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KPIX KPIX 5 News At 5AM July 26, 2017

A few things for you to remember today. Slightly warmer, but seasonal bay and coastside. Temperatures begin to spike upward on thursday. And then staying above average friday well into next week. We should be 67 in San Francisco this time of year. 87 average in santa rosa. But then we begin to get above average towards the trivalley back through the delta. Full forecast featuring 100s in your areas. Thats coming up but right now lets send it over to jaclyn dunn. Good morning. We are seeing a lot of yellow and red light up our maps here. This is along 580. The Altamont Pass pretty slow and typical for this time of morning. But its about 30 minutes now between 205 and 680. Caltrans had roadwork going on in the eastbound direction in livermore right near north flynn road and they should be wrapping up with that any minute at 5 00 when they were expected to have that completed. We are tracking an earlier accident and this is on surface streets. This is along northbridge and denton avenue looks like a car hit a pole there at that intersection. May still be blocked. So a heads up making your way on surface streets. Other than that your ride is in the greenheading into San Francisco. Hats a check of your traffic; over to you. Senators are back on capitol hill today to continue debates on repealing and replacing the Affordable Care act. Kpix 5s jackie ward is here to explain where the republican majoritys efforts now stand. Reporter just hours after they decided by a narrow margin to open debate on the gop Healthcare Plan to repeal and replace obamacare, it was rejected. Some senators called the proposal a more restricted substitute than what they want and it was rejected in a 5743 vote. This means gop leaders need to regroup and come up with yet another plan to present to the senate. A little more than a week after being diagnosed with brain cancer, senator john mccain returned for the vote, urging his constituents for bipartisan shipp. I voted for the motion to proceed to allow debate to continue and amendments to be offered. I will not vote for this bill as it is. Although hours later mccain did vote to repeal and replace obamacare. Nine republicans voted against it falling short of the necessary threshold of 60 votes. The two republican senators who sided with democrats are Susan Collins from maine and alaskas lisa murkowski. Whats happening in the senate today . Another vote. This is a repealonly proposal. Its been highly criticized by both parties. So well see what happens. Thank you. Congress has rescinded its subpoena for President Trumps former Campaign Manager pal manafort. The Committee Says he is providing documents to lawmakers as they look into any potential ties between the Trump Campaign and alleged russian interference in the 2016 election. Yesterday, the president s son inlaw Jared Kushner met with house investigators for at least three hours in a closed session. There is a new warning in the south bay about a phone scam. Kidnappers are demanding money from family members. Katie nielsen is live in palo alto to tell us how this is working. Katie. Reporter victims say the supposed kidnappers call them saying they have taken their child and then demand a ransom before returning the child to the family safe and sound. So heres how it works. Someone could call saying your loved one was in a car accident, and unless you pay the ransom they will be kidnapped and harmed. They insist you cant hang up before paying the ransom. Police say those virtual kidnappers are trying to get you to pay before you can call to check and see if your loved ones is okay. Victims say the scam seemed all too real. They specifically threatened to put a bullet in the back of my childs head. She called me mom. Im terrified, please help. Reporter police say variations of this scam have been around for years where the scammer says someone you love is in trouble but theyre fine. If you get a call like this find a way to get a hold of that supposed victim to see if they are okay and call police. And police also say that these kidnappers could be getting the convincing information about your child from social media things like the childs name or where they go to school. So its best just to limit the information that youre posting online. Live in palo alto, Katie Nielsen, kpix 5. Police reform in berkeley wont happen for at least a few more months. Last night the city council decided to put off any action until september. That comes on the heels of a report from the center for policing equity which found that black people are stopped at a higher rate than white people and are six times more likely to be subjected to use of force. Were learning more about the car crash that was live streamed on instagram. A girl was killed and the driver her older sister was sent to jail. We spoke to the devastated family. Reporter Jaclyn Sanchez was an aspiring singer and basketball player. She was nice. Reporter a devoted sister and daughter cut short in a crash on friday night. Chp says her older sister 18 yearold abdul yeah is suspected of driving drunk or drugged while she streamed the crash live on instagram. I was really confused. I didnt know what happened. [ crying ] reporter the shied i dont has been seen all over the internet. It was also the video has been seen all over the internet. It was also how the family found out the 14yearold wouldnt be coming home. She was dead. Reporter 12yearold sister evelyn says she has to shoulder the burden of telling her parents about the deadly crash. She came into their room about midnight on saturday crying. [ speaking spanish ] reporter the sanchez family said they tried to confirm the death hours after the crash. It wasnt until the next morning that they got a call from the coroners office. Jackie was dead