in a few moments. >> whether bernie sanders wins in california, what do you see him doing? do you think he will continue to the republican convention or suspending his campaign and showing his support for hillary clinton. >> it looks like now that he is em boldened and going straight towards the convention and not stopping. >> he wants to persuade the super delegates to get them back on his side. interesting. >> unfortunately for him he has not persuaded a single super delegate to switch sides. she has the vast majority. >> ross, thank you. today hillary clinton got a boost from house minority nancy pelosi. >> hillary clinton has stayed out of site and rallies in southern california and watching the primary results at her headquarters in brooklyn and is expected to speak later. her opponent senator sanders spent the morning in san francisco. they were served french toast and egg benedicts and waffles. the owners of the restaurant got the word this morning and it was a scramble to get ready. >> we were short staffed in the kitchen so this man cooked the entire breakfast for berniend his family and staff. >> bernie is a great guy and great family and everybody was happy with everything and today is a special day. the owners say that bernie sanders' wife jane is writing a cook book about her travels around the country and says that a recipe from their restaurant would represent california and sanders will be in santa monica tonight. voter turn out expected to be high with 18 million people registered to vote. our team coverage continues with cristina rendon. live in martinez where cristina you saw a lot of people at the polls. we did, julie. we saw a lot of people in pleasant hill and walnut creek and at martinez city hall. the volunteers that work every cycle say they are happy with the voter turnout and happy with the fact that so many people registered to vote this election cycle. four-and-a-half million people registered to vote today. the weeks leading up to the deadline seeing 3 to 4000 new registrations a day and today they say the drop off boxes for mail-in ballots are full and workers processing them in martinez and they expect those crowds to keep coming within the last two hours. contra costa has been 29 to 40% in the primary election. we are going to go over 50% and probably a 55%. >> if they care about this country, they got to get out here. there is no if, ands or buts, do your duty. >> again about two hours left here to vote in contra costa county and statewide the officials say they will start to see the first at 8:00 and have results every half hour on the half hour starting at 9:30. it is going to be a very long night but they hope to be finished by midnight. we will be watching and waiting on our special election coverage on ktvu from 7 until 9:00. as you have been watching have you seen any problems out there? >> reporter: you know it has been minor things. so people may not know which party they were registered to vote for and others have updated their information in the last four to six weeks, they changed their address or actually registered to vote again and so that information is not really updated in the system but no major glitches with the equipment and that's a good thing. >> that's a good thing. cristina rendon thank you. this election day, california voters will decide who will replace long time democratic senator barbara boxer retiring. 34 different candidates on the ballot. the top two vote gaters will face off against each other in november. the two front runners state attorney general kamala harris and loretta sanchez, both democrats. sanchez has strong support with latino and harris with registered voters. proposition 50 the only state measure to allow legislatures to suspend a lawmaker without pay. prompted by a number of political scandals in the legislature including one involving former senator yi that is serving a sentence for political suspension. suspended after his arrest and continued to receive a paycheck and benefits from the taxpayers. two others caught up in separate scandals in 2014 also continued to receive paychecks. >> in san mateo voters used paper ballots after 140 voting machines malfunctioned. ann reuben says fortunately they were able to fix the problem fairly quickly. >> reporter: ask election workers in san mateoor county and they will tell you the pace of the polls have been brisk and 86,000 voters have returned their ballots by mail. 1400 electronic voting machines mal functioned keeping them from getting the ballots. >> some of the machines were not coded properly. >> it affected machines but roving technicians moved in quickly and in the meantime voters were using paper ballots. >> they had the work cut out for them, for an easy fix and within the band with so we handled it in an hour-and-a- half. >> election officials say the system is near 10 years old and nearing the end of its life although it work well they hope to get a new one before the next presidential election. this man was unphased. >> everything was easy and smooth sailing. >> another lady says she will stick in with the mail-in ballot. >> it is convenient. >> they will be asking for more money but for right now it is efficient and secure. in san mateo. ann reuben, ktvu fox 2 now. donald trump won new jersey with more than 8 three percent of the vote. donald trump speaking right now back east. let's hear what he has to say. >> given me the honor to lead the republican party to victory this fall. [ applause ] we're going to do it folks. i understand the responsibility of carrying it on and i will never ever let you down. too much work and too many people, blood, sweat and tears. never will let you down. i will