Robert mueller repeated his assertion from the morning hearing that russia stood to benefit the most with donald trump in the oval office. Direct dur the instructor, who did the russian social Media Campaign ultimate intent to benefit . Hillary clinton or donald trump . Donald trump reporter afterwards, the president reacted. This was a bad day for the democrats so Robert Mueller did a poor job. Reporter robin miller did tell lawmakers he wanted make a correction to something he said this morning, saying he did not charge the president because the office of Legal Counsel would not permit it. Rather, he could not determine if the president committed a crimhill, lauren blanchard, foxnews. Date abuse political analyst, brian sobel is here now. Brian, at the end of the day, what, if anything was gained by having Robert Mueller testify . I think it was a reminder to the American People that there are nation states that dont care for our democracy and will undermine if they can pick we are talking about the russians, the chinese and north koreans and iranians and it is ongoing and we will see more of it in the coming election year. Do you think that democrats are feeling dejected or deflated . It wasnt the day they were hoping for. Do you think their impeachment process bubble was deflated today and will they move forward with impeachment . Im sure they are canvassing the folks to see if they can pick up some people interested in moving ahead with impeachment. The problem is the American People are, ambivalent about whether they want to see an impeachment. Number two is the election around the corner. The third is the expense. Impeachment may be off the table and we get that from speaker pelosi. You get the sense that at some point people are tired of all of this and this is going on in washington but the general people, the general public cares about healthcare, a job, things like that . Absolutely. At the end of the day, the democrats, as they ramp up to the election, need to talk to the American People about the issues beyond this probe that has been going on for so very long. If they want to topple donald trump, if they want to replace him as president , they have to have a plan and i think the longer they go with this furtherance of the hearings and things, the more theyre not getting to the issues that people want to hear about. This was highly anticipated. It was a long investigation. A lot of tax dollars were spent pick do you think that people are, like you said, tired about it but, i lost my train of thought, where do we go from here . I mean, what is next . One of the questions is, did we learn anything more today . If you read the miller report, everything was there. We did not hear a whole lot more. Julie, to your question, it became kind of a show and maybe it was just people trying to make points but at the end of the day, weve got to get back to the business of the election. I wanted to ask about Robert Mueller himself. A lot of people said it was painful to watch, he wasnt sharp, wasnt focused, could not answer questions, would not answer questions more than 200 of them. Do you think in the end there will be no questions now as to who is actually running the investigation, Robert Mueller or his team of associates . Yes there are going to questions and the thing he could have said and reiterated today is, this was a 448 page report prepped or prepared by lots of people. Im not going to know every citation and everything. I can give you the overarching results of this report but specifics, you know, im going to have to refer to the document. At the end of the day, he looked like he had a rough time out there and he is going to be 75 in august on the seventh this year. Not that that is all but maybe the combination of the work and Everything Else has fatigued him. Going back to the foreign interference. Regardless of whether you think President Trump is good or bad, one of the things that did come out of the testimony today was just how serious this foreign interference is and at one point, Robert Mueller said they are doing it as we sit here and they expect to do it in the next campaign. Yeah. This is serious stuff. Absolutely and every american ought to take a hard look at this because if your vote can be moved to another person or anything else, that is the most extreme example, or otherwise, influenced, then democracy is at stake here and the nation states have a reason to undermine our democracy and we have to be on guard for this. Fine, we will leave it at that. Thank you for your input tonight. I appreciated. Absolutely. For more indepth coverage of the Robert Mueller testimony, you can find it on our webpage, ktvu. Com. The south Korean Military says they fell into the sea after launching two missiles and flying 265 miles. The u. S. Joint chiefs of staff are analyzing the launches. North korea said next week they may lift their suspension of nuclear and missile testing to protest upcoming military drills between the United States and south korea. San Francisco Police say an officer was sent to the hospital after crashing on his motorcycle today. The collision happened on turk street near leavenworth. The officer was on patrol