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KRON KRON 4 Evening News April 27, 2017

Made here at lake merritt but police say the new tactic of not stopping the train worked dublin pleasantonbound train. Robbing at least seven people and punching at least two others. Bart officials were able to identify some of the suspects thanks to Video Surveillance footage from inside the bart train. Bart police say they have also stepped up their presence in and around the oakland colseium bart station. catherine that disturbing weekend incidence of mob violence on a bart train is causing another victim to come forward who says she was also attacked on a train. Kron 4s Maureen Kelly talked to the young woman who says bart police didnt take her assault seriously enough and she wants answers. There were a group of teenagers kind of messing around on the train, hanging off the bars being loud but in general i wasnt paying much attention to them because theyre teenagers why would i ever be afraid of them. Tess pawlisch says she was sitting on a bart train while travelling thru oakland. Looki ng at her phone on the train when she was attacked. All of a sudden i felt a huge punched my head she was diagnosed with post concussion syndrome after suffering multiple blows to the head while riding on a bart train in oakland back in february. Her attacker, a teen girl, ran off the train along. And witnesses contacted the train operator to let them know that the assailant could still be caught. Apparently the train operator seemed a little impatient and just wanted to get going. The train pulled away from the station and tess ended up reporting the crime the next day. Meeting an officer at the station. Pawlisch says she was in shock after the attack and didnt find out about the response until reading this email the witness wrote to bart pd. But reading about this violent attack that happened to me and how how the response immediately afterwards was so terrible and they couldve done so much more was really upsetting. Not only that. A month after the incident she reached out to bart pd to get an update on the investigation. Not getting a response she reached out to a bart board member. She asked him twice for an update on my case and they never responded to her. Even to the bart board member . Even to the bart board member. She has Text Messages from her witnesses. One whom a month later says she had not been contacted by police. Another saying she was called by police on april 6th. Tess says bart pd dropped the ball. And if they hadnt. They couldve maybe got these people, maybe if they realize this was a string and a lot of events that were happening on bart Something Like what happened over the weekend may not have happened. In this emailed response to one of the witnesses a bart Police Lieutenant agrees that the train operator should have immediately reported the attack to bart pd. And today the acting deputy chief says he was made away of the delay in contacting the witnesses in this case two weeks ago. He calls it unacceptable and says hes put protocols in place to address it. Pawlisch says she hopes bart pd has truly learned from this incident and is trying to improve. And isnt just saying that to deflect media scrutiny. Maureen kelly kron4 news grant another big story were tracking tonight. It appears that conservative commentator ann coulter will anota be in berkeley tomorrow ater all. catherine but the controversy around her visit continues. This after a lawsuit was filed by conservative Student Groups this week. Kron 4s Hermela Aregawi talked to people on both sides of the issue. She joins us live with the latest. Hermela . In a press Conference Held today in sproul plaza. Surrounded by other protesters. The Student Groupdoubled down on their claim that the university is trying to resrict conservative speech by not providing Adequate Security for coulters original appearance date. The university is maintaining that they did everything they could to make tomorrows appearance possible but they couldnt do it without compromising safety. They say this is a really busy time of year with finals, so finding a venue that they could secure was especially difficult. The attorney of the lawsuit against the university says. Shes not buying it. Harmeet k dhillon attorney first of all i dont buy that they were unable to secure her tomorrow. Secondly offering her a space to speak next week when the students arent here because theyre studying for finals and in the middle fo teh day is not sufficient under the law so we dont accept an insufficient solution. Were here for 100 solution to the problem. School administrators say this is an issue simply because the Berkeley College of republicans didnt follow protocol and gave coulter the april 27th date without the universitys approval. School even though happy with the order of the were done. They tried to work anyway but it just wasnt from and ucpd in berkeley, aregawi, kron grant we first coulter canceling her speech canceling her told you about we first grant we first told you about coulter canceling her speech through our mobile app. We sent out a push alert at ten this morning. Make sure you download the kron four mobile app to always stay up to date on breaking news. catherine some of the survivors of the fire that tore through a Halfway House in west oakland last month are now suing 15 former tenants claim the building on san pablo avenue had slum conditions. Theyre accusing the buildings owners and managers of ignoring a stringof fire code violations. The march 27th fire killed