abdulia behind bars two daughters gone in one day. I want to say because i cannot say how i feel because, you know, i never think i going to get this kind of thing. Reporter evelyn says shes talk to her sister. She told us that like it should have been her and not my sister. She stands by her sister. The tire blew out and [ indiscernible ] [ crying ] police say its unclear how fast sanchez to was driving. Threeman was r in jail after a massive multimillion dollar drug bust in santa rosa. The joint investigation between the dea and the australiaial federal police turned up more than 500 pounds of meth worth about 250 million. The drugs were going to australia. Investigators say the suspects were planning to export the meth using this small single engine plane but a tip led agents to the Sonoma County airport and that is where they found the drugs. Time is 5 08. The group behind the push for californias secession takes another step forward as an artist puts a spin on the issue. And here we go again good morning from the kpix weather center. Temperatures are spiking upward. Well tell you how long this little heat wave will last. And a quiet start but we are tracking a few new hot spots. Could slow you down. Ill have the details and the backup coming up. A helium tanker flipped in baldwin park last night. It closed down eastbound 10 for more than three hours. Hazmat teams were called in new video shows a tanker crash in southern california. A helium tanker flipped in baldwin park last into the closing down eastbound 10 for more than three hours. It was cleared. The chp says it is possible the driver was speeding and misjudged the turn. The driver, his wife and their pet chihuahua are all okay. A crackdown on socalled sanctuary cities with attorney general Jeff Sessions announcing new rules that could have some bay area cities paying the price. Kpix 5s Jessica Flores live in oakland with the details. Reporter we are in front of Oakland Police department and this is one of the local Law Enforcement agencies that could be paying the price because last week oakland city leaders voted to cut ties with immigration agents. But attorney general Jeff Sessions is saying any sanctuary city may not be receiving any of that federal grant money. He is banning sanctuary city from that money. Under the new rules the department of justice will withhold certain federal grants unless cities do two things, give immigration authorities access to local jails in order to interview inmates suspected of being in the country illegally, and when the department of Homeland Security makes a request, local jails need to alert immigration agents at least 48 hours in advance of releasing inmates. Those would be in violation of city policies including oakland and San Francisco. San Francisco Mayor ed lee said in a statement, this is not the first time the federal government has threatened San Franciscos federal funding. What has not changed despite each new threat is our commitment to our residents, sanctuary cities are stronger and safer cities. We cannot have our residents living in the shadows where they are fearful to go to work, enroll their children in schools or seek medical assistance. Now, President Trump was speaking about the crackdown on illegal immigration yesterday in ohio. Were not doing it in a politically correct fashion. [ applause and cheers ] were doing it rough. Our guys are rougher than their guys [ applause and cheers ] trump has a bit of a fractured relationship with sessions right now. Is attacking sessions for recusing himself from the russia investigation. Now the fallout from that relationship could be hitting home locally because some analysts say sessions is doing this crackdown as a way to keep his job. In oakland, Jessica Flores, kpix 5. A Group Pushing for california to secede from the u. S. Has the green light to start Gathering Signatures for its ballot initiative. In a comic book chronicling this calexit is proving popular. Matt brought his book to comic con last week. The entire first printing, 25,000 copies, are sold. Matt says his idea of a calexit actually pro seeded the 2016 president ial ee preceded the 2016 president ial election, inspired by brexit. But he is still connecting dots between the comic and reaction to President Trump. Theres a fictitious president , he is autocratic, passes an executive order to deport all immigrants and california refuses to enforce it. This edition of calexit is expected to be the first in a five part series. A second edition set to be released next year. It is 5 15. Time to check in with jaclyn dunn for your wednesday morning commute. Highway 4 good out of antioch westbound to 80 and hercules. No troubles. We had an earlier crash thats been cleared. On 160 towards rio vista, one way traffic controls until 6 a. M. Slow between Sherman Island and highway 12 along 160 oneway traffic control, give yourself some extra time if you can avoid it, i would recommend it until they wrap it up. In san jose things okay. We are in the green on all of our south bay majors heading further along northbound 101 near throw north of sfo, traffic nice and light. A little foggy into San Francisco. 