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think he was doing it but he might be the one involved with it it's hard to say. i see him almost every day and just know now that he's not here i'm kind of shocked(vicki) piseth chhay was last seen on mother's day after he left to help a tang work on a rental property. the two had also been hiking together earlier that day. (grant) what started as two fruit vendors just getting arrested for selling without a permit ... has now turned into a human trafficking investigation.(vicki) this bizarre turn of events is being looked into by the alameda county sheriff's office. kron 4's dan kerman is at their san leandro headquarters with more... (dan kerman) it was back on may 9th on two
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street corners in san lorenzo when sheriff's deputies responding to complaints about fruit vendors, arrested two people who refused to stop selling even though they didn't have a permit sot sgt. ray kelly/alameda county sheriff's office when we asked these people to leave especially in the second incident with the lady they refused to several times she could not leaveat the time, they didn't realize these two arrests occurred within an hour of each other and on opposite sides of town now that they have connected the two, they have found some striking similarities.sotboth of these people were on immigration enforcement releases and that they had ankle bracelets assigned to them. we found that strange they also realized that both had been dropped off at their locations and reported to a supervisor sotwhen we look at it now we begin to be a little suspicious are these people being exploited and put out into the streets to work for someone and who are they working for and are these people violating labor codes and more importantly are these
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people being exploited are they being trafficked.that's is the investigation that is now going onsot if they're forced to do it, that's totally wrong totally wrong patricia juarez lives across the street from where one of the fruit vendors was arrested. she says she see fruit vendors here at least once a week, and while she doesn't know if they are being exploited, she can seen it happening.sot patricia juarez/san lorenzo residenti can understand about human trafficking because they can be intimidated, by being told if you don't sell for me you will be deported and we will turn you into the police and have you arrested and that will scare people especially if they are illegal./they are illegal
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(grant) the woman at the center of a the bay area police sex scandal - now likely has a decision to make. take the nearly one million dollars the city of oakland's attorney is recommending she get to settle her claim. or...demand more. and that's a disctinct possibility... because jasmine abuslin, formerly known as celeste gaup, originially filed a claim against the city for 66- million dollars, claiming several oakland police officers exploited her in a variety of ways. the case exploded - contributing to the city going through several police chiefs and disciplining many officers. four current or former o-p-d officers are facing charges in the scandal. the oakland city council is expected to consider the proposed settlement at its meeting next
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tuesday. abuslin has also filed claims against the cities of richmond and livermore. we reached out to abuslin and have not heard back. (vicki) a woman who contracted botulism after eating nacho-cheese sauce sold at a gas station in sacramento county... is now suing. the lawsuit filed by lavinia kelly - who you see pictured here - claims she suffered severe and permanent injuries... and alleges negligence in the manufacturing, distribution and sale of the tainted sauce. state health officials say the contamination killed one man from antioch - and sickened nine others. her lawyer says the contamination appears to be confined to one bag of cheese dip... and that some sort of manufacturing defect enabled the botulism spore to grow inside the bag. her lawyer expects to add five others to the lawsuit. botulism is a rare foodborne bacteria - and can paralyze nerves so muscles can not contract. (grant) another big story we are tracking tonight... jared kushner, president trump's son-in-law, is now reportedly one focus of the russia investigation.
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according to the washington post... investigators now are looking into a series of meetings held by kusnher - as part of their probe into russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. kushner, who's a senior advisor to presient trump... held several meetings in december with the russian ambassador and a banker from moscow. no comment from kushner or the white house. (vicki) a federal appeals court has once again ruled against president trump's revised travel ban targeting muslim majority countries..(grant) catherine heenan is here with details on the decision... (catherine) it's another blow to the president's ban....which he argues is important for national security. the new ruling upholds a lower court decision to stop parts of the executive order indefinitely.. a federal appeals court has refused to reinstate the revised travel ban,saying it discriminates on the basis of religion. the case is now likely to go to the supreme court. the new ban was announced in march, but it never got off
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the ground.it would have banned people from iran, libya, somalia, sudan, syria and yemen from entering the u.s. for 90 days and all refugees for 120 days. it also would reduce the annual number of refugees to 50-thousand - from 120- thousand. vicki and grant? to the east bay now... a woman riding a bart train late last night says she was groped somewhere between the richmond and north berkeley stations. that passenger notified bart police around 9-o'clock about the incident. she says the suspect ran off the train when it stopped at the north berkeley station. police were unable to track him down. they say he appeared to be an african american man in his 20's. about five foot six inches tall. bart police have not said if the suspect was captured on newly installed security cameras. (grant) there has been a recent spike in auto thefts and auto burglaries in bart parking lots. this week alone auto crimes in bart lots have occurred from as far south as the new warm springs
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station... all the way to daly city... kron4's haaziq madyun shows us the station theives are hitting the hardest there has been seven auto related crimes in bart parking lots so far this week. might not sound like a lot when you consider bart has over 47- thousand parking stalls system wide. however 4 of those auto crimes, 1 car theft and 3 auto burglaries, happened in one day here in the parking lot of the coliseum stationbart's new police chief carlos rojas has only been on the job a few days and says he is well aware of the situationbart customers who park at the coliseum station have mixed views on vehicle safety here. this man asked not to reveal identity
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scaring people off">bart has increased parking patrols in response to spike in auto crimes. bart has also brought in their police watchtower as a deterent. but some people don't think there is a need for it, like this man who says he has parked here for years and has never had any problems ray oppenheimer/parks vehicle at coliseum station: "i have been parking here for 4 years and other than seeing shattered glass i haven't experienced any issues">in fact bart officials say auto related crimes are down 20% from this time last year in oakland haaziq madyun kron4news (vicki) and happening
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right now... a vigil is being held for the 16-year-old vallejo girl - who went missing one-year ago átoday. pearl pinson was last seen walking on an overpass in vallejo... on her way to school. investigators say 19-year-old fernando castro grabbed pinson... on that pedestrian overpass above i-780 near taylor avenue. castro was found a day later, hundreds of miles away, where he was killed in a shootout with deputies. since then, there has been no sign of pinson. the vigil started about an hour ago...it's at the vallejo little league field on rolling-wood drive. (grant) to the south bay now where our rob fladeboe has been reporting and tweeting about virtually every moment of the long-running sierra lamar trial. as rob tells us now, testimony has wrapped up in the penalty phase... without the court hearing again from a key witness whose credibility has been called into question by the defense. it turns out that this man, sgt herman leon, an investigator in the sierra lamar case, will not be
