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KTVU KTVU FOX 2 News At Noon July 14, 2024

Back east, counsel robert muellein to his report on russias interference in the 2016p recall election. Spear asked about russian interference during the 2016 election. Would you agree that it was not a hoax that the russians were engaged in trying to impact our election . Absolutely. That was not a hoax. One investigation that has and the United States. Congressman sense of legitimatesey. Loren blanchard is live in washington dc. Reporter you have not only those congressmen, but also the Top Republican and democrat on the house Intelligence Committee. Chairman shift call the Mueller Report methodical and devastating for the president. He had mueller talk about, do you think the Mueller Report was a witch hunt . Do you believe was right in it was a witch hunt. Dividend nunez was calling this the hearing was a hail mary for democrats trying to make the president look bad as we are going in to 2020, the las grass of the russia collusion conspiracy. Of course, not only for the hearing this morning but also the Intelligence Committee hearing which is still going on right now, this is a big decision for folks to make on do you think this is political theater. Do you think there are new relations coming out. Democrats hoping you will see, and it will help you make the decision that the president was corrupt. Republicans are hoping you see that democrats are just trying to bring up old news, trying to turn this in to a drama instead of focusing on other issues. That is what both sides are trying to play. We will see after all of this is said and done, who comes out the winner. Mueller started the stay by testifying before the house Judiciary Committee. Allie rasmus has been closely watching the hearing since 5 30 this morning and joins us live from the newsroom. Before this day of testimony began this morning, Robert Mueller had said he would be limiting his answers to the information tawas already written and out public in his 450page report. Thats what he did for most of his testimony this morning. Robert mueller kept his answers simple, stillic and unemotional. Democrats on the Judiciary Committee focused on obstruction of justice. You found evidence as you lay out in your report that the president wanted to fire you because you were investigating him for obruction of justice. Isnt that correct . Thats what it says in the rert in to question the origin and relevance of the investigation. You wrote 180 pages about decisions that werent reached and potential crimes that werent charged. Reporter the 2year long investigation led to 37 people being charged with a crime. Five were associated with the Trump Campaign and 7 people convicted. Mueller explained the report did not exonerate the president but wasnt sufficient evidence to charge him with the crime of obstruction and policy prevented him from indicting the sitting president. You believe he committed you could charge the president of the United States with outbound obstruction of justice after he left office. One. Reporter lawmaker asked why the agents that helped with the investigation had donated to Democratic Candidates campaigns in the past, mueller responded with this. I have been in this business for almost 25 years. In those 25 years i have not had occasion to ask someone about their political affiliation. Mueller said today something his report did clearly conclude, he believed that russia interfered with our 2016 election and mueller added that is something every american should continue to be concerned about. Allie rasmus, ktvu fox 2 news. A federal judge in San Francisco is deliberating after hearing arguments from those for and against the rule that astricts asylum applications. Sara zendehnam was in the courtroom and joins us live. Reporter the hearing lasted an hour and cameras were not allowed inside. We sat inside for the hearing. The judge gave each side 45 minutes to make their case. Tuary covenant and he entire other groups were in the courtroom fighting for a temporary restraining order to block the Trump Administration asylum policy. The policy requires migrants who pass through another country on their way to the u. S. To apply for asylum in that country. This hearing started after the announcement that district judge Timothy Kelly in washington dc denied a temporary restraining order. The judge made it clear his decision wouldnt be based on the judges ruling. He says the two are independent of each other and wouldnt have aticket on what he would do. Aclu is one organization that filed a lawsuit arguing congress doesnt have an Asylum Agreement and the rule violates federal Immigration Law and Administration Procedure laws. After world war ii, the world came together and said we are not going to let this happen again. We are going to thosdangers. Thats always been the rule. Uniformly, this is an abrupt change, a dangerous change and one that should make everyone nervous whether or not they need asylum right now. Reporter u. S. Department of justice attorney scott stuart argued the government was entitled to enact a rule. Lawyers said the policy will help the overwhelming crush on the asylum system at the southern border. The judge will decide whether to grant a temporary restraining order issue a preliminary instruction or deny itout right. The motion is under submission and the judge says he will have a decision on that ruling by the