Transcripts For KNTV NBC Bay Area News At 11AM 20141009 : vi

Transcripts For KNTV NBC Bay Area News At 11AM 20141009

Exact age, did contract the enterovirus d68. If youre not familiar, this is a virus that can attack the respiratory system and in some cases can kill the patient. As i mentioned in this case, this child was treated in a hospital, eventually released and is in good condition. Because of privacy laws, thats all the Public Health department will say about this case. This person is the sixth person in the bay area to test positive for the virus. Alameda county has seen two cases, this virus is a concern because it is spreading nationwide. The cdc reporting today 664 cases since midaugust. Nearly all of them children with five dying from a respiratory infection. Kids with a history of wheezing or asthma are most vulnerable to contracting the virus. Whats noteworthy, enterovirus d68 is not new. It has been around for years. Its not clear why its manifesting itself more now. Now, there is no vaccine or specific treatment if you were to contract this virus. What doctors instead do is treat the symptoms, and the symptoms are mild for most. Fever, runny nose, sneezing cough, body aches, little bit of a cold flu symptom combination there. And if its severe, the symptoms can include wheezing and difficulty breathing. To keep yourself protected, you want to follow some obvious advice, wash your hands, if you have a sick kid, dont send them to school, and, of course, cover your mouth if you have a cough. Reporting live outside of Santa Clara County Public Health department, nbc bay area news. Thank you for keeping an eye on it. To the ebola virus. Doctors are hopeful a blood transfusion from the doctor who recovered from ebola will help the journalist still fighting it in omaha. While in texas, a community pauses to remember the firstever person to die of ebola in the u. S. Other folks are still asking many questions. Nbcs Chris Pollone joins us live from dallas. Folks are mourning the pass of this person but are wondering what does this mean about the containment of ebola . Reporter yeah, kris, here in dallas, they have wrapped the body of Thomas Eric Duncan and removed it for cremation. They are still monitoring those people who came in contact with him, trying to make sure that over a 21day period that he has not that none of them have come down with this disease, and now theres a family here that is anxiously awaiting some test results. Thats on a sheriffs deputy who got sick yesterday and he had been in duncans apartment. Dallas county Sheriffs Office Sergeant Michael monnig is in isolation at texas Presbyterian Hospital after getting sick wednesday. He had served quarantine orders to Thomas Eric Duncans family at the apartment where duncan first experienced symptoms of ebola. Health Officials Say its not likely monnig contracted the deadly virus, but they are not taking chances. Sometimes things do not turn out, but we cannot afford to make mistakes. Reporter many are asking if mistakes were made, he was initially sent home from the hospital, only to return two days later. The church duncans fiance attends paused wednesday night to pray for the family. Their pastor says troe has questions about what might have been. Shes thought he should have been admitted right away and should have taken this more seriously. Reporter 48 people who came in contact with duncan remain under close watch for ebola symptoms. Its a crucial week, as this is the most likely time people who were exposed to the disease would get sick. Amid growing fears about ebola, the federal government is said to start more rigorous screening of people arriving in the u. S. From west africa this weekend. It will happen at five major airports, which account for 95 of all passengers arriving from areas hardest hit by ebola. About 150 people a day. Were talking about per each airport, only a handful of people. Reporter this morning, a Hazardous Material cleaning company was seen leaving texas Presbyterian Hospital, the same company which decontaminated the apartment Thomas Eric Duncan shared with his family. And that cleaning company spent the entire night here at the hospital decontaminating duncans room and the hallways around it, and we have learned more about that sheriffs deputy, the hospital here says at this point today he is not showing any symptoms consistent with ebola and initial blood tests show he doesnt have the disease. They are waiting for more deeper running tests to come back a little later on today to confirm that it is not ebola. Live in dallas, Chris Pollone, nbc bay area news. Meanwhile, the two doctors who treated a spanish nurse who has ebola are now themselves in the hospital for observation in madrid. There are now six people being monitored at that facility, but a spokeswoman says it is just a precaution and none are showing ebola symptoms. Its a break in a case a san jose family has been waiting for. Police arresting three suspects for shooting a father to death. The suspects are luis gonzalez, alexander reyna, and michael castro. Richard watkins was killed while he was in the driveway of his own home off monterey road last month. Watkins, the father of two girls and had a son on the way, as well. Investigators are checking on the registered sex offenders who live in palo alto to see if any matches the descriptions of a man who exposed himself to two young girls. This sketch was released yesterday. Officers say this man is considered dangerous. Police think the man followed a 14yearold girl as she walked home from school on monday. That girl called 911 after he exposed himself to her. Then on tuesday, police think the same man did the same thing to a 10yearold girl who was walking her dog in the same area. Police have added extra patrols in the area in case he shows up again. New details now on the burglar posing as an i. T. Worker on the peninsula. Four