suspect made against nancy pelosi. good evening and thank you for joining us. >> a new statement from nancy pelosi that she released on her website just moments ago. she says quote since the horrific attack on paul early friday we have been lose with thousands of messages conveying concern, prayers, and warm wishes. we are most grateful. thank you to the excellent trauma care team at zuckerberg san francisco general hospital, paul is making steady progress on what will be a long recovery process. our family thanks everyone for their kindness. >> to live team coverage tonight on the attack with reporters at the pacific heights home and at a press conference held this afternoon by san francisco's district attorney. we begin with abc7news i team imported stephanie with new developments on the investigation and you learned an awful lot today? >> we sure did. district attorney brooke jenkins made it clear she will be prosecuting all six charges against david to the highest

extent of the law. and tonight, we are learning some disturbing new details from both complaints filed in federal and state courts about how this attack unfolded, the emotive and serious questions about why there was not any security at the home. 42-year-old david of richmond faces federal charges of assault and attempted kidnapping after breaking in and attacking house speaker nancy pelosi's husband, paul, with a hammer. >> he specifically targeted the pelosi home to confront speaker pelosi. it was at some point after that mr. pelosi asked to go to the bathroom. which is where he was able to call 911 from his cell phone. >> according to the criminal complaint on monday, paul poulos he was asleep when david entered his bedroom, telling him to wake up and that he was looking for nancy. minutes after the call, police arrived to see the two men struggling for control over the

hammer. officers asked what was going on. the complaint states david said everything was good. officers told them to drop the hammer before david allegedly gained control, swung it, striking policy in the head. the speakers's husband appeared unconscious on the floor. according to the affidavit when paul pelosi said nancy was not there, david responded, saying he would sit and wait poulos he indicated that his wife would not be home for several days. -- poulos he indicated that his wife would not be home. according to david come around that time he started taking out twist ties from his pocket so he could restrain paul policy. the two kept talking. when paul pelosi went to the bathroom to call 911. >> two police officers arrived at the front door two minutes after that 911 call. when that door was opened, the defendant was holding his hammer. >> they told sfpd in a follow-up interview that they were going to hold nancy hostage and talk to her, adding he would let her go only if she told the truth.

if she lied, he was going to break her kneecaps. later explaining she would have to be wheeled into congress, which would show other members of congress that there were consequences to their actions. >> it really hits very hard. there is such a disbelief to the viciousness of this. >> according to the affidavit san francisco police recovered zip ties in the bedroom. in the hallway near the front door and a roll of tape white robe, one hammer, rubber gloves, along with a journal and david's backpack. investigators found evidence that they lived on shastri street in richmond for roughly two years. among other things, investigators seized two hammers and a sword in the garage. >> >> there was no security present and he was able to break the window to a glass door to gain entry into the home. >> that is a lingering but important question that has yet to be answered, the security measures. we confirmed tonight that there is no memorandum of

understanding or formal agreement between sfpd and u.s. capitol police. speaker pelosi has a 24 hour protective detail at all times but that protection does not extend to the family. chief scott told us today that he previously had postings at the home but did not clarify when that ended. as far as what is next for david to pap, he will be arraigned tomorrow afternoon and is being held at the san francisco county jail without bail. stephanie sierra, abc7news. >> thank you. the attack is already spot a series of big reports, some being shared by legitimate sources. abc seven news anchor liz kreutz is live where it all happen and has a look at all the disinformation out there. >> within just days of taking over as ceo of twitter, elon musk tweeted out to his millions and millions of followers a conspiracy theory about what happened during the attack here

at pelosi's home. elon musk did delete the tweet but itas shared widely enough that sanisco police chief il scott is weighing in. it's an example of how divisive the country has become and how social media has fueled so much of it. just 48 hours after the violent attack on paul poulos he in san francisco, yuan musk, twitter's new ceo tweeted out a conspiracy theory about the attack and suggested the report he shared might be true. he deleted the tweet six hours later, but not before it was shared widely to his 112 million followers. >> baseless, feckless theories. >> san francisco police chief refuted claims being shared. >> there is absolutely no evidence that he knew this man. as a matter of fact, the evidence indicates the opposite. >> elon musk's post comes amid concerns about how he will run twitter and how much he will crack down the spread of disinformation. how dangerous is that to have

