>> at least one person appears to have been hit by a car. we saw an ambulance taking that person away. right there just a few minutes ago. you saw another ambulance. now you're looking live again at the scene. someone taken away on a stretcher. the oakland police have closed several streets. >> we have a reporter headed to that scene and we'll bring you new details when we have them. good evening. to more breaking news, an arrest in the case of two escaped inmates in palo alto. >> let's get right to the reporter in san jose tonight. katie? >> reporter: the two escapees are still on the run but we've learned from the sheriff's offices that two suspected accomplices have been arrested. they'll release the identity after he is bookds. the second suspect is marquita

kirk. the ex-girlfriend of one of the inmates, tramel mcclough. investigators say she is the one who rented the u-haul and parked outside the courthouse. one of the two getaway vehicles. so she and the other man are being charged with conspiracy and accessory after the fact. mcclough and john bivens escaped from the courthouse yesterday morning and we have new details. the undersheriff just told me, they believe the member themselves smuggled in the hand cuff key that was used that got themselves out of their restraints. the undersharon says they're universal and they're easy the obtain and to smuggle. they got out of hand cuffs. they ran to a waiting car and then ditched that car and got into a u-haul. it is part of what led to the arrest of kirg. the undersheriff discussed staffing at the courthouse. he said at the courthouse was in fact overstaffed.

normally there would be 13 deputies and a sergeant. yesterday they had 15 deputies and a sergeant. and the upstaffing was due to four other inmates who were going to be in the courthouse that day. it did not have anything to do with mcclough o'binns. but two sheriff's deputies were escorting five inmates when mcclough and bivens were able to he is came. so the manhunt continues, as does the hundred for any other accomplices to their escape. live in sanity jose. abc7 news. >> thank you. now concord police plan to reveal more information about the killing of a teenager within the next half-hour or so. that's following the arrest of several people have the victim was 17-year-old lawrence jansen. witnesses say someone got out of a car and open fire on jansen while he was with a group of people minutes after classes

ended. jansen ran back to the continuation high school. he died in the hospital yesterday afternoon. they say a picture is words a thousand words. the defense in the kate steinle murder trial is counting on surveillance video taken at pier 14 to suggest their client may have found gun under a chair left behind by a group of people. live at the hall of justice to explain it. >> well, you know, the defense brought in paul endo, an expert when it comes the enhancing video. the video is grain yiflt you really can't make out the people who are on that pier. but here's what it does. it plants a seed of doubt in the minds of the jury. this expert in video enhancement was able to produce better photos and video of the scene in pier 14 before and after kate steinle was shot in 2015. the surveillance video was taken from the fire boat station on

pier 22 1/2 about one mile away. because of the distance, you can only see people in silhouette. the video shows six to seven people arriving shortly after 10:00 people. one person is seated in the chair. the others are congregated around that person. they are seen bending or stooping down several times. >> the activity of individuals were not consistent with tourism. they appear to be circling the seat, looking down, bending down. >> reporter: they remain there'd for nearly 30 minutes. here's the time line. at 5:38 p.m., they all leave at the same time. at 5:industry, an unidentified person sits down and then quickly gets up. at 6:02, another person stands near the chair but never sits down. at 6:07 p.m.,p.m.,p.m.,p.m., down. at the time, they said he was

sit go down in that chair about 90 feet from kate steinle and her father. they've maintain that had their client found the stolen gun wrapped in a piece of cloth and that it accidentally went off. it has been establish that had the bullet ricochetted before shooting steinle in the back. they have said the people could have left the gun tunneled chair before their client found it. abc7 news. new video in the north bay wildfires to share with you. a firefighter who tackled that fight from the air is giving us a unique look. the press democrat reports, captain nathan southwick flew a c-130 aircraft. he recorded the aerial views of the fire and retardant drops in sonoma county during the peak of the while fires. the demolition crews are continuing to clear debris from coffee park neighborhood. they posted video yesterday. some workers dress in the white protective suits and breathing

masks in order to sift through the rubble. an effort is underway to get land lords to fix up vacant store fronts while waiting for new tennants. the problem is citywide but the pilot program will focus on the downtown area. live along santa clara to show you some examples of what the city wants to dress up. >> reporter: the city council recognizes there will be turnover in store fronts. one store closes. another takes its place. it can be months in between. and a dark, empty store front can be a security risk and can look sometimes down right ugly. the vacant store fronts are so ubiquitous, few people notice. but the city council is putting its foot down what it considers blight. an initiative first proposed two years ago calls on property owners to register their vacant

store fronts. they will pay fees to cover the cost of quarterly code inspections. >> we're hoping the get an inspector throughout more frequently to keep them in compliance but two, to hopefully entice them to beautify their building. >> this is just a 100-foot cutout. >> he says the absentee land lords are the problem. >> it is just a handful of ownership that keeps the building in this deteriorated shape that brings down the surrounding neighbors. >> some land lords have dressed up their neighbors. this former ross store has become working gallery space. the city hopes own letters turn on louis at night to create a safer environment. >> we come out to eat and walk around the downtown area. >> reporter: do you think lighting would make it nicer? >> a lot nicer, yes. >> reporter: property own here's

don't register he vacancies will be billed. >> we want to make sure their store fronts are active and vibrant in one way or another immediately. >> reporter: david louie, abc7 news. tonight, ed lee, uber and lyft are celebrating to make city curb spaces available for vehicles. they had to handled over their traffic data. the examiner reports city leaders have desired the data for quite some time. under the deal, some parking spaces will be painted into curbs for drivers. and taylor swift and her attorneys, according to the aclu, are asking for a retraction of statements concerning lyrics that were interpreted by the blogger as alluding to white supremacy.

