Was accused of Sexual Assault but it was his word against the victims and the charges were dropped. San mateo police didnt know about that when they hired him. The california state law they couldnt look in his personnel records. In san mateo, mike sugerman, kpix 5. [ music ] in about 2. 5 hours, donald trump will make his big speech at the Republican National convention. Other speakers this week have been standing at a silver podium. When trump speaks the podium will be gold. Lets take a live look now at the convention. Maricopa county Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio is speaking now. Tonights theme make america one again. Evangelist Jerry Falwell junior just spoke and other headlinesser are Silicon Valley billionaire peter thiel and donald trump who will be closing out the convention after an introduction from his daughter ivanka. We have Team Coverage tonight beginning with cbs reporter Craig Boswell and craig there are still lots of folks talking about ted cruz tonight after last nights d
Thats npclive. Now its time to introduce our head table guests. Id ask that each of you stand briefly as your name is announced. Please hold your applause until i have finished introducing the entire table. From your right, dylan brown, a reporter from E E Publishing; gene tighe, director of bbn technologies, and a Longtime National park volunteer; maria recio, a correspondent from mcclatchy newspapers; will shafroth, president and ceo of the National Park foundation; elizabeth bumiller, Washington Bureau chief of the new york times; the honorable john warner, former secretary of the navy and United States senator from the commonwealth of virginia. [applause] thank you, senator. Ferdous alfaruque, medical device reporter for medtech insight and a press club board member. Skipping over our speaker for just a minute, rod kurkro, reporter at E E Publishing and the press Club Speakers Committee member who organized todays event. Thank you, rod. Tom crosson, the chief of Public Affairs for
So im going to tell some stories, and you oregonians may know some of the stories, and you may not know others. But ill start with how i came to this story. And, actually, whats surprising about it is how this story was very well known in its day. In 1836 when Washington Irving was commissioned by John Jacob Astor to write the story of these events 20 years after they occurred, irvings book, also called astoria, was a best seller of 1836. And those events have been largely forgotten in the american consciousness. I think you in oregon know a little bit more about them or im sure some of you know a lot more about them. But in the national consciousness, theyre largely forgotten, except among historians and people who really follow western history. So it is a really important story. Its historically significant, and its a great adventure story. And thats partly what attracted me to it. And its also a story that i feel needs to be told because those events have had a big impact on the sha
Talking about. The very latest on the case. . Im on the edge . And rocket man. The hollywood stunt artist who did his idol one better. Completing the jump that evel knievel could not, eddie braun speaking to gma just moments after his amazing feat and what hes going to do next. . The edge the edge . Going to start here with the new developments overnight in the ever changing and often mindboggling race for the president. Donald trump currently in the midst of a firestorm over his extremely belated disavowal of the false Birther Campaign that he perpetuated, well, he came out with another line of attack overnight. Yeah, it happened at a rally in Florida Secret Service detail should disarm then and im quoting here, lets see what happens to her. Its not the first time that hes been accused of inciting violence. We have Team Coverage covering both of these brewing controversies but lets kick things off with abcs devin dwyer in our washington bureau. Hi, devin. Reporter hey, good morning, p
250,000 gallons of gasoline, now new concerns along the east coast that gas prices could skyrocket. Official recall. Samsung finally forced to pull its exploding phones in the u. S. Refunding and replacing nearly a million after reports of overheating. Cars igniting and 26 people burned as apples new iphone goes on sale around the world this morning. The secret life of o. J. Simpson. The new report revealing how he spends his days behind bars. The former football sharing a cell in prison with another inmate and reportedly keeping a picture with Nicole Brown Simpson on his shelf. All as o. J. Makes a new push for freedom. And good morning, america. Happy friday. Robin and mike out on assignment today. A lot to get to. 53 days until the election and new National Polls show a dead heat between donald trump and people reacting to that bizarre uncomfortable moment overnight with Donald Trumps hair on late night tv. That was bizarre. But also so worth Donald Trumps interview with the Washing