on his tactical Honda Motorcycle when he crashed in the tenderloin. The officer is being treated for nonlifethreatening injuries. He is reportedly in stable condition at Zuckerberg San Francisco general hospital. Also in San Francisco, investigators say preliminary information reveals the tesla involved in sundays deadly crash in the tenderloin was not on autopilot mode at that time. The driver, 21yearold Kelsey Cambridge was arrested. A mr. Reader it a misdemeanor vehicular homicide and running a red light. Police say they analyzed the data on the car to investigate the events. Benjamin dean of clovis was killed and his wife kelly, seriously injured. Palo alto police is defending itself against charges that several officers violated a suspects civil right. Attorneys for Gustavo Alvarez said the officers roughed up their client while arresting him and lied about it and police reports. Their case focuses on this Surveillance Video you are watching behind me. South bay reporter, jesse gary tells us about the lawsuit and the departments response. It is aimed at deterring this type of unlawful behavior, this dishonest behavior by the police. Reporter attorney south and lays out hundreds of pages of evidence he says prove 4 Palo Alto Police officers are unfit to wear a badge. Come on reporter the case centers on this home Surveillance Video from the rough arrest of Gustavo Alvarez in 2018. Officers initially tried to conduct a traffic spot stop because according to a police report, the subject was known to have a suspended license. The report says suspect was seen driving in the roadway but Surveillance Video doubled i i didnt. I didnt. Reporter alvarez makes a hand gesture and goes back into his mobile home. The officers leave for a few minutes and calls him back up. Now several officers return demanding he surrender. He eventually kicks in the door, grabs the suspect and with help, throws him onto the hood of a car. Benitez reports says officers moved to make an arrest. Since officers had two charges against him, driving on suspended license and resisting officers. It goes on to say agent destefano and i put alvarez on the hood of his car was where he was handcuffed. No other force was done. But the Surveillance Video shows him slamming him into the windshield. You are going to be bleeding a whole lot more. Not a single one of those officers reported the incident correctly or inform their superiors about the use of force, the use of force, violence, will unlawful acts by Sergeant Benitez were specifically omitted from his report. They were omitted from officer condes report. Reporter Palo Alto Police claim officers deprived alvarez of his Fourth Amendment right. Palo alto police referred us to the city manager who issued a statement which says in part, the Police Department has procedures and investigate allegations of misconduct and hold officers accountable if mark misconduct has occurred. Only sergeant but he does is on administrative duty. The others are working their normal shifts. These officers have no business being peace officers. They are dishonest, violent and have a veil of secrecy they have created. Reporter jesse gary, ktvu fox2 news. Police have arrested two men accused of robbing a concord bowling and entertainment venue last spring. Concord Police Arrested 37year old Vincent Timmons and 43 yearold Gary Delahunt to yesterday. The two men forced two employees into a back room with their hands tied and stole cash. Delahunt it was a Security Guard at round one and investigators say he was working the night of the robbery. He is also on parole for assault with a deadly weapon. Timmons is on parole for kidnapping. Two men are charged with prosecuting the suspects in the ghost ship warehouse fire. Hear why current and former colleagues say they are perfect for the role. Grand total is 19,000 193 and . 43. Compared to . 6343. That is the cost of living in a high fire danger area. There may soon be a Homeowner Insurance crisis. The heat is on. 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The increase would pay for wildfire presenting prevention programs. It would add 20 to the average gas and electric bill. 20 . That could be, some people have to make a decision whether they are going to buy groceries or pay the utility bill. We cannot afford to be paying anymore. We are going to be paying bailout charges for the wildfire, we are going to be paying higher rates for electricity and gas. Now, this is absolutely disgusting. Another Public Meeting on the rate hike is set for 6 pm tonight in oakland. Businesses crushed by never ending construction projects. Now, San Francisco is looking at using city funds to keep those businesses afloat. Tremors Christien Kafton is a long van ness avenue aside one of those years long transportation projects. Reporter yes, frank, we are in what could best be described as a Construction Zone that stretches on four blocks in that direction and blocks on the north. Businesses tell us the ongoing construction is destroying their businesses. Now, the city of San Francisco is debating whether businesses devastated by City Construction progress you get 0 Interest Rate loans or grants to say afloat. Construction on geary boulevard has been underway 3 years and has a projected financial finished date in 2021. Businesses like cross the golden gate says the constant work is killing their business. The project is dismantling my business. And not slowly. It is not slowly over time. It is crashing. Reporter danielle started crossfit golden gate seven years ago and says her business has dropped steadily since construction started because she does not get help soon, she says she wont make it. Ive had less foot traffic so someone recently told me they thought i was closed. 