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KTVU KTVU Mornings On 2 At 9am July 14, 2024

Even through the misty fog on this wednesday morning. Welcome to the 9 everybody. Just taking a look, i mentioned baseball, i was looking ahead to football. Football season is about three weeks away. I know. I think it is like august 8, that weekend, when the first preseason game is for the 49ers. I feel like it is still summer. Havent you been craving it . Mike loves the fall. The season changes, you start to get football up and going. Oktoberfest. Cool your jets. I like july, too. Yesterday and the day before was amazon prime day. That is not over. Apparently shoppers are jumping ship. The internet searches for canceling amazon prime were 18 times higher on monday than normal. That suggests subscribers are signing up for prime just to get the twoday deals and then they were logoff or just cancel. In the meantime, amazon said it sold 70 175 million items during this years event, more than it sales for the past black friday and cyber monday can bind. A lot of people out there are buying instant pots. Have you done that, sign up for something just to take a vantage of it and then cancel it . That is a great conversation. Shopping is over for now. This is day two appearing zone capitol hill about a popular proposed Digital Currency from facebook. Some lawmakers are skeptical of trusting facebook with personal banking information. Reporter facebook is in the hot seat for second straight day. Skeptical lawmakers on the House Financial Services committee grilling the executive behind libra, facebooks proposed Digital Currency. A day after the Senate Banking can many expressed deep concerns about them moving into the financial sector. Facebook is dangerous. Face back facebook may not intend to be dangerous but they dont respect the power of the technologies they are playing with, like a toddler who has gotten his hands on a book of matches. Reporter unlike the senate, there is pending legislation in the house that was stop big internet platforms and social Media Companies from operating like banks. Chairwoman Maxine Waters calls it the key big tech out of finance act and says it is a best way to safeguard americans financial infrastructure. Of facebooks plans come to fruition, the company and its partners will yield immense economic power that could destabilize currency. Reporter after tuesdays hearing, facebook said it would not launch libra until all regulatory concerns had been met. It is still not clear up that will be enough to win over lawmakers in the u. S. Or europe, where libra is based. It does not make sense to have a new currency having the exact same kind of power without the same kind of commitment and without the same kind of obligations. Reporter it is not clear when the key big tech out of finance act will be introduced. Right now, it is just a discussion draft. A billionaire and democratic president ial candidate will make his First Campaign stop in tomorrow San Francisco. Tom steyer may base an reporter we heard from one of his Campaign Representatives this morning. He said he is aiming for the democratic debates in september. To do that, tom steyer will need at least 2 in the polls and at least 130,000 separate donors. He has a little over a month to reach that point. His first off in San Francisco is the first since he announced his campaign a little more than a week ago. It is a meet and greet with supporters, including a q a session. It is described as a Community Space and cafi in the mission district. It starts at 6 30 pm tonight. When it comes to the already crowded democratic feel, tom steyer faces a challenge when it comes to name recognition. He founded the group need to impeach, a Group Supporting a petition to impeach President Trump. More than 8 Million People across the country signed on to that effort. In an interview last night, he said he was to focus on something bigger than the current president. It cant be about him. The question for the American People is, what is the vision of what we can do together Going Forward . What do we need to do to get this country back on track. The vision has to be only two things. We only need two things. We need to break the corporate control of our government and we need to deal with Climate Change on day one. Tom steyer is by far the wealthiest candidate in the 2020 race. He founded a Hedge Fund Company in the bay areain the 1980s. He retired in 2012 with more than 1. 6 billion. A new Quinnipiac University poll shows senator Kamala Harris edging out joe biden along california voters for the first time in a major poll. 23 support the california senator. 21 support joe biden. The do say it is too close to call. There is more to the poll the meets the eye. I am on the phone with the chronicles senior political writer. Joe, you are expected to win your own state. Is a surprising to you . As you mentioned, there are some things in this poll that are more troubling for Kamala Harris. Joe biden, in response to this poll, 45 said he was the candidate with the best chance of beating donald trump. When they were asked who would be the best leader . They said joe biden. They said the best policy belonged to elizabeth warren. I think a lot of this poll is because of harris very strong showing in the recent debate. There are a lot of mixed signals in this. When you specifically look at the 23 to 21 , just like sports, you have to go with the momentum. What do you think harris does with these numbers as she moves forward. How does she take advantage of it . That will be her challenge. And all these polls, whether it is this california poll or a national poll, joe biden is trending down, so was bernie sanders. They are both losing steam and a