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recalled to the stand after all. after winning the right to recall sgt. leon, because his testimony in an unrelated case had led to "lingering doubt" about his testimony in the sierra lamar case, the defense abruptly dropped it's plan to bring him back. but the court may hear from him yet says legal analyst steven clark.steven clark/legal analyst"what the defense decided to do was reserve the right to develop this issue if and when they appeal to the court for a new trial, after sentencing and when they will likely integrate a more developed theory on the issue at that time..."after a testy exchange with the lawyers earlier this week, the judge agreed to the recalling of sgt. leon, whose handling of hair and other evidence in the sierra lamar case would be re-examined following the revelation that he had given false testimony about evidence in another murder case, leading to a new trial. the effort to recall sgt leon a surprise eclipsed only by the decision not to follow through with it. steven clark/legal analyst"what the defense didn't want to do is create a record that might harm their motion for a new trial because if they weren't ready yet to develop the issue, it was better for them not to call
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sgt leon at all and instead rely on other mitigating testimony they presented about mr garcia torres...."after the grandmother of his children testified she thinks he's innocent and after watching photos of himself playing with the oldest of his two daughters, antolin garcia torres was given one last chance to testify, he again refused,, as the defense rested it's case. rob fladeboe/san jose" closing arguments are scheduled for next tuesday and then the jury will deliberate. they can send garcia torres to prison for the rest of his life or they can sentence him to the death penalty...in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news (vicki) it will be months before highway one in big sur will reopen... thanks to a massive mudslide - that's about 40 áfeet deep. still ahead on kron four news ... we are hearing from
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business owners impacted by the slide - on how they hope to stay in business. (grant) then, the winchester mystery house is opening up dozens of doors for the first time in its history. a look inside - coming up. but first, "get the hell out of here. (nats of people wrestling) i'm sick and tired of you guys"(vicki) a reporter áallegedly body slammed by a republican congressional candidate in montana....whose election is today! the charges he is now facing. (brittney) i'm chief meteorologist brittney shipp, i'll have your full bay area forecast after the break.
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in a san francisco park earlier this morning has investigators looking for leads as they work to find the killer. police say the victim who had been stabbed...was in bernal heights park. detectives have been processing the scene...looking for evidence. s-f-p-d is asking anyone with details about the incident to come forward. (grant) police arrest a 25- year-old man in connection with a deadly gang-related shooting in sunnyvale. alfonso gonzales was arrested last month in san diego county ...and is currently in santa clara county jail. police say gonzales fatally shot 20- year-old ernesto castro at encinal park in sunnyvalle back in 20-14. ernesto castro allegedly was socializing with people at the popular park when someone in a car fired shots at the group
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from a distance. he and a female victim were hit by the bullets and castro died at the scene. that female victim has since recovered. new leads in the case over a three-month period... led to gonzales' arrest. (vicki) in the east bay... a recent count has revealed there are more than 56-hundred homeless people in alameda county. according to the homeless organization - everyone home-- that is a nearly 40 percent increase from two years ago. the group is calling for developers and landlords to produce affordable housing... for property owners and landlords commit to renting to homeless people. oakland mayor libby schaaf has joined the effort... saying she and other oakland officials will increase their spending on programs and services for homeless people. (grant) this massive landslide has shut down a large portion of highway-1. people who live and work around there say they are starting to really feel the affects of the closure. also a big
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deal...earlier this year damage to the pfeiffer bridge forced that portion of highway one to close...and it's likley that portion won'e re-opne until the fall. now this landslide...another hit. preventing customers and residents from the area...and from their stores once again. reporter keith carls talked to some of those business owners... who are trying to find a way to keep afloat during the closure. (rori cosma/manager, ragged point inn)"you just heard a loud roar, and we didn't know what it was until caltrans came and told us the whole mud creek mountain came down."rori cosma is a manager at the ragged point inn that's about ten miles south of the massive mud creek landslide."we have a serious problem, before the big problem was the pfeiffer bridge and now everyone is saying the hard part is the mud creek mountain, they gotta go back to the drawing board and figure out what they're going to do, leaving all the businesses up there cut off, and the residents."caltrans says its too early to know when the highway will reopen to traffic(susana cruz/caltrans)"a third of the
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mountain just went down, and its created a new shorline, and its millions of cubic yards, down."(keith carls/reporting)"caltrans plans to break down this temporary closure here on highway 1 at ragged point and establish a hard-closure about ten miles up the highway right before the mud creek slide." (dawn ritz/tourist)"it came as a surprise that this is as far as we can go right now."dawn ritz is among those who came to the big sur coastline as part of her holiday weekend escape from l-a."this is a very pure part of california that is an opportunity to really get in touch with the basics of life."rori cosma wants everyone to know the ragged point inn is open for business."the numbers are going to be down no matter what, people just aren't coming to the area at all knowing that they cannot access this iconic highway." (grant) five smaller landslides
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combined to make this massive landslide saturday evening. that section of highway-1 is under an estimated one-million tons of rock and dirt. about 35-to 40-feet deep in some spots. caltrans is planning a way to access the damage..first..making sure the area is stable. (anchor) time now to check on our weather... with chief meterologist brittney shipp. a cooling trend can be expected through friday as high pressure weakens and the marine influence increases. minor warming is then
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(grant) there's some unexpected drama in the montana congressional race.....after a candidate was accusedof assaulting a reporter..(vicki) it happened last night....on the eve of a special election. catherine heenan is here with more on the fall-out..... (catherine) republican candidate greg gianforte has been charged with misdeameanor assault.. he's accused of body slamming a reporter from the guardian who was trying to ask him about the republican health care plan. the
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incident with reporter ben jacobs happened in the candidate's campaign office.. and it was caught on audio tape. sheriff brian gootkinwe're interviewing the victim. we're interviewing all the witnesses. then we'll attempt to interview mr. gianfonte. he has every right in the world not to speak with us. voters went to the polls today.. and gianfonte's camp issued a statement ...claiming the reporter had shoved a recorder in the candidate's face - who tried to push it away - and the reporter then grabbed his wrist, pushing them both to
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the ground. the reporter denies that. so do four witnesses - who happen to work for fox news. they all agree that the reporter's version of what happened is true. vicki and grant? (grant) coming up, an ordinary trip to the gas station turns into a near death experience for a woman in wisconsin.... how she tries to stop her car from being stolen. (vicki) and next, we get a look inside at some never before seen rooms - at the winchester mystery house in the south bay.
