tv Today in the Bay NBC May 27, 2015 4:30am-5:01am PDT
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bribery, back-room deals and now behind bars. fifa officials arrested. and floodwaters, we'll have the latest on the search for survivors and a toll taker spots something very concerning, a young girl struggling for safety in an suv with no plates a live look outside on this wednesday morning, it's may 27th, this is "today in the bay." a very good morning to you. thanks so much for joining us.
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i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm sam brock. good morning, rob. >> good morning. we have low clouds to start the morning off. temperatures starting to trend warmer in the north bay and south bay, as we approach the wee jeb, 80s starting to enter the microclimate forecast. now for the first check of your wednesday commute, here's mike. >> very light volume traffic. there's that bay bridge, a little moisture in the air, rob telling us similar conditions as far as the drive and we're look at the speeds, similar to yesterday as you might imagine. another issue going on as far as construction between davis and marino over in the east bay and the south bay corridor is all in the green. now to a do you feeling story, a huge kick in the gut for soccer's global governing
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body. agents interrupted a fifa gathering, arresting some at the top. >>. >> good morning, sam and laura. two separate organization, one by the swiss, the other by the united states, a department of justice organization is based on -- right now federal agents are -- halfway around the world in zurich, swiss police acting on behalf of 9 united states arrested at least six fifa officials on corruption charges involving more than $100 million in bribes between the early 1990s and now, with the implication being that that money might have passed through u.s. banks or changed hands on u.s. soil. in a second separate investigation, swiss authorities are launching an investigation
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into how fifa awarded the world cup to russia and the 2022 world cup to qatar. just moments ago the head of fifo, who has not been arrested told the press that it was his organization that alerted alleged criminal activity in his organization. >> i said from the very beginning, but you don't believe me, i know, but this for fifa is good. it's not good in terms of image or in is reputation, but in terms of cleaning up, in terms of what we did this that is four years, this is good. >> this morning fifa says it has ruled out any revote for the 2018 and 2022 world cups, won again by russia and qatar. >> shockwaves in the sports world this morning. thanks, bob quick work of an overnight
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grass fear in east san jose. a handful of crews responding to the slow-moving flames. that fire grew to about an acre in size, was out in less than an hour. thankfully no injuries were reported. still no word on how the fire started. >> a developing story, the scene of utter devastation after days of relentless rain trigger raging floods some of the southwest. this morning 19 people are dead across texas and oklahoma. in wimberley, the search continuing for 13 people missing since saturday. that's when the blanco river overflowed its banks sweeping home off their foundation with his peep still inside. the rain is expected to continue for a few more days. more than 500 highwater rescues have been performed the pilot on southwest flight 1516 saw the heat sensor light come on mid flight, so the plane landed safely at l.a.x.
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firefighters say they found smoke in the cargo hold, not sure where it came from. the plane took off for the original destination, san diego, after being given the all-clear a toll taker says he's concerned for the girl inside this suv. chp disthe as i recall an the to 12 would you say kneeling in the console, screaming and struggling with the woman in the front passengers seat. a tan or gray chevy blazer had no license plate. now, while officers are not sure if any crime occurred, they just want to find the adults in the suv and make sure that girl is okay. a police officer accused of rape and domestic violence headed back to cold front. jeffrey graves did an about-face back in march. he told the charge that he would fight charges that he raped a woman while on duty, and that he
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roughed you have his ex-girlfriend. he's still in jail and on leave from the police department it's 4:35, a south bay woman is accused of winding hispanic families out of money. she promised to snow -- she's charged with 14 criminal counts. investigators say many of the victims work low-wage jobs, some work in the fields and gave her their life's savings, they say she is also took money from people and promised she would invest it. 13 people lost tens of thousands. >> for people who are working really hard in this country, and then she wants to give the money away. >> gilroy police hope other possible victims will step forward regarding of any fear whether they might have whether it's retaliation or immigration status for the first time drugsa
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company -- yesterday the u.s. supreme court refused to hear an appeal of alameda's historic 2012 law. the law requires drug makers to pay the county to properly dispose of the drugs and keep them out of the bay. supervisor nate miley authorized it and tells "the oakland tribune" that many other cities will adopt similar laws baseball finds itself in a sticky situation, the issue, pitchers if illegally doctors a baseball. umpires found foreign substances on their arms. now espn analyst and f. says most everyone doctors baseballs with pine tar. he said they're even used to teach in spring training. billy beane, meanwhile, tells "the oakland tribune" that he
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has no idea ma brayden is talking about the warriors and their fans, a win could isn't them to the first nash finals since 1975. the anticipation keeps rising. they suffered a moment tear blips losing a game to houston. that leaving them at 3-1, but the warriors' odds are still pretty strong. zero teams out of 116 have ever come back from a 3-0 deficit to take an nash series. of course the rockets were down 0-3 as of the last game. tonight's contest starts at 6:00 at oracle arena. it's early in the morning. we want to check in with rob with that forecast. >> and the game tonight we'll see temperatures fairly cool, and a reason all of us will have lost sleep by watching that game tonight. we'll see temperatures in the low 60s. the a's game is a big earlier in the coliseum. mid 60s for that game.
