woodrow wilson went on to become the 28th president of the united states. most of the time that his father was commissioner, he was away at school. first he was at davidson college north of charlotte by to get sick and he had to withdraw from school. he came over and he came on home delivery with the family while he was recuperating. then he reenrolled in school this time at johns hopkins university and there he met another young man from north carolina named thomas dixon. thomas dixon did a lot of things in a lifetime and one of them was that he wrote sensational romance novels and probably the only one most people never is the klansmen and the leopard spot. but you don't member than because of the book. you remember them because of those two books became birth of a nation. the film the became the first movie to be screened at the white house because thomas called his good friend woodrow wilson as it guess what, i made a movie and he said why did you come over and show it to me and that is how that happened. >> i think a lot of people are amazed at how muc

when woodrow wilson or tommy, as he was known locally, came here. it was in and around november of 1874 he was at davidson college and became ill. he was said to have been in ill health. they sent him here to rest and take a little time off. he was here in 1875. five. while here he had quite a few adventures. from this local newspaper there is a great story here about how it's believed that he had the first bicycle in wilmington and that he wrote it into the river. i don't know if that's true or not but that is supposedly what was said. this was the kind of bicycle he would have own. we also have a page where this is from a biography of him and he actually signed it and donated it to the library. we do have his signature. now for something that is not so happy to talk about in wilmington's history. in fact, that part of our history the coup d'État of 1898 when the newly ected government was overthrown. our library has had a collection of materials about 1898 for quite a while. they did preserve these photographs so that they would be available and k

thomas called woodrow and said i made a movie and he said come over and show it to me and that is how that happened. i think a lot of people are amazed at how much material we cover. i don't really think they are prepared for it all. we are stressing to get it in under two hours. so the next stop is the historic hall. a beautiful antebellum house built to be theater and our municipal building. we don't have a lot of lecture series in the 20th century. ted talks is probably the closest but it was expected in the past you would go hear experts speak on a topic for 45 minutes to two hours. among the many people who came to lecture at the hall was oscar wild, the importance of being earnest. fredrick douglas and booker t washington spoke here. something else we like to talk about at this point in the tour t is one of my favorite playrights. william richardson was born in wilmington in the 1800s is his family left suddenly in the fall of 1828 moving to washington d.c. we went on to be the first african-american to have a hit show on broadway called the chip woman's fortune opening in may 1

when woodrow wilson, or tommy as he was known locally, came here it was around november 1874. he was davidson college and became skilled, he was said to have been in ill health and they sent him here to rest and take a little time off so he was here until age 75. while here he had quite a few adventures. from this local newspaper, there's a great story here about how it's believed that he had the first bicycle in wilmington and that he rode it into the river. i don't know if that's true or not but that's what was said and this is the kind of bicycle he would have owned. we also have a page where this is from my biography of him and he actually signed it and donated it to the library so we do have his signature. now for something that is not so happy to talk about in wilmington's history. it's actually a very sad part of our history, the coup day top of 1898 when the elected government was overthrown. our library has had a collecon omaterials about 1898 for quite a while.they did preserve these photographs so they would be available and kept safe so what we have here are just a

america, thereal 1960 one encyclopaedia britannica film, the ordeals of woodrow wilson with former president herbert hoover. >> even though a great to the 14 parts, these delegates were too determined not to let idealism stand in their way. one that conflicted with their own desires. >> pharrell complete american history tv schedule, go to c-span.org. next in discussion about the impact of trade deficits on the u.s. economy hosted by washington international trade association. this is about an hour and a half. >> good morning, thank you for joining us. my name is kenneth levinsohn, i and the executive rector of the washington trade association. we are delighted so many of you braved the elements to be her

let's go to abc reporter melanie woodrow out there gathering information.soon as she is able to set up a live picture for us and talk with us live at the scene, we will do so. in the meantime, we want to take a look at the situation, just to recap, if you're just joining us, we're on the air with breaking news out of san francisco. we put up a map so you understand where this is happening. it is on valencia street, a busy section between 16th and 18th, closed right now, this neighborhood on lockdown since about 2:00, because of a report of an armed man who has now barricaded himself inside the bui building. we say man with caution because the officer did say they're not confirming the gender, however, that this is report we have gotten that people saw man who was armed, who barricaded himself in a building there at 16th and valencia as a result, san francisco police and the hostage negotiations team are out there. they are trying to give that suspect some time and distance to not put additional pressure on the situation and hopefully there will be a good ou

melanie woodrow has the story from richmond tonight. >> reporter: this j.c. penney at hilltop mall in richmond might not have much. we met customers intent on shopping the store sales before it's too late. the retailer has announced it's closing 138 of its stores nationwide, including this one. >> the department store model is dead. >> reporter: john is the ceo of a commercial real estate brokerage firm. he calls internet shopping the final nail in the coffin of large department stores. >> there needs to be a reasonson for the place that can't be replicated on the internet. >> reporter: the move will allow the company to adjust its business to compete against the growing threat of online retailers. >> i'd like to see something around some kind of family-oriented -- maybe some kind of recreation for the younger kids, the teenagers. >> lots of different ethnic food styles that i think people would really dig to have in the mall. >> reporter: other flagship stores here like macy's own the

