(catherine)(catherine) (catherine)(catherine) four your health tonight...nal study finds that even at low doses -- long term use of aspirin might be harmful for older people.. especially those who have not already had a heart attack or stroke. for decades, a daily dose has been considered a good way to protect against problems like heart disease. but researchers but researchers say they found a significant risk of internal bleeding...and in older adults - no health benefits. researchers based their findings on a 5-year study of nearly 20-thousand people, with a median age of 74. (jr stone) coca-cola may be looking into a new ingredient. the company is signaling interest in the potential sale of cannabis- infused drinks. coke says it's following debate over the ingredient called c-b-d. that's a non-psycho-active ingredient derived from marijuana. coke says its an ingredient that could gain ground in wellness beverages globally. but, the company says it's just watching the increased use of c-b-d for now. it says it hasn't made any decisions about using it in

(catherine)and im catherine heenan... in for ken wayne.g joins us live from san mateo county with this story that's new at ten... gayle, how did police track the suspect down? police identify the suspect as 19-year-old the suspect as 19-year-old rogelio artiga artiga now faces three felony charges tonight..including attempted rape and witness persuasion.. investigators say just before five monday ooa woman was jogging in this

(catherine) and im catherine heenan in for vicki livakis...w glenn neighborhood in san jose saw a jump in home invasion robberies, burglaries and car thefts - in broad daylight.. tonight residents met with law enforcement to try to come up with solutions... ..(jr stone) kron 4's gayle ong was at the meeting tonight, she joins us live in san jose.gayle? this is the second town hall meeting held here in recent weeks,this time, san jose law enforcement is teaching residents how to protect themselves from these crimes.. residents are fed up with the uptick of crimes in this

(catherine) and im catherine heenan in for vicki livakis... the man is now facing a number of charges, including driving under the influence. kron 4's ali reid joins us live from vallejo tonight... with the latest on the investigation, ali? this child's family is completely distraught right now. his mother, who lives in reno .... made her way to the bay area as soon as she got word her toddler was killed in a crash.the last time she saw him was around 7'o-clock saturday evening, when his father, jerome jacinto (who bears the same name) picked him up. the father and son duo then drove back to the bay area.ashley romero-rabben says jacinto made it home to fairfield, but then went back out to a friend's house.the people at the home told him not to drive because he looked tired, but he left anyway.just after midnight sunday, highway patrol was called to i-80 near the 37 interchange.the vehicle the 2 were riding in ... rolled over multiple times ..... little jerome was ejected from the car and died on scene.investigators are looking into whether he

(catherine) a reminder. (catherine) (catherine) a reminder. you can stay connected on weather alerts happening in your neighborhood by downloading the kron-4 app. download it now for full forecasts...current conditions and breaking news alerts right to your phone. (vicki) supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh says he's innocent as a second accuser comes forward with an account of sexual assault. (vicki two shot) a classmate of kavanaugh's at yale told the new yorker she remembers kavanaugh exposing himself to her at a drunken college dorm party.(catherine) senator dianne feinstein is now calling for a delay ... as republicans push for quick confirmation.pkg hey hey hoho kavanaugh has got to go."in washington, the battle lines are being drawn. "this fine nominee to the supreme court will receive a vote in this senate in the near future." after nearly three decades ... some of the same senators who rejected an

(catherine) next at (catherine) (catherine) (catherine) next at 5:30...s girlfriend are arrested and accused of raping women... tonight officials are asking more victims to come forward. (ryan) and after the break... a violent attack at a daycare center leaves multiple baby girls injured. we'll have an update on their condition. this isn't just any long-distance relationship. this is long distance with the best wifi experience plus the most free shows to stream. and with savings on wireless, this is a relationship with more money to spend on the important things. this is how xfinity makes life... simple. easy. awesome. get started with xfinity internet for just $29.99 a month for 12 months, and ask how you can save when you include xfinity mobile with your internet. click, call or visit a store today. "..rushing the baby to the hospital // we're gonna have an additional baby stabbed /// we got a third baby stabbed (ryan) police found a shocking scene at this residence in queens, new york ... three newborn baby girls attacked with a butcher kinfe and a mea

(grant) ken wayne and catherine heenan are and catherine ken wayne ken wayne and catherine heenan are. (ken) coming up new tonight at six. a lot of questions tonight over a controversial billboard.... we'll tell you why bart says it cannot take down an advertisement that some believe is anti- semetic.(catherine) then - we're learning more about a toddler who died after being left in a hot car in the east bay. investigators say it was a tragic accident.... kron4 news at six starts next. (ken)tonight at 6. another case of signs at bart causing controversy... after billboards with messages linked to hate groups are spotted at two bart stations. (ken) thank you for joining us, i'm ken wayne. (catherine) and i'm catherine heenan in for pam moore. tonight... olthdeba hate speech has been re- ignighted... and bart says its hands are tiedin this matter.. kron4's haaziq madyun explains.. (take pkg) (pkg)it is an electronic billboard in the montgomery bart station that simply reads...history matters. a statement that is generally accepted by most people. however the g