end of today. Sara zendehnam, ktvu fox 2 news. San francisco investigators say tesla involved in a deadly crash over the weekend was not on auto pilot at the time of the crash. Police say this is according to preliminary information and they man to issue warps fores the ha to release documentation to show what the driver did before the crash. Benjamin dean was killed and his wife was injured in sundays crash. Kelly came bridge was arrested on charges of vehicular manslaughter and running a red light. She was not booked in to jail. Dmv offices are getting ready to open back up today after keeping their doors shut all morning long. The halfday closure is aimed to train employees to provide better service. Cristina rendon has more from the office in San Francisco. Reporter this is unprecedented they have never closed all of their offices statewide for half a day. This morning, they were training employees and re opening at 1 00 in the afternoon. They are calling this operation excellence. Dmv is training more than 5000 employees to process real id applications. They say there has been influx of applicationss that people tried to meet that federally mandated october 2020 deadline to get a real id. The governor says they are making changes, they added leadership and people say they are glad the training is happening but this was a bit of an inconvenience. Lost mys the over the weekend and i needed to get a paper identification to rent a car to go to las vegas for my sons basketball townment this weekend. Now i have to figure out another ways another option. I needed a drivers license renewal. I came early. It wasnt courageing to see the employees a this at this office cheer and smile. The training involves interactive exercises, role playing to figure out the best way to service our customers. Reporter reports by the governors strike team found wait times decreased by 58 minutes compared to last august and a drop in customers waiting more than two hours and kiosks will be added to dmv locations and this fall you can use your credit card at dmv locations. This is part of improving customer service. We want to make sure we have Consistent Service at every office across the state. Californians when they come to one of these offices deserve to be treated with respect. They let news half hour early and gave us numbers. Reporter employees getting train second just the beginning. Other employees will be trained for real id applications at a later date. Ftc fined facebook 5 billion for privacy violations. Believed to be one of the biggest penalties. The fine comes during a wider investigation in to privacy and security at big tech companies. As part of the ftc settlement, mark zuckerbergveto certify compliance with its own privacy programs. U. P. S. Is trying to catch up to its competition. The big changes the company is rolling out to get your packages delivered sooner and make drop offs easier. Uk welcome as new Prime Minister. Up next the transition austerer is a may leaves office and step we have been watching the temperatures swing all week long. Today we are on the upward tick. The hottest areas it will approach the triple digits and when the hottest areas could top 100 degrees. At at t we believe in access. The opportunity for everyone to explore a digital world. Connecting with the things that matter most. And because nothing keeps us more connected than the internet. Weve created access from at t california households with at least one resident who receives snap or ssi benefits. May qualify for Home Internet at a discounted rate of 10 a month. No commitment, deposit, or installation fee. Visit att. Com accessnow, to learn more. Britains out going Prime Minister teresa may gave her final farewell. Boris johnson and home, as h repairs to take on the challenge of uniting a country divided over brexit. Reporter former london mayor Boris Johnson takes over as the countrys new Prime Minister. The head of british politics facing an immediate challenge to deliver a brexit deal that his predecessor could not. She hoped her successor would have more luck in brokering a deal. As a conservative who stood on a conservative manifesto in 2017, delivering a Bright Future for this country. Reporter eu maintains it wont renegotiate a brexit agreement. Johnson says it will leave by the end of october with or without a deal. Here on the streets of london, brits have mixed fans on their new leader. Seems kind of jovial. Nobody seems to know what is going on at the moment. We need to move forward. Hopefully we can move forward. He is a uk donald trump. Parliament says it wont vote for a brexit without a withdrawal agreement. Cal fire crews making process on canyon fire burning in napa county, the fire burned 1 10th of a mile. Firefighters held the fire in the area. The fire is now 90 contained. If the wind does not pick up, it could be 100 contained in the next couple of days. The cause of the fire remains under investigation. Crews in contra costa stated a project aimed at preventing wild fires and using chain saws and weed trimmers to create fuel breaks. It is a 14mile project stretching from lafayette in to the east bay hills. Crews say the break could help stop a wild fire from spreading. The idea is to keep the fire if one occurs from getting up laddering, using the lower fuels to ladder up in to the crowns of the trees. Firefighters are ing Property Owners they need to create a Defensible Space around their homes with 