his own home early thursday morning. in a show of compassion his wife sandra told melanie that her family has already forgiven the man accused of shooting and killing him. officer gus vegas family is holding one another up while at the same time honoring him. growing up with a dad that would literally wear his shoes until the zole of the shoe would separate just to make sure we had food on the table. this is a family whose love knows no limits. i can t help but think now that the compassion, the generosity and the love that we are receiving is stment to life that he ledism the life marked by service. life 0as police officer. that he devoted to protecting others. and life as a father that he ultimately sacrificed. protecting his family. officer gus vegas life ended early thursday morning.h% father of one of his grand children 30-year-old robert vega is accused of shooting and killing him. off camera sandra said robert vega called gus dad. in a movement gripping f
disturbance several times. child initially taken to john muir hospital but then short time later wheeled out on stretcher and transported to children s hospital oakland. police tell us it s a good sipe he did not need to be air-lifted. melanie is in concord and we have a live report coming up on 7 news at 11:00 over on channel 7 and of course breaking news update follow us on twitter at this web site. only on abc 7 news man from marin county pleaded not guilty today to a federal stolen valor charge almost a year after the 7 news ayatollah i-team first exposed. he s accused of raising thousands of dollars by preten pretending to be a war hero. dan is at work with the developments today. charging document say greg allen raised 23,000 dollars by posing as a marine veteran using fake metal with two various valor. he entered a not guilty plea. what does it mean. are you saying he didn t do it. not guilty plea is denial that there has been a violation of the offense. no
stephanie: awesome. so glad they re getting it done. stephanie: let me get this straight. we re paying them with taxpayer money? lots. stephanie: that s awesome. nicely done. nicely done. way to go, everybody. okay. she ll put on her nurse jacki cap for hour number two. her in her jaunty news cap jacki schechner. the zimmerman trial may be over but the conversation continues about the tragic death of trayvon martin and what we can do moving forward to make changes both to society and to the law that governs us. hillary clinton spoke before an african-american sorority group last night referencing the deep heartache that saturday s not guilty verdict has brought to the families involved and to the community at large. and as attorney general eric holder addressed the naacp convention in orlando yesterday. he got personal saying that the issues at the core of the case are the same ones that forced his father to sit down and talk to him years ago as a young black man
china s president xi jinping? the world will soon have what my guest says is an unprecedented opportunity, and we have a sneak preview. finely, does barack obama have this man to thank for his presidency? i ll introduce you to an author who says absolutely. but first here is my take. like you, i have watched the protests in hong kong with fascination. i have been trying to figure out what they mean for hong kong but also for china. the situation brought to mind for me a book published a few years back by a chinese-american academic. it s called requesting china s trap transition. in it bey invoked the most established law in political science, that over time countries that grow economically tend to become more democratic. oil-rich states that are usually run by dictators are the exception. china had achieved decades of growth and yet had seen almost no moves toward political openness. the world s great exception. around the time of the book s publication in 2006 be y pre
his country is a new land of opportunity. also, want to know what s going on inside the head of china s president xi jinping? the world will soon have what my guest says is an unprecedented opportunity, and we have a sneak preview. finely, does barack obama have this man to thank for his presidency? i ll introduce you to an author who says absolutely. but first here is my take. like you, i have watched the protests in hong kong with fascination. i have been trying to figure out what they mean for hong kong but also for china. the situation brought to mind for me a book published a few years back by a chinese-american academic. it s called requesting china s trap transition. in it pei invoked the most established law in political science, that over time countries that grow economically tend to become more democratic. oil-rich states that are usually run by dictators are the exception. china had achieved decades of growth, he pointed out, and yet it had almost no moves t