Joining us im pam moore. grant and im grant lodes steve aveson is off. 22 year old Amer Al Hagaggi is charged with attempting to support terrorism. And accused telling Undercover Police of potential attack plans kron4s Ella Sogomonian joins us live uc berkeley one of the spots the suspect allegedly named to the fbi. Ella you spoke with the mans uncle . Yes its been a difficult week for the family since the inctment. Al haggagis uncle tells me the accusations against his nephew came as a shock to the family whove never seen evidence of radicalization. 22yearold Amer Alhaggagi was charged by a federal grand jury for allegedly trying to support the terror group isis. The fbi arrested him last november after prosecutors claim alhaggagi told an undercover agent he planned to attack various bay area locations like Berkeley High school where he himself graduated in 2013, uc berkeley, along with the mission and castro districts in san francisco. An attorney read what they say are al haggagis own words aloud in the courtroom last friday. Sot i live close to san francisco, thats like the gay capital of the world. Im gonna handle them right lol. Im gonna place a bomb in a gay club. By god, im going to tear up the city. Then quote, the whole bay area is going to be up in flames. Distrought by the allegations al haggagis uncle met with kron 4 news to defend his innocence saying the charges took their family by surprise. Sot hashem awnallah, uncle of course they were shocked. Naturally. They were not aware of what was going on. They were not aware there was any trouble. Al haggagi grew up in the east bay and most recently lived in west oakland. His uncle says he is a charitable person who helped those around him which contradicts the charges filed against him. Sot hashem awnallah, uncle they do not frankly correspond with his personality in any way or form. I mean the young man is known for being pleasant, friendly, peaceful. Totally not violent or radicalized. grant fire investigators in Contra Costa County say an arsonist was at work in broad daylight athree times thursday. pam those fires were very small, but they are the latest in a string of intentionally set fires which could all be related. Kron fours Spencer Blake is live in antioch tonight. To show us the site of one of yesterdays fires. Spencer this blackened area between homes and an outofservice Railroad Track is where firefighters responded yesterday around noon. In fact, there was even one small spot of smoke still rising today that firefighters doused again. 7 threequarters of an acre. 7 another the same size7 a third about two acres7 all along the Railroad Track7 similar to five fires in the span of an hour last week. 7 investigators definitely arson, but not necessarily surprising. These fires are not unusual at all in our jurisdiction and in fact throughout all the bay area counties every day there are probably five, ten, even a dozen intentionally set fires. vo arson severely underreported around the country. 7 the fires that were sest last week were similar in size. Structures damaged, but close to a school and a church. 7 investigator Vic Massenkoff says last weeks fires were from a serial arsonist, and so were yesterdayso they might be the same person. Coming up tonight at ten, youll hear more about awhy the general public may not realize how often arson happensand whats different about Contra Costa County in regards to investigating them. Live in antioch, Spencer Blake, kron four news. Reince is a good man. John kelly will do a fantastic job, general kelly has been a star,. im always going to be a trump fan. Im on team trump,. pam on the team. But out of a job. White house chief of staff Reince Priebus has been replaced by Homeland Security secretary john kelly. In the past week priebus has been the target of vicious personal attacks. And those attacks came from the newly named communications chief anthony scaramucci. Priebus held the white house job for just 193 days. It was the shortest tenure of any chief of staff in modern times. In modern chief of staff tenure of any shortest it was the just 193 days. House job for just 193 days. It was the shortest tenure of any chief of staff in modern times. grant the clock is ticking on some sort of congressional action. The federal government is slated to spend roughly 7 billion dollars this year, and 10 billion in 2018, to help pay for consumers outofpocket health costs. Administration officials have not indicated if they will supply the funds beyond the end of this month. grant another mob style attack on public transportation. This time a woman was targeted by a group of girls. pam Vicki Liviakis is here with details on what happened last night on a bus. vicki yeah pam, grant. The 30 year old woman was riding a bus on kearny and Market Street last. Thats when police say a group started harassing her. When she pulled out her phone to call police they started beating her. The victim then dropped her phone. The attackers grabbed it then ran off. Some riders say the violence has them on edge. Doing a protest against muni myself, and walking to work. Terisa you feel that strongly . Rider yes vicki we recently told you about another attack on muni where a group of teens violently assaulted a boy. It happened back in may. The boys outraged mother shared this video with us. In response to the attacks police they have increased patrols. And muni says despite these high profile cases crime is actually