Transcripts For KTVU KTVU FOX 2 News At Noon 20170418 : comp

Transcripts For KTVU KTVU FOX 2 News At Noon 20170418

Convention center so people can go in and get a look see of what its all about. After news broke that the socalled facebook killer had taken his own life. Were reminded of this this week by the tragedy in cleveland and our hearts go out to the family and friends of Robert Godwin senior and we have a lot of work and we will keep doing all we can to prevent tragedies like this from happening. After that brief acknowledgement of this mornings news from erie, pennsylvania where the socalled facebook killer Steve Stevens shot and killed himself facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg got down do business. This is the 10th year for Facebook Developers to come see here and learn whats next. Zuckerberg lays out his 10year road map that will eventually take all of us to whats called augmented reality. Remember the chess seen in the original star wars movie. With the game pieces moving around on the chess board which is actually a table. The figures arent there but the table is. You can put on glasses or use contact lenses to play games. Another feature is the newly launched facebook spaces which lets you invite friends into your own Virtual Reality world and celebrate a birthday even though everyone is in a different location. So think about how many things in our lives that can be digital and think about how much better and more affordable and accessible when they are were all about extending the physical world online. When you become friends with someone on facebook your relationship gets stronger. When you join a Community Online that physical Community Gets stronger. So augmented reality is going to help us mix the digital with physical in all new ways and thats going to make our physical reality better. Reporter boy oh, boy. Facebook spaces launches today but a lot of the aspects of the augmented reality will take years not months to bring online and make reality. Still though rough spots for facebook but still the future looks very bright and its just so exciting to see whats on the drawing board and whats going to be coming down the pike. I will quote mother gary who said i lived long enough to see all these neat thivengs. Were live outside the Convention Center here in san jose. Thanks for that report. And as he just mentioned this morning Mark Zuckerberg announced how facebook is launching a review in how these random violent videos. That suspect as we just told you is now dead. A man hunt across several states was under way to find Steve Stevens. Acting on a tip Pennsylvania Police spotted stevens. They say officers tried to pull him over. He refused and after a brief pursuit stevens had shot and killed himself. After being accused of shooting and killing 74yearold Robert Godwin. Announcing his plan to kill someone and two minutes later he posted another video of the deadly shooting. Weve talked before about people not living their lives on social media and not harming people via social media and, you know, this is a prime example. This is something that should not have been shared around the world period. Now investigators would not speculate on what was behind the killing but in the video stevens posted he talked about losing everything he had to gambling and having trouble with his girlfriend. Three accusers in two different killings in the bay area are set to be sentenced today. They have both pleaded guilty in the shooting deaths of a backpacker and a hiker in marin county. 50 years or olliegood. That same defendant testified against his two former friends. Sean angle is expected to be sentenced to 15 years. In Sonoma County deputies are searching for a man accused of trying to rape a woman while she was out jogging. Just outside city limits right near the sonoma overlook trail and as ktvus lee martinez reports deputies in the area are now increasing patrols as they search for the suspect. The trail is very popular with runners and hikers but it is a very dense trail with a lot of tree cover. And today there are signs posted on the trail sign from the Sheriffs Department warning them about the attack. The woman says she was running through the trail sunday afternoon when a stranger yelled at her. She kept running but says the man came up from behind knocked her to the ground punched her several times and then tried to rape her. The woman fought him off and was able to run away and call 911. The person who did this he was a white male. He had a gray beard with gray hair. He was wearing a black sweatshirt and a black beanie cap. If anybody was around yesterday and saw anybody like that wed really appreciate a phone call. This person was described as homeless looking and rather stinky. But if you know of anybody like that please call us. The victim was treated at the hospital and later released. I came here and parked and a gentleman was reporting on the incident stopped me to advise me what happened and it completely changed my mind about heading up for hiking. My wife comes up here. A lot of my friends come up here their wives come up and run. A lot of kids around here. Its disturbing this is happening here. Frankly i think im going to take a buddy with me. The santa rosa canine unit and the helicopter searched for the attacker but did not find him. It has stepped up patrols in the area and because of the description of the suspect they will be searching