the now owner of twitter sharing conspiracy theories? >> it has the potential to be hugely dangerous. >> richer is a professor at the school of journalism. >> you do not know if that is going to make a difference but it has the potential. >> site intelligence group, an organization that tracks whites premises organizations is following elon musk tweets, members of our right platforms began recirculating the false claims he shared. >> it's a huge issue, it's a huge issue. >> they are a professor of information studies at ucla. they say it's the new normal to see conspiracy theories spread not only on far quarters of the internet but mainstream spaces. much of that is due to social media algorithms that reward controversial content. >> at around the time of the election of donald trump, the top 20 fake news stories being empirically false stories where more viral on facebook then the

top 20 real news stories. these are the issues that we have seen hijacked in democracies and transform our political and cultural life in extremist directions. >> now it is unclear what prompted him to delete the tweet yesterday afternoon. it did, in response to a tweet from hillary clinton. she posted about how the alleged attacker posted conspiracy theories of his own on his social media pages. clinton tweeted that it is shocking but not surprising that violence is the result. here outside of the home in pacific heights neighborhood of san francisco it is quiet today. we saw someone come by earlier and drop flowers off. we have seen trick-or-treaters walking by over the past 20 minutes. as you saw before there has been police presence but so far no sign of the family. live in san francisco, liz kreutz abc7news. >> we have been reporting on this story extensively since friday morning of course. you can see all the angles covered in one place, the abc 7

bay area streaming tv app. download it for your apple tv, google tv, amazon fire tv or roku or wherever you may stream. we are on 20 47. >> the santa clara county sheriff you resign from office in a corruption scandal. she was the first female sheriff in the state and her tenure is over in a cloud of scandal. i.t. reporter dan joins us live from superior court in san jose. >> santa clara county sheriff laurie smith informed the board of supervisors in this one line letter that she was leaving office effective today. just two hours later i questioned her about her corruption trial. why not serve the rest of your term? >> the cause there will be a new sheriff coming in in november. there will be the new selection. >> the trial did not affect your decision? >> no, i am hoping for a verdict today. >> the civil trial could remove

her from office but smith could face criminal charges involving the same issues. accusations that she provided concealed carry weapons permits in exchange for political donations or other favors. district attorney jeff rosen released a statement that releases -- that reads in part the people need a great sheriff and our focus has been and will be on the fair and effective management of the criminal justice system. no one is above it and no one will stand in its way. san jose mayor wade in within a year ago i publicly called for sheriff laurie smith to resign and she has belatedly heated that call. it remains for the county to be a troubled department and the leading candidate for her job told me it's the right decision made two or three terms too late. abused power and trust may give temporary gain, but eventually lead to pain and a bitter end. the jury wrapped up without reaching a verdict. the court is dark tomorrow. back at it wednesday, but the

two sides will debate whether the charges should be dismissed now that she is no longer share. for the our team in san jose, dan, abc7news. >> new details on the motive for the murder of a beloved east bay dentist. court documents revealed that this doctor had 12 to $14 million worth of property and assets. her birthday, nelson, told investigators he was the trustee and stood trustee of $1 million immediately after sue's death. john died by suicide in jail last week. the only surviving suspect is the accused gunman who police say was hired. he is set to be arraigned tomorrow. >> in the south bay, a call for police in san jose, where officers say they are stretched too thin and it is putting everyone safety at risk. police responded to three violent crimes in the span of less than two hours. from saturday night into early sunday morning. late saturday and i, two men were shot on kaufman court and one man died.

