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KNTV Today In The Bay October 26, 2017

Over toward the bay bridge you are at the minimums of course through the maze right now. 5 00, new this morning San Francisco 49ers are making a pledge to team up with Law Enforcement to call for the ban of bump stocks on guns. And to foster better relations between the police and the community. Today in the bays bob redell is live outside of levi stadium. What is motivating the team to reach out to Law Enforcement on this issue . Well, good morning to you, marcus and laura. Im still waiting to hear back from the San Francisco 49ers. This pledge comes in the wake of the controversy surrounding players kneeling during the national anthem. This is a movement that was started by former quarterback Colin Kaepernick here at levi stadium and its a movement that critics see not only as disrespectful to the flag but to the military and Law Enforcement as well. Later this morning the 49ers, the San Jose Police Officers Association and several other poas from the west coast and new york will sign a socalled pledge for a more understanding and safer america, all who sign will promise to push for legislation that bans the bump stock mechanism that turns semiautomatic weapons into fully automatic like what the shooter used to kill all those people in las vegas, additionally the pledge will call for a ban on armor piercing bullets and silencers, will advocate for Better Mental Health services and the 49ers will also team up with police to create Public Service announcements to foster better relations between officers and the community. When you talked about players talking and players kneeling were asking you not to kneel, some take a seat at the table, be a leader like some of the associations that have come across the nation, be a leader like the executive team that he is truly one of the only owners that has reached out to Law Enforcement to sit down and make a pledge on concrete issues. Reporter the eight Law Enforcement organizations signing todays pledge obviously youve got the San Francisco Police Officers association, unions representing officers for portland, santa clara county, sacramento, long beach and oakland and the Sergeants Benevolence Association of the nypd. That signing of the pledge taking place later this morning around 11 45 right here at levi stadium, behind me. Bob redell, today in the bay. Whats also new this morning and interesting, opinion is shifting in favor of athletes protesting during the national anthem. Its according to a new poll out early this morning, its from hbo real sports and maris. 51 say they oppose rules requiring players to stand during the anthem. 47 support the rules. Statistically speaking that is a tie, but it is a shift in favor of athletes from the results of the same poll a year ago. When only 43 thought players should be allowed to protest. Happening today addressing the Opioid Crisis sweeping america. Today President Trump will make a formal declaration and give a major speech on the issue. When the president gives his recommendations governors in several states will join him. A Substance Abuse lobbyist says an Emergency Declaration without funding will lack the punch to fight the problem, but some Health Advocates are concerned that devoting more Public Health resources to opioids would deflect funding for other Health Problems such as cancers, diabetes and heart disease. International travelers beware, starting today airports across the u. S. Are enforcing stricter security measures for those flying into the country. Its the latest decision by the Trump Administration that could affect global travel. Today in the bays pete suratos live at sfo this morning with what we all need to know. Reporter good morning. Yes, this was a deadline set by the Trump Administration for the implementation of these new security measures. As you mentioned its going to affect specifically those International Travelers coming into the u. S. We are talking about all travel coming into the u. S. , youre going to see new security measures starting today. As far as how it will work, theres going to be closer inspections of personal electronic devices, more security in passage areas around around the airport and more thorough interviews with nas injuries checking in with the hopes of identifying terrorists. These changes were announced after it was suggested isis was able to smuggle explosives into laptops. One of the top concerns for Homeland Security are that terrorists can travel through multiple countries before boarding a light flight to the u. S. Security measures larger than that laptop ban we saw that affected only certain countries in the middle east. Certain Domestic Airlines such as Delta Airlines are telling folks to get to their flights earlier, maybe even as much as three hours earlier, but tsa says a lot of the security measures have been put in place by the airlines so there might not be much a difference. It remains to be seen how much longer this will be for people coming back into the u. S. Pete suratos for today in the bay. Coverage of this story continues at 7 00 a. M. Thats on the today show. Gabe gutierrez will report from atlanta, home of one of the busiest airports in the country. This morning exclusive details in the kate steinle murder trial. Weve obtained this video from the day of that tragic shooting. Footage was shown to jurors yesterday. Its from a fire boat, shows the minutes before the shooting at San Francisco pier 14. The images are grainy as you can tell but that green arrow that you see there highlights a chair that the defendant, Jose Ines Garcia zarate reportedly sat on. Several people were hovering around the chair and may have left that weapon used in the shooting. The point being the video may cast doubt that he stole the gun at the car of a federal agent. We looked at that and identified a grouping of six people gathered at that very seat, not in the general vicinity, but at that very seat. People in the courtroom gasped as the video was shown. Testimony continues this morning. 