Investigating alleged attempt by trump and others to overturn the 2020 Election Results in hopes of reversing trumps loss to joe biden. Special counsel jack smith also investigating trumps actions during the january 6 insurrection when he told supporters to march on the capital. Trump began bracing for another arrest after smiths office sent him a target letter notifying him he was the focus of the grand jury probe. I did not know practically what a subpoena was and grands. Now im, like, becoming an expert. In may, smithson trump smith sent trump a target letter before indicting him in the maralago classified documents probe. In an indictment filed last month, trump is accused of mishandling documents including topsecret military and Nuclear Records after leaving office and obstructing the governments efforts to retrieve them. Trump, who has long denied any wrongdoing, pleaded not guilty to the previous criminal charges he is facing. Heres a quick charges conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of an attempt to obstruct an official proceeding and conspiracy against rights. The indictment also says mr. Trump violated the rights of millions of americans to cast a vote for the candidate up their choice. Kristen joining us now, the cal state east bay professor of communication and political expert. Thank you for your time. How seismic, how historic is this . This is pretty huge. All of these indictments of trump have been pretty influential in historical, but this is the first one that really focuses on his time as president , so in that way, it is even more historical than the previous indictments we have seen. Larry practically speaking, we already had a couple of indictments, the falsifying of Business Records is this the most serious . If you were defending mr. Trump, would you be most worried about this particular case as opposed to the other two . At least from what ive read so far in the indictment, jack smith lays out a pretty compelling case. No reasonable person would have concluded that trump had won the election, and i think most interestingly, we not only have trump ignoring lawyers in his own inner circle according to jack smith, when they told him that he had not won the election, but hes is also trying to talk others into believing that he had won the election. Most notably, Vice President mike pence, telling mike pence he is too honest, for example. It is a quite compelling indictment, at least compared to the previous two, in my estimation. Kristen this comes as a new poll shows biden and trump neck and neck in the president ial matchup and trump way ahead of other republicans for the partys nomination for president. What does this additional indictment do . The question speaks to his popularity and to his eligibility to run. Trump will still be eligible. There is historical precedent for someone running for president from jail. Eugene debs did it 100 years ago. The political question, these indictments have been great for trump. He operates a very unique space in american politics where his supporters see him as the embodiment of them, so when he is being indicted, they feel like they are being indicted. Thats why it is no coincidence that when this indictment came down, trump responded by comparing the indictment to nazi germany and soviet authoritarian regimes because that wont ring true for any opponent of trump, but for supporters, that analogy will work well. I think that is why trump there as soon as the indictment was announced. Larry you mentioned jail time. Do you honestly believe that even with a guilty verdict that donald trump could end up in jail, or could it be more likely that some sort of deal was reached, assuming there was a guilty verdict, that you are not going to go to jail but you are also not running anymore . Is that a viable option . It is very tough to will happen. It looks like trumps game plan is to get back into the white house so he can pardon himself before the question has to be answered. We will see what sort of legal maneuvers he can make to prolong these indictments. If running for president was indeed in jail, that would certainly be a major historical shift in american politics to say the least. Kristen thank you so much. Thank you. Larry because of todays breaking News Coverage of this indictment, General Hospital did not air at its usual time. Todays episode will air instead of 3 00 a. M. , so set your dvrs for that. Right now, potentially dangerous fire at a Historical Building in San Francisco. This building was under construction. It was completely wide open, so it is basically a pile of matchsticks. It is just like burning man. Kristen flames leaping high into the air from a building. A Quick Response help avert disaster, but we are learning that concerns about fires in this area were raised two months ago. It took more than 140 firefighters and 40 trucks to bring this massive blaze under control. Larry the fire broke out around 6 00 this morning. What is the situation . When the fire chief first arrived, she thought this fire had the potential to wipe out the entire block. Fortunately, it did not. Tonight, because of the fire still under investigation, but neighbors around here have their suspicions. I saw from my apartment the whole commotion, all the trucks and firefighters. Suzanne neighbors got a rude awakening this morning just before 6 00 a. M. A massive fouralarm fire