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KRON KRON 4 Evening News March 24, 2016

Catherine names to go with the faces of the killers. Identities of three suicide bombers responsible for the terror attacks in belgium. One of them also suspected of making the bombs used in last years paris bombings. Catherine many new details are emerging tonight in the investigation into the brussels bombings. Grant lodes is here now with what the latest attacks have revealed about the war on terror. Grant the first lesson is that we are a long way from eliminating the threat. Grant Security Officials are telling the Associated Press that isis has trained at least 400 followers and sent them into europe for terror attacks. The Officials Say the fighters have been given orders to find the right time, place and method to carry out their mission. Grant and as we learned this week european efforts to detect them have not been enough. Grant Forensic Experts have been collecting evidence from apartments linked to the bombers. Two of them have been identified from airport surveillance videos. This man may be the most significant. Najim laachraoui, 24 years old, a belgian citizen born in morocco. Grant he is known to have traveled to syria in 2013 and is is believed to be the bombmaker behind last novembers paris attacks. Grant his dna was reportedly found on suicide vests worn by two of the terrorists there. Grant next to him at the airport, 30 year old ibrahim el Syrian Border in turkey. Turkey says it deported him to holland with a warning that he might be a foreign fighter. Grant despite that he was allowed to Enter Belgium without any problems. Grant ibrahims younger brother Khalid El Bakraoui blew himself up on a metro train. The two brothers were known to have had links to the paris attackers. Grant bot had reportedly escaped after a gun battle with police last week. Still at large and unidentified. This man, grant investigators say his suitcase bomb was the most powerful, but that it failed to go off as intended. Instead police detonated it in a controlled explosion. Grant what the suspects have in common is that all had been on the radar of europes counterterrorism effort. All had been picked up at one time or another and released. Grant the toll from tuesdays bombings 31 victims and more than 60 others critically injured. The U S Government issuing a travel alert for americans going oerseas. Frankly its just looking at the prospect that there could be additional attacks, terrorist attacks in europe. Catherine today. President obama president obama pledged support to belgium and europe. The president said the us is committed to stopping isis. As i told belgiums Prime Minister yesterday, the United States will continue to offer any assistance that we can to help investigate these attacks and bring attackers to justice. We will also continue to go after isil, aggressively, until it is removed from syria and removed from iraq and is finally destroyed. Catherine the president is in argentina. Hoping to forge stronger ties between the south American Country and the United States. Catherine democratic president ial candidate Hillary Clinton is in the bay area tonight. This afternoon, as kron fours rob fladeboe reports she called out two of her republican rivals terrorism. Reporter focused on the recent attack in brussels. Reporter for a small group. Before a small group. She laid out her process on terrorism. An intelligence surged to rule out terrorism. Been the brightest minds here in Silicon Valley creek to more effectively track and focus on g hottest networks on. Jihad reporter calling for strengthening ties in europe. When she says to cruised the meaningdonald trumps intent approves calls for treating american muslims like terrorist. It is long as it is counterproductive. It is dangerous. It is wrong reporter before a small group of invited guests and students here at encina hall, Hillary Clinton laid out her plan for countering terrorism in europe and around the world with what she characterized as an intelligence surge to root out terrorists before they strike. Reporter citing her experience as secretary of state, clinton says she is best qualified to lead the fight against terror, called for strengthening ties with europe she chastised donald trump for his criticism of nato and ted cruz for what says his demonizing of all muslims. Reporter the bombings in brussels are still on the minds of travelers. No matter where theyre headed. As kron 4s will tran discovered this morning cautious. reporter San Francisco police and the chp have finished their investigation into the tour bus crash in union square last november. Reporter the state Department Travel warning any at people traveling to europe. People only troubling and the u. S. Are still fairfield accurate fearful have to be cautious as march. Much cannot think to stop doing things. That is the whole thing about terror. That is what they want you they wanted to stop doing things in when you do this. Have to be cautious. Reporter did it cross your mind about flying tomorrow once you saw all of the footage coming out of brussels. Yes. I thought about it. Just pray to god and hope that things be ok. Reporter perhaps the most important to it, make sure to stay in contact with your family and friends during your trip. A lot of times when you go on vacation as you did not hear from them until one day return. But please stay in touch with your families in france just in case there is an emergency and let them know your last location creek and just as importantly that they know how to reach you. Reporting from s f o, will trend. Kron 4 news. Will Tran Catherine kron4 the first reporter on the scene of that collision that fateful day. And was there today. When results of the investigation were revealed. Catherine maureeen Kelly Catherine Reporter Police are calling the calamitous series of events that caused a double decker tour bus to go speeding down post street. Hitting a bicyclist. 