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Transcripts For KGO ABC7 News 500AM 20170516

Through 4 00 torch morning so we should be okay once we get through the evening commute. The crash i just told you about in San Francisco cleared in the last couple moments so were back to a quiet start. No significant issues, walnut creek, southbound 680, still wide open. The Central Valley, this is our only spot for slowdowns this early. 22 miles an hour, 16 miles an hour on 205 to 580. Nothing unusual there. Just typical delays. We have one new minor issue in the napa area. Well check on that next. Alexis, thank you. Press briefing at the white house after reports President Trump shares classified information with russia. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are calling on the president to explain himself. The white house insists he did nothing wrong and this morning the president is explaining himself a little. The president taking to twitter to defend his conversation with russias foreign minister and also dorp. He tweeted a short time ago as president i wanted to share with russia at an openly scheduled white house meeting which i have the absolute right to do facts pertaining to terrorism and Airline Flight safety. Humanitarian reasons plus i want russia to greatly step up their fight against isis and terrorism. So this morning the president denying reports he shared any inappropriate information. Reggie, back to you. Jess, for more on this, the information the president relayed in last weeks Oval Office Meeting came from a u. S. Ally through an intelligencesharing agreement and this morning democrats and republicans are expressing concern he may have given enough information away to jeopardize our sources identity and relationship with allies. Abc news legal expert dan abrams weighs in on the legality of the conversation. This happened moments ago on good morning america. The president has the ability as a legal matter to declassify anything at any time. The way the classification system is set up is for the president and so the president can then make that decision. The president S National Security adviser says the president didnt disclose any military operations that werent already publicly known. As abc 7 News Reporter katie utehs reports, thats still not appeasing bay area lawmakers. Congress cannot be powerless. Reporter bay area congressional leaders are fired up following reports that the president shared classified intelligence info with russian ambassadors last week. We cannot have the president of the United States being casually loose lipped. Reporter congressman Jared Huffman says the closed door nature of the meeting is problematic. The fact that he would have this meeting closed to the United States press corps, the world press corps, open apparently to state press for russia and that he would divulge sensitive classified information, its yet another brick in the wall. Reporter swallow says Congress Must learn what was said. I want the administration to come to congress and tell us what was said. Reporter the president does have the power to declassify information. Maybe he can retroactively declassify information to clean up these messes he keeps getting into but at some point it becomes so damaging to this country that congress has to step up. Reporter swalwell has introduced legislation calling for an independent to investigate russias involvement in the 2017 election. He wants a special prosecutor and to freeze any change of policy towards russia while the investigation is open but he needs the support of his republican colleagues some 21 of them. In the east by a, katie utehs, abc 7 news. A movement is growing to support a san rafael father detained by ois. Friends, family and a congressman want the government to release the undocumented immigrant who they say has been a valuable part of the community. Amy hollyfield is live in San Franciscos financial district. Amy . Reporter good morning, reggie, officials at i. C. E. Dont sound like they are going to budge but friends and family say they will keep fighting. Here is a picture of hugo mejia and his wife. The couple has three children. His wife says he showed up for a construction job at Travis Air Force base two weeks ago and never came home. Now his San Rafael Community is rallying to get him released. His congressman says his only offense was showing up for work. His wife says through a translator that the family needs him. Shes very afraid. She is afraid to be here alone with her children. Mr. Mejia is being detained in a prison condition with violent criminals. He is a lawabiding upstanding member of this community. I. C. E. Provided this statement saying mejia unlawfully entered the u. S. After being previously deported in 2001. Mr. Mejia will remain in i. C. E. Custody pending court proceedings. Congressman huffman says he is appealing to i. C. E. To give him due process and release this man. Live in San Francisco, amy holyfield, abc 7 news. An investigation is under way into an attack at the pittsburgh bay point bart station. Police say a woman carrying a twoyearold was trying to hitchhike a ride from the station sunday night. Another woman refused to give her a lift and the suspect beat the driver with a rock. The attacker is still on the run this morning. The victim suffered minor injuries. The wife of the Alameda County sheriffs Deputy Arrested for a deadly dui crash is facing new alcoholrelated charges. On the left you see a mug shot following yarenit mallihans arrest. Then on the right fridays arrest when she was found on the ground in pleasanton. Police arrested her for being drunk in public. This is her third alcohol or drugrelated arrest. She was pulled over in pleasanton for driving under the influence with her tenyearold in the