80 at the 101 split fine eastbound to the lower deck of the bay bridge. No delays just yet. We have some roadwork. Caltrans has a couple of lanes closed along the eastbound lower deck towards treasure island. Speeds at the limit. No delays over at the bay bridge toll plaza. Actually, we are starting to see a little bit of a slowdown there as you make your way towards the toll gate. Thank you, jaclyn. Looking pretty in pink there 5 16, out the door you will be greeted with a layer of low clouds and fog in the tri valley where we still have some clear skies. High overcast over the waters of San Francisco. Good morning, santa clara valley. You, too have thin overcast. Temperaturewise into the 50s and in the 60s. Its 63 apiece in redwood city. Very mild in san jose. Dave in napa clear and cool. Thank you for checking in. We need your new photos here, to our weather watchers for better observations and we need new photos. We have High Pressure over here over the four corners states. Meanwhile, this area of low pressure has been hanging tight to the coast for several days. Today, it is anticipated to lift gently to the north and dissipate. As that happens it allows High Pressure to strengthen and build in warmer weather. Im so excited about this. We have three different storms to talk about. This is Tropical Storm greg 1200 miles away. Irwin is minimal. A category 2 hurricane hilary is off the manzanita mexico coast. We have flood advisories issued for oahu in hawaii. 91 state capital today, 101 redding, monsoonal moisture possibility today high sierra and half dome in the form of some light rain showers and or a thunderstorm. 60s to 90s. Low 90s in the trivalley which is above average. 95 in discovery bay. We flirt with 100s on thursday and also on monday we will top off back in the 100s on tuesday. Its baseball in the sun today as the giants play host to the pirates. Boy, pirates took it on the chin yesterday big blowout by the giants. The shark it on the mound for the good guys, mainly clear skies and temperatures in the 60s but always dress in layers at at t park. Hey, anne, you got one of our own in the news today . Yes, we have a dynamic duo here behind me. A special guest on the late show, charlie rose stayed up late to chat with Stephen Colbert last night. He talked about his love of his work and his recent heart surgery. I have two artificial valves. Mmhm. Im not sure whats next but im ready. You certainly toughed this out. We showed this video at the up front when we were talking about the advertising for cbs. Get a load of charlie rose, i got a brandnew ticker, son. [ music ] i say sign me up. Now how long it took me to do that . [ laughter ] im impressed. Rose says he also plans to pick up surfing if he gets the okay from his doctor. He also promises to be at colberts 75th birthday party. Rose would be 105 at the time. There is a new Carpool Karaoke this morning. Usher hopped in the passenger seat with james corden. They sang and talked about ushers new trend. Its like beast yesterday. I been really focused on being a vegan. I like beef. I like chicken. But im a vegan. Okay. Just so you know, that means youre not a vegan. [ music ] come and get me they learned some new dance moves, and helped out some strangers who apparently had car trouble. Good news for Carpool Karaoke fans by the way. The new series starts in less than two weeks and debuts on apple music. Jaclyn is celebrating. [ laughter ] apple music april 8. And im dennis odonnell. Coming up, the baseball trade deadline comes early for the giants. A player is traded during last nights game, why it could impact Pablo Sandoval coming up. And whats cool about your summer camp . Email your nomination to us at coolcamps kpix. Com, and we may feature your camp on the thursday morning show. Play of the day from major league good morning. Time now 5 24. Looks like they just turned on the metering lights over at the bay bridge toll plaza. A big backup starting to form. How far does it stretch and how long will it take you to get across . Find out coming up in the next traffic report. But first, a check on sports with dennis. Good morning, everybody. Imagine if youre at work and your boss taps you on the shoulder and says, you just have been traded to a company in massachusetts. In the 5th inning Eduardo Nunes last night taken out of the game against the pirates after being traded to the red sox for two minor league pitchers. Nunes hugged his team mets as he left the dugout. He was traded to the giants last july. He was hitting. 308 this season. It leaves a void at third base. Could it be pablo, or, i dont know, maybe the giants are looking for a Youth Movement . Madison bumgarner still looking for his first win of the year. In the third he struck out martay. He allowed one run in five innings. He got plenty of support. Bottom of the third joe panik cleared the bases with a two out triple that made it 60. Giants win 113. Bumgarner is finally in the win column. Hard for as fans to look at this season as a glass half full. Sonny gray possibly making his final start for the as. Bottom of the second against the blue jays, ryan drives in two with a double into left field corner to make it 30. Gray went six innings allowing four runs none earned and the jays win 41. Loselose situation for the Texas Rangers fan. He dropped his gear and he missed the baseball. Look at the son. I cant believe dad, you didnt get that maybe should have taken lessons from this girl. Foul ball in the cup, she gets the beer and the baseball. She is a winner in my books, anyway. Im dennis odonnell. See you tonight. And our play of the day from major league baseball, as well. Royals taking on the tigers in detroit. Im going to tell you right now, i love getting bats with my own name on it. Love it. Another fabulous play by the left fielder alex gordon. Alex gordon with the diving catch. You can see it again right there. You might notice he is blowing a bubble while he is doing that with his gum. Thats a multitasking. Thats your play of the day. A win for the gop turns into uncertainty moving forward. The senate votes on another healthcarerelated proposal today. Well break down what it means. Reporter virtual scammers are preying on parents worst fears. Im Katie Nielsen live at the Palo Alto Police department. Well have their warning coming up next. Death left neighbors brokenhearted. And well have the latest on a fire in the alread a new arrest in the murder of an elderly bay area woman whose death left neighbor

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