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agency's investigators. asiana flight 214 too slow, too low whit hit the sea wall. you can see in this video just released by the national transportation safety board, the boeing 777 spun out of control after its tail hit the sea well. documents released today by national transportation safety board investigators reveal that not one, but two fire rigs ran over the 16-year-old passenger, covered with foam. the coroner has concluded already that she was alive before she was hit. aviation experts, representatives from asiana and those involved in the response testified at the hearing. san francisco fire officials said the radios on trucks had problems communicating with other mutual aid agencies during the response. >> because of some recent rebanding of radios, part of the process, we weren't able to have
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those elements communicate on the same frequency. >> there are questions about the kwaul ficks of the crew. >> captain lee is a very well experienced pilot. >> but an investigative report concluded that captain lee was very concerned about the landing. the airports ought yes mattic landing aids, the glide slope indication were out of service that day. lee told investigators making a visual approach landing was quote, very stressful and difficult. lee was training on the boeing 777 and this was his first time landing the big jet at sfo. one of the chief pilots said he had confidence in lee and his cockpit crews. >> did you feel any concern about the ability of any asiana pilot to land at san francisco without a glide slope indication? >> doi not have concern. >> the reports captain lee told investigators he was unfamiliar with 777's auto flight system.
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now, national transportation safety board emphasized this hearing was only to gather information not to analyze what went wrong. that will happen down the road. vic lee, abc7 news. >> thank you. in burlingame relatives came to the crown plaza hotel. providing video of the hearings in washington one familiar member says she's just looking for empathy. >> we're hoping asiana will take this opportunity to say hey, we're here to support you and work with you this, is the beginning of a long process. let's do this together. we haven't had that conversation, yet. >> also saying her father, injuring his jaw back and neck is not looking to point fingers at the pilots >> former united airlines
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employees pleaded not guilty to stealing a couple's luggage during the chaos following the crash. prosecutors say they rifled through baggage, then returned some belongings to nordstrom for $5,000. >> cal osha changed its mind regarding blame of the death of a worker in levis stadium. in june, he was killed while standing in a elevator shaft. cal osha issued three citations to shinnedler elevator n a previous investigation in october, the agency found no fault with the company. a preliminary review by the sheriff's department finds no wrong doing by deputy eric gelhaus. gelhaus mistaked his air soft rifle for an assault weapon. sky seven over the scene
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yesterday, demonstrators were protesting and one was arrested during demonstrations over the shooting. the sheriff says the internal review continues but so far there no indication that gelhaus failed to follow procedures. >> in marin county a sheriff deputy shod and wounded a crime suspect whose crime spree pri mai have began a year ago the man was shot after crashing and trying to get away. bernard is joining us live tonight. cornell? >> we're told the suspect who was shot will recover, his wounds are not life threatening. confrontation happened with police in front of the north gate mall. >> that customer comes running
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through the door, get down, close the door. >> she was working inside of the wells fargo branch in terra linda, witnessing the sheriff deputies outside, drawing their guns on an armed suspect. the moments before crashed his car. >> the suspect was armed with a handgun. he was shot. and has been taken to the hospital. >> the deputy was not hurt. police say the suspect had just robbed a bank in novato. sky seven hd was over the bank of the west after it was struck around 9:30 a.m . police believe it could be the same suspect whose been robbing banks for the past year. known as the cotton ball bandit. he's been seen wearing a cap sometimes has a small white ball on top. this branch she says was robbed in october. today, the
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suspect had the same mo. >> his mo is every couple weeks on wednesday in the morning same time he robs our branch last time. >> you're right, sate wednesday. >> fbi has now joined this investigation. >> a freeze warning continues in the north bay for a 7th day. >> skies still clear. change is that the area under a freeze warning is limited to the north bay mountains and valleys because we're not expecting wide spread freeze tonight. 20 low 30s. and this morning, it