(catherine) i'm catherine heenan... in for ken wayne. the president remains firm in his support of his supreme court nominee... even as more women are now accusing kavanaugh of aggressive sexual behavior kron 4's j.r. stone is following the story... including the president's reaction.... and the latest allegations. jr? (jrs) at this point there are at least five women accusing kavanaugh of sexual misconduct. two of those though have remained unnamed. tomorrow though it will be all about what the first accuser has to say and kavanaugh's response. less than 24 hours until christine blasey ford goes before a senate judiciary committee... to voice her sexual misconduct allegations against supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. a man being supported by president trump. sot this is wild that the president is standing by someonekavanaugh has been accused of sexual misconduct by three named and two unnamed individuals. the president though says he stands by kavanaugh.sotsotin a sworn affadavit that just surfaced the third named accuser julie swe

(catherine) a school (catherine) (catherine) (catherine) a school employee in walnut creek has been arrestedd charged with seven counts of child molestation. contra costa police arrested 71-year-old enrique pina this week. that's after a report to the sheriff's department by the alleged victim. pina works at palmer school in walnut creek but authorities say the charges are not linked to the school. if you have information regarding pina or more alleged victims - you're asked to contact the contra costa sheriff's office. (catherine) california's secretary of state is celebrating national voter registration day by announcing a milestone..(pam) capitol bureau reporter ashley za-va-la explains how the new record involves teenagers. "yes it's a holiday, at least for me it is!" in the courtyard of a sacramento high school.. secretary of state alex padilla announced california teens are making history. (alex padilla- secretary of state) "i'm happy to announce since the launch of our pregistration program, more than 200,000 16 and 17 year olds have pregistered to vote." the program launched two year

(catherine) and im catherine heenan in for vicki livakis... last month the willow glenn neighborhood in san jose saw a jump in home invasion robberies, burglaries and car thefts - in broad daylight.. tonight residents met with law enforcement to try to come up with solutions... ..(jr stone) kron 4's gayle ong was at the meeting tonight, she joins us live in san jose.gayle? this is the second town hall meeting held here in recent weeks,this time, san jose law enforcement is teaching residents how to protect themselves from these crimes.. residents are fed up with the uptick of crimes in this quiet upscale san jose neighborhood.. just last month,home invasion robberies ..burglaries,and auto thefts ..in broad daylight..leaving long time residents on high alert.. just this afternoon,someone stole richard zappelli's neighbors tools..

(catherine) and im catherine heenan in for vicki liviakis...lled senate judiciary committee scheduled a hearing for monday for both-- ford and kavanaugh to testify. suggesting it may be her only shot....(ryan) from our partners at c-n-n, jeff zeleny reports on what lawyers for ford, are asking for their client. the supreme court confirmati battle of brett kavanaugh dramatically intensified today, with the woman accusing him of sexual assault now saying she's willing to tell her story to the senate judiciary committee."she wishes to testify, provided that we can agree on terms that are fair and which ensure her safety," lawyers for christine blasey ford said in a letter to top senators today. as protests broke out on capitol hill today...nats: "we believe dr. blasey... if you don't want to be arrested you need to back up... we still believe anita hill."senators now must determine the next steps.senator charles grassley, chairman of the judiciary committee, hoped to schedule a public hearing on monday -- but ford's lawyers said today that was too

(catherine) (catherine) and a big story we're following. lawyers for the brett kavanaugh accuser say the f--b-i should investigate before christine blasey ford testifies. ford has not yet agreed to testify before the senate judiciary committee. but senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is suggesting that she has one shot to do so... stressing that "monday is her opporunity" meanwhile president trump says he feels "terribly" for kavanaugh. saying he's "not a man that deserves this". (catherine) we're keeping you updated on the latest developments with push alerts from our mobile app. stay connected on breaking news by downloading it today coming up at eight.. a big cat captured on home surveillance... one homeowner says, it is too close for comfort. also a homeless man is accusedof killing an iowa student while she was golfing. the disturbing comment he allegedly made before being arrested. and next. carpool stickers are set to expire for hundreds of thousands of people. the drivers getting kicked out of the carpool lane. across california