an hour later a man was shot and killed on madera avenue and less than an hour after that, two men were stabbed on 1st street in the downtown area. abc7news reporter dustin dorsey spoke with police who say nights like that put a dangerous strain on the department. >> wants known as one of the safest big cities in the country, law enforcement leaders say that is no longer the case in san jose. three major incidents tied up most of the police departments officers. the officers association says this left the rest of the city vulnerable. >> these are 911 calls coming in from various businesses and residents asking for help. pleading for help. and yet, there was not one officer of available to respond to the call for help. we are unsafe. >> it started before 11: 30 saturday night. sj pd says a family disturbance led to multiple people being shot. one dead, one injured and one suspect in custody. three miles of the road an hour

and 15 minutes later, issuing that took another life and what police say was a party at madera avenue. an hour after that a double stabbing at a nightclub two miles away. >> we do not want this violent crime in our city, however we cannot prevent it. we will do whatever we can to curb it and respond. >> they say that is getting increasingly difficult due to lack of stacking on the force. the department should have around 2000 400 officers but sj pd sits at 1021 filled spots. the sj pos as the department should've called for mutual aid for extra help but as jp deep says that is for large events. >> we were stretched to the max. however we did take care of these calls efficiently as we could with the available resources that we had. >> many nonemergency calls had longer response times during this time. the officers union told us the party received one of those nonemergency 911 calls earlier in the night due to noise complaints. it was not immediately answered.

the fight broke out an hour later and that's on the deadly shooting happened. >> one is it going to be enough? what constitutes an emergency for city leaders? this is rade. e al nbe are al facts. until city leaders start recognizing that the blood is on their hands. >> in san jose, dustin dorsey, abc7news. >> coming up, flights grounded, a terminal affected. the health scare that shut down operations at a terminal at lax. >> would you pay to use twitter? we break down big headlines about possible changes elon musk could bring to the social networking service now that he has taken over. >> and i am watching a significant storm in the form of some rain coming our way. breezy conditions, cold temperatures. record setting and frost. there is a lot t

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see right here in the bay area. >> in a move that has been expected since elon musk's takeover of twitter last year, -- last week the billionaire is the sole director of twitter according to a security on monday morning showing that twitter's board of directors is officially dissolved. twitter's new leadership is not the only change experts have been predicting. >> we have been hearing about stuff like the possible chance of him raising subscription rates. most of the money comes in from advertising. there has also been concerns about layoffs. >> though some high-level employees have already been let go, mass layoffs could make things tough for workers in the bay area following recent layoffs. >> a new wave that is looking for a job aside from the people also looking for a job. >> one of the big headlines is the possibility of people paying to keep the status and blue check mark that indicates it. the cost being discussed is $20 a month. >> 300,000 verified accounts in

twitter. it's about $72 million a year. the debt of twitter is about $13 billion, so it is not going to make a big difference. >> there is a five dollar a month subscription service called twitter blue that lets people edit tweets. it's not known how many people subscribe to that. charging people more than that may turn a lot of people and advertisers away. >> the reality is $240 a year is a lot to ask. there is a lot of pushback against the advertising world and there's been a lot of talk about would we pay for social media instead of this crazy kind of tracking system that facebook and all sorts of other companies have built. >> as far as how things will play out in terms of people continuing to use and stay on twitter, experts say it is a game of wait and see. >> i give it until the end of the year. >> zach fuentes abc7news. >> a gas leak sickened for

people in los angeles international airport, all or are airport employees. one man was found not breathing and without a pulse and is in critical condition. police say a woman and three men were working your a utility room when a popping sound was heard and carbon dioxide was released. it happened at terminal eight, which was cleared of passengers. it primarily services united flights and the faa issued a ground stop for united airlines as a result of this emergency. moving on, we are looking ahead to a trick-or-treat forecast. >> we are and there is a bit of a treat actually. meteorologist mike nicco is here with some rain. >> rain coming in but after we all go to bed tonight and try to come down from all the sugar we eat. let's take a look at the forecast. we have some clouds along the coast try to push in but otherwise, drive. temperature right now, 55 to about 62. so maybe put some long sleeves under the costume before the kids head out if they have not