100 feet of clear space. Pg e is hosting a rate meeting in oakland. They want to raise rates to pay for wild Fire Prevention and safety. The bill would go up 10 a month starting next year with increases coming in next three years. Two meetings were held at the California State Building on clay street. The first is at 1 00 this afternoon and second at 6 00 tonight. Insurance Companies Pay pg e owes 20 billion from wild fire claims and making a bid to take over the utility. The company filed a motion seeking to end the right to file a reorganization plan. They want to submit a plan on compensating wild fire victims and pg e creditors. We have a lot of sunshine, temperatures with the fog free conditions across most of the bay area. Live camera look towards San Francisco bay in the clear. It is a beautiful wednesday afternoon in San Francisco. Its a Beautiful Day when San Francisco warms to the 70s. Monsoonal pattern. Its bringing up moisture. Enough instability. We have thunderstorms again already developing towards portions of the sierra. We have mostly cloudy skies except some patchy fog near portions of the coastline, towards the marin and north this wednesday afternoon. Checking this on the current numbers. Warm readings. One sight in San Francisco the 79. Other locations in the lower 70s. Most areas in the 70s. Santa rosa 84. Livemore 91. Concord 87. Its warming up in the inland spots, that will be the theme all week long on through sunday with a little bit of help tomorrow, cooling relief in to your thursday forecast. The wind speeds, the key thing, more of a northerly wind. Yesterday we had a westerly wind. With that northerly wind it clears out the fog and that is what is happening for today. This area of High Pressure building in over the weekend. For thursday and friday, minor cooling as this system comes on board from the north. A shortterm deal. Look at the temperature trend, sit warm and hot today. El cooing off thursday and friday and temperatures spike up in to saturday sunday and for mbers, the warmest locations inland could be around 100 degrees for model afternoon, still showing you some patchy fog. Still lots of sunshine for the rest of the bay area. We showed you the moisture in from the south. That could be the case for tomorrow. This is thursdays we will have low clouds and fog and higher clouds added to the mix, especially towards the sierra, it could feel muggy with the change in the wind flow. Thats by thursday afternoon. Highs this afternoon, showing you mid to upper 90s. Sit hot inland by 3 00 or 4 00, santa rosa 90. San francisco mid70s. Basically, 75 to 79 degrees. San jose 88. San mateo 83. A warm wednesday. Some relief into thursday and friday. By saturday we are talking about triple digits. 80s around the bay and the beaches could be in to the lower 70s. Get ready, the heat will be around for a good portion of the week. 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Google denies it discriminated against Older Workers and job sookers. The company says it works hard to build an inclusive workplace. U. S. Will start delivering packages 7 days a week. They are looking to match fedex which announced in may it would start delivering on sundays. They will have package drop off locations, the Company Plans to hire additional drivers. Tesla is rolling out v3 super chargers, the lamest of its kind to the state. With 24 stations and 15 level 2 tesla wall connectors. It is part of the Green Initiative t. It will service 1500 drive as day. It helps to promote a low carbon initiative. Ford set to hire 45 workers as they lack to increase production of two vehicles. The movie is expected to take mace at the Assembly Plant in the chicago metro area. Officials aim to increase the manufacturing of the Ford Explorer and Lincoln Aviator models and ford will use the factory to build the interceptor used by law enforcement. The workers included in the new wave of hiring will be transitioned from parttime to fulltime roles within the company. The detroit based auto maker is investing 50 million to upgrade the chicago plant. Nissan is a is making changes that could include cutting jobs here in the bay area. Nissan has an office that oversees advanced technical development. The car maker says it plans to trim the work force after profits slipped to their lowest levels in nine years. Nissan is expected to cut 10,000 jobs jobs at the corporate offices and factories with the job cuts come from the factories. A teenage girl in antioch is called a hero what she did after hearing an explosion that led to a house fire last night. A brands new condo on the peninsula for less than 200,000. Officialses are praising a teenage girl after she helped rescue an infant from a burning home. She was having a sleep over last night when she heard an explosion and ran in to house and helped a woman out of the home. She went back to help the other woman who was in a wheelchair. It makes me feel good like shaking because it was like really scary. I didnt know if the house was going to explode. Fire Officials Say the fire started in a microwave. The roof. Started in the six people in all were displaced. Former special counsel Robert Mueller was asked about praise for wikileaks. Mueller said problem mat sick understatement. The president has been the afternoon attacking mueller and congressional democrats. There are reports out of puerto rico that ricardo rosiio

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