and i believe medicare must be empowered to negotiate the price of drugs. california values senator dianne feinstein a medical emergency in the air becoming a real issue on the ground at san jose's largest hospital this morning. medical transport personnel sickened at valley medical center after air lifting a patient exposed to some chemicals. thanks for joining us. everyone exposed and the helicopter landing pad at valley medical center decontaminated. abc7 news reporter matt keller live at the hospital with the latest. matt? >> reporter: unusual night, unusual morning here at valley medical center. ambulances diverted for about an hour overnight and the helicopter shut down for

decontamination with the emergency department stayed open the entire time. an unusual scene in san jose overnight. two flight crew members from the medical helicopter and two emergency department staff being decontaminated in a parking lot. >> we are a 24/7 emergency department and well equipped. >> reporter: firefighters say they were called to a production facility late last night. a worker had chemicals splashed on him and decontaminated and put on a medical helicopter to san jose and during the flight crew members reported respiratory issues and itchy faces. when they landed, they were patients, as well. they started the decontamination protocol. firefighters didn't know the exact chemicals original patient was exposed to but narrowed it down to two acids and two bases that could have mixed together. >> it was stuff for d econ of

soap and water and did that with personnel and get the patients cleaned up. >> reporter: they say the four medical workers decontaminated, evaluated by doctors and appeared to be okay. they will continue to be monitored. >> decontamination is one of those thing that is we regularly train our emergency department staff on and they're well prepared to handle these kinds of situations. >> reporter: we contacted the original patient's employer for an update on the condition and yet to hear back. reporting live in san jose, matt keller, abc7 news. >> thank you. three american citizens detained for years in north korea are on their way home to the u.s. right now. their release by north korea seen on the world stage as the latest sign that the country may be on the brink of historic diplomatic relations with the u.s. and south korea. abc's maggie ruely has detailed. >> reporter: three americans are now on the way home from north korea. this morning, the president

tweeting the news and confirming that all three men on board are in good health. yesterday, the president revealing that secretary of state pompeo heading to north korea for a second time to negotiate the release and make plans for a future meeting between the president and north korean leader kim jong-un. >> in preparation for my upcoming meeting with kim jong-un plans are being made, relationships are building. >> reporter: this morning, the president also confirming that his own meeting with kim now has a date and place. as we wait for that historic face to face meeting, the world's watching the arrival of those three men on u.s. soil, all korean american, two were teaching in pyongyang. >> it is hard for the family. soon he will be a grandfather. we'd like to share that moment with him. >> reporter: seized by the north korean government between 2015 and 2017 accused of various crimes against the state. each was sentenced to years of hard labor and brutal north

korean prison camps. the president tweeting the former three detainees to land in washington an will be there to greet them. the family of one of the men tony kim released a statement thanking president trump and the other that is worked to bring him home. they also ask for prayers for the people of north korea and for the release of other prisoners still being held. abc news, new york. grief counselors and psychologists on hand at an east bay high school where a student was found dead in the swimming pool yesterday. amy hollyfield shows us a memorial for the 15-year-old boy is growing. >> reporter: basketball shoes now line the gate outside the swimming pool at san ramon alley high school. the basketball team left them as a tribute to the teammate ben curry found dead at the bottom of the school's pool yesterday. the gate is a memorial to the 15-year-old and as students arrived for class today they stopped by to remember him and

console each other. >> it's been definitely a very eerie silence i suppose you could describe it as. there's just been a really kind of mourning tone. >> reporter: the school district activated the crisis team and brought in a full contingent of counselors and support staff. >> we will have teachers address students so they know there's support available and it's a different day for the students and staff and we're here to support them. >> reporter: they have advised teachers to encourage kids the talk to someone and on the lookout for students struggling. >> last year my cousin knew him pretty well. and he was kind of silent in the car ride up and sad. >> reporter: as teenagers arrived with flowers and added to the memorial students said it's obvious how much they care about each other. >> i think it's a little gray mood today. but i think it'll definitely bring us closer together as a school. >> reporter: police have not

said what they think it happened and calling it a sensitive situation and investigating. in danville, amy holly field, abc7 news. >> if you or someone you know is dealing with grief, there are people to help. to take action or find your ally, locally, go to abc7news.com. we have links to resources for everything from mental health to bullying and school safety. abc7 news has learned that the san francisco police officer accusing his accident departmen discrimination has been on the wrong side of enforce. he was part of an all points bulletin in 2013. he met a woman on a dating website an told her he was a high level cia agent who had been involved in the killing of osama bin laden. the bulletin alerted other agencies that the officer applied to be a police officer in san francisco, west sacramento and santa cruz. last month the officer held a news conference with public