going down. pam bart police are cracking down on cellphone thefts. The department has launched a Public Awareness campaign. To help prevent these thefts. In the most recent incident, a juvenile was arrested after grabbing a victims phone and attempting to run away. A bart officer was able to locate and arrest the suspect in that incident. This arrest comes, as bart has seen a recent decrease in phone thefts following a sharp spike. At the beginning of the year. The deputy chief has some advice for people riding bart with electronics. There have there have been approximately 240 electornic device thefts on bart this year. Deputy chief haight says, bart is working to increase its visible presence to deter these crimes. pam a fremont man is facing multiple charges for alleged Sexual Assault of a developmentally challenged woman. grant the suspect in this case was also apparently caught in the act by alert neighbors who detained him until police arrived. Kron 4s Charles Clifford has details. The Fremont Police departments say that 77 year old cheuk li of fremont was arrested last week on multiple charges including Sexual Battery. Li was taken into custody following an incident on july 21st where a developmentally challenged adult female was reported missing near this mcdonalds on grimmer boulevard. When officers arrived on scene to investigate, they found several neighbors restraining li in the parking lot. Upon further investigation, they learned that li and the missing woman had been found in the back of lis Subaru Outback with the windows rolled up and the doors locked. Police also say that the adult female may have been a victim of Sexual Battery. Upon speaking with witnesses, obtaining a statement from li and reviewing Surveillance VideoPolice Arrested li and he is now facing charges of kidnapping, Sexual Battery and dependent adult abuse. Cheuk li does have a criminal background that includes a 2001 conviction for Sexual Battery. He is also registered as a sex offender but in 2013, li was arrested by Fremont Police for failing to comply with his sex offender registration requirements. Friday afternoon, we visited lis home in fremont. There was a Subaru Outback parked in the driveway, but no appeared to be home. In fremont, Charles Clifford kron 4 news. grant one of two men charged in oaklands deadly ghost ship fire is now being held on reduced bail. 27yearold max harris new bail is set at 750 thousand dollas. Thats down from just over one million dollars. Harriss attorney originally asked for his client to be released from jail that was denied. Harris and 47year old Derick Almena were each charged with 36 counts of Involuntary Manslaughter in decembers fire which killed 36 people. pam the Stanford Department of Public Safety is investigating an alleged Sexual Assault. It was reported on the west side of campus. In Student Housing late thursday night. Investigators say, the victim and her alleged attacker. Know each other. This comes just ten days. After a woman reported she was raped in the same area on campus last week. The department of Public Safety says, it does not appear that the two cases are related. Ahead at eight. Four fires in four hours. The peninsula neighborhood targeted. And who police are looking for. Plus. Accused of streaming live before a deadly crash that killed her sister. The aggressive and violent Behavior Police say she exhibited when they arrived. And next. A vicious and unprovoked attack on a woman on an oakland street tonight she is speaking out. As other neighbors say, Violent Attacks seem to happening more often. [ crickets chirping ] [ light music playing ] youve wished upon it all year, and now its finally here. The mercedesbenz summer event is back, with incredible offers on the mercedesbenz youve always longed for. But hurry, these shooting stars fly by fast. Lease the c300 for 399 a month at your local mercedesbenz dealer. Mercedesbenz. The best or nothing. grant a random attack on a woman walking down the street in broad daylight. Kron4s Haaziq Madyun talked to people in the neighborhood who say theyre on edge because this is an ongoing crime problem. Why do you have that . It is the video of a woman being hit in the face by a man while she was walking here on 40th ave and International Blvd in oaklands fruitvale district. The image is being passed around the neighborhood to alert residents. The incident was just a few doors from eva penas bakery. She says it is just the latest random act of Violent Crime in this Community Translator but now that after this happened now i feel fear even more walking anywheremore Police Patrols are desired by some in this mostly Latino Community but not all says city councilmember noel gallonoel gallo Oakland City Council you know we have had the Traffic Division on motorcycles and i get the calls sometimes saying that police are scaring away customers. So i think we cant have it both waysthis shop owner has no problems with seeing more police in the fruitvale district if it means putting a stop random attacks like this Oakland Police tell me they are still investigating this case. As for the victim she told me that she is still seeing double vision in her left eye and that a doctor told her that surgeory is necessary for her regain her vision. In oakland Haaziq Maydun kron4news grant four fires this morning. All occurring within a few blocks and a few hours of each other in downtown palo alto. Investigators are now looking for