Director Robert Mueller who once served as u. S. Attorney in San Francisco. The white house was blind sided by the announcement getting 30 minute heads up coming 24 hours after james comey kept notes of his meeting with the president. Washington is in shock because the white house gets hit with a third bomb shell in just as many days and now lawmakers and the administration are scrambling to respond. In a week of breaking development. I mean obviously thats a step in the right direction. A major decisn from the department of justice. Very solid and significant step. The department of justice appointed a special council to take over the investigation of the russian interference with the 2016 president ial campaign. Whatever investigation goes on will be headed by bob mueller former director of the fbi and renowned lawyer. Now mueller has ability to take the matter before a grand jury and issue subpoenas and will have the daunting task of addressing all of the recent controversy surrounding the white house. Take all that together and then assess is this obstruction or not. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are showing cautious signs of optimism. This takes the politics out of it, hopefully, this has gotten too political. President trump released a statement saying this investigation will only prove that his campaign did nothing wrong. Reporting from washington, abc 7 news. Robert mueller has strong ties to the bay area, he worked as a litigator out of law school until 1976. And he then moved to the San Francisco office where he became chief of the criminal decision. And he again left in 1982 and came back in 1988 as u. S. Attorney for the Northern District of california. We just spoke with the u. S. Attorney here who served under him. I think its great, by incontributory negligeni integri integrity, commitment,p no one is better than Robert Mueller. Hes served in the process of investigation and i think he will do a very thorough job. Up until today mueller was working at a d. C. Law firm and resigned from that right away to accept this responsibility and said he will discharge to the best of his ability. That investigation will include subpoena powers. The Dow Jones Industrial average fell nearly 373 points. Nasdaq dropped. And s p down 43. Investors are concerned congress will be tied up in investigation instead of passing legislation like tax reform. Issues being raised 47yearold Pedro Aguilar in handcuffs has gone viral. We have the latest. Why was an arrest being conducted. Why was he being asked for his identification. Those questions being asked by activities following the rest of pedro seen here sitting on the ground in handcuffs. This picture caused so much pain for people and touched a nerve at a time when theres such a crisis of confidence in sheriffs. Today the Sheriffs Office responded sayg fruit vendors are typically not seen in this neighborhood. It was a neighbor who called to have him removed. This case would not have ended in an arrest had the person not tried to push past our deputy and try to run and flee. Theres a lot of folks in oakland all over oakland selling stuff, im sure they dont have permits but all theyre doing is trying to make a living. During the arrest was discovered that he had an ankle monitor and is on probation. Sheriffs office will not cooperate with immigration officials to have him deported. The sheriffs job is not immigration enforcement. We have plenty of work to do. Latest figures show arrests up by 41 compared to last year. Not clear where he will end up of in oakland, abc 7 news. A federal judge in seattle blocked nationwide enforcement to prevent nonprofit to obtain Legal Assistance providing certain Legal Assistance to immigrants. The seize and assist order a judge said will violate constitutional rights. List of charges accused of arsonist jameiss bishop accused of eleven car fires in may. Officers took him into custody in benicia. Today he was charged with 26 counts of arson and investigators are looking into at least 30 more car fires he may be connected to. They identified his car capture ud on Surveillance Video near the fire scenes. As these incidents occurred we became very concerned and accelerated our coordination and were very relieved to have him in custody. He was convicted in Los Angeles County for rain of child in 19 9d 3 and receiving stolen property in 2010. Emotional testimony from the sister of sierra la mar as juriojury wiped away tears as danielle described her relationship with her sister. She testified about the day sierra disappeared saying, quote, there were cops everywhere and i knew it wasnt good. It is up to the jurors to decide whether Garcia Torres receives the Death Penalty for life in prison. Animal rescue group is increasing reward offer to 10,000 coming after 12 dead dogs were found. Investigators determined a dea goat found in the same area yesterday is unrelated to the dog case. A San Francisco family really needs help solving a myster