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was plenty cold. mid-20s napa. 31 in san jose. you can see petaluma, 33. oakland mid-30s. san francisco, 42 degrees, temperatures changing going into tomorrow morning. i'll be back with lows and tell you about a shift coming up as we hit the weekend. >> thank you very much. happening now firefighters wrapping up after a smoky fire. residents got out safely. >> took more than 11 hours to put out this fire overnight, longer for health concerns to go away. smoke above the city of concord prompted a health advisory for anyone within a half mile of the fire. amy hollyfield has more. >> the fire was huge by the time firefighters got here this morning, burning in a commercial area in a building that did not
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have an alarm system. so it went unnoticed for a while. >> it had been burning for quite a while. >> firefighters decided it wasn't safe to go in and fought from the outside. they couldn't save the building. the location of a company called fall phone company. >> it's horrible. the building is gone. gone. >> stunned employees tried to comfort each other and figure out what to do next. >> i work for this company about 12 years. >> what are you going to do now? >> no idea i can't believe it. >> because of the phone equipment, the fire mostly burned plastic creating a toxic smoke. >> smoke is nasty. you can smell a strong stench of burning plastic. >> a county team issued a health
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advisory telling people with breathing problems to avoid the area and firefighters asked a dialysis center to close for the day. they're investigating the owner saying he was in the middle of being foreclosed on. >> he was going to be in the process of moving out. i believe the building is bank owned which is why he's moving out. we're looking into that. >> investigators plan to take a look at. that federal agents helping in the investigation and at this point say it's too early to tell whether a crime was committed. >> there is more ahead this wednesday evening. >> box is practically empty. the huge need tonight to ensure
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resounded with voices tonight. local officials paid tribute by reading from his writings. san francisco held its memorial to nelson mandela in city hall. mayor ed lee called his values san francisco's values and will have a book to sign lieu friday. >> there is outrage tonight in a texas town and else wrchlt i imagine a 16-year-old drunk driver killing four people in fort worth will not serve a day in jail. ethan couch's blood level was three times the legal limit he's getting ten years probation the lawyer argued his wealthy parents were to blame because couch was used to getting whatever he wanted. that includes starting to drive at 13 and being allowed to drink. one man whose brother was paralyzed
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is furious. >> to me it's not right. if you go out and drink and drive and kill more people, now we're going put you in prison? >> couch's attorneys argued that the teen needs treatment. the judge doesn't think she can get therapy in jail. couch may end up in a long term treatment center in newport beach costing $450,000 a scombreert family would foot the bill. >> some good samaritans have come to the rescue after a thousand dollars in gifts for needy children was stolen this week this, is surveillance video of the suspect breaking into a car. police believe this is the suspect at a target store now since the story first aired people have come forward to makeup donations stolen. they have so much that funds will be going towards other programs as well. >> well, despite generosity of
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donor there's is a need in contra costa county. food and toys are running low when need is high. abc7 news details. >> i wanted to find out if this is true this, is what i've found here in concord. now, this may look like a lot of toys but this is all they have right now. give to the needy kids. >> i went in there, i started crying. >> stephanie keeps hearing how good the economy is but the drop boxes in contra costa county are not reflecting it. >> this is what i have. this has been here over a month. last year, u.s. marines needed about 75,000 toys. next year up to
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100,000. only collecting about a third of that. >> if there is a large order, at least we can get half. >> if economy is doing well, jeremy bishop says he is not ill fooeling it. neither is the pantry where he was receiving groceries. >> there enough left over for a $five toy? yes. people are focused on trying to make ends meet. that theying for gotten about this. >> marines say you can donate online. they only have until december 20th to reach the goal but marines always complete the mission n concord, allen wong, abc7 news. >> if you'd like to help we have a ling on our web site for you under see it on tv.
