People are calling 911 about it. Tonight we have team coverage, meteorologist anthony slaughter standing by to explain where all the hazes is coming from, first chuck live in san jose, and chuck, you have a very obscure view of things right now. Reporter yeah, hard to tell where we are, frankly, looked like its the plains. You would think at the bottom of the bay we would see one mountain range. Look behind me, santa cruz mountains, kind of, sort of, theyre not there. The east foothills, eh, not much to see there either. Up along the peninsula, thats a good overlook, couldnt even see San Francisco bay just three and a half miles away. And Health Officials are not calling it an immediate imminent health hazard, but if you do have a respiratory condition, you probably want to stay indoors. The haze and smoke drifting from lake county has a strong smell, and thats leading many people to call their local Fire Department to report suspected fires nearby. It is startling. And, you know, the
At sap and were there. We will hear from her in a moment. Welcome to the news cast. And welcome this morning. Nice to be here. And 11 years on the force protecting the citizens of san jose. As the case for a lot of officer funerals a lot of Police Officers not only from san jose but from all over the country. The doors will open for a public memorial for the Police Officer mike katherman. He was that motorcycle officer killed in the crash. He was on duty at the time, thousands and as you said officers from across the state, they are expected to attend. And were live at the site of the event there at the center with a look at what is going on in preparation for todays memorial service. Mike in the last hour we have seen a lot of activity here, police are staging as well as firefighters getting ready for the service. You can see right now there are two fire trucks who have extended the ladders and hanging a very large the largest size American Flag there, thats called the garrison flag.
In San Bernardino as Police Investigators put together clues in last weeks attack. An this is al jazeera america. Were following that breaking news coming out of chicago. Im del walters in new york. There are major developments in the windy city today, the Justice Department launching its own probe of the Police Department. Illinois state prosecutors are releasing new details of the policeinvolved shooting of another unarmed black man. Ronalal jazeeras andy is live for us in chicago. Bring us uptodate with what is the very latest. Well, del there is video of this Ronald Johnson shooting, and right now the state Attorney Office is laying out point by point what happened that night in october of 2014. Just a week before la Kwan Mcdonald was shot. We heard from sources telling local media here in chicago that there will be no charges filed against the officer in this Ronald Johnson case. The state attorney hint there had might be criminal charge a week ago in this case. So theyre laying o
President obama called on muslims to do more to combat isil. Many republican president ial hopefuls said the Oval Office Speech was simply more of the same with no new plans. Mike viqueira is in the nations capitol this morning. The president did propose changes during his speech, but was anything new . Not really, stephanie. What was new was of the setting and the timing of sunday night, the oval office sort of a traditional playing to the camera addressed to the nation, and youre absolutely right, the point was to reassure americans in the wake of the paris attacks and wake of what happened in San Bernardino and also to answer critics who say he has been behind the curve and that isil is gaining ground on his watch. The president doing what he has done consistently over the past year or year and a half when it comes to the battle against isil, preaching prudence and patience in the fight, once again saying that to get americans involved sending combat troops into harms way in this ar
Welcome to your world this morning im stephanie sy. And im del walters. Support and criticism for the comments on the fights of i. S. I. L. Reassuring the country following the San Bernardino shootings and hopefuls say the Oval Office Speech was the same with no new plans. Mike is in the nation capitol and mike the president s speech reflects another stalemate with republicans. No question about it dell and the president had no new strategies and no now initiatives or polltys and he wanted to reassure the American Public after the events in paris and San Bernardino and to defend himself against critics saying i. S. I. L. Is gaining strength on his watch. With 14 dead in the San Bernardino mass murder president obama says the suspects were motivated by groups like i. S. I. L. So far we have no evidence that the killers were directed by a terrorist organization overseas or part of a broader conspiracy here at home. But it is clear that the two of them had gone down the dark path of radic