abc7 news reporter melanie woodrow has the story. melanie?reporter: close to 300 passengers were stuck for nearly an hour and a half. the good news tonight, service is restored, and no one was injured. relief and a thumb's up, this cell phone video taken as passengers got off a bart train stuck more than an hour. >> we were exiting the walnut creek station, and all of a sudden, the train just kinda lurched and stopped a little bit. >> reporter: the issue, a fire in an electrical room underneath the tracks. you can see it from sky 7. >> it could have been a lot worse. >> reporter: a lot worse, because the train could have still been on the platform just above the fire. >> when we got on scene, there were actually quite a few explosions and pops and things going on. that particular smoke is really nasty because it's all burning plastic at that point. >> reporter: passengers waited in the dark. >> they thought we were going to have to get out of the back train, walk the tracks and get back on the platform. >> reporter: instead, electricians rest

first it was mitchell palmer, woodrow wilson -- both democrats. and it was martin of texas, democrat. then it was this guy, now this guy. they would have found their joe mccarthy in any event, and that is not to defend any of mccarthy's excesses. but we now have the evidence of how many of these people were guilty and the way they lied and misled people, and it is very disturbing. other questions? >> i wonder if you have any comment on the role of american corporations as dupes for america's foes such as henry ford and the ford corporation, and also arm and hammer, and also now that the flow of corporate money into elections has become -- the floodgates have been opened, if you have any concern about american companies that want to do business with communist countries like china, either selling their products were buying raw materials from them, using their influence on american politicians, which is only going to grow, to force american policy in a direction that is more sympathetic to china and less sympathetic to the american worker. prof. keng

woodrow wilson, who they are portraying as an indian carrying a scalp. ok? that is what they thought of the progressives. liberals, communists are not your friends. quit defending these guys. the anti-communists were right. here they are in 1933, mayday, protesting the roosevelt administration. putting together a march. demonstrated against hunger, fascism, and war. the new deal is a blow against the workers and increases profits for wall street. all this was done as a capitalist way out of the crisis. all this shows how the american government -- this is the roosevelt administration -- is moving headlong toward fascism and war. roosevelt, fascist. that's the american communist party. here's another one. mayday, same period. they did this all over the country in 1933, condemning the roosevelt program of, quote, forced labor for the unemployed, unquote. who had the answer? lenin. lenin shows the way. he shows the self the only way to jobs, land and freedom. so that's what they were sending around. that's the kind of thing that they were doing. and while they

melanie woodrow, abc7 news. >>> and then a crash left a person in credit kritical condi yesterday. police investigated the collision between a car and two vans. the force of that crash sent one person flying on to the pavement. >> one was ejected from the car, and we are working out whether or not it was a passenger window that has been shattered or the sunroof. >> a helicopter flew that person to a trauma center, and officers arrested the driver of the vehicle that caused that crash. >>> and then trying to determine how a stolen suv ended river under the antioch bridge. a passerby called 911 after seeing the honda, and a tow truck pulled it back to land. the suv was reported stolen in livermore. >>> and then the electric car company of the future will not be building a facility in antioch and instead will focus on completing the first factory in north las vegas. there was a cash crunch. >>> a bill that would allow cities and counties to extend last calls for california bars faces its first hurdle this week. it's a bill that would move the current 2:00 a.m. closing time back two ho

melanie woodrow has the story. >> reporter: relief and a thumbs up. this cell phone video taken as passengers got off of b.a.r.t. train stuck more than an hour. >> we were exiting the wall not creek station. >> reporter: can you see the fire from sky 7 under the tracks. it could have been worse because the train could have been on the platform just above the fire. >> when we got on scene, and there was a few explosions and pops, and it's all burning plastic at that point basically. >> reporter: passengers waited in the dark. >> they thought we were going to have to get out of the back train and walk along the tracks and back on the platform. >> reporter: instead electricians restored the power, the temporary cut enough to extinguish the flames. >> the operator on the train did a great job of keeping everybody calm and informed. >> reporter: the information about the fire came from abc7. >> we were not aware of the fire under the tracks until what we saw on the facebook live. >> i was, like, i don't see or smell any smoke. >> reporter: there were conce