sent flames shooting from the rooftop and spewed smoke into the air. A neighbor took these photos from the top of his Apartment Building. The fire was intense and moved pretty fast because the building was still under construction. It it is basically a pile of matchsticks. More than 140 firefighters tackled the flames. Several factors made the fire even more challenging to control. Theres no Sprinkler System in place. Theres no sheet rock in place. There is no fire protection, anything in place. It is just like burning man, just setting it off, and that is what we saw here. The heat from the fire was so intense it cracked several windows in the building directly across the street. In the end, for buildings on hickory and oak street had fire and water damage. The Fire Department says that her crews were able to prevent the fire from being much worse. We could have lost an entire city block. The red cross is stepping in to help eight people who were forced out of their home. The fivestory building under construction was slated to be a mixed use market rate Housing Project containing 12 dwellings and 950 square feet of ground floor retail. Neighbors say the building had been under construction for the past year and that construction stopped about a week ago. One neighbor says the fire does not surprise him. When you have new construction in the city, if something gets delayed or near the end, usually are often times it gets torched. And neighbor says theres been trouble at the location before. She has her suspicions. Ive seen them here, the firefighters here before. Homeless have been getting inside the building and having fires inside, so they have to put them out before. Again, the cause of this fire still under investigation, but we learned of a letter written by the president of the hayes valley neighborhood association. It cited several dangerous fires in the same area in march and april. We heard from supervisor prestons office today. They confirmed that they received the letter but also that they sent it to state officials and we are still waiting to hear if any action has been taken. Larry thank you. An Early Morning fire at an Apartment Building in san jose forced at least a dozen people from their homes near japan town. San jose firefighters say that blaze started around 4 15 this morning on north 3rd street at east taylor street. One person was taken to the hospital as a precaution but is expected to be ok. The red cross is working to help people affected by this fire find a new place to stay. Kristen in San Francisco, families living in rv parks cle to lake merced or i should say rvs parked near lake merced hill need to move in the comiths. Larry those families say they ended up living in rvs despite having jobs. Luz pena is in the area where families hope the city will help them. The concern is will people continue to live there or do they move the rvs . What happens next . Luz we met multiple families last week who live on the winston drive. All have jobs and say they ended up here after losing their jobs or having hours cut and not being able to pay rent. For the past year, they ha made this rv are home. She says life was not always like this. Before the rv, they rented a room for 1300 in the mission district. Check is, like, 200, 300, so i cannot pay the rent. Where do you work . Housekeeping in a motel. Luz at night, she hugs her two kids and prays for a miracle. Is it hard to fall asleep . Mmhmm. Luz why . Because sometimes of the cars and making noise and i dont sleep good. Luz it is too loud, too noisy . Do you get scared . I only get scared when the windows are open. Luz of at least 50. These fires loom over them. Next month, they likely will not be able to park here on weekdays for more than four hours. But im limiting a fourhour parking limit is technically displacing them. Implementing a fourhour parking limit is technically displacing them. We have been working to find Permanent Housing Solutions for many of those families and find places for those that need a little more time to get their footing. Luz parking instr coming in because sfmta is planning to begin construction of a bike lane, part of a quick build pedestrian and bike safety project. We have been looking at fights, trying to push for other resources, trying to get assessments done, but all these things we have been doing, so we also need that same sense of urgency from the city departments. This is a Public Health and Public Safety issue. We are focusing our efforts with services and shelter opportunities that are still discussing possible solutions with the project team that will best fit the needs of those may be affected. Sfmta says they will give families a twoweek heads up. She tries to stay strong in front of her kids but says every day is getting harder. In a spanish, she says they are praying to god for help. What. We went to check on her and sadly she is no longer in the rv. She could no longer afford it. With homeless. We will continue to follow her story. Kristen our hearts go out to her, but they have conflicting interests. Time is of the essence, but also, how to find places for families like hers. Luz it is a complicated issue. Obviously, they want to have a place where they can park their rvs. In her case, she was paying 800 to rent the rv and she cannot pay that anymore. She is trying to see where else she can stay. Larry the frustration of working as hard as you can in as many jobs as you can and it still does not add up to what you need. Thank you. Up next, Artificial Intelligence developing at a breakneck pace. Why are efforts to regulate it taking so long . Also, voting begins on what could lead to the Largest Labor strike in san jose in more than four decades. And trouble building if you have Heart Failure, entrust your heart to entresto. Entresto helps improve your hearts ability to pump blood to the body. Dont take entresto if pregnant; it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. 