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[ birds chirping ] [ inhales, exhales ] [ announcer ] cigarettes are not just dangerous when they're smoked. [ rat squeaking ] they're dangerous long after. cigarette butts are toxic. they release chemicals that poison our water... and harm wildlife. and millions... are polluting our environment. [ sniffing ] [ seagulls squawking ] (vicki) to the south bay
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for a "first" in more than 20- years... the winchester mystery house in san jose is offering its first new tour in decades.(grant) kron four's philippe djegal reports the "explore more" tour... is just that... a chance to check out parts of the famous mansion, that until now, have been off limits to the public. (philippe)nats- "follow me in."
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more than 12-million people have passed through the winchester mystery house since tours first launched in 1923... the year after sarah winchester died in it... for 38 years... the wealthy widow continued construction on the mansion that has confounded architects and guests...nats- door creeks open maybe you can blame the wind for these doors randomly opening... or, maybe it's ghosts.nats- "it's closing. oh, the wind." you decide... in any event... the home boasts about 160 rooms... and, until now, only 110 of them were available to tour guests... winchester mystery house general manager walter magnuson says the new "explore more tour" allows visitors to see as many as 40 never before seen rooms.walter magnuson/general manager- "there have been spaces that have been sealed off for almost 100 years. uh, there have been spaces that we didn't even know where the skeleton keys were to open the doors." our tour dispatcher ellen demuynck (duh- mink) takes us around the once seven story mansion, lowered to four stories after the 1906 earthquake. sarah winchester's unfinished bathrooms, bedrooms, walls and balconies once off-limits, now
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part of a tour....ellyn demuynck/tour dispatcher- "she didn't really ever tear things down, uh, she would just build around it, or remodel what was already there. so, you do get doors that open to walls, windows onto nothing. windows that don't receive their properly light, because she built around it." spooked out visitors enjoy the treat of being the first to see what had been unknown. the south witches cap and seance room no longer just visible from the outside... a treat for families coming from long distances to be apart of the mystery.rosario williams/tour guest- 'it was great, um, the little one was like, just staying really close to me because he was scared of the history behind it, haha. (philippe) i don't blame him. (rosario) yes, no. haha." keep in mind the explore more tour is only available for a limited time... and, right now, we're not sure what limited time means... so, if you plan on coming out here... make sure you do so as soon as possible. in san jose, philippe djegal, kron four news.
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(vicki) president trump is meeting with key allies at his first nato summit in brussels... however, one of the u-s' closest allies is not happy with the presidents actions after the bombing in manchester. we'll explain after the break.(grant) then, an attempted sex assault caught on surveillance video... the warning officers have for other woman tonight. who are these people? the energy conscious people among us say small actions can add up to something... humongous.
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a little thing here. a little thing there. starts to feel like a badge maybe millions can wear. who are all these caretakers, advocates too? turns out, it's californians it's me and it's you. don't stop now, it's easy to add to the routine. join energy upgrade california and do your thing. in the city of manchester and
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all across britain, a moment of silence today as the nation honored the victims of monday night's terror bombing.a lid of silence also temporarily imposed on british intelligence agencies.( grant )that lid has been lifted. catherine heenan is here to explain why. (catherine) prime minister theresa may reportedly delivered her complaint straight to donald trump at a nato meeting in brussels today: the british say american law enforcement sources had been leaking vital information about the bombing from the very beginning. "mr president can the british trust america with intelligence?"the president
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ignored the question but later promised to get to the bottom of the leaks.a few hours later, the british reversed their stand ... after receiving assurances they would be stoppedmanchester's mayor says the leaks hampered the investigation. ", let's not have a row that lingers on, nobody wants that, but equally we have to make our opinions clear so we can get this relationship back to where we all want it to be."those leaks include the name of the suicide bomber.salman abedi was identified on american television six hours before british police released his name.then the new york times released crime=scene pictures ... including the bomber's backpack, the battery and detonator, and pieces of metal. "pictures of the arming device of the bomb - the public doesn't need to see that. there's no good purpose served by that. and i don't blame the british one bit for turning off the flow of information."the times replied that the images were neither graphic nor disrespectful of victims, and consistent with its common line of reporting on such crimes.in manchester: heavy weapons, mobile phone jamming equipment and body armor. more than a dozen police suited up to search an apartment.at least eight people are in custody.the country remains under a warning of imminent attack. troops are guarding the prime minister'sresidence.the government says they'll be deployed on passenger trains as well.in washington, the head of homeland security told congress that right now the country's biggest threat is a home-grown lone=wolf terrorist.