abc news reporter melanie woodrow has the story. >> reporter: relief and a thumbs up. this cell phone video taken by a passenger after exiting an hour later. the issue of fire in an electrical room under the tracks. you can see it from sky 7. >> it could have been a lot worse. >> reporter: a lot worse because the train could have still been on the platform just above the fire. >> when we got on scene there was quite a few explosions. that smoke is nasty because it's all burning plastic at that point, basically. >> reporter: passengers waited in the dark. >> we thought we would have to get out of the back of the train. >> reporter: instead electricians restored the power, and the temporary cut enough to distinguish the flames. >> we did not use water on the fire. >> the b.a.r.t. driver did a great job of keeping everybody calm and informed. >> we were not aware of the fire under the tracks until what we saw was on the facebook live. >> i was like, i don't see any smoke or smell any sphoerbg. >> there were concerns some headed to sfo could miss their flights. in walnut c

in san francisco, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >> tonight the victims of 35-year-old uber driver whoives in modesto but comes into the city to work. >>> uc berkeley police have photos they want you to see from the protests against milo yiannopoulos. remember last month a small group of rogue protesters set fires and smashed windows around sproul plaza? their actions forced the university to cancel the conservative news editor's speech. tonight police released 31 new pictures of people they want to talk to about the violence and vandalism on february 1st. you can take a closer look at the pictures on our abc news app and abc7news.com. also in berkeley, abc 7 news has learned of the ten people arrested on charges of assault and battery at a pro-donald trump rally over the weekend, only one of them is from berkeley. the other nine are from other bay area cities. police are still looking for six suspects. >>> former california governor arnold schwarzenegger could make a political comeback in the u.s. senate. politico reports schwarzenegger could run next year when senator dianne feinstei

abc 7 news reporter, melanie woodrow has the story. >> reporter: relief and thumbs up. this video taken as passengers got off a bart train stuck more than an hour. >> we were exiting the walnut creek station. the train lurched a bit. >> reporter: a fire under the tracks. you can see it from sky 7. >> it could have been a lot worse. >> reporter: a lot worse because the train could have been on the platform just above the fire. >> when we got on scene, there were quite a few explosions and pops going on. that smoke is nasty. it's burning plastic, basically. >> reporter: passengers waited in the dark. >> they thought they were going to have to get off the train, on the platform. >> reporter: instead, electricians restored the power. a temporary cut enough to extinguish the flames. >> we didn't fleed to use water. >> the bart conductive did a great job. >> reporter: the information about the fire came from abc 7. >> we were not aware of the fire underneath the tracks until we saw it on facebook live. >> i don't smell any smoke. >> reporter: no injuries or incidents among ri

melanie woodrow is live in the city with more. melanie? >> reporter: lee eigl's home is about two miles from where this alleged kidnapping occurred. his mother was outside the home today as police searched it. she says she hopes the allegations are not true. meantime, san francisco police are crediting two unnamed heroes with saving a 13-year-old girl.. investigators taking boxes of evidence from lee eigl's home, he pushed a 13-year-old girl into his car around 5:00 p.m. yesterday on taraval avenue. people nearby heard her screams. his mother says she's shocked. >> you feel like crap, of course. >> reporter: she says police contacted her yesterday, that together they called her son who she says was on his way to taravel station to speak with investigators when police stopped him. >> he said he had been drinking a little bit and smoking marijuana and he was out of it. so they questioned him until the early morning. >> reporter: police booked eigl for kidnapping and attempt to assault. >> every person i talk to, his brother, his best friend,

melanie woodrow picks up the story. >> reporter: this is where that vehicle was ultimately abandoned, right here after a short chase with berkeley police. the vehicle is gone now. richmond police have processed it. we have some video from sky 7 of what it looked like earlier today. this was just after noon when berkeley police say they realized the vehicle had possibly been involved in that richmond officer-involved shooting from this morning. we also have video from richmond to show you. this was just after 1:00 this morning. richmond police responded to a possible burglary on sutter avenue. when they arrived, the suspect, who they say was breaking into a truck, ran away and was last seen on carlson boulevard. a richmond police spokesperson says the suspect then jumped into a mercedes and attempted to ram officers with that vehicle. one of those officers opened fire. both of the police officers are okay. it's not clear whether or not the suspect was hit by those shots. somebody then reported a suspicious vehicle to berkeley police this afternoon. it was parked on addison, between 5th

figured 20 minutes into this that these people were victims. >> reporter: in sacramento, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >> huskins complete victim impact statement was released after the sentencing. in it she said "hopefully for the sake of his own soul he will rehabilitate himself behind bars, but i have no doubt that this man should not be free to walk amongst the rest of us. i don't say that because i believe in revenge, in eye for an eye but because of my experiences with him i know without doubt or recitation that as long as he walks free, there will be more victims." we have the full statement on our website, abc7news.com and on our abc 7 news app. >>> hayward police say tonight that a 16-year-old girl shot and killed by officers was pregnant. 16-year-old elena mondragon tide after a confrontation with police officers. they went to hayward to investigate a string of robberies tuesday. the officers shot at a car when it drove toward them, mondragon was a passenger in this car. police captured a man suspected of running from the scene, found in san francisco. mondragon's family says he