14 vehicles. And injuring 19 people. Was simply operator error. Speeding basically was the primary factor for this collision reporter the driver has claimed that he heard a popping sound while stopped at Taylor Street and then the bus excerrated and wouldnt stop no matter what he tried. Reporter for the past four months sfpd and chp inspectors have been examining and testing the city sightseeing tour bus. And couldnt find anything wrong with it our inspection did no reveal any pre existing mechanical conditions or failures that would have effected the safe operation of the highway Reporter Police say they found no evidence that the driver stepped on the brakes. But data from the buss black box does show he stepped on the gas. Reporter he wont face any criminal charges. Hes merely been cited for going 45 in a 25 mile zone. We couldnt proof any kind of intent that this was a malicious act he likely panicked after he struck the bicyclist and mistook the excelerator for the brakes reporter that driver Kenneth Malvar is still recovering from the accident. He spoke publically from his wheelchair for the first time, he maintains he put his foot on the brakes. Now people will think its my fault. Im not the type of person to run over people i did the best i could. Reporter he is planning on fighting that speeding ticket. His lawyer says they still want to get their own expert to examine the bus to see if they there was a product defect. Coming up at six youll hear why he says the Law Enforcement investigation may have made that hard to prove. Reporter Maureen Kelly kron4 news. This just in to the kron 4 newsroom. Catherine this afternoon a citizen came to headquarters with which he believes to be a fake bomb. But they have determined that this may be real. They have to people in buildings nearby to stay inside while the device is being investigated. It was at a Senior Citizen at a single apartment and a library where they are keeping an eye on the situation creek we will let you know when the police is that this emergency situation is over. Catherine the latest on bart power problem is next. And a teacher, having a meltdown in the middle of a classroom. Brittany and, it was another Beautiful Day accurate tracking warmer temperatures. I will let you know what is in store for the weekend. Coming up in my forecast after the break. Catherine Train Service between North Concord and Pittsburg Baypoint is slowly getting back to normal. Bus bridges have stopped for the evening, since trains have been added to help get passengers to their destinations. Kron 4s alecia reid joins us from North Concord where passengers have mixed reactions. Alecia . Reporter the bus bridges are gone for now, and some people feel they were actually faster in getting them from North Concord to Pittsburg Baypoint. Its an inconvenience thats what it is. The bus gets you there in like 2 minutes. The train keeps stop stopping so it takes longer. Sf here, pittsburg over here reporter the trains are back passengers now stand on the same platform at the North Concord station to switch over to shuttle trains instead of walking outside to get on buses. Reporter last night Mario Bonilla missed the last bus to antioch by the time the shuttle bus got to the Pittsburg Baypoint station. He had to shell out 30 bucks for a cab ride. I missed the last bus at 12 03 and when we take it straight we catch it easy. Reporter bart passengers have had to deal with shuttle buses between the two stations for a week. An electrical problem damaged a number of cars. Some need to have a part replaced that typically comes in every 5 ½ months. Fixing them will be a lengthy and expensive process. It could cost an estimated 100k. Reporter in the meantime, 2 trains will be shuttling passengers from the North Concord station to Pittsburg Baypoint from 38 this evening. Then itll cut down to 1 train until midnight. Tomorrow morning from 49am there will be two trains. Then from 9am to 3pm customers will have to use the shuttle buses once again. Reporter while those shuttle buses are back tomorrow, bart will be performing extensive testnig on the tracks. No word on how long this will last. Reporter the cause of the voltage spike is still being investigated. Live in North Concord. Reporter a onethousand dollar bonus being paid to bart employees is being questioned by state senator steve glazer. Catherine more than 3 thousand bart employees are scheduled to be rewarded for the fact theTransit Agency is experiencing increased ridership. Catherine but senator glazer thinks the money could be better spent improving the system. Bart is in both a financial and maintenance meltdown, got old train stations and all kinds of problems on the system itself, and financially they have no money to pay for it, so this disclosure that the highest paid transit workers in america are now getting a thousand dollars bonus, every one of them, is an outrage and shows a lack of priorities for the important needs of the system Catherine Bart Officials Say theyre contractually bound to pay out the extra money