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"as horrible as manchester was, my expectation is we're going to see a lot more of that kind of attack." (catherine) even while the president was promising to stop the leaks, the chairman of the house homeland security committee was releasing more information. texas republican mike mccaul said the bomb was made of the same materials as those used in the deadly november 2015 attacks in paris... and the march 2016 attack in brussels. grant?
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(grant) president trump's meeting with terisa may - wasn't his only awkward moment of the day. video shows the president pushing his way - to the front of a group of nato leaders... at today's nato summit in belguim. while walking, the president made his way from the back of the pack to the front - pushing prime minister of montenegro out of the way. president trump has just delivered his speech at nato - where terrorism was a main topic of discussion. and he publicly criticized countries who he indicated were not pulling their weight in nato. (grant) facebook c-e-o mark zuckerberg has just wrapped up a commencement speech at harvard. a huge crowd braved the pouring rain to hear the former harvard drop-out speak about creating a purpose for today's world. zuckerberg urged the graduating class to care about others....fight inequality...and strengthen the global community. (mark zuckerberg/ facebook ceo) "purpose is that feeling that you are a part of
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something that is bigger than yourself. that you are needed, and you have something better ahead to work for. purpose is what creates true happiness. for our society to keep moving forward, we have a generational challenge. not only to create jobs, but to create a new sense of prupose." also in his speech, zuckerberg shared his greatest memory was meeting his wife, priscilla chan. the story brought her to tears as she watched from the crowd. zuckerberg received an honorary doctorate degree from the university 12-years after he dropped out to focus on facebook. what began as a closed networking site for harvard students is now a global force with nearly 2- billion members. and zuckerberg is worth north of 60 billion dollars. (vicki) you can now use facebook to raise money.. the company has been testing a new fundraising tool that lets
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users ask friends and strangers to give them money to help pay for education..medi cal or other expenses. this new addition is similar to the online fundraising service "go-fund-me" facebook says it will review each fundraiser within 24 hours. it does come at a cost....there is a fee of six- point-nine percent of the money raised..and a 30 cent security fee. (grant) still ahead... a florida student channeling his inner ferris buller - to make sure he doesn't flunk one of his classes. but now - he's found himself in trouble with the law.(vicki) but first, a woman ájumps into action - as a couple of thieves attempt to steal her car. this crazy video - next. (grant) stocks are up for the sixth day in a row as strong first-quarter results from retailers led indexes to record highs. the dow adding more than 70 points. the nasdaq... jumping 42. and the s&p - rising more than 10 points. (grant) like a scene from out of
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city crews are now working to board up - and brace - the wall reduced to rubble. the driver escaped with her life...but did not escape without a ticket. she was cited for... inattentive driving. (vicki) a woman in wisconsin says she was pumping gas one minute...and fighting off car thieves the next. it was a scary situation...all caught on security video. melissa smith says when she noticed a man starting up her car...attempting to drive off...her first instinct was to fight back...by jumping on the hood. the man inside was even laughing as she yelled for him to stop. then things got more serious. the thief slammed on the breaks twice trying to throw her off. (melissa smith/ victim) "and my, 'oh hell this isn't happening to me today' moment. terry - did he look at you? melissa - he looked at me and he laughed at me which really irritated me. so zero remorse." (vicki) smith admits she didn't
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think about the danger of jumping on the hood until afterwards. the thief eventually gave up...jumped out of her car and took off. he did get away her purse, phone and wallet. but not the car! smith says she will never leave her car unlocked with the keys inside ever again. (grant) the video of an attempted sexual assault in southern california last weekend is now being released. police hope mit helps them catch the suspect and the also want it to serve as a warning for others.. the woman you see walking in this video had just left a bar in downtown santa ana.. police say this was early in the morning and she was highly intoxicated. she was also being followed by this man... as soon as she turns into the stair way..he follows her and attempts to sexually assault
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her... the whole struggle was caught on camera. (grant) police are still trying to identify the suspect.. the 26-year old victim was able get away and find two officers nearby and report the incident. "i know the finals are a big deal. that's what we do but i'd be thrilled if he just said he was felling better. (vicki) coming up, will coach kerr be returning to the warriors bench - for the nba finals? we'll have an update on his health after the break. (brittney) i'm chief meteorologist brittney shipp, i'll have your full bay area
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there are new developments in the case of a missing uber driver. steve aveson is in the newsroom with what we are working on for kron 4 news at six. vicki... we are talking about the disappearance of piseth chhay ... he's been missing since mother's day weekend. police have been searching for searching for this man, 48-year-old bob tang. however, now police believe bob tang may have fled the country, possibly to cambodia. and their hunch maybe right... late this afternoon tang's car was found in a parking lot at s-f-o. tonight we will have the latest on the investigation including where police searched today. we will have that and much more on kron 4 news at six. vicki back to you. (grant) time now to talk some warriors-- game 1 of the nba finals...exactly a week from tonight...and one of the big questions... who will
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be the dubs head coach on the bench? (vicki) mike brown has been serving as acting head coach...while steve kerr continues to deal with painful complications from back surgery. kerr traveled with the team to san antonio, but is he healthy enough to return full-time? for more, we turn to mark carpenter who has the latest from warriors practice. with a week to go until to the finals, that's enough time to wonder if steve kerr will be back for game 1. today warriors general manager bob myers gave an udpate to the media and it doesn't look like the head coach is returning to the bench anytime soon. "right now i can't say that he's gonna be coaching. i know there's a ton of hypotheticals, what ifs. if he feels better and we have to make those decisions we will, but right now we are not putting any deadlines on should he feel better, what will we do? it'll be based on what day it is, how exactly he feels, how long he's felt well." nearly three weeks after undergoing another treatment to alleviate his symptoms, steve kerr still not healthy enough to return... and as the warriors prepare to go after a second title in three years, the team can't help but worry about the man
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instrumental in establishing a championship foundation. "somebody asked me 'is going to the finals three times muted because of what's going on? of course it is. this should be great, this should be unbelieveable and we are excited and we are proud, but our head coach can't coach. it's not an excuse, it's just a fact and that sucks." while he's not ready to come back to the bench, myers says kerr's presence alone, whether at practice or in the locker room during games, is enough to make an impact."people have said you know 'steve should you step away? you might feel better.' this is his sanctuary. even though he's suffering, being at home and being removed is actually harder some people in life, you know when they are in the room and when they are not. some people in life you don't even know if they are there are not. you know when steve kerr walks into a room. he has that, he's got that, he's magnetic in that way so i don't know how to weight the impact but i know it's there and i know if he wasn't here, we would feel it. we would be worse for it." game 1 of the finals is next thursday at oracle... the warriors will face either the cavs or celtics. mark carpenter, kron 4 news (anchor) time now to check on our weather...