(catherine) and i'm catherine heenan in for ken wayne. the shut-down is happening just as the annual salesforce "dreamforce" conference kicked off today...just a few blocks away. kron4's ali reed is live in downtown san francisco.. ali - what's the latest? workers were installing ceiling tiles when they spotted the crack this morning. that fissure is in a beam on the bus deck ..... near fremont street. that beam supports a portion of the bus deck ... as well as part of the park. we're told the last time it was inspected was during final inspections last year.once it was spotted, inspectors were called, and out of an abundance of caution, the streets were closed, and so was the transbay terminal.the beam is about 6 1/2 feet high.it's also hard to tell how long it's been there.there will be further inspections orking tonight and tomorrow morning to find out the cause of the crack ..... and to make sure the building is safe for people to use. for now, inspectors don't see a connection between this crack and the sinking of the millenium tower

(catherine)(catherine) (catherine) (catherine) a government shut-down is looming once again. but the president says he'll sign a spending bill to prevent that.. today he said "we're going to keep the governement open" if no action is taken - the shutdown would happen monday. there's a bill in congress that would keep things going through december 7-th. the bill does not pay for president trump's long=promised wall along the u-s - mexico border. a fact he calls "ridiculous" (pam) downed power lines... downed trees... and winds up to 75- miles per hour. a violent thunderstorm tore through the chicago area tuesday night. its effects were caught on camera. (pam) down.">(pam) the town of huntley was hit hard... it 's about an hour west of chicago. it only took seconds for a fast moving storm to strand sandi altergott... in this video... wind whipping around her car as rain poured down. one neighbor says, it looked like a war zone when it was all done. the storm knocked out p

(catherine) u.s.week.normal next back to begin to warm back to normal next week. (catherine) u.s. senator jeff merkley of oregon is still fielding questions abouthis claim that the trump administration apparently diverted nearly10-million dollars from fema.....to be spent on immigration enforcement. he talked about the re-allocation of public money earlier this week..and provided documents to the washington post. merkley says it's particularly inappropriate given theongoing storm season.. he talked to reporters today. (catherine) trump administration officials have been pushing back against the claim...calling it the result of a 'false agenda.' fema is saying that hurricane response will not be affected. (grant) time now for a look at tonight's top local stories. terisa estacioit is a show of force all here dedicated to climate change. jerry brown, ca governor. it is the cause, and the more and more people we get we can take action, so yes, we are joining together all the states. a call to action by c

(catherine) and im catherine heenan in for ken wayne.... the incident happened around 4:30 at a walgreens store on springs road in vallejo...(pam) that is where we find kron4's hermela argawi ... she is live in vallejo with the latest... hermela, has the suspect been caught? (hermela aregawi)no suspects named at this time.. vallejo fire were just able to tell us what employees said to them. that a car drove up to the store.. at least one person walked in and peppersprayed a woman who works there.a second employee got hit with the spray while trying to help her. both of them were treated on site and then taken to a local hospital for further evaluation. it was quite the scene around 4:30 this afternoon.. multiple reports that more than a dozen people had been hit with some sort of hazardous material. at the time.. a lot of people didn't know what it was. a aut a total of 20 people were affected by the pepperspray.. two of them the employees that were hospitalized. 18 others were a mix of customers who were in the store.. and employees. all o

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catherine?able doctor cliff huxtable -- unmasked as a predator who raped women who saw him as a mentor. the rumors started more than a decade ago and led to his arrest three years ago. after two trials, cosby is finally paying the price. gavel natafter the sentencing andrea constand hugged another cosby accuser.cosby was convicted of drugging her at his home in 2004 and raping her while she was unconscious . she wrote a five=page letter to the judge, saying that cosby had, quote, "robbed me of my health and vitality, my open nature, and my trust in myself and others."other alleged victims applauded her courage, "i'm just struggling to keep going and i'm happy the judge sentenced bill cosby accordingly and i am grateful to andrea for standing strong." cosby's attorneys had argued for house arrest, noting that the defendent is legally blind. instead the judge sentenced him to three to ten years behind bars, and labeled cosby a sexually violent predator. the classification means he wil

(catherine) an m-r-i has confirmed a torn a-c-l for jimmy garoppolo. j-r stone joins us with more on what happened. so j-r - what is the coach saying? (jrs) he said it was hard waking up today knowing what had happened. here's the play right here... 4th quarter, less than 6 minutes left in the game... garoppolo evading defenders... runs out of the pocket... looking to throw... and instead of going out of bounds... he tries to get extra yards... makes a move and injures his knee right before he's hit. garoppolo is then, carted-off the field... out the rest of the game... and today... an m-r-i proving, he's now out for the rest of the season with a torn a-c-l. on top of that... the on top of that... the niners fall to the chiefs 27 to 38. this is a major blow to the niners. the offense was built around garoppolo. ' < it was hard waking up today..we were down and disappointed about it because we were looking forward to playing with jimmy this year going through the good and the bad that would happen knowigthat he would benefit from all of it, now we don't