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we saw increasing chance of some raining threes at the oracle later on. brief clearing around oakland and around our inland valleys. as we he towards the evening, the low clouds sweep back in. close to 78 in los gatos, san jose, san francisco upper 50s to low 60s. you can see for the north bay, 73 at napa, 6 a in oakland, pleasanton, and here is our outlook as we get into the weekend. notice san jose about 82 degrees there on saturday? san francisco staying in the mid 60s. highs near 80 in the north bay, but sunday we're bringing in a slight chance of showers. tri-valley temperatures are fairly warm, but trending a bit cooler on sunday. um coming up in our next weather forecast, i'll look at the next system that could be bringing us showers, to see what's happening
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on perhaps the golden gate and the rest of the community, here's mike. >> a clear view of the fremont and the truck scale. we see the san jose area. silicon valley with the most that's where overnight cries are on and offramps are affected. no major traffic concern. over here, the tri-valley, a little build-out, and overall, like at that typical. green all over your maps, at speed approaches the bay bridge. let's look over here as we see a nice clear drive, easy flow of traffic, no problem seeing all those lights across the span into and out of san francisco mike, thank you very much. we're usually hearing about lawmakers trying to keep guns out of the school. one state is closer to allowing concealed guns in college classroom and a security cammia in
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welcome back, everyone. 4:43 right now, a light glisaning from the distance there, waiting for the sun's arrival. 4:44 right now pretty wile case heading to a new york courtroom today. lawyers for two chimpanzees will argue the animals should have the same rights as people. the project has failed a petition. they're used in studies, the lawyers say the courts should recognize them as autonomous andself-determining beings. the chimps, however, are not expected in court. they couldn't find suits for them [ laughter ] >> no monkey suits in court. as of this month a report number of undocumented immigrants are now in legal limbo here in the united states.
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almost half a million people have been caught by border agents, constituent waiting on a day in course to see if they'll be allowed to stay. almost everyone agrees the system is breaking under the strain. tonight steven stock travels inside the beltway to washington, d.c. to try to get some answers. the director of the immigration court system tells us what he's doing to fix this problem. >> the reality is the system is overburdened, absolutely, and that works to the detriment not just to the system itself, but also people who have been wait fog their hearings for a long time. >> tonight at 11:00, we'll expos one of the biggest crimes currently plaguing the sim and we'll ask the director what he's doing to stop it. thousands of taxpayers at risk of having their identity stolen after thieving stole personal information from the
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i.r.s. for that and the rest of your news, we turn to landon dowdy live at cnbc headquarters. >> wall street looks to rebound from tuesday's sell-off. stocks supplilid, though it clo off the lows. investors reacting to mixed economic data and the rise of the dollar, down 190 points, the nasdaq falling 56 to 5033. the i.r.s. says thieved used an online service to get information, the agent says hackers accessed the system called get transcript, require security information. the system was started between february and mid may and has been temporarily shut down. it says the main computers which
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457b8d submitted tax returns weren't affected an arch ranking shows apple's value has shown nearly 70% as it continues to promote products globally. in decline it's taking market shares from rivals. the rest of the top five is going the, microsoft, ibm and visa. >> a lot of name brand companies, many based right here it is 4:47. texas is one giant step closer to allowing concealed handguns in college classrooms. just before midnight they gave temporary approval to so-called campus carry final house approval is expected later today. the governor has until monday to
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sign the bill once approved by the senate. 4:47, new this morning, 20,000 people from cologne are being evacuated. crews plan to deactivate the 444-pound bomb this afternoon. they say world war ii bombs are frequently found in europe. the security camera was mounted at an outdoor shopping mall. you can see the tornado sweep across from left to right. cars and trucks were tossed around. some injure juries were reported. a witness saw cars in the area, some with people inside of them. up to 30 vehicles were damaged there's a less than 1%