this person of interest. The first fire was reported around two in the morning. Fire crews responding to a car fully enguled in a clatrain parking lot. Next two fires both in dumpsters. One along palo alto avenue. The next in a parking garage on high street. And the fourth in some brush on a bike bath near the homer avenue tunnel. Thankfully no one was hurt. Officers are following up on the image of a person seen near the fire on palo alto avenue. Lt. David reifschneider Palo Alto Police and we are hoping that someone might know him or remember seeing him in the area and that they will contact us so we can identify and arrest him. grant detectives are looking for other Surveillance Video in the area. Caltrain riders are being encouraged to share anything suspicious they might have seen this morning. pam a live look outside on this friday night. This is sfo. grant brittney is here with the weekend forecast pam tonight we are learning new details about the Central Valley teen driver. Charged in a deadly car crash near fresno. That crash killed her younger sister. All while the driver was Live Streaming everything on instagram. Police now say. 18yearold Obdulia Sanchez kicked, spit and yelled racial slurs at First Responders on the scene. First responders say, after the accident, she kicked a paramedic in the face, so they had to strap her to a gurney for everyones safety. Earlier today. A judge refused to lower her bail and she will remain in jail. On wednesday. Sanchez pleaded not guilty to six felony counts, including drunken driving and gross vehicular manslaughter. New ahead at 8. President trump vowing to destroy the notoriously violent gang ms13. But actual gang members say the commander in chief is helping them. gary sports tease gary coming up a little bit later in this broadcast alicia is ready to go and we will of course have the email segment that people seem to get a kick out of that. alicia bouncing gary people like it. And also its football time. The raiders and 49ers open camp, and guess what . Both teams are optimistic. A little bit later in this broacast. pam landing vo with all the reports of data breaches, hacking, and ransom ware attacks lately. Keeping your digital life secure is more important than ever. And it is not just about the software and the cloud. Kron 4s tech reporter gabe slate met with one of the biggest p c manufacturers. To learn about new security features they are building into devices. To keep up with the threat from hackers. pkg sound from gabe slate tech reporter im at hp headquarters in palo alto where they showed me innovative security features that they are building into their computers to help keep people safesound from Brandon Mcgovern hp, Customer Experience while theyre going to coffee shop or on airplane youre always at risk of somebody looking over your shoulder and seeing whats on your screen if theres personal or confidential information on there they can see anything is on there Brandon Mcgovern with hp, showed me a new feature they have built into their computers to thwart what they call visual hacking on the keyboard of the notebook is a privacy screen button. Heres what it does. In privacy mode if you are right in front of the computer screen you will see it as normal if you move out of that sweet spot. So someone standing to your side or over your shoulder. They wont be able to see your screen clearly. It adds like a white wash a blur affect another new security feature they are adding into laptops and desktops is face unlocking the built in camera scans your face and if its you it unlocks the computer. Also saves you some time from typing a password in. And heres a security feature if you forget to lock your computer when walking away at work or in a public place you can tie the lock unlock to your phone. So brandon here walks away from the computer with his phone. The computer knows that brandons phone has walked away so it then automatically locks once the phone gets back next to the computer. It will log in and while the user is away with their phone they will be alerted if someone tries to log into their device or tamper with it. One last thing. Weve all heard about how experts advise you to put tape over the webcam in your computer so that hackers cant spy on you well hardware makers are now considering that when designing. Heres an example of desktop with a webcam that can be shelved for privacy brandon says this is just the beginning the hardware makers are going to continue to beef up their gadgets to keep up with the threats from cyber criminals. With your tech report gabe slate kron 4 news. Ahead at eight. Put away your phone before you cross this street. The us city where it is illegal to text. While in an intersection. And thats not all you are banned from doing. Plus. New disturbing video surfaces of shark being abused. But is it illegal . And next. An east bay woman. The target of aggressive road rage. Why police are saying theres nothing they can do. pam a woman says, she was the victim of road rage on highway four in pittsburg. And tonight she is speaking out. grant kron4s Maureen Kelly talked to the antioch resident who says shes angry at her alleged attacker. pam and she is also frustrated with the lack of response from law enforcement. Pretty pissed off the antioch resident, who wants to remain anonymous, is checking out the damage she says was done to her car while she was driving on highway 4 in pittsburg yesterday afternoon