(catherine) and i'm catherine heenan.. in for ken wayne. kristen holmes has more on the impassioned testimony from washington... brett kavanaugh / supreme court nominee: "this is a circus."a defiant brett kavanaugh denying allegations of sexual assault.brett kavanaugh / supreme court nominee:: "i'm innocent of this charge."the supreme court nominee shouted-nats -and at times fought back tears-nats - as he testified in front of the senate judiciary committee. brett kavanaugh / supreme court nominee: "i'm not questioning that dr. ford may have been sexually assaulted by some person, in some place at some time but i have never done this to her or anyone." his accuser -- christine blasey ford -- also adamant christine blasey ford / accuses kavanaugh of sexual assault: "i believed he was going to rape me. i tried to yell for help. when i did, brett put his hand over my mouth to stop me from yelling." sen. dick durbin / -d- illinois: "with what degree of certainty did brett kavanaugh assaulted you?"christine blasey ford / accuses kavanaugh of sex

(catherine) and i'm catherine heenan in for ken wayne. shortly before that dramatic confrontation....arizona senator jeff flake had said he'd be supporting judge kavanaugh's nomination. but afterthe face-off with protestors....he said he'd do so onlywith an important condition.. (pam) hours later he called for a pause on the vote.. and asked that president trump recommend an f-b-i investigation. (catherine) as phil mattingly explains the president 'did' order the f-b-i to do just that. tonight, republican senator jeff flake - pivoting.sen. jeff flake, (r) judiciary committee: "i will only be comfortable moving on the floor until the fbi has done more investigation than they have already. it may not take them a week. i understand that some of these witnesses may not want to discuss anything further. but i think we owe them due diligence."...telling colleagues he will áonlyá support kavanaugh's nomination on the senate floor ... if ... the floor votes are delayed, and a one week fbi probe into assault allegations is commenced.sen. jeff flak

(catherine) and i'm catherine heenan.. ken wayne has the night off. the warning goes into effect at 11 tonight and will last until5 tomorrow evening. the most hazardous conditions are expected to be in the north bay... also the east bay hills, diablo range and the santa cruz mountains. a lot of north bay residents say they're especially nervous after the devastating fires nearly a year ago. people are still nervous and sad and freaked out and upset. it's something that is devastating to deal with (catherine)fire officials are also asking that during this red flag warning people refrain from any sort of outdoor burning and sign up for nixle alerts to recieve updates on any fires that may break out. break out.fires that may updates on any recieve nixle alerts to sign up for burning and of outdoor from any sort people refrain flag warning during this red asking that during this red flag warning people refrain from any sort of outdoor burning and sign up for nixle alerts to recieve updates on any fires that may break out. (pam) here to break down the exac

(catherine) and i'm catherine heenan in for vicki liviakis tonight. hurricane florence continues to barrel down the carolina coasts tonight. several inches of rain could lead to dangerous flooding throughout the region. (grant) steve nannes has the details on how local officials are handling this massive storm. ... heavy rain... punishing wind...and rising waters. hurricane florence has made landfall... and now, all residents can do is ride out the storm until its over.gov. roy cooper, north carolina: to those in the storm's path, if you can hear me. please stay sheltered in place. do not go out in this storm.the slow nature of florence will lead to heavy flooding throughout the areain the city of new bern - hundreds of residents have called for help, with officials dispatching swift-boats to stranded citizens.jeff byard, fema associate administrator for the office of response and recovery: our national guard, our department of defense, we have high water vehicles and teams that are ready to go. they can do water rescues.the focus now for local and fe

(catherine)and im catherine heenan... in for ken wayne. kron 4's gayle ong joins us live from san mateo county with this story that's new at ten... gayle, how did police track the suspect down? police identify the suspect as 19-year-old the suspect as 19-year-old rogelio artiga artiga now faces three felony charges tonight..including attempted rape and witness persuasion.. investigators say just before five monday ooa woman was jogging in this quiet neighborhood in menlo park, when this man began following her from behind ,she ignored the man and continued to run, he then followed her..the woman dialed 9-1-1..investigators say that's when the suspect 19- year-old rogelio artiga grabbed her from behind, and pulled her into the bushes where he tried to sexually assault herthe victim was able to break free

(catherine) (catherine) (catherine) former supreme court justice and sacramento native -- anthony kennedy was in his home city today. he talked to high school students about things like civil discourse and the constitution. (pam) some of those students in kennedy's audience said.... "reasoned dialogue" ... is not what they're seeing in washington. kennedy told them.. that maintaining democracy takes work and it will be the next generation's responsibility. he is not commenting on the confirmation fight over brett kavanaugh. he says, he is being "very careful" not to weigh in on the effort to fill his seat on the high court. <"it was the elepant in the room. would like to see some type of comment on it."> (pam) kennedy was born and lived in sacramento for many years... teaching at mcgeorge law school. he was appointed to the supreme court by president ronald reagan. he served from february 1988... until he announced his retirement at the end of july. (catherine) president trump signed a huge spending bill today... avoiding a government shut-down. the president had been sending mixed-signal