around some of the homeless encampment areas as well. In Sonoma County lee martinez ktvu fox 2 news. A 4508 student is on suspicion of having sex with a 17yearold student. Police began their investigation of lane earlier this month after her 17yearold student was seen leaving campus several times. The student told investigators he was going to lanes car. When police searched that car they found edible marijuana and stolen property. They learned about the inappropriate relationship. Happening now President Trump was in milwaukee where he is touring the snapon tools factory. Hes also scheduled to sign an executive order to make changes to the h1b visa program which brings Foreign Workers to the United States. Will daekt federal departments to propose new rules for the h1b visa program. It can also strengthen requirements for American Made products to be used in certain federal construction projects. H1b visa is often used by Silicon Valley companies. U. S. Attorney general Jeff Sessions is making it clear u. S. Attorney reviving the war on drugs. Including the fbi. Sessions vowed to have all federal agencies Work Together to crack down on Drug Trafficking and the Gang Violence that he says is tied to illegal drug trade. Let me state this clearly. President trump, the Justice Department has zero tolerance for Gang Violence. Transnational criminal organizations like ms13 represent one of the gravest threats to our american safety. Sessions also blasted socalled sanctuary cities which he says are under mining the fight against drugs and violent gangs. San francisco, oakland, and san jose have all declared hemz sanctuary cities. The main four cities that limit their koorpgs on federal Immigration Authority efforts. The leader of syria vows even more missile test north korea vows even more missile tests. Here are some details. The leader of north korea again recklessly tried to provoke something by launching a missile. The defense secretary saying the latest north Korean Missile launch was meant to inflame tensions on the korean peninsula. Meanwhile mike pence on a 10 day asian tour saying hes glad china is now helping to put pressure on north korea but hopes they will do more. The United States will continue to work with japan our allies across the region and china to bring economic and diplomatic pressure to bear until north korea abandons it its missile tests and. They are prepared for all out war if the United States intervenes. Back at home the president remaining mum on what hes going to do. What happens if north korea launches another missile . Well find out. So the first time 20 plus years the chinese are willing to do something about north koreas nuclearization program. I believe thats occurred for one reason only. New president and he put an option on the table. Designed to target ships. Different from missiles they successfully tested earlier this year. In washington lauren blancherd. Still ahead a landmark Public Health policy just proposed in San Francisco. The legislation introduced to band tobacco. The suns starting to pop here this afternoon. Were going to check back with meteorologist Rosemary Orozco. Were now hearing from the woman about those terrifying moments of when a Mountain Lion snatched their dog. Per roll bounty is more absorbent, so the roll can last 50 longer than the leading ordinary brand. So you get more life per roll. Bounty, the quicker picker upper right now a sig alert in effect for westbound 80 in firefield following a crash involving a big rig and two big vehicles. The crash happened around 9 30 this morning just east of air base parkway. One of those cars was pinned underneath the big rig trying to free three people trapped inside. The chp also said that crews were working to clean up fuel that had spilled onto the roadway during the crash. And in just about an hour the San Jose City council is set to discuss a possible proposal of no cause eviction. The Hunger Strike started on sunday. The group said they will not eat. Today city leaders plan to propose an opt in approach where renters can file a complaint with the city. Were learning more about the damaged spillway at the oroville dam. Officials have decided to reopen the spillway because they say more water is starting to flow into the lake than can br actually released through the power house under the dam. Meantime the department of california resource has announced that a nebraska based company has awon the contract. Repairs are expected to begin next month or early june. Well you referenced it a minute ago. Some sun peaking through the clouds. Yeah, we are going to get some clearing. We do have that ponlt of a few sprinkles but definitely improving as we get into the second half of your day. Lets take a look at plenty of cloud cover from this Vantage Point but we are seeing a little bit of blue. A little bit of sun out there and you can see it here with this shot. Its a dry one out there on the roadway. 