mystery, to find he his missing husband, who is an uber driver, his wife is worried that a passenger may got him tangled in some kind of trouble. Hes been missing for four days and the kiss miss him so badly. They call out for his name. They call his phone. They ask me when is daddy coming home. San Francisco Police are having a hard time tracking him, his cellphone is turned off and the gps on his mercedesbenz is not working. Uber informed us they dont believe he went missing while on the uber platform. They are working with sfpd on the investigation and urge anyone with information to call police immediately. Up next precaution under way at south bay schools after hundreds of students became sick. And whales are back in the bay, and we have a expert who has a good reason why. And temperatures responding nicely with numbers climbing in coming days. And real life Jerry Springer show, a celebration among teens youre going to be hanging out in here. So if you need anything, text me. Do you play . Use the chase mobile app to send money in just a tap, to friends at more banks then ever before. You got next . Chase. Helping you master whats now and whats next. At crowne plaza we know Business Travel isnt just business. Theres this. a bit of this. Why not . Your hotel should make it easy to do all the things you do. Which is what we do. Crowne plaza. Were all business, mostly. The sunll come out for people with Heart Failure, tomorrow is not a given. 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We spoke with school staff and parents. Remember germs are everywhere, whats the best way to wash away the germs. For a number of tstudents in the south paw south south bay. Over 140 students became sick with stomach flu. Principle is reminding parents even when kids are symptom free they still need to stay home for 48 hours. Realtime information that is honest but more importantly supports what they can or shouldnt do. So far hacienda magnet reported most cases at a Single School with more than 90 kids dealing with nauseous, diarrhea. They will kbe home doing their homework. I came to pick up their sprouts lesson. So well keep them busy. At each of the schools impacted high touch surfaces are being wiped down with bleach. The play structure and playground equipment were off limitsuring recess and cleaning crews are coming in after hours to do an extra scrub. Making sure that the kids who do get infected stay home for a while and dont reintroduce the virus back into the schools. Open houses and school plays have been cancelled as a precaution. District officials evaluating on a case by case basis. Abc 7 news. Air quality Officials Say they determine the cause of a rotten egg smell in richmond last december. Today bay area officials announced four violations in the chevron refinery in richmond in connection to that odor saying it was sulfur odor, chevron denies the charge but agreed to pay 18 1 181,000 in fines. Chevron believes it is unlikely the flare something source of the orders. A school potentially to be split in two different districts. We might lose special education programs. Transitional kindergarten program. A school that draws 600 schools from concord, wul nut creek and clayton but he worries his halls could be half district. It could take about 53 of our population and 15 to 20 members of our staff. Theres a movement to pull 4200 of students to north gate new district. Highland wouldnt move but 300 of its students could. Concerned for my kids. Its their first year at highland and its a little bit scary. The parents get a choice for the first time ever. Jim sits on the board leading the effort. He says hilands families could stay right where they are. Families will have the option to transfer in but also to transfer out if they prefer a Neighborhood School like highlands. Absolutely if they cut the funding for it. My sons graduating but ds behi. The contra county board of education is expected to decide on the north gate petition by the end of the summer. Abc 7 news. Well, theyre back for the second year in a row, oils have ventured into San Francisco bay. We captured whales breaking into the waters early this season. It is their feeding season so on the look out for krill and anchovies. Were going to keep a look out to see if it is the same whales coming in from last year, so its a newly learned behavior. Experts say dont hesitate to come out and watch the whales just do it from a safe distance. Yeah thats great. Going to be nice to maybe go out and find somewhere cool to be in the next couple days. Absolutely and drew is here with the forecast. You want to go to the coast especially as we head to the weekend. The heat will turn to summer like levels. We had tons of sunshine. Tonight we had clear scan. Plenty of stars and a really comfortable night and probably the only fly in the ointment in next couple days will be pollen, its out of control at the moment. Grass pollen at high levels will continue into the future and treealso at high levels. Those two the combo will continue well into the weekend. Nolergiy sufferers. Quiet conditions in San Francisco. We do continue to have a breeze right now. Especially along the coast. Sfo gusting at 26 miles an hour. 21 at san carlos. Away from the coast winds will be breezily winds excess of 20 miles an hour at times. Temperaturewise santa rosa pretty comfortable 61 degrees. Overnight tonight, plenty of stars, little breeze along the coast, temporari temperatures i 50s. Going to be bright and beautiful tomorrow five to seven degrees warmer than today, so 80 in fairfield. 