this morning-- firefighters are still trying to figure out how a fire broke out at the california teachers association building in san jose overnight. today in the bay )s kris sanchez is live at the scene with a closer look at the damage. kris, it )s not the first time this building has had problems? sanchez live at the scene with a closer look at the damage. kris, it's not the first time this building has had problems. is it? >> reporter: new york city it's not. there have been incidents of vandalism and a fire here at this office. i did talk with the president of the evergreen teachers association. he said the bad news is there's a lot of water damage. this is a pile of debris firefighters pulled out of this fire as they came to battle it right around 2:00 this morning. that's when the flames were at their peak. it took firefighters a half hour to get it under control. san jose fire department confirms there were flames inside the building at the time but they cannot confirm at this point that the fire started there. four teachers associations are headquartered here. one of them has an end of year r

there's a battle brewing between california's teacher's association and advocates for charter schools. public records show donated $14 million to antonio villaraigosa. >>> the big loser for the teach aers u.n. john endorsements may be eastin. >> they are looking at who they think has the best chance of moving onto the top two runoff in november and looking at the polls and concluding eastin probably has too steep a hill to climb. >> the california teacher as association is one of the most powerful in the state with 325,000 members. >>> 6:45 for you right now. there are calls this morning for the white house to make an official apology. this is overen aide's comment about john mccain. >> a number of republicans are saying, apologize already, let's move on with this. the white house adviser kelly sadler said john mccain's opinions didn't matter because he's dying. she made an apology by phone to mccain's daughter but so far has not made a public apology and we've seen very little reaction from the white house. >> why not just apologize so america doesn't think that is an acceptable way

. >> early thursday morning flame shot from the roofs of the california teachers association building in east 10 -- east san jose. it took 30 minutes until the two alarm fire was revealed. and arson investigator worked to determine the cause. >> the california teachers association will not be able to occupy the building. they sure me the cta is working on other arrangements. >> this is the second fire at this site and the fifth incident since january. back in march cta staffers told us someone put a molotov cocktail on the roof which started a fire. additionally three acts of vandalism with someone shattering windows and office doors glass. >> the incidents are anywhere you go put this is an unusual one because it seems like it is happening frequently. >> in march the cta said it was increasing overnight patrols. apparently that action hasn't halted the acts of violence. >> it's always concerning when we have more than one fire in the building in short time. >> in the march incident witnesses reported seeing a man running from the scene. overnight no witnesses however there are survei

this is at south capitol avenue near story road at a building that houses the california teachers association and some other local teachers unions. >>> today president trump travels to texas to meet with those impacted by the santa fe high school shooting. in the wake of the shooting, the governor of texas is unveiling a new plan to increase the presence of law enforcement officers at schools and adding more mental health screenings for students. >>> secretary of state mike pompeo and a top north korean diplomat are meeting in new york right now. president trump tweeted that the meeting is going well. the u.s. and north korea trying to get the june 12th summit in singapore back on track. >>> and we have a traffic alert now in effect for drivers heading along northbound 280 after an apple bus and another vehicle got into it there. they have the three right lanes currently blocked debris from the crash scattered over the road. we continue to see big crowds at the bay bridge toll plaza. >>> clouds out there as you see from our "salesforce tower" camera. those clouds are lower than the tower hove

we know at least the california teachers association appears to have offices inside this building. there's a sign you see there outside of the building. firefighters found no one inside when they arrived. no injuries have been reported. they have remained on scene for several hours checking for hot spots. back to you. >>> thank you, jessica. crews worked overnight to contain seven fires burning in east contra costa county. one of the main issues they're dealing with, the strong winds. cal fire says the fires are 35% contained. several structures are destroyed. it's burned more than 500 acres so far. here is a look at the area where the fires are burning. they started just after 1:00 yesterday afternoon. fire officials reopened byron highway at 8 last night. given the strong gusts, people in the area are thankful there's been minimal damage although there will be some rebuilding. >> the posts are done for about 200 feet. those all have to be replaced. that's a big deal because we've got animals, livestock. >> he says the firefighters have done an amazing job and mike nicco says the