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continues to be the story everyone is talking about. (vicki) the insider's louis aguirre joins us from los angeles with more on this story. hollywood remembering the victims and -- for some-- revealing their personal connection to the u-k cityas we go inside: the stars solidarity with manchester! flowers being placed harry: there was a tragedy in my hometown of manchester and i have been left with a hole in my heart aptn: tight shot of sign for victimsclaire foy: i was born in manchester um uh my home football team is in manchester, my dads from manchester um and 1:08:08 i feel that uh manchester is incredibly strong city manchester's homegrown stars standing in solidarity from afar with their beloved city. we have a choice every single day when we wake up of what you can put in the world and i ask you to please choose love every single dayin mexico city harry styles said his first concert was inside the the same arena which was so callously attacked. he then led the crowd in a moment of silence claire arrival shot if there is one in los angeles, "the crown" star claire foy told us she was humbled by the unity being displayed at her homeclaire foy:people were opening doors for people, they were giving them shelter and supporting them um that its a sign that you know they will surivive and will carry and on meanwhile the real queen elizabeth visited a local
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manchester hospital earlier today where many of the children injured are being treatedqueen: so you had enjoyed the concertmillie: yeah it was really good // i got to meet her before the concert she was lovely (----louis----)we'll have so much more on this story tonight at 7 on the insider, for kron 4 news, i'm louis aguirre back to you (vicki) that wraps up kron 4 news at 5.(granti) steve aveson and catherine heenan are here with kron 4 news at six. (steve) vicki and grant thank you. there is a new clue in the dissappearnce of bay area uber driver. we'll tell you where police have just found the car of a
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(steve) new developments in the case of the missing uber driver. san francisco police have found the car of the person of interest in that case at s-f-o.(steve) good evening i'm steve aveson. (catherine) and i'm catherine heenan... pam is on assignment tonight. that car is going to be processed for evidence by crime scene investigators. kron4's maureen kelly has been talking to neighbors of that person of interest....and learned that
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at least one of his homes has been searched by police. sfpd searched search warrents today in both hayward and san francisco in connection to the missing person case of piseth chhay .he was last seen on mother's day on his way to help a friend at a rental property.that friend is bob tang. bob tang has also gone on a hike with chai eariler that day.but when police wanted to talk to tang....he didn't show up...police believe he may have fled the county...possibly cambodia. tang has several properties....this is his second home in antioch. you can see the door has been kicked in.a neighbor who didn't want to go on camera says police searched the home...even looking in the closets tuesday night. that neighbor says tang would come with many family members for get togethers here about once a month....everyone driving high end cars. but he hasn't seen tang in about a month.in san francico's silver terrace neighborhood flyers for the missing man hang on poles on the street where bob tang keeps his primary home.... neighbors says he lives in this yellow house with an extended family.he's a really
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nice guy. family guy to kids father-in-law and mother- in-law's therehe was very helpful and very friendly i never had any problems with him or anything like that so i was just surprised when i heard he disappearedneighbors say they are shocked at the allegations that bob tang is a person of interest in this case....to them it's more likely that tang is a victim of a crime....than the perpetrator of one.. maureen kelly kron4 news.the sfpd special victims unit continues to investigate this case. today, search warrants were served in the cities of hayward and san francisco. additionally, the car belonging to missing person / person of interest's (bob) was located at sfo. the vehicle is being towed for processing by csi. ( catherine ) another big story tonight: oakland appears to be nearing a settlement over a widespread sex scandal that rocked its police department.( steve ) this is a story kron 4 broke last year and led to numerous officers being disciplined, fired and in some
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instances... facing charges. kron 4's grant lodes is here with what we know about this deal. grant. ( grant ) we received word today the city attorney is recommending paying out close to one million dollars to jasmine abuslin... she use to go by the name celeste guap. she's the teenager at the center of the scandal. she had sued the city for 66-million dollars, claiming oakland police officers exploited her. the case exploded - leading to the city going through three police chiefs and disciplining several officers. four current or former officers are facing charges in the scandal. the oakland city council is expected to consider the proposed settlement at its meeting next tuesday. it has to approve the deal before it can finalized. absulin... is also suing the cities of richmond, livermore
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and san francisco. in each case... seeking millions of dollars in millions of case... seeking in each livermore and richmond, cities of richmond, livermore and san francisco. in each case... seeking millions of dollars in damages tied to the sex scandal. we will keep a close eye on this and see how it plays out.we reached out to abuslin tonight but have not heard back. steve. (catherine) new at 6. union city police have arrested a local soccer coachon molestation charges. on may third union city police got a complaint of alleged misconduct between a girl and her former soccer coach. a felony arrest warrant was issued soon after. and just a few hours ago officers arrested victor juarez at his home in union city. the 44-year-old suspect was arrested and charged with lewd acts with a minor - and annoying or molesting a minor.. police
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say the victim ...was 11 years old at the time of the incident. (steve) and happening now in the north bay. a vigil is being held for the missing 16-year-old vallejo teen - who went missing one-year ago átoday. pearl pinson was last seen walking on an overpass in vallejo on her way to school. investigators say 19-year-old fernando castro grabbed pinson... on a pedestrian overpass on i-780 near taylor avenue. castro was found a day later, hundreds of miles away, where he was killed in a shootout with deputies. since then, there has been no sign of pinson. a vigil for pearl started at 4 this afternoon - at the vallejo little league field on rollingwood drive. ( catherine )(2-shot) the defense has rested - as the penalty phase of the sierra lamar trial is nearingits conclusion in san jose.( steve )(2-shot) kron four's rob fladeboe reports now on the final day of testimonyin the high profile case.