defender jeff adachi claiming someone sketched an isis flag on the locker with the message go back. meantime, the oakland police department has confirmed that the officer was dismissed from the oakland police academy. for the third day in a row hospital employees with the university of california hitting the picket lines. the california nurse's association technical employees joined the picket line yesterday. they want higher wages and an end to outsourcing a. spokesperson said that the strim will not change its financial situation adding that the salary and benefit demands are excessive. this is expected to be the last of the short temporary strike. a wild scene just outside of the caldacut tunnel. a car was disabled. another driver stopped to help. a tow truck came along. that's when things got crazy. one of the drivers got into an

altercation with the tow truck driver. someone in one of the vehicles pulled out a gun and fired twice into the air. no one was hit. the chp stopped traffic in the tunnel. everything cleared up around 4:00 a.m. but, boy, trying to get through before that, you were caught in the backup. new developments this morning in the search for a new l.a. police chief. william scott is one of three finalists for the job according to the l.a. times. the mayor has said he'll interview them and then do a second round of interviews with some members of the city council there and other two are lapd veteran commanders. scott was a deputy commander before coming to san francisco two years ago. the mayor said he expects to choose a new chief by the end of the month. happening today, state regulators are expected to give solar power a big boost. the state energy commission is set to vote on rules of solar

panels on most new homes in california starting in two years. it would apply to single family homes and apartment buildings three stories or less. remodeled homes exempt. the rules expected to add about $9,000 to the cost of a new home. all aboard! the second batch of new bart cars got the train and another rolling on the tracks by next week and rolling on the richmond/fremont shrine and the warm springs/daly city line. president trump and another connection to russia. the new allegations of porn storm stormy daniels' attorney of hundreds of thousands of dollars. internal investigation following the firing at nbc is now complete. the ruling by the network about harassment and how it now plans to make sure it stops. and good morning. welcome to the coolest day this

week. let's open up the weather window of emeryville. the breezes keep us in the cooling trend that began yesterday, 1 to 7 degrees cooler. we come back and take a look at the big forecast, i have cool weather -- not as hot as

new developments over president trump's decision to pull out of the nuclear accord with iran.

boeing will lose billions. the treasury department said licenses to sell in iran will be revoked. in iran, lawmakers burned a paper u.s. flag as well as a symbolic copy of the iran deal. iran's parliament speaker later told assembly that president trump, quote, does not have the mental capacity to deal with issues. and new developments in the stormy daniels saga. her lawyer now claims to have documents showing a company with ties to a russian billionaire gave money to a fund maintained by president trump's long time personal lawyer michael cohen, supposedly the same fund to spay $130,000 to daniels in hush money. michael avenatti released documents showing columbus nova transferred half million dollars into the account of cohen. he claims columbus nova has ties to a company controlled by a russian oligarch.

abc news has not independently verified the documents. >> if he is taking money from a foreign national, that could pose a significant legal problem for him. >> they're saying he had nothing to do with cohen. new this morning, the confirmation hearing began for the president's nominee for cia chief. senators wanted to know from gina haspel what she would do if president trump ordered her to waterboard a detainee. she said she doesn't believe the president would do that but she would not under any circumstances restore an interrogation program at the cia. haspel was this charge of a secret cia center after 9/11 in which terror suspects were brutally interrogated. nbc says there's no culture of harassment in its news division. that conclusion was made following an internal investigation that began at matt lauer was fired. he was let go in november after

it was found he had an inappropriate sexual relationship with another nbc employee. three additional women subsequently made complaints about lauer. nbc says more needs to be done to ensure employees know how to report complaints about misconduct and not fear retaliation. this is video to have you on the edge of the seat. the ending of a close encounter of a man and a great white shark. >> yikes. all right. take a look at what's going to happen this weekend. the winds are going to kick up but thankfully it's green enough that the fire danger will be low and above 1,000 feet guests up to 55 miles could down trees and power lines in the area shaded

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all right. get to your tv and check this out. it's pretty unbelievable. a helicopter captured a kayaker's encounter with mother nature that was too close for comfort. the video show it is kayaker getting closer to that dark figure in the water. what is it? it's a great white shark! at within point, the kayaker falls into the water. oh, he scrambled back up. the pilot said she circled around to make sure everything was okay. this happened in santa cruz cown. our thanks to specialized helicopters for this video. yeah. mike, you know, sometimes the surf boards look like a tasty snack when you're not. >> a see lion. >> that's what they like. >> exactly. thankfully that turned out for the happy ending, no doubt. hi, everybody. take a look at what happened this morning. i have a time lapse to show you