we know at least the california teachers association has offices in the building. firefighters found no one inside the building at the time when they got there. no injuries have been reported. they have remained on scene for several hours checking for hot spots. >> jessica, thank you. >>> 5:02. crews worked overnight to contain seven fires in east contra costa county. one of the main issues they're dealing with is strong winds. cal fire says the fires are 35% contained. several structures are so r.burned more than 500 acres here is a look at the area whe the fires are burning. they started just after 1:00 yesterday afternoon. fire officials reopened byron highway last night. strong gusts up to 50 miles per hour, people are thankful there's been minimal damage so far. although there will be rebuilding to do. >> the posts are done for about 200 feet. those all have to be replaced. that's a big deal because we've got animals, livestock. >> he also says firefighters have done an amazing job. mike nicco says winds will die down a little bit. gusts are at 20 miles per ho

a fire erupted at the california teachers association building in san jose overpass. >> "today in the bay" kris sanchez is live there now with a closer look at damage. kris, we're talking about putting money into education. this is going to cost a lot of money, i would imagine. >> these are different associations that are housed here at the san jose teachers association union. you see the firefighters, though. they are starting to wrap things up right now and leave the scene. but we do know there are a lot of questions because this is not the first time there's been a fire or some sort of incendiary device at this union office. take a look at what the scene looks like at 2:00 this morning as those firefighters were battling those blazes. i've been in contact with brian wheatley of the evergreen teachers association. he tells me there are four different union presidents that are housed out of this building. the fire appears to be burning right above their offices. so that could compromise their operations for today. now, we do know firefighters were able to knock down those fires. the

fire crews working at a california teachers association building. this is a mount hamilton council spot. new video showing the flames there, what firefighters had to battle. it took them 20 minutes to put it out. someone with the teachers association is already there to get a sense of the damage. don't know how that fire started. kris sanchez is there as well. she's gathering information, asking questions. we'll check in with her at 5:00. >> firefighters wrapping up a long night in the bay area from that building fire in san jose we told you about to a string of brush fires in the east bay. yesterday crews in contra costa county dealt with several wind whipping fires. about 500 acres burned in one hour near byron. this could be the beginning of a long summer for fire crews. >> more on the conditions firefighters are already facing. >> reporter: several units fanned out over a five-mile stretch of bish road. this is where they spent most of the day trying to get control over what they call the grant fire. smoke and wind tar challenge for everyone try

it houses the california teacher's association. there was another fire at the same location in march reportedly caused by a molotov cocktail. there are no reports of any injuries in today's fire. >>> the wind really is causing a problem when it comes to the dangerous fire conditions. we have a look at how long that is going to stick around. it is whipping. >> the wind has been strong all morning and continuing to stay that way. here is a look at the dublin camera. you can see the trees moving side to side there. a sign of some of those higher wind gusts. the here is a look at some of the peak gusts we've seen so far. at sfo, 44 miles an hour. mountain house near where jessica's live shot was, 48 miles an hour winds. altamonte, 516789 that is what we've seen over the past hour and two hours. 30 miles an hour for downtown san francisco, milbrae, a 40 miles an hour wind gust going through there. continuation winds at 26 miles an hour through sfo downtown, 21, it is getting breezy through the east bay hills and the north bay, especiall

we know california teachers association has offices in this building. firefighters found nobody inside, and no injuries were reported. >>> a south bay church asked for help after a vandal shattered a window and left a pile of hypodermic needles on the ground of trinity cathedral in downtown san jose on memorial day. cameras show a man walking from the park towards the church, picking up a concrete utility access cover and hurls that through a window. no word on why he did it. fortunately, nobody was inside. the church office manager says she discovered the damage tuesday morningnd call ed the police. >>> announcing theudget proposal for the next two fiscal years including spending $8 million to hire more 911 dispatchers. the mayor wants the city to recruit and train 90 more dispatchers over two years. dispatchers currently answer calls been 10 seconds 88% of the time. the national standard is 90%. the call center in san francisco is under staffed. dispatchers work overtime and holidays to keep up with the increasing volume of calls. >>> new this morning