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antolin garcia torres again declined to take the stand on his own behalf thursday, but not before the jury heard from a final witness. as pictures of garcia torres frolicking with the oldest of his two daughters were shown to the jury, their grandmother said he is a good father, does not believe he murdered sierra lamar and would rather see him spend the rest of his life in prison than face the death penalty. after closing arguments next week, the jury will begin deliberations in the case. steven clark/legal analyst" you wll see the prosecution focused on the fact that because garcia torres didn't show any mercy to sierra lamar, it's not right for them to show any mercy to garcia torres. what the defense will say is that even though he's done some horrible things he doesn't deserve to die. they will piece together the family history, that he still has relationships with his family and friends and still has value even if he's put away for the rest of his life..."in a surprise move, the defense rested without re-calling investigatorherman leon to the stand, whose testimony in another, unrelated murder case, had the defense raising last minute questions about whether the jury has lingering doubts about leon's testimony about hair and other evidence in the sierra lamar case.rob fladeboe/san jose" legal analyst steven clark suspects the defense will likely revist the sgt leon, lingering doubt issue as it petitions the court for a new trial after garcia torres is sentenced.
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in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news ( catherine ) a big story tonight: the washington post reports that the f-b-i is investigating meetings between jared kushner and russian ( catherine ) a big story tonight: the washington post reports that the f-b-i is investigating meetings between jared kushner and russian officials. kushner is president trump's son-in-law and a key white house adviser. the meetings happened in december between kushner and russia's ambassador to the u.s....also russian banker.
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the post adds that this doesn't necessarily mean kushner is suspected of a crime. kushner's lawyer says he's willing to share what he knows with congress. this is part of the f-b-i's ongoing investigation into russia's meddling in the presidential election. (steve) it's another blow to president trump's travel ban. the new ruling upholds a lower court decision to stop parts of the executive order indefinitely.. the 4th u.s. circuit court of appeals ruled "10-three" against the travel bansaying it discriminates on the basis of religion. nowattorney general jeff sessions says the justice department will ask the supreme court to review that appeals court ruling. the new ban was announced back in march. it would have banned people from iran, libya, somalia, sudan, syria and yemen from entering the u.s. for 90 days and all refugees for 120 days. it also would reduce the annual number of refugees to 50-thousand - from 120- thousand.
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(catherine) in britain, 8 people have now been arrested in connection with the terror attack in manchester monday night.... that killed 22 people and injured more than 60 others. vigils continue....and people in england observed a moment of silence...a relative of the man suspected in the attack is claiming that he was driven to extremism after seeing a friend stabbed to death last year.... and that 22-year-old salman abedi had complained that muslims were treated badly in england..and he wanted revenge. meantime, officials in britain are infuriated over the fact that details in the bombingwere leaked to u.s. news outlets...including the new york times. for a time - britain even stopped sharing details of its investigation.
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homeland security chief john kelly was answering questions on president trump's proposed budget.. he says he would needed unlimited funding to address every threat -- but that the formula is working. kelly says isis is sending nationals who travel to fight in syria and iraq - back home to create terror in their own countries. (catherine)a live look outside right now... (( steve )) let's get our first look at the weather with chief meteorologist brittney shipp. a cooling trend can be expected through friday as high pressure weakens and the marine influence increases. minor warming is then expected during the upcoming weekend into early next week as high pressure returns to the west coast.
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trade but it can also include forced labor ( steve )now alameda county sheriff's officials are investigating when some fruit vendors who have already been arrested by immigration authorities are being forced into labor by others. kron 4's dan kerman is live at the sheriff's office in san lenadro with more (dan kerman) when a female fruit vendor was arrested earlier in the month in san lorenzo for selling on the street without a permit, deputies found the situation oddsot sgt. ray kelly/alameda county sheriffs office 10-20 the fact that our officer asked her to leave several times and she refused indicated she might be more afraid of the person she was working for than being arrested by law enforcement. now sheriff's officials have
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realized on the same day, a male fruit vendor was arrested in san lorenzo for the same thing and both fruit vendors were wearing ankle monitors issued by federal immigration authorities now deputies are investigating whether the two vendors could be victims of human trafficking and forced labor.sotwe're wondering if whoever is employing these people if they are being targeted becsuse they wear these ankle monitors, if that is being used as a threat to have them work in fear of retaliation like we will report you and we will do something to you if don't do what we tell you to do in regards to selling this fruit. sotshe was here last week and she was sellingpatricia juarez lives across the street from where the female fruit vendor was arrested earlier this month. she says she see fruit vendors here at least once a week, and she wouldn't be surprised if they are being exploited sot patricia juarez/san lorenzo resident 127-132they're cordial, they're pleasant but i get the feeling they are intimidated by something134/by something
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( catherine ) as the health care debate heats up ... california is moving toward dramatic reform of its own. an update on the effort to cover every single person in the state.( steve ) and is an ambitious plan to electrify caltrain about to get derailed. the legal action that's just been taken. ( catherine ) new concerns for bart riders. the rise in one particular kind of crime that has commuters worried.
