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KTVU KTVU Fox 2 News At 4pm July 28, 2017

Mallicoat. I am heather holmes. The announcement just came and it still developing a major shakeup in the west wing. Reince priebus is out as chief of staff. It was after public attacks from the knook medications director, Anthony Scaramucci. He was with the president for a speech in new york. Reince priebus give his resignation yesterday. The president thanked him on twitter for his service and dedication. Republicans are trying to regroup after the defeat of legislation and the repeal to the obamacare. As senator john mccain cast the deciding vote just days after being back. President trump seemed to threaten to undermine the current healthcare law. At was keeping reporter president donald j. Trump was given a close eye on the vote. Three republicans and everything that failed the american people. It was now time to let obamacare fail. Mr. President , this is clearly a disappointing moment. Reporter after seven years of promises to rollback obamacare and three failed votes this week, Senate Majority leader mitch mcconnell, threw in the towel. The early friday morning vote was 4951, after hours spent trying to win over skeptical republicans. Such as john mccain. Who in and, voted no. Lets turn the page and work together, to improve our healthcare system. Reporter apart from healthcare, at also has his health cancel with his own demonstration. It is hurtful, but the president of the United States is a strong leader. Reporter attorney general attorney general Jeff Sessions spoke to his counterpart in el salvador. The pleasure of the president . He was to make a change and he can certainly do so. I will be glad to yield in that circumstance. No doubt about it reporter meanwhile, carts new communication director, Anthony Scaramucci , is an up power struggle with chief of staff, Reince Priebus. He made how different headlines for his profanity laced tirade with a reporter. He is a passionate guy. Sometimes that passion gets the better of him. He used colorful language that i do not anticipate he will do again. Reporter it is worth noting, that during the briefing at the white house, Sarah Huckabee sanders would not say if president donald j. Trump has confidence in his chief of staff. You will remember the last time that happened was with fbi director james comey, who was fired not long after. In washington, garrett tenney, fox news. For more now, we are joined by our political analyst for ktvu. Lets start with the chief of staff, Reince Priebus. He is out and john kelly is in. John kelly is a fourstar marine. Someone well known in washington dc. He worked with people like leon panetta and other people. He will make a great chief of staff on condition. That his boss allows him to rule the way he is supposed to. With discipline and getting everyone in line. Being a gatekeeper. How much of a role do you think Anthony Scaramucci played in this . We all remember the tweet yesterday which he later deleted. He tagged fox 2 news at 4 p. M. , saying he would contact the fbi about leaks. Sadly, we keep hearing that there needs to be an adult in the room. There needs to be an adult in the room and kelly may be it. When you talk about Anthony Scaramucci , they spend more time trying to climb on top of each other to get ahead, then they do taking care of the nations business. That has been bothering me since day one. The answer to your question is maybe it has of the to do with it. I think Reince Priebus was on the hot seat for long time. How about healthcare . They go into the wee hours of the morning. A republican senator was diagnosed with brain cancer, and he was the deciding vote. Can work something out . Etiquette is take a break for a while now. Let cooler heads prevail. I think republicans have to get over this very significant loss. This was one of the cornerstones of the president s campaign. After seven years, they cannot get it done. Democrats, for their part, they have to come to the play at some point have to be part of the solution. They cant be part of the problem. Eventually, if they can finally get back into the room and Start Talking about this, that would be great. There are so many other things on the docket that require bipartisan operation. Tax reform, national security, social security, healthcare at some point. It requires someone getting along. It seems like no one wants to get along. No one wants to give trump any credit. And they dont want to give democrats credit. That is right. To your point, the idea that someone who is ill with advanced brain cancer flies out and cast that vote. It speaks to who john mccain was in his career. He was happy to vote and have a debate. He never said i am voting for the skinny repeal. What kind of message is it when the president continues to fire staff member after staff member . It is total chaos. I was kidding with somebody earlier. It was great political satire with automobiles. I saw a Bumper Sticker and it said, let the clown expect the circus. No offense. The point is, it is speaking to what is going on in the white house. There is now a semblance of order. John kelly, i think, can bring order. We want to bring up one thing a lot of people are talking about. The president was at long island. During his speech, he seemed to suggest it is okay if police rough up gang suspects. We are getting them out anyway. We would like to get them out faster. And we you see these thugs being thrown into the back of a paddy wagon, you just see them thrown in. Rough i said please dont be too nice. Like when you guys put someone in the car and you protect their head. The way you put the hands like do not hit their head. And they just killed somebody. I said you can take the hand away, okay . It seemed to be suggesting the police not worry about any potential fall out if wrapping up suspects. This is classic donald trump. Someone may see ive seen when they do the head thing