5 07. The suspect accused in the shooting of four people in lake county this week is expected to enter a plea. Police say this this is Surveillance Video you will see right here, there he is, of 61yearold alan ashmore, he answered to 22 charges in court yesterday, accused of shooting and killing his father and another man near his clearlake home on monday. Two other victims including a chp officer suffered minor injuries. Ashmore will be back in court in two weeks. Teachers, students and staff at San Francisco will head back to school this morning worried about their water. Concerns about lead contamination are prompting School Leaders to shut drinking fountains at three schools. Samples from taps at westportel and malcolm x Elementary Schools along with International High school actually contained elevated lead levels. The district says the problem is due to plumbing and metal leaching into the water. The actual water supply is considered safe. Lead was discovered during voluntary testing and the schools will provide bottled water until those problems are fixed. A surge in mumps cases across the United States is prompting new vaccine recommendations. Theyre calling it an outbreak theyre not calling it an outbreak just yet but the Immunization Advisory Committee is recommending people at high risk of catching mumps get a booster dose of the vaccine, thats even if you have already had the vaccination. Had year 4600 mumps cases have been reported, the same committee is also endorsing a new vaccine for shingles, they say better protects people than the old version. The centers for Disease Control will now review those recommendations. Its 5 08 on this thursday morning. We wake up to clear skies, i want to show you how these temperatures trend as we go through the day in san jose. We will be in the low 60s at 8 00, as many more people get up and out the door and on the way to start out this thursday. It will be in the upper 70s already by noon and it doesnt stop there, we will be up to 87 degrees by 4 00 and then as we check out how those temperatures trend in napa valley today its going to be at 54 degrees at 8 00, a much cooler start but a hotter afternoon. We will talk about whats ahead with a gradual cooldown in that forecast coming up. Mike is checking back in on that truck fire on 580. Coming out of the altamonte pass, the peninsula side, south bay move well, even the east bay, green all over the sensors. Ive been watching the sensor reads out of the altamonte pass, we talked about the earlier truck fire and maybe a grass fire on the shoulder, these sensors come up to orange and the slowing off of 205 where is merges from 580. I think everything is clear from the shoulder. Mean while travel through the dublin interchange a 24 minutes drive and 84, a little slowing through pleasanton, typical. Anger in one east bay school district, the return that has some parents so upset with Piedmont High School. And uber says it has a super uber offer, tell tell you with it. Coming up on 5 13 with a clear and cool start this morning as we take a live look outside in san jose. As we check out the temperature trend for the neighborhood of Santa Theresa we will be in the mid 60s at 9 00 and look at these temperatures warming up quickly again today into the upper 80s this afternoon, not much of a wind, either. We will have more weather like this for the next couple of days and then finally a cooldown. We will talk about that cooldown coming up at about 5 18. And a quick check of your transit agencies, no delays 45 options well, 45 trains for bart. 5 13 now and new this morning parents in peed mo nt will reportedly voicing concerns about a Piedmont High School teacher who was recently investigated for inappropriate behavior. The east bay times reports administrators and police have looked into the teachers actions and complaints from some female students. So far they have determined that those actions did not amount to abuse or misconduct. The district allowed the teacher to return to work after a three week leave of absence outraging some parents. A recent shootout at a San Francisco house party is putting new pressure on short Term Rental Companies to follow regulations, that shootout happened two weeks ago at this home in Bernal Heights. Police say gang members fired at each other during a crowded party leaving two people injured. The house was being listed illegally on sites like airbnb. The homeowner lives overseas and the home was not registered. One supervisor says the city has regulations that should have prevented it from being offered as a short term rental. Had airbnb not sued the city preventing it from being implemented with he would have prevented this horrific incident in the city. Airbnb recently settled that lawsuit and is now starting to comply, but at a meeting in Bernal Heights neighbors argued it is not happening fast enough. Continuing coverage now of a story our scott mcgrew first reported at this time yesterday on today in the bay. The amazon key, now, the company says that this is a way of letting you unlock your door remotely and let a delivery person leave that package inside your home. Well, the reaction from many has been one of concern. This is over