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who are these people? the energy conscious people among us say small actions can add up to something... humongous. a little thing here. a little thing there. starts to feel like a badge maybe millions can wear. who are all these caretakers, advocates too? turns out, it's californians it's me and it's you. don't stop now, it's easy to add to the routine. join energy upgrade california and do your thing. there has been a recent spike
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parking lots and not leaving our valuables exposed where other people can see it and maybe take advantage of your carelessness">in addition to increasing police patrols at the colisem station bart has also brought in their police watchtower to deter auto crimes crews are battling a large warehouse fire near east weber avenue and b street.the four-alarm fire started in a large pallet yard and is threatening several homes. fire in area of weber av / b st. evacuations underway. streets closed. avoid the area.thick, black smoke can be seen for miles away.evacuations are underway. nearby streets are closed and
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medicare. but there is no word on how the state would pay for the single-payer plan. analysis released last week showed it could cost the state 400-billion dollars annually. let's take a look outside right now for the current conditions in the bay area... chief meteorologist brittney shipp joins us now with the forecast. a cooling trend can be expected through friday as high pressure weakens and the marine influence increases. minor warming is then expected during the upcoming weekend into early next week as high pressure returns to the west coast. ( steve )
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scandal about to expand. what a lawsuit claims general motors did and how the car company is responding.( catherine ) and we are following breaking news... a massive fire burning right now in stockton that's led to evacuations.... an update in less than ten minutes. new tonight at eight... his baseball gear was
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motors is being accused in a lawsuit of cheating on emissions tests. the suit - filed today - claims that g-m used what it called "defeat devices" to make sure that its trucks met federal and state standards. the vehicles are identified as the chevy silverado and g-m-c sierra. g-m says the claims are baseless and that it will fight them.. in another emissions case.....volkswagen admitted to cheating on testing - and agreed to pay billions of dollars in penalties. ( steve ) there is a new fight tonight over plans to electrify the caltrain line between san jose and san francisco. the electrification is part of the state's ambitious high-speed
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rail project to link san francisco and los angeles. the federal government earlier this week approved a 650-million dollar grant. today, opponents filed a lawsuit to block the state from spending money on the caltrain project.... saying it violated the promises made when voters passed a bond measure in 2008. ( catherine ) president trump is raising eyebrows with his actions at nato. what he did to some fellow leaders that's grabbing headlines tonight.( steve ) the warriors have been without steve kerr for most of the playoffs. sports director gary radinch will have an update on his health in 15 minutes.( catherine ) but first: chilling audio of a congressional candidate and his confrontation with a reporter. the incident has led to charges tonight. we'll also have the harsh reaction coming out of washington.
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street.the four-alarm fire started in a large pallet yard and is threatening several homes. fire in area of weber av / b st. evacuations underway. streets closed. avoid the area.thick, black smoke can be seen for miles away.evacuations are underway. nearby streets are closed and drivers are asked to avoid the area.
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thing, are you with the guardian? yes, and you just broke my glassesyou just body slammed me and broke my glasses. get the hell out of here. ">( catherine ) a heated confrontation between a montana congressional candidate and a reporter.... it's adding a twist to a special election where the polls will be closing in about a half hour.. ( catherine ) the potential washington colleagues of montana congressional candidate greg gianforte have now chimed in... a day after he was charged with assaulting a reporter.( steve ) as chief washington correspondent jim osman reports... it has both sides of the aisle shaking their heads at what happened. (nats audio)montana gop congressional candidate greg gianforte allegedly body slammed a reporter for the publication the guardian when that reporter asked a question the candidate didn't want to answer on the eve of a special election.sot wipe/slide 11:04:45 "we really have to say behave that's outrageous" 11:04:45pelosi"how do you explain that to children that you ask a question and i'll strangle you?house minority leader nancy pelosi knows all
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too well members of congress face a gaggle of reporters in the hallways of the capitol on a daily basis.and questions she and colleagues such as speaker paul ryan may not like. sot 11:34:57"there's never a call for physical alteraction no time when it ok"speaker ryan didn't condone what gianforte allegedly did.but he says if gianforte should prevail in today's election he'll welcome him to the caucus.sot 11:35:58the choice will be made by the people of montana(osman outro)the gop candidate has been charged with misdemeanor assault. 250- thousand montanans have early voted. both parties have an eye on the race as an indicate of the mood of the voters in the trump era.jim osman washington
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(catherine) president trump today wrapped up his participation in a nato summit in brussels...and his push to get in the front of the pack - is getting attention. as he was walking with a group of nato leaders...photographers caught him moving to the front....and seemingly shoving aside the prime minister of montenegro in the process... the moment may be overshadowing his speech on defense spending....during which he scolded nato members for not spending enough - saying they must finally contribute their 'fair share.' the president also seemed to have a handshake showdown with france's newly elected president...witnesses say it lasted so long...that their knuckles began to turn white. president trump then headed for sicily - which is his fifth and final stop on his first international trip since taking office. (steve) back in the united
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states... former connecticut senator joe lieberman has taken himself out of the running for director of the f-b-i. the announcement came in a letter to the white house today. in the letter-- lieberman says it would be best to avoid "any appearance of conflict of interest."... citing trump's hiring his law partner-- marc kasowitz-- to represent him during investigations into ties between his presidential campaign and russia. trump identified the former senator as a leading canidate just last week. in san francisconew developments in the case of the missing uber driver.police have found the car of bob tang....the person of interest in that case... at s-f-o. that car is set to be processed for evidence by crime scene investigators. today search warrents were served in san francisco and hayward.a neighbor who lives by tang's second home in antioch says police kicked in the door tuesday.neighbors at tang's primary home in san francisco's silver terrace says tang is a nice guy...who lives with his wife, children and inlaws. they are shocked police think he's connected
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chief: "it takes the community to partner with us and our see something say something campaign that has been around for a long time is very important for not only when we are riding the train but also when we are in the parking lots and not leaving our valuables exposed where other people can see it and maybe take advantage of your carelessness">in oakland haaziq madyun kron4news here in san jose the defense has rested as the penalty phase of the sierra lamar trial nears conclusion. on the final day of testimony, the grandmother of antolin garcia torres's two children said his life should be spared. garcia torres himself again declined an offer to testify on his own behalf. closing arguments set for next tuesday after which the jury will begin deliberations. in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news (( steve v.o. )) one of the most popular attractions in the south bayhas a brand new reason to visit with secrets that are decades old.
