Live from the kgotv broadcast center, this is abc7 news. Did you shoot last wednesday . Yes. The jail house confession of an accused killer. Only on abc7 news Francisco Sanchez admits to the murder of a San Francisco woman. Tonight officers reexamine the crime scene after what sanchez told us about the gun. Good evening. 56yearold sanchez spoke only to abc7 news today in a 45minute jail house interview. He called 32yearold kates killing an accident. Sergio is live in the newsroom with sanchezs confession. Sergio . Francisco sanchez says he doesnt remember everything about what happened on pier14 because he was under the influence of what he believes were sleeping pills he found nearby. Francisco sanchez says he is the one responsible in the tragic shooting of kate steinley. Did you shoot kate steinley, the lady on pier 14 . Yes. You did shoot her . Yes. He said it was an accident. He told my colleague, cornell bernard, he was on pier 14 and found the gun under one of the benches. She o
Captioning funded by cbs this is the cbs morning news for monday july 6th 2015. Good morning and thanks for joining us. Im Alison Harmelin in for annemarie green. Leaders of European Countries will hold a meeting tomorrow. The decisive vote follows months of failed negotiations leaving the state of greeces banks and their participation in the euro rowe up in the air. This morning greeces finance minister resign. He was told not to attend some of the upcoming finance meetings. Brian webb is here in new york. Good morning brian. Good morning, alison. Sending stocks down on wall street and along with them your 401 k . Small groups of protesters clashed with police in athens overnight after voters rejected the terms of a debt bailout deal worth billions. We dont want to be slaves. Reporter this morning greeces finance minister resigned as leaders of the eurozones two biggest economies, germany and france, met to discuss the crisis. There were a lot of people who said if they said no that w
Reporter good morning, well some say San Franciscos sanctuary city status protected the man accused of killing 32 yearold kate steinle. She was shot in broad daylight last week. The suspect Francisco Sanchez was an undocumented immigrant with a long criminal history. While in jail on a drug charge, immigration authorities asked the city to note them when he got out and mayor ed lee cant commenting. The sheriff didnt either. And California Attorney general harris who supported San Francisco being a sanctuary city is running for u. S. Senate. So how will this affect these politicians and their future ambitions . No one in recent history has ever lost an election by being too pro immigrant. It is not a stance thats going to lose you many votes here in San Francisco. For that reason, i dont see any politicians really changing their votes or moving to amend the law in this area. Reporter tom was a supervisor who supported the sanctuary city stance. He is now considering a run for state offi
Off and they will be out here investigating for at least a couple more hours but yes, a stolen vehicle turned out to be not a police chase. They just tried to stop it. The car fled. Theyre definitely calling this not a police chase out here in the city of san pablo. Were live, kiet do, kpix 5. Pleasanton a Police Officer shot and killed a man who allegedly broke into a car dealership. Happened Early Saturday Morning as the suspect was fleeing the Specialty Sales classics autodealer. Investigators say the man ran out through a broken back window and when an officer followed there was a confrontation. As the man ran, the officer chased him down and caught him. The two had a physical struggle during which the officer fired his pistol hitting the male. The suspect later died at the hospital. The officer suffered minor injuries during the confrontation and is on standard leave. Its the first officerinvolved shooting in pleasanton in nearly ten years. Today a man charged with killing a if 2y
Reporter this neighbor was burning up the phone lines long before the place across the street from her caught fire. She was alarmed. She wanted police to come because fireworks were flying rampant. Soon she heard sirens. But then i saw the whole house engulfed in flames and i was like oh my god. Thats all it took. Reporter a family of four were burned out. Even after engines and crews arrived to fight it fireworks kept on blasting and they were still going off today. A house burned down. It could have been three houses. It could have been the whole block. Thats what i dont understand. Reporter from san jose to oakland and across the bay to San Francisco. Illegal fireworks lit up the sky and made it a challenging night for firefighters. Well past midnight they were chasing down reports of smoke, fires, injury and alcohol related disturbances. And the danger doesnt end with the holiday. Usually have still quite a bit going off for the full week after. Getting rid of their supply. Reporte