. >> we want to get right to melanie woodrow with the very latest live from the scene. melanie. >> reporter: dan and kristen, this may be an example of those de-escalation tactics that we've heard about recently. san francisco creating time and space. you can see the streets here are largely empty. san francisco police officers have moved the perimeter several times in the last couple of hours absolutely clearing the area on valencia and 16's streets. we have some video from sky 7 to show you what it looked like a couple of hours ago. when we arrived here on the scene, we were told by police officers to move to the side of the street, to hug the wall, especially if we saw other officers hugging the wall. as you mentioned, this is all going down at the crown hotel, a single room occupancy hotel on valencia just past 16th street where as you also mentioned a source has told abc 7 news this may have began when a manager went door to door telling residents or tenants inside this sro that they would be spraying for pesticides and an individual pulled a gun. we had heard repo

. >> melanie woodrow has the story. >> reporter: the robbery began so suddenly you could almost miss it. here, watch again as the suspect pushes a woman to the ground. police say he's armed with a gun and hammer. >> then you could see further in the video that the suspect is waving the gun around and does eventually order the other employees to the ground while he's trying to take items from the display cases. >> reporter: he smashed display cases but got away with nothing, though he certainly left his mark and picture for all to see. san francisco police are sharing these photos of the suspect without his mask on or hood up. >> in san francisco, it's very likely that you're going to be caught on camera, not just from the store you may have committed a crime in but other neighborhood stores or businesses. >> reporter: they're asking anyone who recognizes him to call police. >> the main concern for the department is to find out who this person is, because it's a very violent attack. >> reporter: the employee he pushed to the ground says she is okay. in san francisco, melanie woodrow,

one problem, inner loop after the woodrow wilson bridge. a vehicle involved in a crash there on the right side of the roadway. 95 north at dale city. remember, the pink is icy mix falling right now and the white is snow. so you can really see how and why these roads are impacted. coming up we'll take a big look at the beltway and also a look at these travel times to see how long it's going to take you to get in if you do have to hit the roads today. >>> it's 6:40 and we want to get another check on the roads. >> joining us by phone now is shante felix with the highway administration. >> caller: good morning. >> kind of fill us in on what you're seeing and doing. >> caller: right. we've been basically out plowing and salting. what we mostly have are freezing rain conditions but if you look in the area of i-270 north of gaithersburg you'll see snow so we'll be plowing there and then in the areas we'll be doing our salting. we have about 2,600 pieces of equipment out right now. we're asking people, you know, to stay home and if they can't stay

their domination of denmark reflected by cauley woodrow getting a third, then not as chi, who looks likely end got a four. denmark's dreadful night summed up here, not much to do for them ahead of the euros. for aidy boothroyd, this was impressive head of hitting the dizzy heights in the european jumping chips in the summer. it was the sport that beat all expectations at the rio games — smashing targets and contributing to great britain's record medal haul. but six months on wheelchair tennis has had its funding cut despite its "strong medal potential". gemma—louise stevenson reports wimbledon singles champion, scotland's ordinary. on wheels, the best in the world. gordon reid, wimbledon winner, seven time grand slam champion, reopened old and silver medallist. the main rules all the same, the only rule change between somebody playing on their feet and me playing in a chair is that we get two bounces of the wall if we need it. good forehand. in 2016, i played matches which were well watched by literally millions of people on tv. a few years ago, nobody within our sport would ever dream tha

melanie woodrow has more. >> reporter: yesterday around 5:20 p.m. members of a task force attempted to stop a stolen vehicle at the apartment complex. >> the driver of the car drives off and rams a couple police vehicles. >> other vehicles were also hit. >> you heard the tire screeching, and you heard the gunshots. >> heyward pd says two people fired their weapons. they crashed at campus and oaks drive. students off campus were told to shelter in place. >> it was scary, because -- >> heyward police say there were four people in the car, two males and two females. one male suspect got out and ran. officials searched for him until 1:30 in the morning. >> for the way he took off and damaged the calls, he has -- he could care less. >> the other female and mail were taken into custody. the freemont police detectives injured in the initial crash, have been treated and released from a local hospital. in heyward, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >>> the parents of someone who died in the ghost ship fire talked about their loss and what could be done to spare ot

abc 7 news reporter, emily woodrow has more. >> reporter: firefighters expect to be here until tomorrow morning. the search continues for anyone who maybe inside. early this morning, bright flames and billowing smoke. more than 80 people live here. most were asleep when the fire began. >> we're going to die in here. >> reporter: some say they didn't hear fire alarms in their apartment. >> our neighbor, thank god for him, he banged on that door so hard and loud. >> reporter: many said they were trapped. >> i was hot enough to cook a turkey. >> my brain was clicking, which way do i go? >> reporter: they rescued 15 people, some hanging from windows and others on fire escapes. >> it really was a challenge to get to all these people. >> reporter: fourpeople including two children had smoke inhalation. residents later went to a nearby church. the red cross is providing assistance. there are questions tonight about living conditions. >> if any building need to be rehabbed, that one did right there. >> reporter: attorney james cook is representing tenants in the building. >> there's a river on