make you proud of your party and our moment and that's what it is, it is a moment. a recent poll has shown that i'm beating hillary clinton and with all of her many problems and the tremendous mistakes that she has made and she has made tremendous mistakes, we expect our lead to continue to grow and grow substantially. to everyone that voted for me throughout this campaign, i want to thank you. i want to thank you very much. [ applause ] >> to those that voted for someone else, in either party, i will work hard to earn your support and i will work very hard to earn that support. to all of those bernie sanders voters who have been left out in the cold by a system of super delegates, we welcome you with open arms. [ applause ] and by the way, the terrible trade deals, that bernie sanders was so vehemently against and he is right on that, will be taken care of far better than any one ever thought possible and that's what i do. we are going to have fantastic trade deals. we are going to start making money and bringing in jobs. now i know some people say i'm too much of a fighter. my preference is always peace however. and i have shown that. i have shown that for a long time. i built an extraordinary business on relationships and deals and that benefit all parties involved, always. my goal is always again to bring people together. but if i am forced to fight for something, i really care about, i will never ever back down and our country will ever back down. [ applause ] >> you have been listening to donald trump address voters from his golf club in new york. what appears interesting here is that he seems to be using a teleprompter that is different from what he normally does when he addresses supporters. we have brought in our political reporter ross palumbo with reaction to what donald trump said. >> he is using a teleprompter and the second time we have seen him do it. and you have to wonder if donald trump trying to be careful now that he has had problems in the recent pass. yesterday he took the day off the campaign trail and been blasted all over the country in the last two days about the comments he made about the judge in this case that had mexican heritage although he is an american. tonight he is playing it safe and you heard him go after the bernie sanders supporters because that is unfolding in the democratic party. >> you think when push comes to shove he will get bernie sanders supporters to vote for him? >> i find it impossible to believe that any bernie sanders voter would vote for donald trump. what people are thinking that bernie sanders is the nonestablishment candidate and donald trump is but look at the issues. they can't be further apart on everything. so how does that work? how does the bernie sanders supporter move to the donald trump camp. >> bernie sanders supporters say they can vote for hillary clinton. we will have to wait and see how it plays out. >> in 2008, the same thing happened. the same thing that hillary clinton supporters could not possibly vote for barack obama and the next day she came out and threw her support and worked tirelessly to get that support and it worked out. by the time the convention hit, this is all going to work out in one way or the other for the democratic party. ross, thank you. and the election coverage continues at 6:30 and on ktvu plus at 7:00, we will have extended coverage of the california primary until 9:00 and we will have complete results coming out 10:00 news on ktvu fox 2. still to come a new practice for a doctor as the right to die law going into effect. at 6:30, how the doctor is helping patients deal with terminal illnesses. >> we talk quite a lot about this. >> and tracking the cool down. fog and drizzle. what will happen i will have the details. >> a sentencing in a stanford swimmer convicted of sexual assault. the growing concern to get that judge recalled. now two new developments in the controversial stanford sexual assault case as the focus switched to a gun that sentenced the swimmer to six months in jail. the backlash in the brock turner case has broiled over into activism. jesse gary says that the stanford law professor spearheaded to have the judge in the case recalled. >> judge persky's sentence in the brock turner case was wrong and dangerous and makes women in other colleges less safe. >> six months in jail for rapes a drunk passed out coed set off a fire storm. the judge says he was following recommendations of the probation department and cited a clean record in handing down a life sentence. now tuesday legislatures are calling on the judge to resign. >> the judge went out of his way and bent over backwards to give this young perpetrator probation with you know a few weeks stay in the santa clara jail. >> professor michelle drawber is discussing it. talking about his re-election bid to require 600 signatures. the nomination process would end in october and a blank space would appear for a voter to write in someone's name and the second is garnering enough signatures for a recall. >> how often does it happen that a judge gets recalled? >> i have not seen a recall campaign. >> phillip sanford of santa clara says removing a judge is a high hurtle and needing to gather 634 signatures and have to be certified by the county before being turned over by the board of supervisors. >> they are all valid and then we would certify that petition, the recall petition to the governing body, santa clara county board of supervision and have so many days to recall it. >> the special election would not come until 2017, while the judge continued on the bench. and tried to talk to judge persky in palo alto but declined and said sorry and slipped into his chambers and no