Transcripts For KPIX KPIX 5 News Early Edition 20170511 : v

Transcripts For KPIX KPIX 5 News Early Edition 20170511

Ocean temperature means that sea breeze is going to give us Cool Conditions today and as that low sinks south by tuesday, maybe some showers next week. Heading out of the airport today, its going to be partly cloudy and winds out of the westsouthwest. Elsewhere, seattle up in fungus corners, it will get some rain. In chicago partly cloudy. In new york partly cloudy, as well. Forecast highs well be looking at mid60s in the warmest spots today. And then just some low clouds this morning, sun in the afternoon but it will be more sun tomorrow. More details coming up in the forecast. First, lets get the latest, heres kenny. Just into the newsroom, crews are looking into two separate car fires in brentwood. They happened only minutes apart around 3 30 a. M. The first was on Hollow Brook Court and the second on highland way. For now theres no information about how they started. Today is National Mamas Bailout Day. Its an effort to let women in jail spend mothers day with their children even if they cant afford bail. Kpix 5s Jessica Flores is live in oakland with details. Reporter michelle, thats right. Advocates are using mothers day to highlight why they claim california badly needs bail reform. They gathered here at the Alameda County courthouse later today for a rally saying their mission is to reunite as many women in jail with their families as possible. Again, they are calling that National Mamas Bailout Day. More than a dozen local and National Groups will post bail for as many black women and possible who would otherwise spend mothers day in jail because they cant make bail. It is supporting californias bail reform act. If passed the legislation would eliminate the bail requirement for nonviolent crimes. Supporters of the bill say thousands of people remain in jail because they cant afford to post bail. 63 of those in county jails have not been convicted of a crime and are being held awaiting trial. So one of the groups involved is called Effie Justice group. They put out a video speaking to mothers with loved ones in jail. Raising children, going to school, parentteacher night, its just me. I feel really alone. [ crying ] reporter and there are many groups who oppose bail reform. They say its like a controversial new jersey plan where there have been reports of people committing crimes out on bail. So today, right here at the alameda courthouse, the public defender will join group in the rally and that event starts at 10 30 a. M. Live in oakland, Jessica Flores, kpix 5. Right now Antioch Police are searching for a man wanted in a deadly shooting. The Department Just released this sketch of the suspect. The shooting happened last month on west 8th street. The victim, david pearson, was taken to the hospital, where he died. If you recognize the suspect in that sketch, call police. New video just released by San Bernardino police showing the moments leading up to a deadly double school shooting. You can see the gunman Cedric Anderson walking into the front office where two administrators are working behind the desk. After signing in, he walks into his wifes classroom at North Park Elementary School and opens fire. His wife and an 8yearold student were killed. He then killed himself. North Park Elementary School has tightened security for visitors since that shooting. Now to politics. Today acting fbi director Andrew Mccabe testifies before the Senate Intelligence committee in place of james comey. The Development Comes as president Trumps Administration continues to defend its decision to fire james comey. He was not doing a good job. Reporter President Trump continues to defend his firing of james comey wednesday night. I think it would not be a bad thing for the American People if he did step down. Tweeting out this video of several democrats calling for the former fbi directors resignation in the past. The post came on the same day comey issued a farewell letter to his bureau writing in part frankly, he had been considering letting director comey go since the day he was elected. The white house has cited comeys handling of Hillary Clintons email scandal as reason for his termination. Democrats maintain its all a coverup, pointing to reports comey had recently asked Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein for more resources into the fbis probe examining possible collusion between trump and russia. He feels the dragnet tightening on the russia investigation so he fired comey. As democrats kept up calls for a special prosecutor, at least one Republican Utah representative Jason Chaifetz called on the Justice Department to expand the russia probe to include comeys dismissal. Lets go where the facts lead. The Senate Intelligence committee has now subpoenaed President Trumps ousted National Security adviser, michael flynn. Aside from acting fbi director Andrew Mccabe, National Intelligence director dan coats and cia director mike pompeo are set to testify today. Comey has been invited to testify next week. Kpix 5s anne makovec is live at sfo this morning where a ban on electronics could apply to all flights from europe to the united states. Reporter thats a long flight to be without your electronics. People watch movies on their laptops on transatlantic flights. Now you cant have anything larger than a cell phone on your plane, youre going to need to check that in your luggage if these new rules pass. So get used to watching things on a smaller screen. U. S. Officials began discussing the expansion of their balancing following the laptop bombing on a somali airliner last year. Airlines