and im catherine heenan... ken wayne has the night off. kron 4's ali reid talked to the boy's mother and joins us live in vallejo with the latestv on the investigation. ali? this child's family is completely distraught right now. his mother, who lives in reno .... made her way to the bay area as soon as she got word her toddler was killed in a crash.pkgon i-80 west, near the 37 interchange ... tragedy struck early sunday morning. a good samaritan called ashley romero-rabben from the scene ... then she spoke to her child's father.he gets on the phone and all he's saying is he's dead he's dead, i'm so sorry. he's dead. then he started screaming no no no.the last time ashley saw her boy was around 7'o-clock saturday evening, when his father, jerome jacinto (who bears the same name) picked him up. the duo then drove back to fairfield. the fatal crash happened later that night after jerome left a friend's house. authorities say people at the home told him not to drive because he looked tired, but he left anyway. at the time of the solo vehicle

catherine heenan is in the newsroom with the latest. catherine?allegations of sexual misconduct from a second accuser -- published in the new yorker the magazine reports that deborah ramirez -- a classmate of kavanaugh's at yale -- says she remembers kavanaugh exposing himself to her at a drunken college dorm party. the story - similar to the earlier accusation from palo alto professor christine blah-zee ford. hey hey hoho kavanaugh has got to go."in washington, the battle lines are being drawn. "this fine nominee to the supreme court will receive a vote in this senate in the near future." after nearly three decades ... some of the same senators who rejected anita hill's allegations against clarence thomas ... "this is not a referendum on sexual harassment ...are coming to the defense of judge kavanaugh, "there should be no more frivolous approach to the u=s senate or towards this nomination process.">senator dianne feinstein, top democrat on the judi

catherine. (catherine) a warning tonight--- severe fire weather is expected in the bay area.. with authorities warning that any fire that starts.. will spread quickly.. (jr stone) chief meteorologist lawrence karnow is here to explain the danger. lawrence karnow: high pressure and offshore winds returned to the bay area today to send temperatures soaring. fire danbger is also a concern. red flag warnings are going up for all bay area mountains tonight and tomorrow. winds will be gusting as high as 35 mph with very dry conditions. on the satellite you can see the skies have cleared of fog. it will stay mostly clear tonight with cool temperatures in the 40s and 50s. highs tomorrow will be as much as 10 degrees warmer with 90s inland and 60s and 70s at the coast. (jr stone) the largest wildfire in california history is now 100 percent contained. the mendocino complex fires erupted in july in lake county. the wildfires scorched 720 square miles. 157 homes were destroyed and a firefighter was killed battling the fire. officials say more than 400 firefighters remain in the area, doi

that's when (catherine) say something." (catherine) in the north bay...lice have arrested a teenager in connection with a robbery.. saying a police dog named "riko" - helped. officers got a call yesterday that the teenager was in the area of peterson lane and yardley street. they say he resisted when they tried to take him into custody. that's when riko was called in - and bit the boy on the leg. that ended the struggle....and the boy was was treated for his injuries. he's now at the juvenile justice center. lawrence karnow: low lawrence karnow: low lawrence karnow: low lawrence karnow: low lawrence karnow: low lawrence karnow: low clouds hugged the coast today with plenty of sunshine in the bay and valleys. highs bay and valleys. highs today were in the 80s inland with 70s and 80s around the bay and cool 60s at the beaches with fog. both hurricances olivia and florence are threatening hawaii and the east coast by next week. low low clouds will move into the bay again tonight. high pressure will strengthen tomorrow with more northerly winds. that should b

(catherine) and i'm catherine heenan in for ken wayne.ratic senators from california were the mt vocally opposed... it was a republican senator from arizona who held all the cards. kristen holmes is in washington with the latest. and with that-- brett kavanaugh -- one step closer to taking a seat on the supreme court. all 11 republicans on the senate judiciary committee voting in favor of donald trump's controversial nominee--but the critical deciding 11th vote from senator jeff flake came with a last-minute stipulation - and plenty of drama.sen. jeff flake, (r) arizona: "i think it would be proper to delay the floor vote for up to but not more than one week in order to let the fbi continue to do an investigation."even members of the judiciary committee seemed confusedvoice of sen. chuck grassley: "we had to get this done by 2 o'clock."voice of sen. dianne feinstein: "well is it done? is flake's thing gonna happen?" flake apparently feeling the pressure when earlier, after announcing he would vote yes in committee.... protestor: "what you

