to learn more about medicare plans in your neighborhood that include caremore. kristen: i am kristen sze. you are watching getting answers. every day we talk with experts on issues important to the bay area. today, alec baldwin is said to be charged with involuntary manslaughter in the deadly shooting on the set of the movie rust. is there evidence to prove criminal liability? celebrity attorney gloria who is representing a script supervisor suing for emotional distress will join us with her reaction. as the battle over books spreads over the country, our media

partners at the san francisco standard decided to take a look at which books san franciscans want band. those choices reveal a lot about overview view of the world. our standard reporter will share her story. first my president biden is in the bay area today, touring areas damaged in severe storms. abc7news was at moffitt federal airfield as the president and air force one touched down before noon. his tour today is taking him to watsonville and capitola, some of the hardest hit areas. he is in capitola right now speaking. let's listen in. pres. biden: there are going to be seven centers open across the state and fema is going to employ disaster resistance teams to communities who need them the most. you can go to the fema website to find that location. as i have set on other disasters, the key is not just link back, it is building back stronger.

since i became president, we have spent $9 billion in disaster assistance to california for the extreme weather events. $9 billion. these weeks have shown the compounding effects of the disasters. for example, places that were ravaged by past wildfires are at a higher risk of landslides. extreme weather risks caused by climate change names more extreme storms, intense drought, longer fire seasons, all of which threaten california. we have to invest in stronger infrastructure to lessen the impacts of these disasters as they become cumulative. we have allocated funding for -- that i signed a year ago. more than $16 than 480 projects across this state, making the california power grid more resilient, building stronger levees,

clearing hazardous fuels and reinforcing land, to protect against wildfire. together, we can better prepare for future disasters, reduce the damage they cause and people's lives and livelihoods. let me close with this. to the people of california, the country is here with you. we are not leaving until things are built back at her. -- built back better than they were before. we will be with you every step of the way, sincerely. god bless you all and may god protect our first responders. thank you. kristen: president biden speaking live. governor newsom behind him. you see them applauding right now after the president toward some of the areas most damaged by the storms. the mayor was with president

biden today, but the vice mayor kristen brown is here with us now. thank you so much vice mayor brown. when you hear the president talking about being here every step of the way, how do you feel about that? >> that means so much for us to hear. the city of capitola took a heavy hit from the recent storms. our beloved municipal wharf, the stockton bridge, residents along the -- creek and businesses that were beachfront were all heavily damaged. to hear that we are going to have partnerships with state and federal leaders really means a lot to us. kristen: i understand the president actually met and talked with some business owners there. have you heard how those meetings went and how that was received? >> i have not heard back.

our mayor is still with the president at this time. i believe we are really lucky to have had him come to our area. not only the president today, but we had governor newsom recently, congressman jimmy panetta, senator john layered. we have been of -- we have been fortunate to have had the attention we need to make sure we can recover and build back better. kristen: he mentioned seven disaster centers will be open in the area. do you know what the timing is? where they are located? what people can get there? >> we have not received much information yet about the timing and location of the centers, but we are so that we are expecting it shortly. multiple disaster resource centers are here on the central coast from local resources. we had a great outpouring of

assistance from everyone from our county disaster team to the red cross. it has been a community coming together to ensure that those who needed the most support receive it. kristen: now that we are getting a reprieve, i imagine rebuilding has begun. do you think the area will be restored before the busy season? you guys are really popular tourist destination. >> that is the hope. a lot of our businesses you are seeing on the screen are hoping to reopen by memorial day. that is what a lot of us are shooting for. unfortunately it seems our wharf world -- wharf will take about a year. in the meantime, there are several other businesses that are eager to welcome patronage while we rebuild and recover in other parts you see here that were harder hit. kristen: you heard the president

talk about building back better, to you, what does that mean? what kind of projects do you need? >> in 2018 cover the taxpayers here past attacks measure to address coastal resiliency. it was met -- meant to put funding toward our wharf and jetty. so come of that money, along with federal and state assistance, is going to go a long way into ensuring not only that we can rebuild our businesses, but do it in a way that makes them more resilient to future storms that will happen. these storms have hit capitola historically. in the 1980's, there was one. i have seen a picture from a similar storm in 1918. these things happen in coastal cities with the funding we can receive from state and federal partners along with the local