car months before the dwi crash in san ramon. We are learning more about the crash that killed two men at lake barryessa last week. The plane crashed shortly after. Thats from the ntsbs preliminary accident report. Icon aircraft owns the plane. The company says its pilot was flying with a new person on board to the person about amphibious aircraft. Dejuan rice reportedly shod and is linked to another murder that happened days before. Rice has been indicted for both murders. At the time of the crimes, he was in a Richmond City program called the office of neighborhood safety. It provides mentoring, guidance and payment for young men with the goal of reducing gun violence. Police say the victims in both murders that race is connected to were shot to death. A woman is accused of causing 10,000 worth of damage to a south bay preschool. Police arrest ee eed momila. It happened at the montessori school. Rooms were ransacked, furniture destroyed. The damage was so extensive the school was closed for repairs. Its not clear if monila had any connection to the school. Look at the ways Northern California honored peace officers memorial day. The office of Emergency Services posted this photo of the Memorial Monument in sacramento. You can see san rafaels police chief diana bishop tweeting out this video of a flag flying at halfstaff yesterday. Then far over here you can see campbells Police Department posting this photo of the citys water tower lit up in blue to honor the officers who lost their lives in the line of duty. Well start with a look at whats going on. It should been a Golden Gate Bridge but its wall nut creek. You can see traffic moving south towards 24 from 680. If youre on the bay it will be breezy. Maybe nice for sailing and for doing some kite surfing there. How about them flock walking the dog. Thinking about taking a walk . Not too hot. Probably our coolest day, most comfortable, exercising same thing. Not as much sunshine but wear the sunscreen. 49 in westportal, financial district, glen park. Everyone else around 50, ocean beach 51. Union city and palo alto at 53. Santa clara, richmond and tracy at 51. Walnut creek and American Canyon at 50. 44 in petaluma. 69 in l. A. 82 in palm springs. Look at tahoe, rain and snow showers, same thing for yosemite. 46 in tahoe. For us the cool highs hold one more day, 59 to 66. Signs of spring tomorrow. 70s develop inland and look the 80s return, the warmth thursday but im not finished there. How about 90s . How about for three or four days . Your weekend forecast and the chance of a stray shower, well look at that next. Heres alexis. We have one new issue in the north bay, although this sounds minor. This is in the napa area where state route 121 and state route 12 intersect. We have a two car crash. Everyone is out of their vehicle, theyre exchanging information so this sounds like it will be clear and its not a major blocking issue. Not seeing any yellow or reds. The bay bridge toll plaza is still looking great and the metering lights should flip on in the next 15 minutes so i will let you know as soon as that happens. Well look at drive times coming up at 5 20. How would you like to go to napa valleys bottle rock festival for free . Theres a way but theres a catch. And were getting incredible drone video this morning. Killer whales having fun off the coast right here in Northern California. Amazing. And new robots on campus. And new robots on campus. Where these what bad back . Gels work so fast youll ask what pulled hammy . Advil liqui gels make pain a distant memory nothing works faster stronger or longer what pain . Advil. Fortified. Tored. Replenished. Emerge everyday with emergenc packed with b vitamins, antioxidants, electrolytes plus more vitamin c than 10 oranges. Why not feel this good everyday . Emerge and see. We are back at 5 13. Very interesting view from drone view 7. What youre looking at here is the extensive aftermath of a fire that gutted a construction site in emeryville. The fire started in a stairwell. The same location as one that burned the construction site just 10 months ago. Abc 7 news was on where crews dug through the wreckage. Investigators are viewing Surveillance Video to see if this was set on purpose. The owner doesnt understand why someone would want to do this but says this wont stop him. We have to take a deep breath and look at the needs of the building and what our Insurance Company says and what the city inspectors say but well build it. When its finishe, the building will have 105 apartments and be home to several community groups. New concerns about caffeine after the death of a South Carolina teenager. On april 26, he collapsed and died in a classroom for whats being called a cardiac event. Officials say in the two hours leading up to his death he consumed a large diet mountain dew, a cafe latte from mcdonalds an an energy drink. Like all parents we worry about our kids as they grow up, their safety, their health, especially once they start driving, but it wasnt a car crash that took his life, instead it was an energy drink. Cripe had no Family History of heart issues and experts are encouraging parents to monitor their childrens caffeine intake. The first freeway camera system will be rolled out in the east bay, droneview 7 gives us a look at i80 near hill top and richmond where a sophisticated vision of cameras and microphones will show off ramps. The chp says there have been 90 shootings on bay area freeways in the last year and a half. In the last year and a half. Eight were deadly. Officials say known hot spots will soon be on camera. Napa valleys annual bottle rock festival just over a week away and organizers are still looking for volunteers. People are needed for the green team to help guests dispose of their trash, recycling and compost. Shifts are four hours and volunteers are welcome to stay after their shift to enjoy the festival. Bottle rock is next friday through sunday, maroon five, tom petty and the heart breakers and the foo fighters are all headliners. The oakland as stop sales tomorrow for a pass of 19. 