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>> bat kid inspired a challenge. if they can raise $50,000 by 8:00 tonight matt cane will donate that amount. right now make a wish raised pushing to $50,000, pretty g go to our web site and click on see it on tv. >> it's cool, they told me they're donating $5 and $ten at a time. >> yes. >> california is trying to get ahead of self driving cars. >> michael finney is here with the state working on regulating them. >> this is amazing. auto makers
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hope to roll out self driving cars by 2020. grab my microphone. professional blasting. we hope to have the cars in california so california dmv drawing up rules for testing requiring auto makers to carry $5 million in insurance. >> as we get to the operational piece, the question is do we need to have a different type license? how should we test for it? >> a public hearing will be held in january. >> this is a time of the year we want our homes perfect. for many of us, that means getting our carpets cleaned. it's not cheap. you need to be careful when
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picking a company that starts with understand ads. kevin with the bay area condition assumer check book. >> you need to be careful about what you consider a room. if you have an l-shaped room most of the time they're going to consider that two room. check book says the good way to get an estimate is measure, count stair asks call and ask for a phone estimate. now, i have a link to the web site. you can check it out and perhaps figure out the best you should advise yichlt we're going to take a look at home auto mags. it's not the jetsons yet. >> thank you. >> sure. >> you can tell outside today was not a bitterly cold
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ien side, too. >> sorry, sorry. >> yes, temperatures starting to moderate. just minutes ago freeze warning is shrinking more. so let's check out live doppler seven hd. the national weather service with clear skies we're still in for a cold night. check out the winds in the hills. with this wind direction, it tends to keep things temperatures tw to seven degrees ahead of last time. check out how dirty the air s we have
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pollution just trapped down near the surface. so santa clara valley n wood burning is allowed. looking towards sutro tower, napa, is it's cooling off. emeryville camera this is a spectacular view. and spare the air again, tomorrow, milder pattern going to take us foot weekend and beyond weekend we're going to see major changes in weather. tomorrow morning cold in the north bay valleys
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looking at upper 20s in santa rosa and napa. getting into a comfort zone in oakland. and check out temperatures trend livermore, 32 tomorrow morning but you're going to be heading into mid to upper 30s range. tuesday, wednesday, low 40s so more along the lines of where we should be for that time of the year. storm track staying well north of us. just going this way, high pressure really starting to take control. and that continues into next week. temperatures coming up a few degrees.
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morning north bay. friday morning look at highs continuing to inch up. low to mid-60s for weekend. 66 bay and inland. tanning weather i call it. can turn down heat opposed to cranking it up. >> it's nice. >> no rain in the accu-weather forecast. we need it. >> okay. thanks a lot. >> google's deal may have cost california taxpayers $5 million >> plus, a cafe making people pay more for being rude. then, at 6:00 taking you behind the scenes for opening night of the nut cracker. a bay area
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and why can you move the tv out here? the wireless receiver. i got that when i switched to u-verse. but why? because it's so much better than cable. it's got more hd channels, more dvr space. yeah, but i mean, how did you know? i researched. no, i-i told you. no. yeah! no. the importan and i got you this visor. you made a visor! yes! that i'll never wear. ohh.
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a growing controversy over google executives getting a $5 million deal on jet fuel. an audit found co-fonders got fuel at a discounted rate. the report found into intentional misconduct but nasa may try to recover up to $5 million the fuel used for h 211. >> a cafe in france rewarding customers who are polite. it started as a joke but now is if you add hello it's under one and a half euros.
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then. >> tonight the high school basketball player made a spectacular shot. >> incredible. he plays for william bird high school in virginia. he chased down an errant pass, then tosses it into the hoop. >> amazing. >> yes >> the momentum from punching the ball, you can see what happened. isn't that something? >> cool that has got to be on you tube. >> you're wearing something special. >> yes. this is from jennifer montana saying keys like this open doors for charity. she's encouraging people to get involved. agreat meaning and that is wonderful. >> speaking of charity... >> you can win $7,000 helping abc7 news fight hunger. we'll donate $one to feeding america food banks for you. >> go to abc7 news facebook
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page. help us give where you live. >> world news is next. >> from welcome to "world news." tonight warning signs, the new video of the passenger plane missing the runway and the wake-up call for pilots about relying on computers. double standard. we'll show you two people saying the same things exactly alike except for their sex. a new study tonight and an experiment, do they prove women have it tougher at work? and say what? outrage over the sign language interpreter at nelson mandela's memorial. did he even know sign language? was he a fake and how did he get to close to the president? good evening. tonight millions of americans
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