(catherine) (catherine) (catherine) time now for a look at tonight's top local stories.ling the ywca sexual assault hotline in the south bay. c.e.o. tanis crosby says calls were up 20 percent since the onset of the "me too" movement and the trend contnues as the supreme court nomination hearings unfold. people have questions says crosby and the y's volunteers have answers. it's never too late to report a crime says crosby. in san jose rob fladeboe kron4news. terisa estacio, reporting, emeryville. kron four news has learned at least 7 people were taken into custody in connection with busting a ring associated with stealing from dozens of apple stores. this comes on the heels of aigh stakes crime here in emeryville tuesday, and a case out of palo alot. - where police say in both cases, packs of young males raced into apple stores and took off with ipads and the latest iphone that runs close to a thousand dollars each. kron four news has also learned that california department of justice is involved and more information with be realeased on thursday.here in emeryville, teri

(catherine) in the south bay...epping up to help restore the vietnam war memorial in san jose. the "sons of san jose vietnam war" memorialwas vandalized last month in guadalupe river park. spray paint was cleaned up - but other graffitiwas etched deeply into the granite. the parks department says it would cost about 3-thousand dollars to fix. that's when google stepped up - making a donation to help restore the monument. (grant) on the peninsula a woman is arrested for d- u-i... after driving her car into a home. it happened yesterday morning on monroe avenue in belmont. police say 42-year-old denise adams hit a parked car... and then backed up across the street down a driveway of another home.. and crashed into the front porch. it's not clear if anyone was inside at the time. adams was taken to the hospital for minor injuries. (catherine) in the north bay... two nature preserves in sonoma county are now open to guests for the first time. both the gateway to the jenner headlands preserve and the pole mountain preser

j-r, catherine. (catherine) judge brett kavanaugh was apparently headed to near certain confirmation to the supreme court. that's until last week - when allegations surfaced that he tried to sexually assault a fellow teenager - when they were both in high school. washington correspondent alexandra limon has reaction from some of the senators who'll be voting on the nomination.. president donald trump says republicans agree the woman accusing judge kavanugh of sexual assault should be heard they also want to give the judge a chance to defend himself.both will get that chance in a hearing monday.but the president criticizes democrats for the timing. and then all of sudden spring it - but that's what the democrats do. it's obstruction, it's resist. democrats defend dr. christine ford -- the woman who in a letter to senator feinstein said "kavanaugh was on top of me... they both laughed as kavanaugh tried to disrobe me in their highly inebriated state. with kavanaugh's hand over my mouth"

i'm (catherine) i'm catherine heenan...in for ken wayne. the committee vote is set for tomorrow after a remarkable hearing in a high stakes political battle. ryan o'donnell is here with the highlights. ryan? (ryan)tears, anger and dual realities.christine blahzey ford says she was a victim of sexual assault.judge brett kavanaugh says he is the victim. "you have replaced advice and consent with search and destroy."> brett kavanaugh's prepared statement angrily denounced senate democrats. "i will not be intimidated by withdrawing from this process. you've tried hard. you've given it your all, you may defeat me in the final vote, but you'll never get me to quit. never." "my greatest fears have been realized - and the reality has been far worse than what i expected. christine blahzey ford said she was victimized by kavanaugh 36 years ago ... and again when she came forward with her story. "apart from the assault itself these past couple of weeks have been the hardest of my life. i've ha

and for more on this i'm joined now by our correspondent in nairobi catherine one day good to see you catherine now there is growing criticism that chinese infrastructure projects are pushing african nations into debt to what extent. well since two thousand and fifteen through the full crack meeting in johannesburg when president xi jinping pledged sixty billion dollars in financing in various sectors like trade and industrialization we've seen you know an uptake of loans by african countries and african governments so far the chinese africa research institute puts three countries in africa which do all that debt to china and it's it's a worrying trend and that's the beauty which holds about seventy seven percent of its national debt to china the democratic republic of congo which china's seven point one billion dollars and which i was trying to six point one billion dollars catherine i mean chinese policymakers clearly see the african continent as one of its main supplies for natural resources it doesn't see anything but you all not does it have any big plans for that partnership. or

kron4 news at next on (catherine) (catherine) (catherine) next on kron4 news at 5... a young girl gets into trouble at school... so her mother takes away her cell phone. details on why the mother was then arrested. (catherine) a woman was arrested for stealing, after taking away her daughter's cell phone. prosecutors have dismissed the charges against the woman... but as ken kolker reports... the womanstill has a lot of questions about why it happened.. nats "so you got handcuffs behind your back?" "handcuffed behind my back." it's not only the charges -- dismissed yesterday just as her trial was starting -- that the mom questions.jodie may, vindicated mom: "i would like answers on why it got so far and how it got this far where this happened within my home, i'm disciplining my child, then i'm being the one handcuffed."arrested, according to records, the day before mother's day, on a misdemeanor theft charge.jodie may, who has remarried, says she was nursing her 4- week old baby tragedy in suburban maryland, thursday morning, - as a shooter opened fire at a drugstore