slipping from the fire storm that groups seek his outster. >> this judge is an elected position. there is a role for the voters to engage and for the public to engage. >> professor drawber says it will $500,000 for a recall effort and has created a website for donations. jesse gary, ktvu fox 2 news. millions have read the victim's letter that that she read aloud. stating what rape victims go through. so far the victim in this case has decided to not come forward publicly and she explained why she remained anonymous saying that's the beauty of it, i don't need labels, categories to prove i am worthy and prove that i should be listened to and coming out as a woman wanting to be heard. >> cal fire is working on a fire at henry state park and hearing reports that as many as 50 acres are burning. the flames were first reported before 5:00, 12 fire engines and about one hundred firefighters are on the scene. we will continue to follow this and bring you any updates as they come in. and you can clear see the smoke there. >> as you look at it, talking about the conditions, it is 78 degrees down there which is nothing. humidity 86% and the winds 11 miles per hour. we are in a situation out here and down by morgan hill and it is pretty remote except for fire roads but you see the winds barely blowing and winds in this general area and the humidity is high and it makes it tougher for things to burn and don't mean that firefighters don't have success there. at this time it would be a different deal. but anyway here is the fire. not seeing orange and open flames right now from the chopper but seeing the extent of the fire and seeing that there is not a lot of smoke. so very little information at this point and we definitely are pleased with the weather conditions in this area. because i think it will get firefighters a handle. and anytime you have access. crews on the ground. but as it pulls out more information. morgantown in the hills it is remote. not many homes or what have you around here. will keep an eye on that for you. and talking more about our weather here and the weather is basically going to be about the cooling that will continue as we move in the bay area and thursday and friday to a mile pattern. but that's important. breaking news and wanted to get that in for you. >> if it was last week it would be a different deal. >> because it was so much hotter. >> yes, hot and dry. this pattern, okay. as soon as i looked at the weather stuff, going 30 miles per hour and hot and dry. and still worry but they will get it done. thank you, bill. still to come. an ambulance and bizarre story. an ambulance stolen in san francisco and it happened while the crews were actually out on a call. the police chase that followed and looking at how it ended. later in sports. the warriors and cavaliers spoke to the media in regards to tomorrow night's game for the game three finals. having the details coming up in sports. a man tortured and killed. new developments in court as the suspects face a judge. >> two men arraigned in san francisco in torture and death of a homeless man. the body was found on may 24th. the victim was beaten and then dunked in the lake repeatedly over a period of three days. he was identified as 6 6-year- old steven williams. 20-year-old stanley billingsly and 37-year-old mickey williams are charged with the assault and false imprisonment and elder abuse and conspiracy in the man's death and also believed to be transients and set to return to court june 17th. a bizarre crime in san francisco. someone stole an ambulance while crews were on a call and that led to a high-speed police chase that ended in a crash that backed up traffic for hours. tara moriarty tells us how the person managed to steal that ambulance. paramedics responded to a call this morning when someone stole their ambulance and led police on a chase across the bridge and crashed on treasure island. >> we don't know why this individual stole our ambulance. it is something that is concerning to our department. it affects not only our department but the community. >> the department is investigating whether the engine could have been left running to keep equipment charged. meanwhile application have arrested 37-year-old veronica barnahono. they believed she may have crashed the wouldn't and used a spare key. >> maybe she had some type of mental illness or narcotics or alcohol influence. >> in the department that sees upwards of 380 calls for service each day and plagued by poor ambulance response time and aging fleet for years, many wonder if being down an ambulance will impact service. the fspd says the department has made great strides in acquiring new plans. >> we have 54 ambulances in our fleet and 29 of those ambulances in our fleet are at four years or younger. we have nine additional ambulances that have been ordered and will be here in august. >> president danny groffy have to play catchup and need to approve 14 million-dollars in the fire department's department earmarked for new equipment this year or the impact on emergency responses could be dire. in san francisco, tara moriarty, ktvu fox 2 news. still to come, continuing coverage on the primary races as voters in california and other states head to the polls. upnext, an update on results and analysis. live at the republican watch party and just about to get started. we will look at the candidates and issues that will be watched closely. and later, one bay area doctor starting a new practice as california's right to die law takes effect. ktvu fox 2 news at 6:30 is next. a quick check on the election returns. fox news projects hillary clinton is the winner of

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