and i ask why are they so nice . He is a guy who is not subtle. You know what . He appeals to a lot of people because he does say what a lot of people think. His whole campaign was based on that regular guy side. This is what we will do. Yes. And half of america at that time voted for him. And i am sure, a lot of those people still believe in what he talks about he still has the chance, by the way, to turn this thing around. And get people working together. He has to lose that twitter account. We will see if john kelly gets some of that done. Thank you brian. We move on to the ghost ship fire case. One of the two men charged had his bail reduced today. He was not happy about it. Henry lee joins us live in the newsroom. Reporter max harris described as the da as the secondincommand of the ghost ship. He wanted to be set free with no bail. He did not get what he wanted. He wants out of jail. He is one of two men charged with Involuntary Manslaughter in the oakland ghost ship warehouse fire that killed 36 people. On friday, even though his bill was reduced, he is not rejoicing. He is not happy about today. He will not be able to move forward. We will try to raise the bail. We will try our best. He is not happy. Reporter cameras were not allowed in court. As the attorney asked his judge to release him on his own recognizance without bail. Has no criminal history. Just kevin murphy declined to release harris out right. He was concerned over whether he had a regular job. The fact that he traveled to the Virgin Islands and to los angeles where he was arrested the judge did reduce his bail from over 1 million to 750,000. The defense says, that is too much. I disagree respectfully with the judges decision. I am not sure how he arrived at the amount. It is obviously a series thing that 36 people died. In my opinion, it is not a factor that the judge was considering. Truck alameda reporter Ballymena District attorney multiplied the 36 people by an amount to account for the amount. The defense said that was nonsensical. And the fire should be considered a single event. The District Attorney said harris helped create a fire trap at the warehouse. According to his attorneys, harris is innocent of the charges. He is an artist who tried to put out the fire and save lives. He is incarcerated with rapists and people who hunt the people down and killed people. People who rob banks. Those are the conditions he is in. It is unjust to have him subject to any bail amount at all. Even one dollar bail is too much. Mark my words, we will get max harris out for trial. Reporter eric l mena the manchester the master tenant, is expected to make a similar pitch for bail. Five of the six defendants held in held for the murder of miss flow appeared in court today. Prosecutor say all five played some sort of role in the killing of miss flow last september. They say johnny brown a 19year old zachary q and into the womans home as part of the robbery and burglary. They beat and assaulted that 88 yearold woman. They are both charged with murder. Browns mother is being held for harboring a fugitive. Another is being charged with hiding evidence. A friend, willie king is being accused of being an accessory to the crime. It is important to try all of the defendants at the same time. We have to prove this case and their roles together. The evidence affects all defendants equally. It is important for the community, in order to expedite and make sure that justice is found for this family and the community. The five defendants in court today will enter pleas on december 8. A six person charged in the case, 19year old jennifer human is is being tried separately and will be back in court on august 10. Police arrested a juvenile accused of stealing a passenger cell phone. Police say the juvenile suspect and victim were at a Valley Station around 7 30 pm when the suspect grabbed the phone and try to run away. Police say they found the suspect with three other young people, but they were not involved with the theft. It has launched a Public Awareness campaign to help prevent theft. The thefts continue to happen. Within the bart system , we are still seen a large number of cell phone pocket thats. We will continue to stay active and enforce on the trains. We spoke with the victim will have the story coming up at 5 pm. Sadness in london and beyond. The british baby at the center of a legal battle that captured the world attention has died. Coming up, a 2 investigates update. While a babysitter filed for bankruptcy. A bit of a cool down across most of the area we are talking about a warming trend as we head into the weekend. Triple digits will return in the five day forecast. Weekdays at 5 pm we are ready for you. A 2 investigates update. Dozens of people who say they were victimized to be area babysitting agency me needs never see the money they are owed. We told you about the investigation against Wonder Center by the San Francisco da office. 2 investigates found out the company we filed for bankruptcy. Since the agency operates each statewide, agents are looking into Wonder Center. They got a call that Wonder Center hired a new attorney and is filing for bankruptcy. Wonder center is based in San Francisco. Currently the company and its owner are being criminally investigated for owing local and outofstate babysitters tens of thousands of dollars of unpaid wages. Parents say they are not getting their money back. The babysitters have denied speaking with 2 investigates. So far more than 90 have come forward saying together they are more does record more than 85,000. We have tried to contact Wonder Center. The last time we saw the owner she ran from our cameras. Will you pay the babysitters . What is going on . Reporter you sound angry. I am angry. Many of the sitters are frustrated and angry. Will they get paid . It is still unclear in terms of bankruptcy, Wonder Center has not filed anything official yet. If this Company Calls for bankruptcy, it becomes