alright for the very latest on the situation correspondent catherine wando joins me now from nairobi catherine it's believed many people are still missing what more have you learned well so far the number that we're being given is at least two hundred people still missing and as recovery the recovery mission continues because that now the navy's now calling into recovery mission a not really rested mission and as they continue to retrieve bodies they say that they don't expect to find anyone alive from here on out over one hundred bodies have been recovered but this is in light of president john mclaughlin he gave a statement and also tend to remain calm as investigations and launched into that incident i can you tell us a bit more about the cause of this tragedy what are officials telling you well local officials say that the cause of this particular tragedy was overloading of the ferry the ferry has a capacity of one hundred people but it was carrying. away more than that now the numbers of puts between three hundred to four hundred local media there in tanzania put some put the nu

as talk to catherine sawyer she's in nairobi in neighboring kenya and catherine what's the latest you're hearing on this disaster the situation laura's still very fluid indeed we are being told that more bodies have been retrieved we are hearing from sources on the ground that so far forty two bodies have been retrieved this morning and this information we are yet to very find from the regional commission what's also not clear is the number of people who were actually on board on thursday when that ferry capsized witnesses on the ground is saying that it appeared to have been overloaded it has a capacity of about a hundred people don't but there are way more people in that boat they say it was a market day so a traders were being transported from one island to another where the market was the height of their you know trading with their they were vehicles in their bags and segment and in malls and other goods and we're told the ferry was just a few metres to the door when people rushed forward and moved to one side of the ferry and that is what might have caused it to topple over but we h

the bay area isn't even in the top five,catherine heenan is here with the numbers, (catherine) summerest month for rents - and this year is no exception. the national average has reached an all=time high of 14=hundred dollars. but in the nationn's priciest zip code, the average rent is five times higher. welcome to zip code 10282, on the lower west side of new york's manhattan island.not far from tri=bekka, hudson river views ... and an average aparetment renting for more than 56=hundred dollars a month.in fact manhattan has four of the five most expensive places to rent in the country.los angeles is in number three slot ... 90024 covers part of westwood.in sixth place, san francico's 95105 ... south of market from fourth street to mission dolores.zooming in on the bay area .... here are the priciest zipcodes for renters. san francisco has four ... marin county one, 94925 in corte madera.the rest, as you might expect, clustered around silicon valley, from san mateo to cupertino.these figures are from rent cafe, and they cover only apartment buildings with 50 or more unites.. (catherin

catherine heenan is here with the story... (catherine) instead of the instead of the more typical strong-arm robberies... authorities y gangs are now ripping off credit cardreaders from medical and dental offices... a long string of charges has been filed against alleged members of the 'bullyboys' and 'coco boys' street gangs. the state attorney general says hundreds of people across 13 counties have been victimized. the attorney general says a "mountain" of stolen property has also been found... including 40 credit card terminals, laptop computersand patient files. the indictment says gang members used the stolen terminals to process credit card returns -- and then downloaded them to debit cards. authorities are urging businesses to make sure their paymentsystems are more secure. vicki and grant? (vicki) next at 5:30... a big day for california.. as governor brown signs a landmark clean energy bill. joining us live in studio to talk about the new law-- is the bill's author-- senator kevin de leon. (grant) and after the break.

you call yourself an economist, you know that. >> catherine -- >> second of all -- >> catherine -- >>second -- second of all -- >> she's responding to your point. >> please let me continue. >> go. >> second of all, look, every independent credible outside drafter from the congressional budget office to the imf to the federal reserve to the penn wharton budget model all of them forecast that we will get a temporary sugar high, a temporary fiscal stimulus resulting from the tax cuts and spending increase this year adding about $2 trillion to the debt during one of the longest expansions on record, by the way, a temporary stimulus. this year and possibly next year and then we will recert to our longer term trend of like 1.8% depending on who you ask. this is a temporary effect. >> i think that we all agree that at the moment the economy is doing well. steve, i want to ask you, though, about what catherine is talking about in terms of the price that we may be paying. here are the numbers on the deficit. okay. so there's no flree lunch. $895 billion for the first 11 months of fiscal year -