63 degrees right now. Santa rosa is a. 60 in San Francisco. Livermore 59 for you and san jose checking in at 62. Most of these numbers within a few degrees of where we were yesterday. Storm tracker showing you a little bit of moisture. But many of us are seeing some pretty good clearing at this point. Maybe a few sprinkles right in here. Maybe a little bit of drizzle but it wont be much. Heres a look at sierras where its winding down here as well. Looks like some snow over the bear valley area. Let me back it up a little bit and show you where the as far as the state is concerned. We dont have to go far to see the system that will likely impact us as we get into wednesday night. So between now and then we will see a little bit of a blue sky and sunshine for tuesday afternoon and well start out wednesday with dry weather as well. So far the second part of your day well go partly cloudy skies perhaps just a few sprinkles. Temperatures will be back into the 60s and it could be a little breezy at times. Heres your future cast mod elt picking up for you at this hour. Heres a look at your dinner hour or maybe the evening commute depending on where you will be at that point. As we get into the evening hours a little fog and low cloud cover around the bay tomorrow morning with partly cloudy skies for the rest of us. Temperatures for the afternoon today. 63 for San Francisco. Mid 60s in oakland. Upper 60s expected in concord. To the north bay it will be a cool day. 64 for you in santa rosa. The extended forecast again well start out tomorrow dry but then showers will develop as we get into the second half of the afternoon. Thursday morning maybe waking up with a little bit of drizzle with temperatures rebounding back into the mid to upper 70s. So while were dealing with a little bit of wet weather at this hour nice weather is on its way. Thanks rosemary. Today marks 111 years since the 1906 earthquake. City leaders and Community Activists gathered at laras fountain there and held a moment of silence. April 18th today. No one knows when the next quake will come but San Francisco is doomed to relive the horrific events of 1906. It may strike tomorrow or not for 100 years but it might just strike as the city sleeps tonight. The quake and fire killed 3000 people. We came out to celebrate the continued resilience of San Francisco and show our support for the people whove come before us and our current First Responders and city officials. The commemoration included the mayor and fire chief. Credited with saving a historic neighborhood in the mission district. Coming up the british Prime Minister makes a surprising announcement this morning. Why she wants them to be held years ahead of schedule. Turn around. Every now and then i get a little bit hungry and theres nothing really good around. Turn around. Every now and then i get a little bit tired of living off the taste of the air. Turn around, barry. I finally found the right snack. Each with one hundred fifty calories or less, try our chocolaty brownies, tangy lemon bars, and creamy cheesecakes. Fiber one, in a move that shocked leaders around the world. The move is surprising because the next election werent scheduled for at least a few more years. May wants the people to give her more conservative seats in parliament and a more clean break from the European Union. The government should call a general election. Shocking the political world this morning making the surprising announcement that a new election will be held in less than two months and their efforts to start the process of leaving the European Union has been stalled. Now shes hoping the voters will give her a stronger majority and more power to make a clean break from the e. U. If we do not hold a general election now, their political game playing will continue. British Prime Ministers are chosen by the Majority Party which means mays own job is on the line if the conservatives lose seats. I welcome the opportunity for us. To put the case of the people of britain to stand up against this government and its failed economic agenda. European markets moved lower as may announced the election. But the pound rebounded. Signalling confidence in her decision. Here in london reaction has been mixed. Some complimenting mays tactics and others calling it politics as usual. I think its a good move on her part. I suspect you all know put in one place all the arguments around brexit. I think it may make thingses a bit more devicive. Around two years after the last election in london Benjamin Hall ktvu fox 2 news. U. S. Stocks taking a hit today. The dow jones down 109 points. Johnson and johnson and Cardinal Health our leading Health Care Companies are down about 8 points. A new study in Breast Cancer has some alarming results. Breast cancer rates have been going up among Asian Americans over the last 15 years. At the same time rates have plateaued or gone down for other ethnic groups. The biggest reasons among koreans and southeast asians. That indicates the case for more mammograms for asian women. New legislation announced today to ban cotton candy, bubble gum and other sweet flavors found in Tobacco Products and leading Health Researchers to announce a proposal. In 2009 Congress Prohibited almost all flavors of cigarettes but failed to end the sale of Menthol Cigarettes or Tobacco Products. Supporters say it would make sure that Cigarette Companies could not target children. For too many years Tobacco Industry has gotten a pass as they have selectively targeted our young adults and the African American community, in the Asian Pacific islander community, in the Lgbtq Community with products that have deceptively associated with fruits, mints, and candy. Santa clara county has already ended the sale of flavored tobacco for all of its unincorporated areas and oakland is also now considering similar regulations. Still ahead, bart says its a problem thats co

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