The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will open the senate with prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Mighty god, you are the strength of our lives, our safe fortress and shelter from lifes storms. During this season of a raging tempest, speak your peace to our senators. Remind them that you continue to rule your universe through the unfolding of your prevailing providence and that your truth continues to march on in our nation and world. Lord, prosper the works of the hands of our legislators, as they strive to glorify you with their thoughts, words, and actions. May faith replace fear, truth defeat falsehood, justice triumph over greed, and love prevail over hate. We pray in your great name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice
Ext i knew the driver was on top of me trying to put his tongue in my mouth. Reporter three of the 20 women suing lyft appeared before reporters saying they had been sexually assaulted by the ride share companys drivers. Their lawyer. The bottom line is lyft does not take safety of their passengers seriously and never has. Reporter this is the second lawsuit filed against lyft since september. 14 individuals said in that suit they were the victims of rape and Sexual Assault by their driver. Since September Lyft says it has added more safety features. Bomberger says they dont work. The reason we know these dont work, eight of the women that are part of this lawsuit had their incidents occur after these features were in play. Reporter and there have been even more victims, he says. Weve gotten calls from 100 different women since just september of this year. Reporter one plaintiff who went by the name of ashley and her husband said lyft was uncooperative. They wouldnt give the police any
Something the constituents should be aware of so they can make an important decision as well. Reporter . She said she said shes gotten no response. Voters were left in the dark. About a month after sending the letter she meant with fuentes. He told her bocanegra just needs to learn to keep his hands to himself. Fuentes went further for his friend. So he had asked me to rescind the letter and that basically they would draft a statement that i would have to sign onto basically stating the allegations were not true. She didnt rescind the her, but she did reluctantly sign a statement drafted by fuentes office. The statement was not made public, but pinto had regrets signing it, especially now since she knows she was misled. Honestly i was really disgusted, especially because as females we try to bring forward in his First Campaign and, you know, maybe if at that time he could have addressed the allegations, maybe things would have been department of. And she said bocanegra should resign. I
National organization to commit murder, assault, home invasion, and with his intimidation. Reporter crimes date back to 2007. Members of the Sonoma County chapter originally killed someone inside the courthouse in 2014. Others are accused of committing bank fraud. Other allegations include assault, sexual assault, and weapons charges. The organized criminal activity was designed to instill fear in parts of santa rosa. The victims have lost their lives, their property, and her neighbors the sense of safety. Reporter the in the eye said that the goal of the operation is to bring justice to victims. The majority of the suspects appeared before a federal judge this morning in San Francisco. We did try to reach out to the sonoma chapter of the hells angels, but we were unsuccessful. Fbi agents also carried out raising fresno today that were connected to the investigation. Is not clear what the ages were looking for they rated this area, but they arrested one member of the fresno chapter, a
Cameras. Terry mcsweeney joins us from the crime scene with the very latest. Reporter investigators have a lot of reasons to feel positive about this case tonight. Number one, it happened saturday afternoon, broad daylight, a lot of witnesses, and the surveillance camera. Tonight victim is being remembered as a loving family man. He was always smiling. He was always the one that lit up the room. He always told you he loved you, when you showed up nrh and when left he gave you a hug. A family spokesman describes the kousin he grew up with. They met at 1 00 in the afternoon at a busy intersection, it wasnt enough to save him. Those type of people should not be allowed in the street. Reporter the Alameda County Sheriffs Office said they have a lot to go on. For family members, the most difficult job is telling carloss 5yearold daughter daddy is not coming home. Its hard to say, i dont know if he got to say goodbye to her that day. Reporter the family set up a gofundme page, weve linked it