left yet because it will be in the mid to upper 50's with the happy hunting at 7:00 and 52 to 54 by the time we get to 9:00. high clouds and also low clouds coming in with the half full moon. that looks pretty cool. here is a look from a ruth camera. you can see the transition from daylight taking place. a couple chances of rain. the first one is tomorrow morning through wednesday. it is going to be breezy, significantly cooler. that is going to lead to some frost on thursday and friday morning and then daylightavg on friday and then more rain for sundy. today's temperatures wile mid to upper 40's.th bay. the rest of us in the low 50's. ouay and along the coast. by tomorrow afternoon, storm is all most completely gone. we are going to have sunshine and isolated showers and temperatures around 57 to 61 degrees. that is definitely cooler for this time of year. it is this sharp cold front

coming through. the tail end of an atmospheric river that we're just going to get some scraps out of. we've got a three to five hour window where we will have light to moderate rain and after that, we have breezy conditions with isolated showers. here's a look at future radar toward 7:00 in the morning. scattered showers ahead of it but definitely a line of light green to moderate yellow and orange moving into the north bay. by 1:00, fast-moving storm. already starting to exit inland east bay and southbay neighborhoods. behind that you can see the sun comes out and irritates the atmosphere, adds energy to it. as we start the evening commute, scattered showers possible all the way through about midnight. then we wake up wednesday morning pretty quiet. you can see very isolated showers, especially the closer you are to the coast for wednesday. rainfall totals, a 10th of an inch to a third of an inch for most of us. in the mountains and higher elevations we could get half an inch. tried not to travel through the high country through eight wednesday evening. look at that, up to 14 inches of

snow down to 7000 feet on the western slope and around the it self up to nine inches above 7000 feet and wind gusting around 50 miles per hour on the western slope to 100 miles per hour. here is a look at my accuweather 7 day forecast. the bulk of the rain through tomorrow, we will keep that in the forecast for those temperatures. they struggled at 58 to 62 degrees. with the breezy may want to dress warmer than a couple of days. frost thursday and friday, best chance will be in the in the neighborhoods, so make sure you cover those plants. sunday and monday, another warm up. >> if i had a candy bar i would give it to you right now. >> i will take a pumpkin square. >> you get one too. i promise you. thanks, mike. >> you are seeing the first for a san francisco neighborhood. >> up next, a construction project

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>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc7news. >> it is great concern, there's no doubt about it. this thing is totally out of hand. >> a question of security. the attack at speaker nancy pelosi's san francisco home is raising safety concerns for members of congress. so tonight, we asked bay area legislatures out of the attack is affecting their secure degraded >> abc seven news reporter leslie brinkley talks about threats on lawmakers and measures to ensure their safety. >> the incidences of hate have increased. the threats to lives of members

of congress just in the last four years, think about that. >> this congressman was part of a panel meeting in oakland on supply chain issues but also on everyone's mind, their safety. >> i drove myself here. i suspect the other members drove themselves. maybe their staff took them, but no, we do not have full-time protection or even part-time protection at all. unless there is a very specific threat. >> i do not think it is appropriate to talk about exactly all of the security issues in detail, for obvious reasons. but, you know, this is an environment where there is so much hatred. >> legislators also those who report being most threatened do get extra protection from the capitol police. this summer, 10,000 dollars was allocated to each member of congress for additional home security like cameras, sensors and door locks. >> the $10,000 debit for home security is helpful. but it's not like i'm going to

go to sleep better at night because of it. >> what keeps these representative's up at night is fears of repercussions for others in the public eye, even those in polling places. >> can the city clerk at protection? can the poll worker get protection? >> if somebody wants to do something, there is not much i can do, except put my faith and trust in the people i represent. and explain to americans that the better angels in all of us really require us to tone it down. >> what the public can do is push back on this environment, this hateful environment. and not stand for it. >> in oakland, leslie brinkley, abc7news. >> we are still eight days away from the election but millions of americans have already cast their ballots. more than 21 million people nationwide have submitted early voting ballots according to numbers from the university of lord appeared experts say that is a high turn out for midterm elections.