99 a month and a 5 that gets fans into the game. 2,000 have been sold. The team will stop selling the passes tomorrow at 5 00 p. M. Because its reached capacity. Passes for july, august, and september will go on sale at a later date. A team of small robots is wheeling around uc berkeley and they are bringing you food. I dont know what i would have done if i was an undergrad. Gained more weight. True. Theyre part of a food delivery called kiwi. The Student Newspaper recently the Student Newspaper recently feature it had the app allows people to order food on demand. They go faster than i anticipated. This is funny to me. About 15 robots are operating around campus. If this idea looks familiar, youre right, a similar robot is making food deliveries in san carlos, this is part of a Pilot Program by online food app post mates. Did not need more help with the freshman 15 i think. Im confused because if theres a person with the robot, what i is a robot thereto . I think eventually there is a goal. All this eventually. He wants it now. Hey, mike. Have to have patience with this new technology. Clouds are encroaching from the north even radar returns showing up to the north. That will keep us cooler than average. We have beta breakers this weekend, bottle rock next weekend. Its been cool for so long you forget we here in the summer festival season. The flag will be uncurled later today as winds kick up around 20, 25 Miles Per Hour across the Golden Gate Bridge. Sunshine and warmer weather rebounds as quickly as tomorrow and warm to hot inland this weekend. Todays temperatures mid to upper 50s. About 62 to 67 for the rest of us. You can see during the afternoon hours the Central Valley in the north bay, there you go along the Santa Cruz Mountains an isolated shower possible there. By tomorrow morning that chance is already moving to the south. Clouds are opening, look at these cool conditions, mid40s to low 50s. Hour by hour at 7 00 heres the cloud cover increasing, a stray shower across the north bay up until 11 00. As we get to 1 00, you can see Santa Cruz Mountains, north bay, a stray shower developing but as the cold front starts to roll through plus a little bit of the heating of the day 5 00 we see more stray showers develop. Theyre all green which means theyll be fairly light but theyll hang around until 4 00 tomorrow morning. A couple hundredths of an inch of rain. Tomorrow 50s at the coast but 70s for the rest of us. 60s thursday. 70s and 80s bay and inland. 80s and 90s for friday saturday and sunday. Its about to change. Alexis . Things are doing okay on the roads. A strange issue in San Francisco. Southbound 101 before you get to 280 chp has reports of a large wheelie dumpster that is partially in lanes three and four. That would be on the righthand side. Not sure how big it is but thats not something you want to hit with your vehicle. They have a crew on the way. Theyre saying there arent any vehicles in the area that may have lost that. Quick checkout side at the richmond side of the Richmond San Rafael bridge. Very quiet, thats how most of the bay area looks. Our only exception westbound 580 tracy to dublin. Southbound 680 about 16, and 101 to cupertino looks minutes. In todays gma first look, a surprising revelation from the fiance of former nfl star aaron hernandez. She claims his death in a massachusetts correctional facility was not a suicide. Heres abcs reporter speaking out for the First Time Since the death of her fiance aaron hernandez, appearing on dr. Phil. He informed me that, indeed, aaron was deceased and at first i thought it was a hoax. Police ruled hernandezs death a suicide after he was found hanging in his jail cell last month. I dont think this was a suicide. He was very positive, so excited to come home. Reporter hernandez was serving a life sentence for the 2013 murder of his friend odin lloyd. That conviction erased by a massachusetts judge following his death but his fiance believes he died an innocent man. I had asked him if he was involved and he said no. Thats all i needed. At 7 00 a. M. , dan abrams weighs in live on the case with your gma first look, im kendis gibson, abc news new york. Another breaking news update here. Another car fire to report in the east bay this morning and this time it comes from rodeo. Look at this video we just got, you can see a van parked on the side of the street. Its completely gutted out on railroad avenue near third street. The rodeo Hercules Fire Department put out the fire this morning. You you remember last week there were seven suspicion car fires in the east bay. A 36yearold man was arrested on suspicion of more than 40 arson fires in contra costa county. No word if this is perhaps a copy cat or unrelated. Reggie, natasha, back to you. Up next, the seven things you need to know as you start your day. And whats causing landlords in alameda to protest, despite voters rejecting a measure to limit rent increasing. Limit rent increasing. Lets tech when your windshield needs to be fixed. Trust safelite autoglass. For these parents, driving around was the only way to get their baby to sleep. So when their windshield got cracked. Customer we cant drive this car. Tech . They wanted it fixed right. So they scheduled with safelite. Our exclusive trueseal Technology Means a strong, reliable bond, every time. At safelite, we stand behind our work. Bye, bye. Because the ones you love, sit behind it. parents whisper jingle safelite repair, safelite replace. 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