but fire crews are looking for the cause for an overnight fire at the california teachers associationlding. >> flames started shooting from the room around 2:00 a.m. this morning. crews stayed on the scene well through the morning hours checking for hot spots. no reports of injuries but the cause is still under investigation. >>> now to the far east bay where cal fire crews have almost contained the fires burning near the altamont pass. seven separate fires broke out yesterday afternoon. air crews were called in to put out the flames spread by high winds. the grant fire complex fires are now at 80% containment. >>> the wind is a big deal this morning. >> yes. >> causing a lot of problems. mark tamayo is in his office now with more details. >> yeah. the winds really picked up yesterday as you know. they backed up a little bit. they will probably pick up again, but not like yesterday. yesterday was probably the most extreme wind event we've had in quite some time with gusts 40 to 50 miles per hour. today winds around 25 to 35 miles per hour. so not a calm wind but not as strong as yeste

the california teachers association building in san jose was damaged by fire. just after two this morning, the flames were coming out of the building on capitol avenue.if you know the area...that's near 680 and story road across from the post office.firefighters put the fire out in 30 minutes. no one was injured in the fire. ( darya ) fire investigators catch a break in concord. new video shows the arsonist who torched a major apartment construction site. you are looking at surveillance video of the person authorities say is responsible for the fire that destroyed the five-story complex on april 24th. the fire caused 55-million-dollars in damage. the a-t-f is offering a reward up to 25-thousand dollars for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person ( james ) another big story we are following this morning... a man wanted for a murder in san jose almost 2 years ago is back in custody after running to mexico. joseph duran is the 5th person arrested for the 2016 murder of 18-year-old cesar sanchez. duran was arrested earlier ths week in tijuana

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narrator: exactly why the california teachers association believes strong public schools make a betteralifornia for all of us. thank you. >>> we'll start with high fire danger developing in the sierra from salt lake tahoe all the way down to just to the east of bakersfield. those same breezes are coming our way and i'll show you more of that coming up in the big weather. let's focus on palm springs. 103. sunshine down in san diego and los angeles. mid-to-upper 80s through the central valley. 79 in yosemite. let's take a look what's going on in tahoe as thunderstorm season is starting and hang around for five straight days. chance for some wet weather. we're going from white to brown to green rather rapidly in the high country. >>> early morning wake up call for dozens of people in san francisco. a fire forced people in an upper market apartment building to evacuate from their homes around 3:00 a.m. >> amy hollyfield spoke to one who lot of everything. >> reporter: good morning. it's very obvious where this fire started, that top unit. one of the woman who lives in that unit told me the

narrator: exactly why the california teachers association believes strong public schools make a betterr all of us. thank you. >>> we have breaking news from the middle east tonight. the day after the united states exited the iran nuclear deal, as many as 20 rockets were fired into israel. we are going it have a live report shortly. in the meantime the plane carrying the detainees from north korea has stopped in alaska. a personal welcome from president trump. our jim sciutto joins us with the details on that. and the location of the planned summit. releasing the detainees at the request of president trump. what more do we know? >> reporter: there appears to be posturing around this deal. this is prelude to this summit between kim and trump and there appears to be an intention here, the north koreans to grant credit to the trump releasing of these detainees. when we know that mike pompeo left and told reporters that the intention was to return with those detainees and these are confidence building measures in advance of this summit and this was a key one from the u.s. going in here and

narrator: exactly why the california teachers association believes strong public schools make a betterof us. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. ( anny ) ( anny )today will be mostly cloudy in the morning with patchy fog, then becoming partly cloudy. highs will be near 60. southwest winds will be 10 to 20 mph. tonight will be partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly cloudy with patchy fog after midnight. lows will be in the lower 50s. southwest winds will be 10 to 20 mph. tomorrow will be cloudy in the morning with patchy fog, then becoming partly cloudy. highs will be near 60. southwest winds will be 10 to 20 mph. ( darya ) a new crack opens up in hawaii ... sending gas and lava into the air... and forcing more families out of their homes. this is new video from last night. kim last night. kim hutcherson has more as experts monitor the volatile situation and warn that more eruptions can happen at any time. hot lava and toxic gas -- flowing from new fissures in the kilauea volcano's e

narrator: exactly why the california teachers association believes strong public schools make a better a concord high school student faces felony charged. he is accused of hacking into the school's computer system and changing grades. coming up, more on how he did it. >> plus, we're following the latest developments out of sunnyvale after a man was shot and stumbled into a 7-eleven. the search underway for the gunman. mornings on 2 continues now. >> this is ktvu mornings on 2. >> good morning, everyone. welcome back to mornings on 2. i'm mike mibach. >> i'm gasia mikaelian. we will start by giving you more information on a breaking news story we reported about half an hour ago. our sister station in los angeles say there are reports of shots fired at two schools. an elementary school and a high school in the palmdale area. the sheriff's department con first responders there was a man armed with a gun on the campus of highland high school in palmdale. that's located in the north central part of los angeles county. it is about an hour north of los angeles. that school highland high schoo

