This afternoon. We talked with one young man who was in the area when he heard a loud noise. Heard a loud banging. I parked over there and i saw a little bit of smoke and i saw it was just a lot of commotion, a lot of hayward trucks rushing over. They were practicing hovering, which is unique to helicopters in the air and they can stay in one place. And something happened and the helicopter crashed. Reporter now, we understand the helicopter is owned by a Company Called pacific helicopters. Theres a subsidiary that is vertical helicopters. And at this point we do not know the names of the victims, but again, the Flight Instructor was killed and the student, we understand,urved the crash but is in Critical Condition at Eden Medical Center in castro valley. The ntsb is expected to be here onsite by tomorrow. Dan, ama, live in hayward, laura anthony, abc7 news. Thank you, laura. Flames raced out of a building in gilroy with the black smoke churning from the blaze. This fire is believed to
Reporter mimi nguyen lived in a cottage on the hillside and the fire burned her home and also killed her dog. As flame engulfed the cottage in san jose, all she could do is watch from the bottom of the hill. The black smoke that is burning, thats my house. Even more concerning, the beloved pet she rescued from Hurricane Harvey was in a crate in her cottage. Firefighters confirmed he died in the fire. Thats my baby. Reporter the fire started around 11 00s mning at the it quickly raced up the hillside, threatening about a dozen homes. Firefighters attacked the flames from the air and ground, using. They caused arcking lines and flame burned a mobile home, but firefighters saved all the large homes. Neighbors are convinced because they had defensible space. Otherwise the Fire Department couldnt have gotten there quickly enough to save him. Because of the steepness and the rest of it that had to be contained. Im relieved. Firefighters are now looking into the cause as we talked about her l
How can you not have a little fear, asks this mom, not knowing if youre going to see your children again. Shes undocumented. Her children are all u. S. Citizens. Kind of frightens me maybe one day they wont be there. Reporter even though there was no reported i. C. E. Activity in the south bay the family says they continue living in constant fear, theyll now avoid some of their favorite spots like the tropicana shopping center, fearing the worst. The tropicana food store says they were part of the weekend domino effect. We lost maybe 10,000 to 12,000 each day, saturday and sunday. Its a very bad day. Reporter the families we spoke with today began formalizing legal documents giving parental rights to their siblings in case theyre deported. But even with the constant fear the teenagers who a about to Start High School say they can same time i know i need to push through and i need to make it. I need to do it for them. Just like they sacrificed a lot for me. Reporter one place those fami
101 we showed you that shot but i wanted to talk you through a little gap here. Theres trees blocking your view and you also have cones blocking a few lanes and thats why it doesnt look like theres traffic going on headed south past willow. One lane, possibly two now as we have crews blocking off the center area for roadwork, working on the median thats a longer term project thats been going on for years over there, just south of university. But you know what . It shows up smooth on the sensors because traffic is so light there and around the bay. No problems out of here, out of contra costa county, across the benicia, the carquinez bridge, approaching that bay bridge. Golden gate bridge a little fog advisory from chp and i think thats warranted but no problems. Back to you. All right, thank you very much. Wish we could say the begin. The tragedy in the hayward airport, where a Flight Instructor died after a helicopter crashed on the runway. This is a picture of him. This morning ntsb
Light flow there. Same thing at the bay bridge. You have folks waiting in the cash lanes but they probably just opened that last cash lane in the last couple of minutes. No other delays. Back to you, scott. On capitol hill the four american women of color in congress who President Trump told to go back where they came from are calling for his itch peoplement. Today in the bays tracie potts live in washington with reaction and whats next. Good morning, tracie. Scott, good morning. Whats next is tonight the democrats in congress are voting on whether or not to condemn President Trump for what he said, but hes fighting back this morning on twitter, accusing these women of spewing some of the most vile, hateful and Disgusting Things ever said, questioning why democrats wont rebuke them. The house of representatives will consider a resolution to condemn President Trump for telling these four freshmen democrats to go back where they came from, but they want more. Hes committed high crimes an