but oakland city council president, rebecca kaplan and dan cob are proposing the citizen volunteers be able to over ride any police operational decision. mayor libby who appoints the commission is pleading with the public to tell city council to keep the police commissioner s authority as is. if the police chief needs the ability to respond to public safety emergencies. this proposal would give them jurisdiction over highly technical issues that are subject to statewide standards. and i believe that that would compromise public safety. the police officers association said today the proposal will endanger public safety by allowing the commission to represent rapid response to public safety emergencies, over ride police operations, divert public safety resources and make decisions on highly technical operations. a volunteer group that only meets twice a month. more power, now they re going to be truly jeopardizing community safety, and these police officer s safety. and
to build 400 miles of new barriers along the border. the president said the wall is needed to stop illegal immigration. he also said the u.s. could no longer take in immigrants legally seeking asylum. the system is full. when it is full there is nothing you can do. i m sorry we cannot take you. i have to disagree with that. we ve been trying to take people. we can t do it. as for the threat to shut down the border he is giving mexico one year to take action. he is threatening to impose a 25% tariff on imported cars from mexico. the president said such an action would supersede the trade deal he signed with mexico and canada last year. also the battle over wall funding continues with 20 states taking aim at the president s declaration led by california attorney general. our democracy is successful because the branches of government are coequal. that is why it is so important for us to stand up and say no. critics of the president say a wall is not the solution to the wave of
it happened so super quick. i had friends in paradise that were telling me they could hear like tire explosions. some made it out, some did not. the death toll and the devastating wildfire of butte county climbs higher. the camp fire started thursday and it keeps growing. it s the east of chico and it s already wiped out much of the town of paradise. 15,000 structures are still threedonight b ames. dd uali the totalm the 1923 re the state s on rortd. this is the most destructive wildfire in state history destroying nearly 6,500 homes. we learned dozens of them belonged to firefighters and other first responders. the fire has scorched acres and is tonight. reporter: right now we re at the command post in chico. earlier we were in paradise where officials discovered six more bodies. the devastation just seems to be getting worse by each day. thousands of people have lost everything now including first responders. hot spots burning throughout paradise illuminate what would o
here s alexis. drivers in okay land northbouullod between y ve bee working on several months at this point. sit costing you 15 minutes right now. most of the time he hit a home run. he was awesome. he was quiet. but when you spoke, he listened. the willie mack award was created. he leaves behind a legacy for his accomplishment as a player and what he did away from the game as well. 80 years old. the man who is credited with creating the cubby covecovecovee park. he said one of his best memories is after he retired. he was such a great presence. he would visit the locker rooms. he would run through the tunnel before the games. people would of course applaud lable r g. tncco.nd v covey. forever 44 at sf giants.com. there s also a mailing address which we have on our website abc7news.com. you can also share this badge on social media and find it on our facebook page. now turning to your voice, your vote. midterm elections five days away. president trump is defe
ending hate and promoting a culture of inclusiveness. we should just accept that everybody for who and what they are and embrace that and be kind and friendly to everyone. reporter: that s an important reminder for all of us. and also it is important to point out that these students who came forward may have actually helped save the suspect s life as well. he could have been shot had he shown up here at novato high school with ale but tonight, instead, he is in a juvenile detention center charged with a hate crime and making a criminal threat. we re live in novato, thom jensen, nbc bay area news. thank you, thom. a paramedic shot and killed five years ago in oakland hills, sources tell us the jury has reached a verdict and the announcement could come at any moment now. this is a retrial for one of the defendants in the deadly shooting of quinn boyar. he was killed during a retrial christian burton, an adult now, but was a teenager when all this took place. the mistrial