♪ >> reporter: according to the aclu, a bay area blog site called pop front posted a commentary about taylor swift's new song that suggested the lyrics seemed to affirm white supremacy. the blogger megan then got a letter from the swift legal team. they called it a malicious attack against swift to go to great lengths to portray her as a figure head. >> they're threatening to sue her for defamation. which they cannot do here. this is an opinion piece that the first amendment protects. they've demand that had our client not tell anyone about the exist tebls of this threat letter. this is also unsupported under the law. and we've published it on our website. >> i was shocked. because we're such a small blog. i was just completely stunned. >> taylor swift's attorneys did not respond for comment.

the aclu is concerned their letter sets a dangerous precedent. >> powerful public figures might be using legal threats to silence opinions they don't like. >> the aclu has given swift's legal team until november 13 tow respond. in the meantime, they're teague the letter along with the original blog post up and online. the 737 carrying passengers just land in the hawaii, ending the era of the carrier. united first flew the 747 never 1970. and today, flight tan yanlts wore uniforms from that bygone era. a crew on board retracing the journey of the first 747 flight. and we'll have a live report from hawaii for you coming up at

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collusion. goodell will be deposed in that lawsuit. the teen posted this picture of the three players. lee africa low ball, code write riley and jalen hill as they headed to china last saturday. ball, the one on the left, is the younger brother of rookie star lonzo ball. you're looking at the men's basketball team. the bruins are in china to tip off the season against georgia tech. one sports talk show in los angeles weigh in the on what's happening with one of the nation's top teams. >> this is the time of trip that universities use to show case their brand. and this is terrible news for ucla because of that. >> the chinese police question and release three georgia tech players. >> a surprise visit by president trump to the korean demilitarized zone has been scrapped because of poor

weather. abc news is reporting that marine 1 was five minutes into the trip when it was forced to turn back. the white house said mr. trump would not be going to the dnc. citing time constraints and calling it a cliche. the white house kept it a secret but president trump hinted at a surprise during the state dinner last night in seoul. meanwhile, the bay area is watching president trump's visit very closely. the visit to seoul is a major event for korea and is dominating the headlines. they've noticed president trump has been. more statesman like than at times in the past. >> i was kind of expecting that the power dynamics were eventually coming down. i wasn't super surprised. >> reporters following the story told us the change in the president's tone has been met with relief by bay area koreans. many of whom have family and

friends on the korean peninsula. >> to consumer news and health care costs. some people are returning to long term insurance. >> not cheap. neither is the cost of care. the immediate cost for a nursing home is about $82,000. that's according to an industry survey. the insurance can help but it is getting more and more expensive. consumer reports has shown solutions for long term care. mickey fernandez takes care of her mother in her hole but wonders, what would happen if she weren't able to. she said there's no way either she or her mom could pay for long term care. >> the more i think about it, the more it scares me. it is a scary feeling. >> mickey has no children so she worries about her own care down the road. she is considering buying a long term care insurance policy. >> long material care insurance

could help cover the assistance you may need with things like bathing or preparing meals in nursing and assisted living facilities, even in your home. >> the average cost is about $2,700. however, the older you are, the more you'll pay. and you'll pay more depending on your health. some conditions like alzheimer's, an insurer might refuse. >> it is a short term policy about a third the cost of a long material policy. it can be less than 1,000 a year. >> you'll only get about a year in a nursing home. it may not ever a facility. it provides life and long term care. it allows to you tap into the death benefit if you need it for care. but that type of insurance requires a significant up front payment. average, $89,000. a couple of caveats on policies.

a big up front payment is not tax deductible. and the growth you get on the policy may be low. you might be better off investing wisely and saving it for when you need more care. >> that's a good option on. >> had a nice break today. beautiful weather. a little warmer as you look at live doppler 7. a few passing high clouds. we're waiting for the storm. and the wider picture, you can see it tapping into the moisture and it will bring us rain. i want to show you how much rain we're expecting for napa as the rain gets going. expecting up to almost half an inch there. so they'll be getting a healthy dose tomorrow and more coming behind the system. right now, i want to show you a stunning view as we look toward the san francisco skyline. it doesn't get.