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narrator: exactly why the california teachers association believes strong public schools make a betterifornia for all of us. >>> back to the breaking news. let's bring in our panel. you have gina haspel, the president's cia pick writing this letter to the top democrat on the intel committee and going further than she went in her testimony when it comes to the use of enhanced interrogation, otherwise known as torture. she said the program ultimately did damage to our officers and our standing in the world, said she would not do it again. is this enough to tip the balance in her favor when the senators have to vote? >> i hope so. my wish is that we would have more people in government who would be able to reflect back on things that they have done that they regret and be candid about changes in policy they would like to see moving forward. my hope is that for democrats who are on the fence, especially those democrats in red states, who are up for re-election, this year, and who know that it will be damaging in their states to be seen as someone who is opposing the president's agenda and

narrator: exactly why the california teachers association believes strong public schools make a better california for all of us. thank you. >>> it's 6:14. welcome back. parents in north san jose say their kids' health and safety is at stake if a road widening program goes forward. >> it would create a bridge over interstate 880 connecting charcot avenue to silkwood lane. parents are concerned about pollution and the safety of their kids with more cars so close to the school. a spokesperson for the city's department of transportation says public input is welcome. >> this is the process when we look at impacts, noise, sound, construction, environmental impacts, that kind of thing. so this is the right phase in the project for them to be weighing in. >> we'll work hard to mobilize the community and hopefully we can make it stop. >> parents were discouraged this first community meeting was scheduled on the same night as orchard elementary's open house. the city said it was not intentional and they plan a second meeting for monday. >> we're getting a look at what harvey milk plaza and castr

narrator: exactly why the california teachers association believes strong public schools make a betterhere's no question rod rosenstein has one of the most difficult jobs in america. as deputy attorney general he is overseeing robert mueller's investigation of russia interference in the 2016 election. and that has made him a constant target of president trump's fury. but as cnn's chief political analyst gloria borger reports rosenstein seems to be unruffled by the situation he's in. >> reporter: if the president is in your boss, this is not what you want to hear when he's asked if he'll fire you. >> you'll figure that one out. >> reporter: trump was dissing his own deputy attorney general rod rosenstein for whom every day can be a near death experience. as a frustrated president lashes out as the russia investigation. >> the entire thing has been a witch hunt, and there's no collusion. >> reporter: rosenstein became the man in charge once the attorney general recused himself. so he's the one who hired the special counsel, which leaves him as the man in the middle, between trump and any

narrator: exactly why the california teachers association believes strong public schools make a better california for all of us. i support the affordable care act, and voted against all trump's attempts to repeal it. but we need to do more. i believe in universal health care. in a public health option to compete with private insurance companies. and expanding medicare to everyone over 55. and i believe medicare must be empowered to negotiate the price of drugs. california values senator dianne feinstein >>> live doppler 7 shows our strongest storm. a thunderstorm just to the east of rio ris sta heading towards walnut grove. this will stay in the central valley heading towards davis. for us everything has been kind of quieting the last couple hours or so except in the north bay where we have scattered lighter showers. as we head through the day, you want to be prepared for the random light showers that will be chilly in our beaches with temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. if you're out and about you may want to have an umbrella with you. if you're exercising, it's going to be cool and

it is on south capitol avenue near story rote at a building that houses the california teachers association. it was first reported shortly after 2:00 this morning. we'll bring you more information as we get it. >>> three minutes after 5:00. and jaclyn has a check on your thursday morning traffic. some slowdowns. >> some major slowdowns right now. this is along 880 the nimitz freeway. a full freeway closure was supposed to be in the northbound direction but that was canceled leaving a lane open northbound 880 between high and 23rd. but now we have a crash in that backup. so take a look at this. this is 880 right near the coliseum. traffic is coming to a stop. we are in the red tracking a travel time just under 40 minutes making your way between 238 and the macarthur maze. now, caltrans was scheduled to have all of those lanes reopened by 5 a.m. but now with this accident, blocking a couple of lanes, that's definitely going to keep your travel times in the red. if you can avoid 880, i would do it until we can recover from this. in the meantime that southbound direction as you can see just smo

