County an accusation accusing District Attorney Mark Peterson of willful or corrupt misconduct in office. Reporter jim is the foreman of the Contra Costa County civil grand jury. The complaint he filed yesterday calls for the District Attorney to be removed from office. He has agreed to various violations. Reporter not only is the d. A. In trouble for the thousands of dollars he took from his campaign, but also for lying on his Campaign Filings which are signed under penalty of perjury. Aside from a written statement admitting that he broke Campaign Finance rules, hundreds of times, the d. A. Hasnt been willing to talk since this all came to light in december. We tried again today but were told as usual he is not available. So. Whats next . The court will appoint a special prosecutor or a District Attorney from an adjoining county to bring the case forward and if it comes to trial, there will be a jury trial. And if convicted, its not a criminal penalty, but mr. Peterson would be remov
Tourists see as they walk through the a very San Franciscoy neighborhood. At about 9 30 sunday morning, nick major and his girlfriend were at home, on the third floor of a russian hill building. We heard about 20 or so popping noises. Didnt think much of it. Thought it was maybe firecrackers or what have you. Police say there were two cars involved in a shootout. An eyewitness says one of the cars was a charcoal colored sedan. I saw the red bmw reach out again with the gun on the drivers side. But both cars were gone by the time officers arrived. Once the commotion started happening, a few police started showing up and then kind of a crowd gathered. So once that happened, we kinda saw something was going on. Nobody got hurt, and police dont have any suspects. The only victim, if you want to call it that, may have been this white audi that was parked along polk street. It belongs to majors girlfriend. Turns out we came outside to put something in the car, and then came to find out her c
Ambassador. It happened during the president s meeting with the russian leaders at the white house. The post says the information disclosed by the president to the russians jeopardized a critical source of intelligence on the Islamic State. The post also said senior white house officials took steps to contain the damage from the intelligence release placing calls to the cia and National Security agency. It must be noted it is not illegal for the president to release intelligence and does he have the authoritytown classify such information. But there could we political and diplomatic consequences from all this. Were going to talk to a legal expert to learn more. Now to the cameras that will be installed along two freeways in Contra Costa County. Our Crime Reporter henry lee first told you last week about the state funding for this project. He joins us live from hercules about learning more. Henry. Reporter heather and ken, we heard from local and state officials at a News Conference tha
And im steve aveson. The Washington Post and New York Times saying those secrets have not even been shared with american allies. And could jeopardize a crucial intelligence gathering channel. Grant lodes is here with what we are learning about the leak. grant the meeting took place at the white house. President trump and foreign minister sergey lavrov, plus Russian Ambassador sergey kislyak. According to the times and post, President Trump began with a boast. They quote him as saying, i get great intel. I have people brief me on great intel every day, and then he told them of an isis plot to use laptops against airliners. More damaging, they say he revealed where that intelligence came from a third party in syria who had not given permission for the us to reveal its source. The president s security adviser says that never happened. The president and the foreign minister reviewed a range of common threats to our two countries including threats to civil aviation. At no time, at no time w
Wrote a memo detailing the request, he wrote the memos after visiting with President Donald Trump last february. President donald trump asked former fbi director james comey to drop the investigation into former National Security advisor Michael Flynn, former fbi director james comey was keeping notes on what he considered efforts to influence the investigation, he said that President Donald Trump asked him to see your way clear to letting former National Security advisor Michael Flynn go. Former National Security advisor Michael Flynn was one of the sobts into the subjects of the investigation into the trump campaigns contacts with russia. On twitter this morning, the president defended his actions of giving out classified information to russia. He said i had the right to give the russians the information, it was for humanitarian reasons and i want russia to step up their fight against isis and terrorism. Those are the only statements from the president so far on the matter. Reporter