Federal court. The charges stemming from his alleged attempt to overturn the 2020 president ial election. Thanks so much for joining us at 9. Im Vicki Liviakis and im dan thorn in the most serious charges for the former president called for up to 20 years in prison. Washington correspondent jessi tenure joining us live from washington with the latest. Jesse . Yeah, good evening, dan vicki said the former president continues to maintain his innocence saying really all this is about the 2024 election. This is a very sad day for america. Former President Donald Trump returned to the Nations Capital thursday where he pleaded not guilty to felony criminal charges related to efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss. You can be you persecute him or you prosecute him. We cant let this happen in america. Trump is the only person charged in the case so far and his legal team argues its an attack on his right to free speech. This is about politics. Its about 2024. Carried the trump attorney. Alina que special counsel jack smith of trying to distract trump from his next president ial campaign. But smith defended his case. We have one set of laws in this country and apply to everyone. Democrats, including california congressman adam schiff say there has to be accountability for the january 6 attack on the u. S. Capitol. If you give people a pass, a new tell future president s. They can do anything they want. They can commit any violation of the law. They want to never be held accountable. That would be very dangerous. But republicans, including House SpeakerKevin Mccarthy argued the Justice Department is trying to interfere with the 2024 president ial election. It seems as though every time trumps goes higher in the poll he gets a new indictment. And the judge set the next hearing in this case for august 28th, which comes just days after the first republican president ial debate and trump is likely to skip both of those live in washington. Im jessi tenure. Yeah. Its the 3rd criminal case brought against trump in less than 6 months. So where did those cases stand . Yeah. So theres a case in new york thats related to a hush money payment back from the 2016 campaign. And then in florida related to classified documents that were found at trumps home there at maralago. Now he has pleaded not guilty to all of those charges as well. And those trials are set to put take place next year, really at the height of the campaign. All right, jesse, thanks a lot. Also tonight were hearing from political experts about charges today. Im shocked by the fact that you could have all of these different charges happening at the same time. And i dont find it coincidental that are happening on the on on on the out, on the onset of the president s election in this upcoming election cycle. I think, you know, the prosecutions had ample time to bring these charges to to really ramp up these charges. And all the sudden its happening now, whether you cause found guilty or innocent. We want the process to play out the fairway and i think it would be bad in the long run for us a nation. If we russia Legal Process simply to to make it in time for an election. The next hearing in trumps 2020 election conspiracy case has been set for august. 28 just days after the first debate in the 2024. Republican president ial primary. And as we mentioned, President Trump and has now pleaded not guilty to all 3 criminal cases. Filed against him. Going to take a look at the he was first indicted in new york back in march on state charges stemming from hush money payments made during the 2016 president ial campaign. Prosecutors accuse him of paying off adultfilm star Stormy Daniels to bury allegations of extramarital encounters. Trump pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. He is set to appear in state court december 2 months before republicans begin their nominating process. Then in june, special counsel jack smith charge trump in a federal case in florida. This one is related to the mishandling of classified documents found at maralago was also the First Federal case against a former president. Trump has pleaded not guilty to 40 felony counts against him, including charges of retaining classified information, obstructing justice and making false statements. A federal judge has scheduled a trial in this case for next may. And then todays case, the president pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to those charges. Again, a 4th case is also in the works. A District Attorney in georgia has been investigating whether trump and his allies illegally meddled in the 2020 election in her state. Trump has denied any wrongdoing in all the casour coverage of todays arraignment continues on our website. Kron 4 dot com. If you want to learn more about what happened in court, you can read the full 45 page indictment or catch up on Donald Trumps previous indictment. Just scan the qr code there and it will take you to the special section on our website. Fire crews in san jose of stop the forward progress of a 60 acre brush fire that fire. Is on clayton road and via de la vista crews are calling it the clayton fire about 70 fire. Crews have been on the ground working to put out that brush fire since this afternoon. Kron 4 Sarah Stinson live in san jose tonight with the very latest. Sara. Clayton fire got extremely close to homes but burned 9 calfire attributes that to an aggressive fire attack and to the homeowners around this area for creating Defensible Space on their properties. Saw this billowing smoke from down there, clayton road. And called Fire Department 911. Dennis and os and his wife came home from an errand to flames roaring towards their home on clayton