better than this. a few wispy clouds. 63, san jose. half moon bay, you're cooling down to 55. look at this view from our east bay hills camera. is that gorgeous or what? the high clouds passing through ahead of the next storm. the temperatures in the low 60s. santa rosa, napa, the numbers did come up from the low 60s to the low 70s. cloudier and not as cold overnight, turns wet and gusty. another system is arriving this weekend that system, not so wet and windy. we're not going to be near freezing like we were in the inland valleys. the clouds will insulate us. we're going into the low 50s across the bay area. and then for the afternoon, do expect quite a bit of cloud cover. with the showers first arriving in the north bay around mend scene over county. the temperatures, mid 50s to the

upper 60s. so the storm impact scale. level one. abc7 news, a light system. wednesday, late afternoon, evening sboorgs thursday morning. we're anywhere from a tenth of an inch to an inch of rain. the lowest totals in the south bay. the winds will be gusting 35. possibly to 45 in the hills. there could be some debris flows. we'll be watching that closely. hour by hour we go. winds will ramp up. breezy and then it gets gusty, close to 30-mile-an-hour winds. by 9:00 p.m., we're already topping 30 miles an hour at the lower elevations and the windy conditions. out of the south until thursday morning when the winds subside. here's a look at the hour by hour forecast. so into 8:00 a.m. tomorrow, a few light showers. you wait until about 3:00. that's when light to moderate rain begins to arrive. it pretty much stays there and then spreads. the latter part of the night

into the thursday morning time period. the rainfall will be highest, as i mentioned, around the wee hours of the morning. thursday morning's commute will include scattered showers between 5 sxlok 8:00. lighter in intensity and this trend carries over into friday morning. so the rain totals will look like this. snow levels will be above 8,000 feet initially and then dropping to about 2,500 feet. so they'll pick up some snow. the level one system wednesday into thursday. gusty and wet tomorrow night in particular. going into thursday, we'll have the scattered showers. a chance of showers early friday morning in the north bay. dry for veterans day. sunday night into monday. level one as well. we'll bring more wet weather. >> the curious little dpeet went

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leslie brinkley is at the shore. it appears a pedestrian has been injured. >> go ahead if you can. >> all right. our apologies. leslie is getting wired up. this happened a little while ago right before we came on the air at 5:00 around the lake merritt area. there was a chase involved a police vehicle. >> there was a silver station

wagon and the driver refused to stop. officers followed that car along several city streets. >> at the lakeshore avenue off-ramp. this was a police pursuit on 580 as a suspect vehicle exited here. a silver -- >> all right. we're going to try to come back to you. we're having a little technical problem. we'll continue to update this story from you from lake merritt in oakland. >> we know one person has been hit by a car. we saw ambulances taking people away. we'll continue to follow that with the abc news app as well. industrial robots who assemble cars and move things around warehouse there's soon become easier to teach. a group of engineering and science students and the professorial cal have come one a way to reduce teaching time.

they guide a robot through the task. here the robot is trying to put a wheel on a toy plane. with vr and using one written piece of software, the robot can be taught how to do a task in a day. in contrast to the weeks and months typically required to reprogram a robot. nasa needs your help to flick name something in space. the new horizon spacecraft is headed toward one or two objects in the kuiper belt. it is expected to arrive in 2019. nasa released these rendering. you can submit your own nicknames or vote for your favorites. some suggestions are sagittarius, camilore, a fictional city, and molinor which means thor's hammer.

there's probably never a good time to find out your spouse is cheating but perhaps mid flight is among the worst spots. according to the times of india, a woman unlocked her partner's phone while pressing his finger against the screen while he was asleep. discovering the news, she started hitting him. the flight attendants could not calm her down so they had to make an emergency landing. the couple and their child were taken off the plane which then by living off the grid.

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coming up tonight on abc7 news at 6:00, we'll take you back live to oakland for new information on a police chase that ended in a crash. there are injuries.

also, hours artist left san francisco, the united 747 flight has just land in the hawaii. the reporter will show us how the flight went live from honolulu. and b.a.r.t.'s multimillion-dollar cover-up at the powell street station. this is a good thing for passengers. it is all coming up in the next half-hour at 6:00. >> thanks. finally, an unexpected surprise for people headed to a bank in union square. ♪ >> the singer-songwriter tyler hilton made a special appearance. >> there was a ball pit for customers to enjoy. city bank said it is part of a campaign to make banking fun. >> do you know what else would make banking more fun? >> more money. >> no atm fees.

>> from all of us, we a tonight, breaking news on several fronts. what we've just learned about the deadly church shooting in texas. what the gunman did before. and tonight, the stories emerging from inside the church. the suspect shooting into the church, even before he was inside. bullets coming through the walls. families, children on the floor, under the pews. also tonight, the stunning number of missed warning signs. the gunman escaping a mental facility in the past. he threatened military supervisors. he was convicted of domestic violence. tonight, president trump says extreme vetting would not have made a difference. breaking news as we come on the air involving harvey weinstein tonight. what the nypd believes is now coming. also just in, the death of a former baseball star. the plane crash. the state trooper shot on the highway today during a traffic stop. the hunt that followed.