lot of these polls. Lets face it, biden has nowhere to go but down. He has the biggest name recognition and a lot of these other candidates, including Kamala Harris, are not as well known. People are seeing them on the state and see how they interact with each other and they are making their decisions. You mentioned the bounce from the first of a. Lets talk about the second one. Who needs to have the bigger debate, joe biden, who some people said did not perform well on stage or Kamala Harris to have that repeat performance . Joe biden deputies to shore up his performance. He could have two consecutive debates where he looks slow and doesnt respond well and is not forceful, the dominant storyline is joe biden is getting old. Joe biden has lost his fastball. That would be very devastating to him. Harris needs to show she can have another strong debate. You will see a lot as you alluded to earlier, the next debate we need to have twice as many supporters, you have to havesupport to get on the september debate stage. You will see all kinds of crazy stuff coming from these candidates to have a viral moment like Kamala Harris did in the first debate. Joe garofoli, you are such a busy guy, can you come in an talk about the second debate . Absolutely. You are on record. We will see you then. Joe garofoli, the chronicles senior political writer. The next debate is scheduled for july 30 and july 31. Cnn will host and broadcast a live drawing to divide up those 20 candidates to qualify into two debate groups. Yesterday was the last day of testimony and emotions ran high both in and outside of the courtroom for the ghost ship trial. I hope we can have safety in our community and prevent anything like this from happening. That is why we need max harris locked up so we can have safety in our communities. Who did you lose in this fire . Families of fire victims clashed with a supporter of max harris. Inside the courtroom, an Oakland Police officer testified he cleared out a raid out of that warehouse nearly two years before the deadly fire. A freezeframe of the Police Bodycam video appeared to show someone else. With all due respect, i dont have to say this other than officer shabbos looked like an idiot. It was a great opportunity for max to get back up on the stand, show the jury his soft demeanor and let them hear his voice. As for the codefendant, prosecutors tried to show that he lied and said no one lived at the warehouse. Ktvu reporter henry lee is reporting live every day from the courtroom of the trial. You can read his daily blogs on ktvu. Com. Coming up on mornings on 2 at 9, handwritten letters offering comfort to those detained at the u. S. Mexico border. We will sit down with the two teenagers who were behind the words. The Senate Homeland exa Trumps Administration crackdown on Asylum Seekers. It may cut the number of migrants coming from central america. The policy is causing some chaos and confusion along the southern border. Reporter hundreds of migrants are waiting entry at the u. S. Southern border and now face a strong possibility of being turned away, thanks to new rules put in place by the white house. The new policy would deny asylum to migrants who pass through one or more countries on their way to the u. S. That means virtually all Central American family seeking asylum would be denied entry. 100 mother, waiting with her two daughters to cross into the u. S. , will likely be forced to remain in mexico, where she says things are just as bad as in her home country. [ speaking spanish ] how can i remain here when i fled my country like this . There are a lot of criminals here. It is very dangerous here. Reporter migrants from honduras, guatemala and other countries have made up the majority of the people here this year. People realize, if they come in here as an unaccompanied child or as part of a family unit bringing a child with them, they will be waived into the United States. Reporter democrats have vowed to fight the decision. I am sure, like most things this administration has taken that are revolting, unfair, undemocratic and unamerican this will be struck down. Reporter the white house playing comes without the cooperation of mexico or guatemala, meeting those two countries have not agreed to take in the migrants that presumably the u. S. Would turn away. A Bay Area Group is leading a lawsuit against the Trump Administration over the new asylum rules. The new group says the new asylum rule violates u. S. Inte the move quote, the most extreme run at an asylum ban you. The policy, that took effect yesterday, says migrants who passed through another country must seek asylum there first. Census forms that carry a cone tarcher merseal question are being mailed out. The controversial question as part of the Census Bureau test to measure the impact it would have on response rates. Almost one quarter of 1 milliov including here in the bay area. The question asks, is this person a citizen of the United States . The Census Bureau began making the mailings two weeks before the Supreme Court ruling. Writing handwritten letters in spanish to give comfort to a silent seekers Asylum Seekers is a nonprofit founded by two Bay Area High School students. We are joined instudio by them who founded the nonprofit, cartas con amor, at the beginning of the year. Thank you for joining us. We know there is a lot going on in the news. This is something you guys started and said it was not political but it was something you wanted to do to reach out. Why did you start this . Regardless of political beliefs, i think it is important, the value of kind works. On were talking about immigration. We realized the unfortunate truth that many immigrants are experiencing difficulties on the u. S. Mexico borda. We