melanie woodrow is live with the details tonight. this season the the first time these dirt bikers have been spott spotted. >> no, in fact the person who took this video says he's seen these bikers at least three times in san francisco. the bikes have no license plates on them. that's why this video really could help. it may be disturbing to watch. >> the cell phone video starts with a slide show on southbound 101, and escalates with one bike colliding with this white car. the other bikers speed up. and at the ceasar chavez exit a red car presumably with the bikers appears to box in the driver of the white car. the person who took this video asked to remain anonymous. >> they approached the vehicle and they started punching in the panels of the vehicle. breaking the windows, and another vehicle impeded my view, i couldn't see if the man was pulled from the vehicle or he got out on his own. 4 to 5 men were hitting him, kicking him, even when he was down. very clearly they broke his leg. >> the man who took this video said he got out o

melanie woodrow is live with the details tonight. this season the the first time these dirt bikers have been spott spotted. >> no, in fact the person who took this video says he's seen these bikers at least three times in san francisco. the bikes have no license plates on them. that's why this video really could help. it may be disturbing to watch. >> the cell phone video starts with a slide show on southbound 101, and escalates with one bike colliding with this white car. the other bikers speed up. and at the ceasar chavez exit a red car presumably with the bikers appears to box in the driver of the white car. the person who took this video asked to remain anonymous. >> they approached the vehicle and they started punching in the panels of the vehicle. breaking the windows, and another vehicle impeded my view, i couldn't see if the man was pulled from the vehicle or he got out on his own. 4 to 5 men were hitting him, kicking him, even when he was down. very clearly they broke his leg. >> the man who took this video said he got out o

. >> melanie woodrow is live with the latest on the story. >> reporter: dan, ama, both counties have jurisdiction over potential charges. the d.a. is waiting for the feds to turn over their evidence. after a judge sentenced matthew muller to 40 years for kidnapping, the district attorney is requesting all discovery from the federal case. >> such as interviews, photographs, tangible evidence. >> reporter: including evidence found out his south lake tahoe home. his attorney says those includeburgly, stealing a car, and keeping her with the intent for sexual assault. according to the u.s. attorney's office, fbi analysts discovered video recordings of muller sexually assaulting her twice. she said of her sexual assault exam, you hope that by making that sacrifice and opening your legs to strangers to pick, prod, and examine you, it could possibly save others from the same fate. and here i was, wishing that i had put up more of a fight, was beaten more, was torn into nor, so the police would be more likely to believe me. >> it would be a shame if charges were not filed. it would be a grea

outer loop, i can see where you are and unfortunately you will be running into an incident on the woodrowbridge. we are seeing some delays. did i mention delays? 66 eastbound, down to 12 miles per hour, beltway is going to cost you just under an hour, even with the accident that has cleared up 28. giving you a look at what's happening now for the folks making a ride on the capital beltway, we will get to that in a moment, but in brandywine we have reports of an accident not on 301, it will be northbound is you closer to brandywine road. major delays, looking at north on delays on 301 down to about 11 miles per hour. let's give you a live look at the capital beltway. traffic is slow, as suzanne mentioned. it will be a slow ride for you from prince george's county into montgomery county east of new hampshire, merging with interstate 95, the outer loop is flowing making your trip towards 270 passing the mormon temple. we will be back with more after the break. larry: breaking news right here, but we will see when a few minutes. people feared dead, students after an avalanche overnight. jummy

the 1961 encyclopedia film, the or deefl woodrow wilson with former president herbert hoover. >> evenhough this had 14 points, thez delegates were determined not to let idealism stand in their way. >> this weekend, we'll explore the literary scene and history of chico, california. today at noon eastern on book tv, author michael magliari tells us about the founder of chico in his book john bidwell and california, the life and writings of a pioneer, 1841 to 1900. >> most important and long lasting relationship with the federal government, though, starting with the days in congress was his close relationship with the united states department of agriculture. he was constantly being sent -- constantly corresponding with officials in the usda and constantly receiving from them different crops that they wanted tested out in california's soil and climate. and they really use rancho chico as one of their early experimental farms before they actually oenld and ran their own. >> on sunday at 2:00 p.m. eastern on "american history tv." we visit the california state university farm. >> it's the n

melanie woodrow has the story from richmond. >> reporter: this jc penney in richmond might not have much longer. we met customers today intent on shopping the store's sales before it's too late. the retailer has announced it's closing 138 of its stores nationwide, including this one. >> the department store model is dead. >> reporter: john is the ceo of a commercial brokerage firm. he calls internet shopping the final nail in the coffin of department stores. >> there needs to be a reason to go to that place that can't easily be replicated on the internet. >> reporter: jc penney's ceo says it will allow the company to adjust its business to compete against the growing threat of online retailers. >> i'd like to see something around some kind of family oriented, maybe some kind of recreation for the younger kids, the teenagers. >> lots of different ethnic food styles that people would dig to have in the mall. >> reporter: other flagship stores like macy's own the property they're on. the mall itself is up for sale. by phone, the richmond city manager said he'd like to see something mixed us