narrator: exactly why the california teachers association believes strong public schools make a betterus. >>> what was supposed to be a scenic ride for two mountain bikers, one was killed and another seriously injured. the cougar was stalking them before it pounced. the one who survived, forcing it to run away. as soon as the cyclest stopped to catch their operation of breath, the cougar returned. putting its head in the mouth, according to the tail. the animal tried to shake the body side to side, like it does when it's trying to kill its prey. when the survivor's friend started running away, the kulg ar started to chase after brooks instead. the survivor could see the cougar mauling the person's friend. >> the cougar dragged the victim back into the wood line and he was found dead there. >> there's no indication that the two victims taunted this animal. it's very rare for cougars to behave in this way the statistics are quite stunning. there's only been one fatal attack in the last 100 years, this would make two. >> they found the cougar standing on top of brooks' body. jeff corwin i

the california teachers association building in san jose was damaged by fire.coming out of the building on capitol avenue.if you know the area...that's near 680 and story road across from the post office.firefighters put the fire out in 30 minutes. no one was injured in the fire. ( darya ) another big story this morning out of the east bay... winds are fueling brush fires in alameda and contra costa counties.( james ) kron 4's will tran joins us live this morning. will... right now the grant line fire continues to burn on the border of alameda and contra costa county. it has burned 500 acres and is only 35 percent contained the fire started at 1 yesterday afternoon and the biggest enemy right now are the winds it is extremely gusty out here the fire has burned several out buildings but no homes no one has been injured thanks will. we will check back we will thanks will. thanks will. thanks will. been injured no one has been injured thanks will. we will check back with you through out ( darya ) fire investigators catch a break in concord. new video shows the ars

narrator: exactly why the california teachers association believes strong public schools make a betterreakáá) (darya)(james)( robin ) welcome back. lets get a check of weather and (darya)(james)( robin ) welcome back. lets get a check of weather and traffic this morning. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. (dave)an upper level low over california will keep below normal (dave)an upper level low over california will keep below normal temperatures, albeit warmer than this weekend, through the first half of the week. another upper level approaches the later half of the week and into the weekend with onshore winds keeping temperatures on the cool side of normal while mainly dry conditions are forecast. ( darya ) a big story we have been following is the impact of the kilauea volcano. first it was destructive lava.....then sulfur dioxide. but now there's a new but now (dave)an upper level low over california will keep below normal temperatures, albeit warmer than this weekend, through the first half

narrator: exactly why the california teachers association believes strong public schools make a betterere watching television in russia on monday, you would have seen something rather ordinary turned into a spectacle. it all began with vladimir putin getting up from his desk chair, putting on his jacket and walking out to the hallway, stopping to look at pictures along the way, down a staircase, into a car he went. this travel log of sorts continued on for more than nine minutes. ♪ it ended with bells chiming and putin walking through massive golden doors. ♪ asked to take the oath as president of russia for the fourth time. will the fourth administration be any different from the last three? joining me now is a man who knows vladimir putin, and has been at the receiving end of his ire. michael mcfaul was the u.s. ambassador to russia from 2012 to 2014, the author of a terrific new book about russia "from cold war to hot peace." my pleasure to have you. >> thanks for having me here. >> first explain why putin doesn't like you. you were working in the national security counsel for obama.

narrator: exactly why the california teachers association believes strong public schools make a betterr all of us. >>> recently the nation has been confronted with several viral stories in which black people whether enjoying leisure, making a home or furthering their educations found their lives in jeopardy because their very presence was a trigger in a predominantly white environment. this week everyone was talking about the controversy at yale university, where a black graduate student was forced to prove her enrollment to local police after a white student took issue with a falling asleep in her dormitory lounge. i know i don't need to remind you about the arrest last month of two black men at the philadelphia starbucks store or of a black woman exposed to the p patrons at an alabama waffle house. wait, there's more. a black former obama staffer, who is questioned by police inside of an apartment building here in new york after resident called the cops about loud noises and presumed burglary. of course, the noises in question were from him moving furniture into his own apartment. in