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Plus, ask how to get one free line of unlimited mobile. Comcast business, powering possibilities. I gotta good feeling about this, yeah im with it i gotta good feeling about this yeah, so lets get it im feeling good vibes larry all eyes are valley as Artificial Intelligence continues to rapidly develop. Despite his fast growth, logs to regulate hey i are slow to pass. We talk about zach semiconductors or chips like this are the backbone to the technology we come to rely on Ns Industries around the world are increasingly using ai, so is Applied Materials, the manufacturer that provides chips to some of the worlds biggest tech companies. We absolutely are using ai in a number of different areas. The magic that creates semiconductor leadership is incredibly complex and is getting even more complex in the future. Ai technologies are essential for innovating faster and better. We were there is member took a tour of Applied Materials it was a first draft. If you did not have people in my office helping shape that legislation, you could not make that a law, so it shows what ai could do. Zach as ai grows, many tech experts, including leaders in the field, expressed concerns over the lack of regulation related to it. The Congress Member says he has been part of a Bipartisan Working Group that House SpeakerKevin Mccarthy put together to look at ai. This is something that should venture be politics. The United States needs to get this right. We are going to need technologists helping advise congress. The technology right now on complex ai is not there fully in congress. It is going to be a process where we will need to rely on outside experts. We have a collaborative spirit, a history of technology. Technology has the United States. Kristen a vote that could lead to the Largest Labor strike in san jose in more than four decades is happening now. 4500 city workers will be voting through friday on authorizing a strike. This is day one of voting for two unions. If the unions for the workers vote in favor of the strike, it would be the biggest in san jose since 1981. Union leaders say that could lead to disruption of city services, including kids summer camps and some san jose airport operations. Im really hoping that the city and our bargaining units get back to mediation, talk to whatever Creative Solutions both sides can bring to the table and get to a creative solution. City workers say they deserve a livable wage. The city is offering a 5 raise next year followed by a 4 raise and 3 the subsequent years. Results of the vote are expected sunday. Larry check of the forecast, it is going to get warm but not quite yet. Spencer a couple days left of this midweek cooldown. Lets look at the controlling factors in our weather. You can see we have low pressure to our northwest, which is the more dominant influence right now. The highpressure system over in the southwest with the sweltering heat is nosing in our direction and by the end of the heat by the end of the week, we will feel it warming forest. Right now, this strong onshore flow which is actually cooling us down. We have gusts ranging from 22 over 30 Miles Per Hour near the coast of the bay thanks to that set up i just showed you, and you can see it several degrees cooler right now than at this time yesterday across the area. This picture helps describe what is happening from mount tam over to the low clouds. 61 degrees in San Francisco. Mid 60s in oakland and low 70s at san jose and palo alto. 59 at half moon bay. Golden gate, the marine layer is present. 76 degrees. We have low to mid 80s at fairfield, concord, and livermore. One final view from emeryville, looking at the deepening and expanding marine layer, these are our forecast features. We will expand again overnight. Cooler patterns continue from what we have tomorrow and thursday. Some tripledigit temperature readings likely in many of our inland areas this weekend. Forecast shows a rapid advance of the marine layer tonight and overnight. Notice the amount of drizzle offshore and some of it moving onshore. Can expect patchy drizzle. Overnight temperatures will be mainly in the mid to upper 50s. Upper 60s generally around the bay shoreline and inland areas will warm up to only upper 70s to low 80s, and here is the accuweather 7day forecast. Two more cooler than average days in this stretch of midweek cooling we have, but then it starts to warm up friday and look at saturday and sunday, upper 90s to near 100 on saturday in our inland areas. Over 100 in numerous inland areas on sunday as heat intensifies. He teases up a bit monday, still a very warm day until we get temperatures back down to a more seasonal or normal range. Kristen thank you, spencer. Larry giving young people a fighting chance. 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