much more complicated. A thirdparty legal expert tells me the victims would have to hire attorneys and go to court. Something many of them say they cannot afford in money and time. Candace, if they cannot go after the company, can they go after the owner . Heather, it would be externally difficult. Wonder sitters is an llc, a limited liability company. It is structured in a way that protects and vigil members. We move along now. Firefighters in antioch are investigating three more suspicious fires. Leigh martinez reports that fires could be the work of a serial arsonist. Reporter behind these houses on gary avenue, that is where the fire was burning. We talked to one neighbor that says the fence is blackened behind his house. If you turn over to the right side, there is a hill that leads to behind these houses. You will see the railroad tracks. Fire Officials Say the fire started in the grassy area. Luckily a vacationing Colorado Firefighter saw it first. The offduty Colorado Springs firefighter, Matthew Chavez was in antioch visiting grandparents. He jumped into action. Here is what a garden hose. It was a good thing he was there to help. The fire was not far from the home. We stopped the fire spreading to my grandmothers house and the neighbors as well. You have to do it safely and make sure it is not getting to the trees. Make sure it is not coming in behind you. You to constantly check that. Since it had burned it black, i was able to jump into the black. Reporter one fire was reported on sunset drive off of highway 4 yesterday afternoon. The other two were near hillcrest avenue. Our investigators are under the assumption that it has been it is arson. It is all under investigation right now. There is no suspect at this time. Reporter there were seven fires last week, coming dangerously close to buildings, such as a school and a church and apartment complex. They were set within one mile of each other. And within one hour. The fire Officials Say crews were rushing to get from fire to fire. Which gave the next fire more time to burn, before firefighters could attack it. They have a suspect description they are working off of. So far, no arrests have been made. All of these fires are within close proximity to each other. Fire Officials Say they have looked at and eliminated all possibilities that these were naturally occurring fires. They believed they were intentionally set. In antioch Leigh Martinez fox 2 news. We will turn things over to meteorologist mark tamayo. Warm days lined up. They are stacking up into next week. Next week could be hot inland. Thankfully, we have fog around the bay. This is capping the temperatures along the shoreline. This is good news. If we do not have this, the entire baywood heat up. With micro clouds and fog. Another camera. The extreme looking out toward mount diablo. Things have dried out with the grass. Temperatures will be in the 90s. Eventually approaching 100 degrees as we head into next week. On the satellite we have fog in the southern half of the california coastline in the bay area. Down toward central and Southern California are closer to los angeles. Was to have dodger breeze as well. Near portions of the coastline. Other parts of the area have cleared out nicely with warming amateurs. Today, not too hot. Comfortable toward santa rosa. 87 degrees. Most areas a bit cooler temperatures down by dij to 8 degrees. Saturday, 78. Oakland, 75. San francisco downtown, 78 degrees. 7 am tomorrow, 66. Lunch time, partly sunny with 60s 68 emma with fair skies and patchy, coastal fog. Closer to ocean beach. Here is the plan tomorrow. With coverage, 8 am, Half Moon Bay and ocean beach and extending across the bay out toward oakland, berkeley and hayward. The clouds clear back to near the coastline by 4 pm. Like today. We are thinking 90s and land toward antioch and livermore. It is pleasant around the bay. Santa rosa, 90. A stretch of hot temperatures and land, headed our way. Temperatures close to 90 degrees. We will talk about the big warm up in the five day forecast in a few minutes. The terminally ill baby have died has died. Charlie gard, the terminally ill british baby at the center of a legal and ethical battle that attracted the attention of pope francis and u. S. President donald trump, died friday. The doctor said the treatment would not help them and might cause him to suffer. Yesterday, the judge moved that charlie be moved to hospice and taken off life support charlie would have turned 1 next friday coming up next, chilling details emerge about a murder on a cruise ship off the alaska coast. White one man says he snapped, killing his wife. That is next. A utah man allegedly killed his wife while on a cruise ship in alaska, and told a witness he did it because she wouldnt stop laughing at him, the fbi said. A criminal complaint that she may have died because she was laughing at her husband. Reporter laughter is what may have led to the death of a woman aboard kenneth ray manzanares, 39, was a cruise ship off charged thursday in the killing the coast of of his wife Kristy Manzanares alaska. While aboard the emerald princess cruise ship. According to the fbi, he said she would not stop laughing at me. When asked by someone what happened . Christie was a beautiful girl. She would light up a room whenever she walked into it occur smile just put people at ease. Reporter christie suffered a severe head wound. Blood was found throughout the cabin. And on her husband. Who told authorities, my life is over, as he was being searched. The criminal complaint also says he was seen trying to drag his wife weiss body to a balcony. We do not know what he intended to do once he got her out there. Reporter the emerald princess carries 3400 passengers and 1100 crewmembers on a weeklong trip. Passengers were kept on board for hours as the investigation was underway report say a murder mystery dinner show was going on the

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