Animal and the tiny dog that came to the rescue. Good friday morning. Im reena ninan. And im phillip mena. We begin with the race to 2016 and new challenges for important fromrunner hillary clinton. Al gore said to be talking about the joining the race. Kenneth moton with the latest. Reporter could al gore be making another run for the white house . Onetime highranking political adviser to the former Vice President said a group of friends and aides are having conversations about gore 2016. Overnight, a spokeswoman said a newspaper, hes not exploring a run. This comes as current Vice President joe biden spends time this month. Meanwhile gop frontrunner donald trump is taking a onetwo punch from rand paul in a new ad claiming trump is not really a republican. The billionaire is leading major polls and hes hiring. More staffers, that is in iowa, new hampshire, South Carolina and maybe in nevada. Trump is also making more headlines for a controversial video featuring one of the vicious kil
The roadways. 101 in san jose near 880. We take you over to oakland. We have an accident westbound along 580. One lane currently blocked. The area shaded in white indicating cloud cover. Good check of drivetime traffic. From albany to the maze, a quick four minutes. 880 southbound to fremont, 14 minutes. 280 northbound from 101 to cooper tino, 11 minutes. We are continuing to follow breaking news out of oakland where crews just knocked down a threealarm fire at a twostory building. They were called to the scene near 8th avenue and international boulevard around 2 30 this morning. The fire was under control about an hour later. There is a store on the first level of the building. One of them a beauty salon and apartments on top. No injuries reported a big pain in the neck this morning for people and police in union city and fremont sparked by a series of robberies where the victims had jewelry snatched right off their necks. Matt keller is live at Union City Police headquarters. Matt .
Lanes. Thats kicking up gravel as cars drive over it. Just watch out for cracked windshields. As i move over to westbound traffic, looks a little bit heavier. Still, moving along. Lets take another look at this drive. This is the macarthur it is light and clear. 680 starting to build a bit breaking news in oakland. 1520 people are displaced following a building fire near 8th avenue and international boulevard. It broke out around 2 30 this morning and spread to a nearby neighboring fuel plex. Crews knocked down the flames wp an hour. Several departments and businesses including a beauty salon you saw on this video were destroyed. Red cross is on the scene helping the victim. Union city police have a warning for people to take better notice of their surroundings after a recent string of robberies where people had jewelry snatched right off their necks. Abc 7 News Reporters, matt keller, is live at Union City Police headquarters. Matt . This is obviously a disturbing crime trend making p
The plague bacterial infection. Park Officials Say two squirrels died from the disease. The camp ground will shut down so workers can treat the area. The pictures show workers treating another area after a child became ill after visiting the park. Health Officials Say the risk to human health is low. Today the Sheriffs Department is mourning the loss of one of its own. They say Deputy Carlos francis drowned. He was paddleboarding and kayaking. Somehow his sister and the friend ended up in the water. The sister was okay but francis thought his friend was struggling. He jumped into the lake to help but drowned trying to do so. He was our colleague and frie friend. We are proud to say he was a deputy sheriff. His family says he was a talented athlete who played college and arena football before joining the Sheriffs Department. The man he was trying to help did survive. The San Francisco board of education will hold an emergency meeting tonight for students who finished school but are bein
History is happening in cuba as we speak. We plan to go there in just a moment. For now our top story, politics when you thought this president ial race could not get more interesting speculation is growing that al gore might be thinking about jumping in as many confirmed candidates head to iowa for a timehonored campaign tradition this weekend. The buzz about al gore considering a run is still just simmering this morning and still under scores a broader point that some democrats are worried their partys front runner is vulnerable. With ongoing questions about Hillary Clintons private email new reports that former Vice President al gore could be considering getting back into the game. Buzz feed reporting that gore who lost to george w. Bush in 2000 is having conversations with supporters to see if there is a path financially and politically but a high level source tells nbc news there is nothing substantive happening. The current Vice President seems to be giving it some serious though