68 in San Francisco. 73 in oakland. Its summer like heat across the region. By friday tons of sunshine. We go back to the 90s. Coast upper 60s then its down right hot over the weekend from sunny skies from start to finish you see temperatures well above normal. This time of year for the next two mondays wear that sun scree because you can burn with your skin unprotected. Its going to be a bright and mild day for the racers. At 8 00 the winds are calm. By 9 00 and 10 00 temperatures well into the 60s will go well into the 70s by sunday afternoon. So the next seven days, rising temps on thursday and numbers rise into saturday. Still hot inland on sunday. Start to cool off on monday and then well get that sea breeze kicking in mid week next week. 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Were on the 18th floor. How did you get here . Jack hard work. Jack vo you crave it, we serve it. Try my new guacamole and bacon chicken sandwich. Music crave van live where you live, this is abc 7 news. We begin this half hour with the appointment of a special council to oversee the investigation into possibility russia meddling in the 2016 president ial election. Former fbi director Robert Mueller will lead that investigation, he will have sweeping powers to investigate if the Trump Administration had colluded with russian staff. President trump saying there was no collusion between he and any foreign entity. News traveling across the hill both sides wan fbi director james comey to testify the American People about his meeting with the president. With his white consumed by crisis President Trump venting to the coast guard class. Look at the way ive been treated lately. Especially by the media. No politician in history and i say this with great puritiy has been treated worse or more unfairly. But back in washington even members of the president s own party say we may be at a tipping point. I think were reaching a point of watergate size and scale. The latest allegations rippling through the party, that news that president asked then fbi director james comey to shut down his investigation into firing National Security advisor michael flynn. Tonight both parties calling for comey to testify. Saying we need to hear from him soon as possible in public to respond to issues raised in recent days. And leaders of three congressional committees want to see the memo comey wrote documenting conversation with the president. That seems like an extraordinary use of influence. To try to shut down an investigation being done by the fbi. Do you want comey to testify . On the hill a dizzying day of dodges with some republicans making their discomfort clear. Republicans cant be okay with this. Tonight one republican congressman reporting if the allegations in the comey memo are true it could be an impeachable offense. The speaker of the house is still backing the president but not without confrontation. 118 days republicans hoped to be plowing ahead with their a gepda on health care, tax reform deregulation instead crisis to crisis. Donald trump warned this would happen on Hillary Clinton presidency. If hillary was elected would be under protracted criminal investigation likely followed by the trial of a sitting president. The investigation will last for years. Nothing will get done. Abc 7 news capitol hill. Now former fbi director james comey could appear before congress as early as next week. We caught up with his farm. Hes been following events in washington closely. With good reason. In 1973 as watergate unfolded, he was then a republican to call for the impeachment of president nixon. Its a dead ringer. What caused nixon to be impeached was for obstruction of justice because nixon asked the fbi not to investigate the cia. A decorated korean war hero and now democrat said he met donald trump in the late 90s. Brawl a brawl brap. A brawl broke out in a fistthrowing, hairpulling, wate waterthrowing ruckus, it may have resulted from someone trying to save seats. One was handcuffed. Unclear if anyone was arrested. Now new video you see students screaming after being pepper sprayed at a high school, turns out they volunteers but did the exercise go to far. Tonight, the video of students at a school being pepper sprayed. You the kids screaming in pain not only volunteered for it got permission from their parents as part of a criminal justice class. The instructor is a former pol