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he has been on medical leave and now fears he might lose his home. he can barely put into words his feelings. he saved for 34 years for this home. >> this house is everything for us. for me, for my family. >> he turned to gold and homeless services america for mortgage relief. this agreement list his new interest rate at 1.8%. that's a savings of nearly $1800 a month from his current monthly payment. >> we signed all the paperwork, whatever they needed. my bank statement and everything. >> everything they told him was on track for approval. >> so we thought everything would be good. $3400 a month will be your payment. >> after 14 months, he is waiting for final approval. yet golden home services america each month kept sending him a bill for more fees. >> almost every month they

would ask me for more money and i was sending it to them, close to $20,000 i have paid them. >> suzanne is an attorney with the california department of financial protection and innovation, which filed the complaint along with the federal trade commission. >> consumers have forked down dollars upfront for those services and all those results never materialized, they never happened. the complaint that we have filed alleges that these fees may be illegal. >> we contacted the attorney representing golden home services america and to the other companies named in the suit. he said i have no comment at this time. thank you for your call. then, he hung up. >> people should be wary about lofty promises, quick and easy savings. with high pressure sales tactics to pay upfront fees. >> in the meantime, they are hoping for the best. but fearing the worst. >> in the moment we are in jeopardy. we do not know which way we are going to go. >> now, we have assisted the family in finding a certified

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>> marriage can be thrilling and scary and for some couples, halloween is the perfect day to say i do. abc 7 reporter luz pena met some newlyweds who made the ultimate commitment. >> every day approximately 30 couples get married at san francisco city hall. but today, it is different. it is halloween. ♪ >> i give you in token and pledge my constant faith and with this, i'd marry you. >> they are far from the traditional couple. their love for hollow wean sealed the deal when they first met. >> it was like a scene out of stepbrothers will read both realized and looked at each other and said it did we just become best friends? >> whose idea was it to actually get married wearing deadpool costumes? >> that would be me. i just had to find somebody that

was crazy enough to do it with me. and they came along. >> aside from their love for deadpool, professionally they have a lot in common. they are doctors endo, they did not meet at a hospital. that would be too predictable. >> i am in a position as well, i work as a mercy medical doctor managing the building. >> witnessing their love around them was their family. most of them did not even know this was happening today. their only hand was where it cost him. >> we did not know what was happening. >> seeing your mom dressed up as deadpool what did you think? >> very weird. it was just weird. i was asking why, why? this is her. >> was this the most unique one so far? >> yes, yes, it was certainly different. >> waiting in line for their official paperwork we met these two. halloween is their favorite holiday. so much so that they got engaged on halloween in 2019.

so today was full circle. >> we are getting domestic partnershipped. i wanted to be a celestial witch. >> i'm a celestial groom. >> we cannot forget our white gown brides. you went for the classic bride and groom situation. >> yes, we did not know we could wear costumes. >> otherwise you would have? >> we would've had to do something. >> all of them choosing today to say. >> i do. >> and vowing to always be different and celebrate halloween together, because today it officially became their anniversary. >> i pronounce you husband and wife and you can kiss now. >> in san francisco, luz pena, abc7news. >> how fun is that. congratulations to them and the other couples who got married today. we are less than two hours away from the next powerball drawing. tonight's jackpot is worth, are you ready for this, $1 billion.

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>> oaklands mask mandate for large indoor events will expire tomorrow.

it only applies to events with 500 people or more. allegheny -- alameda county officials are encouraging people to wear masks but they are not required to do so could under state law businesses can set their own mask rules for customers. >> once again that's all look forward to the rain. >> meteorologist mike nicco is tracking a good halloween forecast. >> it's going to be great this evening. spooky low clouds out there but temperatures already in the 50's, so make sure you dress the kids appropriately. as far as rain, it is coming in tomorrow morning. a three to five hour window where you will have steady light rain and that is where we receive the bulk of the rain. after that tomorrow afternoon we will have a chance of scattered showers through wednesday. greasy and significantly cooler, so the morning rush along the coast and in the north bay, most likely to see increasing wet weather and slick streets. with sun breaking out and the heaviest of the rain passing, the evening commute should be mainly dry. here is a look at the rain. you can see 5:00 tomorrow