four people injured 6 others and displaced about 100 people who lived in the building. The tenants who are suing claim the building didnt have smoke detectors and fire extinguishers. And also say the exits were blocked. The attorney representing them held a News Conference today. Ken greenstein attorney if the fire system had been functioning properly this fire would never have spread. Nobody would have lost their lives. Nobody would have been injured. It would have been a minor fire. Eliza anderson tenant who escaped fire i didnt hear no alarms. All i heard was people banging on walls. That was the alert. All our neighbors were just banging on walls yelling ire fire no alarms. No sprinklers. No wetness going out. Nothing. That woman says that if her aunt had not banged on her door. She and her three Young Children would probably have died. An attorney for owner keith kim is shifting blame to the company which managedthe property Urojas Community services. The fire is still under investigation. catherine another big story were tracking. A south bay woman was hospitalized overnight after being attacked by as many as 6 other women. It happened near san jose state university. Police responded just after oneam to a fight on east san carlos street where they say a bottle was being used as a weapon. Officers found the victim suffering from visible injuries. Shes expected to survive. The suspects are described as women in their mid 20s. And theyre still on the loose tonight. grant the man charged with seven counts of murder for a School Shooting in oakland appeared in court today but his plea entry was delayed until next tueday. 48yearold one goh, was recently deemed mentally competent to stand trial. The former Nursing Student is charged with killing seven people and injuring three others during a 2012 shooting at Oikos University. Prosecutors say goh dropped out of oikos several months before the shooting and wanted his tuition refunded. Initi ally targeting an administrator. catherine its offical. Marshawn lynch is now a member of the silver and black. grant the raiders completed a trade with the seahawks that brings beast mode back to the bay area. Sports director gary radnich joins us. Gary he wasted no time getting over to raiders hq today. grant a major announcement on tax cuts. The white house calls it a big boost to middle income families. But the president s proposal could also lead to a big increase in the federal deficit. This story next on kron four news. catherine then, the white house held an emergency briefing on north korea. Bussing the entire senate to the white house because of the growing tensions. grant and after the break. Preventing sex assaults at bay area night clubs. How one local city plans to tackle the problem. brittney im chief meteorologist Brittney Shipp, ill have your full bay area forecast after the break. Hey allergy muddlers are you one sneeze away from being voted out of the carpool . Try zyrtec® its starts working hard at hour one and works twice as hard when you take it again the next day. Stick with zyrtec® and muddle no more®. catherine the white house is moving on one of President Trumps Biggest Campaign promises tax reform. catherine his team outlined the proposal today. Which leans heavily on tax cuts. grant but so far the plan is pretty thin on details. From our partners at cnn. Stacey cohan is in washington. With more on the plan. With just 3 days to go before President Donald Trump hits the 100 day mark. The white house is going big on one of his major Campaign Promises Steve Mnuchin treasury secy under the trump plan we will have a massive tax cut for businesses and massive tax reform and simplification. Secretary Steven Mnuchin and National Economic director gary cohn treasury laid out trumps vision for tax policy. Reducing the Corporate Tax rate from 35 to 15 percent would be the biggest tax cut in u. S. History, mnuchin claims. The white house wants tax relief for middle income families, an end to the alternative minimum tax. And a simplified tax code. Gary cohn white house chief economic adviser by taking the current seven brackets we have today and reducing them to only three bracket. A 10 percent bracket, a 25 percent bracket and a 35 percent bracket. But democrats and some deficit hawks appear to be united in their opposition questioning how the country will pay its bills. Sen. Chuck schumer, d minority leader thats just a tax giveaway to the very very wealthy that will explode the deficit Speaker Paul Ryan who would be tasked with getting the votes to pass any tax cuts says hes been briefed on the details. But a senior gop source tells cnn the administration has not yet explained how these cuts would be paid for. This initial draft comes as leaders in congress continue to negotiate over a deal to fund the government, which runs out of money at the end of friday. In washington, im stacey cohan. grant President Trump is once again blasting a federal judge this time over a court ruling against an executive order that would cut funding to sanctuary cities. Pres. Donald trump as i said, well see you in the supreme court. A San Francisco judge ruled against an executive order that attempted to strip federal funding from cities that do not cooperate with Immigration Enforcement otherwise known as sanctuary cities. The president took to twitter to accuse the system of quote judge shopping in other words chosing liberal judges to hear his court cases. The presiednt says hell be taking the case all the way to the supreme court. catherine state lawmakers are considering