. >> melanie woodrow is live with the latest on the story. >> reporter: dan, ama, both counties have jurisdiction over potential charges. the d.a. is waiting for the feds to turn over their evidence. after a judge sentenced matthew muller to 40 years for kidnapping, the district attorney is requesting all discovery from the federal case. >> such as interviews, photographs, tangible evidence. >> reporter: including evidence found out his south lake tahoe home. his attorney says those includeburgly, stealing a car, and keeping her with the intent for sexual assault. according to the u.s. attorney's office, fbi analysts discovered video recordings of muller sexually assaulting her twice. she said of her sexual assault exam, you hope that by making that sacrifice and opening your legs to strangers to pick, prod, and examine you, it could possibly save others from the same fate. and here i was, wishing that i had put up more of a fight, was beaten more, was torn into nor, so the police would be more likely to believe me. >> it would be a shame if charges were not filed. it would be a grea

. >> reporter: melanie woodrow, abc7 news. >> full analysis of the defeat this week on george stephanopoulos on abc7. >>> break news from pleasant hill. eight families displaced after a fire at apartment complex. contra costa says major damage. electricity shut off and families from all eight units forced out. no one was hurt. looking for cause. >>> breaking news in forestville where a man was shot and killed tonight. deputies called to shooting, victim pronounced dead at scene. suspect arrested at nearby area. sheriffs crashed going to the scene, were not hurt. >>> storm. remnants of storm that soaked the bay area. question you wanted answered about this weekend. spencer? >> no question right now but see activity springing up overnight. live doppler 7, a batch of moisture off shore moving to lower marin county. see how it develops. ranks storm one, light intensity. light rain and showers. breezy. starting at 1:00 a.m. and get into the early morning hours of saturday see it break up and disappear except for a few spots of moisture over the peninsula and santa kruse mountains. give you the co

in martinez, melanie woodrow, "abc7 news." >>> we have new details on a horrifying story. a man who killed his daughter and himself, police released this picture of 36-year-old carlos garcia, jr. he shot his 7-year-old yesterday afternoon in the family car. the little girl was going to turn 8 next week. >>> tonight, we're getting a new look inside what's left of the warehouse in oakland. a fire there last december killed 36 people and criminal charges are still possible. >> reporter: "abc7 news" has obtained exclusive video from inside the warehouse. a district attorney spokesperson has confirmed their office has received the report from the city of oakland, and now they can consider possible criminal charges. as you know, we are conducting the criminal investigation and the report is part of that investigation. as such, it will not be made public. i spent the afternoon at oakland city hall, and i talked to officials at the city attorney's office and i went to the mayor's office. but no one here at oakland city hall wanted to answer any questions on camera about why it too

. >> reporter: melanie woodrow, abc7 news. >> full analysis of the defeat this week on george stephanopoulos on abc7. >>> break news from pleasant hill. eight families displaced after a fire at apartment complex. contra costa says major damage. electricity shut off and families from all eight units forced out. no one was hurt. looking for cause. >>> breaking news in forestville where a man was shot and killed tonight. deputies called to shooting, victim pronounced dead at scene. suspect arrested at nearby area. sheriffs crashed going to the scene, were not hurt. >>> storm. remnants of storm that soaked the bay area. question you wanted answered about this weekend. spencer? >> no question right now but see activity springing up overnight. live doppler 7, a batch of moisture off shore moving to lower marin county. see how it develops. ranks storm one, light intensity. light rain and showers. breezy. starting at 1:00 a.m. and get into the early morning hours of saturday see it break up and disappear except for a few spots of moisture over the peninsula and santa kruse mountains. give you the co

melanie woodrow is in the newsroom. she spoke with former marine who says it happened to her. >> reporter: that former marine we spoke with was stationed at camp pendleton in california. she is relieved people are finally talking about what she says has been going on for years. this picture of then lance important ral catherine mannian, whose last name is now cam pell was taken in afghanistan in 2010. she says she later discovered it to an facebook page with vulgar comments. >> talking about me, talking about what is i hot enough to have sex with. devastating. >> reporter: she says she never reported it. >> the command i was in was a great one. i'm sure if i had come to them with this issue they would have been receptive to it but the fact that it even occurred to he moo, it makes me sad to think that now. >> reporter: now the marine corps says it is investigating allegations of derogatory on line comments and sharing of explicit photos on marines united a private facebook group and closed website saying marines will no

