begins to settle in over the bay area. Tomorrow morning, another line of showers. These might get a little more intense. 7 00 to 9 00 a. M. Tomorrow. We could have is some hail with some of the showers. During the heating of the day with the breaks between the clouds, increasing in stability. Cooler air above. That is a recipe for a slight chance thunder with a chance of hail. As we head to the evening, things stabilize a bit. Showers will begin to shut down late tomorrow into monday morning. Maybe still a more lingering showers. In terms of rainfall for the south, doesnt look like a lot at all unfortunately around san jose. Highest totals in blue north of the golden gate, into the north bay. Maybe a half inch mill valley, toward santa rosa. Scattered showers which includes the home game for the 49ers. Plan on showers at time. Trivalley temperatures in the low 60s from livermore, pleasanton. Similar temperatures around the peninsula. Low 60s wherever you go. Downtown San Francisco in the low 60s. Maybe a little bit cooler here in the north bay. Upper 50s, close to 60 santa rosa. A chance of showers and slight risk of a thundershower. Notice the breaks in the sevenday forecast. Tuesday looks good with patchy fog. Chaps of rain on wednesday. Thursday, thanksgiving day looks dry. Lets look at the Holiday Travel week. Tuesday, good for travel. Sierra could see more snow. Rain around the area. Thanksgiving looks dry. For there the rain chances shift into the north bay. So we are not seeing a lot of rain around san jose. You can see that next weekend. Sevenday forecast beyond what we will see tomorrow, into monday. Wednesday looks to be big day. Friday, saturday, those chances north of San Francisco. All right. Im seeing mid to upper 60s. A lot of people would take that. Coming up, are the Election Results just too stressful . Who says you have to know who won anyway . One mans plan to deal with the results of the election coming up. What should we do . Tailored to you. Wait it out. Equipped with apple carplay compatibility. Now during seasons best, get this low mileage lease on this cadillac xt5 from around 429 per month, or purchase with 0 apr financing. Dominated headlines and dinnertable discussions. Terry 2shot but believe it or not. A georgia man says he still does not know the Election Results dominated. Some dinner conversations some calm. A man in georgia says he still does not know who the president elect is and says he doesnt want to know. As people were getting anxious watching the results unfold, he decided heck with this. Im going to bed. And he d. He wears a sign around his neck asking people not to tell him. When i approach people i say, before we begin the conversation, i dont know who won and i dont want to. So please dont tell me. And people have honored it. How about that . Dont tell him. He might be watching. Wouldnt you see a billboard, sign, poster. Newspaper. Catch flash of tv. Stay offline. He said he doesnt know how much longer he can keep this going. There might be some spoilers standing on the front lawn or something. He will carry it on and not try to find out the Election Results. Good luck to him. Our bay area food drive is in full swing. Remember it is is easy for you to help. Look at these pictures. Theres miss peggy bunker. We were at a safeway in los altos. This was in the peninsula here. This amazing family watch our show all the time. Anthony and his sister. Isnt that cool . I was at the in mill valley. Fantastic up there. Met marcus, nancy, carmen. Thats right. Anthony and melissa, thank you for coming to see us. I know they are big fans. News at 6 00 two minutes away. Stay with us. Life. Is unpredictable. Life is deaths. And births. Sickness and health. Love and heartbreak. And covered california is there for it all. Not just to help keep you well. But to make sure the cost of being unwell doesnt ruin this whole life thing. Because its more than just health care. Its life care. We have an hourbyhour look at what you can expect for the rest of your weekend. Tracking rain through the area tonight and through tomorrow. We have an hour by hour look at what you can expect for the rest of your weekend. The news at 6 00 starts right now. Good evening to you. Thank you for joining us tonight. Im peggy bunker. Im terry mcsweeney. In some places it rained all day. A live look at the traffic cam in richmond. You can barely see the traffic in richmond because theres so much rain on the lens. Rob mayeda has a look at the conditions. From tiburon to the north bay, weve had more than 2. 5 inches of rain. Tin
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