as a result of its 2013 negotiated settlement. It followed two contentious labor strikes that same year. Catherine the fbi has released new photos of the socalled bearded bandit. Connected to 11 Bank Robberies in northern california. Catherine photos show the suspect disguised with dark glasses and baseball caps. The latest sighting was this monday when he robbed a chase bank in lafayette. Catherine and then about an hour later a bank in rio vista. Police say he always passes a note to a teller demanding money. Hes described as white, in this 30s. And about sixfeet tall. Catherine were getting new information tonight about the teacher caught on camera behaving badly in a School Students. Its a story youll see only on kron four news. The classroom was in a Contra Costa County school. Catherine as kron fours Terisa Estacio reports parents are upset about the video and some are wondering if this has happened before. Reporter this exclusive video obtained by kron four news shows the teacher losing his temper in a classroom kron four news showed parents the video as you can see, they were visably upset about hearing the teacher yell at the middle School Students seemingly angry about some missing rubber bands. Aurelio diaz parent that is awful. Reporter this father says he wonders if this has happened before and what the school is going to do i am going to talk to my child and see it makes me upset. Reporter Amalia Garcia has 4 children including one that attends Antioch Middle School where the incident happened. Amalia garcia parent i am alarmed. Reporter kron four reached out to the school the principal declined to go on camera, but said the teacher involved, was a long term substitue and has since been let go. Reporter as for the district we reached out to the them as well. We wanted to know if there had been previous incidents involving this teacher they would only tell us the case is under review and the Human Resources departemnt is conducting an investigation reporter this parent who did not want to go on camera believed the teacher was wrong, but also thought the students were behaving badly. Reporter you dont go to play, you go to learn, they were not respecting the teacher. Reporter kron four obtained the video from a source who alleged School Officials were upset about the video and wanted it deleted and certainly not given to the media. We will continue to follow up on this story you can follow along with our mobile app for the very latest on this story and other news. In antioch, te catherine busy Southbound Mission boulevard in fremont was closed for about three hours this afternoon. When a taco truck overturned catherine with its roof caved in. The truck was totally demolished. The truck driver was taken to the hopsital with non life threatening injureis. Two other on on board were not injured. Pam no word on what caused the taco truck to flip over. It was the only vehicle invovled in the incident. Catherine quiet conditions for us and a warming trend into easter weekend. Brittany it looks a little bit cooler for easter and into next week but still dry. For the next couple of days. A lot of sunshine and some clouds. You could see the reconditions coming in. For the next couple of days. Just brittany a few clouds moving into our area. Weather disturbances are staying low to the north of us. I work temperature today is just a few degrees cooler than yesterdays. With 70 the grease average pyrrhic 66 in fremont, at 66 in livermore. We will continue to see some temperatures climb as we go into the rest of the work week. We do see minor conditions still in the 60s as we drop down into the mid to high fifties by 8 00 p. M. Brittany would continue to see breezy conditions over a next few hours. As we go into tomorrows; 70 in oakland and 73 in santa rosa. I will have more in just a few minutes. Catherine . Catherine next at five. New concerns tonight about east bay overpasses. The report that says theyre in serious need of repair. Catherine and later. How a man climbed an iconic tree. Refused to come down. And has become a star catherine the Company Behind the Bay Area Bike Share Program is expanding. Today it announced that 85 new stations will be installed. With several hundred new bicycles to be made available in San Francisco and san jose. Catherine San Francisco will get 72 of a thousand bicycles. San jose will get 13 new stations with a total of 250 bicycles. Catherine its hope that the new stations will be open and the bikes on the road by the end of the year. Catherine across california there are more than 25 thousand bridges. About 2 thousand of them are considered to be structurally deficient. Catherine a new report has identified three heavily used bay area bridges that fall into that category. Kron 4s Charles Clifford explains. Reporter this new report from the american road Transportation Builders Association identifies 3 bay area bridges that are considered to be structurally deficient. That means one or more parts of the bridge are in either poor or worse condition. All 3 bay area bridges mentioned in the report are in the east bay. 1 in Contra Costa County and two in alameda county. Reporter the first bridge on the list is the 680 overpass above monument boulevard in Pleasant Hill. It was built in 1998 and 235,000 cars pass over it every day. The second bridge on the list is the interstate 880 crossing over whipple road in hayward. Built in 1956, this bridge handles about 230,000 crossing per day

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