narrator: exactly why the california teachers association believes strong public schools make a bettera for all of us. thank you. >>> a nightmare continuing for residents of hawaii's big island. officials now warn people and airplanes to stay away from parts of the island after this kilauea volcano shot a plume of ash 12,000 feet into the air. >> officials are also concerned, a bigger eruption could happen anytime without warning. one that would send large rocks and boulders for miles. joining us now from the scene, cnn's scott mcclane. give us the latest. >> reporter: john and poppy, you didn't even mention the sulfur dioxide that is floating around parts of this island and really dangerous concentrations, thanks largely to the 20 plus fissures that opened up like the one that we're looking at right now. this is the most active one. you can see it continues to spew lava. geologists say that it is dying down. but, listen -- you can hear it there, we have been watching it now for the past four nights. at least to our untrained eyes and ears, some of the loudest and most intense explosio

narrator: exactly why the california teachers association believes strong public schools make a better california for all of us. >>> her server was easily hacked by foreign governments, perhaps even by her financial backers in communist china. sure, they have it. putting all of america and our citizens in danger. the state department was trying to cover up hillary's crimes of sending ch ing classified infor on a server our enemies could access. hillary's the one who endangered national security by sending classified information on an insecure server. >> it's like he catches amnesia. it was the center piece of donald trump's campaign strategy to reinforce over and over that hillary clinton put america at risk with her reckless use of a private e-mail server as secretary of state. "lock her up" was a regular chant at trump rallies. fast forward to this afternoon, quote, too inconvenient, trump goes rogue on security. the president has two phones, one capable of making calls, the other for tweeting and reading the news. while aides have urged the president to swap out the twitter phone on

narrator: exactly why the california teachers association believes strong public schools make a betterornia for all of us. a. >>> even though tensions between the united states and north korea appear to be calming perhaps significantly, the u.s. military is not letting down its guard. a cnn crew just got unique access to the facility that keeps a 24 hour a day watch for incoming threats, including kim jong-un's missiles. scott mclean is joining us, tell us what you've seen, scott. >> for the first time in a long time, they are encouraging signs coming from north korea but the political optics mean for little for the people at norad who are tracking the north korean nuclear threat. they say they are just as leery of north korea now as they were one year ago. their work is done in two command center ins colorado springs and one is buried under that mountain. this is america's first line of defense from an incoming nuclear missile. deep inside cheyenne mountain, south of denver, this sprawling underground bunker is the home of norad, the north american aerospace defense command. the partn

narrator: exactly why the california teachers association believes strong public schools make a better california for all of us. thank you. >>> here is a look at what's going on in the peninsula. cloudy and few reports of mist hanging around, even a little drizzle. be careful. low- to mid-50s until you get to daly city. 49, everyone else low- to mid-50s with some exceptions. 57 in san jose, los gatos 47. here is a look at golden gate. can you see it definitely gray may morning. breezy north of the dpg bridge and breezy north of the bay bridge if you're going to be on the bay. exercising more humid this morning. you may feel the effects of that. here is a look where the winds will be fastest north of the bay bridge and yellow from 3:00 until 9:00. down in the south bay you'll see sunshine but barely make it to 70. expect a lot of mid to upper 60s. let's get over to alexis. any hot spots this morning? >> we are definitely focusing on south bay right now. three-car crash blocking middle lane northbound 87. this is just before you get to curtner. no word on injuries yet. we potentially hav

narrator: exactly why the california teachers association believes strong public schools make a betterifornia for all of us. thank you. >>> let's go to the opening bell on wall street. trade talks with china appear to be going well. both the u.s. and china have called a truce for now. promising to put tariffs on hold while they work out a deal. while the markets and free traders are celebrating the news, others fear it means china already has the upper hand. as of right now, china has escaped the bulk of u.s. tariffs. while giving up pretty much nothing in return. what is china giving up? china agreed to buy more energy and agricultural products. that's hardly a win considering the chinese were probably going to buy more of both anyway. the chinese also agreed to substantially reduce its trade deficit with the u.s. but what exactly does substantially mean? it is hard to say because china has yet to concede a specific dollar amount, despite the trump administration pushing for a $200 billion target. this morning, china did seem to make a concession, promising a massive cut to tariffs on