funding, we can do a lot to make sure our coast is more resilient. this an we are looking at the pictures of president biden, continuing to talk to local officials and leaders. governor newsom there. these are all live pictures as we talk with the vice mayor of capitola. i want to wrap up with this, you talked about how some things have happened in the past. whether it is flooding, storms, wildfires. but all of these things are going to be increasing in intensity and frequency, given global warming. what is your real hope in terms of what we move towards to really strength capitola for all of that? >> this is something we have considered as we have looked at how to strengthen our infrastructure. one of the plans we had previously for rebuilding, or repairing our wharf before these storms even came was to ramp it up so it is higher and higher as

you walk down. as future storms create higher storm surges, they are less likely to crest over-the-top of the wharf and because the kind of damage we saw. that is one example of what we are hoping to do so that in the future these storms do not have the same impact they have had kristen: president biden visiting your area today, looking at storm damage after having approved governor newsom's disaster declaration. after all of the flooding cover the storms, short-term support and long-term resilience of building back better. thank you so much. i appreciate you taking the time. >> thanks for having me. chris an up next, gloria allred joins us to discuss the new twist in the rest movie set shooting at alec baldwin facing criminal c

kristen: new mexico prosecutors charging alec altman with two counts of involuntary manslaughter for the fatal shooting on the set of his movie rest. the incident happened in 2021 and is all that in the death of the cinematographer and injury to a director to talk about this development is gloria allred, thank you for inviting me. kristen: some legal experts have called the charges aggressive what do you think? >> i do not think they are aggressive.

i think they are fair and accurate. because the district attorney has indicated she believes she has probable cause, my guess is she also believes she can prove her case beyond a reasonable doubt. of course, the charges of involuntary manslaughter, he could be convicted could be a felony charge, which is possibly such that it could be to donald -- it could lead to not only a fine, but a sentence of 18 months in prison. we think it is important. we also have a civil lawsuit filed and we have been litigating it against mr. baldwin. if he is proven beyond a reasonable doubt to have committed the crimes from which he will be charged, that means

that he will liable in our civil cases. there's a higher burden of proof in criminal cases. if he is found not guilty in the criminal case, we can still proceed with our civil lawsuit and we intend to do that because i work my it -- our clien was standing very close to halyna hutchins when she was shot by mr. baldwin, she suffered a great deal of emotional distress because she knew halyna. our client is the one who you have heard many times because she quickly called 911. in order to help. kristen: is she suffering to this day from those effects? >> absolutely. that is why she filed the lawsuit.

kristen: in what ways? how does that manifest? >> in many ways. i don't want to invade her privacy, but we will be disclosing that in the lawsuit. mr. baldwin, soon to be the defendant in the criminal case as well as the civil case, we are concerned because he has taken no responsibility. for his role in not shooting her, ms. hutchins, but also for the harm he has inflicted on our client. our client was standing very near ms. hutchins. he has said, in fact on abc television, that he didn't pull the trigger. we have said that we do have evidence that we believe will prove that in fact he did. that is what the district attorney said this morning.

she said that he pulled the trigger appear that is her belief. she think she has evidence to take to a jury. kristen: the against him, do you think it does rest on being able to prove that he pulled the trigger, as opposed to just holding it and it went off? or do you think just as the producer, the buck stops here. he is the boss of the set and there is culpability there? >> i think that he, as a producer, is a person responsible for making sure that the gun is safe, that it is not loaded. mr. baldwin in the past has said he was told by gabe hall's, the assistant director, it was a cold gun. but that does not let him off the hook.

he also has the responsibility to check that none. and he did not check that gun. he has said that himself. no person, even above the law. everybody is responsible for not only their own safety, but the safety of those around him. he simply did not check it. that wasn't even neighbor herschel when he pulled the gun out. it was not a were her saul -- rehearsal. pleaded guilty to negligence. the film's charges. she also insists she has committed no crime. is there a bigger battle you are fighting in addition to just

your client in her civil case, is there something you need to advocate for in the wake of this incident happening? >> i think that absolutely safety on movie sets is essential. i happen to be a sag aftra member myself. sometimes we just are fantasy, an escape. things that we would like to watch. but they are real people on a real sect and everyone needs to be protected. that is not what happened here. maybe is not doing interviews because she is likely to be a with this in the case. we are going to continue to fight for accountability and responsibility, most of all justice, for halyna hutchins.