Office Buildings have been hit by this guy in burlingame in the last month or so. The man walks in, claims to be there to check the internet, and after pretending to work, he leaves with items like wallets and computers. Businesses in san mateo and palo alto report similar incidents with the man and police have named him the i. T. Poser. Because he kind of looks like an i. T. Guy and is representing himself to be an i. T. Worker, but as you can see in the photo, he generally tends to wear the same type of clothing, wears a lanyard with a badge on it, no picture on it. Sometimes he puts it on his pants, sometimes on his shirt. Police say the lesson here is, businesses should always verify workers who are coming in are actually employed by the company they claim to represent. Investigators dont believe the i. T. Poser is dangerous. Whenever hes questioned or confronted, he does leave the building. Kind of awkward to question people in your building. Police are searching for a hitandrun driver who killed a motorcyclist in fremont yesterday on mission boulevard near warm springs. Police say a motorcyclist was headed down mission when the rear axle of a truck hit the bike and killed him. The truck driver left the crash scene. Witnesses say the truck was towing two chromecolored tanker trailers. Crews are battling a string of wildfires along the road to tahoe in applegate now near interstate 880. One lane between applegate and weimar cross road closed to traffic. About 80 buildings threatened. So far, 380 acres have burned and the fires just 10 contained. A major resource that cal fire uses to battle wildfires is out of commission once again today, those air tankers, and theres no word when they will be back in the sky. The entire fleet of air tankers has been grounded since a deadly crash in yosemite on monday. Mechanics will inspect each plane, thats protocol after any incident. Cal fire has more than 20 of the s2t tankers, meaning firefighters will have to battle the fire from the ground. It has already burned nearly 250 acres and is 10 contained. Highway 140 remains closed because of that fire this morning. And flags are flying at half staff this morning honoring the pilot who died in that air tanker crash, 62yearold Geoffrey Craig hunt was a retired navy pilot from san jose. There is a memorial growing outside the Hollister Air Attack base where he was based. Friends say hunt was a lot of fun and loved to joke. No word yet on when a Memorial Service will be held for him. You could be getting a refund in your wireless bill, all because of a federal investigation that found Companies Making charges of hundreds of millions of dollars in fees. Plus we have got an interesting change coming to your forecast. Beautiful conditions starting today. That will maintain for tomorrow. Then were going to heat you up just in time for fleet weekend, but heres the big weather story. Weve got rain and a lot of it on the way to the bay area. Measuring it in inches, now this is for next week, but if i piqued your interest, stick around, more about that when nbc bay area news at 11 00 comes right back. And we have breaking news affecting east san jose, where firefighters are battling a garage fire right now on gerard way near story road. Now, the fire is contained to just that one building and isnt spreading, but the concern for the outlying area is there could be live power lines on the ground. Pg e crews are on the scene trying to shut off the electricity for now, but avoid the area if you can, again, gerard and story. We will continue to follow this story for you, bring you the latest as we get it. A former livermore golf instructor who sexually abused three students learned his fate this morning. He was sentenced to 27 years in prison for abusing three boys between the ages of 12 and 17. He was giving them golf lessons at the time and was about to receive the 2013 junior golf Leadership Award from pga Northern California branch when he was arrested. He also pleaded guilty to try to hire a hitman to kill his victims while in jail. New video today showing a Mountain Lion pouncing on top of a car in san jose. You can see that Mountain Lion climb on top, look around the neighborhood. This all happened earlier this week. The home owner wants people in the neighborhood to see the video of this so they can make sure to be extra careful. The Mountain Lion may have come from a nearby park, which has open space and several trails. I was glad not to have that this morning. No lions, just bears on the market. Rough day on the stock market. One day after the dow had its best day of the entire year so far, 30 industrial is now down better than 300 points. Concern over Slower Growth in europe, anxiety over American Companies reports may be to blame. Tesla to announce something later today, we dont know what. This is the tweet that elon musk sent out last week, you see what appears to be a car peeking out of a garage there. What could it be . Lots of car experts think its the allwheel drive model s. The d there, maybe it stands for dual, like dual drive. Well see. Apple reportedly delaying production of its larger ipad. Wall street journal reports apple is struggling to keep up with demand of the iphone 6 and 6 plus. As a result, that has pushed production of the larger screen off until early next year. Those in the know say apples larger tablet will have a 13inch High Resolution screen. The news comes as apple sends out invitations to a special october 16th event, where it is expected to launch the next generation ipad air and possibly a new imac. You have one of those. I do. Mark zuckerberg giving a thumbs up to indias growing internet market. Today hes visiting parts of new delhi as part of a campaign to promote global connectivity, saying he wants to make the net accessible to those who cant afford to go online. Tomorrow hell meet with indias prime minister. If you are a at t