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unknown... for the first time in more than 20-years... a new tour is being offered at the winchester mystery house in san jose. today, the "explore more" tour launched... it lets guests of the spooky mansion check out as many as 40 rooms that until now - were off limits to the public. the story behind the winchester mystery house -- construction continued for 38 years straight from the late 18- hundreds to the early 19- hundreds. so, as you can imagine -- there's a lot reported--no injuries ordered walter magnuson/general manager- "i think what you'll really enjoy, one of the highlights uh the employees think that the going to enjoy it, is the witches cap, which is right up there, and you're be right on the top of the estate in a very, very unique space, sarah's time, no one has been up there."( catherine ) as most locals know - you might see doors leading nowhere - or windows onto
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nothing. it's a creepy, but fun experience. just remember, the "explore more tour" is only being offered for a limited time.. it's not clear yet how long it will run... .. now might be a good time to take the family - before the summer crowds begin showing up. in sports... the warriors talk about steve kerr's status... long layoffs... and opposing coaches' "cute" comments... (catherine)... and was it fan interfernce? and why didn't the phone ring for a review?... gary has highlights of the giants latest adventure at wrigley field... and all the sports... coming up
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today preparing for the nba finalssteve kerr has been out since game 2 in the first round suffering from lingering complications from back surgery two years ago although he has been more active lately traveling with the team, walking around at pracice and being in the locker room before and during games it doesn't look like he'll be ready to return anytime soonhere is general manager bob myers on his coach and close friend kerr(sot: myers) "he's doing everything but coaching, but at this point he is not able to coach. i wish i could say that he was. i'm sure he wishes he could as well, but that's where we are. if something changes and he feels better i will sit here, better he will sit here and tell you. to be honest, if he's feeling better i so happy about that, that's first. i know the finals are a big deal. i get it, that's what we do, but i'd be trilled if he just said he's feeling better. and then we get to deal with the basketball stuff."
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the warriors have 9 days off between their sweep of the spurs and game 1 of the nba finalskevin durant was asked today about handling that long layoff is it too long?"that's something we have no control over so we can't, we just got to take it how it is and go out there and do what we're supposed to do every single day. we went through this in the first two series so we kinda know how to handle ourselves, but it is a long break so we have to be mentally ready to go out there nd grind out." cleveland cavaliers' head coach tyron lue raised some eyebrows when he said the offense the celtics run is harder to
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defend than the warriors active head coach mike brown had a quick response to lue's comments today"uh it's, that's his opinion. it''s cute. it's his opinion." and tune into sports night live this sundaylooking for tickets to the nba finals? the warriors vp of business development brandon schnieder will tell you the best and safest way to go about itplus give a little insight on the new san francisco arena sports night live sunday at 9:00pm
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broken phone at wrigley field todayyoung cubs fan thrilled to get a baseballbottom 1st/ 1-0 giantskris bryant.takes jeff samardzija long and out to left-center field mac williamson points up as if to say a fan interfered upon replay it looks like the fan may have managed to reach over the outfield basket to make the catch which would be fan interference bruce bochy said later he would have challenged it but the replay challenge phone in the dugout wasn't working so he never got to call to challenge it from shawon dunston 1-1 tiebottom 5th/ 1-1 tiejason heyward takes samardzija deep to right for another solo shot this one into the basket with no fans nearby 2-1 cubs (samardzija: 7 ip, 6 hits, 3 runs, 8 k's gave up 3 solo home runs) final: 5-1 cubschicago wins 3 of 4 games they hit 10 home runs in the series
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here is a crazy one from the world of mixed martial arts in russia!the mother of fighter viktor kichigin was not happy with her son after he suffered a brutal tko so after the fight she climbs in the ring yells at him to get up and slaps him aroundthe mom is supposedly one of his trainers during the fight she was constantly yelling instuctions at him obviously not with the result she wanted ( catherine ) we are following breaking
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breaking news center we have new information on an explosive, wind driven fire in stockton. firefighters from all over san joaquin county are rushing to the scene of this fire to help contain it. one home least five others are in imminent danger. are affecting several blocks...roads are closed... firefighters at a warehouse...wofueling the fire...it then spread to other commercial properties as well
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"the insider," tracking the biggest stories making news today. number one, hollywood continues to pay tribute to the victims of manchester. >> there was a tragedy in my hometown. >> how the stars and the queens are united in support. >> very wicked to target that sort of thing. >> i was born in manchester. they will survive. then, did oprah throw an intervention for jamie foxx? >> hi, jamie foxx. you're blowing it, jamie foxx. >> and the hollywood legend who brought him to tears. and number three, the cast of netflix's "the crown" on season two's spoilers. >> we're into the '60s. royal children are in the mix. plus, your "insider" bonus. tina knowles spills secrets of
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beyonce's double baby shower. >> we had so much fun, we didn't want to leave. and the stars show off their ninja warrior skills. >> let's go. nerve wracking. >> why everyone's voting for derek hough to win it all. >> really? well, crap. now, "the insider," tracking hollywood from the inside out. the tragedy in manchester continues to be the number one tracking story tonight. as ariana grande suspends the remainder of her tour. >> hollywood remembering the victims and for some, revealing their personal connection to the uk city, as we go inside the stars' solidarity with manchester. >> there was a tragedy in my hometown of manchester. and i have been left with a hole in my heart. >> i was born in manchester. my home is in manchester. my dad's from manchester.
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