melanie woodrow is live. you spoke to the man that took the video here. >> absolutely. he took the video and is sharing hoping it will help to identify the individuals responsible for the incident. part of the problem in identifying them is the bikes they were on had no license plaets, the video is disturbing. >> reporter: it begins with bikers doing wheellies, then escalates with one colliding. suddenly, they speed up. at the cesar chavez, they appear to box the driver of the white car in. the person who took this video asked to remain anonymous. >> they approached the vehicle and started punching in the panel of the vehicle, hitting the windows and breaking them. another car was in my way. four to five men were hitting him, kicking him, even when he was down. very clearly, they broke his leg. >> reporter: the man got out of the car when the bikers left. >> he had a broken leg, bloody face, road rash. he was in rough shape, so we called 911. >> reporter: the former new yorker said it was reminiscent of a henry parkway scenario. >> they think they can do whatever they w

in martinez, melanie woodrow, "abc7 news." >>> we have new details on a horrifying story. a man who killed his daughter and himself, police released this picture of 36-year-old carlos garcia, jr. he shot his 7-year-old yesterday afternoon in the family car. the little girl was going to turn 8 next week. >>> tonight, we're getting a new look inside what's left of the warehouse in oakland. a fire there last december killed 36 people and criminal charges are still possible. >> reporter: "abc7 news" has obtained exclusive video from inside the warehouse. a district attorney spokesperson has confirmed their office has received the report from the city of oakland, and now they can consider possible criminal charges. as you know, we are conducting the criminal investigation and the report is part of that investigation. as such, it will not be made public. i spent the afternoon at oakland city hall, and i talked to officials at the city attorney's office and i went to the mayor's office. but no one here at oakland city hall wanted to answer any questions on camera about why it too

in pleasant hill, melanie woodrow, abc7 news. >> at least three people were arrested yesterday during a rally supporting president trump in huntington beach. witnesses say an anti-trump protester pepper sprayed a woman, and trump supporters started punching and kicking him. the man jumped over a fence but was detained by chp officers. two people suffered minor injuries there. >>> san jose police are investigating a suspicious death near toya middle school. officers responded to bard street after 10:00 yesterday morning on reports of a visibly injured man not breathing. he died on scene. his identity and details of his injuries have not been released. homicide and crime scene investigators are looking into a motive and circumstances surrounding his death. ♪ >>> thousands of mourners saluted during yesterday's funeral for fallen emergency technician yadira arroyo in new york city. arroyo was murdered in the line of duty while responding to a call in the bronx on march 16th. san francisco fire department chaired this -- shared this picture showing three paramedics at arroyo's funeral. th

"abc 7 news" reporter melanie woodrow has more. >> reporter: through tear, at times stopping to catch her breath, deneise huskins describd being kidnapped and raped by mathieu muller. >> she was brave and a beautiful human being. >> reporter: vallejo police called the kidnapping a hoax. huskins says i was a suspect, accused of making it up and publicly shamed. >> it was emotionally exhausting. i had no idea how bad it was for denese. >> reporter: erin quin told muller, you strategically destroyed our lives. said muller told him, 48 hourls you and you can move on with your lives. to date it has been more than 17,000 hours. their nightmare made worse by what quin's attorney calls a botched vallejo police and fbi investigation. >> the horror these folks went through is just all about their incompetence. >> reporter: mathieu muller spoke briefly, saying he was sick with shame. the judge sentenced muller to 40 years, the amount the gorchl asked for as part of his guilty plea deal. muller family friend steve reid. >> the family homes there's a degree towards closure and with the sentence th

melanie woodrow explains why people were able to get such clear pictures of the robber even though he wearing a mask. >> reporter: the suspect entered violently, pushing down a female employee. police say he is armed with a gun and hammer. >> he is waiving the gun around and orders the other employees around when he takes things from the display cases. >> he smashes display cases but he left his mark for all to see. san francisco police are showing the photos of the suspect without his mask on or hood up. >> san francisco it is very likely that will you be caught on camera, not just from the store you may have committed a crime in but other neighborhood stores or other businesses. >> they are asking anyone who recognizes him to call police. >> the main concern for the department is to find out who this person is, because it is a very violent attack. >> that ended without anyone seriously injured. in san francisco, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >>> new at 6:00, the alameda county medical examiner confirms that all 36 victims in last year's ghost ship warehouse fire died of smoke inhalat