4 on tuesday, San Francisco leaders debated on how to save businesses. 5 million has been set aside and eight construction mitigation fun. The question is whether the city should issue 0 interest loans that would be self sustaining for future projects as they are repaid or as some supervisors are now advocating, a grant system to save struggling businesses. Loans are not going to help solve the problem for businesses, Small Businesses in particular that are losing money due to construction so we have to give them money and give them grants so they can stay whole. Reporter he says of the city does help, and she manages to survive, how can she grow her business with a new loan for tens of thousands of dollars hanging over her head . It doesnt. Make. Sense. I need a subsidy for the income ive lost, not just a loan to survive this. City leaders and the sf npr expected to formalize plans on how they are going to help Small Businesses by september. Keep in mind there are already a number of Major Construction projects in the pipeline including mission boulevard, gary boulevard and city leaders are saying it is critical that they get the program in place and ready before the projects get underway to save Small Businesses throughout the city. Live in San Francisco, Christien Kafton, ktvu fox2 news. Christian im wondering, how bad is it on van ness . Looking behind you you can see the construction project seems to go on for blocks and blocks. Reporter yes, frank and it goes on for blocks and blocks and has been going on for years and years. We showed you a moment ago, one of the other aspects to this is, keep in mind, we will turn over here and show that, it moves traffic a li well so people whether they live in the area or have to drive through the area are impacted and imagine if you had a Small Business here and your business is a whole two lanes away from those cars that are traveling by . It is hard to get people to notice your business, to stop by and drop in and try out your gym or your office or whatever you have going on here on geary boulevard. A point well taken. Chryst and captain on venice in San Francisco, thank you. A fire in Solano County has burned more than 180 acres near venetia. The fire broke out just after 10 00 this morning and is 50 contained. From sky fox you can see crews knocking down the fire picket started on the right shoulder of southbound interstate 680 near marsh view and lopes road. The chp says traffic on 680 has not been affected and there is no word that any structures are threatened. A wildfire in Northern Arizona just outside flagstaff has now burned more than 1800 acres. The museum fire is just 10 contained and there are some evacuations in effect in the rural area. There is wet weather in the forecast today through friday. Crews say the rain will help them fight the fire but residents in the area so they are worried about the possibility for flash flooding. Come inside come inside the power of Severe Weather on cape cod. This video shows the moment a tornado ripped off the roof of the cape sands inn in yarmouth, massachusetts. The tornado was in ef1 with winds of up to 110 miles per hour. There is no report of any injuries, even though the building had to be condemned. Lets bring in chief meteorologist, bill martin. I lived in rhode island for 4 years. I dont ever remember a hurricane pick we will get noreasters, i dont remember a tornado. We get hurricanes a noreasters. Is it unusual to get eight tornado . Yes, like tornado in portland or Something Like that. It is unusual to get them that far north because, for a lot of reasons, they are more likely to get them in the plains where you have the golf moisture and the cool Continental Air but when you get that far north, you dont have that gulf moisture to fuel those things so it is unusual. I was thinking the same thing as soon as i saw it. It is kind of strange but it happens. Just like here, we do see ef1 tornados, one or two year in california especially in the Central Valley. This weekend, not tomorrow but this weekend, temperatures are going to be on the hot side. We are looking at a excessive heat watch that will turn to a heat advisory on saturday and sunday. This is for reading and south of fresno. These are big numbers, 105, 106, 110. We are getting summer right now. We have not had a lot but here it is in here is what it looks like. Not record temperatures, not anything way out of the ordinary come just summer. It has been cool and mild and now we are also getting some tropical moisture coming up. It is called the north american monsoon. It happens every year around july and august. It is a w