wireless customer, you could have some money coming your way. The company will pay 105 million to settle allegations that it put unauthorized charges on your cell phone bills. Nbcs Peter Alexander shows us how. Reporter todays cell phone bills can be as long as they are confusing, but not reading that fine print could cost you. Maybe youve heard this and received a text message like this, and this is a real example. The placement of a donkeys eyes on its head enables it to see all four feet at all times. Random, right . At t customers were billed for unsolicited texts, or spam just like that to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars. They call this cramming, which means what . That means placing charges, cramming charges on bills that you dont know are there. Reporter now, at t will pay 105 million in penalties, including 80 million refunded to consumers for the unlawful billing, where the fees show up as an unauthorized 9. 99 subscription. At t says it discontinued billing for those charges last year. The ftc is currently suing tmobile for the same thing. You never check the bill to see if youre paying for it . No. Reporter youre thinking maybe i should . Yeah, i should. Reporter so heres our experts take away. You might get a spam text message, inclined to ignore it, thats a big mistake. You should probably run to your computer and check on your bill. Reporter look for vague terms like usage or service charges, watch out for 4. 99 or 9. 99 items, and check your total bill. If its higher than usual, call your provider and make sure you didnt get crammed. That was Peter Alexander reporting. If you have at t and you think you may have been unfairly charged, the federal government has set up a special website you can apply for a refund. Go to nbcnews. Com and search cramming. Well, fleet week is back in the bay after a oneyear hiatus because of budget cuts. Its a welcome sight for hundreds of thousands of people who look forward to the event. Stephanie chuang live in oakland, where the blue angels are lined up. Good morning. Reporter good morning to you, scott. Its that time of year again where you get ready to get throwbacks to your childhood. Its, of course, fleet week. The blue angels show, a huge highlight and sweet return, because as you mentioned last year due to budget cuts and sequestration, they had to ground the show. Im going to bring in Lieutenant Commander john hill. Thank you so much for joining us. Good morning. Good morning. Reporter can you tell us, first of all, how good it is to be back . So special to be able to drop into americas hometowns and backyards, and nobodys backyard is more beautiful than San Francisco, so we are ecstatic to be back here, this is the highlight of our season. To be a part of fleet week and have the whole fleet in town is really special for us. Reporter perfect. Now talk to us about all the tricks you guys do, and you were talking about how close you guys get to each other, its pretty amazing. This is towards the end of our season, so weve developed a tremendous amount of trust and integrity, so the right wing and left wing, well be within four to six inches, the number four will be tucked under my wing. Youll see a really tight formation. To be able to do that and showcase the ability and things the American Military is capable of in San Francisco is unique for us and were excited to do it. Reporter up to maybe as close as four to six inches . We dont start out that close together. Weve developed that trust and executed a crawl, walk, run mindset, were excited. Reporter perfect. How about the speed . People are watching it from, of course, on the ground and its amazing from here, but up there its even more. Its a dynamic and impactful show and i think people will be excited. Youll see the Broad Spectrum of the capabilities. Were excited to showcase that. Im lucky to get these weird snapshots in time, you know, in my periphery as im flying, ill see the Golden Gate Bridge as im rolling upsidedown or alcatraz in the background, and those sort of snapshots in time are the memories ill take with me for the rest of my time. Reporter oh, my gosh, thank you so much. Anything else you want to say . Youre going to be up in the air again today . Sure will, 1 00 and 4 00, 3 00 p. M. The rest of the weekend. I want to make sure people understand how hard that our maintainers work to have these jets ready to go. These are the oldest in the navy, so its a testimony to our Maintenance Crew and enlisted personnel to have the jets ready to go every day. Reporter absolute teamwork, thank you so much. Youll see him at a different vantage point, up there in the sky. The real shows are happening 3 00 in the afternoon saturday and sunday. Of course, you cant miss it. Its a great show. Live in oakland, stephanie chuang, nbc bay area news. I would say hes up there in the sky right now. He made stephanie look tiny. One year we went for the practice session because we struggle for parking and it was the year that was cancelled because of the fog. Practice, beautiful. Hopefully, youll be able to see it this year. Christina loren has a look at that. Youll be able to see it this year. In fact, we have some heat coming our way, scott, kris, everybody at home. But for San Francisco, youre going to get some really comfortable conditions. Its going to be hot out in the trivalley over the weekend, but today is really, really nice. The clouds are starting to burn off, even in the south bay its cool out there. 63 degrees. 65 for San Francisco, and 61 degrees, slow clearing taking place in the north bay. You can see all that cloud cover banked up against the city of San Francisco. The next couple hours, temperatures will really start to climb, now that the sun is coming out. 73 degrees for the east shore. Thats a picture of the Oakland Hills and you can see how clear it is th

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