this was at a california teachers association building. this is the mt. hamilton council spot in san jose. daytime video shows what fire crews brought out. you can see right there a burned chair there as well as other debris. a video from overnight shows the flames. it took firefighters just about 20 minutes to put out that fire. we don't know how that fire started. >>> new allegations against a milpitas high school music teacher already facing a sexual assault charge. he turned himself in two weeks ago. he's accused of inappropriately touching a fellow staff member last year. a student now claims that he assaulted her last year as well. police rearrested him and he is in custody on the new charge. >>> in danville the search is on for the driver of this toyota prius. police believe it belongs to a robbery suspect. the crime happened yesterday afternoon in a safeway parking lot. that suspect met a man with the hopes of buying an apple watch but the suspect threatened a buyer and then stole his wallet. >>> let's take a live look at oracle arena this morning

narrator: exactly why the california teachers association believes strong public schools make a better california for all of us. thank you. >>> hopefully you had a good weekend. a live look outside in fremont with a cloudy start. we'll still see clouds through late morning and then it warms up into the low 70s today. it's going to be nice and breezy and also a cool week ahead before a little bit of a warm-up. i'll talk about that and rest of the microclimate forecast coming up in less than five minutes. >> you know the commute is now holding pretty nicely here. 34 minutes from highway 4 down the east shore freeway to the backup at the bay bridge. no problems for the maze and north bay no surprise. 37. >> it is quickly approaching quarter to 7:00. developing now, tourists in paris talking about the shocking terror attack this weekend that killed one person and injured four others. french police questioning three people linked to the attacker who police shot and killed. the 20-year-old man went on a rampage with a knife saturday in central paris. he's french but was born in chech ya and

narrator: exactly why the california teachers association believes strong public schools make a betternia for all of us. . >>> welcome back. i'm stephanie ruhle. president trump will soon sign the biggest rollback of financial regulations since the global financial crisis. before you freak out, just listen. the house passed a bill yesterday that would dismantle some parts of the landmark dodd frank act put in place after the financial meltdown. it passed by a vote of 258 to 159. 33 democrats supported this legislation. let's break down the changes. first a little history. the dodd frank wall street form and consumer protection act went into effect in 2010 to try to prevent another economic collapse after major banks failed stocks plummeted in almost 3 million people lost their jobs and millions lost their homes due to foreclosure. the law puts strict regulations on the financial industry classifies banks with money of more than $50 million as too big to fail. the banks are subject to tougher riglations including so-called stress tests that determine a bank's ability to withstand a seve

narrator: exactly why the california teachers association believes strong public schools make a betteror all of us. >>> breaking news right now. stormy daniels' lawyer michael avenatti responding immediately to that court filing we just reported from michael cohen's lawyers. cohen alleging avenatti got some facts wrong about the money flowing from his shell company to stormy daniels. tweeting just now this is baseless. and meanwhile cohen saying avenatti should reveal his sources. we will be right back. and packages. and it's also a story about people. people who rely on us every day to deliver their dreams they're handing us more than mail they're handing us their business and while we make more e-commerce deliveries to homes than anyone else in the country, we never forget... that your business is our business the united states postal service. priority: you ♪ that i served. of the fact i was a c130 mechanic in the corps, so i'm not happy unless my hands are dirty. between running a business and four kids, we're busy. auto insurance, homeowner's insurance, life insurance policies. kno

narrator: exactly why the california teachers association believes strong public schools make a betterornia for all of us. >>> welcome back. we've got another big day of primaries tomorrow. there is a lot to keep an eye on. there is the heated democratic gove gubernatorial primary in georgia between two candidates who represented different paths for the party to gain ground. there is the democratic primary runoff in texas where fletcher the candidate backed by the national democratic groups is facing progressive laura moser who was the subject of a slew of headlines when the dccc tried to diminish her standing. who knows who will happen tomorrow. the story is reminiscent of what happened last week when an establishment been backed democratic congressman lost to a first timer in nebraska. republicans say they are looking forward to running against eastman in november calling her too liberal for the omaha swing district. what can we expect in the primaries. joining me now cara eastman who won last week by 1,000 votes. congratulations on your win cara. >> thank you so much. >> this is not