contacted our high school and got involved with another high school. We wanted to bring awareness to our High School Community and especially of all the spanish classes. Both of us are spanish class students. It started out as a letter drive between the two high schools and it turned into us involving nine other bay area high sch that is amazing. Did you get good responses and people said it was a great idea or did you have to convince people . Everybody we talked to was super receptive to our organization and our mission. N neral. We have only gotten positive feedback so far. You are asking folks to write a letter. We have been the pictures hundreds of letters. You did a trip down there once and you just came back from your second one. They are all written in spanish but what do they say . The translation into english means, messages of hope, encouragement and comfort. Words like, my family and i are thinking of you, my Community Stands by you, we want to welcome you. You brought a letter. It was written by a student. There are a couple lines in there. I know you read all of them to letters are a half page to a page long. We choose two sentences that really translate and give the message of what we want students to be writing to immigrants and what we want them to hear. The first sentence we chose in spanish means i want you to know that you are loved and we support you. [ speaking spanish ] in english, this means i am sending my best wishes and prayers to you and your family. Remarkable. You also make the trips. You bring the letters yourself, handdeliver them, go down to the border at san diego. Tell me about what you do when you get there. We have a couple of pictures i want to specifically bring up and you can tell me. You have a combination of things. You go down and ask the groups down there what you can do. Yes. Tell me about this picture. One of the experiences we got to have was meeting a young woman from el salvador and her newborn baby. We met this young woman at a Health Clinic in san diego. We assisted her throuout her appointments and sure she wasnt alone. We also foher a translator in case of a miscommunication between the doctor and this young mother because she didnt speak any english. That must have been a relief. Some of this is just navigating being in a foreign country. People who travel know how overwhelming that can be. What is happening here . Another experience we had was being airport escorts for asylum seeking families. An airport can be so confusing for anyone, much less when you dont know what is going on. You guys are hoping for another trip. What will happen now with your nonprofit now that you have had success. You had 800 letters to not only do we want to work with more schools and universities in california, we want to reach out to more countries, romania, the uk specifically. We have a website we recently published. It has all the information about our organization, how to start a letter drive and a gofundme page. That will raise money for future trips and future endeavors as you go forward. Thank you. This is really amazing. It is nice to see the compassion and all the hard work you are doing. You are only in high school. The best is yet to come. Thank you. If you want to support cartas con amor, head to ktvu. Com. We will put all the information about their website and their gofundme page there. Coming up, feeling backlash from the house of representatives. How the president is handling followed in theres no such thing so start driving and dont stop. Because no one takes off at the finish line. And the only way to get that trophy, is to take it. Oakland last night. Poliam. Police chased it into oakland and it ended on the offering from 580 eastbound. At that point, some other surface streets had to be closed to drivers but that area is now back open. Police in richmond are searching for suspect in a deadly shooting. What happened last night near chancellor avenue around 11 pm. When officers arrived, they found a man who had been shot several times. Our officers responded to a shot sensor activation. A male was transported to the hospital and succumbed to his injuries. Police say at this point, they do not have a suspect description on any motive. There is fallout from President Trump tweets about four democratic congresswoman. The president has now weighed in on the house of representatives, officially condemning those tweets. Reporter President Trump prai so great the how unified the Republican Party was. His remarks on twitter coming after the house voted tuesday suggestion that four freshman Democratic Women of color go home to where they came from. The resolution is referring to the president s remarks as racist, past largely along party lines, with only four republicans voting in support. I dont think this resolution was there for any other reason than a political jab at our present. Reporter the four congresswoman, known collectively as a squad, took aim at the president. He is only occupying the space. He does not embody the principles, the responsibility, the grace. Reporter meantime, congressman al gree renewed efforts to impeach the president , filing articles of impeachment again. Therefore, do trump , by causing such harm to the society of the United States, is unfit to be president and warrants impeachment, trial and removal from office. Reporter the articles of impeachment are unlikely to receive a full boat vote in the house, rather a procedural vote. Cybersmile ojus are monitoring and area in Contra Costa County following a series of earthquakes. The strongest was a magnitude 4. 3 and a 3. 5 that have been 13 minutes later. Some people and oakland felt the shaking, along with santa

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