(catherine) thanks for joining us i'm catherine heenan.... ken wayne has the night off.ustin tyquiengco

catherine heenan is here with the story.. (catherine) police think these three people - two men and a woman - are involved in a shooting that left three other people injured. it happened august 9th.. the video begins with three people walking into the"la victoria tacqueria" on almaden expressway... two men and a woman. this is from august 9th. police think they're all involved in a shooting that happened a few minutes later outside....in which three men were shot. you can see why the video might help...it includes a good look at the distinctive tattoos on one suspect, for example. while still inside - police say there was an argument with other customers. then the scene shifts to outside - where a man can be seen pulling out a handgun and shooting. three men were each shot at least once. bystanders, including a child, run for cover...and the suspects take off. the video gives authorities a pretty clear look at the three suspects... but so far no arrests have been made. grant and vicki? (vicki) the controversy swirling around

unbundle she joins me from the kenyan capital nairobi catherine sixty billion dollars allegedly no strings attached is this something that african leaders have been pushing for or is a g g m pings attempt to silence critics in the west. well it's financing that is obviously welcome by african leaders and african countries but in the same breath during his speech president chinese president xi jinping did say that this investment will not go into vanity projects and that there should be some caution when dealing with with the projects going forward he also mentioned that poor african nations will be exempt from their interest free loan interest free loans that were due in two thousand and eighteen probably a show to see that you know giving a show that you know china does have africa's interest at heart and so trying to increase its foothold on the african continent knowledge just prime minister warned against a new version of colonialism as he cancelled a series chinese backed infrastructure projects in his country other similar views among african leaders. definitely not these are not sen

and for more on this i'm joined now by our correspondent in nairobi catherine one day good to see you catherine now there is growing criticism that chinese infrastructure projects are pushing african nations into debt to what extent. well since two thousand and fifteen during the full cac meeting in johannesburg when president xi jinping pledged sixty billion dollars in financing in various sectors like trade and industrialization we've seen you know an uptake of loans by african countries and african governments so far the chinese africa research institute puts three countries in africa which do all that debt to china and it's a worrying trend and that's the beauty which is about seventy seven percent of its national debt to china the democratic republic of congo which china seven point one billion dollars and which i was trying to six point one billion dollars catherine i mean chinese policymakers clearly see the african continent as one of its main supplies for natural resources but doesn't see anything but you all not does it have any big plans for that partnership. during his key

catherine herridge reports in minutes. hello and welcome to fox news at night. time shannon bream in washington. a weather alert, hurricane florence is yet to make landfall and already has become almost everything else in this divisive era politicized so much so that donald trump and his team are trying to stay out of the storm and criticism of the response do it even though the storm has not yet made landfall. we have team coverage from north carolina but first kristin fisher in washington with how the federal government and the president are preparing for the monster storm. >> donald trump is declared states of emergency from north carolina, south carolina and virginia, canceled two campaign events in order to focus on the storm. this could be the strongest hurricane to hit the carolinas in decades and he says his administration is sparing no expense to make sure they are ready. >> we are totally prepared, we are as ready as anybody has ever been. >> donald trump is sounding confident before hurricane florence is expected to make landfall. >> tremendous amount

catherine from the kenyan capital nairobi catherine there is growing criticism that chinese infrastructure projects are pushing african nations into debt how big is the problem of debt in kenya for example where you are. well maybe just to give viewers a background the i.m.f. puts you know at least forty percent of african countries are in debt distress now when you look at kenya for example if you look at our debt to g.d.p. ratio it stands at sixty percent which is just to the ring of the edge but the countries in this on the continent that can attribute that debt crisis to china or loans from china and that includes djibouti which is about seventy seventy seven percent of its national debt to china and also the democratic republic of congo which goes china's seven billion and as well as china six billion dollars. china clearly sees the african come to them as a big supplier of natural resources but doesn't see anything beyond. well it does the president the chinese president xi jinping did announce eight new areas that china is very interested in deepening the relationship between africa

catherine heenan is here with more..even out yet..there's already a flood of reaciton.. woodward - describing chaos within the white house... saying president trump is notup to the job intellectually or temperamental ly. painting an account of a man gripped by anger and paranoia. woodward talked to a number of senior staff and cabinet officials.. he claims staffers regularly hid letters and other documents from the president - fearing national security implications if he were to sign them. the president was not interviewed for the book despite what woodward said were repeated attempts to do so. the washington post has released a recording of a call between the two men from last month. in that conversation, the president blamed his staff for not approaching him about woodward's book. the book also describes current and former aides calling trump an 'idiot' and a 'liar.' today..the president says those quotes were made up...and calls the book a fraud and a con on the public..... pam and ken? (pam) coming up at 6:45.. react

chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge has it in minutes. hello and welcome to "fox news @ night." i'm shannon bream in washington. we begin with a fox news weather alert. hurricane florence has yet to make landfall but it's become like everything else, politicized. so much so that president trump and his team are trying to stay how to have the storm the criticism of the response to it even though the storm has not yet made landfall. we have team coverage tonight. rick leventhal is live in north carolina, bracing for florence. kristin fisher in washington with how the federal government and the president are preparing for the monster storm. >> shannon, president trump is already declared a state of emergency for north carolina, south carolina, and virginia. he's also canceled circle campaign event so he can focus on the storm. shannon, this could be the strongest hurricane to hit the carolinas in decades. he he said that his administratn is bearing no expense to make sy are ready. >> we are totally prepared. we are ready. we are as ready as