are working with the department of Homeland Security now to discuss the issue. Right now, the ban applies to people traveling from 10 airports in eight countries in the middle east and north africa. The expansion would apply to passengers leaving europe and the uk on flights bound for the u. S. The Homeland Security secretary will be on capitol hill today to speak with lawmakers. The dhs spokesman tweeted this morning, no final decisions made on expanding the restriction on large Electronic Devices in aircraft cabins. He says they are still analyzing the threat. A final decision could come within a few weeks. Live at sfo, anne makevoc, kpix 5. Today is National Bike to work day. We have already seen a few people biking along the embarcadero. Well tell you how the bay area is participating in todays big day. And we are tracking delays for drivers heading along southbound 680. An earlier crash still causing a big backup. Well take a closer look at the drive times and some other hot spots coming up. Theres no hot spots in the Weather Department not today. We are 10 to 15 degrees below average. But theres good news for the weekend and some interesting news for next week. Well have the forecast in a few minutes. Plus, the South Bay School thats teaching students how to save lives. ,,,,,,,,,,, giving people options based on their budget is pretty edgy. Kind of like this look. Im calling it the name your price tool phase. Whatever. Forecast in just a few minutes. Gearing up to ride their bikes to and from work. Kpix 5s jackie ward is live in San Francisco with more on todays bike to work day, jackie . Thousands will be strapping on helmets to right bikes to and from work. Kpix 5s jackie ward is live in San Francisco with more an todays bike to work day. Reporter kenny, its the 23rd annual bike to work day and the bay area is participating in it, of course. 100,000 riders are expected to get on their bikes and head to work today. That number has grown over the years. And theres one guy in particular who has been doing this for 30 years, dr. Paul carpenter. He is the Department Chair of kinesiology at cal state east bay. For the last 30 years, every day, he has been riding his bike to work. He says he rarely takes the shortest most direct route. He averages 50 miles a day. So while your distance most likely wont be that high first thing in the morning, paul is encouraging people to enjoy the views today. Cycling i got to see more, go different places further afield and i started in l. A. So whats not to like about riding in los angeles . [ laughter ] reporter well, fortunately, in the bay area, its a little less smoggy than l. A. Bike to work organizers say more than one Million People in the bay area live within five miles of their workplaces. Thats what they consider an ideal distance for bicycling. According to the 2013 American Community survey, only 62,000 residents use their bikes as a primary way to get to work so all nine counties in the bay area are participating in todays event. And across the peninsula across the east bay and here in San Francisco, they will have what theyre calling energizing stations. They will have free snacks and drinks and other goodies for bicyclists who are heading to work today. They will have bike doctors on hand where you can get complementary bike checks. Jackie ward, kpix 5. They will deserve it after biking to work. Its cool. One day well get to you bike to work at least all the way to the bay bridge. And then ill pick you up from the bay bridge and drive you over. Good luck with that. One day. I dont see that happening anytime soon. We might not make it across the bay bridge. [ crosstalk ] i tried it at 3 a. M. I used to bike to work in hawaii at my last gig like 45 minutes to work and 45 minutes back. So it was like an hour and a half of exercise. So we encourage to you do it. A lot of people biking to work today making any difference on the roads . I wish we could say so but right now were seeing a lot of delays. The roads are crowded. We continue to see brake lights out of hayward across the san mateo bridge into foster city. But the real problem along southbound 680, we had an earlier accident. Its not blocking any lanes but emergency crews remain on the scene and they are waiting for a tow truck and this is southbound 680 at highway 84. Traffic backing up towards 580 at this point. Then your drive times, just under a 30minute ride as you make your way through that stretch. Were also tracking an accident northbound 101 right at 680. Thats blocking a connector ramp keeping the ride slow through the south bay. Good through oakland. Live look 880, this is right near the coliseum and you can see those taillight making their way northbound from 238 on out towards the maze there. No delays. Looking good along 580 approaching 680. Bay bridge toll plaza completely different story. We are in the red 35minute ride from the maze into downtown San Francisco. Hats a check of your traffic; over to you. Were starting out with the sunup at 6 03. I defy you to find it though on this mostly cloudy start to your thursday morning. But theres the bay, the embarcadero, and the numbers. 