kristen: what is the next step? what is the timeline? >> in the criminal case, the next step will be an arraignment. of mr. baldwin and others. preliminary hearing which should take place within 60 days. if a judge after the preliminary hearing finds that this is a case that should go to trial, at some point a trial date will be set. we are going to hear a lot in the next 60 days. kristen: thank you for joining us. up next, bo says about san francisco. our partners at the san franci i'm jonathan lawson here to tell you about life insurance through the colonial penn program. if you're age 50 to 85,

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kristen: did the books we want to banne say something about us? our media partners have written an article that proves that question as divisive politics play out across the country in the form of book bans, the standard has found people requested only four brooksby banned from the san francisco public library. joining us live is the san francisco standard arts and culture reporter. thanks for your time. >> thanks for having me. kristen: interesting article. before we reveal which books library users wanted to see removed, put this in focus. our requests for book bans increasing? >> they are, at a rapid rate. some are going so far as to call it new pandemic because so many are happening and the american library association is collecting data on this and already the data they have from

2022 has outstripped 2021. there has this been -- this big surge in requests for book bans. kristen: in which states are these most common? what titles get targeted? >> book bans have processed, books have been taken off the shelves, not just requested, in 32 states across the country. some states have more than others. texas and florida are two near the very top, but there have been no bans whatsoever in california. kristen: any particular types of books? >> some of the books most commonly requested to be banned include books with lgbtq material, books on racism, or that have to do with race, that feature people of color as the protagonist. i would say about 75% of them are fiction. 50% are young adult titles.

there's also this concern about adding potentially provocative material out of the hands of young people. kristen: now, let's look at san francisco, which often goes the other way. you said only four titles had any complaints from the public library, what are they? >> before i give you the four, let me underscore none have been removed. these are just requests that have been made. it is a very small number. that alone i think speaks to how different we are in the bay area. that these book bans are proliferating, but in san francisco there are such a small number that are even requested. kristen: let's start with the first one, the bible. >> the bible. the most commonly red book in the world.

the most best-selling title of all time. some san franciscans don't want it on their library shelves. kristen: when you look at the percentage of people nonreligious in san francisco, does that make sense? >> for sure. my colleague backed this up with data that shows there are fewer religious believers in san francisco than anywhere in the country. this number keeps dropping. it speaks to the bubble of the bay area we live in where we just don't have as many religious believers. kristen: the return: rump's -- trump's comeback, also requested. this one is not surprising. >> we don't tend to be big fans of trump in the bay area. this was supported by data. we have the smallest amount of trump supporters than most other places in the nation. that number also continues to drop.

the idea of trump coming back, not popular around here. kristen: the contagion myth, why viruses are not the cause of the disease. what does this author claim? >> this author is saying that viruses do not cause illness, including covid. i think that is something a lot of people around here have a hard time with. we tend to hold onto our avoidance practices longer than other cities, as the data shows. most people are cautious and aware of covid. the idea that covid does not make you sick is something most people around here would find -- kristen: i want to touch on death of the nation. >> this is a history, blaming the democrats for all of our troubles.

with such a high population them are craddick voters in san francisco, this was another title that was unpopular. >> in conclusion, what does this say about us? >> just how different we are from the rest of the country. not only are book bans not a big problem here, but the bans we do have requests for our very different from the rest of the country. kristen: thank you so much. i hope people will check out the article. you can check out more of their

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kristen: thank you for joining us. we are here every week at 3:00 getting answers. the world news tonight is next. we will be back at tonight, actor alec baldwin will face criminal charges. and breaking news just moments ago. president biden breaking his silence on the classified documents. first, after the deadly shooting on the set of the movie "rust," the d.a. tonight revealing that baldwin will be charged with involuntary manslaughter for the shooting death of cinematographer halyna hutchins. the film's armorer facing several charges. and what the d.a. said about baldwin told our george stephanopoulos. that breaking news about president biden, speaking about the classified documents discovered at the office he used after he was vice president and at his home. the president saying the's