stronger sea breeze that's going to touch all of our neighborhoods and bring just about all of us a cooler day. in fact, see the clouds, they had some mist to them. we had measurable drizzle above 1,000 feet in many areas of the bay and not many of us live that high. so we didn't have to deal with it much and crossing the golden gate or the coast you had it. a lot of 60s out there until you get to the coast and san francisco. upper 50s right now. this is the way it looks right now. a lot of sunshine out there. mostly sunny, breezy and cooler. not as humid nor or as cloudy tonight and cooler than this morning and a warming trend into mom's weekend and maybe not what we thought yesterday. a look at the bay and a breezy one today. west winds up to about 35 miles per hour. you can see out over the coast it's going to be a brisk day, also. let's see what it does to the temperatures. upper 60s to low 70s through

most of the south bay. mid-70s morgan hill and gilroy. san mateo about 66. look at the temperatures at the coast. only upper 50s today. low to mid-60s in petaluma 69 and then low to mid-70s. mid-60s to near 70 along the east bay shore and if you're moving to the inland neighborhoods low to mid-70s in most neighborhoods. a day game at the coliseum. 62, warming to 65. just dropped my clicker there. haven't done that in a couple of months. we have temperature that is will be below average but breezy conditions under a mostly sunny sky. very strong sunshine. be careful there. a look at sfo where the fcc reporting delays about 54 minutes. call ahead. you can see that we have seasonal and breezy conditions at 4:00. 57 at the coast.

67 around the bay. mid-50s and look at the cooler night where the clouds clear out. upper 40s to low 50s. a few clouds tomorrow morning and not as moist out there. temperatures in the low to mid-50s. warming trend that will psh us into the mid-80s and inland neighborhoods for friday and saturday. 60s at the coast. mother's day looks like great picnic weather. 60 at the coast. cooling off next week. >> all right. mothers approve or this one does. >> great. >> thanks, mike. if you have a movie pass membership enjoy it while it lasts. without raising funding, movie pass has about two months before going into the red. according to bloomberg the business model may be to blame. members pay $9.95 a month for up to a movie a day and each time they swipe movie pass pay it is theater for the full cost of the ticket and it loses money on anybody who sees two movies a month.

they're kind of banking on people not using them so much. >> i think they were. >> yeah. all right. pizza hut is making it easier to enjoy pizza and beer. >> expanding its beer delivery to six cities here in california according to fortune preponderate come. they are l.a. lakers field, riverside, sacramento, santa barbara, anaheim, hunting on the beach and redding this month. pizza hut is expanding the partnership working with both anheuser busch and miller coors and the expansion is a chain's attempt to fight off domino's. there's like three my house and not a single pizza hut. >> oh. >> that might be an issue, too. >> pizza and beer kind of go together. thank you. dove nation is ready for the houston rockets. important information for fans to attend games three, four and six. >> his anniversary gift to her.

>> oh the suspense. he's been called a rockstar lwinning pro bono battles for immigrants and the homeless. defending gay rights and gun control. democrat jeff bleich.

after columbine, bleich led president clinton's youth violence initiative. with joe biden, bleich took on domestic violence. served president obama as special counsel and ambassador. maybe bleich can't pull off the rockstar look... but his progressive record is solid gold. i thought after sandy hook, where 20 six and seven year olds were slain, this would never happen again. it has happened more than 200 times in 5 years.

dianne feinstein and a new generation are leading the fight to pass a new assault weapons ban. say no to the nra and yes to common-sense gun laws. california values senator dianne feinstein wrapper kendrick lamar didn't kill the vibe at brenda's french soul food in san francisco. check out the restaurant's instagram page. he stopped by yesterday for a meal and this photo-op. according to sf gate.com, lamar's party of ten ordered fried chicken and crispy pork belly but lamar opted for

something a bit more waistline friendly. three-egg white omelet with a side of fruit. his dining decision may have something to do with the concert in oakland postponed until tonight. i guess you don't want to be in a food coma. >> no. it was postponed because of the warriors game. they beat the pelicans and advanced to the western conference final. the team several days to prepare for the west top seed. the houston rockets. first time time in a while we're not the top seed. tickets game three, four and six go on sale to the general public tomorrow at 6:00 p.m. >> i know i had to think about that. so used to hosting games one and two. very strange for us. >> they will be in houston and with the monday opener 6:00 p.m. in houston. >> we want to thank the fans that shared the warriors pride for us through pictures. adding #dubs on 7 when you post and may see them on air or

online at abc7news.com and if logging on from your phone be sure to download the abc7 news app for breaking news apps and then tune in here on the next newscast abc7 news at 4:00. i know you have submitted a few pictures, right? >> i like to see them do it again this year. you know? it is interesting, only one basketball team and the entire bay gets behind them and the sup sport amazing. >> how many games do you think it will take? >> six, warriors in six. >> fi

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