morning, drizzle along the coast. by the end of the commute which is 10:00 if you look at the bay bridge, you can see measurable rain outside the inland east bay and southbay neighborhoods. by the time we get to 1:00, that's it. most of the heavy rain has fallen. attend to a third of an inch and then you see more developingrs. let's take a look at the accuweather 7 day forecast. get ready for cool high temperatures. we could be near some record cool high temperatures with most of us in the 50's tomorrow and wednesday. then some record lows are possible thursday and friday as frost is likely at least in the scattered nature in our inland valleys thursday and friday. those will warm up nicely. below average, no 70's in the forecast. more rain sunday and monday. >> i feel chilly thinking about it. thanks. >> got some football to talk about. >> chris is joining us with more. >> it's always better when it's a victory monday. the 49ers, victory monday. christian mccafferty, the shining star in hollywood last

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want to play quarterback just because it was the best position. but i've been a running back since i was seven. >> thursday night in the red zone, yelling down, seeing if anyone knows christian can throw. that was a good play call by him. we knew how good of a runner he was so we're hoping he was a good thrower. once we knew that we were pretty excited. >> the worriers have an update for tomorrow night's game in miami. today the team exercised third-year options as well as their fourth-year option on center james. the warriors are off to an o and to start on their current five-game road trip after last night's 14 point loss in detroit. alden states defense an issue again. pistons won on multiple big runs to extend their leads and late in crunch time you will see on display, they could not grab the loose ball. leading to a detroit three evolve. no doubt, plenty of room for improvement. the way we are playing is affecting our defense. >> it looks like a pickup game out there. i think our offense is killing our defense. the two ends are not connecting

and in order to be a great team, those two ends have to connect. >> there has to be a feeling and an that every team is coming after us with their best effort. and we are the defending champions. everybody has to meet the intensity from the jump. >> there will be no baseball tonight in philadelphia. game three of the world series postponed due to that right there. increment weather forecast of rain throughout the night pretty came through between the phillies and astros, they moved to tomorrow night. first pitch after 8 p.m. eastern. 5:00 on the west coast. their manger of the serious pushback a day so as of now games 3, 4 and five will be in philadelphia tuesday and thursday. possible game six and game seven in houston saturday saturday and sunday over the we compared we will wait and see. celtics forward grant williams dressing as batman. he truly never broke character. the caped crusader went to the post game press conference much to the surprise of his teammate, jason tatum. >> the best part about this team is that we take care of

each other. defensively. that's all we can accomplish. [laughter] >> that's not his real voice. he is very much in character with batman. >> he is doing that pretty well. >> he pulled it off. chris, thanks. >> coming up on abc 7 at 8:00, it is a bachelor in paradise followed by the good doctor at 10:00 and then stay with us for abc7news at 11:00. >> that is it for this edition of abc7news grade i'm dion lim. >> i am dan ashley good for all of us here in the entire abc7news team, we appreciate your time and hope to see you again tonight. have a happy halloween and be safe out there.

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♪♪♪ from the alex trebek stage at sony pictures studios, this is... [applause] here is our first group of "jeopardy!" champions-- an executive assistant from cambridge, massachusetts... an environmental lawyer, from berkeley, california... and a rideshare driver from philadelphia, pennsylvania... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!"--ken jennings. thank you, johnny gilbert, and welcome, everyone, to the tournament of champions. for all of us here at "jeopardy!", this event is the culmination of our past season, and it's our biggest celebration of the year. this is our academy awards, world series, phd defense, and homecoming week all rolled into one.

after a season of super champions, this tournament field of 21 is unlike any we've ever seen before. and as a "jeopardy!" fan myself, and now as host, i am thrilled to have a front-row seat for the competition. today we meet our first quarterfinalists-- ryan, megan, and maureen. let's see what categories we have for you in the jeopardy! round. starting off... and you are. then... and finally... responses will come between those two words in the dictionary. ryan, where do we begin? uh, let's have you're the best around for $400. - ryan. - uh, what is "rushmore"? that's right. uh, best around for $600.