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chance of going strut by lightning, but that's what happened to a man over memorial day weekend. he was. his wife says the powerful bolt of electricity entered through his head and exited out of his back, but he's okay. he's living to tell about it goods in gracious. >> yeah, maybe the burns? i don't even know, but too much probably for 4:50 in the morning. we're going to try also some more rosie like our weather. >> severe weather outlook, and here's what's not good news this morning, especially down around houston and austin, almost the epic flooding, more heavy rain. you can see the line of thunderstorms racing to southeast texas, as severe
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weather continues across texas. may seat some slight delays. temperatures right now around the bay area, 50s just low clouds, no thunderstorms in the forecast, as we head through the afternoon, partly cloudy skies inland. you might notice temperatures turning more inland, the marine layer is starting to get compressed down, and the net result of that will be inland temperatures especially near the hill tops. saratoga through los gatos, 73 degrees in san jose, but not much change around san francisco with those highs around the 60s. oakland about 65. we have the a's today coming up just after noon. we'll see the temperatures eventually climbing toward the mid 60s with partly cloudy skies. highs mid to upper 70s as the slight warming begins before more significant warming.
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notice friday and saturday for the south bay should make a run at the 80s, and just slightly warmer. very interesting to point out what will be happening towards the north bay. you see the cool there from 80 to 72. we could see a few showers, but saturday is the warmup with high clouds coming in. sunday a weak system passes by to the north. it loose loose like most of the showers staying nor, but we'll be tracking the system very closely. a chance of north bay showers. back to you. >> rob, thank you very much. a san francisco doctor is treating patients with the drug ecstasy. it's currently considered by the federal government to have no therapeutic value, but dr. wolfson has approved government approval for a clinical trial, using it in conjunction with
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intense therapy sessions to help people with extreme anxiety or depression, especially in end of life situation. >> it tends to bring on a sense of mood change, of feeling that loving and caring, being more accepting of one's own failures and difficulties. >> if successful, it could be used to treat larger number of people over a two-year period express scrips is pushing for pay for performance deals on some cancer drugs. that means patients should be able to pay less for medication that don't work as effectively. at hospice care becomes more common, a new study reveals benefits for termial care patients as well as caregivers.
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thousands were less likely to report depression systems. the benefits were even more distinct one year after a spouse's death. experts aren't sure which aspects of hose pill are linked to reduced depression, but clear that caregivers need some extra support she made headlines for outrunning the boys. >> it went radio i recall a couple years ago. now this little football players helping to make some history. >> she could definitely outrun some of these traffic. bunching up right at the coliseum.
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okay. it's not just for the boys. the first known all-girls tackle football league has formed in utah featuring a familiar face. you might remember this video of 9-year-old sam gordon, she's a girl, running for a long touchdown. look at the bheels. that video got a lot of attention. she was even featured on morning talk shows. now 12 years old she's part of a league. the first game was last weekend. i don't know how many touchdowns she went for, but she's got a burst. >> that's called running like a girl. >> running like a girl in 2015, mike. >> it's awesome.
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we could use her help. look at your map. the jam goes all the way to about 129. fruitvale is right in the middle of that. that will be a slow drive. the rest of it while you're moving smoothly, you could use foothill boulevard, but really stick it out. give about ten more minutes six officials arrested overnight and raids ramping up this morning to uncover evidence of corruption. >> and pitching in to help those devastated in the southern plains.
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mystery. 58 degrees right now on our way to temperatures in the low 70s today, and some 80s approaches the weekend. your photograph is straight ahead look at this traffic jammed right here. we'll tell you what's going on as well as in the bay area. a big rig is just not moving we'll get you moving right now. a live look outside the bay bridge. it's may 27th. you are watching "today in the bay." good morning. >> we do begin with a developing story. soccer's global governing party is reeling, federal and international agents raided offices on two continents, happening right now in fact in miami. bob redell joins us with details on the miami raid, and how u.s. authorities coordinated this corruption probe.
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