safety. This morning on today jo ling kent has that story about the safety issues. The idea here is to prevent porch pirates from stealing your stuff but of course this convenience is a doubleedged sword. Coming up this morning on the today show we are going to talk about that, what that means to have someone you dont know enter your home and drof off a package. All the Cyber Security threats that come along with this. Its all coming up later on the today show. There is some confusion about how much you will be able to put into your 401 k . Scott mcgrew has been on the phone with Congress People in washington. A big fight ahead. A big fight but we thought this fight had been settled. A few days ago the president declared there was no way the republican tax plan would slash the amount of money you would be allowed to put in your 401 k tax deferred. Right now its 18,000, republican tax proposal wants to drop that to about 2,000 to which the president said, absolutely not. That would be an increase on middle class taxes. We thought it was a done deal, so did the president. Take a listen. I wanted to end that quickly. 401 k s to me are very important and they are important because thats one of the great benefits to the middle class. I didnt want that to go too far. Thats why i ended it very quickly. He says he ended it, but its still in the plan. Were going to talk more about this coming up in a half an hour when we talk politics. Tesla has reportedly laid off hundreds of workers from solar city. You will recall tesla bought solar city late last year. This comes after hundreds of workers at tesla lost their job, tesla said its letting poor performers go. Tesla ceo elon musk was scheduled to show off a new truck today but has delayed that to concentrate on increasing production of the model 3. Thousands of people have put down a deposit for that new car, but tesla hasnt made very many of them. Tesla has to explain itself to investors in its next Quarterly Report on november 1st. Some good news out of twitter, the San Francisco based company says its closer to making a profit, shares are up 9 premarket. The company also says its accidentally been overcounting its users. Uber has a credit card. It gives you money back on purchases which you can dump that money back into your uber account and get some free rides. Now, what uber gets out of this is even more data about what you do, right . It knows you like to be dropped off at a certain place, a restaurant, whatnot. What you spend. Now what you spend on top of that. There are a lot of cash back cards, compare t im not saying uber is better or worse, but go on a website like nerd wallet, Something Like that, compare it, see if its the best cash back offer. You see colleges, for example, have your dont they get a kickback as well. Uber does, yes, absolutely. American airlines has done. Businesses. For sure. That interest rate. That, too. Pay it off. Came on for baseball fans, game two of the world series last night houston evened things out now, one game apiece with a wild 11 inning win. The home run capped a record eight home runs in world series games. Final score astros took it 7, dodgers 6. Thats not the only thing fans are talking and tweeting about today. Even rival giants fans could appreciate last nights first pitch which included legendary dodgers broadcaster vince gully. Its time for dodger baseb l baseball. You know, youve got to love vin. I dont care who you root for. You may recall the nearly 90yearold retired from broadcasting last year. He called dodgers games since 1950. Hes still got that great voice. He does. Andres gal rag ga. Just classic. Im so glad he joined them. Got to love baseball. I really do. Its feeling like baseball weather. Its been really hot and definitely an extension of summer around the bay area. We are still setting some new records around the yesterday we had san jose and concord setting new records. Well, we will still be on record watch again today. Here is where we begin, nice and cool, at least we do have still these cool mornings where you can open up the windows and let the house cool down for a little while. Its 59 degrees as we take a live look outside now on the peninsula, its 62 degrees in San Francisco and look at the north bay, 50 degrees right now, but then as we look at these high temperatures pretty much like yesterday some upper 80s to low 90 0s no major changes here. Up to 89 in walnut creek and for the peninsula 85 degrees. San francisco still radio etching into the low 80s we may have a couple degrees cooler than it was yesterday, maybe one of the few spots where you feel the difference for this afternoon. North bay were still going to be in the upper 80s today, as we check out the temperature trend for the trivalley and livermore, we will be in the upper 50s as you head out for that morning drive and dropping the kids off, you may have the heater on, but then by the time you come back to pick them up its going to be in the low 80s so you will go from heater to air conditioning. We have had a lot of these days, a wide range in temperatures and then for after School Activities like football practice on the peninsula at 3 00 it is going to be hot once again. So you want to make sure you take lots of breaks, drink lots of water and maybe put on that sunscreen. There will be mostly sunny skies and a light wind, it wont be until about 6 00 when we will feel those temperatures coming down just a bit. Let me know what do you think of this heat . Is it too warm . I had linda on facebook saying i like this extension of summer. And then lisa was like, i cannot w

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