a proposal that would eliminate Insurance Companies and guarantee coverage for everyone. The idea is known as singlepayer health care. The proposal is gaining traction with liberals as President Trump is working to repeal and replace the Affordable Care act. Hundreds of nurses held a rally in sacramento today ahead of a Senate Health committee hearing. anchor time now to check on our weather. With chief meterologist Brittney Shipp. Isolated showers across the region will continue to diminish this afternoon as a weak frontal system pushes further inland. Dry weather returns for thursday as High Pressure builds over the eastern pacific. Further warming of daytime temperatures will then be likely through the weekend and potentially into early next week as High Pressure strengthens along the california coast. grant big news dubs fans. Head coach steve kerr may be back on the warriors sideline before their playoff run ends. General manager bob myers says he expects kerr to find a solution to his debilitating health issues. Kerr is suffering over complications from two back surgeries. The 51yearold coach plans to be examined at stanford this week by back specialists. For now, top assistant mike brown is leading the way as the dubs wait to learn their next opponent. The Los Angeles Clippers or the utah jazzafter sweeping portland in four games. catherine in southern california. The search continues for a missing 5 yearold boy. Meanwhile. His father. Who was a suspect in the case. Was released from jail. Aramazd aramaz andressian an dressean junior went missing saturday. Police say little aras father was discovered unconscious in a Pasadena Park that day. But ara was nowhere to be found. Detectives say the fathers statements about him have been inconsistent. He was arrested and spent days in jail being questioned. He was released yesterday. After detectives say there was no evidence to bring charges. The fathers lawyer says he insists he did not harm his son. grant april is Sexual Assault awareness month. And today District Attorney George Gascon, community stakeholders, and members of San Franciscos nightlife industry all met together to combat drug induced Sexual Assaults. Gason says right now the city of San Francisco is seeing an increase in Sexual Assault cases among women. And it is happening when they are intoxicated or someone slips something into their drink. So. To create a safer space for bargoers. They discussed strategies to empower staff at bars throughout the city to prevent Sexual Assault inside bars. District attorney George Gascon we can look out for one another. You see someone who is no longer able to take care of herself or himself because they are intoxicated. To sort of draw a line and provide some sort of protection around that person. Guest speaker even though the victims credibility is always going to be the only thing that tells us about potentially what happened at the time of the assault. The credibility is bolstered when we have eyes and ear, both, before and after an event. grant they say simple interventions such as taking a picture, making Light Conversations and even asking for the customers phone number to call them the next day to check up on them. Can help prevent Sexual Assaults or can help the victims of Sexual Assault. catherine coming up, United Airlines is facing an odd new problem. Less than three weeks after a passenger was dragged off a flight at chicagos airport. grant but first, a car torched and vandalized. Where police are investigating a possible hate crime tonight. A car spray painted and set on fire in vacaville and now it is being investigated as a hate crime. Police are still looking for the person who set the car on fire. Investigators say kkk was spray painted on the car before it was lit on fire. It happened monday night on william street. Police say the owner of the car does not know why he was targeted. He did not see anybody approach his car and could not provide any information on who may have started the fire. North korea. After the break. The white house took a very unusual step today that requireda bus. And the entire u. S. Senate. grant plus, new body cam video shows the heroic actions taken by a connecticut officer whose saves a man from jumping off a roof. Nat pop for 02 catherine an extraordinary sight at the u s capitol today the entire senate bussed to the white house to meet with the presiident and his top military advisers. The unprecedented move comes as tensions soar on the korean peninsula. grant heres a look at the days dramatic developments. The president in crisis mode as he calls in all one hundred senators for an intelligence briefing. I think the white house wanted to convey that they are serious about north korea natthe Trump Administration indicating that it is taking kim jong un at his word. That he is developing a missile capable of hitting the u s. We have to look at north korea as if kim jong un will do what he says. Are North Koreans worried that you may be headed towards war with the United States . Its a grave situation, he says. But were ready to counter the american threat with an all out war and nuclear attack. Natthe response american and south korean tanks and warplanes destroy an imaginary invader in a live fire exercisenat a controversial new Missile Defense system will be operational within days. Natthe uss michigan docks in south korea. Loaded with tomahawk missiles. The carrier carl vinson leads a Navy Task Force east of okinawa. And the air force launches an

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