nearly 17,000 appointments this weekend. the debate at this hour in the senate on president biden s covid relief bill. the status tonight of those $1,400 checks and unemployment benefits. rachel scott live on the hill. at this hour, news on new york governor andrew cuomo. what some state lawmakers are moving to do. and one of the women accusing him of misconduct. the investigation into the attack on the capitol, and tonight, news of an arrest. a former trump appointee at the state department now accused of attacking police officers on that day. u.s. forces in iraq. that attack on a base with american forces, and tonight our martha raddatz one-on-one with defense secretary lloyd austin, asking what kind of response americans can expect. meantime, pope francis in iraq tonight, moving forward with his historic trip amid these tensions. the unprecedented security for the pope, and ian pannell from iraq. here at home, the scare in new york city, amid the pandemic, outdoo
is arrested. ruben gonzalez facing 47 charges of sex crimes including children living in his home. he was arrested last month. but now police and school official in contra costa county are worried there may be more victims. why? because gone dallas s job required contact with children. part of why we are putting the media release out is because if there are other victims i would like that they might have the strength to come forward. reporter: come forward and identify 60-year-old ruben gonzalez. tonight pinole police detective arrested him at his only after just after a week ago after a brief investigation. we were alerted by child protective services who went to school to contact one of our victims. reporter: police soon discovered there were at least four victims. all refuse tiffs, and police say the abuse spanned over a 15-year period. it s been a team effort. through that we have been able to establish that he did work at a school. reporter: gonzalez has been
not much of a spring break for students around the bay area. track the storm with our free nbc bay area app. new at 11:00 tonight a two alarm fire under control in san francisco s financial district. fire officials say it started right before 9:00 in the base men of a three-story building on clay, two miles from at&t park. firefighters were able to isolate the fire to just the lower level of the building. about 60 people who live there have been impacted. no word on when they will be able to get back into that building. so far, good news, no injuries reported. it s another difficult night in san bernardino. take a look. friends and family gathering at north park elementary school to remember that teacher and her student who were shot and killed by her estranged ex-husband. karin smith was remembered for her love of children. and her life s goal of helping them. her parents spoke about her patience and understanding and her uncanny ability to handle special needs student
reporter: four mothers, four dead daughters. there is sorrow, of course. when they killed her, they killed me. reporter: and a measure of solidarity to have each other, especially priscilla and herlinda. now that we know what s happened to our daughters, i know sh we will still be friends until the end. because she s walking in the same shoes i am. reporter: we ask them about julissa trapp. this case was solved because of her. to me, she s an angel in disguise. an angel that carries a badge and a gun. reporter: their own guardian angel, who brought all of them answers. but how, the moms wonder, did two men who were supposed to be under supervision by parole officers who were being tracked in real time via gps ankle bracelets how could they have committed the terrible crimes they were charged with? how could this happen? how can this happen? why were they not being monitored? reporter: but but it was definitely a hard question to get from the moth
i also agree that it is very convenient with the amount of commerce that is in the area. that we have more selection, and i just think that it helps the businesses and doesn t hurt them. and i urge you to up hold the permits. thank you. thank you. next speaker, please? my name is marcus millions and a works at the mall and i car pool and i come to howard and freemont street. and just i don t drink coffee often, but the days that where i am kind of sluggish it is kind of convenient having a truck there as opposed to going to a starbucks or petes. i have never noticed these other businesses but as the last speaker said, if i came to the coffee truck, and i noticed them, there would be a time where i might come back. i also feel that times have changed and that i understand these people pay a lot of money for their rent and stuff like that. but they have to adjust to times and new things that are going on. and i urge you guys to up hold the permits. thank you. thank yo