road and via de la vista. And it was getting pretty uncomfortable. You close fastmoving flames threaten many homes like this says thursday in the East Foothills of san jose. More than 70 firefighters with san jose fire and cal fire arrived quickly to get the flames under control. Aircraft flew above dropping retardant on the burning brush and helicopters dropped water. Once the fire was stopped from spreading any further ground, crews worked to put out any hot spots. The santos family watched from above grateful their home is still standing. They bought this property in 1978. They say theyve seen a few small fires, but nothing like this 15 years ago. Roughly. You know, there was much smaller, less a less and less a big deal in this one. That fire didnt it was brought under control pretty fast coming nearly as close as rittenhouses us with even though fires arent common up here, sandoz prepared his home by creating Defensible Space. So thanks by stars was able to build fire breaks around my house. So the fire went by my house is close to burning it. Anybody who lives in these hills should do the same. And cal fire officials agrees saying preventative work around your home can help save it. Preparedness is crucial to helping fight fires. Making sure you have Defensible Space of at least 100 feet around your home and hardening your home is key in helping aid us when we where if we have to respond to near home and it also helps you. And theres no time like the present to prepare as crews expect this to be yet another busy fire season. California is continuing to see vegetation dry out up and down the states and especially here in Santa Clara County. We had a wet winter and now that vegetation is dry now and the heats increasing. So its super important for people to be vigilant Pay Attention to their surroundings and be prepared. Im here at the command post live and this is where crews will remain overnight just off of clayton road. Theyre going to make sure that they continue to monitor hot spots and make sure that this fire does not reignite. Im sara stinson reporting live back to you. Thank you. Sarah samara is cranking up program to help residents keep their homes safe from flames by creating a strong Defensible Space. City Officials Say theyve conducted 8400 wildfire safety evaluations and moved to 1500 yards of hazardous vegetation. And for those areas that are difficult for theyre always goats and theyre the city says it rotates herds on 11 sites getting 170 acres cleared each and every year. All right. Lets check in now with kron 4 meteorologist Brittany Begley. Its fire season. Yeah, it is fire season. So so grateful for those goes because it does clear out that brush do a heck of a job. They do their cue. And one thing im also grateful for todays is below average temperatures only because weve been watching that brush fire and the san jose area and we want lower temperatures. As we set it up, so san jose right now were at 62 degrees. A wind gust of 9 miles per hour. That works for us we dont want those gusty conditions. We dont those high temperatures, but we are going to get those high temperatures and gusty conditions. The next couple of days. Right now that clayton road is it just east of 6. 80, in san jose, 60 6 acres burned 20 contained. So hopefully theyll make some progress before these gusty winds come back because you can see future cast winds for showing you by 9 oclock. Tomorrow. Were going to have those gusty winds and the afternoon. I think its really going to pick up around the 3 oclock hour going to slow down for san jose. That area around 9. 30. But just north of that, were still going to see those gusty conditions. So those wind gusts are going to pick tomorrow afternoon and into the mid evening for san jose. Going get a break and saturday is going to be gusty conditions as well. Now we started your newscast off at 5 oclock 6 oclock. We noticed this camera right here and around the region just soza block foggy conditions. Now, thankfully its not as foggy. We can actually see the runway, but were still seeing with the arrivals and departures were about 50 on time for both. So we are still seeing delays from 23 minutes all the way up to minute. 34 so if you have a flight or picking someone up double, check it. Its going to be those skies. Were going continue to watch for us. Whats really happening is we have this High Pressure system over dallas. So theyre seeing with very warm temperatures. They actually have a heat warning. They could have temperatures up to 110 and up to the north of us. We have this low pressure system. So what does that mean for us . What were getting about average temperatures today, some places. Below average, but just by a little bit. So oakland, your average is 71. Were at 68 today. Santa rosa, your averages. 83. Were at those cooler temperatures just because were right in both systems and with that marine layer. And we have that fog just keeping the cooler temperatures. So were going to this foggy conditions tonight. 6. 45, as you wake up into yeah, its going to be foggy again. You can see that around the region for the most part holding steady, hopefully clearing around 10, 15, although the coast, youre still going to see those foggy conditions are wakeup planner showing you 06 00am foggy. Were going to the 50s for the entire region by 9. Were going to see cloudy, breezy conditions, just a tick warmer than today. A little 55 for the coast bay. 61 inland. 67, as those clouds move out, especially in the inland areas, were going to really pop off 82 by noon bay. 69 and the coast. 