we still have a lot of work zone set up, one on the capital beltway crossing the woodrow wilson bridge. on our big picture matt, not a lot of red but we are working on d.c. to 95 and a work zone on i-270 causing delays through germantown. take a look at the capital beltway, crossing the ameran legion bridge, that is already your afternoon delays starting on the inner loop of the beltway. we interstate 95 southbound through woodbridge crossing the occoquan we have southbound delays. that is a look at the roads for now. >> you are watching abc seven news at new, on your side -- at noon, on your side. jummy: two more significant arrests made in the deadly terror attack in london as we continue to learn more about the suspect behind the act. molly hunter is in london with the latest. aliasese went by many and today we are learning more about this man heart of london. 52-year-old khalil massood was a british citizen. he had a long criminal history, but nothing terrorism related, and he was living here in birmingham where investigators were seen collecting evidence. least twocribing at arres

joining me now from the woodrow wilson international center is chris wilson, deputy director at theirexico institute. so, chris, nice to have you on. you know, listen, it may be impossible to actually know whether or not the trump rhetoric is tied to the numbers going down, but is that the sense you're getting? >> yeah, thanks for having me on. i do think that it's tied to the rhetoric. but the question for me is whether or not this is a permanent change or a temporary one. we saw the numbers of apprehensions go up last fall and through the winter during a time of year where that's not usually happening. usually at that time of year the numbers are going down, so i think that was also related to the elections. there were people that were crossing the border, trying to get across into the united states, before donald trump took office, before new border security measures were put in place. to a certain extent it's natural there would be a decline afterwards, that demand for migration was moved up and so now there could be a lull. the real question is two months from now, do we move bac

live in san francisco, melanie woodrow, abc7 news. >> thank you so much. here's another live look from sky 7 looking down at the empty valencia street and the building in question. it all started around 2:00 p.. when san francisco police got reports of a person barricaded inside that crown hotel building in the mission district with a gun. police shut down va lens yaes street between 16th and 18th telling people to shelter in place or avoid the area completely. we'll continue to monitor the situation throughout the news cast and send outupdaes through the abc7 news ap free to download for apple and android devices. >>> in the last 30 minutes, new details released by santa clara police about a shooting last night that left a 24-year-old man dead. janine day la vega joins us live to explain why officers deadly force was necessary here, janine? >> reporter: police say the man was uncooperative when they were negotiating with him. they said they had visited his home several times before and we just spoke with a captain and here's what he said prompted them to

melanie woodrow is live in berkeley. melanie, city officials just told you there was a reason they showed restraint? >> reporter: well, ama and dan, the mayor and city spokesperson say the city is attempting to strike a balance between allowing people to express their first amendment rights and intervening when necessary, but doing so in a way that won't evoke more violence. take a look at some of the weapons that were confiscated this weekend. some of them really significant. 2 x 4s, baseball bats, even wood with nails stuck in it. the clash between opposing groups was violent. there were smoke bombs, people were pepper sprayed who then had to receive assistance at pepper spray relief stations. some people were bleeding from the head. an initial scene that berkeley police took little action as people shoved one another but there were ten arrests. from sky 7, you could see police chasing and arresting one of those protesters. >> i think our police did the best they could under very difficult circumstances. if they went i

live in san francisco, melanie woodrow, abc7 news. >> thank you so much. here's another live look from sky 7 looking down at the empty valencia street and the building in question. it all started around 2:00 p.. when san francisco police got reports of a person barricaded inside that crown hotel building in the mission district with a gun. police shut down va lens yaes street between 16th and 18th telling people to shelter in place or avoid the area completely. we'll continue to monitor the situation throughout the news cast and send outupdaes through the abc7 news ap free to download for apple and android devices. >>> in the last 30 minutes, new details released by santa clara police about a shooting last night that left a 24-year-old man dead. janine day la vega joins us live to explain why officers deadly force was necessary here, janine? >> reporter: police say the man was uncooperative when they were negotiating with him. they said they had visited his home several times before and we just spoke with a captain and here's what he said prompted them to

melanie woodrow has details. >> it was victory for american bem. >> reporter: local reaction, paul ryan pulled the american health care act off the floor moments before a scheduled vote and congresswoman barbara lee blasted the bill before the announcement. >> it steals from those who can least afford it, including seniors and veterans and people living with hiv and children and disableded. >> reporter: local representatives are crediting activi activist. >> it's not a victory for those in congress, it was for the activists and energy of the grat roots. that's what defeated this bill. >> reporter: as he boarded a plane to california, eric swalwell tweeted we heard you on trump care and fought for you to kill the bill and won for you. >> it was a win for our constituents who were loud and clear what they wanted. >> reporter: not everyone locally is celebrating. >> they've had so much time while obama was still president, trump, so they could have had and should have had a bill everybody could get behind ready to go. >> reporter: a plan possibly for the future. >> hopefully what will come

eastern on real america of the 1961 encyclopedia britannica film the ordeal of woodrow wilson with formerpresident herbert hoover. >> even though they had agreed to mr. wilson's 14 points these delegates were determined not to let idealism stand in their way not when it conflicted with their own promises and desires. for complete american history tv schedule go to c-span.org