55 at concord. Low 50s for the most part. By this afternoon, we still stay in the mid50s at the shoreline and just a low to mid60s around much of the rest of the bay area. And the latest low pressure very deep cold low pressure which is sending the jet stream fairly far south. This is like this is like a winterspring configuration for the low. We just dont have any moisture with it so well get some clouds no rain maybe a little drizzle in the mortgage bay but that would be about it. Futurecast shows us what happens next. We get clouds around the bay area for this morning. And then they dissipate by tomorrow morning with increasing sunshine temperatures not increasing that much. Friday into saturday, more clear skies. So in general the sun will be increasing this weekend. But then that low pressure approaches so that by next week, we could pick up a few showers by tuesday afternoon. Wouldnt be much. But may showers bring june flowers . I guess. Today will be a better will be a cloudy day with a few north bay sprinkles. Sunnier but still chilly for tomorrow and for saturday. Chance of showers next tuesday and it will be in general cool for the next seven to 10 days. So below average readings. For the travelers today at the airport, weather shouldnt slow you down. Theres not much in the way of low cloudiness out there. Westsouthwest winds to 20. In seattle theres rain partly cloudy skies though for new york and 62 degrees. Los angeles looks nice. They have sundown there. Los angeles had rain last weekend like about a half inch of rain. San francisco 58 degrees. Concord today 66. Below average for everybody today including san jose which will hit a high of 68 in oakland, 60 degrees. Down in the south bay, mid to upper 60s. Not too bad. Well have sunshine peeking out a little bit this afternoon. In the east bay, concord 66. Brentwood 70. For the warm spot in the bay area, 66 for livermore. Mid60s for the most part along the 680 corridor. Up in marin, well be looking at numbers near upper 50s, low 60s. Overcast for a while. A little bit of sun later in the day. And then for ukiah and lakeport and cloverdale today you will have clouds and maybe a better chance of a few sprinkles today by the way. In the extended forecast, well be looking for the usual low clouds and fog sun in the afternoon but increasing sunshine for friday and saturday. And then by tuesday, we could get a drop or two around the bay area. And then finally begin to warm things up but well have to wait until wednesday for that. Right now, its time to go to school. With kenny and michelle. Some south bay teachers are on a mission to instruct every student in the santa clara Public School system how to save lives. Cabrillo middle school is this weeks cool school. Listen carefully to this sound. Basically tells you if you are pushing hard enough or if you need to push harder. If you click youre pushing hard enough which is 2 inches deep. Down, down, down, down. Reporter School Administrators have implemented a handsonly cpr program across the school system. Knowing that you dont have to do mouthtomouth and just pressing hard and fast, if theres ever an emergency i know what to do, im prepared and i know how to potentially save someones life. You also have the music staying alive. Its the tempo of the song, one, two, three, four. Ah, ah,ah, ah, staying alive. Thats it. Reporter staying alive is the goal. And to instruct all 15,000plus students in the santa clara Public School system, and for the students to share that knowledge with friends and family. How practical physical education instruction is from taking care of yourself to taking care of other people and to all the way to saving their lives. Keep going, dont stop reporter not too long ago, christa a custodian for the district collapsed at work when one of the parents jumped in to help. We became friends and so he calls me his lifesaver and i call him life saved. And we kind of have this friendship now as a result of that. Im just very fortunate to be alive and cpr and Rapid Response by a parent at the school and the Santa Clara Fire Department saved my life. This all started with a student project about 10 years ago. And now its blossomed into this districtwide program. Thanks to andy scott and all the dedicated teachers throughout. Its cool that they are teaching kids at a young age. You never know what happens. I have to take the class. But you told me about the staying alive song. So now i know a little something. 100 beats per minute. All right. We want to know whats cool about your school . Email your nomination to us at coolschools kpix. Com and we may feature your school on the show. And im dennis odonnell. Coming up, the giants loaded the bases twice yesterday against the mets. But did they light up the scoreboard . And the as inching closer and closer to that. 500 mark. The latest from the coliseum when we come back. , food. Water. Internet. We need it to live. But what we dont need are surprises, like extra monthly fees. I see you, fee, played by legendary actress anjelica huston. You got me, mark. We just want fast internet for one, simple rate. For all the streaming and the shopping and the newsing, but most of all. For the this. Good morning, everybody. The giants have lost 133 consecutive games when trailing after eight innings. They are not the comeback kids. Buster posey homered for the st probably pulled his hair out in the sixth when no out Justin Ruggiano brings home a run on a sac. Fly. Christian arroyo gets cut down at the plate for the seconds out and then Michael Moore strikes out. They get one run with bases loaded. But tied at 3 in the ninth, this is yadya unload em arroyo a threerun triple we got breaking news this morning, the giants actually rally in the ninth and win a baseball game. 65. No need for a nap at the coliseum when you got cotton candy. Angels 10 on the as in the fifth. But the as have a new tool in the toolbox. You can see he is a power tool. Chad pender the second baseman tworun shot made a winner of andrew trig. The as are now just two games below. 500. They won 2 straight series. A lowell and washington a

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