59, those highs really going to say inland in the 90s for an but will be in the 80s oakland, 69. But its really going to be about this High Pressure system, bringing us those warmer temperatures. Ill let you know when we hit triple digits. Coming up next. Brittany, thanks. A lot in oregon man is in federal custody tonight after allegedly kidnapping and imprisoning. A woman were also learning that he had ties to the bay area, according to the fbi. Zuberi lived in oakland for 6 years between october 2012 and march 2018, he lived in antioch from between november 2019 in february of 2021. And in vacaville from between november 2017, in february 2019, the suspect also spent time in Southern California briefly spending several months and as news and Granada Hills in 2016. Heres a look at everywhere else. The fbi believes zuberi lived over the last decade, including colorado, washington, nevada and new york. Hes accused of posing as an Undercover Police officer and kidnapping a woman in seattle on july. 15th. Authorities say he then drove the claimant falls, oregon sexually assaulting her during that trip. According to the fbi, zuberi left a woman in a makeshift cell inside of a garage. She was able to escape a few hours later after repeatedly banging on the locked door and flagging down a driver. Sue barry was arrested the next day after a standoff in reno, nevada. The victims focus actions and her will to survive triggered a Law Enforcement response that may have actually saved many other women from a similar nightmare. The fbi believes this may not be his first barry is known to go by names such as sikkema. Justin heist and justin quasi. He is linked to assaults in 4 different states, including california. Only 5 homes remain under evacuation tonight in the san pablo neighborhood where a hazmat crew found hundreds of boxes of hazardous chemicals yesterday about 120 homes were forced to evacuate yesterday afternoon. This order has been lifted except for the 5 we mentioned that are close to the home where the chemicals were found. Investigators say that the incident began after a man cleaning the home of a recently deceased Family Member found the chemicals in a shed originally, evacuations were expected to last about 24 hours. But Officials Say that the process ended up being a little lower than expected. There products with. That were explosives. Whats oxidizer. Ys. As things of that nature. So they were pretty much concern about everything in the building. They didnt know in bottles or containers that were not labeled. So we had to actually go through the process of having to identify that and then take the appropriate measures. Again, all the chemicals are expected to be removed by the end of tonight. Residents should Pay Attention to alerts from the city of san pablo. Also in the east bay, police are asking for your help in locating a man connected to a homicide in emeryville. Authorities say they have named oakland resident ryan bell, sir, as a person of interest, the killing happened on may 26th on the intersection of 41st street and san pablo avenue near oaks card club. Anyone with any information on where bell, sir, might be. Theyre being asked to call emeryville police. Tonight, were learning more about a bay area man arrested in connection to human trafficking. Lopez over sandra fell is under arrest in a nationwide effort called operation Cross Country. Police say lopez thought he was communicating with a 15 yearold trying to get them to perform acts its creation operation Cross Country has rescued more than 6,000 children from trafficking. 2 men accused of holding up a a group of high stakes poker players, a gunpoint in san jose are under arrest. According to police. The 2 suspects broke into a home on Ambrose Court near how your county park back in may and Wearing Masks and forced people. 10 of them on the ground while they got away with some 30,000, the suspects have been booked on charges of robbery, kidnapping and assault with a deadly weapon. San jose mayor matt mahan is proposing a new ordinance prohibiting 10 and car encampments around schools since the Spring High School students at kipp san jose collegiate have been raising concerns about the rv encampment just outside of School Grounds. Now the mayor and Eastside City Council member pete peter ortiz are proposing an ordinance to ban both tents and vehicle encampments within 150 feet of schools and day care centers. Early last year i was walking down home from school when i was i was being followed by an rv resident. They spoke out because they felt unsafe in their own school. They spoke out because their education was being disrupted by repeated breakins. They spoke out. Because homeless neighbors were sleeping on School Grounds and in school bathrooms. They spoke out because they were finding needles on their lunch tables. The ordinance could come up for a vote in november. Mayor matt mahan says hes also working to expand safe parking sites for the announced today, franciscos department of Emergency Management released some new data on the number of people experiencing homelessness in San Francisco. That have refused to sleep in a shelter despite being offered City Services will this year the healthy streets Operations Center approached and engage more than 2000 People Living on the street of those about 1000 excepted shelter services. The rest, though, decline offers for shelter. The data gathered does not include shelter placements made by other street Outreach Teams like the Homeless Outreach team or Street Crisis Response Team to that. Mayor breed responded saying that what the Outreach Team can do is limited. She wants people to understand that workers being targeted just for doing their jobs. The city is currently under a federal injunction that state as long as the c