narrator: exactly why the california teachers association believes strong public schools make a betteralifornia for all of us. with pg&e in the sierras.chools and i'm an arborist since the onset of the drought, more than 129 million trees have died in california. pg&e prunes and removes over a million trees every year to ensure that hazardous trees can't impact power lines. and since the onset of the drought we've doubled our efforts. i grew up in the forests out in this area and honestly it's heartbreaking to see all these trees dying. what guides me is ensuring that the public is going to be safer and that these forests can be sustained and enjoyed by the community in the future. >>> president trump took to twitter this morning to once again claim that the fbi placed an informant on his team during the 2016 election. but democrat adam schiff who attended yesterday's closed-door doj briefings on the subject paints a very different picture. >> nothing we heard today has changed our view that there is no evidence to support any allegation that the fbi or any intelligence agency placed a

narrator: exactly why the california teachers association believes strong public schools make a betteralifornia for all of us. >>> joining us once again is michael avenatti. he is the attorney for stormy daniels. he released a seven page document about michael cohen's bank records yesterday. mr. avenatti, where did you get this information about michael cohen's bank records? >> well, just like journalists don't disclose their sources, attorneys aren't required to disclose theirs either. it's covered by the work product doctrine, and we're not going to disclose where we got the information. but again, it's 99. -- i think it's 3% accurate. we're going to stand by it. >> you may dodge this as well, but was the source of some of this information suspicious activity reports? we know -- the reason i'm asking this, we know that mr. cohen's one bank that was associated that he used for some of these transactions did file suspicious activity reports related to his transactions. that's been reported in public source documents. are those suspicious activity reports part of how you got this inform

narrator: exactly why the california teachers association believes strong public schools make a betterr all of us. thank you. >>> and now for something truly depressing. the most profitable sports league, and thus, corporate sports enterprise in the world is now quite blatantly bowing to political pressure from donald trump, the kind of pressure that raises serious first amendment concerns. the nfl, today, saying they will crack down on this issue of kneeling on the field during the national anthem, which many players have said they do to protest racism, police brutality, and what they call murders in the united states of black americans. the new nfl policy says it will fine teams when players kneel. it says it also gives players the choice of staying in the locker room. but this seems to essentially buckle to donald trump's big political talking point that all of this is not about what the players say they're doing, that is, now they define their political speech, but rather, donald trump's view of what he wants to require people do to respect the flag. reading from the nfl policy, al

narrator: exactly why the california teachers association believes strong public schools make a betterof us. >>> texas school massacre. a rampage leaves ten people dead, ten wounded. and many asking how could this happen again. bombs and pressure cookers. explosives found in the school and nearby as investigators search a trailer where they believe the devices were made. and first appearance. the 17-year-old suspect, a student at the school charged with capital murder and scheduled to go before a judge this hour. we want to welcome our viewers in t

narrator: exactly why the california teachers association believes strong public schools make a better california for all of us. thank you. >>> do you believe or do you have reason to suspect, evidentiary reason to suspect that president trump or the trump organization was involved in any of this? >> i don't want to opine on that except this will what i'll say. even up until this day michael cohen identifies himself as an attorney for the president, and i believe he identifies himself on his linkedin page, or at least he did as of yesterday, as an attorney with the trump organization. it's unclear as to when he left the trump organization. so you could make an argument that this entire time period that we're talking about he only really has one employer and that's the trump organization. so i don't know how he could be carrying this out on his own or for his own reason. it's very blurry as to who he's operating for and when. >> stormy daniels' attorney michael avenatti speaking with rachel just last night. mr. avenatti pointing out that whatever the explanation for those vast sums of m

narrator: exactly why the california teachers association believes strong public schools make a bettera for all of us. >>> by now i'm sure you've seen the three-inch-all the, column wide headlines across the country. u.s. president acknowledges previously secret six-figure payment to adult film actress. stop presses. that in fact did get acknowledged today by the serving president of the united states, a headline like that oar anything even remotely like it would be enough to sink any other presidency in the history of the republic. but in this presidency, it barely breaks the top ten of scandals for today. the president has previously denied any knowledge of the supposed affair with adult film actress stormy daniels. he has also specifically denied any payment to her, but he is now admitting in black and white, it's acknowledged, a little awkwardly, 40 something pages into the president's new financial disclosure form in a footnote. because of this payment to the adult film actress and her acknowledged affair with the president, because it's a slow-boil scandal we all knew to look for